- ̗̀ KILL THE RICH KID.

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*accidentally purposely turns conversation sexual*

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jvssicas.

        ‘ ROMEO , ROMEO — WHERE ART THOU ROMEO ?? ‘ the woman allowed a playful grin to form on her features as a few curious heads turned to get a glimpse at the boastful woman . but who could blame her ?? it had been quite sometime since she & rome saw each other face to face ; they had a lot of catching up to do . with a hors d'oeuvre in her free hand , she munched on it as she got closer . ‘ you know what i need ?? one of those like … plates that just go right here — ‘ she pointed at the hump of her expanding stomach . ‘ — just so i don’t have to hold anything . ‘  //  ( @vandcrbilts )

              he quickly turned his head round to hear a familiar voice. “well, well if it isn’t my favourite jess.” he smirked before taking a bite out of one of the hors d’oeuvre. man, jude and gave had hired a good catering company. “i think diana’s been wanting one too. or something that sounds like that.” the last few months had been a blur. “and she’s in the third trimester which means things get a little rough.” putting down his food he continued. “anyways how are things with you ? it’s been a while... baby number 6 for you and alaric right ? i applaud you both, me and diana are dying with TWO.”

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lcwes.

a big sigh of relief when she realized it was romeo , the twins’ father.  andrew arms went up in excitement as he held onto romeo’s leg.  alexander giggled in romeo’s arms as he nodded to the question the male asked him.  diana shook her head with a giggle before she gave a peck on romeo’s cheek. “ i missed you. “ she whispered into his ear.  diana then made her way to alexander and kissed his cheek. she huffed as she spoke . “ i think daddy should be the one taking care of you as mommy goes to take a nap. “ she teases as diana had been walking rather too much for a pregnant woman.  plus a six months , but she wanted to still have the normal life. she lightly rubs her belly as one of her hands is placed on her back , rubbing slowly . closing her eyes for a second as she breathed . “ before you say anything , i’m fine i promise. “ telling her husband with a chuckle , not even having to open her eyes. opening them to then soon look at him though. giving him a soft smile.

romeo gave a small smirk. “and i promise i’ll make it up to you. tonight. or back home when our babysitter can watch the boys.” he gave diana a small peck on her lips before giving the twins a warm smile and gently ruffling their hair. “and mommy should be taking a break . why don’t you go on up to the rom and rest up for a few hours ? you’re growing a human being , you need all the rest . “ he smiled before picking andrew up . “besides if the kids don’t see mommy for a few hours , they’ll be fine .” and right on cue, the twins started whimpering . “oh gee guys , i really feel the love right now . “ he mock pouted at the twins . “ i know you’re fine but still , please rest . god knows they are a handful and you need your rest .” romeo rubbed the back of diana’s back gently . “ just three more months di and this will be over . then you can go back doing whatever you want . “

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dirtbaganders.

“well i thought i’d have zero, maybe one kid, with one guy, but that didn’t happen. in fact, a few years ago, around about, hmm.. 4 years and 9 months ago, i broke down to that one guy’s now wife about how much i was in love with this guy and how it would never happen because he thought i couldn’t do commitment, and i thought he didn’t do commitment, but i could do commitment for him. that i was in love with my best fucking friend and i had been since the moment i saw him, that i loved spending time with me but it just hurt so much knowing feelings would never be reciprocated. granted, i was drunk, but hey my words were true, only now? he has a wife. he has kids. he does commitment. for them. for someone special.” anderson ranted, though he was now on his feet, pacing across his floor, paper mixing with paper in a mess that would take him hours to sort. “she knew, rome, she knew and then i went and told her that is was fine, that i was over it - and then next thing i know you’re married with kids. and you’ve left, and i don’t see you.” he didn’t realise, but it was clear his emotions were high and there were tears. he was surprised the stress of med school alone didn’t make him cry. “i love you, have done since the moment i met you - of course, couldn’t admit it for a while and i blew it. left it too late. and now, you’re going to avoid me, we’ll talk less, and if we ever end up working in the same hospital it’s going to be so fucking awkward but i couldn’t go the rest of my fucking life with you not knowing. i don’t know that i’ll ever get to say that to someone again, so yes i’m being selfish, but i get to say it now.”

and for a moment, romeo just sat there silently. his mouth kept opening and closing like a fish. “i——” he started but he couldn’t find the right words. what do you say when you’re best friend pours their heart out for you, only for you to find out out that you’re the source of all that anger. somehow, despite being more than capable enough of going through med school, he couldn’t see through his best friend. “what do you want me to say?” and he truly didn’t know what to say. “i can’t apologise for rejecting you unconsciously.” the fact that diana knew was another story on it’s own but that would be something he would deal with when they were back in new york. “but what i do apologise for is not seeing it all earlier. but you should have told me. way before you told my wife.” his teeth gritted. “we would have never worked. we’re too similar anderson. and the first opportunity we would have ran out on each other as soon as things started going remotely okay. that’s why i needed and still need someone like diana. “and i will simply not drop the women i love; the kids i love and the family i’ve always wanted since childhood like a used tissue. i’ve worked really hard to become the man i am today and i’m not going to throw it all in the bin.” he tried hard to stay calm but at this point he was angry. how was he going to recover and ever continue life knowing two people who loved him never even told him something important. “i’m sorry anderson...”

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dirtbaganders.

“no, you didn’t. i sure found out when i ran into her and the twins in the lobby though.” anderson spoke, putting the notepade down. he wasn’t going to actually write the assignment now, he had the set up - he would write the rest later, when romeo wasn’t here. “and occasionally is enough for you, because i guess you have a life now. commitments. i think that’s the most surprising thing. god knows how many years we were ‘no commitment’ people, but i guess that changed for you. because you met someone special. who’d change that view for you. and that person was diana.” it made him angry, in a way. and his tone probably told romeo that but he couldn’t bring himself to care any more. he was angry that he had missed his chance to tell romeo how he felt when it mattered, when something could be done about it. he couldn’t do shit now because regardless of his feelings, he refused to be that person.

“oh damn. sorry dude i’ve been meaning to tell you but after the twins started to get settled in, diana said she was pregnant again and the whole cycle started. life got busy, i’m sorry.” romeo rubbed the the back of head awkwardly. while he could detect a hint of anger and some jealousy coming through, he had genuinely forgotten. “dude, whats up with you?” he raised an eyebrow. “me and diana didn’t magically get together overnight. we spent months avoiding each other. and then being an us was a huge step. not something we did overnight.” he didn’t understand where all that anger was coming from. he tried keeping in touch, he really did but when you’re on two different coats then you were bound to lose touch. “believe me, i thought i was gonna be like... 90 and have 12 kids from 7 different women but life changed.”

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dirtbaganders.

“five and a half years ought to do it.” anderson muttered under his breath as he clearly refused to look up at romeo, even when patted on the shoulder. he was never really rejected by romeo, because of course he couldn’t bring himself to tell the man his feelings, but diana knew. she had known from a night a long time ago - but then he’d told her that he was over it so again, his own fault. “so, how’s the life you’ve made for yourself?” the male asked as he made an essay plan from the points that romeo had brought up with him. this time, he wouldn’t deter from the subject matter “as you can see, i’m still here. still stripping. med school. not much has changed with me apart from the fact that all my friends have left and got themselves lives.” 

romeo could have sworn he heard anders say something. but since he couldn’t hear it properly, he just shrugged and moved on. if anders didn’t want him hearing it then he probably shouldn’t know. besides knowing him, it was probably some swearing. “life’s great actually. i’m my own boss and diana’s happy with her restaurant. being back home is great. mom and dad love diana and the twins. beatrice is at cambridge now and the twins are growing up fast. oh and diana’s 6 months pregnant. can’t remember if i told you that? but after kid number 4 we’re both done and gonna focus on the kids and ourselves.” he rambled on but that seemed to happen whenever he talked about his family. “the most important part: med school! and you’re doing great! and we’re all back and we keep in touch occasionally...”

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dirtbaganders.

“i just don’t believe that your heart can mimic a heart attack because of strong romantic rejection. sure, if someone close to you dies, or you already have existing problems, but anything else? i don’t believe it.” he sighed, running a hand through his hair as he looked over romeo. he swallowed hard and focussed his eyes on his notepad, writing down what the other male had said anyway. he would write whatever it took in this essay, but it didn’t mean he’d believe it. “what if you’d loved someone for years and years, and then they’re married to someone else, like unrequited love? that can be more painful than a loss or losing money or whatever bullshit, you don’t see any ‘broken heart’s’ because of that. or at least the research doesn’t say so. unrequited love is arguably the most painful form of love, even over loving and lost. but… i suppose i should just focus on the medicine.”

“just because you don’t believe it, doesn’t mean it’s not real.” he gave anders a sympathetic smile. “i think it can. depends on how strong the feelings were, how hard the rejection was. now you need some severe circumstances like a very strong breakup to really trigger you. otherwise we’d have every teenager in the hospital.” he shrugged nonchalantly. “well i guess...” pause. “it really depends how long you’ve had feelings for, how hard they reject you and how much it hurts seeing them with their spouse.” romeo raised an eyebow and laughed a little. “all love hurts, that’s what they say right? but yes a loss of a physical person hurts more than anything. whether that’s through death or them not loving you.” romeo patted anders’ shoulder. “to quote the man who cursed me with my name ‘its better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all’ but hey they guy’s dead and research shows that losing a someone you loved in worse than never having the memory. but yeah stick the medicine.” 

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adrianaafloress.

She shook her head with a smile on her face, “You are totally good, I barely had my eyes open and should have been looking.” Looking around she couldn’t help but smile. Things were really feeling like they used to back when everyone lived here, “I feel like everyone’s going to be bumping into each other while they’re here. Part of me feels like nothing’s changed in the past five years but then you see everyone with their families.”

he smiled and shook his head. “no no, don’t blame yourself. i got too caught up in the nostalgia and absolutely didn’t pay attention. and thank you, the same to you.” he added. “some of us have kept in touch, some haven’t. it seems to be a mixture of both.” romeo couldn’t help but chuckle at that. “oh yes. i’ve definitely changed. and everyone seems to be the same. i don’t know if they’ve changed for the better or the worse.”

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“It was a comet. The girl saw the comet and she felt as though her life had meaning. And when it went away, she waited her entire life for it to come back to her. It was more than just a comet because of what it brought to her life: direction, beauty, meaning. There are many who couldn’t understand, and sometimes she walked among them. But even in her darkest hours, she knew in her heart that someday it would return to her, and her world would be whole again… And her belief in God and love and art would be re-awakened in her heart. The girl saw the comet and suddenly her life had meaning.”

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dirtbaganders.

“it was an essay about broken heart syndrome, and i think i went off on a tangent about it’s credibility when that wasn’t the question in the first place. like how, yes, a major trauma can trigger it but only if you have severe muscle problems with your heart anyway because thinking you’re heart can literally be broken without an aforementioned condition is stupid. i guess i was too opinionated and not enough actual research in there.” anderson sighed, running a hand through his hair. anything to do with love and commitment was now a touchy subject with anderson, everyone knew it had been something he disliked but now? now it was something you didn’t bring up with the male; ever. you likely wouldn't hear from him for weeks if you did. 

“broken heart syndromes not as hard as the lectures want you to believe it is. mainly because there’s barely any research done. well there is some but it’s all still unknown compared to other heart based diseases. i would probably mention the causes: wining or losing a large amount of money, a sudden death or illness or a strong romantic rejection. and it’s not literally broken. it mimics a heart attack but it’s not a heart attack. it just has the conditions of one. does that make sense?” when he was in med school, there was barely any research done but now that he had graduated, a lot of research had been done. and medicine was one of those fields where doctors, new or old, had to always keep up.

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adrianaafloress.

Adriana smiled coming back down to the lobby. Austin had gone down for the night and the nanny was there to watch over him while she went to go and try to reunite with some old friends. Leaning against the elevator wall she closed her eyes for a second just relaxing until she heard it ding and open. Without thinking she moved forwards and ended up bumping into someone, “Crap, sorry. I’m still half asleep.” She looked at the person and couldn’t help but smile, “It’s good to see you.” 

he was feeling nostalgic so he decided to check out his old floor. he didn’t know who lived in his apartment now, if anybody, but if he could at least see the floor again, that would be enough. besides, new york was home now. and diana and the kids settled in great and we doing brilliantly. not even looking where he was going, he bumped into someone coming out of the elevator. “oh damn.” he apologised. “totally my fault. i got caught up in feeling nostalgic. and it’s great to see you too.”

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lcwes.

 “ alexander ! andrew ! “ she exclaimed as the twins were running around all over, sighing as she knew bea giving them candy was a bad idea.  beatrice was also over here helping her catch the two toddlers.  diana stopped and took a breath , holding her breath as she rubbed her stomach .  six months pregnant.   it was crazy how much this apartment complex changed her life .  now she was here to celebrate the union of her child’s father and his true love .  she was happy for him , since they both found who they wanted to be with .  the twins then ran into somebody’s legs. “ oh my god ! I am so sorry ! “ she blurted as she quickly went to grab her kids , bea hiding behind her .  

his ears perked up at hearing the familiar voice. seems like diana was having a hard time with the twins. and boy were two identical twin boys trouble . and diana was 6 months pregnant . while he didn’t want diana moving around a lot , she had won him over with a lot of persuasive arguments and well—— beatrice helped put up a pretty great case on why diana should be able to resume life as normal . well as normal a woman carrying her fouth child can be . the male was knocked out of his train of thought when he saw the twins near his legs . “ come here . “ he smiled and lifted alexander up . “ you just missed daddy didn’t you ? “

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dirtbaganders.

@vandcrbilts event / au ( set on the day before the wedding )

anderson had had a rough day, he had failed an assignment and now had to re-do the whole thing with just about zero time as he had picked up extra shifts and had other assignments to work on and study to do. that’s when he heard the knock on his door, “what?” he snapped as he answered it, glaring at the torso of a stranger before realising it was no stranger, and actually romeo. he had seen him, they’d caught up, but now wasn’t a good time. “know anything about cardiovascular surgery because apparently i don’t.” he sighed, leaning against the door as he held it open for romeo to come in. he wanted his meltdown in the comfort of his own apartment, with no one to see. “help me with this assignment? please? i know it’s a lot to ask but i.. god, rome, i don’t have any time to re-do a damn assignment but i have no choice because i got a fucking D. and no, that is not an innuendo don’t go there i’m not in the mood.”

he knew anderson was still living here. and the fact that one of his closest friends was in med school was something that never failed to put a smile on his face. so it was no surprise that romeo wanted to see him. he was here for wedding sure but he didn’t know how long his stay was going to last. diana was due in a few months and they wanted to get back to new york for the birth. “well hello to you too,” he teased and stepped in, listening to anders’ complaints. “i do. went to med school too you know. and sure what don’t you get? becasuse you probably know more than you think.” he sat on the bed and gave a casual glance to the assignment. “i’ve got time before the wedding so why not?” he couldn’t help but smirk. “took the joke out of my mouth before i could say it. you really do know me. relax, i know you’re not in the banter mood so let’s get stuck in?”

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@theromeovanderbilt: we look terrible but it’s the love that counts right? anybody who knows me knows i’m shit with all this touchy feely crap but here goes. but diana. you’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me. 5 years ago i would be laughing my ass off if anyone said i would get married with 3 kids and a 4 the coming soon but now? i’m eternally grateful that you’re the woman in my life. from bea to unamed kid number 4, i’ve loved every part and every moment of you. the days when you were throwing up from the morning sickness you convinced yourself you weren’t beautiful or something stupid like that. i don’t know if that was the hormones talking but you were beautiful. always have and always will be. and you still are. i’m gonna wrap this up pretty soon but @dianavanderbilt thank you for coming into my life and please stay. you were there for the good, the bad and the ugly and you’re... still here. i love you <3 

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“ AND YOU MAY NOW KISS THE BRIDE “

          one of his favourite sentences in his life. favourite word was his sons saying “dada” for the first time. and that summed up romeo vanderbilt five years later perfectly. 

who knew what a simple trip to the spa could do to one’s life? him and diana lowe went and came back. unsure what they were. but months of simply ignoring the problem turned into a fulfilling and beautiful relationship. both had terrible childhoods. both were good friends because of it. and were now dating. 

and diana worked her way up through the restaurant business. and he worked his way up the medical world to finally becomes chief of staff at a hospital. as a boss he’s pretty laid back. barely ever screams or shouts. and for a while the pair stayed in wisteria until romeo went back to new york to try and rekindle his relationship with his parents. and soon he came back to diana. they did what any normal couple did when they haven’t seen each other for weeks..

the news of diana’s pregnancy was a shock but it was something they were wanted to do together. while it was unplanned it was an unexpected gift and something they would be grateful for. the decision to get married before the birth of the twins was a swift but a decision they’ve never regretted. a small ceremony involving some of their closest friends and families happened. 

now in new york, diana gave birth to twin boys. alexander greg and andrew chase vanderbilt. life was bliss

a few years later, the invitation to jude and gabe’s wedding came and the pair couldn’t be happier. so they packed their bags and headed back to LA. the twins are a few years old and diana is now 6 months pregnant and a restaurant owner. 

life’s perfect and they wouldn’t change a thing <3

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lcwes.

“ wow , thank you for making me feel old.   also this is your way of saying you also don’t wanna be my sugar daddy ? it’s totally fine. i’ll just find another guy . “ she teases as she puts her hand on his cheek . “ such a baby face. “ teasing him even more as she giggles.  “ we will see about that , romeo. “ a smile given to the male. “  yea - well just don’t think about them too much , okay ? i want you to be happy . “ giving him a reassuring smile as she slowly opens her eyes. “ awe darn ! i missed seeing you naked . “ she told sarcastically as she snapped her fingers.  diana hummed as she closed her eyes , feeling herself relax into the bath.

“ hey now ! i was just saying that a sugar daddy needs to be older and i ‘m not . you’re still hot to me , di. “ he mock pouted before snuggling slightly into diana’s hand . “that’s a good thing ! keeps me not feeling old . that and when i still get carded into clubs and all .” romeo gave a small but hopeful shrug . “ yeah , i’m hoping that by the time i’m back it all blows over . and same to you okay ?” he lifted her head slightly from her chin and smiled . “ well sorry for the lack of a show . but i’m sure you’ll get to have a peek soon . “ and for a moment he let himself relax . “ so any guys in your future ? “

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in honour of me, giving romeo a little makeover! hit the like for a closed starter because i suck at open starters. the starters can range from texts, snapchat threads, one liners and a mini para!