I heard footsteps of someone approaching, I didn’t want to be rude so I just continued to look down at my phone, shortly after I heard someone nearing the corner and then I heard it, “Well, well, well. If it isn’t Diego Garza.” “You’re in my spot.” she said, I looked up, Jeez, she’s so pretty… I thought to myself trying not to smile randomly. " Hi Leilani, I’m sorry, " I said in a soft tone while scooting over a bit to make some space for her to sit. " It’s all yours." I continued with a smirk and continued to look down and shut my phone off, putting it in my pocket as I hoped we would have a conversation.
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“Oh, I really thought so. Not it’s all fine!”
“Are you sure? I don’t blame you if you don’t want to talk with me again…” I frowned, looking at my hands again.
“Hailey Falcon.”
I looked up again and noticed that she had held her hand out. I was confused for a moment, then realized she probably wanted me to do something. I took her hand and gently kissed it, hoping that’s what she wanted me to do. “I’m Kato Siersma.” I told her.
“You don’t mind if I stay, do you?”
I shook my head. “Not at all.” I looked around for a moment, suddenly feeling paranoid that someone would find me and expose me or something. After seeing nothing, I took a deep breath, then tried to focus my attention on the girl again. “What is your favorite item here? Are you going to order anything?”
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“Good,”
Taking a deep breath he looked to the side, crossing his arms, waiting for all the rage and harsh words but when she didn’t say anything he just repeated after her. “Good.” Slowly looking back at her he still waited for something, anything. He did want her to yell at him, to push him, slap him, everything he clearly deserved just so he can stop thinking about and wondering how bad everything really was. “Nothing?” He whispered right before he noticed her looking to the side as if she’d seen something so he did the same. There was a guy looking rather confused, walking straight towards them making him confused. “Is that your-“ Slightly tilting his head as he furrowed his brows trying to understand the situation he looked back at her but was take aback by her next moves. She linked her arms through his making him looked down at it immediately, very lightly raising his brow but he played along. She wouldn’t be doing this if it wasn’t serious and no matter how much he wanted to comment on her next words he kept quiet. That was not what he wanted; yes he was thinking about telling her if she didn’t want to talk to him again he would understand but he didn’t want that. She was a part of his life and even if didn’t last that long and didn’t end well he still cared about her. Looking up to meet her eyes he noticed what she was trying to do, or trying to show him. A little boat she obviously wanted to steal and he already had sooo many questions. It did make him chuckle, seeing whatever was happening at the moment and he almost felt sorry for the guy, he seemed so invested in this. “Same pizza what the f-“ He spoke up mentally taking back his thought about this guy being cool but he didn’t get to finish that sentence because of what happened next. He just stood there shifting his gaze from him to Adeline just running away and was more than confused but her words made him come back to reality as he ran after her. “Where to miss?” He jokingly said laughing at this whole situation as he quickly untied the boat from the docks, helping her get in it. “I feel like Jack Sparrow right now.” He added with a slight smirk as he got in, taking the oars and starting to row. “But hotter.” Jokingly saying it he just studied her face and reaction, not to his words but everything that just happened. “Now explain please.”
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My cheeks flushed as he looked up at me. I didn’t expect myself to react so dramatically or even care. I didn’t understand what I liked about him - in a friend way. He was kind… and sweet… and adorable- still as a friend. We had totally different personalities and ideally, didn’t click at all but there was a connection.
Sitting down next to him I folded my legs and took a deep breath “How’s your foot?” I laughed, reminiscing the raging party at Club 14. The classic game of Truth or Dare which put us in an awkward predicament that I hoped wouldn’t remain awkward. To be fair, I did pick him for a reason. “What are you doing here?”
I chuckled and snorted- which I hated about myself but couldn’t help. “No it’s fine seriously!” He was socially awkward but very adorable. Like a lost kid in a candy store.
As I held out my hand for him to shake he slowly took it, gently planting his lips on it. Flabbergasted I slowly drew it away, seemingly unable to find the words. “That’s… not what I meant… But! that’s one way to go about it.” I said.
I didn’t want to make him feel guilty or insecure. It was unusual and he acted peculiar. I swear I saw him at Club 14 acting bubbly, playful and silly but his whole demeanor changed!
I smiled as I grabbed a menu scouring threw it. “Uh… their french toast, but I’m just gonna take a black coffee.” I muttered still shocked. I tried to keep my head positive, maybe he was still hungover with a clouded memory.
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Bentley
The party was pretty fun last night but sadly I didn’t do to much besides drink and dance but it’s Lime Grove there’s always things happening even in this lockdown. I woke up the next day and saw that it was 11:30AM so I decided to shower and change then go to the basketball court and shoot some hoops. I got in my car and drive down there and walked to the courts and saw someone there. I recognized him but never really talked to him. I walked closer “hey man”
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I was shooting some hoops but I only managed to get one ball in the hoop. “I’m so glad that no one can see me embarrassing myself.” I thought while wiping the sweat off of my forehead.
“hey man”
I jumped and turned around because I didn’t know that anyone was there. There was a guy walking toward me. I cleared my throat. “Oh…hey man…I hope you didn’t see me missing all of those hoops.” I realized that I probably shouldn’t have mentioned that. I reached out my hand awkwardly. “Oh, Sorry, my name’s Evan…uh what’s your’s.” I asked while trying to be polite.
@Kate Bentley
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Bentley
“Wow man I didn’t mean to scare you there and Nah I just got here so I didn’t see anything until that last shot.” I then saw Him reach his hand out and he introduced himself as Evan. “Nice to meet you Evan I’m Bentley. Did you go to the party lady night?” I asked him.
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“No it’s fine seriously!”
I noticed her snort as she chuckled, which I found sort of cute. I then nodded in response to what she said, but I still doubted myself heavily.
“That’s… not what I meant… But! that’s one way to go about it.”
My eyebrows furrowed. “Oh, I’m sorry, again…” I sighed, then bit my lower lip, feeling like I was failing at everything. I’m a failure, what am I even doing here?
I looked over to her as she grabbed a menu and then told me about her favorite item and what she was going to order. “Maybe I’ll have their french toast then.” I thought out loud. “Yeah…french toast sounds good! I’ll have that.” I told her with a smile. I was full from all the food that I had eaten, but I just wanted to eat more. It had been so long since I had eaten this much, I had been eating very little over the past years. “But are you sure you only want a black coffee? I want to make sure that you’re taking care of yourself and not skipping meals. A coffee isn’t a meal, but maybe you have a reason. Did you already eat?”
The waiter soon came over and asked us what we wanted to order. After we ordered, they left and took our menus with them. I looked back to Hailey with a small smile. “I’m excited to try the french toast.” I then awkwardly sat there for a moment, not knowing what to say. “Do you happen to know the year?” I asked, rubbing the back of my neck.
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“Nice to meet you Evan I’m Bentley. Did you go to the party lady night?”
“Nice to meet you too.” I sat down on a basketball because I was tired. I thought about all of the events that happened last night. “Yeah…I went to the party last night. I don’t think I saw you playing truth or dare?” I asked him, hoping that I didn’t sound rude if he was actually playing. “But a fight almost happened during truth or dare and it made me pretty nervous.” I said while laughing.
@Kate Bentley
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I laughed, " It’s doing great, thank you for asking. "
I smiled, continuing to look down. " Well, I don’t really know, " I said while smiling at her, " Hmm, I’m really not sure, I was just bored and I needed to do something or go somewhere. " I said, thinking about why I came here in the first place, either way,
I’m glad I came. I fiddled with my shirt.
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“It’s fine, it’s fine.” I chuckled. I looked up checking the clock that hung over another booth. It was close to 11AM. “No I haven’t eaten anything. But really, I’m fine it’s fine I’m just… not very hungry. You don’t need to worry about me.” His concern made me smile. As the waiter came near I asked for a black coffee, nothing more nothing less.
As he left we were left in silence awkwardly until he spoke. I squinted, tilting my head to the side. “It’s… 2020.” I said. “Are you okay?” I asked, folding my hands on the table. “I don’t think I caught your name… D- do you know your name?”
I understood what he meant. Sometimes I just wanted to get away. As nice as it was, it sometimes got overwhelming constantly being in the spotlight, the eyes of millions on you. “Yeah… I get that.” I muttered quietly.
I didn’t know how to continue the conversation. Every idea that popped into my head seemed not right and not good enough. Awkwardly, I said “It’s beautiful out here, in the garden.” I said gazing. Stupid idiot! I insulted myself.
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Bentley
He sat down but I just continued to stand since I just got there. Evan said he was at the party and about the almost fight that happened and he said he didn’t see me playing truth or dare. “Typically I would have joined truth or dare but honestly I just wanted to dance and drink the whole night so I didn’t play but I was there and saw that but why be nervous about it. Fights happen all the time dude”
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the picture is too gigantic and draws attention away from my paragraph and my leo mars/rising self cant
Last night I danced all evening, and it was epic. 10/10 recommend, my friends got moooooves. I drank juuuuust a teensy bit and that isnt sarcasm, drunk me is kind of a sap and im already a party sober so I dont need alcohol. Nat on the other hand does not take it lightly and so I knew that today she would get dolled up and I would order food to comfort her.
We went straight to bed after brushing our teeth and I had a dream about unicorns as per usual smiling when she came to wake me up. She always did this, I struggle with falling asleep so I like sleeping in. I call it light insomnia, why i dont know. I’m also really easily awoken so her light touch had me open my eyes in a heartbeat, “What?” I asked barely groggy, I do this thing where I come back really awake and then when I realize iss all good I get sleepy again, but I saw that she looked really surprisingly awake, “Para que?” I ask sweetly trying to flow along with her dialogue, but still not sounding fluent.
@astxrism
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“No I haven’t eaten anything. But really, I’m fine it’s fine I’m just… not very hungry. You don’t need to worry about me.”
“Are you sure?” I looked at her worriedly. “At least tell me that you’ll eat when you’re hungry, I don’t want you to become sick because you’re not eating, okay?” My eyes and facial expression expressed concern for her.
“It’s… 2020.”
2020? So it’s been two years… It does not feel like 2020. I took a deep breath. “What month and day is it?” From the looks of it, it looked like we were in April or May, but I wasn’t very sure. I then looked over once I heard a voice, but didn’t see anyone, so I took a deep breath and tried to ignore it.
“Are you okay? I don’t think I caught your name… D- do you know your name?"
I nodded. “I’m alright.” I lied. “You don’t have to worry about me… But yes, I told you my name earlier, I’m Kato. Kato Siersma.” I told her, awkwardly looking down for a moment. “I’m a DJ, uh, nevermind, you probably don’t want to know about me… I’m boring, I don’t know why anybody would want to know more about me.”
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I listened to him talk about the party “I mean, at least you didn’t get a traumatizing dare, and plus I’m a wimp so things easily scare me.” I said while laughing. I turn towards him more, “So, how do you feel about this…uh…lockdown thing, I mean you seem pretty chill.” I asked while scratching my neck." I pretty much panicked when I first heard the news.
@Kate Bentley
I nodded, agreeing with her, I smiled. " It is. " I looked at her notebook and pen.
" Whats that for? If your okay with me asking, that is. " I looked at her and smiled Hmm. I thought to myself. I looked off into the distance, trying not to be weird and give her a bad impression of me. I lifted my phone and checked the time on it, setting it back down and looking at her.
“I- I will, I promise.” I said with a smile. I was more concerned about his well being than mine at the moment.
He didn’t know… anything. The year, the date. Yesterday he was fine, like a sharp knife but now, it’s like reality changed for him. “It’s April, 26th.”
“I’m just… double checking.” I squinted. “DJ? That’s cool. I’m sorry if you don’t want to talk about your life I just figured we could get to know eachother?”
this is trash, sorry i didnt know what to say
I looked down at my notebook and fiddled with my pen. I looked up towards him. “Oh, it’s just like… drawings and outfit ideas. Sorry I didn’t mean to…” I said. “Here, you can look through it.” I handed it to him hoping he’d be some what impressed with my skills. “A lot of it is… incomplete, they’re just ideas nothing special.”
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~ The Night Before ~
She savored an additional sip of her carbonated beverage, tapping the lustrous metal of the can with her nails as she enjoys listening to the dares being given, laughing at a selective few of them. Hesitantly, she typed a brief reply to her worried sister as her phone started to buzz repeatedly, giving off the impression that she’d be bothersome if she didn’t receive a reply within a few seconds. With an amused giggle, she sets her phone down gently, in her peripheral she notices somebody sitting down next to her. She grins, ”I wouldn’t be lying if I said that some of these dares made me anxious enough for me to not want to do them”.
~ Current Time ~
As her eyes flickered open, the calming glisten of the moon was altered to the bright yellowish hue of the sun. The mere two glasses of champagne she consumed the night before had undoubtedly affected her health immensely and it became blatantly obvious as soon as she opened her eyes. She forcefully squinted as her eyes made contact with the blinding light that obscured her vision, definitively, it caused the pain of her headache to escalate further. Her memories of last night were hazy but gradually, fragments of them filled in the gaps of last night’s activities. Due to her unfavorable personality traits, she had already arrived at a conclusion that she may have just slept with someone again like she always did. Especially after her exceedingly high alcohol intolerance got her drunk. There was only one clear difference between previous encounters and the present ones, this time she had no recollection of who she ended up with or where she even was at the current time. Judging by the faint scent that drifted up her nose, it was most likely a guy she was with. Slowly, she sat upright in the bed, not only did she realize what she had been sleeping on but, she also reminisced about the location she was at. She hoped the subtle weight variation of the bed didn’t awaken him as she quietly shuffled out of the bed. She wandered through a tiny portion of the house before stumbling across a bathroom and venturing inside, striping down to nothing and turning the shower on.
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@angelic ~ Ah! Sorry for taking so long to respond to you. 
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I looked at the drawings and outfit ideas, " Wow, that’s literally so cool. " I flipped through the notebook looking at all of her ideas and drawings in awe, I really admired her, a lot. " You really made these? " I asked her curiously, I finished looking through her drawings and outfit ideas, and then handed the notebook back to her smiling.
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“I- I will, I promise.”
I smiled. “Thank you!” I exclaimed happily.
“It’s April, 26th.”
“April 26th…” I repeated to myself in a soft voice. Our anniversary is soon… I need to contact them, I should have contacted them when I first got the chance, stupid Kato. I’ll do it after I’m done talking to Hailey, I don’t want to be rude. No, I can’t… She is more important, she is more important than anyone here… I took a deep breath. “If you would excuse me for a moment, I just need to send a text to someone very important.” I took out the phone that I had taken with me, then realized that I didn’t know the password to this phone. I attempted to get in, then got the password on the third try. I looked through the contacts on the phone, then found the contact that I was looking for and sent a text. Once I was done, I quickly put my phone away and looked at Hailey. “I’m sorry.” I apologized.
“I’m just… double-checking. DJ? That’s cool. I’m sorry if you don’t want to talk about your life I just figured we could get to know each other?”
I nodded. “We could do that. Tell me about yourself, you’re the interesting one here.”
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