The X-men run missions and work together with the NYPD, striving to maintain a peaceful balance between humans and mutants. When it comes to a fight, they won't back down from protecting those who need their help.
Haven presents itself as a humanitarian organization for activists, leaders, and high society, yet mutants are the secret leaders working to protect and serve their kind. Behind the scenes they bring their goals into reality.
From the time when mutants became known to the world, SUPER was founded as a black-ops division of the CIA in an attempt to classify, observe, and learn more about this new and rising threat.
The Syndicate works to help bring mutantkind to the forefront of the world. They work from the shadows, a beacon of hope for mutants, but a bane to mankind. With their guiding hand, humanity will finally find extinction.
Since the existence of mutants was first revealed in the nineties, the world has become a changed place. Whether they're genetic misfits or the next stage in humanity's evolution, there's no denying their growing numbers, especially in hubs like New York City. The NYPD has a division devoted to mutant related crimes. Super-powered vigilantes help to maintain the peace. Those who style themselves as Homo Superior work to tear society apart for rebuilding in their own image.
MRO is an intermediate to advanced writing level original character, original plot X-Men RPG. We've been open and active since October of 2005. You can play as a mutant, human, or Adapted— one of the rare humans who nullify mutant powers by their very existence. Goodies, baddies, and neutrals are all welcome.
Short Term Plots:Are They Coming for You?
There have been whispers on the streets lately of a boogeyman... mutant and humans, young and old, all have been targets of trafficking.
The Fountain of Youth
A chemical serum has been released that's shaving a few years off of the population. In some cases, found to be temporary, and in others...?
MRO MOVES WITH CURRENT TIME: What month and year it is now in real life, it's the same for MRO, too.
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Ongoing Plots
Magic and Mystics
After the events of the 2020 Harvest Moon and the following Winter Solstice, magic has started manifesting in the MROvere! With the efforts of the Welldrinker Cult, people are being converted into Mystics, a species of people genetically disposed to be great conduits for magical energy.
The Pharoah Dynasty
An ancient sorceress is on a quest to bring her long-lost warrior-king to the modern era in a bid for global domination. Can the heroes of the modern world stop her before all is lost?
Are They Coming for You?
There have been whispers on the streets lately of a boogeyman... mutant and humans, young and old, all have been targets of trafficking.
Adapteds
What if the human race began to adapt to the mutant threat? What if the human race changed ever so subtly... without the x-gene.
Atlanteans
The lost city of Atlantis has been found! Refugees from this undersea mutant dystopia have started to filter in to New York as citizens and businessfolk. You may make one as a player character of run into one on the street.
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Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 11, 2009 21:36:04 GMT -6
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A dark cloud covered the sky as thunder and lighting shook and flashed across the sky, rain continued to pelt the pair as his heart beat quickened in response to what Alex had admitted, “Our feelings” Sam corrected himself after Alex had corrected him. The thought of jumping from one girl to the next was a confusing and mentally tiring process so as soon as Luke told him to treat her better than a rebound and not care what anyone else would think it was like a weight was lifted off his shoulders no longer was he so worried about Alex as a rebound, she was just Alex.
Thoughts raced through his mind as he debated what their next move should be, should the date now or just carry on both being aware of each others feeling. Alex said she wanted to talk so he debated letting her take the lead talking he had another plan. As he was well aware that they were close together his hand closest to Alex twitched slightly as he took control at first slipping on finger to her hand then he made an attempt to hold it, she could at any moment pull away after all he was in no way forcing his hand in hers just expressing the thought in his head.
Even though he wanted to let her speak more he blurted out before he could catch himself saying it, “And what decisions would those be of?” he asked having an idea what they were. The rain continued to hit his face as he looked down and spotted Bruno now doing his thing on his tree.
Shifting glances from Bruno and turning his head from his dog Sam was now looking at Alex, his heart continuing to race not yet sure if he should say something or do something, “So…” he said looking at her with a smile on his face his hand twitching slightly, “I know I just broke up with Leila…” ”Great Start” Sam thought sarcastically as he continued, “but if your willing to take a chance…I ummm…” he stuttered and muttered as he tried to force the words out, “I would love to take you out on a date…” he said slightly louder as he continued to look at her with a hopeful yet not desperate look on his face.
A question that caught the molecule manipulator by surprise. Of course, it was a normal question, however, was she ready to speak about a possible relationship? She was there, yes, she was the one who had brought up the need of a talk but actually talking was the most difficult task. And with Sam reaching for her hand and holding it in his own it was even harder. She couldn’t help but admit that he was affecting her and his touch felt like a small electric shock. However, she didn’t pull back although Sam was giving her enough space to do so. She let the random emotions take over her, after all, it was a fight she doubted she could ever win.
Never in her life had she felt the need to get involved. Or maybe if she did, she had suppressed it right away, especially when it came to romance. Pointless, Alexandra Kettler and Alexandra Leigh had catalogued these feelings. And yet, she was standing here, after exposing emotions she didn’t feel before. Flirting was sometimes fun. She had used this technique several times and Sam wasn’t the only one she had applied it on. But things were turning now in a lot more than just a flirt. She really liked him. An X-Man, on top of it. Go figure.
“So…”
There was this certain amount of cuteness brought into her attention as Sam spoke, a smile on his face and the slight twitch in his arm which made her smile back and focus her attention on what he was saying instead of mentally arguing with her past self.
“I know I just broke up with Leila… but if your willing to take a chance…I ummm…
Yes, cuteness and the fact that she felt better not being the only one having trouble getting the words out or feeling slightly awkward in this situation which made her feel better. This Sam was certainly was a different one from the laid back one she had known before. And this was certainly a different Alexandra from the one he’d known before. Sure, he wouldn’t want to know her very good but still… his reactions were making things a bit easier for her.
” I would love to take you out on a date…”
Uhmm, the big question. Another one for which she wasn’t as witty as usual when it came to replying. I’D LOVE TO! followed by stupid grin and probably throwing herself at him. Certainly no. After a few moments of hesitation, she slightly wrapped her hand around his to make her point clear although her words certainly didn’t sound like she was feeling. Geez, who would have ever thought that I’ll have difficulties in talking? “I’ll take that chance…” she spoke, giving a half embarrassed smile. “Really Sam, I’m sorry if I’m acting awkward…” She let out a small laugh to escape her lips. “But I had like 5 minutes to get used with this change from friendship to… something more…” She turned her head slightly, looking somewhere past Sam. “And that’s not exactly my strongest point either…” she added, talking more to herself rather than Sam. Blue eyes shifted back to Sam to see how he would take her words.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 12, 2009 14:24:05 GMT -6
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As the rain continued to down pour Sam smiled it could have been a tornado and he would have been smiling, she said yes, the date was settled, now just where should they go, instantly Sam’s mind shot to several different places he took other girls to but incidentally he wanted to try something new with Alex and seeing as it was raining most of the places wouldn’t have been as fun to see. The Zoo would be dead seeing as most of the animals would have went into their housing while the park would be drenched and odds now somewhat flooded to walk through.
Sighing his grip tightening on Alex’s hand making sure he was actually holding her hand and making sure it wasn’t some kind of trick Sam said, “I think your handling the situation well.” Placing a grin on his face he continued, “I mean you did almost kiss me,” boasted Sam feeling slightly more relaxed knowing that she wasn’t that confident about the given situation as of know, “Well why don’t we go for a walk around the city?” he asked curiously as Bruno bounded over to where they were standing having finished his business.
Reluctantly Sam let go of Alex’s hand as Bruno signaled he was ready to go in with a loud park at the door. Opening the large doors and taking off the leash Sam let Bruno into the mansion to do what he pleased till someone would find him and play with him or escort him to Sam’s room. Turning his attention back to Alex reaching out with one hand to take hers Sam said, “So where do you care to go?” he asked as they exited towards the front gates.
Sam seemed to be happy. Which at the particular moment was enough to make her happy; given the fact she seemed to have developed some kind of empathic connection with him. She couldn’t help being sad when seeing him fall into depression earlier so she considered that the change of emotions was normal and certainly welcomed. A smile graced her lips at seeing his eyes, mirrors to the soul, people said, and she saw joy there. Maybe he hadn’t forgotten completely about his birthday depression but now he also had something else to think of.
The reassuring grip as he told her that she handled the situation well made her feel less awkward and up to a point, it also made her believe that she wasn’t making a fool of herself.
” I mean you did almost kiss me.”
Blush. Blush. And blush again. Perhaps it was the better choice she had made to take this talk outside. Or let the rain fall freely on her skin. Because she was certainly happy that the slight reddish color in her cheeks either was not visible or could easily be lied about. With all the awkwardness that came when this new relationship was concerned, being reminded that she almost kissed him, letting herself to be driven by hormones, made her want to transform herself in a puddle of water for a few seconds. “Well, you know, I haven’t seen you complaining about it either.” Alexandra replied, her smile widening as she winked at him. Yeah, so maybe it was time to drop the pretenses and innocence already. They have both wanted it then, they just agreed to have a date… so there was no more place for shyness and embarrassment.
“Well why don’t we go for a walk around the city?”
“Walking sounds fine to me.” she replied with a nod. Sure, she was kind of surprised that the date was taking place so soon but she couldn’t complain either since no more of the usual pre-date stress sounded very appealing for a first date. Plus, she reminded herself that she needed to keep Sam away from the mansion and the date suddenly made things a lot easier.
After he let go to her hand as Bruno decided to join them and signal that he was ready to go back inside and they walked to the doors, Alexandra used this short silence to completely clear up her mind. Thinking about was happening over and over again would have eventually made her back away from the decision she had made. And that was one decision she didn’t want to change her mind about.
“So where do you care to go?”
Brought back to the real world, Alexandra reached out to the offered hand and smiled. She had no clue where they should go. She preferred things just to happen instead of planning them out. Plans and analysis of the situations were needed missions wise but from her point of view when it came to hanging out… maybe letting things to come by themselves was better. “Let’s just walk and see if anything catches our attention.” Smiling, she let herself to live the moment. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 13, 2009 18:31:13 GMT -6
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As they walked into the city hand in hand the expression on Sam’s face couldn’t be happier, he was after all just coming out of a relationship turned sour and now out on a date with someone that makes his heart flutter with the very mention of her name. The current day and reasons for hating the twenty-fifth of may subside as his attention was drawn from that and quickly placed on Alexandra. The moments at hand were Sam’s main focus, whenever he needed a distraction Alex would be the best kind. One look, all it took was one look in her blue eyes and all troubles seemed to melt away.
It was a little late to respond to her but he shrugged and said, “Of course I didn't complain, I have no reason to.” He said with a smug grin as they came upon the shops lined up antiquities was the first shop they passed as Sam spotted an old fashion mirror in the window. He stopped and looked at it his reflection smiling back holding on to Alex’s hand. As he continued to walk with her it dawned on him that even if he felt this way he knew next to nothing about her, family, friends, dreams, the like. Granted he knew some very small stuff about her but nothing that qualified as decent enough to explain why he was feeling the way about her.
He knew that she was a molecule manipulator; he knew she was fairly decent with a camera and that she does Yoga often. Again not nearly as much as he would like to know… Oh and her face got red whenever the word Snoo-Snoo was mentioned…. That was something he was going to have to thank Dom for later.
The rain continued to pour down as the sky continued to cry as if it was feeling the tears that Sam felt like shedding several hours before he and Alex had the conversation that lead them to where they were now hand and hand strolling down a New York street. Ripples could be seen in large puddles as they contained to walk and none of it distracted Sam from the thoughts he was having as of now. Clearing his throat as they continued to walk now passing a Music store, “it feels weird,” he simply stated, “I feel this way about you but I feel like I know next to nothing about you, other than what I have seen you do around the mansion with the video camera and in your spare time…” he looked foreword tightening his grip on her hand as a large puddle off to the side of the road was ran through causing Sam’s feet to be flooded for a brief second.
He then wondered if Alex was going through similar thoughts in her mind. She clearly knew more about him than he did with her, after all she did know it was his birthday a fact that he would have kept well hidden throughout the mansion.
Hand in hand they walked into the city and although there were times when complete silence took over them she didn’t see it as a date spoiler. Things had happened so fast between them and even if she had chosen to not to think about it anymore, Sam probably needed to put his thoughts in order.
Absentmindedly, she was pushing away the water in the puddles so she wouldn’t soak her feet too and sometimes she did it for Sam too as he was deep in thought. When he told her that he didn’t have any reasons for complaining that she almost kissed him, she replied with her own smug grin and turned her head to face the direction they were walking in, still keeping a wide smile on her face.
As she felt Sam stopping, she turned her own attention to whatever had caught Sam’s. She starred at the reflection in the mirror, Alexandra and Sam holding hands, smiles plastered on their face, in her case it was like someone had her muscles freeze into this position, she was unable to do anything but smile.
Too good to be true.
Exactly.
A hint of concern hit her eyes as they walked away, the fierceness her conscience answered with had her feeling scared. Too foreign to be just a random thought. I’m turning crazy. She shrugged the feeling away returning to removing puddles out of their way to keep her mind focused on something.
“it feels weird,”
Her attention was drawn back as Sam spoke, eyes turning back to the sky blue color her contact lenses gave them as she listened. He wanted to know about her. No, you don’t, Sam. she thought as he finished speaking. Put on your pretty lies. Letting out a small sigh, she shifted her eyes to some car passing by for a few seconds and shrugged as she looked back to Sam. “There’s nothing interesting about me. I’m Alexandra Kettler, born September 19, 1989, Bucharest, Romania.” she spoke in a slightly mechanical voice. “Was a spoiled brat till my mutation manifested.” she smiled slightly tightening her own grip on his hand. “After that I was a loner until I met more mutants and stopped considering myself an abomination of nature.” Her voice turned bitterly as her eyes drifted away from Sam again. “But then came the registration act came and one of us was caught and forced to tell names. I had to get away from there. I knew New York wasn’t safer but … I couldn’t stand on my own back there either.” Alexandra shrugged again as she looked back at Sam, changing her expression to a happier one. “The rest… you know it from when I first came to the Mansion. Nothing thrilling in my history.” she finished her speech and although she was smiling, a bitter taste was still in her mouth as everything she hadn’t told Sam was replayed in her mind, every dark part begging to be let out and take over her.
Little liar.
These aren’t lies! Her mind cried back. No, it was just a sketchy description of her past, where all the details were left out. But it wasn’t a lie. Her free hand tightened into a fist behind her back as she forced herself to keep her pretenses on. “Hmmm, so what about you?” she asked trying to change the subject from herself to Sam. She didn’t want to be forced to lie to him but if he wanted details… how could she ever tell the truth? She caught the glimpse of the music store they have stopped by and smiled. “Care to do the introduction into Sam Johnson’s mysteries by starting with what kind of music do you like?” she asked gesturing to the store, her face completely changed back to her happy one. One that hopefully would be there from there on.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 16, 2009 0:35:46 GMT -6
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Wonder came over Sam as Alex freely summed up her life before the mansion. Wonder mainly because it didn’t take much to try and coax her into talking a simple comment was all it took. He never thought she would actually freely give out her information like that, once more Sam was now inclined to talk about himself, something he had always hated to do mainly because it was bull shit story after another, even if they were somewhat believable he was never a fan on lying to someone. Especially one he planned on being so close to, it was never a good plan to start a relationship on lies or so they say. Sam however always dished out new lies about his history with each new relationship.
Leila was supposed to be the break in that relationship he had come clean with her and for a time it made their relationship better than any before that, he went out on a limb and told her, even if it was a long time after they had started to date. Looking at Alex as they had stepped in front of a music store Sam wondered if he would come clean and talk about the small army of skeletons in his closet. Shaking his had slightly wiping the bad thought from his mind Sam smiled and said, “Music is the easy part…” thinking back to what his typical music was he frowned slightly, “Maybe easy isn’t the right word…” he said putting his free hand through his hair, which now stood up thanks to the water, “Don’t really have any specifics, never been a big fan of country…” he paused thinking harder and determined his genre, “Classic rock or alternative rock…”
The way the discussion was going he wasn’t sure if she would be entirely satisfied with how he described his childhood. He would of course lie for the most part but the emotions were free game and real enough to describe well enough, ”Let’s see…” Sam said scrunching up his face to make it look like he was thinking hard as he pulled Alex into the music store, “Don’t know how I got separated from Dom and my parents…” Lie “all I really remember was feeling alone…” Truth most of the orphanage was a blur till my powers kicked in, Lie “Birthdays were never a big thing there, it was basically a reminder to let you know that you were alone, which is a reason I hate mine so much…”
This last statement was about as truthful as Sam could comfortably be given the current topic of discussion continuing on he smiled this stuff far easier to discuss than the childhood he simply played off as a bad dream, “Was on the run for a while, ran into some stalker bots but…” smiling he held up his free arm and flexed his bicep and then let go of Alex’s hand to grab his arm, “They were nothing!” fake smile etched across his face he counted how many times he almost died escaping TAT and how many times his life almost ended by the cold metallic hands of a stalker bot.
Rubbing the back of his head he smiled and slipped his hand in hers once again, “but seriously…they were a pain…” he remembered the stalker bots that had chased him in New York City as he entered on his first day, “Think that was the first day I saw you… more of a glimpse really, you were in that liver car right?” he asked as he looked through a rack of C.D. with a mild interest.
Letting all dark thoughts wander away from her, Alexandra focused solely on Sam. “Never been a fan of country myself…” she said smiling as she stepped to the side to face Sam. As he ran a hand trough his hair making it slightly, her free hand ran trough his hair tousling it more. Her hand went back down as she widened her smile, her eyes now fixed on his for a few seconds before stepping back again.
Of course when she had asked Sam about his mysteries she was thinking about favorite things and was kind of unexpected when he began to spoke about his past seeing he wasn’t too happy about it. Sure, she had yet to meet the mutant who had a happy history. Even with the sketchy description Sam was giving, she remained silent and tilted her head to the side for a second. Maybe he had reasons to hate birthdays, perhaps more than she did or other people that had the same feelings.
She wasn’t a fan of birthdays either, especially not after her mutation manifested. Birthday parties were always a day when more than any she was forced to pretend being the perfect daughter of senator Kettler and nothing else. She was just another object her dear old daddy could say that he possessed. Good thing he was now dead. A hell lot of good for everyone… including herself. She gave a mental shrug as she remembered him begging for his life, just like the filthy little worm he was.
The few seconds when she wasn’t paying attention quickly passed and the thoughts sank away and she smiled as Sam mentioned the stalkers and that they were nothing. She shook her head slightly. “Piece of cake those robots were.” she joked. Twice she had ran into them and twice she needed to be saved by Hunter. Stalker robots were one hell of a welcome committee.
“Yeah, car transformer or something.” she replied as she wondered how Slade was. There were a few months since she had managed to have a talk with him. “Like I said, I was worried about you and the other mutant… but he didn’t wait for you.” A lie, as she didn’t give a second thought to any of them back then. It was funny how she was now involved into a relationship with someone she had left to be captured or killed more than a year ago. Fate had some twisted ways, indeed. “Well, I didn’t have much of a talk with that one either. I was kind of mad at him at the moment.” she gave a shrug as she finished speaking and picked up a cd and even if she wasn’t exactly looking at it.
“On the other hand…” Alexandra said as she turned her head to Sam while tapping a finger against the cd she had picked up. “We had some interesting ways of meeting. First, being chased by robots… second, me almost drowning.” Alexandra shook her head as she looked back to the cd, for the second time not being able to actually see what exactly she had picked up as her mind was drifting to some of their other meetings.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jun 22, 2009 18:31:51 GMT -6
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A large grin could be seen on his face as she ran her fingers through his hair after it followed his own. He didn’t know how to explain it but it always felt different when someone else ran their fingers through your hair, he wasn’t complaining at all in fact he had actually liked the feeling. As her fingers left his hair and returned to her side goose bumps trailed down the back of his head all the way down to his spine, he didn’t know exactly what he felt at that moment all he knew was he didn’t want her to stop just yet.
Not voicing his opinion however caused the conversation to continue to the point where she discussed the lack of events that unfolded after she and the silver car had left him and the shadow mutant to fend for themselves. A flashback and Sam’s attention caused him to gaze off into the distance. That had been the first time he had destroyed a stalker bot by freezing it, normally he would just start swinging at specific joints causing them to shatter after a while hoping that the robot would quickly fall but rarely had luck with that method.
Still hearing everything Alex was saying Sam nodded and returned his attention back to the here and now focusing more on the woman he was with more than anything else. “You’re not really good with first or second impressions are you?” he teased as he bent down and picked up a ‘The Killers’ CD and examined it as he let go of her hand and read the play list on the back to make sure he had all the songs, “I mean you were a passing blur the first time we met and the second time you left me wanting more…” he paused and smiled, “Does that count as the first date? Cause if I recall we kissed, right? Kind of ruined the whole first kiss thing?” he asked setting the CD back and turning his gaze to her with a questionable look on his face not really sure he knew the answer to the question.
He knew that the first time they kissed it wasn’t technically a kiss it was more of a mouth to mouth so he could save her from drowning which she was doing, so he didn’t really count it what so ever. “Which raises a question…” he said as he stood up and took a step closer to her gently placing his hand in hers, “If I was to kiss you right now, would we count it as our second one or would this count as the first?” he leaned in slightly then debated wondering if he should wait for a more opportune time making it that much more memorable and that much enjoyable, what do they say about the best things in life come to those who wait?
He pulled away and smiled, he wasn’t going to pressure her into a kiss so soon they just admitted that they had feelings for each other, no need to rush a good thing, he was ready but she said she was a tad inexperienced so he figured he would wait till she was ready for it.
Alexandra placed the cd back without even giving one look to it and examined Sam as he picked up another cd, and read the play list on the back. A small smile appeared on her face as he mentioned she wasn’t good with first and second impressions and she turned around to face him. Her eyebrow rose as soon as he had gotten out the ‘left me wanting more’ uncertain of what exactly he was talking about. As Sam continued to talk and clarify the meaning of his words, her smile widened then let out a small laugh.
Her smile faded away as he took a step closer, her cheeks again gaining a slightly reddish color when he touched her hand. Her heart was beating faster, it felt like it was about to burst out of her chest any moment. For a moment, she wondered if anyone could hear her heartbeats because they were so damn loud in her ears.
Was he-? Was this really happening? Her eyes watched Sam’s every movement and her own body seemed to slide forward even if she was glued to the spot. Was this really gonna be their first kiss?
Blinking as Sam pulled away with a smile, she let out a sigh, and quickly hurried to smile back although she couldn’t help admitting that she was unsatisfied by his retreat and also wondering why exactly was she feeling so affected by the slightest touch.
“Hmmm, that’s a hard one Sam. I guess we have to think about it after we kiss again.” she said with a wink. An idea popped into her mind, and before she gave it a second thought, her mouth was already opening. “And since I left you wanting more… I think I might do it again.” Moving closer to the point where their bodies touched, she leaned into Sam, as she stood on her tip toes. She brushed her lips against the corner of his, then pulling away an inch she looked in his eyes with a mischievous smile plastered on her face.
Exhaling, she stepped back, breaking all contact with his body minus the hand which she was still gripping. “Let’s see what they have over there.” she said, just like nothing happened, as she gestured at some random cd rack.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jul 5, 2009 19:11:58 GMT -6
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Despite the sigh of relief Sam heard as he pulled away he knew that she wouldn’t have had much of a problem if he kissed her. Her face was red and he was smiling for a time he loved the way she looked when her face filled up with embarrassment. “Guess we will…” he responded to her noticing the gap between them closing in quickly as she approached him. He didn’t pull away from the kiss but rather he moved his head in slightly his lips meeting hers, slightly surprised but not voicing his surprise he only showed his surprise as his eyes as they widened.
As she looked up at him as she was still on her tiptoes Sam looked at her with his idea eyes and his lips turned into a grin. He didn’t say anything yet but rather waited for another hopefully longer kiss that what she just planted on his lips. As she pulled away and mentioned about going somewhere over someplace Sam noted the grip she still had on his hand, “Well…” he paused slightly shaking his head slightly, “You defiantly have me wanting more now.” He said bluntly as he gave a tug on her hand trying to pull her back into him.
Normally he wasn’t this assertive but he felt that he could justify what he was about to do to her if she got upset with him, which he wasn’t sure she would be, after all she initiated the first kiss. As he pulled her back into him he smiled and leaned into her his lips pursed for another kiss. As the lips made contact he held it for a few moments, although it seemed like an eternity that he never wanted to end seeing as it was if time was standing still Sam pulled away and said, “Think that should hold me for a while!” right before he pulled away from the passionate kiss he followed it up with a quick one then squeezed her hand again slightly. “Now we can go look over there!”
Seeing as she was trying to play off that nothing significant happened before the second time they kissed Sam shrugged and grinned at the CD clearance rack which was right next to the rack of CD’s she pointed out, finding nothing of particular interest. Everything paled in comparison to her; every moment he spent with her was the highlight of this particular dark and often bleak day, one that would hopefully forever change all future birthdays.
Alexandra blinked. Sam's reaction to her actions was a bit unexpected, seeing that he had alsways been reserved when it came to her, but in truth she was happy about it. Surprised but happy. A small smile graced her lips as she watched him trough half closed eyes as she enjoyed the lingering taste of her lips on hers.
As Sam moved into the dirrection she had pointed earlier, she followed, still smiling, her blue eyes fixed on his moving figure. She didn't feel like walking... no she felt like she was hovering, flying over the ground. Her eyes shifted to the cd rack but her mind was too unfocused to lead her hands to pick up any of them. Thousands of butterfly wings seemed to touch her insides as she moved her eyes back to him.
She felt so silly right now, she couldn't believe what she was feeling but she didn't even try. If this was a dream, then she didn't want to get up just yet.
Posted by Cold Steel on Jul 27, 2009 9:04:49 GMT -6
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Fingers rummaging through the CD rack Sam found nothing of interest and decided that he would find nothing worth buying. Turning back to Alex with a smile on his face Sam said, ”So, where would you like to go next?” Sam’s eyes trailed over to a few people working the store that must have been watching them for a while and were now giving them dirty looks. The previous kiss he had given her or the fact that they showed no intention of buying anything must have been annoying them.
Reaching out and grabbing her hand Sam tugged her in the direction of the exit and said, ”Come on,” as they exited the store Sam loosened the grip on Alex’s hand to the point he was barley holding on to it, he did initiate the hand holding but if she didn’t want to hold hands he wasn’t going to force her to remain with their hands locked. If she wanted to let go he wasn’t going to stop her.
The ringing of the bell from the door they just exited sounded as the cold breeze that usually came after a rain ensued. It was still cloudy and still showed signs of raining but for the most part it was done raining. Puddles scattered the road and the sidewalks as small rivers of rainwater rushed to the nearest sewer drain. The sound of water rushing to the drain seemed to pass a calm over him as he inhaled and exhaled. He looked back to the woman he was with and smiled.
Alexandra’s mind ran various locations trough her mind after Sam had spoken and every and each one of them seemed right and wrong at the same time. Right, because any location would have been good, as long as it was the both of them in it, wrong, because none was perfect enough for how she felt right now.
Just as she was being pulled out of the music store, her eyes met those of the workers and their dirty looks. Where she would have normally shot an equally dirty look back, she smiled, then turned her head back, following Sam out.
Feeling his grip loosening to the point where she could have easily slipped out of it, she wished Sam could have a little bit more faith in her. It wasn’t like she wanted to go anywhere right now, away from him, she didn’t want the freedom her was subtly offering. Her grip on his hand tightened, hoping to provide him the comfort of knowing that she wasn’t planning on running anywhere, that she liked being here with him.
The breeze brushed softly against her skin, and the cold air made her shudder for a second. Soft blue eyes shifted from various locations she could see until they were locked on a small coffee shop. Nicely decorated and not seeming very crowded, it felt perfect for the next location of their mansion escape.
Turning her head back to Sam, she tugged his hand gently. “How does coffee sound?” Her eyes moved in the direction of the coffee shop, then back to Sam.
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Feeling his hand being gripped and then tugged slightly Sam smiled as he turned his attention to a familiar little coffee shop one he used to frequent, ”So you're a coffee drinker?” he asked curiously with a raised eyebrow as he in turn turned to the shop and led the way making for the door in the process. She could have been a tea drinker he didn’t know and he didn’t really care, for all he knew she could have the most disgusting and vial tastes and hobbies in the world and he felt like he wouldn’t mind. Being with her was more than he could ask for.
Another cool breeze rushed by as Sam welcomed it on his face he could handle the cold without so much as a minuscule goose bump but Alex however, he could tell that after her shiver she needed something to warm her up. As he opened the shop door for Alex first and entered the shop the aroma hit him like a sack of coffee grinds. He liked the smell, for some reason it always reminded him of the mansion, even if there was hardly any coffee anywhere in the mansion seeing as more and more students had been starting to enjoy the tasty nectar.
Noticing the shop being somewhat crowded as more and more people most likely wanted to take shelter from the on and off showers that the day had been producing Sam slide his way into the line his hand now wrapped around Alex’s like a vice. It wasn’t to hard but hard enough so she would notice from former grip he had been giving her. As the line started to move Sam looked to Alex and gave her hand a small squeeze before he asked, ”What would you like?” his free hand reaching into his back left pocket as he pulled his wallet out.