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The Bonnie and Annie Baking Bonanza! || Bannie

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Annie had long ago stopped reminding Bonnie she had teapots too because her cousin would never change. Which honestly, Annie loved this the best about her and plus, her teapot was the best. Reaching out, she patted the pot, “Aw, I’ve missed you pot!”

With a slight dramatic roll of her eyes, Annie moved over and put an arm over Bonnie’s shoulders as her cousin gushed about her soon-to-be-success, “Sorry I didn’t text you about it,” she said with a slight frown. “I meant to tell you, but I didn’t,” Annie poked her side before saying, “But I appreciate your vote of confidence - we’ll definitely be my date at my award ceremony,” she kissed Bonnie’s cheek before moving away to get them mugs for tea.

“Um… I’ll do mac and cheese,” she said, and then teasingly added, “My one true love.”

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“Yes, I better be your date... I mean, unless you’ve married Ryan Gosling or something. Then I’ll just figure out a way to sneak back stage or something. I’m pretty sure I could do it if I just walked with confidence,” Bonnie mused, turning on the burner and plopping the kettle onto it.

“So... uhm...” Bonnie paused, digging through the things she brought, finally pulling out blocks of cheese and a cheese grater. (Bonnie was sometimes overly prepared.) She handed them to Annie. “Have you... uh... talked to Alan?” she asked, trying to be casual but failing miserably. Annie was a good source of information about what was going on in Alan’s life at the moment. “Because I haven’t really talked to him since that whole thing at his party with Chase and Kim and then I’ve been hearing he’s been hanging out with some girl, but no one seems to be able to tell me who she is and...” she paused, looking at Annie.

“I’m sorry. You don’t have to tell me anything....” she said quickly, turning back to her bag and pulling things out to start making the weird mini pizzas. “Do you think Billy will even show his face at this party?” she asked, inquiring about Colin and Chase’s roommate. “Wait-- Billy isn’t right is it? Barry? Bosco? Bobby. Bobby, right?” she rambled, trying to change the subject.

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I Made a Mess | Kara & Bonnie

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Kara climbed down from the chair, defeated. “I don’t know.” 

Actually several things had happened. She’d been too distracted by the texts she’d gotten from Harry about their date next weekend that she hadn’t even realized that she’d forgotten a few ingredients. She hadn’t bothered to clean as she went either, which contributed to the over all mess. In addition, she’d accidentally thrown away the baking instructions and hadn’t bothered to fish through the trash to find them. Baking instructions were more like guidelines anyway, right? 

She peered through the window out onto the lawn where her creation was still smoking. It was black and mushy and one of the most unappetizing things Kara had ever seen. 

“I think it’s alive.” At any rate, it seemed much more likely that it would suddenly eat them, than the other way around. 

She turned back around, facing the disaster that they (or rather she) still had to deal with. 

“Yeah, probably shouldn’t.” She said. Or, you know, maybe she just wouldn’t cook anymore when she was distracted. Kara never seemed to learn that she should just give up on anything that was more complicated than cereal. 

“Okay, new plan. I’ll clean this up and …. what do you think? Is there time to start again? Or should we just pick something up, somewhere?” 

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Bonnie was still slightly taken aback by the mess in the kitchen. She looked at Kara, back to the mess, and then back to Kara.

“Luckily once you throw a cake out the window, it can’t return unless you invite it in,” she replied, in regards to the smothering mass in the side yard. She’d explain it to Kim later.

“You, luckily, are standing in the presence of a master baker. Start cleaning-- you’ll be surprised how quickly I can whip up a dessert,” Bonnie headed towards the cabinet where she knew Kim kept the bowls, pulling things out and setting them on the one small spot of the counter that had managed to remain mostly clean. She started from scratch, figuring no one had had the foresight to buy a second boxed cake.

“So is that dinging from your phone the newest man you’re dating?” she teased, measuring out flour. “Please tell me nothing insane happened to you this time. I feel like we need to buy you a helmet and an armed guard. Where do you find these guys, anyway?” she asked.

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A Scone For Your Thoughts: Colin + Bonnie

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“Food will never stand a chance in this house,” He agreed, taking a sip of coffee. Colin and Chase had very different interests from Bobby, but when it came to food, none of them were picky. It was one thing, at least, that they could agree on (of course, there would always be fights over who got the last slice of pizza). 

“Oh, yeah … that …. don’t worry, they aren’t here. At least, I don’t think they are … ” 

Colin rubbed the back of his neck, nervously. The truth was, he had seen it. All of it. He’d seen Alan see it, too, but he didn’t know what to do. Chase and Alan were too of the most important people in the world to him, and he hated that the was the one who was stuck in between in this love triangle. 

He wanted them both to be happy … and right now, they both wanted to be with Kim. Colin knew that Alan had been in love with Kim since forever, and on that field, he got “dibs” but then Kim was a living breathing person and she got a say in all this, too. 

And maybe she’d rather be with Chase, than Alan? He didn’t know what the right thing to do here was. He hadn’t talked with Chase yet about it, at all. He wondered how much Chase liked Kim. He doubted it was as much as Alan, but did that mean that he should step back to give Alan a shot (a shot that he was unlikely to ever take … as someone in the same situation as being in love with your best friend, Colin had a pretty strong feeling that neither he or Alan would say anything to Annie or Kim, even after they both promised each other that this would be the summer they finally did.) 

“I don’t really wanna get in the middle of it,” He said, as he concentrated intently on eating another scone so he could avoid her gaze. 

“I mean, I know what Alan’s feeling. Annie didn’t exactly ‘suck face’ with anyone at the party last night, but I’ve seen it happen on more occasions than I’d like to remember …. and it sucks. Not to be dramatic, but it feels like the end of the world. But I wasn’t gonna try to break it up. I don’t even know how to do that without telling them why.” He sighed, “I mean, I guess I could have started some kind of distraction … then at least it wouldn’t have been in his face … could have left the door open and hoped that possum wandered in again … if anything would stop people from making out, it’s possums crashing the party.” 

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Bonnie winced at the thought of Alan being in the same house as Chase and Kim at this point. She supposed he’d lived with Kim through multiple boyfriends, but something about this seemed different. Or maybe this was just different because they weren’t talking and she couldn’t just go ask him how he was feeling.

“I know no one wants to get in the middle of it, but...” she paused, sighing. She immediately regretted bringing up Annie to make a point, knowing he was in the same position as Alan, save the face sucking, as he’d pointed out. 

“You know wild rodents aren’t the answer to all life’s problems,” she pointed out, since raccoons, possums, squirrels, and even deer had been suggested in the past as forms of distractions. She ended up laughing a bit at the thought though, imagining the mayhem that would have ensued. 

“Do you know where Alan even went last night?” Bonnie asked, standing up to put another pot of water on the stove for more tea. “He literally disappeared once it happened...” she turned on the burner, looking back at Colin.

“I liked your reading, by the way... I mean, besides the fact that its terrifying and has no pictures, its very good,” she added.

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[ooc] Bonnie & Seth

okay so. seth has a huuuuuuuge crush on rachel and since rachel works for bonnie, seth and bonnie probably see a lot of each other. because i feel like seth comes down to where rachel works, um, A LOT. just to say hi. and probably buy a lot of bikinis he doesn’t need. (val and nat have probably been getting a bikini for birthdays/every holiday you can name since rachel started working there, ahaha).

so i could see us potentially having some fun with this and maybe seth likes to hide in the store and bonnie always catches him or something? but by now she knows him and just hides with him or something? honestly i could see us digging some hilarious scenario out of this, ahaha. thoughts, m’dear??

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yessss! i could see bonnie being sort of creeped out by him at first like “what is this 20-something buying all these bikinis with no girlfriend in sight?” but i bet she’s figure it out, why he’s always there. so she would TOTALLY HIDE WITH HIM. omg. i could see rachel finding the pair of them like “wtf is my boss doing on the floor right now?” (like how bonnie still has her job is a mystery) and i feel like bonnie would totally be at least familiar with the connors, being as they’ve all lived in VA Beach for awhile… even though bonnie doesn’t run in the same circle as them necessarily (i love how there are legit like friendship circles going on in this RP.) but please, seth, come buy bikinis and make bonnie laugh.yessss! i could see bonnie being sort of creeped out by him at first like “what is this 20-something buying all these bikinis with no girlfriend in sight?” but i bet she’s figure it out, why he’s always there. so she would TOTALLY HIDE WITH HIM. omg. i could see rachel finding the pair of them like “wtf is my boss doing on the floor right now?” (like how bonnie still has her job is a mystery) and i feel like bonnie would totally be at least familiar with the connors, being as they’ve all lived in VA Beach for awhile… even though bonnie doesn’t run in the same circle as them necessarily (i love how there are legit like friendship circles going on in this RP.) but please, seth, come buy bikinis and make bonnie laugh.

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I Made a Mess | Kara & Bonnie

No one should ever let Kara in the kitchen. But Kim Scritchfield, obvious to the disaster that would inevitably occur, had.

Kara had come by early to help set things up for the party. She and Kim had kicked Alan out of the house, despite his protests. This was his night and he was going to do nothing but enjoy it. 

Kim had to run out and pick up some last minute things from the store and she left Kara in charge of tidying up. She said that Bonnie was supposed to come by and make the cake, but she’d gotten a text from her that she was running late. Kara offered to start on the cake, if Bonnie was back by the time she’d finished straightening up. Kim had encouraged her. 

Forty-five minutes later, everything had exploded. 

If you asked Kara how it had happened, she wouldn’t have been able to tell you. One minute, she was putting ingredients out on the counter and the next there was smoke coming from the oven, icing all over the table, and then there was Kara, who was standing on top of a chair with a broom, trying to get the smoke detector to turn off. 

It was at this moment, that Bonnie walked through the door. 

Kara managed to finally hit the off button with the broom. “Help.” 

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Bonnie had been thankful when Kara offered to start the cake, as Angela had woken up late and hadn’t stopped pestering Bonnie while she was trying to get ready about making breakfast, since Bonnie’s eggs were so much better. Bonnie, in her frustration, made her breakfast simply to get her to stop talking.

After shopping, stopping by Annie’s to get some of the cooking started on the non-cake dishes, she finally hopped off her bike outside of Alan and Kim’s apartment. Kim had assured her Alan was away as avoiding awkward interactions was imperative.

She sensed something was wrong when she heard a dull buzzer sound coming from the house. Tentatively, she pushed open the door, the buzzing sound growing louder.

“Kara?” she called, walking inside and pushing the door closed behind her. She was immediately met with the smell of burning. The buzzer was a smoke alarm. Oh no.

Hurrying into the kitchen, she was greeted by Kara, on a chair, holding a broom. The pair stared at each other for a few moments in silence before Bonnie sprung into action.

“What happened?” she exclaimed as she made a beeline to the oven, pulling out the smoking remnants of the cake. She waved her hand, trying to  push the smoke out of her face as she gestured to the window. “Open!” she instructed and, once Kara had done so, dumped the  entire thing into the side yard.

“Uhm… so… You should probably never bake anything again… for your own safety. And maybe all of the town’s,” Bonnie said to Kara, overcome with a slight sense of shock.

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growing up in virginia beach: part ii from bonnie’s scrapbooks

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growing up in va beach: part i from bonnie's scrapbooks

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A Scone For Your Thoughts: Colin + Bonnie

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Colin stumbled into the kitchen, groggy-eyed and disorientated. 

Even though he was still half asleep, he was surprised to hear anyone rummaging around in the kitchen this early. He was normally the first one up of the three of them. He liked the calm silence that came with being the only one awake. He’d usually use that time for some coffee and a writing session on their porch, with only the sound of the ocean to distract him.

He noticed the food before he noticed Bonnie. 

Scones, tea, and strawberries were laid out on the table and he immediately sat down and helped himself to a plate. He didn’t question their existence and where they’d come from. If he was a child in a cautionary tale, he would probably be dead. He was halfway through his first scone before he noticed that Bonnie had been standing over by the sink, “Whoa, how long have you been there? Sorry, I just kinda went for it.” 

He stood up, pulling out a chair for her, “Here, have a seat, Bon. Did you bring all of this?” He asked, “It looks – it is – amazing! What’s the occasion? Am I in trouble?” He laughed, but then stopped abruptly and turned to face her, “Wait, am I?” 

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Bonnie had just finished making herself a cup of tea when Colin stumbled into the kitchen. She couldn’t help but smile a bit as he sat down and began eating, as if on auto pilot. 

“I learned a long time ago leaving food unattended in this house meant it would be consumed, no questions asked,” she replied, plopping down in the chair. She was reminded of the time she’d come by to watch some sporting event, left her Pad Thai on the table for ten minutes while she made a phone call, and came back to find Chase had already eaten half of it. Even in the moment she’d broken down laughing about the entire event.

She did raise her eyebrows at Colin as he asked if he was in trouble. “Of course! You saw the same thing happen that I did at the party last night!” she exclaimed, immediately followed by slapping her hand over her mouth. It hadn’t occurred to her until this moment that Chase and Kim might be upstairs, able to overhear her if she talked too loudly. 

“Wait... are they here?” she asked, raising her eyes to the ceiling as she whispered. Even if they were, both were undoubtedly passed out from the alcohol consumption from the night before, she reasoned. 

“It... She’s not supposed to suck face with him! It should be with my brother!” she said quietly, immediately regretting her choice of words because it sounded totally creepy. “You know what I mean,” she said quickly. “He could literally have made out with anyone else at that party but he had to pick her. You.. you... you should’ve thrown yourself in the middle of it! Put a stop to the whole thing! It was indecent!” 

Bonnie realized this was a ridiculous course of action, though the idea of Colin throwing himself between two people making out was sort of funny. “Can’t you talk to him? I know... Alan doesn’t want anyone to know but... I mean... you understand. Its like with you and Annie... except she didn’t stick her tongue down anyone’s throat last night,” she sighed, grabbing a strawberry and popping it into her mouth as she looked forlornly at Colin.

“Did... did you talk to him at all last night after it? Alan, I mean?” she asked quietly. If all the mess hadn’t happened between the pair, it would have been Alan waking up to the homemade breakfast in his kitchen, but she didn’t know how he’d react to that now. She wasn’t sure he’d even want to talk to about things with Kim, since they didn’t seem to talk about much these days. 

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Caffeine Induced Confab || Bonnie & Alan

Monday's were always hard, but this one seemed especially difficult. Bonnie felt like a failure whenever she broke down and walked to the coffee shop on her lunch break for a caffeine shot, but sometimes tea just didn't cut it. After being away for nearly two weeks with her boss at a combination of management seminars and presentations on summer beachwear for the upcoming season, going back to her work schedule was difficult. Adding to it that it was finally summery meant a constant stream of customers the entire morning. Bonnie, normally chipper, felt like she wanted to collapse. 

 "A medium iced Americano, please... No," she paused, thinking twice, "Better make it a large." 

 While the barista went to make her drink, Bonnie absentmindedly looked over her shoulder at the other occupants of the shop and that's when she caught sight of none other than her big brother sitting in the corner, immersed in whatever was on his laptop screen. 

 Bonnie had sometimes forgotten she was adopted when she was a child. She knew in all honesty she couldn’t actually remember when the Foster’s brought her into their home, being that she was only two, but she knew that she and Alan had clicked from the beginning. They shared so many similarities that most people wouldn’t even know they were genetically unrelated. Bonnie didn’t remember a time Alan wasn’t a starring player in her life which made every moment since That Day, to put it simply, terrible. 

Even though they’d gotten back on speaking terms, it still felt wrong. Before That Day, Bonnie hadn’t gone a day without talking to Alan, even if it was just stopping by his apartment to yell hi at he and Kim on her way home. Now it could be days before she’d see him, and even then they might be out with friends and hardly speak. She hadn’t spoken to him the entire time she’d been away with her boss and had skipped out within the first hour of the party thrown to celebrate Alan and Colin. Part of her wanted to sneak back out of the shop with her coffee and continue to pretend, as best she could, that things were okay. 

“Its $3.95,” the barista said, handing Bonnie her drink. She realized she’d been staring and problem looked like a bit of a creep. 

“... Can I get one of those as well?” she asked, pointing towards the pastry display. “For here, please.”

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“Hi Big Brother.”

Bonnie slid into the seat across from Alan, pushing the plate across the table towards him. “I got your favorite.”

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ooc: bonnie & tom

KATE OF COURSE THESE TWO ARE FRIENDS! How could they not be? I mean, tea, being unintentionally adorable, and having dead beat parent issues?! Obvs this was meant to be.

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BONNIE FOSTER / carey mulligan

Relationships: (adopted brother:) Alan Foster, (crush:) William “Will” Selznick,(cousin:) Annie Simmons, (employee:)Rachel Lloyd, (best friend:) Kimberly “Kim” Scritchfield, (friend:) Thomas “Tom” Darcy

Age: 24 Occupation: Manager @ the Bikini Hut Description: Bonnie was adopted when she was two by the Fosters. While she loves her foster family, it hasn’t stopped her from fantasizing about her own birth parents: who were they and why did they have to give her up? Although her step-brother, Alan, has advised her not to go looking for the answers (she might not like what she finds), Bonnie can’t help her herself and has secretly been looking into it. It turns out that Alan was right: Bonnie did not want to know about her birth parents. Her mom was an abusive drug addict and Bonnie was removed from her care by social services. Despite warnings against it, Bonnie still made an effort to reach out to her birth mom, hoping that she had changed. She hadn’t. But she’s made a lot of promises to Bonnie that she’s trying and Bonnie was silly enough to believe her. She had just gotten out of rehab and while she’s off the drugs, she’s not exactly motivated to get a job. Now she’s got a recovering meth addict living on her couch (and she’s been there for over a year) and she doesn’t have the heart to kick her out.

TAKEN BY KATE.

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ooc: and bonnie, too!

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A Scone For Your Thoughts: Colin + Bonnie

It was probably too early to show up at someone's house, especially the morning after a party. Bonnie, who wasn't a fan of drinking and tended to leave her apartment early enough to avoid a morning confrontation with her current roommate and birth mother, Angela, didn't think in those terms. The sun was up so she was up. And she had business to attend to. Armed with a picnic basket full of blueberry scones, butter, a large thermos of hot tea, and freshly cut strawberries, she rode her bike the one and a half blocks to what she affectionately referred to as the Man Palace. Bonnie had known two of the three occupants of the Man Palace for many years. Chase and Colin had been running around Virginia Beach just as long as Bonnie. They were a part of her social world and always had been. Their third roommate, Benji, (or was it Billy? Barry? Bobby? That sounded right) was the enigma, hiding in corners and scowling and generally being a bit creepy, in Bonnie's opinion. She hoped he wouldn't be around. She had business to attend to and didn't need him scowling and sulking around. As previously stated, there had been a party the night before, hosted by her older brother and her best friend. They had been celebrating the completion of two works of art, Alan's painting and Colin's book. The night was supposed to be lovely and happy and everyone was supposed to just gush about how brilliant Colin and Alan are. But then Chase and Kim had sucked face in the middle of the party, ruining everything. Ruining might be a bit of an exaggeration, but Alan had watched the whole thing and disappeared before Bonnie could react. She hadn't seen him the rest of the evening. Now, to be fair, Kim had no idea Alan was totally in love with her and Bonnie knew Kim would never, not in a million years, hurt Alan purposefully. But Colin knew and Colin was bromanced with Chase so he obviously should have thrown himself in the middle of the face sucking to stop it, right? Again, maybe she was exaggerating things. Regardless, Bonnie wanted to discuss the emotional well being of her brother with one of the only other people who knew the secret and figured breakfast was the best time. When she finally arrived at the Man Palace, she checked the front door (open, luckily) and headed straight to the kitchen and began setting up breakfast on the kitchen table.

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The Foster Siblings

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