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Post by Daniel on Jan 13, 2008 22:06:42 GMT -5
Jake walked up and into the London Theater. There were decorations all around with banners, streamers, and huge photos of players...moving of course. He walked up to his own and winced. He cast a charm on the picture and immediately it changed so that his hair went from sticking up crazily (as the photo had been taken right after an intense practice) to messed up in a more perfect, casual way. He smiled and looked around. The room was empty except for him, but he was a little early. There was another few minutes before the rest of the audience and everyone showed up.
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Post by Kat-la on Jan 14, 2008 1:19:13 GMT -5
The London Theater had been transformed overnight, simply by the waves of a few dozen wands. The entire place had been rented by the Quidditch Board of the U.K. for this occasion and it was beautiful. The normal slanted seats had been leveled so that there were tables that sat four people, all with different team colors. Only two people from each team were being honored and they had to have shown greatness to simply be considered. The doors opened and Lily Potter walked in, taking in the greatness the theater had become. The lights were dimmed somewhat, and the stage had a podium in the center, and a screen behind it. There were pictures of all the players being honored tonight and Lily smiled when she saw hers. Her hair back in a braid, snitch on one hand and the other up punching the air in triumph. Her first catch as a professional quidditch player, and the pure energy that she had felt at that time radiated off the page. Tonight though, Lily did not look like the tomboy the picture displayed. No, her older sister had decided Lily was a Barbie doll and it was Kat’s job to dress her up. So she had been forced into a dress, heels, make-up, hair due and been forced to bring…a date. She had to admit, the dress was flattering to her dark mahogany hair and chocolate brown eyes, with tan skin. It was a cherry red, spaghetti strap, U neck bodice with a now flat skirt that fell to the floor after it flared out slightly at her waist, and it even had a small train. Over the bodice, there were hand sewn black roses and lilies, in intricate patterns that ended at a V point at the waist. The pattern resumed in a lining around the bottom of the dress in smaller size. Her nails had been filed down and shaped, and a French tip had been done, but instead of a white tip, it was a dark scarlet. Her lips were bright red in color, with a clear gloss over top, and her eyes had light smoky colored eye shadow on the lids. Her shoes, barely visible beneath the vest were black heels, strappy, with rubies over the strap over the toes. She wore one piece of jewelry and it was her necklace, something her father had bought her. It was a locket in the shape of a snitch, gold with silver wings, and inside was a picture of her family on one side and a picture of her, Kat and James on the other. Her hair was smooth and up in some mess of curls and twirls and 500 bobby pins and 100 gallons of hair spray because spells just weren’t enough… However, tonight would not be all-bad…she had decided if she could not take a family MEMBER, she could take someone just as close. Adam had agreed to be her escort, and even if it was simply to save her from humiliation and to laugh at the fact that Natalie would be in a dress, also,…he was her savior and she owed him season passes for LIFE. Lily sighed and glanced around, spotting Jake and the Puddlemere table, taking a mental note of where they both were and waited for Adam to show up…her and Natalie so she could have a good laugh.
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Post by Daniel on Jan 14, 2008 16:22:17 GMT -5
//I was amazed at how much you could post all at once...until I realized half of it was describing her clothes. lol// Jake heard the door open and turned to see someone walk in. He studied the familiar figure for a second before realization struck. Blinking a few times, Jake walked over to the person he now recognized as his Captain. "Who are you and what have you done with Lily Potter?" he asked jokingly, looking at the shoes, the dress, the nails, and the hair, and then down at what he was wearing: a white button-down which he only buttoned most of, excluding the top and bottoms buttons; a lightly striped black jacket which had the white sleeves of the button-down sticking out of the ends slightly; dark blue jeans and semi-new sneakers that had dark blue streaks over the regular white. So...looking like this."So, uh, yeah, I was going to wear a tux and everything, but...it mysteriously burned to ashes last night, so I had to improvise when I found out before I came here..." he said hesitantly, making sure he didn't say anything wrong. His story was actually somewhat true. His tux had been burned...it had been accidental to begin with. A spark from a stove-lighting spell landed on the tux and it caught on the shirt, leaving a black space. After a few half-effort restoration spells, Jake gave up and 'accidentally' let it burn when it 'happened' to catch fire again when he lit the stove once more. "But hey, this is better than a dress..." he added, then caught himself. "For me. A guy. Dresses are great for girls..." Jake nodded enthusiastically, reminding himself to think before talking, and hoping Nats wouldn't kill him for not wearing the tux.
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Post by Ems on Jan 20, 2008 21:11:52 GMT -5
A sleek black BMW rolled up to the front of the London Theater. The front door of the driver's side of the car opened softly and a tall dirty-blonde haired man stepped out from the car. He handed his keys to the valet with a smile and strolled out around the front of the car. The man wore a shimmering midnight blue Armani suit. A silky midnight blue tie with a cerulean blue ribbon-like pattern was knotted neatly over a shockingly crisp white polo. His jet black Clarks shoes gleamed as it reflected the lights cascading from the London Theater. He chuckled softly as he removed the black-rimmed sunglasses from his face, revealing wide hazel eyes. The man tucked the glasses in his breast pocket and stared up at the changing sign on the London Theater.
"Welcome to the 150th Quidditch Award Ceremony... Tonight we will be honoring the greatest Quidditch players of this year....Lily Potter.....Jake Tripp......Ryan Malfaks...."
The door to the side passenger of the BMW shot open with a loud BANG. The poor valet sprang backwards and landed on his behind as the door almost slammed into him. A puff of blood red smoke erupted from the car as an irritated voice shot out from behind the smoke. "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL AM I IN?!"the voice screamed.
Adam chuckled softly under his breath as he turned to face the passenger inside the car. "Miss Weasley. All that I ask is that you not make a scene. And please. Try not to blow anything up,"he winced,"my car, for example."
A slim, petite figure appeared behind the smoke. She was dressed in a silky royal blue mermaid-style halter dress. The silky blue part of her dress curved down around her calves. A ruffled cerulean blue tulle fabric trailed down from where the silk fabric ended all the way down just above her heels. The white slingback heels she wore clacked noisily as she made her way to Adam, stumbling clumsily over herself. Her lips pressed tightly together and arms across her chest, Natalie glared at her shoes and back up at Adam. "You.. You did this to me didn't you?"she growled.
The corners of his lips twitched upward slightly as he ran a hand through his rustled hair. "I swear. I had nothing to do with that. It was all your cousin's idea,"he held his hands up. palms forward as if he were about to be arrested.
"Well get me out of it then,"growled Natalie.
"I'm not so sure you'd rather Jake help you get out of it,"replied Adam, automatically, smirking as he advanced forward through the doors.
Natalie froze, her face paling. Her mouth dropped in surprise. When she finally realized Adam disappeared behind the doors, she ran after him, stumbling over her own feet again. "ADAM FLAHERTY YOU GET BACK HERE!"she screamed, before bursting through the door.
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Post by Kat-la on Jan 20, 2008 22:15:58 GMT -5
Lily glared at Jake, “Yeah…it was a TOTAL accident wasn’t it? Everything just HAPPENED…of course…YOU didn’t have someone watching over you and then THERE when you changed so that she made SURE you showed up in this outfit with everything perfect like a bloody DOLL!” Lily spat, the first part sarcasm, as she continued to glare at Jake…oh if looks could kill. “And if I were YOU, I’d shut my mouth…because from the sounds of it your girlfriend is here and she wants to be in a dress LESS then I do!” Lily added, with a smirk on her face now…at least she wasn’t the only one in pain…unfortunately for her and Natalie…Kat was very good at spell work and they were CHARMED into these BLOODY clothes for 4 hours…. “And understand Jake…I’m working you till the BONE on Monday during practice…and you won’t have to WORRY about Natalie being in a bad mood about this night for long…because you won’t SURVIVE after how much you will work your bloody arse off.” She hissed, her voice dangerously low and dripping with venom, her eyes glaring to the death towards Jake.
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Post by Daniel on Jan 20, 2008 22:21:21 GMT -5
Jake turned toward the door as Adam walked in. "Sup?" he asked, nodding slightly at Adam. As far as Jake was concerned, this event was just a non-formal party until everyone else arrived. And maybe even after that. Although everyone would be dressed formally...excluding himself, of course. He was half formal; he wasn't wearing his Quidditch uniform or anything. Some credit should be given to him for that. And if wasn't his fault that his tux had burned to ashes...mostly.
Jake looked at the entrance once again when Natalie burst through in a...beautiful dress. It was definitely a different sight than normal. He had half-expected, as he always did when it came to Nats and anything formal, that she would walk in wearing jeans and a hoody. Like his funeral, for example. The one in third year...of course...that didn't bring along a whole lot of great memories otherwise.
Jake stepped over to Natalie, blinking. "Wow...did you willingly wear a dress, or am I to assume that Adam had something to do with it? Or was it Kat, 'cause she's the one who forced Lily into one...I think it's Lily anyway." He told himself to stop rambling, or he would say something stupid that Natalie would hex him for. "Unfortunately...I didn't have a tux. Well, I did...but it caught fire and all, so...no more tux."
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Post by Ems on Jan 20, 2008 22:46:13 GMT -5
"Nothin' much,"replied Adam, giving Jake a half hearted wow-i'm-so-glad-i'm-not-you smile as he glanced at Jake's casual attire.
He turned to face the furious Lily. Adam took a step back, his arms across his chest and grinned. "Well, props to Kat for actually being able to get you near a ten foot radius of that dress,"he chuckled, under his breath as he stepped forward towards her, extending his arm as an escort.
"If it's any consolation, I think you look beautiful,"Adam said, softly. "Although, I must admit. I'm much more accustomed to seeing you in Quidditch robes and casual attire,"he chuckled, shaking his head lightly.
Natalie glared straight ahead at Adam. As she advanced towards the group, she tripped again, and latched onto Jake's shoulder for support. "I swear to Merlin that I will murder the two of them. Adam's excused only because he's Lily's date. I don't need Lily after me because I killed her date,"she growled before taking in Jake's words and released him from her grasp.
She stepped back several feet and gaped at his casual attire. "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS GOING ON?! WHY ARE YOU IN CASUAL WHILE I'M IN THIS THING?!"she almost nearly screamed.
Poor Jake. Natalie was absolutely furious. Her eyes flashed a deep crimson color as her eyes narrowed towards him and she advanced in his direction. Her arms reached forward as if to strangle him with her bare hands.
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Post by Daniel on Jan 20, 2008 22:55:24 GMT -5
"It's a...funny story, actually..." Jake stuttered, taking a few steps back while reaching out to grab Natalie's hands. "You see...I was lighting the stove right after I picked up this really fancy tux that I was going to wear, since you were going to be formal, too. And as I lit it with Incendio, one of the sparks flew off and lit the tux on fire, and by the time I stopped it, it was ruined. So I had to pick something else that was as close to formal as possible because it was almost time to go, so..." he looked down at his clothes, "here it is," he finished, forcing a smile. After a second, he coughed into his sleeve, making a noise that sounded suspiciously like, 'Help me!' in the direction of Adam and Lily.
Turning back to Natalie, Jake said, "Thirsty? I'm sure there are drinks around here somewhere...like over there," he said, looking for an excuse to escape at least for the moment.
//'almost nearly screamed'. lol. I MISSED YOU, EMS!//
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Post by Kat-la on Jan 20, 2008 23:02:33 GMT -5
“AH! NATALIE! You are NOT allowed to kill him! I get the pleasure of working him to death on Monday! However, I will not say no to bodily harm…and of course, you are allowed to assist me in killing my sister as she is the one who organized this entire dress thing! AS for Jake’s LACK of attire….he burned it….he’ll CLAIM it caught on fire but it is obvious he did nothing to stop it!” Lily spat glaring at Jake; though glad she could at least walk in heels…she had to walk up onto that bloody platform and tripping would be something she could NOT afford to do. Lily took a deep breath to calm her and looked at Adam for the first time, “You have no idea how much I am accustomed to being in casual wear and how much I’m ready to kill my older sister, not even caring if she is the mother of four and a wife. And I had no choice…I was spelled to the floor for the fittings and then spelled into it tonight…” She said glancing off into space as she plotted to murder her sister. She did manage to give him a small sincere smile though, “Thank you, you look good yourself.” She said, “And again, I owe you for life….as does Jake because he would not be alive right now if you were not here.” She said, sending another glare at Jake as she took Adam’s arm.
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Post by Daniel on Jan 20, 2008 23:20:24 GMT -5
"REALLY! I TRIED to stop it! But I was all ready half asleep after your bloody 8 bajillion laps! I'm surprised I got it out before the entire building burned down!" Jake said to Lily. The one main time to get in a fight with your Captain: when she was at a formal party, in a dress and heels, and with a date. "It's not my fault!" By now he had stepped up onto a chair, backing away from the insane red-head as she came toward him with an evil look in her eyes.
"Adam, tell your date to stop fueling the enemy with negative remarks about my honesty and character," Jake said, forcing a little whininess into his voice for added effect. He was half-joking through this, but somehow he doubted Natalie was...which meant he was in big doo doo.
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Post by Ems on Jan 20, 2008 23:53:54 GMT -5
"I don't CARE if I'm allowed to kill him or not. He's MY boyfriend. I can do whatever I want with him. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT MEANS KILLING HIM WITH MY BARE HANDS,"said Natalie forefully, her hands balling into fists.
"And that's total bull and you know it, Jake Tripp. You know as well as I do that you could have easily saved that tux or conjured up a new one if you had to,"snapped Natalie, venemously.
She made her way towards him again, stumbling as she went but still glaring at him furiously.
Adam winced in sympathy and shook his head. "Sorry mate. As much as I'd love to help you out, I'm afraid you're on your own on this,"he said, with a small hint of a smile on his lips.
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Post by Daniel on Jan 21, 2008 0:08:28 GMT -5
"Do you remember the last time I conjured up a tux?" Jake asked, trying not to smirk. He had fallen off the chair and onto the table, where he inched back on his elbows and knees. Thankfully none of the other guests had arrived yet. "It lasted two minutes before cutting itself into strips. Not exactly what I wanted for this particular event..." he said simply.
"You know...if you kill me now, it might get blood on your dress...which you look beautiful in, by the way," Jake said, turning on the suck-up charm. "How about you do it when we get home?...and you can wear sneakers and sweats!" he added hopefully.
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Post by Kat-la on Jan 21, 2008 0:28:50 GMT -5
“YOU deserved those laps! And don’t you DARE back sass me now Tripp…your bloody live in girlfriend won’t get a CHANCE to harm you cause I’ll kill you right here and now! STILLETO TO THE HEAD!” She spat glaring at him, her breathing increasing as she TRIED to control her temper and her actions. “Let’s go sit down Adam…I can’t stand to be around him right now…and I’m conjuring my own table….I’m NOT sitting with him…but I’ll have 3 chairs…so Natalie doesn’t HAVE to sit next to him if she doesn’t want to.” She said, somewhat speaking to Adam and somewhat to herself. She was seriously about to commit murder and Jake just did NOT know when to shut his trap and keep quiet. She had PLANNED on SOMEWHAT enjoying herself tonight…but so far JAKE had RUINED that idea. “Again, thank you Adam…lifetime of servitude.” She said giving him a small smile.
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Post by Ems on Jan 21, 2008 1:10:51 GMT -5
"Not a chance,"snarled Natalie, pulling out her wand from out of nowhere. "I'm killing him first. And you know that I don't give a da** about what happens to this dress. I hate it with a passion,"she growled. "Who cares if there's a few splatters of blood on it? I'll just wipe it off with scourigfy."
Adam winced and mouthed an 'I'm Sorry' to Jake, giving him a half-hearted smile. There wasn't anything he could do to help Jake while Natalie was in her KILL mode. Lily, on the other hand, he could lead away and hope she doesn't come charging back at Jake with a killing curse.
"It's my pleasure, Lily,"he returned a warm smile and started to lead her off in the opposite direction.
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Post by Daniel on Jan 21, 2008 1:17:51 GMT -5
"Run while you can, Flaherty! They'll turn on you next, just you wait!" Jake yelled after him, not even thinking about the consequences of making Lily mad...as always. He turned back to Natalie. "Honey..." he said slowly, smoothly, 'don't-kill-me-please'ly. He inched back a few more inches on his elbows, trying to use his feet without kicking her. That would mean instant death...if it wouldn't end up like that anyway.
"OK...I admit it. If I REALLY REALLY focused, I PROBABLY could have gotten the fire out a little sooner...or went out and bought a new tux, and then been fashionably late by like an hour. Of course, then Lily would kill me either here or on the Pitch, so maybe that second one's not such a good idea...Then again, Lily wants to kill me now or on the Pitch anyway, so I guess it doesn't make a difference," Jake rambled.
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Post by Kat-la on Jan 21, 2008 1:40:18 GMT -5
Lily sighed and ignored Jake, Natalie would deal with him and whatever pieces were left she would work to the death on the field on Monday. Oh, Jake Tripp was not coming back from the grave this time…if there was anything left to actually PUT in a grave that is. “Thank you Adam.” She said giving him the first warm smile of the night. “I’m going to try and forget I’m in a dress and that I want to kill my chaser and try to have some fun tonight. So how have you been?” She asked as she created another table with a small wave of her wand, 3 chair with Puddlemere colors, and put her wand back into the small pocket hidden in her dress. She had shrunken her wand also, so no one would notice. “And I will probably continue to say this through out the night, but thank you again.”
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Post by Ems on Jan 26, 2008 1:07:22 GMT -5
"So you worried more about if LILY'S going to kill you rather than ME?! DID YOU HAPPEN TO FORGET WHO HAPPENS TO SLEEP NEXT TO YOU EVERY NIGHT?!"screamed Natalie, her fists balling up at her sides.
Her soft red curls cascaded from her shoulder and down past her neck. Her lips were pressed tightly together as she glared at him, venemously.
Adam chuckled and sat down on the chair behind him. "It's absolutely no problem. I'd much rather be here than at home watching Mum blow up the house again,"he added, darkly, biting his lower lip.
He wouldn't be surprised if his cell phone started to vibrate in the next hour with a text from his brother saying how the house was burning down for the fifth time this month.
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Post by Daniel on Jan 26, 2008 1:12:05 GMT -5
"No, of course not! You scare me much, much, much more than Lily does," Jake said persuasively. He frowned for a second, trying to figure out how that had been a compliment in her mind. But he didn't really have time to think about it as he backed up on the table ((they are on a table, right? Or am I imagining that? Is it the floor?...)) on his elbows, putting on his 'you-know-you-love-me' smile and combining it with a 'please-do-not-kill-me' smile. "Did I mention how beautiful you look in that dress?" Jake asked, hoping to score some 'no-kill-Jakey' points as well as change the subject.
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Post by Kat-la on Jan 27, 2008 11:39:43 GMT -5
Lily bit back a laugh, as he said blowing up the house with such distain…though she did remember a few times Kat and James blew up the house when doing experimental potion just for the heck of it...or so they claimed. “That can’t be anything compared to the house that Natalie grew up in. With Fred as a father and her own desire to experiment, that house was bouncing in the air more then a seven-year-old on a trampoline.” Lily said with a small laugh. “Now,” She said turning her attention to Jake, “Your table, is over there.” She pointed to the table with Puddlemere colors across the hall. “I suggest you STOP making my cousin angry and you START keeping your mouth shut so you aren’t lying in an early grave.” Lily said calmly before turning back to Adam, “So how have you been, and what have you been up to?” She asked.
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Post by Ems on Jan 27, 2008 18:10:32 GMT -5
"Is that supposed to come as a compliment?"snarled Natalie, advancing towards him with outstretched clawing hands. Her hands found themselves tightening around his neck as she growled. "And you know just as well as I do that I don't give a damn about the way I look. Especially in a dress."
Adam laughed and nodded in agreement. "But then again, I think Natalie would have enjoyed seeing her house blow up time and time again,"he ran a hand through his hair and grinned at her. "Oh, nothing really. I'm just taking a vacation from Romania. Your Uncle Charlie has us apparating everywhere. It's dragon season and dragon hunters are having a field day,"he added, darkly, scowling.
He shook his head and cleared his throat, looking back up at her with a small smile. "Other than that, nothing really. It's nothing exciting compared to what has been going on with you. Number one Quidditch Team Captain,"he whistled. "Pretty big."
Adam looked over at Natalie and Jake, grimacing slightly. He sighed and looked at Lily. "Sorry, but just look at the poor guy. As much as he probably deserves it, I'm pretty sure you want him alive for tomorrow's practice to slaughter him then." Adam pulled out his wand discreetly from his suit pocket and mumbled a small shield charm between the couple.
Natalie bounced backwards and landed on the other side of the table, sitting on the wooden chair covered with the Puddlemere colors. She was furious. Her eyes flashed red as she glared at Jake, then to Adam, and back to Jake. Her arms were wound tightly across her chest.
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Post by Daniel on Jan 27, 2008 19:37:24 GMT -5
Jake let out an exhalation, quickly followed by a intake of oxygen. He rubbed his neck softly and moved over to his chair, where he sat down. They were right next to his picture, and Picture Jake said, "Dude...you got a hickey," and pointed to his own neck.
"Ha ha, very funny," Real Jake said, not amused at his other self's idea of comedy. The sad part was that it was something he would have said had he seen someone else with red strangle marks on their neck. "Thanks, Adam..." he added sheepishly, glancing at Lily before quickly looking away before she decided that he was looking at her funny and that she should carry out her threat.
Practice is gonna be hell, Jake thought darkly, turning back to look at Natalie. "I'm gonna go to the restroom," he said with a small sigh, standing up and walking off.
A little more than five minutes later, Jake returned, looking very annoyed and disheveled. His clothes were now transformed. The jacket was mostly buttoned up, with a little bit of the white shirt underneath visible; there was now a pocket on the left side. Besides this, his jeans had been turned dark black to at least slightly resemble slacks. But what he thought of as the worst was the black bow tie that was strangling him around his neck, at the top of the white button-down shirt.
Jake sat down heavily, not looking at Natalie for fear that she would burst out laughing and take out a camera. Could I look ANY stupider? he thought, annoyed that he had even bothered to try to make Natalie happy. She'd be happy all right, but more likely because she would make millions of Galleons selling pictures of him on that Muggle site...Abee? Or Ebay? Something like that...
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Post by Ems on Feb 10, 2008 0:48:07 GMT -5
Natalie blinked several times at the sudden outfit change. She had been prepared to unleash hell onto him the whole evening and perhaps the whole week, if Lily hadn't killed him at practice. Her lips twitched upward into a cross-way between a grin and a suppressed laugh. Natalie wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him on the cheek. "See? Now that isn't so bad, now is it? At least you can breathe better than I can,"she added, darkly.
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Post by Daniel on Feb 10, 2008 1:21:00 GMT -5
"That could be debated," Jake said, looking down at himself once again with a disgruntled look on his face. He looked...looked...formal. This was practically the first time in years. Normally, there was always something that had happened to allow him a reprieve from the deadly hold of proper clothes. But...good things simply don't last.
At this point, Picture Jake spoke up. "Good news and bad news: the good news is, your 'hickey' is gone;the bad news is...well, I don't even need to say it." He laughed, smirking at his real counterpart.
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