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[sub][color=darkgray][color=D52759][b]Interacting with:[/b][/color] [s]her two pains in the ass[/s] Sami [@BrutalBx] and AJ [@TootsiePop]
[color=D52759][b]Mentions:[/b][/color] Nate [@spooner][/color][/sub]
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[indent][indent][i]Somewhere in one of the beautiful beaches of Hawaii and the sunset as her background, Valeria Drake was emerging from the crystal-clear pacific waters, looking like a majestic - albeit miniature-sized - mermaid. She’d spent the afternoon basking in the rays of island sun, riding the waves and admiring the beauty of the exotic paradise she was in. The young woman had been on vacation for what seemed like a lifetime now, but no amount of time spent at the beach would ever be enough to quench Val’s taste for the ocean.

After she’d safely reached the shore, Valeria scanned the area once more, taking in the beauty of the scenery once more. All of a sudden, the girl’s brown eyes widened in recognition, and her stomach did a back-flip of surprise. Waiting for her at the shore, under the shade of a palm tree and wearing nothing but his swimming trunks and a smile that shone brighter than the sun setting behind them, was Nathan Matthews. 

Positively beaming now and with Weezer's "Island In The Sun" playing in the background, the shorter girl ran straight into his open arms, throwing her own around him as he hugged her with an enthusiasm that lifted her from the floor and spun her around. When her giggling self was finally placed back on the floor, the young couple rested their foreheads together, exchanging a soft, complicit look before their lips melted together in the sweetest kiss-[/i][/indent][/indent]
 
The joint exclamations of the Misfits, along with the violent jerk of the RV swerving off the road and nearly throwing her off the bed jolted the girl awake, her heart racing a mile a minute. [color=D52759][b]“What the fuck was that?!”[/b][/color] she cried out indignantly, jumping up from the mattress and rushing to Sami’s side, nearly slipping on the puddle of Monster in the process.

[color=olive][i]"Ese maldito, coño. Lo mato,”[/i][/color] the girl heard Sami mumble under his breath, his tone surprisingly acidic. In all their years of friendship, the only times she'd ever heard Sami speak that way was when talking about his father... So this little incident must have him thoroughly pissed off indeed. [i][color=olive]"Is everybody ok?”[/color][/i]

[color=D52759]“Yeah, they’re all fine,”[/color] Val reassured his friend, looking out the window and getting nervous as she noticed the trail of smoke emanating from the hood of the RV. [color=D52759]“You [i]might[/i] want to go check the engine, though. That smoke thing isn’t looking too good for us.”[/color]

While she waited for Sami’s assessment of their vehicle, the petite young woman sat down in the driver’s seat and let out a frustrated sigh. Their trip had barely started, and they were already in danger of calling it finished, all because of some reckless asshole not knowing how to drive? Had they been giving out free licenses at the dude’s DMV? Or did his parents bribe the DMV to give their child a licence? Hell, with a ride like that, the whole bribing idea wasn’t out of the question. If they had enough money to buy a machine like that, they surely had enough to bribe the right people to-

Out of the blue, a frown knit together her arched eyebrows. There was something about the yellow sports car parked in front of them and the short figure walking in their direction that nagged at Val, the feeling that she knew him tugging at the back of her brain. But as the young man’s profile became clear enough for her to recognize and his voice carried into the open door of the RV, the realization hit her like a ton of bricks.

[indent][i][color=olive][b]“AJ [i]FUCKING[/i] TYLER!”[/b][/color][/i][/indent]

[color=D52759]“I fucking swear to God, I’ll make him eat dirt!”[/color] Val shouted, jumping up from the seat she’d been occupying, leaping down the stairs of their mobile scrap of metal and running to Sami’s side just as the two boys looked ready to throw hands.

[b][indent][color=D52759]“HEY! YOU TWO: QUIT IT! [i]NOW[/i]”[/color][/indent][/b]

Smoke could probably be seen steaming from her ears as the raging Valeria stomped towards her two best friends, threw herself right in between them and extended her short arms to roughly push them away from each other.

First, she addressed her host. [color=D52759]“Don’t worry about it, Sami. I’ve got this,”[/color] she told her Latino friend in a reassuring voice before turning on her heel and heading towards AJ now. And once she was close enough to touch him, the girl pulled back her arm and planted a sharp, hard slap on the white boy’s cheek.

[color=D52759]“That’s for running us off the road and interrupting my dream about Nate, asshole,”[/color] the girl spat, shooting her other best friend a particularly nasty glare. But after a second and without waiting for his answer, Valeria closed the distance between them, threw her arms around AJ’s neck and wrapped him in a tight hug. [color=D52759]“I love you, J. But damn, man: you really [i]are[/i] a pain in the ass.”[/color]
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