RAIN DROPS ARE FALLING ON MY HEAD{OPEN}

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Life at McKinley hadn't gotten any better, or at least she felt like it hadn't. Even the first day of school it seemed like she had homework, physical and emotional. The day had been trying, and then a day turned into a week.. then two. It wasn't until the weekend of the second week that she actually felt that she could go outside and actually explore Lima, Ohio. Sure she'd been to the grocery, been to a few clothing stores with her parents but she hadn't actually gone out on her own and tried to see it for herself. Maybe a walk around town would clear her mind and considering it was raining, her stress level was more likely to go down.

The only sad thing about being in the states, is that the driving age was a little lower than in England. If she had stayed over there, then she was sure to get her provisional license here soon. Unfortunately, because she had just arrived in the US, it was harder to get a learners than if she had been a citizen. So, she either had to take the bus, school bus, or walk. Today since she wanted to relax, she decided that her legs would carry her everywhere she wanted to go. She really needed the exercise anyways, or at least a part of her felt she needed it. Holding the umbrella while she walked down the street, she could hear the patter of the drops hitting above her head. Of course her feet and flip flops were getting slightly wet, but Anna didn't mind, not at all.

It wasn't too long before she got into town, considering her family lived in an apartment just to the side of the heart of Lima. Walking down the street she tried to stay clear of the cars that seemed to be rushing past her on the street, not wanting to get splashed. Yellow and brown weren't a good combination, and this was a time to relax wasn't it? Rounding the corner, she spotted a Speedway and headed in that direction to get out of the rain. As soon as she walked in the door a chime sounded, her wrist giving a shake to the umbrella and get off the excess rain before closing it completely and stepping in. The first place she traveled was to the coffee machine, her hand grabbing a small cup and putting it under the spout that said "Hot Chocolate". It wasn't really that chilly outside, but a good brew of hot chocolate always made people feel better.

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[ARIES ANDRES ALVAREZ]

"Sir, it's just a flat tire. I'm willing to buy a tire an-"

"A breaks' a break son. You'll have a new tire on that car in an hour."
"Are you the only mechanic here? Please. Don't do this to me. I've got stuff to do, photos to work on."

"A lunch break is a lunch break. I'm a hardworking man and-"

Aries watched the rather obese man blather on about hard work, cheap pay and union rights. He tried not to seem to disinterested as the chubby and shorter man prodded his chest with a stubby finger to accentuate his point. He tried not to grimace at the grease and oil smudged over-alls he wore while silently reminding himself he needed to do laundry. He desperately tried not to interrupt and hoped his current state was reminiscent of the times elementary school teachers scolded him.

"-loing to lunch and you'll get your tire fixed-"

"Which usually takes about ten minutes."

"-in an hour. That's that, sonny."

Aries stood there in his black and white, plaid shirt, a pair of scruffy, over-used Levi jeans and worn converse wondering 'Can it get any worse?'. Yes. Yes it could. The sudden flash of light outside the large windowpanes of the Speedway Convenience store and the following booming indicated it was so. The boy tried not to heave a sigh as he shook in his clothes slightly, running a hand through his wet hair. Only in Lima, Ohio could summer be at the cusp of starting when a swift bout of cold and rain could come and mess everything up.

"I don't have anything against the rain but summer is about blue skies and heat, not-" Another clap of thunder resonated across the area. "-hum-drum, stormy weather."

And so the seventeen year old resigned himself to wait at the coffee machine while a girl in a bright yellow sun dress fixed herself something to drink as well. His junk of a car, a 1995 Honda Civic, lay in wait at the back of a Speedway. All due to a man who couldn't be bothered to post-pone a lunch break for 10 minutes.

WORDS! I have no idea. -_-
STATUS! complete
TAGS! Annabelle!
NOTES! Hola.
INSPIRATION! The Killers
CREDITS! Template Byarro @ Caution!
LYRICS! Mr Brightside by The Killers
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[ANNABELLE JADE SCHWARTZ]

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Rain was a normal, every day thing when she lived in London so the fact that it came here just made it seem a little more real. Certainly Lima, Ohio was a real place but to her it was a dream, a foreign land that was more like walking through the Witches Wardrobe. As the boom rang through her ears, she didn't even flinch as she watched the liquid pour into her cup she'd set under it. Watching it carefully, she let the button go just as it was 2/3rds full and smiled when it stopped about an inch from the top. Reaching just around the machine, she grabbed a lid and moved to snatch her cup.

Her mind was singing a sweet song, kind of minding her own business and trying to keep her nice cheery mood as the roof of the Speedway chattered with rain. Pushing the lid on her cup, she turned and her heart jumped ten feet into the air just as she heard the last piece of his words. "-hum-drum, stormy weather." shot through her mind as she jumped, the reaction almost seeming to go along with the thunder that had sounded rather then seeing him. Unfortunately, the lightning and thunder didn't bother her, so of course it was the site and sound of him.

As she jerked, the hot chocolate in her hand was thrown up and some of the liquid spilled out wards and in his direction and on the floor. She squealed as some of it splashed on her legs from the floor, stopping her actions completely for a moment before setting the coffee cup on the counter. "Oh dear, I'm so terribly sorry! I didn't... see nor hear you.. please, I'm so so sorry for all this. I should have been paying attention." Her British accent went wild as she desperately tried to compromise for her accident, biting her lip a little as her hand frantically grabbed napkins and began to clean the floor in front of him.

She felt like an idiot. How could she not know that someone was standing right behind her? And how long had he been standing there and her being in her own little world? Would he beat the crap out of her for it? Most of the inhabitants of London would have apologized to her for standing too close or surprising her, but it was her fault. And she certainly wasn't expecting an apology for her own actions.

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[ARIES ANDRES ALVAREZ]

Of course life had a funny way of showing Aries that it loved him. He needed to buy ink for his Inkjet Printer, which everyone knew cost an arm and a leg; at least he got enough from his job at JCP in a neighboring town to foot the bill (even if the half an hour drives were murder). He had arrived at the local office supply store only to fin it closed because the owner's daughter was giving birth. Mazel-tov. Really. It rained on his way over to the local mall to see if the Walgreens there had any ink. You'd think in a city where they had a mall there would be at least an OfficeMax. On the way some idiot in a Volvo had the nerve to cut him off and cause him to swerve slight. The rain had slicked the road enough to cause Aries's car to run over something sharp and, by consequence, pop a wheel.

"Oh dear, I'm so terribly sorry! I didn't..."

Now he was here, grumbling about the stormy weather and what is so hot, mother-

"..see nor hear you.. please, I'm so-"

"Oh! Sweet Jesus on molasses that's hot!"

He wasn't one to invoke the Lord's son and humanity's savior but this was really stinking hot.

"T-That really burns... Ow!"

Who knew machines could crank out liquid at that temperature?

Instead of doubling over on the floor in pain, Aries held himself up by putting his hand on the stainless-steel counter where the Soft-N-Creamy ice cream machine and the Big-Chug-Slushies machine kept churning at blueberry, mango and strawberry flavors. He took a deep breath as the burn started to fade. He stood there wincing a bit at the cold of the room, compounded by the unnaturally chilly surroundings outside, and the warmth of the liquid on the front of his jeans.

"...I'm so so sorry for all this. I should have been paying attention."

Oh, so it was sundress girl who spilled the drink all over him? He glanced at the girl and knew he didn't really have it in his heart to be mean to her (they'd just met after all).

"N-No. I'm ok. Whoo... I'm totally cool."

Yes, life really liked sticking it to him good.

WORDS! Again, didn't check. XD
STATUS! complete
TAGS! Annabelle!
NOTES! Hot cocoa is hot!
INSPIRATION! The Killers
CREDITS! Template Byarro @ Caution!
LYRICS! Mr Brightside by The Killers

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"Oh! Sweet Jesus on molasses that's hot!"
"T-That really burns... Ow!"
His yells of pain made her flinch as she grabbed the napkins, beginning to mop up the floor and look at him with the most pitiful and apologetic look. The pain was evident on his face, but the fact that he was holding his posture made her almost feel worse, considering he was trying to keep everything cool while he brushed it off. Anna, on the other hand, felt so awful about everything that as she began to clean his pant leg she didn't even give a second thought about him doing it himself. In her mind, it scrambled with every possible outcome that could happen after this moment. He could hit her, spill coffee back on her, ignore her or even pull out a gun. WHO KNEW?!

London was so much different, so much. She missed it so very much, especially when it came to things like this. The napkin moved swiftly against his pants, her sundress pulled beneath her knees on the floor as she desperately tried to reverse what she'd just done. Honestly, she hadn't even looked up to see what he looked like, just at the task at hand and what she could do to help fix it."N-No. I'm ok. Whoo... I'm totally cool.""Oh no, I'm so terribly sorry. I'm so very very sorry. You have no idea how sorry I really am. It's so wet outside and I got hot chocolate on your pants.. it may not come out. Oh dear." She began to ramble, the thick English accent probably making it hard to understand what she was saying.

Slowly, she began to try and move up his leg, just trying to get all the stains she'd made and not even paying attention. Her hair flickered in the light, that dark brown rust color shimmering vigorously as she scrubbed. Luckily, her hand was tugging on his pants just enough that she wasn't pressing on his leg. Her eyes stayed fixed on all the stains. "Please please forgive me..."

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