" the wrong side of the tracks ' - one x one

[`sappho]

xxxophelia nodded. she calmed down a bit, it was just a forest after all.
however, she couldn't help but thinking of the murder of jason blossom
that happen just last year. she could see the blinking red lights of pop's
ahead before they were finally pulled into the parking lot.

--- haha, it's fine! c:

[sweetsakura]

-right m'lady. i think we've landed
in the right spot.
truce chuckled, threw himself off the bike and
stood it up by it's leg. he helped ophelia get off
and looked at her pale face, glowing
in the darkness of the evening.
- you gonna be alright here?

[`sappho]

xxxophelia slumped off the side of the motorcycle and was finally about
to get her leg over the motorcycle with truce's help. she smiled up at hi
m. "i think ill be okay," she said, though, by the look on her face, she ob
viously didn't really want to be alone and would much rather have truce
with her.

[sweetsakura]

- i'm so sorry it turned out like this o...
but business calls... joker boy just suddenly
dissapeared and that's really odd.
truce said with a dreadful expression on his
face.
- didn't expect that short ginger to get lost
anytime soon...
truce thought aloud.
- well if you ever need me o,
he scribbled a messy number on a scrap
of newspaper,
- you know where to find me
he said, smiling at the girl

[`sappho]

xxx"no, no, don't apologize, i understand," ophelia said to him with a sof
t smile. she watched as he scribbled down his number on a scrap of new
spaper and handing it to her. she gently folded it and slipped it into her
pocket. "i will," she said before she walked up to him and gave him a sm
all kiss on the cheek. "well, be careful and ill see you soon," she said be
fore she waved and walked into pops.

--- wanna go ahead and timeskip? c:

[sweetsakura]

feeling o's soft lips on his cheek,
truce blushed a little and hid his fluster with a
small chuckle.
- watch yourself and be careful!
he watched her wave and walk away.
when she was out of his sight, he hopped onto
his motorcycle and took off into the forest
as fast as he could.
------
truce threw on his jacket and ran into stanislav's
trailer. the big man eyed him angrily. he walked
up to him, breathing right into his face.
- you're late. -
truce never saw stanislav so angry at him before.
the man looked at his cheek and noticed some
lipstick smeared slightly on it. he growled.
- really truce? our fellow serpent brother is
missing and you decide to wander off,
kissing with girls? -
truce looked in his face with slight annoyance,
gritting his teeth.
- i came back as fast as i could. i'm not just
going to leave a girl out in the middle of nowhere
with gangs eyeing her from every angle.
i'm not like you stan. -
he soon noticed that the last sentence was
slightly unsensitive.
stan bit his lips angrily and slapped
truce's face.
- speak to me like that again… -
- s-orry. -
truce said apologetically.
- i deserved it -
stan looked at him from above.
- whyte wyrm. everyone else is already there.
hurry up now kid. -

// sorry for the inacvtivity, i have my end
of year exams in three weeks and it depends
so much as to which college i get into. however,
i'll try and be as active as i can. love, sakura <3

[`sappho]

xxxafter having a meal at pops, ophelia made her way down the road to-
wards her house. the streetlight were twinkling in the night and she cou-
ld hear crickets around her. she opened the door to her house. "dad?" she
called out, turning on her light for their house. "dad!" she yelled. no ans-
wer. he must be out drinking again, she thought with sigh. she walked u-
pstairs and sat down on her bed. she pulled truce's number out of her j-
acket pocket. no, i shouldn't call him yet, he'll think im desperate, oph-
elia thought with a sigh.

--- that's totally fine, i understand! c:

[sweetsakura]

it was tense inside the whyte whyrm.
serpents were crowding the halls.
stan pushed his way through the mass
of people with truce tagging along right
behind him. as he walked, some serpents
gave him slightly dirty looks. everyone
apart from yasmin. that girl always seemed
to have a closer feeling towards truce. he
didn't pay attention to her look and just
carried on forwards. they soon stopped by
the king fp jones, who scanned them with
slightly dirty looks.
- apologies for the late-coming fp. -
stan said calmly.
fp patted his back and dismissed stan to
sit with the other waiting serpents.
he then stared at a slightly shaken truce
and said,
- truce goodwill. you dissapointed me a
little. i'll keep that in my record book. -
fp patted the side of his head.
- sit down. it's time we finally started... -

[`sappho]

xxxher hand place the slip of paper on her nightstand and looked out her
window, at the bright full moon. tonight had been an odd night but a good
one. ophelia laid back on her bed and closed her eyes for a moment. wo-
uld she be able to see truce again? she hoped so because he seemed like
a good time. she jumped a bit when she heard the doorbell ring. she ran
down her stairs and opened the door, fully expecting to see her father. i-
nstead, she saw two tall guys wearing studded leather jackets and heavy
eye makeup. one of them had a baseball bad with nails in it. "hey girlie,
if you don't wanna get hurt, you need to come with us," he said with a grin.

--- im so so sorry for taking so long, ive been so busy that i just haven't had any time to write