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Christopher Holland

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a character in “The Pier”, as played by BurningBridges

Description

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Christopher John Holland

Nickname:
Chris, CJ

Age:
24

D.O.B:
September 10

Sexuality:
Heterosexual

Dialogue Color:
#539921
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Positive Traits:
Personable | Lively | Easygoing

Character Flaws:
Short tempered | Impulsive | Crude

Personality:
For most of his youth, the personality that Chris held onto so tightly was one that involved him being reckless, impulsive, fun, and down for anything. He was a big party guy and for many years of his life, practically lived in the club scene every Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. It's shocking that he managed to graduate high school and college with how much he drank and how frequently he liked to experiment with drugs, and back then, he would be quick to tell you that his only true loves in life are money, liquor, and sex. The Chris that most people know is one that is unfiltered, impulsive, adventurous, and always looking for fun. His parents say that he's selfish for living this life, and that it's time to grow up, and a couple of years ago, he actually managed to change his life. He got into his first serious relationship ever with Girl 5, and as cliche as it sounds, she changed him. Her mellow energy mellowed him out, and he actually managed to get a "real" job working in marketing at a startup company. It wasn't the best job in the world, but the pay was good enough, and for the first time ever, he was showing that he had the capability to be responsible, adhere to a schedule, and actually "settle down". He had always possessed a side to him that was more laid back. His friends would see it when he would insist that they drive to the nearest beach on a summer's night just to live in the moment and recognize how cool and beautiful the world was, or when they would have movie nights and he could spend a few hours sober while still being fun and cool. He wasn't the type of person who only had a personality when he was intoxicated, but before Girl 5, the intoxicated (or sober yet reckless) side of him was just the one that came out more frequently. He had always been very "you only live once" about things, and even looking back at how he acted now, he will admit that he was stupid.

Unfortunately though, following his breakup with Girl 5, that Chris is back, and back in a way that might even be stronger than ever. He lost his job after failing to show up for two weeks straight, and he couldn't have cared any less. He's blown through most of his savings since then, and he has too much of an ego to back to his parents asking for money when he's as old as he is, so the past few months have definitely been a low point in his life. Even if he has to deal with seeing his ex again, he thinks that this summer has the potential to bring him out of his slump. At the very least, he knows that it will allow him to avoid feeling guilty for sitting in his apartment alone drinking every night, because he won't be living alone anymore. Plus, having a guaranteed job, even if the pay isn't great, is better than being unemployed right now. He's not high-maintenance so the idea of working a low-level job doesn't bother him. In fact, Chris is more down-to-earth than people give him credit for. He has a good heart, is goofy and enjoys making people laugh, and he looks out for his friends. He likes to have fun, but it doesn't take much for him to have fun. He has a good sense of humor that often attracts people to him, but his biggest flaw is how when he drinks and does drugs, his temper seems to come out. He tends to be an aggressive and violent drunk, and it's a thin line between him being drunk and fun, and being drunk and sucker punching the guy sitting next to him at the bar for no reason at all. It's something that he thought he grew out of once he temporarily abandoned his old ways over the past years, but unfortunately, he knows that it's going to resurface as he gets back into his drinking habits.

Image Height:
6'1

Hair Color:
Brown

Eye Color:
Blue

Distinguishing Marks:
Multiple Tattoos

Face Claim:
Harvey Newton Haydon

So begins...

Christopher Holland's Story

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Character Portrait: Eida Grace Character Portrait: Moriah Morales Character Portrait: Delilah Everly Character Portrait: Sabrina Murray Character Portrait: Malachi Donaghue Character Portrait: Violet Taylor
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Setting:
Santa Monica, California

Apartment Setup:
The Pier Towers: 1537 4th Street, Santa Monica, CA

Apartment 4A: Stella Murray, Violet Taylor, Caleb Lovely, Malachi Donaghue

Apartment 4B: Sabrina Murray, Eida Grace, Bennett Ryan, Gabriel Taylor

Apartment 4C: Greyson Murray, Moriah Morales, Delilah Everly, Christopher Holland

(The apartments are located on the 4th floor. All residents have access to apartment building rooftop, and laundry room in the basement.

Move in Date:
June 1st, 2017 (Thursday)

Move out Date:
August 16th, 2017 (Wednesday)
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Jobs:

All of the characters will work at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. restaurant on the pier on Monday from 2 PM - 8 PM, and Wednesday and Friday from 11 AM - 6 PM.

Waitstaff: Caleb, Malachi ,Gabriel, Moriah
Busboys/Busgirls: Eida , Bennett
Kitchen staff: Greyson , Delilah
Hostess: Stella , Violet
Bartenders: Christopher, Sabrina


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Date: Thursday, June 1st / 2:00 PM
Location: The Pier Towers: 1537 4th Street, Santa Monica, CA


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Christopher was shocked that his flight from Boston had actually went smoothly. He wasn't a very frequent traveler, maybe flying once or twice a year for local vacations when he had the money, but that didn't stop him from thinking that airlines always somehow fucked things up. For someone who had access in involvement in drugs to an extent where getting Xanax wouldn't be that difficult, it's shocking that Chris still flew sober, because he hated flying. He felt like he was cursed when it came time to do so, as if all of the few times he flew things were delayed for one reason or another. Thankfully, his flight touched down in Los Angeles at around noon, and though it took a little while to get his bags, and then to deal with some traffic on the roads (as he expected, given LA's notoriety for it), he arrived at The Pier Towers at around one o'clock. Luckily, he was one of the last to arrive, and the Murrays were already there, which meant that they were able to get their keys and start the move in process with little time wasted on the cheesy and unnecessarily emotional "oh my god, I missed you!!!"s that could be expected with a group like this. Chris had missed (most of) them too, but he was glad that everyone seemed keen on getting their heavy bags into their apartments and getting settled before actually catching up. Even if the three hour time difference wasn't catching up to him quite yet in terms of feeling tired since it was only three o'clock on his body's time, he was hungry, and that was what gave him the motivation to actually unpack his things once he got to his room. If he didn't have food as the thing pressing him to get settled so he could move on and address it, then it wouldn't have been even slightly surprising for Chris to live out of his luggage for the next two and a half months.

After hanging what he didn't want to wrinkle in the closet, and shoving everything else into drawers in his dresser, he took a few minutes to arrange the rest of his things. He was surprised that he was going to get to have his own bathroom, but then again, it was the Murrays who had arranged this whole thing. He knew that they lived a different quality of life than he was used to, even if they weren't always obnoxious about it. Additionally, he reminded himself that he knew that this was going to be a sick deal when he walked into it. Mr. and Mrs. Murray had always been generous, but allowing them to rent a few of the apartments in the new building that Mr. Murray's company had just finished remodeling was on a whole different playing field than letting Chris tag along on one or two of their summer vacations years ago, or allowing him to take home all of the leftovers when Mrs. Murray cooked her famous chicken parm dish. Even if nothing else worked out, Chris had already decided that this summer was going to be a good one, because he was living in a nice apartment at a price that seemed dirt cheap, even compared to what he was used to back in Massachusetts, where things already cost less than California.

This was going to be a summer of renewal for him. A fresh start. After his breakup with Eida, it was no secret that Christopher had hit rock bottom. For the two years that they had been dating, he had miraculously rid himself of the excessive habits he had in drinking, partying, and the likes. He recognized that they were all empty habits with no benefits, but he had become addicted to them over the years of engaging in them. It was more than an addiction, really. Those things had become a part of his personality and identity, and abandoning them had meant abandoning hobbies and friends that went along with it. He had been so head over heels for Eida, that somehow, none of that mattered then, like it had mattered the many other times that he had tried to get his act together before. She was the first girl that he had fallen for, and he was just as surprised by it as anyone else. Even with their breakup being civil, and somewhat expected, Chris found himself feeling like he had lost his new identity. And what did he have to fall back on? The only other "him" he knew, fit with coping habits that he knew would numb the pain quickly. He was jobless, and back to drinking excessively and partying on the regular within a few weeks of the breakup. It sucked, and Chris was embarrassed that he let things fall apart so easily, but he also was trying to cut himself some slack. He had time to mope and hit rock bottom, and that was fine, as long as this summer, he picked himself up again and moved on. Doing so while spending basically every day with that ex-girlfriend right in his vicinity would be hard, and he knew that, but at this point, he had no other choice. Doing this surely beat spending the summer in his parents' basement, since his lease had just recently ended up his apartment, and he had no money to secure a new one back in Boston any time soon anyway.

Living in the same apartment as Greyson Murray was going to be awkward, and Chris was willing to admit that. He felt bad for what had happened years ago, when he was nothing short of a dick, and drunkenly beat the kid up for what he interpreted as him hitting on him. It was a bad thing to do, especially given how close he was with the Murray family at the time, and though it was no excuse, Chris could only blame it on him being young, and beyond stupid. He wouldn't deny that he was a complete asshole when he was younger, though he wasn't as willing to see that his personality hadn't changed that much since then. At least as much as he liked to act like it had. Other than Greyson, though, Chris didn't mind Delilah and Moriah as his two other roommates. With a closed fist, he banged on Moriah's bedroom door, saying, "Come on, sunshine. Let's go see if Sabrina's finally D-T-F this summer. I need a good wingman in my corner, because you know that nothing goes better with a summer in California than a pretty blonde," he said, with that not-much-has-changed showing through in his personality with that remark, especially considering that he knew that Sabrina's brother was possibly within hearing distance.

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Character Portrait: Moriah Morales Character Portrait: Sabrina Murray Character Portrait: Christopher Holland
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Outfit: Link here
Location: The Pier Towers
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Moriah liked nighttime flights. She didn't have an issue with airplanes to begin with, so it was safe to say that she loved flying. In fact, she preferred it over the Greyhound or Megabus, despite the fact that both were usually much cheaper than flying. However, her favorite time to fly was during the nighttime. She couldn't get as comfortable during the day as she could when they were at take-off and there was nothing but darkness outside of her window, accented only by the glittering lights of the the buildings and various structures she got to see as they got higher and higher in the sky. It was why she had decided to get a flight early in the morning from Massachusetts. What she had appreciated, though - more than the enjoyment of flying into the dark skies of the early morning - more was that it meant that Moriah got to climb right into a bed and sleep a little bit later, at least until the alarm on her phone went off to signal that the others should be coming arriving. It had been daytime when she arrived at LAX, so she hadn't slept for too long, but a good hour of sleep for her meant more time to have some fun before everyone had to start working and adulting.

By the time Moriah had taken a shower and finished unpacking, she had heard one or two other people entering the apartment and going into their own spaces to do the same. She hadn't been the most thrilled when she found out that she had to stay with Delilah, but that fact was less frustrating when it meant that Greyson and Chris were her other two people. She liked Greyson and Chris was her partner-in-crime. There wasn't any place that he was that didn't mean that Moriah wasn't going to enjoy herself. Which was why, when he banged on her door like the asshole that he was, Moriah had half the mind to slip off her sandal for the sake of throwing it at him, but didn't. She just rolled her eyes and replied through the door, "If being your wingman means I get to watch your ass fail because we all know that's the last blonde that's gonna be on your arm," Moriah opened the door with a sweet smile, a challenge in her eyes. "Then I'm down." With her keys and wallet thrown into her purse, Moriah closed the door behind her, phone in her other hand. She didn't bother checking in on Greyson or Delilah. They'd all be meeting up anyway and she had at least one other person she actually cared about seeing, which was the blonde girl in question. So, she sent a quick text to Sabrina while grinning up at Chris. "C'mon, Holland. Ain't even been here a day and already thirsting about?"

To: Sabrina
where r u?? lemme <3 u

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Character Portrait: Moriah Morales Character Portrait: Delilah Everly Character Portrait: Sabrina Murray Character Portrait: Stella Murray Character Portrait: Greyson Murray Character Portrait: Caleb Lovely
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greyson murray
the pier towers - 2:00 p.m
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xxxxxxGreyson was nervous to say the least. He was probably the only child of the Murray family to not be completely on board with the trip. While he enjoyed the idea of seeing some of his oldest friends, he was still weary about some of the relationships he left in a hurry. Of course, his six hour flight from New York made this inherently worse. From his current family situation to his unfortunate unrequited love, this could only get messy. It took nearly eight complementary club sodas, his entire 80s rock playlist, and a read through of his battered copy of To Kill a Mocking Bird to finally calm down. Greyson had always been nothing less of a worry-wart ever since he started high school, and clearly he hadn't grown out of it.

xxxxxx When the aircraft finally landed he grabbed his small nike backpack from the overhead compartment and shuffled along with everyone else off the plane. As he made his way to baggage claim he sent a small text to his siblings and his mother noting his arrival. He had left quite early that morning so by the time he landed he could hopefully check in and settle down before any of the others arrived.

To: Thing One, Thing Two

Just landed in LAX. Are either of you here yet?


xxxxxx Greyson didn't mind the chaotic traffic when he finally escaped the airport. It wasn't much different from anything he'd experienced in New York. However, the city was hot as hell. Changing clothes would definitely be at the top of his list when he arrived at the Pier Towers. On the ride there he slipped his Nikon out of his backpack and lazily snapped a few pictures of the L.A. life out the window. Rows of palm trees lined the streets where sidewalks of a few early-risers bustled about the stores, a few of which Greyson recognized.

xxxxxxWhen he finally pulled up to the the Pier Towers, Greyson was pleasantly surprised to see that it matched the pictures his mother had sent to him of the place before the trip. At least his father had good taste in something. The room was cozy and modern, something he could definitely get used to for a while. He could hear the shower going from another room and spied Moriah's purse sitting on the table. The corner of his mouth lifted up in a lazy smile as he thought of the rambunctious girl. He then realized that he had completely forgotten about the concept that he had 'roomates' for this entire trip.

xxxxxxMoriah was one of Greyson's friends, he always enjoyed her company. Through the surmount of chick-flicks they had watched together he hoped that she felt the same. Chris, however, was something Greyson was quite weary about. Considering one of the last times he'd ever seen him he had blacked of Greyson's eyes and gave him a bloody nose. The two definitely didn't have the greatest of a relationship but nevertheless Greyson accepted it was going to be something he'd have to get used too. Delilah was middle-ground for Greyson, he hadn't been around her that much to know her too well.

xxxxxxGreyson had managed to unpack, change into more comfortable clothes, and was now lounging on the plushy bed in his room aimlessly scrolling through social media. After a moment, he went back into his messages and typed one out to Caleb. The two hadn't seen each other in quite some time, and Greyson still didn't know where he stood. Of course, it was silly of him to think that Caleb coming out meant that there was a chance between them, but it was still a thought that made his heart skip. Greyson spent a good five minutes erasing and rearranging the text before he finally gave up, and tossed the phone on the bed in frustration.

xxxxxxHowever, the sound of Christopher Holland's voice from outside his room gave him a reason to put down the phone, and not embarrass himself. He shoved his phone in his back pocket and peeked his head outside, his face lighting up at the sight of Moriah. "Momo! You would not believe the extra bag I packed with just movies and popcorn for us"
. He wasn't lying either, that bag was jacked full of every genre and flavor of popcorn you could think of. He turned his face slightly to glance at Chris, who still looked more or less the same since Greyson had last saw him. Greyson's jaw twitched slightly as the contents of their past flashed past his eyes, but this wasn't the time or place for any of that. He managed to flash a quick smile at Chris even adding in a small greeting. "Hey Chris".

xxxxxxHey he thought to himself, it's a start.

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"Yaaaaaaaassss Zaddy," Moriah exclaimed the second Greyson started talking. Moriah might not have been about to go check on this specific Murray just yet as she had a specific blonde to pounce on the second she saw her, but it made no difference once she actually realized that Greyson was really in his room. Their relationship was probably one of those ones people who knew her would think that she would sustain, but Greyson was one of those people that Moriah could chill with. He generally saw a much tamer side to her and considering what he had brought along with him to indulge in over their summer break, it wasn't like Moriah was going to be having any qualms about chilling out if it meant popcorn and convincing Greyson to watch The Wedding Planner again. Yet and still, Moriah teased whenever she could. She turned his way, arms stretched out as she bound over to him. Before long, Moriah was pressing a kiss into her friend's cheek, a big grin on her face. "You always know what to say to make a girl feel loved." Immediately afterwards, Moriah turned narrowed eyes to Christopher while adding, "Unlike some people." Only a moment later and a teasing smirk was directed at one of her best guys before turning back to Greyson.

"But come on, lemme look at you," she continued, trying to pull Greyson from behind his door. Her phone pinged only a moment later. It wasn't that necessary considering the fact that she could see just fine now that she was standing next to him, but Moriah was extra. The move was necessary according to her and she gave him a leery appraisal, playfully eyeing him up and down. "Look at you looking like a right snack from somebody's Tumblr aesthetic! Gonna make me have to watch out for these slick ass West Coast thots trying to get a bite outta my boo." Giggling, Moriah added, "But no, seriously, babe, we were 'bout to go check on Sabrina who I think," she checked her phone, "just text me back. You done packing?" Waiting for a response, Moriah hurried and sent a quick response back to Sabrina.

To: Sabrina
omw

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Character Portrait: Eida Grace Character Portrait: Moriah Morales Character Portrait: Sabrina Murray Character Portrait: Greyson Murray Character Portrait: Bennett Ryan Character Portrait: Gabriel Taylor
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"Thirsting isn't the right word," Chris corrected her with a grin. It was the right word, really, because Moriah was right, and thinking about getting with Sabrina was just about as close to getting with her as Chris would ever get, but he had too much pride to admit it. The fact, as secret as it was, that he had been sleeping with Stella regularly over the past few months was enough to boost his already inflated ego into thinking that sleeping with Sabrina could actually be a possibility this summer, though. Despite basically growing up with the Murrays in a way that made them closer than normal friends, Chris had never been deterred from thinking that one day he would sleep with the two blondes. He was like their version of Roger from Sister, Sister, except he knew how to hide his flirtatious ways when around their parents. Being respectful and maintaining a proper image around parents was one of the few things that Chris was actually good at doing growing up. Just as he had managed to keep that act up for all of his life, he now had a new act to maintain, and that was acting nonchalant and normal around Stella and Gabriel.

He had moved in with Stella a few months back, after moving back to Boston for work, and subsequently losing that job due to the mental implications of his breakup with Eida. He was horrible for doing it, especially since Gabe was one of his best friends, and one of the people who convinced Stella that she would be doing a good deed by letting Chris stay with her until he got back on his feet, but his urges had led him to starting and maintaining a roommates with benefits relationship. If Stella wasn't his best friend's girlfriend, then he wouldn't have felt an ounce of guilt, but she was. Gabe was his boy, the one person who had been there for him through thick and thin, and he knew that this was the ultimate betrayal. Of course, he and Stella had agreed to keep what they had done a secret, and that it wouldn't happen again now that everyone was back together, but even being in the mindset that he couldn't look at her in a sexual way anymore, he struggled to know how to look at her. It was like one of those scenarios where someone had just done something wrong, and was told to "just act normal". He felt like his actions were going to seem robotic and stiff, since they were going to be overthought, and because of that, he figured that maybe avoiding Stella would be the best option for as long as possible, at least in the beginning. Once everyone else got comfortable and caught up, he hoped that he would feel more comfortable too.

"Hey man," Chris said, offering a return greeting to Greyson, who was one more person that Chris felt stiff interacting around. The guilt was there too, since even though the incident between them occurred years ago, he still felt guilty about it. Not guilty enough to ever man up and offer a genuine and heartfelt apology, but guilty enough to try to be pleasant in interactions. "I'll meet you over there," he said to Moriah, figuring that she probably wanted to stay and chat with Greyson for a little while, and knowing that that wasn't something that he wanted to do. "I forgot that you're brother's living over there too, and I'd rather talk to him before you or Violet do something to put him into a bad mood," he said with a smirk, as he slipped past the two and headed across the hall, before knocking loudly on apartment 4B's door, where Sabrina, Gabriel, Eida and Bennett were supposed to be staying.

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Character Portrait: Eida Grace Character Portrait: Moriah Morales Character Portrait: Sabrina Murray Character Portrait: Violet Taylor Character Portrait: Stella Murray Character Portrait: Bennett Ryan
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This was what Gabe needed – a nice, long, refreshing summer of pure relaxation. California gave off that vibe completely, being a place that Gabe envisioned to be one filled with palm trees, and surfers, and people who were never in a rush to be anywhere other than where they were. Surprisingly, this was his first time in the state. He had been on the west side of the country before, during a trip to Las Vegas for a friend’s twenty-first birthday, and when he visited The Grand Canyon as a kid, but he had never made his way to the golden state before. Before this summer, he had never had a specific reason to, and with how busy he tended to be, it was often easier to book smaller weekend getaways to New York or Miami when he had the money and needed to relax. California had always just been too inconvenient and out of the way, so he was relieved to finally have an excuse to visit, and in this case, not just visit, but actually live there for a few months. After graduating from medical school this past spring, he knew that he not only needed, but deserved, some time to relax. He was lucky that his residency didn’t start until the fall, as many of his fellow classmates had positions that started immediately after graduation, and he was even luckier that his schedule happened to align with those of his friends, some of whom he knew were just as busy as him, and others who… who probably found that this vacation was easier to fit into their schedules. As was the case with Chris, who had knocked on the apartment door just as Gabe was about to open it to leave.

To: Stella
You read my mind ;). Preferences or should we let the others pick?

Stella’s text coincided with the knocking, and answering that as he used his other hand to open the door left him with a momentary delay in actually realizing that it was Chris and greeting him. When he did look up though, a grin fell into place almost automatically. Though he had his flaws, Chris was one of Gabriel’s closest, and longest lasting friendships. They had grown up together, gotten into trouble together, and eventually, taken different roads in life, but regardless of that, they had managed to remain close. Chris was always there when Gabe needed a night out to drink away his worries, and even if he tended to feel like Chris needed to act his age more frequently, he tended to go more lightly on Chris than he would anyone else, simply because they were friends. It was why he had excused many of his more oblivious faults and poor actions, like the incident with Greyson. β€œWhat’s up, man?” he greeted with a wide smirk. β€œSurprised your ass is up at this hour. Still recovering from your never ending hangover, or did you decide to give being a functional human being a shot, and didn’t get yourself almost-kicked-off-the-flight-drunk on your way here?” he inquired.

Still standing in the doorway, he remembered Stella’s text, and letting Chris in, he moved a bit deeper into the apartment to call out to the others. He assumed they were in there, though he had been in the zone enough as he organized his space, that it was possible that he missed them slipping out. β€œSabrina, your sister wants to eat,” he called out, smiling as he continued with, β€œso you know that that means that it’s time to eat.” Despite dating her, Gabe wouldn’t hesitate to poke fun at Stella’s tendencies to be rather controlling. He liked to think of it as a positive traits- like she knew what she want and was confident in herself. β€œEida, Bennett, you guys hungry?” he continued, still speaking loud enough that he hoped they could hear from their bedrooms, if that was where they were. As he looked back to Chris, his voice lowered to an appropriate noise level, however. β€œSo, yeah, think I’m gonna grab lunch with Stella. Your people all in your apartment? I’ll text my sisters and see if they’re hungry,” he added, as he pulled out his phone to do just that.

To: Moriah, Violet
Getting lunch if you’re hungry