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These things were always tiring. Looking into the face of your transgressions was never easy, really, no matter what the circumstance. In truth, Jack still hasn’t found a comfortable position when it comes to speaking on his issues with addiction. Right now, he finds that he’s either extremely to the point of nowhere near it at all. There wasn’t a happy medium in sight, not just yet. He’s never sure where to begin. Does he start with the way his hands shake? Or maybe he should start at the root of the desire, the craving to be intoxicated rather than face whatever it is that lies beneath a great depth.

During this new meeting, clad with a few new faces, Jack spoke only once. He’s required to go, yes, but he wants to. To be there with people who understood. But then the option to speak is dangled in front of his face and he’s left with nothing. No words. For a songwriter, this was a jarring state.

“Sucks, huh?” He says to the man to his right as he steps outside, leaning up against the brick of the building they were just in. Jack knows him only vaguely, mostly from various other meetings. Ethan, he recalls silently. They both seem to be colored the same shade of exhausted. “After meetings, sometimes I feel like people can...see it on me. If that makes any sense.” He shrugs, “Like it’s smeared on my skin. Addict across my forehead.” A bittersweet laugh weaves through his words, a lackluster attempt at lightening the mood.

“My family. I mean by that my mother and my closest friends. I am incredibly lucky to be surrounded by people as amazing as them and I’ll always be thankful they’re letting me annoy them with hugs and random excited text messages at two in the morning! Geo is like the older sister I’ve always wanted, and Maddie is stuck with me as the younger sister she probably did not want. And Ethan too! Ethan is like that one great cousin I just can’t help but get on his nerves during family dinners. Found family is better than no family at all!”

Daphne had made sure to check with Charlie before inviting Ethan to the party. Knowing their history, she didn’t want to make anybody uncomfortable on what was supposed to be a happy day. But if she was honest with herself, she was over the moon when Charlie said it was alright if she invited Ethan. Ethan was, after all, one of her best friends in Catalina and practically family in Daphne’s book. So when she spotted him entering the living room of her in-laws’ house, she waved to him. Walking across the room, she gave him a warm hug. “I’m happy you decided to come” she said. “And I know Dani will be too.”

Mistakes got made sometimes. And Noah made a lot of them.

One of those mistakes ended up with him having a bleeding fist and legs sprinting him straight down the sidewalk, bobbing out of the way of people who were inadvertently helping him by getting in the way of the charming asshole so delightfully attempting to pull some citizen’s arrest.

If only that guy knew why Noah had thrown the punch in the first place.

“Whoa!” Noah slammed into a guy in running clothes at the last moment and grabbed his arms to steady him. “You all right?”

“There he is! Stop him! And his friend!” From the distance, Noah heard the shout of the man still running after him.

As likely as this was to go incredibly badly, Noah snagged the guy he’d nearly bowled over by the crook of his elbow and said “C’mon, don’t let that jackass grab you!” And, like a shot, he dragged the guy behind him as he took off against toward an alley, hoping they could duck down it and change direction.

After a weekend of binge drinking, as well as over indulging in sugar and carbs, Aly felt the need to go for a run. Just to cleanse her body of that sluggish feeling. It protested upon her start. Whined, begged, and ached for her to stop. She thought about vomiting at one point, but with every step her head became more clear. So, her divorce wasn’t going to plan. A string of complications no one had anticipated, all of which left her anxious for the future. What if Arthur found out about the money? Run faster. What if he tried to take it? Faster. Her parents were putting pressure on her to wrap things up, but as she peeked the top of a huge hill all of it melted away. A runners high wasn’t a thing of myth, but a reality only obtained by persistence. She stood, at the top of the hill overlooking the gorgeous little island of Catalina, out of breathe and glistening with sweat. She wasn’t alone.

“Beautiful... huh?”

Who was your first kiss?

“Oh, Jesus..” Ahren couldn’t help but laugh a little at the question, having to think back to what felt like lifetimes ago to even remember a name. “I think it was in middle school, but I could be wrong... But her name was Addison. I think we were like, 14? Just a schoolyard crush, y’know?” 

What makes you fall out of love?

Answered! 

Do you currently love someone?

WHERE: georgina livingston’s house in ventura

WHERE: december 31st, 11:48 pm

Amelia knew that Jack was here because he had to be for the programme, but it was definitely a beautiful location. Until now, the woman hadn’t regretted it yet to move her life over here.These first few days, Seth had come over as well so he could keep Diane company while she settled the last things, like signing a contract for a house and arranging the last bits of the transfer to Catalina Medical Center before she would start working there in January. As a small thank you for that, she was going to surprise both Seth and Diane with something to drink; a coffee for Seth while she would surprise her daughter with a large cup of hot chocolate. She entered the building of the coffee shop and she made her way to the desk where it was quiet and where she was helped nearly right away. “Good afternoon. Can I get a medium cup coffee and a cup of hot chocolate? And next to that… What would you advise of the menu?”