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 Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:06 pm
Mark cocked a brow. "Then just keep him away from playing hockey. Paraplegic hockey is hardcore...but the basketball isn't so bad. Tuesdays and Thursdays are specifically for paraplegics or people that want to join and they sit in chairs to play. School doesn't have anything like that, wouldn't it be good for him to try something like that?" she folded her arms over her chest and eyed Nico. Why would he just roll over and take it like that? "Besides, with the weights there are trainers that keep an eye on people in case they get hurt."
Admittedly she could understand him being worried with Nico in a chair, but everyone played on equal footing, it was a non contact sport, and it was healthy to be active! What was the downside?
Julia on the other hand simply shrugged a little. It really was up to both Nico and Nathan. Nico was too young to join unsupervised and without consent. He was the same as Mark however and believed it would be better for him to join. If only to learn about team work or what have you. Of course it was hard to tell someone that about their brother when they obviously didn't agree and seemed none too eager to see it from another point of view.
When they got to the ice cream shop though he pulled up to park in front. "At least think about letting him join the gym. Like I said, it's fine if you want to watch him and make sure he's okay."
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Posted: Sat Nov 06, 2010 7:15 pm
Nathan took a bit of will and forced himself to neither scowl nor shake his head. He had his reasons, though he did not offer them to the two present. Nico was wise enough despite his age to know better then to contend with him either. "I shall consider it." Was all he would offer after a brief moment of silence.
Nico exhaled a small sigh. He could have just assumed that his brother was firm in his refusal to allow him to attend. He was at least allowing thought on the possibility of going to watch though. That could turn into just a little bit more if Nathan could see it was safe for him? Nico sat back and peered out the front windshield as Julia drove along.
"Do you work out a lot Jules? You look like you do. How strong are you?" Nico chose to indulge in his childish curiosity, and in the corner of his eye he could see Nathan relaxing his posture a little. Nathan, in the mean time, turned to look Mark over thoughtfully. "You know. If you require any assistance with your school work, you could always stop by the manor. I am sure Nico and I could help you with any assignments you wished." He offered.
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Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:36 am
The two siblings didn't agree on a lot, but the over controlling brother that was paranoid about Nico hurting himself....that was just over the top. Of course, Mark was fully planning to wear him down some more at school...actually she'd sit next to Nathan every class and leap between him and any female effectively c**k blocking him until he wore down or snapped. Either it would work or at least she'd get a laugh.
Oh but her love-dar was tingling and good. She could see that fawning look, hear that enamored tone...ooooh Nico had a cruuuuuush~ And man would Mark screw with Julia later for attracting someone 10 years his junior....hee. Except she knew her brother would remain oblivious till she told him...he had a nice wall set up in his mind for these things.
Mark shook herself out of those thoughts to look back at Nathan. She gave a cheeky smile before mimicking him with "I shall consider it."
"Yea, I'm usually either at the gym or at work." Julia grabbed the papers from Mark that needed to be photocopied before hopping down out of his truck. He looked to Nathan and nodded to Nico. "Got him again?" he asked, perhaps just teasing him a little.
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:49 pm
Nico's gaze remained set on Julia for the most part as he would so casually answer his questions. He was just so cool! His silver eyes glittered with the hint of awe from his little budding crush. The opening of the door beside him though caused him to glance away. They had arrived already? The child that he was instantly was caught up with the looming prospect of yummy ice cream. "Alright!"
Nathan's lips twitched upwards at the mimicked reply he had given not too long ago. Mark's cheeky nature was...amusing. It was a pity her brother, and his, was present. He would have loved to have attempted to make a move on her. Carefully though, Mark did have a fairly explosive reputation after all.
They had clearly arrived at their destination now, and Nathan glanced out at the ice cream shoppe. He opened his door and began to slide out when Jules would ask him his nearly teasing question. "But of course. If you would take a moment to get the chair out of the back I will be fine with this."
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Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:30 pm
This time it was Mark's turn to make fun of Nathan. "I got it," she said, hopping out of the truck. She could feel Julia's small smirk at his sister wanting to exert her manly side a little. It was kinda fun to show off her own strength by picking up a heavy chair that Nathan probably had a fair bit of trouble with.
She opened the back of the truck and heaved the chair out. Needless to say she had a bit more trouble than her brother...but she hid it well. Her pride was stubborn like that. Plus she kinda liked showing off and proving that she was stronger than guys. It wasn't too hard to exert her manlyness, she did have rather fabulous girl-abs and that seemed to intimidate men.
"Get me a chocolate brownie sundae," Julia said to Mark. He turned to Nicolas and Nathan, smirking just a little. Nathan really didn't have the impressive muscles he or even Mark had. It really couldn't be that easy lifting his brother....the determination to retain he masculinity was amusing. "See you kids in a bit," he said, patting Nathan's head as he walked past.
(*can somehow see Nico jealous of the head-pat*)
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:53 pm
Nathan actually...smiled. His head shook from side to side as he lifted his brother into his arms and stepped outside of the truck. Despite his brothers height, Nicohlas weighed very little. He was easy for Nathan to handle, though he would say not a word about it lest Nicohlas began to feel self conscious. He honestly had more trouble with the chair then his brother, so he was not about to begrudge Mark tackling the chair.
All the same, he couldn't help but tilt his head at the clear display of strength on her part. It was impressive, if not a touch daunting. Did he really want to hit on a girl who could cave man him?
. . .
Yes. yes he did. Nathan smiled brightly at Mark, and suffered the childish pat from Jules for the sake of placing Nico safely back into his chair.
Nicohlas happily settled into his chair, then lifted his hand to wave at Jules. "We won't forget your sundae! If you finish quick you'll come join us right?" He asked while twisting to keep his eyes on Jules for as long as he possibly could. Nathan glanced at his brother, then looked up to eye Jules for a moment thoughtfully.
"Hmm..Come...let's get that ice cream now...."
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Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:43 pm
Hhhhhm? Oooh, Nico really did seem to be crushing on Julia....ten years between them and the same gender.....eee, this would be fuuuun to lord over her brother! When she brought it up poor Julia would be mortified! Ah, what a fun day.
Julia smiled again and nodded. "Yup, it wont take that long, I'll just be a couple minutes."
Mark scooted over to Nico with a Cheshire grin. "So, when you planning to join us in working out?" she asked. Sure there were machines he wouldn't be able to use, but she had a feeling arm exercises and weights he could handle just fine....plus he seemed interested in the idea of joining. Needless to say she was once again ignoring Nathan prior protests.
"A healthy body makes for a healthy mind~" she cooed, shooting Nathan a bit of a smirk. Sure she knew he didn't want his brother running around, but from what she'd gathered he seemed to want his brother to work hard on things like school. Maybe putting it in that light may help the case. Of course if all else failed Mark had already planned to use Nathan getting to see her sweaty and with tight revealing clothing...but she'd rather not get to that one if she could avoid it. She didn't really like the idea of him looking at her with creepy molester eyes, even if she could kick his a** it was creepy.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:04 am
Nathan moved himself behind Nico's chair, so that he could push his brother along. The easy expression that had begun to creep into his features smoothed away as Mark would pursue the topic of conversation he had hoped would have been left in the truck.
Nicohlas flushed slightly and leaned back in his chair as Nathan propelled him forwards. "The gym sounds like a lot of fun. Really it does." Nicohlas replied.
Nathan decided that there would be no true winning of this argument, though he knew once they were alone he would of course have the last word. Confident in that, he merely pushed his brother along and glanced at the shop. "Mark, would you mind getting the door?" He cut in.
Nico took this brief moment of peace to glance back over his shoulder for a hint of Jules. He was still feeling oddly warm after sitting next to him. He had looked so strong and confident. There was just something admirable about him that Nico could not put his finger on at the moment.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:14 am
"It would be a great way for him to meet new people, try something new, getting active, increase bloody flow, and strengthen his arms. Since you push him around all the time and he doesn't push himself his arms might wind up as bad off as his legs..unless there's something wrong with his arms I should be aware of." She pulled open the door, still not ceasing in her argument. "And of course it gives a great feeling of accomplishment to get out and do something."
Mark casually strode over to the counter, getting her brother's sundae and herself a butterscotch milkshake. "Unless of course you wouldn't wanna come with and see me again," she said to Nathan, giving a cute little pout and batting her eyes. Ah, sure it was shameless....but she was okay so long as it meant getting her way. Feminists be damned, manipulation worked better than most things for her.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:01 pm
Nicohlas could not lie. He really wanted his brother to give his permission. The more Mark talked about the gym the more he desperately wanted to go to it. He looked at his brother, but he could not keep the feeling of hope for long in him. Nathan's expression did not show any sway to his pleadings. It was like every other thing that he denied his brother. Not even Sampson could convince Nathan that something was a good idea if his brother was so set against it. Still...
There was a moment of wavering when Mark would throw out a different sort of motivation for the elder Montibello to visit the gym. Nathan leaned against the counter and gave the clerk his own order, along with one for Nicohlas. As he did, he let his eyes sweep over Mark thoughtfully. "I...would...consider it. If perhaps afterwords you might be willing to go out to dinner with me." Mark was not the only one who was shameless enough to try and manipulate a situation to his own advantage.
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:32 pm
Ew. So not her type. Mark liked the cute type...not the....nethers previously being in places unknown type. Bah, Nico totally owed her for this, she really didn't like doing the whole feminine charm thing...but she could if she needed. It may be a good plan not to let him see her kickboxing or wresting though until AFTER he let Nico join the gym. For some odd reason guys tended to be terrified of strong women.
She did manage to completely hide her disgust by giving him a sweet little giggle. "I would consider it~" she said, once again using a teasing mock of his own tone. Eh, she could do dinner...course if he tried to get handsy she'd make him no longer capable of reproduction.....it was only fair right? If he tried touching her or giving her the creepy icky rapist eyes the only proper answer is to severely injure.
Mark bumped Nico's shoulder with her hip. "So you think about whether you still want to join the gym or not, kay? No taking any bribes from Nat so her can get a date," she said, giggling again.
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 6:45 pm
The fact Nathan had even offered a term was surprise to Nicohlas to say the least. He blinked at his brother in surprise while absently reaching up to take the ice cream order the clerk passed first to Nathan. Nathan in turn handed the two dishes down for Nicohlas to hold wordlessly. His mind was clicking through possible answers that would secure his future date with Mark. It would be a incredible victory on his part to manage to arrange the date with her in his mind.
Nico turned his attention down to the ice cream dish and began to poke his spoon about in it when Mark would give him that small bump. He laughed softly and reached up to give Mark a unashamed push back against her hip in response. "I will think very much about it. I can promise that with no problem." Nicohlas said to Mark.
Nathan finished rolling Nicohlas over to one of the tables where he could sit with his wheelchair and eat. "Let us just enjoy the ice cream for now Mark. You can give me the address of this Gym you visit, and as I said I will consider it." Nathan replied. He moved to sit next to Nico and took his own ice cream from his brother. He decided not to press the date issue at the moment. To come on too strong would have made him seem like a desperate pervert, and he was anything but desperate!
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:06 am
It really was for the better that she didn't do most of her dating with people from her school....they'd get too braggy about having dated her, she could make the exception for Nico's sake. Even if he didn't have a crush on Julia he still needed to get out more and be able to do something for himself. Highschool was supposed to be a time for trying new things and becoming a little more of an individual...sure Nico was still really young but honestly she felt Nathan sheltered him way too much....going to a gym would be healthy for him.
Mark really couldn't fathom why Nathan was so against it. If he was just there lifting weights and arm exercises he couldn't hurt himself, it would just be something healthy to get him moving. Was he worried Nicholas might get the idea to try something like hockey? Pff, Mark wouldn't push him into that until he was at least 16!
"So then what DO you do with your spare time then?" she asked Nicholas, honestly a little curious at this point. She was such an active person she had no idea how someone could waste a full day not going to the gym or playing sports or something.
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 7:19 pm
Nicohlas swirled his ice cream in it's dish to soften it up a bit more and smear the peanut-butter sauce Nathan had ordered for him into the chocolate better. "What do I do?" Nicohlas repeated before looking up at Mark. "Oh. Well I read a lot." He replied.
Nathan sat himself down beside Nicohlas and absently reached a hand out to stroke his little brothers hair back where a flop of light lavender had shifted out of place. "Nicohlas has a collection of over two thousand books in his old bedroom." Nathan added to the conversation. It suited his designs better to have them taking about something safe and harmless like hobbies then gym style activities. He poked his spoon into his ice cream but only took a small bite of the plain vanilla.
"Yeah." Nico nodded his head a little. "And I sew a lot too. I normally make little outfits for dolls. Nathan takes them to charities for me." Nico paused and glanced at his brother. "We've made what? Seven thousand last year?"
"Six thousand and something." Nathan calmly remarked. "Though you spent far more then that actually making the cloths. I told you the gold and crystals was a bit of a waste on the accessories." He murmured in a strangely quiet tone. Nicohlas responded with a small laugh and looked back to Mark.
"He complains about it, but he won't admit that he's the one that suggested using them, and he was the one that bought me the stuff for my outfits. What about you Mark? What do you do for fun?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:30 pm
She bit her lip and stared wide-eyed at them. Oh holy boring. She sat across from Nico before finding an awkward grin. "Wow," she said a little stiffly. "That sounds....swell!" She was so not good at faking that kind of thing...but in her defense fun was being active and playing sports!
"Well...I play a lot of sports, usually wrestling with Juli....Jules and football with Tabs." Woops, nearly let Julia's actual name slip there. Julia was most certainly a girl's name, at least Jules was a male name. "I try to get in lots of kickboxing too when I can, so I spend a lot of time at the gym. Plus I also work at daddy's construction site, and when the weather is nice I love to sunbathe," she said, posing a little to show off her lovely tanned skin. Of course....she wasn't about to add that most of the tanning she wound up doing happened to be at work...but at least when it was super bright out she dressed in ways that she could get a decent tan.
Mark paused and bit her lip again, looking a little awkward. "So....just....reading and sewing? Isn't that like...kinda boring?" Ahh, once again showing that rather foot-in-mouth side of herself. She meant no harm by it, merely meant it as a question...but it could easily be seen as offensive.
It seemed Julia agreed with that perspective when he came up behind her and rather vigorously mussed her hair. "Hey. Remember the thinking before we speak conversation we had?" he asked with a bit of a smirk. "Besides....not like you can sew," he added. Of course...that could be because his darling little sister couldn't do any of the typical 'female' specified things. She couldn't sew, knit, cook, clean, garden.....her only feminine sides ever came around when she wasn't with her brothers.
Julia sat down next to Mark and tossed the papers onto the table. "I'll be taking this," he said, grabbing his sundae. "So do you only make clothes for dolls? Or have you tried sewing other things?"
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