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<div class="bbCodeBlock-content">OOC: So, this is a post I wrote up and ended up getting no response from the partner. Seemed like such a waste, so I'll give the jest of what's going on, however, if anyone is interested then details can definitely be changed. MC, Micah is surprising her GF at college, After settling in, MC learns that YC has cheated. The couple tries to work past the trauma, will they make it? As of right now, it is set up as FxF, but I'm open to changing it to FxM. And I know, I know! This post is hella long but it's a starter so the length of my posts will decrease from here on out. Anyway, please feel free to message me with any questions or even a character sheet or just post below.</div>
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</div><i>... sometimes even pain.<br/>
- unknown</i><br/>
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The sun's rays had barely started to spill over the horizon when a tall figure eased open Micah's door. Tip-toeing into the dim room, he sat down on the bed. The girl stirred, but it wasn't quite enough to wake her. It seemed like just yesterday when Micah and Merri had joined the Evans and filled their home with laughter and the sound of bare feet running along the halls. He couldn't help but feel a bit emotional about today, and he'd scolded Jon, who'd jokingly suggested changing her room into a studio the night before. After a small sigh and bit of hesitation, the older man reached out his hand and patted the girl on her shoulder. "Morning, " he whispered. "Toady's the big day!" The corners of his lips twinged upward in a smile. He knew how excited she was for today, and that was the only comfort he felt.<br/>
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Micah groaned as she stretched her legs and tried to pull the covers up over her head before she remembered what today was. She jerked the dark covers down and sat up a bit more in bed. A soft smile came over her face as she looked toward the man. She was a bit surprised to see him teary-eyed. "Awe, dad!" She dragged out his name a bit as she leaned over, hugging him around the waist. Jake draped his arm across her back. "I'm just going to miss you on game nights is all." He sniffled. Micah hugged him tighter, "I'm going to miss you too, but I'm not <i>that</i> far away. So, I promise to come home as much as possible." She said as he patted her head. "I know, I know." He paused for a moment, "Okay, enough of that. We've got a big day ahead of us. I'll start breakfast while you take a shower." He told her, giving her a quick peck on the top of her head. He slid out of her bed, leaving her room just as quietly as he'd entered.<br/>
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With the door closed, Micah through the covers off of her bare legs and swung them over the side. She grabbed her phone and unlocked it as she headed to her bathroom. She scrolled through some of the snaps she'd received during the night from friends as she flipped the hot water on. Steam quickly filled the bathroom as she got undressed. "Hey, Google!" She said, in the direction of her phone. The little <i>ding </i>let her know she'd been heard and could continue with the command. "Play music." She stated just before hopping over the lip of the tub and into the running water. The hot water soaked through to her scalp as she stood there, listening to the muffled sounds of her playlist. It wasn't long before the running water was stopped, and Micah was reaching out for a towel. Wrapping one of them around her dripping hair and the other around her body, she stepped out of the tub and onto a soft, plush rug.<br/>
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After brushing her teeth, she picked up her phone again to check the time. Six ten. She didn't usually wake up this early, but she still had some packing to do, and she wanted to spend some time with her sister before leaving. However, she couldn't help but think about Cara and how surprised she was going to be to see her. Cara, her girlfriend, had no idea that she would be joining her at the same college, and to keep the fib going, Micah opened the Snapchat app once more and quickly captured a picture of herself. Towel still adorning her head, with her tongue barely sticking out and eyes slightly scrunched, she captioned it, "Today's the day!" After a few taps on the screen, she'd sent it to Cara. The caption would be referring to moving day, which Cara had been led to believe would be to the campus in the opposite direction of the one she was on. Micah was pretty proud that she'd been able to keep the ruse going for this long, it had been several months by now, at least. She'd never kept a secret from Cara, but this seemed like an excellent way to surprise her, especially since they hadn't seen each other since the beginning of summer.<br/>
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After about thirty minutes, Micah headed downstairs, following her nose to the sweet smell of maple syrup in the kitchen. When she rounded the corner, everyone was already waiting for her. "Surprise!" The trio shouted. Merri ran up and threw her arms around her sister. Micah reciprocated the hug from her little sister as she looked around the decorated kitchen. "What's all this?" She questioned. Jon laughed, "It's your going away party, of course!" Ballon strings hung down from the ceiling, and a congrats banner hung against one of the farther walls. "Gu-" Micah started to say something, but her dad cut her off. "I know, think of it more for us than you." He smiled, fighting back the tears. Jake had always been the more emotional one of the family, but Merri was a close second. "I got you something." She said sheepishly, pointing toward a birthday bag on the table. "You did?" Micah said softly, "Thank you." She gave the girl one last squeeze before letting her go and walking further into the kitchen. The sweet smell filled her lungs. "Well, let's eat," Jon said.<br/>
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Everyone sat down around the table and ate, they talked about happy memories and family nights, while Micah promised that she'd come back as often as she could. The drive was only about forty0five minutes away, so it was close enough to go home for a weekend now and then. After finishing breakfast, Merri insisted that it was time for Micah to open her gifts. Merri's contribution was a carrying case, which looked expensive, for her computer, but as she opened up the rectangular gift from her dad's, she realized that it was for the laptop they'd gotten her. Micah was thrilled; she'd complained recently to Jon about how she'd failed to save enough money for the computer she'd wanted for college. Now, it would seem, they'd gone out and gotten it for her. She thanked the trio and told Merri that she could have her old laptop, which made her younger sister very happy.<br/>
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The rest of the day was spent making the last few items from her room and fitting as much as she couldn't into her trunk and the back seat. It was just after one when she was finally ready to go. She'd talked with Merri, and said her final goodbyes to Jake. Jon would be riding with her to help her unload and settle in and then insisted he could take a bus back home. The majority of the car ride was quiet, which wasn't unusual from Jon. He was a man of few words. "Micah," He started before pausing to clear his throat. "we wanted you to have this." He said, laying an envelope in her middle console. "It's just a little thank-you from your dad and me."<br/>
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Micah glanced over at Jon in the passenger seat. "Thank-you?" She questioned.<br/>
"For being the best daughter we could have ever dreamed of," Jon said, "You and Merri have brought so much to our household, something we didn't even know we needed." Jon continued. He talked a little bit about how proud Micah's real mom and dad would have been of her, and how he missed them dearly. As Micah pulled into a parking spot, she couldn't help but fight back the tears as she leaned over the console to hug Jon. "Thanks, dad!" She said, drying her eyes.<br/>
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Micah shoved the envelope into her backpack, and then the two set off to find her dorm and room. It took a bit to find their way around the campus, and they even ended up moving the car closer, but a couple of hours later, they were done, and Micah was officially moved into room 306 in the Governers Hall. She'd even met her roommate, Lizzie, who seemed to be pretty laidback. Her final goodbye to Jon was bittersweet. She was glad to be living on campus, but she knew this first couple of nights would be the worst. After dropping him off at the bus station, Micah arrived back on campus, drying her eyes, and putting on a bit of soft pink lipstick and mascara. Walking up to the center of the college, she stopped in front of the statue of the black panther and quickly snapped a shot of her casually leaning against the bricks. <i>This looks familiar? Where have a seen it before?</i> She captioned the picture and then sent it straight to Cara in messenger., eagerly she waited for a reply.<br/>
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