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Alice Haruka Smith (thirteenpocky) wrote in halcyon_halls,
@ 2008-08-03 01:03:00

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alice, xander

Week Fifteen: Saturday
Who: Alice and Xander
When: 7:30pm till ?
Where: Some beach somewhere
What: Alice decides to do a little drinking with Xander.

Since arriving at Halcyon, Alice had already made quite a few bad decisions. They weren't really that bad, but not really all that good either. Let's just say she wasn't making the brightest decisions in her life and had never done so before. Maybe it was the people she was hanging out with, but she was not used to this new lifestyle. Alice was a very a good girl and was starting to have a bit of trouble keeping it that way nowadays.

Tonight's planned festivities was a prime example of the poor choices she had been making as Alice waited patiently while sitting on a bench in front of the school. She was dressed in a simple white dress with her swimsuit underneath and a pair of white sandals. She arrived ten minutes early since that was what she normally did when meeting up with people and wouldn't mind if Xander showed up late. She wasn't one to fuss over tardiness since she wasn't even paying attention to the time herself as she skillfully pressed the buttons on her white psp while humming a soft melody to herself. Nope, she really wouldn't mind at all. She probably wouldn't have really noticed until it started getting dark out anyway.

Alice had spent the majority of her day in the kitchen preparing for the late night picnic. As much as she enjoyed a simple sandwich like turkey on white and as funny as it would be to show up with just that, Alice decided against it. She actually got up early enough to make it into town to do a bit of shopping despite the horrible pounding that was going on in her head due to the all the fun she had the night prior. As soon as she procured all the needed ingredients, she quickly got to work with all the cooking that was ahead of her.

Xander had said to surprise him and Alice hoped she'd be able to do so. Inside the cooler and basket that sat below her feet contained some roast beef paninis with fontina cheese and roasted roma tomatoes, the deviled eggs like she promised and a few white chocolate, raspberry muffins with light butter cream frosting. Alice hadn't made a meal for someone other than herself in awhile, but enjoyed doing so. Even if they were only sandwiches. She even roasted the beef herself! Hopefully Xander liked his meat rare.

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risinghellborn
2008-08-03 12:55 pm UTC (link)

If Xander had his way, that whole ‘good girl’ thing would begin to crack even faster. Good girls were always fun, to corrupt and ruin and do all those fun things with them that they weren’t supposed to be doing, or enjoying. While most guys just enjoyed ruining a good innocent girl, for the demon, it was just as much about enjoying how they tasted that much more.

The demon was also just a few minutes late. He had just gotten too used to half the women on the island, and in his life, being late, that he assumed just about everyone was going to be. It was only five minutes in this case, but it was still late, right? He pulled up in front of the school in a nice little pickup. A chevy S10, which seemed to be modified for the island, or just for his particular tastes. Cargo bars on the roof and that would take his surfboard as well as two others. And the tire system had been raised to allow the truck to go off-roading now. Life couldn’t be better. It sounded great, but it was definitely an older model that had seen its share of rough times from all the dents and fading paint on its sides.

Once there, he grinned as he opened the door. “Damn, babe, you look good.” He said as he looked her over. “Shall we?” he said as he motioned toward the back. It wouldn’t be too hard for him to toss the cooler and basket into the back of the truck, and secure them to the side. Though, he did pause as he did so, before he glanced back toward her and that smile only widened. “Damn… that does smell good. Making me hungry already..” There would be another cooler in the back as well. This one holding the drinks he had promised to bring.

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thirteenpocky
2008-08-03 06:45 pm UTC (link)

Five minutes wasn't that late in Alice's book, but she wasn't really counting either. She was still busy tapping away at the handheld even when the truck drove up. She didn't even realize it was Xander until he hopped out and she heard his voice. If he hadn't spoken up, she probably would've just figure it was someone else and kept on gaming happily.

"Thank you," she said and carefully placed the electronic back into her bag. Normally the term 'babe' was used between couples and it was a little weird being called that, but Alice knew some people liked to use it with their friends as well. Xander was one of those people and she'd just have to get used to it. She brushed the skirt of her dress out as she stood from the bench and helped load up the truck. "Well I hope you like it. I woke up early after a night of partying just so I could go into town to do some shopping. You don't mind if the meat is a little rare right?" And if Xander didn't like it, there would be more food for Alice. The girl really knew how to it even if it didn't show.

Now that the truck was loaded, Alice didn't waste any time hopping into the front just so she wouldn't have to make Xander worry about being a gentleman and opening the door for her. She sat there with a soft smile on her lips and her hands on her lap as she waited patiently for him. It was a nice thing for guys to do and all, but Alice didn't want to make this feel like a date. They were just two friends hanging out and having a few drinks together. That was it

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risinghellborn
2008-08-03 07:06 pm UTC (link)

When he jumped into the drivers seat, Xander grinned a bit. “You look good.” Granted, she likely looked good in most things, but he wasn’t going to add that part in. She got all flustered enough around him. Of course, he enjoyed women like that, and just what guy didn’t? “And rare is fine. Not something I look for all the time, but at the beach we often end up having that anyway.” Especially as teenagers.

As he put the truck in gear and took off away from the school and toward the beach spot he had picked out, Xander glanced sideways at her. “You and Shoko didn’t get too drunk last night I hope. And I hope you got some sleep in, I’d hate for you to fall asleep on me tonight. That would like be totally embarrassing.” He shook his head a little in amusement. “You girls have fun tho?”

It would only be a few minutes before he pulled the truck out onto a dirty road and headed toward the western edge of the island. That was one nice thing about most islands as well. Even the ‘big’ ones weren’t too horribly large and were able to be driven across in fifteen twenty minutes. “Hope you like scotch. Otherwise, I grabbed a bottle of some red wine and a couple of packs of beer as well.”

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thirteenpocky
2008-08-03 07:35 pm UTC (link)

"Thank you," she said again while fiddling with the hem of her skirt. Alice was a bit nervous as they rode along towards the beach. As casual as she wanted to make things seem, the whole idea of sitting on a beach and watching the sunset was a bit romantic for two friends to do. The fact that the other friend was a guy, an incubus at that, only made it worse. She could even start to feel a small amount of fluttering going on in her tummy and while it could be easily mistaken for hunger, she knew it was more than just that. She hadn't felt this nervous since her last piano recital and that was when she was thirteen. This was probably the closest thing to a date for Alice, and while she wouldn't admit it to herself, she did her best to stay calm. We're just friends and we're just hanging out. Nothing to get yourself all worked up for.

"Well, not that much. My parents shipped a few boxes of sake with all my other stuff and I we drank some of that." Alice still wasn't sure what the legal drinking age was on this island. Not like she drank that often anyway. She just liked keeping a few bottles of sake on hand for special occasions. "It was really fun. Did a bunch of girl stuff. Dressed Shoko up in some of my clothes. She looked really cute. Not sure why she doesn't dress like that more often," she said with a shrug. Alice thought Shoko was one of the cutest girls ever and was glad they were able to become friends.

"And don't worry. I got enough sleep. We weren't up too late." It really would be embarrassing if Alice were to fall asleep on Xander, but she'd probably be just as embarrassed. Alice usually slept in pretty awkward positions. "Oh I brought a bottle of sake with me as well just in case. I've never had scotch or wine so I can't say whether or not I like it. Beer is alright though." Alice looked over at Xander and offered him a cheery smile. She really didn't know just what kind of trouble she was getting herself into.

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risinghellborn
2008-08-03 08:08 pm UTC (link)

Alice just might be surprised to find out that Xander had watched many sunsets with female friends that were just that, friends. As much as he enjoyed sleeping around, not everyone was suspictble to his charms, and there were times that it was easier just to be friends than to actually try sleeping with everyone under the sun. Although, he did do his best to work on sleeping with as many as possible. It was a guy thing, after all.

“I think Shoko is extremely shy. Kinda like you were when we first met.” Of course, that had been with her in her underwear, so that was a whole different story. “And always being nervous of her powers hurting others keeps getting her to cover up in public. I’m sure between the two of us we can get her into more girly clothing. Guys of this school won’t know what hit them when we manage that.” He turned a huge toothy grin toward her as he did say that.

“Hold on, this part is just a liiiitttllleee bumpy.” He turned the truck off onto a side road. And indeed, it would get quite a bit rougher. The truck was made off road for a reason, and this particular beach wouldn’t be reached by anything of lesser construction, or a motorcycle and on foot. Which meant that other swimmers were going to be unlikely stumbled upon.

“Don’t think I’ve had too much sake. Always been around more Chinese and Korean drinks than Japanese, strangely enough. Just might have to have some of that too.”

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thirteenpocky
2008-08-03 08:47 pm UTC (link)

"Well feel special that I'm warming up to you." Alice then playfully nudged Xander's side. As soon as she got over any initial shyness, Alice usually treated people like they had been friends for a long time even if they weren't. With Xander, there'd still be some areas where she'd still feel a bit nervous around him since she was attracted to him. She just wouldn't be able to help any of that, but she'd at least try not to let it get to her either.

Alice returned the grin. "I don't know if we'll be able to make that drastic of a change, but I'm sure we can make some progress at least. It'll be up to her if she wants to do so or not though." She said and shrugged. Alice wasn't exactly sure why Shoko didn't like wearing girlier things. Not all girly clothes were uncomfortable and she even told her what she could to do get around that. "We'll see though." She then winked at him.

Alice didn't mind any of the bumps that they hit and laughed as they made their way down towards the beach. It was nice that they might be able to have the beach all to themselves. Not like they needed the privacy or anything. It was just always better to enjoy things without having to disturb others or vice versa.

"Never had any Chinese or Korean drinks since, well.. I haven't done much drinking ever, but I really like sake. It's very light."

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risinghellborn
2008-08-03 09:04 pm UTC (link)

It would only be a couple of minutes after that before they got to the beach site he had picked out. Nice little cover, where two ends of the island came together. The waves weren’t enough to even bother surfing on, but that wasn’t the goal of the night. The opening almost pointed due west which meant the sun would come down between the two tips of the edges of the lagoon.

“Ooooh, warming up to me. Dangerous you know.” Xander said with a laugh and a shake of his head as he slipped out of the truck. He would pause at the open door to the cab as he grinned at her. “Demon and all.” He winked once before he closed the door to the truck and went to the back to grab one of the ice coolers and the blanket. “Pick out a spot.” He said as he inclined his head toward the beach.

“And yeah, she’ll change on her own pace and time. Everyone does. I just want the girl to be comfortable with herself. She’s fun to hang out with, but she gets so nervous and afraid she’s gonna freeze me all the time.”

At her last words, he laughed a bit and he shook his head. “Well, I used to drink a lot, but then that’s the benefit of playing at bars and clubs, where my band always ended up. Whenever we got a big crowd, manager always gave us free drinks. It was great.” When she did pick out a spot, he would follow her toward it, as he laid out the blanket on the sand.

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thirteenpocky
2008-08-03 09:33 pm UTC (link)

Now that they were finally at the beach and all those bumps were out of the way - as fun as they had been - Alice could take a moment to let it all sink in. It really was a beautiful spot to enjoy the sunset and while she sat there, her mind started to lose focus again. Wow, what a romantic place.... She caught herself before she get too carried away and started to remind herself again that they were just hanging out.

Alice just laughed with him. It might have been dangerous for a girl like Alice to be warming up to a demon, but he seemed like the kind of guy that wouldn't try to force anything upon her. She clearly trusted him enough since they were now at a secluded beach together and would soon be drinking things that usually made people do things they regretted the next day.

After hopping out of the truck, Alice grabbed the other cooler and the basket, slipped her sandals off and carefully made her way down the beach. Half way down, she paused for a moment and surveyed the beach carefully before moving on again. She finally placed the stuff in her hands down onto the sand and smiled. The spot was close to the water, but far away enough so that the blanket wouldn't get wet from any incoming waves. Alice helped Xander out with laying the blanket down and placed a cooler and the basket at the corners closest to her.

"Yeah, I really like hanging out with Shoko as well. I've never worried about her freezing me or anything though." She shrugged again. "Guess she's just more comfortable around me then she is around you," she said teasingly and playfully stuck her tongue out at him with a 'nyah.'

"Must be nice since you don't have to worry about spending too much money at the bar," she said while taking a seat and tucking her skirt tightly underneath her legs. Sure she had a bathing suit underneath it, but she didn't want to go around flashing Xander like she had before. There would probably be more than enough flashing or what have you after she got a good amount of liquor in her anyway. Well, maybe.

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risinghellborn
2008-08-03 09:52 pm UTC (link)

Xander might not be the type to force anything on a person, but he had always been good at getting people to do just those very things they would regret the next day willingly. “Found this the other day when I was looking for a good surfing spot. Figured it’d make the perfect place to watch the sunset.” He said with a sheepish grin as he glanced back at her.

Then, as he set the cooler down, he spread out the blanket, and then easily fell into a seated position upon it and opposite her. “and its god that you don’t have to worry about her freezing you. Not all girls go around chasing other girls, you know. Or is all that teasing between you and the vampire chick just an online show thing?” he grinned at her, before he reached over to open the cooler he had brought. He pulled out a bottle of scotch, and a pair of plastic glasses from it.

“Thankfully, mother and father are successful enough I haven’t had to worry about that, but it is nice not to have to spend money. Not to mention that all the attention it gets from being able to buy a round for all my groupies as you call them.” He grinned a bit before he poured the two glasses with the scotch, after he put some of the ice cubes into them. One didn’t drink scotch straight up unless they wanted to get shit faced fast.

“Before we start.. when I get tipsy I tend to get quite friendly.” He said with a grin as he regarded her. “And you clearly get quite active, with this running monkey comment you made. You putting any rules on me for tonight?” He was rather fond of her, and didn’t really want to do anything that would drive her away from him.