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Post by Raebee on Feb 15, 2011 16:02:15 GMT -5
Jade laughed in a self deprecating way and shook her head slowly. "No way. You see, I tend to give of a uh... what was it my brother called it? Oh yeah.. a fuck off vibe. So guys tend to stay away from me." She shrugged lightly and smiled. "There is this one guy who won't take no for an answer though, it's really annoying."
She frowned slightly and bit her lip. "I was with Jacob Shanahan before the hurricane hit, but it ended up being in name only. I never saw him or talked to him by then. I was holding a candle for a guy who only existed in my memory."
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Post by Tiff on Feb 15, 2011 23:18:37 GMT -5
Tess made a face trying to remember just who Jacob Shanahan was, of course she'd heard of Kaden and some of the other Shanahan kids, but she couldn't say she'd be able to point anyone of them out of a line up. "Is he cute?" Tess asked, she'd never been a 'fuck off' type of person, not toward cute, willing guys, anyway. "I mean, does his looks out weigh his annoyances?"
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Post by Raebee on Feb 16, 2011 16:16:41 GMT -5
Unbidden, an image of Ari burst into her minds eye. Trying to shake it, she shrugged. "He's not awful looking I guess." He's gorgeous. Absolutely freaking gorgeous.
"But he and I don't agree on much; if anything, so all we do is argue all the time. Plus, I'm not very nice to him, so I don't know why he's still hanging around." Rolling her eyes, Jade began pulling blades of grass from the ground and shredding them into tiny pieces. "I don't want to like him. At all."
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Post by Tiff on Feb 16, 2011 18:50:24 GMT -5
Tess grinned. "It sounds like he might be drop dead, model gorgeous." She tilted her head and grinned. "Is there a reason you don't want to like him? I mean you want a family one day right? Why not with someone who is adorable and willing to please?" She shrugged. "You're still young." She laughed, that was rich of her, given all of her fourteen years. "You don't have to start a family now, that would be a bit foolish and irresponsible." She rolled her eyes and shook her head, she didn't have much room to talk.
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Post by Raebee on Feb 16, 2011 21:27:39 GMT -5
Jade flushed and looked up at Tess, her jaw jutting out stubbornly. "Looks don't matter anyway. I don't want to be with someone who annoys me constantly, what kind of a relationship is that?"
She regarded the younger girl curiously, and the question she'd been dying to ask since she and Nick had gotten together blurted out before she could stop it. "Did you mean to have Gage? I mean, I know Nick didn't plan it but did you?" She continued on hurriedly, hoping Tess didn't get the wrong idea. "Not to trap him or anything, but did you just want to have a baby?"
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Post by Tiff on Feb 16, 2011 21:50:58 GMT -5
Tess shrugged. "No I guess I wouldn't want to be with an annoying guy no matter how adorable he is." She stared at Jade as she asked her question and tried to explain her meaning. "No I can't say I tried to go out and get pregnant, I didn't exactly go out of my way not to get pregnant and I suppose it might look like that because my best friend at the time had been carrying my brother's child and I guess you could say I envied her, but I might have tried a little harder to prevent it if I'd known what I know now." She turned her full attention to Gage as he played with the ball. "Though I wouldn't give Gage up for anything. If someone decided tomorrow that Gage would be better off somewhere else, I'd fight tooth and nail to keep him with me, I'd do what ever it takes because I love him, but no, I didn't plan it. Nick and I simply got caught up in the heat of it all and that was it. I liked Nick, I liked him even when he was an ass to me at the Hotel and kicked me out into the snow." The more she spoke the more she felt like she was lying, though she wasn't sure she was, she didn't think that's what she'd done, but maybe deep down?
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Post by Raebee on Feb 17, 2011 15:29:14 GMT -5
Jade nodded, continuing to pull up tufts of grass. She turned to watch Gage play and smiled. "Well, meant to or not, I think he's the cutest little guy I've ever seen. And that's not cause he's so interested in basketball already."
She turned back to Tess with another question forming on her lips. "Have you thought about what you're going to do when you finish school? I know that's a long way away right now, but it never hurts to have some kind of idea."
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Post by Tiff on Feb 18, 2011 1:26:24 GMT -5
Tess nodded in agreement. "I have to agree with you, we're lucky we didn't get one of those scary looking babies." She said, grinning at Jade's comment about basketball. "I haven't really thought about it yet, I'm not really good at anything in particular and I can't say I ever pictured myself in college." She played with the edge of the blanket. "I want to go though." She added. "For Gage, I want what's best for him and a college degree means everything now a days." She shrugged.
"What are you studying?" She asked. "Or are you at Riverside for Basketball?" She and Nick didn't talk about their friends to each other enough. "Oh and did you and Nick meet playing basketball or...?"
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Post by Raebee on Feb 18, 2011 23:51:26 GMT -5
Jade shrugged. "I haven't picked a major for anything. My plan is just to play basketball, get on a big team and then when I retire, coach a big team. I know it's not a very safe plan but I just don't see myself doing anything else. It's all I've ever done."
She paused, trying to remember when Jade had first met Nick. "I think we met at the park actually. H-My brother had bailed on me, and he was there by himself so we just shot baskets together." Laughing, she shook her head lightly. "He was with Madison at the time. She didn't want us to be friends for some weird reason."
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Post by Tiff on Feb 19, 2011 0:09:10 GMT -5
Tess laughed. "It's because you're hot." Tess blurted out. "If I were Madison I wouldn't have wanted you to be friends with him either." She giggled. "But I'm not, I'm myself and frankly I don't think I have to worry about it. Not that I'm trying to say Nick wouldn't find you attractive, just that I think he's put his priorities in better order and wouldn't dare mess around." She shrugged. "So I take it you weren't a big Maddie fan either, huh?"
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Post by Raebee on Feb 19, 2011 0:25:41 GMT -5
Jade shrugged non-commitally. "I never really had a problem with her. We hung out a few times while she and Nick were together, once she realised I didn't like Nick that way. But she was kind of tame you know? And she was always away, Nick didn't get to see her very often, so he was lonely."
Jade turned to watch Gage play some more, before getting to her feet. "I better keep running, but it was really nice to finally meet you Tess. Did you want my number, in case you want to go out or anything? I mean, Nick can message me, but if you just want some time by yourself, I'm happy to watch him then too."
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Post by Tiff on Feb 19, 2011 0:35:48 GMT -5
Tess wouldn't know, she and Maddie hadn't gotten along at all, but probably because she'd wanted Nick to herself and did like Nick in that way. "Oh she was definitely too tame for Nick, though now I can't say much because I don't do anything anymore either." She shook her head. "No, I can get it from Nick, enjoy your run and thanks in advanced for agreeing to watch Gage sometime. I'm happy we got to meet." Gage turned and dropped his ball as Jade got up. "Jada..." He bent down as if trying to decide what he wanted from her, he picked up the ball and toddled over to her, holding the ball up to her with both hands, until he reached her, then he held it with one hand and patted her leg with the other.
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Post by Raebee on Feb 19, 2011 1:45:34 GMT -5
Jade nodded slowly and presed her lips together. "Yeah you guys are more tame but I think it's ok since you guys did it together, whereas is was just Maddie that was tame and Nick wanted to go out and have fun."
Looking down, she smiled at Gage and took the ball from him gently. "Ok kiddo. One more and then I have to go. I'll see you soon though."
Tossing the ball through the hoop, she scooped Gage up and gave him a swift hug before setting him back on the grass. "See you guys later."
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Post by Tiff on Feb 19, 2011 2:05:48 GMT -5
Tess watched the exchange between her son and Jade and smiled, it was good that he wasn't shy and knew how to get what he wanted, it meant he would be more like herself and Nick than she'd initially thought.
Gage clapped his hands together once as the ball went into the hoop and he was all set to run after the ball to give it back to Jade when she scooped him into her arms and hugged him. He giggled and patted her hands, the best way he could show affection and then as she set him on the ground he made a sad face as if he knew she was about to leave and there wouldn't be anymore magical balls going through nets anymore. Tess waved goodbye to Jade and took Gage's hand, shaking it gently to get his attention, she didn't want him to cry. It seemed to work because his face lit up and he crawled right into her arms.
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Post by Raebee on Feb 19, 2011 2:15:28 GMT -5
Jade set off in the direction she'd been heading, jogging slightly slower than she had been. As she made her way home she smiled slightly to herself, glad that little Gage was comfortable with her, which would mean that babysitting would hopefully be easier than she'd first imagined.
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