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Post by Administrator on Apr 3, 2009 0:54:02 GMT -5
The Reeve's family lives here!
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Post by Catherine Woodruff on Apr 3, 2009 1:49:11 GMT -5
Catherine knocked on the old door in desperate need of a new paint job hoping she had the right place. She had gone through several sources most of whom kept asking if she were lost. She admitted she did stick out from the people who lived around here. Her hair was pulled up with a few loose curls falling around her face. She wore a heavy fur coat despite the late afternoon heat. Removing the hood from her head, she waited for a reply.
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Post by reeves on Apr 3, 2009 10:13:47 GMT -5
Alice was cooking supper at the little stove, boiling some stew. She was always a busy body, she didn't like to sit. She was always cleaning something or other.
Darry sat at the old desk that was missing a leg, rubbing his temples as he tried to study and shooting glares at his younger brothers who were sprawled out on the ground wrestling.
"Would you shut it already? I got an exam tomorrow!" Darry said loudly in his deep voice.
"Yeah, boys, please, give Darry some quiet."
With a reluctant sigh both boys stood up and went to find something else to do. Reeves collapsed on the couch exhausted and pulled out last week's newspaper. Danny went over behind his sister, trying to tell her more ingredients to add to the soup.
There was a knock on the door, Alice was busy with the stew and since Reeves didn't budge and Darry was so intent in his studying, seventeen year old Danny let out an excited shout and bounced to the door, swinging it wide open, he looked down to see a girl in a fine fur coat, amidst the heat. Just judging by her fair ivory stainless skin and her curls made it obvious of her social standing. She was rich. Danny gaped at her for a moment until he caught himself.
With a polite grin that almost mirrored Reeves he asked, "Um may I help you miss?"
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Post by Catherine Woodruff on Apr 3, 2009 12:10:43 GMT -5
Catherine stared at the older boy who opened the door. He was good-looking, handsome even. Clearing her throat she asked, "Is this the home of Seth Reeves?"
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Post by reeves on Apr 3, 2009 16:20:07 GMT -5
"Is this the home of Seth Reeves?"
Danny looked mildly surprised, and took a moment before answering. "Well yeah it is, but nobody but Alice calls him Seth anymore," he still couldn't quite seem to shake the thought that a rich girl, who liked like the daughter of some kind of governor or some hot shot was standing at their door, asking for his kid brother.
"Hey Sethy Boy! You got company!" Danny turned and then gave Catherine a small smile. "He'll be right here if he can move his lousy rear off the couch in time," Darry had gotten up from the couch and shoved a laughing Danny away from the door, playfully annoyed at his manners.
Reeves got up and moved swiftly to the door, wondering who it would be at this time of day. He figured maybe his good friend Jade had stopped over for supper or something, that's why he couldn't quite hide his surprise when he saw Catherine standing at his door, one look in her green eyes and Seth knew something was wrong, she wouldn't just risk coming all the way out to his apartment unless something was wrong.
"Alice, I'm going out for a little while, alright?" Seth called softly, his voice unusally concerned and firm.
"Oh no, Reeves, supper's just about ready," Alice scolded, she really hated Reeves being out in the afternoon like this. She liked eating supper as one family, she hated it when anybody was missing.
Darry stood up and moved over to Alice, "Alice, let him go," before whispering something in her ear. She sighed and went back to her stew and Darry nodded at Reeves who immediately slipped out the door, closing it behind him.
"Catherine?" he asked softly, not wanting to voice his question, just taking her hand in his and questioning her with his eyes.
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Post by Catherine Woodruff on Apr 3, 2009 17:43:41 GMT -5
Catherine waited patiently for Reeves to come to the door, not looking forward to what she had to tell him. She didn't know how to say it.
"We need to talk," was all she got out, looking down at the ground beneath them.
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Post by reeves on Apr 3, 2009 17:56:53 GMT -5
"We need to talk,"
Reeves face grew even more concerned, and he felt his chest tighten, and butterlies flying in his stomach. He swallowed hard, knowing whatever Catherine was going to say to him was going to hurt.
"Alright. You can tell me anything, I'll...What's the matter Catherine? What's wrong?"
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Post by Catherine Woodruff on Apr 3, 2009 18:55:33 GMT -5
She looked into his eyes and took his hand. "Not here. Can we walk?"
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Post by reeves on Apr 3, 2009 18:58:54 GMT -5
"Not here. Can we walk?"
He nodded, trying to calm himself down and not expect the worse. He would handle whatever she would tell him like a man. At least he would try, he couldn't stop the feeling in his gut.
"Yeah, how bout Central Park?" He asked softly, squeezing her hand gently, and trying to smile.
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Post by jade on Apr 4, 2009 17:22:04 GMT -5
((((new day)))
jade knocked on the door to reeves apartment and took off her hat and let her hair fall around her.jade stuck her hat into her back pocket and checked herself over,rotten,dirty street rat.
jade huffed at her apperance,unhappy with it,'but its good as its gonna get with my job.'
jade thought bitterly and knocked once more,nervous to see reeves family again.
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Post by reeves on Apr 4, 2009 17:28:47 GMT -5
From inside the apartment door, as usual there was some noise. The Reeves family was always lively, how could it not be with a goof like Danny?
Danny was standing at the stove, as always trying to help Alice with supper. Seventeen Danny loved cooking, he just was a little...creative.
Darry was studying in the bedroom, the door shut firmly. Reeves was just collapsed on the old sofa, a newspaper over his face and his eyes closed.
Danny bounced over to the door and swung it open, and his grin widened when he saw Jade standing there. "Jade! Where you been, girl? On the moon? We've missed you! Don't just stand there, come in!"
"Hi Jade, supper should be ready any minute now, hon," Alice called from the stove.
Danny laughed and said, "Uh, well there's Reeves," and pointed to his lazy napping brother who was sound asleep.
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Post by jade on Apr 4, 2009 17:34:45 GMT -5
jade smiled as she was met with bubbly danny of course.
she laughed as she was practically dragged inside.
she was shown were reeves was she stood over him and debated whether she should wake him up nicely or get danny to help her with a prank...
she took off the newspaper from his face and gently whacked his stomach with it.no response,she did it again,this time alittle harder,no response.
so she walked to the kitchen and greeted alice with a one armed hug as she exclaimed her idea,alice giggled as she handed over a wooden spoon and a pan,jade strolled into the living room and placed the pan next to his face and hit the pan ,a loud gong filled the air and jade ran into the kitchen to return the stuff and to get out of reeves rath,with alice having a giggle fit by the stove.
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Post by reeves on Apr 4, 2009 17:41:18 GMT -5
With the bang clang echoing through the air, Reeves let out a surprised shout and rolled off the sofa and hit the floor with a thud. He sat up and rubbed his head, giving Jade and Alice a groggy glare.
Danny laughed and while Alice wasn't looking added a hint of spice into the soup, smelled it and closed his eyes contently breathing it in. Much better.
Darry came out of the room, he couldn't focus on studying with the family clatter. He figured supper had to be just about ready anyhow. He smiled a genuine smile when he saw Jade standing there. Basically, even though she had only been over a few times, she was practically a part of the family. He scooped her into a little hug and ruffled her hair before moving to the pantry to get the milk bottle out.
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Post by jade on Apr 4, 2009 17:45:52 GMT -5
jade blushed slightly and laughed as she was greeted by the usaully grumpy darry,
she was wondering how his studying was going.
jade walked over to reeves and sat on the floor next to him and playfully pushed him with a smile,trying to hide her blush,her dark green eyes studied the household and jade thought this was the best thing that has happened to her since the inncident.
jade smiled and alice make soup contently.
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Post by reeves on Apr 4, 2009 17:53:28 GMT -5
Reeves grinned brightly at Jade as she sat next to him. He liked it when she came over, for a special reason. When she came, she was happy, genuinely happy, and that made Reeves happy. The whole family seemed happy when she came over. Alice was always so glad to have another girl around. Darry seemed to loosen his stress. Danny cracked even more jokes than usual, if that was possible. It was like it was Christmas or something.
Alice started to set the table and Darry hummed softly in his deep tenor voice as he cut the meat. Danny patted for Jade to sit next to him at the table and stuck his tongue out at his younger brother.
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