#dpbarrel

Bear, you are the most important person in the world to me. I would do anything for you, anything really. I will always be by your side until the day you realize you don't want me there anymore but until that day comes I'll keep fighting for you, next to you and with you. Maybe together we can get somewhere.I love you, always have and always will. -Mel

The student behind the door was not one she expected. Well, not expected in the capacity he was there. Her first instinct was to flare up in anger again before she noticed that he wasn’t vandalizing the room again, in fact he was actually using the room for its intended purpose. He was doing art. Her brow furrowed, not knowing he had that particular skill but then again, she only knew a few things about him. She looked him over one last time and decided to just let him be, he wasn’t bothering her by being there – he wasn’t being a nuisance. He was simply doing the same thing she had come here for. She nodded curtly in his direction before going back to her original purpose. Stripping her jacket from her body, she draped it over a chair far away from her easel just in case she got a little over zealous with the painting. She was angry, but she wasn’t angry enough to destroy a designer label. Trish stared at the easel for a moment, holding the brush in her hands poised like a weapon. Half of her wanted to tear the canvas in half and work from that, but the other half of her won the struggle. The brush met the paint and she began following her gut, painting whatever came to her.

Mel had been planning this birthday surprise for Barrel for a long time, longer than she cared to admit. She wanted to surprise him and give him a birthday that he would never forget. She planned a "scavenger hunt" where she would make him run around school looking for clues and pieces and receiving his birthday gifts in the process. She knew he would probably get bored or annoyed but she hoped that he would go through with everything. She was the responsible for the first note but after that she left everything in the hands of her good friends who agreed to help her in this. With her friends taking care that the notes and the pieces of the puzzle she had time to set everything up before he would figure out the puzzle completely. She grabbed all the pillows and blankets she could find and took them to the roof of the dorm rooms. Her friends also helped her set up a table full of baked goods with a Halloween spirit in them and popcorn, lots of popcorn. She organized the pile of rented movies so it would be easier for him to choose. She had also carved a couple of pumpkins just in case it got dark and they needed some light.  Everything was ready. She sat in the huge pile of pillows and blankets, hoping that he followed everything until the end so she could reveal her ultimate surprise. Of course that she could just set everything up and then text him to meet her there, but what fun would that be ? When she heard steps behind her she shot up from her pile, with her badger onesie on and smiled relieved to see him. "Happy Birthday Bear!" She giggled as she skipped to him and planted a kiss on his lips. She took his hand and started showing him everything. " Here you have mini pumpkin pies, because everything that is small is cute just like me. Halloween cake pops. Bloody cupcakes, the glass is edible it's just sugar. Popcorn, I hope you brought your own like I told you to, and a pumpkin cake. " She led him to the pile of movies that she had earlier organized "Here is almost every horror movie that I had and that the movie store had. They're all organized organized by date. And I downloaded a few of the newer ones. It's illegal. Shhh." She giggled. " And here is the pile of blankets and pillows that I stole from the common rooms. And that white thingie is where we're going to watch a movie or movies. Whatever floats your boat. " She sat back down in the pile and watched him "I hope you didn't get too annoyed. " She smiled at him, she really hoped that he liked the surprise. "Got your onesie ?" she asked him with a huge smile on her face that she tried her best to conceal but failed miserably to do so.

[waits impatiently] Barrel! I will keep knocking and knocking, you can't make me go away. It won't work. Wake up. Wake up. Wake up.

Mel: Bear, I'm sick. My throat is killing me and I'm burning up. I need my nurse.

Fawn's eyes darted around, searching for someone, anyone who could help her get the bench from it's new resting spot on her leg. She bit back yelps of pain at her every move to free herself. Her breathing was frantic and rapid, afraid that everyone else was already inside. Then, Fawn remembered who she had seen just moments before. His name rang into her head, remembering it from around school. But where was he? Her craned her neck to see over the upside-down bench, but it was useless, this thing had imprisoned her and blocked half of her view. She tried once more to push it off of herself when she realized that the bench was jammed in between a couple of trees. The wind must have blown it so hard that on impact, the object got itself stuck tightly between two thick tree trunks, as well as her stuck underneath of it. But Barrel was the only other person she saw, he had to be around there somewhere. "Barrel!" Her voice rang out the best it could in such weather. "Somebody! Anybody!"

IT’S 7PM HERE. SO IT’S MIDNIGHT THERE. THAT MEANS IT’S KEWI’S BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEWSTERR!!