Realistic or Modern Westbrook

[txlos]

Nova
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The Kissing Booth... of course. Nova had to refraining from rolling her eyes at the irony that she felt deep in her gut. She had been debating on whether or not to kiss Jace, or let him do it in his own time. Neither was a bad idea, but she knew that she wanted one over the other. The brunette felt it, she could feel her blue eyed boy becoming more relaxed in their interactions. Even now, as she looped her fingers through his, giving his hand a gentle squeeze, she felt those pesky butterflies. They hadn't settled since she met Jace, if she recalled correctly, and felt like they had no plans to calm down any time soon.

As for his date report card... Nova wanted to have some fun of her own. Obviously Jace had been spectacular on their date. He was such a gentleman, which was a refreshing and welcome change from Nova's usual taste in men. He had been affectionate (publicly too), and offered to give his shirt, and it was just all so great. But what fun would it have been to just give the boy a free pass? Besides, she figured he had to have known that the date had gone well if she was here, cuddled up to him in his room while the clock was ticking towards one in the morning. "Well," Nova exhaled, cuddling even closer to Jace and giving his hand another squeeze, pressing their palms together momentarily. "I think you're at about a 90%," It took everything in Nova to restrain her beaming grin, choosing instead to tug the corner of her lower lip between her teeth to stop it. "You've checked almost every box, really. Which has never happened to me before," The hazel eyed girl moved to lift her head just enough, looking up at the handsome blonde musician. The blue haze from the TV illuminated his features just enough to allow her to catch his eyes. "You're just missing one thing to make it perfect." Her voice sank to a whisper now as she slowly dragged her thumb over Jace's knuckles. She knew he was new to this, but even she had seen it in movies a thousand times. She just prayed he got her hint.

Winona

 

[Rock And Roll Boy]

Wendy Williams

Wendy hesitated to answer Mason's question. That hesitation cost her. The guy seemed to spot someone else and headed over to them. Wendy lowered her head a little, sniffling. Now she felt more upset than before. She didn't know who to blame here. Bringing her tissue to her face, Wendy sneezed three high pitched sneezes into it. A few coughs followed afterwards.


(Wendy's Outfit)

 

[High5ives]

Kanen had honestly wanted to just stop by, say hello, and than leave. After all, there was some beach party he could be at right now, with dozens of girls walking around in bikinis. It was a highschool boy's dream come true. Plus, he had told Alaska that he would be there, and Kanen didn't want to make a habit of breaking his word.

He was anxious to leave now, however, the idea of just walking out on Stu made his heart sink. The kid was here alone, with hardly any friends, and to top it off, Stu was stuck in a damn hospital bed. Kanen could just leave him here.

Despite appearances and reputations, Kanen did genuinely care about people. Though he wasn't particularly open about things, he would go out of his way to help someone out, strangers even. This time was no different. He briefly checked the time on his phone, he was already late. But who cares? Parties happened all the time, Kanen could just go to the next one. With a slip of his thumb, Kanen shut his phone off and stuffed it into his pocket.

"I prefer Star Wars. Laser swords and cooler than Wizards. Gandalf is kinda weird, ya know?" Kanen joked. He stood from his chair, instinctually checking his back pocket for his wallet. If he was just going to relax and watch movies, Kanen was going to make sure it was done right. You can't watch movies without snacks, and damn it, Kanen was going to introduce Stu to the American tradition of Childhood Obesity.

"Go ahead and pick any movie, I'll be right back." He declared, disappearing out into the hallway.

When Kanen came back, his arms and pockets were overflowing with candy bars, little bags of chips, sodas even. He had raided just about every vending machine on this floor, spending way more money than he should have on the overpriced snack foods.

He walked back into Stu's room, like a hero returning from war, dropping his bounty down onto the bed. "Can't do movies without a side of diabetes."

Dede

 

[Yarrow]

Alester McGregor
Alester noticed that Mason didn't came over here so he had probably set his eyes on another one. Alester looked at Melody "Mhm, you call yourself also King of Gossip?" He grinned. The alcohol was finally making him a little bit more loose. It was getting quite warm near the bonfire and Alester his sweater didn't really make him cool down either. "Don't worry about the excitement, it is a party after all" Alester said to the girl.

"So, how about truth or dare? Last week I didn't really get a chance to play it"

Jiyoon

 

[Dede]

[IMG='align:right;']https://i.imgur.com/03oIiJy.jpg[/IMG]Stu was delighted that Kanen didn’t need to go and could stay for a film. You could see he was thrilled the way he sat up with newfound energy and got to work with the laptop. ‘Really? Cor, I love Star Wars too!’ he said. ‘I think they’re a bit like the same film, though, aren’t they? Frodo is like. . . Luke Skywalker. And Gandalf would be like. . . Obi Wan. And he dies in the first one but not really. . . because he comes back, as a ghost and all. And Gandalf the Grey comes back as Gandalf the White. And Saruman is like the Emperor. They go to Mordor. . . which is pretty much the Death Star.’

Before Kanen left the room, he tasked him with picking any movie, and this was an honour Stu took very seriously. He didn’t really want to watch Star Wars again. Hell, he just saw it a couple of weeks ago on the plane. But Stu wasn’t going to make a fuss about that. He was just happy that he had someone to watch a film with, and if his new friend liked Star Wars, that was what they were going to watch.

When Kanen returned, The Empire Strikes Back was already loaded up on the laptop. ‘Bloody hell, are you going to eat all that!?’ He craned his neck a little trying to see what Kanen had in his arms. ‘Shall we see the second one? The Empire Strikes Back, I mean. I hardly remember what happens in that one.’ He lied. He pretty much had every line of that movie memorised. But where was the fun in seeing a movie when both of them already knew the whole plot? At least one of them had to play stupid, right?

That wasn’t the first time he lied to Kanen tonight. The first time was when he played dumb when Kanen entered the room. As if he wasn’t thrilled out of his mind to see his favourite bartender!

Stu sorted through the snacks which Kanen had dumped on the bed. ‘Hey, these are my favourite!’ He scooped up the little packets of M&Ms. Then he moved onto the biscuits. ‘Have you ever heard of Jaffa cakes? I don’t know if you can get them here. They’re a bit like these, I think, but there’s orange jam on the inside.’ He held up the crisps next. ‘These are called Walkers where I’m from.’

As Stu was happily exploring their snack options, A Long Time ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away and the yellow crawl was slowly creeping up the screen at a snail's pace. It was going to be a long night for Kanen.

High5ives

 

[Winona]

Jace

He'd succeeded in making the date a success and has Nova had said, checking all of the boxes. Ha, who knew that Jace who constantly had his head stuck in the clouds would be such an amazing dude to go on a date with? If he had friends, he'd totally rub it in their faces. Anyway, he had been both afraid and hopeful that she would bring up a kiss. Jace's first kiss. Wow, that was sad... eighteen years old and he'd never kissed a girl. Well, his grandma gave him kisses on the mouth, which was nasty and he usually tried to hide from her when they were leaving to avoid it, but he was fairly certain she didn't count.

"I'm glad that you had a good night." Jace whispered to her, heart pounding as he looked away from the television to Nova. Well, he actually hadn't really been watching the movie. What was the point of watching some rom-com when it was playing out right here next to him? Now, he hadn't wanted to kiss Nova without permission (hey, that would be rude), but now that he had it, he just needed to ready himself mentally to do this. To kiss her. It was something he'd been looking forward to since he first met her -- if he messed up the kiss, he was fairly certain that Nova wouldn't make fun of him. "Well, I can't have our first date not being perfect." He murmured and then, heart hammering way too fast in his heart, and his fingers giving Nova's a light squeeze, Jace then leaned in, slowly, and pressed his lips against Nova's in his first kiss ever. And for Jace, it left the night feeling perfect.

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[Jiyoon]

Melody Wright

She sat up once she heard his offer. Needless to say she was a bit shocked that he was talking to her and all she could think about in that moment was how she possibly managed to not scare this guy away. "Yup! Well, more like Queen of Gossip but it's the same thing right?", she chuckled before she scooted closer to the fire. Melody brought her knees to her chest as her toes wiggled in the sand. "What do you know another thing we have in common. I didn't get to play truth or dare either. Do you want to start?", she asked. At the party she didn't do much of anything and only ate the cold nachos she brought. She became shy in the party atmosphere thus never making any friends while she there and probably the reason she is still for the most part friendless even though she has been in school for weeks.
Yarrow

Rory Quinn

Rory sighed. "I understand. I just wish you were more confident", he confessed before he kissed at Angelina's neck. As long as he was with Angelina he was happy so he didn't need to swim. Although he still wanted to it was clear she still wasn't ready and Rory was willing to wait until she. "Tell me, when was the last time you friend good about yourself?"
R Rock And Roll Boy

 

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Nova
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At first she couldn't believe that he had done it. Like actually had done it, in such a smooth and soft way that left Nova's butterflies jumping through hoops and her heart doing backflips in her chest. The brunette was in complete disbelief of how someone could be so gentle with her, and make sure feel so safe yet protected all at the same time. And yet here she was, giddy like a little school girl as she filtered the hand that was occupied by Jace's to the back of his neck, pulling him in just a little more and keeping him right there. For never having done this, Jace was not a bad kisser, and Nova quickly determined that this had to be the best date, best date, best guy she had ever fallen for. For once, kissing the guy she was with didn't feel like something she was supposed to do, but something she wanted to do.

Reluctantly, the petite girl pulled back just enough to catch the breath that had been whisked out of her, smiling as she rested her forehead on Jace's chin, playing with the hair on the back of his neck between her middle and index fingers. She took a quiet minute there, just enjoying her surroundings, how peaceful it was to be on this couch in this bright yellow room with this sweet young man who Nova couldn't get enough of. "One hundred and ten percent," Her voice wasn't above a soft whisper, afraid anything else would ruin the moment as she looked back up at the blonde, letting her hand fall back to his chest and trace slow circles. Her hazel eyes stared back into his with this sense of trust that she hadn't felt since her first boyfriend, and for once since then, she didn't feel as though it was being misplaced in the wrong person.

Winona

 

[Moonshadow]

June
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June frowned when she heard what happened now. A metal pole. No football. “I’m sorry.” She felt like all forces of the universe wanted Mason to live the most devastating life imaginable. And she felt like she could only watch it happen.

She was surprised when he squeezed her hand then pulled her to his side. She blushed, shocked at such a gesture. She didn’t mind it though and he filled with warmth at his words. It was nice to have someone with you. You could hold a sword and they can hold a shield. Even with Raven. She glanced back at her phone thinking about the pictures before looking up at Mason. “Thank you. It’s a little scary when your angry, but... I’ll keep what you said in mind.” She slowly closed her eyes and rested her head on his shoulder.

Winona

 

[Rock And Roll Boy]

Angelina Nikki



Angelina lowered her head a little when Rory wished for her to be more confident. Even when he kissed her neck, she felt shameful. Then Rory asked her about the last time she felt good about herself. She bit her lips together before nodding and taking off her shoes and jacket, then her tights. Now she was just wearing her jumper and skirt. "Just a little paddle".


(Angelina's Outfit)
Jiyoon

 

[Winona]

Jace
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His first kiss had gone way better than he had originally envisioned years ago -- and, actually he'd given up hope of ever having a first kiss until he met Nova. Jace didn't know what he'd done on this earth to deserve someone as sweet as her. Someone so gentle and understanding, and willing to work through his awkward tendencies. Jace didn't want to be unable to go on dates or impress girls -- he just wasn't very charismatic or nearly confidant enough to make sense of what he truly wanted.

So now, Jace settled down with Nova beside him. He rested his cheek against her hair while she cuddled him, and for a moment closed his eyes, relishing in the sweet feeling of cuddling. Wow. Jace couldn't believe he'd waited so long to give this whole thing a try. When Nova pulled away to look up at him, he reopened his eyes and looked at her, a small smile stretching across his face as she spoke. "Awesome. Extra credit." He joked. "I'm so glad you had a good time. I was so worried I'd mess it up." Apparently, the worry had been for nothing.

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Mason
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He shrugged. Of course Mason was upset about the whole situation, but there was no point in dwelling on it. What was done was done. Sure, he'd probably have a bit of a limp and he'd have trouble walking for a few months, but he'd bounce back. Mason somehow, no matter what the world did to him, always managed to eventually bounce back. "Don't worry about it. It happens." He replied, staring into the fire.

"Yeah, sorry. I've been told I can be kind of scary." Mason's temper was something he knew he needed to control, but for the life of him couldn't. "I've never like, hurt anybody, though." Not like his mother when she was angry and used to beat Mason. Never Drake, though. She never laid a hand on him cruelly. "I've broken some things, but I'd never hurt someone." And breaking things was few and far between. But hey, when he got angry enough, sometimes the only way to stop him was for Mason to smash a glass, or punch a mirror, and watch as the little sharp fragments dug into his skin and made him bleed.

Moonshadow​

 

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Nova

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A small, tired laugh left Nova's mouth as Jace expressed his concerned for the night. She had had a feeling that he had nerves, it was his first date. He would've been silly not to have at least a little worry. But then again, this was Nova... and the brunette didn't think she was much to worry about at all. "I think you worry too much," A yawn slowly came out with the words as Nova shook her head, covering her mouth before tucking her head back down into the crook of the blonde's neck and snuggling impossibly closer. She was ridiculously comfortable, being there in his shirt, on his couch, stealing his warmth, that it was a wonder she hadn't fallen asleep yet. Turning a bit, Nova brought up her right leg to rest over Jace's hips, the finger that was drawing circles on his chest slowing as her breaths did. "I think that this is a lot more natural than you're giving it credit for, babe," Sleepy Nova was taking over, and even she smiled as the word slipped. She wasn't ashamed of it, she just didn't think it was going to come so fast. But hey, 'babe' and 'Jace' were both four letter words that could be used to identify the boy, so it wasn't a big deal, right? Right.

Turning her attention back to the movie, Nova did her best to keep her hazel eyes open and on the screen, but she was failing miserably. Instead she would mumble something incoherent into the blonde's neck, slightly smile when something was funny, and maybe every now and then widen her eyes to stay awake. "Is it okay," She started, a small yawn coming on again mid-sentence. "If I just... yeah." Nova had every intention of asking if she could stay the night, considering it was late and she was obviously too tired to drive, but she couldn't form the full sentence before adjusting her head slightly on Jace's shoulder and nodding, as if that would suffice. Placing a delicate kiss to Jace's neck, Nova almost instantly passed out. It didn't even cross her mind that Jace's parents might be home in the morning, or the fact that all she had told her parents was that she was going to a bonfire, and well... she would deal with that in the morning. For now, she was contently asleep on the chest of a blonde musician who considered her worthy of his time, and had no room for other worries.

Winona

 

[Soap]

Raven

Early Sunday Morning ​

Raven thanked Ryder for the ride, she gave him a different address a few blocks away. And walked the rest of the way home. She didn't want anyone to knew where she lived, She wasn't interested in everyone knowing she lived in the 'rougher' side of town. Once getting home she realized her mother's car wasn't in the driveway anymore. She wasn't surprised she left, but she deep down she hoped it'd be different this time. She always did, but she was just always let down.

Closing the front door behind her, she spoke. "Nancy, thanks for staying the night. I know that-" She stopped mid-sentence when she saw her mother, with a suitcase in tow. "And i thought i just missed you." She shook her head, "Raven, i'm so sorry." She apologized. Raven waved it away, looking at the woman. "No, i get it. You'd rather stay with a drug dealer, other than your own daughter. Oh wait, i don't get it." She thought for a moment. "How are you even going to leave? Where's your car?" She didn't wait for a reply. Upon closer inspection she noticed Her mother looked like shit. "You look like shit." Raven told her, taking a few seconds to look at her, it hit her. "Are you.. high right now?" She asked.

"I was clean, i was doing great! I..messed up last night." Of course she did. It's what she always did. "I'm not surprised. But Hey, look! you're learning. It's like you knew i'd kick you out!" Raven said, gesturing to the suitcase. "I'm leaving for a different reason." Andrea looked guilty. "Wanna tell me that reason?" Raven waited for her to answer

Andrea launched forward and wrapped Raven up in a hug. She immediately tensed up. But kept her arms off to the sides. Unwilling to hug her. "It's better off if you don't know." Her mother told her, Raven furrowed her brows in confusion. Pulling her off. "Better off?"

"I was in an accident last night." She admitted. Raven just looked at her questionably. "I got out unscathed. But..someone didn't." She told her. Raven thought it didn't make sense until she put it all together.. "You were in a hit and run?! How could you be so stupid? that could be jail time!" She exclaimed. Andrea put a hand to her lips, indicating for her to be quiet. Probably because the nurse was still around. "Even if i didn't run, heroin isn't a slap on the wrist. Not for me. I would've done jail time either way." Raven didn't know what to do with this information. Much less what to say. "So you're just..leaving?" She asked lowering her voice. Andrea nodded. "I'll see you when i can. I promise you." Not that her promises actually ever meant anything. Andrea didn't wait for a goodbye, or a hug. She just gently moved Raven out of the doorway and left.

 

[Winona]

Jace

Following Saturday night at the party, Jace had woken up, surprised to find that he'd passed out on the couch beside Nova halfway through The Kissing Booth. The morning had been nothing short of awkward, but also nice, as he had escorted her to the door and said goodbye. What he was now confused about was whether or not they officially were in a relationship. Did dating people kiss and pass out at each other's houses? Officially confused, he'd headed to Ash's room to ask her and see how her date went, but didn't find her there. A quick text, but no response left Jace worried, but he had pushed it aside.

Now it was Monday morning, and Jace was nervous about how seeing Nova would go. Would they kiss? Talk about Saturday? Brush it off and move on? All the questions had made the morning difficult for him. He'd spent way too long deciding on his clothes -- which ended up being a dark button-down (Jace was a fan of button-downs) and his jeans -- plus, of course, the infamous yellow beanie. He was now waiting for her arrival in the music room, guitar on his lap, sitting on a table and quietly wondering what would happen, and if Nova would know to find him in here. His heart was pounding way too fast.

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[txlos]

Nova

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It didn't surprise Nova that, when she finally got home on Sunday in Jace's shirt, that her parents were slightly pissed off. Not about spending the night at Jace's, if anything they seemed happy that she was close to someone (even if they didn't understand the type of close it was), but more so that she hadn't called or texted. It took some serious persuasion, but Nova convinced her parents that it wouldn't happen again, and they agreed to let her keep her phone instead of being grounded for week... on one condition. A condition that she didn't know if she, or Jace, was ready for.

Heading into school on Monday was easy, her outfit comfortable, her face relaxed, and more than anything she was excited to see her blonde boy. Sunday had been lost to catching up on sleep and talking herself out of punishment, a lost day, but today was the first day she would really get to see him after that kiss. Admittedly, Nova had no idea how Jace was comfortable acting with her now. Would he be okay with PDA? Or would be (probably very politely) dodge any attempts and give her the ol' 'we'll talk about this later'. Either way, the brunette was just going to lead with her gut. Although her gut definitely knotted as she turned the corner and stopped in front of the music room door. Of course he was in here, he was always in here if he wasn't in class or at home... at least that was Nova's experience. Taking a deep breath and a swig of water from the bottle in her hand, she grabbed the handle and gently pushed open the door. And at the sight of Jace, she couldn't believe how easily her worries melted away.

He was perfectly perched on the table in the center of the room, his finger flicking at the strings of his guitar. His face looked a little scrunched with worry, and Nova could guess why. With a heavy sigh, she let her backpack slide off of her shoulder and drop to the floor beside a cello standing against the wall. A grin spread across her lips as she walked towards the boy, his beanie of course crooked and his shoulders looking tense.

"Hey you," Her words were almost sang, soothing as she could be as she walked over to the blonde and took his hand off of the neck of the guitar, slipping her fingers through his and using her other hand to place a finger on his chin and turn his attention to her. They were face to face, so close that Nova could see the details of Jace's blue eyes. Biting back her grin just a bit, Nova pressed her lips onto Jace's, her free hand slipping up to cradle his cheek. Yep, more butterflies. Though she was growing used to it. "What did I tell you about worrying?" Nova whispered as she pulled away, reaching up to fix the off-center beanie atop Jace's head.

Winona

 

[Winona]

Jace

When she walked in, Jace was somehow captivated. He couldn't move as she made her way across the room, even his fingers frozen in place against the guitar strings. He'd seen Nova just yesterday morning, but it felt like a life-time, and he wondered if that was good or bad. Either way, he knew what he felt now, and it was those same butterflies. Jace's eyes traveled from her lips, to her nose, and finally to her gorgeous, dark eyes, as she leaned in to kiss him. He returned the kiss, feeling better how about his magical abilities of physical affection. Oh, that was a weird way to word it. Ugh.

"Hey, remember when you asked me about cons?" Jace asked, raising an eyebrow questioningly as he did so, even though it was hard to speak after she had fixed his beanie and after that kiss. Every time she touched his beanie, he could feel himself panic for a moment before relaxing. "Well I worry a lot. So mehh." He said, sticking his tongue out at her playfully with a small, teasing grin coming to his face, although it didn't last very long.

"What happened with your parents? Were they mad?" Luckily, Jace's dad had had no idea -- plus he could've just said she was Ash's friend. Their dad wouldn't have been mad about that, plus he thought that everything Ash did was amazing. Regardless, he wasn't sure how other people's parents would react.

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Nova

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Nova lightly tapped Jace on the nose as he stuck out his tongue at her before pulling out a chair and flipping it around, straddling the seat as she sat backwards in it and sighing. "My parents weren't... thrilled," She shrugged, lacing her fingers together and resting her arms on the chair's headrest. Not only were they not thrilled, but they requested something of Nova. Something she she was positive neither her or Jace were ready for, but she did her best to even out her voice. Her hands were sweaty and fidgety, eyes looking down, and it took a lot of the little energy she had to take a deep breath and calm herself down. "So look, I know that we haven't been doing this for long," The brunette began, scooting her chair forward so she could grab one of Jace's hands. Physical affection calmed her down, and definitely was working now as she played with the blonde's fingers. "And I know we aren't official or anything, so you can definitely say no but uh... m-my parents said that they would be alright with it happening again, and wouldn't worry like they did this time if they could uh..." Jeez, why was this so hard? It's not like it was a huge deal, she just knew that her parents kinda worried when it came to Nova having friends after what happened with Ryan... and she wanted to be the one to tell Jace about that, in her own time. Then again, she held enough trust that maybe they wouldn't say anything. In fact, Nova decided then that she wouldn't even let herself believe that they would tell.

"They were wondering if you would come over and meet them." Nova finally sighed, looking up into Jace's blue eyes. It was her turn to worry, shoulders tense and her brow furrowed. She pushed some hair from her face, then, nervously tucking it behind her ear. "But you totally don't have to, like, what they don't know won't hurt them, y'know?" The hazel eyed gal blurted, squeezing his hand once more.

Winona

 

[High5ives]

Kanen was already stuffing his face when Stu started talking about what all the little candies where called back home. Frankly, it was all going in one ear and out the other. Sure, Kanen tried to pay attention, but have you ever had a Snickers? Those things are distracting. They're even more distracting when there's four of them stuffed into you checks, threatening to end your life in a chocolaty explosion.

When he finally managed to choke the peanut and caramel filled chocolate down, Kanen just nodded at the smaller boy, immediately reaching for a bottle of Pepsi. Slowly, he sunk back into one of the hospital chairs, ready to just relax and watch a movie. However, Kanen was already exhausted, chances are, he'd fall asleep as soon as it started.

 

[Winona]

Jace

Oh lord. Jace felt as if he'd taken months of flirting, dating, and being in a relationship and crammed it into less than a week with Nova. Was he moving into this whole thing so fast? He barely knew her, aside from her obvious interest in music, his clothing, and that she was apparently always cold. And that kissing her was like the best thing he'd ever experienced. But now, to meet her parents, especially when even Nova wasn't sure what the two of them were... well, he couldn't say no, but Jace also didn't want to meet her parents and to have them think he was just using her or something. So inwardly, Jace decided that he would need to ask Nova to... to be his girlfriend... before he went to meet her parents. Although the decision made him nervous, holding Nova's hand calmed him.

He watched as she tucked her hair behind her ear, but another stubborn strand fell back. Jace smiled, reaching forward and tucking it back behind her ear. His hand lingered next to her face for a moment before he pulled back. "Nova, if it would make your parents feel better, I'll gladly meet them." He didn't want it causing her issues at home, and Jace was sure this meant something to her, too. And although meeting parents was something Jace had never done, he'd watched plenty of movies about what to do. All he had to do was avoid being like James Franco in that one Christmas movie.

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[a z u l a]

Alaska

After finally recovering from the bonfire and her sleepover extravaganza, Alaska was in a better mood than usual for such an early hour on a Monday morning. It had been an eventful weekend, the loner having finally made some girl friends to hangout with. While Drake was the best friend a girl could ask for, there were just certain things she refused to talk about with him.

She was so giddy about seeing her newly acquired friends that she almost missed Kanen as she walked by him, coming to an abrupt stop beside his locker as she prepared herself for what she was about to do. He'd bailed out on the bonfire it seemed, something she was more than disappointed in, but that wouldn't deter her.

"You missed out on one hell of a bonfire. I was going to do this by the fire, thought it would be fitting, but I guess this will do." Alaska spoke, grabbing his jacket to pull herself up for leverage before leaning up on her tip-toes to press her lips to his, her free hand entangling itself in his light brown locks. It was more than a little impulsive considering she'd only been crushing on him for about a week, but she'd never been too keen on impulse control and it was better to do it and regret it than wish she had.

Ryder

The weekend had been more than stressful enough for Ryder, and now he was dreading being back at school. Ash was spiraling out of control and he had no way of helping her, she'd ran out of his house so fast after she'd heard the news about Ryan the next morning, looking absolutely devastated. He regretted plotting Ryan's murder after finding out what had happened, though it still angered him that it had caused his best friend so much pain.

The football player was so lost in thought he almost missed the sight before him, his twin sister locking lips with the biggest asshole on his team, Kanen. Before he fully registered what was happening, he was seeing red as he yanked Alaska away by her shoulder before his fist connected with Kanen's jaw.

"I'm gonna f*cking kill you! Don't you ever put your hands on her again!" He screamed, slamming the boy into the lockers behind them roughly. As much as Ryder knew his sister hated it, he was extremely overprotective of the small girl. He knew better than anyone that she could hold her own, but Kanen was the worst possible person to try and mess with her.​

 

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Nova

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The soft graze of Jace's fingers on her cheek brought a soothing wave over Nova's entire body. Something about this boy just made her feel better. Sure, she didn't know a ton about him, where he came from or why in the hell he was interested in her of all people, but she did know that she felt safe with him. And that was more important than his favorite movie, in this current moment. She just couldn't believe that his answer was yes, without a question, without hesitation, he just seemed so relaxed. Even if he wasn't, which, Nova was sure he wasn't. "How did I get so lucky to have met someone like you?" She sighed, giving Jace's hand a light squeeze and leaning forward to peck a kiss to his cheek. It was crunch time now though, and she thought about all the ways that she could prepare the blonde for what he was walking into. Her father, a pretty stoic lawyer who only cared about his old records and his law practice, and her mother who was a yoga teacher, and probably one of the most zenned out people you would ever meet... polar opposites. And there was Kelbi, of course, who Nova loved more than anything. But she didn't want to stress him out more than he already would be... so decided to leave it and just let Jace be his wonderful self. "You know you're gonna have to meet my dog," Nova teased lightly, tilting her head to the side and flashing a wide smile. Yes, she was aware of Jace's dislike for dogs, but hers was more of a cat... a giant, hundred and fifty pound cat that just napped all day and didn't really want to be bothered.

Out of nowhere, Nova jumped slightly as she heard a crash outside, followed by some intense yelling. "I feel like that's not good," She whispered, as if whatever was happening would come for her next and she needed to be quiet. Being the ever-so-helpful Nova that she was, she slowly got up and grabbed her backpack, before strolling back over to Jace and grabbing his hand. There really wasn't a specific reason for it, she just liked holding his hand.

Another loud crash echoed into the music room, and that was about enough for Nova. "It sounds like someone is getting the shit beat out of them, c'mon," With a tug of Jace's hand, she pulled him to standing and pushed her way through the music room door, towing Jace behind her. And what she saw when she rounded the corner sadly wasn't a new sight. Kanen, being thrown against the lockers by a pissed off someone... a pissed off someone that looked strangely familiar. It was the same guy that had thrown her into the ocean and... some girl? Damn, this school really was filled with drama. "Why does Kanen have to piss people off?" She groaned, peeking around the corner still, not really minding what she had said for she had no idea of Jace's past with any of these people.

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Kanen had just been minding his own business when Alaska came out of no where. Saying something before suddenly grabbing him and kissing his lips. Kanen was obviously shocked at first, but he wasn't at all opposed. He eased himself into the kiss, cupping her cheek with one hand, and pulling her closer with the other.

Why shouldn't he have kissed her back? She was attractive, and from what little they talked, Alaska seemed cool. Besides, it's not like Kanen was worried about anyone seeing them. What?. Some teacher was gonna get mad at them or something? As if he cared.

Just as soon as it had started though, Alaska was ripped out of his harms, and Ryder's fist collided with his jaw. Caught off guard and unbalanced, it was easy enough for Ryder to shove him back into the lockers, but Ryder was an idiot if he thought Kanen wouldn't fight back.

The boy stepped forward, grabbing Ryder's shirt and practically throwing the smaller boy down into Kanen's up coming knee. The resulting blow was satisfying, as Kanen felt Ryder's whole body flinch after impact. Kanen gave the kid one quick shove into the lockers on the other side of the hall, pausing briefly to check the bloody lip Ryder had just given him.

"Are you fucking dumb?" Kanen snapped. He stepped forward, closing his hand into a fist and pounding it into the dazed boy's stomach. When Ryder doubled over, Kanen grabbed the back of his shirt and threw him into the lockers on the opposite side of the hall, watching as Ryder slammed into them practically face first. "Fuck you, you sorry piece of shit. If you're going to fucking hit me, make it count!" Kanen barked

When Ryder hit the ground, Kanen spit down at him, his saliva mixed with the blood slowly slipping from his lip.

The older boy's arm reached around Alaska's waist, pulling her towards him, but gently. In stark contrast to the violent display Kanen had just put on. His head stooped down, going for a kiss, but instead of Alaska's lips, Kanen found her neck. He kissed her neck very briefly, ending it with a soft bite, all in full view of Ryder.

Backing away from Alaska just enough to give them a bit of space, Kanen looked back down at Ryder. "You're a fucking pussy. You show up to practice today, and I swear to God, you and Mason are going to have matching casts." He threatened.

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Alaska

"What the fuck, Ryder!" Alaska yelled, watching as the two boys fought, though it was less of a fight and more of a slaughter. Ryder's overprotectiveness had always been annoying, but this? This was a new low for him, and though she winced as she heard the impact of Kanen's blows, she couldn't bring herself to feel bad for him. He had completely overreacted to a situation he didn't even understand and immediately resorted to violence instead of talking. She may have been impulsive, but he was just plain stupid.

"I'm not a fucking child, I kissed him!" Her voice shook as she stepped towards her brother, more furious than she had ever been.

"You're a child for being stupid enough to do that!" Ryder argued, the final straw for the already angry girl. Before she could think about it she'd hit him, sending her twin's blood streaming down his face as she connected with his nose. her eyes widened as she realized what she'd done. Alaska was much too enraged to apologize, simply turning to flee before Kanen gently grabbed her waist.

She knew it was all kinds of wrong, but she couldn't find it so incredibly hot that he'd just beaten the shit out of someone for her. It would've ben hotter if it hadn't been her brother he'd just destroyed, but the girl couldn't help the thrill violence gave her. Alaska was experiencing a lot of different feelings at the moment, mostly due to Kanen. Guilt filled her as she let a whisper of a moan escape her lips as Kanen bit her soft flesh, avoiding looking at her brother entirely as she hurriedly walked away, unable to be around her brother for the moment.

The twins would be having a long ride home.

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Jace

Before Jace could even reply, there was smashing and yelling, which didn't really interest him all that much. It seemed to be normal at Westbrook and was a strong reason of why he stayed safe in the music room. No one ever fought in here, except for maybe over which songs to play in band concerts (which he wasn't part of, so he never got into those arguments). Of course, Nova being the wonderful girl she was, took his hand and dragged him out to see what going on. Jace wasn't super excited about peeking his head around to see what was happening, but he did to witness what Nova did.

Kanen being tossed into the lockers, and then completely destroying Minuteman just for kissing his sister. Wow. That was the reason Jace never tried to fight the guys that kissed or dated Ash -- he would get destroyed. The only time he would probably throw a punch was if they slept with her, but Ash was smarter than that, so Jace was safe from that. Something must have been under Ryder's skin for him to react so strongly so quickly, and Jace kind of wondered what.

When the fight started getting bad, Jace had pulled Nova back a bit, angling himself to stand just a little ahead of her so that if a wayward fist or something flew their way, he could shield her with his thin little body. That was, until she brought up Kanen, in which case his eyes snapped to her in surprise. "You know Kanen?" He asked, suddenly forgetting about what was happening with the fight for a moment. Kanen, of all people. Of all people in the school. Kanen.

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Ash

Half of her hadn't even wanted to come to school on Monday after everything that had happened over the weekend. She'd left Ryder and Alaska's house early Sunday morning after receiving the news about Ryan. Ash had slipped into her house, quickly showering to try and cleanse herself of the guilt from the previous night, and also of the beach in general. Sadly, the water had done little to clear up her mood. Part of her had wanted to visit Ryan, but part of her felt horrible after everything that had happened. So, she had decided to talk to Sawyer and Grace and see if maybe they could go with her.

Monday wasn't a day she had wanted to face, but here she was. She'd just dropped her stuff off in her class and was on her way to the bathrooms when she turned a corner in the hallway and watched as Kanen completely destroyed Ryder. Something inside her broke, and all Ash could really feel was numb at this point. She thought back to the first day of school, when she had yelled at Ryan in defense of Kanen. Or how she'd convinced her dad that Kanen was a good guy and that they should just put him on probation. All of that, and now this. Despite whatever might happen between her and Ryder, he was still her best friend, and Ash couldn't stand to see someone break him like that -- especially not when that someone was a person she'd invited into her home.

Her plan had been to stay under the radar, but watching all this, and watching as Alaska punched her own already broken brother was too much for Ash. She started walking forward, and was soon running, until she made it to Ryder's side and fell to the ground beside him on her knees. Her fingers were trembling as she reached out to touch his cheek -- but before she could fully worry about Ryder, she had things to say. Important things.

Ash looked over her shoulder at Alaska and presumably Kanen running away. "Kanen." She yelled after him, although her voice was still weak and probably couldn't even be considered a real yell. "I should've let them arrest you. I thought it was the alcohol that made you a jerk, but now I know it's not that. It's just you."

She then turned back to look at Ryder and gritted her teeth, trying to stop herself from crying. As much as she hated him, Ash couldn't hate him for this stupid situation. "God damn it, Ryder. I don't need you in the hospital, too. Why are you so stupid sometimes?" She asked, panic starting to set in as she realized she had no idea what to do to help him.

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Nova

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Nova hated seeing people get hurt... it was something that twisted her gut and made her stomach reel. Even if she didn't know the people well, the brunette found it impossible to just sit and watch on the sidelines. She could hear the impact of Kanen's hits into the stranger that she only faintly remembered, tears welling in her eyes as she gritted her teeth together, wincing at every hit that Kanen delivered to the boy, but what set it off was Kanen's girl next to him, as she hurt the crunch of the boy's nose on impact. "You've got to be kidding me," The words came out as more of a soft breath than anything as she tore away from Jace, not being able to answer his question out of pure shock. She ran towards the poor boy that was curled up on the ground, looking up to see a seething Ash next to her, spitting venom in Kanen's direction, which was, in this case, completely justified.

"Ash I need you to go get me some ice," Nova's hands were shaky as she felt over the guy- er, Ryder, as she had heard the blonde girl call him- to make sure nothing was broken, and it seemed like nothing besides his nose was. He was already bruising and swelling around his face, and it needed ice to prevent any further action. "Hi Ryder, remember me?" She spoke calmly, in that soothing coo of hers that she often used to calm down Jace whenever he was nervous. Although even she was a little nervous right now, as she watched blood pool from Ryder's nose and onto the hallway's tile. It was apparent that Ryder needed to go to the hospital, but Nova would do what she could while she was here. Now she just needed some sort of cloth to put pressure against the football player's nose... and of course, everyone was preoccupied and probably also in shock. "Damn it," Nova grunted as she pulled off the striped long sleeve that had been previously being used as her top. Luckily she had worn a black sports bra that day, and not something a little more... revealing. And once Ryder was taken care of, she would head out to her car to get a new shirt. "Ash, ice," Nova spoke quickly, bunching up her shirt and placing it in Ryder's hands, lifting his arm a bit to encourage him to put the shirt to his busted face. "You need to put pressure on that, it's definitely broken and without pressure it won't clot and stop," Her hazel eyes looked softly into his, trying to be a soothing at this time of chaos. She was also convinced that Ryder probably had something of a concussion, and grabbed her backpack before gently lifting his head and placing it onto the soft surface. "Jace!" Nova called out, looking back and gesturing with her head for him to come over. "Can you please call 911, he needs to get into an emergency room and get his nose corrected before it starts to solidify again,"

With all this craziness, Nova managed to slip her hand into Ryder's hair, trying to calm him down for even she could feel his heart racing, his breaths short and his body stressed. "You're gonna be okay," She whispered, giving Ryder a smile before looking around to see if Ash was coming back yet.

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