un mundo ideal

AJAX: you most surely do not know me by now if you think i know my lines in the slightest

AJAX: and you must be the lines wizard, riley. you should start charging by the hour

AJAX: ................................

AJAX: there will be donut holes

RILEY: one can always dream

RILEY: what, like it's hard?

RILEY: I mean I was parroting everybody around me since I was a kid so it just comes naturally I guess

RILEY: then you've got yourself a deal that includes some coffee courtesy of mine

AJAX: heyy

AJAX: what do you say me and you just go and just like do it

AJAX: and by it i mean go and rehearse lines that i didn't practice and i'm sure you did :)

RILEY: well gosh I am kind of booked by my boyfriend right now

RILEY: that is, he was helping me run my final destination lines by him

RILEY: but I'm sure somehow I could squeeze you in for a quick refresher of the lines you most surely know by heart now

AARON: your uncle wanted me to remind you to wear sunscreen

AARON: and eat your vegetables

AARON: because your read receipts are off and he hasn't heard from you in ten minutes

RILEY: you're like

RILEY: the third person he's told to remind me to wear sunscreen

RILEY: ummmmmmm thank you though!!

RILEY: I'll send him a picture of my SPF 15

PARKER: my middle name's theresa i'm disappointed that u didn't know that

PARKER: uhhhh i'm always down for spending time with u ????

PARKER: u wanna meet up somewhere or come over here and spend time with my pets

RILEY: i thought the 't' stood for trouble

RILEY: i didn't want to assume and make an ass out of myself tbh

RILEY: that depends on if you'd rather put on cuter clothes and be spotted outside with yours truly

“Yeah, absolutely! Might be something to check into at least. And that would be a dream to stay there! That’s one of my favorite resorts. Hah, you’re sweet, but I think letting me come along is plenty enough. Great choices though, honestly. Hmm, if we’re talking princesses, I’d probably go with Rapunzel. Otherwise I really love Donald Duck and Stitch.”

“I think you just blew my mind, Riley. And anyways, I wouldn’t call it nutso anyways, it’s smart not to take everything at face value like that. If someone really did have them, why wouldn’t they try to hide them from everyone?”

“That’s what some conspiracy theorists sometimes do. Even if what they’re saying sounds entirely out there. Right? With great power comes great responsibility to... do great things, maybe? As long as your superpower would allow for that. Maybe some people just have the superpower to never sprain their ankle, others to be unfailingly polite to others no matter the circumstances. Who knows?”

RILEY: Parker Middlename Hassan !!

RILEY: I demand your presence immediately somewhere in my life !!

RILEY: Somebody tweeted a picture from your previous birthday party and said they were sad we weren't friends anymore and it made *me* sad until I realized they're wrong

RILEY: and if they *were* right, the chance to fix that is right at my finger tips

RILEY: so here I am, on my quest to fixing that and getting me some very deserved Parker time

at mention of the life: by leah cast, zoey froze; she tried to cover it up with pretending to think, but she wasn’t sure how convincing she was. “how about we just walk down the street and stop at the first place that catches our eye? it can be like that road trip thing where you just keep making random turns and see where you end up.” as long as it wasn’t whatever the taco place was that her brother was at, she was fine. even if it was pasta or burgers, she’d take that over having to see dylan any day. she took riley’s hand and pulled her along, leading her out of the building. “you ready for the adventure of your life?” zoey joked, shooting riley a wink.

Riley blinked owlishly, the sweet smile still on her lips even as Zoey pretty much changed course mid-stride. She somewhat wondered whether the redhead had a crush or something on someone in that cast that she hadn’t quite picked up on yet. Could Zoey Simone actually be shy? “Every day is an adventure with you. Something you oughta know by now,” she teased the other, giggling freely. “And something we both know is that good food is good food. So I’ll be fine with wherever we end up, as long as it’s not Five Guys. I stopped there twice last week and I’d like to be caught again if I ever slip off another harness.”

“ I SEE,” connor nodded, seeming to think he understood where the girl was coming from. “like a brother sister sort of thing?” it’s always cool to have people like that in your life.” the male laughed at her question, not sure that he wanted to admit that apart from working at zenith, he was probably one of their biggest fans as a whole. “yeah, i do. i was just about every show the studio produces, honestly. i see everything coming together here on the back end, it’s almost like i have to know what the final product looks like…i recognize you, though.” he rubbed the back of his neck as he explained himself. sometimes his words didn’t exactly filter correctly all the time. he had such little practice with small talk, he was constantly debating within himself whether the things he was saying were awkward or not. “i haven’t, really. i never know what to say,” he replied as he accepted her offered sweets. “i can try to abstain from being uncomfortably silent if you’d like to talk, but i can’t promise anything.”

“I don’t really know how that works, what with being an only child and all...” Riley trailed off, her face doing something funny she couldn’t quite describe if she put her mind to it, then lifted her chin minimally, trying to speak around the cookie she’d fought so hard for. “More like a... a boyfriend, though? That’s a weird thing to say out loud.” An audible gulp, some milk chocolate chips going down the wrong way, and she was back in full-form. “Post production does make it all look incredibly amazing and heroic, though.” Not that her character did a lot of the heroics yet, but still, she could appreciate the heroicness in everybody else’s actions. As translated via special effects. And many harnesses. The smile made its way back towards her lips, though, a hint of a blush rising on her cheeks, “Well, it’s not like silence is really all that uncomfortable. It gives the people with quieter voices a chance to be heard if they want to, or to enjoy the moment as it exists without filling it with sometimes unnecessary sound.” Like she was doing right about then. It honestly didn’t seem like a fault that someone would prefer not to speak too much, as long as that was their choice and not something they’d been shoved into.

Maybe they’ll give us a discount if we do some sort of advertising for them or something. Ahhh, thank you so much, for real! You’re so kind. No way! I wouldn’t let you pay for me, Riles, but that’s incredibly sweet of you. Who’s your favorite Disney character?

“That’s something to do with sponsorships, right? I mean, I’d be so down for that. And one of those savanna view rooms? That sounds like a once in a lifetime experience. Well, I’d have to treat you to something. Like a Mickey waffle maker. Um, I can’t dishonor my uncle and choose anyone but Jasmine, to be honest. Rajah is a close second. What would be yours?”

“Only if you were guaranteed to get super powers from them, otherwise I’m on Team No Spider Bite too. I guess if it was as easy as drinking some kind of magic potion then everybody would have super powers though, right?”

“Who are we to say some people don’t already have them, huh? Or did I just completely go all conspiracy theorist nutso on you? Which, I’m actually not. Promise.”