[dantexramirez]

“I don’t understand how our new ‘chef’ - if you could even afford her that title - has managed to butcher yet another meal. I understand that she’s from some musty corner of Europe where it’s frowned upon for women to shave their armpits, but you’d expect she would have mastered enough of the English language by now to understand the difference between simmer for ten minutes and torch on high for twenty.” Dante complained, folding his arms across his chest. “I need suggestions. Where the hell can I go at midnight that’ll offer me food that won’t destroy my taste-buds?”

[lilymillcr]

With a roll of her eyes, Lily shook her head. She bit her tongue to keep from commenting on how titled and privileged the Ramirez boy actually sounded at the moment. “My diner’s open 24/7. It could be midnight, or 4 in the morning. If you want a good meal, show up, one of my girls will serve you, and you can enjoy the fabulous food our cook makes in the back kitchen.” She said, sounding almost like an advert for the diner itself. “Can probably head there now if you really wanna.”

[gvnnars]

“Pizza’s are weird man.. like, have you ever wondered why a pizza box is square shaped, even though a pizza is a circle and pizza slices are like triangles? I mean, they taste good and I love me some pepperoni pizza but it’s just.. weird.”

[lilymillcr]

Lily blinked at her friend for a moment, eyes wide as she thought over the revelation. “Wait wait wait, but then how do you explain square pizza? Because like, everything is square. The box, the pizza, the slices, all square.” she said, pointing at him with the pizza crust she was holding before taking a bite out of it. 

[lilymillcr]

raina-montgomery:

Grocery shopping was a task that Raina oddly enjoyed. She liked being able to find good deals on things and save money. She seemed to be the only in her family to enjoy buying the food, so she was always stuck doing it. She looked up from her list when she heard someone ask her a question, “Um, I don’t think I’ve seen any kids around here. Though, I have been pretty engrossed in this list,” she laughed. “I can help you look if you want?”

“If it’s not too much trouble, can you? The last place I had him was in the frozen food section. He was toddling along behind me, and then I turned around for one second but when I turned back he was gone!” Lily was panicking, something that was very obvious. She knew that she’d never find her brother while she was this frazzled, but she couldn’t help it. 

[lilymillcr]

kylelewis:

Kyle glanced at the girl who came running up to him in a panic. He raised an eyebrow when she asked him if he had seen a little boy anywhere. “You lost a kid around here? That’s pretty dangerous you know? I’m sure you know that, stupid question.” Kyle told her. He shook his head at her question about if he had seen him. “I haven’t seen him, but I can help you look for him if you want?”

“Yes, yes please. I could really use all the help I can get.” Lily nodded quickly, pulling her phone out of her back pocket so she could show Kyle her lock screen. “See this tiny tot? That’s him! Just... he really likes chocolate so he could have gotten into the candy, but he also has this fascination with the LaLa Loopsie dolls. I don’t question it, I just let him live. But yea, so he could possibly also be in the toy isle. But then there’s the linen things, like sheets and shit, he likes playing in those. So he could be there and... and, just look in one of those places! I’m so sorry for bombarding you, I just really need to find him otherwise my brother is going to kill me.”

[lilymillcr]

chasemontgomery:

“You lost Timmy?” Chase’s eyes widened in shock. He tried his best not to panic, but he couldn’t help but worry about the youngest Miller. “Yea, I know what he looks like, Lil. I even remember that ugly purple dragon t-shirt he always wears. Where did you last see him? Did you check the kids toys department yet?”

“Yes, okay yes! I put him down for a second because I needed to get something off of a high shelf and then when I leaned down to pick him up again he was gone!” she panicked, her heart sinking to the bottom of her chest as the panic inside of her rose. “Purple! YES PURPLE! GOD, FUCK, WHO KNEW YOU’D BE SUCH BLESSING, CHASE?!” She said, bouncing before grabbing Chase by the wrist and rushing off towards the toy department that he mentioned. “No, I haven’t come on. Let’s go check it now.” she said, then came to a halt. “Or should we split up? Cover more ground? I can’t lose him, Chase! I can’t, the others’ll kill me.”

[lilymillcr]

okiscac:

“yeah, you’re right.” isaac mumbled, “thank you and i’m sorry. i don’t mean to give you shit, you’re doing a good job.” 

“It’s fine. Whether I’m doing good or not doesn’t matter, what matters is I’m doing it.” she said, more so to reassure herself. “How’s school going for you anyway, kid?”

[lilymillcr]

Lily looked around the store frantically, searching inside racks and under tables and basically inside of any small space she could. Breathing out a sigh, she started spinning, looking around, hoping to find her little brother. She didn’t, but she did spot a person. Rushing up to them, she started shaking her head quickly. “You haven’t seen a little kid, have you? He’s about... yay high,” she held her hand up to her thigh. “And he kinda has my face, but like not exactly, and he’s wearing this shirt with a dragon on it. I think it was blue.... or orange... or it might have been green, just... Have you seen a little boy anywhere?!”

[lilymillcr]

okiscac:

“god forbid i go to college, something you wanted me to do.” isaac commented. the argument shouldn’t have gone down the path it did and he shouldn’t have reacted how he did but he was sure he was about to combust form all the stress. “next semester i’ll be around all the time to help you. of course you will because that’s more important than family.”

“You’re right.” Lily said, breathing a sigh out through her nose and shaking her head. “You’re right, I did want you to. And I shouldn’t be giving you shit for it.” she surrendered. “But I don’t deserve to get any shit either, Isaac. You know I always put you kids first, I always have. You’re the most important things in my life, don’t try to make it out like you aren’t.” she said softly, stepping forward with her arms out. “Which is why I’ll take the rugrat, you go get your studies done. You don’t need to spite yourself, not now or next semester either.” 

[lilymillcr]

okiscac:

“do you see peter anywhere right now?” he asked, getting frustrated with his older sister. “do you see any our siblings besides timmy right now? they’re all running around wild, maybe i should just let timmy do the same. start ‘em young, yeah?” isaac rolled his eyes at her again, “i’m barely here now as it is and that’s to help you out.”

Lily was about to drop the hard ass act with a laugh and tell her brother she was just playing until he made the comment about his siblings all running wild. she probably shouldn’t have taken that personally, but for some reason she did. So, she folded her arms over her chest and allowed her nostrils to flare. “Well if you were really helping out maybe the rest of you guys wouldn’t be running wild, Isaac. Ever think about that.” she grumbled. “I’m sorry I can’t keep track of you all 24/7, but I try my best dammit. So you know what, no. I’m not watching the rugrat. I’m going out and having a night to myself.”

[lilymillcr]

okiscac:

“i come home like once a month. i’m not doing any of that.” he said, rolling his eyes. “i have work on those days, lily. have peter watch him.”

“Why can’t you have Peter watch him right now?” she asked, crossing her arms. Though, she wouldn’t mind turning in her club clothes for some sweats and curling up on the couch with Timmy to watch some cartoons, she was also as stubborn as a mule. “A deal is a deal, Isaac. And you said whatever I wanted.”

[fxckvalentina-blog]

“I’d say getting out of the clink is cause for celebration, wouldn’t you?” She smirked, lifting the shot of whiskey to her lips as her eyes twinkled mischievously. “Move those judge-y eyes elsewhere, pal. It’s five o’clock somewhere.” She said with a roll of her dark hues, finally taking a swallow of her drink.

[lilymillcr]

Lily shook her head as she watched the other girl take a shot. “No judgement passed, I promise. ” she reassures, though in the back of her mind she was slightly judging Valentina and her choices. “Just wonderin’ how you been? What was it like in there? You okay?” 

[wrendansembourg]

“look, i have this paper to write and it’s 15% of my grade, so could you just watch the kid for two seconds? i’ll do whatever you want, get you whatever- just watch him.” 

[lilymillcr]

Staring at her brother for a moment, she bit her cheek and scowled. She was planning on going out that night with some friends. So baby duty was definitely not on the agenda. However, Isaac’s lessons were important. One day they could be their one way ticket out of this shit hole. So, she emitted a sigh and rolled her eyes but said, “Fine, you got yourself a deal. But I’m putting you on bathroom duty for the rest of the month. And you’re gonna need to babysit on every Friday and Saturday after this for the next two months.” She still needed to play hard-ass, just because.

[lilymillcr]

okiscac:

“isn’t it like two buttons?” he asked, rolling his eyes, “timothy could do it, but yeah show me the ropes.” isaac took another bite of funnel cake, “he’s probably going to be puking by the time it comes to dinner.” he grinned, “want some?”

Blinking at her brother for a moment, she stared at him with a deadpan expression before she rolled her eyes at him. “Fine, yea, it’s not that complicated. C’mere.” she motioned him to follow her to the controls she would teach him. “And seriously? Isaac! That’s not good for him. Plus it’s a waste of money...” 

[lilymillcr]

okiscac:

isaac walked with timothy as he held his notebook in his hands, studying as he watched his younger brothers. he was supposed to be watching all of his younger siblings, but he figured they were old enough and could manage themselves. he already bought his brother plenty of sweets and he was currently eating funnel cake. “want some help?” he asked his older sister, tearing a piece of funnel cake off from his brother’s hand and popping it into his mouth.

“Yes. No. I don’t think I can allow that.” Lily said, obviously frazzled with the situation. “I’d probably get in trouble for letting someone who’s not a worker here run the rides. But god would I enjoy some help.... uh.... if I teach you the ropes real quick think you can manage?” She asked her brother, eyeing the funnel cake they were eating. “And don’t spoil your dinner on over priced fair food, got it.” she grumbled.

[lilymillcr]

moanmcalister:

The line was long, but Mona had joined it anyway and when she got to the front, she realised why. The woman was running between two rides. It didn’t really matter, but surely the carnival was at a loss if they couldn’t get enough staff? She mentioned it when the other girl stopped within talking distance. “How come you’re on you’re own? Covering for a friend who’s “sick”?” She joked.

Lily looked in Mona’s direction and breathed out a huff. “You don’t know the half of it.” she said, a hand coming up to run through her blonde locks. “I’m sorry this is taking so long. Two people cancelled on us because they both came down with some crazy stomach bug. I think another person left early too.”

[lilymillcr]

elle-reed:

Elle didn’t like carnivals or fairs, or anything that attracted too many people to one spot. She did however like the rides that are offered because it usually meant overzealous kids trying to ride them only to get off sicker than a dog. It was funny and she had a weird sense of humor. Right as it was about to be her turn to get on, the whole thing stopped because the attendant had to go somewhere. “What the fuck is this?”

Lily sighed, turing to look in the direction of the person who spoke. “Excuse me? There’s no reason to get nasty. I need to go start that ride over there.” she told Elle, pointing to the ride in question. “My boss has me running both of them. If you could just wait a few damn minutes, you’ll get your damn turn on this one when I come back, got it?”

[lilymillcr]

Exhaustion, that was the only way to describe it. Some how one of Lily’s friends had gotten her a job working the fair’s booths and rides. And to say it was a little chaotic would be an understatement. They had her running two rides at the same time; running back and forth between them to start them. Just as the run on the tilt-a-whirl came to an end, she took the key from that ride so she could run the the neighboring Pharaoh Swing ride and let the long line of people that were waiting there onto it. “I’ll be right back guys, I promise. It’ll only be a few minutes.” she addressed the line of people that were in line for the tilt-a-whirl.