COI's Sampler

[Cause Of Insanity]

✯✯xxxxxxxxxxxxxDevinxxxJosephxxxVanderbuiltxxxxxxxxx✯✯

The Trouble - Making Brother

The girls did not seem happy at all and didn't like his distraction of food. That had always been a good distraction for him so he thought it might work on the girls. But he had been wrong. He could tell they were almost to the point of skinning him alive. This wasn't going how he had planned it too. But he was a bit foolish to think that it would go smoothly. He noticed that there were only three of the girls here, which was on the bright side was good since he didn't have to worry about them wandering the house and his brothers discovering them. Where's the fourth one? She's got to be around here somewhere. I hope she doesn't run into any of my brothers... he thought. He then heard that one of them wanted to go home. Devin panicked. "You can't go home yet." he said.

Then things went from bad to worse. As things usually did for him.

Devin turned around slowly as he heard his brother's voice. Crap... he thought. He smiled guiltily. "Hey Damien. Morning, sleep well?" he said. He knew he was in deep trouble. He knew he would be when his brothers found out. "Um... can I tell you later. It's kind of rude to talk about guest in front of them, and I'd rather no repeat myself several times, when the others find out, if that's okay." he said. He knew that if Damien had found out that it wouldn't be long before his other two brothers found out as well.

Besides he didn't want the girls to know the real reason he had brought them all there. He and his brothers had been lonely for far too long and Devin decided it was time to change that. So he had been looking for some potential girls for himself and his brothers. Of course he wasn't going to leave out himself in all this. His intentions might be good in his mind but he wanted something out of it as well. It wasn't as if he had hurt the girls either. He had just made sure they were asleep and carried them home, no big deal really.

It wasn't as if he had just kidnapped four strange girls either. He had been watching them for a while now and thought they were perfect for his brothers and himself. Last night he just decided to finally make his move. "Um, since you've already figured it out. And already are probably, most definitely mad at me. Would now be a good time to tell you that there's one more girl somewhere in the house?" he said. "If it make anyone feel any better I didn't do anything to anyone except bring them here." he said hoping that might help even in the slightest. He was somewhat glad in a strange way that Damien was the first to find out. Some of his other brothers might not be so happy with him especially finding out this early in the morning.

[Cause Of Insanity]

‖ Feeling: Currently content ‖ Crush: None of your business ‖ Location: In the Dorms ‖

Daniel sighed as he walked up to the school. Last night had been the last night that he could run freely with his siblings before he had to focus on getting close to a mortal. Focus on his mission. He adjusted the bag over his shoulder and pulled the other behind him inside the dorm buildings. His room was on the fourth floor so it was going to be annoying. Sure the higher up he was the closer he was to the star and moon he loved so much. He believed it was a wolf thing but not that he minded. He started to drag his bags up the stairs and groaned as he reached the second floor landing. This is going to be more annoying than I thought it was... he thought to himself.

Sure he was a werewolf and stronger than a normal mortal but strength wasn't his greatest asset of being a werewolf. His speciality was speed. But that couldn't help him at the moment when he was somewhat weighted down and going upstairs. He placed his bags down for a moment and rubbed his shoulder where his bag had been digging into. He sighed wondering when he'd run across his first mortal human. The building around him reeked of their scent but mostly it was stale from those that had from what he could tell been well long gone.

He sighed once again and picked up his bags and continued on to the next floor. He reached the third floor, Only one more floor to go. he thought to himself. He knew he could make it. It didn't take long for him to finally reach the fourth floor. He didn't have to walk far from the stairs to find his room. Room four oh one. He swung open the door and found inside the room was a suite set up with three bedrooms. Great...I'm going to be sharing with two other people. he thought. He shook his head. "No, I can't think that way. If I think that way I fail before I've started." he muttered to himself as he closed the door behind him but not all the way shut.

He adjusted his bag over his shoulder once again and then headed into one of the bedrooms and placed his bags on the bed. He would unpack later. But for now he was claiming his territory, or at least a slice of it. He would have to lighten up on his territorial instinct if he was going to survive through this. He sighed as he walked over to his window in his bedroom and looked out at it with a sigh. This was going to be one long year. But he knew he could get through it. He had to. He couldn't let everyone down. He unlatched the window and pushed it open letting in the fresh summer air. He took a deep breath and smiled somewhat. Despite everything it was turning out to be a nice day without a rain cloud in sight.

[Cause Of Insanity]

xx♠ Daniel Jaymes Ford ♠xx

Boy Three

A buzzing noise against wood came from the nightstand next to Daniel's head causing him to stir. It was his cellphone going off telling him that he had just gotten another text. Daniel groaned as he rolled over fumbling sleepily to find the phone that moved after it had vibrated. He missed the nightstand completely the first time but managed to grab his phone on the second try. Pulling his phone up to his face and he groggily opened his eyes a little. Pressing a button he opened the message making the screen illuminate brighter hurting his eyes. Reading the text over he found that it was from one of his co-workers thanking him for covering their shift for them last night. Daniel groaned. "Why the hell are you texting me at..." he paused and looked at the time that he had recieved it. "Seven o' clock in freaking the morning! Ugh" he said with a groan. He had been working until quite late last night and hadn't planned on getting up until at least noon today.

Closing his phone he wasn't even going to bother texting the guy back, he rubbed his eyes. He was dead tired but thankfully because he worked last night the guy he covered for said he'd work his shift tonight in exchange. Sliding out from underneath the covers revealed that he was only wearing a pair of blue boxers. After placing his feet onto the floor of his room he set his cell phone down and yawned rubbing his eyes again. He needed coffee. After blinking for several seconds he pushed himself up off the bed. Moving somewhat slowly he crossed the room and headed for the kitchen area of the small flat he shared with his best mate, and crush. He wanted to tell him that he had feelings for the guy but he kept holding himself back. Flipping on the light switch for the kitchen area he assumed that his roommate was probably still sleeping. Like I should be. he thought to himself as he walked over to the counter and flipped on the coffee pot.

While he waited for the coffee to brew he headed back to his room to grab his phone. He didn't care that he was walking around the flat practically naked. It wasn't like he was unattractive to look at and besides it was only him and his roommate there. No one cared if he walked around in his boxers. Heading back to his room he snatched up his cell phone and flipped it open. He then started to make a text message. He thought about maybe stopping by to see Ashley and his daughter today. And wanted to see if it would be okay with Ashley. He never really knew her schedule and felt like seeing his kid today. She was already growing up so fast.

To: Ashley
From: Danny

Hey. You doing anything today? Would you mind if I see Penny today?

The message was short but to the point. After watching the screen for it to say message sent he then closed it and headed back to the kitchen to wait for his coffee.

[Cause Of Insanity]

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Mr. Football Player

Jayme rolled over pulling the checkered comforter on his bed with him as he rolled onto his side. His eyes slowly peeked open and glanced briefly at his alarm clock. The fluorescent red digital numbers hurt his eyes and the time didn't register in his brain right away. A second later his eyes shoot open and he cursed outloud. "Crap" he shouted as he pulled back the covers off of him and against the wall on the bed, revealing that he was only wearing a pair of boxers. "Aw hell. I forgot to set my alarm clock last night. I'm going to be late for school." he said to himself as he nearly tripped over the labrador that was sleeping on the floor of his room. He walked over to his bedroom door and let the dog out and quickly closed it again after the dog had gone out of his room. He nearly tripped over a pair of shoes that sat on the floor as he made his way over to his dresser to get out some clothes to wear. He didn't have too much time and was considering skipping taking a shower. His room wasn't exactly the cleanest as there was clothes everywhere but he didn't care too much at the time as long as he could find everything he needed.

Grabbing out a pair of jeans and a green tee shirt he tossed them on his bed and quickly headed for the bathroom to take a quick shower grabbing a towel from the hallway closet along the way. Flipping on the water and waiting for it to heat up he caught a glance of his reflection in the mirror and groaned at the sight of needing to shave. He didn't have the time for that but he would shave anyways. With a sigh he hoped into the the shower. After a few minutes he had showered and shoved and with the towel wrapped around his waist he padded back to his room his hair still slightly wet. It didn't take too much longer after that to throw together his outfit. Checking his jacket pocket he made sure that he had his car keys and cell phone he headed out of his room. "Evee!" he called out."Let's go" he shouted and headed for the kitchen. He didn't find his little sister there or on the way too the kitchen. Pulling out his cellphone he quickly texted her while he searched for something to eat on the run.

To: Evee
From: Jay

Hey. Where are you? You at school? Sorry I overslept and forgot to set my alarm, and couldn't give you a ride. Hope you got to school okay. Sorry again. See you there, little sis.

Finishing up the text he rummaged through the cupboard searching for the poptarts. Frustrated that he couldn't find them and not having the time to search too much more he opened the fridge and pull out an apple and tossed it in his bag. He then made his way to the door pulling out his keys as he headed to get to his car.

[Cause Of Insanity]

Jared • Anaximander • Hunt

Jared walked along the streets of New York City whistling cheerfully with a smile on his face. He loved it here. Everyone looked the same and it was so easy to blend in but at the same time it was also easy to be so unique. As he walked he bumped into a business man walking down the street. "Sorry" he said. He man looked annoyed as he walked away leavin Jared. As the man left a smile re appeared on his face as he ran his fingers over the leather wallet that he had just swiped from the man. He had walked into that man on purpose and all the while swiftly stole the man's wallet from him.

Jared continued to whistle as he walked along feeling accomplished in his success already today. Ever since he got to NYC he'd become a theif. He didn't really have a real job, and when he did he worked under the table so there was no taxes involved. He was paid cash up front. Jared played pretty low key most of the time although he did break into houses from time to time. He was on a dark path right now that could lead to villiany if he wasn't careful. But he only took what he needed to get by and did live in a really run down apartment building that looked like it should have been condemned. But he was still risky in his behavior. It was just more fun and he had been spotted by security in stores a few times and police who probably wondered why he wasn't in school, but it was just too easy to lose them.

He wasn't quite sure what he wanted to do today. Maybe he would take a walk around Central Park today. In theory he should be in school right now, but for all he knew he didn't exist anymore. Which is why he had trouble getting a job because he didn't know if he even had a Social Security number anymore. It was annoying but he didn't really care anymore. Why sweat the little stuff. He contemplated what he wanted to do as he continued to walk down the street whistling a small tune and not completly paying attention.

[Cause Of Insanity]

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More than Just a Machine

It hadn’t been long since Samuel was shown where his room was for a brief moment but had decided that he wanted to have a quick look around his new home first, to get a feel of some things. Everything was so brand new for him. He didn’t remember much of his past, and wished he could keep it that way and not have to endure the pain of sudden and sometimes frequent flashbacks that were just images that made no sense at all to him. He wanted to make new memories. Happy memories. He didn’t own anything except for the clothes on his back so there was nothing to place in the room. He didn’t know what to think.

All he really knew was that he and the other robots were the same in their quest for a new and normal life. He had been bombarded with a whirlwind of emotions and information that he had never known before. Or at least that he could remember. He had yet to meet his roommate as of yet and didn’t know what to think about what would happen. Sam was quiet as he walked down the hallway wandering aimlessly. He took in all the sights around him. There was so much that he didn’t understand. He didn’t even know if his ‘person’ yet knew of his presence. He knew nothing about them, not age not race not gender or what they were like. A part of him was somewhat worried. Would this person accept or reject him. He knew only from what he had experienced and even that was limited just as it was with the other robots.

His blue eyes took in his surroundings as he walked lightly down the hallways back towards the room that he was told that he would stay in. As he walked down the hallway he saw a light on in the room that he was told was his. He tilted his head slightly to one side and paused for a moment staring curiously before he ventured forward. He was quiet as he walked into the room and found a dark haired girl looking at something. Not making a sound he walked slowly into the room and closer to the girl.

He couldn’t tell much about the girl from behind nor could he tell what she was doing. He was silent as he watched her and blinked before opening his mouth. No words came out though at that moment. He wasn’t sure what to say. He sighed slightly barely making a sound as he tried to speak again. This time the words that formed in his mouth actually came out. “H…hello” he said stuttering slightly to make sure the words that came out were the right ones. After he had spoken he didn’t realize that he might have somewhat startled the girl as he had silently walked into the room and without a sound walked up behind her. Anyone else might have seen that as creepy but Sam was still learning.

[Cause Of Insanity]

xxDayton Allen Wintersxx

Dayton had been out getting something to eat as he had been starving. And had left Kenzie back at the hideout alone. When he left he saw Kenzie was watching TV which Dayton figured would preoccupy him for a while. It had been four days since he and Kenzie had broken out of jail. He wanted to lay low but there was only so much he could do hiding out. He had been pretty careful in keeping his head down around security cameras when he spotted them as he was trying to lay low. At least for a while. He didn't want to end back in jail. That was the last place he wanted to go. His plan was that he and Kenzie would lay low for a while until they were forgotten about even though they weren't being looked for yet. He didn't want to draw attention to either of them. He was just bidding his time until the time was right. Yes he would love to kill some random innocent person again but he was able to do without. It was Kenzie he was a little worried about. He'd known the guy for nearly six years and Dayton could tell that laying low was going to prove to be a challenge with Kenzie around. But Day liked the guy, and besides it was someone to talk to who Dayton didn't have to worry about turning him into the police for escaping from jail.

As Dayton walked back towards their hide out he pulled the hood of his gray sweatshirt up over his head hiding his face and shoved his hands into his pockets. Looking around as he approached the door. He opened it and looked behind him to make sure no one had followed him. "Kenzie, I'm back" he called out as he shut the door behind him and locked it. He shrugged as he didn't hear a reply but then heard a small thumping noise coming from Kenzie's room. Curious, Dayton walked that way pulling his hood down as he walked over to the door of the room pulling a wrapped sandwich out of his pocket and setting it down on the counter as he got closer. He knocked softly on the door. "Hey, what are you doing in there." he asked as he reached for the door handle.

He pushed the door open to find not only Kenzie in the room but also a young boy. He seemed to be homeless, but the thing that brought the kid to Dayton's attention was that he was bound to a chair with duct tape. "Damn it, Kenzie. What the hell are you doing?" he asked looking from the helpless boy to Kenzie somewhat pissed. It was obvious what Kenzie had done and what he was planning to do next. What was Kenzie thinking kidnaping this boy though? Sure he looked homeless and didn't look like anyone would really miss him. But that was besides the point. The point was that now that Kenzie had taken the boy, the boy needed to be killed and then they'd have to figure out what to do with the body without attracting attention to themselves.

Day was somewhat pissed. Sure there was a part of him that was thrilled with the idea of even watching Kenzie torture and kill this boy, Dayton was a little messed up in the head after all. He had been in jail because of murder on several accounts and didn't plan on living a clean life forever. But it was the disposal of the body when they were done with it that was going to be the problem. There weren't many places that they could go without people asking questions. It was hard enough finding the place they were currently staying in. Day groaned knowing now that the boy was here, he couldn't live. He rolled his eyes as if annoyed, which he slightly was. Laying low meant not doing this kind of thing for a while at least. "Just get it over with. I brought you back a sandwich. If you're hungry" he said with a sigh, running his hand through his hair, as if there was nothing wrong with this picture here. The poor boy that Kenzie had kidnapped might have thought when Dayton came in that he was saved but that wasn't the case at all. Any hope that the boy could have had was shattered in an instant.

[Cause Of Insanity]

xx✯✯xxZephyr Mason Hartxx ✯✯

Mr. Captain of the Football team/John's other cousin

In a room adorned with sports posters and other paraphernalia, with the forest green curtains drawn shut, a red haired teenager slept like a rock. He barely stirred as his little brother came in to wake him up. After several attempts Zephyr was finally starting to stir. He rolled over and groaned his hair a mess in the morning from bed head. As he propped himself up slightly the covers fell away from his torso slightly to reveal his bare chest. He slept only in a pair of boxers. With one eye slightly open and feeling groggy Zephyr looked at his younger brother and then glanced at his alarm clock that he once again failed to set the night before. He never really did. He wasn't a morning person an it showed.

Throwing back the covers sleepily and lazily Zeph swung his feet over the side of the bed. Standing up he steadied himself against the nightstand for a moment with one hand and rubbed his eyes with the other. Mornings were the worst for Zeph upon waking up. With a big yawn Zeph scratched at the back of his head further making his hair even worse. He watched as his little brother scampered away out of his room before Zeph had to yell at him to do so. Slowly Zeph made his way out of his room and towards the bathroom to take a quick shower. In the shower the warmth of the steam and water helped to wake him up a little bit. Getting out of the shower he briskly dried his hair and wrapped a towel around his lower body before he headed back to his room to get dressed.

He walked across his room feeling a little more awake now pulled a dark blue solid tee shirt out of a drawer as well as a pair of well worn jeans. Heading towards his closet he opened it and pulled out his varsity football jacket and pulled it on before checking his hair in the full length mirror attached to the door. With a few swipes with his hand his hair was looking pretty much perfect. Satisfied with it Zephyr closed the closet door and went off to search for his sneakers somewhere around his room. It took him a good two minutes to find them eventually under his bed. His backpack, gym bag, car keys and cell phone luckily were all in one place next to or on his desk where he left them last night after he had given up on his Calculus homework. He had decided that he would do it later, if he got to it as it was nearly eleven thirty when he actually was getting really tired and decided to call it a night.

Slinging his backpack and gym bag over his shoulder and putting his car keys and cell phone into his pocket he headed downstairs. "I'm going to school now" he called out as he headed quickly to the kitchen to grab a banana for breakfast. Breakfast was important to him and he hardly ever skipped if he could help it. Heading out he spotted that his sister's convertible was already gone leaving his big white truck all to it's self. He climbed into the driver's seat and tossed his stuff in the back. Shoving a CD from out of the visor holder above his head into the CD player Zephyr was off to school.

He was already running late and he knew it. But he had to meet all three of his girl friend so they didn't think he was sick or anything. Although they knew his sister. If they wanted to know where he was if he wasn't at school they could always ask her. But he doubt she'd do that for him.

It wasn't long before he pulled into the school parking lot and parked his truck. Pulling out his cell phone he started to text his girls in a group. Although none of the messages said anything about it being sent to anyone else except from his phone.
To: Aalorah, Sophie and Maria
From: Zephyr

Hey Babe, I over slept a bit. Sorrie. I missed you. I'll see you in a bit in the usual place alright? Peace.


Sending the message off he closed his phone and shoved it into his pocket. His text messages were always somewhat generic like that he never said names that way he could send the message out in bulk. Why waste his time sending personal ones to each girl when he could do it in one swoop. Grabbing his bag and headed out to meet his first girl friend of the day, who ever it was that would text him back first.

[Cause Of Insanity]

P r i v a t e ❖ R o b e r t ❖ W e s t
The Engaged Young Soldier

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When Robert walked in the door he was greeted by his amazingly beautiful high school sweet heart and now fiancee. He smiled slightly as she laughed and gave him a light kiss on the cheek. Hearing that she had already got the shower ready he couldn't help but say "Thanks Hun. Have I told you I loved you today?" he said with a smile and a chuckle at her cheesy salute. "You read my mind. PT was brutal today. I'm going to shower and change now okay." he said.

With another smile Robert passed by Jane kissing her cheek as he walked past, and headed for the bathroom, grabbing a towel on his way to the shower. Pulling off his sweaty clothes and tossing them on the floor of the bathroom to be picked up later he tested the water first before stepping in. He sighed in relief as he let the water run over him washing the dirt and sweat off his body. His whole body and all his muscles felt sore but the hot water did seem to help a little bit. As he stood there in the shower for a moment gathering his thoughts he thought about how he had yet to tell Jane that his unit was being deployed in the coming months. Jane had enough to worry about with having just moved to a new place and getting used to it, but he knew that he would have to tell her eventually and soon. It wouldn't be long before she found out anyways especially if the others in his unit mentioned it at the barbecue.

He sighed as he ran his hand through his hair wincing slightly as his sore muscles were pulled. He wouldn't admit it but he was actually a bit nervous and scared about getting deployed out with the others. The others had been deployed before and knew generally what to expect but this would be his first time out. He didn't know how he was going to tell Jane that he would be fine when honestly he didn't know. Rob shook his head pushing the thought to the side. He'd see if he could ask the other in his unit about how to break the news to her at the barbecue later today.

After a little bit longer he finished up and stepped out of the shower wrapping the towel around his waist. He picked up his dirty clothes and tossing them in the hamper he headed back to the bedroom. Drying off he got dressed in a pair of jeans and a plain gray shirt with some converse and keeping his dog tags around his neck tucked underneath his shirt. Throwing the towel over his shoulder he headed back to the bathroom to hang it up before heading out to find Jane.

He smiled as he leaned against the doorframe and watched her ignoring the still there pain in his muscles. "I'm as ready to go as I can be, when ever you are, babe" he said.

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[Cause Of Insanity]

J a x s o n ❖ R y a n ❖ C a i n e
The Movie Director

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The day before their ‘house guests’ were supposed to arrive seemed like just another busy day for Jaxson Ryan Caine. Jaxson was busy with work as usually as he was just finishing up production and about to enter post-production of his new film ‘New Years Day’ and had a meeting on Tuesday with the editors to cut together his footage and see what they needed to cut out that didn’t really move the story along and just added time to the movie. He sat at his desk in his room with a pen cap between his teeth going over the script for the next action film he was going to be directing. He had just gotten the finalized script yesterday and he was working on figuring out what cameras he was going to need for each shot. It was a in-depth process that had to be done in pre-production before they could start shooting in a few weeks. Jaxson sighed as he set the pen down on the desk next to the pages upon pages of script, taking the cap out of his mouth and placing it tightly on the open pen, and leaned back in his chair with his head tilted facing the ceiling. He was busy as ever and now wasn’t the time to be playing ‘host’ to a bunch of girls that his parents had invited to move in to the Penthouse that he and his three brothers shared. But try as he and his other brothers might they couldn’t get out of it. Besides even though they made plenty of money to afford the penthouse on their own, their parents still paid for it and thus their parents had the final say, weather he and his brothers liked it or not. It was just so frustrating that there was nothing that Jaxson could do about it. He and his brother had to find a way to get the girls to leave.

Jaxson sighed again as he sat up in his chair and looked at the page he was working on. He picked up the pen again and pulled the cap off and stared at the page for a moment. He wasn’t even half way done with the script yet, but the words were already starting to run together illegibly. Capping the pen once more he opened the top draw of the desk where a manila folder sat empty and pulled it out. He shoved the script he had been working on into the folder and shut it, sealing the clasps in the back down to hold the flap down and placed it back in the drawer to work on later. Glancing at his watch Jaxson saw that it was actually getting somewhat late and looking out the window of his room into the night confirmed it. Jaxson got up from his chair and headed outside up to the roof of the skyloft and leaned over the railing looking out over the city that never slept. He could still hear cars down below and saw all the lights of the businesses that were still open in this town. New York City may never be exactly quiet but Jaxson had lived there his entire life and was accustoms to the sounds of the city at night. It was actually quite relaxing to him.

The Next Day…

After a long night of rest, Jaxson woke up early, got dressed and headed down to the nearest Starbucks for a cup of coffee to wake him up. When he got up he was cautious not to make too much noise to wake his sleeping brothers who no doubt had a long night as well. Today was the day that those girls showed up. He and his brothers still didn’t exactly have a plan on how to get rid of them yet but he knew that if they all put their heads together they could probably think of something. Before leaving the penthouse, Jaxson made sure that he had his Iphone, and keys in his pocket and his Bluetooth secured on his ear just in case. The Starbucks wasn’t that far but he wanted to make sure that he didn’t miss any important phone calls that he could get while he was out. Getting to the coffee shop he ordered a Venti Caramel Macchiato to go. Within minutes his order was ready and he was headed on his way home drinking his coffee. Somewhat ready to confront what was to come today.

Later when his brothers had woken up and gotten dressed as well, he stood in their large kitchen with them discussing how they were going to get rid of the girls. It wasn’t until a female voice was heard behind them did Jaxson turn and look at the girl. She wasn’t that bad looking but that was besides the point. She introduced herself as Sasha and said that she was going to be attending Julliard. Jaxson forced himself to smile one of his fake business smiles, the kind that he put on for executives that he worked with when they were being annoying and just getting in the way of his work. ”Yes, as a matter of fact we are.” Jaxson said. Jaxson quickly and discreetly scanned Sasha with his eyes taking in her appearance. Clearing his throat Jaxson stepped forward and introduced himself. ”I’m Jaxson Caine”. He said extending a hand out to the girl formally. For now he would appear to be nice until the other girls arrived and his brother and he formulated a plan to get all four of the girls to want to leave and be on the next flight back to where ever they came from. Jaxson could already tell just by looking at this girl that she wasn’t cut out for life in New York City. Besides he didn’t have to time to play tour guide to any one with all the work that he had to get done. He doubt that any of his brothers wanted to do it, or had the time to do it either as well.

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‖ Status: Annoyed ‖ Crush: N/A ‖ Wearing: Outfit ‖

[Cause Of Insanity]

✯✯xxxxxxxxxxxxxSebastianxxxAlanxxxWestxxxxxxxxx✯✯

T h a t S t u b b o r n L e o

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As a phone vibrated indicating a text message on the night stand a boy beneath a pile of blankets stirred. He groaned as he snaked his arm out from under the covers reaching for his cell phone missing the night stand completely the first few times. Finally grabbing it he squinted at the fluorescent glow that came off his cell phone. He let his eyes adjust to the light for a moment before he read the text from his friend Olivia. He smirked slightly at the text message and groggily wrote out a reply.

To: Olivia
From: Bastian

Okay. I'm getting up. be down in five minutes

After the message was sent he put his phone back of the night stand and sat up unwrapping himself from his blankets that had cocooned around him during the night. When the blankets were pulled away his toned and tanned torso was revealed. Bastian had been in the sun a lot this spring break, so much that he had a slight farmer's tan as well. He still couldn't believe it was over and it was time to get back to school. Sighing he pulled the rest of the covers away showing that he had slept only in a pair of boxers and that his torso wasn't the only thing that was toned and tanned from the spring break sun. Getting up from the bed he headed swiftly to the shower. He took a fairly short shower and quickly got dressed in a pair of plaid shorts and a fitted tee white shirt that hugged his torso and was tight around the sleeves , to show off his physique. Some people called him a bit vain because of showing off his muscles and toned figure, but in his mind, he always thought if you got it flaunt it. Besides Bastian loved to be the center of attention whenever he could.

Sitting on the edge of the bed he laced up his customized gray converse that he had doodled on recently before spring break and pocketed his cell phone. Checking to make sure he looked good in the mirror he then headed down for breakfast, fifteen minutes after he had sent the text to Oliva. Bastian wasn't exactly known for being where he said he would be on time.

Bastian headed down to the cafeteria and headed into the line. He grabbed an orange juice, a banana, a strawberry yogurt and a bagel with strawberry jam to put on it to satisfy his morning sweet tooth. Breakfast was after all Bastian's favorite meal of the day after dessert. He paid for his food and headed over to the Zodiac's regular table spotting Olivia right away. "Morning" he said flashing her one of his signature smiles as he took his seat. He was surprised no one else had beat him here yet though.

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[Cause Of Insanity]

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The Business Partner

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It had been a long day for Samuel Alan West and he was glad that it was finally lunch break. He planned on going to Lucifer's with Amelia for lunch today. They had set it up earlier and right now the only thing he had to worry about was if Amelia's fiancee, his business partner and 'friend', Alex, was going to be there. He shrugged doubting that Alex would see them anyways besides Sam had been noticing that Alex had a lot on his mind recently. He knew the guy was stressed out from this big business deal that Alex was doing, Sam wanted to make sure that the merger took place as well since Sam planned to steal the company right from under Alex's nose in the near future. But he was biding his time, now wasn't the best time to be sabotaging him. Sam sat at his desk typing up a few last minute things before he closed the file and put his computer to sleep. He sighed as he ran a hand through his hair. He'd been working since early this morning and couldn't wait to take a break. Pulling is Iphone out of his pocket he quickly composed a message to Amelia.

To: Amelia
From: Sam

Hey, we're still grabbing lunch together at Lucifer's right? I'll meet you there, okay. Oh and what are doing later tonight?

Finishing the text he sent it off before sliding his phone back into the pocket of his black slacks. He sighed as he pushed himself away from his desk and stood up. He seemed to always be busy since he didn't have a secretary like Alex did. Sam didn't want one besides he'd rather not have anyone know exactly what he was really up to, that could ruin everything, and he didn't work this hard for it all to go to waste now. Besides it wasn't as if he was the only one running the company anyways, or at least not yet he did plan to change that some time soon. Straightening his tie Sam then headed out of his office closing the door behind him.

As he headed on his way out he noticed that Alex's secretary Daphne had already gone to lunch. He like the girl she seemed nice every time he asked her for something, which wasn't too often as usually he could take care of things himself. Sam made his way down the hall smiling at the people that were still there and greeting them like he always did as he made his way for the elevator, making sure he wasn't stopped to chat on the way to the elevator. If anyone wanted to talk to him about something they could catch him on the way back he had places to go and someone to see. Stepping into the elevator he pressed the button for the lobby and stood back. Sam stood in the empty elevator at the back holding onto the railing and whistling a slight tune lightly as he waited for the elevator to go down.

Finally the elevator stopped and there was a small ding before the doors opened to the lobby. Sam walked swiftly across the room and pushed open the door of his work building Grey & West Inc. He shielded his eyes slightly as he stepped outside and the sun shone down on him. It was actually quite a nice day too bad he was going to be spending the majority of it inside.

Sam walked over to the restaurant Lucifer's and walked inside. As he waited to be seated he spotted Alex and cursed slightly under his breath. What was he doing here? Amelia was coming soon and if Alex saw him with her, Sam was screwed. So instead he just waited for Amelia to show up or to be seated, hoping for the latter of the two. He was seated in a booth as he asked for a table for two, but made sure that he was far enough away so that Alex couldn't spot him, but he could still watch Alex while he waited for Amelia to meet him for lunch.

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[Cause Of Insanity]

Z a n d e r ❖ A c e ❖ T h o r n
The Vulture that's green with Envy....

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Zander followed Cassie adjusting the strap from his bag every so often. They encountered the stairs and Cassie stated the somewhat obvious of that the fact they they were headed to the bedrooms that they would be upstairs. Zander gave her a glance that was as if to say 'really? I would have never figured that out' in a sarcastic tone. As she was leaving he gave a slight wave and a completely fake smile and she went into the room without him being able to respond. He walked down the hall and found a room and opened the door. Tossing the book that Cassie had lent him on the bed followed by his things he sighed with exhaustion as he collapsed onto the bed on his back. He turned his head and noticed the window and smiled slightly as he got up and walked over to open it. As he walked he could tell that another sin had arrived it was getting to be quite the 'party place' here. He wondered how things would pan out with all these sins in the same place for so long.

Leaning out the window for a moment he sighed. From what he could tell the sins that were there were, Sloth, Gluttony and himself. But he knew the others weren't going to be too far behind. He stood there for a moment and let the gentle breeze blow through his hair. He looked behind him at the book that Cassie had lent him on the bed. Since she had loaned it to him he decided he might as well read it before he gave it back to her. He sighed as he went over and picked it up and set it gently on the dresser in the room where he could get to it later. Right now he felt like looking around this place. He headed out of the room and pulled the door shut behind him before he started down the hallway. He stopped at the head of the stairs and his stomach growled. Shrugging he decided that the first place that he'd search for would be the kitchen.

He headed downstairs and followed the sounds of voices. Where there were people there was usually food. And although Zander wasn't the most social person in the world he needed to eat just like everyone else. As he walked he looked at his surroundings and hoped he was going the right way to the kitchen. Lucky for him he found it but walking in he couldn't help but make a slight face as he saw Cassie. He then saw Nick and smirked slightly. "Hey there slow poke. I'm surprised you beat me here" he said with a slight chuckle half way joking with the guy. He didn't too much care about the other people in the room though as he crossed the room and headed for the fridge. He was somewhat surprised that Adrian was in the kitchen already. Zander envied the guy, boy could that guy eat. Some might see it as a bad thing but he envied it. He wished he could be tall like the others and eat what he wanted without gaining the weight. No he had to exercise to stay at the weight he was at or eat less for that matter.

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