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Elody: I have a really important question.

Elody: Is or isn't Pluto a planet at the moment?

Crispin: That's a good question actually.

Crispin: Though you're gonna have to ask Google because I have no idea.

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sofiavolkov:

“Well, any somewhat laughable jokes are good jokes. My family weren’t very big on jokes growing up so I haven’t actually heard that many,” she explained. It was true - her family were pretty serious and the only jokes she’d really heard as a kid were ones her brother had heard around school and told her later. “Ah, no harm done. It’s probably the most interesting way I’ve ever met someone.”

“Then I’ll have to throw them out whenever I can. Introduce you to the world of semi-okay jokes.” he replied with a smile. “I wish I could say the same, its definitely number two though. Number one is that time that girl hit me with her car because she was busy texting.” 

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vronjames:

Ronnie couldn’t help but smile. “Sounds like a good idea to me.” She laughed with him. “Well.. I’m not usually one to share…. But I think i can supply the chocolate if you bring the ice cream.”

“then its a deal!” he replied with a grin. “glad we squared that way. now i just need a time and place and we’ll be all set.” 

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luxdevereaux:

“they love you, you know… they’re your parents, you should appreciate you have that – someone who cares, i mean.” there was a small twinge at his words, her jaw clenching slightly as she nodded her head, not daring to say another word. she didn’t really know what to do, her hunger suddenly dissipating as the pit in her stomach grew. long lashes batted as she pushed herself away from the table. “i-i should um… i should get back to work,” she murmured quietly, taking in a breath, before she spoke, the fork slipping from her grasp as she came to her feet, slightly unbalanced. “us… a-as friends.. it won’t work, crispin. because i can’t think of you as a friend, i don’t think that’s possible. thanks for the food but um… enjoy, i guess.”

“i know i do---i just---nevermind. you’re right and i do appreciate them. i just wish they’d step back a little and let me be my own person.” crispin let out a soft sigh as she pushed herself away from the table, knowing he’d said something stupid. he stood up to follow her, wringing his hands nervously. “please wait lux, can we talk about this?” he asked, clutching her shoulder lightly. “so do you just want me out of your life completely then or what?”

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luxdevereaux:

“right… senator,” she murmured, her hand glancing down to the ring that still sat on her left hand, quickly she hides it under the table as she gives him a meek smile, taking it off as discreetly as she can, making sure not to take her focus off of him. “asshole move, yes, smart? undeniably,” lux assured him quietly, biting down onto her lower lips as she puts the ring into her purse. “good, for a second i thought you were back for me, that would’ve been… well – i don’t know,” she muttered with the shake of her head, her thoughts fogged over by the couple tablets she popped earlier, letting out a sigh. “i should just start by shutting up, that seems like a good route to take.”

“yup. i’m so definitely looking forward to it.” he said with a roll of his eyes. he let out a soft sigh at her words and shook his head. “definitely not back for you. we’re done, i know that. i’m moving on, don’t worry. i just didn’t want to lose you completely, i guess? it’d be nice to at least still have you as a friend. that’s why i brought a peace offering.” he said, motioning towards the food. “there’s plenty of food to stuff your face with.” he said with a smile. “you don’t have to talk about anything you don’t want to.”

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vronjames:

“Obviously you did…. but you know what? I think we could easily merge the two. It just sounds like a fantastic addition.”

“You know that actually doesn’t sound like that bad of an idea.” he laughed. “I just need to find someone to implement it with now.”

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sofiavolkov:

“Ah - dad jokes. I’d hope they’re actually decent ones. I’ve known people who say they have good ones, but in reality they’re not so great,” Sofia shrugged. “No, no - we’ll split the blame. It’s no fair for one of us to go all in on it,” she decided. “Oh, nice to meet you. I’m Sofia.”

Crispin gave a playful grimace at her words. “I wouldn’t exactly say they’re uh---good? Most of the time they fall more into the ‘so stupid you can’t help but laugh’ category’.” he gave a slight nod at her words. “Neither of us can really be blamed if we’re both at fault so i’ll take that. Well, its nice meeting you Sofia. Too bad I had to almost knock you over to do it.”

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luxdevereaux:

at the words, she couldn’t help but laugh, not meaning to hurt his feelings, though she couldn’t help herself. tucking a piece of hair behind her ear as she takes a seat across from him. “ so you expect me to believe that your parents, the ones who wanted you to be a doctor are okay with you just spending more money to pursue film,” she asks, raising a brow up at him as she looks at him her head still foggy. “ god, crispin, you could’ve gone to ucla, or hell – i don’t know, juilliard. why everwood?” 

“well they weren’t exactly happy about it. dad’s trying to keep up looks though, he’s running for senator and stuff so it wouldn’t exactly be good if it got out he wasn’t letting his son further his education right? at least that’s they way i put it to them.” he said with a devious smile. “kind of an asshole move but how else was i going to go back” he shrugged his shoulders at her words. “i don’t know? i really don’t. there’s just something i liked about it here. people up there are so up their own asses, its nice being around more level headed people here.”

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luxdevereaux:

pushing her way into the, thankfully, empty room, she snatched the bags from his hands, placing it down onto the table before getting the utensils and plates from the cupboards with a sigh. “great that me upset gives you such amusement – next thing i know you’re going to tell me that you work here too,” her eyes widened as she snapped her head back at him. “you’re not working here are you?” she paused for another moment, brows pulling together contemplatively “wait, did you say you’re majoring in something else? are you insane? crissy – crispin,” she quickly corrected herself, shaking her head “you already got your doctorate, what the hell are you doing?”

he raised his hands defensively. “i don’t like you upset. i promise. i’m not working here, so you don’t have to worry about that. i’m not working at all actually.” he said, taking a seat. “full time student and all. eh, i did that for my parents. i wanted to do something for myself. that’s why i came back for another degree---in film.”

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marshall-devons:

“Isn’t that expensive? I mean, my fridge isn’t completely empty I have other food to make. I’m good, I’ve got money to buy more.”

“It gets expensive yeah, that’s the beauty in being a trust fund baby. Don’t tell anyone that though, it might ruin my starving artist image street cred. You sure? I don’t mind. I was going to grab some food myself anyway.”

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sofiavolkov:

Sofia laughed softly as he joked. “You’re funny, but I’m glad your shoulder is okay,” she smiled. “I’m okay. Zero injuries here, thank God. I probably should have looked up before I started walking, though.” 

“And I’m glad you’re okay! If you think I’m funny now though, just wait until I pull out my specialty---dad jokes. I’ve got a million of ‘em stored away.” he replied with a chuckle. “Well I’ll take full blame this time. We both just need to look out more in the future, yeah? I’m Crispin by the way.” he said, extending his hand. “Can I ask your name?”

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luxdevereaux:

she couldn’t help but look at him bewilderingly, sure, he’d lived here before, but after making his way back out to new york, she was sure that’s where he’d wanted to stay. “so you expect me to believe that you came back to california, and out of all places to live, you chose everwood?” before she had a chance to answer him, her stomach growled and she knew the battle was lost. a small groan escaped her lips as she pushed herself up from the desk, heading toward the break room, muttering under her breath as she breezed past him. “there better be eggrolls.”

“well i mean---that’s the truth so yeah? you don’t think i moved all the way back here just to bother you, did you?” he asked raising an eyebrow. “because that was only half of it.” he joked, giving her a playful wink. “of course there’s eggrolls lux, what do you take me for? some kind of savage? there are spring rolls in there too.” 

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luxdevereaux:

at the sigh of him, she nearly let the device slip between her fingertips, though looking to that smile she’d known all too well, she regained her senses after the slight loss of them, however it was still evident in her voice. “ y-you’re supposed to be in new york, crispin – what the hell are you doing here?? ” eyebrows threaded together, lips pressing in a firm line as she looked to the bags and she couldn’t help but let a sarcastic chuckle slip through her lips. “ of course, god damn it, of course you have food. ”

“new york? nah, it wasn’t my style. there’s a lot more opportunity out here for film and stuff. not that you’d know that i even switched to that major but hey, i did.” he gave a passive shrug, shaking the food bags. “so food? or no? because i can go if you want me to.” 

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norabainesx:

“Uh, I’m sorry, I don’t mean to be one of those shoppers but my daughter said she wanted something with a glittery frog on it to wear on the last day of school, would you know if you had something like that here?” Nora asked the store employee, scratching her brow– something she did when she was a little confused. 

Crispin spun around shaking his head slowly. “No I uh-I actually don’t work here.” he said apologetically. “I know the outfit screams retail worker but I’m really not. If you want though, I’m sure I could help you find something like that. I come here all the time so I’ve got a pretty decent knowledge of the stores lay-out.” 

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marshall-devons:

“I just walked in on my roommate eating my food. I swear when I have the money I’m buying a locked mini fridge. It’s so frustrating to have people constantly eating my food.”

“See that’s exactly why I always just eat out. That way I don’t have to worry about coming home to an empty fridge. Do you need some food man? I could buy you some if you’re that bad off.” 

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vronjames:

“Who knew Netflix and chill literally mean sitting on the couch with your puppy eating easter chocolate a week early… What a time to be alive.” 

“Wait is that what it means? I always thought it meant watching Netflix and eating ice cream. Though I think I may have taken it a bit too literally.” 

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sofiavolkov:

Sofia sighed, leaning on the wall outside of the bar. It had been impossible to say no to her friends from class when they suggested she come out with them that night, though she was starting to regret it now. As she stepped forward to head back inside, she felt herself accidentally bump into someone. “Oh, shoot! Are you all right?” She asked, even though she knew she hadn’t ran into them that hard.

Crispin glanced up, grabbing his shoulder playfully at the question. “I don’t know. I think it might be broken.” he replied with a playful smile. “The more important question though is, are you okay? I really should watch where I’m going. This has to be like the tenth time I bumped into someone this week.”