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Winter Waite

"Um... Hello,"

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a character in “Just a Part of Growin' Up”, originally authored by Possibility, as played by RolePlayGateway

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{"Can I get you something?". }




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|Full Name| Winter Victoria Waite

|Nickname| Winny, sometimes, or bunny. "Most people just go with Winter, to be honest"

|Birthday| June Eighteenth

|Age| 22

|Nationality| Caucasian, but her mother was Russian.

|Occupation| Assistant "I'm very good at it, I think,"[i]

|Sexuality| Heterosexual

|Apartment Number| 4C

|Hometown| San Francisco




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{[i]"Well, I'm not that special,"
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|Quirks & Habits| Winter drinks one cup of tea, normally chamomile, every morning without fail. She sometimes gets it at the coffee shop, but she can make it at home if need be. She often will play music in the middle of the afternoon for almost no reason- just because she feels like it. She's always been very perceptive and almost never has a filter, so she always just says what she feels like- that is, if she can gather the courage.

|Talents(T) | Strengths(ST) | Skills(SK) |
Following orders
She knows a bit of Latin
Remembering things
Playing the piano

|Flaws/Weakness|
Indecisive
Slightly Messy
Overexcited/Jittery
Slightly shy


|Hobbies| Making movies, of course, sewing and playing piano

|Fears|
øBeing left alone, or forgetting that money isn't everythingø
øThunder/loud soundsø


|Secrets|
She'd never really been in a real relationship before {{FC: Jon Kortajarena}}
She loves directing, but she sometimes wonders if it's right for her.
She has a strong dislike for being called Bunny by anyone she isn't close to


|Goals/Dreams| Winter wants nothing more than to be a successful director, and to get recognition for her work. She also wishes nothing more than to help




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{"If that's alright with you, of course,". }




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|Personality| Winter is very enthusiastic and passionate, though this can be both good and bad. She's very animate because of it, which helps her express herself (she's also fairly shy, so expressing herself without actually having to interact is a skill she's quite adept at). This trait, however, also makes her every shade of emotional at times- easily scared, easily saddened, but very loving as well. She's timid, and oftentimes very subservient. Her mother compared her to a bunny growing up, as she displays many of the same qualities. She even twitches her nose like a bunny when she's confused. Winter has a history of being amazingly perceptive, as she likes to stay to the sidelines. She's quiet, but that isn't always a bad thing- it makes her an awfully good listener. She's loyal, though if her trust is broken she has trouble giving it back. Her best quality by far, however, is her intelligence. She's not math smart or science smart, but she's very interested in words, especially Latin words and odd words. She's got an amazing vocabulary, and a memory that could rival an elephant.

|Timid| |Subservient| |Enthusiastic| |Intelligent| |Perceptive|

|Likes|
Tea
Music
Making people happy
Learning new words
Directing
Lazy days
Clothing, especially clothing she made herself
|Dislikes|
Being called 'Bunny', unless the person is close to her
Being pushed around
Coffee, which is ironic
Getting up late
The notion that she won't be a director one day




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{"You don't have to listen, if you don't care". }




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|Place of Origin|

|Family Tree| - Mother - Jessica Waite- Living
-Father- Farris Waite- Deceased
-Sister- Amilia Waite Living

|Happiest Memory| For Winter, her happiest memory would be a tie between two. When her little sister was born, or when she was proposed to. She can recall every detail of both, and her sister is very important to her. Then again, so is her fiance so it's a toss-up.

|Saddest Memory| When her father died. It was very late at night, and she was on the phone with a friend, drawing designs for costumes, and eating dinner all at the same time. Her mother got the call and Winter can see the look on her face when she came rushing in to tell her that her father had died. It was horrible, and Winter cried harder than she's ever had in her life.





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{"What's done is done,". }




|History| Winter was born into a middle-class family on a middle-class street in the middle of middle-class San Fran. She could see the golden gate bridge in the distance if she looked hard enough. Winter had a fairly happy childhood, though she was always the small, shy one that didn't like to talk unless told to. Teachers loved her for it. Her home life was okay, her father and mother fought from time to time but that was all right. Everyone fights. Winter is to this day the spitting image of her mother- reserved, serving, and quick-to-the-point. It wasn't like Winter's father hit her mother or demanded much of his wife, that's just the way her mother is and the way her mother likes to live her life. Winter, however, was always a little different from her mother in a big way- she wanted to go places. Her mother was fine with being a stay-at-home mother and to cook meals all day and be a trophy wife, but Winter found her passion in movies. She loves everything about them, always has. When she was ten she asked, if a bit timidly, if she could have a video camera for her birthday. Her mother had stopped cooking dinner, asked her why, and then after Winter had explained she had said "Of course, Bunny. Set the table, will you?" in a motherly voice. Winter was ecstatic. By the time her birthday rolled around the next month, Winter had already sewn the costumes required- she had to sneak into her mother's sewing room- and had a friend help her write the script. Winter never was the best writer in the world. She had a group of friends help her with it- none of them were good actors or could work behind the scenes at all but Winter was only eleven and that was the best she had. She recognized the film itself was trash, but she couldn't help but love it anyways because it was her first film.

By the time high school rolled around, Winter couldn't see any future for her that wasn't in film. She wanted to direct. So, she took every course she thought would help, as well as a few after school clubs. She was in photography club, writing club (which she was kicked out of), three leadership courses (she barely passed those, mostly because she had trouble asking people to do things), video production, and one speech class she thought would help her get over her shyness. She failed that one more miserably than the writing club. Still, by the time she got out of high school, a boyfriend she loved dearly in tow, she thought she was ready to make films for real, though she wanted to go to college first. Credentials mean everything in film.

The problem was, after her father died, her family was hit hard. Winter's father was the only worker in the family and well, her mother had never done any work outside the home. So, when her father died in a car wreak, her mother had to find a job and survive on savings until she did. She eventually found one, working as a seamstress for a local business, but the savings were basically gone by then. Winter didn't want to get by on only loans, and while Winter had qualified for a scholarship it would only pay for half of the education, not including housing, books, or anything else. So, Winter got a job. Thankfully, luck was with her and she landed a job with a famous film producer, something that paid well enough as well as giving her street cred for when she tries to get on her feet. Winter still kind of wants to go to college, but now being engaged and the fact that she has a person who knows how to get around in the film world in contact, she has put in on the back burner so so she can work on films, possibly indefinitely. It doesn't feel like such a loss, though.



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{"I don't want to be abandoned,". }





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Sleepless in the night
I try to lose my faith in you
Saying to myself,
"You can't be the right one for me"

And now that you are gone
I finally get a taste of freedom
Only problem is:
I don't really want to be free

I don't wanna be abandoned
I don't want to curse your name
I don't wanna feel the sadness
Pretending that I'm still the same

I don't want to burn your letters
I don't want to face the truth
I don't wanna be abandoned
I don't wanna waste my youth

You tried to suffocate with your pretence
And I believed in this shallow romance
I ran for cover but I couldn't hide
And still you tried to get me to abide

You scratched me like a perfume ad
Erasing all the feelings that I had
And all the time you faked this loneliness
Cause you wouldn't see my twisted mess

I don't wanna be abandoned
I don't want to curse your name
I don't wanna feel the sadness
Pretending that I'm still the same

I don't want to burn your letters
I don't want to face the truth
I don't wanna be abandoned
I don't wanna waste my youth





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{"That's everything, I guess,". }




|Other|
Winter has always wanted a cat, but she's too afraid to ask if it would be alright.

So begins...

Winter Waite's Story

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Time= 6:30 A.M + Location= Her apartment, 4C, then The Mighty Bean
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Winter rolled over on her side of the bed, groaning as she did. The alarm was a shrill ringing in the back of her mind, and it was increasing in annoyance. It had only been going off for maybe a minute, but Winter didn't want to wake her husband-to-be up so early, and she had somewhere to be. So, she sat up and pulled the covers off of her, careful not to disturb the other occupant of the bed. She pressed the button on the alarm as she stretched, cracking her back as she did so. She'd have to see about getting a new bed somehow- she'd not been exactly forceful in getting the bed she wanted and now her back was suffering.

When was the last time you were forceful about anything, Winny? a petulant voice in her head demanded. Still, she had to admit to something- she couldn't remember the last time. She just liked to avoid conflict in any way she could. Winter drew her sleep shirt over her head quickly and changed into a simple white sundress that had lace around the arms. She had bathed the night before, and so she quickly brushed her teeth and pulled her hair into a messy bun at the back of her head. She slid on a pair of pale beige ballet flats as she jumped lightly towards the door. The apartment was simple and airy, mostly due to the fact that money was tight. One day she could redesign it the way she wanted it.

With one arm resting against the door, Winter slid on the other ballet flat and checked her phone at the same time. 6:30. She didn't have to be at work until seven-thirty on Wednesdays. She smiled as she pulled open the door and, drawing her eyes down the floor, locked the door behind her. She did her best not to look at the apartment across the way- she didn't much agree with what went on in that home, but Winter didn't judge people.

The mighty bean was a breath of fresh air to Winter, as it was every day. She ordered a chamomile-honey tea and looked for a place to sit. She saw a few people she recognized and bit her lip. Winter wasn't the best conversationalist on the best of days, and today her fiancee wasn't up with her. He was a much better speaker- Winter hid behind him most of the time. Still, she didn't want to be mean so she payed for her tea and, grasping the hot cup like a lifeline, made her way over.

"Hey," Winter muttered quietly towards the group seated there. She almost didn't think they heard her, she was so quiet.

"Would you mind if I sat here?" Winter made a habit of being almost too polite. It would sound sarcastic in another person's voice, but Winter didn't recall ever being sarcastic and she was always asking for permission. She hoped they'd say yes, but she quickly scanned the room for another place to sit if they said no. She didn't mind being told no, like most people did. She vaguely wondered what would happen if she said no to anyone- she didn't like doing so and to her knowledge she'd never had to. That made her a very good assistant, at least.

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Date and Time - April 23, 2014. 6:30 A.M.
Location - The Mighty Bean




After Allie had gone through the line and managed to swipe a banana nut muffin before they were all gone, she came back to the table again. And like always he was straight to business, something else she liked about him. He didn't dick around with small talk for an hour before he got to the point of why they were there together in the first place. Allie was a firm believer in getting the hard stuff done now, and you have more time for fun later.

"The Golden Dragon managed to get the DJ I asked for,.... we just need to make sure the gang gets there and behaves."

Allie came around and leaned on the back of his chair checking out the itinerary Thomas had for the party up on his laptop. As for making sure people behaved better, Allie couldn't agree more, last big party they had, a combination of lots of alcohol and heated tempers lead to almost knock down, drag out fights.

"Yeaaaah we don't want a repeat of our last big party, I'll limit myself and try to keep an eye on how many times certain people have gone to the bar. Definitely might want to make sure some get cut off at some point, or we can do a survival of the soberest thing and lock all the shit faced one's in a room and see who survives." Allie laughed a little then went back to her seat and sat down.

She didn't go to clubs that often, but she heard this one was pretty cool, "Hope Elliot likes this place," she shrugged as she started to take the wrapper off her muffin. "But then again, as long as he has good music to dance to, he should be pretty satisfied."

Allie smiled when she glanced over and saw Haley come into the Mighty Bean like a whirlwind. This was pretty typical of her, girl was always wound up tighter than an eight day clock, Allie thought for once she might sit down and talk for a minute. However like usual, she was in a hurry to get somewhere, and apparently didn't realize what time it was. After a quick hello Haley was on her way again.

"Okay, be careful Hay's, and don't forget to keep Elliot occupied until the party." she smiled and shook her head as Hayley zipped out as fast as she came in.

Allie looked over at Thomas, and smiled at him as well as she was sure he was used to fast paced Haley as well. It wasn't long after Haley was out the door that Ben came in.

"Good morrow, do you mind me joining you guys for a bit, or is this a private meeting?"

Allie raised her eyebrow, Ben was just odd sometimes, it wasn't that she didn't like him. She just wondered why he tried so hard sometimes. He was naturally a funny guy, and when he was just being himself Allie thought he was pretty cool. However, it's when he thinks he has to put on a show for a lady sake, and totally over does it that he kind of got on her nerves.

"Good morrow?, I didn't realize I had walked into the Renaissance fair... but grab a seat the more the merrier. Besides means there's less we have to tell you later, saves us time on having to explain crap to people." she took a sip of her latte and moved her chair over towards Thomas to accommodate more room at the table.

Allie could tell that people were starting to stir, and clammier to the Mighty Bean for their fix of caffeine. The next into the establishment was Koriko, Allie managed a smile and a wave. She was glad to see her out of the bedroom up and moving. She worried about the younger girl sometimes, Kori really didn't have any friends. Of course, this was due to her severe personality flaw of being a raging drama queen and a stuck up bitch most of the time, but Allie wished she could put the 'movie star' persona aside sometimes and just be herself. In the apartment, Allie would sometimes catch slight glimpse of the real Koriko, a fleeting moment that was usually dashed the minute Kori said something negative, and superficial about someone else.

"Hey guys. Is it cool if I sit there?"

Allie nodded, "Yeah sure thing Koriko, like I told Ben here the more the merrier". she pushed her seat closer to Tom again to make room for Kori.

Of course, Kori wasn't the last to make their way over to the now bustling table Winter came over as well asking to to join them. Allie was happy to accommodate and soon found herself practically sitting right next to Thomas. Not that she minded too much, Tom was pretty nice company after all.

"So.. Thomas since most of the gang is here should we enlighten them as to what's on the agenda this evening?", she turned to smile at him while taking a long deserved drink of her latte.

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Date and Time - April 23, 2014. 6:30 A.M.
Location - His Apartment Building, 2A.



"Yeaaaah we don't want a repeat of our last big party, I'll limit myself and try to keep an eye on how many times certain people have gone to the bar. Definitely might want to make sure some get cut off at some point, or we can do a survival of the soberest thing and lock all the shit faced one's in a room and see who survives."

Thomas couldn't help but smirk a little at Allie's words. Was it their age or their personalities that made himself and his group of friends terrible drunks. At least he had the sense to drink slowly. He had nowhere near the tolerance of Haley Snow, for example. He could never get how she was able to down so many drinks and still function normally. He took a sip of his coffee.

"Ronnie could record it and post it on her youtube channel," Thomas noted.

"Hope Elliot likes this place," she shrugged as she started to take the wrapper off her muffin. "But then again, as long as he has good music to dance to, he should be pretty satisfied."

"All Elliot cares about is dancing," Thomas told her with a slight frown, "He is good. Good enough to make it, but luck has just as much to do with his career as skill does."

He shook his head. Enough about the future. He attempted a slight grin, "I will have to remind him to spend time with his guests at the bar occasionally. If we let him, he'll dance all night."

Soon enough, Hayley found herself in the coffee shop and, rather than stopping to chat, sped past them. Nonetheless, Thomas had the chance to greet her.

"Don't tease him too much about Ronnie," he warned half-seriously. He knew she was going to do it anyway.

Soon enough, Ben drifted into the Bean and decided to join them. Thomas frowned slightly at Ben's slightly flirty greeting to Allie. He knew it was more out of nervousness than anything, but for some reason it irked him. Nonetheless, he put that thought out of his mind.

"Good morning Ben. You hardly seem to need the coffee today."

Ben had no time to reply when others appeared, forcing Tom to sit next to Allie, rather closely he noticed. This particular booth was meant for four people to share comfortably, but now he and Allie were slightly squished together. Not that he was complaining. It felt rather nice.

Thomas inwardly scowled at himself and forced himself not to dwell on that thought.

"So.. Thomas since most of the gang is here should we enlighten them as to what's on the agenda this evening?", she turned to smile at him while taking a long deserved drink of her latte. He smiled back at her slightly. Now seemed to be the right time to reveal what he and Allie had planned.

"I brought out the Golden Dragon for us tonight starting at 7:00. It will be an open bar and open invitation to the public once we arrive. The food at the buffet will be mostly Southwest Asian, but there should be a good selection of non-Asian food for those of us who dislike Asian cuisine."

He learned over to his laptop, accidentally sliding over Allie's lap as he brought up the address and picture of the nightclub as well as directions from the Mighty Bean.

"The nightclub is semi-formal, so dress nicely. It is close enough to the Bean. It's right outside of Chinatown. Also, try not do anything that might end up on the internet."

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Time: 6:45am
Location: Dirt Track East Side

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Rose groaned loudly as bright lights suddenly flickered on, the white lights blinding her even with closed eyes.

“What the fuck Tarren turn the damn lights off” Rose snapped harshly. She didn’t expect the girlish giggle to be the response. Slowly Rose’s eyes opened only not to see her bedroom but the green and metal interior of the Monster Energy trailer. She snapped up into a sitting position, banging her head on the metal bunk above her. She cursed loudly only to receive another giggle, whom by looking over Rose saw it was June Everetts, trainer and fellow biker.

“Hey lazy ass why didn’t you go home last night?” June asked. Rose groaned, she hadn’t meant to fall asleep in the trailer it just kinda happened. Shit! Tarren is going to have her head, she didn’t even phone him to tell him where she was. Damn his over protectiveness.

“I didn’t mean to fall asleep but in my defense you were a tyrant yesterday” Rose snapped referring to June’s less then pleasant training yesterday. “What time is it?”

“6:45am, training starts at five this evening” June answered, leaning against the metal wall beside the tool box.

“Shit! Sorry I can’t make it I’m going to my friend’s birthday tonight” Rose said while scurrying around, grabbing her phone, wallet and jacket. She didn’t have time to change she had to go. June just nodded her head and watched as Rose rushed out of the trailer. She hopped on her bike and took off. It took her actually seven minutes at top speed to get back and during the trip Rose almost fell asleep. She decided to stop at the Might Bean. She parked her bike and went inside only now noticing that she still had her dirt biking boots on and was majorly sporting Monster Energy with her t-shirt, jacket and hat. Good lord why? Sighing she went up to the counter, there being no line thank god, she order a chai tea and an apple turnover.
The worker’s seemed to be on the ball today because she got her order almost instantly. She took her drink and food and glanced around knowing that someone she knew would be here. Someone was always here. Then she saw a group of her friends and made her way over to them, pulling up a chair and planting herself with the group.

“Why hello everyone" she greeted then took a bite of her apple turnover. Gah! Fricking heaven in her mouth. She listened to what Thomas said.

"Awesome".

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Date and Time - April 23, 2014. 7:00 A.M.
Location - The Mighty Bean





Ben shoved into the booth upon the invitation and took a big bite out of his blueberry muffin. His mouth was too full to respond to Allie's and Thomas' comments. He would never claim that he never spoke with a full mouth, but he didn't want to gross out Allie this early in the morning. He put his guitar straight up next to him to keep it out of everyone's way, which meant it became a bit cosy in the booth they were sitting at. Before Ben's mouth was empty, Koriko showed up at their table and received the same invitation Ben did just a bit earlier. Since she would not be able to sit otherwise Ben put his guitar on the ground as much under the table as possible. Koriko could be a bitch, but she is hot none the less. I would be mean to make her get a chair.

Not even a minute later they were joined by Winter as well. She always seemed either nervous or shy when she was with the group. Ben could not imagine why, she had a cool job and Winter and her fiancée were nice people in general. When she asked to join them Ben got up from his seat. "Morning Winter, please take my seat. I'll get myself another one." Without waiting for an answer he picked one of the loose chairs from the table next to them and put it next to their table with the back towards the table. He sat down and set his arms on the back support. I can't help it, it just sits nice this way.

"Just one moment guys, let me just get Maddie, she'll probably want to hear this." Ben walked back to the counter, he thought he had seen a glimpse of his room mate when he was ordering his coffee. He walked over to one of her colleagues. "Excuse me, I am looking for one Maddisyn L., red hair, big smile, sunshine of the Mighty Bean. You might have heard of her, she's kind of a thing around here. If you could just ask her to come to our table, we have to talk dance moves for tonight." He ended with a wink to the young girl and then walked back to his chair. "I'm sure she'll be here any moment, so what are we up to tonight?Ben asked as he heard Rosa coming up behind him as well.

Thomas told them about the planning for that night. Ben knew the club, he had performed there before with his band, the Holy Happening. It was more than a decent club, and one Ben knew came with a price tag. One of the perks of actually having some spare money. Ben was glad to hear about the food. He didn't care if it was Soutwest Asian, Non Asian or from Jupiter. Every kind of cuisine was perfect for Ben, some of his friends called him food whore, in the nicest way possible of course.

Ben grinned at Thomas' do-not-end-up-on-internet rule. And I was planning to come out of his birthday cake and giving him a striptease.., you can forget about that now. He didn't really know what to think about tonight's party. Sure he was always in for a night in the club, but he wasn't sure he liked the birthday boy very much. Ben had seen the glances between Elliott and Ronnie and he was sure he wasn't the only one. Ronnie was like a sister to him. And a little brother needs to be protective of his big sister, Ben had known that ever since his own sister was diagnosed with Leukaemia. Ronnie had been hurt by guys before, and Ben would do everything he could for her never to feel like that again. She deserves so much better than that... So far he hadn't really been able to find any faults on Elliott's side, but that didn't mean there were none. And if there are, I will find them...

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Date and Time: April 23, 2014. 7:00 AM
Location: The Mighty Bean


Maddie leaned momentarily against the back wall, hidden from view. She was out of breath from rushing to prepare multiple coffees at once, but the heave of her chest was comforting. She liked the feeling of her lungs hammering against her ribs; if she was breathless, she was doing something right for someone, hopefully. She wiped a bead of sweat from her forehead and ran her fingers through her curls lightly as she let out a peaceful sigh.

"Excuse me, I am looking for one Maddisyn L., red hair, big smile, sunshine of the Mighty Bean. You might have heard of her, she's kind of a thing around here. If you could just ask her to come to our table, we have to talk dance moves for tonight."

She couldn't help but smile as she listened as she listened to Ben's voice. There wasn't anything particularly special about it, or about him in general, but he had the type of personality that blended well with her own, which made life in their apartment a little easier, and also made him one of her good friends. Maddie poked her head around the wall, looking towards Gordon for the approval to leave her station. He gave her a brief nod, or at least she thought he did. Either way, she made her way to the table where Ben sat with several other people, some of which she knew only because of their daily visit to the Mighty Bean, not that that stopped her genuinely happy attitude.

Maddie pulled up a chair and sat next to Ben, flashing him a toothy grin. "The only 'thing' I am around here is a screwup," she laughed, "I think I've given at least ten people the best coffee of their lives and people are still complaining that our coffee sucks!" She didn't mean anything by the statement, just playful teasing, but she was suddenly aware of the fact that she was an outsider among the group. She knew most people by their order and their face, and looking around the table, there were a few familiar faces, but still she didn't know what to think of the people now sitting around her.

"I don't know if I know everyone, or if everyone knows me, but I'm Maddie, obviously," she smiled towards the rest of the table now and gestured towards her name tag, which now felt awkward and heavy on her chest. "So what's going on?" She tied her hair up in a ponytail, letting her curls fall freely against her back, and leaned back in her chair.

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Koriko
Date and Time: April 23, 2014. 7:00 AM
Location: The Mighty Bean

Koriko smiled at Ben and his kind gesture, slipping into the chair, smoothing her skirt under her legs. She listened to what was being said, but before she knew it, someone else had shown up. Winter. Ah, she knew her. She was too shy for Kori's liking, so she generally did her best to ignore the girl. Still, she couldn't help the jealous twinge in her chest when Ben completely got up for her. Biting back a frown, she focused her eyes down to her drink. She looked up to see Thomas and Allie talking about a party.
She had to admit, it sounded fun. She didn't know many well, but she made a point of knowing what was going on, so she knew about Elliot's birthday. "This is for Elliot, right?" she spoke up, absently running a hand through her short, dark locks. "He's that dancer, isn't he? He's really good at what he does." She never meant it to seem so directly appraising, but seeing as that would be noted as a good thing, she left the compliment in the air for once, without retracting it. "I've thought of signing up for dance classes, actually, does he take students? I figure it might be good for my career to learn all artistic performing crafts." That's Koriko, never leaving a conversation without mentioning her career. For once she was being a little more subtle about it though.
Looking up, she saw a red head walk overShe let her scowl go this time, giving her a steeley glare. She had to admit it- those who had talent she became very possessive over, and Ben was certainly under that category. Smiling artificially at Maddie's introduction, she tilted her head. "Hi Maddie," she drawled. "My name's Koriko. You might have actually heard of me. I've been in quite a few successful films." Well, you know what they say about subtlety. It always ends eventually.

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Date and Time - April 23, 2014. 6:50 A.M.
Location - The Mighty Bean



"Elliot better appreciate the fact that I'm actually going to wear a dress to this shindig", Allie crossed her arms in front of her and leaned back in the booth.

She hadn't really noticed Thomas' accidental brush across her, there was so many people at the table now it was hard not to bump into someone next to you. When Ben came back with Maddie, Allie gave a wave to the red headed Mighty Bean worker. She heard Kori start to go on about wanting to learn to dance to add it to her repertoire, and then introduce herself as the 'actress'. This was typical Koriko behavior when she felt threatened, well at least that's the conclusion Allie had come to over the time of living with Kori. It was always kind of amusing that Kori often made the comment 'You might have heard of me'. Allie hadn't even known who she was when she first met her, and had to google the movies Kori had been in to have the foggiest clue what she was talking about. Unless you were in the know of Japanese movies.... it was likely that whomever Kori said this too had no idea what she was talking about either.

So the fact, that she made it a point to tell everyone she felt threatened or intimidated emotionally by was always amusing to Allie. Kori wore the fact that she was a child actor armor, it was like if she made other's feel insignificant because she had been famous that she didn't have to deal with her own personal insecurities. Allie just wished it would finally sink in that other people didn't really care that she was an actress, and that if she would break down and be herself all this nervousness or feeling like nobody liked her would stop. However Allie wondered if Kori truly knew what her true self was like, all that she knew as a child was being in the limelight. Made Allie think about if she ever had children, she would never put her into acting out of fear of seeing them emotionally inept like Kori.

"Well Maddie we're throwing a party for Elliot, hope you aren't chained to the espresso machine tonight so you can come join us."

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Date and Time - April 23, 2014. 7:00 A.M.
Location - His Apartment Building, 2A.



"Elliot better appreciate the fact that I'm actually going to wear a dress to this shindig", Allie crossed her arms in front of her and leaned back in the booth.

"I don't know. I happen to think you look pretty good in a dress," Thomas told Allie with a smirk. Despite her complaints, Tom knew that Allie liked dressing up for an event occasionally. If he knew her, she probably went out to buy something special for the occasion. It came with being artistically inclined, he supposed. Personally, he was going to wear an old outfit for Elliot's birthday party. He did not care too much about fashion.

He looked up as more people joined the group. He smiled at both Maddy and Rosalina. He didn't know the two girls as well as some of the others, but they were genuinely nice people. From what heard, Rosalina was an excellent mechanic and Maddie never got his orders wrong. His smiled strained slightly when Koriko arrived an started speaking about her (former) acting career. She was pleasant enough to hang out with, but she thought too much of her fame. If he put on less airs, she and everyone around her would be happier.

"And I was planning to come out of his birthday cake and giving him a striptease.., you can forget about that now." Ben joked.

Thomas rolled his eyes, "No one wants to see that."

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Date and Time - April 23, 2014. 7:25 AM
Location - The Mighty Bean





Koriko seemed to be excelling at bitchiness once again when she explained her past to Maddie. She is meaner before 9 AM than most people are all day. If she would have been a bit nicer, Ben would have probably asked her out ages ago. Her movie 'Whispers' was basically a religion to him, he has seen it about 50 times, but never after he had met her. Somehow that magical girl on screen was something completely different in real life.

Winter excused herself and was about to leave. It reminded Ben he had to go as well, or he would be very late. He would already be late as it was. He got up from his seat as well and brought the seat back to the table that it came from. No need giving Maddie any more work to do. Thomas made his statement at the moment Ben got up and put his guitar on his back. "Tom, you should only speak for yourself. There might be many people who would want to see this show and that is the end of the matter." He did not want to wait for anyone to answer and screamed a little bit too loud. "See you all tonight!" After that he held his hands over his ears and walked out while singing the refrain of 'Just the way I do'.

Getting outside he started walking towards the nearest cable cars stop. His ride for this morning was going to be a short one, but he didn't feel like walking up the hill today. While on the cable car he checked his twitter account and from the comments he could see Ronnie had posted another song. He was always most interested in that part of her Youtube life, they shared that passion for music. He liked to help her with these and to sing duets, they usually came out very nice. He saw the next stop was his and he got out.

He was in a nice neighbourhood with some very expensive houses. He rang the doorbell of the corner house and the maid opened the door. He was teaching a 14 year old girl how to play the piano today. It would be her tenth lesson in two months, quite a bit more frequent than most of his students. Her parents paid him well for it, so why not. They had a piano on which they practised, but in the last three lessons she had expressed she would much rather learn to play the guitar. It didn't really fit with the classical image her parent had for her, but then again they were never there. They had played music together the last lesson with the girl on guitar and Ben on the piano.

This time he had asked her to think of what music she wanted to play. They would then figure out how to play it together. Ben found it good practice and had done it himself frequently. "Good morning Francine, what music are we going to play today?" With a big smile on her face she showed him the album cover of Journey. 'Don't stop believin' was a classic and Ben liked her taste in music. He hoped he had been an inspiration for that.

During one of their breaks he got his phone from his pocket and started typing. Hey Ronnie, what's up? Didn't here you this morning. Will I see you a the party tonight? He hit send and put the phone back in his pocket. While waiting for Francine to come back from the bathroom he started playing a tune on the piano to kill some time.

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Date and Time - April 23, 2014, 7:25 AM
Location - The Mighty Bean


Glancing up as Winter left, she smiled at her. "See you," she offered. Glancing at her drink, she soon realised it was empty. Hmm... maybe she should get another? But no, that would lead to her wanting to work out for twelve hours. Sighing, she pushed it away, looking over as Ben got up. She couldn't help the twitched smile edging its way to her lips. He could sing, too. Something she wished she could do. She could hold a note, yes, she could get pitch, yes, but she couldn't, for the life of her, ever sound good. It irritated her greatly and she felt it to be one of her biggest flaws.
Curling her palm up, she rested her chin on it, watching after him. "He's a teacher isn't he?" she asked. Hmm... Pushing the thought aside for now, she frowned, twirling the straw in the cup. She glanced at Allie, suddenly getting a worrying thought; this party, was she even invited? What if it was highschool all over again? Chewing her top lip, she fought the urge to ask. Instead she said a quiet 'goodbye' and stood. She took her cup and went to put it on the counter where the workers would get it. She figured it might be a good idea to make friendly with the others... A gift was in order, then.
She had plenty of money, that wasn't an issue even in the slightest. It was what to get Elliot. She knew him, yes, but not on any personal level. So she would have to ask him. Heading towards his apartment, she swept her hair behind her ear and fixed her clothes. Knocking on his door, she paused in the hall. She rocked on her feet and pushed air out from between her lips. This was definitely a strange thing for Kori to be doing. But she wanted to actually have friends for once, so she should be nice. To do that she needed to know something about this boy other than the fact that he's attractive and a talented dancer. Questions, then... favourite films, games, uh, actors or musical groups. Music! That was a good idea! She smiled to herself and mentally high fived herself.

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Date and Time - April 23, 2014. 7:30 A.M.
Location - The Mighty Bean




The crowd of friends began to disperse, Winter got a call and left with barely a word, Ben had to run off probably to teach some kid how to play Chop Sticks, and Kori well she seemed uneasy still and stood to head out as well.

"Hey Kori, let me know when you're ready to go tonight that way you can drive. I'm gonna try not to drink myself under the table this time, but it's still better if you drive." Allie called out before she was out the door of the Mighty Bean.

She looked around at the others that had not left yet, "Well I guess you all are dismissed until tonight, and remember I want those essays on my desk by Monday." she rolled her eyes at her own stupid joke. "I swear sometimes I just need to smack myself over the head I'm so annoying, honestly how do you guys put up with me?" she laughed a little.

With that she let out a cleansing breath and then turned her attention back to Thomas. "So, what do you need me to do, before tonight? Do I need to pick up something, any specific decorations, balloons, a creepy ass clown?" she gave him a smile while leaning her chin on her hand.

She began to think of Ronnie, surprised that she hadn't seen her at the Mighty Bean this morning. She must have headed out before us all this morning. Allie thought to herself as she waited for further instructions from Tom, "I should probably text her to let her know to take time out of her busy schedule for the party. She felt like she had zoned out for a minute, shook her head and blinked, trying to center herself and bring her attention back to Tom again.

"I swear I'm paying attention Thomas, I just had a thought about Ronnie is all", she put her attention back on him again.

She felt like she was almost staring at him, not that he was hard to look at. It was the complete opposite of that, he was very nice to look at. But she didn't want to make things weird by staring at him either, it was one of those situations where you're uneasy about maybe taking a friendship to the next level, risking messing everything up by turning a friendship into a romantic relationship. Then again, Allie had learned through her experience with Gavin that rushing into something wasn't such a good idea either. Not that her relationship with Gavin had been bad, hell if the circumstances had been different she would have been married to him. Still there was something about Thomas, that just seemed to draw her in, and she felt like maybe they could be something more.

She had known Tom as long as she had lived in the Daffodil and knew that he was a good guy, one of those rare ones that Allie felt like she could trust. Still everything depended on how he felt about it, did he feel anything for her, yeah he made comments, like the mentioning of her looking nice in a dress and there was occasional flirting on his part. In-particular with Allie, and she respected that about him he wasn't the type to flirt with one girl, then turn around and flirt with the next one to pass by. Still it was something she wanted to tread lightly with, they had a decent friendship that she didn't want to mess up, but she didn't want to miss out on maybe having that special person because she was scared. It was all very confusing and she hated feeling that way, so for now she would concentrate on the party they were working on together.

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Date and Time: April 23, 2014, 7:30
Location: The Mighty Bean


Maddie tried to hide her embarrassment. She not only had no idea who Kori was, or that she was an actor, or that she was famous, but Maddie had no idea how to respond to such a statement. Luckily, moments later the girl got up and left. Maddie breathed a sigh of relief, mumbling to herself, "I hate being put in situations like that." She laughed it off awkwardly, and pulled her legs into her seat, sitting criss-cross applesauce. She watched Ben go, followed by a girl named Winter, leaving her with a girl name Rosalina, Allie, and a guy who she thought was named Tom. Now she looked at Allie, "Is she always like that?" Speaking about Kori, Maddie turned back to look at the door. She had never really met anyone outside of her roommates since she moved to San Francisco, out of preference for a quiet life. She wasn't sure if that's how normal people behaved, or if the girl was trying to show that she was better than some cafe worker, not that Maddie really cared or had anything to prove. But if this was how Kori was going to behave, was it worth going to a party and risking such awkward social situations? Maddie shook off the thought, deciding that if Ben thought she should go, she would.

"Should I bring anything to the party? I mean, it's really no big deal, since I can't really get a gift for someone I don't know…" Her voice trailed off as she glanced towards the counter, seeing Kori's cup still sitting there. She hated when customers did that, but at the same time, at least now she didn't have to take it with her from the table. She let her feet fall to the floor and leaned against the table, holding her head up with the palm of her left hand. She was excited, but also scared, for the party. She'd get to meet new people, and pretend to know anything about dancing, and she could enjoy herself for once in a blue moon. There weren't many opportunities for her to really let loose, aside from singing into her brush handle to the radio in her room, or dancing with her coworkers at Eddi's when they had the free time to mess around.

Really, Maddie should have gotten back to work. She was thankful that Gordon was pretty lenient about this sort of thing and that business was starting to slow, but still, it was her shift and she should be covering it. Still in conversation, however, Maddie pushed this realization to the back of her head. She could work herself into the ground, but that wouldn't give her any friends. She had to step up and do that herself, and the only way to do so would be by being friendly. So she smiled, and listened, and tried to hold interest in the conversation, while mentally preparing an outfit for tonight.

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Date and Time - April 23, 2014. 7:30 A.M.
Location - His Apartment Building, 2A.



Time passed and the group of friends began to disperse until the evening. Thomas listened to Allie's joke with a slight smirk on her face. At times, it did seem like either he or her would take the role of a parent. It was kind of strange. He could only hope Elliot didn't pick up on it and bother him about it. He could be annoying. Justl like a younger brother.

"So, what do you need me to do, before tonight? Do I need to pick up something, any specific decorations, balloons, a creepy ass clown?" Allie asked with a smile, placing her chin in her hand. He grinned slightly. She looked cute that way. He paused in thought. Really, there wasn't much to do. Everything had been arranged and the nightclub was doing all the menial work. Yet, he was reluctant to stop working with Allie so soon.

"We could go on a hilarious road trip to get our hands on a plot MacGuffin for Elliot's party in a race against the clock to bring ito the party on time, all the while meeting exciting new people and getting into comedic misshaps culminating in a life-changing realization and declaration of love. It will be rated R and you will be played by Koriko and I will be played by some Will Smith."

He waited for her reaction, but she seemed distracted. He waved his hand in front of her face.

"I swear I'm paying attention Thomas, I just had a thought about Ronnie is all", she put her attention back on him again. He could not help but stare back. She was certainly beautiful, he knew, and pleasant to be around. Truthfully, he thought he felt... something. He didn't know. He never had the time to date anyone before. The drama back in high school always seemed silly to him. But, now, he was older, and Allie was far from silly.

"Should I bring anything to the party? I mean, it's really no big deal, since I can't really get a gift for someone I don't know…"


Tom blinked. He had been so focused on Allie that he forgot Maddie was there. He inwardly slapped himself. He turned to smile at her.

"Just bring yourself and dance with the birthday boy. Trust me. Elliot won't mind."