Life is like a novel

Thomas Verday. 20 years old. Waiter/Student. Born in Massachusetts. New to Atlanta. [Bio][Interactions][Plots] [Face]

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calistogarcia:

“Until then you should keep drinking coffee to help you out, and keep you awake, just don’t drink too much” he didn’t want him to end up causing a problem on his health. He was a caring person and didn’t like when people got hurt and when something happened to them, even the people that he didn’t know, or weren’t close. “Oh, i see, that’s a smart choice, because then it could help you decide if the major you were thinking was the one you really wanted”

“Someone recently told me that there is no such thing as too much coffee, but I do agree with you.” Thomas replied, grinning at the other man. Someone told him that coffee was important, but he also knew that too much of anything was bad for you. “My parents just feel like I wasted time. Which I guess in a way I did. I was going to go to Business school, and well I ended up going to Business school.”

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ofvanessas:

“Yeah, no problem.” Vanessa replied softly, focusing on the page once more before flickering her eyes up to meet his. “Okay, maybe you do win.” She joked, laughing a little after her comment. “I was an art major, so I was always doing something fun in school. I stopped dealing with complicated math after I graduated high school.”

“It’s really a mess.” Thomas replied, letting out a small chuckle. Business school seemed to just be a huge mix of everything hard that had ever existed. “Art surely sounds a lot less stressful. I have a friend who is a drama major. I am sure that she has all the fun.” He replied, shrugging “Math isn’t that bad. It’s just annoying when it’s all I ever do.”

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clara-ammon:

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“Tommy!” Clara called in a sing-song voice as she stepped into his apartment, she had spotted his car out front so she knew he was home. Having a key made things very convenient, “So, I’ve been hearing all about the benefit concert thing, and, obviously it’s for a really good cause and stuff but … it also sounds really fun. You want to take me, right?” she asked with a grin.

“Hey Clara.” Thomas called from the living room, before getting off of the couch and walking over to her. He was glad that she felt comfortable enough to just randomly show up out of the blue now. It made things seem a lot more like they used to. “I think I heard about that briefly at school. It does sound like something that could be a lot of fun.” He replied, letting out a soft chuckle at her final comment. “I suppose that I could take you.”

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katelynxrhoades:

Katelyn laughed a little at his first statement back to her, shaking her head as she reached forward for her cup of coffee. Taking a long sip from it, she waved a free hand at him. “No, no, you are right in thinking that most things, definitely, are bad for you in excess. However, this is not one of them. If I didn’t have this cup right now I would be dropping to the floor.”

“I am just going to have to take your word for it I guess.” Thomas replied, letting out a soft chuckle. Surely years worth of drinking coffee was a lot less bad for you than a lifetime full of heroin or something. “I suppose drinking four cups of coffee is more productive than lying on the floor would be. Personally, sometimes I would like to do both.”

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caseyjroberts:

Casey nodded, “Yeah, it definitely helps a lot. There’s a lot of people in my life that I don’t know where I’d be without them.” he admitted honestly. “Family - and friends - are important to have around. Friends can be like family too, if the one you’ve got sucks.” he added candidly. “That’s cool though, I thought about business for a little bit, but I ended up in law myself. A lot of work, but it’s been worth it so far.”

“I’ve got a few people like that, and I am fairly thankful to have them.” Thomas replied, thinking of his friends. It was nice having people in his life that he was able to tell everything to. It made him feel less alone. “My friends have surely helped me a lot more than my parents have. That much is for sure.” He added, shrugging at the man. “My father owns a business, so I think that was always where I was going to end up.”

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calistogarcia:

“You just need to get used, you’re back from vacation, your body was in rest mode” he let out a laugh, he had a vacation a few months ago, he only got two weeks since he has been working as a cop for 6 years, but even though it was just two weeks, it was still hard to get used again to waking up early. “Oh? And why is that? If you don’t mind me asking”

“I guess you are right about that. I’ll get in routine eventually.” Thomas replied, shrugging at the man. He didn’t really want to get into details about how he hadn’t applied to university on time because he had been too depressed while thinking his best friend was dead, only to have her show up very much alive. Then had spent the better part of a year avoiding society. “I took two years off after high school. To work and stuff.”

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noah-j-devin:

Noah had been doing his best to get into his old routine, which meant coffee and reading over his school books after classes. He had been been buried in a new volume of mythology stories when he heard a voice and he looked up with a smile and a small blush, “Oh, yeah! Sorry, I didn’t notice you. I just … got a little caught up in this.” he said, lifting the book up slightly before marking his place and setting it to the side. “How have you been doing?”

“Don’t worry about it, it’s fine.” Thomas replied, sending the older man a small smile.Things had been kind of hectic for a lot of people and he couldn’t blame anyone for being caught up in their own world at the moment. “Well, school has already gotten a little hectic so I am mostly just dealing with that. How about yourself?”

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katelynxrhoades:

“No, no, no,” she waggled a finger for a moment, a shake of her head moving along with it as her blonde hair flowed over her shoulders. “You are incorrect, there is nothing wrong with drinking four cups of coffee in one day, not one bit.” she protested playfully, before she cocked a brow to raise another point. “You become a single mom and then try to tell me otherwise.”

“I mean, I don’t think it is physically possible for me to become a single mom.” Thomas replied, trying to lighten the mood. It had not been his intention to offend the woman, but it was clear to him now that she appeared to be that way.  “I didn’t mean any harm. That just seems like an insane amount of coffee, and most things are bad for you in excess.”

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calistogarcia:

“It’s no problem” he said with a small smile, before taking a sip of his coffee, coffee was something that he just drank when he needed it or when he was chatting with a friend, coffee shops could be good to hanging out. It wasn’t his favorite thing to drink though, he preferred milk with chocolate. “I think so, yeah, I remember well how tiring can be, I always needed a little bit of coffee on the first day of school after vacation”

“I mean, I’ve been in school for a week now and I still need coffee.” Thomas replied, letting out a chuckle. He was the type of person that always seemed to be tired though, no matter how long he had been in a routine. “I think I forgot how hard it is to get up in the morning. It’s been a while since I have done the whole school thing.”

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ofvanessas:

Vanessa wasn’t one to be cooped up in the house all day, even if it meant relocating somewhere else to do exactly what she would’ve been doing at home. In this particular case, she was rereading one of her favorite books and enjoying a cup of coffee, fingers absentmindedly trailing up and down the side of the page as she breezed through the familiar lines. Her eyes trailed up to meet the person who’d approached her, and she couldn’t help but return his smile. “Yeah, of course.” She responded, motioning towards the chair in front of her. “I’m a little boring, but it’s all yours.”

“Thanks, I appreciate it.” Thomas replied, sending the woman a small smile. It was becoming more and more easy for him to meet people in Atlanta, although he still hadn’t made too many actual friends at this point. Moving somewhere new was always hard that way, because it was like starting over completely. Thomas sat down in the chair, making himself comfy. “Oh trust me, you can’t be more boring than I am. I go to business school and deal with numbers all day and then usually just go home.”

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alvrzvanessa:

“No, no, you’re fine!” She insisted, not wanting him to feel like he’d intruded on anything. Hey, she didn’t mind the company at all, she usually preferred that to being alone. “I was just off in my own world.” She waved her hand to the book and then around her a little bit. It was pretty easy to tune out once she got into something, especially running on as little sleep as she was. “America runs on coffee, isn’t that Dunkin Donuts’ motto?” Which, now more than ever, especially, seemed to be very true. It seemed that, no matter what coffee shop she stopped at, there was going to be a crowd of people already there. It happened without fail. “Ah, Caesar here was a police dog,” Vanessa said, reaching down to ruffle the Shepherd’s fur a little before straightening up. “He’ll pay you no mind unless you happen to have narcotics on you.”

“I think we are all guilty of that sometimes.” Thomas replied, knowing he surely got lost in his own world sometimes. It didn’t help that when he was overly tired he had a habit of just randomly falling asleep in public. One of these days he was likely going to get himself killed. “I mean, probably. Just because it’s a motto doesn’t mean that it’s not true though.” He added, sending her a smile. It seemed that everything was a slogan these days. Thomas looked down at the dog once more, nodding. “Well that would explain it then. Lucky for me, drugs have never really been my scene. My parents were really strict about that sort of stuff.”

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albaxsutton:

Alba stilled her frantic foot tapping and looked up at him with a sheepish expression. She glanced down at her book and shook her head. “Oh no, just consumer behavior in fashion. As boring as it sounds if you aren’t a fashion major.” She told him, frowning at the book that was now giving her a headache. “What about you? Anything interesting on your agenda? I mean, as interesting as meeting a stranger in a coffee shop.”

”I’m a business student, so the consumer behavior part doesn’t sound that bad. I can’t say I know much about fashion though.” Thomas replied, sending her a smile. He was fairly used to anything involving numbers at this point. He shrugged at her comment,unsure what to say. His life wasn’t interesting to most people. “I am just lad to be done classes for the day.”

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alvrzvanessa:

Okay, feet up on a table in a coffee shop was definitely not a good look - but Vanessa could justify it with the fact that it was a table outdoors and that she’d been working almost thirty straight hours without so much as the slightest break. It wasn’t the best excuse, but it was one anyway. Feet crossed on the table, book in one hand and coffee in the other and dog curled around the chair was about as close to relaxed as she ever got. Then someone approached her and, while her dog hardly reacted, she certainly did, startling a little bit as she quickly pulled her feet onto the ground, where they were supposed to be. “Hey, sorry! Yeah, go right ahead.” She gestured to the seat across from her.

“I didn’t mean to bother you, I’m sorry.” Thomas replied, sending her a weak smile. Everything was sort of hectic, and the last thing he wanted to do was make someone’s day even harder by complicating things for them. Thomas sat down in the sea across from the woman, just thankful at this point that she hadn’t been rude to him as a response. “It seems every shop in the city is packed at this time of day.” He added, letting out a small chuckle. Coffee was surely the liquid that kept Atlanta going. “You’ve got yourself a pretty tame dog there.”

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Home Sweet Home // self-para

For Thomas home had never been a place, but rather a person. Ever since they were kids Clara had been the one person that he could depend on. His parents had never been his safe haven, even before his father had hit him. There had never been a time that he felt as though he could rely on them. Therefore, his home had never been a home and was a house instead.

Clara had been home, and he had been his safe place. Whenever anything was wrong his friend always had the power to make things seem better. Once the younger girl had started noticing the bruises on his body, he knew that he wouldn’t be able to hide his secret much longer. After some time, she had worn him down and he had allowed himself to be vulnerable for her. Thomas had allowed for her to fight his demons.

This only made everything worse when she had left. The pain seemed to pierce his heart like a knife, and part of him had thought that he may never recover. It only became more real to him when Clara came back with all of her excuses. Each word had been a piece of glass going farther into his skin. Soon enough, Clara would only leave her again.Although even still, he still loved her. He would always love her.

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amyaddiscn:

“On a scale from one to ten, how familiar with these parts of town are you?” Amy asked the first person she saw, the urgency in her voice as vibrant as the searching look in her eyes — she was on a mission, and she really wanted to finish it today. “I’m looking for a fabric store. Doesn’t matter which one, any will do,” she explained, clutching her black sketchbook, samples of fabric sticking out here and there.

“Honestly, I am not familiar with most parts of town.” Thomas replied, smiling softly. He was still pretty new to Atlanta, and he was barely able to get to the places that he needed to be, let alone anywhere else. “I can help you look if you want, but I can’t promise that I am going to be very useful.”