|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 4:34 pm
Zac was perched on one of the walls of a sort of 'raised' central garden in the park. It was tall enough that it put him slightly up from the more 'average' sized people that walked by. It'd been a bit of work to get up there without tipping his notebook and his ever so important bottle of water into the greenery just behind him. But the view more than made it worth it.
He checked his watch as subtly as he could. The face of it was actually worn on the inside of his wrist so that he could simple glance at it without making it clear what he was doing. No sense tipping people off that he was timing something.
Admittedly it was a sort of 'window' of time rather than a specific one but, he was certain this was going to be fantastic. Shame Dem had to be else where, but there would be other times.
A biker went by one the first of exactly 6 rounds of the rim of the park, his familiar shirt advertising ironically, a brand of ice cream in bright colors.
Zac checked off the first note in his book smiling and turned to look for the next few elements to fall into place...
two.... three... checked off in short order. Beautiful, just beautiful... he loved creatures of habit.
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 4:47 pm
Her expression was flat.
It was flatter than a flat note.
Flatter than a flat tire.
Flatter than... <******** it, her expression was just flat.
Delphine had been on a pleasant little walk up until one of her brother's friends came up to chit chat with her. Delphine hardly approved of conversing with other people to begin with, especially when they were her brother's friend, and especially when she was under the suspicion that they might be into her. Yeah, she was unamused, and try as she might to ignore him, the cheery fellow insisted on walking with her. She couldn't even listen to the music on her iPod over the sound of his voice (and eventually gave up on it).
"Mhhhm, yeah, uh-huuuh," was what consisted of her side of the conversation. No one got the hint these days. He kept talking to her... dear god, what was he even talking about? Maybe she was getting better at tuning out people she didn't like.
Yet, he persisted still... and it was time for a quick get-away.
Her blue eyes glanced off to the side, caught the sight of a somewhat familiar figure, and she set her plan into motion. "Brian? You know... I'm actually meeting a good friend of mine. Like, really good friend." She sent Brian a meaningful glance, and without further ado headed towards her unsuspecting victim.
Delphine stood in front of him, his place on the wall putting him at the perfect height to be victimized to the degree of Delphine folding her arms and resting them in his lap. She was leaned over dramatically, and from Brian's point of view, it likely seemed as if she was flirting heavily with Zac.
"I know you from somewhere, right? You look taller now... Zac, right?" She just had to stay like this a little bit longer and Brian would be deterred forever.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 4:54 pm
The -look- she got in return the moment she came into contact him didn't at -all- register as one of someone who'd been flirted with by someone as attractive as she was. At least at face value...
It was more of a 'Dear god its touching me what does it want" look that was replaced by calculated hostile neutrality... a look that only added to the familiarity.
"...yes." He answered her flatly as soon as he found his voice.
"Delphine." He responded after studying her face for a moment and then glanced past her at the rather beet faced boy whom was staring like a gutted codfish.
"...Ah." he said simply, straitening, glanced slightly to one side and checked something in his notebook.
"You look, pursued." He said shooting her a look that could -could- have been misread as a 'lecherous' look if you couldn't see the 'get off me' in his eyes.
"I could tell you to ******** off..." He added eyes narrowing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:06 pm
What made her little humiliation of Brian all the more sweeter was Zac's own expression. It was as if he was getting attacked by a homeless person, to be exact. While her touch may not be poisonous, or even dirty, he certainly seemed to think so. It would have made her laugh, and the only reason she held back on doing so was because she needed him for the moment. Zac was her scape goat. Really, all he needed to do was pay attention to her, and Delphine could do the rest.
She leaned forward, as if she was listening intently to what he was saying, slipping just a little bit between his knees. It'd be enough to send the message across, more than enough. But, hey, it was a double-whammy. She was making two boys very uncomfortable. "Ah, you remember me!" she smiled innocently, so innocently in fact that it appeared to be as deceiving as it really was.
"You can say that, if you want. I can guarantee the only thing Mr. Prince Charming over there will hear is the word '********', and that he'll probably assume that you want up my skirt. That works fine for me. I don't think he's the type to pursue someone who's taken." Delphine glanced coyly up at Zac, before adopting a disinterested expression, lifting a finger to tap it against his notebook. "Look, I'll stop 'molesting' you as soon as that p***k's gone. What have you got written in there?" Her tone was more conversational now. Really, she wasn't going to be an immediate b***h when he was unwillingly doing her a favor.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:25 pm
"And what if I told him to retrieve his lapdog?" He smiled almost cherubic but it never once touched his eyes.
He slid a hand to cover the note book for a moment as his attention turned to something further into the park.
"I'd love to flatter you by saying your distracting, however..." he checked off another slot and, as he moved his hand, one could read for a moment a note.
C.B - G.R. - walk @ 1:15-2:00 - meets with W.C.M @ cart
Across the park a Blond woman, with a golden retriever was walking towards a man in a business suit standing near a hot-dog cart.
"Nothing." He said curtly and recovered it but his eyes were already scanning the rest of the park for something before he turned his eyes back to her.
"And I could easily chose another spot to sit, do you think he'd find it so 'romantic' if I walked away? I'd dump my water on you but that would be a waste.... 'princess'" he added at the end, like a mockery for calling the would be suitor 'Prince charming' ...
"But if you -really- want to drive him off. I'm willing to negotiate. He almost looks ready to walk over, don't you think?"
A twitch of a smile that appeared and -died- at the corner of his mouth.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:38 pm
"You're forgetting that your vulnerable parts could be at risk if you ******** this up," she responded sweetly, as if it wasn't a threat. Delphine didn't really make it into a threat, if only because she believed Zac wouldn't call out to a stranger to ask him to pry a girl off of him. It would put Zac in an awkward social situation, and he looked like the type of kid to avoid them as avidly as Delphine herself did. "At least I'm not actually hitting on you, just pretending to."
She got a peek of what was on his notebook, and quite honestly, her interest was piqued. Was he... people watching? She'd assume he was copying notes, but there were no other notes about. It wasn't too long past 2:00... well, her curiosity was piqued. "Aww, don't be so cruel, Zac! Interesting stuff you got in your notes, there." Delphine did pretty well at pretending she knew exactly what he was doing, even if she was still rather clueless. She did have some practice in lying, though.
"Well, I'd probably follow you, until he got the impression that we were wandering off for some private time together. I don't see why you're fighting over this so much," she sighed dramatically. "I'm not hurting you, really."
Of course, he had her interest again. If there was an easy way to get him to stay put and look like he was flirting with her, then she'd at least listen. Besides, one glance over her shoulder at Brian made her grimace. He looked to be debating over whether to approach them or not. Someone was not acting up to par, and she sent Zac an accusing look, knowing exactly who was causing the issue. "Fine, I'm all ears. Let's negotiate."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:46 pm
"One moment..." he said glancing up again... and started tapping his finger on the notebook, watching a large young man entering the park.
Quietly speaking under his breath, keeping time you released
"one, two, three, four... one, two, three four..." and so on...
The young man was looking for... something, someone, and looked more than pleased with the idea of finding them.
The biker making his rounds, nearly ran him over and he stumbled shaking his fist as the man whizzed by on his 5th round of the park... a 5 was checked.
He bumped into the woman with the dog who spilled her drink over the gentleman in the suit who yelled at the young man. The dog started barking, which looked to be the only thing that drove the young man off.
Another check.
Eyes darted to a man in a non-descript brown coat passing the couple with the dog, and a wallet, vanished into the non-descript coat and was gone...
That little smile was back and he turned his attention back to you as the yelling started, and accusations of 'thief' started to be passed around.
"In return for... a minor favor at a later time, I will -pretend- to kiss you. That should send him running to whatever photos and magazines he's hidden from his parents and out of your life."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:57 pm
Oh yes, she definitely was becoming interested in whatever it was that Zac was doing. There had to be some connection here, something that she was missing, but Delphine couldn't quite connect the dots. She was too preoccupied with putting on a show that would deter Brian from ever talking to him again, and Zac still wasn't helping. Brian would clue in to the fact that something was out of place. Zac was paying more attention to the people around him to the girl who was partly between his legs.
This wouldn't do.
If Brian came over here Delphine was going to be pissed beyond belief. For the moment she'd have to put her curiosity to the side. She'd figure out what Zac was doing later (because some of the things that were happening did not QUITE appear to be mere coincidences). "What minor favor would this be? Don't think I'm stupid enough to jump into something head-first when I don't have a clue what I'm bargaining over." Delphine glanced over her shoulder again, looking briefly anxious because the longer they stalled, the more confidence Brian could gather.
s**t, he was going to come over here at this rate.
"A pretend kiss? It better be pretty damned convincing. I kind of want that guy to be too embarrassed to ever look at me again. You're not providing me with the easy fix I was looking for."
'So you better start cooperating, homeboy', she thought sourly.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:02 pm
"Well then you should pick your targets better, next time pick someone who's -interested" he smiled this time, angelic almost and put a hand under her chin, bending and tilting his head so that his bangs fell to obscure their faced from the angle her obsessor was watching.
"Believable is in the eyes of the beholder of course..." he murmured, close enough due to trying to give the illusion of kisses that they were nearly nose to nose.
"when is the last time you brushed your -teeth-" he added arching an eyebrow and crinkling his nose but still smirking. Teasing?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:13 pm
"You were the only one nearby that I recognized, so sorry, but if I could pick someone else, I would've." There, she could be just as mean as he could be if she felt like it. Hell, she was mean nearly every minute of every day. Zac had a lot of practice to do if he was going to catch up. He also had a lot of practice to do on learning how to fake kiss. Well, she'd work with it. He hadn't bothered to tell her what favor he was going to request of her... so well, she'd make things believable.
That and she knew he'd hate it, so what was the harm?
She leaned up so that the tip of their noses to touch, and that should have alerted to him that he'd just ******** himself. A hand rose to twine her fingers in his hair, to pull him down into a kiss that definitely was not make-believe. This wasn't as much of putting on a show that would chase Brian away forever, this was also about revenge. She had brushed her teeth this morning, for three ******** minutes, THANK YOU.
Delphine turned her head, so the kiss wasn't obscured, so there wouldn't be any doubt that they lip-locking. The final blow would be easy enough to deal, and she smiled into the forced kiss at the thought of it.
Brian definitely got to see a little tongue, even if it was just Delphine's tongue. "And have you ever heard of a breath mint?" she taunted with an evil glint in her eye.
That's right, b***h, wilt from discomfort.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:08 pm
It was an excellent thing she latched onto his hair or he'd most likely have not only pulled away, but flipped backwards into the foliage.
His own bid for freedom, after trying to pull away resulted in feeling like she'd scalp- him rather than turn him free was to bite.
Kiss -this- b***h!!
"If I thought scheduling an unfortunate accident for you would cause you sufficient suffering for that be sure that it would already be -well- underway" He hissed through clenched teeth.
"I should write him a love note in your name..." He hissed eyes blazing in fury.
"Now get -off-"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:18 pm
"So suck it up, put up with a kiss, and maybe I won't put you on a deathbed, and maybe I'll be nice for once in my WHOLE ******** life and give you two favors." She tugged on his hair impatiently, keeping him in place, trapped. It was make it or break it.
Or, to be more apt, make out or be broken.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:26 pm
He made a sound of profound irritation. If looks could kill he'd have given the whole park the black death already.
"I said -pretend- to kiss..." he snarled, but stilled himself, you could almost see the -war- behind his eyes weighing the offer.
"two favors..." he affirmed coldly. "I name them when I need them." He directed "And you -never- mention this again."
He stopped trying pull away, eyes locked to hers. It -could- have been mistaken for something like 'blazing passion'... maybe.
In some cultures.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:34 pm
"Yeah, but I asked you what the favor would be, and you didn't dignify me with an answer. I was getting a little assurance that I wasn't getting the bad end of the deal." Delphine's words were short, clipped with irritation and annoyance. Maybe they could pass off this argument as some sort of violent foreplay, where they argued and exchanged a little violence before getting 'hot and heavy'. Well, it wouldn't be too difficult to buy into it, especially with Delphine's stand-offish and mean attitude.
"Then you better make this one ******** hell of a show, because if he's not convinced then you aren't getting your two favors AND my silence." There, she had somehow managed to salvage this situation without too much tragedy. She might regret it later, but right now anything was better than having Brian drool over her. Delphine carefully loosened her hold on his hair, less controlling now that she knew he wasn't going to dart over the other side of the wall at the first opportunity (if he did he was going to be in for a beating, Delphine was sure of that).
"Ready when you are," she joked with a soft snort.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:39 pm
"I can't tell you what I don't know yet...'princess'" He said and tossed in a 'smoldering smile' that looked like it was aped from one of those -awful- bodice rippers the woman whom was walking by had sticking out of her bag.
"I'd hop down, but safe to say it would -not- work in our favor, and might create unfavorable day dreams on his part."
Without further preamble he slid his hand behind her neck...fingers sliding up into her hair to pull her back and kissed her again. A more gentle preamble to what had gone before but working up to a more 'steamy' and involved kiss than just her forcing her tongue down his gullet.
When he got home, he was going to take a very long shower, and gargle the whole bottle of scope to rid himself of 'infuriating woman' taint, that was all there was to it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reply
