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[bamfvincent-blog]

Ballers || Chriscent [12/07]

Being new at a private school wasn’t exactly new for the eighteen year old. He was used to the looks and the stares as he walked through the halls, noticing the way that the students regarded him with a side-eye that they tried to hide and a sneer that others didn’t feel the need to, and he was used to his teachers handing him his books without question. The only thing that was different this time, though, was his meeting with the school’s basketball coach - while he wanted to play football again, it was far too late into the season for a new player to come into the game and play on the field, so he would have to make do with basketball. Which he didn’t mind - after all, he had more of a leading position on the basketball field as a point guard than he did on the football field as a running back.

Sitting in the coach’s office, he explained to him how much he could bench, how quickly he could get to the glass and how he could create scoring opportunities for others before the coach nodded and sat his clipboard down. “Well, your record speaks for itself, so I’d love to have you, but there’s something more important in basketball than talent, and that’s chemistry. You’ve got to click with your players,” the coach spoke before he rose to his feet, and Vincent watched as the older male walked around his desk and opened the door of his office to peer into the locker room. “CJ, can you come in here for a minute?”

[thebalis]

The music was on point, the lights brighter than they usually seemed and everyone looked as though they were having the time of their lives. In Brooklyn's case, she was. The crowd of guys that had formed around them made Brooklyn move closer to Oasis, setting her hands on her hips and singing along animatedly to the music. In a rush of ecstasy, she connected her lips to the girls neck softly. Hearing a couple hoots and hollers from the guys, she ignored them and pulled away slightly, giving Oasis a wink before she twisted around and let her hips move against the other girls' in rhythm to the music.

[rennisaint]

themelissapark:

(Wrestling Match meme) “You ass!” she laughed when she was pinned to the ground. “You only got to do that cause I’m not using my Grace!” she retorted. She was ready to roll over on top of him-that was until she felt … something. Melissa’s cheeks went pink in response. “Bryce,” she murmured, her breathing heavy thanks to their rough housing.  “Is that…ah. . ” Good lord what could she say? Sword, big pencil, or pen? She knew exactly what was pressing against her. She decided to say nothing as her hands still held his shirt.

               Bryce laughed as he looked down at Melissa. "Yeah, mhm, sure," he said with a grin, pinning her to the floor with his lower body. But soon Bryce realized that maybe that hadn't been the best idea, especially once Melissa pointed out the third party come to play. He looked down between them and cleared his throat some. "Wow... sorry..." he said, rolling himself off of her. He looked down to his pants with confusion before looking back over at the other nephilim. "I don't know why that's happening..." he said, a little bit flustered if he was being honest with himself.

[thebalis]

The week had been awful, to say the least. On top of getting fired over the weekend, the brunette had spent the bulk of the days after applying for jobs but nothing interested her, nor did she really have a good chance at getting hired anyways. Plus, she had high standards. There was no way in hell she would stoop so low as to working at McDonald's, or some other less than fabulous place. But she knew she had to do something, admittedly, the girl was quite materialistic and in order to continue this lifestyle she knew she'd have to figure something out. Brooklyn entered the café that she probably shouldn't be at considering their high prices and her lack of income, but nonetheless she stood in line and awaited to be seated, scrolling through her phone as she did so.

[talan-beckham-blog]

Shine On || Brynn & Talan

Talan was already at the beach when he started speaking to Brynn. It was weird, they hadn't talked in a week, though it was almost like he was acting as if nothing happened. He was smart enough to take a hint and know what was going on between them, and if he was being honest with himself, it was easier to ignore it and simply talk to her like she was his best friend, which she was. Though a part of him thought she would have at least mentioned she'd be in town, even though he just assumed she'd be considering nearly the entire student body was here for the weekend. But he didn't care about really seeing anyone but her, he was just glad she felt the same and agreed to meet him.

In most cases her coming to see him after this long would probably be some sort of an awkward confrontation, but Talan didn't want that. So he stood up from his position in the sand, brushing his hands down his swim trucks to get off any traces of the sand that stuck around. His house wasn't far away, so grabbed his surfboard that was sticking out of the ground in front of him and took off in a quick jog back home. He kinda just wanted to be with Brynn, talk to her really. But he wanted a place with no distractions, and he knew exactly where to go. Once he was home, Talan left his board in the garage before he ran inside to grab two sets of keys. Then he set back to the beach, though to a different spot this time.

Where he wanted to take her was a short ride away, but it was worth it. And if it wasn't worth it, it was definitely the best place to see the sunset, so that was always a plus if things didn't go his way. When he got to the dock he found his family's small motor boat and got it set up. Then he went back up to the front of the dock to wait for Brynn. It was getting kinda dark and he didn't want to miss her. Talan leaned against the railing while he waited, though it wasn't really much of a railing anymore, so he made sure to be careful. Then when he saw someone approaching in front of him he waved so she'd see him, if it actually was her like he hoped.

[talan-beckham-blog]

All the Stars and Boulevards || Brynn & Talan

The California sun was radiating through the yellow tint of the airport cab. Feeling the warmth on his palm Talan shut the door as he exited the vehicle in the driveway of his grandparents house. The ride through the city was exciting enough, it was extremely evident from the boyish grin that was planted on his face the whole time. Talan was just glad to be home, it was his favorite place in the world, and even though he visited frequently, being away for so long made coming back after awhile even better. Sure this time it wasn't his usual travel from London, coming from Texas made for a much shorter flight which helped with his anxiousness to be reunited with his home. And of course there was Brynn, just having her next to him increased his excitement factor, plus he just loved the fact that she was with him in his favorite place.

It wasn't a secret that Talan was basically obsessed with the California lifestyle, you'd know it just by talking to him. He did love a change of scenery, which was why he didn't complain about being so far away in London. But that didn't mean his need to be home was any less, there was nothing that would compare to the feeling of being here, and there were a whole list of reasons why, some more apparent than others. He placed his sun glasses over his eyes and looked up at the blue sky above him, throwing his arms out to the side and smiling. "California, I'm Home!" he nearly screamed and then of course laughed at his own antics. Then he jogged around the side of the cab to grab Brynn's hand as she too got out of the car. The driver was getting their bags from the trunk and Talan went to help him finish, then handed him the cash he owed for the ride. He watched the yellow car pull out of the driveway and smiled. He turned to and smiled as he rolled the bags up to the white door of the house.

Stopping in front of the door, he pointed the window beside it."Five bucks says my sister is behind there waiting for us." he said to Brynn before he rang the doorbell. His eyes were focused on the window, and just like he expected, the curtain pulled away and he saw the familiar blue eyed smile of his favorite person in the world. Turning back to Brynn he smiled, but he couldn't say anything because the loud yelling of his name hindered all thoughts in his mind. Looking in front of him and bent down to greet the toddler in front of him. "Hi there, I'm looking for someone named Princess Avery. Do you know where I can find her?" he asked as casually as possible. The little girl standing in front of him smiled and nearly screamed her answer. "That's me silly!" Talan shook his head before he let a playful laughter come over him. Then he scooped his sister up into his arms and kissed her gently on the forehead. "My goodness I missed you!" he told her as he smiled. Then he turned towards Brynn beside him and looked at the little blonde girl in his arms. "There's someone really special I want you to meet Avery. This is Princess Brynn, can you say hi?" he requested of her as his gaze shifted from his sister to his girlfriend. He watched as she shyly greeted Brynn and then set her down inside.

Pulling their bags in through the door, he shut it behind him and sighed as he felt the familiar embrace of his home. "Well this is it. The casa de Beckham." he said looking at Brynn as he let his bag slip off his shoulder. "Where is everyone Avery?" he asked the small girl who was still standing beside him. "Kellen is upstairs, Grammy is in the kitchen and Grandpa is in his office." she explained very proudly. Talan nodded knowing those were the typical places his family members would be on a summer morning. "Alrighty then, lets take these bags upstairs shall we?" he asked Brynn. He rolled his suitcase into the house and to the stairs, peeking inside the kitchen to wave to his grandma who was clearly cooking something. Then he made his way to his bedroom, knowing Brynn was following behind him, as well as his sister.

Stopping outside of his room, he opened the door and turned on the light to reveal the ocean blue walls that surrounded them. Then he turned to his sister, "Let Princess Brynn and me have a few minutes okay babe?" he politely asked of her. She nodded, but he could tell by the look on her face that she had something to say. "Okay, but Talan, Kellen said that because you're home we could go see Mommy and Daddy today. Can we do that? And bring Princess Brynn with us too, I want to show her the flowers I picked." Talan nodded at her request and smiled as she looked at Brynn. "Sure, we can definitely do that. Why don't you go get dressed, and we will too. Then we'll go. Sound good?" he asked and once he got a nod back from her, he shut the door behind him and looked at Brynn.

"So that's my sister. She's a trip, but I love her. She'll do for the welcoming committee." Bringing the bags into the center of the room Talan kept his head up as he looked around. "Same as how I left it. Maybe if I painted it pink like yours it'd be better." he said with an obvious joking tone in his voice. "I was hoping we could go to the beach, but lets go see my parents first, then I'm totally giving you that surfing lesson." He smiled and kissed her cheek before walking through the room to his closet. "You don't have to get dressed up or anything, just don't wear a bathing suit just yet. We'll come back and change for that." Talan said as he pulled out a much nicer looking shirt and pants then the outfit he had on from the airplane. He wasn't sure how much sense he made by saying they would 'go see' his parents, but it felt easier to just play it cool for now.

[talan-beckham-blog]

Drops of Jupiter || Talan & Brynn

Saying Talan was distant from the Monarch social realm the past few weeks would be the understatement of the year. He was basically non existent in the eyes of his peers, but at least he had a reason for keeping to himself for awhile. He easily placed the blame on school work, considering finals were coming up and he'd be slacking on his studies, and he was also back into training mode for soccer since the weather was starting to get nicer, at least enough to run in the morning without getting frostbite. But he couldn't deny that he was keeping a distance to allow himself time to think about his current state of mind, which was mainly focused on his best friend and whatever their relationship had become so suddenly.

But it was about time that he snapped back to reality and joined the rest of the students in the highly anticipated count down to summer vacation. Talan was honestly surprised how easy it was to just go back to the normal level of social status that he was before he took some time to himself. Though he definitely wasn't surprised how easily he was able to start a conversation with Brynn, even though it had no subject manner and was just typical banter between the two of them. But he knew he didn't want to just talk about nonsense with her, he wanted to talk to her, or rather just be with her. There was an undeniable chemistry between the two of them, what would come of it, he didn't know but he was liking the direction he felt it going in.

So Talan went with the best thing he could think of to get her to come over, food. He was planning on ordering a pizza anyways, it wasn't exactly a surprise considering eating was his favorite subject to talk about. But he knew since he is was training, it probably wouldn't be a good idea to eat the whole thing by himself, making it the perfect way to ask Brynn to come over. Though he didn't think he really needed a reason to have the girl in his room. But he did it anyways and after she finally agreed, of course first denying the fact that she wanted to come over, he ordered the pizza and attempted to clean up his room as well as make himself look presentable. It didn't take long to do that, so he just waited patiently for Brynn to show up, not even trying to deny that his happiness level was probably through the roof on the thought of seeing her.

[kenzie-melissa-lee-blog]

Little Talks •Jon&Kenzie• + Selfie

Jon ran into his sister’s dorm, the morning after he and Bailey had slept by the lake. The night he’d really gotten to her and vise-versa. A groan sounded from Kenzie, “JoJo. What do you want now?” She turned to where her brother sat with a giddy smile. “I was watching Les Mis. Couldn’t you come back, another time?” He shook his head, “Nope. I wanna talk to you. Remember Davis?” She thought for a moment then nodded, “Yeah. That blonde bitch that you hate so much?” She popped a gummy in her mouth and tilted her head.“What about her?” “Well get this! Her name’s actually Bailey. And she’s great! We shared our pasts and we get along really well. It’s so nice. We even slept out by the lake. But…” “But? You hate but’s in stories. What happened?” Her eyes filled with concern and suspicion. He sighed and looked down, “We uh…almost kissed.” “Do you mean, it was mutual, she tried to kiss you, or you tried to kiss her?” “The last one.” “I thought so. Jon…what about Madison?” “I love her. With all my heart. But I would do anything to see Bails smile and she’s like my home and…ugh. Duck Duck what do I do?” He sighed, laying his head in her lap. Kenzie massaged her brother’s temples and shrugged, “Nothing. Just focus on your life ahead of you.” She nodded and fed him a gummy worm. “Besides…what if she doesn’t feel that way?” Jon nodded, she had a point. “What if I like her?” “Then you’re a whore. And if you don’t then you’re an asshole. It’s a trick. You’re in a relationship so, you can’t act on it.” “Where’d you learn that? One of yor books?” He snickered. She smacked his forehead, “Next time, it’s a hammer.” He pouted, “Anyways…mind if I babble for a minute?” She smiled, “Do I ever?” Jon began, “Well Bailey…there’s just something about her that makes you like her, ya know? And she’s real pretty. I mean, Madison’s perfect. But Bailey…well she’s a certain kind of beautiful. An old-timey beautiful.” Jon had the widest smile on his face. “And she’s so sweet and understanding. So, so great. I sorta love her as my sister. Not as you but, ya know. If I wasn’t engaged, I’d probably ask her out. But then that’d probably be weird. I mean calling off a wedding for a little relationship that probably won’t last very long? But I like her. I do. I don’t get it. Is it harmless? Is it like Alli? Is it meaningful? I just don't understand... But I like it. You get it?" Kenzie listened to him, nodding and biting her lip, "As much I don't...I do." She sighed, and smacked him aside the head, "You need to stop!" He whimpered, "Just quit hitting me, dammit!" She glared, "Look just...I don't want to hurt Bailey. She seems like a.nice girl and...I don't want it to turn out like...nevermind. Point is, if she gets hurt-" "You hurt me ten times worse. I know the drill." He rolled his eyes. She smacked his forehead over and over again, "Ya big slut!" He jumped on her, "Excuse you!" He tickled he, blowing on her stomach. "What did you say?!" She laughed, "Lug! I said lug okay?! Stop!" He stopped and chuckled, "That's what I thought." They laid down amd watched Les Mis, hand-in-hand, all the while the only thing on Jon's mind was how in the hell to get rid of his feelings like he used to but no way was he getting more scars then he had. There was one thing to do and he didn't know when or how but he would get her to go to the lake with him again. Or quite possibly...a kiss.