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colinbrannigan :
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“I don’t see how we couldn’t have fun. It sounds like a great evening already,” he told her with a bit of a grin. “Alright. What sort of snacks do you want? I can whip up whatever.”
“We always have fun, I am pretty sure of that. It really does” She smiled at the guy who was standing opposite her. She put her hand through her hair and hook her head, “That’s your job, to surprise me.”
colinbrannigan :
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He nodded in agreement, happy with that time, especially considering he was open to anything that evening. “That works for me. We can always have some downtime before we head out to the bar. I can make some snacks, if you’d like,” Colin offered, thinking of appetizers he could prepare.
She looked at him and smiled, “Well then, we have to make sure we have fun while do this. Some down time could be good but depends on what snacks you’re planning on making.” She smiled nodding at the idea.
lou-baker :
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She’d never been very good at masking her emotions, that much was obvious, and the way she’d taken her mood out on her phone would have raised questions from anyone. But the fact that the girl who she’d spent the past five minutes tearing a strip off was actually asking if she was okay and not walking off from the ticking bomb sitting down the bench from her was…well it was startling. Mainly because Lou couldn’t imagine herself doing that for anyone, even her closest friends. “Uh”. She could have lied. Could have plastered the fakest of smiles on her face and snapped at the girl to mind her own business. But she didn’t. After a while it became exhausting being mad at the world. “Had better days” she muttered darkly, leaning back against the bench with an audible sigh
Ella wasn’t sure if she wanted to care about the girls problems but she could tell something was up and what was making her care, she didn’t know and she wished she could understand. She looked over at the girl, “Oh, I’m sorry I guess. Want to talk about it?” She asked raising her eyebrows realizing the girl probably didn’t want to or most likely didn’t.
grahampierson :
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Graham nodded along with her words, trying to ignore the feeling of her eyes on him. He should have told a different story; she could always see right through him. Ella was, of course, right-the mother had thought she was making the right choice; she didn’t know that chickenpox was more dangerous than it had once been and that she had now opened her child to the risk of developing shingles later in life. It rankled at Graham, worried him. What if he was also doing something wrong, surely he was, how was he supposed to know. It’s not like he even had parents of his own as examples.Â
He avoided her eyes and let go of Jaime, realizing the boy had been wriggling restless in his arms. He sat the boy down on the couch between them and clicked the TV on before finally looking at her.Â
“I’m trusting you to slap me if, when, I screw up like that,” he said, trying to make it sound like a joke.Â
Ella watched Graham for a moment, he had the life she never thought she wanted and it wasn’t jealousy that she was showing, she was glad to actually be a part of his life. But how could see imagine telling him what happened. As he let Jaime down, she smiled at the boy as she put a hand through her hair. She didn’t know what to think about this situation because her mind and heart said she was doing an nice thing for Graham and for Jaime but her gut was telling her she was using them to fill the pain she had once.Â
She laughed a little, “I am sure that can be arranged. But I don’t think you would ever screw up like that.” She nodded placing a hand on his shoulder.
colinbrannigan :
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“You’re so mean to me,” he shook his head, laughing and bumping her with his shoulder. “Yes we are! When do you think we should meet up to leave?” It was still too early to get ready and head out of town, but he was looking forward to it and didn’t want to waste time. “We can always head to the bar beforehand.”
“I try to be.” She laughed hoping he knew she was joking. Tapping her chin with her finger she tried to think of a good time. “Well how about 5 to make sure we have enough time. Well now that does sound like fun and it could make the night more fun then it already will be.”
kim-jinyoung :
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“It was quite a lot of fun, we can be very immature,” he grinned. “Hmmm, that’s not very exciting. We can find a way to make our lives exciting, especially yours.”
“Well if you had fun then that’s great.” She stated and shook her head, “I don’t think it’s a possibility to make it anymore exciting but let’s o it either way. What did you have in mind?”
grahampierson :
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“Of course not, you know we love having you here,” Graham answered softly, emphatically, sincerely. He itched to give her a hug too but ignored the desire. His childhood had been a (forced, hard-learned) study in learning to ignore the desire to give and receive affection. It was harder still to disregard those lessons.Â
Instead, he set his cup on the counter and lifted Jaime out of his high chair, holding the boy close. “Hear that, Jaime, we’re gonna watch Big Bird,” he told the boy. To Ella, he answered, walking into the living room, “I’m good. Works good-had a little girl with chicken pox come in yesterday. Poor dear. Her mother apparently thought there was no need for her to get the vaccine. They never learn.”
Ella smiled and nodded at the guy, “Well I am glad you do.” She smiled looking at him, she was happy he cared and she knew he did, but he really didn’t need to hear what was going on in her life right now. He already had a lot going on himself.
She watched Jaime as she followed Graham towards the living room, she was amazed how much she could actually be around the boy and not want to cry every time she saw him. “Well that’s good, well not the little girl part. Of course they don’t, they think they know what’s best for their kids.” She sighed knowing that was true. She took a seat on the couch and just watched Graham for a moment.
haiderxkhan :
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“Haider Khan doesn’t take advice from anybody,” he pointed at her, “so it’s a better thing if you don’t waste your time.” She was annoying, incredibly annoying and he could feel himself wanting to lose his temper yet Haider wasn’t one to do so. “You shouldn’t tell people your problems when we clearly don’t care about them. No one cares about your boyfriend troubles. It’s a good riddance for him.”
Ella sighed trying to hold in his anger but it wasn’t working, she got up looked at the time realizing she had to go back to work but then she heard his words and sighed before raising her arm and slapped him round the face and then stepped back, “Okay before I go, I didn’t say a word, you assumed, I didn’t tell you. You could have ignored it like I said so get your facts right. None of this i my fault. Now if you don’t mind I’m going back to work. Nice talking to you.” She said and before looking at him slightly before turning to walk away.
haiderxkhan :
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Haider scoffed and ran his hand through his hair. “People these days. What kind of language do you speak? Shut your mouth?” He mimicked her, an eye roll showing just how much he didn’t care if he had upset or offended her. Haider spoke the truth always, if he didn’t like something then he would say that. “Now if you don’t mind, I’m trying to read a paper. Will you please be quiet?” Why had she decided to sit next to him? He would get up and leave but Haider Khan didn’t change for anyone, they changed for him.
Ella laughed and tried to stay away from slapping him, “I will be quiet in just one moment. But let me give you a piece of advice but you don’t have to take it. Next time, don’t speak if you don’t want others to reply and then things turn out like this. I didn’t start talking to you, I sighed you could have ignored that instead of butting in and start talking to me to then moan about it.” She stated. She wasn’t moving she was going to continue sitting there and get on with her day but now she wasn’t going to say anything even if he replied.
kim-jinyoung :
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He was glad when she decided to change the subject. No one wanted to talk about something like this at Salt and Peppa, the setting wasn’t for serious talks. Sipping on his drink, he smiled over at her. “Nothing too interesting,” Jin shook his head. “Just some weird dances we were doing during our shifts when we weren’t too busy. What about you?”
Ella quickly looked around for a moment and then looked back at the guy and smiled softly, “Well that sounds like a lot of fun though. Not a lot just been working and spending time with a few friends, nothing too interesting either.”
cristophxbellincioni :
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“Do you speak French? Or Spanish? Italian is really similar to those,” Cris reassured her before rolling his eyes. “Directing the conversation back to me again? I’m really getting all the love today, aren’t I? But, I’m glad you’re good! I’m great actually! Just the usual work things; dying in paperwork and feeling like I’m not really getting anywhere in my research, but you know..”Â
Ella shook her head and laughed, “No I speak none of those languages, I hear it a lot though so I pick up a few words.” She nodded, “Well I am not good at talking about myself. I don’t really like it. Oh that sounds good but long as well. I mean I would probably get bored of all that.”
colinbrannigan :
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“No, definitely not. I’d say I should get tested, but I am so done with testing now that I have my degrees.” Tapping his chin in rather overdramatic thought, Colin hummed, looking over at his friend. “How about tonight we drive out of town to that club you told me about a few weeks ago?”
Ella laughed, “You should definitely get tested it might really help you.” She laughed and nodded looking at him . Hearing his suggestion she got excited, “Yes, i think we should totally do that, it’ll be so much fun. We’re going to have so much fun Colin.”
cristophxbellincioni :
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“We like using long words but trying to say it the fastest possible,” Cris shook his head playfully. At her words, his blush remained, but gave her a gentle nod. “You’re spoiling me, Ella. But, enough about me, how are you?”
Ella laughed a little and nodded, “Oh right, makes sense I guess just okay I don’t think I will learn that fast.” She laughed a little before nodding. “Well just sting the truth. Me, Oh I’m good, well good as I can be but good. How are you in general? I don’t think I actually asked that.”
“ Me, I’d prefer to have a good reputation rather than getting press for being scandalous, getting drunk in public, staying out late and so on.”
kim-jinyoung :
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“I won’t,” he shook his head, unable to even imagine losing Hana for good. Yet he knew they both needed time and he wasn’t going to ruin anything between them. They weren’t friends or a couple but he hoped they could still be something. “I know, thank you though Ella. This is just a weird situation and I don’t want to make it worse.”
Ella looked at him and sighed, she didn’t want the guy to lose out or miss a chance with the girl. She sighed and shrugged, “Not entirely sure how you could make it worse but okay. Well if that’s the case then just take your time I guess.” She sighed and as she finished her food she looked at him, “So changing the subject, anything interesting happening in your life ?”
cristophxbellincioni :
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“It will be lots of fun,” the boy translated, already thinking up a study plan. He wasn’t a great teacher, but if he could teach Maia a basic amount, he was sure it would be just the same with Ella. “Why’s that?” Cris questioned, personally being open to everyone and easy to entertain, laughing almost immediately and unable to wipe a smile off his face.
Ella laughed, “Well that sounded very long for that but okay.” She laughed a little. She was kind of excited to learn Italian, she originally thought everyone from Italy spoke English with accents. She shook her head, “Oh you really want to know, you just do okay. Simple the rest is for me too know and you find out. But seriously, you just seem like a great guy and came across that way when we first started speaking that made you part of that list.Other people aren’t on because they don’t deserve a space on that list.”
grahampierson :
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Graham chuckled, pouring himself a cup as well, before leaning back casually against the kitchen counter.
“You okay? Your text sounded a little funny?” Graham asked, smiling softly at her. He knew he had a lot going on himself but he refused to let his best friend be a causality in that. She had been right beside him during the shell-shocked first weeks he got Jaime. He quickly followed his question with an assurance, “We don’t have to talk about it-we can just watch Sesame Street and gossip if you want.”
Ella smiled a little before looking over at the smiling little boy for a moment before looking at the guy hearing his question. She quietly took a sip of her drink and tried to stay quiet. Shaking her head, “I’m fine mostly just trying to you know distract myself from things I don’t want to think about.I hope you didn’t mind that I asked to come over though.” She nodded, her problems were here problem and she didn’t really want to discuss it just yet. It wasn’t that she didn’t trust him, she did, she trusted him more then most people she knew. It was that she didn’t fancy discussing it.
“Well you know how much I love sesame street, so let’s watch it.” She smiled looking at him, “Anyway how have you been?”
