No One Gets The Best Of Me (Gaston)

[Bradley Uppercrust III]

(ooc: July 21st. Morning.)

Bradley was furious as he stormed into the woods. He'd burned the turtle's bandana which did still make him chuckle. But Max had made a fool of him. Not to mention his turtle pet boyfriend had given him a black eye that still smarted. It healed up some but he was furious.

"I can't believe this. That twerp beat me again. I got to make him pay and him and his boyfriend." said Bradley.

He sighed in frustration.

"I've lost everything. The Gammas... my family disowned me after that. I have nothing." said Bradley.

He smiled thinking of Annabelle.

"Except her. She's beautiful. I can't lose her too." said Bradley.

He paused looking up hearing a voice and seeing it was Gaston. He lowered his head. Gaston was one of the newer members but he was strong. Anabelle, Isabelle and Monsieur D'Arque all spoke highly of him. And the more of he saw him from the more he respected the man. In some ways, he seemed to like him just older. How he'd wished he had a brother like Gaston in his old world. Maybe then Max and his pals and father wouldn't have screwed up his life so much.

"I wish I was more like you. I was beaten and humiliated twice now. All I did was burn that turtle's mask but he got me back." said Bradley.

[Gaston]

Gaston was busy. To say the least. He was busy mending the bridges he had, while also doing his absolute best to go out of his way for Isabelle. The two of them were bonding immensely, which made him in turn have a stronger sibling like bond with Annabelle. Which included getting to know Annabelle's life. There was a young man, very much like himself, by the name of Bradley uppercrust. To him when someone was slightly younger gaston felt this need to be a influencer. But for Bradley he felt much more brotherly than anything. Sure the two had made conversations and were pretty good friends, but gaston couldn't exactly bond as much as either of them would've liked. He knew Bradley was busy with his own problems. One being Max Goof.

He knew of the rivalry between them. It was similar to his with the beast. Like the beast, max ruined a lot of things for Bradley. Bradley could've been someone important, but those things were dashed when his needs and ambitions got exposed. And he knew this was a big fight. Annabelle and isabelle practically ran to him, begging for him to check on Bradley. It was not a problem for him, gaston cared about Bradley more than he cared to admit. So he went out, noticing the young man rightfully act frustrated. Pride was a important thing and gaston related to the shame of defeat. Gaston leaned on another tree, hearing his comment about Annabelle and he replied "Getting defeated is never fun, kid"

He then saw Bradley get a little frazzled. Understandable, considering that he was somewhat aware of the other's admiration. A smile came across him as he thought about Bradley's respect for him, gaston was a egotist, it was always great to have people admire him. He then tried his best to be humble when it was clear Bradley was annoyed and sad with himself. Now Bradley was defeated but that didn't mean he would always be. And gaston knew he needed to know that. Gaston patted Bradley's shoulders and replied, somewhat jokingly "Now let's be clear. Nobody can be as great as me" He then smiled, nicely "But that's not a bad thing. I think you are too hard on yourself. You're a pretty swell person yourself. You just got to find your own strength. I did"

He then replied with a scoff, empathizing with Bradley's frustration "I get why you're frustrated. I know what it's like to lose everything and be defeated badly. I might even say my defeat was way worse than yours. You escaped with a black eye, I died" He then shuddered, the cold embrace of death fresh on his mind "Belle and that abomination of a husband left me to die. At least that idiot and his turtle freak didn't do that to you" He then replied with a evil, petty smile "That being said, being the loser is never fun. And I'll make sure that they'll regret that. They'll get way worse, trust me. I have my ways of getting rid of enemies. Max and that freak boyfriend of his will wish they were never born when I deal with them" He then chuckled a bit "If it means a lot to that turtle about that stupid mask, than you hurt his pride too. And hurting your enemy's pride is always a good thing. Means they'll remember you"

[Bradley Uppercrust III]

Bradley nodded.

"You're right. It's not." sighed Bradley.

He listened to his words and smiled. Gaston had confidence in him and he didn't want to him let down.

"You're right. I got to get better. They won this time but not the next time." said Bradley.

He listened to him and was shocked as he hadn't gotten the full story of what happened. Even Isabelle, Clarabelle, and D'Arque hadn't known everything that happened at the castle as none of them had been there. The villagers had returned and later Belle had married some random prince everyone had thought had died years ago.

"They killed you? Sounds like they're the monsters." replied Bradley.

Bradley's grin grew as Gaston mentioned they would pay.

"Next time we can take them all on together." said Bradley.

He paused for a moment and swallowed his pride. He had to get better and who better to teach him than Gaston.

"Gaston, can you help me? You're right that I may never be as good as you. But in this case, I'd settle for being second best. Because I won't let Max or that turtle make a fool out of me next time. With your help I know I'd be even better in no time. And they'll all regret messing with us." mentioned Bradley.[/div