[hr][hr] [center][color=LightPink][h1]Syleste Astrea Nioré[/h1] [img]http://i1150.photobucket.com/albums/o620/Vicier/Vicier%20-%20Percy%20Jackson%20Roleplay%20-%20Characters/Syleste%20Niore%20-%20Gif%2002_zpsto4fnwrf.gif[/img] [b]Location:[/b] Outside Riley's Bed and Breakfast. [sup][b]Interacting With:[/b] Aron Brooks and Gage Brooks ([@BlackPanther]), and Cody Treadwell ([@Caits]).[/sup][/color][/center] [hr][hr] [color=Pink]“Trust me, I don’t want to go back… but I can’t go back to the foster care system. I’d lose you. And I need to be there for Aron… I’ll be okay, I promise I’ll be okay.”[/color] All she could do was shake her head, the sting she felt crossing over the surface of her eyes almost too much to bear, but she somehow managed to fight back the tears. The last thing she needed was to start crying. Gage [i]needed[/i] her… [i]needed[/i] her to be strong when it seemed as though he couldn’t be; but how could she just stand there and be okay with what he was saying when it was just so wrong… He-… He couldn’t ask her to be okay with this… [color=ABA000]“You have plenty of choices. Like… Like you could come live at my place… my folks won’t mind having you both… I’m sor-…”[/color] [color=LightPink]“You won’t lose me..! Gage, I promise, you won’t lose me..!”[/color] Now having both hands free thanks to Cody having taken the first aid kit from her, Syleste once more moved herself a step closer to him, she cut off the rest of Cody’s sentence, her hands both coming up to once more rest lightly against Gage’s chest as she lifted her head up so that she could look in the direction she could hear his voice… feel his breath coming from, [color=LightPink]“No matter what happens… if you end up moving out, or… or if you end up going back into the foster system for some reason; I’m not going to leave you. Gage, I-…”[/color] Shutting her eyes tightly, she curled her hands over the natural his shoulders, holding onto him for what seemed like dear life as she dropped her head down, her long and wavy pink locks falling down and over her shoulders, helping to frame her face and hide it from view for what felt like forever until she lifted her head back up, once more turning her attention back up to him so that she could finally finish her sentence, her eyes wet and glistening with the tears she was working so hard on keeping back. [color=LightPink]“Gage, I-… I love you…”[/color] One moment she had free movement, and the next she was once more wrapped up in the tight but loving embrace of her boyfriend. His arms held fast around her body, keeping her pressed as close to him as he possibly could in the moment while his warm breath seemed to fan out and over her ear, his voice soft… shaky as he spoke out, telling her that whatever Cody was about to do for him, it was going to hurt; and it only helped to send a shiver down the length of her spine… He needed her. Gage needed her. [color=LightGreen]“This was my fault.”[/color] Her body moved with his, her soft pink lips parting ever so slightly from one another, and a surprised though silent gasp seeming to come from the young girl as she felt the way that his arms tightened around her- he was angry… she could feel it… [color=Pink]“Are you happy with Cody?[/color] [color=LightGreen]“Yes.”[/color] [color=Pink]“Then it was worth it… and it’s not your fault; you know damn well mom and dad would have been fine and probably even invited Cody over. Remember that.”[/color] She was missing something… something big. Were-… Were Aron and Cody going out like her and Gage..? Turning her head slightly so that she was able to rest her cheek against the warmth of his chest, she let her attention turn over to where she could hear Cody and Aron’s voices coming from, and while she was still boiling with anger at what had happened, she couldn’t help the small smile of happiness that played over her lips at the thought of her two friends being happy together. They were both so wonderful… Aron and Cody were amazing people… and they deserved nothing more than to be able to be happy. [color=ABA000]“You’ll both come home with one of us when we get back. Neither of you are going back there.”[/color] Coming home with one of them..? The moment her mind registered exactly what that meant, Syleste felt her cheeks flushing a bright shade of red. Her mother, while not a strict woman, was not the type to easily say yes to having people she barely knew staying over… let alone having [i]boys[/i] she barely knew staying over. No, she couldn’t let something like that keep her down. They needed a place to stay… they just couldn’t go back home, and she was sure that if she just explained that to her mother-… [color=LightPink]“Cody’s right… and I really don’t want you to go back to that house; either of you. Please Gage… please promise me you won’t go back there…”[/color] Once more turning her head, she let her ever unseeing eyes glide up to where she was sure he was now looking down at her, [color=LightPink]“..we can speak to my mother- if we just explain everything, I know she’ll let you stay with us for as long as you need… please Gage… you can’t go back there… you just can’t…”[/color] [color=ABA000]“Hey Syleste? There’s a few scratches, if I show you, can you just clean them? I don’t think they need to be bound.”[/color] Her attention torn away from Gage as she heard Cody’s voice calling out to her, Syleste turned her head once more, her eyes blinking a couple of times as she thought on his words before finally, she nodded her head in understanding to what it was that was being asked of her- maybe… just maybe, she wasn’t going to be completely useless in this situation after all… [color=LightPink]“..of course..! Just show me where they are; I’ll-… I’ll do my best…”[/color]