Outtakes from The Times photoshoot ( X )

ask the monkey man!

i've wanted to tell you this before the restart, but i really think chris and skyler would be absolutely perfect for each other. chris should settle down and explore that relationship.

ooc: that’s so sweet. i wouldn’t mind getting chris back to settling down mode. he’s growing up and growing up requires some kind of stable relationship. so… we shall see how it goes, yeah? that was so sweet. hahaha

WHERE HAS CHRIS GONE?!

on a journey of self discovery and fullfillment my lads and lasses. full…fill…ment.

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Joe Dempsie for Topman photo shoot. 

“So, ya like to play dirty then. Good. So do I…” He heard her say hiding behind a tree from her. He bit his lip hoping she wouldn't find him so easily, but his stupidity and excited nature had him forget that the flashlight was on. Chris hurried to turn it off but in the process saw Skyler coming at him and unloaded her supply on him. Skyler hit him with the balloons she had and he looked down shocked at all the paint that spread around his body. He growled playfully, taking the two balloons that he had in his hand. He turned off the flashlight, moving in the darkness to get another balloon as she hid away somewhere in the woods. He pushed his flashlight following after her when she ran away, not turning it on. He watched her trip and fall along a tree branch only barely as he stopped and stood over her. He tripped along the same branch falling practically on top of her, but saving his balloons that were in tact. Chris moved his eyes around her face and looked at her for a little bit. His hand up aiming to throw the balloon down at her and her eyes closed. Skyler was probably the only person in Bristol that would do this with him and he wanted to thank her for that. He leaned down, face above hers whispered, "It's no fun when you half surrender." He smiled and kissed her lightly on the side of her lips, biting his lip after he did it and blushing in the dark. He leaned up, still looking down at her, "Open your eyes Pinkie." He gave her wide smile turning on the flashlight on their side to give them a bit of light. 

Technicolor. @Skyler

Chris pushed his hand through his hair, the cigarette resting between his lips as he moved on his own throughout the streets of Bristol. He called himself getting familiar with his setting again, but really he was just feeling nostalgic and in need of a walk. The pubs filled with new faces as he wanted to search for his old ones. He took the cigarette from between his lips, moving it down to his side and flicking it to the side. Work was tomorrow, fun needed to be for right now. He pushed his hands in his hair again, shuffling it and looking at his watch. “How it is only fucking three. COME ON.” He huffed out and looked around, keeping his feet moving in the streets he looked around for something to do. 

Chris missed the old days, when something would just pop out at you and there was always a shitload to do with no apologizes at all. He reached inside his pocket to look at how many pills he had. Only a couple of green ones left. “Brilliant.” He smiles at the possibilites of getting back into the swing of things. All the things really. Chris looked over at the fountain and cocked his head slightly. Something new. The sun was already beaming down on him. Who was he to deny himself a small dip in the fountain. Chris stretched his arms up, taking a pull from his almost gone cigarette and going over to the fountain. He took his shoes off and rolled up his pants. He sat at the edge and turned around, moving his feet into the nearly cold water. “Oh fuck me… thats the life.” He closed his eyes and let the fun hit him until a shadow hovering over him. The sun covered their face, “Hello, what can I do for you kind stranger taking up my sunlight?” 

One more night passed and Skyler had barely slept, this random guy from college invited her to a house party, he just probably wanted to get in her knickers but before he got the chance she passed out in the bathroom with the door closed. Classic Skyler. As soon as she woke up she took a toothbrush that was placed on the sink and brushed her teeth, she just hated morning breaths, then after washing her face she unlocked the door and saw the boy asleep on the floor in front the bathroom, ”Poor bastard,” she shook her head and carefully passed over him, but before she could leave the evil side of her spoke,  she cracked her knuckles and looked around searching for a pen, loads of people were asleep everywhere around the house, so it made easier to find one on the living room table. She run back to the bloke and began to draw, first bunny features, then on his forehead a crown, she wanted to keep going but the boy started to move, so she quickly got out of the the house.

The Sky was bright, no sign of rain anywhere, Skyler stomach begged for some kind of food, she had no idea of what time it was but she was sure she had missed at least one meal. A few blocks away from the place she was, an ice cream truck called her attention, she ran and asked for a blueberry ice cream cone, “here it is,” she paid the bloke, “It’s missing a bit of money there, but I’m sure ya’ll manage sugar,” taking the cone before the worker could say anything she hopped away licking her frozen dessert. The noise of a big fountain made Skyler approach the water, and on the other side she saw a familiar bloke pulling his pants up and putting his feet in the water. She came closer and the figure kept becoming more familiar, “Hello, what can I do for you kind stranger taking up my sunlight?” she chuckled, “Chris fuckin’ Miles!” she said as a drop of her ice cream landed on his chin. ”It has been way too fucking long! Like, centuries…” she licked the desert a few times, “Where the hell have you been? Last time I saw ya, you’re soaked in water…” she remembered the night they met, holy shit that was a great night.

Chris moved his hand over his face to see the face more clearly. The pretty pink haired girl over him that he suddenly recognized from her voice, “Chris fuckin’ Miles!” A drop of ice cream fell on his chin and he reached his tongue down to lick it up looking up at her with a bright smile. “Fucking Skyler!” He sat up to great her, looking at her face properly. Still pretty. He laughed a little, looking at the ice cream cone in her hand as she licked along it. “Where the hell have you been? Last time I saw ya, you’re soaked in water…” Chris sat up all the way, taking his finger and putting it in the loop of her jeans to make her sit down next to him on the fountain. “I’ve been around. Well… thats a lie. I went to fucking Glasgow for a couple of months. Best fucking vacation I’ve ever had. You’d fucking love it. Beautiful people galore and noting to apologize for. it was like heaven in a tiny bottle, but I figure I’d come back. See some familiar faces.” He nudged her, looking back down at the ice cream cone. “May I?” He leaned down, taking some of the cold treat with his lips and humming when he leaned back up. “Mmm. so good.” Chris wiped his lips, looking over at her with a wide smile. Chris would be lying if he didn’t say he didn’t think about Skyler often. She was one of those girls that had that shine to her that you can automatically shine with. Plus… he really liked her smile. “So… What. the. fuck. Have you been up to? I was terrified I’d never see you again and that possibility has made me quite sad in the past.” Chris looked over at her keeping the bright smile on his face. 

“I’ve been around. Well… thats a lie. I went to fucking Glasgow for a couple of months. Best fucking vacation I’ve ever had. You’d fucking love it. Beautiful people galore and noting to apologize for. it was like heaven in a tiny bottle, but I figure I’d come back.See some familiar faces.” she looked at him and almost couldn’t believe, “Well, then I bet you’re freakin’ happy to see mine, ain’t?” she raised her eyebrows and licked the ice cream a few more time, “May I?” she stopped him for a second, “As long as ya don’t ask..” she said playfully holding the cone for her mate to take some. “Mmm. so good.” she nodded, “I know right? This is like what a cloud supposed to taste like…” she said amazed by the flavor, it was probably because she hadn’t eaten since the day before, but the desert sure tasted fantastic. “So… What. the. fuck. Have you been up to? I was terrified  I’d never see you again and that possibility has made me quite sad in the past.” she stared at him and blinked a couple of times,  ”Awn, aren’t ya cute? Don’t worry, we’re here now,” she said tapping his leg a couple of time, “Oh, yunno, I’ve been doing the same things really… Except that I have no one that can keep up with me anymore, I mean, since you went on your little vacation, I could not find anyone that can take as much pills as we do,” she chuckled remembering with nostalgia their first adventure together.  ”Anyway man,” she giggled a bit more, “What you’re doin’ today? I wanna hear all about this trip of yours, and what do you say we make a few more epic memories?” Skyler was excited, she could barely feel the ice cream melting all over her hand, the girl was upset they didn’t keep in touch, but now was a great opportunity to make up for the missed time.

“Oh, yunno, I’ve been doing the same things really… Except that I have no one that can keep up with me anymore, I mean, since you went on your little vacation, I could not find anyone that can take as much pills as we do,” Chris laughed out for the first time he got back to Bristol. It felt good to honestly. He smiled really wide leaning over to lick more of her ice cream cone. “Well… As you said. I’m here now. And… as you know… I do take pills in stride so…” He reached inside his pocket handing over the little baggy to her. “For you miss.” He opened up the baggy first to take out a green pill for her, “Open up.” He waited sticking it on her tongue before he put one on his own. He stuck out his tongue at her watching the ice cream cone drip on her fingers. He had more pills tucked away in his pants pocket and more in his wallet. Never know when you’ll need a good couple of pills and now was the time for it. ”Anyway man, What you’re doin’ today? I wanna hear all about this trip of yours, and what do you say we make a few more epic memories?” Chris smiled at the light giggle and moved his toes around in the water to think. “Mmmm. Spend the day with you… Or…. Be bored all day. God. All the fucking difficult decisions.” He looked over at her with a sly smirk, “Of fucking course I wanna hang out with you.” Chris moved his feet from under the water, looking around for his shoes and bringing them on the side with him. Chris pushed a hand in his hair, moving his feet around to dry a little. “Eh… I can walk bear foot for awhile.” He shrugged, standing up and holding a hand out to her. “Shall we my lady?” Chris’ warm smile matched her still holding out his hand to take her and figure out what they were gonna do with themselves for the day. 

 “Mmmm. Spend the day with you… Or…. Be bored all day. God. All the fucking difficult decisions.” she nodded twisting her face, ”I know, I would hate to be you right now Chris,” she joked,  “Of fucking course I wanna hang out with you.” “Ace,” she leaned in and whispered on his ear, ”but just so ya know I was never gonna take no for an anwser,” Skyler quickly licked the last of her ice cream and washed her hand while Chris tried to dry out his feet,  “Eh… I can walk bear foot for awhile.” the girl looked down and saw his toes moving, “Shall we my lady?” without thinking twice Sky grabbed his hand and jumped up on her feet. The girl wrapped one arm around his neck and made him hold her by the waist, “How do you feel about bowling? The last time I did I was like fourteen…”   she looked around and realized she was unfamiliar with that part of the city, “C’mon, it’ll be fun,” the girl stopped walking for a second, ”You know where we are right?” concerns were the last thing in her mind, as long as she had her partner in crime she would be totally fine. ”And one other thing, my battery is dead, so we gonna use your mobile to take pictures, this way we’ll never forget this day, yea?”  she though about it for a second, “I mean we can have alcoholic amnesia, that is always allowed,” chuckling she continued, ”but with the photos, we wont forget forget…” she signed, something about Chris made Skyler feel at home, safe , like everything could go wrong, but as long as she had his company they would be having a blast. The girl grabbed the flask she carried when she went to parties out of her jeans and opened the top, “Cheers!” taking a few sips she wanted over to him, “Lets get this party started,”

When Skyler grabbed ahold of his hand, Chris was happy she did. She got up, putting her arm over his shoulder and he held her close with his arm wrapped around her waist. “How do you feel about bowling? The last time I did I was like fourteen…” He looked at her shocked for a second, no one wanted to go bowling and the times that Chris really did. No one was there to really partake in the excitement with him. “C’mon, it’ll be fun,” Chris chuckled, moving his hand a little around her. He put his shoes down on the ground sliding back into them. “Of fucking course I wanna go bowling. I haven’t been bowling in a long time. Plus. I can embarrass you on the lanes.” He snapped his fingers at her playfully. She asked if he knew where they were and he looked around immediately knowing where they were. “Yeah… I went to elementary right over there.” He pointed at it, thinking about it for a second reminding himself to come back to it at a later time. ”And one other thing, my battery is dead, so we gonna use your mobile to take pictures, this way we’ll never forget this day, yea?” Chris smiled wide at her, this was already the start to a wonderful fucking day in his mind and he wanted to thank her. He pulled out his phone as she pulled out the flask from her jeans. He clicked the picture with a wide smile. “Already on it. One of these is probably gonna end up being the background of my phone by the end of the night.” He handed her the phone, taking the flask from her and passing her his phone. “Come on then.” He took a sip, taking her hand and walking with her to the bowling alley. They got there in twenty minutes flat, small talk along the way and passing the flask back and forth to one another. Chris’ hand found its way to her waist again, opening the door for the bowling alley to her. “After you m’lady.” He smiled wide going in after her, they set themselves on the   counter to get a pair of shoes. He told the man his size and waited for Skyler to tell him heard, taking their shoes on the lane with them. “Alright. Time to put the names on the screen. M… O…N…K….E….Y” He started to put the last few touching on his name with little symbols behind it. Chris spun around in his seat looking at Skyler, “Who should you be….” 

“After you m’lady.” and she took a small bow thanking him, they got inside and grabbed the shoes,  “Alright. Time to put the names on the screen. M… O…N…K….E….Y” Skyler looked at him intrigued, “Monkey?” she shrugged and took of her shoes to put on the ones they grabbed at the counter , “Who should you be….” the girl thought about it for a second, and looking up she saw the pink side of her bangs, ”Pinkie,” she remembered Cook and his voice ‘Calls it like I sees it,’ Sky got up on a jump and quickly snapped a picture of Chris putting her name on the screen, “Are you ready to bowl?” the excitement was clear in her voice, taking Chris by the hand she pulled him and pushed the boy so he could go first. “I’ll be your one-person cheer, okay?” the girl clapped a few times in some weird and unknown rhythm, and some kids began to stare, she figured it was because of her hair , ugly looks from judgemental followed her everywhere, but she focused on her mate. She reached for the flask one more time, the liquor was almost over, so she drank all at once, “Well, now that is like, over.” putting it back on her jeans, waanting for the pill to start making effect soon

Skyler’s mouth dropped when she saw all the pins go down, “AHHHHHHHH FUCK YEAH MOTHERFUCKING FUCK!!!”  Chris yelled and she snapped another pic of his victory pose, “ YEEEEEEEEEES! ARE YOU FUCKIN’ KIDDIN’ ME?” she cheered with him, a bit shocked with his skills. “I’m sooo going down,” she whispered, shook her head and put her hand over her eyes for a second. “Your turn. I believe in the power of the pink eye.”  she squinted her eyes at him curved her thin arms down and contrated the little muscles she had, making a serious face, “This are not just for show, yunno,” she said and then turned around to grab her ball. “GO PINKIEEEE,” The girl smiled then tried to concentrate for a second, even kissed the ball for good luck and when she first pushed it everything was going well but half way through the lane the ball lost strength and ended up just knocking down two pins on the left side. Skyler that was biting her nails seeing the scene celebrated anyway, it was a victory for her after four or five years without playing the game. “FUCK YES!” she yelled and jumped high clapping her hands. “Did ya see that?” Skyler asked Chris, “I was awesome,” she made a little awkward celebration dance while Chris got up, “Sorry mate, but I don’t think you can beat the style, I mean, did you see the way that ball moved at the end? Just pros can do that…” she said playfully with a shrug well aware that she was going to be crushed when it came to the end and they checked all the scores.

“FUCK YES!” Chris clapped his hands, giving a loud shout for her and laughed when she came back over to him. “Did ya see that? I was awesome,” he watched her dance with a giant smile spread across his face. Skyler was adorable, he kept watching her a laugh coming from inside of him as he reached over to her and pulled her down to the seats instead of getting up immediately to go to the lane.  “Sorry mate, but I don’t think you can beat the style, I mean, did you see the way that ball moved at the end? Just pros can do that…” Chris rolled his eyes, “I think I can beat that style and any other you decide to throw at me.” He stuck out his tongue, poking her in the stomach friendly before he looked up at the people on the side of them. “You are aware, we’ve been stared at for awhile in this place.” He looked at Skyler, moving his eyes around her face and smirking. “Here. Another pill. Three of the green ones will make you start seeing and feeling colors. Best fucking things I’ve ever come across in a fucking long time.” Chris smiles handing her the baggy of pills and then getting up to take the neon green ball in his hand. “Have you ever seen the Big Lebowski?” Another movie that Glasgow had thanked him with. He pretended to lick the ball looking at Skyler with narrowed playful eyes and then turned around to roll the ball down the lane. He moved his body hoping the the ball hit, but it only hit two pins at the side. “Nope! I can get that back! I can do this!!!” Chris waited for the ball and looked at Skyler pointing his finger to her. “I need the fucking cheer babes! Come on! Work it!!!” He laughed, moving the ball back and rolling it down the lane again, hitting the rest of the pins in a Turkey. Chris started doing a dance and moving his hips, his shirt rose up a little as he put his hands up and looked to Skyler. “I am champion!” He laughed, going over to sit next to her, “This was a fucking brilliant idea… I haven’t done this in forever… It’s fucking great to do it with you as well.” Chris looked over at her with a soft smile, wrinkling his nose a little. He was really thankful for this, he honestly couldn’t have imagined going bowling with anyone else in Bristol but Skyler. He bit his lower lip looking away from her for a second and crossing his legs. 

 “You are aware, we’ve been stared at for awhile in this place.” she turned around not disguising at all what she was looking for, “Yeah, haters gotta hate. Fuck them anyway, they probably haven’t had a decent shag in years… Maybe ever.”  she looked back at him and shrugged, “Here. Another pill. Three of the green ones will make you start seeing and feeling colors. Best fucking things I’ve ever come across in a fucking long time.” he said, she stared at the pills on his palm before taking it, “Have you ever seen the Big Lebowski?” Skyler scratched her head, “What is that? Movie? I don’t watch telly. Like, not at all.” she watched the boy do his shot but it wasn’t so great as the first one, “Oh well,” she stared at Chris with her eyes wide open, “Nope! I can get that back! I can do this!!! I need the fucking cheer babes! Come on! Work it!!!” she nodded and got up on her feet and quickly climbed on the chair,  ”GO CHRIS!! ROLL THAT FUCKIN’ BALL AND CRASH THOSE FUCKIN’ PINS!” Skyler yelled and clapped loudly, and even more loudly when the pins were knocked down. She danced on the chair while he danced in front of her,  “I am champion!” she jumped down to sit next to him, “This was a fucking brilliant idea… I haven’t done this in forever… It’s fucking great to do it with you as well.” he said. ”Oh well, you’re not so bad of a company yourself yunno? Relaxes the brain” she stopped for a second, “And you’re obviously a great bowler man, that’s always good to see,”  Sky felt a chill run down her spine, and all colors seemed to be getting more intense. “I bet you two  pints that I can knock all the pins now,” the girl pointed at the end of the lane with her hand on a form of a gun and shot it, “Shall we see?” the pink haired girl walked toward her ball and look back at Chris with a cheeky smile on her lips, instead of throwing the ball and letting it take its course the girl ran to the end of the lane and through the ball in a very close distance of the pins, it would be impossible for anyone not to knock all of them down. She yelled celebrating, and ran towards Chris  jumping on his back, “You own me two fuckin’ cold pints,” she lauged hard not caring that the people were staring more than before, whispering and rolling their eyes. She felt someone tapping her back, so she turned her head around and saw the same bloke that gave them the shoes, “We’re getting some complaints. I’ll have to ask you to keep a bit quieter…” the bloke said. 

Chris heard Skyler cheer and it made him happier to push the ball down the lane than you would have imagined. He rolled the ball down the lane and jumped when he got them all down in a row. “FUCK YES!!!” He pumped his fist in the air with a happy grin planted on his face and went to sit back down next to Skyler. He complimented on bowling with her and smiled wide. ”Oh well, you’re not so bad of a company yourself yunno? Relaxes the brain. And you’re obviously a great bowler man, that’s always good to see.” Chris looked into her eyes smirking. She was started to see the colors he were talking about. Her pupils were almost about to be blown and Chris smiled as she got up to take her place and offered him a betting stand.  “I bet you two  pints that I can knock all the pins now,” she gave him a cheeky grin which only made him smile a lot wider than he intended to. He watched her knock down all the pins and he put his arms up in her victory. “Fuck yeah I owe you two pints.” He looked up at the bloke who was behind the desk when they came in.  “We’re getting some complaints. I’ll have to ask you to keep a bit quieter…” Chris raised an eyebrow and looked over at Skyler, “Whats the point of having a relaxing day of fucking bowling when you can’t bowl loud?” Chris gave a slight pout and went over to hug Skyler, “All we wanted was to bowl like champions! Why are you doing this to us?!” The bloke looked at Chris with wide eyes and a curious face. “Is…. Is he alright?” Chris kept pretending to get emotional on Skyler’s shoulder until he turned away and walked back over behind the counter looking at Chris and Skyler like they were mental. Chris wiped his fake tears from his face and looked up at Skyler with a bright smile. “How was that? I should never be an actor. I’d work for tips.” He winked at her, getting up to go and take his turn bowling. “What’s the one thing you’ve always wanted to do that you never got the change to?” 

“Whats the point of having a relaxing day of fucking bowling when you can’t bowl loud?”  Skylar nodded agreeing with Chris, “All we wanted was to bowl like champions!  Why are you doing this to us?!” she hugged him back and tapped his back, giving an angry look at the bloke, “Is…. Is he alright?” “I figured you’re stupid, but not that much,” she played along with her mate. The bloke turned around and walked away,  but the girl didn’t let Chris go right away, his intoxicating smell filled her nostrils and made a goofy smile appear on her face. “How was that? I should never be an actor.  I’d work for tips.” he broke the hug and she blinked trying to disguise what had happened. “It wasn’t awful,” she said slightly pinching his arm. “What’s the one thing you’ve always wanted to do that you never got the change to?” that was a random question, luckly Skylar didn’t have to think to hard to come up with an answer,  “Well, I can’t swim. When I was a kid I wanted to take lessons. Look like a mermaid in the water, aye? And all that shit…” it was stupid, but she regretted not getting the chance to do that when she was young. Sky closed her eyes and imagined herself in a pool, quickly opening her eyes to stop the thought of drowning, “Also, I’ve always wanted to bite my own tushy, but that is unlikely to happen’” she joked then sighed and looked back at her butt. “Have to stick on doin’ that to other people’s.” she chuckled, “What about ya?”

“Well, I can’t swim. When I was a kid I wanted to take lessons. Look like a mermaid in the water, aye? And all that shit…” He looked at her with an eyebrow raised. Swimming, huh? He tried to think of a couple of things that was left over in his mind of when he was younger. Where did he used to go swimming? “Also, I’ve always wanted to bite my own tushy, but that is unlikely to happen’” She got up and turned around to look at her own bum, he couldn’t help looking to but then quickly averted his eyes. He didn’t deny Skyler was gorgeous, but he wanted to keep getting to know her first. That was very much the key into all of this. “Have to stick on doin’ that to other people’s. What about ya?” Chris tried to think for a couple of minutes and moved his lips around his face. What did he want to do? He thought of a couple of things, but decided to blurt out the first one that came to mind. “I want to fill up a shitload of balloons with paint and have a balloon fight.” He looked at her and winked slightly, moving his arms to the back of the chairs and behind her. He smiled happily looking at her, “Since we’re making a lot of loud noises here. Why don’t we make some loud noises somewhere else? We’ll either need a swim suit or a couple of balloons and some paint.” Chris took his arms from around the back of the chair and smiled wide at Skyler biting his lower lip slightly. “Whaddya say?” Chris started undoing the straps of his shoes and looking over at the guy who gave them the rentals. He still looked shit scared of the way that Chris pretended to get upset over the complaints. He laughed to himself, taking off the shoes and standing up barefoot to hold his hand out to Skyler, “Ready? I need to roll you a victory spliff as well. You won the game.” He pointed up to the screen with his shoes seeing PINKIE light up around with fireworks shooting off on the screen in back of it. Chris looked over at Skyler and leaned in to kiss her on the cheek lightly. “Congrats,” He blushed slightly thinking about what he just did and moved with her hand in his. “Let’s take these back.” 

“I want to fill up a shitload of balloons with paint and have a balloon fight.” The girl bit her lip and nodded excited, she never done a paint balloon fight, but a water balloon fight sure.  “Since we’re making a lot of loud noises here. Why don’t we make some loud noises somewhere else? We’ll either need a swim suit or a couple of balloons and some paint.” Her whole body shivered when Chris mentioned swimsuits, the idea of swimming freaked her out, expecially in front of him, she was not going to make a fool of herself, not that much. “Whaddya say?”  she squinted her eyes at him and said with confidence,  “Balloons and paint it is.” She smiled and secretly hoped he didn’t know how to make balloon animals, because besides the water that was the only other thing she was afraid of. While Chris took off his shoes, she did the same, but in her eyes it looked more magic than it really was, the pills were taking more affect now, and she loved it. “Ready?I need to roll you a victory spliff as well. You won the game.” She took his hand and got up, “And forget the pints,” she said with a puppy dog look on her face. Skylar didn’t really know how she had won, but that wasn’t important, her mind was focused in a different topic now. Where to find balloons and paint near by… She followed his finger and saw her nickname on her screen. “Congrats,” when his lips touched her cheek chills consumed her body, making every hair on her go up. “Let’s take these back.” She bended over to grab the shoes and they walked to the counter,  “I just wanted to let ya know…” she said to the bloke that asked them to keep it quiet then discreetly blinked to her mate to make him follow her lead, “You broke his heart…” she stroked Chris’s cheek and with a fast movement placed the shoes on the counter, scaring the man. “Lets go Chris, we can be loud champions somewhere else,” she took him by the wrist and walked out of the establishment barefoot. “Don’t ya just love messin’ with people?” she chuckled, “Their faces are priceless,” she wrapped her arm with Chris’s and continued to walk. “Well, you’re still goin’ to have to lead the way, I mean,  I still have no clue where we are,” the girl looked around, “And this pill is fuckin’ amazing,” she leaned her head back and trusted her mate on not letting her bumb into anybody, “Yunno, I actually thought I was never gonna see ya again,” she didn’t think about what she was saying, words just kept on coming out of her mouth, “Sometimes I even thought you were made by my imagination, or somethin’, like, hallucinations, but I could not create someone that great,” she shrugged and changed the subject without effort, “Oh my god, balloons and paint, that is so ace, right?”

“I just wanted to let ya know… You broke his heart…” Chris looked looked over at the hand against his cheek and blushed deeply from the touch. The man looked at the both of them like he’d just seen the two most mental people on the face of the earth. That’s how they liked it. “Lets go Chris, we can be loud champions somewhere else,” Chris stuck his tongue out at the show guy, grabbing his pair and walking out with Skyler holding onto him. “I think we just scared the living shit out of that guy.” He laughed, putting his shoes on the ground to put them back on. Skyler told him he had to lead the way and he looked around, trying to figure out where they could get the balloons from. The paint could come from the warehouse where he worked. They were around there. She wrapped her arm into his and he looked down at the pink haired girl with a wide smile. The pink and black of her hair were getting mixed by his eyes and came out to a color he couldn’t describe. It was just… lovely. “Yunno, I actually thought I was never gonna see ya again,” Chris looked over at Skyler still with a wide smile. “Sometimes I even thought you were made by my imagination, or somethin’, like, hallucinations, but I could not create someone that great,” Chris looked down with a laugh, moving his hand down to mix their fingers together. Why did her skin feel so softer than others? Even Effy’s and Franky’s didn’t feel this soft. She could give Liv a run for her money if she tried. Skyler said something about the balloons and paint and he laughed. “So ace, but we have to find… Ah! There it is.” He pointed to a party store that was just about to close its doors for the night. “Come on.” He came up to the bloke, turning the sign in the front. “Sir! Sir! Can we make one purchase before the night is done? Please!” He lifted Skyler’s hand with his and made a pleading face to the store owner. He looked between the both of them, “Please hurry.” Chris gave him a happy smile, going into the store immediately to get a tone of balloons for him and Skyler. He came back out and looked at the shop owner, “Thank you so fucking much.” He patted him on the back hanging some of the balloons to Skyler. “Now… All we need is some paint. My job is around here somewhere we have a lot of different paints.” Chris kept walking with Skyler and smiled, “Just so you know… I was worried I wouldn’t see you again either… I actually thought about you in Glasgow. One of those. What would Skyler do? situations.” He moved his hand behind his head, his stomached exposed a bit as he laughed nervously. 

“Sir! Sir! Can we make one purchase before the night is done? Please!” she looked over to Chris’s puppy dog look and followed his lead, “Please hurry.” she hopped happily and entered the place, not letting go of his hand for one second. Sooner that she realized they were already out of the store with loads of balloons on their hands, “Now… All we need is some paint. My job is around here somewhere we have a lot of different paints.” her eyes widened and she smiled, “You work with paints? Cool.” she giggled, “I want blue paint, it’s the best, all of the others look like somethin’ that came out of our stomach, yunno?”  the girl shook her head trying not to think about it. “Just so you know… I was worried I wouldn’t see you again either… I actually thought about you in Glasgow. One of those. What would Skyler do? situations.” Skyler looked at him intrigued and raised an eyebrow, “Really? May I ask what was the situation ‘bout?” she asked and felt incredibly confronted by the fact he had thought about her as well. “And I think you wouldn’t know what I’d do… See, that’s the great thing about being unpredictable,” she laughed and crossed her arms, trying to discreetly clean her sweaty palms on her clothes, “I’m glad you’re back,”  she nodded slowly, a couple of seconds later she added, “… And I’m glad ‘bout the balloon fight as well.” they stopped for a second and Skyler assumed it was because they were at the place where Chris worked.  ”After we take the paints I know the perfect place we can go to prepare for the war,” she looked into his eyes and even forgot to breath for a few seconds, “You’re gonna love it…” 

“Really? May I ask what was the situation ‘bout?” Chris had to think about it for a second. “And I think you wouldn’t know what I’d do… See, that’s the great thing about being unpredictable.” Chris looked back at her with a smug smile. “Oh… I knew what to do and I ended up drinking everyone in that bar to death and passed out on my flat floor in Glasgow. Thank you very much.” He hip bumped her slightly with a small grin on his face. “I’m glad you’re back,” Chris was glad that he came back too. He still needed to sort out a lot of shit in his life in Bristol, but he couldn’t help but take in his time with Skyler. He was happy that she was the first mate he encountered at his time back. He looked up at the warehouse, taking his keys out and unlocking the door to go inside. ”After we take the paints I know the perfect place we can go to prepare for the war,” Chris let her in the back where they kept the different types of paint. He was mainly looking for the actors paint. One that easily cleaned off the clothes, but you could still have a fucking good time with it as well. He took down the paint reading the label and the white of it seemed to glow in his face. “Why are you so fucking bright you paint bitch?” He growled at it and knew the pills were hitting him more and more every time he looked at bright or different colors. It was amazing. Chris looked back at Skyler, loading up the different paints and pushing the back over his shoulders. “Let’s go to your magical place. You’re gonna be covered in SOOOOO much paint once I’m through with you.” He nudged her, reaching down slowly to take her hand into his as they walked. Chris moved his thumb over the back of her hand and looked around, “So… where is this secret place of yours?” He looked over at Skyler with a soft smile, her hair and eyes glowing making him feel warmer by the second. 

“Let’s go to your magical place. You’re gonna be covered in SOOOOO much paint once I’m through with you.” she squinted her eyes, opened her mouth and slowly shook her head pretending to be a bit offended, “Oh, well, so are you,” his thumb felt nice stroking her hand, and hand holding wasn’t exactly something she did very often, “So… where is this secret place of yours?” “First, we’re gonna need flashlights, cos its dark there… in the woods.”   she raised her eyebrows and waited to see his reaction, “I went to a party there a while back… Simple stuff really, but I liked it…” she remembered the exact spot where it was, however, the sun was in the sky when she went there and when she left, but she was sure that with Chris’s help and some flashlights Skylar could find the place. ”Second, please don’t be a pussy and tell me you’re afraid of goin’ to some unknown deserted dark place.” she chuckled and joked, ”I’ll protect ya against the boogeyman, I know some moves!” she throw a puch in the air to prove it to him, If you’re a girl nowadays it’s always best to know your way around some self defense moves. “So, the flashlights then?”

He watched the girl move along the back of the counter. Chris couldn't help, but smirk as he watched her. “Now I’m good.” He nodded, pointing the water pistol towards her when it was empty. He smiled wide at her, moving towards the streets looking around for where to have a decent water fight with her. He moved his mouth around before he heard her speak again, “Where ya plan on takin’ me fer this gun fight then?” Chris looked over at the shorter girl and moved his lips around. "I believe that we are going to an open place where we can water fight in happiness." He smiled at her and opened his mouth when she told him too. He swallowed down the whiskey and hummed. "Mmmm. Burns so good." He laughed looking around the place. "Ah! There it is!" He had been looking for a fountain that was in the middle of a park that he remember playing in with his brother when they were kids. He ran over to it looking at the fountain, pulling out the water gun and opening the top of it and dipping it into the fountain. He looked up at the short brown haired girl and held up a finger, "Hold on... Give it a second..." He turned back to the fountain closing the top of it and turning it to her to shoot water onto her cheek. He laughed a little, "I have to warn you... I have some powerful aim." Chris pointed the top of the gun to his lips blowing on it as if it was a real gun. He smiled wide at the girl, pointing it to her other cheek and laughed. 

A banana and a condom @Chris

It was difficult, but after a long month of fail search Millie finally found a job. Sort of. The farmacy was near her flat and as soon as she heard a spot opened up she literally ran over there to offer herself to fill the position. One of the workers, and hopefully new colleagues, said that a week of training was necessary before she started to get paid. Millie twisted her face but agreed to the deal, it was definitely better than not knowing what to do all day, her routine was getting a bit depressing: Get up early, look for a job, not find any freaking thing, go home, get drunk while playing guitar hero until pass out on the couch. Since Bianca left her video game there Millie got really addicted and they were no longer talking, so she already considered the game hers.

The training week was half way done, she could almost taste the sweet flavor of having her life back on track. However the entire job itself was pretty boring, most of the time she stayed behind the counter, grabbing the remedies and stuff people asked for, but what the clients seem to want more were pregnancy tests. At first she was surprised and even entertained by the large amount of people that passed through the store requesting them, but then, by the fourth day started to annoy her, “Geez, someone gimme a banana and a fuckin’ condom” she whispered to herself as another person walked in. Millie rolled her eyes and looked at her nails instead of the costumer’s face, ”Knock up test are over there,” she said before the stranger could say a word and pointed to a shelf next to the counter.

Naked Gendry appreciation post

be back tomorrow. biology is killing me. 

“Do you not see that price- I have a job not a sugar daddy Chris.” Chris looked at the price of the folding table and then another one after. Michelle and him looked down at the changing table and he frowned looking back up at her going to the car. Chris wanted to help her badly, but hardly knew what to do about it in all honestly. This wasn't really his area of expertise. They got into the truck looking around for the nearest baby store in the Bristol area. They got to one simple looking one that looked as if it was just small owned. Chris and Michelle went around, looking at all of the tiny baby things. "CHELLE." He picked up the cutest little onsie that said, 'Mummy's little strawberry.' He smiles really wide looking around at more things. Everything was either very tiny or very bright. He went over to the boys sections afterwards, smiling at a couple of things that he could possibly get Michelle's baby. He wanted to try to cheer her up with something for the baby. He watched her for a little and then snuck off to the carriers. He looked at all of them, moving his eyes through the prices and looked over to Michelle. "Chelley?" Chris waved her over, looking at the carriers and then looking back at her. "Do you like any of these?" Chris had some money to spare, he had already planned on buying Michelle something for the baby and knew that it needed to  be awesome as well. He looked over at Michelle with a small smile and put his hands into his pockets watching her pick one out.

Nostalgia @Michelle

Chris tapes out the screen on his new phone and pushed it into his pocket. He had to get a couple of shirts for work anyway so the trip out to see Michelle was probably one of the best things to happen to him since he’d been back. He grabbed the peanut butter from the cabinet. Still no sign of Franky around which bothered him slightly, but he knew she might turn up sooner or later. Maybe if he texted her it would make things go faster, but he was a surprise kind of guy. He made his way down the stairs of his flat and to the grocery store. Apples and chocolate for one of his best mates. He put everything in the cart, looking at the cashier with a small smile. “Can I get a pack of cigarettes too? And some matches?” She raised her eyebrow, “Wouldn’t you prefer a lighter.” Chris shook his head, “Nah… Going old school tonight.” She smirked at him, paying for his things and wiggling his fingers for a goodbye as he walked out the store. 

He moved his sunglasses down on his face and pushed a cigarette out to his lips. Chris took out his phone to look at the address that Michelle had given him and then looked at the building. “This must be it.” He takes out his cigarette and puts it on the ground, stomping it out with his foot. Chris pulled out his phone to text Michelle that he was there and waited outside for her to have a small little picnic with her for lunch. 

Leaning her head on her hand she watched the cribs she didn’t like scroll upward on the computer screen. Tilting her head she narrowed her eyes trying to pick between the two she was looking at yesterday. Rolling her eyes this shouldn’t be that complicated but having an unknown sex of the baby wasn’t helping. Michelle at first didn’t want to know but picking things out were nearly impossible. “Oh fuck it” looking around she giggled at what she said looking up at the windows in front of the office she narrowed her eyes. “That’s weird.” she said as Chris strolled in front of her office, she wondered who else would appear if she said things that reminded her of them. “Oh wow.” looking around there was no Cass so maybe she was reading to far into it.Michelle leaned back at her desk and spun the chair a little.

Getting up her boss was on the phone but Michelle knocked and she waved her in and taking a post-it note she wrote some good lie, ‘Doctor’s App’ and her pregnant boss understood without another word she stood up to hug Michelle and she turned to leave smirking to herself. It’s not like Michelle was doing anything to help today her boss was on the phone all day and Michelle got her breakfast like she always did but other than that Michelle was looking at baby clothes and cribs online. Looking at her phone as she grabbed her bag Michelle walked down the few steps in front of her and stuck her head out of the door. “Hi!” she smiled pulling her bag on her shoulder pulling her shirt forward so it hung- her clothes were starting to get bigger and though Michelle didn’t want to admit it wearing large shirts was a lot more comfortable than her normal wardrobe. Chris did look different but the cig hanging from his mouth assured her he didn’t change much. 

Chris flicked another cigarette from his lips and to the ground when he saw Michelle. How long has it been? He has seen her before he left, but after that not so much. He went over to hug her tightly, “Hey you. Wow… Look at you. Glowing aren’t you?” He smiled wide at her and brought up the bag in his hand. “I got everything to have a little picnic in the park if you want.” He took Michelle by the hand and walked over to the park. “Lets go eat some apples and chocolate and peanut butter! Together!” Chris laughed, holding onto her hand and squeezing a little. Chris never spent that much time with Michelle in the old days, but this was a time to change that. He smiled at her, taking his light jacket off to let her sit on it while he sat on the grass next to her staring at the sky for a few seconds. He sat up, leaning over to take out everything from the bag. “They even have the fucking apples like pre-sliced amazing what a fucking knife will do for you, yeah?” He smiled wide at her, moving everything about in the bag. He took out a piece of chocolate, looking at Michelle with a small smile that played on his lips. “How are you? How is everything are you still? You know?” He points to his stomach with a grin, picking up one of the apples and eating it with the chocolate. 

Michelle looked at the butt of the cigarette land next to her. “Glowing? Sure that’s the word you can use.” herself she had a few words she’d like to huge ‘balloon, pale, gross’ but rolling her eyes looking at the bag in his hands. “After yo-” she said before he took her hand leading the way. “Are you high?” she asked just out of habit, it was Chris and she wouldn’t be all that surprised by it at all of he was. She started to realize how weird it probably was just buying those random things at the moment she reminded herself to buy grapes because she was thinking about them all day. Michelle slipped off her heels once at the grass and dropped them next to her as she sat down, a little slower than normal but now she was just being cautious. Following his gaze to the sky she always wondered what Chris’s obsession with the sky was- but that was just one of the list of questions she always wondered about Chris most to do with fish. She laughed a little picking up slices of apples and reaching for the peanut butter dipping them before eating one, looking at him as she chewed she shrugged. Covering her mouth with the back of her hand, “I’m fine- yes and you can say it Chris it’s not illegal  she wiggled her nose as she stuck another apple in the peanut butter. Wiggling her toes she sat them in front of her, not yet swollen but she could only imagine the days of giving up on her heels. Sadden waved over Michelle at the moment she just bought new shoes.

“Are you high?” Chris laughed a little. “Pssh I wish.” He heard her laughing and smiled to himself taking another piece of chocolate and breaking it between his teeth. It was a beautiful day to watch the sky and try to forget about the problems of the world. Chris looked over at Michelle’s stomach remembering that she was almost full blown in her pregnancy. “I’m fine- yes and you can say it Chris it’s not illegal” He smiled over at her, laying back in the grass, his head next to her thigh as he closed his eyes and let the sun hit him. “How’s it feel being pregnatch? Does the baby kick your insides at like 4 months? I have a couple of questions about these things you know, but I thought I should start off with that.” He opened his eyes, looking up at her curly hair, “How have you really been though? With the pregnatch and all? You really do seem like you’re glowing?” He sat up with his elbows in the grass breaking off another piece of chocolate. He thought about Michelle being pregnant and in some ways it suited her. They were growing up which was still weird to them, but time was going fast for all of them. 

Rolling her eyes Michelle looked down at her toes, there is only so much longer where her feet looked this nice. Wiggling her toes she looked back over to Chris breaking a piece of chocolate from him. and made herself a sandwich with an apple slice and peanut topped with a piece of chocolate looking at him. “What? You’ve eaten weirder things.” she said before eating her creation. Looking around she made a face- bitter and then the taste of apple was…weird. Michelle continued to eat her apples, she actually didn’t plan on sharing so she hoped he was satisfied with chocolate. “Seriously- I’ve been fine, exhausted and randomly moody but it comes with the stomach I guess. Michelle looked at her skin and smiled, “It’s the vitamins” she said holding out one of her hands, “My nails have never been better” she smiled looking down at him. Michelle was getting all of her know how from her boss or the internet because her mother was once again useless- she tried to call but never a response so Michelle was on her one this time, literally it was her and her dog and so far not so bad. “It- he or she kicks mostly when I’m trying to sleep or work but why are you so interested?” she asked raising an eyebrow at him looking down at him leaning back on her elbows because her hands got tired. “Jeez” she said mostly to herself rubbing her hands before leaning back again on her elbows, Michelle wasn’t used to being this heavy.

“Seriously- I’ve been fine, exhausted and randomly moody but it comes with the stomach I guess.” Chris kept sitting up on his elbow as she spoke. It was honestly weird seeing Michelle with a belly. He didn’t know how to process it and wanted to poke it in all honesty, but reframed himself with all his strength. “My nails have never been better” He laughed a little, moving one leg on top of the other and crossing them in the sun. He looked up at the sky again with a wide smile. The sun hit his face like a ton of beams at once. It felt great. “It- he or she kicks mostly when I’m trying to sleep or work but why are you so interested?” Chris moved his eyes over to her with a warm smile. “I don’t know. Guess I’m just curious. Never really had a friend that was pregnant before.” He turned on his side, not being able to resist anymore. He poked her stomach and smiled wide. “I’ve been holding that in for awhile. Sorry.” He laughed laying back on the grass, “I’ve been wanting to ask this question for awhile. Whose the dad? Was that invasive? I’m so curious it makes my head hurt.” He laughed a bit more, taking another piece of chocolate and a slice of apple putting them together and taking a bite. “Mmmm. That is kinda good. Oh wait.” He reached into his pocket taking out a pill to swallow and took out another piece of candy that he got from the store. “It’s like the richest white chocolate I’ve ever tasted in my fucking life.” He dips both of the pieces of chocolate into the peanut butter and makes a small sandwich. Chris loved his odd food combinations, “Not bad. Not fucking bad at all.” He laughed making one for Michelle, “Try try? I also have graham crackers believe it or not. I went all out at the store.” 

Michelle was loving the sun on her skin warming it up from the cool temperature it was at from sitting inside the conditioned office, for some reason her boss was against the building getting to a normal temp so she kept it cold at all times, weirdly enough Michelle didn’t mind but the sun on her face felt amazing shutting her eyes for a second before biting into another apple slice she forgot about Chris for a moment.  “I don’t know. Guess I’m just curious. Never really had a friend that was pregnant before.” Michelle tried to hide the face she made, little did he know in all these years Jal hadn’t said anything to him- and Michelle wasn’t going to bring it up because it wasn’t her place. Michelle let her head fall back after he poked her she couldn’t keep it the laugh. “Seriously- it’s not jelly or squishy it’s hard sorry to disappoint.” she shook her head. Her body froze with a small laugh still on her lips, would Chris question her further if she changed the subject or lied. Michelle had no idea- the father’s name and that made her feel disgusting, dropped her head forward she sat up rubbing the back of her neck. “No it’s fine- he’s not from here.” she decided to just lie it’s not like she planned on seeing him again and even if she did remembering his face was impossible it was dark and she was drunk if only she could remember his name she wouldn’t feel so gross. Her mind only snapped out of feeling down on herself when she spotted the chocolate in his hands. Michelle had been thinking about white chocolate for the last week and Chris just had some. “Actually- yeah pregnant woman” she said trying to make it sound likeher excuse for taking the entire bar of chocolate from him. “Thanks- oh god yes!” she said closing her eyes chewing on the piece of chocolate she just put on her tongue. Opening her eyes she smiled, “Did you want this…?” she said with a smile leaning away from him. 

“No it’s fine- he’s not from here.” Chris looked up at her immediately sensing that something was off with her, but he couldn’t tell what. He moved his mouth around still eating his creation as she hummed out a little. “Thanks- oh god yes!” Chris looked up at her with curious eyes and smiled wide watching her eat the chocolate and graham cracker mixture he made. “Did you want this…?” Chris shook his head at her, “All yours Chelly my love. All fucking yours.” He looked around the park, watching the little kids play on the swings and smiling really wide at them. The joys of being a kid. He sighed looking down and making another combination of his own. He bit down on it thinking about the gang. All of them. “Have you heard from anyone? Like Cass? I miss that girl. Best roommate ever she was. Looked at my balls and still made me tea. Sid? Or… have you seen Tony around?” He thought back to what he had done with Effy and it made him think how Tony would react. With shock, awe and a vital blow to the cheek to be completely honest. Tony might actually kill him. He didn’t tell anyone about it that could have relayed the information back to Tony. He looked at Michelle trying not to think about it anymore. “Mmmm. Do you have just the lunch break off? Or the rest of the day? I figured we can do something fun… Like… Go search some shops together. I need to get something for the immaculate child.” Chris winks at her waiting for an answer. 

Michelle watched him after eating, “What are you thinking about Chris?” she said twisting to see where he was looking, children- Michelle would have one soon but playing at the park was a long shot, shrugging she pulled his jacket from under her and moved it slid onto it because getting up was to much work. Laying down on his leg she looked up at him then stole another piece of chocolate from him.  “Have you heard from anyone? Like Cass? I miss that girl. Best roommate ever she was. Looked at my balls and still made me tea. Sid? Or… have you seen Tony around?” Cass was like a ghost- she was around for a moment than she’d disappear and that was really the only other person other than Tony she had seen. “Haha, I wish- I mean I saw Cass but she disappeared like a second later. Sid I haven’t seen but he has to be around he is Sid.” she stopped talking and rolled her eyes, “He’s here also- where I don’t know and don’t care.” she said through her teeth just the thought of Tony made her head hurt.

Looking down at her nails she picked at them for a moment before looking up at Chris she thought over the rest of her day- she didn’t fully lie to her boss she did have a doctors appointment and it was a big one- she’d finally figure out what she was having then she could actually shop. Thinking it over again she smiled- Chris was stronger than her and she planned to shop- alot. Sitting up she turned to him, “I have the rest of the day off- but I have a doctor’s appointment in like thirty minutes. But after we can shop and you can help! Ya’ know carry the crib and other things I can’t. Oh! Please- please- please!” it would be nice to not spend her whole day alone and sit in the doctor’s office alone because the people in there weren’t shy about staring or speaking out loud about how they felt bad for her. Michelle was right sick of that treatment and her doctor was the same way the look of pity in his eyes was tiresome. 

“Haha, I wish- I mean I saw Cass but she disappeared like a second later. Sid I haven’t seen but he has to be around he is Sid.” He nodded, biting another of his whatthefuck mix. “He’s here also- where I don’t know and don’t care.” Chris looked at her name and saw it completely change when she mentioned Tony. He was still surprised that that expression was still there for him. Chris smiled a little looking at Michelle with a small smile. “I have the rest of the day off- but I have a doctor’s appointment in like thirty minutes. But after we can shop and you can help! Ya’ know carry the crib and other things I can’t. Oh! Please- please- please!” Chris nodded with a wide smile and a laugh, “Of fucking course I will Chelly. Come on… I can drive you to your appointment if you want. My flat isn’t actually too far from here even though I walked. I have the company truck today.” He got up from the grass smiling at her, “Besides. If I’m gonna do some heavy lifting. Might as well have a reliable vehicle to get things around. Chris put out his hand for her with a wide smile to pull her up from the grass. He leaned back down packing everything from the grass and putting it back in his bag. “This is gonna be for you. More white chocolate in there as well.” He moves an arm around her, leaning over to kiss her cheek. They walked a couple of blocks to where Chris kept the car outside his flat. He looked up to see if the light was on inside and knew that someone had to be home. He was guessing that it was probably Liv by then. He opened the door for Michelle, letting her get inside first and then closed it, climbing over to the drivers side and started the truck. “Well. Ready to go to your appointment then?” 

“Of fucking course I will Chelly. Come on… I can drive you to your appointment if you want. My flat isn’t actually too far from here even though I walked. I have the company truck today.” Michelle raised her eyebrows, company truck- what kind of work was Chris doing these days, maybe he did actually grow up a little more than she expected. “Company truck?” she said as she got up picking up his jacket and shaking it out before handing it back to him. Taking the chocolate from him Michelle let a small smile appear before they started walking and as they walked she played with the paper of the wrapper off in her own head. Upon coming up on his flat Michelle raised an eyebrow, Chris has a friend- and the random leggy girl conversation filtered its way into her head and she rolled her eyes, maybe another day she’d take the time to meet the person- today wasn’t it but she could only imagine.

“Thank you.” she said sitting down in the truck. “Well. Ready to go to your appointment then?” Michelle was never ready to go sit in that cold room with people judging her everywhere she looked, “Yeah- I guess.” she shrugged, looking in her purse for her card and the name of the place. “Here” she said handing the directions to the clinic though Michelle had been going there for weeks she still needed directions or she’d be lost- it was just outside Bristol where her boss told her to go with her reference Michelle had a good doctor but the looks from the nurses and everyone else was what made her hate it. She didn’t notice but she was fidgety playing with the corner of her wallet staring out of the front window as Chris drove she almost forgot he was there. What was she supposed to say to Chris when her doctor asked who he was- or something else ridiculous her mind running there several things the nurses could say to make her uncomfortable, they were rather brilliant at making her feel small. Blinking she looked around and out the window next to her, she thought to say something but nothing other than her worries were running around in her brain. “Umm, thanks Chris.” is all she came up with after a moment of thought.

“Yeah- I guess.” He smiled at her, starting the small truck and starting it up to go on their journey to the clinic. Michelle passed him the directions and they were off. He looked back and forth at the paper looking at all the buildings in Bristol, but when they traveled outside of Bristol he shrugged a little and kept going. They kept driving in a bit of silence until Michelle broke it. “Umm, thanks Chris.” Chris smirked at Michelle and reached out for her hand and touched it slightly. “Hey… No biggie. I’m happy to do this for you. Don’t worry about it.” He winked at her, driving into the parking lot for what seemed to be the doctor. “This must be the place…” He looked around, biting his lip and then going into a parking spot. Chris looked over at Michelle and smiled brightly, getting out of the car and going around to open her door. “M’lady.” He grinned, holding out his hand for her to help her out of the truck. He looked around the office building with a curious expression written all over his face. “So… this is what a baby doctor looks like. I’m fucking exciting to read some phamplets!” He laughed holding out his arm for Michelle to put her hand in. “Shall we?” 

Michelle didn’t look up from her hands until she heard him speak up, “This must be the place…” glancing around she sighed, the cramp in her stomach let her know she was nervous- though she had been here already and the first time had to be the worst. The eyes she got when she signed in and from the nurse after she asked her questions. Taking Chris’s hand she slipped out of the truck and sighed, her heels hurt and that was just a bad sign- Michelle wasn’t going to be able to continue wearing her shoes and that just made her day a little worst.“So… this is what a baby doctor looks like. I’m fucking exciting to read some phamplets!” Michelle couldn’t help but chuckle a little. “Chris some of the pamphlets will explain things to you that you don’t want to know- no matter how interested you are in the pictures.” she said taking his arm and giving him a small nod patting his arm. He was in for a whole lot of new information about how things worked and half of her figured he’d take it in stride or get grossed out. Walking inside she let go of Chris’s arm to walk over to the desk. “Pamphlets?” she said pointing to the table then looking at Chris shaking her head before turning back to the desk. “Hi, Michelle Richardson…and will he have to wait out here or how does that work?” she asked and the receptionist raised an eyebrow at Chris then shrugged.

“Either way.” she said and Michelle nodded- that would be all up to him and if he got distracted by pamphlets but she didn’t know how that was going to go.

Chris looked around the place in awe. He didn’t really know what a baby doctor would be like, but for Michelle he would try out the experience for his mate at least once. “Chris some of the pamphlets will explain things to you that you don’t want to know- no matter how interested you are in the pictures.” Chris laughed out a little as they crossed the rom to take her to the front desk. She pointed over to the pamphlets and he smiled like a small kid. “Never let a good pamphlet get in the way of a good time, yeah?” He laughed going over to the small table filled with the long pieces of paper. He moved his hands through most of them, knocking the some over on the floor and hoping Michelle didn’t see him do it. Chris picked them up putting them back on the table and sitting down and slowly grabbing one from off the desk and catching up on the reading. He learned a lot of good information that was going in his brain and then escaping right when it was going in. He picked up a pamphlet entitled, “Don’t be alone.” He flipped through the little paper, reading that no one should be alone when they have to have a baby alone. Chris frowned, looking over at Michelle and smiling. He nodded, getting up from his place on the chairs and going over to her, “Hey… You okay?” Chris waved to the receptionist then looked at Michelle, “I can…. I can go in with you if you’d like. I just read some fascinating literature about not doing this alone. Besides… I wanna see the little guy… or girl…” He smiled wide at Michelle, “So… when do you go in?”  

Michelle watched Chris for a moment before turning her attention to the receptionist. “Umm, I-” she said filling out her paperwork quickly at the desk, the receptionist made conversation and Michelle tried to fake smile as she finished writing and handing her back the paper. Tapping the pen she looked at the pictures hanging next to her. Tilting her head she read about the birth canal as she read her fear grew and her eyes enlarged also. “Oh.” she laughed looking at the pictures. “Oh jesus.” she mumbled curling her lash looking down at the floor she was started to feel the fear of birth creep into her system as she stood there. Taking a deep breath she reminded herself she had awhile before she needed to be thinking about that. Reaching in her purse she took out her lip stick which she put on as her mind raced. Smacking her lips together as the receptionist came back over and then she jumped a little when she heard Chris. “I’m fine.” she breathed put a smile on then looking back at the woman in front of her. “I can…. I can go in with you if you’d like. I just read some fascinating literature about not doing this alone. Besides… I wanna see the little guy… or girl…” she looked up at Chris again, smiling slightly.

“You don’t have too- I mean it’s fine.” Michelle at this point was comfortable with being alone because she knew she would be in the end. Looking over his shoulder at where he was previous she wondered what he actually read. Looking back at him she looked down and nodded smiling a little. “She said in a few minutes.” Michelle said turning and walking over to sit down. But before she made it to the seat she heard her name, “Damnit.” she mumbled and turned and smiled at her doctor- she called him Doc. Spezz because his name was way to difficult to actually remember. As she walked past Chris she pulled him along by the hand. “You wanted to come remember.” she said. “Don’t touch anything.” she mumbled pushing him ahead of her head through the door giving the receptionist a look, because now she couldn’t judge her for being alone- again because Michelle could see the pity in her eyes every time she was here.

Chris smiled wide at Michelle hoping that she’d let him go in with her. He was worried that she wouldn’t. Chris actually agreed with the pamphlet. She shouldn’t be going through this all by herself, as much as Chris was in his own little world sometimes. He knew right from wrong and he knew that he had to at least help Michelle with this. It would make him happy and he loved to make his mates happy. She said he didn’t have to, but Chris hoped she’d change her mind as they sat down side by side and waited for her appointment. They called her name, Chris watched her walk across him and then grab ahold of his hand. He looked up at her confused for a second, “You wanted to come remember.” Chris remembered what he said previous and got up along side her. “Oh… Yeah!” He nodded excited as he went in front of her. “Don’t touch anything.” Chris frowned, “The pamphlets were an accident I swear to god.” He knocked on the doctor’s door and he give a mighty Come In as Chris opened the door for Michelle to go in first. He gave his mate a soft smile closing the door behind them and looked around the wall. Everything to know about a baby was on his walls and he nodded with a smiled, “So are you gonna look at the little girl/guy? I’d like to see what a baby looks like when its not baked yet.” He smiled at the Doctor who gave him a disapproving stare and he looked around landing his eyes on Michelle. He reached out for her hand to give it a tight squeeze and a wink of his eye, “You’re fucking flawless, yeah? Remember that.” 

Michelle couldn’t help but chuckle a little. Chris was almost like a child sometimes. But out of all of her mates she was content that he was here instead of several others even though her best mate would do just as nice. Walking into the room she sat on the bed before laying down because it was more comfortable than sitting up because back pain was getting worst by the minute. Her doctor had his back turned to Michelle but as Chris started to talk the man turned glaring at him and Michelle looked between the two before laughing out loud putting her hands over her face. “Hah, oh I’m so sorry.” She continued to giggle her doctor remained silent. “Well to respond to- his question Ms.Richardson we’ll take at look at the little one then find out like you asked and send you on your way until next month. Michelle nodded slightly anxious as she rolled her shirt to rest below her bra. She hated how she looked so she found Chris easier to watch while waiting, like a child in candy store moving from diagram to diagram. Sighing a little being this exposed she was uncomfortable. Hearing the buzzing of the machine next to her and her doctor take his seat and the sudden cold from the weird gell she turned to look but back to Chris with a shrug she looked back at the foot of her baby. The compliment Chris just gave she ignored as she looked at its foot, though it was just a foot she fell in love with it right then, though she would be, a mother alone having someone here made it hurt her less from the sting of her mother never returning her calls, and Michelle called weekly, her own mother didn’t care that hurt more than anything.”Flawless…not really. Which foot is that?” Her heart fluttered and looked back at Chris. “Thank you, again.”

When the machine turned up he jumped a little startled by it at first then slowly getting into what the process was supposed to be like. He was happy that he didn’t have Michelle come in here alone. It seemed like a place where a lot of people would get lost if they thought about it. He watched the doctor put the gel on her stomach, and move the gadget around her stomach on top of it. Michelle turned to him and he gave her a small smile before they both turned back to the screen. “Whoa… is that… is that a fucking foot?!” He said with a low voice confused about how babies were even baked. Michelle turned back to him and smiled, ”Flawless…not really. Which foot is that?” They looked at the doctor who was still silent and Chris narrowed his eyes to think, “It looked like the left one… No right!” Chris looked down at his feet and then back up to the screen. “Nope. Its totally the left one.” He smiled wide at her as they both looked on the screen. Chris already liked the little guy or girl before they came out. He actually thought about him, Michelle and the baby hanging out sometimes and Chris picking them up and doing that weird airplane thing that babies seem to like. He wouldn’t dare drop him like he did his step brother. Whose brains had to be damaged by the fall. Chris still felt bad for that for all the reasons you might imagine. Michelle turned back to him and he raised his eyebrows, “Thank you, again.” Chris smiled at her, moving his hand into hers, “Of fucking course Chelle. I’m always here when you need me, yeah?” He moved his other hand on top of hers and patted it lightly. They watched the screen more, “Its a boy right? That looks like a dick in my opinion.” He pointed to the screen with a laugh and squeezed Michelle’s hand more with a wide smile. 

Michelle tilted her head looking at the machine and laughed again at Chris’s surprise. Her doctor looked at Chris and shook his head and Michelle closed her eyes for a moment, as awkward as this was his curiosity and humor made Michelle a lot less uncomfortable. Looking between the screen and Chris she wiggled her toes trying to figure out which one it could be. “I think it’s- the left one.” she nodded in agreement with Chris looking back over at the screen. Her mind drifted to Jal and Michelle bit the inside of her mouth- if only he knew or not. It wasn’t Michelle’s place to wonder what ifs so she shook it from her head and looked back at her baby. “Its a boy right? That looks like a dick in my opinion.” Reaching over to smack Chris once she rolled her eyes, “That’s the other leg- you prick!- Wait isn’t it?” squinting she looked closer, half of Michelle really wanted a girl to dress up and teach her how to be nothing like she was, don’t follow your boyfriend- if he treats you like shit kick the shit out of him and never go back, watch your back because some girls you think are friends are complete slags and always leave home and stay away or Bristol will keep you here forever. 

“Well, he-“ she heard her doctor and watched him wave up at Chris nearly dismissing him. “Chris.”

“Chris is actually correct- it’s boy.” looking around Michelle didn’t actually know what she was going to do if he was a boy. She knew nothing about how they worked, other than the bad things they do. Without a father she was hit with this wave of worry for her son. Michelle didn’t know how to raise a son- or anything for that matter but a son was even more difficult. Clearing her throat she let go of Chris’s hand to wipe her eyes and looking at her hands for make up. Her nervousness grew a thousand times more, now that she actually knew it was a little more real but it even more scary.After her doctor cleaned off the gell and rolled his chair away she sat up rolling her shirt back down and sighed again. The happiness was buried beneath the fear Michelle was feeling now.

“Chris is actually correct- it’s boy.” Chris was happy hearing that his choice was right. Now because of the usual reasons of he wanted to be right, just in general for Michelle. Something to call her own and to be with her those lonely times in her life. He smiled wide at her, squeezing her hand. “That’s fucking brilliant…” He kept the wide smile on his face looking around the screen. Michelle let go of Chris’ hand and moved it to her face. He looked down at her face, he knew that look before. His mother had it awhile ago before she decided to fuck off on him and some people have it when they don’t know what to do. It was fear. Fear of the unknown really. Raising a boy wasn’t too difficult, but sometimes it was downright fucked in his opinion. Chris’ mother raised two boys and then the illness almost claimed the both of them. He looked as they started to finish up the session and he smiled at the doctor who in return gave him a slight smirk. Chris figured that was the only thing he was going to get out of this doctor today. Chris kept looking around Michelle’s face, the fear started to get worse and worse for her and Chris recognized it instantly. The doctor gave Michelle some things to look forward to and then told them to have a nice day. Chris put his hand on her back to help her up from off the table and then shook the doctors hand. They left in minutes and Chris looked to Michelle taking his keys from his pocket. “Hey… You know… it’s alright to be scared. You can do this though. You’ll always have me if some shit goes down.” Chris looked at her again and moved in to hug her tightly. He knew what it felt like to feel alone in a difficult situation. This was one of those times. He pulled back from her kissing her cheek lightly with a wide smile. “Come on… Lets go buy you some baby stuff. There was a fucking cute crib on the cover of one of those pamphlets. Actually…” He pulls the little pamphlet out and holds it out to her, “Isn’t that fucking neat! Apparently the fucker folds into like four parts and theres a compartment underneath it or some shit.” 

Chris looked back at her watching her face as she talked. “First, we’re gonna need flashlights, cos its dark there… in the woods.” He raised an eyebrow to her and then kept walking with her hand in his. They swung them back and forth, Chris looked around to see the wooded area and smiled wide. ”Second, please don’t be a pussy and tell me you’re afraid of goin’ to some unknown deserted dark place.” Chris widened his mouth and grinned watching her pump her fist into the air with a smile. He hip bumped her with his tongue sticking out at her. "I'm not a pussy Miss Pinkie. I'm actually more of a lion tamer." He laughed at himself looking around the place and looking to her. “So, the flashlights then?” He looked into his pocket, pulling out the two flashlights that he had gotten from work and handed them over to her. "Here's yours." He put the flashlight in his mouth turning it since he still wanted to keep holding onto Skyler's hand. He handed it over to her and then turned his on by mouth as well. He followed her into the woods and looked around with a wide smile. "Holy shit..." The flashlight moved from tree to tree and he looked down on the ground and smiled. "Should we started filling these things up?" Chris grinned at Skyler, undoing their fingers from one another and then he put the flashlight in his mouth taking out the paint and balloons. They filled up all of the pack of the balloons and then Chris stood up looking at Skyler's face with the flashlight. "And... we... should..." He moved his hand back and threw a balloon at her, her entire side covered in yellow. "BEGIN!" He ran over by a tree and hid from her, three balloons inside his arm and staying quiet. 

Technicolor. @Skyler

Chris pushed his hand through his hair, the cigarette resting between his lips as he moved on his own throughout the streets of Bristol. He called himself getting familiar with his setting again, but really he was just feeling nostalgic and in need of a walk. The pubs filled with new faces as he wanted to search for his old ones. He took the cigarette from between his lips, moving it down to his side and flicking it to the side. Work was tomorrow, fun needed to be for right now. He pushed his hands in his hair again, shuffling it and looking at his watch. “How it is only fucking three. COME ON.” He huffed out and looked around, keeping his feet moving in the streets he looked around for something to do. 

Chris missed the old days, when something would just pop out at you and there was always a shitload to do with no apologizes at all. He reached inside his pocket to look at how many pills he had. Only a couple of green ones left. “Brilliant.” He smiles at the possibilites of getting back into the swing of things. All the things really. Chris looked over at the fountain and cocked his head slightly. Something new. The sun was already beaming down on him. Who was he to deny himself a small dip in the fountain. Chris stretched his arms up, taking a pull from his almost gone cigarette and going over to the fountain. He took his shoes off and rolled up his pants. He sat at the edge and turned around, moving his feet into the nearly cold water. “Oh fuck me… thats the life.” He closed his eyes and let the fun hit him until a shadow hovering over him. The sun covered their face, “Hello, what can I do for you kind stranger taking up my sunlight?” 

One more night passed and Skyler had barely slept, this random guy from college invited her to a house party, he just probably wanted to get in her knickers but before he got the chance she passed out in the bathroom with the door closed. Classic Skyler. As soon as she woke up she took a toothbrush that was placed on the sink and brushed her teeth, she just hated morning breaths, then after washing her face she unlocked the door and saw the boy asleep on the floor in front the bathroom, ”Poor bastard,” she shook her head and carefully passed over him, but before she could leave the evil side of her spoke,  she cracked her knuckles and looked around searching for a pen, loads of people were asleep everywhere around the house, so it made easier to find one on the living room table. She run back to the bloke and began to draw, first bunny features, then on his forehead a crown, she wanted to keep going but the boy started to move, so she quickly got out of the the house.

The Sky was bright, no sign of rain anywhere, Skyler stomach begged for some kind of food, she had no idea of what time it was but she was sure she had missed at least one meal. A few blocks away from the place she was, an ice cream truck called her attention, she ran and asked for a blueberry ice cream cone, “here it is,” she paid the bloke, “It’s missing a bit of money there, but I’m sure ya’ll manage sugar,” taking the cone before the worker could say anything she hopped away licking her frozen dessert. The noise of a big fountain made Skyler approach the water, and on the other side she saw a familiar bloke pulling his pants up and putting his feet in the water. She came closer and the figure kept becoming more familiar, “Hello, what can I do for you kind stranger taking up my sunlight?” she chuckled, “Chris fuckin’ Miles!” she said as a drop of her ice cream landed on his chin. ”It has been way too fucking long! Like, centuries…” she licked the desert a few times, “Where the hell have you been? Last time I saw ya, you’re soaked in water…” she remembered the night they met, holy shit that was a great night.

Chris moved his hand over his face to see the face more clearly. The pretty pink haired girl over him that he suddenly recognized from her voice, “Chris fuckin’ Miles!” A drop of ice cream fell on his chin and he reached his tongue down to lick it up looking up at her with a bright smile. “Fucking Skyler!” He sat up to great her, looking at her face properly. Still pretty. He laughed a little, looking at the ice cream cone in her hand as she licked along it. “Where the hell have you been? Last time I saw ya, you’re soaked in water…” Chris sat up all the way, taking his finger and putting it in the loop of her jeans to make her sit down next to him on the fountain. “I’ve been around. Well… thats a lie. I went to fucking Glasgow for a couple of months. Best fucking vacation I’ve ever had. You’d fucking love it. Beautiful people galore and noting to apologize for. it was like heaven in a tiny bottle, but I figure I’d come back. See some familiar faces.” He nudged her, looking back down at the ice cream cone. “May I?” He leaned down, taking some of the cold treat with his lips and humming when he leaned back up. “Mmm. so good.” Chris wiped his lips, looking over at her with a wide smile. Chris would be lying if he didn’t say he didn’t think about Skyler often. She was one of those girls that had that shine to her that you can automatically shine with. Plus… he really liked her smile. “So… What. the. fuck. Have you been up to? I was terrified I’d never see you again and that possibility has made me quite sad in the past.” Chris looked over at her keeping the bright smile on his face. 

“I’ve been around. Well… thats a lie. I went to fucking Glasgow for a couple of months. Best fucking vacation I’ve ever had. You’d fucking love it. Beautiful people galore and noting to apologize for. it was like heaven in a tiny bottle, but I figure I’d come back.See some familiar faces.” she looked at him and almost couldn’t believe, “Well, then I bet you’re freakin’ happy to see mine, ain’t?” she raised her eyebrows and licked the ice cream a few more time, “May I?” she stopped him for a second, “As long as ya don’t ask..” she said playfully holding the cone for her mate to take some. “Mmm. so good.” she nodded, “I know right? This is like what a cloud supposed to taste like…” she said amazed by the flavor, it was probably because she hadn’t eaten since the day before, but the desert sure tasted fantastic. “So… What. the. fuck. Have you been up to? I was terrified  I’d never see you again and that possibility has made me quite sad in the past.” she stared at him and blinked a couple of times,  ”Awn, aren’t ya cute? Don’t worry, we’re here now,” she said tapping his leg a couple of time, “Oh, yunno, I’ve been doing the same things really… Except that I have no one that can keep up with me anymore, I mean, since you went on your little vacation, I could not find anyone that can take as much pills as we do,” she chuckled remembering with nostalgia their first adventure together.  ”Anyway man,” she giggled a bit more, “What you’re doin’ today? I wanna hear all about this trip of yours, and what do you say we make a few more epic memories?” Skyler was excited, she could barely feel the ice cream melting all over her hand, the girl was upset they didn’t keep in touch, but now was a great opportunity to make up for the missed time.

“Oh, yunno, I’ve been doing the same things really… Except that I have no one that can keep up with me anymore, I mean, since you went on your little vacation, I could not find anyone that can take as much pills as we do,” Chris laughed out for the first time he got back to Bristol. It felt good to honestly. He smiled really wide leaning over to lick more of her ice cream cone. “Well… As you said. I’m here now. And… as you know… I do take pills in stride so…” He reached inside his pocket handing over the little baggy to her. “For you miss.” He opened up the baggy first to take out a green pill for her, “Open up.” He waited sticking it on her tongue before he put one on his own. He stuck out his tongue at her watching the ice cream cone drip on her fingers. He had more pills tucked away in his pants pocket and more in his wallet. Never know when you’ll need a good couple of pills and now was the time for it. ”Anyway man, What you’re doin’ today? I wanna hear all about this trip of yours, and what do you say we make a few more epic memories?” Chris smiled at the light giggle and moved his toes around in the water to think. “Mmmm. Spend the day with you… Or…. Be bored all day. God. All the fucking difficult decisions.” He looked over at her with a sly smirk, “Of fucking course I wanna hang out with you.” Chris moved his feet from under the water, looking around for his shoes and bringing them on the side with him. Chris pushed a hand in his hair, moving his feet around to dry a little. “Eh… I can walk bear foot for awhile.” He shrugged, standing up and holding a hand out to her. “Shall we my lady?” Chris’ warm smile matched her still holding out his hand to take her and figure out what they were gonna do with themselves for the day. 

 “Mmmm. Spend the day with you… Or…. Be bored all day. God. All the fucking difficult decisions.” she nodded twisting her face, ”I know, I would hate to be you right now Chris,” she joked,  “Of fucking course I wanna hang out with you.” “Ace,” she leaned in and whispered on his ear, ”but just so ya know I was never gonna take no for an anwser,” Skyler quickly licked the last of her ice cream and washed her hand while Chris tried to dry out his feet,  “Eh… I can walk bear foot for awhile.” the girl looked down and saw his toes moving, “Shall we my lady?” without thinking twice Sky grabbed his hand and jumped up on her feet. The girl wrapped one arm around his neck and made him hold her by the waist, “How do you feel about bowling? The last time I did I was like fourteen…”   she looked around and realized she was unfamiliar with that part of the city, “C’mon, it’ll be fun,” the girl stopped walking for a second, ”You know where we are right?” concerns were the last thing in her mind, as long as she had her partner in crime she would be totally fine. ”And one other thing, my battery is dead, so we gonna use your mobile to take pictures, this way we’ll never forget this day, yea?”  she though about it for a second, “I mean we can have alcoholic amnesia, that is always allowed,” chuckling she continued, ”but with the photos, we wont forget forget…” she signed, something about Chris made Skyler feel at home, safe , like everything could go wrong, but as long as she had his company they would be having a blast. The girl grabbed the flask she carried when she went to parties out of her jeans and opened the top, “Cheers!” taking a few sips she wanted over to him, “Lets get this party started,”

When Skyler grabbed ahold of his hand, Chris was happy she did. She got up, putting her arm over his shoulder and he held her close with his arm wrapped around her waist. “How do you feel about bowling? The last time I did I was like fourteen…” He looked at her shocked for a second, no one wanted to go bowling and the times that Chris really did. No one was there to really partake in the excitement with him. “C’mon, it’ll be fun,” Chris chuckled, moving his hand a little around her. He put his shoes down on the ground sliding back into them. “Of fucking course I wanna go bowling. I haven’t been bowling in a long time. Plus. I can embarrass you on the lanes.” He snapped his fingers at her playfully. She asked if he knew where they were and he looked around immediately knowing where they were. “Yeah… I went to elementary right over there.” He pointed at it, thinking about it for a second reminding himself to come back to it at a later time. ”And one other thing, my battery is dead, so we gonna use your mobile to take pictures, this way we’ll never forget this day, yea?” Chris smiled wide at her, this was already the start to a wonderful fucking day in his mind and he wanted to thank her. He pulled out his phone as she pulled out the flask from her jeans. He clicked the picture with a wide smile. “Already on it. One of these is probably gonna end up being the background of my phone by the end of the night.” He handed her the phone, taking the flask from her and passing her his phone. “Come on then.” He took a sip, taking her hand and walking with her to the bowling alley. They got there in twenty minutes flat, small talk along the way and passing the flask back and forth to one another. Chris’ hand found its way to her waist again, opening the door for the bowling alley to her. “After you m’lady.” He smiled wide going in after her, they set themselves on the   counter to get a pair of shoes. He told the man his size and waited for Skyler to tell him heard, taking their shoes on the lane with them. “Alright. Time to put the names on the screen. M… O…N…K….E….Y” He started to put the last few touching on his name with little symbols behind it. Chris spun around in his seat looking at Skyler, “Who should you be….” 

“After you m’lady.” and she took a small bow thanking him, they got inside and grabbed the shoes,  “Alright. Time to put the names on the screen. M… O…N…K….E….Y” Skyler looked at him intrigued, “Monkey?” she shrugged and took of her shoes to put on the ones they grabbed at the counter , “Who should you be….” the girl thought about it for a second, and looking up she saw the pink side of her bangs, ”Pinkie,” she remembered Cook and his voice ‘Calls it like I sees it,’ Sky got up on a jump and quickly snapped a picture of Chris putting her name on the screen, “Are you ready to bowl?” the excitement was clear in her voice, taking Chris by the hand she pulled him and pushed the boy so he could go first. “I’ll be your one-person cheer, okay?” the girl clapped a few times in some weird and unknown rhythm, and some kids began to stare, she figured it was because of her hair , ugly looks from judgemental followed her everywhere, but she focused on her mate. She reached for the flask one more time, the liquor was almost over, so she drank all at once, “Well, now that is like, over.” putting it back on her jeans, waanting for the pill to start making effect soon

Skyler’s mouth dropped when she saw all the pins go down, “AHHHHHHHH FUCK YEAH MOTHERFUCKING FUCK!!!”  Chris yelled and she snapped another pic of his victory pose, “ YEEEEEEEEEES! ARE YOU FUCKIN’ KIDDIN’ ME?” she cheered with him, a bit shocked with his skills. “I’m sooo going down,” she whispered, shook her head and put her hand over her eyes for a second. “Your turn. I believe in the power of the pink eye.”  she squinted her eyes at him curved her thin arms down and contrated the little muscles she had, making a serious face, “This are not just for show, yunno,” she said and then turned around to grab her ball. “GO PINKIEEEE,” The girl smiled then tried to concentrate for a second, even kissed the ball for good luck and when she first pushed it everything was going well but half way through the lane the ball lost strength and ended up just knocking down two pins on the left side. Skyler that was biting her nails seeing the scene celebrated anyway, it was a victory for her after four or five years without playing the game. “FUCK YES!” she yelled and jumped high clapping her hands. “Did ya see that?” Skyler asked Chris, “I was awesome,” she made a little awkward celebration dance while Chris got up, “Sorry mate, but I don’t think you can beat the style, I mean, did you see the way that ball moved at the end? Just pros can do that…” she said playfully with a shrug well aware that she was going to be crushed when it came to the end and they checked all the scores.

“FUCK YES!” Chris clapped his hands, giving a loud shout for her and laughed when she came back over to him. “Did ya see that? I was awesome,” he watched her dance with a giant smile spread across his face. Skyler was adorable, he kept watching her a laugh coming from inside of him as he reached over to her and pulled her down to the seats instead of getting up immediately to go to the lane.  “Sorry mate, but I don’t think you can beat the style, I mean, did you see the way that ball moved at the end? Just pros can do that…” Chris rolled his eyes, “I think I can beat that style and any other you decide to throw at me.” He stuck out his tongue, poking her in the stomach friendly before he looked up at the people on the side of them. “You are aware, we’ve been stared at for awhile in this place.” He looked at Skyler, moving his eyes around her face and smirking. “Here. Another pill. Three of the green ones will make you start seeing and feeling colors. Best fucking things I’ve ever come across in a fucking long time.” Chris smiles handing her the baggy of pills and then getting up to take the neon green ball in his hand. “Have you ever seen the Big Lebowski?” Another movie that Glasgow had thanked him with. He pretended to lick the ball looking at Skyler with narrowed playful eyes and then turned around to roll the ball down the lane. He moved his body hoping the the ball hit, but it only hit two pins at the side. “Nope! I can get that back! I can do this!!!” Chris waited for the ball and looked at Skyler pointing his finger to her. “I need the fucking cheer babes! Come on! Work it!!!” He laughed, moving the ball back and rolling it down the lane again, hitting the rest of the pins in a Turkey. Chris started doing a dance and moving his hips, his shirt rose up a little as he put his hands up and looked to Skyler. “I am champion!” He laughed, going over to sit next to her, “This was a fucking brilliant idea… I haven’t done this in forever… It’s fucking great to do it with you as well.” Chris looked over at her with a soft smile, wrinkling his nose a little. He was really thankful for this, he honestly couldn’t have imagined going bowling with anyone else in Bristol but Skyler. He bit his lower lip looking away from her for a second and crossing his legs. 

 “You are aware, we’ve been stared at for awhile in this place.” she turned around not disguising at all what she was looking for, “Yeah, haters gotta hate. Fuck them anyway, they probably haven’t had a decent shag in years… Maybe ever.”  she looked back at him and shrugged, “Here. Another pill. Three of the green ones will make you start seeing and feeling colors. Best fucking things I’ve ever come across in a fucking long time.” he said, she stared at the pills on his palm before taking it, “Have you ever seen the Big Lebowski?” Skyler scratched her head, “What is that? Movie? I don’t watch telly. Like, not at all.” she watched the boy do his shot but it wasn’t so great as the first one, “Oh well,” she stared at Chris with her eyes wide open, “Nope! I can get that back! I can do this!!! I need the fucking cheer babes! Come on! Work it!!!” she nodded and got up on her feet and quickly climbed on the chair,  ”GO CHRIS!! ROLL THAT FUCKIN’ BALL AND CRASH THOSE FUCKIN’ PINS!” Skyler yelled and clapped loudly, and even more loudly when the pins were knocked down. She danced on the chair while he danced in front of her,  “I am champion!” she jumped down to sit next to him, “This was a fucking brilliant idea… I haven’t done this in forever… It’s fucking great to do it with you as well.” he said. ”Oh well, you’re not so bad of a company yourself yunno? Relaxes the brain” she stopped for a second, “And you’re obviously a great bowler man, that’s always good to see,”  Sky felt a chill run down her spine, and all colors seemed to be getting more intense. “I bet you two  pints that I can knock all the pins now,” the girl pointed at the end of the lane with her hand on a form of a gun and shot it, “Shall we see?” the pink haired girl walked toward her ball and look back at Chris with a cheeky smile on her lips, instead of throwing the ball and letting it take its course the girl ran to the end of the lane and through the ball in a very close distance of the pins, it would be impossible for anyone not to knock all of them down. She yelled celebrating, and ran towards Chris  jumping on his back, “You own me two fuckin’ cold pints,” she lauged hard not caring that the people were staring more than before, whispering and rolling their eyes. She felt someone tapping her back, so she turned her head around and saw the same bloke that gave them the shoes, “We’re getting some complaints. I’ll have to ask you to keep a bit quieter…” the bloke said. 

Chris heard Skyler cheer and it made him happier to push the ball down the lane than you would have imagined. He rolled the ball down the lane and jumped when he got them all down in a row. “FUCK YES!!!” He pumped his fist in the air with a happy grin planted on his face and went to sit back down next to Skyler. He complimented on bowling with her and smiled wide. ”Oh well, you’re not so bad of a company yourself yunno? Relaxes the brain. And you’re obviously a great bowler man, that’s always good to see.” Chris looked into her eyes smirking. She was started to see the colors he were talking about. Her pupils were almost about to be blown and Chris smiled as she got up to take her place and offered him a betting stand.  “I bet you two  pints that I can knock all the pins now,” she gave him a cheeky grin which only made him smile a lot wider than he intended to. He watched her knock down all the pins and he put his arms up in her victory. “Fuck yeah I owe you two pints.” He looked up at the bloke who was behind the desk when they came in.  “We’re getting some complaints. I’ll have to ask you to keep a bit quieter…” Chris raised an eyebrow and looked over at Skyler, “Whats the point of having a relaxing day of fucking bowling when you can’t bowl loud?” Chris gave a slight pout and went over to hug Skyler, “All we wanted was to bowl like champions! Why are you doing this to us?!” The bloke looked at Chris with wide eyes and a curious face. “Is…. Is he alright?” Chris kept pretending to get emotional on Skyler’s shoulder until he turned away and walked back over behind the counter looking at Chris and Skyler like they were mental. Chris wiped his fake tears from his face and looked up at Skyler with a bright smile. “How was that? I should never be an actor. I’d work for tips.” He winked at her, getting up to go and take his turn bowling. “What’s the one thing you’ve always wanted to do that you never got the change to?” 

“Whats the point of having a relaxing day of fucking bowling when you can’t bowl loud?”  Skylar nodded agreeing with Chris, “All we wanted was to bowl like champions!  Why are you doing this to us?!” she hugged him back and tapped his back, giving an angry look at the bloke, “Is…. Is he alright?” “I figured you’re stupid, but not that much,” she played along with her mate. The bloke turned around and walked away,  but the girl didn’t let Chris go right away, his intoxicating smell filled her nostrils and made a goofy smile appear on her face. “How was that? I should never be an actor.  I’d work for tips.” he broke the hug and she blinked trying to disguise what had happened. “It wasn’t awful,” she said slightly pinching his arm. “What’s the one thing you’ve always wanted to do that you never got the change to?” that was a random question, luckly Skylar didn’t have to think to hard to come up with an answer,  “Well, I can’t swim. When I was a kid I wanted to take lessons. Look like a mermaid in the water, aye? And all that shit…” it was stupid, but she regretted not getting the chance to do that when she was young. Sky closed her eyes and imagined herself in a pool, quickly opening her eyes to stop the thought of drowning, “Also, I’ve always wanted to bite my own tushy, but that is unlikely to happen’” she joked then sighed and looked back at her butt. “Have to stick on doin’ that to other people’s.” she chuckled, “What about ya?”

“Well, I can’t swim. When I was a kid I wanted to take lessons. Look like a mermaid in the water, aye? And all that shit…��� He looked at her with an eyebrow raised. Swimming, huh? He tried to think of a couple of things that was left over in his mind of when he was younger. Where did he used to go swimming? “Also, I’ve always wanted to bite my own tushy, but that is unlikely to happen’” She got up and turned around to look at her own bum, he couldn’t help looking to but then quickly averted his eyes. He didn’t deny Skyler was gorgeous, but he wanted to keep getting to know her first. That was very much the key into all of this. “Have to stick on doin’ that to other people’s. What about ya?” Chris tried to think for a couple of minutes and moved his lips around his face. What did he want to do? He thought of a couple of things, but decided to blurt out the first one that came to mind. “I want to fill up a shitload of balloons with paint and have a balloon fight.” He looked at her and winked slightly, moving his arms to the back of the chairs and behind her. He smiled happily looking at her, “Since we’re making a lot of loud noises here. Why don’t we make some loud noises somewhere else? We’ll either need a swim suit or a couple of balloons and some paint.” Chris took his arms from around the back of the chair and smiled wide at Skyler biting his lower lip slightly. “Whaddya say?” Chris started undoing the straps of his shoes and looking over at the guy who gave them the rentals. He still looked shit scared of the way that Chris pretended to get upset over the complaints. He laughed to himself, taking off the shoes and standing up barefoot to hold his hand out to Skyler, “Ready? I need to roll you a victory spliff as well. You won the game.” He pointed up to the screen with his shoes seeing PINKIE light up around with fireworks shooting off on the screen in back of it. Chris looked over at Skyler and leaned in to kiss her on the cheek lightly. “Congrats,” He blushed slightly thinking about what he just did and moved with her hand in his. “Let’s take these back.” 

“I want to fill up a shitload of balloons with paint and have a balloon fight.” The girl bit her lip and nodded excited, she never done a paint balloon fight, but a water balloon fight sure.  “Since we’re making a lot of loud noises here. Why don’t we make some loud noises somewhere else? We’ll either need a swim suit or a couple of balloons and some paint.” Her whole body shivered when Chris mentioned swimsuits, the idea of swimming freaked her out, expecially in front of him, she was not going to make a fool of herself, not that much. “Whaddya say?”  she squinted her eyes at him and said with confidence,  “Balloons and paint it is.” She smiled and secretly hoped he didn’t know how to make balloon animals, because besides the water that was the only other thing she was afraid of. While Chris took off his shoes, she did the same, but in her eyes it looked more magic than it really was, the pills were taking more affect now, and she loved it. “Ready?I need to roll you a victory spliff as well. You won the game.” She took his hand and got up, “And forget the pints,” she said with a puppy dog look on her face. Skylar didn’t really know how she had won, but that wasn’t important, her mind was focused in a different topic now. Where to find balloons and paint near by… She followed his finger and saw her nickname on her screen. “Congrats,” when his lips touched her cheek chills consumed her body, making every hair on her go up. “Let’s take these back.” She bended over to grab the shoes and they walked to the counter,  “I just wanted to let ya know…” she said to the bloke that asked them to keep it quiet then discreetly blinked to her mate to make him follow her lead, “You broke his heart…” she stroked Chris’s cheek and with a fast movement placed the shoes on the counter, scaring the man. “Lets go Chris, we can be loud champions somewhere else,” she took him by the wrist and walked out of the establishment barefoot. “Don’t ya just love messin’ with people?” she chuckled, “Their faces are priceless,” she wrapped her arm with Chris’s and continued to walk. “Well, you’re still goin’ to have to lead the way, I mean,  I still have no clue where we are,” the girl looked around, “And this pill is fuckin’ amazing,” she leaned her head back and trusted her mate on not letting her bumb into anybody, “Yunno, I actually thought I was never gonna see ya again,” she didn’t think about what she was saying, words just kept on coming out of her mouth, “Sometimes I even thought you were made by my imagination, or somethin’, like, hallucinations, but I could not create someone that great,” she shrugged and changed the subject without effort, “Oh my god, balloons and paint, that is so ace, right?”

“I just wanted to let ya know… You broke his heart…” Chris looked looked over at the hand against his cheek and blushed deeply from the touch. The man looked at the both of them like he’d just seen the two most mental people on the face of the earth. That’s how they liked it. “Lets go Chris, we can be loud champions somewhere else,” Chris stuck his tongue out at the show guy, grabbing his pair and walking out with Skyler holding onto him. “I think we just scared the living shit out of that guy.” He laughed, putting his shoes on the ground to put them back on. Skyler told him he had to lead the way and he looked around, trying to figure out where they could get the balloons from. The paint could come from the warehouse where he worked. They were around there. She wrapped her arm into his and he looked down at the pink haired girl with a wide smile. The pink and black of her hair were getting mixed by his eyes and came out to a color he couldn’t describe. It was just… lovely. “Yunno, I actually thought I was never gonna see ya again,” Chris looked over at Skyler still with a wide smile. “Sometimes I even thought you were made by my imagination, or somethin’, like, hallucinations, but I could not create someone that great,” Chris looked down with a laugh, moving his hand down to mix their fingers together. Why did her skin feel so softer than others? Even Effy’s and Franky’s didn’t feel this soft. She could give Liv a run for her money if she tried. Skyler said something about the balloons and paint and he laughed. “So ace, but we have to find… Ah! There it is.” He pointed to a party store that was just about to close its doors for the night. “Come on.” He came up to the bloke, turning the sign in the front. “Sir! Sir! Can we make one purchase before the night is done? Please!” He lifted Skyler’s hand with his and made a pleading face to the store owner. He looked between the both of them, “Please hurry.” Chris gave him a happy smile, going into the store immediately to get a tone of balloons for him and Skyler. He came back out and looked at the shop owner, “Thank you so fucking much.” He patted him on the back hanging some of the balloons to Skyler. “Now… All we need is some paint. My job is around here somewhere we have a lot of different paints.” Chris kept walking with Skyler and smiled, “Just so you know… I was worried I wouldn’t see you again either… I actually thought about you in Glasgow. One of those. What would Skyler do? situations.” He moved his hand behind his head, his stomached exposed a bit as he laughed nervously. 

“Sir! Sir! Can we make one purchase before the night is done? Please!” she looked over to Chris’s puppy dog look and followed his lead, “Please hurry.” she hopped happily and entered the place, not letting go of his hand for one second. Sooner that she realized they were already out of the store with loads of balloons on their hands, “Now… All we need is some paint. My job is around here somewhere we have a lot of different paints.” her eyes widened and she smiled, “You work with paints? Cool.” she giggled, “I want blue paint, it’s the best, all of the others look like somethin’ that came out of our stomach, yunno?”  the girl shook her head trying not to think about it. “Just so you know… I was worried I wouldn’t see you again either… I actually thought about you in Glasgow. One of those. What would Skyler do? situations.” Skyler looked at him intrigued and raised an eyebrow, “Really? May I ask what was the situation ‘bout?” she asked and felt incredibly confronted by the fact he had thought about her as well. “And I think you wouldn’t know what I’d do… See, that’s the great thing about being unpredictable,” she laughed and crossed her arms, trying to discreetly clean her sweaty palms on her clothes, “I’m glad you’re back,”  she nodded slowly, a couple of seconds later she added, “… And I’m glad ‘bout the balloon fight as well.” they stopped for a second and Skyler assumed it was because they were at the place where Chris worked.  ”After we take the paints I know the perfect place we can go to prepare for the war,” she looked into his eyes and even forgot to breath for a few seconds, “You’re gonna love it…” 

“Really? May I ask what was the situation ‘bout?” Chris had to think about it for a second. “And I think you wouldn’t know what I’d do… See, that’s the great thing about being unpredictable.” Chris looked back at her with a smug smile. “Oh… I knew what to do and I ended up drinking everyone in that bar to death and passed out on my flat floor in Glasgow. Thank you very much.” He hip bumped her slightly with a small grin on his face. “I’m glad you’re back,” Chris was glad that he came back too. He still needed to sort out a lot of shit in his life in Bristol, but he couldn’t help but take in his time with Skyler. He was happy that she was the first mate he encountered at his time back. He looked up at the warehouse, taking his keys out and unlocking the door to go inside. ”After we take the paints I know the perfect place we can go to prepare for the war,” Chris let her in the back where they kept the different types of paint. He was mainly looking for the actors paint. One that easily cleaned off the clothes, but you could still have a fucking good time with it as well. He took down the paint reading the label and the white of it seemed to glow in his face. “Why are you so fucking bright you paint bitch?” He growled at it and knew the pills were hitting him more and more every time he looked at bright or different colors. It was amazing. Chris looked back at Skyler, loading up the different paints and pushing the back over his shoulders. “Let’s go to your magical place. You’re gonna be covered in SOOOOO much paint once I’m through with you.” He nudged her, reaching down slowly to take her hand into his as they walked. Chris moved his thumb over the back of her hand and looked around, “So… where is this secret place of yours?” He looked over at Skyler with a soft smile, her hair and eyes glowing making him feel warmer by the second. 

“Let’s go to your magical place. You’re gonna be covered in SOOOOO much paint once I’m through with you.” she squinted her eyes, opened her mouth and slowly shook her head pretending to be a bit offended, “Oh, well, so are you,” his thumb felt nice stroking her hand, and hand holding wasn’t exactly something she did very often, “So… where is this secret place of yours?” “First, we’re gonna need flashlights, cos its dark there… in the woods.”   she raised her eyebrows and waited to see his reaction, “I went to a party there a while back… Simple stuff really, but I liked it…” she remembered the exact spot where it was, however, the sun was in the sky when she went there and when she left, but she was sure that with Chris’s help and some flashlights Skylar could find the place. ”Second, please don’t be a pussy and tell me you’re afraid of goin’ to some unknown deserted dark place.” she chuckled and joked, ”I’ll protect ya against the boogeyman, I know some moves!” she throw a puch in the air to prove it to him, If you’re a girl nowadays it’s always best to know your way around some self defense moves. “So, the flashlights then?”

“Really? May I ask what was the situation ‘bout?” Chris had to think about it for a second. “And I think you wouldn’t know what I’d do… See, that’s the great thing about being unpredictable.” Chris looked back at her with a smug smile. "Oh... I knew what to do and I ended up drinking everyone in that bar to death and passed out on my flat floor in Glasgow. Thank you very much." He hip bumped her slightly with a small grin on his face. “I’m glad you’re back,” Chris was glad that he came back too. He still needed to sort out a lot of shit in his life in Bristol, but he couldn't help but take in his time with Skyler. He was happy that she was the first mate he encountered at his time back. He looked up at the warehouse, taking his keys out and unlocking the door to go inside. ”After we take the paints I know the perfect place we can go to prepare for the war,” Chris let her in the back where they kept the different types of paint. He was mainly looking for the actors paint. One that easily cleaned off the clothes, but you could still have a fucking good time with it as well. He took down the paint reading the label and the white of it seemed to glow in his face. "Why are you so fucking bright you paint bitch?" He growled at it and knew the pills were hitting him more and more every time he looked at bright or different colors. It was amazing. Chris looked back at Skyler, loading up the different paints and pushing the back over his shoulders. "Let's go to your magical place. You're gonna be covered in SOOOOO much paint once I'm through with you." He nudged her, reaching down slowly to take her hand into his as they walked. Chris moved his thumb over the back of her hand and looked around, "So... where is this secret place of yours?" He looked over at Skyler with a soft smile, her hair and eyes glowing making him feel warmer by the second. 

Technicolor. @Skyler

Chris pushed his hand through his hair, the cigarette resting between his lips as he moved on his own throughout the streets of Bristol. He called himself getting familiar with his setting again, but really he was just feeling nostalgic and in need of a walk. The pubs filled with new faces as he wanted to search for his old ones. He took the cigarette from between his lips, moving it down to his side and flicking it to the side. Work was tomorrow, fun needed to be for right now. He pushed his hands in his hair again, shuffling it and looking at his watch. “How it is only fucking three. COME ON.” He huffed out and looked around, keeping his feet moving in the streets he looked around for something to do. 

Chris missed the old days, when something would just pop out at you and there was always a shitload to do with no apologizes at all. He reached inside his pocket to look at how many pills he had. Only a couple of green ones left. “Brilliant.” He smiles at the possibilites of getting back into the swing of things. All the things really. Chris looked over at the fountain and cocked his head slightly. Something new. The sun was already beaming down on him. Who was he to deny himself a small dip in the fountain. Chris stretched his arms up, taking a pull from his almost gone cigarette and going over to the fountain. He took his shoes off and rolled up his pants. He sat at the edge and turned around, moving his feet into the nearly cold water. “Oh fuck me… thats the life.” He closed his eyes and let the fun hit him until a shadow hovering over him. The sun covered their face, “Hello, what can I do for you kind stranger taking up my sunlight?” 

One more night passed and Skyler had barely slept, this random guy from college invited her to a house party, he just probably wanted to get in her knickers but before he got the chance she passed out in the bathroom with the door closed. Classic Skyler. As soon as she woke up she took a toothbrush that was placed on the sink and brushed her teeth, she just hated morning breaths, then after washing her face she unlocked the door and saw the boy asleep on the floor in front the bathroom, ”Poor bastard,” she shook her head and carefully passed over him, but before she could leave the evil side of her spoke,  she cracked her knuckles and looked around searching for a pen, loads of people were asleep everywhere around the house, so it made easier to find one on the living room table. She run back to the bloke and began to draw, first bunny features, then on his forehead a crown, she wanted to keep going but the boy started to move, so she quickly got out of the the house.

The Sky was bright, no sign of rain anywhere, Skyler stomach begged for some kind of food, she had no idea of what time it was but she was sure she had missed at least one meal. A few blocks away from the place she was, an ice cream truck called her attention, she ran and asked for a blueberry ice cream cone, “here it is,” she paid the bloke, “It’s missing a bit of money there, but I’m sure ya’ll manage sugar,” taking the cone before the worker could say anything she hopped away licking her frozen dessert. The noise of a big fountain made Skyler approach the water, and on the other side she saw a familiar bloke pulling his pants up and putting his feet in the water. She came closer and the figure kept becoming more familiar, “Hello, what can I do for you kind stranger taking up my sunlight?” she chuckled, “Chris fuckin’ Miles!” she said as a drop of her ice cream landed on his chin. ”It has been way too fucking long! Like, centuries…” she licked the desert a few times, “Where the hell have you been? Last time I saw ya, you’re soaked in water…” she remembered the night they met, holy shit that was a great night.

Chris moved his hand over his face to see the face more clearly. The pretty pink haired girl over him that he suddenly recognized from her voice, “Chris fuckin’ Miles!” A drop of ice cream fell on his chin and he reached his tongue down to lick it up looking up at her with a bright smile. “Fucking Skyler!” He sat up to great her, looking at her face properly. Still pretty. He laughed a little, looking at the ice cream cone in her hand as she licked along it. “Where the hell have you been? Last time I saw ya, you’re soaked in water…” Chris sat up all the way, taking his finger and putting it in the loop of her jeans to make her sit down next to him on the fountain. “I’ve been around. Well… thats a lie. I went to fucking Glasgow for a couple of months. Best fucking vacation I’ve ever had. You’d fucking love it. Beautiful people galore and noting to apologize for. it was like heaven in a tiny bottle, but I figure I’d come back. See some familiar faces.” He nudged her, looking back down at the ice cream cone. “May I?” He leaned down, taking some of the cold treat with his lips and humming when he leaned back up. “Mmm. so good.” Chris wiped his lips, looking over at her with a wide smile. Chris would be lying if he didn’t say he didn’t think about Skyler often. She was one of those girls that had that shine to her that you can automatically shine with. Plus… he really liked her smile. “So… What. the. fuck. Have you been up to? I was terrified I’d never see you again and that possibility has made me quite sad in the past.” Chris looked over at her keeping the bright smile on his face. 

“I’ve been around. Well… thats a lie. I went to fucking Glasgow for a couple of months. Best fucking vacation I’ve ever had. You’d fucking love it. Beautiful people galore and noting to apologize for. it was like heaven in a tiny bottle, but I figure I’d come back.See some familiar faces.” she looked at him and almost couldn’t believe, “Well, then I bet you’re freakin’ happy to see mine, ain’t?” she raised her eyebrows and licked the ice cream a few more time, “May I?” she stopped him for a second, “As long as ya don’t ask..” she said playfully holding the cone for her mate to take some. “Mmm. so good.” she nodded, “I know right? This is like what a cloud supposed to taste like…” she said amazed by the flavor, it was probably because she hadn’t eaten since the day before, but the desert sure tasted fantastic. “So… What. the. fuck. Have you been up to? I was terrified  I’d never see you again and that possibility has made me quite sad in the past.” she stared at him and blinked a couple of times,  ”Awn, aren’t ya cute? Don’t worry, we’re here now,” she said tapping his leg a couple of time, “Oh, yunno, I’ve been doing the same things really… Except that I have no one that can keep up with me anymore, I mean, since you went on your little vacation, I could not find anyone that can take as much pills as we do,” she chuckled remembering with nostalgia their first adventure together.  ”Anyway man,” she giggled a bit more, “What you’re doin’ today? I wanna hear all about this trip of yours, and what do you say we make a few more epic memories?” Skyler was excited, she could barely feel the ice cream melting all over her hand, the girl was upset they didn’t keep in touch, but now was a great opportunity to make up for the missed time.

“Oh, yunno, I’ve been doing the same things really… Except that I have no one that can keep up with me anymore, I mean, since you went on your little vacation, I could not find anyone that can take as much pills as we do,” Chris laughed out for the first time he got back to Bristol. It felt good to honestly. He smiled really wide leaning over to lick more of her ice cream cone. “Well… As you said. I’m here now. And… as you know… I do take pills in stride so…” He reached inside his pocket handing over the little baggy to her. “For you miss.” He opened up the baggy first to take out a green pill for her, “Open up.” He waited sticking it on her tongue before he put one on his own. He stuck out his tongue at her watching the ice cream cone drip on her fingers. He had more pills tucked away in his pants pocket and more in his wallet. Never know when you’ll need a good couple of pills and now was the time for it. ”Anyway man, What you’re doin’ today? I wanna hear all about this trip of yours, and what do you say we make a few more epic memories?” Chris smiled at the light giggle and moved his toes around in the water to think. “Mmmm. Spend the day with you… Or…. Be bored all day. God. All the fucking difficult decisions.” He looked over at her with a sly smirk, “Of fucking course I wanna hang out with you.” Chris moved his feet from under the water, looking around for his shoes and bringing them on the side with him. Chris pushed a hand in his hair, moving his feet around to dry a little. “Eh… I can walk bear foot for awhile.” He shrugged, standing up and holding a hand out to her. “Shall we my lady?” Chris’ warm smile matched her still holding out his hand to take her and figure out what they were gonna do with themselves for the day. 

 “Mmmm. Spend the day with you… Or…. Be bored all day. God. All the fucking difficult decisions.” she nodded twisting her face, ”I know, I would hate to be you right now Chris,” she joked,  “Of fucking course I wanna hang out with you.” “Ace,” she leaned in and whispered on his ear, ”but just so ya know I was never gonna take no for an anwser,” Skyler quickly licked the last of her ice cream and washed her hand while Chris tried to dry out his feet,  “Eh… I can walk bear foot for awhile.” the girl looked down and saw his toes moving, “Shall we my lady?” without thinking twice Sky grabbed his hand and jumped up on her feet. The girl wrapped one arm around his neck and made him hold her by the waist, “How do you feel about bowling? The last time I did I was like fourteen…”   she looked around and realized she was unfamiliar with that part of the city, “C’mon, it’ll be fun,” the girl stopped walking for a second, ”You know where we are right?” concerns were the last thing in her mind, as long as she had her partner in crime she would be totally fine. ”And one other thing, my battery is dead, so we gonna use your mobile to take pictures, this way we’ll never forget this day, yea?”  she though about it for a second, “I mean we can have alcoholic amnesia, that is always allowed,” chuckling she continued, ”but with the photos, we wont forget forget…” she signed, something about Chris made Skyler feel at home, safe , like everything could go wrong, but as long as she had his company they would be having a blast. The girl grabbed the flask she carried when she went to parties out of her jeans and opened the top, “Cheers!” taking a few sips she wanted over to him, “Lets get this party started,”

When Skyler grabbed ahold of his hand, Chris was happy she did. She got up, putting her arm over his shoulder and he held her close with his arm wrapped around her waist. “How do you feel about bowling? The last time I did I was like fourteen…” He looked at her shocked for a second, no one wanted to go bowling and the times that Chris really did. No one was there to really partake in the excitement with him. “C’mon, it’ll be fun,” Chris chuckled, moving his hand a little around her. He put his shoes down on the ground sliding back into them. “Of fucking course I wanna go bowling. I haven’t been bowling in a long time. Plus. I can embarrass you on the lanes.” He snapped his fingers at her playfully. She asked if he knew where they were and he looked around immediately knowing where they were. “Yeah… I went to elementary right over there.” He pointed at it, thinking about it for a second reminding himself to come back to it at a later time. ”And one other thing, my battery is dead, so we gonna use your mobile to take pictures, this way we’ll never forget this day, yea?” Chris smiled wide at her, this was already the start to a wonderful fucking day in his mind and he wanted to thank her. He pulled out his phone as she pulled out the flask from her jeans. He clicked the picture with a wide smile. “Already on it. One of these is probably gonna end up being the background of my phone by the end of the night.” He handed her the phone, taking the flask from her and passing her his phone. “Come on then.” He took a sip, taking her hand and walking with her to the bowling alley. They got there in twenty minutes flat, small talk along the way and passing the flask back and forth to one another. Chris’ hand found its way to her waist again, opening the door for the bowling alley to her. “After you m’lady.” He smiled wide going in after her, they set themselves on the   counter to get a pair of shoes. He told the man his size and waited for Skyler to tell him heard, taking their shoes on the lane with them. “Alright. Time to put the names on the screen. M… O…N…K….E….Y” He started to put the last few touching on his name with little symbols behind it. Chris spun around in his seat looking at Skyler, “Who should you be….” 

“After you m’lady.” and she took a small bow thanking him, they got inside and grabbed the shoes,  “Alright. Time to put the names on the screen. M… O…N…K….E….Y” Skyler looked at him intrigued, “Monkey?” she shrugged and took of her shoes to put on the ones they grabbed at the counter , “Who should you be….” the girl thought about it for a second, and looking up she saw the pink side of her bangs, ”Pinkie,” she remembered Cook and his voice ‘Calls it like I sees it,’ Sky got up on a jump and quickly snapped a picture of Chris putting her name on the screen, “Are you ready to bowl?” the excitement was clear in her voice, taking Chris by the hand she pulled him and pushed the boy so he could go first. “I’ll be your one-person cheer, okay?” the girl clapped a few times in some weird and unknown rhythm, and some kids began to stare, she figured it was because of her hair , ugly looks from judgemental followed her everywhere, but she focused on her mate. She reached for the flask one more time, the liquor was almost over, so she drank all at once, “Well, now that is like, over.” putting it back on her jeans, waanting for the pill to start making effect soon

Skyler’s mouth dropped when she saw all the pins go down, “AHHHHHHHH FUCK YEAH MOTHERFUCKING FUCK!!!”  Chris yelled and she snapped another pic of his victory pose, “ YEEEEEEEEEES! ARE YOU FUCKIN’ KIDDIN’ ME?” she cheered with him, a bit shocked with his skills. “I’m sooo going down,” she whispered, shook her head and put her hand over her eyes for a second. “Your turn. I believe in the power of the pink eye.”  she squinted her eyes at him curved her thin arms down and contrated the little muscles she had, making a serious face, “This are not just for show, yunno,” she said and then turned around to grab her ball. “GO PINKIEEEE,” The girl smiled then tried to concentrate for a second, even kissed the ball for good luck and when she first pushed it everything was going well but half way through the lane the ball lost strength and ended up just knocking down two pins on the left side. Skyler that was biting her nails seeing the scene celebrated anyway, it was a victory for her after four or five years without playing the game. “FUCK YES!” she yelled and jumped high clapping her hands. “Did ya see that?” Skyler asked Chris, “I was awesome,” she made a little awkward celebration dance while Chris got up, “Sorry mate, but I don’t think you can beat the style, I mean, did you see the way that ball moved at the end? Just pros can do that…” she said playfully with a shrug well aware that she was going to be crushed when it came to the end and they checked all the scores.

“FUCK YES!” Chris clapped his hands, giving a loud shout for her and laughed when she came back over to him. “Did ya see that? I was awesome,” he watched her dance with a giant smile spread across his face. Skyler was adorable, he kept watching her a laugh coming from inside of him as he reached over to her and pulled her down to the seats instead of getting up immediately to go to the lane.  “Sorry mate, but I don’t think you can beat the style, I mean, did you see the way that ball moved at the end? Just pros can do that…” Chris rolled his eyes, “I think I can beat that style and any other you decide to throw at me.” He stuck out his tongue, poking her in the stomach friendly before he looked up at the people on the side of them. “You are aware, we’ve been stared at for awhile in this place.” He looked at Skyler, moving his eyes around her face and smirking. “Here. Another pill. Three of the green ones will make you start seeing and feeling colors. Best fucking things I’ve ever come across in a fucking long time.” Chris smiles handing her the baggy of pills and then getting up to take the neon green ball in his hand. “Have you ever seen the Big Lebowski?” Another movie that Glasgow had thanked him with. He pretended to lick the ball looking at Skyler with narrowed playful eyes and then turned around to roll the ball down the lane. He moved his body hoping the the ball hit, but it only hit two pins at the side. “Nope! I can get that back! I can do this!!!” Chris waited for the ball and looked at Skyler pointing his finger to her. “I need the fucking cheer babes! Come on! Work it!!!” He laughed, moving the ball back and rolling it down the lane again, hitting the rest of the pins in a Turkey. Chris started doing a dance and moving his hips, his shirt rose up a little as he put his hands up and looked to Skyler. “I am champion!” He laughed, going over to sit next to her, “This was a fucking brilliant idea… I haven’t done this in forever… It’s fucking great to do it with you as well.” Chris looked over at her with a soft smile, wrinkling his nose a little. He was really thankful for this, he honestly couldn’t have imagined going bowling with anyone else in Bristol but Skyler. He bit his lower lip looking away from her for a second and crossing his legs. 

 “You are aware, we’ve been stared at for awhile in this place.” she turned around not disguising at all what she was looking for, “Yeah, haters gotta hate. Fuck them anyway, they probably haven’t had a decent shag in years… Maybe ever.”  she looked back at him and shrugged, “Here. Another pill. Three of the green ones will make you start seeing and feeling colors. Best fucking things I’ve ever come across in a fucking long time.” he said, she stared at the pills on his palm before taking it, “Have you ever seen the Big Lebowski?” Skyler scratched her head, “What is that? Movie? I don’t watch telly. Like, not at all.” she watched the boy do his shot but it wasn’t so great as the first one, “Oh well,” she stared at Chris with her eyes wide open, “Nope! I can get that back! I can do this!!! I need the fucking cheer babes! Come on! Work it!!!” she nodded and got up on her feet and quickly climbed on the chair,  ”GO CHRIS!! ROLL THAT FUCKIN’ BALL AND CRASH THOSE FUCKIN’ PINS!” Skyler yelled and clapped loudly, and even more loudly when the pins were knocked down. She danced on the chair while he danced in front of her,  “I am champion!” she jumped down to sit next to him, “This was a fucking brilliant idea… I haven’t done this in forever… It’s fucking great to do it with you as well.” he said. ”Oh well, you’re not so bad of a company yourself yunno? Relaxes the brain” she stopped for a second, “And you’re obviously a great bowler man, that’s always good to see,”  Sky felt a chill run down her spine, and all colors seemed to be getting more intense. “I bet you two  pints that I can knock all the pins now,” the girl pointed at the end of the lane with her hand on a form of a gun and shot it, “Shall we see?” the pink haired girl walked toward her ball and look back at Chris with a cheeky smile on her lips, instead of throwing the ball and letting it take its course the girl ran to the end of the lane and through the ball in a very close distance of the pins, it would be impossible for anyone not to knock all of them down. She yelled celebrating, and ran towards Chris  jumping on his back, “You own me two fuckin’ cold pints,” she lauged hard not caring that the people were staring more than before, whispering and rolling their eyes. She felt someone tapping her back, so she turned her head around and saw the same bloke that gave them the shoes, “We’re getting some complaints. I’ll have to ask you to keep a bit quieter…” the bloke said. 

Chris heard Skyler cheer and it made him happier to push the ball down the lane than you would have imagined. He rolled the ball down the lane and jumped when he got them all down in a row. “FUCK YES!!!” He pumped his fist in the air with a happy grin planted on his face and went to sit back down next to Skyler. He complimented on bowling with her and smiled wide. ”Oh well, you’re not so bad of a company yourself yunno? Relaxes the brain. And you’re obviously a great bowler man, that’s always good to see.” Chris looked into her eyes smirking. She was started to see the colors he were talking about. Her pupils were almost about to be blown and Chris smiled as she got up to take her place and offered him a betting stand.  “I bet you two  pints that I can knock all the pins now,” she gave him a cheeky grin which only made him smile a lot wider than he intended to. He watched her knock down all the pins and he put his arms up in her victory. “Fuck yeah I owe you two pints.” He looked up at the bloke who was behind the desk when they came in.  “We’re getting some complaints. I’ll have to ask you to keep a bit quieter…” Chris raised an eyebrow and looked over at Skyler, “Whats the point of having a relaxing day of fucking bowling when you can’t bowl loud?” Chris gave a slight pout and went over to hug Skyler, “All we wanted was to bowl like champions! Why are you doing this to us?!” The bloke looked at Chris with wide eyes and a curious face. “Is…. Is he alright?” Chris kept pretending to get emotional on Skyler’s shoulder until he turned away and walked back over behind the counter looking at Chris and Skyler like they were mental. Chris wiped his fake tears from his face and looked up at Skyler with a bright smile. “How was that? I should never be an actor. I’d work for tips.” He winked at her, getting up to go and take his turn bowling. “What’s the one thing you’ve always wanted to do that you never got the change to?” 

“Whats the point of having a relaxing day of fucking bowling when you can’t bowl loud?”  Skylar nodded agreeing with Chris, “All we wanted was to bowl like champions!  Why are you doing this to us?!” she hugged him back and tapped his back, giving an angry look at the bloke, “Is…. Is he alright?” “I figured you’re stupid, but not that much,” she played along with her mate. The bloke turned around and walked away,  but the girl didn’t let Chris go right away, his intoxicating smell filled her nostrils and made a goofy smile appear on her face. “How was that? I should never be an actor.  I’d work for tips.” he broke the hug and she blinked trying to disguise what had happened. “It wasn’t awful,” she said slightly pinching his arm. “What’s the one thing you’ve always wanted to do that you never got the change to?” that was a random question, luckly Skylar didn’t have to think to hard to come up with an answer,  “Well, I can’t swim. When I was a kid I wanted to take lessons. Look like a mermaid in the water, aye? And all that shit…” it was stupid, but she regretted not getting the chance to do that when she was young. Sky closed her eyes and imagined herself in a pool, quickly opening her eyes to stop the thought of drowning, “Also, I’ve always wanted to bite my own tushy, but that is unlikely to happen’” she joked then sighed and looked back at her butt. “Have to stick on doin’ that to other people’s.” she chuckled, “What about ya?”

”Yunno Chris, deep down everyone is 12…” Chris grinned looking around the girls face and smiling wider. She was right. Everyone deep down was a 12 year old, but a lot fucking people needed to express it more. Made life more fun. “I’m Millie,  and please show me a high dose of good time,  ’cos I’ve been in a fuckin’ lame ass routine these past few weeks…” Chris laughed, picking up the bags in his hand and nodded, "I'll do my best with the tools that I have acquired." He smirked at her as they left the store. She held the pistol in her hand and they continued to walk down the street to the nearest pub. She talked getting them free booze and he nodded to her, "Who refuses free anything?" He laughed, moving his mouth around to think about what he'd want. "Anything is find with me though. I drink whatever is usually laid out in front of me. I also have vodka and cherries in this bag." Any pills, any drink and any drug, thats the way to live. He smiled at her watching her go in and followed closely behind her opening the door for the both of them. He reached into the bag, picking up the white chocolate that he brought from Millie's store and biting a piece off. "Mmmm. You know what I haven't had in such a fucking long time? Irish Whiskey. It burns so good." He smirked over at her, leaning over the bar to check if they had it. "Yup... There it is. Have you ever had it?" He turned to Millie, putting out his chocolate bar to offer her a piece with a bright smile. 

A banana and a condom @Chris

It was difficult, but after a long month of fail search Millie finally found a job. Sort of. The farmacy was near her flat and as soon as she heard a spot opened up she literally ran over there to offer herself to fill the position. One of the workers, and hopefully new colleagues, said that a week of training was necessary before she started to get paid. Millie twisted her face but agreed to the deal, it was definitely better than not knowing what to do all day, her routine was getting a bit depressing: Get up early, look for a job, not find any freaking thing, go home, get drunk while playing guitar hero until pass out on the couch. Since Bianca left her video game there Millie got really addicted and they were no longer talking, so she already considered the game hers.

The training week was half way done, she could almost taste the sweet flavor of having her life back on track. However the entire job itself was pretty boring, most of the time she stayed behind the counter, grabbing the remedies and stuff people asked for, but what the clients seem to want more were pregnancy tests. At first she was surprised and even entertained by the large amount of people that passed through the store requesting them, but then, by the fourth day started to annoy her, “Geez, someone gimme a banana and a fuckin’ condom” she whispered to herself as another person walked in. Millie rolled her eyes and looked at her nails instead of the costumer’s face, ”Knock up test are over there,” she said before the stranger could say a word and pointed to a shelf next to the counter.