Nov. 5th, 2008

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Week 21: Monday (Early Early)

Who: Ita and Jillian
What: A family reunion causes nightmares
When: After midnight, Monday morning
Where: Jillian's room

Fire. It was everywhere. Ita was choking on the smoke and hard as she tried, the water she pulled from the air wouldn't put it out. And the supply of water was quickly evaporating. Calling out for her parents, she made her way down the stairs. She saw them, facing two women whose features were obscured. Her father turned to say something to her, and Ita watched in horror as he went up in flames. Her mother turned to flee, to draw the women away, and Ita screamed.

She was still screaming when she woke up, soaked, in her own bed. For a while she just sat in her sopping wet jammies and bedsheets, hugging her knees to her chest and crying. Finally, she collected herself enough to change into dry clothes and towel off her hair. She couldn't stay alone in her room. It was too scary.

Shaking slightly, she made her way down the halls to the Jillian's room. Knocking lightly, she waited anxiously. She didn't want to ruin her friend's sleep, but she needed to be near someone right now. When the door finally opened, the blond asked pathetically, "Can I sleep in your room tonight? Please?" Tears were still welled up in her eyes, her hands were shaking slightly, and her hair was still damp. She looked as pathetic as she sounded.
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Oct. 15th, 2008

[info]seeyouseeme

Week 19 - Thursday

Who: Jillian and Ita
When: Thursday Evening
Where: Jillian's Room
What: Girl time!

It was time to see Ita. Jillian had been so busy with classes and boys that she'd barely been able to catch up with Ita, and girl time was a necessary part of her week that she didn't want to skip this time around. She had a lot to talk to Ita about, particularly boys. Particularly one boy. Maybe she shouldn't get her hopes up quite yet, but they'd had a good date. A very good date. She also wanted to ask Ita about her date with Kin and see how that had went. Jillian had missed Ita terribly.

She cleaned up her own room and got it ready to have Ita over. She didn't really have much in the way of entertainment, just a radio and some CDs. She didn't watch television, so she didn't have one, which sucked a little since they couldn't watch movies, but she figured that it was only fair that she hosted. Ita had done it the last few times, after all.

She'd left a message for Ita to come over at around seven. She had tea and cookies ready for her friend, and she was lounging on her bed in her pajamas when the knock at the door came. Bounding up, she moved over to the door and opened it, grinning widely as she moved to hug her friend. She'd changed a bit in the month that she'd been there. Hugging came a little bit more naturally to her, especially since she knew that Ita would return the hug freely.
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Sep. 16th, 2008

[info]seeyouseeme

Week 18 : Monday

Who: Jillian and Vinnie
Where: Vinnie's Room, House of Fire
When: Monday Evening, After Classes

Last week had been a crazy week and Jillian was more than glad it was over. Not that it had been all bad, but the midweek insanity that had happened had soured the rest of the week for her. She wanted to forget Wednesday and focus on her studies again and on her social life, so with effort she put it out of her mind and paid attention in her classes. When her final class finished, she went back to her room to change clothes so that she could sneak in and meet Vinnie. A switch of jeans and a t-shirt later and she was on her way to the House of Fire.

Jillian decided that she had to be crazy to be doing this on a night when the guards were so on edge. The weres were out in full force and Jillian was making damned sure that she stayed in and away from any ground floor exits, entrances, or windows. She didn't think that the werecreatures were evil, but most of them were large predators and humans were still prey. No, she was staying inside and safe and she would try not to think about the danger outside. Did the weres ever get into fights with one another on full moon nights?

She had no idea of how she was going to go about sneaking onto the boy's floor in the House of Fire. She knew that the guards patrolled the floors and she'd have to be good to avoid them. Making her way through the unfamiliar common room, she tried to be as nonchalant as possible. Nervousness had made it possible for her brain to open up and keep tabs on the myriad of thoughts running about, the guards being the first and foremost...and the loudest. Singling them out, or at least trying to, she made sure to move when they were dimmest, quietest, and she snuck towards Vinnie's room.

Locating Vinnie's room, she rapped her knuckles on the door in a light gesture, trying not to call attention to herself. Thoughts grew louder, thoughts in a voice she didn't recognize, and she bounced nervously. Reminding herself to stay calm and trying to be as quiet as possible, she waited for Vinnie to open his door, the book of photos resting in one arm.

Sep. 14th, 2008

[info]seeyouseeme

Week 17 - Thursday

Who: Jillian and Ita
Where: Ita's Room
When: Thursday, After Class


Once her last class was finished, Jillian headed over to House Aquatic. The day hadn't really done anything to alleviate her mood, and she'd skipped Supernatural History because she was certain that if she saw a certain werecreature she'd throw something. Jillian hurt everywhere. She had bruises in places she didn't know could bruise. Her arms were covered in scrapes from her jog through the forest and her side and hip were mottled with bruises from the subsequent tackle and fall.

She didn't know what she'd done to piss Caibre off, but she was certain it was really more of a situation of wrong place, wrong time. The full moon was close, so she didn't really know if all the weres in this place went nuts or if he was just a special case. Jillian had been warned that there would be some people here who didn't much care for humans, but she hadn't been warned that some people here would chase them and pitch them off of cliffs for fun.

Not that she'd expect anyone to warn her about that. Instead, she'd ended up bruised and with a cold from her underwater adventure, so she was going to visit Ita to see if her friend could help her. She'd have to write this incident off and hopefully it wouldn't happen again. She'd just avoid the woods this close to a full moon next time. Raising her hand, she knocked on Ita's door and then waited, resting her forehead against the cool wood.

C'mon, Ita, open up. She wanted chicken soup, and mostly she just wanted to vent. She was angry, but she was alive. A little scared, more than a little pissed off, but alive. She wondered if she should really be thankful, or if Caibre was all talk. She didn't particularly want to find out though.
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Sep. 4th, 2008

[info]pheonixwaves

Week 17: Monday

Who:  Ita and Jillian
What:  Boy talk and ice cream - couldn't get more girly than that
Where:  Ita's room
When:  After classes and dinner

Ita was more than a little excited about ice cream with Jillian tonight.  She and Jillian had really hit it off, and she was glad she had made such a good friend so soon.  It would have been very lonely for her if she hadn't made a good friend this quickly - she was used to being so busy socially that she had zero time for much of anything else.  And while she had kept herself quite busy socially, they were fleeting introductory meetings for the most part - totally different from the friendship she had struck up with Jillian.

During her mid-day beak, she had baked some brownies - just the Betty Crocker box kind since she didn't really have time for genuine homemade - and had even dusted some chopped walnuts with sugar and cinnamon for sundae toppings.  Everything else she'd bought and was waiting in her room.  She'd even managed a blender in case they decided on frappes or milkshakes (depending on your home region).  There were bananas for banana splits; toppings like strawberry sauce, chocolate sauce, marshmallow fluff, and caramel; rainbow and chocolate sprinkles, crushed cookies, and M&M's; whipped cream and cool whip.  Really, there was enough for an entire ice cream social.  Not that Ita hadn't seen teenage girls capable of demolishing the entire stock in a single night.  She just figured it was unlikely.

After classes and dinner, she stopped by the kitchen and picked up the last few things - the cartons of ice cream she'd bought.  Tri-flavor (vanilla, strawberry, chocolate), cookie dough, and mint chip.  She figured that Jillian had to like at least one of them.  Personally, she preferred the vanilla as a clean palate to start from - once she started adding toppings it would be incredible.  She hurried back to her room and stuck them in the fridge until Jillian arrived, which should be any minute.  Her mini fridge had a less than awesome mini-freezer, and it would work until Jillian got there.  Then she changed into a cute short and tank pj set (Playboy bunny all the way), and set the TV to a music station.  This would be fun!  Like a sleepover, but not quite.

Every time she heard someone walk by, she would bounce up from the bed, and make her way to the door, only to be disappointed when they walked by.  Finally, someone actually stopped at the door, and before they could even knock, she opened the door.  "I'm so excited!  Everything's already, but we should hurry or the ice cream will melt."  With that, she reached out to grab the other woman's arm, with the intention of pulling her inside.
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Aug. 2nd, 2008

[info]pheonixwaves

Week 15: Tuesday

Who:  Jillian and Ita
What:  Movies and popcorn
When:  After dinner
Where:  Ita's room

Ita was excited.  The weekend had gone pretty well.  She had cooked dinner for Easton, a cute guy with a British accent, and had made plans with several people online.  Her classes were certainly interesting.  They made her feel closer to her parents, since her parents had always taught her how to use her natural abilities.  She missed her parents a great deal, even if she didn't let on that she did.  And she missed that part of her life, even if she enjoyed being around humans.  It was good to be around other supernaturals again.

Tonight, she was having a movie night with one of the people she'd met online, a newbie like her.  She'd had every intention of doing her homework after her last class, before dinner, and then until Jillian showed up.  However, she'd found a multitude of other things that had to be done right that second, before her guest showed.  Things like, organizing a playlist for the evening, arranging the stuffed animals on her spare bed, sweeping the floor, dusting, etc.  And then there were the food preparations...  She didn't know if Jillian drank, so she made up some virgin daquiri mix, and got out her popcorn popper, and the various flavored powders she had for toppings.  Everything was all set up and Ita decided she was much too excited to focus on homework.  So she put on her playlist and lay down on her bed to read the romance novel she'd picked up.

Even though she was distracted by reading, Ita kept her ears perked for the arrival of her guest.  Soon as she heard the knock, she jumped off her bed and opened the door.  "Hey, Jillian!" she began.  "I'm wicked excited about tonight.  I bought a season of I Love Lucy, since you said you liked old comedies, and then I have my usual collection, too, if you want to see something new.  And, I dunno if you drink, so I made virgin mixers, and I have the popcorn ready to go - just gotta pick a flavor.  I've got spicy, cheesy, garlic, and just plain butter.  What would you like?"  Ita finally took a breath.  The whole time she'd rambled, she'd led the poor girl over to the spare bed to have a seat, and then she'd taken out the various things she'd mentioned.  Ita's whirlwind excitement could be daunting to those who didn't know her well.
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