Blue Royalty | Official Thread

[benitz786]

Saying that he was disappointed in himself didn’t really capture the entirety of what he felt. He felt disappointed, sure, but there was also a small part of him that wasn’t upset at punching Mikel. And that single thought was putting him at odds with himself and he didn’t really know how to feel. Though maybe talking about it with a stranger was helping - if even ever-so-slightly. “Well… I probably do need to apologize,” Jordan added - though was he willing to apologize? Not to Mikel Lucas. No, Jordan Williams knew far too much about Mikel - enough to know that he wasn’t a good guy. Though he raised his eyebrows when the girl herself said sorry - laughter leaving his lips at the irony of the word. “So why are you saying sorry?” Jordan laughed. Though his laughter stopped when he heard her name. Sadie… wasn’t that… Jordan’s mind recalled the form he had filled out a month prior - the only name being on there being one Sadie Monroe. At the time, Jordan had just shrugged it off - after all, it was just a way for Jordan to donate some money.

Though, who knew. Perhaps there was more than one “Sadie” at this school and in the senior class. Though Jordan didn’t really have the time to falter over the issue when she offered that there was a bathroom. “I…” Jordan started, his original intention to say he appreciated it but he’d be fine. But after a few seconds, he nodded, “I’d actually really appreciate it,” he offered, standing up and letting her lead the way. “So besides me being an idiot - how was the rest of your bus ride?” Jordan questioned, following her close behind attempting to keep a line of conversation going - at least enough to diffuse the awkward tension that accompanied making food of himself in front of someone he didn’t know. Though as he walked, Jordan couldn’t help but notice a root peeking out from the ground. “Hey watch ou-” Jordan started, though before he knew it the girl’s foot was caught in it causing her to spiral downwards, though before she could, Jordan had used his good hand to pull her back up and towards his body. “out… there’s a root…” he finished, now holding the girl against him so she could support herself. “You okay?”

@novella

[benitz786]

“Only the essentials, Daniel”

Daniel nodded, the remnants of a smirk on his features as he looked at the bags. “Of course, wouldn’t dare expect any less from you Delilah… you’ve only been back for a day and you’re already making statements,” he grinned. “please at least tell me you didn’t bring your hair straightener or curler or whatever… I do hope you know the teachers didn’t bring any source of electricity so you’ll really have no way to use them,” he laughed slightly, “Unless one of those bags has a portable generator - which with you, I wouldn’t really be surprised,” In retrospect, he wasn’t really judging Delilah. After all, look at him - he would be the last person to ever judge what someone does in the middle of the woods. Though, a little teasing never hurt anyone. However, Daniel did wonder what people would think of him. After all - all he had brought was a small empty suitcase to share the illusion of the fact that he had an intention to stay the night. No… Daniel had a far better plan up his sleeve. Sleeping in a tent? Oh hell no. Though Delilah could think what she wanted with the crappy polyester disaster that was being put up to finalize his illusion. His driver had been putting up both Jessica and Daniel’s tent for the last few minutes - and it was still larger than some of the other student’s tents, he still wasn’t planning on using it. Jess was apparently - but he would never really understand her choices.

As the conversation moved onto that of Lily-Ann, a woman he still didn’t very much like, he nodded as she made a statement about Lily-Ann liking her more than she liked Candice. The only reason it was hard for him to believe the story, however, was the simple fact that Lily-Ann didn’t like anybody. “Well, to each their own… though I will say… be careful around her Delilah,” Dan muttered nonchalantly, though there was an undertone of care beneath his voice. No matter what - Daniel Parker did care about Delilah… as odd as it was to show it.

Though he couldn’t help but shake his head as she pretended to not reciprocate even a drop of that, mentioning needing a fake ID. “Ahh yes, Japan and their blonde fetish. I’d say I’m surprised, but I’m really not… anyways… I heard up the grapevine that there’s a child living with you in LIly-Ann’s estate? Let me guess - Lily’s husband had a torrid affair and now has a child out of it? I wouldn’t be surprised.”

@novella - Blondie

[benitz786]

“Why don’t you get down so we can talk about that?”

She laughed slightly as she felt his breath in her ear. “Anything for you cutie,” Emily played along - noticing the look on his features. It was the smile he wore right before they were going to go screw somewhere and she loved it. Loved the fact that she could make him feel like that… just like the way he could make her feel. And he had made her. Multiple times. That simple smile brought goosebumps to her skin so she obeyed - jumping off his back as he had requested. Though, Emily let her hand brush along his back - letting it trail to the front of his chest until she faced him - unable to stop the smile on her face.

She half expected him to remind her of what he had told her a few weeks ago - that they were stopping their little… sessions. But he didn’t. And if anything, that gave her hope. Or, at least, strengthened the idea in her mind that he did want her and he was just scared that he was falling for her. That was… totally what was happening. And this trip - this would seal the deal.

Her smile grew, if that was even possible, when he told her he found the perfect spot for their next… adventure. The two of them had done it everywhere from the back of his car - multiple times - to the alleyway of a night club, to even the locker room after he won a game. And now - the woods. No one could say their sex life was boring. Though the “wait” part brought a pout to her lips as she muttered, “I’ll try,” letting her hand run down his chest - not caring about the fact that Dorian’s sister was right next to them giving the two an audience. “It has been a while,” Emily whispered, wrapping her hands around his neck for the second time as she brought her lips to his ear, “But that’ll make it so much better,” she added, teasing as she let her nibbled on his ear before pulling away reluctantly. See… she knew all the other girls on the squad were just jealous of her. Dorian obviously liked her more than he did the other girls… including that Sadie… which Emily was still angry at. “So, where is this spot you were telling me about and when should I meet you there handsome?”

@astxrism - Poor man

[benitz786]

A soft smile met his lips as Elodie took his hands off of her eyes - guessing his name immediately. “Actually it’s Ian Somerhalder don’t you know?” Riker joked, trying to ease the tension as he noticed her moving away from him. Though Elodie had been getting more comfortable around him for the last few weeks - there was still something that was clearly holding her back. After all… it was hard not to notice. They were having a good time one moment and the next she walked away, or held her distance. Though - Riker had been giving the girl her space when she needed it and making sure not to push her. Perhaps that’s why he made small talk with Dorian - to give her a moment. Though it was clear that conversation was over when a girl Riker didn’t recognize jumped on his back. Riker raised his eyebrow, noticing the words Dori had mouthed when she jumped on him - though from the angle he was at, he couldn’t see exactly what was said. So instead, Riker turned towards Elo with a raised eyebrow, mumbling “Girlfriend?” out of curiosity - hoping she could elaborate more on the… touchy-feely girl next to them. Though, there was nothing wrong with being touchy-feely. Riker was never one to say no to PDA - though Dorian, in this case, didn’t seem too happy at the PDA being displayed.

“You two good?” Riker asked Dorian, before being pulled away when he heard Elo mutter that she hadn’t signed up for all of that. A soft laugh left his lips as she told him he was in the wrong group. “Oh am I?” Riker asked, “See I just stopped listening at what the teachers were saying after I heard your name and group number - oops,” he added jokingly, flirting with the girl. “I won’t say anything if you won’t,” he continued with a soft whisper - though he knew the girl would likely make him go to his group sooner or later. He had heard that he was with Yara… which he didn’t really mind. He liked hanging out with her casually - the two had become good friends over the years because of Jordan. Speaking of… “Hey do me a favor… watch out for Jordan while I’m busy entertaining my group… I honestly don’t know what got into him today,” he added, smiling at her poking his stomach. “Hey, stop making me think I need to go work out,” Riker pouted - continuing the ongoing joke they had started a few weeks prior when she posted a photo of her on the beach.

@astxrism

[Kbail]

The bus stopped and Kara was relieved. She didn’t want to be on a super long bus ride, but she was also annoyed because she It was stopping at a campsite. She took a deep breath and began leaving the bus after saying good-bye to Marie. The teachers assigned everyone their groups and tasks, and she ended up in a group that she didn’t have problems with except for Mareena, but she would make sure to stay away from her as much as she could. She stood around absentmindedly while looking at the questions for the group activity. The questions were about the students, which she was surprised about since she thought the activity would be boring.

@Ouijaloveletters Marie Mentioned

APPROACHABLE

When the bus stopped, Brandon excitedly put his backpack over his shoulder and exited the bus. The teachers were assigning groups and he wondered what the activity would be. He was in group 3 and while reading the names he saw that he was with Mikel and Andy. He was hesitant about it but he just shrugged his shoulders and went to stand next to everyone in the group.

To: Everyone
From: Blue Royalty

Want a real quiz? Find out even more of your classmate’s deadly secrets, and take the chance to alter the Blue Blood list. Winning group gets 15 points each.

He started internally freaking out when he saw the question about him. He should’ve known that a camping trip at this school wouldn’t go over peacefully. He put his phone down and tried not to meet Selena’s eyes. His throat was dry and his heart was pounding. He took his phone out of his pocket again, pretending to look at something, anything while trying to think of something to say to her.

@Quinn Selena Mentioned

Appoachable

[novella]

Sadie lightly shook her head when Jordan said he needed to apologise, not knowing how to comment on the situation since she didn’t know what it was, nor did she even knew the receiver of said punch. Maybe he had a perfectly valid reason for punching whoever it was, and is, therefore, required no apology. Or maybe he did it irrationally and perhaps does owe them one. But, either way, it wasn’t any of Sadie’s business to ask and try to find out about, so she had no audible response to him.

“I–” Sadie started to find an answer to why she was saying she was sorry. A very good question, Sadie thought. Mainly, she had done it on impulse because she felt like she needed to. “I don’t know, in case I was annoying you, or something, by talki-asking you… I don’t know, sorry.” She then closed her eyes as she realised that she had just said it again, knowing she probably looked like an idiot right about now.

Glad to be changing the focus of the conversation from her continuous apologising, Sadie walked ahead, looking around at the familiar campsite which was filled with past anecdotes of times she had been here before. “Oh, the bus ride? It was…” Sadie started while her eyes stopped on a particular pairing, Dorian DeLoughrey and Emily Dalton, who was stood not far from where she and Jordan originally were. It didn’t take a genius to see that, from their body language, they were having more than just a friendly discussion. She hadn’t seen Dorian since the prom night, and it was clear he had moved on - if he had even liked her in the first place, anyway. She still gave him a warm smile when he looked over, regardless of it portraying the opposite of her actual feelings.

“What?” She refocused her attention to the direction she was walking a moment too late, her foot catching on the root that Jordan had started to warn her about. Needless to say, Sadie immediately lost all balance, her arms stretching out in front of her to avoid completely face-planting. But, to her surprise and, at first, confusion, she never hit the ground. Instead, she was stood upright, stabilised by the hands of Jordan - which made her jump into a step forward as soon as she realised.

She looked down at the plainly obvious root that Sadie had stupidly missed. “Oh yeah, there it is,” Sadie replied when he finished his initial warning statement, turning to face him again. “Yeah, I’m fine. Sorry about that. No, I mean thank you, for- but also sorry… for doing th-… the bathroom? Yeah, still this way,” She sharply turned back around to face the direction they were walking.

@benitz786 — Emily Dalton (mentioned) and Jordan Williams
@astxrism — Dorian DeLoughrey

[astxrism]

Dorian DeLoughrey

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The fact that she didn’t know what stop means when he told her that multiple times bothered him more than her switching groups. He knew who was in his group, he was actually paying attention to that for many reasons and he doesn’t remember hearing her name. So his guess was she asked to be with him so she could do this. “Cutie”, taking in a deep breath to keep his cool, he looked down at her hand that was now on his chest for a second before looking up at Riker with a sarcastic smile and mumbling “We’re perfect.” Of course, nothing was perfect, it was visible on his face but he couldn’t let her see that so he quickly shifted his attention back to her, a soft smirk appearing on his lips again.

His hands now rested on her hips, gently pulling her closer to him when he felt her arms wrapping around his neck. “Not patient? Should’ve expected that,” Dorian answered, in the same teasing way. It would be a lie to say he didn’t enjoy her touch and everything else she was doing, he very much did.
He always had fun with her. Emily was always there when he needed her. Needed someone. She always made him feel better about himself but… he didn’t need it anymore. Especially not now. Or that’s what he wanted to believe in. At that moment, he looked to the side, regretting going along and flirting with Emily but it was too late. It was also too late to look away because he locked eyes with Sadie, one of the sweetest girls he met, a girl that didn’t deserve to be involved in his drama. He felt more than guilty, especially because he let Emily be all over him at that moment and what made it worse was seeing Sadie smiling at him. As much as it hurt him to do that, he returned the smile but quickly looked back at Emily again, focusing on one problem at a time.

One of his hands moved up to push a strand of her hair behind her ear when she asked about the spot he found. Fck, there was no spot. “That’s a surprise…” he chuckled, letting his thumb slide over her jaw and gently brush over her lower lip as he kept his eyes on it. “I’ll tell you later, okay?” Moving his hands and shoving them in his pocket, he took a step back from her but made sure the smile on his face was still visible. “But if you promise to be nice to my friend,” he quickly added, pointing to no one else but Sadie.

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@novella - Poor cutie Sadie mentioned
@benitz786 - ahhh

[astxrism]

Elodie May DeLoughrey

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"Ian who?” A cheeky but still shy smile met her lips, joking herself as she raised her brow and crossed her arms for a few seconds. Elodie was almost glad he wasn’t paying attention just to her, at the beginning at least. Sometimes she needed more time to think about her actions and words because she still wasn’t… She didn’t want to ruin anything or have another Theo scene. Or getting a teddy and right after being dumped in front of the whole school. So having Riker talking to both her and Dorian made her happy and then his question made her laugh quietly.

Girlfriend? Well, Elodie wasn’t so sure about that. She knew he didn’t have a girlfriend but Emily was confusing her. She was acting too clingy for someone that’s having casual sex with her brother… not something she wants to think about. “I have no idea, sorry,” Elodie answered with a pout. “I think they are just… you know,” adding quietly, she slightly shrugged her shoulders, glancing at the two. And from Dorian’s answer she could see that he definitely wasn’t happy with the situation but for some reason pretended like he was. Maybe that’s why he was acting so strange recently?

She soon forgot all about her brother and the strange girl when she heard Riker’s answer, or his usual flirtatious response. Her gaze was stuck on him, fighting back a smile but she wasn’t so successful at it so as soon as a shy smile appeared on her lips, she looked to the side, away from him. “I won’t say anything then,” whispering the moment she looked back at him, that shy smiled turned into a goofier one and she quickly added, “But I don’t think I should do that. Don’t want anyone to be mad at me for taking away the best partner they could get.” She also knew how to… joke.

“I will, don’t worry about Jordan,” no one had to tell her to keep an eye on him, that’s what she would’ve done if he was actually there with them. “But I think he is too busy with another girl,” she chuckled, once again glancing at him and Sadie. And they were adorable.
From poking Riker, her hand move up to his cheek as she pouted. “Hey, no pouting. I’m not doing that,” she replied with a sad tone. “You know that the reason why I showed you how to button your shirt is because you’re better than me?”

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@benitz786

[CerealKiller]

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A while has passed and the bus has arrived in the dump hole of a camping site their trip was about to take place in.
Andy enjoyed spending time with Ketziah on the bus, but now they have parted ways even though they were eventually put in the same group for the activity.
“Andy!”
He heard someone call his name pretty quietly, and turned his gaze to see a bruised Mikel calling him, honestly he didn’t expect Jordan to punch him, from how he knew Jordan, he wasn’t the guy that gets in fights, but Andy didn’t want to meddle in that story, it was messy enough as is.
“What do you say we skip this little group activity and enjoy what I have packed away in here. I don’t feel like being around any of these people. I will be that way if you want to join.”
The guy said and walked away to the direction in which he pointed. Andy didn’t mind much, he just wanted to have a good time in the trip, so hell with it, why not? He followed his friend and leaned against a tree as he reached where he was, ”They’re not all bad.” he said about their group, regarding what Mikey said about not wanting to be around them. ”It’s mostly Brandon, that little piece of sh!t” he muttered

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Idk I need sleep
@Madilfill Mikey boy
@Littlefeets Ketziah mentioned
@Kbail Brandon mentioned

[benitz786]

“We’re perfect,”

She loved those words. It was clear that Dorian cared about her - from the way he spoke to the way his body reacted to her touch. Though the way his features looked in that moment did make her falter for a second - her worry soon disappeared when he brought his attention back towards her. She couldn’t blame him though - her body reacted the same way to him. It was hard not to feel that way around him with his hands on her waist - and she could see the girls in the back staring at her with jealousy. Though she couldn’t help but catch Hailey’s eye and send her a wink as she did so. There was another gaze in their direction that caught her attention a second later, and as she was in Dorian’s arms - she found a girl in the distance looking towards them. It took her a second to realize it was Jessica Pierce - though since that girl had left years ago, she wasn’t really an issue any longer. Whereas before, Jessica had monopolized Dorian’s time which was frustrating in middle school - Emily didn’t have to worry about that anymore.

Pulling her eyes away from where the girl had been a moment earlier, a smirk reached her lips when he muttered “not patient…” in her ear and she shrugged. “What can I say, It’s hard when you’re standing right here,” she added letting go of him again as she turned towards his sister with a smile. “And Elodie… you look so cute today,” Emily added, exchanging niceties and acknowledging the girl’s presence for the first time. Though, Emily couldn’t help but frown with Dori’s next words of being nice to his friend - that friend being Sadie Monroe. The b*tch who stole her captaincy right from under her. What kind of bullsh!t excuse was ‘we’re not getting ready for nationals because Emily keeps flaunting us to the soccer team’ - okay maybe it wasn’t exactly like that, but that’s what it sounded like when the coach had relayed the news that she was demoted.

Though Emily had absolutely no intention what-so-ever of being nice to Sadie Monroe, she continued to put on her sweetest smile. “Of course Dori, I’ll be an angel,” She added, turning towards him, “Now I can’t promise I’ll be an angel later tonight though,” she whispered, putting her hand back on his chest. “Say… would mind helping me put my tent up? I’m just so bad at it… maybe we can set up right next to each other?”

@astxrism - Wish you luck future Mr. Dalton

[Littlefeets]

Malachi Azure

Malachi answered Dorian by confirming that Val was his cousin, and began to mention how he had a few friends there as well, but then he didn’t have the chance to mention who, other than Valerie and Dominic who sat by her ahead of them. It was at that point, that a fight went occurred which included one of the people he was starting to get to know, Jordan who certainly hadn’t seemed like the fighting type, and it somehow involved a certain former blonde based on her distress at the situation. It wasn’t long after that Malachi received a facetime call. It wasn’t a number that he recognized, but the caller turned out to be Jessica herself, asking if she left her phone in his car that morning. He chuckled just slightly at her calling him Mr. Kingsly again like she had called him when they went to that wedding. “You did. I was planning to return it back to you when we got to the campsite.” Malachi answered, noticing the awkwardness when Jessica had seen that the person he was seated with was Dorian DeLoughrey. When they finally arrived, Malachi had gotten off of the bus and was soon met by Jessica. He smiled and pulled her phone out of his pocket, passing it to her when she came close. “One phone, fully charged and no longer on the brink of death, just for you.” He shook his head when she brought up his brother. “Don’t give my brother sex tips while I’m around again, and we can probably call it even, because I now already know more details about his sex life than I ever needed to know.”

@benitz786

[Madilfill]

”They’re not all bad.” Mikels ears perked when he heard Andy’s words and he laughed a bit. This also meant that he took Mikey up on his offer and is coming with him. “Oh yeah, I really enjoy hanging out with my ex and her cheating new boyfriend.” He said back to Andy with a raised brow, over his shoulder as he looked back at him a bit while still walking. “Okay, you could be right maybe that Katziah may have some redeeming qualities.” He didn’t know her or much about her so he didn’t have the right to judge her but he really wasn’t in the mood to hang around Selena and Brandon. Though him and Selena weren’t on bad terms he just really wasn’t in the head space to be around someone he had something with even if it was short lived. “Do you really want to do some group game?” Mikel challenged Andy. “Some team building?” That was probably needed at this point with everything that happened on the bus but Mike wasn’t going to be participating in it this time.

He stopped in a space that was surrounded by trees that reached up to the sky. He cleared the ground beneath his feet by kicking the rocks or sticks that were there out of the way and then sat in the spot. He took his backpack off and set it in front of him, unzipping it and pulling out what he wanted before tossing the bag towards Andy. “What’s mine is yours.” He said to his friend and was actually happy that he had decided to come with him. He didn’t really want to be alone right now and it may not be the best idea either.

@CerealKiller

[novella]

Daniel started to make comments on electricity, which she had been hoping he picked up on. “No, the teachers don’t, but the hot camp instructor staying in the cabin does,” Delilah replied, barely looking at him, instead at the man she was referring to, sending him a flirtatious wave. Not only would she be able to get a source of electricity, Delilah knew that she’d probably be able to spend the night in the cabin rather than in the… cold… wet… disgusting outdoors. “What about you, how on earth are you going to survive without a laptop?” She asked, somewhat exaggeratedly, but also a genuine question because everyone knew that without Wi-Fi, Daniel was just… normal.

What she did notice was that Daniel had completely ignored Delilah’s statement about him having to stay in a tent, which she had expected him to protest against. “It’s actually nylon, and I’m looking forward to it.” Or something like that. Delilah took from that that he must have something planned to avoid sleeping in a tent. But, she didn’t really care enough about the theory to ask about it.

Delilah stopped trying to glorify Lily-Ann and her weeks away, as Daniel warned her. He mostly said it carelessly, but something about the way he was saying it brought hesitation to find a response, instead just maintaining the eye contact they had been keeping for the duration of the conversation. But, after a little longer than a moment, she sighed and rolled her eyes. “That’s cute,” She started, “Thinking that I need to be careful around someone, certainly not.”

“Yeah but luckily the other places had the drinking limit as 18. London. Paris. Italy.” Delilah purposely mentioned, mainly to just show off where she had been. “Well, the grapevine was correct. Yeah, Lily-Ann unexpectedly getting pregnant… like mother like daughter, right?”

@benitz786 — Daniel Parker

[astxrism]

Dorian DeLoughrey

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An angel. There was no way she was going to listen to him, he’s seen the way she’s been looking at Sadie but he couldn’t blame her. He’d do the same thing if he was in her place, after all Sadie did replace her. Just like he replaced Mav. “Thank you-“, he sweetly started with a soft smile but was quickly interrupted when she continued talking, now making it really hard to keep that smile. There was no later tonight. At this point it was also hard for him to keep up the act and pretend like he didn’t mind having her there, he kept shifting his weight from one leg to another and looking around.

“Tents? Next to each other?” Dorian looked down at her hands that were once again on his chest, but this time he kept his in his pockets. With a nervous smile he looked up at her, trying to think of what to say but luckily he didn’t have to say anything else. He gladly took a paper he was handed, some kind of a group activity. Usually he would roll his eyes at that but this time it actually made him happy. “Look, we have to work on something together. Let’s focus on that now?” With a grin he lifted that paper, hoping she would forget about the tents, only for a bit at least. But before he could even read what was on it, the sound of different text tones filled the site. That was fast, he thought, immediately grabbing his phone to see what else they had to do. It has been a while since they’ve received a similar text and he missed it, in a way. He also thought he would enjoy it, it would be fun… until he saw the first question. Fck. Dorian quickly looked at his sister but it seemed like she still hasn’t opened that text. There wasn’t anything he could do about that text, she’d have to see it so the only thing he actually could do is pretend like he had no idea why his name was an option and blame it on Kara. That was fair. Sometimes friends get jealous and do things they might regret. Like he did. But to his own sister.

“Let’s get our group,” Dorian mumbled, walking away from Emily towards Elodie and gently placing his hand on her shoulder. “Sorry to interrupt, we have things to do,” with a nervous smile he kept his gaze on her, before adding “Go get your friends. Valerie and Malachi.”

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@benitz786

[CerealKiller]

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”Yeah, no. I’ll pass on that opportunity as well” he said in response to Mikel’s statement about hanging out with Selena and Brandon.
“Okay, you could be right maybe that Katziah may have some redeeming qualities.”
”Some? Dude she’s one of the best people alive” he said and cracked his knuckles as they walked
“Do you really want to do some group game? Some team building?”
”In our class that kinda sounds like good entertainment. There will be so much chaos, guaranteed” he said with a light mischievous smirk
“What’s mine is yours.”
”Thanks man” he said and caught the bag taking out what he needed as well.
”So Jordan punched you huh? How did that happen” he asked and rested his back against a tree

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@Madilfill - Mikey
@benitz786 - jordan mentioned
@Quinn - Selena lowkey mentioned
@Kbail - Brandon lowkey mentioned

[benitz786]

Dorian obviously looked uncomfortable, and Riker honestly wanted to do something. Though at the same time, Riker trusted that his friend knew how to handle the girl by himself. Especially with Elodie revealing they’re just… friends with benefits. Probably. So instead of doing anything, Riker simply patted Dorian on the back - leaning in with the whisper “let me know if you need me,” leaving his lips. Dorian had Riker’s back more than once, and perhaps this was simple repayment of a favor. Though even without it, Riker would have been there for his friend.

As his attention turned back over to Elo - a soft smile graced his lips at her reaction. “I don’t know about best… they may thank you for taking away the most annoying person they know though,” Riker responded to her commentary, nodding as she replied to him about Jordan - though not turning to see who he was with… as long as it wasn’t Jezebel, Riker didn’t mind. However, his smile was soon met with a laugh when Elo told him that his body was “better” than hers. “Bull,” Riker muttered, though before he could say anything else - Dorian had stepped in to talk to Elo. “Aright, I guess that is my sign to get back to my group. I’ll see you two twins later,” Riker added, mumbling “good luck” to Dori as he eyed Emily before heading back over to where his group was gathering.

Approachable

[benitz786]

A small laugh escaped the man’s lips with Sadie’s response about why she had been apologizing. It was ironic - perhaps there was a time in Jordan’s life where he apologized about everything as well, no matter how little it was. It was interesting what a career in the industry did to you even over a short period of time. “You don’t need to apologize… if anything you’re doing me a favor,” Jordan reminded the girl, motioning towards his hand.

Jordan had begun listening towards her response to the question he asked her, but it was clear the girl was distracted. He followed her gaze towards where their group was gathering, and his only assumption could be she was either looking at Elodie or Dorian who was with a girl - though a more educated guess would probably be Dorian… especially with how close he and the girl were getting, displaying more than their fair share of PDA. Though he let her - perhaps he had given the same looks to Jezebel and Mikel in the past so he wasn’t one to judge. Plus… from what he knew about Dorian, overall the guy was pretty great… he just needed a reminder every now and again.

Though as he made sure she regained her footing, Jordan finally let go of the girl who had begin stumbling over her words - the only comparison being Jessica Pierce when she talked in lighting speed. Another laugh left Jordan’s lips as he nodded at her last statement of the bathroom and followed her. “I get it - if I saw someone I liked getting that cozy with someone else, I’ll probably not be paying attention to where I was walking either. Does he know?” Jordan asked, motioning towards where Dorian was standing.

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[benitz786]

A soft smile met her lips when she held the device. In all honestly, it wasn’t the first time Jessica had left the item somewhere and it probably wouldn’t be the last. Jessica did have a bad habit of forgetting about it - mostly because she barely used it. Only going on Instagram every once in a while to comment on her friends’ posts or texting Andy or Yara. Besides that, the phone was practically useless - often shown by the number of times Jess forgot to charge it. But honestly - what was the point of it? Jess didn’t need a map - usually being pretty good at knowing where she was. Perhaps the only use was to call people but if it died, oh well, Jess would meet new people.

Though when he added “One phone fully charged and no longer at the brink of death, just for you” her smile grew. “Wow and he saves my phone too huh? What can’t he do?” Jess joked, leaning slightly against the bus feeling lighter on her feet than she should - probably due to the over drinking of champagne in the car. Dan and she probably finished the bottle, and Dan hadn’t really drunk that much - meaning most of it was her. Though she didn’t mind, she liked the bubbly feeling - it made her forget about a certain dream she had a few nights ago. “Though, I doubt this phone will come that in handy in the middle of the woods, I do appreciate it. Maybe I’ll be able to play Sudoku while we do some team building,”

A soft chuckle left her lips at his next statement about not giving his brother sex tips in front of him. “Hey - don’t knock my tips until you try them. I’m pretty sure I elevated your brother’s sex life… and maybe yours if you were listening,” she smiled, “but I guess payment is payment - so I’ll avoid giving further sex talks to your siblings… in front of you at least,” Jess smiled. Placing the device in her bag, Jess’s eyes wandered around the campsite. Falling, for a few seconds, on what looked like Dorian and… was that… Emily Dalton getting a little more than comfortable. Well, she had asked him if he and Emily had ever gotten together in that car ride - and it seemed that this answered that question. She caught the girl’s eye for a few seconds before pulling her attention back to Kai, ignoring what she had just seen. Perhaps it was the alcohol in her veins but she was really enjoying this not caring motto people assumed she had - hence playing into it. “Well, Mr. Kingsly. I’m going to go for a walk and explore a bit - you enjoy… the teamwork,” Jess added walking off in a random direction away from where everyone was gathering - towards where the trees begin to thicken. She had come to these campgrounds a long time ago, and perhaps was curious to what was still there. Or… at least, if things were where she still remembered them to be. Or maybe she just wanted to delay being stuck with everyone for a little bit longer despite the alchol in her system easing her up. Plus a benefit of coming in Dan’s limo was the teachers weren’t accounting for her during the teamwork sessions.

@Littlefeets

Brooke finally made a decision so not approachable as of now unless she changes her mind

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A nod left her innocent features as he asked about the tents. Part of the trip requirements was to bring their own tents - or the school would provide them to the students. But she wasn’t an idiot. She had brought her own tent in hopes of setting up next to Dorian so the two could sneak in and out of the tents with ease. Well… that was if he changed his mind on the whole stopping thing and with the way he was talking to her, it was clear that his walls were breaking down.

Though a frown met her lips when Dorian told her to focus on the work they had to do and she nodded with a sigh. Looking at the quiz on her phone, though her gaze going back towards where Sadie was - her mind already planning what she was going to do to that witch on this trip. Though, she followed Dori - standing to the side as their group gathered to talk about the quiz that she still hadn’t looked at.

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At the mention of the cabin, Daniel nodded with understanding. “I should have guessed Delilah Hawthrone wouldn’t dare sleep on the ground,” Dan smiled teasingly, as her gaze met the camp instructor. Though he raised his eyebrow as she asked how he would survive. Though wifi and cellular was, indeed spotty - Daniel did know the exact locations in this bullsh!t place that would give him the best connection. But, besides that, he had a better plan in mind. “Again, Hawthorne, don’t worry about me. I have everything planned out for myself already… though I would keep flirting with Mr. Camp Instructer over there… you don’t seem like the only one to have figured out he has a cabin,” Daniel added, watching as one of the cheerleaders had already made their way over to the man - clearly flirting as a fake laugh left the girls lips. “I can see your electricity outlet slipping away,” Dan added.

A soft sigh left his lips when she answered his question about Lily-Ann with clear nonchalance. Delilah was bad, that much Daniel could admit, but with all the research he had done on that mother of hers, he knew Lily-Ann was up to par with Deliilah’s skill set - if not worse. No, without a doubt worse. There was a clear line between Delilah’s level of hostility and clear manipulation, and Lily-Ann knew how to walk past it without hesitation. Hell, Candice Clarke had learned the hard way. He would… oddly enough… hate for Delilah to suffer the same fate. Though instead of responding to her remark, Dan stayed quiet as she begin listing the places she had been. Though his intrigue grew at her next statement about Lily-Ann. He was joking - he knew there was a child in the Collins residence but he had assumed it was a nephew of some sort. “Really?” Dan added, attempting to cover his surprise. And slight hurt about the mention of Delilah’s pregnancy… which… he still didn’t know how to talk to her about. “Lily-Ann had a baby then… what poor soul impregnated her this time. I wish that child luck.”

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