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CJ was on his third tub, testing out the seasonal flavors that were on the blackboard, nodding his head in approval as if he knew anything about the details of ice cream making and flavor profile. Truthfully, taste testing was a wasted notion on the skateboarder, who had been known to eat actual trash before. “I think this is the winner!” He said, for the third time that day, sliding it over for Liam to have a try, leaning back to try and read the board from the booth they were positioned in. “Y’think the caramel apple has actual apple in it still?” 

Before waiting for an answer, he got up and ordered his fourth tub of the day, much to the chagrin of the worker on shift, muttering something about CJ being hollow, before handing the fresh tub over to him, and he frowned as he returned back to his friend. “Yo, you’d think people would like me spending money. ‘Specially because this might be the last thing I ever eat ever because Wren thinks I might have that lack…toes….thing.” He sounded out the word slowly, trying to mimic exactly how his older sister sounded. “But like, whatever happens happens. What about you dude, does dairy wanna kill you?”

“You’ve been eyeing me for an hour. What?” Roman’s patience had been running thin lately. He had a less than productive appointment with his doctor regarding his hand earlier in the week, and the decision about weaning down on his pain medication had been one he came quickly to regret, his already quite-to-irate mood only worsening as the days dragged on.

He had picked The Pour House due to lack of familiar faces. Apart from Saul Weissberg that one time, everyone else had been a sour-faced regular who didn’t take it upon themselves to invite Roman into the fold, and he was completely fine with it. Some days he just didn’t need company.

However, there had been a young man in the bar who had been…leering at him, he supposed. Whether out of familiarity of who Roman was, or other reasons, he wasn’t quite sure. But he finally had enough of being fucking ogled. “Go on then. Spit it out.”

Sometimes when CJ was near the employment spaces of his friends, he liked to check in. Obviously to see them, but most of the time he got free stuff out of it too. He was banking on getting at least some fries from Tefi as he entered the diner, but immediately his plans changed when he saw no other than Liam Reed sat at one of the tables, alone.

“Dude!” He called, sliding into the seat opposite with a large grin. “I didn’t know you were, like, around or I’d have linked up. You order anything good?” He asked, grabbing the menu, as if the two had arranged to meet up here, instead of it being a very happy coincidence. 

Location: the trailer 

Having Jenny Price as a mother has killed the part of Nicole’s brain that makes people wonder if drugs are truly as bad as they’re made out to be. She’s seen firsthand that they in fact are, however, she’s not exactly the spokesperson for any sort of anti drug campaign. She never claimed not to be a hypocrite either. She’s not the biggest fan, but Nic can count on one hand the times she’s been high. Each time just weed, never alone, and always in the company of others. When the pretty girl at the skatepark offered her a few hits from her pen, Nicole didn’t exactly have the mind or the confidence to tell her no. So now she’s home, stoned beyond belief and standing idly in front of the fridge she forgot to open. But everything is so… everything. All of her senses, she can feel, see, taste, hear, smell it all. She laughs a little to herself, amused and deep in thought about how magnets work when she feels the presence of one of her brothers. Mouth ajar, Nic slowly turns her head and finds Liam. How long has he been standing there? “What?” Her voice rasps slightly from the coughing fit she had earlier, brows furrowing and paranoia starting to sink in. She’s not being obvious, is she? “Why are you looking at me like that?”

Tucked away in the corner of a room, Ana sat curled up against the tall backed chair. Her cheek rest softly against the back as she hummed to herself, soothing her mind.

It was late, most of the house had quieted down already. Ana had been in bed, fast asleep when the nightmare jolted her awake, tears steaming down her face as she chose to instead go downstairs to evade sleep in the soft light, in safety. 

If she was in a public area no one could get her, that was at least her thought. 

Ana was in her mind, her vivid imagination causing the act of her father petting her head feel almost real. Sometimes she could fool herself like this, it was just the manifestation of her power but comforting none the less. 

Footsteps could be heard from somewhere far in the quiet home, as the neared, Ana was forced awake out of her day dream. Still a little hazy, she looked at the man who greeted her confused, hands rubbing her eyes. 

Who: closed for @liamarcher​

Seven hours she had been back in Oceanside and already had dealt with her past coming full throttle towards her. Trying to explain to family members that they buried a empty coffin because the FBI wanted it that way, was tiring and exhausting. Questions were asked that she simply couldn’t answer caused frustration for all parties involved. Yet the biggest band-aid was yet to be ripped off. The man she once loved, was going to marry had yet to see her alive and well. It plagued her thoughts how he might react to seeing her, how he would question all the reasons she left and ultimately debate on whether she truly loved him. For her there was no debate, Liam was her soulmate and missing puzzle piece but the years since her faked death she had learned how to function without him. For she believed that Lorelei Matthews was never going to resurrect in Oceanside. Conflict existed in her, a part of her praying Liam moved on and forget all about her for his mental well-being, another selfish hoped he hadn’t. All the scenario’s of them meeting played through her head as she stood in the queue, oblivious to the world around her.

[Cameron]

Cameron was mostly quiet the whole way back to the castle. Once they got Grace in her room and put to sleep, Cameron went over to Liam’s room before knocking on the door. “We need to talk about some things that happened tonight. What you have been doing with Misty is unacceptable. I thought we both taught you better than to go after a married woman like that? Someone is going after your mother the same way you are going after Misty and I know that you don’t like the thought of your mother and I separating so please do not do that to Hope and TJ. Flirting can be harmless if you have no intent but according to what I heard tonight, you have been doing things purposely that I know that Noah and I have raised you better than that. You are to be future king, you can not pull this kind of behavior when you are king.”

[Liam]

Liam opened his bedroom door and let Cameron walk in as he shut again and sat back on the bed as his father spoke. “You taught me to go after what I wanted. I’m not trying to break up a family, that’s not it at all but you can’t help who you like right? You can’t help who you are drawn towards. It just happens. And I didn’t do anything. I walked by them and reminded them the kids were near before they ripped each other’s clothes off and I brought TJ to them. What did I do that was so bad?”

[Cameron]

“Yes go after what you want but not when it’s someone else’s wife or husband. Just as you don’t want someone to be with me or be with your mother, that is the same thing that the spouse of the person you are trying to take feels. You can’t help who you like, I understand that but sometimes you need to let them go and move on to find someone else who actually is available for you to spend their life with. If you are hung up on someone who is already happily married it just hurts you and prevents you from seeing that you could be happy with someone else. It blinds you from finding who you are actually meant to be with. You want your mother and I to be together right?”

[Liam]

“Yes of course I do but I am not stupid I know what happens if one of you falls for someone else. Finn told me about how him and Misty both cheated on each other and now he’s married with kids and so is she. So I don’t get how in one situation it’s wrong but in others it’s okay. And you lose them the way you get them. That’s what Finn told me.”

[Cameron]

“Well for one, Misty never cheated on Finn. Misty wanted to be with Nibs but Nibs told her no because she was with Finn. There are boundaries, Finn used to abuse Misty and cheat on her because he thought that she was cheating on him which she wasn’t. Two wrongs don’t make a right. Be the better person Liam, don’t stoop down to someone else’s level especially not Finn’s. He is married but that doesn’t stop him from making his current wife feel as if she were nothing because he still has feelings for Misty. Can you imagine how that makes Maya feel? They have kids together but Finn just doesn’t care much for them. Their father is pursuing someone else who is married. It is selfish to do something like that. You should have enough respect to accept that they are married. If you were to do this when they were single or if they were apart that would be something different. Nibs and Misty didn’t get together until Finn and Misty broke up because Misty found Finn cheating on her on her wedding day so they are extremely different situations Liam. Finn isn’t the best example to be following, he cheated on his girlfriend on their wedding day because he was insecure about his relationship with Misty. If they aren’t meant to be it will happen on its own, they have remained firm even with your advances so that should tell you that they are not to be messed with.”

[Liam]

“You thought you and mom were firm.” He replied before standing up. “I have to take a shower can we talk a different time please. I just need some time alone.” He said looking at his dad.

[Cameron]

“We were and I don’t know what happened but I am not giving up on your mother, she will tell me what is happening eventually but until then I can only do as much as I am to try to win her back.” He knew that Liam needed some time alone so he would give the boy some time before they were to train. “Of course, I can give you some time. But we do need to train today too so tell me when you are ready and we can start training.”

[Liam]

Liam nodded. “Okay I’ll be there.” He said before waiting for Cameron to leave. “Please don’t tell mom about yesterday. I don’t want him to be disappointed in me.”

[Cameron]