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Post by Caliban on Sept 24, 2008 7:50:03 GMT -5
"What?! Hold on, I'm coming!" he yelled as he turned around and headed back up the hill, not slowing dow much. He swerved to avoid Lexi as he came over the top and did a backflip, landing back on the board. He eyed Jasper before he looked at Lexi."Yes?" he asked.
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Post by Alexandria (Lexi) on Sept 24, 2008 7:58:04 GMT -5
She heard Caliban and jumped slightly as he swerved around her. When he did the backflip her eyes got wide and she couldn't believe the sight she was seeing. He was just too graceful... And he seemed geninuely concerned about her... That was a plus in her direction, but still... She inched more towards him and away from Jasper, his older brother. She could already tell that Jasper wasn't just right.
"Uh, can we uh... relocate?" She asked looking at Jasper fearfully. She didn't know him, and he seemed to be very sarcastic and bitter, meaning she didn't WANT to know him... Also he was very... different towards Caliban and Caliban had been only nice to her, so she didn't see why...
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Post by Caliban on Sept 24, 2008 8:03:08 GMT -5
"He won't hurt you. He doesn't even bite. He's just a little more careful than I am. But, ok. where do you want to go? There is a hiking trail right up there." he said, noticing her inching and fearful face. He pointed to the trail and started unbuckling his scuffed combat boots from the dirtboard's straps so he could walk. He waited for her decision.
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Post by Alexandria (Lexi) on Sept 24, 2008 8:09:04 GMT -5
She smiled at his suggestion and nodded gratefully. When she moved towards Caliban she saw him unstrapping his boots. She just watched, almost anxiously as she still cast glances over her shoulder at Jasper. She couldn't stand the guy and she barely knew him and met him. She just didn't think he was... right in the head or any where else for that matter... And it made her fearful of him.
"That would be lovely," she replied with a sigh. She smiled and started to move towards the trail he pointed and she was just about to take a step, but then stumbled over a branch, just her luck. She was surrounded by graceful people and she stumbles over a branch. And now she was cascading towards the ground, and not very gracefully either.
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Post by Caliban on Sept 24, 2008 8:41:15 GMT -5
He finished unstrapping his boots and walke behind her, laughing when she stumbled but catching her before she hit the ground. He lifter her with one hand and set her upright and over the branch before going on ahead up the trail so that he could get some dirtboarding done.
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Post by Alexandria (Lexi) on Sept 24, 2008 8:48:09 GMT -5
She smiled when Caliban caught her and she straightened herself up when he set her down. She walked onto the trail's path and her mind wandered a bit. Why was that guy here when he wasn't in school...? Shouldn't he be? Or did he skip like them? But he seemed so much... older than she that maybe he was in college... But that didn't seem right either.
"Thank-you Caliban," she said softly, stopping her train of thought and looking at him. "It means a lot to me."
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Post by Caliban on Sept 24, 2008 8:55:58 GMT -5
"No problem. So, why were you in such a hurry anyways?" he asked, strapping his boots back onto the board since he had reached the top. He was reaching to push off when he thought about something. He stopped aruptly and sat on his butt, black pants picking up the dust, and looked at her as he took out a small toolbox and started working on his board. The terrain was rougher so he needed to have his board quite so tight.
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Post by Alexandria (Lexi) on Sept 24, 2008 8:58:32 GMT -5
She looked at him as he pulled out a tool box and sat down, making dust pick its way to her hair and clothes. She waved the dust away and she looked at him again, her eyes on his lithe and graceful form. Dang, why couldn't she be like that? Or like Jasper even? She knew he was just as graceful from just observing. She looked up to the sky and saw the gray clouds over head. She didn't mind rain, but she didn't like thunderstorms.
"What do you mean?" She asked, getting back onto his topic. Her blue eyes met his yellow ones.
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Post by Caliban on Sept 24, 2008 9:06:09 GMT -5
"Well, for starters, you could have taken two seconds to realize you were putting the dollar into the machine wrong and fixed that and made it to class on time." he said, shrugging as he loosened his wheels and took them off. He needed to check them and then put different ones on.
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Post by Alexandria (Lexi) on Sept 24, 2008 9:08:27 GMT -5
She thought about it for a minute and just looked at him and she smiled then. She was really stupid, she probably could have done that but she needed a caffinee fix and she needed it fast. She shrugged and sat down next to him, her body now in close proximity to his.
"Well, I don't like not being awake and I wasn't this morning so I wanted something to wake me up. A coke would have done that but the machine wouldn't take my dollar and I wasn't thinking straight. So I apparently skipped class." She replied and smiled at him. She swept her brown hair over her shoulder, exposing her neck slightly as she did so.
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