Can Ya Tell That I'm Losing My Mind?(Landon Haden)

[Bryce Roylance(AWAY)]

Bryce ran out of the castle and ran right towards the lake. When he got there he looked around and saw that no one was around. This young boy was good at singing and dancing. Thankx to his mother for putting him in dance and all. When he was younger he hated being in dance and yet his mother liked it a lot.

His father on the other hand had him do singing lessons with his twin Ashley Littrell. They were awsome at singing anywhere and everywhere. That was his secret that he really never told anyone about him singing and dancing. He looked at the ground and started to get a beat.

He started to run and then started to sing "Bet On It" he would jump in the air and land on his feet and started to walk and sang the song. He had so much stuff on his mind he couldn't take it anymore. He really didn't like Ally Trinton as a friend anymore and yet he really didn't care about Carson at the moment.

Why in the heck is this third year supose to have problems like these? He wasn't supose to have them. He knew that he would have to deal with all of these problems sooner or later but when? The problems that he was dealing with right now was Erick Carson & Ally Trinton not wanting him to date Brie Alley, Then there was the party that he was supose to do, & then there was his twin Ashley Littrell which he hasn't even heard from in a long time.

That's right that was killing him on the inside and well he just didn't want to tell anyone about it at all. He knew he should talk to someone about it but he would rather shake it off and move on until he heard from her. He would run again and then start to jump and then ran over to the water and looked down and still sang the song.

[Landon Tilbrook]

Bored as usualy, Landon walkedo ut toward the lake. He just kept thinking about how much he loved it here and how much he was going to miss it hear. He had been here for seven semesters. It does something to your heart. He sighed at the thought of leaving. He had been having these flashbacks all week and thinking about all the things and fun he had when he was a first year and even al ittle older.

He rolled his eyes and kept wlaking on. He wore black tight jeans and a black ACDC shirt that cuddled his body perfectly. He had on black Vans and his hair was combed and hung flat and neatly over his head and eyes. It waso ne of thoes emo styles hairs. His one lock was dyed red and hung over his eye. He wanted to do something different with his hair. It had been in this style for a while but he loved it too much but now he was ready for change. He began to pick and the black nailpolish on his fingernails that were painted black and thought about what to do with his hair.

He came out of his thoughts when he heared singing not far from where he stood uner the trees and on the gravel path that led from Hogwarts down to the lake. He looked out but saw no one yet. He contiued to walk wondering who was singing. He brushed his hands through his hair making it messey a little but it still hung neatly above his eyes. He used something in his hair to make it less messy.

He was down by the water now. He looked around him but saw no one. He guessed they must have taken the back route because it came ffrom the otherside of the lake. He wlaked around. He sighed. He was really bored. There was nothing much to do these days around here. He finally came to the boy who was singing. Ah! He should have known. He msilied at leaned agisnt the tree and watched Bryce sing his lunges out.

The song would be ending soon. He knew the song. not one of his favorites but he had heared or it. He finally ended the osng and he clapped. He walked over to his side. "Your good!" Was all he said. He looked down at his reflection. He had changed a lo from his first years. His face looked a lot older and grew out of its babyness. He sighed and looked at Bryce. Everytime he did it reminded him of Ashley and just brought pain to him. He sighed and looked back down. "So, what's up?" He asked rasing his eyebrows at him, waiting for him to tell him what was bothering him. He had a worried look on his face.

[Bryce Roylance(AWAY)]

"Your good!"

Bryce looked up and saw Landon "Oh thankx" he told him as he looked back down at his reflection. He hated all this he couldn't stand all of these problems that he was having. Heck he wasn't supose to have all of these problems yet. He started to bit his lower lip like his twin would do when she was bad or nervas.

"So, what's up?"

Bryce looked back at Landon "Oh well I'm having so much crap right now I wish I didn't have them at all" he told him as he looked around the lake and then looked right back down to the water. He just shook his head and just hope that all of these problems would go away.

[Landon Tilbrook]

"Oh thankx"

He looked at the kid before him. He was quite nervouse. He wondered what was up. He wondered if he had heared any news from Ashley yet. He wished he had. He had his hopes gone. The slipped away at each day and if he didn't hear soon he'd have lost all hope that was left in for him. He wondered why she had left. Wasn't she happy hear with him? He sighed but said nothing. He didn't like talking about it.

"Oh well I'm having so much crap right now I wish I didn't have them at all"

He sighed. He knew what that wasl ike. He always had a lot going on around him when he was in his year. He sighed and nodded his head. "Wanna tell me about it or should I use my superpowers?" He asked grining. He laughed. He was just joking around. He smilied at him and shurgged. 'I went through it. It's not so bad. Just think through an make a choice..." He said thinking of all the times it had happened to him. He was having anothero ne of those annoying flashbacks :]

[Bryce Roylance(AWAY)]

"Wanna tell me about it or should I use my superpowers?"

Bryce looked at him and grinned "Nay, I can tell ya if you want me to" he told him as he grinned at him once more to him. He looked around for a little bit and then looked back at Landon "I'm having troubles with Erick Carson & Ally Trinton. They both don't want me to date Brie Alley but I want to date her. I'm not really worried about Carson the person that I'm worried about is Ally Trinton. She's making up crap that isn't true and she's telling my girlfriend." he told him he took a short break from that and then started to talk again. "& then there is the whole party thing that I'm supose to do so I can have all of my friends have a god time at. & then Ashley" he finally told him as he looked away.

[Landon Tilbrook]

Landon looked at him. Those were some problems but there was one simple answer to it. He thought bout it for a moment. Nothingl ike that had every happened to him but something close to it. He looked at him and sighed. "I'm surprise you didn't come up with this before...." He said grinning at him. He rasied his eyebrow and questioned him for a second but let it drop. Sometimes the problems of our minds block out the most simple solutio of them all.

He looked at him for a moment wondering if he should tell him or let him solve it for himself. He looked so troubled he decided on the first. After Ashley left he always felt responisble for Byrce. He felt closer to him. They hadn't talked that much but he felt them getting closer. He felt like Byrce was no his little brother. He had plenty of siblings but they all transferred and some graduated and went off.

He sat down and thought for a moment. He wondered who all these people were. He didn't talk to younger years much these days. He was stuck up in the library or flashing back to the 'old days'. : ) "Well, if they were your friends they wouldn't be pulling you and Brie apart and if Brie loved and trusted you much she would stop taking all those things Ally says about you seriously and come and ask you for th truth and you should tell her the truth and Ally and Erick." He said simply looking up at Byrce face for some emotion of his advice.

[Bryce Roylance(AWAY)]

At this point Bryce really didn't care to think of something good. He would rather have somebody who he was getting close to even though he didn't know that he was close to him would tell him. He looked around for a few minutes "Man can you just tell me. I've already lost my mind already" he told him as he looked back at him again.

He really didn't mean to get upset with him but HELLO Bryce was under stress and he couldn't take it anymore. He looked out at the lake and started to think about his twin once more. Where was Ashley when you needed her. Oh wait I remember she was off trying to find Mr. DUNKER!!!! Even though Bryce never met the young boy he was getting pretty upset about Ashley leaving and not even answering her cell when Bryce tryed to call her before he came back to the school.

Bryce looked back at Haden "Look I'm sorry I guess deep down in me I'm still upset with my twin. Really the last time I talked to her was before she took off from the house looking for this Dunker guy. I'm worried, scared, nervous, ect... about her and all I want is to get one stupid letter from her" he then told him. He put his head down and shook it he knew that Landon was pretty close to Ashley and all. He really felt bad talking to him about her because he knew deep down in Landon he was hurting about it.

He looked back up to him "You know what man thankx but no thankx I'll deal with my own problems. I really don't want you to hurt even more when I try to talk about my stupid twin" he told him as he started to walk away from Haden. Bryce decided to head back to his dorm to send a letter to his mother and try to talk to her about it.

[Landon Tilbrook]

He thought about his advise. Why hadn't he taken it? He was so stupid sometimes. He sighed and shurgged. He looked around him. It was a good day outside. He lifted his face and let the sun hit his pale face. He smilied and looked back down. He looked at Byrce and laughed. "I'm thinking. I have to give good advise otherwise I might as well nt give any at all...." He said shurgging. He was thinking of what to say about Ashley. He told him what to do about everything else but Ashley.... He didn't even know what to do about it either. He was just trying to hold on and forget at the same time his best friend and it was really hard.

They sat their in silance. He knew that they were both thinking about the same thing. Where was she and why wasn't she making an cotact? He sighed and shook his head. He wasn't going to think about it. He was still a little mad at her. Leaving and not telling him. If she even cared she would have wrote something back. His heart was being pulled. He missed hated her. He wanted to forget her and hold on to her at the same time. He sighed at hmself in disgust.

He looked at Byrce and sighed. Ashley was his twin and they were so close. Didn't she care about them? Why didn't she write back? They hatered part took over him. Fire was burning behind his brown eyes which made them look coal black with a fleck of gold. He sighed and blinked a few times pushing it back but it was no use. He looked at Byrce again and sighed. He knew they feeling. He everything he was going through. He hated whoever this Dunker kid was for making her leave for doin this to them and everyone who was close to her.

He watched Byrce walk away. He tried to smilie but it was hard. He got up and chased after him. It was a good thing they were in the house. He finally caught and and grabbed him and sat him down. He sat beside him. "Look, im hurting as hell but I want you to talk to me. I can only relate to you here and we should seperate. Plus, I give good advise. Where would the world be without Landon's famouse words." He said grinning. He was rying to make him smilie. He started to pick at some grass in the feild they sat down in. "Wait and hope...." Was all he could say. He had lost most hope but he was hoping Byrce wasn't like him and had tond left in his heart for Ashley.

[Bryce Roylance(AWAY)]

"I'm thinking. I have to give good advise otherwise I might as well nt give any at all...."

Bryce looked at him "No man it was good advise it's just that I'm sick and tired about this whole thing already" he told him as he forced himself to smile to Landon. He sat down with Landon and then looked around. "Hey Landon I was wondering if you could be like a brother to me here?... Because all of my family that was here is now gone. I don't have anyone at all here" he then told him as he looked out at the lake and just kepted his eyes on the lake now.

"Look, im hurting as hell but I want you to talk to me. I can only relate to you here and we should seperate. Plus, I give good advise. Where would the world be without Landon's famouse words."

Bryce looked back at him "Yeah well I thought that you really didn't like to talk about Ash" he told him as he still looked at him. "If you really want me to I'll try my hardest to come and talk to you and tell you what's going on with me" he then told him as he smiled to him. He knew that Haden was now going to be there for him from now on.

[Landon Tilbrook]

"No man it was good advise it's just that I'm sick and tired about this whole thing already"

He shurgged. What was he suppose to say about it. He grinned at him. "It cant get any worse, can it?" He said more asking himself than Byrce. He shook his head and the thought away. He layed back and sighed but than sat upright again and looked at Byrce. "It cant get any worse....., right?" He asked frowning at the thought. He could just picture rain clouds over their heads now. He looked about him but then sighe.d He wouldn't let things get worsed. He promised that to himself.... He just hoped he could keept it.

"Hey Landon I was wondering if you could be like a brother to me here?... Because all of my family that was here is now gone. I don't have anyone at all here"

He looked at Byrce a little shocked at first. He wasn't expecting this to come on. He than turned back to the lake looking out just like Byrce earsing every source o emotion. He felt like he was responisble for him since everyone had left him just like everyone had left Byrce. He forced a small smile on his face. What if he let the kid own. He was going to leave soon anyway. He sighed. He couldn't say no. He didn't bother looking at him when he answered, "Yeah, sure thing!" He said simply but he still didn't turn away from the lake.

"Yeah well I thought that you really didn't like to talk about Ash"

He shurgged and laughed. "Yeah, your right. I don't like to but I'll make an exception with you." He said grinning. He could already feel a bond string attaching between them. He smilied and relaxed a littlem ore. He could see the sun was almost about to set. It was mid afternoon. He sighed. The day had flew by and he didn't even know where the time had went.

"If you really want me to I'll try my hardest to come and talk to you and tell you what's going on with me"

He nodded his head and smilied. "That'd would be nice." He said simply. He din't feel like talking but watching the last bight of light that came from the sun diminish. It wasn ight, his favorite time. He grinned. He wondered what he would do tongiht. Forest? No, he wasn't too hungrey. He would just go up to the Dallin tower. Maybe just think about things....

[Bryce Roylance(AWAY)]

"It cant get any worse, can it?"

Bryce looked at him "I have no idea man" he told him as he looked around. He then got up and walked over to the lake and looked out and started to think about his family and what they were doing. He wondered if his mom would pull him out of school again he hoped not.

"Yeah, sure thing!"

Bryce didn't even look back to Landon at all "Thankx Landon" he told him as he still looked out at the lake. He then put his hands in his pockets and started to look around. "Do you think I would ever hear from her at all?" he then asked him as he looked over his shoulder and looked at him.

"Yeah, your right. I don't like to but I'll make an exception with you."

Bryce smiled at him and then looked back out at the lake. The wind started up and he just bit his lower lip. Yeah it started to get cold outside but to Bryce it felt good to be outside. He loved the cold he guess that's why he loved the winter so much.

"That'd would be nice."

Bryce looked back at him and walked over to him. "Alright that's cool" he told him as he took in a deep breath and then let it out again. "You want to do anything?" he then asked him as he forced himself to smile to him again.

[Landon Tilbrook]

"I have no idea man"

He nodded his head but sighed. He didn't know what to do anymore and where it was going to lead him. He had everything planned. Him and Ash were going to graduate and throw a party but now he didn't know anymore. What if things took another twist. He wasn't diging the change too much.

He looked about him. It sunny and nice out but it would rain tommorrow. He could tell. The air was cold and there were black clouds not to far away but there wasn't that much wind so the clouds were moving slowly. He got up and brushed some of the leaves and grass and dirst of his clothes.

"Thankx Landon. Do you think I would ever hear from her at all?"

He shurgged. He didn't know. He didn't know if he wanted to hear from her in the first place. How would he react. There was a side of him that was beyond mad at her for leaving and sending them through this. for not writing. There was a part of him that missed her and wished for her to come back. He sighed. "I dont' know." He said looking at Byrce who was looking at him over his shoulder. He sighed and turned staring at a bird's nest in a tree near them.

He felt a little better after that. His shoulders felt lighter. He sighed and looked out to the lake. The wind blew ruffling his hair but he didn't mind and didn't bothering flating hish air down and protecting it from the wind. It went through his layers and sent a chill down is spine. He liked it this way. He too, was big fan of winter. Fall was okay but summer. That was just something else.

"Alright that's cool"

He forced a smilie onto his face. Tis was going to be intrestin but would soon get used to it. I mean he thought of Bryce as a little brother but saying it aloud just felt a alittle weird. He took a black sweatshirt out andp ulled it over his head and msilied. It was nice and warm and protected him from the wind.

"You want to do anything?"

He shurgged. He thought about t for a moment. He had nothing else to do but get back to an essay that was due two days from now. He could finish it off tommorrow. He was already three fourths done it. He smilied. "Yeah, sure but I have no idea what." He said shurgging again. He waited fo Byrce to come up with a clever idea of how to waste the rest of the afternoon without getting bored.

[Bryce Roylance(AWAY)]

"I dont' know."

Bryce looked over at him "Well I'm still hoping to hear from her" he then told him as he smiled at him. Bryce looked out at the lake and started to think about Ashley again. He looked back at Landon and wondered if he should tell him the dream that he had a couple of weeks ago about his twin. He looked back out at the lake once more and gulped. "Landon I need to tell you something" he told him as he still looked out at the lake.

"Yeah, sure but I have no idea what."

Bryce looked back at him once more "We could go swimming" he told him. "But wait I still need to tell you somthing." he told him. He wondered how he was supose to tell Landon Haden that he had a bad dream about Ashley. He looked out at the lake for a few minutes and then looked back at Haden "I had a bad dream about Ashley" Man wa he happy to get that off of his chest. He knew that Haden would ask questions.

[Landon Tilbrook]

"Well I'm still hoping to hear from her"

He rolled his eyes at that. He was angrey at Ashley. "She won't...." He stopped in mid- sentence. The kid would soon realise that she wasn't coming back and he didn't want to let his hope fall short in things. He shut his mouth and just squared his jaw and tried to keep his words to himself. He sighed. He had no hope for anything. Was that such a bad thing???

"Landon I need to tell you something"

He looked out at the lake than bck. He waited for Bryce to speck. He looked at his face. He could tell right away that it was bout Ashley. Half of him didn't want to hear it the other half was about to say 'spit it out already'. He sighed. "Yeah?" He asked biting his bottom lip. He wondered where he had gotten all this pations from.

"I had a bad dream about Ashley"

Landon could help but laugh a little. He shut is mouth and stiffled his laugh with a couple of coughs. He looked at Bryce appoligetically. He didn't mean to laugh. He just didn't believe in the vision bad dream kinda thing. He sighed and calmed himself down. He looked at Bryce. He seemed pretty worrid by it. "What was it about?" He asked pushing a hand through his hair.

"We could go swimming"

He shook his head. He didn't feel like getting wet and swimming. He thought for a moment. "Lets go get some buterbeers..." He said making a suggestion. He hadn't had those in a while. He sighed with the thought. He just realised he was pretty hungrey. He looked at Bryce and waited fr approve.