Blue Royalty | Official Thread

novella · 3 February 2021 22:52

As she was in a mental debate on whether or not her father would be allowed visitors, Candice made a suggestion on a way to work around that issue either way. Even the vague mention of him had made her tense again. Deciding to appear indifferent towards the idea of him helping, Delilah’s only response was a shrug, knowing that expressing her strong objections against it would raise questions. Was it worth sacrificing her pride? Sacrificing her pride, to therefore do it even more by admitting that she was wrong to her father? Those were questions that Delilah certainly was not in the correct frame of mind to be answering, and so she said nothing more until the message to the student body had been sent.

Everyone’s heads were down at their phone as the same message conveyed on their screen. Her face of disgust had been picked up by Candice, who asked her what had happened. “I… I don’t know,” Delilah replied through a sigh, shaking her head. Though, after two mentions of Daniel Parker, Delilah knew that it was hard to hide from her that nothing else had happened and when she looked at Candice, she could see that she hadn’t done a very good job of lying this time. “Yeah, let’s go,” She replied quietly.

A moment of silence sitting in the car went by, a silence that waited for Delilah explain her reservations towards Candice’s mentions of Daniel. Her head was tilted up, leaning against the passenger seat, before she finally sighed and cleared her throat. “It was Daniel that- Daniel’s parents that made up everything against my father,” Delilah disclosed, looking only straight ahead and not at Candice and whatever reaction she may be having. “The… evidence, the charges, accusations it was… all them.”

@benitz786 — Candice Clarke & Daniel Parker

benitz786 · 3 February 2021 23:25

Dannydandan

He waited about 5 minutes before giving up and deciding that Jessica could find her own way home. She always could after all and Jezebel had his number if she needed anything. Right now, Daniel Parker just needed to not be in a school full of idiots and he simply couldn’t wait any longer. So there he was; driving home in a frenzy of anger just needing to cool off. So there he was; throwing his clothes off - getting on his swim trunks and finding himself in the infinity pool overlooking the city; doing laps to calm himself down. Though he soon moved to lay down on a floatie with his eyes closed. It was late meaning sunset had approached; though the lights in his poolside along with the heaters made it warm enough that he didn’t make any effort to move. Plus he enjoyed this; keeping his eyes closed trying not to think of anything that had happened because honestly it only made him feel immense guilt and anger… at people… at him bloody self.

He heard the doorbell from his place in the middle of the pool but didn’t even flinch at the sound - likely just Jessica or Jezebel coming back home. Though his ears perked up at a voice that was clearly not either of theirs. Opening his eyes; Dan found Valerie Wood standing in his home approaching the pool. “What happened to me and my whole family leaving you the fck alone?” Daniel stated nonchalantly. Perhaps he was pushing her away but hell - she had fcking done it first so he had no qualms about doing it to her. Though after a second; Daniel dove back into the pool to swim up to the edge to where she was; pushing himself out of it. “What do you wan-” he was about to finish the question though then he felt it; the pain spreading through his cheek as she hit him. What she hadn’t expected was the fact that he was so damn close to the edge that the unexpectedness of her slap mixed in with the proximity of the water caused him to lose balance and fall in backward - though not before grabbing her and pulling her in as well. Hey if he got slapped; it was only karma doing its job. Swimming back up to the surface - his pool being about 9 feet deep at the end they were at so the pressure of the fall didn’t hurt them - he groaned at her. “If that was all; you can leave now Valerie. Mind showing yourself out because I’m really not in the mood for being called an idiot in my own home,” he stated crassly before swimming back to his floatie; pulling himself up onto it and closing his eyes in a relaxed position - attempting to remain emotionless at her appearance.

“Towels on the chair and you can grab a drink at the bar if you really want; Bye now.”

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astxrism · 3 February 2021 23:36

Dorian DeLoughrey

With a disappointed look, Dorian looked back at the box he threw on the table the moment Jessica revealed what else she bought… and left in the fridge. Who does that? Well, he could go back downstairs and take it out but maybe he’ll just blame that one his siblings, or dad. That would be fun to see. “Can’t wait,” mumbling, he sighed, handing her the piece of cake. Her reaction only made him smile to himself, a smile that soon faltered as he took a better look at her, at that moment ignoring everything she was saying, ignoring her answer to his question. It wasn’t hard to notice she was more lively than usual, but… maybe she changed over the years, maybe now she would get more excited about food. He knew her well enough to know that wasn’t the case. “I didn’t… What are you doing-” whispering, confusion washed over his face once again as she stood up and went to the bathroom. He was more concerned than confused. Yes, he didn’t understand what was happening, why she was acting that way and as much that would usually make him frustrated this time he was simply concerned. Especially when he knew she wanted to talk to him about what happened.

When she got back he just took a deep breath in, letting her do whatever she wanted if it actually made her feel better. But just this one time. So without saying a word, he wrapped his arms around her, holding her gently as he looked up at the ceiling waiting for those two minutes to pass. And those were the longest two minutes… He didn’t know what to expect after, maybe he was even scared of what she was going to say but the moment she pulled herself back up, he did the same, moving closer to her. And the moment she started speaking he could feel a small frown forming on his lips. It broke his heart to see her like that… after four years, after so many harsh words coming from him, he still deeply cared about her. “Okay,” he quietly added, trying to force a smile just to show her he was willing to listen to her.

A mix of emotions - that’s what he felt when he heard the whole story, instantly feeling bad for treating her the way he did when she got back. And he didn’t know what to say, how to react, how to make her feel better. That was never something he was good at. He felt even worse now about what he did with Anna… He couldn’t imagine how she felt for all those years but he knew the way he’s been treating her, without even thinking about what she was going through, didn’t help at all and he felt so bad. “Hey… put that down… and come here,” reaching out for the bottle to take it away from her, he placed it back down before pulling her towards him, visibly hurt by everything she said. “Hey,” repeating once again, he gently placed his hands over her cheeks, looking directly at her with a soft frown. “That wasn’t your fault, don’t blame yourself for doing something you thought was right. She is your sister and you wanted to help her, that’s what matters. Don’t apologize, you’re here now…" quietly saying, he softly smiled at her before kissing her forehead and pulling her in for another tight hug. “Come here,” with that he pulled her back down, on top of him, letting the silence fill the room for a moment as he kept his arms tightly wrapped around her. “Hey… why were you so scared to go back home the night I found you at the bar?” After some time, he carefully asked, trying to connect that with what she just said, gently moving his hand up and down her back.

@benitz786

CerealKiller · 4 February 2021 00:16

”What do you wan-"

Slap, open hand straight to the cheek, did it hurt him? Probably. Did it hurt her own hand? Hell yeah it did. But did she care? Not so much…
but yet another thing she didn’t think about, was how close he was to the pool. A fact that ended up in him losing his balance and falling back into the pool, bloody pulling her in as well. fcuk.

Took her long enough to dry the first time, so faking into a 9 feet deep pool definitely wasn’t on her to do list, but it’s a little to late for that isn’t it?
“If that was all; you can leave now Valerie. Mind showing yourself out because I’m really not in the mood for being called an idiot in my own home,”
Wiping the water and hair out of her face, Valerie floating at the surface now, found herself looking at the view of the city for a few seconds as he spoke, in a way, slapping him took out a lot of the stress in her body so she was still mad, but a lot stabler now.
”I’d call you an idiot somewhere else but you’re here aren’t you” she muttered. Was she pushing him away? Probably, but at the same time, a different part of her did the exact opposite. Why would she show up at his house when she’s mad at him? It made no sense to her, but after all, she was now right there, upset and fully dressed in a 9 feel deep pool in the middle of the Parker household.

“Towels on the chair and you can grab a drink at the bar if you really want; Bye now.”
He said, sitting on his floatie with a careless tone and expression on his face ”Why?” she asked, not why the towel, why bye, ”What did Sadie do to you?” she asked ”Reina I don’t know, but Sadie wasn’t even there” she said and asked, looking for answers and a reason for his actions . But honestly, a part of her didn’t want him to have a reason. The same part of her that almost never let her fall for anyone or even feel loved, was the same part that didn’t want her to get close people or trust them, let them become a weakness… the part of her that wanted to believe Daniel was just a d!ck and push him away from her life. Now, fast, before it’s too late and the walls and gates are no longer closed to him.
A drink would definitely be helpful now.

@benitz786 apologies

Caticorn · 4 February 2021 00:53

Zion Pestana

Zion was anxiously waiting for a text message either from her brother, acknowledging that he’d received their message or from their parents, letting them know that they’d safely arrived at their tia’s house. They saw Luciano sit down out of the corner of their eye and turned their head to look at him, lightly wiping their eyes to make sure they were dry.

“No, I’m not okay. He called immigration on my parents. I had to call them and tell them to leave before the officers show up at our house.” They answered him, taking deep breaths to stop themselves from crying again. Saying it out loud to another person made the situation more real to them. “Tengo miedo. Sólo puedo pensar en lo que le pasará a Christian si los atrapan. Tengo dieciocho años, así que no pueden hacerme nada, pero él solo tiene quince. Y si se lo llevan y nunca lo vuelvo a ver?” They rambled in Spanish, their brain was too panicked to think of the correct words in English.

“Sorry. You probably didn’t need to hear all of that.” They apologized once they’d calmed themself down a little. Even though he had asked them, they felt like they’d told him more than they should have.

@unsungcheerio - Luciano

Translations

Tengo miedo. - I’m scared.
Sólo puedo pensar en lo que le pasará a Christian si los atrapan. - All I can think about is what will happen to Christian if they get caught.
Tengo dieciocho años, así que no pueden hacerme nada, pero él solo tiene quince. - I’m eighteen, so they can’t do anything to me, but he’s only fifteen.
Y si se lo llevan y nunca lo vuelvo a ver? - What if they take him away and I never see him again.

astxrism · 4 February 2021 01:06

Elodie May DeLoughrey

Climbing a tree. Yeah, there was no way she would ever let him do that, as cute as it sounds… and as much as she would actually want to see that. Just, no, he had no right to die. “Come in,” of course, it didn’t take long for the smile she had on to be replaced with a very confused expression, stepping to the side to let him in and watch him as he moved through the hallway. But what else was she supposed to expect? By now she learned what he was like so she wasn’t surprised… no, she was entertained. So as soon as she closed the door and locked it, she followed him with crossed arms and a curious look, before leaning against the closest wall, letting him do his own thing. “Shh, now you have to be very quiet,” but it didn’t take long for Elodie to “join him”. She quickly ran to where he was, gently pushing him against the wall before whispering, “And once we go up you have to watch out for lasers, they are everywhere. But I’ll go first because I’ve been dealing with that my whole life.” There was just something about him that really made her feel comfortable and she loved it. That’s not how she felt around many people. “You know you’re an idiot, right?” Elodie finally laughed, ready to take his hand and lead him upstairs… until she heard his question. A grin she had on faltered for a second, stopping to think what he meant by that. “My idiot, of course,” putting back on a sweet smile, she simply answered, shaking all the thoughts she had at that moment.

“Now that you’re here I have to show you my room, don’t I?” She replied with a shyer smile. “It’s not exactly like heaven but it’s close,” jokingly and quietly adding, she hesitantly turned around before starting to walk towards the stairs. Of course she was shy… she never had a boy over, besides Jordan, so she didn’t quite know how to act at that moment, when the realization set in - Riker was in her house, late at night. What was she doing? “My parents are probably sleeping, but be quiet… and watch out for lasers,” trying to act like she wasn’t nervous, she brought up a joke from earlier, chuckling quietly as she led him up the stairs. “Well… this is my room… and that’s the window you’ve been throwing rocks at,” quietly speaking, she opened the door to her room, letting him go in first. So there she was… awkwardly standing in her own room, waiting for him to say something.

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benitz786 · 4 February 2021 01:10

She finally finished her story… the secret that she had hidden for four years from everyone but Andy McAllister, the only person other than Dorian DeLoughrey and her parents who knew, finally coming to light. And he had given her a similar look the moment she told him. The ever so hidden look of pity that Jessica hated seeing - hence grabbing the bottle in an attempt to make another long drink of the substance. Perhaps that was another part of why Jessica kept it to herself; she just… never wanted to be seen that way. It was so much easier being seen through a smile or having people think her decisions were on whims. Most of them were… but when it mattered, she would never intentionally hurt people she loved. But at the same time… she did feel a slight sense of relief at Dorian knowing. At him finally understanding why she did what she did.

Before she could take that drink, however; she found Dorian grabbing the bottle causing a slight frown to meet her lips. Though she couldn’t help the smallest of smiles breaking through as he pulled her on his lap as he placed his hands on her cheeks. She listened to his words and she knew that they were true… but she couldn’t help from blaming herself for everything that happened to her sister. It would always be something at the edge of her mind; she let her sister hurt her because in a way - Jessica Pierce deserved it. Jess hurt Anna, so she couldn’t ever blame her sister for hurting her… no matter what Anna did to her. Though; Jess melted into his hug as he wrapped his arms around her, letting a sigh out as he leaned back down so she was laying on top of him; her head nestled in his shoulder as her heart raced about everything. Those years being some of the most difficult in her life despite never showing it.

She found herself lost in the serenity of his body, the memories of the two wrapped around one another as kids reaching her mind. She felt safe with him… in his arms as he held her tightly. Though when she heard his next question; the calmness that had settled within her begin racing again. She stayed silent… she didn’t know for how long as her mind attempted to figure out what to say and she knew he could feel it. The speed in her heart as he asked the question; one that truly no one knew. Her parents knew… though even they didn’t know how much pain that moment had caused her. The exact events of that night being hazy to everyone but her; who knew the exact details.

Jess closed her eyes against his body… attempting to calm her anxiety, though the feeling of his hand going up and down her back was helping ever-so-slightly. She didn’t know how long she stayed like that; quiet without answering his question. But finally, she moved her head up, keeping it on his shoulder as she grabbed his phone again. Letting him unlock it; Jess went to the internet searching up a moment she wished she could forget. Hundreds of articles hit the screen with the words she typed up and Jess had honestly read all of them. Knew all of them like the back of her hand. Though clicking the first one, she handed it back to him and let him read it in silence; closing her eyes once again as she recalled the words of the article in her own mind.

London Times - April 6th, 2017

Charity Gala Turned Murder Scene

Last night, the Bassat family once again held their annual charity gala to support the London Children’s Network to raise money for hospitals helping children in the fight against cancer. Raising over 12 million dollars within only the first 2 hours after selling a priceless Van Gogh along with various other artwork from the family’s personal collection. However; it seemed no one expected the gala to be the target of the recent London robberies as eight men stormed the building at 12:01 AM; turning the gala into a hostile hostage situation with London’s elite. All men were heavily armed and went after the cash safe holding millions in collateral alongside robbing jewelry and money from the attendees.

Cops arrived on the scene at 12:08 AM through an anonymous report from inside the gala itself turning the situation even more hostile as Dutchess Anna Pierce was held at gunpoint to evade police entry of the building. However; it seemed the boyfriend of the dutchess, Simon Regé Bassat III, heir to the Bassat fortune, tackled the man holding the dutchess hostage; resulting in his own shooting and death moments later due to excess blood loss.

The shot heard; Police entered the building - capturing four of the eight men inside the gala and the other four were arrested later that morning found on freeway 81; transporting millions in cash and jewels in a stolen vehicle. Currently; no public statements have been made by either the Bassat family or the Pierce family on the loss of Simon Bassat III. Keep in tune for updates.

She knew he was probably done reading by now and with her telling him the long-hidden secret of her pretending to be Anna during that time; she knew it was only a matter of time until he connected the dots to it being her in that Gala. A night that haunted her ever since it happened. “He died in my arms… when probably the only person who was supposed to die that night was me,” Jess muttered, her voice only above a whisper at this point as a soft tear left her eyes; though she didn’t dare look at him.

“Simon was…” she sighed, taking a deep breath. “Anna’s boyfriend and from what I could tell… the love of her life. He knew… where Anna was… what I was doing and he helped me for two years,” Jess mumbled in his ear. “Helped me navigate life as if I was Anna Pierce and we were… friends… at least…” she sighed, “… I always thought we were friends. Just… pretending to date because of Anna.” her eyes closed as she rested her head in his shoulder. It was hard to get out something she had never told anyone. “He invited me to that Gala for his family and I thought it was just another function. Another… day of pretending and then he pulled me aside and told me that he loved me.” she mumbled. “God I didn’t know what to feel… what to say. He said that he had started falling for me over the last year and that he wanted to be with me and I said… no… I never… I never saw him like that. Anna loved him I would never… do that to her,” she continued.

“I broke his heart… and then the robbery happened and they grabbed me… I just… I didn’t expect him to…” she started, more tears coming down her eyes. She had always felt it… the pain in everything that had happened and saying it out loud only hurt more. “He died because of me. And Anna… I don’t think she ever forgave me for killing the love of her life. And I can’t blame her because god Dorian, I blame myself too. I should have died. I shouldn’t be here right now,” Jess muttered. Perhaps that’s why Jess never cared about what she did. About what situations she put herself into. If she died doing them she was only ever correcting a mistake that should have happened years ago. “That night was the anniversary of the day Simon died and I just… I couldn’t… I can’t… get it out of my head.” she mumbled.

She didn’t have the heart to look at him; so she stayed there… nestled in his body avoiding his look. She knew what people would see if they knew; pity. More pity about her life. So maybe she didn’t care what happened to her. Maybe she didn’t care what Anna Pierce did to her. Because if she was being fully honest; she deserved every painful thing in her life. Because she didn’t even deserve to be alive.

@astxrism

benitz786 · 4 February 2021 02:16

Broken Dannydan

He didn’t dare look at her. It hurt to much to do so; instead he laid with his eyes shut - listening to the flatscreen that was playing a random movie. Spiderman or something? Who knew. Because even if a part of him was distracting himself; the other part of him ached to her her voice.

“Where else would I be Valerie? It is my house after all and you’re in my pool,” Dan stated nonchalantly. Why did this hurt so much. Delilah hurt; he understood that. He’d never tell anyone that but he understood that. Valerie Wood he’d only been friends with for… what… a month? Why the bloody hell did Daniel care so much about what she thought when it simply didn’t matter. Her words should have no hold on his conscience. But it did.

Why?

A frowm met his lips as he finally opened his eyes and looked towards her direction again. Here she was looking for what? Redemption from him. Oh sweetie; this was Daniel Parker, the unredeemable. A sickening laugh left Daniel’s mouth as a slight hysteria over came him. “What the fck do you want from me Valerie? Some grand reasoning to why I do what I do? Do you want the real answer or… wait… let me just tell you the answer everyone wants. I’m Daniel Parker. I don’t fcking need a reason.” he started; jumping off the floatie and swimming back towards her. so that he was right in front of her. “Why don’t you just tell the rest of the school that I was just bored. Just another day in the life,” he smiled though there was no expression in his eyes. “Tell everyone what they expect because it’s the truth. I was.. Just bored,” he finished. It was a lie but he didn’t care. Sometimes it was better for people to know that lie than the real reasoning. Perception, after all, was everything. “So I suggest you leave before… I get bored again,” he stated before swimming past her and pulling himself up again and out of the pool; walking towards the bar and pouring himself a large glass of scotch. Daniel Parker wasn’t the broken guy people fell in love because they could fix him; and Valerie Wood shouldn’t have any misconceptions that he was. So grabbing a second cup of scotch; he walked back to the girl who was watching him from the edge and handed her the drink. “Leave anytime darling; I would much rather be here alone because guess what; I"m just a bad guy. Nothing more to the story than that,” he muttered before drowning the scotch in front of her.

@CerealKiller

benitz786 · 4 February 2021 02:50

Though he attempted to keep a serious expression on his lips as he carefully moved through her home; ducking and weaving through things, it was hard not to smile at the way Elo was watching him. He nodded as she told him to be quiet; though a sense of shock filled his body as she pushed him against the wall to continue the ongoing joke. “I will… carefully watch your moments,” Riker muttered; bringing his lips right next to her ear as to almost tease her ever so slightly. She was good at teasing; but Riker Taylor had a few tricks up his own sleeve. With her words; Riker did a front flip - following her up the stairs as she held his hand - leading him where her room was. It was technically his first time in the upstairs area of this house. Usually he hung out downstairs with Dori playing video games or took Elo or Dori out surfing.

So hiding the soft smile as she said my idiot he followed her to the room that screamed Elodie DeLoughrey. White sheets; photos of her and her friends lining the walls, and so much more. “Ahh it looks different from the inside,” Riker mentioned pointing at the window. “I swore it would be smaller… and more circular. Like I know it was a square outside but I don’t know; I had higher expectations for that window,” Riker smiled. “Also… it wasn’t technically the only window I threw rocks at… I wasn’t sure which room was yours so I may have thrown rocks at… well all of them,” Riker smiled as he jumped on the bed. “Did I bother you?” Riker questioned; pointing at a towel and clothes sitting on the edge of her bed; him almost immediately assuming that she was going to take a shower. “Well don’t let me stop you - I’m perfectly fine entertaining myself in here,” Riker smiled standing up, placing a kiss on her forehead. “Should have shown up about half an hour later huh?” he questioned.

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CerealKiller · 4 February 2021 03:21

"Where else would I be Valerie? It is my house after all and you’re in my pool”
”Well I didn’t exactly plan on finding myself inside a pool but okay” she said, running a hand through her water soaked hair.
He then started laughing as she asked him why, like it was such a crazy question to ask, like, why would she ask that? What did she want? ”Some grand reasoning to why I do what I do?” an answer? A good reason? A bad reason? Whatever it was, just the real answer… ”Or… wait… let me just tell you the answer everyone wants. I’m Daniel Parker. I don’t fcking need a reason." ”Fcuk everyone. who cares” she said in response to his answer. ”Ooh aah Daniel Parker is so evil he does not need a reason. Yeah, hitler was an actual bad guy and even he had a reason to do stupid things, not a good one, but still a reason. find a better excuse”

Her gaze followed him as he jumped off his floatie and swam towards her, facing her with an emotionless expression “Tell everyone what they expect because it’s the truth. I was… Just bored, so I suggest you leave before… I get bored again,” he said and swam away and pulled himself out of the water, and walking towards the bar. Was that a threat? Did he just threaten her? Valerie rolled her eyes watching him go, and swam out of the pool, pulling herself out ”I’m not afraid of you Daniel” she said ”And you know that” she added as he came back, handing her a glass of scotch, very necessary. ”thanks” she said briefly

“Leave anytime darling; I would much rather be here alone because guess what; I"m just a bad guy. Nothing more to the story than that,”
She drank the drink in her hand as he spoke. Honestly, hearing him speak this way about himself, in a way, it just hurt. It hurt because as much as neither of them wanted to admit, there was so more to him than a bad guy. In fact, he wasn’t even a bad guy at all, just… a broken guy with questionable decisions. very questionable decisions ”Cut the bullsh!t Daniel. For a certified genius you hide behind ignorance quite a lot did you notice that?” she rhetorically questioned, and drowned the rest of her drink ”You know what,” she started, and paused for a split second as the feeling of the burning fluid hit down her throat Okay, you’re nothing but a bored bad guy, so here, in the camping trip I was asked about a picture and told everyone it was my twin sister who died. I shot her when we were kids. I bloody murdered my own sister because I was a stupid child that played with everything that I found in my hands and couldn’t tell the difference between a toy gun and a real one. Nobody knows that, not even my best friend not even my cousins. So here, clearly you’re so focused on convincing yourself you’re bored and nothing is wrong with your life, so go on, tell everyone. destroy me and let everyone know what a hideous murderer I am. Right here, handed to you on a silver platter, the bloody pleasure is aaaaall yours ” she said with frustration in her voice, not taking her piercing gaze off the boy, pain and despair in her eyes ”You’re not a monster Daniel” she added, quietly. ”You’re just too bloody stubborn to realise that” she said, and put the glass down before turning to walk away and leave. There was nothing for her to do here anymore was there?

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Littlefeets · 4 February 2021 04:46

Maverick Weston

For whatever reason, her first guess Yara made, was that he joined the mafia. A guess that Maverick couldn’t stop himself from laughing at. “No Yara, I did not join the mafia. Nothing like that. I just don’t want everyone hearing my business.” Maverick said with a slight shrug and a quick glance in the direction of where Maverick could see his sister Maya. In general, he just didn’t want everyone to know how screwed up he was, but his sisters were both people he really didn’t want to know what had really gone on. That he wasn’t off doing stuff with soccer for the past month. When Yara asked if he was alright he nodded. “Yeah, I’m fine now, but I hadn’t been for a long while. I just hadn’t realized how much I wasn’t alright.”

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benitz786 · 4 February 2021 08:24

Yes - if anyone could do it; Daniel Parker could. That much Candice Clarke was sure of. Hell; if he could fake her death, he could get Delilah’s dad to have visitors… maybe even get him out of prison. They both knew he had sent people in - namely the rumors about Andy going to Juvie for half a year because he had p^ssed Daniel off. So she looked at her sister; a new resolution in mind to talk to Dan herself to fix it. She almost felt like she owed Delilah for everything the girl had done for her so maybe… maybe this was how she could repay her. Though Delilah had always been closer to the man than she was…

With the idea in mind; the two had left the building - the text catching their attention though it seemed Delilah didn’t know what Daniel’s rage text was about. Her heart went out to Reina and Sadie and all Candice wanted to do was give them a hug but she couldn’t. Though Candice drove; no real end place in mind for her drive though she had instinctively begin driving to her dad’s place. Maybe Delilah could see the room set out for her. Silence fell throughout the space; neither of them saying anything as C drove and the girl could almost feel something was off. “You sure you want me to drive… I don’t know if you know this but I apparently died last time I drove in Beryl,” Candice smiled attempting to get the girl to laugh… or show any emotion. Though that’s when Delilah said it… explained what had happened. “I…” C started; though she couldn’t think. Instead of driving; Candice pulled the car over to the side of the road and looked over at Delilah. “Oh my god are you… are you okay?” Candice whispered, putting her hand on top of Delilah’s hand as she said the words. “I just… I can’t even imagine him… to you… I never thought he’d ever hurt you out of all people…” Candice got out in broken segments. “You said his parents did… did he know?” she asked. Wasn’t he like… 8? How would he… or did he do something… She didn’t know but the one thing she did was that she’d be here for the girl beside her.

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novella · 4 February 2021 14:42

As Candice drove out of the parking lot, Delilah’s eyes remained firmly on the road not saying anything. Although it was clear to Delilah that Candice had made the joke about her driving to ease the tension, it didn’t work as Candice had hoped as she decided not to show any acknowledgement of it. But when it seemed like the silence was going to make a reappearance, Delilah made the further revelation about her father’s incarceration.

The car pulled over, the engine turning off and creating even more stillness. While Candice gave a reaction in the form of short and staggered phrases, Delilah could feel emotion creeping up on her for the first time since pushing them down when talking to Daniel. Not saying anything for a while, she could hear Candice beginning to string some words together to form a question. “He- he said he that he had suspected something had…-” She stopped herself, Delilah’s eyes filling with tears, and looking down, finally letting them fall.

Clearing her throat, Delilah looked back up after ridding herself of the emotion she had let go. “He found out a few weeks ago,” She eventually said, a lot more composed than before, adding onto the unfinished answer she initially gave and trailed off from. Delilah shifted her eyes in Candice’s direction, before immediately looking away again. “And then I got a message from Blue Royalty today… that’s how I found out,” Delilah continued, wondering how long it would have been if the game hadn’t intervened. “I can’t… I can’t talk to- ask him… for help. I can’t,” Delilah said quietly, shaking her head.

@benitz786 — Candice Clarke & Daniel Parker

angelic · 4 February 2021 15:07

Elias Stokes

“Aww I can’t break Elias’ heart, that would be just rude

He nodded awfully quickly,“Yes don’t do so, very rude,” Elias joked with her. Soon after the girl seemed to appear lost in thought. It was only for a few brief moments in time, but it did feel quite long. He pondered as to what she was thinking of or about. A small frown came across her face quickly. before she spoke up again. He didn’t want to bring it up because who would want to be the one who caused her sadness.

“Are you telling me you don’t have a bucket list?How about this Friday?”

Elias shook his head with a shrug of his shoulders,“I’ve always done… well things in the moment so I never really planned things that I have wanted to do,” He spoke as he thought about it. It never really occurred to him to actually start one up. Perhaps a few of his friends had one or mentioned it before. Of course he had things he wanted to do, but some of them were quite basic to others while to him, they seemed exciting. He was dragged out of his thoughts and back onto Maddy. He smiled while tipping his head to the side slightly, " I might have to check with my manager to see if I am free…" He led on jokingly,“But I do believe that Friday would be the Perfect day. Where shall we go?” Eli asked her, it was a small nonchalant way of asking her out or to hangout. Whatever strangers or soon to be friends do.

“I don’t think I could resist saying no. Obviously, What’s something we can do in this moment that would be on your bucket list?”

He let a grin break out onto his face,“Good good because these people don’t know that we were somewhat strangers. Glad that they are gone though,” Elias laughed. The two were soaked by now from head to toe yet still didn’t move. “I am so glad that it isn’t freezing outside because I would be dead then.” He pointed out to her with a gesture to the door. “I’m glad to see you agree. I think that they couldn’t resist me,” He continued on around the topic,“You would be the main girl in the movies that ends up with everything right in a way? You know what I am talking about?” Almost like girl next door vibes, but ten times better. “Hmm, I am not too sure. Any on yours?” He suggested with an eyebrow raise. he paused before speaking up,“We could always dance in the ‘rain’?”

@Megan - bad so sorryyyyy

CerealKiller · 4 February 2021 15:09

“No Yara, I did not join the mafia. Nothing like that. I just don’t want everyone hearing my business.”
Yara chuckled lightly at his response about her guess on joining the mafia ”Okay fair, no mafia” she said, momentarily raising her hands shoulder high as in innocence. She was indeed quite curious about the answer to where he has been, but she wasn’t going to push him in any way since after all, it was none of her business to know.

“Yeah, I’m fine now, but I hadn’t been for a long while. I just hadn’t realized how much I wasn’t alright.”
The girl lightly frowned at his words, hearing he hasn’t been okay for a long while saddened her, also because it happened, and because she didn’t know and had nothing to do to be there for him in his hard times. ”Well… I guess at least it’s good that now you’re fine” she said with a subtle smile ”But you know, in general, you can tell me things I’m here for you. Seriously.” she added, genuinely meaning every word.

@Littlefeets

benitz786 · 4 February 2021 16:07

Dannyyyy

Daniel rolled his eyes at the revelation about not finding herself in his pool. Well he wasn’t expecting being slapped in his own home; join the club Valerie Wood. She did, however, always have a way of surprising him. Of shocking his system. Daniel Parker was so used to people walking away from him. Being scared and if they weren’t; he made them scared. No one talked to him like Valerie Wood did and got away with it; unless you count Jessica Pierce and/or Jezebel Parker. They were exceptions. He didn’t know how to respond to her.. so he just didn’t. He simply kept the apparent frown on his features up until the point that she simply came out and said that she’s not afraid of him. And she was right; he did know that. She was probably only one of a handful of people who weren’t afraid of him and in a strange way, he liked that about her. Though at this moment when anger clouded every judgment he made; he wouldn’t say anything about it. He just… bloody wanted her to leave.

What he hadn’t expected after the subtle buzz that had settled in was for her to call him out to cut the bs. But also to tell him the truth. His features changed as she told him the full story of what had happened to her sister and his heart fell.. for her. If there was one person who understood the loss of a sister due to one’s idiocracy; it was Daniel Parker. “I won’t… I… Val…” Dan muttered after she finished her story - unsure what to say as she continued with the statement of him not being a monster; watching as she walked away. “It was my fault my sister died too…” Daniel stated; watching as she halted her walking and stood still. To which Dan stood up and followed her. “She was kidnapped when I was 7 in London but they never wanted her. They were coming for me and found her in my room because she was scared of the dark while I had snuck downstairs wanting to watch a movie,” he started, until he was right next to her. “For weeks they sent videos of her to my family asking for payments until the day we didn’t follow through because my dad had a lead to where they were and sent the cops there and what they found was her dead and malnourished in an abandoned warehouse,”… “So trust me, Valerie, I understand being a dumb kid,” he muttered.

He was right next to her now. “We’ve both made so many damn mistakes and are probably unlovable monsters, as you called it, by most everyone’s standards so tell me why…” Dan mumbled, “I can’t get you off my bloody mind,” he finished pulling her body back towards him and placing his lips on hers as he pinned her against the nearby wall.

@CerealKiller

astxrism · 4 February 2021 16:52

Elodie May DeLoughrey

“Higher expectations? How dare you say that when I so kindly let you in?” Elodie chuckled, looking at him with a slight frown on her lips. He always had a way of making her feel better when she thought that wasn’t possible, so with a sigh she relaxed her body and followed him to her bed. But instead of jumping on it as he did, she just stood there with crossed arms, laughing at what he said. “You really are an idiot… But okay, you don’t have a phone, I understand.” Keeping a grin on, she continued, “Hopefully no one saw you because my dad would’ve called the cops and you’d never get to step near this house again.” It was a joke, of course. Her father wouldn’t really care much if he knew he was a friend of his children, he’d even find it funny, but Elodie couldn’t miss the opportunity to tease him.

Before she got a chance to sit down next to him, he pointed at a towel and navy nightgown (if you could call it that) she prepared and almost forgot about. “No! You did not. It’s okay,” shaking her head after he softly placed a kiss on her forehead, she continued. “And showing up now was perfectly fine,” with a sweet smile, she placed her hand on top of his shoulder and let it gently slide down his arm. Standing there quietly for a moment, she let her gaze slowly move down to her hand before she took in a sharp breath and walked past him. “I get more time with you… even if I’m gonna leave you here for a bit.” Adding through a chuckle, she picked up her stuff from the bed and turned to face him again. “But I promise not to take long. Make yourself at home,” saying the last part quietly with a shy smile, she walked towards her own little bathroom, stopping in front of the door to look back at him and this time with more of a playful smile adding, “Just don’t snoop around.” That wasn’t something she would mind but there just wasn’t anything interesting he could find. She had a cozy but minimalist room, almost rustic looking. It was a white and beige room with a lot of wood - shelves with a lot of books, dressers, little tables, a lot of pictures on the wall with a white frame, oval mirrors, movie projector and a piano keyboard in the corner. They had a big piano in the living room but she wanted to have her own.

Walking in the bathroom, she closed the door after she turned on the shower but that door quickly opened exposing Elodie with a towel wrapped around her body. “Forgot something,” tightly holding the towel, she mumbled to herself and rushed out to her dresser, avoiding his eyes at all cost. That… wasn’t planned, she didn’t want to get out like that so she quickly grabbed what she needed and ran back in. And just like she promised, she didn’t take long. With damp hair, she walked out without saying a word before she sat down on her bed and quietly asked, “Had fun without me?”

@benitz786

CerealKiller · 4 February 2021 17:17

And as she turned to walk away, the realisation of what she had just done hit her. Never before in her life Valerie has ever told anyone what happened to her sister. The only people who knew other than her, were her parents. But for some reason even after years and years of hiding this one story that made both herself and her own mother hate her, drunk or high or with any person she trusted the most, nothing has ever managed to bring her to admit that aloud, admit the fact that she killed her own sister.

Until… well, now.

For some reason Valerie found herself to the one guy who was infamously known for exposing people’s secrets on a regular basis. Giving him the one story she knew would destroy her if it went out, handed on a silver platter for him to take and expose. Why did she do that? God knows… maybe… maybe because inside her, she knew he wouldn’t do it.

But as walking away, the one thing Valerie didn’t expect, was for him to follow her and open up to her about his sister’s death as well, blaming it on himself as he told her the story of the kidnap and death of his once seven year old sister. “…So trust me, Valerie, I understand being a dumb kid,” he muttered, making her stop walking as he spoke, taking a deep breath with her eyes staying fixated on the floor, not saying a word as thoughts filled her mind.

“We’ve both made so many damn mistakes and are probably unlovable monsters, as you called it, by most everyone’s standards so tell me why… I can’t get you off my bloody mind,” he mumbled, and pulled her towards him, their lips found each other as he pinned her on a nearby wall. Kissing him back, her hand cupped his face as she let herself drown into the moment, flowing with it like fallen leaves floating in the river waters. Truth be told, as much as she tried to make herself believe it wasn’t true, she herself wasn’t so successful in managing to keep the boy off her mind. And against all odds, he managed to find his way into her heart and settle there, taking her walls down, one brick after the other.

But here’s the thing… he was actually wrong. Or at least the way she saw it he was. Daniel Parker was no unlovable monster. And unlike what past her or people around might think, Daniel Parker was just… a complicated and messed up man, but inside him behind all this wall of toughness and carelessness, behind all that was a good soul. A lovable one. Just, one who has been through too much and found his coping mechanism in gathering info and ruining people’s lives in the desperate search of a way to finally feel in control of something in his life. But he was not a monster. ”I’d agree,” she said quietly after pulling back and looking up the boy in the eyes, while her arms were wrapped around his neck ”Though… you’re just not a monster.” she said, lightly huffing air out her nose as she spoke. ”But got damn it neither can I” she admitted to the constant existence of the boy in her mind and closed the small space between their faces, finding his lips once again.

@benitz786

benitz786 · 4 February 2021 20:50

Something was wrong; Candice Clarke knew that much as the ride was fairly silent with no movement or even indication of Delilah about anything that had been said. However, that was further clarified with her reveal. So was it wrong that she didn’t know what to say? CC had been through a lot of sh!t but this was one situation she never expected. Not simply the emotional side of Delilah coming out which was a first as well; but the whole issue in general. Delilah’s dad being sent to prison because of Daniel Parker. What. The. Hell.

However, as Delilah started talking; C put her hand on her sister’s hand attempting to provide any source of comfort as she revealed that Daniel had always suspected something had happened. So why… in the absolute hell hadn’t Daniel done anything. C could feel her anger growing about Daniel; something she’s always known. She never liked him for a reason - despite his hints of goodness, they were always overpowered by the shii he did.

Her heart dropped as Delilah revealed that he found out a few weeks ago and that she had to find out herself. He hadn’t even told her himself. Absolute bullsh!t. “I’m…I…you don’t need to,” she whispered; going past the middle divider and hugging her sister. “It’s okay we’ll figure this out…” C mumbled. She didn’t know if it was true or even if it could be figured out but if there was one thing Candice knew it was Delilah didn’t need to talk to Daniel, because Candice would do enough shouting for the both of them. “I’ll talk to that son of a b*tch… you just… worry about if you can see your dad… or send him a letter or anything.” she mumbled, running her hand up and down Delilah’s back. “Let’s… how about we go back to our place and we can do some research and see if we can see him the moment the prison visitation opens up tomorrow? Or… anything… I just… I’m so sorry,” she finally let out.

@novella

unsungcheerio · 4 February 2021 21:41

Luciano Ribeiro

It had been a guess by him that Daniel had something to do with it, as he’d seen the two of them together before Zion had run off, but their subtle confirmation was no surprise to him. He watched them wipe the tears from their eyes, concern etching itself further into his expression. What Zion revealed though, this, he hadn’t expected.

Lui hadn’t known officially that their parents weren’t legal immigrants, but his face didn’t betray any surprise. It wasn’t an impossible thought or anything, it just was not something that he would spend any time thinking about. And it wasn’t something that you would just bring up in most conversations either. American immigration laws were strict though, so he definitely understood it, and he was always someone who leaned in favour of the immigrants and not ICE, never ICE.

Although Aline was friends with him, Lui never liked Daniel much, but even he didn’t think he’d stoop so low as to call immigration on their parents. There was nothing Zion would’ve done to him for this to be an appropriate reaction. This was something that would have permanent repercussions, it wasn’t just some reveal of someone cheating on their partner. This was serious; they could be deported. He couldn’t understand how anybody could do anything like that to anyone… Luciano wanted to see what Aline saw in him, but it was looking a lot like Daniel was nothing more than just a privileged white boy who did whatever the f-ck he wanted without regard for anyone. It was f-cking maddening how people like him had all of this power over people like Zion and him, how it was either grovel for forgiveness or face the consequences.

If Aline was still any sort of amicable towards him after this, then wow, she wasn’t the person he had known her to be.

“No, I’m glad you told me,” he said at the end of Zion’s ramblings. “But Zion… God, lo siento.” He paused, turning his body so he was angled towards them more. “Sé que tienes miedo, esta es una situación aterradora, pero estoy aquí para ti," he started in Spanish, as it was both of their first languages and it was a bit easier to converse in. " Lo que sea que necesite, lo conseguiremos. Un abogado, lo que sea. Y con Christian …” He let out a breath, looking into their eyes to let them know he was being serious. “No vamos a dejar que se lo lleven, ¿de acuerdo? Te lo prometo.” If this was his family, he would be feeling the exact same towards his sisters, so he was going to do everything in his power to prevent Christian from being taken by social workers. He just wasn’t entirely sure how, is the thing. They’d probably just have to find a guardian for him or something. He was sure that Zion had some other family in the US who could take him in, they just needed to be over eighteen. Wait.

He looked back up at them, realization dawning. “Z, you’re eighteen now, you’re an adult. You could adopt him, or whatever it’s called, like become his parent, legally. And if not that, then maybe another one of your family members could gain custody of him.”

@Caticorn

en espagnol

“Lo siento” - “I’m sorry.”

“Sé que tienes miedo, esta es una situación aterradora, pero estoy aquí para ti.” - “I know you’re scared, this is a scary situation, but I’m here for you.”

”Lo que sea que necesite, lo conseguiremos. Un abogado, lo que sea.” - “Anything you need, we will get it. A lawyer, anything.”

”Y con Christian … No vamos a dejar que se lo lleven, ¿de acuerdo? Te lo prometo." - “And with Christian… We’re not gonna let them take him, okay? I promise you that.”