Scarlett/Lexie - G

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Scarlett was bouncy. There was really few other words to cover it. Everything seemed to be going so well. (Another person might take this as a sign that things were about to implode, but Scarlett was far too positive for that.) Kait was back in the picture, Download was so soon, things with Renee were seeming smooth, and Nancy was moving to London.

On top of that she was standing outside the house of two of her close friends, now living under the same roof. She didn't actually know if Lee or Ry were home but she was taking a chance. She'd even brought a basket of housewarming type things with her.



embracethestorm
2006-06-05 09:58 am UTC (link)
"Just coming!"

Lexie called upstairs as loudly as she could from where she was standing in the basement. She carelessly placed the cup on the kitchen table, and made her way to the front door, opening it quickly so she couldn't keep the person outside waiting any longer.

Her smile froze a little when she saw who was outside - she'd never met the person before. Maybe it was someone to see one of the others.

"Hello?" she said, a note of question punctuating her voice a little.
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scarlettvoices
2006-06-05 10:00 am UTC (link)
Scarlett smiled brightly. "You must be Lexie?" she asked, trying to shift the large basket. Perhaps it wasn't the best idea after all. "I'm Scarlett. I'm friends with Lee and Ry," she explained. "I'd shake your hand but mine seem a little full."
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embracethestorm
2006-06-05 10:06 am UTC (link)
"Oh," Lexie said, feeling a little overwhelmed by this person already. She got over that pretty quickly and smiled at Scarlett.

"Yeah, I'm Lexie - would you like to come in?" she asked politely, though with a basket that big she knew what the answer would be.
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scarlettvoices
2006-06-05 10:09 am UTC (link)
"Yes please," She said and stepped inside, having a quick look around. "This is a really nice place," she said and then looked back at Lexie. "Oh, some of the things in here are for you too. It's all sort of...lots of yummy food...and things..." She looked slightly embarrassed. "I'm terrible. It's all stuff you probably don't need but I like to help out."
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embracethestorm
2006-06-05 10:15 am UTC (link)
"Thank you," Lexie said gratefully, Scarlett had already struck her as the sweetest person.

"I don't think anyone else is in, Ry was going to find a job sometime," Lexie told her quickly, though she had some doubts about Ry's job searching ability. "But you're welcome to stay and wait for them, have a drink downstairs or something?"
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scarlettvoices
2006-06-05 10:20 am UTC (link)
"I'd love to," she told her. "I'd like to get to know you a bit better since I already know everyone else in the house."
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embracethestorm
2006-06-05 10:24 am UTC (link)
"Good," Lexie said cheerfully, before turning and starting back down to the kitchen.

"Anything in particular you'd like?" she asked, stepping her way down the stairs.
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scarlettvoices
2006-06-05 10:29 am UTC (link)
"I might have one of the many herbal teas in this basket of mine," she said, following Lexie with it still in her arms. "I don't know if you'll drink them and I don't think Ry will go near them with a ten foot pole, but I know Lee is partial."

She smiled, looking into the basket. "I feel like Santa," she said and then added, "except not really at all."
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embracethestorm
2006-06-05 10:32 am UTC (link)
"You haven't got the beard," Lexie giggled lightly. "Put that on the table there if you want," she added, gesturing to the kitchen table.

"Tea is nice - I'm fond of normal and strawberry," she said, pulling out a chair for Scarlett.
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scarlettvoices
2006-06-05 10:34 am UTC (link)
She put the basket down on the table with an unneeded 'oof' sound and straightened. "Yeah," she told Lexie. "I don't think a beard would suit me somehow."

Then she turned and rumaged through the basket. "Although...let's see what young female pagan Santa has in her sack," she said and pulled out a pink box. "Strawberry you said?" she smiled and passed it to her before sitting down.

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embracethestorm
2006-06-05 10:47 am UTC (link)
"You angel," Lexie said quietly, taking the box and standing up. She took a couple of steps to the kettle and flicked it on.

"Same for you, or different?" she asked, finding some of the nicer mugs from the little mug tree.
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scarlettvoices
2006-06-05 10:51 am UTC (link)
She nodded. "I'll take the same. I feel in the mood for something pink anyway."

She looked around the kitchen. "How did you come by this place?" she asked and then, thinking, added. "How old are you, may I ask?"
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embracethestorm
2006-06-05 11:04 am UTC (link)
"I'm eighteen, soon to be nineteen. I've lived between Reading and London for the last couple of years because my brother lives in London and the rest of my family live back at Reading. And my aunt died recently and left me her house," she said with a shrug, staring at the table. She didn't really like to talk about stuff like that, but it had to be said.
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scarlettvoices
2006-06-05 11:07 am UTC (link)
"Ah, inheritance." Scarlett nodded. "It's a strange thing. Like someone giving you a consolation prize for losing something far more important." She left that alone and moved onto her next question. "So what do you do when you're not being intruded on by pushy redheads? Are you studying or working?"
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embracethestorm
2006-06-05 11:10 am UTC (link)
"Yeah," Lexie said, nodding gently.

She turned to the kettle, sorting out two mugs of the tea.

"I left school at sixteen, it wasn't working for me. And I have a sort-of job, but it's only every two days that I work now, so I need to find something else and better paid. Waitressing," she said with a roll of her eyes to the ceiling. She placed one of the mugs before Scarlett.
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scarlettvoices
2006-06-05 11:12 am UTC (link)
Scarlett chuckled softly at the eye roll and took her mug with a "thanks." She took a sip but put the mug back down when it was too hot. "So what sort of thing are you looking for instead?"
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epithet_
2006-06-05 11:12 am UTC (link)
He'd gone for jobs. Many jobs. Some, he even expected to hear back from. One or two, he hoped he wouldn't hear back from. Either way, he had done some busking both to procrastinate the job search, and then the mellow down from it afterwards. He'd sent a text in Scarlett's direction seeing if she wanted to join him... but getting nothing, he'd decided not to wait any longer and headed in the direction of his new place, buying milk and a few other essentials on the way. Impossible to know what Lexie actually thought of his lack-of-job status from her brief lj message. He hoped she wasn't upset in earnest. That would just... suck.

In other news, he was sure he'd be able to sponge some money of his mother if he really needed it. She hadn't the wit to go spending it everywhere, if she even remembered she had it.

Slipping the key into the lock, Ry pushed open the door and shoved it closed behind him. He called out a distant, "Hey..." to the house to see if anyone else was home. Maybe he'd check out what Slink was doing tonight.
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scarlettvoices
2006-06-05 11:15 am UTC (link)
Scarlett heard the voice from somewhere and smiled calling out. "Hello, dear Benedict!"
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embracethestorm
2006-06-05 11:16 am UTC (link)
"Benedict?" Lexie asked, confused, and she stood up from the table to see who it was.
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scarlettvoices
2006-06-05 11:17 am UTC (link)
Scarlett smiled at her brightly. "Funny story how we met," she told Lexie. "Just means he'll always be my Benedict and I his Beatrice."
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embracethestorm
2006-06-05 11:27 am UTC (link)
Lexie nodded, though she hadn't completely understood.

"We're down here!" she called out, too lazy to go up to the door.
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scarlettvoices
2006-06-05 11:33 am UTC (link)
As they waited for Ry, Scarlett took a moment to explain. "Ry busks sometimes. He was performing a monlogue from Much Ado About Nothing and since I love that play...well, when he got to the end of his peice I sorted of butted in with Beatrice's bit. We stood there in the middle of the square doing this whole bit from the play. The people watching loved it."
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embracethestorm
2006-06-05 12:14 pm UTC (link)
"That's precious," Lexie said, and she really thought so. Nothing interesting ever happened to her, and she felt a slight twinge of jealousy after hearing this little tale.
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scarlettvoices
2006-06-05 12:16 pm UTC (link)
"Isn't it just?" she laughed. So strange to think that had only been about five months ago. Seemed like she'd known Ry forever.
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epithet_
2006-06-05 12:21 pm UTC (link)
Ry was surprised to see Scarlett sitting there, but pleasantly so. He walked in to give her a kiss on the top of the head with a grin at Lexie and started to put stuff away that he had picked up. "Good to hear you saying nice things only for once, Beatrice," he murmured cutely.
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scarlettvoices
2006-06-05 12:22 pm UTC (link)
She grinned as he kissed her on the head and said, "I always say good things about everybody!"
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embracethestorm
2006-06-05 12:28 pm UTC (link)
"Did you get anywhere?" she asked Ry, tapping her fingernails lightly on her mug.
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epithet_
2006-06-05 12:31 pm UTC (link)
"If I did, I'll hear about it by tomorrow, hopefully," he said, putting a coffee pot on. "Shall I make you tea, Scar? I know you don't go in for overdose of caffine."
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scarlettvoices
2006-06-06 02:50 am UTC (link)
Scarlett raised the mug in her hand. "Look, I already have tea. And it's strangly pink even. Look at it clash!" She held it closer to her hair and made the strangest face she could think of on the spot.



She knocked, shifting the basket in her arms.