Thread:RoseSummers1/@comment-31597382-20200114182620

Hi! I really, really, really, love these two and I hope you love this story! They are just so cute!

Jaiden was tough. He knew this.

He also knew he was scary, dark, a bully, and pretty much a monster.

He knew these things about him and he accepted those things.

At least, he thought he did.

Nothing in all of Ever After and the surrounding kingdoms could make him accept what he just heard, though.

"Hey sweetie?" Jaiden didn't recognize this student, all he could tell was she was looking for all the fairy tale world like she did not want to be seen by anyone other than Amorette.

If you were to ask him, and he was actually in a mood to answer, he would say the words in themselves were not frightening. At all. He called Amorette sweetie dozens of times, sure, it just made sense that other people would do the same thing.

The tone wasn't that frightening either. It was the tone he heard many people, (Namely Retta herself) use on little kids and cute animals. And in all honesty, the only thing slightly alarming about the student's facial expression was that she really did not seem to want to be seen talking to her. Jaiden almost laughed, he'd blame that on himself.

Amorette didn't seem uncomfortable with being face to face with the student either. That was really no surprise to anyone who's even talked to the cupid once. Amorette was courteous and kind to anyone, and...(he would probably be dead if she knew he thought this) naive enough that you could be the scariest person in the fairy tale world, (yes he was aware he just basically described both himself and Juniper), and be openly trying to threaten her (except he and Juniper would never do that), and she still would smile and ask what you needed. (Maybe he was exaggerating, but not by much.)

So what was the problem? It wasn't like he could tell she was in danger, why did it make him feel like someone just dumped ice cold water on him and left him outside in way below zero temperatures, seeing that student talk to his Retta?

And then it became clear.

"Now, your...um...little...monster...boyfriend, he isn't here?" The student still spoke in patronizing tones, which added "wanting to throw up" to the list of weird feelings that he was getting from this conversation that he really shouldn't be eavesdropping on.

"If you mean Jaiden...then he's not here. But come on, he's not a monster." Classic Retta. He could probably kill someone with no just cause and she'd still defend his every word and deed, until her dying breath. (Which if he had anything to do with it, would not be for years, and years, and years to come.)

"Honey, if he's not here, you don't have to be defending him." The student pressed, making Jaiden groan. She was one of those students, wasn't she?

"I'm sorry??" Amorette's responses was not very telling, not in her expression, nor her tone, but Jaiden had his guard up, he didn't like the way this was going.

"I'm just here to let you know that I have been in situations like that, and I know people who were in the situation, and I know that when you are in the situation, especially in it for as long as you seem to be, well, then, it's just second nature to get all defensive when..."

"Hold up!" His butterfly's sudden exclamation was probably the only thing that kept Jaiden from running in the middle of this whole exchange, growling and roaring, so that that student would finally understand that she should never in a million years approach either Jaiden, Retta, or Juniper again unless it was to give them a perfect present or sing them a tribute or something.

"Yes dear?" She seemed a little taken aback, and the pet names, (not romantic pet names, but more like the nicknames a mother would give her child) were getting old.

"What do you mean...situation???" Jaiden actually knew what situation the student was referring to, (he at least had a pretty good idea about what it was), and was eager to see what excuse the student would sputter out.

"Well..." Now the other girl was looking uncomfortable, and with good reason. Not even if someone was actually in the..."situation", was it easy to approach anyone about it. And it really wasn't easy to approach someone about this if they weren't actually in the situation.

"Precious, you are in a toxic relationship." Jaiden didn't miss the way Retta's fist started to clench as she raised her arm slowly, and by the looks of it, neither did the student, as she flushed and spoke quicker.

"And that isn't healthy. You need to go to someone, someone who can protect you and keep you from him so you can start to heal, I know it's hard to accept that someone that you think you love is actually very bad news to you..."

Retta dropped her fist, but spoke with defiance. "I'm sorry that you have experienced that, but your wrong. You have no idea what your talking about. You've probably never even spoken to him, you don't know what it's like beneath all of the layers that he's put up. You don't know his heart!'

Jaiden was torn between wanting to laugh and wanting to cheer. How exactly did he deserve his precious girlfriend? He was pretty sure he didn't even deserve her as a friend, and yet they were dating.

The other student blinked and backed up, and Jaiden foolishly believed that it was over, that she would drop the conversation. He was getting tired of eavesdropping, and wanted to take his girlfriend out for a special night.

But he was wrong. Again. Why does this keep happening to the both of them?

"Darling, I have seen him. He's a monster. He doesn't have a shred of humanity in him, I bet he will sooner tear someone's head off as look at them. You can't possibly tell me that he has any emotions at all, let alone love...?"

Amorette raised both of her arms and pursed her lips, making Jaiden smirk, he knew where this was going. He had seen her fight many, many times, and he knew that she could hold her own against anyone, be it Daring Charming, Tiny, or one of the ogres that for whatever reason frequented the school.

To his surprise, she didn't yell, didn't scowl, didn't hit her, just placed her hands on the student's shoulder. "Your telling me...that you think...that he's a monster...just because he looks like he could hurt someone?" He voice was calm, and in a way, it was almost more scary that way then it would have been if she had yelled.

Jaiden wasn't sure what was coming after that, he barely heard the student squeak out a yes, but he did know that he would enjoy this immensely. He always loved watching his girlfriend, who looked like a cinnamon roll, prove that she could actually kill someone if she really wanted to.

Actually she probably could only seriously hurt someone, but saying she could kill someone sounded a lot cooler. He didn't want to split hairs, details weren't important. The point was his girlfriend didn't look particularly

Amorette stared intently into the eyes of the other student. Finally she sighed, looking down. Jaiden's brow furrowed, was she going to (not agree, he knew his butterfly way too well to imagine she'd agree) but was she just going to let her walk away without saying or doing anything else? That was unlike her.

That thought lasted for about four seconds, before Amorette shoved the student forward into a locker, letting her slump forward onto the floor.

"I bet that hurt." Retta's voice showed a trace of her normal kindness and compassion. Then her voice hardened. "I bet you didn't think i could do that. I am a Cupid. I probably look like I wouldn't even hurt a single fly."

The student nodded, looking fearfully up at the Cupid. "I don't like to hurt someone, I did that to prove a point. You do not judge anyone, whether Jabberwock, human, dragon, troll, or mermaid, by what they would do, or what they can do based on their appearance."

The student righted herself and opened her mouth. "Or their destiny." Amorette shot back. Then she helped the student stand up. "Remember that okay? Because the next time you say someone's in a "toxic" relationship and they are in a perfectly healthy relationship, with equal love on both sides, I don't think that person will be as "lenient" as I am."

The student nodded fiercely, before rubbing her side and limping away. Jaiden wanted to do so much. He wanted to yell, laugh, cry, run to her, pick her up and spin her around in a circle, kiss her all over her face. Instead he did none of that. He just watched her.

Amorette waited until the student was out of sight, before she sighed, straightening her top, and dusting her clothes off. She fixed her hair, which had become mussed up in the confrontation, and leaned against the wall. He was so lucky.

Suddenly he runs over to her, surprising her as he picks her up, spinning her around. "Jaiden what's going on?" She said amidst her delighted peals of laughter.

He just shook his head as he placed her down, carefully so she didn't fall over. She watched him expectantly, until he gave into the temptation and gave her a tight hug. "I love you." He whispered.

Amorette was confused as to why he was being so emotional today, but then she realized that he must have been eavesdropping. She just grinned as she hugged him back. "I love you too."

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I just love the way they love each other. 