three is a crowd [tgd: hayden; elijah]

[kiara jade lebeaux]

Oh pretty baby

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Drama; drama; drama- that was the way Ara would describe her life. The year had gotten worse and worse and; thanks to Rumer Mill; it had hit rock bottom. She was sixteen; pregnant and the father of her baby had been bragging in the Eisley Chat that he banged a virgin. If it wasn’t bad enough; she had been with him when she found out- and after much yelling [on her part] and crying while trying to set the record straight [on his part]; she hopped a cab to her brother-in-laws house and things then got worse. KP; her brother-in-law and their friend Brad went over to the Campbell’s for a fight and her sister had called demanding to know where Spencer Kelly was because Spencer had “done it for the last time”. What it and where Spencer was; Ara didn’t know; but there was no stopping Tilly when she was in that mood. And; sitting alone in one of KP’s guest bedrooms; Ara had never felt so alone in her whole life even with the little person growing inside of her.

That was; until; Hayden Kelley showed up at the Caine residence.

Ara was sure; that after breaking up their budding romance without giving him a legit answer and then starting to openly hang out with Elijah again; that the last person who would want to be there for her would be Hayden. But; after a long; open and honest talk she realized that she had been wrong. Very wrong. He told her that they should have discussed the baby situation instead of her preemptive strike of leaving him before he left her; so they talked it out and decided that they’d pick up where they left off. He also talked her out of dropping out that next day and hold off on that until she really thought about it and other options. And then; in the very dark; cloudy rainstorm that had become her life- there were rays of sunshine breaking through. Although they had chosen to deal with acts of violence instead of staying there with her- her family and friends loved her and that was their way of showing it and protecting her. Hayden decided that regardless of the unexplained shady way she had treated him; that he’d be there for her and even worked it out between them because; well; he cared about her. Not only was she excited for herself; but she was excited for her baby. Instead of having one person in that cares about them sometimes and will defend them sometimes- they had a full support system that was forgiving and reliable. And that’s what they needed.

Now there she was; sitting next to the guy she’s had an almost Jonas Brother style crush on since the first time she saw him during her Freshman year; at one of the most beautiful; swanky restaurants in DUMBO. It was perfect. Seat right next to the window during sunset; good great food and a really fun; dramaless conversation with her date. During dessert; Ara found out that she had a newfound love for cheesecake. Hayden was nice enough to order another slice and share it with her after she absolutely demolished the piece she had gotten for herself. While he was asking the waiter for the check; she dipped her fingers into her clutch and pulled out the card that came with the rainbow dyed flowers he gave her. It read: ”Sunshine; Couldn`t quite pinpoint the perfect color for you… because you make them all look perfect. Love; Howdy.” Ara let out a deep; happy sigh and put the card back in her clutch.

Since Hayden was done talking to the waiter; she reached out and straightened his tie and then cuddled up to him; her lips finding his cheek. Silently; she wondered if the fact that they seemed to randomly match their outfits was some sort of cosmic sign from God. “Thank you ; Hayden. I really needed this. And those flowers? Freakin’ amazing! I totally forgot to ask you where you got them!” Bringing that up caused her to smile almost shyly and start to turn her face away in pure embarrassment. At KP’s house; which she was now living; after she read the card for the first time she practically kissed his lips right off of his face. And now? Well; now she was a tad bit embarrassed for her very impulsive; very inappropriate actions. . . but; dang; it had been a really amazing kiss to top a really amazing moment caused by a really amazing card written by a really amazing man. Just thinking about it almost made her sigh again. Instead she scooped a bite of the cheesecake and then offered Hayden the last bite.

They had plans to watch DVD’s in her new room together and lately; Ara had been crazy about sleep; probably since all the drama had exhausted her. The last thing she wanted to do was pass out during her and Hayden’s movie date and ruin the night. So; she wanted to head out early and make sure she still had enough energy in her to watch the movie. In her eyes; it was time to finish up and head on over to her place. Boy; cuddling and a flick sounded so therapeutic compared to what movie time with Elijah ended up being the day before.” I’m ready when you are![/i]”[/size]

TAGGED :: hayden j. kelley !
OUTFIT :: here !
COUNT :: 920 !
LYRICS :: `can't take my eyes off of you` by lauryn hill !
NOTES :: look at the beautiful flowers [click] !

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[hayden jonathan kelley]

the pressure`s on; both hearts beat like a metronome

BOTH IN SYNC LIKE A JUSTIN SONG; FEELS SO RIGHT...
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with all that had just recently happened, it was a surprise to hayden that he was able to be out having fun and enjoying himself with kiara lebeaux. it seemed like kiara just couldn`t get a break recently. it was tragic that he had to watch her transform from the normal, perky, sunshiny kiara lebeaux that everybody knew and loved; to an adventurous, careless version of herself that nobody, it seemed, cared for. he, himself, had defended her a lot against people that openly disliked the new her. he thought that it was a good thing that she was exploring herself and all, despite the reckless factor of it all. after a while; he`d gotten a little worried about the situation between her and her ‘friend’ elijah campbell. but only because it seemed like she was putting him in front of everybody else she knew. surprisingly, even her family. during most of that time; he`d stood by as the friend that helped keep the peace throughout the entire ordeal. but after his almost explosive exchange with penny; and ara running away, yet again, with elijah and not talking to anybody.. he`d stepped in. he remembered calling her and getting an answer when nobody else could. he convinced her and, inadvertently, elijah to come back. which they did. thankfully; and it put , at least, some of the drama to rest.

the romantic aspect of hayden and kiara`s relationship had come unexpectantly. kiara and hayden had began to spend a lot of time together after elijah screwed her over, yet again, by abandoning her. she decided that she didn`t want to spend any more time with elijah; and hayden stepped in to work on cheering her up.. he hadn`t expected to develop feelings for kiara but.. it happened. then, after.. yet, another, screw up by elijah.. hayden and ara had a movie night. after a while of playing around, joking, and making each laugh up a storm, they kissed.. and kissed.. and.. kissed. he hadn`t planned it out to be that way; but when it happened he had a hard time stopping it.. eventually he did and they finished watching the movie. after that, though, a romantic relationship slowly emerged from their friendship. but.. it ended quickly. kiara came to him one day and told him that they couldn`t be together. why? she wouldn`t say.. but, he was peeved. after not even considering relationships after the tragic chloe swan situation; and the short lived penelope evans relationship.. he`d finally jumped back into the game.. only to be benched again. then, rumer mill hit.. and all was revealed.

sitting in his computer chair after reading all that she`d reported; hayden.. wasn`t exactly as surprised as everybody else. why? well.. him and kiara had a lot of truthful, heart to hearts and she`d told him that she gave her virginity to elijah. it only pissed him off that elijah had the audacity to brag about taking her virginity after screwing her over RIGHT AFTER taking it. he knew, for a fact, that brad and KP were going to start, and finish, a fight with the campbells. he`d gotten a very short text from KP telling him to get ready. as long as he`d known kieve; there was never a short text from him.. except when he really lost it. hayden knew, ‘lost it’ kieve and ‘angry’ kieve were two completely different things. he usually stopped fights and became the peacemaker. but this time, he felt that the campbells needed to get their asses kicked; so he didn`t do a damn thing. instead of fighting, though, he found his way over to the caine residence. thanks to kieve, he knew kiara was there. when he got there is when he got his surprises for the night.

they talked. he found out she was pregnant. even though he kept his composure; the news surprised the living shit out of him; and it only pissed him off more.. he hoped to God that kieve and brad were beating the bones from elijah`s body. cruel? no. not at all. okay.. maybe a little. but he deserved it in hayden`s eyes. but; this was why it ended. another surprise. he figured.. that something like that would be talked about. of course, he didn`t see himself as being the boyfriend of a girl that was pregnant with somebody else`s baby.. but.. he did see himself with ara. he told her that; and was about to leave when she stopped him. they talked a little more and then.. everything was.. back on. they ended up spending the whole night talking and laying together. their therapy time was ended when she fell asleep. hayden had class the next morning so he had to leave.. but right after class, and practice, he was right back there with her.

the dinner they had tonight was very calm and different from how life was recently. hayden was extremely relieved and happy about that. they ate, and talked.. then ate again after kiara decided she wanted another slice of cheesecake. he looked up and delt with the check from the waiter then looked down at ara and smiled. he laughed a little as she fixed his tie then put his arm around her. he returned her cheek kiss with one on her forehead; then smiled wide. “of course, sunshine. i figured you would.” he thought for a second. “i ordered them from a shop here, in dumbo. made specially for my sunshine.” he smiled wide and then happily took the last bite of the cheesecake. he nodded a little. “i have to learn how to make cheesecake…” he said, in complete awe of the taste of the cheesecake. he took a deep breathe and relaxed a little before he heard her say she was ready. he nodded a little and then slid out of his chair. “let`s go then.” he said, politely putting his hand out to her. he helped her up then put an arm around her waist and gently kissed her lips. “lets get back before KP and tilly get there.” he said before laughing a little and leading her out the restaurant. when they finally got outside; he stopped her, wrapped his around around her waist and kissed her deeply. “thank you, kiara..” he said vaguely before leaning in for another kiss.

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elijah campbell, yo! :TAGGED ?!
one.oh.five.nine! :WORD ?!
click! :HIS SEXY ?!
a little bit ( lykke li ft. drake ) :LYRICS ?!
YAYYYYY! : NOTES ?!

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[elijah aaron campbell]

i've got myself to blame for this
I'VE TRIED TO COMPENSATE FOR EVERYTHING I'M NOT
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Elijah had never felt more alone in his life. It wasn't even as if the whole world had turned its back on him; it was just that his world had turned its back on him. His world, which pretty much revolved around Ara (yes, he could admit it) and had recently extended to include their unborn child had collapsed. Broken in his fingers even, you could say. As usual, he was to blame. Elijah was so tired of calling himself a fuck up, but he knew that's what he was. Most of the time at least. He had some redeeming qualities, right? Well, he had to...

But everything seemed so pointless now. He'd lost Ara, it seemed like he'd lost any access he had to this child... Some days he didn't feel like getting up. It was a little melodramatic, but he had been so excited about this baby. He still was. He'd been imagining what his life with Ara and the baby would be like, because for a while there, things had worked. He'd been the happiest he could ever remember himself being and even Ara seemed to have nothing to complain about (well, besides dealing with the pregnancy of course, but he was there to help her through that). And then Elijah had ruined it with an offhanded comment that he didn't even mean that way and everything had gone up in flames. He'd cried. In front of Ara and not. It was just hard to see something so perfect be so easily destroyed.

Elijah had actually come out and said it. He'd told Ara that he wanted to be with her and that he loved her and he really did; anyone could see that. Boy was hopelessly devoted to her, actually. And for all the other times that he'd fucked up, well...they hadn't been as big as this one. Because this one involved another life, a life that meant just as much to him as his own, if not more so. His child and Ara meant more to him than words could say and he'd lost both. So if his life didn't seem very valuable at the moment, that would be why.

Surprisingly, he hadn't gone completely off the deep end and gone drinking and rousing up frat boys again. He hadn't exactly been wallowing either. Something had changed in Elijah, causing him not to go through his usual Elijah methods of dealing with his problems. Something told him he needed to be a little more pro-active this time. Something told him not to let go, so he had no intentions of doing that. But at the moment, it was near impossible for him to reach out to Ara. He couldn't blame her for being so furious with him or disappointed or however she felt. For all the shit he'd put her through before, this was on a whole new level.

But now they were having a baby together. There was no way Elijah was going to let that go. He wasn't going to let Ara deal with this alone (or without him) and he wasn't going to forget about his child, because...well, how could he? That child was a part of him and Ara. It was like all he'd ever wanted.

So instead of drinking his days away and continuing to be a fuck-up, Elijah had actually been semi-progressive. He'd tried moving on, but not really. He knew he'd never love anyone the way he loved Ara, so getting romantically involved with anyone else ever again? Fat chance. If he was going to move on at all, he'd probably just have to let his feelings fade. It'd pain him, but at the moment she wanted nothing to do with him, so he didn't have much of a choice. He'd thought about a lot of things. He'd written a couple of songs. But most of all, he'd gone walking a lot recently. Just...walking around Brooklyn. He noticed things, cleared his head...stuff like that. It was surprisingly therapeutic.

It was better than fighting, that was for sure. And there had been a bit of fighting recently, something Elijah admittedly didn't like doing but somehow found himself doing quite a lot. It was good that he could hold his own though, wasn't it? There'd been quite the scuffle between him and KP and it had made him feel so dirty for some reason, although he'd managed to get away with cracked knuckles, a very sore jaw and a heavily bleeding nose. His brother had gotten involved in something with Brad and of course there was some dirty fighting with that (Elias was involved, honestly) and even Spencer had gotten dragged into this business, managing to acquire quite the shiner, compliments of Tilly.

Unfortunately, Brooklyn was only so large. Elijah was sure he'd walked around at least a quarter of the borough already. He knew most of Clinton Hill already and more of the more low-maintenance parts of Brooklyn, but he hadn't really ventured towards Downtown Brooklyn and the Heights. And that was what led him to DUMBO, the strangest part of Brooklyn for sure. So heavily influenced by that island across the river also known as Manhattan, DUMBO looked cold and concrete, but was such a beautiful, cobble-stoned place to be.

Elijah had been walking around DUMBO in one of the warmer days of this winter (not that that was saying much; it was still below forty), his head down and his hands in his pocket when he started to pass the River Café. He didn't really have any direction in mind; he just let his feet lead the way. Elijah had actually been subconsciously heading toward the Bridge Under the Park--somewhere near calming water and almost total solitude.

He'd been silently counting the cracks in the sidewalk, his mind half-wandering when he heard an all-too familiar voice. A voice that he absolutely despised. A voice that belonged to the bane of his existence. "Thank you, Kiara," was all the warning Elijah got before he looked up and saw Kiara Lebeaux and Hayden Kelley...about to kiss.

It was like an immediate reaction. His eye twitched, his jaw tightened, his stomach contracted and he practically stilled in place. Was he really seeing this? No, he was seeing red, was what he was seeing. Fucking Hayden Kelley, Elijah thought bitterly, clenching his fists in his pockets. And had this been any other day or any other circumstance, maybe he would've strongly resisted the urge to tear up and silently bow his head and go on his way, mentally cursing Hayden Kelley and his luck and hurting inside.

But this wasn't any other day and the circumstances were very, very different. Because Elijah Campbell was on a mission--a mission to win Kiara Lebeaux back--and he was so goddamn tired of Hayden fucking Kelley, the goddamn Golden Boy, standing in his way. Ara was carrying his child now; Elijah refused to be so easily replaced. A part of him wanted to rush up and just punch the living daylights out of Hayden--get all Rambo on his ass or something. But they were in public in the middle of the day; that was neither classy nor would it impress Ara.

But the thought of her kissing him--of her being with him again--it killed Elijah. Hayden didn't deserve Ara. It had taken him so long to realize his "feelings" for her and Elijah wasn't buying that shit. Hayden would never feel even half as passionately about Ara as Elijah did. The only reason Elijah had tolerated his Texan ass was because of Ara's ridiculous infatuation with him. Well, no more. Elijah had no tolerance for Mr. Kelley anymore. No more Mister Nice Guy; Elijah had something to prove.

"Ara!" he called out instinctively. He wasn't sure if it was a, "Stop, Ara! Don't do it!" kind of shout or just a greeting, but. Hell, he wasn't even sure if she would respond. Maybe trying to talk to her wasn't the best tactic, but he'd done it. He couldn't take it back now. He started walking toward the pair, intent on ignoring Hayden's presence. If he pretended hard enough that Hayden didn't exist, maybe it'd come true. Oh, a world without Hayden Kelley...how wondrous.

"Fancy seeing you out here," he said casually, his hands still in his pockets. He'd gotten a bit of a rush calling out Ara's name like that and now approaching the couple, he...he didn't really know what to do. But he couldn't get all shy and start blustering the way he did. Especially not in front of Hayden Kelley. "Are you--do you have a minute? I'm sorry I--can we talk?" Okay, so it wasn't the smoothest...

But he looked at her directly, with pleading, remorseful eyes. He just wanted her to understand. He just wanted her. He waited with bated breath, staring just at her. Not that there was anyone else to look at, because well...Hayden Kelley wasn't there. He just wasn't.

At least, not to Elijah.


tagged » kiara && hayden !
outfit » here.
words » 1,513.
lyrics » chop chop -- the academy is...
music » this is who we are -- cartel.
notes » lolwut.

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