Starbuck (starbucky) wrote in halcyon_halls, @ 2008-09-13 21:31:00 |
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Entry tags: | kimberly, starbuck |
Week Seventeen: Saturday, July 28th
Who: Starbuck and Kim
When: Saturday afternoon
Where: front lawn outside Halcyon
What: playing football in the rain!
Starbuck was excited about playing football. He missed playing since quitting the club, but it had been the best move for his sanity. He just couldn't stand being around a few of the people in the club unless it was mandatory, so best to drop it and move on. Didn't mean he couldn't still play the sport, he simply had to find some new people to toss the ball around with. And in what was becoming a major trend in his life, he found another woman to befriend. It wasn't just here at Halcyon, he'd had mostly female friends back in Maui too. Starbuck had never really understood it, it was just the way things tended to go for him. Some of them he dated, actually, a lot of them he had dated or ended up dating, but because things stayed fairly casual, there were rarely hard feelings and he could remain close to the woman when they both moved on. He'd wished it could be that way with Kat, but it couldn't. He still loved her, so being near her without actually being with her was far too painful. Distance was the only cure... that and time.
He needed distractions too, and a friendly game of football would help in that fashion. He put on some mesh shorts, an old t-shirt with a few paint stains, and some sneakers that had seen better days. It was messy outside, no point in ruining clothes. He grabbed the older of his two footballs too, not because he was worried about it getting dirty, but because it felt better in his hands. Imitation leather, like anything he owned it appeared to come from an animal, without that whole gruesome killing aspect.
He juggled the ball around in his hands as he strolled away from Aquatic and headed toward the big front lawn. The rain was falling gently, and there were some gusts of wind from time to time, but it wasn't altogether bad out. At least the lightning was in the distance, and the soft roll of thunder had a nice sound to it. The biggest perk associated with this weather was the noticeable lack of people out in it. He and Kim could play football and goof around in the rain without a bunch of idiots giving them shit for it.
Waiting for Kim to show up, Starbuck dropped the ball to the ground and his face to the sky, letting the rain drops soak his skin. It felt wonderful.