❥▐ cupid's brew

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Location: Home/Site of CARNAGE {} Mood: Happy/Shocked/Horrified {} OOC: O: {} Music: [,-,]​

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Sasha woke up with a large smile on her face. It's been so long since she had such a good night's rest. She got up and stretched her back before checking her computer. As suspected, no one gave a sh8t about her performance, but who cares? It just made her feel so content with life. She hummed and made herself a breakfast sandwich before dressing up and heading out.​

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She made her way along the streets, heading towards the cafe. She would love to have some hot coffee in such wonderful snowy weather. Oh the joys of winter. It was a shame she had such a bland and sad Christmas this year. Hmm...Maybe next year I can get a gift or two. She smiled to herself as she waited for the walk symbol to appear.​

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She tapped her fingers, eager about the results of the performance. "Mhmm...I can't wait for the results. Man I should've stayed and listened to the others. If I didn't get in, then the others must've been extremely talented. Aww well guess-"​

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CRASH​

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Sasha widened her eyes and watched in horror as the scene unfolded in front of her. A large bus crashed into the car right before her eyes. No...why...her day was going so well. She stood there shocked as she stared at the carnage. The car crushed by the bus was a goner. It was smashed and wrecked to a degree where survival was a 0%. But the bus...

Sasha ran towards the bus, noticing a man already looking through and calling out for survivors. She should probably do something more rational. Her hands shook as she pulled out her phone and dialed the emergency number. She could barely keep her voice from trembling. "Oh god there was a crash! A bus and a car! Send help fast!" She ended the call and stared at the wreck, sinking to her knees. Her head was full of only one word.

Why?​

 

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‹|??? ??? ???|›​

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› Freya stood in a world devoid of color. Everything around her looked as if the life had been sucked out of it. › A short ways away she could see a shadowy figure. › She knew this wasn't real. › She knew she was in no danger. › At least. She hoped.

『S̨o̷͘ ͜y̛̕o̕͟ú͘'͡v͢͝ȩ̡͢ ̷̛́co͠͡m̷҉̕e͘͢ ̶͡h͞e͡r̸̢e̵͘ ̷̨t̢o̴͠ ͢q͜͝͡uè̕͢st͡͡į͢on͡ ̡͡m̡è̀͟.̵』​

› The shadow scoffed as Freya approached.​

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『What are you?』​

› The figure turned its head almost unnaturally far to meet her gaze.

『I̵ ́à̢͘m ̡w̡h͏̶a͏͢t̴ ̴̷I͝ ̶a̧m̡̡.̨͝͏ Ý̷o̸̡̧u͟͝ ͡b̸ŗ̵̷ò͘ù̡g͜ht ̷͞me̸̴ ̧͢ḩ͘͏èr͏̸ȩ̷̵.͟͜ ͜I̸̷t̶́ ̛w̵as̵͘ ̀͜yo̶u̡͡r̶҉̢ ḑ̶͜e͏s̸͢i̴͏r̛̛e҉ ͢͠͞th̢̨̡a̢t b̕ir̨t̡h̸̨̛è̶͢d͘ m̀͟y̢͝ ́͝ę̵x͟i̛͠s̵t̵e̕͘n̴̢͠c̴̵ȩ̕͟..̵』​

› Freya paused for a moment, contemplating what that could mean.

『What are you here for?』
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› The figure turned away and stared off at something Freya could not see.

『M̨y͘͢ p̴̶u̵͟r̨po͟͞s͟e͡ ̨̧i҉͘͞s̶̨ t́͢o͠ ̸́h̴ȩ͠l̨p͢,̨ ͡ţ̡ǫ͟ ̧͜ę̴̧d̷u̸ç҉͟a̴̕̕t͞e̛.̷͢ ͜T̵̨o̶̕͡ ͞gu̵͞i̷̡de͢ ̕y̢͡o͟͡u̡ i͘ń ̕t̕͡h͏̧e͟ d̸̢́i̕r͢e͟͜c͞t̶͘i͢o͟ņ̷ ́͜͞t͠a̧ţ ͏ý̸ớ̷u͠͠ d̸̢͏e͢͝s̢ire̴̴.̵ ͏̀͞Y̛ou̧͘͞ ̡̡d͢͟o͢͢ ̴͟n̵͟o̧t̴̡͡ ̛̀͘h̴̴a͜҉v̡e ţ͠h̢͟ę͜͠ ͞҉͢s͏t̢͢r̴̛e͠ǹ̶͜g҉t̶̢͢h҉̶͡ ҉t͏̷o̵̢ ͝d̷̀o w̢h͘a̷͏ţ ̡̢̨m͏͘͡u̵s̷͢t͡ ̛̀be͏̧ ̢d̶oǹ̶e.҉̨͡ ͡T͝ò͜ ̢̧take ͘̕͏w̧̧͝ha̕t̀ ͜i͟t͟ ҉̡i̴̡s̶͜ y̡ó͜͡ù ͏w̷҉á̵̡n̵͘͠t̢̧.̕ I͠ ̢a̶̢̛m͟.̵͢͟』 ​

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› Freya was confused. This thing didn't seem like it could help anyone with anything other than a night terror contest.​

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『You're here to help? The last time we met you didn't seem to be of very much "help".』​

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› The shadow turned to her, giving Freya an immensely uneasy feeling.​

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『Į̧ ͞c̢an̕͠n͝ot̢̢ ͜h͞e̴̛͢lp͘ ̡͞y͘óu͟͠ ̶if͏ yó͘ú̶ ̵r͝e̕͝f̴̛͝ų̴̛s̸̢e͝ ̧m̢̛͡e͠.̵̢͢͟』​

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› Thinking back, she remembered, almost too vividly for a dream, the events of the night prior, from what she could gather, she understood what the apparition meant. ​

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『Then I ask of your help.』​

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› Freya didn't think much of trusting this...thing, whatever it was, however, what could it truly do to her in her own mind?​

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『The̴͜n̢ ́I ̴s̕ha͡l̸̡̛l̸̕͡ ̨grą͡n̨͝t͞ ỳ͡o͡u ҉y͟͝o̕͟͝ųr̸̀ ́͢ŕe͢q̴u̢̕è͜s͜t.̨ ̷̡À͘ş͡ ̀m͟y̶̶ ͘͘͞f̸i͏̸r͏̷s̸͢t̸͏ ̢g̨͝if̢͡t̸̷҉ ̴͞t͢͞͠ò̧ ̢͢͞ỳòu,̶̶̕ ̸̨͜I ̨͠w̡i̶̢̕l̷l ̧͜r҉͘e̵mi̵͏n̴͏҉d̵҉ ҉̀y͟͏o̷u̶͢ ̢o͘f̴̧͢ y̸o̧̡͠ur e̸n͞g̴à̛͟gęmen̴͡t̶̡́.͞ ͏Y҉́o̡͏u͜͝ ͡҉̛m̶u͢st̀͝ ̢̛̛b̴҉e ͏̨ơ̸͜ǹ ̛́͘y̷o̡҉u҉r̀͜ ̴͡ẃ̡a̶y̶͠͠ ̴͞͠now̨͜͞.̵̵̢̢͘͢͟』​

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› With one motion almost too fast for Freya to follow, the shadow stepped toward her and plunged its hand into her chest. Running her through with its arm.​

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『T̛͝im̷̀e̵ ̶t̡́͝o͘ wa͜͞k͜͠e̡͏̢ ҉ú̷͢p͢͜.̵̵̢̢͘͢͟』​

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› Freya awoke gasping for air, the sting of being impaled still fresh in her mind. › She was going to have to find better ways of getting up in the morning. › She remembered she had to meet Tucker at the café, and quickly got ready and headed out the door, Enywas in tow. › As she jogged down the sidewalk in the direction of the café, she sent a text to Tucker. ​

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COMPOSE NEW MESSAGE​

From: Freya To: Tucker › Sorry I'm late, I'm on my way, go ahead and order without me.​

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› As Freya rushed down the street, an uneasy feeling came over her, but she wasn't sure why. › Shaking it off, she saw the café on the horizon. › This was it. › She was going to confess to Tucker.

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『ģo̴o͟͠d̀͜͟ ̴̕͏l͢u̶͠çk̴』 ​

 

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✿ OUTFIT| MUSIC | OOC |MOOD ↝ DETERMINED ✿​

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✖ LOCATION ↝ HOME/DUVONT'S ✖​

A disappointed look plastered onto the teens face as she peeled off the towel that wrapped around her wet hair and looked out of her window. The weather was absolutely horrific! There seemed to be a snowstorm brewing. She knew Richie would be pretty upset with it - especially on his birthday! Thinking about that made her all upset too.

But this wasn't the time to pout! She had to hurry so she could get over to the Duvont household before the weather gets any worse. God knows what could happen! She quickly ran to her bathroom and hung her wet towel neatly then quickly and rather carelessly applied lotion all over her body. Dressed in her undergarments, she quickly ran across to her desk where she applied a bit of make up - the usual products just to make sure she looked decent: mascara, press powder and some lip tint.

She grabbed the clothes on her bed, thankful that she had thought about it the moment she woke up, and slipped them on. She hugged herself after putting on her cozy, warm, tribal sweater then ran her fingers through her hair to make sure it wasn't too crazy. She looked around her room, trying to spot one of the most important things for today!

The two pastel paper bags under her desk finally caught her eye. She dashed towards it and placed them on her bed, checking them both of their contents to make sure they were complete. Presents! She loved buying presents for people - especially Richie, in fact, whenever she would find something birthday-worthy she would save them in secret hiding places throughout the year until it was finally the big day - and today was that day! She peeked into the mint green paper bag, which belonged to Richie. Inside were some cute pens she knew he would adore, a fluffy white alpaca stuffed animal, Rilakkuma headphones so he could listen to all his favourite tunes while being his most adorable self and a cook book about too-cute-for-school bento box meals. She smiled as she neatly placed them all together and tied the pink ribbon at the top of the bag. She was so excited to see the look on his face when he'd see the presents! She really hoped he'd like it.

She peeked into the other paper bag, the baby blue one and checked if all her presents for Ryder were there too. The red and white Letterman jacket and matte grey cap that screamed cool style was tucked inside neatly along with the set of grunge, metallic head phones she got him. She really hoped Ryder would like it too, especially since the guilt of yesterday never left her. She originally planned to get him new accessories for his board but when he went over to the store, she didn't understand a word the clerk was saying and gave up. She tied the orange ribbon at the top of his bag then stuffed her phone into her pocket. She held both bags in her right hand, pulled her little slumber party bag over her other shoulder then grabbed the party hats on her table, the red and white striped ones were for the ladies while the blue polkadot ones were for the twins. She found them just about last week and thought it would be a cute and fun addition to the spirit of their birthdays.

Elisa met her mother as she went down the flight of stairs and after a bit of chatter about their plans (Mrs. Mulshine allowed her to stay at Richie's for the night, as always) they hopped into the car and left.

"Elisa, careful when you get out. I'll see you tomorrow, love you."

"I will don't worry mom, I love you too!" with a kiss on her cheek she gathered all her things securely and then took a deep breath before forcing the car door open and running for her dear life towards the door. Luckily, she did not trip or stumble on the way and all her things were in tact as she reached the door. She rung the door bell once. She could feel her legs shaking at the cold as she waited a couple seconds at the door.

Mrs. Duvont opened the door and rushed her in immediately, but before the mother could start making a fuss about her concerns for Elisa the teenager but a finger to her lips. "Shhh!" she whispered, "Where are the twins?"

The older woman smiled and kept her tones hushed as well, "Ryder's in the kitchen. Richie's still upstairs, let me go greet him a happy birthday and let him come down."

Elisa nodded, it was only right the family greeted first but before they both moved she then suddenly remembered the party hats. She placed the bag that held her belongings on an empty chair and handed one of the red hats to Mrs. Duvont before she strapped one onto her own head. "Thanks by the way for having me again." she said politely and kissed the woman on the cheek, realizing she didn't exactly greet her yet.

"You're always welcome in our household, dear." she responds sweetly. The two ladies smile at each other and with a nod, split up. Mrs. Duvont heads upstairs to greet Richie while Elisa glides over to the kitchen to greet Ryder.

She peeked into the room and saw Ryder, with his back turned to her, on his seat with Ariella next to him. It was obvious who's energy seemed a lot more chipper. Ryder must have been half asleep or something because as Elisa walked over to the two, trying her best not to make a noise, Ariella spun around and saw her. Elisa immediately stopped and put her finger to her lips again to shush her and the little girl obeyed, forcing another conversation with her older brother.

As she continued to make her way towards him, she couldn't help but remember the sour feeling she had about yesterday. What she did was really horrible and she should definitely apologize but right now, she had to make sure his day started with a smile! As she was finally close enough behind him, Elisa placed her hands on his shoulders, leaned into him with a hug, kissed him on the cheek and burst into an excited, "Happy Birthday!" Without giving him any time to react at all, she put on the blue party hat onto his head and grinned at him, "These are for you!" she placed the pastel bag onto his lap.

As Ryder went over his presents, Elisa walked over to Ariella and gave her a big hug as well. She kissed the tip of her nose with a giggle and then gave her one of the red party hats. She seemed overly delighted. The turquoise teen then carried the younger sister Duvont, took a seat and set Ariella on her lap. She turned back to Ryder, "So, do you like it?"

 

The doorbell rang and Ryder stiffened in his seat at the kitchen table. His mom had put a plate of breakfast skillet in front of him, along with a stack of pancakes before heading off to see who was at the door. Ariella chattered eagerly and nudged at him to open his present. After a bit of pestering, he finally pushed his food aside to do so. He unwrapped the box quickly to find some new decals for both his skateboard and snowboard. He gave his little sister an appreciative grin and ruffled her hair. "Thanks," he told her. Ryder set the stuff aside and reached for his plate again when Ariella spun in her chair. He was about to turn and she what she was looking at, when she turned back around as if there was nothing there.

"What are you going to do today?" she asked him.

He wasn't really sure. It would have been nice to go boarding again, but the weather outside the kitchen window looked rather skeptical. "I'm not really sure." Hands slipped over his shoulders and a body leaned into his back. It was obviously Elisa. He recognized the arms that wrapped around him instantly and a slight flush colored his cheeks. The warmth between her chest and his back gave him goosebumps and a small smile played at the corners of his lips.

She leaned over, kissed him on the cheek and burst into an excited, "Happy Birthday!" Without giving him any time to react at all, she put a blue party hat on his head and grinned. Ryder scowled and tugged at the string under his chin. "These are for you!" she placed the pastel bag onto his lap.

Ryder pulled away from her and untied the ribbon, holding the bag's handles together. The orange ribbon sat curled up in his lap and he pulled a wad of tissu paper out of the bag. He reached in and felt the cool leather of the letterman's jacket in his hands before he saw it. Ryder smiled at the red and white jacket and pushed the plate forward so that he could set it on the table. It was followed by a gray cap. There was still something in the bag and he pulled out a really nice pair of grunge headphones. Ryder usually acted rather aloof about gifts, trying not to make them seem like a big deal, but he gave Elisa a bright smile.

As Ryder went over his presents, Elisa walked over to Ariella and gave her a big hug as well. She kissed the tip of her nose with a giggle and then gave her one of the red party hats. She seemed overly delighted. The turquoise teen then carried the younger sister Duvont, took a seat and set Ariella on her lap. She turned back to Ryder, "So, do you like it?"

He nodded his head and pulled the hat on over his hair. "They're great. Probably the best presents I'll get today." His little sister gave him a look and he tapped her on the nose. "Aside from your gifts, that is." She seemed to smile at that and he reached for the food again before glancing at Elisa. "Are you hungry? Mom just finished cooking breakfast." He cut up a piece of pancake with his fork and knife and held it out to her. It would be kind of difficult to eat with Ariella in her lap. There was some noises upstairs and then footsteps on the staircase. Richie must have been up. A small groan escaped him and Ryder gathered the gifts and set them inside the bag before putting them on the floor at his feet.

 

Evan Allen Walker:
{~~~Day 9 (2/4)~~~December 29th, 2016, Wednesday~~~Location: Home/Cafe~~~Mood: Fun~~~Music~~~Ooc:~~~}

Evan was listening to what Tucker was saying and how he was waiting for Freya. Evan thought for a moment until he remembered who Freya was. Little Baker Bro was with her yesterday right? Regardless of that Evan kept listening intently to what his redheaded companion was saying.

"And it's been alright, been a little busy but everything's working out. How about you? What brings you here... in blades?"

"Well that's good to hear Cherry Red." At the second part he looked down at his feet and saw that he was wearing rollerblades still. He never thought it was odd because he was always wearing them. They were like his thing. "I've been doing fine thank you. Had a little late night fun last night but other than that it's been pretty smooth sailing. As for why I'm here well,"Evan took a sip of his coffee before continuing,"it's to get some coffee. And this is always a nice place to get some." Then Evan lifted up his feet and pointed at his rollerblades, "as for these, rollerblading is like the sweetest method of transportation I can think of.Better than a car, just a death trap waiting to happen. Better than a bike, because it'son your feet. And better than walking because you roll places fast. Normally people would think it's 'crazy' to go and rollerblade in the winter, but I just think it's all the more fun."

Resting his feet back down he finished his coffee and placed the cup down."So anyway, we haven't seen each other for a bit now, so how was Christmas for you?" He was rather curious about this all, he was also wondering if he had heard the news about Julius. But Tucker seemed like the kind of guy who, if he didn't know about it, would probably have a bit of a freak out when he did find out, so he wasn't going to press that topic. Though then the man had a phone call he needed to take care of, so Evan waited until he was finished with it simply said, "so everything alright on the other end?"

 

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✌ CLOTHES≛ MOOD» WORRIED ≛ TUNES≛ LOCATION » CAFE ≛OOC✌​

Listening intently to what Evan had to say he couldn't help but laugh a bit. He was always such an interesting character, especially the way he talked about his roller blades. He leaned back into his own chair with a smile on his face, "Roller blades in winter, huh? Remind me to get a pair, then!"

"Soanyway,wehaven'tseeneachotherforabitnow,sohowwasChristmasfor you?"

Christmas? Well, He was able to have a fun skype call with his family who was out of town during Christmas. He took care of the shelter almost by himself since Sean had to leave which was totally alright with him. The musical turned out great. Sophie's party was a lot of fun in the beginning. He ended up spending most of his time with Maria where he pretty much told her his life story and it was probably one of the biggest, more positive things that's ever happened in his entire life. It was pretty much a roller coaster and if he were completely honest, it probably changed a lot.

"Christmas was great." was all he managed to tell the man in front of him. He wasn't really one to talk about certain things anyway and thank goodness Freya shows at the door at the right moment. He didn't mind her lateness at all, in fact, she arrived just at the perfect time. Upon seeing her walk into the cafe and towards them, Tucker pushed himself to his feet. "Freya! Hey good morning! Did you walk all the way? Hope the weather wasn't too bad!"

The girl only managed to come out with a little "Hi..." Her face was slightly flushed. Her eyes looked past Tucker and towards Evan, in his roller blades, seated across from him.

Oh dear, he hoped she wasn't thinking that he was tired of waiting and replaced her or something like that! What was he even going on about? He wasn't so sure, but that didn't replace his sudden jumpiness as he spoke, "Oh! Freya! You know Evan right? He stopped by at the cafe for coffee... of course... and then kept me company while I waited fo-"

BZZ BZZZ BZZZZ​

The sudden buzzing in his pocket and the soft tune that alerted him that someone was calling surprised him. He then plucked his phone from his pocket and looked down at the screen to see who was calling.

INCOMING CALL : MARIA​

His eyes widened, not expecting the call at all. He was sure his cheeks flushed a bit as well. Seeing her name and holding his buzzing phone made his chest feel all tight again and his lips curled into that dorky smile. He snapped his head up at Freya and Evan, "U-uh, excuse me for a sec!" He quickly tapped the green phone icon to answer her call and greeted her happily, "Hey Maria! Good morning!"

Little noise came from the other line. He swore he only heard a shaky breath, which caused him to worry. The smile disappeared from his face and his eyebrows furrowed. "M-maria? Is everything al-"

❝ T - Tucker? Are you busy...? ❞

He blinked his eyes. What was going on? The tone of her voice alarmed him. He spoke in a much gentler tone, "Um, I'm with Freya right now and I have to take my mother home later from the hospital later but I'm totally free in the afternoon! We should definitely ha-"

❝ ...Oh. Nevermind. ❞ Beep.

He pulled the phone from his ear, his expression remaining extremely worried but now also confused. He looked down at his screen.

CALL ENDED : MARIA​

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The cherry haired man stood still for a moment, with his lips separated. His insides immediately grew thick with worry and concern and... and... hurt. She hung up on him. What was going on? Was something wrong? Was Maria alright? Did he say something to upset her? What did he do t-

"soeverythingalrightontheotherend?"

His head snapped up again towards Evan and Freya. For a second, his expression was of genuine shock, caught off guard by the sudden voice that interrupted his thoughts. Quickly it was replaced by one of his smiles, "Uh, y-yeah! Absolutely. Everything's alright. Um. Yeah..."

He looked over at Freya, who seemed to be avoiding eye contact with him. He took in a breath and turned back to Evan, "Hey, thanks for keeping me company man. Sorry but we've got things to take care of but we should definitely hang out again soon. I've missed you!" he gave him a small punch to his arm, nothing to hurt, more like a knuckle touch. "I'll try the blades one day, but you keep rolling! It was really great to see you again. Have a good day!"

He then put a hand gently on Freya's shoulder and ushered her towards the counter, "We should get something to eat. Sorry for not responding to your text earlier, I didn't want to rush you if you knew I was already eating." he confessed. He let her order something first then ordered himself some French Toast and a cappuccino. He tried to keep up a conversation with her as they waited for their food at the claiming counter. He asked her about the weather and if it was difficult for her getting here. She answered with very short responses, which was kind of how she usually responded, so Tucker didn't think much of it. He was still deeply worrying about Maria though and before the food was there he was able to send her a message,

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To: Maria​

Hey, are you alright?​

What's wrong? : (​

He typed in a I can come over in the afternoon if you'd like but that just seemed really egotistical of him, at least that's what he thought, since it didn't really seem like Maria wanted to do anything with him at the moment. So he quickly erased it and sent the text as he did. He caught himself frowning as he stuffed his phone back in his pocket but quickly replaced it with a smile.

When the two finally got their meals, they headed back to their seats and sat down. He sliced a bit of his French Toast and took a bite. Oh it was delicious! He then took a sip of his cappuccino then locked his chestnut eyes on the girl who sat across him. Swallowing his food, he spoke "So what did you want to talk about?"

 

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『WEATHER』 SNOWSTORM, 28°! ✖『DATE & TIME』 12/29/2015 - ???AM ✖『DAY』 09​

Things had been going fine that morning, for the most part. Maria left early and as soon as she was gone, Noëlle went back to sleep for a couple of hours. It had been nice spending time together, but it had also left her a bit exhausted, despite them not having spent too much time awake once going back to her place. It was so hard not to tell her everything ... She made it seem so simple. It was draining!

Later in the morning, she found that Bryan had written her back, slipping a piece of paper under her door that said they would talk about it all later. That alone was enough cause for celebration. Things would be alright after all, she decided, and sent him an email to let him know where she was off to for the day. Maybe he didn't hate her.

Seeing Julius had been a really rejuvenating experience. Knowing that he was alright, and seeing his recovery with her own eyes would ease a lot of her anxiety over his condition. She missed him being around and well, and hoped that maybe her visits would be as equally pleasing to him as they were to her.

With that under her belt for confidence, she had left home with a delicately hopeful attitude.

That promise of a good day had, of course, become completely broken as soon as the sound of scraping metal reached her ears. The bus seat she had nestled into for the ride was equipped with no seatbelt, and as soon as - well, something happened - she was thrown forward into the seat in front of her and slumped down to the floor, gripping the bolted leg of her own seat as the bus trembled and rocked.

Everything happened so fast, she had no idea what was going on! Disoriented, she stayed still and closed her eyes as the horn of the bus rang out, and the entire vehicle jolted forward violently causing a couple of the windows of the bus to shatter and before she knew it, her world was spinning as the bus tipped and landed on it's side. She fell down into the aisle and onto the other side of the bus. Luckily the seat was empty, and she was able to protect her head before slamming down against the window now beneath her.

All was silent for a few moments, that felt like an eternity. Her ears rang and various places on her body stung with scratches and quickly forming bruises.

Everything was slowly fading to darkness until ...

❝ANYBODY THERE?! QUICK! GRAB MY HAND!❞

She recognized that voice ... Ugh.

Realizing that the danger of the situation may or may not be over yet, she looked around her for anyone who might have been injured. She stayed put until everyone who really needed to was helped out of the bus, and then forced herself up into a standing position, stumbling over the seats of the bus as climbing to the entrance. Her hand wrapped around whoever it was the was helping and she was pulled out of the bus.

Her head spun, but one her turquoise eyes met with the pale green ones, she felt a bit more relief.

❝... Jon ... athan?❞ If she remembered right, this was Julius' brother! What was he doing here? ❝What happened ... ?❞

She looked around at the wreckage, but before she could process much of anything, paramedics were whisking her away to a stretcher. Into the ambulance she went, despite feeling fine [ apparently something may have been broken and she was losing a lot of blood from a cut on her thigh ], and with her protesting ignored, they were off to the hospital.

 

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✧ location: duvont home [ kitchen ] ✧ mood: (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ ✧ theme: tea? ✧​

✧ affection: -- ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ✧ ​

✧ ooc: happy birthday richie and ryder...! ✧​

"Richie honey, wake up! Today's your birthday!" The cheery voice awoke the boy with a slight jolt. He sat up and rubbed his eyes, slowly gaining awareness of his surroundings. Mama Duvont, looming over him with a wide grin across her face, hugs him and kisses his cheek. Helping with out of bed, she adds in, "Oh, and E- er, nevermind. You'll see when you head downstairs." She laughs awkwardly and gestured for the blonde to hurry up. Sighing happily, the boy dressed in some comfy, casual clothes [ lavender sweater with white peter pan collar, beige jeans, and gray Sperry's ] and eagerly went downstairs.

Upon entering the kitchen, Richie released a short squeal of glee. He ran over to Elisa and Ariella, giving both of them kisses and hugging them tightly. Taking a seat next to them, he turned to Ryder and perkily exclaimed, "Happy birthday big bro!" Little known fact was that Ryder was the eldest of the twins by only a few minutes. When they were younger, and much closer, his older brother used to poke fun at Richie calling him a squirt and names of that nature. It was all in good fun, of course.

Elisa and his younger sister both passed their presents to the joyful boy. Without hesitation, Richie opened both gifts in a flurry of wrapping paper and ribbons. Ariella's gift was a pair of cute and fluffy slippers that the blonde could wear around the house on his bum days. Looking at all the gifts he received, is heart began"Thank you so much! I love you all so much!!" He paused, and said with an equal amount of excitement. "Here's your gift [ the one on the left ] from me, Ryder. I hope you like it!" Carrying the rather large present down the stairs was a challenge, especially when he was practically sprinting down them.

Today was going to be a great day, Richie could feel it! (◡‿◡✿)

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Natalie Williams

Outfit|*|Location: Café|*|MusicMood: Casual|*|OOC: N/A​

Natalie sipped her coffee and looked at Estelle. "So... You wanted to know more about Alex?" she asked casually. They had finally been able to hang out, and Natalie was glad they could. She needed a friend these days, since Sarah hasn't returned her calls or anything, and Lexi was in jail.

Natalie felt like today would be awesome, since she was free all day and out of nowhere her older sister Amelia had given her $100 to (in Amelia's words) "horse around in town". Her sister was great, and Natalie felt lucky to have all her family and friends safe and sound.

"Anyway, about me and Alex... Not much to tell really. We met at Camp 2 years ago, and found each other again before the Christmas play. He's honestly the sweetest and most thoughtful guy I know." she declared. It was true. Plus, she may or may not have started to like him since his shyness went away...

 

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"Anyway, about me and Alex... Not much to tell really. We met at Camp 2 years ago, and found each other again before the Christmas play. He's honestly the sweetest and most thoughtful guy I know."

She was so happy she had gone out with Nat today. Now she could totally grill her about Alex. Her plan to do that of course, was a tiny bit... sneaky. But it would get to her admit that she did like him, and then she could help her. ​

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She took the direct approach last time and got no where. Now she had to try to go for something else instead. She couldn't wait to see the look on her face. She laughed to herself. It was all in good fun. ​

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"Is that so? He seemed like a pretty cool guy to me. It's nice that you've known each other for a long time." She said. Now, it was time. ​

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Estelle nodded her head, trying to hide a smirk. "Soooo are you interested in him?" She asked, "It seems like you are, because of how you talk about him." She said to her. "But since you INSIST you aren't..." She looked her straight in the eye. "Is it ok if, I ask him out?" She said, keeping her face as serious as possible. ​

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Of course she wasn't serious, but it was a good plan. If she did like him, she would get a bit jealous and say so. Even if she would try to hide it, she would still be a bit upset. ​

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This is what she learned from years of serving her sister's friends when they came over. But that was a long time ago. Oh she was so mean. She couldn't even start to imagine what Nat was thinking. She tried to keep her laughter contained. ​

 

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As Shane woke up, he was feeling pretty refreshed. Probably due to how comfortable the bed was. Still he couldn't just lay in bed all day, especially since this wasn't even his own bed. So he took some time to get up, dressed, and fix up the bed.

"Good morning Shane, I hope you slept well. Breakfast is on the table, you can come down whenever you are ready."

"Okay." He replied.

"It's the um...I'm so used to walking around here I can't think of where it is... it's sort of automatic for me."

Yeah, that would be a problem for him since he had no idea where anything was.

"I'll wait for you and then show you to the dining room."

"Thanks, hold on." He said, taking a quick moment to make sure he was ready. Once he was certain that he was, he walked out the room. "Okay, ready."

 

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Seraphina smiled and brought him into the Dining room. She sat down, motioning for him to sit across for her. As she looked at the breakfast on her plate. She made sure she didn't talk while she had food in her mouth. ​

"I'm very glad you decided to stay with us last night. It's very exciting to have someone over. Since most of the staff here have only be to serve during the day. My parents and sister are out of town." She explained. "They will be very pleased to know that you've been so nice to me these past few days." She smiled. "I'm very glad also." She smiled. ​

"No one has been very nice to me, since I've gotten here. So I was very happy when you agreed to come over... Well... I hope we can do it again sometime. You're unlike anyone I've met so far." She explained. ​

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"Umm... I was thinking that after Breakfast, that maybe I could show you the music room. You did say you knew how to play, I would love it if I could hear something." She told him. After she was finished, she would wait until he did also. ​

 

Natalie Williams

Outfit|*|Location: Café|*|Music|Mood: Casual|*|OOC: N/A​

"Soooo are you interested in him? It seems like you are, because of how you talk about him."

What was Estelle getting at..?

"But since you INSIST you aren't..."

Wait... Was she really..?

"Is it ok if, I ask him out?"

Natalie blushed furiously at Estelle's question and immediately choked on her coffee. She coughed a bit and sputtered until she could speak again. "I-Um... Yes! I do! I-I mean... No! But... Nevermind!" Was Estelle serious? Did she ACTUALLY want to date Alex, or was she just trying to get Natalie to admit she liked him? She could NOT be serious. Estelle was odd at times, sure, but going this far to get someone to admit they liked someone else was a bit far.

Maybe she should be honest with her and tell her she that she liked him... But what if that was what Estelle wanted and was just kidding about liking Alex? Natalie decided to just see where she was going with this.

"But um... Yeah... Go for it, but... Just... I think he's a bit... I dunno... Maybe I could set you up with my older brother?" she was partially kidding. Rory wasn't one for being set up.

Then it came to her. If Estelle did try something on Alex, Natalie did have Lexi's bottle of Cupid's Brew at home...

 

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Estelle started to laugh a little bit, then a lot. Until she broke out into full laughter. "Oh my gosh you should've saw the look on your face." She said through laughing. "Why didn't you just tell me you were interested in him." ​

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She said laughing. "Nothing gets pasted me, your reaction was hilarious though." She laughed. She didn't even wait for her to respond, she went right to her phone. "Tell you what, I'll ask him to hang out, and do you a few favors ok?" She said.​

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To: Alex ​

From: Estelle ​

Hey Alex, Nat and I are at the Cafe, would you like to come join us, I need to talk to you about a few things. ​

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She sent the text. "Trust me, I've got this." She winked. "You might want to drink something cold before he comes though, cause your face is soooo red." She laughed. "Awww you guys would be such a cute couple." ​

 

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When he got a reply Jonathan smiled a bit but the moment he saw just who had answered his call his eyes immediately widened in surprise as he looked at the red haired girl. "Your...Noelle" Jonathan said quite surprised at the chance the two of them had met in a situation like this. Though quite surprised by the unexpected moment, Jonathan tried to act as fast as he could before bringing the girl up.

At first glance, Jonathan could instantly tell that the girl was injured and all too instantly he began to act fast. She needed help as fast as possible and Jonathan needed to do something. Picking up the girl, he jumped off the bus, and walked away from the bus wreckage as fast as he could. Had this not been a dire moment he would have instantly thought about how television made picking up another person look so easy.

Help had arrived and relief filled the mind of Jonathan. Before he knew it Noelle was taken from him and packed away into the ambulance. Feeling he would only be a burden to the others dealing with the cars, Jonathan entered the ambulance with Noelle since he was worried for the girl and that it was heading to his destination. "Relax Noelle, you'll be fine" Jonathan said with a warm smile as he sat in the vehicle and let the paramedics do their job.

 

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"I'm very glad you decided to stay with us last night. It's very exciting to have someone over. Since most of the staff here have only be to serve during the day. My parents and sister are out of town."

"It must get pretty quiet here at time then." He said. Considering that there were only three people in his home including himself he was used to the quiet, though he often sat in his room along away from them so it didn't bother him much.

As he listened to her talk he started to eat the food that was before him. Needless to say, it was quite good. It was unlike anything that he's ever eaten before. It must be nice eating stuff like this on a daily basis.

"Umm... I was thinking that after Breakfast, that maybe I could show you the music room. You did say you knew how to play, I would love it if I could hear something."

"Uh sure, that'd be fine." he replied.

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Most of Alex's morning was spent with him laying in his bed, fully dressed, giving his muscles a break. If it wasn't for the fact that most of the boxes that he'd picked up were filled with things varying in weight, he probably would've been in different shape. He was about to doze off when he heard his phone go off.

That's right, I was planning on hanging out with Estelle. That had almost slipped his mind.

He was curious about what she needed to talk to him about. Whatever it was, he'll find out when he got there. So he hopped off his bed and made his way towards the café. It didn't take him too long before he had arrived and spotted Natalie and Estelle. "Hey guys." He said, approaching them.

 

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"Uh sure, that'd be fine."​

Seraphina smiled. "Ok, follow me." She said, going back into the front foyer. She looked around for a minute. "Hmm..." She sighed. "Oh yes. Right this way." She said, going up the stair case on the left. ​

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She turned the corner and went down at the very very end of the hall. She opened the door gently, opening to a grand room filled with instruments of all different kinds, but in a grand space of it's own, a beautiful Piano. It was her own personal Music room ​

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She turned around and smiled at him playfully. "This is the Music Room. Normally for my own personal use." She told him, walking up the small steps onto the platform where the Piano was. ​

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"If you come over unexpectedly, and you're welcome to do so, You can always find me in here, or in my room." She explained. She sat down and motioned for him to sit closely beside her. ​

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"See... there's something about this room. But I am never able to enjoy myself without someone else here listening, and I've only imagine what it would be like to hear someone else play, or play along side them. What good is a room that fills the heart with such lovely melodies.. if it can only be experience by 1, and not shared with 2." She looked at him. ​

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"That's why I was so excited to hear you could play, because I wanted someone to share this room with." She told him. "Sorry... I've rambled enough." She laughed. "Whatever you're ready." ​

 

Natalie Williams

Outfit|*|Location: Café|*|Music|Mood: Casual|*|OOC: N/A​

Natalie hid her face. Estelle was really going through with this.

"Why don't you go to the bathroom and put on some make up, or those sparkles you wore the other day?" Estelle whispered.

Natalie nodded dumbly and got up. She rushed to the bathroom and splashed water on her face to make her blushing go down. Looking at herself in the mirror, she wondered if she was ready for this. I mean, last guy she liked ended up dying at Camp... No! She couldn't think like that! Positive thoughts!

Natalie reached into her bag and pulled out the sparkles she wore in her hair. There would make her look a bit shinier. Maybe a bit of blush and some eye shadow. She quickly dabbed green eyeshadow over her eyelids and put some blush on her cheeks. Lipstick? Mmm... Possibly. Then again, this was unnatural enough. She thought back to the make-up tutorials she saw on YouTube. No. No lipstick.

Okay, she was ready. She sent a quick text to Estelle:

Welp, now she just had to play the waiting game.

 

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WEARING ⧉ DATE▹ 12/29/2015 ⧉ DAY▹ 9 & 2/4 ⧉ MUSIC​

MOOD▹ MELANCHOLY ⧉ LOCATION▹ HOME​

OOC▹ ✘ ⧉ INTERACTION▹ ✘ ⧉ ❤▹ 4/10​

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To: Oliver​

Did you still want to go​

over notes today? You​

could come here. My​

mom is busy working all​

day. :]​

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From: Oliver​

Sure. No problem.​

I'll be there soon.​

Pierce set her phone down and rifled through the pages of notes she had written during the auditions. She wasn't sure how much help she would actually be, but hopefully she could provide some input. Granted, that meant having an actual conversation. She was dreading that part. The pages were strewn about the kitchen counter as she ate quickly. Pierce wasn't sure how soon soon meant, but she didn't want to still be stuffing her face when Oliver arrived. She washed down her breakfast with a glass of milk and dumped her dishes into the dishwasher. She took a shaky breath and returned to her stool at the breakfast bar.

She picked up her phone to try and give Sophie another call. They hadn't spoke since she left the Bennett house three days ago, and they really hadn't said anything to each other when she did. The line rang a half dozen times before going to voice mail and she sighed while hanging up. What was wrong with Sophie? Did she somehow make her mad? She fumbled with the screen before opening up the messenger and scrolling down to her best friend's name.

To: Sophie​

Hey. What's up with you?​

I haven't been able to get​

ahold of you lately. Call​

me back, 'kay?​

She abandoned the papers on the counter and made her way to the living room. Pierce picked up the remote and turned on the television. The news was on and they were showing footage of a crash that just recently took place. It looked bad. The weather outside wasn't great and she hoped Oliver would make it here safely. The newscaster was saying that there were no official reports on who was involved just yet or whether or not anyone had died. They showed footage of people climbing their ways out of the bus and ambulances rushing off. The entire section was blocked off by squad cars and fire trucks. Geez.

Pierce grimaced and changed the channel. Those poor people. She hoped everyone would be okay.

 

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"Hey guys."​

Estelle smiled at him. "Hey Alex." She said, motioning for him to sit down. "Nat will be back in a sec." She told him. "Ummm... Alex." She twiddled her thumbs. ​

"Well... um...." She started. "You know, Nat really likes you... and stuff... but she's just like... really really shy... and she thinks you're the sweetest and most thoughtful guy she knows." She explained.​

"Umm... Well..." She sighed. ​

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"What I'm trying to say is, Nat really likes you, like... she has a really big crush on you. And I reason I brought you over here is, that I wanted to ask if you are interested in her. She doesn't know, about any of this. So even if you like, don't have any feelings for her, don't ignore her or something like that cause trust me she's waaaay to shy to even think about saying anything to you."​

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Estelle explained. "Sorry to be so blunt about it, but I really couldn't watch her just stand there and do nothing so I did it for her." Estelle took a deep breath.​

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"She's a really sweet girl, and if I were you, I would feel very very lucky." Estelle told him, still smiling kindly. ​