Cold Hearted Snake, Look Into Her Eyes.

LAUREN BAUER; cold hearted snake “He loved her. But she didn’t know how to love. She could talk about love. She could see love and feel love. But she couldn’t give love. She could make love. But she couldn’t make promises. He had desperately wanted her promises. He wanted her heart, knew he couldn’t have it so he took what he could get."

[jill-patel-deactivated20181108]

“I’m having a real dilemma right now.”  Jill turned to the person next to him, the tone of his voice making the situation seem much more dramatic than it actually was. “Should I get a dog or a cat? Wait, what if I do something real crazy and just get a turtle?”

[laurenbauer-blog1]

“Yet out of all the things in life, even all the pets in life, a turtle is perhaps the least crazy.” She adds with a brief chuckle. “Not fun at all to own, either.” Not that she’d know, but what could it possibly provide aside from needless responsibility?

[laurenbauer-blog1]

charlotterenolds:

“Which was something I had warned him about in the beginning. I’m not the person to make you feel good about yourself. I do enough of that for my job.” Charlotte chimed up with a sigh on her lips. “But it’s no longer an issue and for that, I’m grateful.”

“Yeah, not my forte either.  What to you do?” She asks curiously, her profession wasn’t one that required much personability or caring for others. It helped to create the person she is now. “I was headed to my place but, seems like we could both use a drink.”

[laurenbauer-blog1]

georgiagreen:

“Um, she has like, a million and one fans and all her albums go platinum? How would she do that if she had no talent?”

“Just because someone has followers doesn’t mean they’re talented, or even good at all. History shows plenty of that.”

[laurenbauer-blog1]

georgiagreen:

“Oh, really? On what grounds?”

“The grounds of no talent.”

[laurenbauer-blog1]

charlotterenolds:

“He did.” Charlotte said as she crossed a leg over the other. “I had him knocking on my door in the middle of the night while I had someone else in bed. It just became too much.” She mentioned, though that was the last straw.

“Wow, pathetic. Probably looking for some sort of emotional consolidation.” She’s had one too many of those kinds of guys. “Whoever said women were the attached ones had never met a man who’s being sufficiently pleased.” She’s heard way too many grievances from overly talkative men with “work stresses”. They hadn’t experienced the worst of it.

[laurenbauer-blog1]

elizajohar:

Eliza’s head whirled from all the possibilities that could come out from the brunette. She was giving herself and headache, and chances were, she wasn’t even closer to figuring out her true intentions. It didn’t feel or seem right for her to be here out of the good of her heart. If gaige felt the way he did, she couldn’t understand why she wouldn’t just leave. “Are you going to ask me for help?” She spoke quickly when Lauren continued about how Gaige couldn’t trust her and how he didn’t want her anywhere. If she hadn’t made it clear that she was on Gaige’s side, she was about to if asked a favour. It wasn’t any of her business and even though she was here, behind her best friend’s back, she didn’t think it would be as big a betrayal as helping his ex. “Since you’re being honest with me, I’ll do the same. I think that you have an agenda, whether you realize it or not. I also don’t believe that you hold that much power over him because to think that you’re the sole person who could fix him is a little… delusional. — No offence.”

Lauren can only smile at the intern’s attempt to pick her apart. It’s a losing battle that even she has yet to conquer. Of course, she’s expected the push back from Gaige, and she doesn’t expect it to really lighten up. She doesn’t expect to repair their relationship with one another, that was never in the cards. What she intends to is to repair his relationships with others. In turn, she hopes to find out why it’s become impossible for her to do the same. Only he would have the insight she needs and vice versa. “I understand that it’s difficult to process and well..to understand.” She tries to make her language more simple in attempts for her to understand. “But I think you know that I do. You’ve been close to him when I’m around, you can feel his body have a physical reaction to me. Whatever is reeling in his mind, you have to know how much worse it is. I think it’s sweet, honorable that you’re trying to keep him away from me. But if you think you’re going to be the one to fix him..you’re the delusional one.”

[laurenbauer-blog1]

daniellxjames:

                    There was a familiar rabbit-caught-in-headlights look in the woman’s eyes that Dan had once experienced too. Children were terrifying creatures and before Heather was born, he hadn’t put any thought into parenting. It was just as eye-opening for the parents as it was the child and he had learned a lot. With a smile, he pulled out a pack of wipes and dangled them in front of her. “You’d be a fool not to—” He chuckled, lifting one out and pressing it lightly against Heather’s face. As always she started to whine, protesting the cleaning process. “Honestly, you find these things in the strangest places.”

                           Lauren nods as if to give him the form of praise he seemed to be searching for. Being a parent had to be hard but at a certain point it was your job, and no one got praised for that. You’re just required to do it. At least in her sad sad experience. “Right. I find that they dry out my hands..” Trying to be relatable toward parents was clearly a struggle. She always had perfume and lotion, that was about it. “She one of those kids that hate bathing too?”

[laurenbauer-blog1]

elizajohar:

Eliza had to remember that she didn’t know the entire story and that while she was friend with one of the two, it was their relationship and she couldn’t be biased when it came to sides. It had nothing to do with her. Her eyes focused on her drink and she managed to drum her fingers upon the armrest of her stool while she listened intently to all that was said. The thoughts her words conjured almost made Eliza wince, but she hoped to keep that hidden below the surface. “I’m not sure that I understand then.” Eliza said truthfully since it seemed to be a nice act, almost selfless, on paper. The problem was, she’d seen the way Gaige had reacted to her presence and the anger that made him tremble at the wedding. “Why does he hate you so much if you’re here to help him?” The thing she would do is try to take a neutral stance in the hopes to get more out of the ex-girlfriend. “He likes it now?” She paused, bitting her lower lip slightly, more than worried about what it was that he enjoyed. “So, if I understand correctly, your intention is to help him and then… leave?”

While she enjoyed the seeing her words have their impact on the woman she tried to ignore it. there were a lot of questions she must have. If anything. Lauren wasn’t a liar. She wouldn’t lie to herself or others. Not at this point in her life anyway..it was a different kind of person when she was with Gaige. She was a whole different entity. “I remind him of a time he’d not proud of. I remind him of a time when he was hurting. I don’t believe he believes my intentions here and it’s hard for him to trust me.”  She’s made plenty of things hard for him, showing up out of nowhere with a claim to him was among them. She’ll leave that question unanswered, imagining the answer wouldn’t please her all that much. “Yes. That’s the plan. I was to lift my influence from him, whatever burden I’ve placed and then I want to go back to my life.” Except that she’s avoiding the conversation that has to happen in order for that to be accomplished. She’s going in her own weird ways to fix things.

[georgiagreen]

“Your favorite Nicki Minaj song. Go.”

[laurenbauer-blog1]

“Hard. I find her to be a terrible artist.”

[jamiefrench]

                    He had turned away for less than two seconds when he heard his daughter inhale sharply. Curious as to what she was doing, the man swivelled back around to watch the toddler dive head-first into the bowl in front of her. “Well, I think my ex-wife can cancel the paternity test—” His daughter had just put her entire face into a bowl of guacamole, “Yeah… She’s definitely mine.”

[laurenbauer-blog1]

             There was something about children that evoked a fear in her unlike any other, having a permanent human mark on his world was just...terrifying. She’s always known that, it’s just been so easy to lie to people about it. “I hope you keep baby wipes on hand.” For the most part, she looks relatively disgusted instead of amused. She imagines none of the people at this get together would like for their outfits to get smudged with guac either.

[deactivated-blog]

“I’m sorry Jeoffrey, but this won’t work between us.” Charlotte explained to the male who had gotten a little too comfortable with their contract as of late ( for lack of a better word ). It was meant to be something quick and fun, not exhausting and dreadful. “It’s not you, it’s me.” She spoke quickly before picking up on a person that seemed to wait for a cab. When it arrived, the brunette quickly excused herself, “My friend is leaving, so I should go. But maybe we can talk about this another time?” As quickly as she could, Charlotte gripped the taxi door and pushed herself in. “You can just drop me down the block, or I can get you a drink for how painful that must have been to witness.”

[laurenbauer-blog1]

“Hardly, if I had a cab every time I had to let someone down it would have been a lot easier.” Although she did about the same thing, she left, she left and never returned. She imagined that’s what this woman was planning on doing as well. “Get too attached did he?” 

[tessawilliams-blog]

tessa gave what seemed like a hum of approval–though she missed the city dearly, it had been too fast paced, too impersonal when she tried to live there again after her husband’s death. “ugh, you’re selling me on the whole ‘bit the bullet and pay money for a decent drink’ thing.”

[laurenbauer-blog1]

lauren’s eyes drift in the direction of the drink she was describing, it wasn’t too out of the way. definitely worth the money. “that’s the idea, isn’t it?” she asks even though she know sit to be true. “i’ll even join you.”

[laurenbauer-blog1]

dannywells:

“I know- I just thoug-..” he sighs, “Sorry, I’m just stupid. Talking out of my ass, I guess.” In his head, he was trying to work out a way to the food tents to eat his feelings, even if that was fried and bad for his diet. “I don’t like magic anyways.”

Lauren raises a brow, that was certainly a change in mood, fastest she’s seen in awhile. It’s enough to even concern her, which is beyond her especially when it comes to strangers. “You alright? I didn’t mean to burst your bubble..”

[pendovah]

[tessawilliams-blog]

“ridiculous,” tessa said, shaking her head, “i lived in new york city for years and got stabbed to death with prices,” she explained, though her tone is a loving sort of griping. “i heard a rumor that there’s a set up outside but–god, do i really give up this stellar spot in line?”

[laurenbauer-blog1]

“Yeah, still live there I hear you.” She admits with a brief smirk and nods. She missed the charms of it, the fast paced fuck everyone vibe. It didn’t come too well in small towns like this. “Don’t know I’d say stellar. Mother always taught me good things cost money. Really want to wait another half hour for a room temperature beer or bottom shelf liquor?”

[laurenbauer-blog1]

gaigehetchmen:

elizajohar:

Eliza braced herself as best as she could for the impact that was Lauren. Surprisingly enough, she had survived their last encounter on her own with the lioness, and while it had been in a public bar, it had oddly felt like a cage to the brunette. Perhaps the slight tremble of her fingers was a little much, especially when the woman seemed innocent to those who were ignorant enough to judge her by looks alone. But Eliza knew that Lauren held certain secrets that she could use as ammunition. Their conversation at that bar had felt like a betrayal to her best friend at the time, but as she realized that she’d failed to even remember the encounter between the two until this very moment, it could potentially impact their relationship. Eliza watched her carefully and never dared to speak up upon her arrival. Based on their previous conversation, Eliza hoped to have made it clear that while the past was their own — she would always remain behind her best friend ( turned boyfriend ). If he didn’t like Lauren, Eliza believed there had to be a valid reason behind it and that was all she needed to hear. If that wasn’t certain to her, the bomb she dropped moments after her arrival had only made it that much clearer to her. Slowly, her gaze shifted towards Gaige to peer at his reaction in hopes that he wasn’t too angered by her failure to tell him about that encounter and how she’d sought out answers from someone that wasn’t him. 

@gaigehetchmen​

Whether it was owed to the alcohol he consumed that evening, or because he had more or less prepared himself for the next time he’d run into Lauren, Gaige felt calm in the face of adversity. At least more calm than he had been the last couple of times he’d encountered his ex. “Interesting, seeing you here didn’t even cross my mind.” He admitted in earnest, being unable to speak for his girlfriend, however. He’d been much too wrapped up in a night spent with Eliza that all matters of the past just faded out of sight. For weeks it had been this way; for once he wasn’t preoccupied with the misery of his failed relationship, but enthusiastic about exploring a new one. There was the harsh reality, however, that there were still things that he and Eliza did not discuss. That much was made clear when Lauren revealed that the two women had spoken at some point or another. He glanced out of the corner of his eye, meeting Eliza’s gaze, but only fleetingly. A look that tried to convey that he wouldn’t hold it against her, as long as she didn’t hold it(whatever bomb Lauren decided to drop about his own run-in with her) against him. Though he couldn’t deny it, there was a certain sense of dread that came with not knowing what details they’d shared during their mysterious conversation. “We were just about to leave, it was nice seeing you…” Not at all a pleasant experience just being in the same room as Lauren, but if she could fake pleasantries, then so could he. And even if he wanted to boldly confirm that Eliza did indeed look breathtaking, he knew it was better not to feed into Lauren’s little scam.

@laurenbauer

There was weakness in everyone, she’d devised in the short time she’s been reigning over everyone she met. Even the quaint perfect couple from the pet clinic had their secrets, their flaws and that’s what made everyone human. Perhaps Gaige knew her weakness as well but a part of her believed that he was too nice, or too hell-bent on appearing so in front of his intern. “That’s okay. Wouldn’t expect you to be paying mind to any other woman.” Of course, she could play up the beautiful new girlfriend card, she practically lived it with him, witnessed how much he really didn’t like it. The things like, ‘wow you’re so lucky’ and ‘what’d you do to deserve her?’. It always made it look like the girl was doing him a favor by being with him and no matter how many times she insisted that they were equals..the insinuation was clear. In the same way, she could almost feel the way Eliza shrunk when she mentioned seeing her last. Weren’t best friends supposed to tell each other everything? Or maybe that changed when they started dating which..she can only assume. “Are you two finally together? I’m sure his moms absolutely adore you.” She remembered what that was like, of course. “How are they since the ceremony?” She raises a brow to Gaige, this sickening small talk was getting even on her own nerves. Flattening out her form-fitting skirt she nods as Gaige continues to try and deflect her. “That’s okay, you were never too fixated on talking..at least not with me.” A lie, of course. During their relationship, he always tried to talk to her and she was the deflector, it took only a few encounters with him since her arrival in Lanford to see how the roles really switched.  Now she could tell her either wanted to slap her or fuck her, how easy it would have been back then if he were like this...”I wouldn’t want to ruin your date.” Although it’s unclear if she means the outing or the person.  “At least don’t let her leave without a prize. Be a shame to waste this tacky theme, wouldn’t it?”

@elizajohar

[gaigehetchmen-deactivated201910]

elizajohar:

Eliza stood beside her handsome date as they peered down at the various souvenirs laid out upon tables that one could buy before they departed the park. Most were overpriced as one would normally find at any festival, but Eliza was adamant on leaving with at least one object to display inside either of their apartments — even if it had to be a magnet of sorts. Her fingers skimmed over the various pens and bracelets. They were all beautifully laid out, though the hawk-like gaze that was fixated on them as they walked beneath the tent made her a little uncomfortable. Perhaps they’d dealt with some sort of theft in the past but Eliza could only hope that both she and Gaige didn’t appear like they were moments away from grabbing a pile of jewelry and making a run for it. With a sigh, the brunette stood up straighter and went to turn to take in her surroundings. “There’s another tent over ——” Her words came to an halt when she recognized a familiar figure with whom she locked eyes with, one that looked gorgeous, and in contrast with Eliza’s dark hair and gaze. The brunette immediately squared her shoulders and straightened out her spine when it appeared that the woman in question had directed her steps towards them. Her hand reached out for Gaige’s, tugging upon his fingers to bring him closer to her side.  

—— @gaigehetchmen​

One of Gaige’s hands was shoved deep inside of his pocket, absentmindedly playing with a ring of keys as Eliza went about scanning the tables for a souvenir to take home. Since a fifty dollar teddy bear from one of the carnival games just didn’t suit. He was happy that all of the excitement was beginning to wear down, and that he’d successfully acquired a few drinks for the both of them. Now, hopefully, once they made their purchase, they could finally head home. Little did he know, someone that he hadn’t even considered the entire evening wasn’t planning on letting the couple leave without at least saying “hello”. Gaige felt Eliza tensing at his side and pulling him closer, her fingers clinging to his, rousing concern. “What’s wrong?” He asked, and when he didn’t get an immediate answer, his gaze followed Eliza’s and landed on a familiar blonde approaching. “It’s fine…” He spoke softly, feeling as if he’d prepared for this moment, though part of him thought she’d skipped town after their last private encounter. He was not so much worried about what she might do or say to him, but what Lauren might do to involve Eliza in something that didn’t have anything to do with her at all.

@laurenbauer​

[laurenbauer-blog1]

As surprisingly as it was, even to herself, she hadn’t been actively seeking out the couple. Although she uses the term lightly because well, she hadn’t known if they finally got overthemselves and fucked already. It took all of 5 minutes for Lauren to realize the intern was in love with him. How sweet, how innocent to fall into someone who is in no position to love anyone back. It must feel weird to have the roles revered for him, she thinks briefly. None the less she’s had her fun thus far, Carter and herself were like minded and they amused themselves with their own ridicule. It was a small enough town, she was bound to run into them eventually. Naturally, her eyes scan the venue as she walks through it and just happen to catch Eliza’s, innocent for the time being. She gives her s small smile and tugs her date closer to whisper something along the lines of her being right back. As she strides over there she can almost see the panic flusterring in the both of them and to say it fuels her..would be an absolute truth. Of course her friendly smile is on when she finally gets without reach of them. “Thought I’d run into you two. When’s the last time we saw each other, hm?” She asks looking over to Gaige, it hadn’t been that long and there was no way either of them forgot their last meeting. She nods to Eliza, their last conversation was ooddles of fun as well. “I know I last saw you in the bar downtown..but you look amazing. Breath taking, wouldn’t you say?” Her eyes move back to Gaige.

@elizajohar