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The Cube had appeared both in Peyton's and in Brooke's rooms and they knew they were going to go home soon. But before tht they needed to say goodbye.
That's why now they were in front of Lucas and Layla's room, knocking on the door.

Brooke heard the announcement while she was in the Boutique, shopping, and ran upstairs.
She knocked on Peyton's door, screaming for her friend to open.
When she did, she saw Peyton was as pale as she must be.
"What's happening?" they asked each other in unison.

Peyton walked into the Gym Room to work out a little. It was a while she hadn't done so and she kept hearing Derek's voice in her ears reminding her she had to practice. She walked to the punching bag and started working out.

Peyton had everything ready for her guests and she was just giving the finishing touches to her room before everyone arrived. "They'll be here in a few minutes" she thought.


(OOC: You can start answering this post but I'll be quite slow in answering back as I've got an exam tomorrow and won't be home before Friday)

Peyton was so happy she had her friend back she decided it was time fo a little celebration. She took out two slips of paper and began writing. Then she got out of her room and passed each sheet under doors 106 and 109.

Note for Cordelia:
Hi, I'm Peyton, remember me?
We met at the Boutique a while ago. Well, my friend Brooke just got Here and I decided to have a slumber party for her. Wanna come? I was thinking about tomorrow night, does that suit you?
Let me know, I really hope you come.
Peyton

Note for Layla:
Hi! I don't know if you've met her but my friend Brooke just got Here and I decided to have a slumber party for her. Wanna come? I was thinking about tomorrow night, does that suit you?
Let me know, I really hope you come.
Peyton

P.S. Hey, Luke, you'd be welcome too, but just know that you'd be the only guy. Your choice... :)

Peyton was by the lake. She had picked out a green swimsuit from the Boutique and had decided to go out and have a swim.
She had also taken her drawing pad to work on her sketches a bit.

Abby Sciuto likes summer, she just doesn't like the sun. So she's out by the lake, having a little picnic lunch and debating whether or not she's going to go swimming today. To protect her pale complexion, she has a black, lacey parasol over one shoulder. She's still wearing black, but it's a sheer, black top with long sleeves over a black tank top and long, tight pants that end about mid-calf. Her feet are actually bare at the moment, though a pair of black sandals are nearby.

She's enjoying some mushroom quiche, cold and a Greek Salad, all requested from the Pantry Restaurant in a little take-out basket, along with two of her substitute Caff-Pow! drinks. Maybe after lunch - and having digested for a bit - she'll try swimming, or at least paddling in the water.

Listening to music on her iPod, she gazes across the lake. It really is a beautiful day, and she's trying not to think about her family and friends back home.


[[ OOC: Meeting the Summer Modly Challenge, but SlowTime is inevitable. Thank you. :) ]]

Peyton walked outside to the two trees Layla had grown for her mom and Ellie. She had picked some flowers for both of them and had taken them with her.
She kneeled down in front of her mom's. She loved Ellie but she had loved her more like a friend than like a mother. That place would always be Anna Sawyer's.
"Hey Mom" she said "It was a long time we hadn't talked, I know. But I had no place to do so until now. But see what great friends I found here too? Layla grew this tree for you so I could have somewhere to talk to you" she smiled and talked some more: how she had gotten there, meeting Lucas again, meeting new people and making new friends...
She turned to Ellie too a few times and talked to her tree about her music and how the CD they had created did in the shops and so on.
She had missed talking to them.

It'd only taken a few days out in the sun for Spike to find out that he didn't in fact freckle, as he'd wondered four, nearly five, years ago. Even still, he much preferred to lounge underneath a tree and…not enjoy, really, but take in the summer-like weather.

Typically, he wasn't the summer-loving type. All right, so two centuries ago, he might've written a crappy poem or two comparing a certain bitch to a Shakespearean summer's day, but he'd long ago learned his lesson. Anyway, he wasn't the picnic-having type, not in the least bit, but at the same time, he imagined that if Buffy, or even Dawn, asked, he'd do it, no question.

...Those two had completely changed him, hadn't they? Bloody Summers women.

With a roll of the eyes, he took out a pack of cigarettes he'd (surprisingly) found in his duster days ago, and his lighter. He pulled out a cigarette from the box and lit it as he continued to enjoy the solitude of the afternoon.

Bobby is sitting on the roof,eating a popcicle and looking for victims people down below to throw snowballs at. They won't be expecting that on a day as hot as today....

Cordelia walked into the boutique. Free clothes, she could totally get used to this.

She looked around a few racks. Then she got a sudden splitting headache. She placed his palm on her forehead and fell to the floor in pain.

A series of images flashed before her eyes.

She was fighting a guy in green armour and helmet, with lightsabers. Then there was a giant ship, flashes of lightsabers. Then a kid of about 15 telling a very very bad joke, then the kid was older, and a dark light was overtaking him. She heard a voice say 'I name you the Sword of the Jedi. You are like tempered steel, purposeful and razor-keen. Always you shall be in the front rank, a burning brand to your enemies, a brilliant fire to your friends. Yours is a restless life and never shall you know peace, though you shall be blessed for the peace that you bring to others.'

Then there was a series of explosions and she saw the same guy with a red lightsaber.

She opened her eyes, her head pounding.

'What the hell was that?' she thought to herself.

Peyton walked into the gym room. Ever since Derek had taught her how to boxe she had exercised every day. She needed it to feel safe. She knew that probably she would never need it Here but the need of it had become stronger than her. In Tree Hill she had needed it to feel safer from PsychoDerek and she had broght the feeling with her. She went to one of the racks, picked a pair of gloves and started working out on one of the punching bags.

Lucas was sitting by the lake. He was watching the gentle waves and just thinking. He had little Iggy with him. 

He was thinking about Layla mostly. How much he loved her and how much he missed her. He knew she needed this, he understood. But he still missed her terrible. He wondered if she missed him. Iggy was running around chasing his tail and nudging Lucas's leg looking for attention. Lucas petted him and rubbed his tummy, smiling at the fox cub.

He lay on his back and closed his eyes, soaking up the warm rays of the sun. So many different thoughts running through his mind. Little Iggy jumped on his stomach, curled up and fell asleep, snoring loudly.

Peyton was sitting at the lake, her bag abandoned beside her. That was getting to be her favourite place in all of Here, she loved the soft breeze and the gentle waves breaking on the lake shore. She was giving the finishing touch to the gift she was preparing and thinking about her life and about everything that had happened in the last months.

What: Lucas and Layla's reception, night, Saturday.
Who: Invitations were given out to many residents of Here, mainly OTA (OOC notes-No Tags from The Bunny AKA Mister Bunny, please and thank you kindly.)
Where:: Set on the golf course of Here, Wedding and reception. Under an arch of 13 cherry blossom trees. Reception held under a tent set up by Ms. Ginny Weasley.
Why:: Lucas and Layla want to finally set in stone their wedding nuptials with their friends and family like members of Here.
Summary: Wedding and Reception of Lucas Scott and Layla Williams-Scott, R for language tops.
Status: Incomplete.

(OOC notes: OK, I fretted on how to do this, so what I plan to do is to create a photo-album for the dress, an idea of what the wedding and then the reception is to look like. I will explain in as much detail as possible what everything will look like. The albums, I hope, will cut down on image overload. I will lay everything out as far as who is doing what, with who and where. I will do my best to separate the post into the bride and groom with wedding party and pastor. Then the next section can be set up as the guests reactions to the event. A separate post will be made for the reception. It will be more free for all, I will try an assimilate some type of order to it. What I think might work best is to have the wedding party separate, then each member invited to the wedding gets to post a blurb as a reaction to the wedding. Then I will make another post for them walking down the aisle to the end and people then can each post another reactionary blurb. the reception will be more thread like. This way things don't get clogged. I will add a string from each person Lucas gave out an invite too, then a blank section for those coming with a guest as a date or who didn't get an invite handed to them, but picked them up from the lobby. You can add your own names, also please add your own tags as you join, so we get an actual account of who showed and not a wrong account based on misinformation. Below I will list all the people involved in the wedding and reception events, their song, who is giving speeches, special dances, etc. Each will have their own string at the top. The free for all type threads can happen after all those threads happen. I figure we can attack each section as people join, but there will be a placeholder there for that specific thread to happen. IF anyone has a question, email me or google talk me at slavetoserendipity@gmail.com. The pictures I will be posting will not be exact renditions of how the areas will look, just a general idea.)

(See PICS provided with descriptions for reception, description of reception is included in wedding post: http://s300.photobucket.com/albums/nn7/Hippiechylde/Reception/ )


( Remember tonight, for it is the beginning of always.  )

What: Lucas and Layla's wedding, set at dusk, Saturday.
Who: Invitations were given out to many residents of Here, mainly OTA (OOC notes-No Tags from The Bunny AKA Mister Bunny, please and thank you kindly.)
Where:: Set on the golf course of Here, Wedding and reception. Under an arch of 13 cherry blossom trees. Reception held under a tent set up by Ms. Ginny Weasley.
Why:: Lucas and Layla want to finally set in stone their wedding nuptials with their friends and family like members of Here.
Summary: Wedding and Reception of Lucas Scott and Layla Williams-Scott, R for language tops.
Status: Incomplete.

(OOC notes: OK, I fretted on how to do this, so what I plan to do is to create a photo-album for the dress, an idea of what the wedding and then the reception is to look like. I will explain in as much detail as possible what everything will look like. The albums, I hope, will cut down on image overload. I will lay everything out as far as who is doing what, with who and where. I will do my best to separate the post into the bride and groom with wedding party and pastor. Then the next section can be set up as the guests reactions to the event. A separate post will be made for the reception. It will be more free for all, I will try an assimilate some type of order to it. What I think might work best is to have the wedding party separate, then each member invited to the wedding gets to post a blurb as a reaction to the wedding. Then I will make another post for them walking down the aisle to the end and people then can each post another reactionary blurb. the reception will be more thread like. This way things don't get clogged. I will add a string from each person Lucas gave out an invite too, then a blank section for those coming with a guest as a date or who didn't get an invite handed to them, but picked them up from the lobby. You can add your own names, also please add your own tags as you join, so we get an actual account of who showed and not a wrong account based on misinformation. Below I will list all the people involved in the wedding and reception events, their song, who is giving speeches, special dances, etc. Each will have their own string at the top. The free for all type threads can happen after all those threads happen. I figure we can attack each section as people join, but there will be a placeholder there for that specific thread to happen. IF anyone has a question, email me or google talk me at slavetoserendipity@gmail.com. The pictures I will be posting will not be exact renditions of how the areas will look, just a general idea.)

( The Wedding of Mr. Lucas Eugene Scott and Ms. Layla Sophie Williams. Please come and celebrate with them on this wonderful and special day. )

Peyton knocked on Lucas and Layla's door. She had dropped by to say hello and pick up the wedding supplies Layla had promised to lend her for the invitations.

Where: In front of the lake

That was becoming Peyton's favorite place. It was so beautiful out there. The soft breeze was rustling the leaves and creating little waves on the lake. It also ruffled her air which turned to spun gold under the sun. She really felt like drawing but she had no supplies. That was why she was trying to do so with a small, broken pencil she had found at the bottom of her evening handbag and with a sheet of paper she had found in the room.
She really needed to express her feelings on paper. Meeting Lucas had been great but seeing him and Layla together had made her realize she had to let him go. She had seen the love flowing between them, a bond of light going from Lucas to Layla and back again.
And she didn't belong in that.
It was really hard, but that was the best thing to do. Let go of him and be tha best friend possible to both. She owed him that. And she wasn't going to ruin his engagement with her unrequired love.
She took the drawing she had made and slowly let it slip in the lake, watching it fade when it touched the water.
"Goodbye Lucas Scott" she murmured.
Now what she needed was someone to talk to. She really didn't feel like being alone right now.

Suite 112

She had just signed in and had been assigned room 112. She couldn't believe what she saw when she had entered. That was the most beautiful room she had even been in!
But tiredness had surpassed excitement and she had fallen asleep as soon as her head touched the pillow.
She had slept the whole night through, without nightmares intruding in her dreams.
She had prepared breakfast for herself with what she had found in the kitchen and now she was ready to go and explore this new place.
"Although first I might need a change of clothes" she thought as she closed the door behind her and stepped in the hallway.