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• She'd worked a full shift at Rory's and hadn't gotten back to her place to bring Tyke out until around now - she hated closing, and she hated working altogether. The brindle dane strained ahead on the nylon leash until the girl got fed up and gave the "heel" command. The wind tossed her blonde hair right out of the french braid it had been woven into, a pair of jean shorts for once, revealing lengths of long leg, a white knit sweater with a hood cut an inch or so above her belt buckle. The beach this time of night comforted a restless soul - she'd live right on the sand if she could. (NT) -- Aislinn, 08:30:46 07/20/04 Tue

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• She was the exact opposite of him, he despised the beach and the waves - they had ruined his life in a single moment. A yawn escaped his lips as he layed back, tugging off his shirt and using it as a pillow behind his dark curly head. (NT) -- Zee, 08:32:03 07/20/04 Tue

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• She just about stumbled over him, oblivious to her surroundings, except, of course, for the waves. She'd struggled on them this morning before work, and she was hoping to make ammends with them tonight. Tyke investigated the lump they'd nearly fallen over with a cold wet nose. "Cripes... get out of the way!" (NT) -- Aislinn, 08:35:21 07/20/04 Tue

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• He growled in return at the large dog invading his personal space before he looked up at her. "Excuse me? There's eighteen thousand feet of sand and you had to walk on top of me?" He cocked a brow, still not moving from his reclined position. (NT) -- Zee, 08:38:28 07/20/04 Tue

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• She recognized his voice and grinned to herself - she expected candy from this guy so she'd better be nice. "Of course," her reply was sarcastic. "Everything I do is for the purpose of making you miserable, didn't you know?" She tugged at the leash lightly, calling the huge dog off. "Tyke, come on." (NT) -- Aislinn, 08:40:18 07/20/04 Tue

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• He let out a breath, shaking his head. "What are doing with all the walking stuff? Lay down." He instructed. "Laziness is a virtue you know." He smiled lightly, the expression lazy on his handsome features. (NT) -- Zee, 08:43:14 07/20/04 Tue

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• She gave Tyke the "sit" command and then flopped down onto the sand - it was a contagious bug, not a virtue, she knew it. "I don't have to work for it, it's like you have a lazy ray, and whenever I get shot with it, I can't move." Tyke obediently did as he was told - she'd assured that he was well trained and well mannered, there was nothing more dangerous and annoying than a large dog that wasn't mindful. (NT) -- Aislinn, 08:46:35 07/20/04 Tue

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• He smiled lightly, tilting his head before he looked back up at the stars above them. "I have a surprise for you at my place." He smiled lightly, looking over at her briefly. "You'll have to stop by sometime." (NT) -- Zee, 08:48:25 07/20/04 Tue

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• Tyke flopped down and the girl shifted to use his large body as a pillow - Tyke was to Aislinn like Charlie had been for Ace, a constant presence, more faithful than any human friend she had. She reached up and ruffled his floppy ears gently. "It had better be candy.. because.. I don't go to strangers' houses unless they have something enticing.. like candy." (NT) -- Aislinn, 08:50:34 07/20/04 Tue

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• "I am so not a stranger for one thing. Old family friend is more like it." He grinned lightly, looking over to her. "It hurts the way you treat me, you know that Aislinn?" His voice was lazy and quiet, eyes up on the stairs. (NT) -- Zee, 08:52:31 07/20/04 Tue

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• "Old family friend?" She scoffed playfully and shook her head a little. "I watched your skinny ass hit the waves a time or two, that's it." Well, that hadn't totally been it, she'd harbored her own little crush on him back then, but it was all good now - she was independant, fiercely so, and told herself she had no need for men other than physical fulfillment. "Well, I definitely apologize if you feel you've been mistreated." (NT) -- Aisl, 08:56:57 07/20/04 Tue

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• "Well, I suppose I forgive right now...but I expect some quality remorseful attitude later. I understand, given the lazy mood, why I am not getting it now." He smiled lightly, shifting to lean on his side, propped up by his elbow and looking at her, and then the dog. (NT) -- Zee, 08:58:20 07/20/04 Tue

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• She rolled over to face him as well, shifting a little with a groan from Tyke, before she began to scratch him behind his front leg - his groan of dissatisfaction quickly turning to contentment. "Like, do you put something in the air or something? Like tear gas... except laziness gas?" (NT) -- Aislinn, 09:02:35 07/20/04 Tue

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• "It's just my vibe you know? The aurora around me." He winked lightly, poking her softly. "Just goes to show my powers of laziness are better then your powers of energy. I win." He winked lightly, still watching her carefully. (NT) -- Zee, 09:05:38 07/20/04 Tue

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• "And just what exactly is the prize here? I feel like a superhero fighting another superhero with my powers of good and evil.. or laziness." She shook her head, they were like a couple of kids, but it was nice to just be silly once in a while. "Okay, I guess you win for now." (NT) -- Aislinn, 09:08:58 07/20/04 Tue

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• "It's the respect and you know...a future cartoon or something." He smiled lightly, tilting his head. "Don't worry, I'll let you have the reoccuring villian role." He laid his head back down on the sand - his gaze moving back to the stars quietly. (NT) -- Zee, 09:09:55 07/20/04 Tue

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• She grinned quietly in the darkness, imagining herself in the full villainess garb, and then unconciously corrected him. "Villainess.." She turned her own eyes to the stars. "So what are you doing out here, buddy?" (NT) -- Ais, 09:14:54 07/20/04 Tue

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• "Mhmm...I'll start picking out the leather soon." he winked lightly, teasing gently. "Nothing really...just trying to make my peace with the world I suppose." He shrugged a bit, biting his lip as he looked to her again. (NT) -- Zee, 09:16:45 07/20/04 Tue

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• "Peace with the world?" She didn't want to dig too much but he was being cryptic - he could have just said "Enjoying the moonlight" or something of that sort, but now she was curious. (NT) -- Ais, 09:21:46 07/20/04 Tue

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• He nodded a bit, smilng a little. "Yeah, you know, crazy buddhaist and all that." He winked at her before he whistled to her dog lightly, calling it over to him. "Whats it's name?" (NT) -- Zee, 09:23:26 07/20/04 Tue

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• She rolled her eyes as Tyke weaseled his way out from under her head and it hit the sand with an 'oof'. She scowled and tucked her arm under her head, facing them as Tyke took to licking Zee's palm. "It's Tyke.. a long lost descendant of mom's dog, Charlie.." She grinned a little bit and tugged the dog's tail playfully. "You know, I don't think I'll ever understand the pull of religion.. but whatever floats your boat, y'know?" (NT) -- Ais, 09:28:01 07/20/04 Tue

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• "Not a religion - philosophy, way of thought...that sort of thing." he smiled at the dog, his hands ruffling his ears. "Very cute...I need a dog." If he got something he'd get something littly and yappy, just to be different - so characteristic of him. (NT) -- Zee, 09:29:43 07/20/04 Tue

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• She laughed and shook her head. "You don't need a dog.. I swear sometimes, I think that kids would be easier than Tyke here." She shrugged and rolled into a sitting position, facing him, hugging her knees to her chest lightly. "Like I said, whatever floats your boat." (NT) -- Aislinn, 09:31:11 07/20/04 Tue

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• "I do...I need constant companionship that won't always feel the need to fill silence with dumb conversation." He wasn't at all implying she did that, and it was obviously just an off hand observant, not necessarily pertaining to the situation. (NT) -- Zee, 09:33:22 07/20/04 Tue

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• She laughed at the "dumb conversation" comment because it was true - had they ever really spoken of anything relevant? Not really, just what came to the top of their head - they'd gotten a little heavy the other night, but.. other than that.. nothing. "I don't think a dog will talk to you though." (NT) -- Aislinn, 09:36:37 07/20/04 Tue

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• "I don't want talk, I want silence when it's needed. See like now, the silence isn't needed, I am enjoying the chatter or whatever." He tilted his head, watching her. "But have you ever been in a situation when words weren't needed but people forced them?" He shook his head. "A dog wouldn't do that." (NT) -- Zee, 09:37:50 07/20/04 Tue

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• A small pucker of frustration wrinkled her sunkissed brow and she rocked back a little bit, shaking her head. "I'm a fairly intelligent kid.. but you're still confusing me." (NT) -- Ais, 09:40:40 07/20/04 Tue

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• He laughed lightly, shaking his head. "I'm sorry, I think way to much for my own good I guess." He grinned lightly, shrugging a bit. "I'm sorry, maybe I am talking to much for you." (NT) -- Zee, 09:43:54 07/20/04 Tue

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• She smirked and shook her head, tossing the long end of her braid back over her shoulder. "Nah, it's all good - but you know how I am, more about the action than the talk." Tyke flopped down in between the two of them, in even scratching distance for one or the other. (NT) -- Ais, 09:45:38 07/20/04 Tue

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• His jaw set a bit, maybe that was his issue - he thought to much about how to think, and how to believe, how to be centered and balanced and mentally healthy and he didn't do anything. He fell silent, his hand moving down the dogs back with a soft sigh. (NT) -- Zee, 09:48:33 07/20/04 Tue

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• She didn't know anything of the years that had passed in his life while she'd been in Hawaii - hell, she didn't know a lot about his life at all, and so she didn't know what made him go silent, and then it bothered her. She got up, unfolding herself, and unclipped Tyke's leash. "Come on, get up." (NT) -- Aislinn, 09:50:38 07/20/04 Tue

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• "What?" He questioned, his brow furrowed as he looked at her - sheer confusion on his features. "Why?" (NT) -- Zee, 09:51:19 07/20/04 Tue

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• She offered her hand to his still lazing figure. She couldn't see his facial features clearly, but that didn't matter. "Come on, Tyke wants to go swimming, and since you're here, you get elected to come along." (NT) -- Aislinn, 09:53:25 07/20/04 Tue

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• He took her hand and got up, releasing it immediatly though he did place a hand on the small of her back and pushed her gently towards the water. "Nah...I don't enjoy the waves, but I'll definately watch you two play." (NT) -- Zee, 09:55:56 07/20/04 Tue

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• She pulled a pout, and cocked her head, begging almost. "Aw.. come on.. Tyke wants you to." The big dog was sat patiently, looking at the man. "You're not sugar, you won't melt.. and besides, they're just little ones." (NT) -- Aislinn, 09:58:11 07/20/04 Tue

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• He cocked a brow before he nodded. He just wouldn't go in very far. "Well, since the dog wants me to." He winked at her, guiding her down to the water, leery of the waves that had eaten up most of his life. (NT) -- Zee, 10:02:37 07/20/04 Tue

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• The large dog was quite the swimmer - he really had no choice - so devoted to his owner, the first time he'd followed her out he'd ducked under and came up sputtering, but he soon learned to hold his own and had become a huge fan of the water. She went out til the water was most of the way up her thighs. "It's nice to know that Tyke pulls more weight than me." (NT) -- Aislinn, 17:15:29 07/20/04 Tue

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• "Well, you were being kinda unappreciative of me earlier. Tyke shows his affection. " He grinned lightly, stepping out into the water slowly, letting it sweep around his calves. (NT) -- Zee, 20:24:47 07/20/04 Tue

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• "I only return affection, I don't initiate it." She grinned, and her arms, dropped down by her sides, brushed through the water, pushing little rivulets around as waves broke against the small of her back, walking backwards out toward the water. "Aw, is widdle zachary scared to get his pants wet?" (NT) -- Aislinn, 07:31:46 07/21/04 Wed

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• He shook his head, glancing around for a moment before he let out his low laugh, shaking his head. "Not a big fan of the water..." He smiled at the dogs antics, then at hers - his gaze moving over her discreetly. (NT) -- Zee, 07:52:43 07/21/04 Wed

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• Tyke paddled out a little way and then pointed himself toward the beach, allowing the tide to push him inshore, body surfing like a pro, and she shook her head, stripping her knit sweater off to reveal a navy string bikini and tossing it toward shore before dropping all the way to her neck into the water - "You used to cut it quite well out there though." (NT) -- Aislinn, 08:05:06 07/21/04 Wed

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• "Yeah...got over that." He smirked lightly, it was kind of nice to not have someone who knew about it all - he get tired of the sympathetic looks and pitying tones. (NT) -- Zee, 08:11:44 07/21/04 Wed

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• She swam in the shallow water toward him, her head above the waves efficiently, and then sat herself right down on the sandy floor of the ocean, the water still up to her armpits. "Grew up and got a life, right?" (NT) -- Aislinn, 08:16:46 07/21/04 Wed

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• "Not quite." He shook his head, smirking a bit. "I'm good with seeing you and Blake on all the magazines and newsreels." He smirked lightly, shaking his head. "I get my thrills out of that." (NT) -- Zee, 08:19:33 07/21/04 Wed

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• She was a good surfer but she didn't assume that every Jack, Dick and Harry who liked to hit the waves once in a while followed her career - it was kinda nice to see that someone besides her friends and raving fans were following her a little. "Oh? A fan, are you?" She smirked, playful. (NT) -- Aislinn, 08:21:28 07/21/04 Wed

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• "Yeah well, you are a family friend so the 'rents chat about you sometimes." He shrugged lightly, fingers trailing through the water before he looked up at her again. "My dad pretty big fan of your mom." (NT) -- Zee, 08:25:27 07/21/04 Wed

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• She cocked her head a little - how her mother had failed to let her in on any of this, she didn't know how she'd spent 19 years not knowing about the Marchino family and the role they'd played in the history of her mother. "They know each other?" Her brow puckered a little, and she wiggled her fingers near the surface of the water. "Have a seat, it's comfy." (NT) -- Ais, 08:29:04 07/21/04 Wed

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• He smirked lightly, tilting his head. "Yeah...old flames from what I understand, and my mom is your moms cousin. Well, I mean she's not really my mom...adopted and all you know." He smirked at the dog, shifting against the sand at his feet. (NT) -- Zee, 08:34:58 07/21/04 Wed

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• Her eyes narrowed a little, her brow still wrinkled a little bit. "So technically, you're related to me?" She wrinkled a nose - well there went any potential plans for fun - and.. "That's funny, she's never mentioned anything about him to me... in fact.. " No, she didn't even know Rhea - the day that Ace'd told Rhea she was dead to her was the last day that Ace had ever had contact with her cousin. (NT) -- Aislinn, 08:40:04 07/21/04 Wed

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• He shook his head. "Not really..unless your family was orgionally from England and had the last name Dillard." He shrugged a bit. He'd known from the time he was old enough to understand that he was adopted. (NT) -- Zee, 08:44:59 07/21/04 Wed

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• She dug her toes into the sand and wiggled them easily. "No... no, I don't think so - no, I know so - mom tells me everyday about the significance of my birth and blah blah blah - I'm definitely hers.. Peter, on the other hand, is an import too." (NT) -- Aislinn, 08:51:06 07/21/04 Wed

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• He laughed lightly, shaking his head. "Then I think we are ok." He grinned quietly, smiling a bit. "So what do you do when your bored other then hit the waves?" he questioned quietly, his brow furrowed as he watched her. (NT) -- Zee, 08:52:53 07/21/04 Wed

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• She shrugged her shoulders then opened her arms and let them drop at her sides in a vague gesture. "This.. come out here and wander around at night... that's about the only time I really have to be bored." (NT) -- Ais, 08:55:45 07/21/04 Wed

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• He nodded a little - unsure of what to say to her. Something about her set him off a little and that made it hard for idle conversation on his part. He shifted to step into the tide, sitting down on the damp sand and letting it roll in around him. (NT) -- Zee, 09:00:22 07/21/04 Wed

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• She had that effect on people sometimes - as outgoing as she was, she sometimes made other people uncomfortable. "See? Not so bad, is it?" Tyke trotted over, through the surf and groaned as he dropped himself into the shallow water between the two of them, in equal scratching distance. (NT) -- Ais, 09:06:10 07/21/04 Wed

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• "Not so bad." He smiled softly, looking out over the waves. His wife had been beautiful out on the waves, she had been in perfect communion with them until they had swallowed her alive. (NT) -- Zee, 09:13:58 07/21/04 Wed

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• "Maybe next week, we'll bring you a kickboard so you can play." She teased lightly - of course, she didn't have any clue about his past, and it seemed he was educating her abotu some of her family's own - she felt a little clueless. (NT) -- Aislinn, 09:19:30 07/21/04 Wed

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• He rolled his eyes, shaking his head. "Next week you should come out with me in my territory." He grinned softly, watching her before he splashed a little water in her direction. (NT) -- Zee, 09:22:18 07/21/04 Wed

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• She tilted her head, looking over at him - the end of her braid was wet, as was the rest of her, and she was starting to be dried by the salt laden ocean air - it was an exquisite feeling and she lifted her face to the warm night air. "Your territory?" (NT) -- Ais, 09:24:40 07/21/04 Wed

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• "Mhm, you know. Dry land." He winked teasingly, leaning back on his hands, not really minding the fact that he was getting soaked straight through. (NT) -- Zee, 09:28:19 07/21/04 Wed

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• She shook her head - she couldn't imagine a day going by without going to the beach - of course, she was a completely different type of person than anyone she'd ever met on her own. "And what would we do on dry land?" (NT) -- Ais, 09:30:23 07/21/04 Wed

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• "Surprise . I am all about surprises." He smiled softly, tilting his head. "You seem pretty put out at the idea of not being on the beach." (NT) -- Zee, 09:34:41 07/21/04 Wed

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• She smirked a little bit and traced an image in the sand - it looked suspiciously shaped like a surfboard. "This is my whole life, that's why - the air, the water, the sand, the way the sun glints off the water, the spray of the breakers - this is my entire life rolled into one very grand gesture. The entire sum of my existence right here. If I didn't have surfing, I wouldn't have anything." (NT) -- Aislinn, 09:36:38 07/21/04 Wed

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• "Thats sad." He stated, standing up and glancing over at the dog. He was getting nostalgic and sentimental and agitated all at the same time. (NT) -- Zee, 09:45:33 07/21/04 Wed

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• She raised a brow and looked up at him - he was a hard person to read, and she was usually quite adept at this - but she couldn't tell what was going on with him - there was obviously something a lot larger than the two of them at work here. "What? You mean you don't have something that you live for? That you wake up for in the morning?" (NT) -- Aislinn, 17:14:41 07/21/04 Wed

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• He shrugged. "A lot of different things. All your happiness shouldn't come from one source." He shrugged, making his way out of the water, the wind picking up and tousling his hair. (NT) -- Zee, 22:04:44 07/21/04 Wed