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 Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:42 am
 ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ ▂▂ ▂ ▂▂ ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Шнψ wont you ☎ me? ╚═══»╠╣ell is waiting around for you to notice me.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ➷xŠΰяε you spent a ☂ night with me«═══╝xxxxxxxxxxxx ßµŦ Maybe thats all it took for me to realize your ☣ for me.
۞ Bella✽Reue✽Legosi ۞
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Seeing Alice's eyes swell up upon reading the post made Bella's stomach flutter with metaphorical moth balls seemingly nom nom-ing the inside of her belly in her apprehension. Although Bella had expected such a responce, picturing it in her mind was an entirely different experience than actually seeing it displayed in front of her. With a grimace-like cringe, Bella nibbled at her lip and tried to shake off her worry. ' Alright, that was expected...I'll just wait for whatever she types back.', Cheered from the advice, Bella was instead blessed with a horrible sinking feeling that things were about to become extremely awkward in the car.
" So are you guys like... together or something?", Very rarely did Bella ever drop her mouth completely open in shock; but, she was so stunned that her face momentarily stayed that way for almost a minute. ' NO! Why did you ask that? Oh no...', inwardly grieving in a drawn-out whine, Bella closed her mouth to suck on her upper teeth. Unintentionally making a noise while doing so, as she anxiously averted her gaze towards Jack. ' He must be figuring out the perfect way to say 'no'.' Seeing Jack seemingly fumble inwardly for words, Bella was so surprised upon hearing his statement that she had to fight to keep her mouth from dropping. The compromise being that she lost all color to her face.
" It's complicated.", '...What?. . . . . .'
Swallowing to keep from having to say something in responce to that little statement, Bella fidgeted with her hands around her phone. Almost cradling her phone for warmth in the hopes of getting some color back into her skin. ' Why didn't he just laugh and make a joke?', Bella rolled her eyes. ' Duh, cause he's not Adam.', Bella shook her head ever so faintly and closed her eyes upon feeling some air from Adam's inch-open window caress against her face. ' Why couldn't he just say no...Like I need him to cushion any more blows right now.', Hearing furious typing on the other side of her seat, Bella peeked through the curtain of her hair to see Jack typing a text message. With a sinking feeling in her stomach, Bella guessed that the message was for her. Sure enough, vibrations snapped the color back into her hands and she opened the phone before the vibrations caused her body to tremor. The very breath stolen from her lungs in suspence at the sheer thought of reading whatever Jack wanted to say to her.
To: Bella.
From: Jack.
Message:I know it’s a confusing time and so much crap is happening,
I just want to talk to you at some point about us.
I want to know what YOU want.
Jack couldn't have typed a worse thing if he tried. Grateful that her hair covered up her face from Jack's view, Bella stared at the text message as if they were playing russian roulette and it was her turn to shoot the pistol. ' Is this some kind of joke?', Thinking that thought out of pain from being hurt more than a simple question, Bella's heart cried out from being squeezed, and her face resembled the expression a vampire might make while being staked. Feeling the stabbing pain in her face from the onset of more tears trying to gather themselves, Bella clamped her eyes shut and 'pretended' to keep reading the message. ' No, no no; Don't cry here. I can't cry here, not in front of HIM.', thinking of Jack almost venomously, Bella breathed in through her nose and could not prevent the noise from sounding like a quiet sniffle. There was water building up inside, and she couldn't hide it forever. Shattered and broken at first; the wound started to ooze blood and pus and that materialized into anger and bitterness.
' What I want?! What I want?!', Bella wanted to smack that man. ' I tell you, point blank, what I wanted in the changing room earlier today, and you tell me your not interested, then have the audacity to ask what I want? Like everything I said before was bullcrap!?! ' Fresh images of Harrisons: 'Is this crock' expression flooded into her mind, and just like they had in the car, Bella felt even stronger twinges of pain because of it. Like her heart was the string of a violin that someone kept pulling and pulling until it snapped with an awful sound. ' Perfect. Even Jack didn't believe me.', Sick of putting her heart on the line, Bella snapped open her phone to type a very kind message of: I told you earlier' when the bitterness from the open wound began to cloud her judgement. ' No. If I say that, then its an open door for him to accept it. He...he only agreed to keep me from leaving or because its the 'right' thing to do cause i'm pregnant.' Bella wanted to scream, rip her hair out, and burst out of the car. She would not do that, and the anger sucessfully kept any embarrassing tears from falling; but the pain was still there even if no water caressed their way down her porcelain cheeks.
" Whats going on?", Hearing Adam's voice in the background only dug the knife into the wound, because hearing him ask made her want to answer. ' Oh please make this stop.', Adam's asking unfortunately rekindled all her previous thoughts over and over in her head like a movie set on 'replay'. ' Make this stop...' Bella knew this wasn't something that was going to stop, drama wasn't something one could just suddenly cut out of her life. ' The least I can do is answer Adam's question.'. With venom burning in her breast, Bella typed only one word back to Jack...and that word was: Why? It was simple, it was basic, and if he f***ing wanted her, he would answer the question. ' I'm not a ragdoll to be played with, you either meant what you said this morning or you didn't.', Remembering the 'I'm sorry', Bella was almost completely sure that Jack didn't. Even if he didn't realize that himself.
" Nothing.", Bella said almost coldly as her eyes flashed back and forth between Adam and Alice. In her anger, she didn't want to risk showing any unpleasant emotion that could be seen by Jack. With him in the back of the car, and the others unable to help her, he could try and kiss or hold her to 'make her feel better' and no one would be able to stop him from doing it. Which was the last thing she wanted at this particular moment. Fake care. ' I hate that your so 'nice' Jack. I hate it, I hate it. I hate it.', Even Bella's bitterness couldn't make her hate 'him', she cared too much about him to hate him. But she was angry, hurt, and bitter and she felt all those emotions towards Jack at this particular moment. Confused beyond anything she had ever felt, Bella sincerely wished she could take back what she said in the changing rooms. ' If I hadn't said anything, I wouldn't be hurting so much right now.'
And turning her body to face the window, Bella laid the side of her face on the back of the seat so that the fabric would catch the one, right-sided, tear that she couldn't restrain from falling. So far, this was the worst day she had experienced this year, and Bella feared that the day might become even worse. Especially if Jack caught her crying. As much as any girl desired to be held and comforted by the men they loved, it was countered with the knowledge that all Jack did was say what she wanted to hear, and she couldn't handle crying in his arms only to be broken and stabbed again. Even if he did it unknowingly, ' Foolhardy neat-freak.', Bella still felt the pain from his blows, and it was getting so much harder to pretend she felt nothing.
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✿But when I'm gone...will you✉to me?✿ ↙xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:17 pm
 ▬▬ alice humphrey ▬▬OH I NEED THE DARKNESS
THE SWEETNESS, THE SADNESS
THE WEAKNESS
OH, I NEED THIS.
I NEED A LULLABY
A KISS GOODNIGHT
ANGEL, SWEET LOVE OF MY LIFE
OH I NEED THIS.
Alice was so distracted by Adam's clearly anger-induced change of demeanor, that she had almost not hear Jack answer her question. Complicated.. Alice figured that had to be the word of the day. Everything was complicated within the group for one reason or another, and today just happened to be the day that everything blew up. She opened her mouth to muster up something to say to take the pressure off of Jack and Bella, but after her last comment, she decided to keep quiet, at least for now. Looking back in Adam's direction, she thought to herself I've already done enough damage. He looked frustrated... irritated, and it was her fault. But she truly felt that she was doing it for everyone's benefit. Cailen will hate me more. Skylar will hate me because she knows how Cailen feels. Bella will hate me, and Jack will hate me because Bella hates me. Then Alexis will find out that we're all divided and weak... she'll kill us, all of us.... Alice had to force herself to stop thinking of such horrible things. She wasn't going to let any of that happen, to anyone. Instead, she turned to look at Adam once more, and saw that he seemed to be just as puzzled as she was about the whole Jack and Bella situation.
She returned the raising of his eyebrows with a shrug of her shoulders. She knew it wasn't her place to state out loud what she had read on Bella's phone. If Bella had wanted it to be said aloud, she wouldn't have typed it up on her phone. She did know a touch more than Adam, but she was still puzzled as to when this whole thing with them went down. She started to feel sorry for Skylar. She must be absolutely crushed. Does she know Bella is pregnant? Alice wondered.
After hearing Bella's cold response to Adam's question, Alice knew that she definitely needed to do something to change the subject. This whole awkwardness was her fault, so she wanted to remedy the situation, but she wasn't quite sure how. The group was really falling apart, now and Alice felt like they didn't understand just how serious of a situation Alexis was. Of course, they hadn't experienced her first hand. They weren't the ones abducted and shot at, either. The thought of Alexis getting the revenge she wanted against them both angered and frightened Alice to her very core. She had to get everyone on the same page, and she needed to start with the people in Jack's vehicle first.
"I'm sorry I made things awkward. But... this is the sort of thing Alexis is going to be looking for: weaknesses in our group. She's such bad news, I can't even begin to describe it. When we get to the location, everything comes out in the open and no one keeps anymore secrets. If we have to brawl it out amongst ourselves before Alexis finds us to get it out of our system, then so be it." After she had spoken those words, she knew that she had to get the ball rolling. If she was the first to be honest with everyone about what had happened with her and Adam, then perhaps it would urge everyone else to be honest about their own secrets. She took a deep breath, hoping that she wasn't going to regret what she was about to say. "During my last break with Cailen, I slept with Adam. Cailen knows... and was going to forgive me until I realized that I had feelings for Adam. So I sent him pretty much running into Skylar's arms. Seeing them together makes me want to use forks to poke out my eyes, but at the same time..." Alice stopped her sentence. The next words out of her mouth were going to be "But at the same time, I'm in love with Adam. There, I said it!" however, as soon as it came to saying them, her gut told her that it wasn't a good idea. Perhaps it was her paranoia that he wouldn't actually be able to maintain feelings for her in return, but something kept her from uttering those words out loud. "Actually, nevermind. This was a stupid idea. Alexis is going to brutally slaughter us all anyway...." Alice spoke with a darkness in her voice, as if she had just accepted that her fate was a death at the hands of a crazy woman.
outofcharacter: . . .
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golden antlers Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:43 pm
 ▬▬ alexis archibald ▬▬I'M YOUR OPHELIAC; MY STALKINGS PROVE MY VIRTUE
I'M OPEN TO ATTACK; BUT I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU
WHETHER I SWIM OR SINK; THAT'S NO CONCERN OF YOURS NOW
HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY THINK? YOU HAD THE POWER TO KEEP ME BREATHING
AS THE WATER RISES UP AGAIN
BEFORE I SLIP AWAY.
As the two continued to travel, Alexis began to wrack her brain for where the group could be. Surely they wouldn't be at the casino for long, if they even were there. Alice would probably be avoiding the hospital in order that she keep her precious Adam safe. The group had probably gotten together and taken off somewhere. The only question was where that somewhere was. She turned her head to face Tony, hoping he had some sort of idea on where they would have gone. "So... they must have gone into hiding somewhere. Got any ideas?"
While she waited for Tony to respond, she tried to plot their next move. Driving the group apart with rumors and whatever petty drama she could think of wasn't going to get the job done. She needed to figure out something big, something drastic to plan before she decided to strike. Then, interrupting her thoughts, she felt Alice's phone begin to vibrate. Curious, Alexis pulled it out to read the message. Oh, this is beautiful. She thought to herself before flashing an evil grin and announcing out loud so that Tony could hear that Jack was the father was Bella's unborn child. I've got myself a target. Bella took Harrison from me, I'll take her precious Jack from her! Alexis actually had to resist letting out an evil giggle at just how wonderful this recent discovery was. But surely, Alice would tell Bella that she was no longer in possession of her phone, and who probably still had it. Then they would assume her next move before she made it. Alexis couldn't have that, no. She would have to figure out a distraction, but that didn't take her long at all.
From: Alexis
To: Cailen, Skylar, Bella, Jack
Msg: I have your salvation.
I will ensure nothing happens
to any of you.
But you need to willing to make a sacrifice.
I want Adam.
I will give you a location to send him.
Hang tight, kiddies.
He's diseased anyway.
Just ask Alice. ; )
After sending the message, Alexis wasn't able to keep a smile off of her face this time as she explained her plan to Tony. They would find some hotel or something to stay at, and coerce the group into giving up Adam in return for their own "assured" safety. She would send Tony to pick him up, and while she was having her revenge against Adam for in her opinion, "scorning her", she would have Tony return while the group was not expecting it to abduct Jack. Once Jack was in her possession she would kill him, and ensure Bella knew that it was because of how she acted with Harrison.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx doubt thou the stars on fire
doubt thou the sun doth move
doubt truth to be a liar
but never doubt ...
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:17 pm
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Jack felt his phone vibrate almost instantly. He flipped it open with his shaking nerves. Once he read the message, he leaned his head against the cold window and looked up into the night sky. The sudden pain in his skull made him wince, sit up, and gently caress the wound. Why? He licked his lips and started to text his reply, he had to be honest with her and she had to be honest with him. From what he gathered, Bella wanted him to be a proper father and whisk her away with a big rock on her finger. But at the same time, she treated him like she always had. He could see no affection in her eyes whenever they were ever near. He at first thought it was that she was in shock from being kidnapped, but as she sat in the back with him she made no attempt to even look his way. Jack couldn’t bear to look at her, just knowing and sensing that she didn’t want any part of him was enough of a gunshot to the heart. Finally, he got the nerve to finish his text message: ‘because I meant what I said earlier at the mall, but now it’s like you want no part of me. I want this to work, Bella, more than anything.’
As soon as he hit ‘send’ on his phone, Alice started to speak. His attention was brought to her. He tried to squint to make out her shadowy face. What she said made him realize just how much they all had at stake. And as Alice spoke, his phone went off. He expected it to be from Bella so he opened it up with impatience. But to his surprise, it was that same strange number from earlier. This time she was asking for Adam and guaranteeing their safety if they gave him up. Jack was not going to agree to any such thing. Alice’s voice was now just in the background. He could barely keep up with what she was saying as the anger broiled deep within him. This crazy b***h wants to tear them all apart, and because of the drama that ensued she was probably going to succeed. Jack shut his phone and tucked it into the pocket of his flannel shirt.
His fingers dug into his jeans, he knew his medication was working. He wasn’t so focused on Adam’s driving or how exactly his seating had to be. It didn’t even bother him about how everyone’s shoes would get his nicely vacuumed and cleaned rugs covered in mud and grime. He thought about it, but the urge to yell at everyone to take their shoes off or wipe their feet never emerged. He was glad, for now he could focus on what was at hand: Bella.
Jack finally realized his thoughts had strayed so far away that he didn’t even realize Alice was still talking. “Actually, never mind. That was a stupid idea. Alexis is going to brutally slaughter us all anyway.” Jack felt his eye twitch at the idea of being murdered. There was no way some crazy psychopath was going to ruin his future. His present may be ******** up, but he had a plan and no one was going to mess with that. But he couldn’t say anything to Alice, for he hadn’t really heard a single word she’d said. And it was rather rude and inappropriate to have her repeat herself, seeing as the entire car’s atmosphere was again changed and filled with dread and sadness.
He decided to bring up the new text message, there was no way he was going to let that slide. “To go along with that brutally slaughtered thing, Alice… I just received a message from a strange number, the same number that forwarded the message to most of us…” He raised an eyebrow. “It said that if we sacrifice Adam, then we’d all be safe.” The concern in his voice would no doubt be caught on.
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Vanilla Nerd Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:41 pm
▬▬ alice humphrey ▬▬OH I NEED THE DARKNESS
THE SWEETNESS, THE SADNESS
THE WEAKNESS
OH, I NEED THIS.
I NEED A LULLABY
A KISS GOODNIGHT
ANGEL, SWEET LOVE OF MY LIFE
OH I NEED THIS.
Alice was so caught up in her thoughts after what she had almost said out loud, that she almost missed Jack informing her of the latest text message that he had received. As soon as he spoke the words out loud, Alice knew exactly who had sent it. Alexis. That message had her evil slime all over it. Alice felt her mind exploding with ten million possible, and horrible, situations that could result from Adam being given up to Alexis, but she hoped that everyone in the group would not go along with the idea. Before even thinking, Alice found herself speaking words out loud again.
"There is no way, in HELL that is happening. Over my damn dead body are we giving up Adam to that... wench!" As soon as the words had left her, she realized that she had put way too much emotion behind them. Surely, she'd given away her feelings to every single occupant of her car. Although that had not been her intention to do in the slightest, she couldn't help herself. The feeling of her entire world shattering at the possibility of Alexis going after Adam, and possibly killing him, was too much. There was no way that she was letting that happen.
"I'm sure we're all against this idea, anyhow," she added, hoping to soften the impact of her previous outburst. But this statement only caused her mind to wander. What if everyone wasn't against the idea? She could think of one individual in particular who was definitely not Adam's biggest fan. But, no. Cailen wouldn't take this out on Adam... it was my fault. All my fault.. Alice forced herself to dismiss the idea, figuring that Cailen would rather use his own fists to get out his frustrations towards Adam, as opposed to giving him up to the craziest woman on the planet. As much as Alice didn't like the idea of that, it was better than Alexis getting involved and killing Adam.
"I wish that b***h didn't have my cell phone! Someone give me their phone... I'm calling her right this INSTANT!" Alice felt herself getting incredibly angry at the thought that Alexis would have even made such a suggestion. It made Alice sick to her stomach and she wanted Alexis to know that she wasn't going to let her do anything to any one of her friends. Of course, Alice wasn't in possession of her phone, so that made it a lot more difficult.
outofcharacter: . . .
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:53 pm
▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ ▂▂ ▂ ▂▂ ▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Шнψ wont you ☎ me? ╚═══»╠╣ell is waiting around for you to notice me.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ➷xŠΰяε you spent a ☂ night with me«═══╝xxxxxxxxxxxx ßµŦ Maybe thats all it took for me to realize your ☣ for me.
۞ Bella✽Reue✽Legosi ۞
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Waiting in suspense for a sound, or feel of the seat being pressed down, to indicate some kind of movement on the other side of the car. There was none, and the protective side of her was grateful. That sensation of feeling safe being the only thing keeping her from feeling the pain of not being followed. As silly as that mental declaration sounded, women longed to be followed and chased. In a tiny way, it was like saying: ‘I need you, your important’, and Bella had never been followed before. Except by Adam…and in Bella’s mind he didn’t particularly count. Of course, hearing the sound of buttons clicking perked her mood ever-so-slightly. Wondering if he was going to type a long or short message, Bella waited and wordlessly counted the seconds. When she finally heard the final click, Bella could not determine (by length along) whether the message would be good or bad, and that filled her heart with an unspeakable dread. Already having shed one tear, it would be all to easy to cave in and sob all over Jack’s clean backseat.
Unfortunately, Bella didn’t have a choice in the matter. Able, only, to restrain the sound, Bella kept rubbing her cheek against the side of the seat as if scratching an imaginary itch. When in fact Bella was wiping the water away from her face until her phone began to vibrate once more. When it did begin to soundlessly chime a little buzzing tune, Bella’s hands were so weak that she almost dropped the phone. The vibrations forcing her weak hands to tremble as she leaned forward almost in the fetal position to hide her face and open her phone to the message:
To: Bella.
From: Jack.
Message: Because I meant what I said
earlier at the mall, but now it‘s
like you want no part of me. I
want this to work, Bella, more
than anything.
It took biting down on her bottom lip to the point of tasting iron to keep from outright sobbing. It seemed like every voice in her head was screaming: He’s lying! He can’t mean this! Don’t fall for this crock! You‘ll just be heartbroken again. But she couldn’t just listen to that voice anymore, there was another one: Jack’s message, and Bella couldn’t stop herself from believing it to be true. Torn, conflicted, because of it, the pain of being emotionally ripped in two was what made Bella both want and need to sob. ‘ But how is this possible! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!’, shocked, Bella stared at the message before saving it to her phone and opening an SMS message. In fancy terms, it was just a very very long text message that could hold up to ten thousand words. Even if she didn’t need all that space, Bella was going to run the risk of not saying all that she felt and being cut off in the end of it. ‘ If I wait til later, later might never come.’ In fear of Jack forever changing his mind, Bella began to type. Somewhere in the beginning of her SMS message Alice had begun to share, but she was so enraptured with her little secret cellular chat that Bella couldn’t make out any words over her own thoughts. The only thing Bella registered is that Adam swerved the car from shock for some reason, and as a result she almost deleted a good six sentences of her statement. Scared out of her mind, Bella turned her hidden, tear-washed, face towards Adam without realizing that Jack would see the evidence of crying.
“ ADAM! Who t…taught you how to d…drive!”, Stuttering because of the water build-up, Bella turned back around and hid herself to continue writing where she left off.
However, halfway through her SMS message her phone blared with another text message and Bella irritatingly closed it so that she could finish her message to Jack. As if the words on her phone screen were a matter of life and death, Bella was too focused to consider stopping now and finishing later. Usually once she started something like writing, Bella had to see it through as far as she possibly could. With her head both pinned down, pricked, and heavy, Bella continued to furiously type until the message was over. Thus sending it to Jack’s phone before slowly closing her phone once again and laying her exhausted head down on the side of the chair. Her brown eyes continuing to admire the stars outside the window. When Jack opened his phone after the beep, he would read this:
To: Jack.
From: Bella.
Subject: Confused.
Message: I could explain everything now in this sms message, but I‘m just going to keep things simple. Jack, I love you. I always have, in one way or another, and like I said this morning that night made me realize just how strong those feeling are. And then the next morning, that look on your face, like you were losing everything in the world. Yes, I feel horrible that it happened because it hurt Sky but at the same time I wasn’t sorry. Not deep down, because otherwise I would still be oblivious to the way I feel for you.
You know I’m not a hopeless romantic, I don’t spend my time daydreaming. And even if I did it wouldn’t be about people I couldn’t see a future with. You were always with Skylar since high school, so I never thought to think of you that way before that night happened. What happened was unplanned, and I regret how it hurt everyone else, but it was--is still something infinitely precious to me. And when I saw that look on your face, the way you zoned out the way you do, I thought it was because you thought you were going to lose Skylar.
That while I realized I had feelings for you, you realized that you cared for Skylar more, and didn’t know how to tell me. Which could be blamed on feeling guilty but then I don’t hear anything from you about it. Like your hoping it will just disappear, so I disappeared Jack. I left you alone, and I didn’t call you about it. If not for it being morally wrong to deprive you of being in the baby’s life, I wouldn’t have even told you I was pregnant. I was trying to stay out of it, because I thought that if you had Skylar you would be happy, and I just want you happy.
Then earlier today, when we talked in the closet, I was confused, and I didn’t know what to think. You said you loved me, and I believed you. On that. But when you said you didn’t feel the same way about Skylar, that was harder to believe. Because she was the one you were thinking about that morning, and for weeks I heard nothing from you. Yes, I forgive you, that’s in the past and its fine, but with the way your brain works, and with the personality you have, your really good at saying what other people want to hear. I know you care about me, Cailen would cry if I were to leave town, but when I asked you to marry me I was trying to keep you from following me out of town. Because I know you. You would do the right thing, be with me for the baby’s sake and leave Skylar. And I couldn’t have that. I couldn’t handle being the one you don’t want to be with, having to make you be with me for the baby when your missing Skylar.
So when you accepted my proposal, I was overjoyed at first, but after you left I realized that you’re a good man Jack. You would end things with anyone to do the right thing, and helping to raise a baby is the right thing. So when Cailen met up with me in the changing rooms, because I hadn’t told him I was pregnant, and Tony met us there to bring me to the car…A part of me was hopeful. I would be gone, and you wouldn’t have to worry about this for so long. You wouldn’t have to make any choices you didn’t want to make, and you would be happy with Skylar. I thought you loved her more.
Because later, when I’m trapped and unable to go anywhere, you send me a text message. And it says: ‘I’m sorry’ at the end. You don’t specify what it means, and it just made me think that you were very sorry that either you didn’t want to be with me, or you were sorry you couldn’t do anything more to help. Which only reminded me of the idea that you only said what you said because it was the right thing to do. I…I told Cailen to tell you something.
I told Cailen to tell you to forget what we said in the closet, because I wasn’t sure I was coming back. I think he forgot, but that’s wouldn’t surprise me. When you came to me saying that you told Skylar everything, I didn’t know what you meant. I thought you meant that you told her what happened, and she broke up with you. I thought you just needed a friend, so I was being your friend.
Don’t you realize that I’ve been staying away because it’s hard for me to be in the same room without wanting to cry? Without wanting to hold you and kiss you and…it hurts me. It hurts more than words can say, because I want to be with you so badly, and I thought you wanted someone else.
So when you say you meant what you said, how much did you mean? Cause if its only because of the baby that you’ll marry me then I want no part of you romantically. I’ve been broken and refastened together so many times that I just can’t handle any more mixed signals. What do -you- want?
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✿But when I'm gone...will you✉to me?✿ ↙xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:22 am
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I taste your scent in the wind
I set my sail but then you sink my boat
So I begin to swim
Bash my foes until I win
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“ I‘m sorry I made things awkward. But…this is the sort of thing Alexis is going to be looking for: weaknesses in our group. She‘s such bad news, I can‘t even begin to describe it. When we get to the location, everything comes out in the open and no one keeps anymore secrets. If we have to brawl it out amongst outselves before Alexis finds us to get it out of our system, then so b e it.” Adam held back a sadistic chuckle. ‘ Easy for her to say, she didn‘t get socked in the face by Cai--…’, Adam knew what his mind was going to say and stopped himself before his bitterness made the situation worse. Of course not, she got SHOT *SSWIPE. Feeling a large claw of guilt scratch at his innards, Adam grimaced from the nausea that sensation caused and finished switching into the lane closest to the turn-ramp. The car blinking in little click noises to indicate that the car was turning. ‘ I wonder if Cailen is still following us…’, Leaning up to readjust his rear-view mirror, Adam thought he could see Cailen’s car a good distance behind them; but, in the dark it was hard to anything besides the blare from the car’s headlights. Looking back to the road a split second later, Adam began to turn the steering wheel gently to move into the turn lane when Alice began the next portion of her little speech:
“ During my last break with Cailen, I slept with Adam--”, ‘ WHAT the HELL?’
Adam’s eyes bulged out like a frog and in a fit of panic Adam momentarily lost control of the wheel and had to hurriedly swerve into the turn lane to keep from driving into the wall. Adrenaline shooting through his veins at the fear of crushing the car into that wall, Adam could only focus on breathing to try and reassure himself that the danger was over. Even on his motorcycle, Adam had never lost control at the wheel like that before, and like he expected someone screamed from the backseat out of fear. Being a slight bit disoriented, it took him three seconds to register that it was Bella screaming at him.
“Adam! Who t…taught you how to d…drive!”, Adam could only swallow the fluid in his throat and look at Alice apologetically. ‘ Why THE HELL did you have to tell everyone NOW? CAN you WARN ME FIRST NEXT TIME?’ Shocked more than anything, Adam slowly rounded the corner off of the final lick of the freeway into the wooded mountain terrain leading towards Kenwood Pond. If not for it being so dark, Adam imagined the gorgeous redwoods to be quite beautiful this time of the year. Had he not been driving, he could have enjoyed the silhouette of trees bathed in the moonlight. For now, all Adam could afford to think of was not running into a rouge deer. Just then noticing that Bella sounded like she was crying, Adam turned his head around for a quick glance before turning his attention back onto the road. Until, that is, Alice decided to finish her statement with the words: Seeing them together makes me want to use forks to poke out my eyes, but at the same time… ‘ ‘At the same time’ what?’ His ear pricked and his heart seemed to stop beating. Momentarily caught in suspense. Perhaps Adam had been hoping to hear something -nice- in his regard, to give him some hope for the future; but that ended when he heard Alice finish with: ‘ Actually, never mind. This was a stupid idea. Alexis is going to brutally slaughter us all anyway…’ Adam turned his head in a glare. He actually wanted to reach out and smack her face for saying such a thing. How could she be so hopeless!
“ Alice.”, Satisfied that his nasty tone for her attention, Adam continued to speak as he turned the car left towards the address.
“ Shut the ******** up! Don‘t kill us with that kind of bullshit.”, Pissed beyond what he could handle, Adam continued to shake his head as if vehemently disgusted. ‘ Does she want to be killed? Does she -want- to be in pain? Does she want everyone to hate her? Cause it certainly seems like it.’ Shaking his head, Adam mumbled an expletive under his breath and made a growl-like noise.
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Strangely…no one seemed to react to his particularly evil comments, so Adam concluded that he must have only said them in his head. ‘ Yeah, I'd be in serious s**t if I said those things out loud…’ Thankfully, Jack pulled him from his thoughts.
“ To go along with that brutally slaughtered thing, Alice… I just received a message from a strange number, the same number that forwarded the message to most of us……It said that if we sacrifice Adam, then we‘d all be safe.” ‘ Ha! Seriously? I knew she wanted me.’ Chuckling at the sheer idea of hearing such a thing from Alexis, Adam casually looked at Alice when he heard her mouth open to voice her concern:
“ There is no way, in HELL that is happening. Over my damn dead body are we giving Adam up to that…wench!” Adam cocked his head to the side and grinned. Touched by that statement more than words could say, Adam winked and grinned with a crooked, almost naughty, smile.
“ Wow, thanks baby.”, Almost using joyous sarcasm, Adam flicked his eyes back to the road and let Alice continue her little pissed-off rant. ‘ By all means, keep buttering me up.’, Seeing different roads leading to the houses here since the trees and high elevations prevented him from actually seeing the addresses, Adam had to drive slow in order for the headlight glare to briefly kiss the mailboxes. Seeing: ‘321’ followed by ‘322’ he knew he was getting close. Blissfully listening, Adam kept listening to his favorite girl go amazon queen on Alexis’ text message.
“ I‘m sure we‘re all against this idea, anyhow,”, ‘I‘m not.’, Adam resisted the urge to caress the steering wheel, his ear pricked to Alice’s every word.
“ I wish that b***h-”, hearing That certainly felt good, and Adam's mouth curled in a devilishly naughty grin upon listening to Alice mutter such a nasty word. “ didn‘t have my cell phone! Someone give me their phone… I‘m calling her right this INSTANT!”, Grinning ear-to ear, Adam fumbled with his right hand in his pant’s pocket until he could manoeuvre his phone out of it's warm clothe-prison. Almost turned on by the level of aggression being vented out of Alice’s pretty mouth, Adam wasn’t going to deny himself of the pleasure of hearing Alice cuss out Alexis on his cellular telephone. Flipping it open and handing it to Alice, Adam winked before putting his hands back on the wheel.
“ Knock yourself out, Ally.”, Feeling particularly evil, against Alexis of course, Adam relished the idea of Alice screaming her ear off. Just imagining it brought a color-less heat to his face as if his internal temperature was rising. Feeling waves of warmth travel through every nurve in his body, Adam couldn’t wipe the grin off of his face as he kept driving the car at a snail’s pace. Inching it forward now, not because he needed to drive slow to read the mailboxes; but, because then the phone call with Alexis could potentially last longer. Thinking too much like a guy, Adam flicked his eyes over Alice’s face while she held onto his phone, biting his lip at the inappropriate ideas flashing through his mind’s eye. ‘ This will probably just make Alexis pissed off even more; but, you know I don‘t give a ******** if she‘s angry. If she wants to use scare tactics against us, well we can play that game too.’ Adam continued to grin at Alice and sent her a little wink of encouragement before turning his attention back to reading mailboxes.
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Byzantine mozaic in the heat
I am cursed, through the worst
With a life that's made to burn
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:54 am
▬▬ alice humphrey ▬▬OH I NEED THE DARKNESS
THE SWEETNESS, THE SADNESS
THE WEAKNESS
OH, I NEED THIS.
I NEED A LULLABY
A KISS GOODNIGHT
ANGEL, SWEET LOVE OF MY LIFE
OH I NEED THIS.
Alice couldn't help but smile just a touch when she saw that her reaction to Alexis' text message had elicited such a response. She tried not to show it, especially after her last statement. Of course, the joy was replaced with anger moments later when Alice realized just how much Alexis had done. For starters, she shot her; that definitely wasn't the most pleasant thing to endure. Oh, she doesn't want to start it with me again! She had a gun and I still managed to kick her a**. I hope she looks just as awful as I do. "I hope my shoe left an imprint on that wench!" Alice realized that she had said that last line out loud and turned seven shades of red. Everyone probably thought that she was crazy as they hadn't been able to hear the thoughts that lead up to that comment. Oops.
Once Alice had Adam's phone in her hand, she could almost feel herself starting to shake, just a tiny bit. Adrenaline was pumping all through her body without her actually being in a situation where she would need it. If she was this worked up about just calling Alexis, actually seeing her face to face again would be another story. She fumbled through the phone with a completely different menu than she was used to in order to obtain the number and call it.
Ring.
Ring.
Ring.
Alice was about to hang up until she heard the sound of an oh, so familiar voice on the other end. "Hey baby! Take so long to call me back, why don'tcha?" Just hearing what Alexis had called what she thought to be Adam started to hack upon the last nerve that she had for this vile woman.
"I ain't your ******** baby," Alice barked, "Now we've got a couple orders of business to go over. First, I didn't much appreciate getting shot. You so much as go near any of us, and I promise you that I'll make you pay. Your gun didn't stop me from kicking your a**, and taking your car the first time, and I'll be damned if I don't do it again."
Alexis interrupted Alice's rant to speak a few words of her own. Alice rolled her eyes and resisted the urge to laugh at what the woman was saying. Even though underneath she was actually quite terrified of what Alexis would do to any of them with that trigger-finger of hers, Alice maintained a strong front to Alexis to convey the message that she wasn't backing down if threatened.
"Excuse me," Alice cut Alexis' sentence off, "I believe I was talking, thank you. Second; I'm not sure if you didn't get the memo when I left your a** out on the side of the road, but Adam chose me - so if you think any of us are giving him up, you'd better keep dreaming." Alice paused, letting Alexis mutter some other nonsense to try to get inside of her head. She wasn't going to let it happen, not now. Now what she wanted to do was get the message across to Alexis that she meant business. "Oh, one more thing, baby, you come near any of us, or even bother sending another stupid text message... I will ******** you up. That's a promise." On that note, Alice ended the call and handed the phone back to Adam, her hands still suffering from the same tremor as before - perhaps even worse this time.
outofcharacter: Oh Alice.
Also, I left most of the Alexis part of the conversation out on purpose, leave a bit of mystery. But I'll post as her soon. XD
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:05 am
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The way Alice spoke jostled Jack’s brain. He was certainly shocked that Alice spoke the way she did. For all the years he’d known her, she wasn’t really one to swear like a sailor. Sure, she would utter a few curses here and there like any other. But this time she was much more angry; the words that came out of her mouth sounded like something Adam would say. He waited patiently as he listened to Bella’s tapping of her phone. 'What, is she texting a novel?’ He grinned to himself, he thought it were a joke. No one writes more than a couple words in a text message. Adam’s sudden reckless driving caused his thoughts to jumble up into a word puzzle. He tried to gather his thoughts but he just let himself relax a bit. Even if he anticipated Bella’s response with every beat of his heart, he tried for the first time today to just let himself calm down. There was no need to be frustrated or concerned at a point in time where he couldn’t control the outcome.
Suddenly he felt his phone buzz and he flipped it open. But soon after that, his phone buzzed again, and again. He let out an annoyed sigh as he waited for his slow phone to finish buzzing. Once it was done, he opened the phone back up to notice that there were twenty new messages in his inbox. He started from the beginning. His eyes flickered back and forth, reading each word as if it were his last. From what Bella had sent him, Jack knew there was hope for them. His lips spread into the widest grin with his teeth exposed. He started to hit ‘reply’ when he realized his response to that novel had to be real. He shut the phone and dropped it into his pocket.
Quickly and smoothly, he unbuckled himself and slid over to get closer to Bella. “You should know what I want, Bella.” At this point, Jack didn’t give a rat’s a** who else was in the car and listening. “I want you, I want to be happy with you.” He lifted his left hand to grab her chin and pull it towards his face. It was then he noticed the dry tear on her cheek and the slight puffiness to her eyes. He leaned in close to whisper, “Don’t cry, Bella, there’s no need.” It was then that he planted his lips against hers. It wasn’t just a kiss to change the subject, nor a kiss to make everything okay. That kiss was something he had longed to do since he couldn’t even remember. That night in her bedroom was just a realization of his feelings. Like every sexual romance, it was a moment of pure passion. The kiss he planted on Bella was pure devotion. If Adam or Alice turned around, he didn’t care.
Finally, he parted the kiss and stared deep into her chocolate and caramel eyes. What made him look away suddenly was Alice. Her quite astonishing phone call made Jack chuckle. He raised an eyebrow and finally dropped his hand from Bella’s cheek to rest against her knee. Things were happening fast, but what did he expect when he had learned he was going to father the child with the woman of his dreams? He turned back to Bella, “I know you would have probably preferred a text message, but I felt that that would not have been conveyed properly.”
[ooc: Ooh! Jack's so cuuuuute!!]
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:16 am
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I taste your scent in the wind
I set my sail but then you sink my boat
So I begin to swim
Bash my foes until I win
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“ I ain‘t your ******** baby.”, Hearing Alice bark that little tidbit made a grin broaden his mouth from ear to ear. Like a dog sitting on the floor smelling a nice, savoury, steak being set on the table, Adam’s eyes were voyeuristically humid. Lifting his foot off of the gas pedal, Adam was not even aware that the car was moving less than five miles an hour. All Adam could think about was how different this ‘badass’ Alice was from everything Alice was generally known to be. Almost at the point of salivating, Adam could not resist admiring every facet of that new demeanour the second it started to grace her face. ‘ You tell her, Ally.’
“…You so much as go near any of us, and I promise you that I‘ll make you pay. Your gun didn‘t stop me from kicking your a**, and taking your car the first time, and I‘ll be damned if I don‘t do it again.”, This was a tease, a horrible tease, and listening to this while watching Alice unintentionally strut herself was extremely appealing. Not that Alice was moving her body in a manner which showed off her features; but, Adam had an active imagination, and he was using it to the best of his abilities. With the way Alice was talking, just the mood she was in when she spoke affected her movements. Him being a guy, a guy who had been around the block a time or two, he knew that angrier women were particularly good after hours, and bits and pieces of their night together kept flashing in his mind. Thus why Adam felt like he was being teased.
Watching Alice roll her eyes, seeing the ‘I’m about to laugh’ smile blossom on her face was all it took for Adam to readjust his position in the driver’s seat to hide a particular development from view. Turning his attention back at the road simply to remove the evidence, Adam kept the happy-dog grin on his face and tilted his ear to hear the rest of the phone call.
“ Excuse me,” Adam had to bite down on his lip to keep from choking the steering wheel. “ I believe I was talking, thank you. Second; I‘m not sure if you didn‘t get the memo when I left your a** on the side of the road, but Adam chose me--so if you think any of us are giving him up, you‘d better keep dreaming.”, If not for the fact that Alice’s unintentionally erotic phone call could be cut short, and the car might crash into a tree, Adam would have unbuckled his seat belt too. Jack seemed to have the right idea, even though Adam unconsciously knew that it had nothing to do with Alice. Reaching the top of the driveway, Adam put the car in park but kept the motor running. Perhaps out of some fear that the ‘new’ Alice would suddenly disappear, the clock would strike twelve, if he turned those car keys in the ignition.
“ Oh, one more thing, baby, you come near any of us, or even bother sending another stupid text message… I will ******** you up. That’s a promise.”
Before Alice could even move a millimetre from speaking the final Syllable Adam had unbuckled his seat belt. Dwelling on the words: ‘Adam chose me’, he knew the tone Alice had used when she spoke them and took that as enough incentive to break their quiet streak. Upon looking in the backseat, Jack and Bella were kissing each other, so he figured: ‘ Why the hell not?’, taking back his phone without a moment’s pause, Adam leaned forward at the same time and pressed his lips to her mouth. Using his right hand to gently clasp under Alice’s chin, he didn’t even consider the possibility of being smacked at that point, and genuinely tried to initiate an intimate moment right in the front of the car. If Alice didn’t get the point that she was sexy as hell after him trying to nibble her bottom lip, she might never notice how much she affected him.
Only -then- realizing that he had caught Bella and Jack kissing in the back of the car, Adam stopped moving his lips so fervently to glance towards the backseat. ‘ ********, when did they get in the car?’, completely forgetting that there were others in the car for however long him and Alice had kissed, or at least attempted to do so, Adam pulled back and turned off the ignition. Taking out the keys, Adam reached behind him to hand them to Jack almost apologetically. Feeling like a naughty kid from school forced to write a sentence on the chalkboard over and over as a punishment, Adam wiped the mischievous look off of his face and started to open the car door. All the while meditating on the words: ‘ Jacks car is not a make-out spot.’, over and over in his head. Stepping out of the car before closing the door, Adam took in the sight of the small little lakehouse. Wondering how many rooms the little building could possibly have. Get your mind out of the gutter. Clearing his throat, Adam felt it best to change the subject.
“ How are we getting inside? I don‘t have any keys…”
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Byzantine mozaic in the heat
I am cursed, through the worst
With a life that's made to burn
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:20 am
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I've been s•e•a•r•c•h•i•n•g deep down in my soul
Words that I'm hearing are starting to get ɵȴʠ
L o o k s like I'm starting all over again
The last t h r e e years were just pretend... ≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎  As much as Skylar felt a bit better just saying what she felt, she was nervous. What was Cailen’s reaction to this? She had been talking about his sister after all. For all she knew, Cailen would be upset with her and just tell her that she didn’t understand. That Bella wasn’t the bad guy in any of this. Somehow it would all lead back to Skylar. It was all her fault in the end. She was the one who started dating Jack. It would be her fault for not ending things sooner so Jack could be with Bella. Maybe everyone knew that Jack and Bella were supposed to be together. Secretly, everyone was just waiting for it to happen.
Skylar braced herself for the worst when she heard Cailen’s voice start to speak. Here it comes. Then he said something she didn’t expect. ”It’s ok.” Just him telling her that it was ok for her to have those feelings almost made her start crying. Even though they were the ones that had hurt her, Skylar was having a hard time blaming anyone but herself. She felt that the anger she was feeling towards Jack and Bella just made her a horrible person. Cailen didn’t think that though. He straight out told her that is was ok and that meant more to her at the moment then she could tell him.
At his comment about how he knew what she was feeling, Skylar felt ready to laugh. He might be able to sympathize but there was no way Cailen knew how this felt. She was about to tell him so when he continued. Skylar was silent as he spoke. Her heart went out to him. The poor guy had suffered enough today. It was unfair for all this to be happening. ”I’m sorry, Cailen. You shouldn’t have to go through this. You’ve already gone through hell today. Someone like you doesn’t deserve any of this.” Skylar was a little shocked that this could have happened. She would never think of Alice doing such a thing. Then Skylar remembered the text that Alice had accidentally sent her earlier. It made sense now. How could she have been stupid to not figure it out? Now guilt was going through her as she thought about how she could have at least told Cailen this. But she knew if she were to go back in time she wouldn’t tell him. Alice was her best friend and she didn’t know the whole story. She had to at least give Alice a chance to explain her sides before she expressed her feelings on this matter. What Skylar could do, however, was be there for Cailen like he was there for her.
When Cailen said that they would have each other, it made Skylar cheer up a bit. She took comfort in the fact that Cailen would stick by her. She was almost positive that he would take Bella’s side considering she was his sister and that Alice and Adam would stick with Jack and Bella because all of them had been together forever. Even if everyone else was against her, Skylar was glad that Cailen wasn’t. It would be tough but just having Cailen, Skylar would be able to get through it.
Skylar turned and looked at Cailen when he started to say that her relationship with Jack just wasn’t meant to be. She knew that was supposed to comfort her slightly but it didn’t really do much. The fact that it wasn’t meant to be made her feel like she wasted time with him or maybe she was standing in the way of a relationship that was meant to be.
”You, Skylar, deserve someone who is going to love you till the ends of the Earth. There is someone out there who wants you and only you. No other girl is going to compare.” She gave Cailen a confused look after he said this. Just the way he said was not something she expected to hear. He was just being nice, Skylar realized that. She smiled slightly at thinking about how hearing this from Cailen even just this morning would have made her blush and have the butterflies go crazy. Her crush on him just having a field day. How could she be upset with Jack for what he did when she was crushing on Cailen for awhile? ’You didn’t act on any of those feelings. He did. That’s the difference.’ She didn’t know what side of her mind she agreed with. She didn’t think anything of her slight crush on Cailen because she was with Jack and she was convinced that she loved him. Also Cailen was in love with Alice. They were just two people in love with two other people ’And both of those people cheated on us… and do you really think that Jack and Bella are wasting anytime in catching up, making up for lost time…’
Skylar simply just smiled at Cailen. ”Thank you. That was very sweet of you to say. Also thank you for just listening to my ramblings.” They both needed cheering up in some ways. Skylar was determined to try and help in that regard. First thing she would have to do though is get rid of the tears that had spilled down her face. Flipping down the movable shade on the passenger’s side, Skylar opened the mirror and looked at her face. A smile instantly hit her face and she laughed lightly. ”Oh man, I look just fabulous. Kind of silly too. With only some much sight left, I go and waste valuable time obscuring my vision with tears.” She wiped the remaining tears from her eyes and tried to dry the rest of her eyes.
Feeling her phone go off, Skylar took it out a bit nervous as to who it would be from. The number was not one she recognized but Skylar could guess who it was. It had to have been this Alexis girl who threatened to kill them all. In her text she said that she wouldn’t go after them. All she wanted was Adam. There was no way the group would give up Adam. She was crazy to even try this stunt. Skylar felt bold enough to send a text back to her. She made sure that Cailen couldn’t see what she was typing and tried to make sure it didn’t look suspicious.
To:Alexis
From:Skylar
If you want someone
Take me.
Closing her phone, Skylar put her phone away and just looked at Cailen. ”That was my dad. He just wanted to check on me.” She wasn’t sure why she was lying to Cailen. He was the one person she didn’t want to lie to at the moment. He was the only one she felt comfortable telling the whole truth without him freaking out at her. Maybe that’s why she lied. What she did was kind of crazy. She wasn’t even sure how Alexis would react to it either. If she told Cailen, he would think she was insane. It made sense to Skylar though. Adam was important to the group. He was a big part. Skylar wasn’t. She probably wouldn’t even be with the group after awhile.
She shook her head trying not to think of this. She had to prepare herself for when the cars stopped and she would have to face Jack, Bella, Alice, and Adam. She wasn’t sure if she could do this or not. Almost like a reminder, Skylar felt Cailen’s hand on her own. He had put it there awhile ago and hadn’t moved it. At that moment, Skylar remembered it was there and she was happy. She squeezed his hand gently to convey her nervous feeling and also to feel comfort..
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G o o d b y e to everything that I knew
You were the one I love
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:41 pm
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Sitting there waiting for Jack’s phone to go off was excruciating, to say the least. Counting almost forty seconds, on the thirty-eighth count Jack’s phone finally buzzed. Clamping her eyes shut in pain, Bella could feel a terribly strong feeling of terror stabbing into her chest. ‘ What if he reads everything and doesn‘t believe me? ’, worried beyond measure, Bella felt even more uneasy when she heard Jack’s phone go off a second time. ‘ That’s strange, I thought I made it an SMS message.’, with a trembling hand, Bella snapped open her phone to discover that she ended up sending it via text messages, and in that Bella buried her face in her arm and let her long hair shield her face like a child hiding under the covers. Jack was in for a monster text, and Bella waited for the sound of annoyance she expected to hear at having to read so much.
Hearing the annoyed sigh, Bella felt her stomach tighten as his phone kept going off every other second. Each time it buzzed, Bella’s face grew redder and redder. Until finally, her face felt so hot that she feared getting a sunburn. ‘ Oh this is just horrible…Why did I write that now? Why couldn‘t I just wait til later to talk to him?’ Beating herself up about it, the only thing Bella could do was wait for Jack to start reading his way through that enormous text. With nothing else to do but survey the scene taking place in the car, Bella looked forward at the back of Alice’s head and watched her click the ‘talk’ button and hold Adam’s phone against her ear. ‘ Is Alice actually calling that lady? I thought she was kidding.’ Raising an eyebrow, Bella’s mouth partially opened in surprise at hearing so many swear words coming out of Alice’s mouth. ‘ Wow Al…what happened to you while I was gone?’ Shaking her head, mystified, Bella was pulled out of her thoughts instantaneously from the sound of Jack’s seat belt clicking apart.
Tearing her eyes away towards the man in question, Bella’s tear-washed face carried the same expression as a deer admiring a pair of headlights. ‘ What are you doing Jack?…Unbuckling while the car‘s moving is highly unsafe.’, Making every excuse in the book to try and persuade Jack from coming closer, Bella’s heart began to both fearfully and excitedly flutter and pound. Jack was sliding closer to her in the backseat, and she was strapped in with nowhere else to go. Although Bella wanted to jump out of the window, her heart desperately wanted to leap right into his arms at seeing him move so close. He moved so fast that Bella did not have time to question anything longer than that, and blinking profusely, Bella wet her lips and flickered her chocolate caramel eyes over his face. Desperately seeking some form of an answer through all her searching.
“ You should know what I want, Bella.”, As terrifying as those words were, for a moment all Bella could feel was shame. Shame at how foolish she had been to doubt Jack’s integrity. Usually men never said those words unless they were commenting a positive thing, and if Jack in any way found her letter hopeful, then she had every reason to feel foolish in this moment. Seeing Jack staring back at her so intently almost stole her breath away. The intensity was petrifying, and all Bella could do was not and continue to maintain eye-contact. Unaware that her chest was heaving during each slow, steady, breath; Bella’s heart began to pound so silently in her chest that she felt tired and shaky. Like all her energy was wrapped up in keeping her heartbeat from stopping.
“I want you, I want to be happy with you.”, Confusion riddling her face, Bella nibbled on the inside of her right lip contemplatively. ‘ Jack what does that mean: Happy with you? Does that mean you aren‘t happy with me now, or---’ Feeling Jack’s hand cup her cheek was all it took for her thought to shatter into a hundred tiny pieces. Every thought blown away like sand, Bella quietly gasped before all breathing stopped. Feeling shivering vibrations sapping her energy from just the warmth of his hand against her face, she was too stunned to even contemplate resisting to protect herself. Jack’s hand kept drawing her face closer to his own, and she was powerless to stop it. Every fibre of her body wanted that hand to be there, those caring eyes to keep holding eye-contact, and his mouth to keep whispering sweet little comforting messages to heal her heart.
“ Don‘t cry, Bella, there‘s no need.”, Finding her breath again at hearing those words, Bella knew in her heart what was going to happen next and her body snapped into action. Gasping quiet breaths because it knew before she did that Jack was going to press his mouth to her own. As if taking a final breath before the plunge, Bella closed her eyes and surrendered to it. Quickly, hungrily, folding her arms around Jack’s torso as her lips caressed his own in return. As if time had stopped, Bella forgot about the people in the front seat, the drama going on with Alexis, and most importantly, the fact that Cailen and Skylar were still in the car behind them. The darkness might have hidden everything from view; but, even if it didn’t Bella didn’t care. Jack wanted her, and nothing could steal her joy away at this point. Gasping a quiet breath against his lips, Bella boldly attempted to try and clam his bottom lip between her own. Which, because of Jack’s thin little beard, forced a blush on her pale red face from trying not to giggle. His beard was a little ticklish.
Folding her arms around Jack’s neck, she ran her thin fingers through his hair before her hands dropped down to softly cup his face as well. Pouring her whole heart into that kiss, she was so enraptured in the moment that when Jack began to part it, her heart cried out in agony. No don’t go…please don’t go. Almost feeling pain to have been kissed so strongly and now having to end it, Bella was about to grip his head and pull him into another kiss when she finally realized where she was, and whom they could potentially be hurting. ‘ Good luck explaining this to Adam and Alice.’, Not truly caring if they saw, Bella flicked her eyes behind them to see if Cailen’s car was still behind them, Seeing a light through the trees on another part of this long and winding road, Bella was convinced that there was no way Skylar could have seen this interlude; but, it still didn’t make the kiss feel any less guilty than if Skylar had seen it take place.
As if there was dew on her eyelashes, it took genuine effort to open her heavy eye-lids and connect her eyes upon Jack’s face. Of all the people she knew, Bella thought Jack had beautiful eyes, simply because of how intensely they could stare into her own. He didn’t have to look at her in a heated way to invoke all her carnal emotions and heighten her physical senses. Feeling tremors shiver through her body even though the kiss had ended, Bella could not help but wonder if she ever had the same effect on his. Watching Jack look away towards Alice, Bella reluctantly tore her eyes away from Jack’s face to listen to the final lick of the phone call. Butterflies fluttering in her stomach when he finally turned back to comment something. The sheer idea of hearing words from his mouth was invigorating, and Bella once more forgot how to breath at the idea of potentially hearing something that might make her weak in the knees.
“ I know you would have probably preferred a text message, but I felt that that would not have been conveyed properly.”, Nodding as a response, a gentle flame began to burn from her heart to her toes. Jack was certainly right in that regard. ‘ No…No that certainly couldn‘t. ’, Slowly pulling away, Bella lifted her right hand to gently wipe the liquid residue from the kiss from her mouth just as Jack’s hand cupped the top of her knee. As her heart jumpstarted again, Bella’s face flushed red, and for a moment Bella could do nothing but stare down upon that daring hand. ‘ Ja-a-ack…..’, thought she in protest. As seeing his hand cup her knee sent shivers all over her thighs. Remembering their night together through-out that entire kiss, the shivers inspired by his hand upon her knee did not help this situation in the least. Do something, Bella! Put your hand on his. Hold his hand or something. Show some affection. Bella wordlessly cringed, knowing how poor she was at showing romantic affection. Besides that night, and this kiss now that she thought about it, she hadn’t had much practice at expressing such things. Do something! Feeling the pressure build up, Bella could think of nothing better to do than fold her left arm under Jack’s own and fold her right arm around it to snuggle his arm against her body the same way she had held Tony to her chest all day. ‘ Here goes…’
Timidly laying her head down upon Jack’s shoulder, Bella arched her neck to try and see Jack’s expression. If he liked this, she wouldn’t move; however, in experiencing the ‘boy as a pillow’ in a romantic fashion, Bella was quickly becoming addicted to it. He always felt so strong in her arms, even if he wasn’t as muscular as her brother or Adam. Jack was Jack, and she wouldn’t have him any other way. Wanting to be even more bold, perhaps encouraged out of her shy little box, Bella softly shook her hair away from her face, leaned in, and pressed a gentle kiss to the side of Jack’s neck. But soon, she opened her eyes and pulled her mouth away from his skin. ‘ Whats that noise?’, Turning her head on Jack’s shoulder to peruse the front seat, Bella’s eyes widened and her mouth dropped almost in surprise. Adam was kissing Alice, and it wasn’t anything shy or sweet either. It was bold, and far from appropriate to be doing with two other people in the car. Oh come-on, if Jack had started kissing you like that you wouldn’t have stopped him either. Blushing from thinking of such a thing, Bella lowered her head to use her hair to hide her blush. ‘ Technically he did…and technically, I uh…didn‘t…’, But Bella was talking about -weeks- ago. Unsure of whether or not to break up this little scene, Bella just stared at the front seat and watched for a few moments before clearing her throat.
“ A-hem…”, Bella choked, and held back a giggle when it seemed to get Adam’s attention. Only then realizing that they had arrived at the lakehouse, Bella lifted her head from Jack’s shoulder and connected their eye-contact with a bright little smile. Hope you enjoyed that, cause it might be the only attention your getting from him for a while. Remembering Skylar and Cailen half a mile behind them at most, Bella shook her head and painfully let go of Jack’s arm. Hurting from withdrawl pains, Bella reached down and grabbed Toby from the floorboards. Vowing to properly clean him as she dusted him off and reached her hand towards the door handle. Dismounting the car, Bella heard Adam’s statement and felt a horrible sinking feeling in her stomach. ‘ I don‘t have any keys either…I didn‘t think about that…’ Furrowing her eyebrows in concern, Bella tried to see in the dark for something to give her an idea.
“ Well um…maybe there‘s a key under the welcome mat, or in a decorative rock near the door…”
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✿But when I'm gone...will you✉to me?✿ ↙xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:15 pm
 Cailen Legosi Cailen’s mind was still reeling from his last comment when he saw the confused look Skylar gave him. He felt just as confused. Before he said the words he thought they would just be a nice thing to say, to be hopeful. He wanted to make her feel better, that’s all he was doing. But when he realized he put much more feeling into what he was saying, he began to question himself. Did he have feelings for Skylar? Is that what the hidden meaning of all that was? He honestly didn’t know. What he did know was that she, along with himself, most likely wasn’t ready for another relationship so soon. They were both still hurting, their wounds still bleeding. He knew he needed time to get back on his feet. He still wasn’t even sure where Alice was in all this. The way she acted, it seemed like their relationship was over. Cailen really didn’t know how to feel about it. Sure he was heartbroken and upset. He thought that she loved him and he loved her. He thought they were great together, even though at times they fought. It was something couples did, and it only made the bond stronger when you worked out the fights. But I guess she never really got over them.
As for the matter with Skylar, he was going to need some time to think things through. He didn’t really know what to feel at this point. Even as he looked at her, it was like he was looking at a different person. He knew it was the same Skylar, but now he saw her in a different way. She wasn’t Jack’s girlfriend anymore, she was Skylar the unattached. What am I thinking? He stopped that thought right there. He was not going to be thinking of Skylar like that, at least not now. He still needed to talk things over with Alice and get done with this never ending day. Cailen smiled at Skylar when she thanked him. “No problem, I’m here for you. Even though it’s horrible that you had to go through that with Jack, I’m kind of glad we can relate like this. It’s nice having someone who knows what it feels like.” It was definitely easier for him knowing that he wasn’t the only one who was going through this. The two of them have each other to lean on and he knows he can turn to her for anything. He only hoped she felt the same.
He rolled his eyes at Skylar’s comment on how she looked. Honestly, he didn’t care what she looked like, she was beautiful just the way she was. He never really got why girls fussed so much over how they look. Their hair has to always be perfect, their makeup just right, and their clothes couldn’t make them look fat. Cailen knew he didn’t put that much thought into his appearance. It was a productive day if he ran a comb through his hair. “I think you look fine. After a day like this, we all probably look like a mess.” Cailen could have gone for a more flirtatious comment, rather than take the friend path, but he wasn’t Adam. This was not the time for that and he wasn’t even sure how he felt about Skylar yet. He could have tried and argued with her about the subject, but he knew girls were stubborn on that matter. You could tell a girl she is beautiful, but they will always find some way of denying it. Was there some weird girl law that said they couldn’t accept compliments?
Cailen knew that as a guy, he would never know the answers as to why girls think the way they do. His dad told him that long ago, back when girls had cooties. He remembered his father telling him that one day they’ll stop having cooties and that as guys our job was to not question why they do the things they do, but to find a way to keep them happy. His dad gave him a lot of good advice back then, but to Cailen it was all nonsense. He didn’t know what it all meant at the time and it all just went in one ear and out the other. Looking back, he regretted not taking the time to listen to what his father had to say, taking for granted that he could always tell him when he needed it. He missed not having a father figure in his life, having to take care of his mother and sister as the new man of the house. He was glad that the feeling of his phone going off in his pocket again broke him away from his thoughts. Of course he would have to check it later, since he was driving, but he wondered who it was from.
Seeing Skylar typing a message on her phone made him think it was a mass message sent to the both of them from maybe Alice or Bella. He waited for her to be done and hopefully relay the message to him. Except when she did, he was surprised. She said it was her father checking up on her. Then who messaged me? Not having time to dwell on that, he caught up to Adam who pulled into a driveway that led to a lakeside cabin. So this is where we are hiding out? Even in the dark it looked like a nice place and the fact that they had to stay in hiding here didn’t seem as bad anymore. He turned his car off and looked over at Skylar. “We’re here. Are you ready?” After the car ride it was going to be weird meeting up with the group again. What had they discussed on the ride over? Giving her hand one last squeeze, he let go and opened the door to his car. “Just remember, I’m here for you. You will never be alone,” he said before he got out of his car. As he stretched his legs, he saw Bella get out of the vehicle in front of him. From the sounds of it, they had no way of getting in this place. “So, what now?” he asked as he walked to the front of his car. He waited there for Skylar because he knew this was going to be hard for her.  xxxxxxxxxxx I tried to give her everything
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 3:39 pm
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I've been s•e•a•r•c•h•i•n•g deep down in my soul
Words that I'm hearing are starting to get ɵȴʠ
L o o k s like I'm starting all over again
The last t h r e e years were just pretend... ≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎≎ Skylar was glad for Cailen’s company. It was to a point where she wished this ride would last for awhile. She had no idea where they were going and for all she knew it could last a good long while. That wasn’t the case however. She saw Jack’s car pull into a drive way and like she expected, Cailen pulled up behind it. This was it. The ride was over far too soon for Skylar.
She looked over at Cailen as he spoke. Was she ready? There was no way she could be ready for this. She already saw Bella out of the car and she knew Jack would be out soon as well. She was already starting to have a mini panic attack at having to face them. Feeling the pressure from Cailen’s hand briefly she felt a little more courage. Also hearing him say that she wasn’t alone helped. As he walked to the front of the car, she took a few deep breaths. ’Just don’t cry. Don’t let give them the enjoyment of seeing you in pain.’ Skylar was a little confused at the last part. It wasn’t a good thought to think that Bella and Jack would actually like to see her cry. She quickly shook that thought from her head. With one final deep breath, Skylar got out of the car and slowly walked over to where Cailen was. She had her arms folded across her chest and it gave her a small amount of comfort.
[sorry this is short…]
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G o o d b y e to everything that I knew
You were the one I love
The one thing that I t r i e d to h•o•l•d on to
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 4:06 pm
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Just the fact that Bella had accepted every gesture of affection made Jack’s heart flutter in his chest. He felt like he was back in high school, kissing someone for the first time. Although this time it meant much more than a kiss with a girl from class: This was Bella, it felt right to have her cling to his arm. When he saw that Adam had taken the advantage and kissed Alice. It wasn’t just an innocent peck on the lips; he had basically attempted foreplay, in Jack’s car, too! Jack felt himself chuckle as Bella let out a polite cough to interrupt them. Adam turned and Jack took the keys from him easily. As Bella pulled away and got out of the car, Jack followed suit, but not before grabbing his sweatshirt and bag of medical supplies. Before he shut the door, he placed the bag on the seat and pulled the jacket on one sleeve at a time. He grinned at the stitched pattern of his favorite sweatshirt. Quickly, he slipped his keys into his sweatshirt pocket, slipped the strap of the bag over his shoulder and shut the door. It was just in time to hear Bella speak of a way to get into the house.
“Would this, er, Harrison guy really do something so simple?” He shrugged, and then looked up at the night sky. “Although I wouldn’t put it past him if he just willingly gave out the address… maybe he trusts the neighborhood enough to keep it unlocked?”
Jack always put too much logic into situations at times, but usually it was called for (since his friends tended to mention some obvious tactics). He looked towards Bella and offered his free arm out for her to grasp on to it. It was a gentleman’s offer, although he had a feeling that if Skylar were to have seen them being so affectionate that it would just make the situation worse. As if on cue, Cailen’s car pulled right behind them. He relaxed his arm a bit in realization and just sent Bella a quick wink and a smile.
As Cailen spoke up, Jack started to walk up the steps to the lake house. He didn’t dare look behind him and see Skylar’s face. If he looked at her, he knew he would just fall apart. As much as he would like to be over her, it was just too hard to not have some kind of grief over something that lasted so long. Jack quickly knocked any kind of thought of Skylar from his mind.
Immediately, the outdoor lights lit up the porch. He was baffled by the sudden brightness, like a deer in the head lights, his eyes had to adjust to the change. He pushed forward and looked around for any kind of hiding spot for a key. There was a potted plant and a mat. He kicked the corner of the mat so it flipped over slightly, nothing. He rummaged his fingertips through the leaves of the plant and felt nothing strange, like a key. Jack felt his face scrunch up in concentration, then decided to try the side door. He walked along the side of the porch that wrapped around the house and grabbed a hold of the handle.
As if he were King Arthur pulling the sword from the stone, the door slid open magically. He jumped up in the air triumphantly; he could hear the Zelda soundtrack in his head whenever Link had received some kind of amazing reward. He leaped inside and slid the door behind him. The house was dark, but his hand found the wall and switched the lights on. The house was absolutely stunning it astounded Jack. He thought that a secret hiding spot would be much more dirty and small, but this was luxurious. He grinned from ear to ear and hurried to the front of the house. He pulled the door open and popped his head out.
“Come on in, guys, it’s beautiful in here!”
Jack left the door open as he hurried to explore the rest of the house. The living room was big and open. In fact, the entire house was rather open. He searched the house for rooms to stay in and noticed that in his sneaking about and opening doors, there were only three bedrooms. And one was the big, master bedroom. Jack had stopped in the threshold to the Master bedroom. His jaw dropped, it would be just amazing if he could sleep in that. Especially if a certain person of his desire would join him. But he had a feeling that someone else would claim it, like Adam. He left it up to everyone else to decide what rooms they wanted to claim.
Jack just stepped back into the living room and flung his bag onto the couch. He started to unzip his jacket, then tossed it on top of his bag. He thought about unbuttoning his shirt, since the house seemed rather warm for his taste. He then just fell onto the couch and held his arms behind his neck to relax. His dark eyes fell shut and fluttered back open slowly. He couldn’t be tired already, could he? He did have a long day worrying about Bella, Alice, and staying alive. He sighed calmly, for once he just let the air fill his lungs and expel. The realization that he was tired overcame him, but he couldn’t fall asleep, not while his friends were still up and about. Especially since Alice had just called Alexis and totally chewed her out. There had to be something he could say to lighten the mood, but he knew that was Adam’s job. Jack just sat back and waited, whoever wanted to talk to him could just approach him. Unless it was Skylar, then he would freeze up and probably revert back into his ‘zombie phase’.
[ooc: I hope this is okay... D: ]
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