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Tweak says, "let me see yo grillz!"

Maggie Jo Sherman / Sif (sifwheat) wrote in paxletalelogs,
@ 2011-08-13 22:48:00

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sif, urdr

Elelator Go Down the Hoooooooooooole
Who: Lucy and Alex
What: Livin it up while I'm goin...wait that's not it! Actually, they both decide to use the elevator. The elevator doesn't like this so decides to be a dick and not work.
Where: The elevator
When: August 14...sometimish. yeah.
Warnings: hahahaha yeah. Okay.
Notes:

Lucy missed the beach. It was all well and good looking at it through your window, but it just wasn't the same as actually being there. Nothing replaced the feeling of wiggling your toes in the sand, feeling the grittiness between them, feeling the breeze tease your hair and hearing the ocean crack against the shore. She wanted to park herself on a towel laid out under an umbrella, collect some shells to spread around her apartment and get back to doing things the way she'd done them before she'd gotten sick. Enough was enough.

Firmly securing her wig to her head and pinning a large, floppy white hat with a big pink daisy decoration to it, she grabbed her sunglasses and her always packed beach bag and set off. Her flip flops slapped against the floor as she approached the elevator. The sound made her smile. Flip, flop, flip, flop. It had a nice rhythm to it. She pressed the button for the elevator and waited. It wasn't long before the car stopped on her floor and the doors opened. She pressed the floor for the lobby. Her stomach dropped as the car lurched to life.

She was rather surprised when the elevator stopped suddenly. She wasn't an expert on elevator rides in this building, but she was pretty sure the ride to the lobby would take longer, unless this building possessed a super elevator. She saw that wasn't the case when the doors open to reveal another floor in the building that most certainly wasn't the lobby.

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urdr
2011-09-17 01:35 am UTC (link)

"It's... there are good people here," she said. And it was true. The few she'd met seemed good enough, and Adam and Jamie were here. That was certainly good. She tried to erase the images of the former concierge's brutal murder from her mind for what must have been the trillionth time. The elevator lurched again, and the sound of the engine shifting to life hummed through the space.

"I think we are," she said. She didn't get up yet, though. Instead, she opened her bag and reached in, retrieving a small, white business card.

"If you want, you can call me," she said, taking a pen out of the bag as well and writing on the back.

"No pressure, of course," she said, smiling wryly as she held the card out to Lucy. "I don't promise much excitement, and I can be a bit of a drag between my schoolwork and my extreme introversion, but if you ever want to talk, you know. Or something. Feel free to call."

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sifwheat
2011-09-18 11:25 pm UTC (link)

She took the card and gently ran her finger across the indention formed by the letters. She pulled her wallet from her beach back and tucked the little card safely inside, then pulled out one of her own. Hers were neatly printed with her name, new address, contact information and emergency contact information. Her mother had bought them for her in case she was ever incapacitated. She thought they were overkill, but the blue and orange daisy pattern was pretty.

"Here's mine. And I don't think you're a drag. Calm and quiet isn't a bad thing. Besides, my dad says I talk enough for three people, so I think we'll be fine!"

Lucy wanted this to be a friendship that lasted. She didn't know much about Alex, but she knew she wanted to keep her around. Her gut was a fairly good judge in cases like this, so she was going to trust it.

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urdr
2011-09-19 01:09 am UTC (link)

As the elevator began its safe, if delayed, descent to the lobby, Alexandria took Lucy's card and looked at it, nodding with a slight smile.

"Thank you," she said, looking back to the other girl. "And you should reserve judgment; you haven't known me very long." She offered her a little half-smile. As they finally reached the first floor and the doors opened, she gave Lucy a little nod.

"It was nice to meet you, Lucy."

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sifwheat
2011-09-19 01:59 am UTC (link)

She gave a slight shrug. "I feel pretty certain that I'm not wrong. But if you'd feel better if I waited to say so, I can do that too."

The elevator reached its destination, and the doors parted, revealing the sunlit lobby and bringing their time to an end.

"It was nice to meet you, too. Hopefully, the next time we hang out it won't be because we're stuck in an elevator."

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	urdr 2011-09-21 02:43 am UTC (link)
	Alexandria gave Lucy a little half-smile. "Thanks," she said as they exited the elevator. She gave a little nod that seemed almost to be a bow somehow. "I'm sure we can figure out something more entertaining than that to do," she said. "Have fun at the beach." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sifwheat
2011-09-25 04:25 am UTC (link)

Lucy checked her hair and her hat once more. She tried to be subtle about it, but that was more out of habit than anything else. Alex would notice it no matter what she did.

"We will. Maybe you can go to the beach with me next time! That could be fun! Have fun at school. I mean, if you really can have fun at school, that is."

With that, she headed out the door and headed on her way, her step a little lighter than it should have been after being trapped in an elevator. Carrying secrets around was a heavier burden than one ever imagined.

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