Ivy
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Post by Ivy on May 4, 2012 18:19:25 GMT -5
Since moving to Riverside Kaelynn hadn't really gotten out of the house to do anything or go anywhere, she had been too busy unpacking and settling into the new house. Jaida stuck around and hung out with her for a little while but then she had left to check out the new town just like Kaelynn's brothers had. Kaelynn finally decided she wanted to explore as well, but she wasn't in the mood for shopping and wasn't very hungry so she had gotten ready and headed for the lake that Mike had told her about.
She followed her brother's directions and successfully made it to the lake. When she got there she looked around smiled, it was nice and it wasn't crowded like the beaches back in California had been. It was warm out and she was glad she had picked out her blue sundress, it was her favorite because it matched her eyes.
She walked over and dipped her foot into the lake, the water was a little cool. She glanced around again before going over and sitting underneath one of the big shady trees. She smiled, looking out over the lake.
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Post by Lezzi on May 6, 2012 16:41:02 GMT -5
Connor wasn't having a 'miserable' day. He was usually a glass-half-full type person so he would call it a 'rough' day. His sister, Eleanor, had decided that 'she was tired of a nice guy like him sitting around without a girlfriend or at least other people besides family to hang out with and she was going to go girl shopping with him'. He tried his hardest to ignore the 'girl shopping' comment and focused on the 'friend' part. He agreed to go around with her to find other people to talk to, but he wasn't necessarily just going to talk to girls. Connor couldn't easily say no anyways, so it wouldn't have mattered what she said.
After an hour or two walking around, having Eleanor point out various girls and him trying to snap her attention back to both of them trying to find people to meet, they would up at the lake. "Well you have made this day very unsuccessful." Eleanor pouted, looking around. "Sorry Els, I was just--" Eleanor spotted a girl across from them, sitting net to a tree and jumped on her chance...er, his chance. "There!" She whispered, pointing to the girl. "Aw, c'mon Els I thought we were past th--" "I know I know, go make friends she's the only one around and your final chance." With a good shove, she propelled him towards the girl. Lucky for Connor, they were a good ways away so it wasn't really noticable as he stumbled to regain his balance. When he looked behind his shoulder, though, Eleanor was running off so Connor had no way of avoiding it. Sighing, he walked towards the girl.
"Erm, good afternoon miss." He said shyly, trying to think of something to say so she wouldn't get the impression he was a creeper. "Uhm....ok, my sister ditched me to make friends so do you mind if I sit here so she'll leave me alone for another week?" He gave a lopsided smile, hoping she was good-humored and wouldn't just run away. Actually, that may not be too bad of an idea.... he thought hopefully, putting his hands behind his back.
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Ivy
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Post by Ivy on May 6, 2012 22:10:18 GMT -5
Kaelynn was a little surprised to hear someone talking and looked at him to make sure he was talking to her. It took her a moment to catch herself up to speed with what going on but when she did she gave a small smile to the boy, "Um sure, go ahead. Oh but one thing, don't call me miss if you wouldn't mind." At the last minute she added "My name is Kaelynn. I don't think I caught yours" she didn't think he had mentioned his name but wasn't sure since he had kind of surprised her.
She looked him over, he was pretty cute and seemed about the same age as herself. He seemed really nice and a little shy, but at least he wasn't stuttering or doing anything else strange. He was also the person outside of her family that she had really talked to since moving here. She decided to give this "making new friends" thing that her brothers had encouraged a try. Sure she had her best friend Jaida living with her family now but even a best friend couldn't be the only person you talk to she supposed.
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Post by Lezzi on May 8, 2012 17:41:19 GMT -5
Connor felt a little awkward when she looked up at him, glad he was granted permission to sit. He chuckled, nodding. "Alright, Kaelynn. I'm Connor, by the way, apologies for not mentioning that earlier." He sat down, crossing his legs and giving a short sigh just to breath. Scratching the back of his neck, he thought of quick conversation. "So what are you doing out here, sitting under a tree?" Well at least it was better than just 'what's up?' He thought to himself after asking the lame question. Maybe she liked the scenery, maybe she was tired, maybe paralyzed and left by her boyfriend, brother, friend...Oiy. Just stop thinking Connor it might be better that way. He thought, mentally smacking himself.
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Ivy
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Post by Ivy on May 8, 2012 18:03:43 GMT -5
Kaelynn watched him sit down and mumbled his name "Connor" she'd heard the name before but she'd never actually known anyone with it, she decided that she liked it. She smiled at his question and shrugged, "Just getting out of my house for a little while. My family just moved here and I'm the only one who hasn't gone out and done anything yet" She looked over at him, "So, how did you and your sister end up here at the lake?" She was a bit curious about the boy he seemed really shy, "But he's really sweet and cute too" she thought to herself.
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Post by Lezzi on May 8, 2012 18:09:54 GMT -5
Connor nodded, listening with a small polite smile. "Well there are plenty of things to do around here. My family and i have been around for a little while and I've been a few places. The forest is my personal favorite though. It's quiet. A lot of my siblings like it there." Connor cleared his throat when she asked how they ended up in the lake, rubbing the back of his neck. "Well we uh...you see...well Eleanor, my sister, thinks I spend too much time around the family and should get out and 'meet people' so she drug me around trying to find people to talk to. There were a few people we said hi to, but most of them either thought it was just a friendly passer-by hello or looked at us funny." he chuckled, leaving out the part about girl-hunting. He was never a good lier so there wasn't any point in making a story of why he just randomly decided to talk to her. "And my sister sort of ditched me I guess. She does that sometimes." He gave a nervous chuckle, licking his lips and looking out at the lake.
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Ivy
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Post by Ivy on May 10, 2012 7:20:32 GMT -5
Kaelynn smiled and nodded, listening to what he was saying about the town and his family. When he cleared his throat and rubbed the back of his neck she tilted her to the side curiously, he seemed kind of nervous. She laughed a little as he explained what he had been doing all day, "My brothers told me the same thing." Her entire family was more social than her, it wasn't that she didn't like being sociable she just didn't think it was necessary to have a ton of friends, even her best friend Jaida (who is practically part of the family, she even lives with them) was more societal than she was.
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Post by Lezzi on May 26, 2012 16:02:59 GMT -5
Connor tried hard to keep the slight blush from rising on his cheeks s he realized how much he'd been speaking. But he smiled at her anyways when she said her brothers told her the same thing, holding out his hand. "Well then how about we make both of our siblings happy. Would you like to be friends Mi....erm, Kaelynn?" He was thankful that he caught the slip up before calling her 'Miss' like she had asked him not to. He'd have to make a note of breaking that habit when he was around her...if he was around her again.
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Ivy
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Post by Ivy on May 27, 2012 20:23:50 GMT -5
Kaelynn giggled softly when he almost called her 'Miss' again, it actually seemed kind of normal for him to call her that; of course how would she know what was normal for him, she didn't know him that well yet. She glanced at his hand and smiled, having another friend (someone actually from around here too) sounded nice and it would definitely make her brothers happy. She nodded once and took his hand "I think I'd like that Connor."
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Post by Lezzi on Jun 3, 2012 12:51:05 GMT -5
Connor let out a breath he forgot he had been holding and his smile grew a little bigger, showing his white teeth. "Cool." He shook her hand briefly, then pulled it back. He crossed his legs folding his hands in his lap and looking at the lake. He really wished he had grabbed his iPod before Eleanor had taken him from the house. No, that would've been rude to play on it while Kaelynn just sat here he thought to himself, trying to think of what he should do. Start a conversation? Suggest walking somewhere? Stay quiet? he figured he liked the last idea until she said something, content with just sitting with his new 'friend'
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Ivy
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Post by Ivy on Jun 4, 2012 15:27:22 GMT -5
Kaelynn smiled and leaned back against the tree trying to figure out what to do now. She looked over at him to see if he had any ideas but he seemed like he was just thinking. She fiddled with hands and opened her mouth to say something but closed it again, still thinking about it. Looking back up at him she decided to ask, "So would you like to do something, Connor?"
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Post by Lezzi on Jun 4, 2012 17:12:11 GMT -5
Connor looked up as soon as he heard her speak, looking as if someone were calling him when he was in trouble. He immediately smiled though, shrugged. "Sure. What do you have in mind?" he licked his lips, trying to go through a list of things Eleanor and he had done earlier that day so that he may have a suggestion if she came back with that unlucky response "I don't know, what about you" he hated getting.
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Ivy
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Post by Ivy on Jun 4, 2012 21:21:59 GMT -5
Kaelynn smiled back at him but quickly realized she didn't have an actual suggestion yet. "Um, well..." she scrambled for an idea, "I don't really know the town very well, or you for that matter; maybe you could show me around some and we could get to know each other better? Unless you have a different idea, I'm up for whatever really." She gave a small shrug, waiting to see what he would say; but she was glad she hadn't played the "I don't know, you tell me" card, she didn't suppose that was the best way to get to know a new friend.
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Post by Lezzi on Jun 5, 2012 16:10:35 GMT -5
Connor chuckled softly, standing up. "I know a few places." He could only think of where the movie theater, pizza place, coffee shop, skate park, and entertainment district was so he tried with what he would approach Eleanor with first, then work down to tomboy. "I know where the shopping mall is. And places to eat like the coffee shop or pizza place. Or the skate park." he left out the movie theater since that was right around the corner and they wouldn't 'get to know each other' at all through that amount of time.
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Ivy
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Post by Ivy on Jun 5, 2012 17:15:27 GMT -5
Kaelynn grinned and also stood up "Okay, sounds fun." She wasn't really a shopaholic or anything but she liked walking around the mall with her friends when she lived in Florida so she figured it would be a good idea to know where it was here. She wrinkled her nose with a small smile, "I'm not really a coffee person, but I love hot chocolate" she laughed softly. "Where is your favorite place in town?" she inquired, pushing her hair out of her face.
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