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Post by Rainbow on Aug 20, 2010 17:00:56 GMT -6
"I'll be over in a bit, okay? I just...need to finish this. I'm not far away."
The soft voice that held an obvious Australian accent never said goodbye, only falling silent. The girl that the voice belonged to snapped her phone closed after her best friend impatiently bid her farewell and ended the call directly afterward, not giving her a chance to say goodbye. She felt a pang of hurt, but pushed it aside. Koral was just angry with her, it would pass when she went to her best friend's house. Koral was just worried. Or was it that she was bored and was just using Jodie for company? Either way, she wanted to see Koral more than anything. But this...this work of art needed to be finished.
Carefully adjusting the hood that hung over her head again, Jodie pulled the green spray can out from her oversized hoodie's large pocket, shook it quickly, and went back to spray-painting. It wasn't much, just...a shark bursting out of the wall. Well, that's how she spray-painted it to look. She loved spray-painting, it was one of the only things that she was good at. With the green spray-paint (her favorite color), she messily signed her tag in the corner. 'J-Shaw' was what it said, on the off chance that anyone could read it. Of course, Jodie could write neatly, but this called for messy writing. It didn't take a genius to realize that 'J-Shaw' was 'Jodielee Shaw'.
Taking a step back, the Australian took a moment to admire her work. She was definitely proud. With a smile, Jodie shuffled quickly out of the alley and pocketed her spray can. She wisely decided not to remove her hood just yet, since she was still relatively close to the scene of the crime. Her mouth twisting into a frown of distaste, she realized that she smelled strongly of spray-paint and smoke, considering she had quick smoke just before Koral had called her. While she didn't mind it herself, she knew that other people probably would. She knew for a fact that Koral liked the smell of spray paint, but...it would probably be suspicious if she walked by someone smelling like such a thing. After absently looking at her hands, she realized that some of her fingertips had green spray paint on them.
"Shoot," Jodie narrowed her eyes. It was dark anyway and she could just keep her hands in her pockets, so it wasn't that big of a deal. However, spray paint was a bitch to get off. At least she hadn't gotten any on her beloved oversized hoodie.
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Post by Kalyne on Aug 20, 2010 17:20:10 GMT -6
"Cette chienne foutue ! Comment le défi elle me touchent!" I cursed under my breath in French, while rubbing my fresh cut on my arm that began to bleed. Ellen always had to hit me, always. It didnt matter if Father was home or not. If my mother was still around she would have given Ellen a piece of her mind. If only I could... Under my little French hat and my White shall I quickly walked by a freshly spray painted building, my new boots making a click-clack noise on the pavement. It seemed to look like a shark bursting through the wall or something. If this kind of art was displayed in museums they would have a lot more buissness. I looked for the signature of the artist somewhere near the painting. I then found some sort of writting. "J-shew? J-Shae? J-Shaw?" I mumbled to myself trying to make out the sloppy writing on the wall. I shrugged not really caring if I figured out what the words said or not. The art was truely beautiful in its own way.
I began to walk once again. The rain began to slowly fall from the swollen clouds hovering above me. I shrugged it off considering I loved a light rain. I kept walking, I came across a railroad track and began to walk on the edge. Then the rain began to really come down. There was a quick cackle of thunder, warning me to hide. I began to jog down the track. I tripped and fell twisting my ankle and then just my luck my heel off my boot broke. "merde!!" I cursed again under my breath. I got up slowly and tried to walk. My ankle hurt extremely bad. I began to jog/limp to a bus stop that was sheltered. Once I sat down I began to rub my throbbing ankle as the rain kept coming down and flashes of lightning struck.
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Post by Rainbow on Aug 20, 2010 17:36:31 GMT -6
Jodie contemplated calling Koral again, feeling a bit scared of the clouds that were looming dangerously overhead. Well, they weren't dangerous but...Jodie was absolutely terrified of storms, namely because of the thunder, lightning, and wind. She shoved her hands into her pockets, deciding ultimately that calling her best friend for such a reason would make her feel helpless. Besides, Koral's house wasn't far, and she was sure-
A clap of thunder interrupted her thought process and she flinched, frantically curling up slightly though remained standing. "Oh my god," she murmured. Where was Koral's house again? It was too far away for her liking. She could die! She could be struck by lightning! And all because Koral's house was now too far instead of being nearby. She could feel the rain starting to soak thrugh her hood, making her scowl a bit. Wonderful. Hopefully it would wash away the smell of cigarette smoke on her. Shuffling frantically down the sidewalk, she paused with surprise when she noticed someone- wait, were they limping?
With a worried frown, Jodie warily made her way down the sidewalk, trying to keep her mind off of the storm going on above her. Someone shouldn't be out in such weather if they were injured. Maybe they had just injured themselves? Approaching the bus stop, Jodie became increasingly aware of just how creepy she looked. She had her large hood up, which was because it hid her face so that people wouldn't recognize her if they caught her spray painting. Basically, there was a hooded figure who could very well be a rapist or a murderer jogging towards a poor injured girl. Jodie put an end to that when she tugged her hood down, revealing her innocent face and wide blue eyes.
"Hey, are you alright?" The girl asked, very aware of her Australian accent at that moment. She hesitantly sat on the bench under the shelter of the bus stop, flinching at a flash of lightning and tried hard to fight the urge to yank her hood back up, as if it would protect her from the lightning.
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Post by Kalyne on Aug 20, 2010 17:51:01 GMT -6
I suddenly looked up at a hooded figure who was shown by the lightning. I jumpped a little putting my hands up incase it decided to attack, as if it would help any. I calmed down a little once I saw it was a she. I could understand what she was saying to me but I was wondering if I could say what I needed to say. "Ummm the... lines for the... Choo-Choo, I fall." I say my thick accent coming through and holding up the heel to my boot.
I stayed a good distance away from this stunningly gorgeous girl, considering she could be a murderer or something, and I was beyond vulnerable at the moment. I noticed her flinch at the thunder. "The lightining, it scares you?" I ask her. I smiled at her showing I, myself am not a crazy person. I could faintly smell spray paint lingering around her. "The shark, did you paint it?" I asked her. I felt like I was bombarding this girl with too many questions, considering we just met. This girls Blue eyes shined beautifully through the darkness. I sat back down on the bench in my original position, rubbing my throbbing ankle. The rain teased us, lightening up and then coming back down harder then before. "I am Addeline." I say to her hoping she could understand what I had said through that thick accent.
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Post by Rainbow on Aug 20, 2010 18:01:02 GMT -6
Jodie smiled slightly. She could assume that 'Choo-Choo' meant train. The lines...perhaps train tracks? She fell on the train tracks. "Oh, you didn't break your ankle did you? Well, you probably wouldn't have made it here if you had," she raked her fingers through her hair, pleased to find that only a bit of water had really soaked through her hood and gotten to her hair, since her hair wasn't entirely that damp.
"Yeah, I'm terrified of the lightning. Storms in general, actually," Jodie admitted. When she was questioned about the shark, her eyes went a bit wide, as if she had been caught and was going to get taen away by police for vandalism. However, after a moment she mentally scolded herself. It was just curiosity, she was sure. She doubted that this girl was going to go straight to the police. "Yeah, I did. Did you like it?" She asked happily.
"It's nice to meet you, darl. I'm Jodie," the brunette thought twice about offering up her hand for a handshake. Too formal. "You're not from around here, are you?" She asked. "You don't sound English to me. You've got an accent," she observed before vaguely gesturing to her mouth, though she was really about to talk about her own accent. "I'm Australian, as you can probably tell. Australian accents are the most easily recognized, I'd say," she joked.
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Post by Kalyne on Aug 21, 2010 13:00:03 GMT -6
I backed up just a little considering I had just met this creepy, hooded figure. For all I knew this person could rape or murder me at this time of weakness. I calmed down just a little at the sight of her deep blue eyes. And the fact that this person was no it but it was a girl. "I think I might have, umm, sprened it? No, SprAIned it." I say correcting myself. "Did I like the shark? Oh, well it was quite lovely. I admired it for a long moment." I tell her. "If only that kind of art could be shown to the world...." I said thinking. I snapped out of it realising I was supossed to be carrying on a conversation. "Oh, the lightening and the thunder, it makes me... cheerful, while it makes others... depreesed? Depressed." I say to her blushing about my failure. "Please excuse my speech." I say to her blushing and staring at the ground as a pop of thunder echoed under the bus stop. "I just moved here from France. I am still learning English." I say now looking up, making eye contact. "Oooh, Australlia! I have always wanted to go there." I say to her perking up a bit.
"My your Blue eyes shine gorgeously in this dark weather." I tell her staring deeply into her eyes but then stopping, not wanting to seem creepy.
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Post by Rainbow on Aug 21, 2010 18:40:43 GMT -6
"Oh. Well, as long as you stay off it for a bit, it should be just fine," Jodie smiled, though it faltered when she heard thunder rumbling above. It was...extremely unnerving, knowing that lightning was just around the corner again. "I'm glad you like it. It's one of the few that I like that I've done around here," she reluctantly admitted to spray-painting more of the graffiti in the area. Her signature was on everything she did. Occasionally she just spray-painted her name, actually. "I suppose I shouldn't be, y'know...vandalizing."
The brunette paused, looking vaguely confused. "It makes you cheerful? Like, happy?" She echoed, as if she thought that the French girl had made a mistake with her words. "That's certainly different. It just scares me. It's so...loud. And dangerous." Not really. What was the chance of her getting struck with lightning while there were many, many things around her that were a lot taller than her? She was only 5'4". The other girl was taller than her, judging by the fact that she was taller when they were sitting.
"It's perfectly fine," Jodie shook her head dismissively, clasping her hands together on her lap. She laughed a bit to herself. "France? I've heard it's gorgeous there." Ignoring the thoughts of cheesy pick-up lines that she could continue that sentence with, Jodie felt her face heat up as she blushed at the compliment. "Thanks, darl," she smiled sweetly, insisting that this was simply an observation and that since Addeline was still learning English, she just hadn't been able to come up with a less complimentary word than 'gorgeously'. Still, she rather liked the comment, but couldn't bring herself to return such a thing without embarrassing herself or making it seem like she was coming onto this poor, probably straight girl. "Are you staying somewhere far from where we are now?" She asked with a worried frown, not wanting Addeline to have to walk far with a sprained ankle.
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Post by Kalyne on Aug 22, 2010 16:11:07 GMT -6
I nodded looking at my ankle. It wasnt swollen too bad anymore. "Really you should show me some more of your work sometime." I say to her blushing and smiling at her. I shake my head. "Honestly, it doesnt matter to me, I like looking at the work people do. Especially yours, it has really stuck out." I say to her.
I nodded to her once more. "Yes, Cheerful. The thunder makes me think of my Grandfather chuckling. And the lightning makes me think of... I dont know... Its just pretty." I say with a giggle. "My, I certainly am tall aren't I?" I asked Jodie smiling. I could see the top of her head. I had to be at least two or three inches taller then she.
"Some parts are pretty, it just depends where you are." I say thinking of the places she had been that scared her out of her wits. I smiled at her blushing. "Your...Pretty when you blush." I say to her. I made a small laugh. "Why do you look so confused?" I say, then I thought about it. My English wasnt exactly wonderful... "Oh, I did mean what I said when I said your eyes were gorgeous." I didnt care if I sounded like I liked her. I had been questioning my sexuality lately so it didnt matter anymore. I liked guys still though so I had been thinking I might possibly be Bi... But I dont think shes Bi, or Lesbian. "No not too far away. About 15-20 Minutes away from here." I say to her.
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Post by Rainbow on Aug 22, 2010 16:29:49 GMT -6
Jodie beamed at the idea of showing Addie various other things she had spray-painted around Rose Wood. "Sounds like a plan to me," she said, shoving her hands into her huge hoodie pockets in an almost bashful way. "You don't seem like a shark person to me," she teased playfully, sighing and leaning back in her seat after jumping at another loud clap of lightning. It was terrifying. The only thing she wanted to do was possibly sprint away to Koral's house.
"Really? That's sweet," the brunette absently played with the pack of smokes in her pocket, laughing when Addeline pointed out the height difference between them. "I just noticed that too. Maybe I'm just a shorty," she joked, pointedly glancing away when the blonde told her that she was pretty when she blushed. This only made her face heat up even more, causing her to shake her head in an effort to stop blushing. "So I'm not pretty without a bright red face?" She joked playfully, quickly continuing to talk, as if she was embarrassed about the thought of receiving another compliment.
"I, uh...thanks," she pursed her lips when Addeline told her that she completely meant what she said about her eyes. Very conscious of her eyes now, Jodie kept her head turned, looking towards the ground. Surely they couldn't be so gorgeous. "Doesn't sound like a good idea to walk that far, though. You might make your ankle worse. Maybe when the rain stops a bit, I can walk you to your house?" She suggested, gingerly biting the inside of her bottom lip.
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Post by Kalyne on Aug 22, 2010 16:49:20 GMT -6
I smiled. I was happy that Jodie could show me things she had painted. I giggled. "No, Im really not." I say to her laughing. "I like looking at all the bubble letters and what not." I say to her. I loved seeing how people could right and make it look 3-D. "Do you do any of that stuff?" I asked her. I loved how artistic she was.
I nodded. I saw her twiddling with something in her pockets, I decided not to ask. "No, maybe Im just tall." I say to her smiling with my white teeth. I immediately regreted complimenting her when she turnned away from me. I felt like I was being weird... What if she was straight, and hated Bi and Lesbian people? What if she was getting that I was Bi and she didnt like me anymore. I scooted away little in case she decided she wanted to give me a piece of her mind. "No, you're pretty when you look normal." I say to her trying not to flatter her too much.
I frowned at her reaction. "Yeah. And umm sorry and yeah that would be nice. Thank you." I say to her. I felt beyond akward now. I stared at the sky, the dark rumbling sky. I really wanted Jodie to know I was Bi, in case there was that slim chance she would understand and the possibility she was Bi or Lesbian as well. I was just going to come out with it. "Jodie, I dont know how to say this but, I think I am Bi-Sexual." I say to her. At that moment I regreted the words that had come out of my mouth. I blushed and looked away immediately.
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Post by Rainbow on Aug 22, 2010 17:04:22 GMT -6
"I've got a bit of bubble lettering around Rose Wood...mostly brand names. And 'Australia'," Jodie chuckled a bit. "I don't know how much more obvious it can get that the person doing all the spray-painting is me," she joked, eventually looking back at Addeline. She was significantly distracted from the new compliment when she noticed that the French girl had scooted away a bit, frowning unhappily. "Thank you, darl," she pursed her lips, looking back at Addeline's face.
"It's no problem, really," with a reassuring smile, Jodie gingerly shifted down the bench closer to Addeline, unusually very aware of the distance between them. The brunette eyed Addeline curiously, realizing that the expression on the blonde's face suggested that something was on her mind. However, just as she opened her mouth to ask if something was wrong, Addeline spoke up and said that she thought she was bisexual. Think? Calm down, Joda. It's nothing for sure.
"Well, I, er...y'know...um, huh?" The series of flustered noise she made significantly embarrassed Jodie, causing her to look away for a moment so that she could regain her bearings. "Crikey," she didn't say it often, and now she was partly saying it just to be ironic because it was such an Australian thing to say, so it sounded amusing coming out of her mouth with her Australian accent. She looked back at Addeline. "...thanks for tellin' me, darl. But what do you mean think?"
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Post by Kalyne on Aug 22, 2010 17:20:36 GMT -6
"I love Bubble lettering." I say repeating myself. "Hah, Yes that is quite obvious!" I say to her. I sighed deeply and looked at the sky once more. "And your quite welcome. I dont lie." I say to her. "I dont think I ever have..." I say to her. I dont know why I was telling her this.
I suddenly got butterflies whenever Jodie got closer to me. I looked at her and grinned. She was close enough that I could feel her body heat... It was nice... In an odd way. I noticed her face suddenly change which made my stomach drop. "I-I." I couldnt speak. I knew she would hate it. I could tell she would from the beginning. She probably wouldnt talk to me at all, let alone walk me home.
I sighed. "Let me re-phrase that. I am Bi-Sexual." I say to her. I giggled at the fact she said Crikey. I had only heard people say that on T.V. I got back to the fact that I was embaressed. "I-I I'm sorry Jodie." I say. I slowly stood up. I began to limp out of the bus stop, mainly because I had no choice considering I only had on heel to my boot and that my ankle was killing me. I didnt care though. I just had to get away from the way she reacted to my being Bi.
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Post by Rainbow on Aug 22, 2010 17:31:34 GMT -6
Jodie looked alarmed when Addeline apologized to her, frowning unhappily and watched as she got up. "Hey-" she paused and got up quickly, pointedly ignoring the rumbling of thunder in the clouds. "You don't have anything to apologize for. Don't go," she quickly grabbed Addeline's wrist in order to stop her. "You have to stay off your ankle. It's weak right now...you could break it."
"It's okay. I don't have a...problem or anything," Jodie chose what she said carefully. "You caught off-guard, that's all. I'm a lesbian, if that makes you feel better," she stared pointedly at Addeline, as if she was fully expecting the blonde to jerk away and continue limping away. Now very aware of the height difference due to the fact that they were now standing up, Jodie awkwardly shifted her weight from side to side. She wasn't used to just outright telling anyone that she was a lesbian, so it was a bit weird for her to be standing there, waiting for Addeline's reaction.
Oh, she's bisexual. I doubt she'd have some homophobic problem, Jodielee! Mentally scolding herself, Jodie smiled sweetly at Addeline. "Would you like me to walk you home now, darl?" After a moment of thought, she tugged slightly on the bottom of her hoodie. "Would you care to wear this? Having a sprained ankle and having a cold at the same time isn't...ideal," she laughed.
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Post by Kalyne on Aug 22, 2010 17:45:27 GMT -6
I stopped when Jodie pulled my wrist. I couldnt walk away from her. Not now at least. At this point I didnt really care about my ankle at all. "Its fine. I have to walk home anyways, I see no vehicle anywhere." I say looking at the ground.
I looked at her again. "You dont?" I say to her. I had felt like crying earlier but now that feeling seemed to fade. "You are? Really? Thats... great." I say. I dont know why but I felt like I was beginning to like this girl. But how? I had spent like an hour with her. Maybe thats how it always happened? I didnt know, I had never really experianced it before.
I smiled back at her. "Yes, I would really like that." I say to her. I looked at her now soaking sweater. "I couldnt. Its fine, its yours, really." I say to her. "Colds dont really affect me. Oh gosh, I bet I just Jinxed myself." I say to her laughing. "Im sorry for leaving and seeming akward." I tell her being the one to blush now.
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Post by Rainbow on Aug 22, 2010 17:59:33 GMT -6
"Mm-hm, I'm pretty sure I am," Jodie joked, reluctantly releasing Addeline's wrist. With a slight smile, she shoved her hands back into her pockets. Absently, she wondered if she would see any of her graffiti on the way. She didn't know for sure, since she didn't know where Addeline lived. She chuckled with amusement at the thought of the blonde jinxing herself. "Probably," she agreed playfully, slowly starting to walk away from the bus stop. She didn't want to walk too fast since she couldn't exactly lead the way and she also didn't want to make it difficult for Addie to walk with a sprained ankle.
For a moment, Jodie remembered the fact that there was still a storm going on above her. With an amused smile, she realized that Addeline had basically distracted her enough for her to altogether stop noticing the thunder and lightning. She smoothed one hand out over her hair, slowly pulling her oversized hood up to protect her hair from the rain, glancing back at Addeline, though her face was almost completely hidden by the shadow of her hood. It didn't help that the hood was so big that it sort of fell over her forehead.
"Hopefully I don't look too creepy now," Jodie laughed, toying with her pack of cigarettes in her pocket once again. "It's alright. I can't blame you, I don't have good reactions when I'm surprised," she smiled, laughing with delight afterwards. "You're pretty cute when you blush too, y'know," she pointed out.
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