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Jesse ([info]jdelacroix) wrote in [info]nevermore_logs,
@ 2014-08-09 00:06:00

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Current mood: good
Entry tags:clio, jayden delacroix, jess van der berg, jesse delacroix, joseph van der berg, monique reppyi, nicholas rowland, saint patrick

Who: Patrick, Clio, Jesse, JJ, Nicholas, Jayden, Nikkie, Joey
What: A big ol' dinner to ask allllll the questions
When: Friday night
Where: Patrick & Clio's place
Warnings: Uh...when I know, you'll know? IDK.


Jesse was actually looking forward to meeting Clio. Nicholas spoke very highly of her, and it sounded like she had been there for him when he needed it. So he'd piled into the car with everyone else for the drive over there, smiling slightly at the thought of her promise to ask him 'obnoxiously private questions'.

Nikkie caught sight of them from down the street as she and Joey climbed out of their own car, and ahe cupped both hands around her mouth and hailed them. "Oi! You lot, hi!" She waved, smiling cheerfully.



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[info]shamrocked_
2014-08-09 05:26 am UTC (link)
Joey grinned at his sister and he loped over to scoop her up into a hug. She giggled as he spun her and then he put her down to grin at her boyfriends. "Hey! How are you?"

"Doin' well," Nicholas said, kissing Joey on the forehead. They had slept together, it wasn't like they had any other boundaries. "Lovely to see you, Nikkie!"

Patrick had been watching for them out the window like a child. "THEY'RE HERE!" he called out to Clio, his voice full of excitement.

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[info]famedhistory
2014-08-09 05:34 am UTC (link)
Coming from a big family, she'd actually enjoyed learning how to cook once she'd sat down to put her mind to it. After Polyboa and Hyakinthos, things had shifted so she'd wanted her family to be fed and looked after. Her more 'daughter of Zeus' side saw it as an opportunity to get gossip out of people.

She'd kicked everyone out of the kitchen to prepare for it, and Ella had watched with wide eyes. She'd made sure to remember who knew about the curtain, and who didn't. That was important too. At Patrick's comment she turned to him and smiled. "Good, go let them in love, would you?"

With that she checked on Ella to make sure she was settled before brushing her daughter's hair. "Let's go say hi to everyone?"

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[info]jdelacroix
2014-08-09 05:43 am UTC (link)
"And you!" Nikkie beamed, pulling everyone into a round of hugs. "How's things with everyone, you all settling in alright?"

"Pretty great," Jesse answered, as they mounted the steps up to the house. "We did have to move, but the house seems to be working out pretty well." He reached out to press the bell once before stepping back to wait.

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[info]shamrocked_
2014-08-09 05:50 am UTC (link)
"Their house is amazing," Joey said with a grin. He was so happy his sister was settled and doing so well. He worried about her in that tiny apartment in a bad part of town.

Patrick grinned at Clio and when the doorbell rang, he leaped off the sofa to answer the door. "HELLO!" he said, admitting them to the house. "Come in, come in! Mairead is out with friends, and I think George is working, but the rest of us are here!" Then he set about hugging all the people he knew.

Nicholas laughed and he headed in to find Clio so he could greet her warmly.

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[info]famedhistory
2014-08-09 05:59 am UTC (link)
She grinned when she saw Nicholas, happily taking him into a hug. She kept it for a while before pulling back and looking at him. "You're happy. Good. Now to put some meat on your bones." She gave him a wink before looking for Joey and pulling him into a hug too.

Once done she smiled at everyone. "Hi, please come in. Make yourself at home." She smiled as Ella started mimicking and going up for hugs to everyone. "That's Ella, she'll have dinner with us and then she has bed." She turned to her daughter then, "get all your attention in now missy and just so everyone knows mommy does not let you stay up longer. No trying that trick."

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[info]shamrocked_
2014-08-09 06:06 am UTC (link)
Nicholas laughed and kissed Clio's hair before kissing Ella's head as well. "I have meat on my bones, though we should try to fatten Jayden up."

As Clio hugged Joey, Jayden turned red and hid behind his brother.

"Clio, this is my girlfriend and Joey's sister, Jess or JJ, and my boyfriend Jesse. Jayden's hiding. Have you met Clio, Nikkie? She's amazing," Nicholas grinned.

"No arguments here," said, Joey and Patrick swatted his friend's arm.

"I'm supposed to say that!"

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[info]jdelacroix
2014-08-09 06:11 am UTC (link)
"It's alright, Jay, I'm pretty sure they come in peace," Jesse joked quietly. To Clio, he said, "It's real nice to meet you, Nicholas says good things."

"Oh goodness, how cute are you?" Nikkie cooed, reaching down to give Ella a hug. "And to answer your question, I can't say I've had the pleasure. Good to meet you, Clio." She followed this up with a smile.

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[info]famedhistory
2014-08-09 06:18 am UTC (link)
She gave Nicholas a smirk, "collecting all the J's I see?" Her tone was playful before glancing over at Jayden. "It's alright love. Take your time. Sit if you like." She waved to the couches nearby before glaring at the cat. "And don't feed that one. He's horrid. Kellan's a nightmare." Only a few would understand that, but she wanted to warn people none the less.

"Well I'm pleased to have my ego fed. Do sit, dinner won't be for a while." She grinned at Nikkie's comment. "Thank you on both accounts. She's stuck on speaking only German and Greek this week, Gods know why, and she mixes them up at times." She shrugged. "Good meeting you too."

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[info]shamrocked_
2014-08-09 06:28 am UTC (link)
Jayden went to sit on the sofa when Clio offered, and he looked up to see if his brother would join them. He was relieved when Joey did. He liked Joey. Joey was easy to get along with.

JJ wrapped her arm around Patrick's shoulders and ruffled his hair. "Heard you had a shitty week, ginger. That sucks."

"It's better now," he admitted.

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[info]jdelacroix
2014-08-09 06:36 am UTC (link)
Jesse took a seat on the other side of Jayden, sparing a glance at Kellan. "Cats think they run the whole house, despite all evidence to the contrary," he laughed.

"Neither of which I speak well, though my German is...rudimentary, and that's being polite," Nikkie joked. "So she's likely better than me. What happened, Patrick?" she asked. "Anthony destroyed half my files, so I've been living in my own bubble of organization hell."

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[info]famedhistory
2014-08-09 06:43 am UTC (link)
"Well this one and me don't get along," she offered as she sat down. "Patrick is his people and I monopolize a lot of time. He sheds on my things in revenge. I feed Ella candy and let her play with him, it works out.

"She's pretty good. I know I speak a lot of Greek around her, and Jacob does the German side. It's not bad to grow up multilingual I feel." She watched as Ella strayed to Jayden. Her daughter could pick out the shy ones, and so Ella offered one of her stuffed toys as a token. She smiled at Jayden. "She's trying to make you feel better. Ella, love, come to mama he's settling in."

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[info]shamrocked_
2014-08-09 06:47 am UTC (link)
"That-that's okay," Jayden assured Clio, even though he was pretty awkward as he waved at Ella. "I mean, I'm not usually around kids, but she's really cute."

"And already smarter than I am," Nicholas added with a laugh.

Patrick beamed as people complimented Ella and then turned back to Nikkie. "Visa troubles so a lot of Irish people coming here have been in a bit of strife. My co-workers finally ordered me home."

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[info]jdelacroix
2014-08-09 07:07 am UTC (link)
Jesse smiled at Ella, fluttering his fingers at her in a little wave. "You're right, it's not," he said to Clio. "Our mom spoke Creole, and she taught me and Adrian, and we taught Isaiah and Jay when they were a little older. I tried to keep as much of it as I could."

"Oh no, that's awful," Nikkie said. "Visas can be a bitch, that must be so hard for them. But I know how your co-workers feel, too, sometimes I have to make Anthony go home before he falls over."

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[info]famedhistory
2014-08-09 07:12 am UTC (link)
She smiled and so did Ella, taking no time to crawl onto Jayden's lap and put the toy in his hand and staying close. For that, Clio was fairly proud of her daughter. Ella expected nothing but to offer her unconditional love, and she knew Ella would never judge. "Let me know if you need me to take her Jayden."

She glanced to Jesse and smiled, "never a language I learned. I know some french but it's been an age."

Smiling she rose and went to Patrick to kiss the top of his head. "He's lucky they did before I did. He's not gonna help people if he's falling over. Tell that to Anthony too." She Gave Patrick a smile before checking on dinner. "I think we're all set if you guys want to sit? And tell me what you're drinking. I have a wine I got from one of my brothers, and it's divine, and some other things if you don't like that."

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[info]shamrocked_
2014-08-09 07:16 am UTC (link)
"I'm fine!" Jayden said, feeling quite charmed that the little girl had climbed up into his lap. He shook the toy around a little, wondering if he was supposed to do that.

"My French is pretty rudimentary, but I do love it," Nicholas said with a grin.

Patrick rose and took Ella into his arms before herding everyone else into the kitchen. "Anthony will get an earful if he doesn't listen," Patrick cautioned Nikkie with a wink.

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[info]jdelacroix
2014-08-09 07:32 am UTC (link)
Jesse bit back the grin that was threatening to overtake his face. "She's adorable, Clio," he added. "Such a sweetheart." He stood and followed Clio into the kitchen. "Anything I can do to help? And I'd love some wine, thank you."

He smiled. "Mom would go from telling us she loved us, to yelling, to talking about dinner, all without using English. Now it's something I can just slip into."

"Oh, I know," Nikkie agreed, grinning. "If not from me, from V. She knows what to say to get him home. And in his defense, he's gotten a lot better than he used to be. I'd love some wine too, thank you."

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[info]famedhistory
2014-08-09 07:38 am UTC (link)
She grinned proudly, "I know. She got all of my adorable genes and is taking full advantage of them. She already knows how to get things out of Patrick, although he's a sucker for the brown eyes."

She shook her head, "no, but I'll take that come cleaning up. Just sit I got this." Smiling she went into the kitchen to get the last of the food. She'd mixed between Irish and Greek, which were both things she knew she was good at. "Dig in if you like."

She went back to bring the wine and poured for the two that had asked before setting it on the table. "Has a kick, he's good at it so be careful." Then she smiled, "so who wants to volunteer for having all the awkward questions pointed at them first?"

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[info]insolentia_
2014-08-09 07:48 am UTC (link)
Nicholas had been wondering about the awkward questions and he laughed as he accepted his own wine. "Well you know I am up for anything, but I have a feeling you already know anything you'd want to ask of me."

"I'll go!" JJ said, plenty happy to answer anything she was asked. She was a little worried she might have to explain her job to Joey, but she had a feeling he already knew anyway and just hadn't said anything.

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[info]jdelacroix
2014-08-09 07:59 am UTC (link)
"Alright," Jesse agreed easily, taking a seat at the table. He sipped at his wine, eyes widening slightly. "Oh wow, you weren't kidding about that."

"And I can go after JJ," he added easily. "There's not a lot I don't talk about."

"Just hit me up whenever you like," Nikkie said cheerfully. "I can also offer ridiculous Saint stories, if anyone wants to hear them."

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[info]famedhistory
2014-08-09 05:07 pm UTC (link)
She avoided the saint comment, not because she wouldn't want to hear but because some people didn't know. IT was always tricky to navigate. "I'll keep it easy, but I'd like to know how you met Nicholas here? And how you started dating."

"And you're free to say no comment. Ella's too young to date so I ask questions to everyone else. It's my nesting thing."

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[info]insolentia_
2014-08-10 07:46 pm UTC (link)
Jayden didn't even notice someone had mentioned a saint, even when JJ flashed a quick look over to him to make sure. He just looked slightly overwhelmed by all the people around him.

"Well I knew Jesse from when we were together before. We sort of broke up but remained friends," she explained, leaning forward with a smile. "Then his old boy toy came back...that's Nicky, and we took a road trip to Louisiana and it all kind of came together. It was awesome!"

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[info]jdelacroix
2014-08-10 10:02 pm UTC (link)
"That we did," Jesse agreed. "I actually met Nicholas when I was 17, shortly before my father kicked me out of the house. Preachers don't take kindly to bisexual sons, apparently." He shrugged. "But yeah, like JJ said, we went on a road trip back to Louisiana, and everything just sort of...fell into place."

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[info]famedhistory
2014-08-11 12:32 am UTC (link)
She smiled to that. "It's such a sweet story. I'm glad. Nicholas deserves some happiness. And I commend you. I could never get it to work. Granted, I wasn't as conscious of other people's feelings but I was young."

"So what about you two," she smiled at Joey and Nikkie. "I've heard many good things, but not everything."

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Fuck, I didn't know it was my turn!
[info]cup_of_joey
2014-08-21 04:14 am UTC (link)
"I was friends with Nikkie's sister first actually," Joey said with a wide smile. "Well, her sister and her son. Bernie is awesome. And we sorta met through her and Lena. After my time with...well you know," he said, since Jayden was there and he couldn't elaborate, "Nikkie was there for me."

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No worries <3
[info]famedhistory
2014-08-21 04:34 am UTC (link)
She gave a soft smile, "that I know well. But less talk about giant assholes and more about good things. Tell your friend I am always up for playdates. My sister's twins aren't big enough yet, sadly."

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[info]likesachallenge
2014-08-21 04:50 am UTC (link)
"Yeah, and I heard good things from V," Nikkie added. "And once he...came back around, I just wanted to be sure he was doing alright afterwards. And it just sort of...grew out of that, I suppose."

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[info]insolentia_
2014-08-21 04:55 am UTC (link)
"It did," Joey grinned and he kissed Nikkie on the cheek. "I'll tell Veronica!" Bernie was actually related to Clio, but it would be confusing to explain with Jayden, so he left it.

"And then I found Joey again because we both decided to hang out at our family's cabin in Sleepy Hollow on the same day," JJ said. "I thought he was...well- I didn't know he was still around. It was so wonderful to see him."

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