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 Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:15 pm
As a child Riley had been easily entertained. That hadn't really changed as she grew a bit older, tumbling into adolecane. The difference was she wanted to be doing a little more entertaining on her own rather then letting her siblings "drag" her around. As much as they could have dragged the free-spirited girl, anyway. Victor had suggested a few ways to vent this restless energy. And surprisingly, she had taken quite well to one of them. Track.
There was just something about running that felt wonderful. She had never been the type to sit still...so to just take off and go! Well, it felt great. She had left that morning, er, afternoon to head out for a bit run. Part of it was to improve her speed, which was naturally rather good, and the other bit of it was just because she found it fun. The sparrow teen had jogged a few blocks before she began to pass a park. She glanced at it absently as she began to run past, but she didn't expect to see anything, really.
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:29 pm
However, she was surprised to find the park was actually inhabited despite the chill. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see a young boy, brown-skinned and golden-haired, clambering up the jungle gym with fierce determination. There was no adult in sight to witness his triumph as he reached the top. Standing, he punched skywards. "Yeah!"
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:41 pm
Riley stopped, her breath a bit rapid but nothing hoarse or ragged. It showed in a mist before her due to the chill and now that she was no longer mobile the cold began to n** at her body. She wasn't one to like winter much; she resisted wearing the warmer clothes. She was wearing long pants, but had refused to wear a coat. Instead she just had a simple T-shirt. Seeing a familiar figure reach the peak of the jungle gym she grinned, lifting a hand to flick her wrist in a wave, "'ey! Nice job Iggy!"
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:52 pm
Ignacio craned his neck and peered across the park. "Riley?" he asked. Before she could confirm his guess, he yelped in excitement and skidded down the bars at a break-neck pace, certainly adding a new rip or two to his clothing. Then he ran over to her. When he reached her, however, he drew up short and blinked up at her. "Wow," he finally said. "You got -big-."
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:00 pm
"Long time no see!" Riley greeted with a grin, putting a casual hand on her hip and letting out a breath in the cold. It was good to see her friend again, though she had to admit she was a bit disappointed. Everyone was smaller! He had been her final hope in that regard. "Yeah, guess so," she agreed with a shrug. All her friends had had different reactions. Manny had thought it exciting...Riley personally just thought it was a pain in the a**. But, that was life, she supposed, "How ya been?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 8:21 pm
"Not bad." He grinned whitely, canines pointy and bright. "Dad lets me come to the park alone now which is cool. Boring when you and Antony and Harper and stuff aren't here but it's still cool. I mean, I'm not big yet but he still lets me."
(Little did Ignacio know that Devon was secreted in the coffee shop across the street within easy reaching distance of the jungle gym - hidden but still able to see.)
Iggy shrugged and walked around Riley, looking at her thoughtfully. "Y'know, I bet you can do tons more stuff now," he announced. "Man, I wanna get big."
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:10 pm
"Mm...I 'pose," she agreed passively. She could do more things now, sure, but it wasn't much fun when everyone was smaller then you. And life didn't change that much. She still had to go to school, for instance, which drove her crazy. She tried to think of a good example of...what was good about being older. "I can drive," she suggested, "Sort of." She wasn't the kind of person you'd ever want to get in the car with, though, unless you had a death wish.
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:06 pm
"That's something." Ignacio reached behind his head and scratched at his hair. He looked thoughtful as he again surveyed his friend. "How'd it happen? I'll get big and we can play better."
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:21 pm
"You just...grow I guess, puberty and all that stuff," Riley shrugged, pulling at the neck on her shirt to let some of the cool air hit her body. She might not be wearing the proper clothes, but running sure kept her warm. She then passed him a sideways glance, "When you do that'll be great, it's not basket of roses being the only one. You should have seen how everyone freaked out at the party, ugh."
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