Bob That Head

[Beau LaRoux]

This seemed like a bit of a bad idea to Beau. He didn't really question why Devyn wanted to meet in a training room, it sounded like the other guy planned on doing a few things at once. Beau did know that it felt decidedly odd carrying his guitar case while wearing workout clothing. The case kept thudding against his workout shorts. Beau hummed, his mind filled with various songs and tunes. He thought he got Devyn's reasoning here, at the least. The two of them had talked about training, since they'd both ended up involved in that whole SPECTRE mess. Beau didn't like to think about it, definitely didn't want to remember how he'd practically failed, but that didn't stop the thoughts from drifting into his mind on a regular basis.

He also wasn't quite sure how he and Devyn would train together, exactly. His power involved copying hers, and hers involved turning into a giant, shadow wolf that ate away your mind. Sounded like a good way for someone to end up hurt. Still, he didn't argue that point. Nor did he argue grabbing his guitar and bringing what was needed to write Zoe that song they'd talked about. For all Beau knew, that was Devyn's real point. Would make sense for a guy like that to want to get as hidden as he could to do this. Maybe he planned on practicing hand to hand combat and working out lyrics or something.

Really, Beau just didn't know his acquaintance's mind, how it worked and all. so he just arrived with his guitar, set it down, and looked around, trying to figure out which room Devyn wanted. Probably one that was sound proof, if any of Beau's guesses were close to accurate.

[Devyn Solway]

Beau's thought process would have been partly right and partly wrong in the way he was thinking about why Devyn had wanted him to meet her here and to dress ready to work out. Yes she didn't want people to find out that she was trying to right some fluffy love song for Zoe. That would possibly just make it all the more challenging to deal with if others knew that Devyn was actually trying to do it. Her argument was that she was trying to just make Zoe really happy before she would try to end things between the two of them. At least that was what she kept telling herself and a few others. That she was going to and wanted to break up with Zoe, she had to, it was only fair to all the others that Devyn broke up with when she was not getting fully what she wanted and the other person had said i love you. Zoe met both of those and Devyn was supposed to break up with Zoe as soon as she said it but she didn't things just had bad timing.

Was she making it worse by trying to give Zoe a lot of good memories now? Maybe. She just wanted Zoe to like maybe have the good memories to think about more than the whole bad memory of their destined breakup. Either way, Devyn liked working out and this was around the time she did it so she figured that Beau could join her. She often came up with some good thoughts while working out so that might help her creative 'romantic' juices flow or something. She waited outside the sound proof room she picked for them to do their work out in because she didn't even want anyone to hear Beau singing. If someone heard then they would go to check it out and while Devyn didn't mind any rumors about her and Beau doing something bad while being alone in a room together, she didn't want anyone to know why they were actually in the room together.

She wore a Nike workout short set that was black with matching black sneakers as she leaned back against the door. She picked up the faint and familiar scent of Beau and the sound of wood hitting something that caused her to look up and spot him "Beau this room." Devyn called out to him as she gestured behind her, having gotten there early because well she was nervous about the whole thing. She would hold the door open for him but as soon as he was sort of in she quickly rush into the room fully to be more or less away from the door and started to stretch. "Wow, you really brought everything and dressed to work out." Devyn said as she looked him over and checked him out at the same time. Nodding in appreciation of course. "How have you been since...well everything?" Devyn asked since Beau was more or less on the path to being a friend or already was one and she cared to know how her friends were doing.

[Beau LaRoux]

Beau saw Devyn and raised a hand in greeting for the other guy. Devyn gestured toward a room and Beau headed that way, still having a little spring in his step. Couldn't help it, when there was the potential for him to start composing and all. His head was already in the right place for it, though he still wondered if he was going to be training and singing at the same time. As he drew near Devyn, Beau felt the strange creepy feeling he got whenever he picked up the other's shadow thing, and he tried to let it just wash over him. Get used to it, if he was going to be training.

Devyn's question had Beau smiling. "I'm doin' alright, more or less. Gettin' used to havin' a bullet scar," he tapped his side where the bullet had clipped him, "an' I'm gettin' ready to graduate in a few weeks. Be odd to still be here but be one of those big time college folks," he chuckled. He didn't really look like the type to even go to college, but his family had been very insistent.

"So what's the plan? You want me to play the soundtrack while you work out or something?" Beau asked as he walked in the room. It looked to have the standard training setup: some various items lining the walls, mats on the floor. Beau knew that you could customize the room to suit specific needs, seeing as he'd been through several such rooms himself. didn't mean they couldn't do anything in a space like this. He also noticed the thick padding on the walls, put in for maximum privacy. That confirmed more than anything on the floor, that was for certain.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn still didn't know about how Beau felt being around her because of her power. She knew what his power was but he showed that he must have had pretty good control over it since she never saw him loose control or anything like that. Not that it mattered at the moment because there was a workout to do and that generally meant having at least a good amount of space between them. You get too hot and sweaty working out on your own, you didn't need the added body heat to make it worse. Beau smiled and admitted that he was doing alright more or less. Had a bullet scar that Devyn assumed he got from getting shot at and then talk about how he was going to graduate and be a college student. "Right, you were on the team that stayed behind when SPECTRE did that attack on the school and killed a couple of people. Th…thanks for doing that, a lot of my friends were still here." Devyn said, meaning it but she could not look him in the eyes for a moment, fear that he would see that moment of sadness and fear.

"Got a cool scar myself." Devyn said with a smirk as she lifted up her shirt to show the long scar on her left side most of the scar running up her ribs well some touched just a little bit of her stomach and back at the ends. She was proud of having another scar to the collection but this was by far the biggest or more so longest one she had ever had. "It's good to hear that you will be going to college, means I'll still see you around." Devyn said with a smile because she did like Beau and didn't want all the people she talked with going off and graduating on her. Leaving her behind to well be more or less stuck with people she could not really flirt with. Come to think of it she was going to end up being a Senior and that meant that she was going to have to look for people in her grade out of BA like usual to find anyone to hook up with. Devyn's mind was going off in thought about how things were going to be different with people leaving her behind. Only brought back by Beau asking what the plan was.

"Yeah. I was just thinking you start playing and walk me thought this whole process while I work out. I figured you could get in a work out with me if you were up for all the multitasking." Devyn said, since that pretty much was her plan, do a couple things at once. That should work out well right? Either way she was moving into position to start doing some pushups. "I just would say words that come to mind about her that fit with the music right?" Devyn asked, already moving to start doing pushups, going for fifty.

[Beau LaRoux]

Beau nodded, pasting a force smile on while Devyn talked about SPECTRE. He still had flashes sometimes, facing down bullets and knowing that his next decision could result in someone living or dying. He hoped to never be put in that position, and at the same time, if he was, he wanted to be better prepared the next time around. Devyn's thanks just had him shrugging though. He'd gotten enough of that, and he wasn't sure what to make if it.

He did look at the scar as Devyn showed it, nodding. It looked a little odd, and, come to think of it, there seemed to be something slightly off in the way Devyn was... shaped. Beau just shrugged it off though, instead grinning as Devyn spoke of his college plans. "Yeah, I'm stickin' around. Still gettin' a full handle on the whole powers thing," though he'd improved by leaps and bounds in the past few months. Amazing what could happen if you buckled down and paid attention, eh?

Small talk wrapped up; they were moving on to the point of being there. Beau chuckled and moved to get his guitar out of the case. He'd already tuned the instrument prior to coming, so it was more a matter of slinging the strap over his shoulder and getting everything in position. "Well, also kinda depends on what kinda song you wanna do," he said, looking up at Devyn. he moved his fingers briskly, plucking a short, lively little tune, either rock or country or somewhere in between. "Can go all lively an' all, or," he slowed it down, playing much slower, dragging a softer, lower melody out, "we could do somethin' all ballad like. Usually it's the last one for a song," though Beau mostly wrote happier ones about Liz. He didn't think that Devyn wanted that kind of advice though. Plus, different girls deserved different songs, simple as that.

While Devyn made his decision, Beau added: "Saw you an' your girl at prom, by the way. She looked a little worse for wear, bit tipsy an' all," he gave Devyn raised brows and slight smile, letting him make of that what he would.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn didn't know that Beau was having a hard time or even flashes when it came to SPECTRE talk. She always forgot that not everyone thought like her with those sorts of things. She was already damaged in a way so that might have been why she had not noticed too much of a change in herself. Nightmares were normal and other then being a tad bit more aggressive when she used her power, everything seemed more or less normal for her. Granted she had lost control over her power so did not even really recall anything that went on. Not remembering the lives she ended, the explosions, who she possibly attack, none of it. There was just darkness, the cold, and the whispers that Devyn had come to terms with when she used her power. Even still, she had always been more or less a fighter and if anyone she cared about was put in danger again, she do it all again.

"Awesome. Going to have to stop by and hang out with you in your college dorm and you introduce me to some college boys and girls." Devyn said with a smirk as she gave beau a look. He had said he was flirty before so he had to understand like the 'bro code' when it came to hooking up your friends with good look people. Devyn liked them older after all. Seeing as Beau clearly was not into guys, she was likely to end up getting to meet hot college girls; which Devyn was used to and one hundred percent fine with. Granted she was feeling a little less bi and more homosexual, but that could easily be fixed and not like it was all that big of a deal to Devyn. As for college, she still didn't know what she was going to do with her life at the moment, but she still had time so was not thinking about it too much.

Devyn was working on her pushups, still paying attention to what Beau was saying as she did one after the other. She had a good form and speed while doing them, counting in her head while still paying attention. They did say that girls were good at multitasking after all and Devyn found that a workout did her brain some good. Plus she enjoyed it and her body basically needed it with how she pent up aggression and frustration so easily. Possibly because of her always shoving her emotions down or to the side. She paid close attention however when Beau played the quick tune and was actually considering his advice since he clearly knew how to be romantic where Devyn clearly knew how to be more or less...a flirt. Hmm...so the slow ones are normally good and Zoe likes um...classical music maybe? Devyn thought, slowing down the rate of her pushups for a moment.

"I think something softer would be more to her taste. She writes poems and likes to take photographs so is on the artistic side of things." Devyn said, hoping that would help Beau figure out Zoe a little better and what would work best for Devyn. She finned up her set when Beau pointed out that he had saw Zoe and her at prom and how Zoe was basically drunk. Devyn chuckled as she took her break for a moment and looked at him with a sly grin. "She had one taste of the punch and fell in love with it." Devyn said with another chuckle as she moved so she could start to do some sit-ups. "I think I saw you there with your date or girl too. Blonde girl right?" Devyn asked, not really having paid too much attention to everyone there, but she did see people.


{idk why, but i put Pokemon down in place of poems the first time XD}

[Beau LaRoux]

"Don't you got a girlfriend?" Beau pointed out, raising his brows and looking at his friend. He wasn't even going to mention the dropping of boys in there as well; he didn't want to go anywhere near that. Not that he didn't understand in a sort of general thought, but there was still some small voice inside him whispering about sin and talking about needing to pray for someone. He prayed for everyone though and always figured that he could worry about his own plank before pointing out people's splinters.

Devyn got to work, and Beau let his fingers wander a bit, humming one of his own songs while he did. Always easier to write happier love songs when you just entered a relationship yourself, and Beau had certainly done precisely that, with all the bells and whistles that came with it. When Devyn spoke, Beau looked over at him. Poetry and photographs... how did that mesh with a guy like Devyn? Must be one of those opposite attracts things, which, in Beau's experience, was usually more like "we've got stuff in common that you don't notice right away."

"Softer it is," he said, beginning to just play various soft music. "One taste, huh? So," he grinned, singing the next bit, "one taste of me gets you drunk but you still hang around?" He chuckled, actually reaching for pen and paper, liking that line regardless of what Devyn thought. Might need some tweaking. "Yeah," he said while working, looking over at Devyn, "that's Liz. We won king an' queen together, an'," he grinned, "we're kinda a thing now, I guess," he rubbed at his head, tapping the pen, "what do you think 'bout when you're thinkin' 'bout her?" he looked to Devyn again, "Zoe, that is, 'cuz it won't do you no good to think 'bout my girl."

[Devyn Solway]

"I do...at the moment. Plus it’s an open relationship so I'm still allowed to do as I like." Devyn pointed out, not having really any shame in saying the 'at the moment' part and that it was an open relationship. Both were very true since Devyn did figure she was going to end up breaking up with Zoe at one point or another this month. Granted summer was right around the corner, but she had been without a girlfriend or boyfriend over the summer before and it would not have been that hard to hook up with someone if she really didn't want to be 'significant other-less' over the summer. Devyn made sure to give him eye contact when she said it, so he knew that she was not really joking about it. She did have a feeling that Beau would probably not like to hear such a thing, but if he and her were going to be friends he was going to have to get used to how she was about the whole dating thing. Or try and change her mind about it, which no one had yet been able to do.

Devyn listened as Beau hummed and strummed away on his guitar as she went to her workout. He was pretty good, as Devyn had told him in the past and while it was not her kind of music; for sure not what she would work out to, it was still nice to hear it. Plus that meant that if Devyn could at least enjoy it on some level, then Zoe would have to like it a little bit as well...right? Yeah, Devyn and Zoe didn't really have that much in common when you thought about it. Things that Devyn liked were on the opposite end of the things that Zoe liked. How they worked out this long Devyn had no clue really, but then again they had not been fully working out so maybe that was why. Zoe was cute, Devyn wanted her...but that was all physical right? She wanted to protect her and make her happy, but that was what Devyn wanted to do for all her friends. Zoe had been her friend first and it was why Devyn had at least wanted them to remain friends when they would break up. If that would not be too hard for Zoe, but Devyn didn't really know at the moment.

Devyn nodded when Beau said that he would do a softer tune, even singing a little tune and writing it down. "Wow, that was actually pretty good. Fits with the relationship I think." Devyn said to him, feeling like that Devyn was sort of Zoe's punch in a way. Even with how things got bad and how Devyn clearly was pushing her away a little bit, Zoe kept coming back and wanting to prove that she could do things for Devyn. Have to admire her effort. Devyn thought to herself as she finished up her set of sit-up and took her small break as Beau talked about his date. Pointing out that he and his date and won the queen and queen title. "That’s awesome. I voted for you by the way. Must have been a cool way to seal your senior year with her." Devyn pointed out, looking at him for a moment, tempted to ask if he and her had gone all the way on the night. Yet, she didn't think so with how Beau was. He probably wait until marriage or something. Devyn thought to herself with a small nod, sure that that was most likely.


Devyn was about to move on to doing some jump rope, but Beau asked her what she thought about her, clarifying he meant Zoe and not his girlfriend. That it would do Devyn no good to think about his girl. Devyn could not help but to smirk at that, already so tempted now. "Hmmm...what do I think about Zoe. Well I know I think about taking away her innocence, protecting her, getting her to eat more, protecting her, and...that she is cute." Devyn said as she messed with her hair, then bent over to pick up the jump rope and started to jump with it. She could not really say for sure what he was expecting her to say when she thought about Zoe. "As for Liz, I'm thinking she is pretty hot and that you are pretty lucky that you can go all the way with such a beautiful blonde." Devyn said as she still jumped rope, unable to help herself but at least she said something a little less risky and more of a complement to both Beau and Liz really. She was still smirking either way at him for a moment.

[Beau LaRoux]

An open... relationship? Beau had heard of such things, but he had trouble wrapping his head around them. It all sounded a little off to him. A relationship was a relationship, between two people and that's the way it should be. He was tempted to say as much, but that whole "ye who hath not sinned can cast the first stone" thing popped into his mind. Didn't make him any more comfortable with the situation, but it at least let him wrap it up and shove it into the back of his mind to be examined at a much, much later date.

Easier to do that with the music going, humming and strumming and jotting down some notes. Fits the relationship; good. Though a lot of relationships were intoxicating, and Beau was tempted to point that out. A song like this needed to be personal enough that the person who heard it would know it was about them. Of course, Beau would be nudging Devyn that way soon enough. "It was," he said, addressing the senior year thing, nodding, "an' thanks for the vote," he'd voted for Devyn too, at least, that's how he remembered it. All got a bit fuzzy whenever he dug around back there. He was tempted to add that they'd effectively gotten together too, but he was pretty sure he'd already given enough on that.

Plus, Devyn needed to start thinking about his own girlfriend, open relationship and all. Taking her innocence, protecting, getting her to eat, protecting... cute. Beau tapped his guitar for a bit, digesting it all. Weird combination, and none of it was, well, standard. Cute was, and so was wanting to sleep with someone, and Beau supposed he could understand protecting. When Devyn mentioned Liz though, Beau gave him a "don't go there," look. "Anythin' you notice 'bout her? Or anythin' that makes you think about her?" he asked, already scribbling notes down on his paper. One taste of me gets you drunk but you still hang around; want to protect you from everyone but me; look at you sideways, lovin' every inch of you. Man, he was leaning country. "An' fair warnin', my brain's pretty well set on country, an' we're workin' on a sorta funny-sweet ballad here," he tapped the pencil against he page, looking up at Devyn, waiting for some more to work with.

[Devyn Solway]

Yup, an open relationship with Devyn pretty much doing everything she would normally do if she was not dating someone. The only thing that was really different was the fact that if she was asked she would inform someone that she was in an open relationship with Zoe and that Zoe could also declare that she was in one with Devyn. That was pretty much all there was to it, and the fact that Devyn did give Zoe a little more special treatment then she would do with others. That special treatment being pretty much trying to be romantic from time to time and do things that she knew Zoe liked instead of only doing what she liked. Devyn knew how to be in a closed off relationship, it just had been a while since she had been in one and they didn't last nearly as long as her open relationship ones.

"No need for thanks, felt like you would be a good king and pretty sure tons of people know you. If you lost I would have been shocked." Devyn admitted, feeling like Beau was the only one that was going to end up winning the King title and he fit it in a way. A good role model for the younger ones and clearly the ladies loved him and the guys must have had some respect for him. Devyn knew that she found him interesting and respected how he was about certain things, even if she didn't really agree with him on them. Devyn knew that she was not going to win it and it sucked, but at least she tried. Technically she was a girl too so that might have played a part of why she lost. Wonder if I could sneak try running for King my Senior Prom. Devyn thought to herself, but didn't feel like she was really the king type, at least she would be a king that ended up having a lot of partners and going out to battles.

Devyn realized she said protecting twice, but that was pretty much how she felt, double the protection for Zoe. Even if she felt that more than likely she was going to be the real pain for Zoe and that she should have been protecting Zoe from her. Well she was trying to do that, but not doing a very good job at it. Not wanting to see Zoe cry, but didn't want to be a jerk and send some text or leave a letter. She would have to say it to her face, just possibly with some distance between the two of them to avoid any possibly clinging. Devyn smirked at the look Beau gave her as she still jumped some rope a little longer. "It was a compliment Beau. WE should have a double date sometimes, if I'm still with Zoe by then." Devyn pointed out because it had been a while since she been on one of them, and it would be a good test to see if she could still be all about Zoe when there was a hot blonde sitting across from her.

Beau asked if there was something about Zoe that Devyn noticed or things that made her think about Zoe. Devyn started to think, wondering what there was that reminded her of Zoe. Beau pointing out that he was starting to lean towards more country with the song and Devyn chuckled. "Whatever works for you, I have no clue what would be best for this sort of thing." Devyn admitted as she stopped her jump roping and grabbed her bottle to take a drink, thinking what reminded her of Zoe. "Umm...when I see a rabbit I think of her. She is like a prey animal but sometimes gets all fierce when she wants to prove something I guess. Uh...seeing cameras, black and white photos, having to read a poem in class, the British accent, and other small girls all make me think of her." Devyn said looking at Beau, not sure if she was being helpful at all with all of this, but she really didn't know this romance stuff outright.

[Beau LaRoux]

Beau brushed aside the compliments and assertions about his victory. Seemed like everyone but him had figured he'd just walk away with the crown. Sort of flattering, when he stopped to think about it, but he didn't want to let it get to his head or anything. Just a little social gratification thing; he had bigger things on his mind. Well, mostly one thing, one person, dominating his thoughts anymore.

Devyn seemed stuck on that for a while. Beau chuckled and shook his head, even lowering it to look at the guitar a little more intently. "Sure, I reckon we could do---wait, if?" he looked up, but Devyn was already thinking about his girlfriend. Beau bit back any further questions, waiting patiently while Deyvn worked through mental tags. The country singer patiently watched his friend, then ended up scribbling. Whatever works best wasn't much, and some of the rest was... interesting. At least Devyn was, uh, open about how he saw things, so he got some credit for that.

Beau tapped his guitar, licked his lips, stared at the pad of paper. Poetry, small, protect, getting drunk, yeah, there were definitely some elements there. He began scribbling some more notes down, humming and tapping his guitar a bit, half lost in the music. He felt eyes on him, and he looked up at Devyn, nodding. "I'm gettin' a good feel for this. Already some stuff gettin' together,' he tapped the pencil and then began scratching out more bits, drawing lines, working it out. "How does she make you feel?" he asked, not looking at Devyn, "Zoe, that is. Like, when you see her, what kinda feelin's do you get? Stuff like that. Should be enough then," though this was like pulling teeth. Still, Beau had seen them together, if from afar, and he knew what Devyn did for his girlfriend, so...

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn caught the ‘If’, but she was still talking about things so just made a note to touch on it when she was done. She had meant if because she was not sure just how much longer she was going to actually go out with Zoe. Already planning on breaking up with Zoe sooner rather than later, but was still trying to figure out when was the right time to do it. Not really thinking there was really a right time for it and she was just going to have to just blurt it out and deal with what would happen then. It needed to be done, she was starting to feel and they had already been going out for a while and Zoe had admitted that she loved Devyn. It had to be done. Part of her didn't want to and that was the hugest problem of them all that told her she really had to do it. Sure it was a bit odd to still make a love song or whatever this was going to be, but eh, too late now. Plus she still cared about Zoe and wanted to be best friends for sure.

"Oh great, this is not so hard at all." Devyn responded, actually pretty pleased to hear that Beau was coming up with something. Here she thought she was not going to be much help at all for him, but it might have been that he was just good at working with very little. There was another question then, one that Devyn didn't actually like since it had that feel word in it. She was going to have to think, dig deep down past the whole lust and desire. She was not going to leave it out, but she had to think of other things or Beau was going to think she was just some dog in heat. "She makes me feel frustrated...that I can't have all of her. Makes me want to keep the nightmares and bad thoughts out of her mind. I feel like I'm just no good for her and that she should find someone else, but at the same time I want to..." Devyn stopped herself, blinking a few times because she felt like she was about to get too deep for her own liking. Letting out a sigh and then shook her head, he was just going to have to work with that.

Devyn moves over to the weights in the room, hand weights to start off with as she lifted them up and started her workout set with them. Keeping her breathing even and more or less focused on the work out for a moment to give Beau time to work his magic and to not feel so creeped out by her feelings about Zoe. "As for the if part you mentioned earlier...I'm pretty sure you can assume that I'm not the best kind of person in a relationship. She admitted that she loved me and now I want out." Devyn admitted, being more or less half honest with Beau, but she did not look at him. Ready for whatever judgment he would have of her.

[Beau LaRoux]

Not hard for Devyn, maybe, and, admittedly, there was quite a lot here that Beau could work with. He kept working at it, wondering what was going on with the other guy. They'd just met, so Beau didn't exactly feel comfortable digging too far into Devyn's backstory or relationship or anything. He'd rather leave that to someone who knew the guy a little bit better. Still, the whole song-writing process did require getting to know about things.

Like the frustration. Beau stopped at that, looking over at Devyn. Frustrated that... ah, Zoe's power. That... explained a lot. Things started clicking into place for Beau, and he ended up tapping his guitar for a few moments. Sex complicated everything and, while Beau was certain it had to feel damn good, he sometimes wondered if it wasn't better to just keep doing what he did: leaving it out till you were certain. Though it didn't even seem like Devyn was at that point.

Loved her... and wanted out. Beau's eyes widened and he reached up to rub at the back of his head. "You know that this ain't gonna magically fix everythin', right? I mean, stuff like this helps, but you gotta mean it an' all," he reached the hand down, rubbing at his face. "An' is it jus' the lovin' part that's got you wantin' to scurry away? Or is it somethin' else? I don't exactly know you or her that well, so I ain't exactly the best person to ask, an' this ain't a bar," he gestured around them, then took another sigh. "I'm jus' a guy who got lucky, well," he shrugged and smiled, "an' a guy who knows country music forward an' back, though I've done my share," he paused then, leaving the silence sit for a bit. Devyn could figure out the offer of listening that lay in those words, right?

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn didn’t catch the look Beau had given her when she mentioned being frustrated; she was focused on lifting the weights. It was good at keeping her more or less distracted and was part of her work out so in her mind it was all a win-win. Beau seemed to have figured it out what she meant either way and therefor there was nothing to say about it. With nothing to say Devyn counted out how many sets she was doing with each hand weight in her hands. Thankful that she didn’t go for like the biggest weights that were in the room; she was not looking to get drenched with her own sweat right off the bat. Plus she did want Beau to join her a little bit in her workout, but they had this song to focus on first, so she still was doing what she could to help out. She did look over when Beau started to speak, catching sight of how his eyes had widened for a moment. As she figured, it was about the fact that she wanted to break up with Zoe. This; what they were doing, was not going to just make things work but it would help if you meant it.

Devyn stopped then and set the weights on the ground, taking another break and catching her breath as she shook her head no. “I’m not really doing this to help. More like something to…well honestly I don’t know why I’m still here working with you to make a song for her when I want to break up with her.” Devyn admitted, since it probably was a bad idea with her wanting to end things with Zoe and it was not going to make it better. What did she expect? To just go ‘hey Zoe, lets break up but I had help with this love song of sorts back when I first thought it was a good idea but there is no sense in wasting it, so here you go’. No, that would not work. Granted Devyn could still use the song to say woo some other person, but that seemed like it would just be wrong and she was not that bad when it came to going to hook up with someone else. Beau rubbed his face as Devyn was busy scratching her head, trying to figure out how to explain it to Beau why she was still having him make the song. Maybe it was because she said they would and she was going to pay him; she prided herself in keeping her word, so maybe that was it.

There was a question then, if it was just the love part that was making Devyn ‘scurry away’ or something else. Devyn didn’t really like to think of it as scurry, more like carefully avoiding and staying away from as best as you could. Devyn bit her tongue, not looking at him as she questioned herself if she could just say it to this guy. He was a guy, maybe he would understand? No, Beau was one of those nice guys who more than likely didn’t see woman or men as someone he could have some ‘fun’ with if they were not his friend. He was just a guy that got lucky, was good at country music, and done his share…but would he understand? Probably not.

“You are right…it’s not her loving me that has gotten me wanting to break up with her. I don’t want to fall in love with her. I don’t want to deal with the drama of love and it’s not like we are even…like a good fit. Sure she is cute and everything, but I just think it would be better for us to be friends. We don’t have like…really anything in common for things to last long and the only reason its lasted this long is because stupid timing and I feel like if I break up with her…it will break her.” Devyn just went ahead and admitted it, sinking down to just sit down on the ground and let out a sigh. There were other things too, but she was not going to go into all of it, already angry at herself for saying as much as she did now. The shadows in the room moving a little as he green eyes grew darker, but she took a deep breath and started to rub at her father’s ring to get herself at a more calm state of thinking and feeling.

[Beau LaRoux]

Didn't even know why he was doing this? Heck, Beau barely knew Devyn, and he could tell the other guy why he was doing this. He held that information back for now, only smiling a little as Devyn outlined his "plan," which essentially amounted to "hey, let's break up, and here's a love song." Yeah, that always worked. You saw that all the time in movies and stuff.

The real question and response came later, and that was what Beau waited for. He stopped playing and writing, looking at Devyn while the other guy spoke. Excuses flew out of Devyn's mouth as the guy proved just how desperate he was to make this whole thing make sense. Nothing but complicated, and all about timing and such. Beau fought back a chuckle, and ended up nearly grinning like an idiot, shaking his head.

"So lemme get this straight: yer writin' a love song for the girl, you ain't sure why you're together or why you lasted this long, an' you're worried about drama?" Beau raised his brows, looking up at Devyn. "You sure you even need me to write you a song? 'cuz that about sounds like a country song all on its own," he strummed his guitar, making his point known lyrically: "Ain't sure why I'm still around you, don't nothin' fit right between us. Yet I'm sittin' here writing this song for you, 'cuz I know that's what I should do."

He finished by plucking a string, looking up at Devyn with raised brows.