The Summer Home (IC)
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				Title: <strong>The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>vanTheMad</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 04:25:56</strong>
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				<div align="center">(http://createhdesign.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/ny_hampton_house.jpg)</div><br>London shielded his eyes against the bright rays of the sun as he stepped out of the backseat of the cab. It was only half past ten in the morning, but already the July sun was warm. He smiled as he lifted his two light bags out of the trunk, just a small duffel with a week's worth of clothes and a backpack with some toiletries, and he paid the driver with a grin. The house stood in front of him, nearly alone on a quiet street in Brickford. The dune grass was tall around the house, giving way to a beautiful, private beach. London fished through his pocket, trying to find his key; it looked like he was the first to arrive. He inhaled the salty beach air with a grin, and set down his bags as he opened the door.
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				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 05:03:18</strong>
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				Esther arrived in very luxurious black car, the sound of rock could be heard outside as the sound of a girl screaming inside with the song could be heard as well. Parking the car in a corner she looked at the house and smiled, "Nice one, will be fun being in here and meeting the new people. She looked up the sky and smiled, "I am moving on, just as you wanted". Taking a deep breath she turned off the radio and put away the cd, turning off the air conditioner she turned off the car and walked off the car. There was a man trying to get the door open, with a smirk she walked to him and waved, "Hiya, need help with that?".
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				Post by: <strong>vanTheMad</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 05:28:33</strong>
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				"Hiya, need help with that?"<br><br>London jumped at the voice from his side, and nearly dropped his keys as he swung the door open. He tried his best to look personable, waved to the newcomer, and replied.<br><br>"Hahaha, thank you, but I've got it now," he chuckled. "I assume you're one of my house mates." He looked around comically, emphasizing that there were no other houses around. "My name is London, but my friends call me London." He extended a hand to the new girl.<br><br>"What's your name, miss?"
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				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 05:35:15</strong>
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				She look at the man jumped out of the initial scare and she could not help but giggle. "My name is Esther, nice to meet you". She grabbed his bags and smiled, "Let me help you there". With a smirk she walked inside the house looking around, "wow this is very nice, it's small but cozy I love it". She looked at him placing his bags on the ground and walking to the kitchen and looking at the fridge, there was all sort of stuff in the fridge. Grabbing a bottle of water she went back to where he was and smiled, "Let's go see the rooms". She smiled climbing the stairs and looking at the room directly across the way from her. Opening the door she looked inside and nodded, "MINE".
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				Post by: <strong>vanTheMad</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 05:55:19</strong>
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				London grinned at Esther's eagerness. As she grabbed his bags and carried them inside, he could only grin. She dropped the bags in the dining room, and went about exploring the kitchen, as he wandered over to the living room and tested one of the couches by falling face-first onto it. The soft cushions made his fall pleasing, and he stood up again as Esther walked into the room and began to ascend the stairs, insisting that they check out the bedrooms. London followed afterward, lazily climbing the stairs with his awkward two-at-a-time gait, until he reached the top. Esther went to the room across the parlor, and London turned to his right and opened the first door, and found a bathroom. Shaking his head, he moved to the next door over, which opened into a cozy bedroom with a big bed with a blue comforter.<br><br>"I like this one," he called out into the parlor. Tossing his bags into the corner, he went back downstairs to the kitchen, and grabbed a can of iced tea out of the bottom rack of the fridge, then jumped onto the counter next to the stove and waited for the others to arrive.
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				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 06:09:45</strong>
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				She walked over to his room and poked her head inside, "Yep is a nice room". When he placed his bags on the room she nodded, he had decided. She hazily went to check the other rooms but none had the same privacy as the first one. Walking back downstairs she walked out and took her bags out of the trunk of the car. With a little bit of a effort she took out the three bags that she had, she placed one on her bag and carried the other two. Groaning she finally got them to the house, walking to the room with only two she placed them on her bed before going back for the third and throwing it in a corner. Finally done for now she walked back downstairs and where the guy was sitting in another couch near him.
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				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 06:12:53</strong>
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				After the longest trip of her life, Hannah arrived in Brickford, Maine. Growing up in the Midwest, she had never seen the ocean nor smelled the salty, ocean air. As the cab moved closer to the shore, she rolled down the window and held onto her beret beanie as stared at the water, finally seeing the house come into view. As soon as it stopped, she jumped out and grabbed her bags out of the trunk, leaving them on the side of the dirt road as she paid the driver and bid him farewell.<br><br>She looked up at the huge, brown house and smiled for a moment. It reminded her of her own house. Same color almost, although her house was rotting away. She pushed the thought out of her mind as she started walking down the path, holding onto the railing to the stairs as she runs down them. She was sure she saw a black car when the cab pulled in, so she knew someone else was inside but this took precedence over meeting her room mates. <br><br>As soon as she hit the last step, she stopped and pulled her gray flats off, holding them in her hands as she stepped into the warm sand and moved closer to the water. She knew she would never be able to explain how she felt standing out there, hearing only the waves crash into each other and submerge her feet. She turned her head and shielded her eyes from the sun as she looked back up at the house. There would be plenty of time to enjoy this the entire summer, she was anxious to see who she would be living with.<br><br>She moved quickly up the the hill to the front porch and threw her shoes back on, walking slowly up them. She took a deep breath and knocked slowly, peering into the house as she opened the door. <br><br>"Hello?" She said in a soft voice, not seeing anyone in the living room. as she steps in.
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				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 06:26:23</strong>
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				She looked at the woman who was peeking inside the house and Esther giggled, "Be right there". She jumped off the couch with the bottle of water on her hand and opened the door. "You must be a housemate, my name is Esther, nice to meet you, may I help you with one of the bags?". She grabbed one of her bags and opened the door so she could enter fully, "The rooms are upstairs, pick one of the ones that don't have the bags already in and welcome to the house I guess". She smiled and looked at her wondering why all the people in this house seemed to be sexy as hell. Smirking she took a deep breath and looked at her as she waited for a answer.
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				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 06:42:32</strong>
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				She swung her other bag over her arm and smiled at Esther. Of course she has seen people who dressed like Esther before; she just had never befriended someone quite like her. Not that she felt as though she was better than them, but she always felt a little intimidated.<br><br>"That would be great, thanks so much." She let her smile turn into a grin as she pushed the door open and looked around the huge room. She couldn't believe how perfect everything looked. She couldn't remember the last time she had new things in a house rather than old, hand-me-down furniture. She snapped back into reality and tugged down on her black hat, fitting it back into place.<br><br>"I'm sorry, I got distracted. I'm Hannah and it's nice to meet you as well. Are you the only one here?" She walks up a couple steps and look back down at Esther for a moment as she continues to walk up into the parlor. Seeing the glass door leading out onto a deck, she walks instantly to the first room by that door. She knew she would have a perfect view of the ocean, but what she didn't expect was that the room would just as perfect. It was a white room with navy blue borders around the room and nice, big bed that looked right out the bay window. <br><br>She threw her bag on the bed and jumped up and down in a circle quickly until she heard Esther move into the doorway.
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				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 06:47:09</strong>
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				Esther nodded, "Yea there is another guy in here already". Walking with the girl she helped her get the bags inside, Esther was quite the strong woman to the point that she even had some people on their knees. Taking her bags without much of a effort she let her look at the rooms, noticing that she spent a couple of minutes in one room she walked in looking at her dancing on the floor, she could not help but grin as Ester leaned over the frame of the door. When the girl stopped she grinned, "May I join you? jumping around like that sounds like fun". She grins as she walked up next to her and giggled.
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				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 06:55:39</strong>
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				Hannah blushed quickly. She hated being so shy, but this vacation well.. she wanted things to change in her life. She grinned and grabbed onto Esther's arms and started jumping up and down again.<br><br>"You have no idea how excited I am to be here. No idea." She yells out. "This is by far the best risk I think I'll ever take." She giggles as bit as she watches Esther's face. She wonders if this girl thinks she's crazy or high or something.<br><br>Hannah thinks about the other room mate who's in this large house somewhere. She wonders if all her room mates will be as fun as Esther seems to be.
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				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 07:03:06</strong>
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				She grins and start jumping with the girl as crazy as the girl was jumping. She giggled as they jumped thinking that the girl was not so bad after all. With her eyes closed she heard the woman yelling and she giggled, "I done worst stuff, the most daring one was sleep with a girl I did not even knew". She giggled as she jumped with her moving her head forward and back in a rock style position. Once they both grew tired she just dropped to the floor and giggled at the young woman, "Well that was fun, I think this place will be quite interesting, don't you think?".
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				Post by: <strong>vanTheMad</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 07:10:19</strong>
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				London heard the thumping upstairs and walked up lazily, poking his head around the corner with an awkward look of confusion, catching the end half of Esther and another girl jumping up and down and laughing. London took a sip from his iced tea, and spoke up.<br><br>"I see you've met Esther already," he said, a faint grin starting to form. "I, uh, I'm London. I guess we'll be staying together?" London's voice was a lot less sure of himself now that it was him initiating the conversation, not Esther. As he looked in at the two girls sitting on the ground, he couldn't help but think, if only for a moment, that he might be the luckiest man alive, to have two pretty women living with him like this.<br><br>"So, what do they call you, goldilocks?" he said, trying in vain to sound more sure of himself.
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				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 07:16:34</strong>
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				Hannah laid back on the soft carpet and closed her eyes, laughing with the girl. <br><br>"You slept with someone you didn't know? Oh, I-I don't think I could ever do that." She stammered and took a deep breath to calm her breathing. "I don't think I could ever do that." She whispered and giggled a bit, looking up at the ceiling. She leaned up on her elbows to look at Esther and smiled. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure it should be amazing. There is so much to do in town when I drove by. I'm interested in exploring this little town." <br><br>Hannah heard a voice come from the doorway and turned her head instantly and smiled at the man, blushing a bit more.<br><br>"Han.." She paused and took a breath to keep herself from stuttering. She would always feel backwards talking to people she didn't know. She always felt better having her dad there with her, it made talking easier when she could joke around with him. "Hannah." She tugged on her hair a little. "And what do they call you?" She kept looking up at the man for a moment and then turned her attention back to Esther and smiled.
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				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 07:23:39</strong>
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				She sighed as she leaned back to the floor as well looking up to the sky, "Yea... it was weird....but fun.... and the car outside...is mine.... we can go out whenever you want to.....". She smiled looking at the woman and started thinking the girl was cute, she was not used to the entire preppy kind of girl but somehow this girl brought her attention. Panting heavily as she looked up to the ceiling she grinned, a girl and a boy in the same place, both of them were sexy and very pretty she would have a hard time choosing, for now the girl seemed to be more fun than the guy.<br><br>Hearing him speak and poke his head inside the room she shrugged, "He just told you what his name was silly, London remember? like the country?. Beautiful country I guess it has nothing to do with why his parents named him". She stuck her tongue out to London indicating that she was just joking around before she sat down on the floor and took the bottle from the corner where she left it taking a sip of the water and offering some to Hannah.
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				Post by: <strong>vanTheMad</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 07:28:30</strong>
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				"L-London, miss" he repeated. "It's a strange name. Sometimes I wonder if my dad had a sense of humor. Always told me a different reason every time I asked." He frowned a bit, but tried to put on a smile. "Its nice to meet you anyway. While I was down in the kitchen, I was wondering; do the two of you like lobster? I think its only appropriate to celebrate our first night up with some real New England fare? I can cook, almost as well as I write." He put on his best smile, he wanted to do his best to impress the girls. With no television in the house, they'd need to find some other way to keep entertained, and he figured cooking would keep him occupied most nights.
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				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 07:33:30</strong>
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				She looked at him when he mentioned that he could cook as well as he could write, "Aww you never got published". She giggled standing up and hugging him, "Sorry sorry I am just being silly, if you cook then we eat it's strange to see man actually cooking". Giggling once more she took a deep breath and looked over at him, "I also noticed there was nothing here to entertain us, I was thinking that maybe we could go and buy a tv for the living room, I will buy it my family has money that not even throwing it away we could spend". She grinned and stood up helping the girl up and stretching her back, "So what do you think, Hannah and me could go buy a tv, a dvd set and some movies and we can have ourselves a movie night.
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				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 07:39:16</strong>
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				Hannah laughed nervously and took the water from Esther, trying to cover up her nervousness. Of course he said his name, she felt so stupid. She had to play it off to something.<br><br>"Oh, aha.. I mean't did he have a nickname, like Big Ben?" She laughed at her own horrible joke and hid her face in her hands as she took another drink of the water, handing it back to Esther.<br><br>"Ignore this shy, nervous side of me please." She whispered. "Takes me a bit to warm up to people." She brushed her hand through her hair, knocking off her hat and catch it before it hit the ground.<br><br>"It's nice to meet you too London. I've never had lobster before, but I'll try it. Can I help with anything?" She asked slowly and then turned her attention back to Esther. "That would be great. Unless we're turning into Amish and going to do without TVs." She smirked at both of them.
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				Post by: <strong>vanTheMad</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 07:41:13</strong>
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				"Sounds fair to me. If there's anything you really like for meals, let me know. I'll probably go out to do some grocery shopping later on today, pick up everything fresh, after the other house-mates arrive. I'm by no means rich, but I definitely brought spending money. I'll try to make things that everyone can enjoy, so I hope you have appetites."<br><br>London smiled at the two girls again. The idea of a movie night appealed to him; there was a chance he'd be able to get to know at least one of them better, and the best part of movie nights was always cuddling.<br><br>(OOC: i'm off to bed for the night, maybe its best we wait for the others to post before we move in too far. I'm glad that we've got the interest garnered, though)
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				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 07:48:54</strong>
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				Hannah smiled at London and put her hand on his shoulder as she walked out of the room. <br><br>"How about Esther and I go and pick up the TV, and you cook us dinner. I always knew a women's place wasn't always in the kitchen." She smirked and patted him on the back as she opened up the doors to the other rooms, turning her attention back to both of them as she reached the last door.<br><br>"Where are you guys from?" She asked slowly, twirling her finger through her hair a bit. Keeping her eyes on London for a moment and then quickly looking over to Esther.<br><br>(OOC: Same as me. Gotta be up in 4 hours. Hoping this cold goes away! See you all tomorrow. Night)
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				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 07:59:14</strong>
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				She giggled looking at the girl find a way out of the trouble she put herself in by forgetting his name. Taking her bottle back she nodded, "Deal, I will go get my credit card, keys and Id from my room and we can be on our way". She stood up walking to her bedroom and looking around for her stuff. Finding her purse rather easily, it was black with the image of a punk skull on it, the background of the skull was pink and it had a lot of little black skulls all over the purse. Taking it she walked back and looked at Hannah, "Let's go Han, and we better see food when we arrive London, you won't like to disappoint a lady".
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				Post by: <strong>LimitlessNikkie</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 08:46:50</strong>
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				The little beat up car coughed as it turned down another side street as the driver a twenty something year old guy muttered something unintelligible under his breath. His friend or maybe brother turned around in his seat and swept his hair out of his eyes as he smiled at Ava. "So you really just took off with no idea where you'd end up?" He asked his eyes sparkling with interest. "Yep" Ava said looking up from her bag where she was doodling aimlessly as they drove her. <br><br>She'd been lucky to meet them at a coffee shop in town and doubly blessed that they'd been eager to drop her ff claiming they knew exactly where the little vacation house was located. Apparently they'd fibbed a little but it didn't really bother her, she was taking the scenic route one she was more then a little acquainted with.<br><br>"Found it" The driver said sounding relieved as the tires crunched on the gravel of the parking lot. "Thanks boys." Ava said with an easy smile as she stepped out of the car. The younger one leaned out of his window and called out. "See you around?" sounding just an edge over casual. "Maybe" Ava relplied with a playful wink as she slung the worn strap of her duffel bag across her body. With a last parting wave she headed towards the house.<br><br>It was the most beautiful place she'd been in a long time. The realization she'd be sleeping in a real honest to god bed was a heady thing and had her savoring her split second decision to come. She noticed the other car parked by the house and figured someone else was already around so didn't bother to try to find her key in the monster hobo bag she carried off one shoulder.<br><br>Stopping in front of the door she fidgeted with her wrinkled clothes for a moment trying to smooth out the travel lines marring every inch of her from the rumpled and worn jeans with holes in the knees to the black tank top a size too small baring several inches of her stomach and fraying at the edges. With little to improve upon she shrugged and turned the door knob entering the house that smelled of sea air and relaxation. <br><br>"Hello?" She called happily striding into the house feeling half like an intruder just because it'd been so long since she'd actually been in a house. Curious she moved threw rooms on the first floor she trailed her fingertips over the furnature relishing the luxury amused at herself because of how mundane everything was to normal people but to a gypsy like her it was all so precious if a bit fleeting.
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				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>22-03-2011, 03:01:08</strong>
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				She smiled at Esther and then back to London. "Even if the lobster isn't done London, something to snack on would be great." She smirked and turned quickly, skipping back down the steps. She felt a little better being around Esther and London now. She was happy that they didn't she was a freak for being so socially backwards. <br><br>As soon as she hit the bottom step, she spotted a red head moving around the room. "Oh, Hi there." She froze and stared at her. This girl was almost to perfect. She'd kill to have eyes like that. "I'm Hannah. You must be one of the roommates. Of course you're a roommate, I mean, who would just walk into a house with bags." She paused and figured she was rambling now.<br><br>"Esther and I were just leaving to buy a TV for a movie night. Oh, Esther another roommate. And London is upstairs too." She turned her head and looked back up the steps for a moment and jumped down the last step to the hardwood floor as she looked back at the girl.
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				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>22-03-2011, 03:10:16</strong>
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				She looked at the woman as she went back downstairs and just stared at her, "Oh hello". She could not speak much due to her eyes fixated on the woman. Once she snapped back to reality she smirked, "Yea as she said, I am Esther nice to meet ya. The rooms are upstairs pick one that hasn't been picked yet and you are good to go". Taking a deep breath she looked at Hannah and could not help but giggle. Getting a idea she looked at the girl and grinned, "Why don't you pick a room and come with us? leave the man to cook".<br><br>Smiling she looked at Hannah and nodded, "What do you think, want her to come along?". She giggled and looked at her bags wondering if the girl needed any help. "Do you need help with your bags hun?". Taking a deep breath she just stood in place looking at her and wondering how the girl would react.
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				Post by: <strong>MagicalPen</strong> on <strong>22-03-2011, 03:33:07</strong>
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				Connor O'Fearghail drove the Delorian he had bought up the coast of Maine, heading to the place he'd be spending most of the summer. It was the cheapest car he could afford and the whole 'Back to the Future' feel to it was quite epic. Of course, the sound system didn't work in it, so he had his iPod blaring some Dropkick Murphys into his ears, the earbuds canceling out any ambient sounds. The views were amazing yet comforting, remind him much of Ireland. Of course, being situated in Maine now let him experience the opposite side of the Atlantic - the waves crashing onto these shores belonging to the same that crashed onto the shores of his own country. <br><br>Pulling up to the house, he spotted a car already parked outside. At least one of his room mates had arrived. He slipped out of the Delorian, pulling the hood of his MMA Sweatshirt up over his head to calm himself. He wore shorts as well, not quite used to the warm weather in the States. His sketcher shoes crunched on the gravel as he removed his large duffel bag, swinging it over his shoulder as he approached the front door.<br><br>He found the front door unlocked and wasn't sure if he should knock or not. Taking a deep breath, he slowly opened the door and stepped into the main room, looking around to gather his bearings, his eyes pausing on the trio that stood before him.<br><br>"Top of the morning to ya." He says, his accent clearly Irish, his voice cast louder then necessary due to the earbuds in his ears. 
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				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>22-03-2011, 03:53:23</strong>
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				Hannah shrugged and smiled at both of the girls. "Sure, absolutely. Us girls need to bond anyway." She jumped as she heard the door open and her eyes quickly shot to the man standing in the doorway. Hearing his accent instantly made her blush. She had always had a thing for accents. Hearing him say "Top of the morning to ya" though made her remember when her father would say the same thing to her every morning she woke up. She had ancestors that were from Ireland, or so she heard many times from her father.<br><br>She noticed the ear buds in his ears, so besides yelling over the music, she raised her hand and waved a bit, feeling a grin spread across her face. "Two guys." She whispered to the girls, keeping her eyes on the man and laughed a little. "It's good that we out number them."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>vanTheMad</strong> on <strong>22-03-2011, 04:10:25</strong>
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				London straightened up with a sudden start as he heard new voices downstairs. He hastily stuffed the clothing he had been moving into the nearest drawer, and tried to bolt down the stairs to meet the other two house-mates. He went down the stairs with the same awkward two-at-a-time gait, but misjudged the last two steps and stumbled, nearly falling face first into a couch at the bottom of the stairs. Luckily, he managed to remain upright and grinned to himself, until he remembered that people were witnessing his clumsiness, at which point the smile dropped and he blushed profusely. He scanned the room, taking inventory of the people. Hannah and Esther were there, as well as a stunning redhead and a ruggedly handsome man, who, judging by voice, was Irish. London's mind reeled for a second; everyone he was going to live with was by far more attractive than himself. None the less, he tried to squeak out an introduction through his embarrassment.<br><br>"Uh, h-hey," he started shakily. "Uh, you must be the other house-mates. I didn't hear you come in. Uh, name's London, like the city. Not Big Ben though." He shot a jokingly accusing glance at Hannah. "I'm, uh, guessing that you've already met the wonder twins here." He tried his best to sound joking as he said the last sentence, pointing his thumb at Esther and Hannah, but only ended up sounding sarcastic.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>22-03-2011, 04:58:04</strong>
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				She placed her arm up around Esther's shoulder and pulled London in with her other arm, leaning on them. She turned her head slightly to whisper in London's ear. "Keep cool man. We don't want to have to take you to the emergency room from you falling down a flight of stairs now do we?" She giggled a bit and turned her head back to the man and the woman.<br><br>She tried her hardest to shake the uneasy feeling of being around new people. This was one of the main things she wanted to change about herself. It had always held her back from making friends in the past. Of course, she had her beauty, although she was oblivious to it.. no one wanted to hang around her if she didn't show her true personality. And well, the guys only were interested in one thing from her and she knew it. She never let anything happen though with a guy. She knew her limit, which would always piss off someone, but she wanted to keep things simple.<br><br>"Esther and I are wonder twins. Complete opposites, but we seem to have fun together.. as far as I can see." She turned her head back to London and blushed a bit, taking her arms off both of them, adjusting her white v neck t-shirt and smoothed her hands down the front of her red waist high skirt, feeling a little awkward with so many people around. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>22-03-2011, 05:07:48</strong>
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				Esther felt the weight of a arm around her shoulders and she could not help but giggle at the comments made by Hannah. "Yea I am the evil twin and she is the nice twin, so we are so different yet so alike". She giggled looking at the combination, two beautiful woman and two handsome man, she would have a lot hours of alone time with her little vibrating friend. Not a lot of people went for a girl like Esther, a rocker type girl that only wore dark colors and loved skulls.<br><br>She giggled and sighed looking at Hannah and the new girl, "I guess we want to be going, we need to buy the TV before the stores close". She grabbed Hannah's arm and grinned at the new girl, "Hey are you coming or staying?". She grinned not really intending the punt on the word 'coming' and she hoped the girl did not thought wrong because of the way it sounded with her English accent.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>vanTheMad</strong> on <strong>22-03-2011, 05:24:00</strong>
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				As Hannah and Esther got ready to leave, London rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. He wasn't quite sure if Esther had intended to put any emphasis on "coming", and almost immediately felt guilty for assuming that she had. Thinking of what she said though, now that everyone was here, he could go off an collect groceries.<br><br>"Oh, right," London blurted. "Uh, I'll probably be doing most of the cooking around, for a bit at least. I'm going to get groceries, I figured we'd do a big lobster bake tonight. If anyone wants to come with, the offer is there. Though; it occurs to me that I should ask, do you all drink? I fancy a good Guinness with my lobster, anything of that manner you'd like me to pick up?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MagicalPen</strong> on <strong>25-03-2011, 01:08:23</strong>
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				The Fighter pulled his earbuds out and blinked at the...bubblyness. London - who named their kid after a city anyways? - looked and sounded a bit like a pansy. It wouldn't shock him if the kid was a Virgin. The girls, on the other hand, were all looking like they were more interested in each other then either himself or London. Some hot make out sessions were certainly on the menu guessing by that.<br><br>"Ya, I'll go drop my stuff of in a room and then i'll help ya with the groceries." As a Fighter, he was on a strict diet and though he wasn't training for any events right now he still believed in eating healthy. He started towards the stairs. "Would any of ya be needing any special foods?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LimitlessNikkie</strong> on <strong>25-03-2011, 23:44:42</strong>
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				Ava looked over the group a casual glance at the friendly girls and a more leasurely look at the two guys. Both were cute in thier own way making her smile lightly. Maybe this week would prove relaxing in a number of ways.<br><br>Snapping back to reality at the punk girls question Ava smiled brightly. "Sure I'll come, let me just drop this in my room." She said shrugging her shoulder with the strap on it and heading for the stairs "I'm Ava by the way" she said passing Head Phones she smiled playfully as she jogged up the steps.<br><br>She found an unclaimed room on the second try and smiled at the cream and lavander room with a bed so fluffy it looked like a cloud. Unable to resist she dropped her bag just inside the door and crossed the room letting herself fall backwards into the fluffiness. She sighed in pleasure closing her eyes for a moment before hopping up. <br><br>Grabbing a beat up black leather jacket to combat the chill she wasn't used to she raced down the stairs slipping on the jacket as she did so. "I'll right I'm ready" she said with a smile. "As for food I'm used to cup of noodle and salads so anythings good with me."She said with a careless shrug. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>28-03-2011, 18:13:21</strong>
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				Hannah walked with Esther arm in arm out to her car. She envied anyone who had a better car than her old beat up jeep that was sitting back in her driveway at home. It was her father's and she couldn't bare to give it up just yet. <br><br>She turned her head and saw Ava walking down the steps after them. She was so poised and out going. Hannah knew that she had to of caught the attention of the guys already, but who's attention wouldn't be caught by hers.<br><br>"Do you prefer the front or the back, Ava?" She stood there admiring the house. She knew she would enjoying staying there for the entire summer, having lazy days on the beach and making new friends with her room mates. She had only hoped that she would stop being so reserved so that maybe she would catch someones attention as well.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>28-03-2011, 20:42:20</strong>
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				Esther finally got in the car and opened the hood of it to check everything before she left, that was something she usually did before leaving. After checking her baby was fine to go she got in the car and turned it on, the car purred like a kitty as it turned on. It had leather seats with small skulls on the head rest of each seat. The car was very clean obviously Esther took care of her car. Waiting on them to decide who will go first Esther just turned on the radio and looked for a CD, she thought that Evanescence would be a good pick since her songs were liked by a lot so she thought that the girls would like it.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LimitlessNikkie</strong> on <strong>28-03-2011, 21:04:01</strong>
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				"Front." Ava said with an easy smile as she walk towards the car, "thanks" she said easily slipping into the front and rolling down her window. Pushing her fingertips threw her hair she settled back into the seat with obvious enjoyment. "Beautiful car Esther" Ava said before humming along to the song pouring out of the radio. She'd never been able to keep up with music with her ever changing zip code but she'd been lucky that she still had her battered MP3 player that had amazingly been updated in the last sis months.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>28-03-2011, 21:45:41</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hannah slid into to back seat and crossed her legs, rolling down the back window as she sat back, watching the house get further away as Esther pulled out. "So, Ava. What made you decide to come here?" I say slowly, staring at the back of her auburn hair as Esther speeds down the room. She taps her foot lightly to the music.<br><br>She wasn't sure what to say to the girls. It had always been easier for her to talk to guys than girls. In high school, she never really got along with girls because they were usually bitchy and back stabbers. She connected with the guys a lot more. She never talked shit about them, and they never stabbed her in the back. If she had been with Connor and London, she's sure she probably wouldn't be able to shut her mouth.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>28-03-2011, 21:53:42</strong>
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				Esther lowered the volume as she speed off the road, "thanks Ava, my dad gave me this car as a graduation gift". She smiled and soon got into the main road and started driving into the town's mall. She was a bit short but the car was perfect for her. She placed her seatbelt and looked around for any cops before speeding down the road, she softly sang to herself as the two of them talked. If she was talked then she would answer but for now she would just listen.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LimitlessNikkie</strong> on <strong>28-03-2011, 22:29:59</strong>
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				"I didn't really" Ava said twisting in her seat so she could look at Hannah while she talked. The wind from the window ruffled her hair and her eyes sparked with inner light as she smiled. "I was in Newport just passing threw you know." She waved her hand dismissively, "I was in the buss station with a ticket to Providence when I saw the flier. I hadn't actually lived in a house even part time for several years and was a bit tired of traveling all the time non stop that it sounded like heaven" She said with a carefree laugh, "so I exchanged my ticket and called to make sure there was still a room available and that was that." She said with a shrug and a smile. "What about you what made you want to visit the coasts of Maine?" She asked with interest in her eyes.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 02:22:03</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hannah smiled and tilted her head to the side as she turned her head to look back out the window. She didn't want to get into details about the real reason she came here. Whenever she told anyone the details about her father, and what she went through with that. "Oh, I just got tired of Ohio life and I saw the advertisement online for the beach house." She shrugged and turned her eyes back to Ava, "I figured that well.. I'd never seen the ocean before, so I took a chance." She smiled warmly at her and turned her eyes to Esther in the rear view mirror. "What about you Es?"<br><br>She turned her head again, looking out the window. She loved the feel of this little town. So old fashioned, it even had a fresh smell to it. She reached up and closed her eyes, running her fingers through her thick hair as the wind blew around it.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 03:01:24</strong>
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				She did not spoke during the trip, she just heard them out and their reasons why the were there. When she was asked Esther looked at the one behind her with the mirror and sighed, "Just wanted to get out of the damn house, it's so big I get lost sometimes. I wanted to go to a more simple place". She smiled and sighed looking at the town and all the stores in it, finally she parked near the mall and got off, "So we are going to get the TV and some munchies, is there anything you girls want? on me".
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LimitlessNikkie</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 03:19:18</strong>
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				Ava shook her head wondering if maybe she should have stayed back with the guys if this was going to turn into a shopping spree. God last time she went shopping for anything besides food it was at a thrift story. Malls were too expensive and a waste when she could make to the next town one the amount they wanted for designer jeans.<br><br>"No I'm good. Lets just look around." she said walking backwards towards the enterance still looking at the girls. "What kind of movie do you two like anyway?" she asked curiously running her fingertips threw her wind blow hair trying to settle it.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 15:44:16</strong>
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				Hannah crossed her arms over her chest and stepped out of the car. She wasn't used to the cool breeze coming off the ocean, and regretted not wearing a jacket. She looked around at the little shops and bit her lip at the small town feel. She loved the thought of everyone knowing each other in a town like this. If ever anyone died, everyone would know about it and probably show up for the funeral too.<br><br>She snapped back to reality and looked back at Esther. She felt weird taking money from other people. Hannah had earned enough money to take care of herself, and although it was nice of Esther to offer, she just didn't feel right. "No thanks Es. The TV, DVDs and snacks are good enough for me." She smiled and started walking ahead of the girls, holding onto her arms as she quickly jogged across the street.<br><br>"Well, I love a good movie that can make me laugh. As well as thrillers, action, romance and horror. I can't watch horror movies alone though, so it's been quite a few years since I've seen one." She turned her head and smirked at the girls, thinking it would be very different thing time if they happened to get a horror movie. She had two handsome men in the house, and that made her feel safe just thinking about those kinds of movies.<br><br>Hannah walked along the shop windows and spotted a little electronic store. She pointed to a nice sized flat screen and smiled at Esther. "Why don't you two pick out the TV and DVDs and I'll stop across the street and get some snacks?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 19:43:01</strong>
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				She shrugged, "I don't really have a preference in movies, as long as it's good I am good to see it". She saw the electronic store and nodded giving Hannah some cash, "Here ya go, buy the snacks while we take care of the TV, I will see you in the car". She walked in the store and looked around the Tv's. She noticed first a very big tv and noticed that she would need to buy a stand in order for it not to fall. She smirked and nodded looking at Ava "Can you get the representative and tell him or her that we will take that tv? also we will need a stand for the tv and a HD dvd player that I have no idea where they are. She walked around and saw the DVD players and grabbed one as she waited for the representative to arrive.<br><br>(http://www.coolmompicks.com/Philips%20Eco%20TV.jpg)<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 21:13:02</strong>
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				Hannah slid the money deep down into her jean shorts pocket and walked back across the street to the store. She grabbed a basket and looked around. This town seemed to be mostly made of up middle aged people. Their children had probably all grown up and moved away to bigger cities. She tugged on her hair and walked down the aisles, checking prices on the products before she tossed the in. Pretzels, chips, dip, stuff to make smores, candy and popcorn all made it into the basket.<br><br>She felt weird buying this junk food for her room mates. They all were in very good shape, especially the guys. She turned quickly and walked over to the fruits and vegetables and threw in some grapes, apples, bananas, carrots, and celery. She was just trying to please everyone.<br><br>She lugged the now heavy basket up to the cashier and the older woman looked at her strangely. "You're not from around here are you?" Hannah smiled and shook her head. "Nope. From Ohio. A couple people and I rented that huge beach house for the summer. So, I'm sure you'll be seeing us around." She shook her head. "You kids better not cause any problems. This is a little town and we don't like to be disturbed by you kids and your nonsense.<br><br>Hannah kept her mouth shut as she paid for the food and hurried back outside and to Esther's car, pressing her back against the trunk as she waited for the girls.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LimitlessNikkie</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 23:09:06</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Ava nodded and wandered off. it took her only a moment to find someone to help them. The thing about small towns was they noticed anyone new and the three of them didn't exactly blend in to any degree. She found the youngish nerdy guy watching the fom behind a display.<br><br>Towing him along with her by linking her arm threw his she explained what they needed while leading him to the display. When she was sure her understood she casually wandered away from him and let him skitter away. <br><br>She laughed lightly once he was out of sight "must be shy." she said with a shrug a smile playing on her lips. "Lets go pick out some movie. He'll find us when he's done." She said looking around spotting the movie aile and skipping off in that direction.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 23:14:43</strong>
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				She nodded and followed the girl out to the movie store. She looked around and started to pick up some movies, she picked a bit of everything from action to horror.She hummed at herself as she let the other girl wonder off, "Pick whatever you like". She grinned as she finished off soon after and walked back to the counter waiting to get what the other girl picked and payed for it with her gold mastercard. The transaction went on without any problems as they went back to where the tv store was and saw the man had already placed apart the tv, a small tv holder and the dvd player "Thank you hon". Esther kissed his cheek wich made him run off and giggled. Looking around she grabbed a big man who worked there and took him by the arms, "Can you help us put the tv on my car? pleeeease?". The man nodded as he grabbed a small cart and walked with them to the car.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LimitlessNikkie</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 23:24:31</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Ava picked out a few things with interesting or covers that sounded like they could be good and followed Esther to the checkout. Went they went back to get the tv she giggled when Esther kissed they guys cheek and he went as bright red as a neon sign. Watched Esther grab the other guy she laughed lightly as she followed them to the car. Spotting Hannah she skipped up to her and leaned against the car while Esther handled the guy. "Everything go ok in there?" She asked nodding towards the store Hannah had just been in.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 23:40:35</strong>
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				Hannah looked over at Ava and smiled, nodding her head. "Yep, everything went fine. The cashier told me that we all better behave ourselves." She laughed and leaned off the car as she felt the trunk pop open and she laid the bags inside. She leaned closer to Ava and whispered. "Well, Esther knows how to handle the guys doesn't she?" She shook her head and smiled, crossing her arms back over her chest as the man came over, and slid the TV into the trunk of the car.<br><br>"We'll see you three beautiful women around?" The man said, "If you're lucky." She turned quickly and walked around to the back door, smirking at the guy as she got into car. The man definitely wasn't her type, but he seemed nice enough. She crossed her legs and watched as Esther continued talking to the man, feeling a little impatient. She was just ready to get back on the road and head back to the beach house with the guys, so she could learn more about them.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 23:43:06</strong>
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				Finally arriving to the car she opened the trunk and shrugged, the tv barely fit in there. Thinking she suddenly got a idea, grabbing some rope she had on her car she gave it to the guy and told him to tie the tv to the roof. He nodded and did what was told tying the tv set to the roof of the car well enough that it would not fall off unless something hits it. She placed the small table and the dvd player on the trunk of the car with all the rest of he stuff bought and finally unlocked the car and got in with the other two girls, "So I need to drive a bit slower due to the TV on the roof, but otherwise are we ready to go?". As soon as she got the confirmation she turned on the car and drove to the house.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LimitlessNikkie</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 23:56:12</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Ava giggled at what the cashier said to Hannah and nonned agreement as they watch Esther handle the guy. The guy made his pass and Ava let herself smile playfully and shrug before slipping into the car. Ava nonned that she was ready to go and hung her arm out the window smiling lightly to herself as they drove. Unable to stay idle for very long she fished a pen out of one of her jacket pockets along with a small note pad. Without letting herself be absorbed she started sketching the beach house from memory while the radio played and she hummed along singing some of the parts of the songs she knew in a low voice.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>30-03-2011, 00:42:57</strong>
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				Hannah held her hand out the window, pressing her fingers on the TV box to ensure it was still there. She liked these girls. They were fun to hang out with and she actually felt comfortable around them. She didn't stay much as Esther drove back to the beach house. She was just enjoying the feel of the time, and the look of it. She couldn't wait for every day this summer. Bonfires, swimming, laying on the beach, hopefully meeting a guy. She didn't count out the guys in the house, they both definitely had her attention but she feared that getting involved with one of them would ruin her chance of having any kind of friendship with them.<br><br>She finally heard a song she knew come on the radio. She loved to sing, and practically did so every time she showered or cleaned around the house, but she had never sung in front of anyone else. She mouthed the words as she closed her eyes, pressing her finger tips on the box still with each bum the car hit, until she finally heard the ocean over the radio and she opened her eyes, seeing the house come into view.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>30-03-2011, 00:54:05</strong>
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				Esther finally arrived to the house and parked her car in the same place where she parked before. Getting out she stretched her back and opened the trunk. The smell of the beach was so calming she thought she could just sleep outside if she wanted, going back to reality she walked to the trunk and started to take out the stuff as she walked back to the house, "We are back, I need some of you strong man to go get out the tv, there is a big knife just under the drives seat, use that to cut the ropes". She always was like that, keeping weapons wherever she could. Finally placing the snacks on the kitchen she walked to the livingroom and sat there taking a deep breath and looking out to the sea with a smile on her face.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>30-03-2011, 04:57:56</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hannah jogged up the steps and smiled at Connor and London as she walked past them and walked into the kitchen and started to unload the little bit of groceries she had bought. She opened the empty cabinets and shoved them inside neatly, humming a song in her head as she swayed her hips from side to side. This was an every day thing she would do if she were at home, and she was determined not to let being in&nbsp; an unfamiliar place stop her from being herself in someways.<br><br>She shoved some stuff into the fridge and looked out the window leading out to the side of the beach. "So, what are the plans tonight? Movie night right? I'm thinking we should have a bonfire if there is time. I bought stuff to make smores." She yelled out to anyone who could hear it as she walked around and stood in the doorway, looking out at the guys and Ava.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>vanTheMad</strong> on <strong>30-03-2011, 13:32:23</strong>
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				<em>"...I bought stuff to make s'mores."</em><br><br>London walked past the girls outside, his arms laden with paper bags. He'd enjoyed the quiet while he shopped, but was interested in getting back inside and spending time with his new house-mates. As he rounded the corner into the kitchen, he caught the ending of Hannah's sentence, but decided to remain quiet as he entered the room. Quietly putting the bags down on the table, he decided to sneak up on her. He wasn't sure why he was doing it; it was a big jump from his normal personality, but he felt like it was a good step towards being social again. He slowly moved in towards her, sidling closer as she swayed and hummed, putting away the groceries she had bought. Just as she picked up the bag of marshmallows, London playfully grabbed her side.<br><br>"Boo," he said, with rather little enthusiasm in his voice. "Did I hear s'mores?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>30-03-2011, 15:36:10</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hannah jumped, dropping the marshmallows in the sink and turned around quickly to face London. "Don't do that." She grinned and laughed as she looked at him. "But, yes. Yes you did. I figured since we're so far out from town, we wouldn't cause too much trouble if we had a bonfire. Plus, I've never been to one before on the beach." <br><br>She was aware of his hand still being on her side, and she bit her lip as she tried not to look down at it. “The cashier down at the market said that we <em>kids</em> better not cause any problems.” Hannah laughed a little and sighed. “Yeah, like we're going to have raging parties with just the <em>five</em> of us.”<br><br>She grinned and turned back around, grabbing the marshmallows as she opened the cabinet and stood on her toes, holding onto the counter as she shoved them up next to the graham crackers. She looked over at Esther sitting on the couch and Ava still outside, wondering if either of them had seen London grab her side. Not that she cared; it was all in good fun.<br><br>"So London," She turned around to face him again as he stood in front of her, leaning her back against the counter as she crossed her arms over her chest. "What brings you to Maine?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>vanTheMad</strong> on <strong>30-03-2011, 17:00:49</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<em>"What brings you to Maine?"</em><br><br>London thought about it for a moment, unsure of exactly how to proceed. He hadn't realized that he'd left his hand at her side for so long, and withdrew his hands, a bit ashamed. He blushed as he started unpacking the groceries he'd bought as well.<br><br>"Well, I've been out of touch with the world," he began, a bit unsteadily. "I was a writer, but I didn't really get out enough. I started to lose touch with the kind of things I wrote about, so I'm here, trying to get back into the world." London paused for a moment, thinking of what to say next, but his mind was blank. Hannah seemed to be personable enough, but he still had a hard time getting used to talking to people at all.<br><br>"I bought some booze," he said cautiously. "I don't know who here drinks, but I figured a few beers can't hurt." He reached into the bag on the table and pulled out three six packs of beer.<br><br>"I got Guinness, Sam Adams, and Heineken. Somehow you look like you don't drink to me."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>30-03-2011, 19:17:24</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She helped London put away the groceries as she listened to him talk, sliding the 6 packs into the fridge on the bottom shelf. "I'm not much of a beer drinker. I can't stand the taste of it much." She turned her head and smiled at him. "If I want something, I'll just ask Esther if I can take her car to get some vodka and something to mix it with. But you're right; I'm not much of a drinker. When I do though, there is no telling what I'll do." She laughed nervously, trying not to even think about what might happen.<br><br>She had never been drunk in her life, only drinking at weddings or family gatherings. The friends that she did have weren't drinkers. Most of them were church goers, and although she wasn't she got along with them.<br><br>She walked over to the island and jumped up on it, crossing her legs as she watched London continue to empty bags and put things away. "You were a writer? Why did you stop?" She bit her lip and looked down at her legs, swinging them back and forth. "I love to write, for fun that is. I'd be too nervous to show my writing to anyone." She looked up slightly at him. <br><br>London seemed to be a nice guy. A little shy like her but she was already warming up to everyone and felt more comfortable talking London than the girls.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>30-03-2011, 20:24:01</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Esther looked at both of them talking and smirked, standing up she went past Hannah throwing her keys to her, "take care of my baby, but first I need a big strong man to take the TV out, do you think you can be that big strong man France? I mean London". She giggled looking at Hannah and nodding, "I am stealing him from you for a couple of minutes, then you can go as luvy duvy as you want". She giggled and brought him to her car pointing at the tv on top of it, it was a huge tv the box covered most of the roof of the car, "Need help with that?". She looked up to him and giggled as she looked back at Hannah<br>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>31-03-2011, 04:29:25</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She watched as Esther pulled him away and outside, adding in her <em>"lovey dovey"</em> remark. Hannah instantly blushed and pressed her chin against her shoulder as she looked away. She wasn't trying to be so obvious. She'd rather just London see it than the whole house.<br><br>She jumped down off the counter and walked over to the door, leaning her back against the door frame as she watched Esther cut the ropes that the holding the TV. She wondered who would eve get that TV at the end of the summer. "You know Es, I don't need the keys now. It's still early and well, I'm not even sure if I'm drinking tonight." Of course she was though. It was the first night with her new room mates, and this was something to celebrate.<br><br>"Do you guys need help? I'm not sure where Connor went but I can try to find him?" She turned her head to look around the kitchen and the living room but seeing him or Ava anywhere.<br><br>"I can try to help." She smirked, knowing she wouldn't be much help.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>vanTheMad</strong> on <strong>01-04-2011, 20:35:50</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				London grinned as Hannah offered to help; though the TV was huge, he was certainly glad that they most of these newer ones were so light.<br><br>"Yeah, sure Hannah," London said as he carefully slid&nbsp; the TV off the top, supporting it with both arms and his knee. "Come over here and grab the other side." The TV, though heavy, was manageable with the two of them, and they carried it into the living room, with much groaning, but London never dropped his smile as he and Hannah hefted the unwieldy machine to its new home. They placed the television down next to the empty TV stand; London figured that the house probably used to have a TV before they started renting it out to strangers.<br><br>After he dropped the TV, he shook his hands, his fingers sore from holding the box. He looked up from his hands and to Hannah, and couldn't help but smile. He glanced over at the clock; it was nearly three o'clock, and he still had a few hours before he would need to start cooking dinner. His eyes left the clock, and passed over to the window and stared out at the beach. The temperature had begun to rise since he arrived, and the ocean water looked inviting.<br><br>"Hey would anyone be up for a swim before I start dinner?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Acid Lips</strong> on <strong>01-04-2011, 21:51:40</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				When they finally got the tv inside she let out a huge sigh of relieve, "Finally, that damn thing weight a ton". She giggled as he mentioned a swim in the beach, "Sure I am in, let me get my swimsuit". She walked up the stairs and into her room locking the door behind her. She opened the suitcase wich contained the swimsuits and sort them over, all were black ones but were of different styles. She had a thong and a normal but rather sexy one. Picking the latest one she took off all of her clothes and put on the swimsuit a little bit after that. Placing a small black cloth around her waist she looked herself in the mirror before grabbing her towel and going back downstairs. The swimsuit let her true figure reveal, she was a petite but sexy woman and her curves showed it. Her breasts were rather bit going up to a D cup but she never liked them because they were too heavy. She waited for the rest to arrive before she began to walk out to the beach.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LimitlessNikkie</strong> on <strong>02-04-2011, 01:54:03</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Ava easily distracted wondered down tob the beack the moment they got back. shells littered the sand and she found herself stopping every few steps to pick one up and glance at it. She found mostly broken peices but they were still pretty.<br><br>The water came in and covered her feet and soaking the bottem hem of her pants. She laughed and jumped at the coolness of the water. Glancing around she didn't see anyone so she walked out of the water and out of the surfs reach and pulled off her jeans and tank top. The blabk boy short she was wearing were modest; plain and rather unexciting, paired with the bright blue swim suit top she didn't think anyone would notice if they saw her at all.<br><br>Tying back her hair she ran into the water making a shallow dive into a cresting wave. Goose bumps poped up on her arms and when she surfaced she let out a scream of laughter. the water was exilerating and she dove beneath the crashing waves. The sea air reminded her for a moment of home but it was only a second before she saw the people from the house and she waved from the water distracted once more.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>02-04-2011, 04:55:13</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				As London and Esther left to head down to the beach, she wondered around the house, making sure no food was left out. She was so used to just doing those type of things from living on her own that it had become natural to her now. After walking back up at her room, she looked out the window and saw Ava waving as London and Esther came into view. She grabbed her bag and unzipped it quickly, pulling out a pale red and white striped bikini. She quickly undressed and put it on. It fit her nicely, covering enough to still have people use their imagination. She threw on a white, long shirt that hung off her one shoulder as she threw on her sunglasses and grabbed a towel, skipping down the steps and out the back door.<br><br>"Couldn't wait, could ya Ava?" She smiled as she got closer, walking behind London and Esther as she laid her towel down. She felt nervous as she got closer to the water. She was an excellent swimmer, but she had never tackled the waves of the ocean before. "Well, you guys can go in without me for now." She smirked at both Esther and London as she laid her towel in the sand and sat down on it, pulling her shirt off as she watched her 3 room mates.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>vanTheMad</strong> on <strong>06-04-2011, 06:04:04</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				London dove under the waves, letting the cold, salty water wash over his skin. He'd always loved the New England ocean, refreshing and crisp, as his hair slicked back behind him. He surfaced, his skin prickling with cold as he reentered the warmth of the Maine afternoon sunlight, and he grinned. The three girls each looked stunning in their respective bathing suits; it was only the cold water that kept him from showing his opinion. He looked up into the sky, shielding his eyes as he peered at the sun. His eyes lazily drifted back down from the sun, glancing across the horizon, and they rested upon each girl in turn.<br><br>His eyes stopped on Ava first, who he'd spent the least time with, was equally as beautiful as the rest of the girls. Her red hair was nice; it appealed to him on at least that aspect, he'd always had a weak spot for redheads when he was still in school. Next, his eyes rested on Esther; a quite pretty woman, with a shapely figure and an outgoing personality, though he wondered if she were too strong for him. Finally his eyes lifted from Esther and landed on Hannah, who lay sunning on the beach. Her friendly, but vaguely shy personality really appealed to him. He laid back in the water, and floated on top of the waves for a bit, his mind wandering away from the clean and into some more unusual situations, but he quickly became ashamed of himself and snapped out of it.<br><br>After floating about for around an hour, London strode from the water and sat next to Hannah on the sand, his hair tussled and scraggly in the sunlight. Squinting one eye against the brightness, he grinned and looked over at her.<br><br>"What do you say we get you in that big blue ocean?" he ventured cautiously. "We might as well take a little dip before I go in to cook dinner. Would you care to help me prepare it tonight?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>06-04-2011, 07:01:43</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Hannah watched her three new friends swimming, watching them all interact with each other as she sat like a bum on the beach. She watched London swim around under the waves and she smiled as she moved her attention back to the ocean itself for a while. It was truly the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. The seagulls flying overhead, the boating floating far off into the distance. Everything about this town made her feel more and more at home. She didn't know if she'd ever be able to leave her now.<br><br>She laid back and closed her eyes, letting the sun bake her pale skin when she hurt London talk, she jumped and smiled. "Well, I'm a little nervous I must admit." She reached up and held her hand up, shielding his eyes from the sun. "But yeah.. I think I'm ready." She smiled and leaned up. "Yeah, I'd love to help out. I love cooking, although I may not be as good as you are." She smirked and stood up, nudging his wet swim trunks with her foot. "You're coming with me right?"<br><br>She didn't want to to alone, even though the girls were out there, she would feel more comfortable if London would join her as well.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>vanTheMad</strong> on <strong>06-04-2011, 22:35:10</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				London blushed a little, hoping that it wouldn't be noticed, and stood up too, brushing the sand from the backs of his legs.<br><br>"Of course," he said, a sheepish grin forming on his lips. "Uh, is this, your first time in the ocean? You look a little nervous." His eyes gazed out at the sea, the breaking waves in the distance reminded him of clouds in the sky, making him feel like the ocean was just a watery extension of the sky above them. He took her hand with a friendly smile, and turned back to her. "It's not so hard; the slope is pretty gradual, you can stand in most places. Watch out though, the water tends to be cold."<br><br>Without letting go of her hand, he took a tentative step into the water, letting the cold tingle of the ocean wash through his foot. It was as if the cold emboldened him, and he held her hand a little more firmly as he led her into the cold surf.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>07-04-2011, 01:31:57</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				She took a deep breath and held his hand tighter as she walked into the cold water. She sighed out and felt goosebumps rise on her skin as she pulled herself closer to him. "It's not that I don't know how to swim. I definitely do. I just have never tackled the ocean yet." She grinned and felt her cheeks blush as she looked down, pulling her hair to one side.<br><br>"So, tell me.." She held his hand a little tighter as a wave crashed into her legs, moving her backwards a bit. "Are you from around here? Is that why you're so used to the ocean?" She took a couple steps until she felt the water move up past her belly button and she pulled her hand from his to go under water quickly. She smiled at him when she surfaced and flung a little water on his face from her fingers.<br><br>There was something about London that she liked. Maybe his shy personality, or this sweet side that he seemed to show her. She knew she would make fast friends with him, compared to the other three in the house.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>vanTheMad</strong> on <strong>07-04-2011, 13:48:54</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				As Hannah released his hand and dove under the waves, London decided he would do the same, surfacing only a second later than she. He only smiled as the Hannah flicked the water from her fingers at him; there was nothing about today he hadn't enjoyed. The new house, the sun, the beach, the company, it all made him feel like he was a kid again, visiting the beach with his parents. He floated next to her, and thought about what she asked.<br><br>"I'm not from anywhere around here, really," he began. "I'm from Boston, so its about a four or so hour drive to get here. We've got a lot of beaches down in Massachusetts though, so I've been coming to the ocean since I was little. I grew up on a little pond in the center of the state, so my da had me swimming just about as soon as he could." He reflected on his past, thinking about the tiny house on the pond that his parents raised him and his younger brother in, and decided that he had it good.<br><br>"Where are you from? I've never really left New England, so its a little weird for me to think of someone who has never been in the ocean."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>07-04-2011, 17:36:40</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				As she listened to him talk, Hannah leaned back in the water, floating on her back watched him get lost in his story. She had never been to Boston either. Truthfully, she had never been anywhere outside of home state. Not that she didn't want to go explore what this world had to offer or anything of the sorts. <br><br>Her father had been a very important person in her life. For as long as she could remember, her father had always been different. When he was twenty-one, he had been in a motorcycle accident which almost took his life. His leg was mauled and because of a horrible medical team, they pieced his leg back together with metal. Needless to say, she never had a normal childhood. Always caring for him and being concerned for her father's feelings when people would stare at him. And when he had finally died when she was eighteen, she didn't have anyone to care for anymore and felt as though she could finally live her own life.<br><br>As she floated on her back, thinking of everything in her younger years she didn't even realize London had stopped talking and was now looking at her. "Oh.." she laughed nervously. "I'm from Ohio. A pretty small town at that." Hannah smirked at him and cocked her head to the side. "A Midwest girl with a little southern charm." she laughed at her own attempt at a southern accent and leaned back up, planting her feet in the ground. "So, I guess you'll have to be the one to show me new things then huh?"<br><br>In one quick motion, she had her arm around his neck, shoving him back down under the water. She swam off him and stood up, showing him her dainty looking muscles. "Winner." 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>vanTheMad</strong> on <strong>08-04-2011, 17:26:52</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				London floated around with Hannah for a while longer, enjoying the time spent with here, before deciding it was getting late enough to start dinner. He beckoned to Hannah to follow as he walked back up to the outside shower on the side of the house and quickly hosed the salt and sand off of himself, then scrambling inside and up to his room to change back into some clothing more suitable for cooking. He opened one of the drawers and took out a plain grey t-shirt and threw on the jeans from earlier that day, sprayed a little deodorant on himself, just to keep himself from smelling like the ocean, and went back downstairs to the kitchen, filled two of the pots from one of the shelves with water. He put one on to boil, and poured corn meal into the other, followed by the clams he had picked up earlier that day. He opened the fridge, grabbed a Guinness off of the bottom shelf, and cracked it open and sat on the counter while he waited for Hannah to come downstairs.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lanie Elizabeth</strong> on <strong>08-04-2011, 17:53:10</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				After floating for an hour in the ocean, she followed London out and as he showered outside, she ran inside and took a quick full shower. She didn't want to feel gross as she helped him cook. She quickly changed into pair of black shorts and a white tube top, leaving her hair down and wavy after she blew it dry. She stopped to look in the mirror and noticed her once pale skin was now slightly red from the suns rays and shook her head as she skipped down the steps in her bare feet and turned the corner to find London already starting.<br><br>"Nice of you to wait." she teased and walked over next to him and looked into the pots. She grabbed the salt and put some in the palm of her hand and sprinkled it over the pot filled with water. "I don't know if it really works, but it's supposed to make it boil faster.. well, so says my mother.." she shrugged and smirked at him as she walked backwards, feeling a little bold and rested her arms on his thighs as she moved in between his legs. She watched the two pots on the stove and breathed slowly, wondering what his reaction would be to that as she kept her back to him.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Summer Home (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>LimitlessNikkie</strong> on <strong>08-04-2011, 20:00:51</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Ava swam far out into the water till her muscles complained from over use and she felt deliciously tired that way you only do after physical exertion. Floating she let the waves push her back towards the beach as the sun dipped towards the rippling water. Coming back to dry land she noticed Hannah and London seemed to be missing and shrugged as she pulled on her oversized coat a chill trying to make it's way up her spine.<br><br>Humming softly to herself in good spirits after the swim she picked up the rest of her stuff and skipped into the house, catching a glimpse of Hannah and London as she went upstairs to wash the salt water from her hair and change into something dry. A quick shower later Ava twisted her hair into a loose bun with chopsticks sticking out of it and dressed in a pair of short black shorts and a pink baby t. Leaving her door open she opened the windows letting the smell of the ocean fill the room and sat down cross legged in the middle of the bed with a pad of paper and a sketch book. After a deep breath she closed her eyes for a moment before started a detailed sketch of the summer house as she last saw it coming in from the beach.
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