I might only have one match, but I can make an explosion

Alena Prescott - 26 - Business Development Manager

[svnsctmuses]

“We’ll see what ends up happening. It could be a mix of both as well. One day I could end up disliking you for it and the next time I could end up thanking you. We can only guess what could end up happening. Hiking? No. I’m not against it. I’m fine with doing that. As long as it’s not rock climbing and I don’t have to look down, then we’ll be good.” Looking at the mistletoe in her hands, he took it from her and looked around, trying to find a spot on where he could put it. “Just make sure you don’t consume it somehow. I don’t want you to end up getting poisoned.” He hummed and walked over to the kitchen, placing it up on the doorway. “Is this a good place?” He asked, turning to look at her.

[ali-prescott]

“I guess you can say I’m used to having no in-betweens. The idea that people will either love me or hate me to be honest, so, I suppose all that we can really do is wait and see how it turns out.” she agreed with the statement. “Okay, so, no big outdoorsy walls then?” Ali questioned in regards to the hiking thing she’d mentioned. The woman heard his warning about consuming the mistletoe and arched an eyebrow. “Now I feel like I’ve just got to ask... Why would I eventually consume mistletoe? Unless it’s used to brew tea or has some kind of culinary purpose, I don’t see me eating or drinking something like it, no.” she shook her head and watched as he positioned the branch, analyzing it as he asked for her opinion. “I think it needs to go a little more to the right.” she pointed out.

[damon--king-blog]

“I’m still up for it, sweetheart.”

[ali-prescott]

“If you say so... Won’t lie that it might be kind of entertaining.”

[svnsctmuses]

“I’m not great with coming out of my comfort zone. It all depends on what we will end up planning on doing, because there are certain things I definitely won’t do – like skydiving, or bungee jumping. Heights – not a good thing,” He admitted as he remembered one time his cousin took him to an amusement park and he almost passed out from the height of a roller coaster they were on. There were some things he was okay with doing, but other things he would end up just saying no to. “It does,” he agreed and looked at the mistletoe she pulled out, raising an eyebrow at the female. “Sure. Is it real?” He asked curiously. “I’m not surprised by that at all.”

[ali-prescott]

“Well, then, you’re either going to hate me oh-so much or you’re going to find out that doing that every now and then is actually a great thing. I believe those are the only two possibilities here. But, I’ll cross heights off the list. Are you against hiking as well? Just, you know, so I know?” she inquired. “And, we might not always have laid out plans, sometimes things will just end up happening or heading some direction.” Ali gave the man a fair warning. “Yes it is. I got it the other day along with the rest of the Christmas ornaments. I figured it couldn’t exactly hurt,” she justified having gotten the branch and extended her hand to him so that he could put it up somewhere he liked. “Well, I’m glad to hear you aren’t. Probably saves me the trouble of explaining the story.”

[malloryburnell-blog]

{Ali} "would you look at that"

The first thing that Mallory noticed was the eyes. They were bright blue, so different from all the red and green she’d seen at the ridiculous Christmas party. In her drunken haze, they grabbed her attention. All of the girl had grabbed her attention, and she knew that she’d never seen her before, and had never met her before. She was memorable (at least her appearance was). She walked over to her, ready to say something, maybe just hello, and then voila! They were stood under the mistletoe. She pressed a soft kiss to the stranger’s lips with one hand around her neck. Pulling away, she said, “Merry Christmas.” And then left her standing there. Smooth.

[damon--king-blog]

“Oh-so curious people are who I like the most because I love answering questions about anything.”

[ali-prescott]

"I would highly suggest keeping that in mind, and being fully aware that it can become a little bit much at any possible time...”

[viktoriya-dragov]

“It’s weird, but I do it sometimes when I’m telling someone about my club– that’s mostly ‘cause I’m a smart ass, though.—- Jerks are like magnets. I attract them. I know how to hold my own against assholes. They quit bothering me a long time ago.” 

[ali-prescott]

“I can’t really think of occasions in which I might have employed that artifice... But, ugh, this particular one just gets on my nerves... It’s really not worth it, I know, I just can’t really help it. Whenever he’s got that smug smile upon his face, I feel like slapping it out of him.”

[svnsctmuses]

“I still think it won’t bother me all that much. I’m doing what I always wanted to do, so. I don’t really feel like I missed out on anything,” He said while bringing his shoulders up into a shrug. “I live enough. I would rather be at the hospital than at a pub, or anything like that. I don’t care much about any of that. I do things if I’m really interested in them, but at the same time, I’d rather just help people at the hospital and that’s that,” he told her. He really didn’t care much about going out and doing what everyone else was. He knows that when he’s much older and he retires, he would have plenty of time and stuff to do then, but right now, he’s only focused on his job.He nodded, agreeing with her about the tree and then turned his head to look at her once again. He laughed and shook his head. “I’m guessing you’re a very convincing person? No… I don’t have anyone.” 

[ali-prescott]

“Okay, let’s make a deal, every week we will decide on a night, a single night in which we will either go out and do something completely out of your comfort zone or just, you know, something that’s different from what we might be used to, would you be willing to do that?” she questioned raising one eyebrow. It was beginning to seem like Ali was going to need to force him into doing certain things much like she did with her sister - and the thing was, she had no problem with that at all. “Now this place looks a lot more Christmas-y,” she smiled and grabbed a branch of mistletoe. “How would you feel about hanging one of those?” she questioned, showing it to him. Personally she wouldn’t mind it, though it was entirely up to him. “And, well, what can I say? I can be quite the persuasive person when I want to be. Okay, so, it’s the two of us for the twenty fourth then, and off to our families on the twenty fifth. That works for me!”

[addisonsmithbtw-deactivated2016]

[ali-prescott]

“That’s pretty much it. But, anyways, how have the holidays treated you?”

[svnsctmuses]

“If I’m being honest. I don’t think that I would look back and get frustrated on the things I didn’t do. I was never the one to like parties, so I’m not going to regret going out to parties and forgetting about life. I’m not disappointed in what I’ve done or haven’t done. If I do anything now that I haven’t back then, it’s just to see what some people were talking about,” he admitted to her. Walking over to Ali, Xavier looked at the topper. “It’s nice,” he stated, taking it from her and putting it on the top and making sure it looked straight. “How does it look?” He asked while taking a step back. “I mean sneaking alcohol into someone’s drink. I guess we did. it should be a nice time. Do you want to invite anyone over for it, or no?”

[ali-prescott]

“I see what you mean, though, beware that the way you think right now might not be the same way you’ll think in twenty or thirty years. People are always telling others to make the most of out their experiences because, you just... You never really know. I’m not saying go ahead and do something bloody stupid like meth or something equally idiotic; just to... You know, live outside of this flat and the hospital a little.” the woman’s tone was light as she suggested those things. If anything, she could help out with those endeavors, all he needed was to say the words. Or, catch her in a day in which she might have been feeling a little bit pushy. With a smile Alena glanced over at their tree and beamed. “Oh, this looks great!” she clapped. “Sneaking alcohol to their drinks? Never. Convincing others that the alcohol would be a nice thing? Several times.” Ali chuckled. “Well, the only people I would feel the need to invite are Warren or Madilynne, and, Warren lives right next door and I’ll spend the twenty fifth with Mads anyway. You?”

[svnsctmuses]

“You should listen to Warren. I was the kid always in the library or always on top of assignments. I’m pretty sure I was done with exams before everyone else. So – that should say a lot about how I was in school.” Xavier wasn’t exactly the kid that people saw around in the halls that much, he spent most of his time in the library studying, even during their lunch, he sometimes just ended up there, when knowing there was a quiz coming up. But – it didn’t bother him, even if the other students would call him a nerd or something else. His eyebrows rose, being surprised by her words. “Have you done something like that before?” Turning around, he looked at the female. “We will just do that, then.” 

[ali-prescott]

“But, you’re not anymore. The time for assignments has come and gone, and you should, you know, live a little,” she told him with a sharp nod. “There comes a moment in people’s lives in which they generally start thinking about all of the experiences they didn’t have. Make sure that the ones you had overcome the ones you didn’t, otherwise you might end up quite frustrated,” Ali announced with a couple of nods, heading over to a box that laid on the side and opening it up. “I’ve saved the top for you to put,” she grabbed the golden star from the box and showed it to him. “Oh, you mean taking care of other people if they crossed the line or something like that? And, it sounds like we’ve just made the plans for our first Christmas together.”

[svnsctmuses]

“Why’s that?” He asked while tilting his head, looking at her, like a curious dog. “If you don’t, then I’m going to blame you for as long as we know each other and I’ll tell people you slipped alcohol in my drinks without telling me about it,” he joked. He just nodded his head a couple of times while listening to what she was telling him. “I’ll trust you on this. I’m putting all my trust on you for tonight, so you better handle it with care.” Giving her a smile, he turned back to the tree to put a few more ornaments on the tree. “Yeah – that’s a good idea. We could always get those small chickens also, so they’re one per person and there won’t be any left overs. Unless you’re the person who likes to eat leftover in the middle of the night, then I’m totally cool with that as well.”

[ali-prescott]

“Because you’re a twenty year old guy, it seems like you’ve been like a part of some sort of in crowd while growing up - though Warren tells otherwise -, it’s just hard to imagine you wouldn’t have had such mundane experiences, that’s all.” she justified her point of view with a shrug. “Coming from a person who can actually bear grudges, I’ll make sure something like that doesn’t actually happen. And, the weird part is: if that was actually something you told others, I don’t think a whole lot of them would have a problem believing it.” her shoulders moved up and down in a shrug. “Well, I’m a very trustworthy kind of person, you’ll see.” Ali told him with a bright smile, heading over to the kitchen and refilling their cups. “I can be, depending on how hungry I am,” she shrugged. “Besides, chicken might turn into a nice sandwich afterwards.”

[dashadeathlyquiet-deactivated20]

“I’m sure I can figure out somethin’ ta keep meself entertained. Thing is, trouble seems ta find me, yunno? And I’ll keep that in mind. You don’t think you’ll get back be’ind the wheel sometime?”

[ali-prescott]

“With me it’s more like... Things have a way of complicating themselves in ways one might not have foreseen. But, I don’t really think so. Never quite fancied driving.”

[damon--king-blog]

“That sounds a lot better than sitting around in my room watching Christmas movies all day.”

[ali-prescott]

“Keep that thought in mind - you haven’t yet had the chance to meet my folks. And I have a feeling my sister would also likely be oh-so curious!”

[dashadeathlyquiet-deactivated20]

“It’s just a sign that I’ve been cooped up in me flat playin’ this shit for too long. Remind me never to let you borrow me car then.”

[ali-prescott]

“Well, in that case, it shouldn’t be hard to find something to do outside and, well, enjoy it, you know? But, I wouldn’t recommend handing me the keys to a car either. I haven’t driven in like... Three years or more.”

[svnsctmuses]

“I would like to say that I’m not bad, but I never actually had anyone take care of me when I was sick – or just not feeling well since I was younger, so I can’t actually answer that question for you. You would have to find that out for yourself.” There were times where Xavier could be over-dramatic when he didn’t feel well and just locked himself up in his room and stayed in the dark for a couple of days, but that’s as far as he went. He never gave anyone a hard time, he just kept to himself not wanting to infect anyone else around him. “Yeah – not so much. I would like to be able to want to walk or leave my bed. Feeling like you’ve just been hit by a train doesn’t seem too pleasant,” he said with a laugh while shaking his head. Turning around, Xavier went back to where he placed his cup down and drank more of the eggnog. When hearing her question, Xavier brought his shoulders up into a shrug. “I’m going to say that I’m not dead yet, so I can cook to an extent. I never made a turkey or a chicken, unless they were breasts. But – I’m good with sides and a few other things.”

[ali-prescott]

“Seriously? My goodness, Xavier, I think you surprise me with every assertive you direct at me,” she pointed out with a couple of nods. “But, like I said, don’t worry too much. Allow yourself to take at least this one evening to relax and know that someone will have your back, no matter what happens.” she told him with a bright smile. “Trust me, it’s really not one of the best sensations one could be having, but, there are ways to counter it, thankfully. And, if you think you might have crossed the line, then, I’ll give you a nice ‘pick-me-up’ and you should be better by the time you wake up. Like I said, you have nothing to worry about.” Ali reassured him with a bright smile upon her face. “It’s alright, I was just wondering. I can cook things as long as there’s a recipe I can follow. Shouldn’t be too hard to find one, and, I’ve learned nice ways to put seasoning on a turkey. Given the fact that’s just gonna be the two of us, maybe we should grab something like a big chicken instead, that way there would be fewer leftovers for us to deal with...?” the woman rose her tone by the end of the sentence, making it a question.

[svnsctmuses]

{Ali} "Would you look at that..."

To say the least, Xavier had never kissed anyone under the mistletoe and honestly never understood it, so when his flatmate pointed out that they were standing underneath one, all he could do was let out a laugh. There was also the thing of not wanting to make living together completely awkward after kissing her, but they were both adults and it was just some silly Christmas tradition, right? It wasn’t like he was just randomly kissing her. Well, he sort of was, but he didn’t think much of it. “Okay… come here,” he said with a gentle smile and walking closer to her, lightly cupping her face and leaning in to press a soft kiss on her lips, having it last for a few seconds. “Merry Christmas,” he whispered as he began to pull away from her. 

[viktoriya-dragov]

“Is this person you and you’re just talking about yourself in third person? Or is it someone else? Because they sound like my kind of person.” 

[ali-prescott]

“It’s someone else. I always think it’s so weird when others talk about themselves in the third person... But, trust me when I say he wouldn’t be too much your kind of person - unless you like people who are kind of jerks.”