Bay City

Cole woke up in a unusually happy state of mind. He had never slept so peaceful on such white sheets. Well to tell you the truth he had never slept on white sheets before. He looked over at his iPhone eight. Even though him and Kirk were in the same house he was still going to text him. Wake up Kirk Cobain. He smiled at the text he put his phone back down and got. He picked out his clothes. Laid them on his bed and went to take a shower. The soap smelled like greatness mixed with flowers. Nice but slightly homo but either way it didn't matter to him. When turned the water off and put a towel on him at the same time he opened the curtain. He walked out and put his long sleeve black shirt and white jeans white black and white shoes. He knew he looked nice.

He walked out to notice how big the house was. Damn that almost scared him how big it was. He had not noticed it when they all got to the house last night. It was to late to celebrate but they had all made sure they got some kind of job before they even came though. Since they split the rent and it had to be paid or they would get evicted. Good thing the economic downfall lightened a couple years back. He found his comb on the table and combed his hair in the nearest bathroom. He put the comb in his pocket and walked out the door to the mail. Wether or not they got the jobs they applied for would be there. He brought them in and looked at his. Haha. He got the job at Krispy Kream Doughnut shop. Yes. He smiled to himself and waited for the others to wake up.      

Alicia was not in the best mood. She had woken up at the butt crack of dawn to go to work and she wished she hadn't slept so late last night. It hadn't been her fault, they had been cleaning up after a concert. An amazing concert, in fact. The band was new - the Hoolas, they were called - and their sound was fresh. Being an event coordinator definitely had it's ups and downs, Alicia thought as she yawned for the fifth time in a row.

"No, no, no. Move the tables!" Someone yelled, and Alicia turned at the voice. It was Ester, a employee like herself. She had been in the business much longer than Alicia, but she liked to think she was doing pretty well for someone who had just begun.
"God, these newbies are useless." Ester hissed under her breath, tugging at Alicia's arm. "What's wrong with them? They don't even seem to be able to follow simple orders. You were never like this when you started."
Alicia laughed, eyeing the new interns with pity, "You're scaring them. Look at them. One looks like he's gonna wet himself."
"Whatever. I don't know why we're throwing this thing anyways."
"I know," Alicia smirked, "Guys wanna get laid, and girls want to make sure boys still wanna bang 'em."

Ester snorted, loud, catching the attention of some others, "I guess will all the newbies coming in, they'll need someplace to meet people. That's what clubs are for, meeting new people." She wriggled her eyebrows mischievously.

"Yeah sure. People get real friendly."
"You know it...Hey! You. Take a break." Ester shook her head hopelessly as the intern practically ran off. "God help me."
"What do you mean about the newbies?" Alicia asked, "Don't people come to the city all the time?"
"Just lately. They've been a abundance of people coming in. I would know, my dad's into stats. I get it though, people are realizing Bay City is where it's at." Ester shrugged, picking at her nails.
"Goddammit! I said green covers!" Ester suddenly barked, marching over to a annoyed, but alarmed looking girl.

Alicia pondered what Ester had said. Sure the City was great but not that great. She could see the definite appeal - there were so many opportunities in big Cities...but surely there had to be more than this. Then again, Alicia had grown up in the city all her life, how was she to know? She didn't know what went out of the City. Bay City had been all she'd ever known. Alicia bit her lip and found herself wondering if she'd ever get out.

Adara heard someone get up and shower, but she was in the middle of a chapter in her book and wanted to finish it first. She'd been up for about an hour maybe. Rena and Filly hadn't let her sleep much longer than that. She smiled at the two little black cats. Life was so much better with them.
Adara put the bookmark in its place and got up. She dressed herself in khakis with a green shirt. The bookstore wasn't too picky about what she wore, and most of her wardrobe seemed appropriate. Nice casual-wear. Yeah, that sounded like her.
She opened the door to her room, deciding to let her cats run about for a little. Walking to the kitchen, she pulled her hair up into a loose ponytail. She saw Cole looking through the mail.
"Anything good?" She asked from a little distance. She opened a cabinet and fetched a glass for some apple juice.

Krissy groaned for the third time that morning. Sadly her night shift at the bar hadn't gone so well. She had to break up two fights, and even had to call Annette twice. Twice! She'd never had to call her more then once, and usually that was just to see where a certain brand of beer was. It'd been about a month since she'd been in the city, 3 weeks since she'd been working. Overall, the amount of time she'd spent in the city was pretty good. She'd met Annette, and even landed a job and a place to live. I'm doin pretty good, at least so far. Krissy thought to herself, with a smile. It was already 11:45 and she had a good 8 hours till she had to be back at the bar for her shift. "Well, might as well explore the big city a bit." She mumbled aloud, while throwing on a pair of black cargo's and a tank top.

Grabbing her messanger back, she flung it over her shoulder before yelling out to her room mate, and boss. "Ann! I'll be back later. Most likely just in time for work!" She heard a muffled "Yeah whatever!" as she slammed the door behind her. Slipping in one of her earbuds, 'Perfect Circle by The Outsiders' began blsting into her ear, bringing a smile to her lips. Today should be a good day.

Cole turned to see Adara finally awake."I see you were already up at the butt crack of dawn". He could see how groggy see was in the face. He laughed and turned back to the mail seeing she had none since she already a job at some boring ass book shop six blocks from the house. He wondered when the others were going to wake up. He forgot about the question she asked him. "Nothing any good. Just dumb job application answers. I got my job at Krispy Kreams". He smiled and turned back around. He got and went to the refrigerator taking out waffles and milk. He always drunk the milk out the jug. He put the waffles in the toaster while drinking milk. While it was toasting he got a plate and syrup. He came back just when the wallless were done and put on his plate and put syrup all over it. He began eating and drinking as if he had never eaten anything before.   

Beep! Beep! Groggy eyes looked at the shaking phone of the night stand. Ack! Who was up this early?! Kirk thought as he streached an arm out to check the phone. "Cole!" He muttered.

He grabbed a toothbrush from his suitcase and headed for the bathroom. Shower. Shave. Brush teeth. Ruffle hair so it wouldn't dry weird. Apply deodorant. Kirk went about his usual morning routine, just in a new house. Which, from what he had remembered of it last night, it was pretty darn nice! Wrapped in a towel, Kirk went to the kitchen, startled that females were up already. Meh. he justified it in his head. We were living together now, men in towels shouldn't bother them.
He filled a cup with Orange juice. He walked over to the pile of mail and grabbed the one addressed to him. He handed it to Cole "Man, you check to see if I got it. I can't handle reading that crap." He said in search of an apple. When the mystery of the hidden apple was complete, he sat at the table taking a large bite of it.

After he finished chewwing, he smiled a "Good Morning Sunshine " to Adara.

Adara rubbed her eyes at his comment. Was it that obvious? She sighed. "Nothing new there, I guess," she replied. She drank most of her apple juice as Cole announced his job at the Krispy Kream. She mentally cringed - she didn't like sweet things much. Donuts weren't very good for you...
"That's cool," she said instead. "Which one is it, by the cafe?" Finished with her juice, she put the cup in the dishwasher. Adara opened the fridge again for some yogurt. She sprinkled some granola over it and dug in. Cole looked to be eating for an elephant. Adara smiled to herself. That wasn't too unusual for him, she supposed.
Adara leaned against the counter while she ate, watching as Kirk entered with nothing but... a towel. She almost choked on her yogurt, but managed to swallow. She covered her mouth with a hand and coughed lightly, to clear her throat.
"Morning, Kirk," she said, pulling her hand from her mouth, "Should we get used to this? The show, I mean." Adara smiled, gesturing to him just standing in the kitchen with a towel. She knew living together would be different, but she hadn't thought of everything, it seemed.

"Eh, you might as well." Alex laughed as he walked down the stairs. He was shirtless and was wearing a pair of cargo shorts. "And don't be afraid to walk around in just a towel too Adara. We won't bite." He teased, giving her a grin. He looked over at the counter where the mail was sitting and leafed through the envelopes. "No, no, no..Huh, nothing for me? Oh well." Alex whistled a soft tune while he rummaged though the fridge. He had been up for about a half hour, but was busy looking through a book he had found the other day. He wasn't planning to come down, but when he heard the commotion in the kitchen, he figured he might as well go bug someone. Luckily, he had three someones to choose from. "So, any ideas on what we're gonna do today?"

Kilala yawned sitting up in her bed. "Ahhh, what a nice sleep that was. I would love to sleep like that every night." She lifted the covers off of her and swung her legs to the side of the bed. He people already up made her feel happy. She went over to her bathroom and looked at herself wondering if that was what she had become. OOC: History Alert! Four months early she was getting to know mostly everyone in the group of friends. She use to have scares on her wrist and bruises on her arms and legs. This was because she had horrible parents that would beat he daily, making her want to cut herself, which mad her parents angry even more and it would continue like that.Three months after the 'New City Adventure' she was a changed person more happy and fun to be with. She then start the shower, waiting for it to get warm she undressed, and then slipped into the shower. Forgetting to turn on her radio, she then dried her hands and turned it on to Hip-Hop Central 345.6 FM. In the two seconds that it started to play she recognized the song that was playing was her favorite song and she started to sing along. "Radio, Volume Up!" she told it. The radio turned up louder, so that anyone in the house could hear it.

Getting out of the shower, leaving the radio and putting a towel around her as she walked back into her room. "Ahhh, that was refreshing." saying to herself. She then got out a black blouse and black jeans along with black flip-flops and started to put these items on. -Oh along with a bra and panties, which were black.- Grabbing her 4D phone and inserting her Bluetooth into her ear, she walked out of her room and down stairs. "Good morning everyone!" telling everyone in the kitchen. She then grabbed a cup and poured Apple Juice into it. Then sitting at the counter next to Alex and looking through the mail for any applications she put in. She then made piles, Trash, Cole, Me, Alex. "Here Alex you missed one when looking through the mail." handing it to him. Then answering his question "I'm up for anything, really!" Opening up the letter she read the first few lines and throw it away, knowing it was trash.

Cole finished his food. He took the mail for Kirk and waved at Kilala. "Yeah Adara over by the Coffee place which by the way Kirk you got the job there". He smiled and sat back down he had to go to work at 12 and work till six. It was 10 am and he had mouthing to do for two hours. He nodded his head at Alex. A silent hi. This was the time he wouldn't speak because he was distant with everyone except Kirk and Alex. Especially Becki Lonte. He never really talked to Becki as much as the others. He continued drinking out of his jug and looked Kirk up and down."Put on some close man I don't wanna see you half naked". He gave him the if the girls weren't here I would pants you look. He smiled at the Hip Hop music he liked and nodded his head to the beat.   

Ari woke up and sighed. It was almost time for work and if she didn't hurry she would be late. Quickly she went through her daily routine and ran out the door. Getting onto her pink vespa, she sped off of her apartment's parking lot. Ari glanced down at her watch and saw that she was cutting close. She had to work all day today. It was going to take forever, or at least it was to her. Finally she made it to a coffee shop on the corner of a busy street. She walked in and saw that there were already a ton of people there.

"I'm so sorry I'm running a little late today!" She grabbed her apron and threw it around herself. It was mainly working people, so it would only last for so long. Sighing she started to take people's orders and making coffee. Every now and then she would drink a cup herself to prevent herself from going to sleep. She worked extremely late last night, which was why she slept so late this morning. If her boss wasn't so lenient she would surely be fired by now. It was almost a miracle she hadn't been. After work today some of her friends were going to the club and she knew that she just had to go. She hasn't been in a while so it would be good for her to have some fun for once.

"Okay, everyone knows their roles? You guys," Alicia nodded at four burly looking men, "are the bouncers, right?"
They nodded once in unison, and Alicia had a sudden urge to laugh out loud. "Just make sure there's no trouble. Last thing we need is the police."
"Do you remember last week. Chaos." Ester moaned, covering her eyes as she dismissed the men.
"Don't remind me." Alicia yawned again then ran a hand through her jet-black tresses. "Man, I'm going to drop dead soon."
"Well it's almost lunchtime. Take an early lunch break." Ester smirked, "I got you covered."
Alicia smiled gratefully, "You're a lifesaver. I'm probably just going to go grab some coffee. You want anything?"
"Oh that would be great. An Americano, two shots. And...is it weird that I'm in the mood for donuts? Do you mind?"
"No problem." Alicia laughed. She knew a good donut shop a few blocks away.

Alicia grabbed her helmet and motor-powered board and set off towards the cafe. When she got there, her entrance was made known by the jingling of the door. The smell of coffee woke her up instantly. There was a line-up and Alicia yawned again as she patiently waited. When it finally was her turn, she was greeted by a tired, but friendly looking girl around her age. She read the girl's name on a pin. Ari Harper, it read.

"Hi, can I get one Americano with two shots, and a plain Macchiato?"

Becki ran in the door. "Oh my gosh I am soooooo late!" She shouted. "I had to have my morning jog it calms me, you know?" She raised her eyebrows and continued before anyone could respond. "So I was just jogging along at like 4 in the morning whatever and this man gets hit by a car. Right next to me! So of course I had to go help him and like half drag him to the hospital, and i find out. He wasnt even hurt! It was just so he could get my number. So I slap him and now Im gonna be late for my job at Starbucks." She babbles on for a few more minutes. Sometimes she just does that and everyone learns to tune her out. She sprints upstairs at breakneck speed knocking over a few things on the way and has the fastest shower known to man kind. Then she rushes back downstairs and sits down with the rest of everyone that is still there. "Now I am all set." She sighs and chugs down a large coffee like every other morning. And looks around.

Krisiana wandered around the streets for about an hour or so, before she stumbled upon a cafe. She noticed it was a bit crowded but figured the wait would go by fairly quickly. Eh..What the heck. I could use some coffee right about now. She thought, stiffling a small yawn as she stepped inside the cafe. Tugging out her earbud, she stuffed it into her messanger bag before waiting in line patiantly. Her gaze wandered around for a bit, noticing a few office workers, as well as a cop or two. Turning her gaze forward she scanned the menu quickly deciding a large coffee would do. While waiting in line, Krissy's mind drifted off to how work would be tonight, and she fought back a frown. Let's hope no idiots drink more then they can handle..She thought with a soft sigh.

Cole got up and decided to go to the donut shop look around and get himself a donut. He nodded to Becki and Waved by to everyone."I'll be back later". He whispered it most. As he walked he noticed how crowded and the city was. He had about half a mile left to the Donut place and wondered what the others would thunk of him for leaving. He nodded it of. No need for that. He didn't feel like they really cared what he did. He felt like getting into a bar fight or something. Or just fighting. When he got to the donut place. He had ten dollars in his pocket enough for a chocolate milk and three donuts. He went in there bought the stuff and noticed a nice looking Employee and a pretty customer over at the coffee shop. He was known back home for getting girls but he didn't known about getting them in the big city. But he would try. He pulled out a donut and walked across the street and sat down in the cafe and ate hoping to get one of the girls numbers. He took a swig of chocolate milk and put on a real confident face. 

Adara giggled at Alex's comment as he came down the stairs. She wound't take him up on that, of course.
"I'm off today, actually," she said in response to his question. "Do you have any ideas? They're always better than mine." And it was true. Adara could take a walk or read... or play with her cats. But none of that was anything special, and they were in Bay City now, after all. Time for some change.
"Morning," she said to Kilala as she came into the kitchen. She was about to say something else, when Becki came bursting into the room. Adara leaned against the counter, preparing for the long ear-lashing to come. And it did. Adara just waited for it to end. Becki eventually left for a shower, but came back in record speed. Did she ever get tired? Cole had left, which didn't surprise Adara. He didn't really connect with Becki.
Adara bent over and picked up one her her cats, Rena, as she walked by. The little cat cried a small protest, but quieted down. She kissed the little cat on the head and put her back down.
"So," she began, "What to do today?" She looked around to her friends.

At Alex's biting comment, Kirk pipped up, "Speak for yourself man!"Kirk got the job! This gave them all the more reason to celebrate tonight! All he had to do now was find a place to party. And meet people.
"Put on some close man I don't wanna see you half naked." Cole had said with 'the look'. Kirk laughed in reply "No, not half. You want to see me fully naked." He finished his glass of orange juice fast, and welcomed everyone with a 'good morning' when they entered.

Kirk hurried to his room, and threw on pale blue jeans, an Oasis T-shirt, and his man sandals. Cole had already left when he got back to the kitchen. He looked around the room and asked "Anyone want to go for a walk with me?" He didn't have to work today, tomorrow was initiation. He also had up his sleeve that he wanted to find a place to party tonight. . .And figure out exactly where his job was. He had never actually been to the city before, so everything was new and exciting.

Ari looked at the girl who had approached her, and she starred at her for a moment. "I'm sorry that will be coming right up." She said with the best smile she could manage at the moment. She handed the girl her drinks and smiled again. "Have a nice day! Oh and thank you for being the nicest customer I've had today. You know these people get kinda crazy for their coffee." She joked with the girl. Once some of the people started to die down, Ari noticed a man starring at her and the customer she was just talking to.

It was probably just another guy who had nothing else to stare at. But she has never seen him around town before. Or at least in the shop. Almost everyone that comes there has already been there before, and after working the hours she does, you get to know a lot of faces. Walking around the counter she walked up to him. "You must be new cause I haven't seen you here before. If you are I hope you get to see everything that this lovely city has to offer a person." She smiled at the male. He seemed to be new to her, so it was best to be as nice as possible to him. She doesn't want to be just the crabby waitress at a coffee shop. "Oh the name is Ari, just in case you didn't see my name tag."

Speak for yourself man! He laughed and eyed Kirk and then Adara. "Don't tell me you two have already gone past the friendly stage?" He had a hint of sarcasm in his voice as he spoke, and laughed again. Alex yawned as he walked back upstairs and threw on a blue surfer's shirt. He hopped back down the stairs just in time to hear Kirk ask if anyone wanted to go for a walk. "I'm game. We'd get to see where the hell everything is. Come on Adara. You can cozy up to this stud." So far, he was awesome a pretty awesome morning. Things got better if he could get out of the house for a while. Alex hated to be stuck inside for so long, and was beginning to go a little nuts. "Maybe we can stop off somewhere for some lunch later on. There's a couple places I wanna try." He was already over by the front door, slipping on a pair of Nike's. "Hurry up you two!"

Alicia laughed at Ari's comment, taking both drinks gratefully. She glanced at her watch: she still had lots of spare time.
Sipping the hot beverage, Alicia immediately sighed with content, sitting down at the nearest table she could find.
This is exactly what I needed, she thought as she took another sip.

Sitting down, she watched the waitress walk over to a grungy-looking boy who had just entered. She was taken aback when she noticed he was looking over at her direction.
Definite newbie, Alicia mused, as the boy switched his attention back to the kind waitress. Alicia wondered if it would be weird to invite both of them to the party tonight. Subconsciously, she fiddled with the flyers in the back pocket of her jeans. It was for people her age, and the more the merrier, right? Plus, if he was new like she suspected, it would be a good place for him to meet new people. Maybe he had friends he could invite.

Taking another gulp from her coffee, she shifted in her seat so she could face the boy and the waitress, waiting for the right moment to speak up.

Cole smiled as he got the waitresses attention."Yeah I'm pretty new I guess, working over there Krispy Kreams in an hour so thought come over here and meet you and that pretty lady over there"He motioned over to were she was sitting"My name is Cole, Cole Johnson". He smiled trying not to look so goth and grungy which he didn't do often. "Me and my friends wanted to go party after I got off work but we don't know where to go so you know any cool place miss". He smiled when he said miss and his old southern accent came out. It didn't come out a lot because of the technology his mom used to get it out of him because it irritated her. He looked over at the other one lifting and eyebrow and pulling and extra seat over with his feet offering her a place to sit. 

"Me and my friends wanted to go party after I got off work, but we don't know where to go..." Alicia heard the boy—Cole—say, and she smirked. When he looked her way and offered her a seat, she smiled and took it, sliding in next to him.
"Sorry for staring, I just couldn't help but overhear," Alicia grinned, reaching in her pocket, "There's this party being thrown at the Bay's Lounge - that's a nightclub for those who're new here." She stuck her tongue out playfully at Cole as she unfolded the flyer, pointing at the address.
"Lots of people usually come." She explained, glancing at Ari, "You've probably heard of it...or been there. Anyways, it's lots of fun, music's good. So, invite people if you want."

Cole smiled "How about we all go to the party then I could bring my five friends along for the ride, what time does it start"? He smiled as he looked over the paper he gave her there was a time 8:30 P.M. He looked up foolishly"Found it". He smiled he looked back down at the paper seeing just the place and who performed at the party. Some hip techno band just rising to fame in Bay City. In fact he had heard about the club. The band was called Bay Uprising. He smiled and texted his friend Kirk.

Party on East Market Street at the club the whole house hold is coming get ready we leave at eight and stay up all night till we leave to the bar at 2 A.M

Ari looked at Cole and smiled at him. "Yeah I could tell you were new around here. You seem to nice to be in this city but for so long." She joked with him. She watched as the girl she had just waitress-ed came over. Her eyes snapped open with excitement at the thought of a club. The name sounded familiar to her. Of course!

"Me and my friends were going there anyways tonight, so that would be perfect!" She smiled at the two. Her eyes fell on the girl and she thought for a moment. She couldn't remember her name. "What is your name again?" She pointed to the girl before resting her pointer finger under her chin. She looked at the pair and smiled at them both. "Well I have to get back to work but I'll see you all later." She waved bye to the other two before going to clean some random table.

"Sounds great." Alicia grinned, sipping her coffee. She was happy to hear that they were going to bring people along. It was always nice to have as many people as possible. She watched Cole pulled out his phone to text someone, as Ari turned to leave. The girl seemed to be deep in thought.
"What is your name again?"
Alicia smiled, boy did she ever get that a lot.

"You just have one of those faces," Ester had once told her, "Those faces where once you see them, it's easy to recognize again."

"It's Alicia," Alicia called after Ari, who turned and smiled, gesturing she got it, before clearing a table.
She glanced at her watch, it almost time to get back to work. She hoped Ester's coffee hadn't cooled to much. "I gotta get running too." Alicia sighed, turning to face Cole and bumping him playfully on the shoulder. "My employee wanted me to fetch some donuts for her. Anyway, it was nice to meet you."

She stood up, grabbing her things and made sure to leave the flyer on the table, "I guess I'll see you and your friends tonight." She smirked, and turned to leave the cafe.