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Savannah Monroe (savannah_monroe) wrote in omega_reality,
@ 2011-07-29 20:49:00

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*complete, 2011 07, character: savannah monroe, character: tim riggins

RP: Tim, Savannah, Others?
Who: Tim, Savannah, Others?
Where: the yard
When: July 29, 2011
Summary: It's about to rain

The day had been hot and humid. The news said that it would rain at 7:00pm. Savannah didn't pay a lot of attention to the weather reports, but around 6:45 the sun suddenly disappeared and she could hear thunder. She left her food on the plate and ran upstairs, while calling Tim. "Hey, you, it's about to rain. A storm," she said all excited. "Bathing suit, yard, and if you're there after the rain start you lose." There was no question that she would be there. She wouldn't lose.

She changed quickly and ran back downstairs and through the house so she could leave from the back door. She left the phone on the kitchen counter and ran outside just as Tim was coming out. She raised her arms. "Still nothing, but I think it'll pour in a bit. Look how dark the sky is all of a sudden. We had that at home. First the sun, then the rain, and suddenly the sun again."

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t_riggins
2011-07-30 01:45 am UTC (link)

"Not surprised to hear it, cheerleader - they got the best beaches in the state after all." Oh sure more people went to Corpus Cristi but that was just because it was bigger - the beaches were better by far in Galveston.

And this reminded him of that even more now, being right there on the sea wall, you could smell the ocean and feel the clouds rolling in. "It's just strange, you only ever have salt in the air by the water. Dillon's not really close to the water." He chuckled. "I think I'll live if we stay here."

"Like you'd ever let me forget it." Tim laughed when Savannah reminded him of their battle the day before. And then it started, not just the teasing first few drops but just absolutely pouring down on them as the stood there under the rain shouting at the sky together. It was perfect, if he closed his eyes it was almost like being home.

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savannah_monroe
2011-07-30 01:58 am UTC (link)

"Without all the tourists." Okay so there were tourists, but not as much as Corpus Cristi. "I haven't been back the last few summers."

"Really? Shocking. Living in Memphis, I would not know that there is no salt without the water," she said, giggling. "We're a lot farther from the water than you are."

The water had them covered, when she heard the door of the kitchen bang open and then Sam was there, with his gun pointed, checking out the yard. "You okay?"

Savannah nodded, confused. "Yeah, we're fine. Look, it's raining," she said, grinning.

Sam's expression didn't change. "I noticed. Why were you screaming?"

It finally dawned on her why Sam was there, still staring and with his gun out. "Because it started to rain and it's cold," she said, laughing. "Come on, put that away and join us."

Sam snorted, but he put the gun away. "I think I'll pass." He went back inside, shaking his head.

Savannah looked at Tim for a moment and then grinned. "We scared him. They aren't used to normal."

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t_riggins
2011-07-30 02:12 am UTC (link)

"It's been a while since I've gone too - the last time I was at the water, it was in Mexico with my friend Jason." All the memories of that trip rushing back only to have Tim push them out of the way just as quickly. "It was fun, but I like Galveston more."

He laughed whens he teased him about the distance they lived from the water. "Yeah well we're drier so it's stranger for me." Tim insisted with a laugh just as the kitchen door swung open catching his attention, most notably on the gun. But Savannah didn't seem worried, more confused than anything really.

"He came running out here with a gun because we scared him..." Tim said slowly tying to understand what about what they were doing required someone to bring a gun. "They're really not used to normal. And you live with those guys?" Tim shook his head.

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savannah_monroe
2011-07-30 02:28 am UTC (link)

"Who's Jason? Let me guess, another football player." It wasn't hard to guess, because if they were good players, then they stuck together. It was one of those laws of nature that applied to football.

"New York is plenty strange for me, too, Mister," she said, rolling her eyes at him, but it was all good fun.

Savannah laughed when Tim commented on Sam's arrival. "No, he came out with a gun because I screamed, and something could be happening. The gun... I think that's just how they move, gun in hand," she said with a shrug. "Something might happen, you take the gun out and see what's going on." She grinned and nodded. "I do live with them, and I'm used to their insanity, which they think it's normal, even if it's abnormal, and I remind them what's really normal. They're my family," she said with a softer tone. "Insane, but mine."

She shook her head. "Enough of that. We're here to have fun and do normal things. Catch me," she said, before running away.

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t_riggins
2011-07-30 02:39 am UTC (link)

"He's - he's my best and oldest friend." Tim said with a small smile. "We've been friends since we were kids, played together for years." He didn't talk about what happened to Jason, he was always going to be a Panther, just like Tim was, and that didn't change because Jason couldn't walk and it didn't change because Jason had moved to New York.

"Still you're more used to a city than I am." He teased her with a laugh.

That was never going to be him, the default getting a gun and running into a situation with it raised. He was never going to be like that. "Maybe I'll just leave that see what's going on with a gun sort of stuff to those guys." He'd carry the gun, might even use it if he really needed to, but having it out like that wasn't going to work for him.

But Savannah was right, they came out here to have fun, not to talk about his friends or these strange people she'd turned into a family. He laughed and shouted again as he set off after her chasing her through the rain and the yard arms out reached just like he had the day before, zigging and zagging right behind her shouting his laughter in their wake.

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savannah_monroe
2011-07-30 02:59 am UTC (link)

"I guess that I'll have to meet Jason too when we go back." If he put a smile on Tim's face, then he was important and then she would meet him.

"That's true. Memphis isn't exactly as big as New York, but yes, it's not a small town in West Texas." This New York was something else, though, because they were prisoners here.

"I've done it, too. It's just easier to do what they expect you to do than argue. We had a situation when we were up in the mountains, the moment we woke up, I had clothes and gun at hand, and that was before classes and before anything else," she said, knowing how much she had changed despite wanting to stay the same.

She decided to let it go and just run, it was so much easier. First she just ran, but then she turned around, staring at him, and she knew that she put herself at a disadvantage. He was used to running sideways, reading the signs to know where the opponent was going to go, but again, it made no difference. They were running and it was raining. The thunder was loud and they were laughing. And there was still no one joining them.

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t_riggins
2011-07-30 03:16 am UTC (link)

"He's - he's actually here in New York." Tim said with a smile when Savannah said that she wanted to meet Jason. "Think you could put up with this place for a while when we get back?" He asked her with a grin.

"At least I win this." He chuckled - it wasn't the same thing of course, being here in New York in this place. It wasn't just comparing city sizes, it was being in a place that wasn't home and would never feel like home for either of them.

Tim just shook his head when she told him about what she'd done too. He couldn't imagine doing that himself, but it wasn't important now, they could talk about how messed up this place was later, not today.

After she turned around to watch him Tim caught her easily, this time dropping his shoulder and catching her around the middle and lifting her up on his shoulder and spinning them both around in the rain. "You make it too easy." He laughed.

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savannah_monroe
2011-07-30 03:36 am UTC (link)

Savannah nodded. "For a friend of yours, of course I can put up with New York for a while longer. Besides, it's not the same thing. We wouldn't be... it's not like here."

She nodded. "You totally win this one, although really it's your town that wins, not you, but I can be nice and let you think that you win this," she joked.

Before she could say anything, he tackled her and picked her up. Savannah kicked, even though she knew that she wouldn't accomplish anything in this position. If she stopped laughing, she might actually think of a way out of this, but it took too much work and standing upside down wasn't so unusual for her. The rain was covering them and the smell of the ocean was getting thicker. It was perfect, but she couldn't let Tim get away with it so easily. "I don't want to bruise your ego," she said, laughing. "I'm pretty sure this is an illegal move."

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