How To Write Music For Two: A JBD Love Story

[Rabbitheart]

A Story by Rabbitheart

Amanda Lynn Sonata
Toothless
Zyanya Chry Caldecott

This is a story about two of my Jellybean Dragons, Amanda Lynn and Toothless, how they met, how they got together, etc. This story features my beans as anthros, due to this I will have to change the way that Amanda Lynn and Toothless met when I was trying out for Toothless. So, completely new story! Yay! ♥ So this will be fun.

Summary: Amanda Lynn moves into her first apartment, she makes two new friends and after several incidents they end up living in the same apartment together. Amanda Lynn finds that she has become attracted to one particular new friend and has fallen madly in love with him, but is afraid to voice her feelings for him for fear of being rejected.

Featuring
Jenner as the landlord
Whimsic as Toothless's friend

Art Credits (in order)
Amanda Lynn by Sporemon
Toothless by Peace&Colby
Amanda Lynn by Berkshire

[Rabbitheart]

Amanda Lynn walked through the fourth floor hallway with her mandolin case slung over her shoulder like a purse, her right hand clenched tightly on the strap as the cold sickening feeling fell over her insides. A sign that she was nervous and feeling uneasy about all of this change. She was looking for room 438, her apartment. She knew what to expect: a clean room with everything neat and tidy, but lacking things such as dishware, certain furniture, and some other things that she couldn't think of at the moment due to her nervousness. She fervently prayed that whoever her neighbors would be that they wouldn't be crazy, loud, late night party people, or something else far worse.
When she got to approximately the middle of the hallway, she found her room number. She stared for a moment at the pristine white wooden door with the gold numbers bolted to the front of it. She fitted the key into the keyhole and turned it until the door made a snick sound, signaling that it had been unlocked, Amanda Lynn took a deep breath in through her nose and let it out through her mouth, trying to relax herself before opening the door to her new home; her first home away from her family.
Turning the knob, she then gently pushed the door open to reveal the inside. It was just as she had thought it would look, clean and tidy; but then this was a new apartment complex, so what else would it be? She walked in and looked around, soaking in every detail of her apartment. Her childish side urged her to find the bedroom and just flop on the bed immediately and just revel in being alone, but she clamped down on the urge and just walked about her apartment. She looked into each room and smiled as she went, she enjoyed this far better than just having a room to herself; she had the whole place to herself.
"Well," she said with a sigh when she had finished touring her place. "I guess I'd better wait here until Zimri calls me when he gets here with all of my boxes."
She walked over to a wooden stool that was in the living room and set her mandolin case down on the seat of the stool, undid the latches, opened it up, and withdrew her mandolin from the case gingerly. She then placed the case down on the floor, leaning up against the wall, and sat down on the stool, setting her hands on the instrument. She held it, her fingers at the ready to play, frowning slightly she pondered what song she wanted to play on it.
I want to play something that's happy and peppy, she thought to herself. Maybe a love song...
Then she remembered a song that she had had stuck in her head since her ride over here, she smiled to herself and started playing the first chords of the song. Gradually getting into the song, tapping her foot in time to the beat and then she began to sing the lyrics. She started off quietly in her uneasiness, but as her confidence grew, so did her volume and exuberance as she sang.

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[Rabbitheart]

Toothless walked through the hall on his way to his apartment, ready to collapse in exhaustion after his long, stressful day at work. As he drew closer and closer to his apartment, #437, his ears perked at the sound of music pouring from somewhere in the hall, he could tell that the music wasn't coming from a radio or a television. It was clear and real, like someone was playing and singing right there on the floor.
Strange, he thought to himself. Must be a new bean, I know that no one on this floor sounds like that.
His previous feeling of exhaustion disappeared swiftly and was replaced with curiosity and wonder, for the voice of whoever was singing was absolutely captivating.
As he drew closer to where the music was coming from, he recognized the song immediately as being "Compass" by Lady Antebellum; the voice was pretty, definitely female, and it just drew him in. He soon found himself standing outside of the apartment that was right next door to his, the door was wide open and he smiled at the sight that met him and leaned up against the outside of the frame of the doorway with his arms crossed in front of him.
The bean who was singing was breathtakingly beautiful, her fur matched the color of her instrument, being both vibrant and cheerful, her lolwut horns were colored with bands of what seemed like dark brown and purple, her pretty tail was topped off with a fluff that curled and tied around her tail was a pretty scarf with what appeared to be musical notes printed on it. Her voice was...angelic, at least to his ears it was. She was dancing around the small living room area of her apartment, playing her mandolin and singing confidently. Toothless was almost tempted to join in, for her exuberance seemed so infectious as did the song, but he didn't want to interrupt her or to frighten her, beside he very much wanted to just listen to her voice.
The longer that he stood there in the entryway, the more he could feel his heart leaping from his chest and into his throat, making him swallow hard to try and force it back down. He was mesmerized by her, her energy and clear joy at singing the song, and the that scarf fluttered in the air as she waved her tail happily while dancing and playing her instrument. As she finished up the song, she twirled around and faced the doorway, still singing...until she spotted Toothless and the last word in the last line died softly in her mouth as soon as she saw him.
Toothless shifted awkwardly, uncertain of what to say or do, so he gave her an awkward smile and gave a little wave.
"Hi," he said. "Umm...er...sorry for creeping in your doorway, I just...I heard you singing and you sounded really fantastic so I came over and well...yeah..." he trailed off awkwardly, beginning to feel like he was starting to look foolish.

[Rabbitheart]

Amanda Lynn felt embarrassed knowing that the tall, dark, cute, and handsome male bean had been standing there, leaning against her doorway for who knew how long watching and listening to her. She felt heat rise to her furry cheeks in her embarrassment and she didn't know what to say in response.
"A-A-Amanda Lynn," she squeaked, clenching her mandolin tightly in her hands.
"Oh, that's what instrument you're playing?"
Amanda Lynn's nervousness broke and she found herself laughing. "Nooo, that's my name, silly."
"Oh," Toothless felt stupid for thinking she was talking about her instrument. "Sorry."
"It's alright, I get it a lot," she laughed, smiling. "But it is the name of the instrument I play."
"Alright , I parked the truck outside close to the entrance, I'll start unloading soon if you want to come out and help-Who're you?" Zimri was standing there, looking a bit upset seeing a male bean in his little sister's doorway.
"Uh...Toothless?" Toothless seemed to be really scared, standing there near her big brother, her biggest brother as she often called him as he was the eldest of her siblings and she had one other older brother besides him.
"What're you doing here?" Amanda Lynn watched as her brother fixed Toothless with a hard look, scrutinizing him.
"I live next door," Toothless explained hurriedly. "I was on my way over there and I heard your sister singing and I just came over to look..."
"It's okay Zimri," Amanda Lynn told him, giving him a big hug. "I'm sure he doesn't mean any harm, now let's get started on unpacking."
She watched as her big brother shot Toothless a hard look that seemed to carry some sort of warning to it, she mentally rolled her eyes, clearly this was a big brother thing and he felt obligated to do this.

[Rabbitheart]

Toothless lay on his bed looking up at the ceiling, he had no idea what had gotten into him, but he just couldn't stop thinking. Couldn't stop thinking about her. She was like a ray of sunshine, she had brightened his day and now he couldn't stop smiling when he thought of her.
Gah! What's gotten into me? He thought to himself, not for the first time when trying to make himself stop thinking about his new neighbor. Somewhere in the back of his mind, a tiny voice whispered to him the answer of what had gotten into him.
You're in love. It whispered to him, making him sigh, shake his head, and get up off of bed. He couldn't seem to sit still, he wanted so very badly to be doing something, but nothing he tried to do seemed to hold his interest long enough, didn't feel like they were really what he wanted to be doing, whatever that was.
He contemplated going over to see Amanda Lynn next door and see if maybe she needed or would like help with unpacking her things, he decided to go over to his small kitchen and make himself something to eat for dinner. He ended up making himself something simple, a grilled cheese sandwich. As he sat at his small dinner table, he thought to himself about what he was going to do for the rest of the night.
Finishing his meal, he put his plate in the sink, figuring that he'd wash it later. He went over to his living room and sat down on the couch, briefly debating on whether he wanted to pop in a movie or just turn on the TV and see if there was anything good on. He was just getting up to get a movie to put in when he heard a crash come from next door, where the new girl, Amanda Lynn, was moving in. Without really even thinking about it, he left his apartment and went over to hers, peering in through the open door.
"Are you alright? I hear a large cra-ash-" he saw Amanda Lynn on her hands and knees, crying over a box lying on its side on the ground, its contents strewn out, some looked broken. Toothless bit his lip slightly, uncertain about whether or not he should go over to her or not, eventually he gave in and came over to her, tentatively wrapping one arm around her.
"Hey, it's going to be alright, what's the matter?" He asked softly as she cried.

[Rabbitheart]

Amanda Lynn hated herself in that moment, tripping over the carpet and falling to the ground, then crying over the spilled contents. She hated how Toothless must have seen her right then, weak, pathetic and childish as she blubbered over the spilled box of some of her favorite items.
He removed his arm from around her shoulders and began carefully picking up the items, examining them, and placing them back in the box. When everything was back in the box and she had stopped crying, he smiled at her. It was a charming smile that was irresistible to smile back to.
"It looks like nothing got broken or anything, so everything is alright," he said, giving her another smile. "Would you like some help unpacking your things? I don't have anything I need to do and I'd like to help you unpack, if you're okay with that that is."
Amanda Lynn smiled, wiped the last of her tears from her cheeks and gave him a little smile. "Yeah, I'd really love it if you would."
"Great! Let's get started then," he said, getting up off his knees, offering his paw to her to take.
Smiling, she accepted it. He's quite the gentleman. She thought to herself. "Thank you."
"You're welcome," removing his paw from hers, she watched as he bent over and picked up the box. "Let's start with this one, where do these things go?"
"Um...my bedroom, actually," she replied, slightly embarrassed. "Just set them on the bed and I'll sort through them later."
"Okay," he told her, walking off in the direction of her bedroom. She watched him, a slight smile still on her face. He was really cute...and handsome. She wondered if he was single or not.
Violently, she shook her head, trying to rid herself of that line of thinking.
Stop it Amanda, don't you dare fall for him, you remember the last time you fell for a guy? her inner-voice ordered her.
Yeah,she did remember. She was heartbroken, she let herself believe that a guy who was really friendly and nice to her might like her and she asked him out to a dance. She was foolish and stupid and should never had allowed herself to fall that hard over a crush, let alone let her feelings be known to others. This time, she'd snuff her feelings out quick and bury them, try to forget them. She'd let him in as a friend, if he wanted to be that, but she wouldn't let him be anything more, not matter how much her heart may want to let him in as more.
Releasing a sigh, she hurried over to the stack of boxes and removed a box and began removing its contents and putting them away. She needed to get busy to get her mind off of Toothless and how cute she thought he was.

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[Rabbitheart]

After placing the box on her bed, Toothless went back into the main room and noticed that Amanda Lynn's face seemed...more stern...almost angry. He wondered what happened to make her countenance change so quickly. His brow furrowed slightly as he pondered over this for a brief moment before grabbing a box and going over next to her.
"Hey, everything alright?" He opened up the box and began pulling things out and setting them down on the counter.
"Oh, yeah, everything is fine, I was just...it's nothing, honest," she answered, laughing.
"I don't believe you," he responded, chuckling as he turned around and leaned against the counter, looking at her. "What's the matter?"
He watched as her ears went back and she began to play with the scarf on her tail. "It's nothing," she repeated. "I was just...remembering something I didn't want to, that's all."
"Oh," he frowned slightly, debating on whether or not he should press on or not. If he was prying a little too much or something.
"Heartbreak," she told him, he could tell by her tone it was a major one and she probably wouldn't want to talk about it either, so he didn't press on.
"I understand," he told her, giving her a half-smile. "the great thing about hearts though, is that they go on, and even if they're broken again, they're still capable of putting themselves back together and finding love again."
He watched as Amanda Lynn's expression softened, looking over at him, her eyes seemed to evaluate him, as if trying to assess whether he really meant what he said or not, then she nodded, smiled, and let out a light laugh.
"Yes, they do indeed do that," she replied. "Thank you,"
"You're welcome," Toothless felt heat rise to his cheeks as he gave her another smile before getting back to work on emptying the box and putting the items away.

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[Rabbitheart]

Amanda Lynn could feel her cheeks getting hot and she knew she must be blushing under the fur on them. She tried to busy her mind by concentrating on the work. It was hard to do, especially since she kept smiling to herself when she thought about Toothless's adorable awkward smile, it reminded her how the character Toothless from the movie How To Train Your Dragon smiled. The similarity between them made her giggle, it was obvious that his parents were a fan of the movie too considering they decided to name him after the character.
Actually, now that she thought about it, he held a striking resemblance to the night fury. It made her laugh, she found it kind of cute.
"Out of curiosity, has anyone ever told you that you look like Toothless from How To Train Your Dragon?"
He seemed to be highly amused by her question. "Yes, on several occasions," he chuckled, "Actually, my parents named me after him."
"That's really cool, it definitely suits you," she stated, smiling at him.
She watched him as he laughed and came over to her, "You have no idea," he told her, winking at her.
"What? Do you dress up as him or something?" She asked him playfully, smiling at him.
He shifted uncomfortably, making Amanda Lynn worry that she may have just touched on something that was a sore subject for Toothless and instantly wanted to take back what she said.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to make fun of you-"
"It's alright," he replied, laughing. "I know you didn't mean it in a mean way, and to answer your question, yes. I do wear a costume to help me look more like him."
"No way! Let me see," Amanda Lynn excitedly exclaimed, wanting very much to see how he looked in it. She watched as he blushed and became rather flustered, which she found absolutely adorable.
"Uh...are you sure you want to see me in it?" He asked, his arm going behind his head to rub the back of his neck.
"Oh yes, I would love to see you in it!" she nodded her head eagerly, hoping that he would show her.
"Alright, if you insist," he told her, shrugging.
She watched him leave her apartment, leaving the door to her entryway open. She smiled to herself, excited.
While she waited, she finished unloading the last of the boxes and began putting its contents away.

[Rabbitheart]

Toothless rushed into his apartment and scurried into his bedroom, closing the door behind him. He put his back against the door and leaned against the door for awhile, releasing a heavy sigh before pushing off the door and beginning to pace his bedroom, fretting about how this would all play out or go down. Amanda seemed like a really nice girl, she didn't seem like the kind of girl who'd make fun of him for his costume, but still. He was afraid that she'd make fun of him or at the very least laugh at him. Rubbing the back of his neck with his hand again, he sighed heavily, giving in.
I can't believe I'm about to do this, he thought to himself in utter disbelief. "Why did I agree to do this again?"
Oh, right. It was Amanda who was the reason for why he was doing this. All the reason he needed to convince himself to do it.
He went over to his closet and got out the costume that he had had for forever, slipped it on, took a deep breath and walked out of his bedroom, his apartment, and into Amanda Lynn's apartment. He had a sick feeling in his stomach, he felt so nervous, he was terrified of having this part of him be rejected. This part of himself that he enjoyed being the most, but was most often made fun of. His nerdy side.
"Alright, I'm back," he announced, heaving a huge sigh before biting his lip and closing his eyes as he waited to hear her reaction.
A giggle was the first thing he heard, but he didn't dare open his eyes to look over at her see what her face was saying about what she thought of his appearance.
"You look absolutely amazing Toothless!" he heard her exclaim, causing him to open his eyes and look at her.
"Really, you think so?"
"Yeah, it's uncanny how much you look just like the character from the movie," he heard her say, making him smile.
"Thank you," he told her, not sure what else to say.
He felt a feather light kiss to his cheek before hearing her say, "No, thank you for showing me, I really appreciate it." He saw her flash him a smile and he felt his heart skip a couple beats. Yup. It was official. He was in love. Head over heels in love.
"You want to watch a movie with me? Everything is unpacked and put away now, thanks to all your help," Toothless considered this and nodded his head, sort of still dazed that she wanted to hang out with him more.
"I'd love to," he told her, smiling at her.

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[Rabbitheart]

Several weeks later and Amanda Lynn was sitting comfortably in her living room watching a movie when there was a knock at her door. Hitting pause, she walked over to the door and looked through the peep hole. It was the landlord, Jenner.
With a sigh, she steeled herself for whatever her landlord was going to throw her way, then opened the door with a smile. "Hello Jenner, what can I do for you?"
Jenner looked around her apartment briefly, looking very business-like and completely disinterested in being very friendly. "Yes, hi," she replied, sounding very bored. "Listen, I just came over to tell you that one of your neighbors, Ms. Zyanya Chry Caldecott, recently had a terrible break-in on her apartment where the thieves not only stole valuable things from her, but also vandalized and torched the place. Since she is paid up for the next couple of months, so I'm having her stay with you since your apartment comes with an extra bedroom, you're fine with this, aren't you?"
Amanda Lynn was surprised by the news, she honestly had no idea who this girl was that Jenner wanted her to room, but she had half a mind to tell Jenner that no, she was not fine with this decision and that Jenner would have to room her with someone else. But knowing that it was best to stay on the good side of her landlord, she nodded her head and told her she was fine with it. I just hope this Zyanya girl won't be a problem or hard to live with. She silently prayed.
"Great! I'll bring her in right now," Jenner smiled in delight and rushed into the hall, where Amanda Lynn could hear her call the other bean's name.
A few minutes later and Jenner returned with a very fluffy looking gray and white female bean with black tiger stripes and stunningly bright pale yellow eyes.
"Ms. Amanda Lynn Sonata, meet Ms. Zyanya Chry Caldecott," Jenner stated, stepping back.
The other bean rolled her eyes, "Just call me Chry, I don't really go by Zyanya very often,"
Amanda Lynn smiled and shook her hand. "Nice to meet you Chry, you can call me Amanda Lynn or Amanda for short." She offered, smiling at her.
"Great! Now that you two have met, I'll be on my way, good bye!" And with that, Jenner promptly left, closing the door behind her, leaving the two of them alone.
"So...I'm sorry to hear about what happened to you, that must have been horrible to come back to,"
"Yeah, it was, I couldn't believe all the damage," Chry shook her head, Amanda Lynn felt terrible for her. "It's a good thing that all of my most treasured items weren't in the apartment., I had just finished putting them in a storage unit."
"Well that's really fortunate, I'm glad that they didn't get harmed, but what did they take then anyway?"
"Nothing that I really miss," she replied, shrugging, walking into the living room. "Oooh, are you watching Tangled? I love that movie!"
"Yeah, I am, I can re-start if you'd like," Amanda Lynn offered, smiling at Chry. "But first you'd better put your things in your room, it's right over there," she gestured to the room opposite her bedroom.
"Thanks," Chry said, quickly going to the room and plopping her things on the floor near the bed before rushing back to the living room and leaping onto the couch in excitement.
"Hold on and let me pop some popcorn, okay? Also, I'm expecting someone else over, so if there's a knock on the door, feel free to go over and answer," Amanda Lynn told her before heading over to the kitchen to get the popcorn started.
"Alright," Chry agreed, "Who're you expecting?"
"Do you know Toothless? He lives in the apartment next door to me, we're good friends and I like to invite him over for movie nights," Amanda Lynn shouted from the kitchen, smiling to herself. She really enjoyed his companionship, he was a real sweetheart. She hated to admit it, even to herself, but she had formed a bit of a crush on him. She was just too afraid to ask or approach the subject of his relationship status.