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Post by -->PEYTON&&GABBY<-- on Aug 15, 2007 23:40:39 GMT -5
So what if what she was doing was in some abstract way illegal? It wasn't like she had any money to live anywhere else. Peyton had offered it to her too. Gabby's things were in a corner in the living room, blankets on the couch where she was sleeping. Peyton's roommate was cool with it as well, so it worked. It wasn't permanent, but where else was she supposed to go? Currently she was beating up the punching bag that belonged to Peyton in the living room. Gabby didn't hit like a girl, neither of the girls did. The punching bag had been softened from all of the blows it had sustained. Neither Peyton or her roommate were there. They were off at some party or something crazy like that.
Gabby was pissed off, her mother had called her that day. Just talking to her mom pissed her off sometimes. Now she was taking it out on the bag. She had her hair up in a ponytail, her bangs in front of her face. She stopped for a moment, to catch her breath. She looked at the clock, it had to be about ten at night. She adjusted her black sports bra, the only thing she had on on her top half. Oh well, it wasn't like anyone would be showing up anytime soon. She was wearing her blue baggy sweatpants to go with it. She began to wail on the bag again.
What had she done that day? Other than wash all of the black dye out of her hair so it was now back to the honey blonde it once was. She had spoken to her mother and found out that her mother disapproved of her. Another few blows to the punching bag before she hung on it, out of breath and a lump in her throat. A small beat of sweat rolling down the side of her face, she couldn't tell if it was sweat or a tear. She wiped it away and just stood there, thinking
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Post by Jake//Hayden on Aug 16, 2007 23:27:56 GMT -5
Well. Life was going well for Jacob Winters. Haha. Not. He’d basically gotten his Toyota totaled in a car accident, and his aunt and uncle had gotten pissed, yelled at him, and well, yeah. It wasn’t exactly pleasant. He was still stinging a bit from it. He didn’t like being yelled at, that was for sure. So, he had decided to go somewhere, to take his mind off things.
What place did he feel like going to? Well, he decided that he would stop by a dorm, where he had found out, through his extremely persuasive powers with the front desk lady in the school office, which dorm the girl he had met, and had a, what had been then, One Night Stand. Well, it wasn’t going to be a one night stand much longer, now that he was going to go talk to her for the first time since. Why? Because, he had actually genuinely liked her, and it wasn’t just lust. He didn’t know her that well, but she was so awesome. Not like most girls he knew. He loved that uniqueness about her, and that was one of the reasons he was going to meet her again.
So, here he was, walking up the stairs to that dorm. What was he going to say? He didn’t exactly have a plan, because this had all been sort of sudden. So, he was just going to go with the flow. Which probably was going to end up being awkward. Jake ran a hand through his black hair, leaving it sticking up in several places, and stopped in front of her door. Well, it was really her door. It was her cousin’s door. But, he had learned she was staying there from someone else in the office. What could he say? He was extremely persuasive. He stared at it for the longest moment, debating whether or not he should just pop in like this. Whatever. He knocked on the door slowly, then turned, putting his hands in his pockets, and looking at the door opposite the one he had just knocked on.
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Post by -->PEYTON&&GABBY<-- on Aug 16, 2007 23:41:17 GMT -5
Every hit grew harder, she had even turned on From First to Last to make her a bit angrier. She had gotten the call she knew she'd get. The last boy she dated, he tried to rape her, she fought him off, now she was dead. People blamed it on her, 'he wouldn't have done it if she had been better to him', even her mother thought so. She turned the music up louder and pushed a blonde strand behind her ear. It was amazing how changing her hair made things better for her. She had washed out the black dye and it was back to it's honey blonde color. She usualy did it when she was upset, it'd take her mid off things briefly. But everything came flodding back in this time and she retreated to the punching bag.
Gabby reached over to the stereo, turning it up again. She heard a knock on the door, ignoring it at first. She went back to beating up the bag, a lump growing in her throat, she stopped, hanging on it. Gabby didn't cry, she never cried. She hadn't cried in years. Some people told her she was emotionally dead, she just didn't see the point in crying wheh there were people suffering in the world. She leaned against the punching bag, resting her head against it. She heard a different, softer knock at the door. Hot headed Gabby lost patience, that mixed with what she was feeling right now added to the affect.
"I'M COMING!" she yelled out, throwing off the punching gloves onto the floor. She didn't even bother finding a shirt to put on over her black sports bra. She had nothing to hide, in fact she was quite proud of her body. She ruffled her blonde bangs and walked to the door, yanking it open. Someone was facing the opposite direction, but she could make out the figure across from her. She leaned against the doorway, and smiled lightly. "Hey there,"
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Post by Jake//Hayden on Aug 16, 2007 23:54:02 GMT -5
Jake heard her voice behind him, and he stiffened for an instant, turning around, an easy smile ready at his lips, none of the thoughts of what he was going to do showing on his face. He gave her a short, up and down look, and raised an eyebrow, saying, “I like the outfit.” And he did. She had a REALLY nice body. Nice probably didn’t even cover it well enough. He then said, his voice soft, “How are you? Sorry I came over, kind of sudden.” He said bashfully, running a hand through his already unkempt hair.
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Post by -->PEYTON&&GABBY<-- on Aug 17, 2007 0:00:31 GMT -5
Gabby laughed softly, looking down at what she was clad in. "Thanks, I try" she looked at him again "I was just... Yeah..." she said gesturing to the punching bag behind her. He looked kind of nervous or shy about something. "I've been allright," she said, "how about yourself." There was a pause. "Oh my god, I'm sorry, come in," she said backing up, reaching over to turn down the stereo blasting Sonny Moore's screams. She looked over to him again, re tieing her ponytail so it was slightly higher up.
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Post by Jake//Hayden on Aug 17, 2007 0:07:31 GMT -5
He grinned, and said, “Nice.” He mentally smacked himself in the head for the mono-syllable reply. He was usually really confident around girls, sure of himself. But, he wasn’t around Gabby. He felt ridiculously unsure, and the feeling made him nervous. He nodded, and said, “Good, I guess. I wrecked my car a few days ago.” He confessed, grinning wryly, “And here I was, thinking I was a good driver…” Jake shrugged, and walked inside, saying, “It’s fine. Good choice, in music, though.” He nodded, looking around the dorm a bit.
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Post by -->PEYTON&&GABBY<-- on Aug 17, 2007 0:13:20 GMT -5
Her eyes widened as she went over to the punghing gloves, bending over to pick them up. "Oh my god that sucks so bad!" she said, walking them over to her pile of stuff in the corner. She walked back over to Jake, standing oppisite him, she smiled warmly, flicking a blonde strand away from her eye. "I'm glad you stopped by," she said truthfully. "So, uhm," she looked down at the floor then back up at Jake "you want something to drink or something?" she asked him, just trying to pass over an awkward silence.
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Post by Jake//Hayden on Aug 17, 2007 16:00:41 GMT -5
Jake shrugged, and then gave another wry grin, "The other guy had it worse.. even though his car was bigger." He had basically killed both cars single-handedly. But the guy, had been an old friend of his, so with the promise of paying the guy back for thousands of dollars worth of damages, over time, had kept him from pressing charges. Jake smiled back at her, and said, "I'm glad I came by, too." He looked around for a second, then said, "Naw, I'm good." He bit the inside of his cheek, then said quickly, "Hey, listen. Uhm... the other night.. was.. erm.." He paused for a second, looking for the right word, "abrupt, with the way things ended... and.. I was wondering.. if maybe, I could you know, make it up to you. By taking you out to dinner, or for a walk, or something." The words ended in a rush, and a faint blush he wasn't used to experiencing spread in his cheeks. God, he was such a weiny. Oh well. So much for beign a smooth operator. [/blockquote]
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Post by -->PEYTON&&GABBY<-- on Aug 17, 2007 16:14:31 GMT -5
Gabby smiled a kind smile at him, glad he had asked this. She had basically thought it was just some one night stand since they just kind of left without saying anything. "Yeah, sure" she said, her voice was slightly hushed, "you could take me for a walk or something," she said with a tiny shrug. To be honest she was starting to like him. Just the fact that he had the strength to even ask something as simple as that. She usually found the hardest questions to ask to be the most simple you could ask. Also she based her opinion about him from what little conversation they did have.
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Post by Jake//Hayden on Aug 17, 2007 16:21:00 GMT -5
Jake grinned at her, moving his hands to his pockets, saying, "Well, good then." He sighed, relieved that she had accepted what was sort of like an apology to him. One night stands he could usually leave alone: have them, then never speak to the girl, or boy, for that matter, again. But, he felt like he had to see Gabby again. It was a strange sort of feeling, and it left him very confused, "Would you like to go now?" He said, whispering. Why was he whispering, again? It was like this when they had first met, too. They whispered to each other, rather than talk normally. It was kind of strange, but whatever. [/blockquote]
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Post by -->PEYTON&&GABBY<-- on Aug 17, 2007 16:26:53 GMT -5
She giggled a bit at him. "Yeah sure" she whispered back, just playing around with him, "Just let me get a shirt on first" she said in a normal tone. Yeah, it would probably be a good idea to get on a shirt rather than just walk around in a sports bra, not like she cared... Well maybe she did a little bit. She walked over to the corner where she had kept her things and grabbed a tight black shirt. She walked back over to him pulling on a hoodie. "So..." she said, a tiny laugh escaping her lips.
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Post by Jake//Hayden on Aug 17, 2007 17:32:09 GMT -5
Jake grinned, saying, "If you must..." He trailed off, chuckling a little. Taking a walk with only a sports bra? Not exactly the best attire, especially with the way it cooled down at night here. He crossed his arms as he waited, then turned as she came back into the room, a tiny smile on his lips, "So... shall we?" He said with a little bit of a goofy grin, holding out an arm, as if he were her escort. Jake used his other hand to pull down his own white 'The Afters' t-shirt, and then stick his hand in the pocket of his gray hoodie. Jake wasn't sure where exactly they would walk. Maybe just.. around.. wherever their feet decided to take them, however cheesy that sounded.
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Post by -->PEYTON&&GABBY<-- on Aug 17, 2007 17:42:02 GMT -5
She smiled at him, nodding, "I suppose we shall" she replied, linking arms with him and pulling up the zipper on her hoodie only half way. She walked with him out the dorm shutting the door behind her, not really bothering to lock it. Something in her was really excited to take this walk, and another part felt nervous. She had no idea why.
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Post by Jake//Hayden on Aug 17, 2007 18:05:03 GMT -5
Jake was excited, nervous, and happy, all at once. Being with Gabby again was taking a strange effect on him. He never usually felt this way about a girl or boy, and it was a bit new to him. He smiled softly at her, as they walked down the hall, and outside. The sun was close to setting, just lingering over the trees in the distance, and he sighed, saying, "How have you been, since I saw you last?" Just to make small talk. He was kind of at a loss for words.
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Post by -->PEYTON&&GABBY<-- on Aug 17, 2007 18:37:04 GMT -5
Every once in a while Gabby would glance up at him, then quickly divert her eyes back to where they were. "I've been ok I guess" she said trying to sound as upbeat as possible, she didn't really want to delve into what had been going on at home for fear it might freak him out and this would be the last she saw of him. "How about you?" she asked glancing up at him then back ahead of her.
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