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 Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:24 pm
Roland took another bite of cake, pausing as Tuck, Nevada, and some girl who... Just kissed Tuck on the lips when Nevada walked in.
He couldn't help but stare just a little bit as the train wreck began. Heidi and Tuck kissing, then Heidi going towards Nevada. He turned to Peyton again closing his mouth again before getting another bite of cake into it to keep his mouth from gaping at the whole thing.
"I uh... yeah I've been okay actually." He was in his new coat still and shook his head trying to ignore the others. "Yeah I got um a promotion recently actually."
And accidently beat the s**t out of Tuck who was standing right over there ******** s**t ******** s**t s**t s**t bail out now.
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:30 pm
Wow the room suddenly got cold.
Stormy's smile dimmed at the looks her brothers were giving her, and then dimmed further when she felt Nevada come up behind her, mumbling something about grabbing and going. For a moment, she was considering following that very plan. Maybe locking themselves up back in their room would be best. Yes probably let's just . . . Or Heidi could come over that's fine too.
Three seconds in and there was trouble. That was probably a new record for Stormy. Deep breath.
"Well, Nevada and I are roommates," she answered sweetly as could be, the smile back on. "And she got me a runic dvd player with a couple of Disney movies in case you guys ever get bored! How about you . . . ?" Now she wasn't so sure giving up Gale's identity was a great idea. Unless they already knew. They probably already knew. Wait how would they know anyway--
. . . Nevada.
Nevaaaaadaaaaaaa.
Wait maybe they were just mad she hadn't been keeping better contact with them yes that was it. Deep breaths.
Stormy turned to the blond with a bigger smile, because now she knew she was doing damage control, and oh gosh poor bestie. "Oh, you're probably Heidi, right? Hi, Heidi~ Hi-di~" Subtly she was nudging Nevada behind her as if to protect the other Mist. "I've seen you on Twitter. You know Tuck and Evan, huh?" Keeping it casual.
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:30 pm
There was just so much awkward. So much awkward, and to put the icing on the cake there was a Roland and a Nevada, ******** sweet.
Tuck just shoved more cake and cookies into his mouth while offering Heidi answers that didn't require words.
He was shooting eyedaggers at ******** Roland, though.
Tuck swallowed and nabbed another fistful of cookies before gesturing towards Evan and Stormy with a jerk of his head.
"You wanna meet 'em?"
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:35 pm
Oh my god, she had turned just to see Heidi fervently waving at her and she couldn't, Her face was plastered smile of fakeness that from where Heidi was probably looked a lot like a surprised smile. She was still raw, still hurt that Heidi was sitting there with Tuck and just...But she was his friend. She had to support him. She was suppose to be best friend. Or one of them.
And then Roland was there too and he was probably watching just this awkward exchange. And she couldn't. It was like...It was like being slapped in the face with her problems she caused herself.
What the ******** did she do.
"Hi Heidi!" She put on her best cheery voice, casually taking the spot behind Stormy where there wasn't much attention brought to herself at all. Although from behind Stormy, Nevada's head swiveled to Evan, then narrowed her eyes at Tuck. She told you in confidence of best friend talk Tuck. Damn it. All she could do was lean over to Stormy and whisper. "I'm so sorry. I thought Tuck would keep it to himself for a bit. Should've known better about siblings..."
"Ah yes, Disney movies. If you guys have any, we'd love to borrow them!" She added meekly. Keep it casual. Eat a bite of cake.
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:40 pm
It was hard to tell, sometimes, whether or not Stormy was just deflecting or if she really was that sweet and/or naive. Now was not one of those times; she was definitely deflecting. "Oh, yeah? Sounds like fun," he replied, his tone mild. "Hey, you should watch those with your boyfriend that you didn't see fit to tell us about."
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:45 pm
Somewhere in the distance Tuck was choking on a gingerbread cookie.
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:47 pm
At first Roland was avoiding Tucks Dagger eyes, then he noticed him choking on a gingerbread cookie and had a look on his own face that might have said.
You deserved that.
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:52 pm
Noting the look of shock and awe, Peyton turned to see what it was Roland was staring at then promptly turned right back around. Nope. She didn't give a s**t who Tuck was kissing, but she really wanted to stay under his radar for the time being.
"Promotion?" She blinked, head tilting as she eyed his coat. Then she grinned. "Congratz, that's pretty awesome. Maybe we should have a rematch then, see if you can beat me this time?"
"..." He was staring over her shoulder again. She turned in time to see Tuck choke on a cookie. She watched him just long enough to make sure he managed to clear his throat himself, then turned back to Roland.
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:55 pm
Roland focused back on Peyton once she spoke up nodding his head quickly brushing crumbs off the shoulder and collar of said new jacket. "Yeah." He took a breath of air between his mouthful of cake and not-so-subtle eye contact with Tuck. "Aria sent me on a trip to uhhh... rob a store basically to prove I wasn't a complete screw up. Turns out my time was so fast she thought I tampered with the timer and here I am."
At the topic of a spar he looked at Tuck again, for a split second, recalling the horrible mess Sylvia had made.
"Er... that might be a bit of a uhhh problem... danger really."
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:58 pm
Heidi was not used to hanging out with girls, it was for this reason that she completely fell for all the fake friendliness Nevada was giving her. She simply beamed and then looked to Stormy when she heard the girl said her name. "Yeah! Hi! You're Stormy, right?" She ate one of her cookies, giving a nod at the girl's question. "I know Tuck better than Evan, I've only met him once before and it was only for like a minute. But Tuck's talked about him before. Actually Tuck's my--"
Someone was choking on something. Heidi blinked and looked over her shoulder to find Tuck choking on something. Did he just..swallow it wrong? Please be the case. "Tuck?" She called out with concern, hurrying over to him. "Tuck? Are you okay?"
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:03 pm
While she understood the stiffness of Evan's answer, it didn't help her feel any better about telling them about Gale. Heck, she was afraid they'd literally go and find him and put slap threatening down on him, which the guy hardly needed after Thane had done a number on him. And thus Stormy eyed her Sun brother levelly and said, "Hmm? I don't know who you mean?"
Stormy had gotten just a bit cheekier since they last met, apparently.
"Please don't choke, Tuck," she added mildly, still quite as casual as you please. "I'd hate to fill out a form on cause of death and put Mimsy's cooking on it." She heard Roland's voice and oh okay awkwardness level rising for her bestie.
Stormy blindly reached out behind her to touch Nevada's arm before turning to her. "Mind grabbing us some sweets?" she whispered. "You can get as many as you can and head to our room and I'll be like right there in a sec to do movies and stuff, okay?" It was her cue to grab and go, or go talk to Roland, or remove herself form the situation some way and somehow while she dealt with this tiny, very manageable, totally not dramatic problem.
Because she was. Still. Being very. Casual about it.
"It's funny, since Tuck never mentioned you to me!" Stormy answered Heidi as the moon hunter ran to check on her brother, laughing a little like it was a joke. "Silly Tuck. I guess we all have a lot to catch up on."
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:06 pm
"I GUESS WE DO," Tuck wheezed from across the room.
Loudly.
Really loudly.
"I'M FINE."
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:13 pm
Okay, he could speak. Loudly. He wasn't going to die or anything like that. Good. Heidi couldn't help but giggle at Stormy's 'concern' about filling out forms. Though she did catch the bit about Tuck never mentioning her. Well..their relationship was new, maybe he just didn't think to. It wasn't a big deal. "You're not okay~. Want me to go get you some water?"
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:15 pm
Nevada just waited for Heidi to drive the ******** stake right through her already broken heart. It was stupid that she was even here as long as she was. And Stormy was picking up on it. The best to do was to remove herself from the situation as quickly as possible.
She managed a brief look at Tuck as he choked, worried for a moment and took a step towards him before he wheezed the okay out. Instead she used the step to turn to Evan, giving him what one would find to be a big sister look. As in, don't push Stormy because eventually she will tell you and if you be rude, she will knock your a** out Evan.
"If you'll excuse me guys..." Nevada offered all of them a small nod, headed back to the table but not before stopping by Roland, her voice low as she addressed him. "Your face is clearly expressing how you want Tuck to die choking on food Roland. That's not like you...." And it wasn't like Roland, regardless of the things that happened. She smiled at Peyton, the only one of the room she didn't have drama with and to the cakes. She grab what she could and get out ******** faster then bolt the lightning dog.
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Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 10:17 pm
Evan's eyebrows lifted in surprise at the sass his little Mist sister replied to him with. On the one hand, it was annoying that they were beating around this particular bush; on the other hand, it was almost refreshing to see Stormy pushing back for once instead of just standing there and taking it. He only wished she had picked a better time and place for it, though, because he wasn't going to let this go.
"Well, then that makes two of us, because I don't know who, exactly, I mean either. I heard it from this guy," he said, pointing at Tuck, giving him a look that clearly said suck it up, "who heard it from this girl," he continued, pointing at Nevada, "who, if you're suddenly rooming together, must have heard it directly from you. And I know this isn't the kind of thing you'd lie about, so you might as well let it all out. It's a small island, word'll get around sooner rather than later anyway."
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