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Current Hi friends, I’ve messaged those who I’ve been role playing with. I may be gone for maybe another month? I’m struggling with irl issues and it’s haulted my writing. Many apologies. ):
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Hi friends, I’ve messaged those who I’ve been role playing with. I may be gone for maybe another month? I’m struggling with irl issues and it’s haunted my writing. Many apologies. ):
4 yrs ago
Hey guys! I'm getting replies out shortly, just struggling with writing and connecting to characters right now. Thanks for your patience.
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Replies coming soon!
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I’m still here, doing a lot of cleaning.
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Hadley expected a smack to the face from Chloe, not a kiss. Was she not angry with him? He'd seen it on her face, in her eyes. They were full of fire but he could tell there was uncertainty there and temptation. Hadley knew he had a lot of explaining to do but at this moment it could wait.

It was Hadley's own instincts and desire that influenced his next actions. He had kissed her back greedily, having missed the feeling of her lips against his own. This was wrong and dangerous but all reason had quickly left for the time being. His hands rested on her hips, his fingertips digging in and pulling her to him. Besides her whimsical personality, he'd missed her warmth the most, and how she felt pressed against him.

After a moment he'd broken their kiss only to turn them so he could push her up against the edge of his desk, thankfully nothing was on it except for his own bag of things, or else he was sure it would've been knocked off. "I've missed you." He said before entangling his fingers through soft blonde curls. That was the truth, he'd thought about her, dreamed about her but he never thought she'd be here in front of him like this again.
Yeah, it had been a long day for Steve. Or at least he was assuming by his answer anyway. Ethan closed his truck's tailgate and picked up the last two boxes off of the ground. His back was probably going to kill him tomorrow but that was something he would deal with later. Unlike his sister, he wasn't athletic. In high school he had been but in college and now with work he didn't have time to be but, he was still the same as he had been since high school, tall and slender with slight muscle tone. "Yeah, I know." Was Ethan's empathetic response, he knew how upper management tended to work, along with corporate as he was in the same position himself.

"Ah, well unless you can drive a manual, moving the truck would help. The keys are in it if you are insistent but this is the last load. We're okay for right now." The brother spoke while adjusting the boxes in his arms as he headed towards the steps with Olivia in front of him. It was then his roommate mentioned pizza. If Ethan could speak for both him and his sister he would say that they were both starving, or at least he was as his stomach was already in protest of not being fed.

"That would be wonderful, Steve." Olivia chimed in suddenly. Apparently, she too was enticed at the idea of pizza, or food in general. "Also, I want to park the truck Ethan. You said I could. I need the practice anyway."

Did he say that? An exasperated look crossed his features as he looked to his roommate for help. Olivia had been driving for a while now, and sure she could drive a manual but she was definitely not used to being in a tuck. God, why did women have to hold everyone and everything accountable for anything they'd ever promised. "Ahh, why don't you worry about unpacking your things and getting your bedroom set up? I'm sure you would want to have your bed arranged for tonight."

Smooth save.
Goofy as ever, maybe even more so. It almost made Hadley smile but then he refrained due to the reason he’d called her over. Hadley was hoping to explain himself and he was struggling to find the words to do so. He didn’t think he’d see her again even though he had dreamed he would just about every night since he’d left Mexico. He sill remembered the feel of her skin underneath his fingertips, her at his mercy.

Then, like a slap, she brought him back from his thoughts by addressing him as her professor that he was. God this was messy. Was it worth it? Yes, no question about that. “Distant and self absorbed.”

The words slipped out without hesitation but it was the truth none the less. “Look, it wasn’t my intention to lie to you in Mexico. I just didn’t expect to see you again. Not that I’m unhappy to see you again.” He offered a smile but it was strained and apologetic.
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In the midst of everything to start off the first day of class, Hadley, during attendance toward the end of the hour noticed a familiar name. One he didn't think he'd see in his class, though considering he had only known Chloe's first name he'd dared not to see if it was her. He couldn't, it surely wasn't possible so there was no point in looking for the girl who was in an alternate reality he'd left behind in Mexico. Though, he was proven to be wrong. At the end of his class as the students began to file out he caught a glimpse of blonde curls and tanned skin. Looking closer he saw that it was indeed Chloe.

Hadley couldn't believe it. A part of him almost called out to her, just like he would have in Mexico when they would run into each other. Luckily he had his wits about him, so it didn't happen. He wasn't in Mexico, he was home, in his actual life. She was his student, and he was married. It was apparent that Chloe was not happy to see him as she didn't care to look at him, let alone greet him. A part of him wondered if she was embarrassed. They had gotten close in Mexico, maybe too close. He knew better than to get close to her as he did but, he just couldn't help himself.

Even now he couldn't. "Chloe. A word?" He called out to her like a teacher would call out to a student. Not that she was in trouble but he did make it a point to seem like it wasn't something non-related to what he really wanted to speak to her about.
Mexico was only but a restful sleep with pleasant dreams for Hadley. Unfortunately the last week of Mexico was the alarm clock blaring in Hadley’s ears signaling for him to wake up. It was hard leaving Chloe behind without a word to her. She really was a charming girl, a girl that he could only dream of having by his side. The reality, however, was that he already had another by his side, another that he had chosen nearly two decades ago. Chloe could be nothing but a wistful desire in a vacation that was nothing but an alternate reality that would never collide to the one he lived in.

Or at least he’d thought.

Going back to his life as a husband and professor was like waking up with only a few hours of sleep, groggy and needing some substance to kick him back into gear. The cheerfulness and attention from his wife after being gone for so long did nothing to excite him. He knew her excitement of him being home would dwindle and she would return to her own life of luxury. Which quite honestly he detested. He wish she would slow down to his level but that was not in the forecast of their relationship anytime soon.

The first morning back to the University was more of a fresh breath of air than he had expected it to be. He had new faces in his class and some he didn’t recognize but he was quickly greeted by a crowd he had had the pleasure of educating before. They crowded him, asking him about the course, excited about the overview of the syllabus and the controversy around such subjects the literature they would be reading contained.

Before he had a moment to finish conversations he had to begin class, telling the students to get settled in. Once everyone was quiet and settled their full attention on Hadley he greeted the class.

“Good morning everyone, I hope you all have had an exciting summer.” He said as he was beginning to write out his name on the board at the center of the class room. “For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Hadley Foster. I prefer you address me as Professor or Mr. Foster.”

“I’m fairly laid back but I do expect the closest we humans can achieve to perfection. So, if you’re thinking on taking the challenge of writing an essay for me the night before, well quite frankly you’re not going to make it far in this class.”

At that point he went on to discuss the syllabus for that semester, trying to keep it mildly entertaining. “Please take the time to actually look over it, because if you ask me a question that you already have the answer to in front of you, I’m going to tell you to refer to your syllabus.”

“Or I’m going to start wearing the shirt my wife got me that says “it’s in the syllabus” if I get tired of repeating myself.” He said rather casually that made a couple chuckle and some sigh because they knew it to be true from previous classes.
Here his sister was, wanting to join the military when she graduates, giving up after hauling in boxes that didn't weigh any more than twenty pounds for an hour and a half. Not that he could say anything as his arms weren't too happy either but, he knew that she was going to be in for a rude awakening if she went into training with the same sort of giving up attitude once she'd reached her limit. Ethan decided to not push her, she wasn't in the sort of mood to handle playful jabs being thrown in her direction. It would be taken too seriously due to both of their mindsets. That and they were going up two half flights of stairs.

"Fine, fine." Ethan said, passing by her on the stairs once more. He had barely noticed that his roommate had just arrived home from work. It wasn't until he heard his voice did he realize that it was Steve. The guy was a good friend and a godsend. Honestly, if Steve would've been just any other friend or roommate, he would've really struggled with dealing with the apartment and working on preparing for Olivia to move in with them. Steve had done a lot for him this past month, he really didn't know how to thank him, except for maybe taking on more bills so Steve could go see his folks at some point. After everything that has happened with Ethan's family, he felt more obligated to push others into spending as much time with their family as they could and to not take a minute for granted.

Hearing the sound of footsteps other than her brother's coming toward her made Livie bring her head up. She looked at the man approaching, immediately knowing that it was her brother's college friend and roommate. They'd met before when their family would visit Ethan at college and then again at her brother's college graduation. God, her friends back home would fall out in the floor if they knew she was living with a recently graduated college guy along with her brother. It appeared that it took him a moment to realize who she was. Curious, she tilted her head at him wondering if she looked different now that she was older since she'd last saw him.

Pouty pink lips returned his smile as she then decided to stand, finding it improper to stay seated in a rather sprawled out state as she had been. "Hi Steve, been a minute." She shook her head no at his offer. "No way, you've done so much already. Besides, there's only one more trip left with Ethan and I." It was as if she suddenly wasn't exhausted anymore.

Footsteps came down the stairs behind her and she knew it was Ethan who followed with the sound of them. "Hey Steve, long day at work?" Living together with someone after a while you come to know their body language fairly well. Which was why Ethan asked, as he did he went to grab two more boxes from the back of his truck.

Ethan questioning the other man made Livie give Steve another once over. Perhaps she hadn't noticed when he first walked over to her but, now that her brother asked he did look like he could've had a long day at work. Then again she didn't know him all that well so he didn't look too much different than what she considered as normal.

"Livie, come grab these." Her brother had paused in his conversation with his roommate to regain her focus on the task at hand. Without a word she had left her new housemate's side to collect the two boxes on the tailgate Ethan had set out for her. They were heavier than the last few but it wasn't anything she couldn't handle. Despite her complaining about noodle arms, she wasn't the type of girl that was lithe with no muscle as most were her at her age.

No, Livie was the type of curvy that a woman in her twenties would be. It was due to her time in weight training at school and diet she'd been able to mold herself into her desired figure quiet early. However, she did it because she was preparing herself for her life after high school so she could actually pass a physical training test for the military without having to scrape by like some girls who went into training would.
The other man was rather annoying and contradicting. Hadley knew better than to believe his words until his body language changed, which was why he kept a strong grip on the glass in his hand. Luckily the man was all talk and no bite. Hadley's shoulders relaxed as did the grip on his glass. A frown was tugging at his lips causing his expression to look more irritable because of the other male's comment. No, it was he who wasn't worth the trouble.

"What a dick." Hadley suddenly said as the guy disappeared into the crowd far away from him. Good. The more distance the better in this case. After the man was out of sight, Hadley turned to Chloe, seeing her giving him thanks with a smile, "My pleasure."

"No kidding. Some people cannot take no for an answer." He drawled before sighing, shrugging off the tense atmosphere.

"How about tequila? Or Rum or Whiskey." Adrian called over the bartender, "Lady's choice."
Their parent's death was sudden and unforgivingly painful. It was a different sort of pain, not like the pain of falling and scraping your knees, or the emotional pain due to strained friendships or lovers. It was the sort of pain that left your mind blank in disbelief and your chest feeling completely and utterly hollow. The tears would always come before they were felt. They flowed down russet cheeks constantly, showing no signs of ceasing. No amount of endearing terms of affection and sympathy could take away the deep gorge left in the heart of the siblings who were orphaned in a matter of minutes due to a car hydroplaning.

The younger sibling, once boisterous and bright, now clung quietly to her older sibling's hand, gripping so tightly that she was sure she was cutting off the blood flow to his fingers. She feared that he too would slip from her grasp as her parents had. They wouldn't even get to see their daughter walk across the stage for graduation, she was nearly half-way through her senior year.

The older sibling stood tall and strong, although his eyes were bloodshot from having crying while others, most importantly his sister, were at unawares. Everything had fallen to him. The body preparations, the funeral, the caskets, the tombstones, his teen sister. All of it was left to him. Livie, try as she might, could not do too much to help lighten the burden. She was still just a kid, after all, hardly an adult. She hadn't even finished high school.

After the shock of their parents' sudden death, the panic of not knowing what to do followed when it came down to arrangements for his childhood home and his baby sister. The will his parents had left behind stated that if they had died before the house was fully paid for that the children would sell it and use the money from it to take care of themselves but, if the house was fully paid for when they died, the children could either keep it or sell it. It was theirs. The house wasn't paid for though, and the fact that there was no way Ethan could afford the payments to buy the house for him and his sister was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Olivia, affectionately called Livie, had found him in the kitchen of their family's home after the funeral had ended gripping a fist full of hair and choking down sobs. He thought that he'd apologized to her a hundred times that night but she only silently shook her head, there was nothing he could do, nothing she could do, and nothing anyone to do. "This house is nothing but a house without them. It's not home to me anymore. Home is where my family, that being you, is." Livie had said, which had surprisingly managed to calm her brother down enough for him to get a grip on the situation at hand.

It had taken a month for the siblings to take care of the arrangements for their parents and what they had left behind for them to handle. That one single month had felt like an eternity and it was an eternity that Olivia had cared to never reside in again, at least not any time soon. She understood very clearly that death was a part of life, that things did not last forever but, the ending of two lives that she had known since she came into this world had come too soon.

Taking a deep and letting it out, Livie opened the passenger side door of her brother's truck and looked up at the apartment complex where her brother lived, where she now lived. They were the generic apartment complexes that you could find all over the city, all over the state even but, it was where she would be calling home from now on.

She helped her brother unload her things from his truck, two boxes, at most, at a time. Whatever they could not bring into the apartment was going to be stored in their personal garage that came with the apartments. Halfway through hauling up boxes up two flights of stairs, Livie had paused on her trip back down. Baby hairs from her long ponytail that was now falling from the top of her crown, were slicked back out of the girl's face as she roughly re-tied her highlighted blonde hair back into a more firm bun. She let out a sigh and leaned back against the stairs behind her on the lowest stair step where she sat.

"Don't tell me you've quit, we have six more boxes Livie and then we're done." Ethan encouraged as he passed her going down the steps to grab two more boxes.

"My arms feel like noodles." The blonde groaned, her head falling back as if she'd completely given up, "Just give me five minutes." She swatted her hand in front of her, ushering him to leave her be.
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