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                    ❛   noon?  i’m not even sober right now.   ❜  he grins, his choice of poison inhaled rather than drank.  ❛   tell you what, if you’ve got ten bucks i’ve got a place.   ❜ ( nick wouldn’t mind ; he wouldn’t even have to know. )  ❛  unless you wanna keep relishing in the christmas spirit.   ❜
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                   ❛   yeah,  yeah.  quit  your  bragging.   ❜   the  blonde  is  pouting,  but  mostly  to  herself  before  the  offer  is  laid  out  on  the  table.  she  doesn’t  hesitate  much  before  a  hand  is  reaching  for  her  purse,  shuffling  to  find  her  wallet  before  brooke  pulls  out  a  ten.   ❛   trust  me,  i  am  not  going  to  deal  with  christmas  any  longer  if  i  don’t  have  to.  ––––  as  long  as  you  don’t  murder  me  at  this  place  you’re  talking  about,  i’m  in.   ❜

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❑ ° dcgausscr:

                    “i think you’re a keeper.” in fact, he couldn’t fathom being with anyone else, and he had no desire to fantasize about it. for the first time in his life he was content, which was something he’d previously thought to be impossible. “but i can pay for it, just got my christmas bonus an’ shit.”
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                    he  smiles  in  reply  to  that.  dex  isn’t  good  with  feelings,  but  he’s  appreciative  of  the  fact  that  tris  really  does  want  him  around.   ❛   good.  my  generosity  suddenly  ran  low  anyway.   ❜   a  slight  smirk  crosses  his  features  before  he’s  shrugging  again.

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❑ ° destinaticn:

all of the luxurious outerwear in the world couldn’t keep her warm in the bitter nip of new york december winds  .  leather-clad hands pull scarlet peacoat tighter  ,   shallow exhale translating to a cloud that falls from parted lips as warm mixes with cold  .    the semester preceding the holidays only has her more excited to be back on the upper east side   ,   away from the GEORGINA and NYU and CHUCK BASS of it all   ,   away from the parts of the year she’d much rather leave behind  .     chestnut curls bounce as the princess continues her journey  -   she’d long since sent dorota home  ,   hands full of blair’s holiday shopping  .   the plan had ORIGINALLY been to meet with serena for lunch  ,   but  ,   her best friend had a date with some new guy   ,     typical    ,    so she was headed to butter a l o n e   -   some extended metaphor for past few months  ,   probably   .    
her sulking is interrupted by the beckoning of a stranger  ,  causing initial confusion to wash over her as she pauses   , before furrowed brow is replaced with the hint of a smile     -    he was wrong  ,   she was a hot chocolate girl  ,   who only drank coffee when she wanted to appear more mature   ,   but he didn’t need to know that  .   ❛   birch on east sixty-second  ,  if you’re in a hurry  ,   joe’s on lexington if you’re hoping to sit down  .   first visit  ?  ❜ not that she particularly cared , but those at rock bottom didn’t get to be picky about who they talked to .   
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                    he’s  not  expecting  an  answer  at  all.  he’s  met  a  good  handful  of  people  already  that  wouldn’t  even  spare  him  the  time  of  day.  to  find  someone that  isn’t  completely  disrespectful  towards  those  new  to  the  city  is  a  bit  of  a  surprise.  his  eyebrows  furrow  in  response  to  her  answer,  gaze  suddenly  dropping  to  the  phone  in  his  hand.  the  gps  is  up  (  with  nowhere  particular  specified  as  of  yet  )  as  he  gives  a  glance  at  the  surrounding  streets.  one  seems  familiar  because  he’s  passed  it  on  his  way  to  where he  currently  was.  a  slight  chuckle  echoes  past  the  blond’s  lips  before  he’s  nodding  a  bit  with  a  half-smile.   ❛   yeah,  i  guess.  not  really  a  visit,  though.  i’m  actually  living  here now,  so...  just  trying  to  get  used  to  things.   ❜

                   she’s  obviously  much  different  than  he  is.  sam  can  tell  by  her  mannerisms  and  her  outfit,  in  general.  it’s  not  bad,  it’s  just  something  that  surprises  him.   ❛   so,  uh... joe’s?   ❜   he  clears  his  throat  after  a  moment,  icy  hues  lifting  to  glance  up  and  down  the  street  before  lips  purse  and  he’s  tucking  his  phone  away  for  the  moment.   ❛   got  any  shortcuts  or  useful  tips  on  how  to  get  there?   ❜   he  doesn’t  want  to  keep  her  long,  but  he  does  have  a  habit  of  rambling.   ❛   i’m  sam,  by  the  way.   ❜    how  rude  of  him  to  not  introduce  himself  right  away.  or  maybe  it’s  just  that  he’s  distracted  by  both  how  cold  it  is  and  how  gorgeous  the  brunette in  front  of  him  is  (  he’s  not  afraid  to  admit  it  ).

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❑ ° guiltbled:

❛     so  what’s  your  suggestion,       foster?         we  give  ‘em  no  reaction?      believe  me,         i’d  love  to  not  give  them  the  attention  they  want   ——–      but  when  our  friends  are  dying,       it’s  hard.              interesting?        sure,       but  it’s  definitely  not  entertaining.     ❜
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                    ❛   giving  a  reaction  is  natural.  it’s  not  that  i  want  us  to  stop  reacting.  that’s  just  unrealistic.  we’re  not  in  control  here.  ––––  not  entertaining  to  us,  again.  it’s  the  killer  that’s  being  entertained.   ❜

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              ❛ I PLEAD THE FIFTH, until you proceed to do the rules of mistletoe.    he pointed to her, with a grin WIDE to his face watching as the cookie was taken from the cookie jar. he stood there for a reason, not just because he wanted to LOOK PRETTY. laughing at her statement about the dresses he nodded with a face.   we shall see about that, huh ? ❜
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                    brooke’s  head  tilts  as  a  slight  grin  settles  at  her  lips.  still,  the  blonde  slowly  sets  the  cookie  aside  and  rolls  her  eyes.   ❛   i  don’t  really  like  following  rules.   ❜   that  doesn’t  stop  her  from  crossing  the  room  with  a  small  smirk  and  crossed  arms.   ❛   but,  just  this  once,  i’m  sure  i  could  do  it  for  you.   ❜

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❑ ° theirangel:

           ☀ ❤ ❀ ┆ ‘   i do ,  you know i believe in nobody else  m  o  r  e ,  but …   i don’t think you can do it the RIGHT way all the time .  
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                    ❛   well,  that’s  not  your  problem,  riley.  your  dad  teaches  us  every  day  to  learn  from  our  mistakes.  we  can’t  be  right  all  the time.   ❜

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                   ❛   the ultimate grinch move.   ❜  he’s amused, offering a lazy yet witty smirk.             ❛   only good thing about the holidays is the booze, man. everyone’s in a giving mood.  ❜
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                     the  blonde’s  eyebrows  raise  in  response  to  his  reply,  but  only  momentarily  before  she’s  humming  softly  in  thought.   ❛   you  better  be  in  a  giving  mood  when  it  comes  to  booze,  too.  i  haven’t  had  something  to  drink  since  noon.   ❜

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❛ mm? ❜
❛ you serious? ❜ he’s grinning, god damn it. this huge lunk was too sweet for his own good.  ❛ i thought we agreed to limit it this time around? ❜ although he has to admit, he’s been stocking up gifts for jacob. ❛ we doing some twelve days of christmas shit? ❜    
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                    ❛   we  did  agree  to  that...  i  just  broke  the  limit  a  little  bit.   ❜   the  shrug  is  nonchalant  as  jake  shoots  the  boy  a  slight  grin.   ❛   no,  we’d  need  way  more  than  twelve  days  for  you  to  finish  opening  up  your  gifts  if  we  played  by  those  rules.   ❜

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