‘ i was just saying that you look kinda down. ’ lei offers a smallish sympathetic smile, leaning against the bar. ‘ just a water, ’ she directs to the bartender before turning her attention back to the blonde. ‘ you wanna talk ? i’m sober but i’m not bad company, i swear. ’ she’s already taking the seat next to the girl, tucking a strand of wavy hair behind her ear. ‘ leilani, ’ she introduces herself easily.
“Deliah and I’m sorry. I got stood up... on a blind date of all things. Like he didn’t have the decency to text me or he walked in, saw me, and left,” Dee explained feeling more dejected when she said it out loud, “Most people just call me Dee.” She picked up her drink and took a long sip. She motioned for the bartender for another one.
Dee was on her first blind date since her divorce and she’d been stood up. She was embarrassed, disappointed, and frustrated all at the same time. She had to give up her table after an hour so now she found herself at the bar. She sat with her chin in her hand as she stared down at her Vodka Cranberry. She didn’t notice the person who sat down next to her and didn’t hear what they said either. “What? I’m sorry I was lost in my own... crap,” she answered dejectedly before she looked up at them.
“I’d say his bark is worse than his bite, but he’s not really a barker, either,” Tag said, tugging half-heartedly at the leash. “My sister says the only thing he attacks with is love, so I think you’re safe.”
Dee grinned as she slipped her phone into her purse. She bent over and began to pat his head. “We have that in common,” she cooed at the dog before looking back up at the guy. “I’m Deliah,” she introduced as she stood back up and held out her hand.
‘ people assume that when you’re alone, you’re lonely. ’ there’s an edge of annoyance in her voice, a frown on her lips as she tugs the lab coat off & stuffs it into her messenger bag (carefully, though, there’s a human skull in there she can’t risk damaging). ‘ like most assumptions, it’s erroneous. the two aren’t the same. ’
“No they aren’t,” Dee replied quietly, “You can also be surrounded by people and be the loneliest person.” She took a sip of her coffee as she walked alongside Val. “I always wonder who those people are,” she added knowing full well she was one of the lonely.
he decides then that he’s never doing anything nice for anyone ever again - or at least, not for dee, the ungrateful pain in his ass. the dog leash is still painfully tangled around his legs, and after his third attempt he’s taken a break from trying to undo the not his sister’s giant mutt managed to tie it in. at least the dog in question has stopped running circles around him. tag crashing to the questionably green grass in the park seemed to entertain him more; the mastiff now sat calmly next to his temporary dog walker, although the animal’s calm demeanor (and the last of tag’s dignity) vanished when someone approached.
“There is a huge dog that may be a monster or a horse so I’m going to have to call you back,” Dee whispered into her phone as she approached the beast and the very attractive man failing at controlling him. She ended the call as she approached cautiously. “I want to pet him but I also want to live. Can those two things go hand in hand?” she asked the guy with a nervous smile, “Hopefully with me still having both my hands.”
HEY HEY HEY! So I decided to bring in Sweet Dee (although don’t call her that, she does watch It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia). She’s a divorced wedding planner HA, it’s not funny but it is. Well it is to me.
Early Life~~~
Deliah Abigail Winslow is an Army brat. She was born in Japan to her parents who are soulmates. She lived there until she was nine months old when her father was shipped to Texas. Her younger sister, Rosemarie, was born there and the four of them lived there happily until Dee was ten when they moved to Toronto. They stayed there until Dee was seventeen when they moved to Santa Ana.
Her mother, Rachelle, is an event planner. Since they moved around a lot, she gained a massive, international client base and Dee grew up idolizing her mother and worked for her since she could walk. Dee loved everything about event planning from the initial talks with the clients, to the drawing of the designs, to the actual planning, to seeing everything come together and finally the events themselves. Her favorites were always the weddings. She saw numerous soulmates by the time she was a teenager that it had an impact on her. She thought true love only came from a soulmate.
Dee realized she liked girls as well as boys when she was thirteen. She was studying with a friend when that friend kissed her out of the blue. Dee was surprised, but found that she liked the way it felt so she kissed her back. She has yet to come out to anyone but her close friends as bisexual.
Young Love~~~
Dee met Jason when she was living in Texas. He was the football quarterback and she was the girl he never noticed, or so she had thought. Dee was fairly quiet in school. She usually made a few friends and stuck with them. She didn’t attend high school parties or even date, but she’d always had a thing for Jason. When they moved away, she pushed her teenage crush to the back of her mind until her 18th birthday.
Her mother had thrown her a lavish surprise party and just as Dee was enjoying some sushi at the sushi bar with her friend, she spotted Jason walk in right as a romantic song started playing. She thought it was fate. She thought he must have her mark. Her friend pushed her to go and talk to Jason. The two hit it off like close friends. They began dating and fell in love despite Jason not having her mark.
When she was twenty, the two eloped much to her parents’ dismay. She thought she’d found true love outside of her mark. They had exactly one year of wedded bliss until she came home and found him in bed with that very same friend who urged her to go talk to him. She kicked him out that very night.
Day Job~~~
Dee got into the event planning business with her mother specializing in weddings. She found that she had a true talent for combing what the bride wanted and what the groom didn’t know that he wanted. She spends her days now watching happy couples plan their special day, feeling jealous and frustrated that her true love ended up being a dud.
