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Post by Kiersten on Jan 27, 2024 18:13:00 GMT -6
“Are you going to the one this Friday?” Lillianna asked, the mall being the reason since someone had spilled wine on her dress from the las party and she needed therapy shopping to fix that. She raised an eyebrow and started drinking her slushie, picking up her bag of gummy worms and bottled water, tossing it into her purse. “Bet it wasn’t fun.” She smirked, knowing she’d never get caught dead going to camp.
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Post by Bri on Jan 28, 2024 23:29:33 GMT -6
Ben nodded, "I was thinking about it." It was either that or stay in his dorm and get high, it would depends on his mood that morning. He stepped up to the counter and paid for his stuff, briefly thinking to back home and how he'd use the five finger discount to get most of his stuff. It was funny how out there his parents never wanted to give him anything but when he was away they sent him money like it was no problem. It made him all the more pissed at his parents. He turned his attention back to Lillianna, rolling his eyes. "I got ate up by mosquitos and forced to make stupid ass friendship bracelets for no one, does that sound fun?"
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Post by Kiersten on Jan 29, 2024 19:32:54 GMT -6
“Well, I’ll make sure to take a shot with you,” Lillianna said as she waited for him to check out, waving to the cashier before heading for the exit, debating on the next store to hit, though she wasn’t sure if Ben would follow her into a clothing store, and she was kind of enjoying his company. She grimaced at the image of a hot and humid time, “No thanks, I’ll skip it again and just party at home.” She laughed, knowing she wasn’t going to invite almost the entire school to her dad’s hotel to party all weekend for her birthday.
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Post by Bri on Jan 29, 2024 22:40:23 GMT -6
Ben chuckled, wondering if they would even see each other. "Sure." He agreed, walking with her to the rest of the mall and looking around, unsure where he was going to go, doubting that she'd want him to keep bothering her. "Lucky you." He replied and drank from is slushie, even with camp sucking, it was still better than being in his parents prison.
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Post by Kiersten on Jan 29, 2024 23:45:02 GMT -6
Lillianna giggled at his response, “Where would you go if you didn’t go to camp?” She asked, eyeing a clothing store, but didn’t feel the pull to walk in. She walked on as she dug out her gummy worms, “If I could convince my dad, I’d want be at the beaches in Cali.” Though she might be able to squeeze to agree to a big party.
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Post by Bri on Jan 30, 2024 1:05:15 GMT -6
"Well I'd be stuck with my parents." Ben shrugged, figuring that was the obvious answer, no one else wanted him around. His siblings were out living their own lives and rarely reached out to him and any other relatives seemed to look down their noses at him. "Never been that way." He replied, his parents used to be into traveling, until Ben had became too much of a problem, then he just got left behind or they just didn't go anywhere.
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Post by Kiersten on Jan 30, 2024 11:21:55 GMT -6
Lillianna grimaced again at the thought of being stuck with her parents, though her parents only wanted her to be there at dinner, they didn’t care what she did as long as it wasn’t illegal or didn’t get caught. “Well, lucky for you, I’m planning a massive party for my summer birthday, and you are officially invited. You’ll have your own hotel room if that makes your parents feel better.” Though that wouldn’t stop people from hanging out in each other’s room, but she didn’t care as long as it was fun.
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Post by Bri on Jan 30, 2024 16:30:56 GMT -6
Ben raised an eyebrow when she invited him to this so called party, "and where is this party supposed to be at?" He asked, figuring there was a snowballs change in hell if he did want to go, his parents definitely wouldn't want to fund a trip like that.
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Post by Kiersten on Jan 30, 2024 17:44:46 GMT -6
Lillianna tossed a gummy worm into her mouth, turning to face him with a smirk. “At one of my dad’s hotels in Vegas, I plan to go all out.” It was going to be her eighteenth birthday, she wanted to go all out before her wedding and her parents had agreed to let her. “Just got to pay for a flight.” She had everything else planned, well, her mom’s assistant had everything planned, or was working on it.
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Post by Bri on Jan 30, 2024 22:07:29 GMT -6
"There's the catch," Ben pointed out to her, "my parents would cut me off before I could even get on the plane." He said, wondering if that would be the final straw or not, would he take the gamble if he could save up the money? Time would tell. He looked around the mall, "why did you want to come here?" He asked, but as soon as he said he realized how much of an idiot he sounded like.
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Post by Kiersten on Jan 30, 2024 23:10:41 GMT -6
“Damn, that sucks,” Lillianna wasn’t sure how he’d get to Vegas then, so he was shit out of luck. She raised an eyebrow when he asked, “Well, partially to do anything other than stare at the blackboard for hours, and I needed a new outfit for the party.” She told him, wondering if he was gonna go off on his own now.
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Post by Bri on Jan 30, 2024 23:43:11 GMT -6
Ben shrugged, "my parents don't like me to go out and have fun. I'd be in military school if they weren't afraid of looking bad." He rolled his eyes. Had he done stuff that would warrant treatment like that? Probably, but it wasn't like they expected anything else out of him. He took another sip from his slushie, wondering what the hell he was going to do. "So...a shopping montage then?" he joked.
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Post by Kiersten on Feb 1, 2024 20:20:30 GMT -6
“Booo, your parents sound like they need to take the stick out of their butt.” Lillianna laughed, wondering how parents didn’t see their actions were just going to make their kids not come home after graduating. She raised an eyebrow, “Pretty much, though once I find what I’m looking for I don’t keep shopping.” Unless the point of shopping was a shopping spree.
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Post by Bri on Feb 1, 2024 21:59:20 GMT -6
Ben laughed, head tilting back slightly. "That would be a major understatement." He told her, thinking his parents were more like robots than actual people, at least with how they treated him. "You'll just shop at one store and then just be done?" He asked skeptically, feeling like that was something a bit out of the norm for a typical girl.
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Post by Kiersten on Feb 2, 2024 20:36:23 GMT -6
Lillianna smirked, “I like to spend my time having fun and sadly I’m very attached to shopping with my friends back home, I get bored.” She semi rolled her eyes, her smirk growing slightly. She also didn’t’ t wan to feel obligated to shop with her, but if he had something more fun in mind she didn’t mind just finding something and going.
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Post by Bri on Feb 2, 2024 22:30:43 GMT -6
Ben nodded slowly, thinking of the few friends he had back at home, friends that he hadn't heard from since being shipped away. Did they mean they were still his friends? He didn't feel too sure about that. "What do you do when you get bored then?" He asked.
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Post by Kiersten on Feb 3, 2024 10:19:56 GMT -6
“Well, normally back home, we’d mess around in one of the hotels. Skinny dip in the pool, we’ve played hide and seek in the arcade a New York New York, and one time, we had a fake wedding once too.” Lillianna laughed, shocked that they had been able to convince the guy running the chapel to go along with it. She slowed down as they came to her favorite store, “This store never misses.” She informed him, turning to head inside, though wouldn’t blame him if he didn’t follow in after.
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Post by Bri on Feb 3, 2024 12:42:31 GMT -6
"A fake wedding?" Ben repeated, wondering what he fun was in that but didn't question it further. He opened his bag of jerky and chewed on a piece until they stopped in front of the store, nodding slowly. "Okay...well, considering I don't need a dress or mini skirt I'll probably go check out the little arcade or whatever." He said, the arcade nothing more than a few claw machines and shooter games but it was better than nothing.
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Post by Kiersten on Feb 3, 2024 22:16:12 GMT -6
Lillianna only shrugged, unable to defend it. She and her friends had gotten drunk, two of the guys started acting like a couple when a crazy chick tried to kiss one of them. One thing led to another, and they had a fake wedding. She chuckled as he disappeared for the arcade, and she started searching through the racks. About forty minutes later she walked out of the store with a bag of options for the party and found her way to Ben who was playing the little shooter game they had tucked away for their ‘Arcade.’ “So, is this what you do when you’re bored?” She asked, having a feeling that their idea of fun aligned a little.
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Post by Bri on Feb 4, 2024 18:18:37 GMT -6
Ben doubted he would see Lillianna again but it didn't matter, he'd find a way back to the dorms, he was relatively resourceful. He busied himself with games, trying-and losing-most of the claw machines so he had moved onto Buck Hunter, finding this more up his alley. He set his drink and jerky to he side and played the game and continued to play it even after losing. He didn't turn away from the screen when Lillianna approached, though was a little surprised to see her. "Yeah, at least until that big arcade opens." He replied, wondering what kind of games would be in there.
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Post by Kiersten on Feb 4, 2024 19:00:30 GMT -6
Lillianna rolled her eyes about the arcade, already hating the place mostly because of who owned it, granted he hadn’t done anything other than have lunch with her. “Yeah, that’ll be a fun place to be.” She muttered, even though she did plan to make Cedrick host her parties there, it as the least he could for agreeing to be a spy on her for their dad.
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Post by Bri on Feb 6, 2024 0:19:22 GMT -6
Ben caught her tone but didn't say anything until he finished his game, sliding the gun into the slot then looked at her. "You don't sound excited about it." He shrugged, figuring she probably didn't like arcades or anything like it.
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Post by Kiersten on Feb 6, 2024 18:11:58 GMT -6
Lillianna shrugged, pulling out the water bottle she’d bought earlier and took a big gulp. “Let’s just say I have an in at the arcade.” She rolled her eyes but smirked, knowing he could at least make the parties she planned to have at her brother’s arcade. “What else do you do for fun?” she asked, wanting to change the subject, not wanting to think about her brother possibly stalking her currently and planning to cut her off after she skipped class.
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Post by Bri on Feb 6, 2024 21:20:33 GMT -6
Ben nodded slowly, wondering what the hell that meant but also questioning if that meant he could get a discount going there if he tagged along with her. He made a mental note of that possibility for later. "Okay...uh, party, go for joy rides, get high." He shrugged, "play pranks, graffiti, that kind of stuff. You?"
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Post by Kiersten on Feb 7, 2024 20:47:05 GMT -6
Lillianna thought over what he did for fun, “Do you have stuff to get high?” She had used up the last of her stash and hadn’t found a new dealer in this town, though she had heard a rumor about a student who had the hookup. “Can’t do joy rides in my car, but pranks and graffiti are fun.” Though she only watched them paint and kept an eye out for cops.
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Post by Bri on Feb 8, 2024 13:07:04 GMT -6
Ben looked over at her, not that surprised by her question. "Not on me right now, I have it up in my dorm." He told her as he picked up his jerky and now empty slushie cup from the floor. "You're into that kind of stuff?" He asked, figuring that just because someone liked to go to house parties didn't mean they liked to do all that other stuff.
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Post by Kiersten on Feb 8, 2024 21:03:59 GMT -6
Lillianna nodded her head, “Do you know someone we can buy from?” she asked, hoping he’d have the inside scoop, though part of her worried he’d think she was a nark and might tattle on him, which she would never. “I mean, I personally don’t do them, but I enjoy watching. I don’t have an artist bone in my body.” Though one of her old boyfriends back home let her fill in one of his pictures, until she accidentally painted outside the lines.
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Post by Bri on Feb 11, 2024 21:55:56 GMT -6
Ben nodded, his usual person coming to mind, "I do." He replied, looking her over as he briefly considered the possibility that she was going to rat him out and get him in trouble, but if she was planning that what was in it for her? "I'm not artistic either but that won't stop me." He said with a chuckle, more interested in leaving his mark than something that could be considered 'art'.
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Post by Kiersten on Feb 12, 2024 18:35:53 GMT -6
Lillianna perked up, hoping he’d be willing to share his information, or even share hers with the dealer. “If I could get some fun stuff from him, I’ll totally buy you whatever you want.” She knew people were careful about sharing who their dealer was, which was why she always offered to pay for whatever they wanted, she just needed an ATM. “We should head to Walmart for some paint and then out to the abandoned place I’ve heard about.” Even if they didn’t graffiti anything, she was sure it would be fun to just run around the place.
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Post by Bri on Feb 12, 2024 23:14:17 GMT -6
Ben raised an eyebrow, wondering if he could really trust her in that. "I'll think about that." He replied, having a feeling that she might be trust worthy but wasn't going to leap into anything. "What abandoned place?" He asked, curiosity making him perk up a little bit.
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