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elijah jones. 25. part time pizza delivery guy, ranch help. full time dreamer.

[elijahxjones]

Name: Elijah Jones Age: 25 Birthday: May 28th  Birth Place: Lockwood Springs Occupation: Part time delivery driver for Dough Bro Pizzeria and ranch help for Blue River Ranch. Positive traits: caring, sociable, strong-willed Negative traits: troublesome, unserious, clumsy Location: Rural

Elijah was raised on Blue River Ranch, Lockwood Springs. He's one of four and a twin so he is very family-orientated. 

When he was five years old, their mother passed away and a year later Elijah was told that his twin sister was sick. He remembers going to the hospital a lot and doing tests to see if he could help her.

During his school years, he kept his head down and got on with work. He wasn't a typical kid who rebelled or let loose because he was so worried about his sister, who didn't become cancer free until she was eighteen.

Elijah considered joining the air force and dreamed about being a pilot since he was young, but due to being colorblind he had to re-think his dreams.

Elijah didn't want to stay in Lockwood Springs and even though he loves his family, he didn't want to be a rancher. Because he put all of his focus on becoming a pilot, Elijah didn't have any other plans to fall back on and now has no choice but to work on the ranch. He works part time for the local pizzeria as a delivery driver to make extra cash, but he wishes he knew what he wanted to do with his life.

He can be very cheeky and tries to get away with things he does wrong. He's never had a serious relationship just because he used to think he wouldn't settle down in Lockwood Springs, but now he's starting to wonder if that will ever happen.

Loves animals and does enjoy work on the ranch. Doesn't really enjoy his part time job as a delivery driver but he likes cranking up his music and getting time by himself.

Elijah is very chatty and makes friends easily. He can be quiet at times but it's rare. He likes goofing around, especially with his big brother. He also loves annoying Tammie and Nora too.

[elijahxjones]

location: the springs resort and spa

starter for: @ecrinavci​

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Elijah was far from an enthusiastic delivery driver, especially for pizza. By now, his dreams had already taken him to the skies but his reality took him to...The Spa with a cheese crust meat feast pizza with wedges as a side. He found the customer up in an office space, knocking on the already opened door. “Umm, Ecrin?” he read the receipt and then lifted the boxes in one hand and the bottle of drink in his other. “Sorry for it taking a little longer, they forgot the coke so I had to go back.” he shrugged, hardly passionate for customer service but he figured he’d rather get an order right and there be less of a chance of an annoying interaction.

[elijahxjones]

spencejones​:

Spence took a couple big breaths to push more oxygen into his system. “I used to be able to do two fifty but I stopped working at it like I used to,” he looked up at Eli and put his hands on the bar. “Down to one seventy five but I’m trying to come out here more, well, regularly.” It helped, sometimes he forgot how much getting that adrenaline out helped work out the internal struggles he otherwise couldn’t figure out how to talk about. Maybe Eli was similar. Spence did several reps until he struggled to push the last one up, which was why he needed Eli there to help him get the last inch or two. “Of course, bro. We can work at it together. Maybe a couple, few times a week?” He sat up to catch his breath. “Alright, again but this time tell me what’s been going on in your head since the storm. Even if it’s dumb, just let it rip. It will help me concentrate.” He laid back down ready to start again.

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“Jesus!” Elijah laughed at the weights, watching Jett lift them easily. “I never even got up to one seventy five and you’re down to it.” Spencer had always been a lot bigger and stronger than Eli was, which was why the younger Jones boy looked up to the older brother. Obviously he knew that the way Spence handled things wasn’t always the best but sometimes Eli wished he could be just like him, flaws and all. Maybe he’d be less of the baby of the family and honestly, he was hoping that would go away when the little twins were born but it seemed to remain. He helped with the rest of the small distance, convinced Spence just struggled to make him feel better. “Hell yeah, I’m down for that. I need to get rid of these bony arms.” he nodded at the suggestion, more time with Spence was always going to be fun and if he could get as stocky as Jett maybe he’d actually get a girlfriend that stuck around. The question about the storm made Eli flounder a little, because hadn’t they all been having a shit time or was Eli finally getting wrinkles? “Well umm, I’ve been hanging out with Nix a lot. I don’t know if you remember him before he skipped out of Lockwood with the O’Connor girl?” Eli just tried to think of the first thing that came to his mind. “Well, I say hanging out but he just sits in my car while I deliver fuckin’ pizzas.” he laughed. “And I...um...duno.” he coughed. “You doing okay? And with Cricket too?” Deflect, deflect, deflect.

[elijahxjones]

noraxjones​:

+ ELIJAH BLUE RIVER RANCH HOUSE

“E, you up here?” Nora calls to her twin, having been trying to locate him for the past five minutes which is impressive considering how the house isn’t even that big. Still, she tries their familiar hiding spot, up the ladder of the attic to the alcove they’d made as kids which is far more cramped but still fits them now. “I have beer?” she offers, wondering where he is as she tugs herself up with one hand, six-pack in the other. Things have been a blur lately and she wants to make sure he’s okay. Her twin sense going off that too much time had passed between actually talking. Life may pull them in different directions but their bond always brings them back. @elijahxjones​

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He didn’t want to be a burden to his family, all of them were experiencing their own grief and adding to their worry wasn’t his intentions. He knew he had withdrawn enough to cause concern but he always hoped he could play it off. He heard his twin’s voice at the ladder of the attic, laughing slightly because he should have known better that Nora would always sniff him out. “Guess I picked an obvious hiding space.” he chuckled as moved when he saw the beer so he could help her up the rest of the way. “I was just,” he pointed back at the little alcove that was scattered with old memories. “Organizing.” Elijah said when he looked back at her. A lie but...maybe Nora wouldn’t call him out on it. He took the six pack from her, getting out their own beer each before he sat back down. “I hate that you read my mind.” he mumbled, but he didn’t really.

[thecolebrothers]

Finn Cole photographed by Sebastian Kim.

[elijahxjones]

spencejones​:

where: blue river ranch

who: @elijahxjones​

The makeshift gym they made years ago in one of the barns when Jett was still in football was still one of his favorite places to go. He could hide and think and workout some aggression on the punching bag or just lift some weights. That day he’d brought Eli out there with him, noticing how distant he’d been and how little he seemed to open up about Jason. Spence figured he could get something out of him or at least he hoped he could. “Hey big guy, come spot me.” He told him instead of asking, laying down on the bench. 

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Eli knew what all his family were trying to do and he was grateful for it, but it also made him feel guilty for none of it seeming to work. He had always looked up to Spencer though, especially when Nora and Tammie were in their respective teen years and the whole house felt like it was a hormonal warzone. “Sure, how much you got up to now?” he asked nodding to the weights as he stood behind his brother. He had been debating whether to start working out again properly, taking it more seriously like Spencer did. Then again, a pizza delivery guy didn’t need to be swole. Pizza boxes weren’t exactly heavy. “Think if I start up again you can help me get back to where I was?”

[elijahxjones]

ethanjxnes​:

Taking off his glasses, Ethan used them to point a warning to his son. “Don’t even think about trying to catch one, Eli. I’m not driving you to the ER to get a shot after.” he laughed because it was obvious that Ethan would drive over mountains, or even move them if any of his kids needed him to. He wasn’t expecting Elijah to come and join him, considering the past month he had been like a ship in the night. But he was thankful that it looked to be changing. “There’s a few things that she’d like to remember him with, yeah.” he confirmed quietly, gesturing to the things he had spread across the table. Mostly pictures. “That one is Jason and me, and if you look carefully you can see June aiming up her slingshot in the background there.” he laughed, tapping the photo with his finger. “All dressed up in her Sunday best but still wanting to cause some kinda chaos.”

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Elijah laughed quietly, lifting a hand and shaking his head. “Alright, fine. I was only thinking about it though, just saying.” he grinned, shoving his hands back into his pocket as he listened to his dad. It didn’t feel right that they had to do this for Jason, and Elijah felt like he was trying to fight back tears every day. At least seeing the pictures made him smile and allowed him to see memories from before he was born. “She’s always been one of those quieter troublemakers.” he laughed about June. “Kinda like me and Nora.” he added, sliding the picture closer to take a look and tapping over Jason’s face. “You reminded me of Spence and Tammie, the way you and Uncle Jase were. Always had each other’s backs and always stuck together too.”

[elijahxjones]

ethanjxnes​:

Ethan knew what grief could look like, he had his fair share of it but there was something incomprehensible about losing someone you loved by the hands of another. The Jones father was functioning on less hours than she should’ve been, and one of the main reasons was because of the way Elijah had closed himself off from everybody else. Laughing softly to his son’s reaction, Ethan shrugged. “Nah, unless you think I need to be waiting up for you? You’re not trying to domesticate that damn raccoon are ya?” he peered above his glasses to his son with joking suspicion. “Just…goin’ though some of Jase’s things before I take ‘em over to June’s tomorrow.” he glanced at his watch as the time ticked closer to midnight. “Well. Today. Sit if you want.”

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“I don’t think you do?” Eli laughed back, slowly stepping closer to where his father was sitting. Everything felt a different lately, or as if Eli was inside a bubble just on the outside. “I left it some food but it won’t come any closer to the house, but I’m betting there’s a whole bunch of them. Maybe some babies.” he chuckled, and he was only trying to get hold of one of them because Tammie would love to have a pet raccoon. Elijah swallowed thickly when his dad mentioned Jason’s belongings. He didn’t want to see any of them and be reminded of all the sadness he was ignoring, but he hated his dad doing it alone. So, Elijah wandered to the seat beside his father and sat down quietly. “Why June’s place? Is there stuff here of her as a kid?” he asked, leaning forward to look into the box.

[elijahxjones]

tammie--jones​:

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Tammie pulled a soft expression of curiosity when Elijah showed his concern. She laughed it away quickly, throwing her hand into his hair to ruffle it a little roughly. “Since when were you calling the shots, huh big guy? I didn’t get that memo.” she teased him affectionately, but not without squeezing his cheek as she moved her hand away. “Too bad you and Nora are always gonna be the babies in this deal. Shoulda been born sooner if you didn’t want this set up.” It was always going to be this way. Sure, Tammie didn’t have the soft nurturing approach but she loved them deeply. Elijah’s lack of hope wasn’t surprising, but she needed to find a way to flip his mindset. For his sake. “Come on now, you don’t know that. If we all thought like that, then nothing would happen. You know damn well none of us are gonna let it get swept under the rug. Dad alone would figure it out and strangle the fucker. And what about Aunty June? She may kill people with kindness but you’ve damn well seen what she’s like when she has to do something. She gets it done. We all do. So, come on. Give us a little credit.”

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Elijah laughed slightly but only because he knew what Tammie was trying to do. He appreciated it but this wasn’t something that could feel better any time soon. “Yeah, I get it. Always the baby.” he chuckled, looking to his hands as he twiddled his thumbs and tried to tilt his head away to avoid Tammie messing up his hair. He wished he could share some of his sister’s optimism because everything she said was true about their family. They did always pull through and they always managed to cope but Elijah wanted to know why they had to. It didn’t matter that there had been a good few years of good luck and life seeming normal, losing Jason reminded Eli that things could go wrong at any time. “We shouldn’t have to keep fighting all the time just to feel okay.” Elijah sighed, looking at his older sister with a shrug. “I get it, no one better to be than a Jones but it’d be nice to just...not have to keep figuring out how strong we are.” he mumbled. “We already know, right?”

[elijahxjones]

nixon-gray​:

closed starter, elijah’s truck with @elijahxjones​

It isn’t all bad being back in Lockwood Springs. Reconnecting with an ol’ school mate has been, for the most part, fun. Elijah and Nix used to sit on the school wall, talking about how they’d be fast tracked out of Lockwood before anyone could say goodbye. Sadly only one of them made it out, and Nix isn’t sure if it was as exciting as he thought it would be. Still, joining Elijah on a few pizza deliveries gets him out of the cold and away from Ruben’s millitant approach at sobriety. Fuck that. “Cops?” Nix breaks his thoughts as he glances through the back of the truck, paranoia peeking in his mind. “Go a little faster, would you? Drivin’ Miss Daisy. How the fuck were you ever gonna be a pilot?”

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“Cops!?” Elijah repeated Nix, glancing into the rear view mirror and sighing when it was just an ordinary black car. “Man, you need to chill out or something because you’re getting me paranoid and I’m not even breaking the law.” Eli laughed, looking to his friend. It was good to have Nixon back in Lockwood but Elijah could tell that it was almost like a completely different person. He didn’t know much about where Nix even got to while he was gone, but he wasn’t in much of a position to pass up friends. “I think there’s a big difference between speeding in a car than a plane but what do I know.” he mumbled, smacking the radio so it would turn on since the dials no longer worked. “No aux or bluetooth, sorry.”

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[elijahxjones]

starter for: @ethanjxnes​

location: blue river ranch

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Since the storm, Elijah tried to avoid talking about everything. He couldn’t work out if he was numb or if it was normal to feel like a cloud instead of a person. He took on a few extra shifts delivering pizza, just for an excuse to get out and have time to think. As he came home late, he saw his dad as soon as the door opened and he startled slightly. “Jeez, dad. Little warning.” he laughed slightly, closing the door behind him. “Sorry I didn’t text, I thought you’d be in bed anyways but I guess...were you waiting for me?” Knowing his dad, it was probably a perfectly timed plan to intercept Eli’s silent grieving process. 

[elijahxjones]

tammie--jones​:

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“You know that I do.” Tammie answered quietly. Maybe everyone was a little over protective of the twins, but they had their reasons. For Nora, it was the fear of seeing her in pain. And for Elijah, it was the worry of him losing his way. The silence was beginning to be worse, in her opinion. Tammie’s mind had been racing and sitting beside her brother without a single word was difficult, even if she knew it was what he needed. “I don’t know.” she said truthfully with a defeated shrug. She wasn’t going to lie to him and say she did. “I doubt there’ll be much of a case, Eli. It’s obvious it was this damn town’s obsession with money.” Tammie always understood why their father didn’t want any of them to get too close, and why it felt so much better since Spencer stopped dealing. “Just have to wait out this storm before we can get real answers.”

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Tammie and Spencer could make a lot of things feel better, and make Elijah feel less alone when something happened. But this was different, they were just as torn up as one another and Elijah could feel a swell of guilt for Tammie trying to be ‘strong’ for him and Nora. “You don’t have to do that.” Eli said softly while not looking to her. “Worrying about me and Nora when you feel just as shitty as us. It’s not fair.” he explained, glancing to his older sister with a sad smile. “They’ll cover it up whoever did it. No one gives a fuck about how anyone feels as long as people don’t get caught and they can still...do whatever they do.” he sighed, not feeling much hope for there being any justice for their uncle. This is why he wanted to leave Lockwood Springs so badly, but he could never say that to any of them.

[elijahxjones]

noraxjones​:

Nora sighs, patting her jacket for the portable battery pack she’d used earlier and hands it to him. “I don’t know if it has anything. Barely did when I used it,” she explains, “I just grabbed it from the car.” She wasn’t the most prepared for something like this but she’d grabbed some shit and threw it into a back pack before heading to the school with her family. “You gotta use power saver mode next time, dummy,” Nora says affectionately as she rests her head on his shoulder. His question only brokers a shrug for a solid minute before she speaks, voice smaller than usual as she tries not to cry all over again. She hates crying. “I don’t know…not really…you?” It’s surreal. One moment they were playing War with their uncle (who smoked the twins all of the five games he’d indulged them with) and the next…the next…Nora swallows thickly. “I just…can’t believe it, Eli.”

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“Damn. Maybe Tammie or Jett...” Eli looked around as he mumbled but he couldn’t find the energy to seek out their older brother and sister just for something as stupid as a distraction. Even with no choice but to try and face how he was feeling, Elijah couldn’t work out how to show it. There was plenty of confusion, he knew that much. “Yeah, I lost track of time. Beat my high score, though.” he laughed slightly, shoving his dead phone away into his pocket. Elijah remained sat there for Nora to rest her head on him but his attention was focused to the corner of the classroom. He blinked a few times and looked back at her quickly. “I’m...okay.” he was trying to convince himself too, not just his twin sister. “It feels like a sick joke, like he’s gonna walk back in any second like got ya.”

[elijahxjones]

location: edison high school starter for: @noraxjones​

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“Do you have a charger?” Elijah whispered, nudging Nora’s shoulder a few times. His voice wasn’t as excitable as it usually was but the younger Jones boy was finding it hard to regulate how he was feeling. There was an incredible sadness twisting his stomach but no matter how hard he tried to let it out, he couldn’t cry. It was shock, or maybe because he felt like the whole town was witnessing one of the worst days ever. “No battery.” Elijah added, waving his blank phone screen so Nora didn’t ask what percentage he was on. He had been spending hours staring at it to distract him without even realizing how much time had passed. “Are you okay?”

[elijahxjones]

location: edison high school starter for: @tammie--jones​

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Elijah hadn’t cried yet since hearing about their Uncle. He was too busy trying to believe it was true. He could hear people whisper about a brutal murder yet it didn’t register that they were talking about Jason. All he could do was relive memories, all the thanksgiving meals together, building airplane models and flying kites high up in the sky. It didn’t feel real. 

There was no way of knowing how long Elijah was sat in silence next to his older sister with his hands clasped together and his head hanging low. “You don’t have to babysit me.” he said when he realized it could have been somewhere between a half hour or two, or three. Elijah didn’t want her to leave but he didn’t want to breakdown in front of her. “We won’t even be able to have a funeral until they’re done doing God knows what for the case?”