Glass Slippers Ch 37 RevisedChapter 37RegretsIt was cold. Vienna shivered beneath the blankets and held her sore arm. Leonard had gotten angry at her again. Everything was sore or bleeding or both. Her eyes were red from crying so much…All this and she hadn't talked to her parents yet."Why are you still in bed?" Leonard asked as he hovered near her bed.She curled away from him with a small groan of pain."Must you make this difficult?" He grabbed her blanket and threw it off her. "Get up and get dressed."Vienna curled up into a ball, "Leonard…please…not today…I can barely move…""I told you last night that I wanted you to get d
Glass Slippers Revised Ch. 1In The Beginning…The baby cried loudly. Asmodeus cringed from the terrible shrieking and turned to face Amon, "I can sense a disquieting mutation from it…I can't quite put my finger on it but it certainly isn't perfect." he frowned and pushed a long blonde tendril of hair away from his face.Mammon glared in Asmodeus' direction, "I warned you. Both of you." She turned her attention to the raven haired beauty at her right, "They will all be deformed in some way. This is our curse!""Indeed, it's true we're cursed." Amon's crimson eyes glittered with shadowed indulgence. "This baby is far from perf
Glass Slippers Revised Ch. 2Chapter 2First TryThis class, unlike her first period, was air conditioned. That explained why most of the girls were wearing coats. There were more seats, giving Vienna the privilege to sit wherever she deemed worthy. There were two groups of people. The first were eager and ready for class to begin, the second were completely bored and doing other mindless tasks in order to keep the boredom away.Vienna took a seat at the back of class as per her usual. The class room didn't look particularly full, she guessed that "The Politics of Europe" wasn't a very popular class. She sighed hoping this would stimulate her brain or at least perk
Glass Slippers Ch. 3 RevisedChapter 3Bullies and GardenersBam!It was always a little hard to regain her breath when she was pushed into a wall once more by Ryo Asakura. Vienna was starting to resent him. What did she ever do to him, anyway? She was met by glaring eyes and twitching lips each time they caught each other's gazes. Did Ryo hate her?Who would've thought that college was full of bullies? Certainly not Vienna, and yet life is, once again, proving her wrong. A lot of things had been going wrong lately.After her incidental coming out of the closet to Leonard the pretty boy had been keeping a bit of a distance from her. There was always an uncomfortable
Glass Slippers Ch. 4 RevisedChapter 4The RoseVienna sneezed as she stumbled through the court yard. She had caught a cold from lying in the mud out in the rain. It really was no surprise to her but now she felt like the living dead. Stumbling from class to class, the constant sneezing and sniffling on top of everyone calling her mud girl (not a very creative name but it hurt nonetheless). Now she figured she would find a nice peaceful place to rest her eyes for a bit before she had her last and final class. She was going to need all the rest she could get as her Biological Chemistry partner was an idiot who did nothing but sneakily eat candy bars all class. In
Glass Slippers Ch. 5 RevisedChapter 5Amazing NightComing in and out of the dark, Vienna could vaguely pick out a few words two people were saying. The images were blurry but she was sure they were of a man and a woman. The man looked like Victor and the woman looked like a young, hot nurse.She closed her eyes again, her head hurting. Inhaling sharply she felt something warm and wet run across her lips. Even though she couldn't name what had just happened her heart fluttered."Will she be okay?" Yes, that was definitely Victor. She couldn't mistake his voice."Yes, I've already taken care of her nose." Said a softer, melodic voice. It must've been the nurse. "She
Glass Slippers Ch. 6 RevisedChapter 6First DateVienna sighed and tapped her pencil against her notebook. She always found Hamlet to be one of the less interesting of Shakespeare's works. Her hand drifted over her cheek and she blushed a little. Victor had kissed her. Did that mean he liked her? She hoped he did because she really liked him. Oh, but what if he didn't?! She frowned and put her pencil down before putting a finger up to her lips to check if they were soft, they were. So if Victor wanted to come out of nowhere and kiss her that would be quite alright. She was prepared…or was she? She blushed a little more and bowed her head looking down at
Glass Slippers Ch. 7 RevisedChapter 7Apology NOT acceptedThe shuffle home wasn't as long as he had expected. With no one watching, he was free to move as freely and fast as he wished. Night time was the ideal time for him to play, as everyone in town was fast asleep. He opened the heavy door inside to the lightly lit candled room. Everyone in the house hold was away, playing hard after a long day's work. The only one home was the only person he wanted to see, minus the hairy rat he always kept by his side."Hey, kid, I'm back from my hot date." He called into the empty house.Suddenly he was tackled from behind, "Victor! How was the date? Did you kiss her? What
Glass Slippers Ch. 8 RevisedChapter 8The Trouble With BeautyThe problem with skirts was that it invited lechers and perverts to give unwanted attention. To prevent these problems further, Vienna took it upon herself to start a petition for longer skirts and to eliminate the short skirts. Clipboard with a piece of paper with the heading: "Longer Skirts Petition" in hand she waited in the Headmaster's waiting room. This was all good, except the man at the desk kept staring at her. His handsomeness was eliminated due to his lecher aura that weighed so heavily around him.There was something off about him. It wasn't the fact he wore tight, black leather, a heavy coat a
Glass Slippers Ch. 9 RevisedChapter 9Lucky StonesJust another mundane Monday. Vienna sat at the back of class as usual. She was wearing her slacks once more so she didn't have to worry about unwanted stares. Though her mood since the incident with Mr. Eden was dramatically different. She had no more fire and her ego was at it's lowest. She was afraid of the boys in class shirking away from them whenever they tried to talk to her and she no longer spoke up in class with her usual argumentative answers. Today she listened intently to Professor Brown while at the same time trying to block everything else out.Victor wasn't the only one who noticed something off
Glass Slippers Ch. 10 RevisedChapter 10The Rumba"Vienna!" Called someone in the distance.Vienna barely had time to turn around before she was tackled to the ground, "Oof!" she groaned loudly.The girl who had tackled her sat on her stomach, looking quite pleased with herself. Her black hair hung in loose pigtails, and her blue eyes glimmered with excitement, "You look soooo cute today! You should wear slacks all the time!"Needless to say Vienna was thoroughly confused by the sudden attack, "Wh-? Th-thank yo-uh why…slacks?"The girl grinned and wiggled her hips making Vienna blush furiously, "Yeah slacks! You look just like a really cute boy with them
Glass Slippers Ch. 11 RevisedChapter 11Shopping AdventureVienna sat in her first class a pale pink blush on her cheeks as she thought about her dream and that rumba dance. It was arousing to say the very least. She sighed and pulled her skirt down a little, she hated it when it rode up her thigh.Ryo was, once again, paying more attention to Vienna than to Professor Brown. The lesson had changed to Julius Caesar. It was something he had already learned before. True, he never bothered reading it, but he saw the movie… and that was enough.Curious, he began wondering what she was thinking about that could cause her pinks to be the shade of
Glass Slippers Ch. 12 RevisedChapter 12The Autumn BallVienna had been acting particularly distant. She was usually distant with Ryo, but this time it felt like she was a world away, and he didn't want that. She did all that she could to get a different seat, away from him. Unfortunately for him he ended up sitting beside one of the most annoying girls in the school. Cali. He didn't care to learn her last name, or even her full name. If he could, he'd forget all about her altogether. The curly blonde choir leader leaned on her arm, a love sick grin on her plastic face.Ryo did his best to ignore the stupid love notes she sent his way. It wasn't that he didn't like he
Glass Slippers Ch. 13 RevisedChapter 13Be Quiet Mr. Eden leaned on his hand, his sunglasses perched on his desk as he scowled in no particular direction. There was a bit of stubble on his chin, and his eyes had dark circles, indicating little to no sleep. Vienna stared at him, trying to determine if this guy was the pervert's twin, or not. He wasn't staring at her in her particularly short skirt with lustful eyes."What?" The man snarled. If looks could kill… "You have something you want to say to me?""Quite a few things actually, but I really don't have time for that right now." She straitened out her tie and nodded towards the headmaster's office, "I have
Glass Slippers Ch. 14 RevisedChapter 14The Unsavory PrizeYawning, Vienna trudged down to the breakfast table, "Morning Grandma." she said sleepily while pouring herself some cereal."Good morning, dear." Grandma greeted cheerfully. "You're just in time. Your friend's been waiting for you.""Good morning, Vienna." Leonard sat at the breakfast table, drinking a nice cup of tea.Her eyes widened in shock and horror, "He's not my friend!" she stated quickly, "Why did you let him in?!""Correction. I am your friend. Those were my terms, in case you didn't know." The prince said matter-of-factly. "Hurry and get ready. We're going to be late if you idle your time any mo
Glass Slippers Ch. 15 RevisedChapter 15Saturday Morning CartoonsRyo sat on the old couch, Maggie lying comfortably on his lap. She purred as he rubbed her ears. He felt somewhat at peace, happy that he didn't yell at Vienna or shared cruel words with her when he last saw her. He was intent on gaining a bit of footing with her before giving it up. There was too much competition. From his own observations, she was dating Victor and now Prince Leonard himself was after her for some unknown reason. He wasn't liking where this was going. He didn't know the prince very well, but he knew Leonard was a lot like his brother. There was something going on behind the scenes.As
Glass Slippers Ch. 16 RevisedChapter 16The BeachThe black mail didn't stop after one simple hang out. Leonard finally got Vienna out of the house on Sunday and to the beach. Vienna was a little more self conscience today than usual. Grandma gave her a bikini and burned the rest of her swim gear. Wearing a sarong around her waist, she trudged in the sand behind Leonard.Along the pier there were many different restaurants and shops. She eyed the store she had visited before, the stones cold against her skin. Maybe she could sneak off and visit that store again."Such a lovely day." Leonard stretched, his shirtless skin gleaming in the sun. He placed his hands on his
Glass Slippers Ch. 17 RevisedChapter 17RealizationLeonard slipped into the seat beside Vienna, starting up a very unwanted conversation. "You left early.""I had things to do." Vienna said passively, reading one of the large text books they were assigned to finish before the final exam. The exam wasn't until the end of the semester, but it was going to take that long to finish the blasted thing. This book was huge! It was a wall among books."What kind of things?" Leonard asked, once more getting into her business."Things you don't need to know about." Vienna shrugged, turning a page.The prince thought for a moment, the light catching his hair at an awkward ang
Glass Slippers Ch. 18 RevisedChapter 18BoysIt had been a long day. Ryo pulled his uniform off, stripping down to his boxers. Tossing the clothes over the back of the couch, he went into the bathroom, started the hot water, pulled off his boxers, and got in. Letting the scalding water run over his toned body, he leaned his head against the tiled wall.He closed his eyes, wincing at the rising temperature. Wet hair clinging to his back and neck, he went over the last few days of his life. Work was slowing down as the cold season came around. School was picking up, replacing the time work left open. He didn't have any time to breathe.He took a breath, making sure his
Glass Slippers Ch. 19 RevisedChapter 19Ice PrinceSnow had started to fall and ice skating became popular very fast. Popular enough to gain the attention of a certain prince, at least.Another outing, another adventure Vienna could live without, she clung onto the wall of the local ice skating rink and watched as Leonard spun in mid air and landed with perfect form. Max was simply doing laps, looking ridiculous and out of place as usual.The prince skated to Vienna's spot and smiled brightly at her. "What's wrong? You can't skate properly by holding onto the wall, you know."Vienna frowned, "I can't skate, period.""No? Well, I can help with that." He offered her
Glass Slippers Ch. 20 RevisedChapter 20Ladders"You've gotten a lot better." Leonard cheered as Vienna came to a safe stop on her ice skates. They had taken the entire Sunday to work on the girl's movement and balance. So far she had only fallen twice. "Are you ready to try going faster now?""I don't know…" she said with a bit of worry in her voice, "I barely just learned how to stand up straight.""Let's try for a bit and see how it goes." Leonard skated to her side, took her hand, and sped her up a notch.It didn't take long for Vienna's balance to falter. She ran into him. He stumbled a bit. They both fell. Vienna got the more cushiony part of landing, bei
Glass Slippers Ch 22 RevisedChapter 22Someone to Turn toVienna was lying face down on the desk DEAD. Dead tired and distraught, that is. Ryo was tempted to poke her into attention, but the sniffling behind her hair caused him to back off. He scratched his cheek and glanced up at the clock. Professor Brown had given everyone only twenty minutes to complete their Shakespearean exercises. They were to take a moment of their lives and turn it into a monologue. Elizabethan optional.Choosing a scene from his own life to transform into something Shakespearean was a chore, especially when your partner refused to trade ideas and techniques. Turning to his piece of paper, a
Glass Slippers Ch 23 RevisedChapter 23Since You've Been GoneWith a list that was hurriedly scribbled, Ryo wandered the super market for the best deals. He already had a buy one get one free for milk, a giant block of cheese, one of those ninety-nine cent loaves of bread, and a box of spaghetti. He had to find some meat and garlic bread to go with his dinner tonight, as well as a few cans of tuna for the cats. They deserved a treat now and then.There was the garlic bread, and only one left. Ryo reached for it, only to be met by another hand. Both retracting quickly, they locked eyes. The hand belonged to a gentle girl with long honey brown hair. She smiled and wipe
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