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[color=dodgerblue]ＮＯ ＯＮＥ ＫＮＯＷＳ ＷＨＡＴ ＩＴ'Ｓ ＬＩＫＥ．．． 
[center]тo вe тнe вαd мαɴ 
тσ вє тнє ѕα∂ мαη[/center]
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[center]тo вe нαтed
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Mr. Patrone smilled widely at the accepted terms, and raised a wine glass as a toast to the beginning of their alliance and took a sip. His sons, as business dealings seemed to be done, began to erupt in more jovial conversations about school, friends, and general life. Terrance and Isaac both caught Ariadne comment about having her find a boyfriend, and something seemed to spark within both of them. [color=lightseagreen]“You mean to tell me that someone as enchanting as yourself is still single? I refuse to believe it, Helene.”[/color] Isaac spoke up first. His eyes had still yet to wander away from Helene’s body, and at this point Terrance was seriously starting to notice and grow slightly visibly agitated. Why was he feeling so aggressive towards Isaac? Of course Helene is single, they weren’t a couple. They were just random flings. So then why did it hurt in Terrance’s chest when she didn’t deny to her sister being single?

After a few seconds of Helen getting up to escape the room, Terrance rose too and followed her, though not before taking an alternate route to the bathroom. Can’t make it obvious to everyone where he was going. But it seemed both Jacob and Alexander already knew what was going on, as they shared a quick glance and a snicker. [color=teal]“Geez, you’d think Terrance would at least follow what he preaches to us.”[/color] Alexander nodded towards Jacob, before quickly standing up on his own. [color=khaki]“Well, I hate to be the first to break up our little party. But I’m afraid I do need to get going home. Thank you for your hospitality, Mr. Patrone.”[/color] Mr. Patrone and Alexander nodded to one another, and as Alexander made his way around the table he, of course, stopped at Gigi’s spot. Standing closer to her, and being able to see her more clearly sent his own heart into a flutter, and he let out a whimsical sigh. [color=khaki]“Gigi, I look forward to lunch again with you tomorrow. Good night everyone!”[/color] Alexander waved and headed for the front door. Mr. Patrone nodded towards Jacob. [b]“You should drive your friend home, so you are excused for the evening.”[/b] Jacob nodded, politely said goodbye to Helene’s cousins, and quickly headed towards the door before driving Alexander home. He had already seen the message from Alyssa, and if he hadn’t gotten his father’s blessing to leave, he probably would have jumped out the bathroom window like Arthur had earlier in the evening. [color=teal][i]I’m on my way.[/i][/color]



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Arthur wanted to press farther on what Eva was talking about. The damage is done. He could tell that something was haunting her, and he wanted to comfort her. He wanted to ask her to tell him everything, but he realized that not only was it unfair for her emotionally, it was unfair for her in respect to their relationship. He was keeping so many secrets from her, perhaps it was better for him to allow her to keep some secrets as well. Besides, would he actually be able to comfort her at all? Of his friends, he was the least warm and the last one any of them would go to, to be consoled. He didn’t know how to handle situations like that very well. He decided to go a more passive route. [color=dodgerblue]“You can tell me anything… when you feel comfortable to.”[/color] They finally pulled to the house, snuck to Arthur’s room, and Arthur instantly collapsed face fist on the bed, pulling the pillows close to his face and letting out a sigh. He was always ready for the cool embrace of his bed after a long and stressful day. He pulled out his phone, finally seeing the message that Terrance had sent to him, giving a slight chuckle, before texting him back to see how the night had gone, and what deals had been made.

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Terrance’s knuckles gently rapped on the bathroom door. He didn’t know what to say. In fact, he didn’t know why he had the impulsive urge to follow her out of the dinning room. He shot back a quick message to Arthur. [color=lightblue][i]If you had stayed, then you’d know. But since you didn’t- deal is on. You may have a new target soon as well.[/i][/color] Terrance tucked his phone away, sighing and shaking his hand. Damn his friends and their love virus. Because at this point, Terrance felt like it was an infection he couldn’t shake off. The only medicine he would need was distancing himself from Helene. But somehow, he knew that would be impossible. Maybe he needed to throw another party soon… Before he could think further, he quickly announced his presence to Helene through the door. [color=lightblue]“Helene, are you alright?”[/color]

Party… August… Oh, shit!

It was Alexander’s birthday this weekend.

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Jacob stood outside of the Brady household. All of the lights were off except for one bedroom, that he instantly recognized as being Alyssa’s. Oh, how warmly familiar the feeling was of standing in her front yard, watching her window, before scaling the side of her house. He remembered the first time he ever did it, he scared the shit out of her. She had mistaken him for an intruder and screamed. Luckily her parents were out of town, and her younger brother had gone to his friend’s place. What a wonderful night that was for them, all alone in such a big house.

Jacob approached the side of the house where rose vines were growing on the wooden trellis. He began to scale the side of the Trellis, and upon reaching the top, he knocked in an all familiar pattern on the window. Three taps, a pause, then two taps. His signal to her that it wasn’t an intruder, and instead a friend. The curtains were pulled to, so he couldn’t see in the bedroom yet, but he knew exactly how her bedroom was laid out. Unless she rearranged her room over the summer, he would have to be careful stepping in, as he seemed to [i]always[/i] bang his shin on her nearby desk.

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At the Davids household, Alexander unlocked the front door and walked into a pitch black house. Each room he passed by he flicked on each of their lights. [color=khaki]“Sorry I’m home late! Jacob needed me for a meeting tonight!”[/color] He called out into the home. There was no answer besides the trailing echo of his own voice bouncing off the walls. Unphased, Alexander made his way to a pristine kitchen, grabbed a nearby cook book, and sat on the island, flipping through each of the pages. [color=khaki]“I ate at the Patrone’s house. So you don’t need to make me dinner.”[/color] Alexander said calmly into the deep emptiness of the house. Still, no one was around to respond as Alexander proceeded with flipping through each page of the cookbook, his eyes hastily scanning page by page until he came across exactly what he wanted. The clattering of dishes, ingredients, and utensils echoed through the home, bringing the only life that seemed to be in the empty halls. When he was finally done with his dish, and stuck it in the oven, he set a timer for one hour.

Waling to a nearby white board, his eyes scanned the message on the white board.

[center][i]Father and I are going on a mission. We love you and will see you soon. Take care, my love.[/i]
-Mom[/center]
A small grin grew on Alexander’s face as his eyes scanned down the whiteboard to another written note, this time in Alex’s handwriting.

[center]Days on Mission:
1499[/center]
Alexander reached up, erased the last three numbers, and updated the count to 1500. He turned away from the board and sat down at the island, interlocking his hands and resting them patiently on the island table. But the longer he sat, the more the emptiness, coldness, and loneliness of his own home seemed to creep up on him. His usually bright, caramel puppy eyes seemed to slowly dim down. And his perpetually sweet smile began to waiver and face to a small frown. Alexander crossed his arms on the counter, lowed his head, and began to cry.

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[color=dodgerblue]✖[/color][color=dodgerblue]✖ [/color]Translations:[color=dodgerblue]...
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[color=dodgerblue]✖[/color][color=dodgerblue]✖ [/color]I Feel... [color=dodgerblue]Tired.[/color]
[color=dodgerblue]✖[/color][color=dodgerblue]✖ [/color]I am At... [color=dodgerblue]Arthur's bedroom[/color]
[color=dodgerblue]✖[/color][color=dodgerblue]✖ [/color]I am With... [color=dodgerblue]Eva[/color]
[color=dodgerblue]✖[/color][color=dodgerblue]✖ [/color]I am Thinking...[color=dodgerblue]"..."[/color]
[color=dodgerblue]✖[/color][color=dodgerblue]✖ [/color]I am Wearing...[color=dodgerblue]School Uniform[/color]