What Real Life's Like (CC TEEN) Thread #2

isabelle · Post by **isabelle** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:28 pm

OOC -- Sternbetrachter , It's not your fault Michael's alone. I just need Bre to come post again. We have such a strangely quiet Maria ... I miss seeing Liz, too.

*Max*

I freeze at Kels' question, torn between laughter and shock. Laughter because if she'd been watching the show, she'd have seen how Liz all but ignored me the first day and has been nothing but politely friendly since then. Shock because after all her hints, this question implies that Liz does like me. I don't know how Kels could think that, but then, she did say Liz was shy ...

I look up at Liz, realizing that she's standing up, thanking everyone for the gifts and the party. I watch her, looking for some hint of what Kels implied, but Liz seems to avoid me altogether and I can't seem to catch her eye. I'd have thought it was because she's not feeling that close to me, but could it also mean that she's too shy to look at me? Or am I the most conceited person on the planet for thinking something like that?

"What's next?" Liz's sister asks. She looks at me, apparently pegging me as the host of this party since I was the one extending invitations to the Georgia crowd.

"We were thinking of going clubbing," I said. "You're all welcomed to come."

~Ruby~ · Post by **~Ruby~** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:57 pm

Hmmm, I could temp as Maria until Bre comes back if you like. #

ISABEL

“You didn’t make me sad,” I say, quick to reassure him. This really isn’t the time or place for a conversation like this but there’s just something about Alex that makes me want to confide everything to him. “I just miss my mom so much.”

Alex takes my hand and gives it a reassuring squeeze. I really don’t deserve a friend like him or Liz. I watch Liz with her parents and feel a surge of jealousy. I never got to spend my 21st birthday with my mom nor any of my other birthdays after my eleventh. And its because of thoughts like that that I don’t deserve friends like Liz or Alex. I shouldn’t be losing myself in my woes, I should be celebrating with Liz.

“Ugh, Kathryn would probably kick my ass if she could see me like this.” I state with a nervous laugh. I miss my best friend.

Sternbetrachter · Post by **Sternbetrachter** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 3:54 am

ALEX

Kathryn? Oh right, her best friend in New York. New York, where she'll be again in a few months, having forgotten about me. Stop that Alex, concentrate, Isabel's a bit depressed, cheer her up!

And stop talking to yourself in your head!

"Maybe she would, but only after making sure that you are alright." I reply and then hear Max's words and look around, wanting to find out how many people will join us clubbing.

"You ready for some dancing?" I ask Isabel. The chances of running into Jake should be slim, there have to be hundreds of clubs in Miami after all.

morpheus awakened · Post by **morpheus awakened** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:56 pm

Woops, hehe. So sorry I've been gone. RL is making me uber- busy right now, but I shall attempt to make up for it by posting now, and perhaps after another person's post or two we should move on to a club?

TESS

"Cool. I have to make sure to visit you around your birthday then." Kyle grins.

I laugh at that. "Yeps, all ice-cream cake afficionados should make it a point to be present at my house round that time of year."

"So far, we got along pretty well but who do you think will have the first fights in here?" Kyle asks me, changing subjects after I watched him glance around the table at the other people in the party.

"You mean besides the little one-sided punching match that Max and Alex got into earlier this week?" He chuckles, and nods. " Well... I think I'll put my money on Guerin over there. He looks like a volcano just ready to explode. Have you seen the way he looks at Max, lately? What reason could he possibly have to show such animosity towards someone that has done him no wrong?"

Sternbetrachter · Post by **Sternbetrachter** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:36 pm

KYLE

I chuckle at Tess' statement. When she looks at me questioningly, I say, "Well, I guess that has something to do with how all you girls were fighting for Max's attention and totally ignoring him. Or still are ignoring him. I suspect that his ego isn't used to not be noticed by girls. And then when he tried to kiss Liz, it didn't have the desired effect either. Poor Michael."

I was speaking too quiet for MIchael to hear but since both Tess and I are now looking at him, I guess he'll wonder if we are talking about him.

baby_bre · Post by **baby_bre** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:10 pm

Maria

I know I'm not really paying attention but I'm just not in the mood, I was earlier but for some reason right now I'm not feeling so hot. Maybe I caught something? It's still no reason for Michael to question me, I mean his question, am I enjoying myself at all? What would he know about having fun? The mans idea of a good time is probably meeting a girl, pretending he's interested in what they're saying (which I must say he isn't very good at) and then getting laid.

"I'm having tons of fun." I say sarcastically. It's not that I'm having a bad time it's just that I'm not really having a good time either.

Sternbetrachter · Post by **Sternbetrachter** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:16 pm

ALEX

"Are you okay, Isabel?" I ask when she doesn't reply. She is starring into space as if here thoughts are a mile away. Or about ten years in the past when her mother was still alive. I really shouldn't have brought it up.

KELS

"Clubbing? Sounds like fun, Miami should be full of great clubs." I say to no one in particular. Maybe Max will make a move on Liz on the dance floor. Not that I can imagine them doing a *Dirty Dancing* routine but with a few drinks ... who knows.

"Any special club you have in mind?"

isabelle · Post by **isabelle** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:16 am

*Michael*

Maria's tone is so thick with sarcasm it could cut through steel. I definately don't need this sort of attitude. I thought she liked me but if she doesn't well, there are plenty of other girls in Miami who would be smart enough to know a good thing when they see it.

"Marvelous," I say, although I avoid rolling my eyes. I don't know what's wrong with this girl but she and I are now officially OVER. I just hope to hell this isn't because she's still after Max. If that's the case then I may have to do something about it...

In the meantime, I think the club would be a GREAT idea. That's a great place to find a new girl. A girl with looks and sense.

*Max*

"No," I say as Kels asks if I have a club in mind. "I think Isabel and Maria had picked out a place but I can't remember where they said we might go." Turning, I look from Isabel to Maria and back. "Are we all ready to go?"

~Ruby~ · Post by **~Ruby~** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:49 pm

ISABEL

Thinking about my mother and Kathryn makes me miss New York more then I would care to admit. I wonder my dad is doing at this moment and where my friends are at. I never thought that it would this hard to be away from home.

“Are you okay, Isabel?” Alex’s voice cuts through my thoughts and I snap back to reality.

“Huh? Sorry, I spaced out there for a moment.”

Before Alex can say anything, Max asks, “Are we all ready to go?”

I nod suddenly feeling excited. The club that Maria and I picked out is meant to be one of the hottest night spot in the whole state and it didn’t take nearly as much work as I thought it would to get us on the guest list. Of course, it helped that the person in charge was a guy.

“Yep, I think now would be a good time to make a move.” I say with another nod.

“Are you ready to get your groove on Whitman?” I ask with a teasing smile.

Sternbetrachter · Post by **Sternbetrachter** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:09 am

ALEX

“Are you ready to get your groove on Whitman?” I ask with a teasing smile.

"Actually, I am but since I know that you wouldn't be able to keep up with me, I'll hold back for you." I reply with a straight face.

I'm just not so sure if that was a good idea, that certainly was a challenge or, God beware, she might think that I'm accusing her of being lazy or anything! Why do I always have to try to be funny?