fun in the sun (gerrald!)

[alison rose everdeen]

& I WAKE UP EVERY EVENING
WITH A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE
( and it never seems out of place )

Finally: her parents decided they didn't need to "test" her, so Alison was free to whatever she wanted, and what did she want to do? Go to the beach, of course. It was a hotspot for people who lived in Los Angeles, and to the people who were just visiting. As she walked along side the beach, people often stopped what they were doing, and looked at her. Alison had unusual red hair (dyed to look like a red velvet cupcake), a guitar-shaped back-pack, and a giraffe named George, who was stuffed, and was the only stuffed animal that Alison owned. Once, her parents threaten to throw George out because they thought that was one of the reasons why Alison was acitng like a child, but Alison cried, and threw a tantrum, so George stayed by her side at all times (except for that one time when she was little, and some kid took him, but Anya, one of her best friends, got him back for her).

Alison kicked off her flip-flops, and wiggled her toes in the sand. "I shouldn't be having all the fun! George should put his hooves in the sand, too!"

[/color] Alison told to no one in particular, and grabbed George out of her back-pack, and placed him the sand, sitting down herself. Once and a while, someone would make a snide comment about George, but Alison didn't notice as she said "thanks!" in a cheery voice, and the person would just walk away, shaking their head. Obviously, Alison was obilivious to the bad people here in Los Angeles, and only saw the good in people, so people often questioned her people skills (her parents did).

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WORDS,, 285!
TAGGED,, gerrald! <3
OUTFIT,, CLICK
MUSIC,, oh yeah by big time rush!
NOTES,, gerrald and alison are finally meeting!
TEMPLATE,, by PANIC! ITS LAUZ of CAUTION

[garrald steven vickers]

The apartment door swung open after having its lock picked to reveal the dimly-lit, messy room within. In the doorway, dressed in a black open-collared shirt with matching slack and long overcoat worn unbuttoned stood Garrald Vickers, peering into the room, scanning the area before stepping inside and walking carefully around the items strewn across the floor. He leaned across the couch a little to peer down the hallway only to find no one home, so he began to look closer at the items lying around. Much to his chagrin, he found mostly magazines and old carry-out boxes along with various other items of garbage which drew his attention to the adjoining kitchen to find the trash overflowing.

"Tommy, you are a dirty, dirty man," he mused to himself before making his way toward the bedroom to find the bed a mess with sheets in the floor and a woman's thong the the foot. With a scoff, he picked the thong up and let it dangle from his index finger as he brought it up eye-level, "A dirty man, indeed." The dark-headed man tossed the thong back down then moved over to the computer desk nearby seeing a picture of Tommy and a cute blonde on the beach which brought a smirk to his face. "Making friends, Tommy?"

Perusing the desk, he took notice of a scribbled note, seemingly from Tommy's girlfriend who is named at the bottom as Angela, informing him to pick her up from the beach later that afternoon so that they could go to dinner then return back to his apartment where they were going to have 'fun'. Garrald laughed, knowing he had a location and time as well as itenerary for the couple and that he could kill Tommy once and for all. For good measure in identifying the girlfriend, he opened the picture frame and took the photo before leaving the apartment, closing the door behind him and stuffing the picture in his coat pocket with a smile before moving down the hall and toward the elevator.

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Garrald waited a few hours before making his way toward the north side of the LA beach to hopefully find the blonde in the picture and put an end to Tommy's life before midnight. Though he wasn't there to enjoy the beach, he dressed the part to keep from drawing suspicion. Nothing says creeper like a guy in a black overcoat and slacks walking around the beach following a lifeguard; with that in mind, he'd made sure to change into a white tank-top and blue swimming trunks as well as sandals, even going as far as putting on sunglasses and sunscreen due to not knowing how long he'd have to hang around before Tommy showed up to take the mystery girlfriend to dinner.

Arriving at the beach, he parked his car and got out, walking through the sand, combing the area with his eyes for a glimpse of the woman in the photograph. Pulling the picture from his pocket, he made yet another quick note of her features, then put the photo away while moving past the people on the beach, dodging looks from some of the bikini-clad college girls, though not helping but grin after passing by them. He stopped for a moment and rested a hand on his hip, looking for the lifeguard chair, making note of the blonde sitting in it, a smug grin coming to his face.

The sound of a nearby beach goer drew his attention for a minute and he turned to see a young woman sitting nearby with a giraffe and some of the reddest hair he'd ever laid his eyes on. He laughed softly and walked over to her, squatting down so that she could see him, "You've got to be the most distictive person on the beach. I told you I'd recognize you easily, Alison. It's me, Garrald."

WORDS! too many
STATUS! Complete
TAGS! Alison
NOTES! Stalking one girl and chatting up another. Garrald's a real ladies' man lol You don't have to match me, so don't feel overwhelmed I just had to explain about the picture and why he was at the beach is all
INSPIRATION! The Killers
CREDITS! Template Byarro @ Caution!
LYRICS! Mr Brightside by The Killers

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[alison rose everdeen]

& I WAKE UP EVERY EVENING
WITH A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE
( and it never seems out of place )

As she was sitting in the sand, she wished she could have some supplies to make a sand-castle, which was a must at the beach, so instead, she dug into her back-pack and brought out a book, in which she kept lyrics of songs that she written herself, or songs that she, Keegan, and Anya were going to do together. Music was probably one of the closest thing to her heart, besides her friends, George, and her family (sometimes). Ever since she was two, she wanted to be a singer, but her parents never approved of it, saying she couldn't make money off of it. Well, who posts their videos on Youtube daily, and got a lot of hits and feed-back? Alison did, and she gained a lot of fans, as well as Anya and Keegan, who did the videos with her sometimes, and once, she showed how many people loved hearing her sing to her parents, but they still disapproved.

Every so often, she would glance at George, just to make sure he wasn't giraffe-napped by some little kid (giraffe-napping was a huge issue to Alison), and drew him closer, even if he was hot undereath the blazing sun.

Suddenly, a voice made her look up, and she grinned really big when she realized it was Garrald. "Look, George: it's Gerrald!"

[/color] she screamed as she got up, and gave him a hug, while some on-lookers looked on with curious eyes. Alison had met Gerrald in IM, and liked him right away: then again, Alison liked meeting everyone that came in contact with her. Alison pulled away, and she looked at him, the grin still on her face. "What are you doing here? I thought you'd look more mysterious."[/color] she said, her smile slightly dropping. But, her smile came back, and she shook her head. "It doesn't matter: it's great to finally meet you in person instead of talking to you behind a screen."[/color] she added.

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WORDS,, 341!
TAGGED,, gerrald! <3
OUTFIT,, CLICK
MUSIC,, movin' out by billy joel!
NOTES,, yay for fun and sun!
TEMPLATE,, by PANIC! ITS LAUZ of CAUTION

[garrald steven vickers]

Garrald smiled at Alison as she mentioned his name, glad that she recalled their conversation and who he was which truly surprised him since he didn't expect her to, nor did he expect to chance upon her on that particular day at that particular area of the beach. It was all like some sort of coincidence, but he didn't complain and hugged her back when she stood up and wrapped her arms around him. Despite the looks from those around them, the dark-headed man didn't mind the hug; it actually relaxed him a little and made him feel like he could feel some sort of relaxation even in such an unfamiliar setting. He took the moment to check the lifeguard stand to make sure the blonde was still there before releasing the hug and looking down at the redhead.

He couldn't help but chuckle when she mentioned expecting him to look more mysterious, "Well, I went with a more casual beach look than something that'd make me stick out way too much." With a nod, he agreed with her statement and added his own, "Likewise. The odds of us coming across one another are pretty slim, but I'm glad we finally do get to meet one another in person."

"You may have been expecting mysterious," he began, "but you're just as I imagined you to be based on description, conversation with you and the tiny little picture of you in the chat room." He squinted his eyes a little at the mention of the word tiny followed by a grin then looked around the beach, taking in the scenery then a breath of the fresh sea air. Returning his gaze to Alison, he spoke up once again, "So what are you into? Just relaxing?" The lifeguard hadn't left and probably wouldn't for quite a while, so Garrald figured he had plenty of time to talk to Alison. Besides, she was nice and was someone he could enjoy the company of as well as get to know a little bit while waiting for the time to go after Tommy.

WORDS! 348
STATUS! Complete
TAGS! Alison
NOTES! for realz haha
INSPIRATION! The Killers
CREDITS! Template Byarro @ Caution!
LYRICS! Mr Brightside by The Killers

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[alison rose everdeen]

& I WAKE UP EVERY EVENING
WITH A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE
( and it never seems out of place )

Alison nodded. She could understand that: she didn't know what he normally dressed, but Alison could guess that had to do with sticking out like a sore thumb. Alison always felt like that whenever she went to visit her dad for their weekly meetings, and being the only big kid while the other kids were much younger than her, and actually had something wrong with them, whereas Alison's wasn't really a big deal, but according to her parents, it was. She thought the meetings she went too were really pointless, seeing as she was just fine, but her parents made such a fuss if she didn't go, so she went to please them.

She giggled as Garrald squinted his eyes. He was just as funny as he was in the IM, but anything could make Alison laugh, and it didn't take much: she was pretty much a happy person, and it took a lot to make her sad or mad. But, when Anya confessed that because of the gossip blog, she told Alison that she wanted to run away with Keegan, and Alison started crying because she couldn't bear to lose her two bestest friends. And that made Alison say that she was on the gossip blog as well, and the person had gotten pictures of her with some guys, and said she got around. She shook her head as she looked at Garrald again.

"George and I were looking at songs...he thinks Anya wants to re-do Perfect by Pink, but I want to do an original song next..it's kind of hard to decide. How about you? Are you just here to relax?"

[/color] she asked, avoiding saying a bad word. Anya saying the bad word was fine, but Alison didn't want to get in trouble with Gerrald by swearing. She picked up the book so Garrald could look at it clearly. She noticed that he kept looking at the lifeguard tower, and Alison smiled at him. "What's wrong? If you think you have a chance with the lifeguard lady, I don't think you two would be a good match. She's kind of mean."[/color] she explained, frowning a little bit.

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WORDS,, 345!
TAGGED,, gerrald! <3
OUTFIT,, CLICK
MUSIC,, here we go again by demi lovato!
NOTES,, yay for popularity!
TEMPLATE,, by PANIC! ITS LAUZ of CAUTION

[garrald steven vickers]

For a man that was known in New York as a killer and son of a mobster that no one really wanted to be around due to his knack of being distant in relation to other people, he seemed to have a total opposite effect on Alison with her giggling. He supposed that some aspects of his personality were more favorable than others, though the young woman in front of him didn't need to know of his criminal history and Garrald opted to rather play the nice guy card for a while. The last thing he wanted was to scare the girl or put her in a position that could get her hurt, nor did he wish to harm her friendship with his niece. All in all, the way he saw it, the day could have been a whole lot less eventful than it had turned out to be so far with coming across Alison as the beach.

When she began speaking of George, he almost had to ask who it was before recalling that it was the name of her stuffed giraffe she carried around with her everywhere. He didn't want to make a complete fool of himself by asking a stupid question that had already been asked the other night on the IM and he simply turned his gaze down at the giraffe before resting them on Alison's. "I don't know much about music really. It wasn't something I focused on, but I suggest an original. Coming from what I do know about other things, originality is often preferred over redoing someone else's work." He nodded with a smile at her question if he was there to relax, having already found that she was there looking at songs and trying to decide on what to do next in her music career which he hoped to help her with. "Yeah. It's a beautiful day, so I may as well enjoy it."

Garrald couldn't help but laugh at her quick assertion based on him looking over at the lifeguard. While having a chance with her wasn't his concern, Alison's way of pointing out that he was obviously looking that way made him change his gameplan a bit so as to not give himself away to the lifeguard herself or Tommy when he arrived to pick her up. He looked down at the redhead at the mention of her being mean, and he anticipated as much with her boyfriend being who he was but her attitude was irrelevant to the former hitman; all he cared about was getting close to Tommy and finishing what was started in New York. "Nah. I've already got beautiful, fun company, so there's no reason to go looking elsewhere." He followed up his statement with a soft smile before quickly looking at the road to check for signs of his target. With no sign of anything happening soon, he looked back at Alison and motioned toward the ground, "Mind if we sit?"

WORDS! 508
STATUS! Complete
TAGS! Alison
NOTES! he avoids the subject with flirts and flattery lol
INSPIRATION! The Killers
CREDITS! Template Byarro @ Caution!
LYRICS! Mr Brightside by The Killers

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[alison rose everdeen]

& I WAKE UP EVERY EVENING
WITH A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE
( and it never seems out of place )

Alison nodded as she smiled at him. "You're probably right: I'll talk it over with Keegan and Anya, and see what they thinl."

[/color] she said. As much as she liked covering songs, she always wanted to do an original song, and she had the notebook that she had filled with songs, and sometimes they weren't even songs, but poetry, and maybe some stories she was working on that weren't even related to music. But, videos were a team-work effort, and she wanted to slide past the original song idea to Keegan and Anya first, to see if they had any other ideas. Besides, she didn't want to do anything that didn't involve them, because she felt comfortable with them while she was doing a video. She nodded at his answer. "That was another reason why George and I wanted to go to the beach: it's so pretty outside, and it beats being cooped up inside."[/color] she added, giving the stuffed giraffe a squeeze.

She bit her lower lip when Garrald started to laugh. Well, it's what she thought, when she ran into the lifeguard lady (whose real name was Angela, but Alison liked to call her lifeguard lady), and because the lifeguard lady was slightly older than her, she snapped at her when Alison asked her a mindless question (why were giraffes so tall), the lady just glared at her, and told her to leave her alone in a rude way. So, that's why Alison was sitting by herself, reading over songs.

But, her expression changed when he told her that she was fun and beautiful. "Thanks! I think that way about you...well, you're not beautiful, but you can be handsome!"[/color] she replied, almost wanting to laugh again. Alison always took compliments well, even if someone insulted her, she turned them into compliments because that's just how her mind worked. It might have something do with her being a child, but it could have started even before then, and she could have taken insults lightly (although, lifeguard lady was just plain rude). Alison nodded. "Yeah, we can sit down."[/color] Alison noticed Garrald kept looking at the road, but she shook her head as she sat down, waiting for Gerrald to do the same.

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WORDS,, 394!
TAGGED,, garrald! <3
OUTFIT,, CLICK
MUSIC,, bright lights by alex goot!
NOTES,, flattery and flirting will get you no where, mr. garrald!
TEMPLATE,, by PANIC! ITS LAUZ of CAUTION