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• Black hall shelter, warm nights in summer.. -- Nikolai, Mon, Oct 18 2004, 8:45pm PDT
  • She had watched him all the way up the path and up the steps, but didn't break the stoic look to her features until he spoke - and even then it was with a wry laugh and the shake of her head. "It's not home." At home, everyone was probably still sunbathing in their bikinis, and wearing tank tops and skirts. Here, she hadn't left home without a sweater in weeks. Miserable was right. (NT) -- Bry, Mon, Oct 18 2004, 9:06pm PDT

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• Black hall shelter, warm nights in summer.. -- Nik, Mon, Oct 18 2004, 9:12pm PDT
  • 'Cheese' was her middle name though, and he earned a soft, genuine laugh for that - and her head tipped back slightly, as it always did when she was amused by something. "Oahu. You?" She scooted to the back of the swing and crossed her legs beneath herself, arms folded under her chest as she regarded him carefully - shameless about how closely she took in his appearance, a quiet smile lingering. That was the beauty of her sunny personality - she could go from melancholic to downright jovial in mere moments. (NT) -- Bry, Mon, Oct 18 2004, 9:18pm PDT

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• Black hall shelter, warm nights in summer.. -- Nik, Mon, Oct 18 2004, 9:30pm PDT
  • "LA sounds pretty exciting from what I hear." She assured him, and then laughed softly again - one finely shaped brow raising in goodnatured curiousity. "I don't, at all... But would it matter if I did?" Shifting slightly on the seat - so she was more in the corner and therefore more angled in his direction, she tugged the sleeves of her off-white sweater over her fingers and dropped her hands into her lap, lips pursing for a moment. "I ask myself that daily, I think. Really though, I'm here going to school.." (NT) -- Bry, Mon, Oct 18 2004, 9:33pm PDT

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• Black hall shelter, warm nights in summer.. -- Nik, Mon, Oct 18 2004, 9:39pm PDT
  • "My thoughts exactly." She agreed quite seriously and tilted her head to rest it against the chain of the swing, brows furrowing gently in thought. "General studies - pysch, english, history, and critical thinking. I don't really know what I'm doing with myself yet. I'm just in that adjustment phase, I think." And trying to decide if the adjustment phase was made easier or harder by leaving everything that she knew and was familiar to her to come here. "What're you doing here?" (NT) -- Bry, Mon, Oct 18 2004, 9:44pm PDT

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• Black hall shelter, warm nights in summer.. -- Nik, Mon, Oct 18 2004, 9:51pm PDT
  • "Hey, nice... PD. That's something different." She nodded approvingly before her features took on an understanding edge, her gaze on him noticably brighter than before his company had arrived - she was such a social person that she just got downright miserable when she had no one to talk to. "I can understand needing a change of scenery. I miss home like crazy, but it got to the point where I just needed to put myself out there - do something on my own for once, you know?" (NT) -- Bry, Mon, Oct 18 2004, 9:55pm PDT

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• Black hall shelter, warm nights in summer.. -- Nik, Mon, Oct 18 2004, 10:07pm PDT
  • "Exactly. How can I say everywhere else but home sucks, when I've never been anywhere else?" She pointed out but winked - she wasn't that unhappy here, partial to home for sure, and this place sure had its lonely moments, but it really wasn't that bad. "Bry. Nice to meet you." She slipped her fingers - fine and feminine, much smaller - into his and smiled genuinely. (NT) -- Bry, Mon, Oct 18 2004, 10:12pm PDT

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• Black hall shelter, warm nights in summer.. -- Nik, Mon, Oct 18 2004, 10:19pm PDT
  • "Bryani." She stated with a smile - either was fine but she preferred Bry, she thought it suited her better for whatever reason. Each of his little quirks had been noticed and noted, but not because they bothered her - more just because she was so curious that it intrigued her where they came from. "Conners. Now you can run me through your little police system and discover that I have no record whatsoever." (NT) -- Bry, Mon, Oct 18 2004, 10:27pm PDT

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• Black hall shelter, warm nights in summer.. -- Nik, Mon, Oct 18 2004, 10:46pm PDT
  • "Hey.. Hey." She laughed softly and held her fingers up in playful defense, one eyelid dropping in a wink. "No tricks here. My record's as clean as they come. I stole a chocolate bar from my friend's house when I was like six, and then felt so bad that I took it back. Haven't even considered anything illegal since then." A small smirk lit her features and she tipped her head back just slightly, tone lighthearted. (NT) -- Bry, Tue, Oct 19 2004, 12:07pm PDT

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• He laughed a little bit at that, his head shaking - his dark hair was starting to dry, and as a result was getting a little bit fuzzy - he wasn't very particular about his appearance anyways. "Well you know, now that you've mentioned it, I am still gonna want to check you out." He nodded firmly as though to convince her and then broke into a bit of laughter. "Nah, I'm joshing - I won't soil your record with my criminal background check." (NT) -- Nik (No prettifulness... stupid work..), Tue, Oct 19 2004, 6:56pm PDT

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• "Whew, good, you got me worried there for a bit.. I might have a few traffic violations or something. That would be embarassing." Dropping her hands back into her lap, her tongue touched her top row of teeth as a grin brightened her eyes and curled her fine lips. "You could really use your powers for bad, couldn't you?" The emphasis she put on 'powers' made it sound as if she was talking about something supernatural - not just the normal police officer advantages.. (NT) -- Bry, Tue, Oct 19 2004, 7:09pm PDT

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• A slow smile spread across his handsome features and he nodded a little, as though this was the first time that the thought had occured to him, though it certainly wasn't. "You know, I could... couldn't I? I could... wow, I could do anything." (NT) -- Nik, Tue, Oct 19 2004, 7:11pm PDT

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• "Yes... You could... Get away with murder..." She wiggled her eyebrows at that and added a spooky edge to her voice when she said 'murder' - so what if Halloween was on its way and she was getting excited. Breaking a laugh, she hit his knee lightly and then wagged her finger scoldingly at him. "But don't you go getting any ideas. You should be the good cop, not the bad cop. The bad cops always lose out - you must've seen the movies." (NT) -- Bry, Tue, Oct 19 2004, 7:22pm PDT

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• He rolled his eyes with an exaggerated groan, and tipped his head back to rest it against the cushioned headrest. "I am always the good cop. It's insulting that you would question my integrity." He looked over at her and broke a grin from his serious mask. "Nah, just messing." (NT) -- Nik, Tue, Oct 19 2004, 8:36pm PDT

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• "Me too..." She winked and rested her head back as well, a small smile lingering over her delicate features - it was so obvious that she loved to interact with people, it was no wonder that she got so miserable when she was 'forced' into isolation. (NT) -- Bry, Tue, Oct 19 2004, 8:55pm PDT

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• He looked over at her and smiled, tipping his head back. "You know an awful lot about me, Bry - now I want to know something about you - you know, just the regulars, mom's middle name, first dog's name, favorite color.." (NT) -- Nik, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 3:40pm PDT

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• "It kind of bothers me that my mom's middle name came before my favorite color..." She informed him with slightly furrowed brows, but then winked as a quiet smile spread slowly over her lips." I would think that my favorite color - which is yellow, for the record - would be more interesting to you than my mama's middle name - which is Ella. Um, I've never had a dog, but I've always wanted one.. It just was never really convenient - my mama never trusted me to actually do all the work with it, and she was too busy to do everything herself." (NT) -- Bry, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 4:11pm PDT

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• "Oh, you were one of those kids, were you?" He raised an interested brow and stretched his lean legs out before him, crossing them at the ankles, his arms crossed over his broad chest easily. "Well, now you know, I might want to look up your mama, you never know." (NT) -- Nik, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 4:30pm PDT

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• Her brows raised but she laughed, eyeing him curiously. "Do tell, what exactly is 'one of those kids'?" Smirking slightly, she shook her head slowly, eyes drifting out into the dark only briefly before returning to take him in easily. "You make me a little nervous with all this - I kind of feel violated, as if you could invade my privacy if you were so inclined. Not that I have anything to hide, that is of course." (NT) -- Bry, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 4:35pm PDT
  • I know I plied to this! (NT) -- Bear, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 5:18pm PDT

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• "You know, one of those kids, the ones who can't be sure that the roast won't burn." He raised an inquisitive brow at her. "You know, the kids who can be trusted to do their homework, but there's no guarantee that they won't forget to feed and walk Fido." He nodded as though to convince her. "Oh, I kid - the only reason I know is because I was one of those kids." (NT) -- Nik, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 5:23pm PDT

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• "Ooh, those kids. Yeah, I know the type." She smirked in amusement and shifted in the seat to stretch her legs out - slouched now against the back with only her head turned to look at him, fingers linked over her stomach. "There is a possibilty that I too was one of those. A possibility." (NT) -- BRy, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 5:27pm PDT

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• He smiled a little bit - her outgoing personality was starting to rub off on him a little bit, he believed - she was cute, just the way she spoke. His dark eyes finally took a good look at her and he nodded silently. "Oh, you know that you were." (NT) -- Nik, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 5:34pm PDT

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• "Hey - I know that I was, but you say that with just a little too much confidence. You don't know that I was. Tone it down, hot shot." She dead-panned, but then winked - it was obvious that she was teasing, but sometimes she felt the need to reinforce it. She wasn't always sure everyone understood her totally - they usually did, but she just didn't always know it. She had a tendacy to talk a lot, and much of the time she wasn't being completely serious... (NT) -- Bry, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 6:11pm PDT

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• "How do you know I'm not a secret service agent that has been tracking you for years?" He cocked a brow at that, uncrossing his arms and sitting up a bit to hitch his elbows over the back of the swing, wiggling his eyebrows convincingly. (NT) -- Nik, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 6:48pm PDT

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• "Ooh. You got me there. Good question. But why would anyone want to follow me?" Her lips pursed gently and her brows furrowed as she waited from what she expected to be a justifying response, arms crossing absently under her chest to hug herself - it was getting colder quite quickly.. (NT) -- Bry, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 7:02pm PDT

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• Hmmm, that was a good question.. he eyed her for a moment while his mind churned, flailing desperately for some sort of witty response, until finally he shoved out. "Because you have a secret history that is so secret that even you don't know about it." (NT) -- Nik, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 7:26pm PDT

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• She pondered that for some time, as if genuinely considering whether or not it was a possibility. Finally, she nodded - slowly, but convinced - managing to keep the smirk from her fine lips, though her bright gaze told no lies. "Okay. How can I argue that one? You're good. So - dig up any interesting dirt to tell me about myself?" (NT) -- Bry, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 7:29pm PDT

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• He paused on that for a moment, and then finally spoke, a slow nod bobbing his dark haired head. "Yes. You're a very interesting person. Very friendly. Outgoing. You'd talk to anyone as long as you thought they'd listen." He teased her idly - being of such low social skills, he could be saying something that would genuinely offend her but not be aware of it until she came out and said so. (NT) -- Nik, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 9:31pm PDT

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• She sighed dramatically at that and her lower lip jutted out into a pout. "So you noticed? I'm always afraid that I'm talking too much, and I'm afraid of boring people... But I hate just sitting around in silence - except when it's that silence that you can enjoy when you're completely comfortable with someone. But it takes time to figure out that it's okay. You know?" (NT) -- Bry, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 9:41pm PDT

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• He grinned a little bit, and shook his head. "Well, you're not boring me. You're engaging me in a conversation that I would not otherwise be having, of my own free will that is." He nodded again, watching her. "Silence is alright, and talking is alright, it's just knowing when for each to happen that is tricky." (NT) -- Nik, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 9:56pm PDT

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• Her brows furrowed gently and she laughed quietly, head tilted delicated as she gazed over at him. "Engaging you in a conversation you wouldn't otherwise be having of your own free will? I don't even know what that means. Is that a good thing, or what?" Tone playful, she swatted at his leg and then crossed her arm back under her chest. "I don't think it's so hard.. Silence is only good when it's not awkward." (NT) -- Bry, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 10:07pm PDT

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• He nodded a bit, and looked over with yet another cocked brow. "Well, can you keep a secret?" He inclined his head toward her as though he was going to tell her the meaning of life. "A really really big secret?" (NT) -- Nik, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 10:10pm PDT

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• Her lips pursed at that and she nodded deftly after a long moment of very careful thought, then leaned in as well - tilting her head closer to him - despite the seriousness of her features, her gaze was bright, she was clearly enjoying the interaction. "Yes, yes of course. I'm the best secret-keeper. Hit me." (NT) -- Bry, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 10:12pm PDT

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• "I am perhaps the worst conversationalist in the entire world. In fact, I usually hate conversations. I would rather pull out all my teeth.. well, you get the idea. Anyways, I'm not very good at socializing at all." He nodded firmly and raised his brows at the end, just for effect. (NT) -- Nik, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 10:18pm PDT

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• "Oh.." Her lips formed the perfect 'O' shape, and then pursed, brows furrowing gently. "I'm... Sorry? Have I been torturing you?" He had said he wasn't bored, but that didn't mean he wasn't downright miserable. "Here I've been yapping away at you all evening... You could have said something - or just gotten up and left.." (NT) -- Bry, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 10:23pm PDT

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• "No! No," He reached out to touch her arm and caught her eyes, shaking his head. "No really, it's not been awful - in fact, it's been nice, you don't need to apologize." She'd drawn him out of his little shell and he had forgotten about how little he liked to talk. (NT) -- Nik, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 10:49pm PDT

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• She laughed softly at that, slightly relieved, and ducked her head a little - eyes dropping to his hand on her arm before meeting his gaze again. "Good... Good. I was just about to remind you that you had been asking like half the questions, so it was your own fault." Head resting back against the back of the seat again, she drew one leg up to tuck beneath herself, glancing over at him with an absent smile. (NT) -- Bry, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 10:57pm PDT

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• "See? It's your outgoing personality rubbing off on me." He inclined his head in a slight nod, one brow arched. "In fact, I ought to be thanking you. My partner definitely will, if this carries over into tomorrow." (NT) -- Nik, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 11:07pm PDT

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• "I like being an influence on people. Especially when I get thanked for it - so yes, thank me." She grinned softly and tipped her own head in a bit of a nod to now, tone completely teasing. "Thanks from your partner too? Is he cute? Tall? Dark? Handsome, by any chance?" (NT) -- Bry, Wed, Oct 20 2004, 11:21pm PDT

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• He laughed a little, tipping his head back to let the sound reverbrate through the covered porch. "I guess you could say that - though if you kept referring to her as a 'he' she might get a little pissy." (NT) -- Nik, Thu, Oct 21 2004, 5:28am PDT

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• "Oh..." She murmured sheepishly and grinned, ducking her head a little - immediately feeling bad for making the assumptions. "My bad... Let's just pretend that never happened." Laughing softly, she shook her head and exhaled a quiet sigh as she tugged the sleeves of her sweater over her chilled fingers. (NT) -- Bry, Thu, Oct 21 2004, 11:41am PDT

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• He grinned, slight dimples evident and shook his head. "You need to not be so sorry for everything." (NT) -- No name, Thu, Oct 21 2004, 2:07pm PDT

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• (NT) -- Bear, Thu, Oct 21 2004, 2:08pm PDT
  • He let out a long breath and leaned back, his fingers tucked again, laced together over his flat abdomen. "It's not good for ya." (NT) -- Nik, Thu, Oct 21 2004, 2:10pm PDT

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• "It is kind of stressful..." She agreed with a wink and a soft laugh, her head turned so her cheek rested against the back of the seat and she was looking up at him. "I'll keep that in mind.. Sometimes I apologize without really thinking about it. Bad habit. Too damn polite." (NT) -- Bry, Thu, Oct 21 2004, 6:46pm PDT