After The Dinner Party

Whoever I want

(Suggested Soundtrack for Chapter 17)

(Meg Myres, Desire.) (NOT THE REMIX) 

(This soundtrack is a bit explicit, you've been warned, but it fits with Andreas intentions)

(ROBERTS POV)

 I walked along with mother and Andrea. I was a bit fed up with all this setting up that my mother was doing. Like seriously, how else do you explain that do only want one woman. While yet I admit, Andrea was very beautiful and tempting. Like I was under some sort of spell, I looked at her a similar way to how I look at y/n. What's happening? Why do I feel this way about this rather random woman? No, no, stop, I cannot be giving in to lust for a random woman when I'm clearly in love with y/n.

"Robert, who's top hat is that?" Asked my mother.

"Oh, uhm, it's mine, I dropped it in that alleyway last night."

"Put it on Robie." Said mother.

I rolled my eyes, "I-I-I I'd look ridiculous." I said. As I really would look ridiculous.

"No no no Robie I said put the hat on!" Demanded Mother.

I put the hat on for a second. 

"You look nice in a hat Robert." Said Andrea. 

"You think?" I asked, smiling. She stared directly into my eyes, there was some sort of magnetic pull when I looked into her eyes. I wondered if she really was spelling me. No, that's crazy. But wait, how would I be feeling so drawn towards this woman?

"Ew no Robert you do look ridiculous!" Mother yelled, taking the top-hat off my head and handing it back to me. 

Andrea laughed and continued walking along.

Later that night before the ball, I waited by y/n's house for almost 45 minutes, she wasn't home. I figured I'd go check the hospital. But I heard footsteps behind me, and then the strange magnetic force that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up like I was struck by lighting. I felt a tap on my shoulder.

"Robert...are you ready?"

"Andrea?"

"Yes silly who else would it be?" 

I turned around and she wrapped her hands around my neck. 

Flashbacks filled my mind of the night before. When y/n wrapped her  hands around my neck, and asked me if....well you remember what happened that night.

For some reason, I didn't care as much as I usually would about another woman, but I was still a bit suspicious of Andrea despite her mysterious effect on me. 

I politely removed her hands from my shoulders. "Let's go back to my mother's house, alright? We'll take a carriage over with her."

I had to do anything I possibly could to resist the temptation of her. What was going on? I really didn't understand. We got to the ball that night, I immediately looked around for y/n. I wondered where she was, where could she have gone? She must be here, she's always at parties. Every party possible, it was her way of escaping from having to take care of her mother and sister when she should've been getting taken care of. 

Andrea was talking to my mother, and then I was y/n and Susan walk in.

Wait..Susan?? I told y/n not to fall for her mind games, and she's talking to her anyways.

Susan death stared me, and as y/n began to walk over to me, Susan pulled her away and guided her towards a group of younger generals. They all began talking. 

I walked over, and tapped y/n on the shoulder.

"Excuse me Susan." I said, pissed off. 

Susan pushed me away from y/n.

"No! You're not going to just get to hoe around with whoever you want."

The generals all looked at me funny. I played it off to them like I was confused on what Susan was talking about, I cannot have the other generals and colonels thinking that I'm not mature. 

y/n turned around and looked over at me and Susan. Susan was holding her glass of white wine in her left hand, I already knew what she was going to do. It's almost like her signature move now. 

"Shouldn't you be with Andrea?" Susan asked, tilting her head to the tide quickly with an attitude. Y/n was watching this whole thing with a little too much enjoyment.

"You see what I mean about her y/n? I don't want you talking to her anymore y/n." I said.

She held her glass up above her shoulders as she walked through the small crowd towards me.

"Excuse me Robert but I believe I can talk to whoever I wish to talk to, considering your little date today."

The crowd that was watching us gasped, they all looked so entertained. Susan stood there laughing under her breath. 

"What date?" I asked. 

"Oh you know..that little venture 'round town with your Mother and the mysterious blonde woman that's standing next to her right now?"

The crowd turned to look at them. Mother walked up to me. "What's going on Robie?" Mother asked.

"What's going on!!? You started all this!" I yelled. 

"You're the one that agreed to meet Andrea." Mother said.

I looked over at Y/n, she stood there shocked, her mouth slightly open but not enough to form words. Not that I deserved any from her. She had a right to be confused and pissed off. 

She walked up to me, looked me dead in the eye, threw her drink on me, Susan ran up next to her and threw her drink on me too. "I want my hat back." Said y/n, pointing her finger at me. 

So she was the one in a disguise. Her and Susan-spying on me. 

I walked out of the building at the opposite end that they did.

I bet Susan's doing all this to confuse y/n enough to split us up. Unless they really were worried about me and Andrea. But I cannot lie, there's something strange with Andrea. I can' quite place it. She doesn't seem normal.

I don't think she is normal...