Unexpected Turn Of Events

[Lace]

Two months into the relationship, and everything is perfect in her mind. Nathan was still perfect in every way, and Toji was starting to act weird. Her perfect dream was starting to shatter. She decided to hold onto it though.

She was with Nathan today. They walked into a nice bistro restraunt and sat down at a window booth. They started talking and soon the world evaporated like it usually did.

((BLEGH!))

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[FAIL. XD]

Though it seemed incredibly stalker-like, Toji had known that Lacey and Nathan were going on a date. Oh, how irritating. He just wanted to punch that guy's lights out. He had a sort of bad feeling. He didn't think Nathan would hurt her. He just thought that there was something... off about him. Okay, fine. Maybe he DID think Nathan would hurt her. But if he told her that, she'd say he was just jealous, which, well... he was! But it irritated him. He liked her so much, but he couldn't do a single freaking thing about it.
But there was always making her jealous, right?

So now here he was, entering the same bistro restaurant as Lacey and Nathan had moments ago, a petite girl--one of his ex-girlfriends that he'd decided to use for this little thing and act like he was getting back together with--walking beside him. He lightly took her hand and led her to a booth across the path from their booth. They were set close enough that they could talk.

"Oh, hey Lacey, Nathan," he said nonchalantly as he took a seat with the girl he was 'dating'. She started talking immediately, and he pretended to pay attention.

[Lace]

"What the h*** are you doing here?" Nathan asked sarcastically. He knew the real reason. He didn't trust him. Most guys didn't, but however girls did. He could feel the mood, and it was way over tense. Lacey was giving Toji a 'WTH R U DOING?!' look. Hopefully she would snap and make him go away.

Lacey shifted in her seat uncomfortably. She knew the girl he was with, her name was Monica and she was one of the Prince's followers, naturally. She just wanted them to go away before they she snapped, so she greeted them politley, with slight aggravation toward Toji. 'I'm sure what Nathan means is, what are you doing here? Oh it's nice to see you again Monica."Lacey said smiling at her, but she was too busy gawking at Nathan. Lacey quickly slipped her hand into Nathan's on the table.

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Toji smirked at Nathan, but didn't respond until after Lacey spoke, though his eyes kept on Nathan the entire time. He didn't stand up, but stayed seated at the booth, resting his arms on the table. He let Monica set one of her hands on one of his arms and continued to watch the other couple.
"Well, I just thought I'd go on a date with my girlfriend, here."
The girl sitting across from him smiled widely.
"Anyway, it's simply coincidence that we came to the same restaurant, I guess. Maybe it can be like a double date?" he suggested, never looking away from Nathan's gaze.
"Ooh, that would be fun," Toji's 'date' said, eying Nathan quietly. He was handsome, maybe even more than Toji.

Toji shot Lacey a fairly dazzling smile. People would consider his slightly crooked teeth cute in their imperfection.

[Lace]

"Um, actually, Nathan and I are just leaving, but that was a very considerable idea." Lacey said smiling brightly, but on the inside rage was welling up in her stomach. "Maybe next time ya?" Lacey said. She slid out of her booth and started to walk to the door. "I'll see you guys at school! Bye!" She smiled and letting her anger sparkle through her emerald eyes. She grabbed Nathan's and hand and waved. Nathan Just smirked at Toji and walked away.
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Lacey missed school for another couple of days. She was away, in another world. The thing that made her snap out of it, was the sound of her doorbell.

[X]

Toji had been more than a little irritated that his plan had failed. He wondered if it would have worked out better to just spy on them during the date. It would be fun, even if it was stalker-like and kind of obsessive. Oh well. Que sera sera, right?

Well, now he was getting worried. He didn’t trust Nathan, and he hadn’t seen Lacey at all since watching her on her date with that guy.
She’d missed a few days of school, and now the only thing he could imagine was several scenarios of Nathan doing something bad to her.
Oh, there would certainly be hell to pay for that b*****d.

Today, he’d volunteered to take her homework to her. Heh. It seemed the tables had turned. How ironic. Let’s just hope her condition wasn’t too bad.
It wasn’t long before he went up the walk and reached the door of her house. It looked nice. Ringing the doorbell, he waited, not surprised when he saw a woman that looked a lot like an older version of Lacey answer the door.

“Hi, I’m Sohma Toji. I was sent here to give Lacey her homework. May I come in?”

He didn’t wait for the woman’s answer, but she seemed okay with it and pointed him in the direction of Lacey’s room. He shot her a smile and headed for the girl’s room. He knocked a couple times, signaling he was coming in, and then opened the door, shutting it behind her. From what he saw, he nearly rushed back out to go find Nathan. Although he didn’t know the half of what was wrong, he knew something was really, really off, and he was ready to hurt that b*****d.

”Hey, Lace,” he said, instead.

[Lace]

Lacey was sitting on her bed, doing nothing but spacing out apparently. All her bruises huret bad and she was really stiff. Her shoulder had a gash on it and it was bleeding again. She was ashamed that Toji was here to see her like this. Weak and crushed, like a little stepped on sunflower petal.

She wasn't mad a him, she saw her mound of calculus homework and various teacher notes. "You got sent on homework handout duty I see." She said attempting to smirk, but the bruises on her lips yelled in protest.

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Toji smirked right back, though concern was laced through his eyes. “Yep. I told them I didn’t want to, but they forced me,” he joked. He set down the homework, looking a little angry at the fact she was so hurt.
Quickly, he dropped the joking act and he looked completely worried about her.
”What did he do to you? Do your parents know?” he asked, voice tense. He leaned close to her, but also kept his distance. She must have been traumatized by whatever had happened. He knew that after the first few beatings from his uncle, he didn’t want anybody near him, for fear that they’d do something. Even the people that he trusted, like his mother.

”I’m gonna kill that b*****d,” he growled.

[Lace]

"Oh, no you aren't!She said pulling on his arm, wincing in pain as she did so.Besides he didn't do anything to me. She said smiling, ignoring the pain in her arm.

Tears lined her eyes when she said those simple words.

((UGH! UTTER FAIL DX))