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[Alyssa]

[Aries agrees to climb the tree, and without warning, dashes off and challenges me a race there. "Hey!" I exclaim, running after him. He was already on the first branch when I reached the trunk. "Too sad, too slow," he teased me, and I laugh and scramble up after him. "To the top!" i proclaim, swarming up the tree.]

[Once I reached a descent spot at the top of the tree, I sit down with my legs dangling and look through the perfect gap in the golden leaves to see an equally golden sun, starting to edge closer to the horizon. I spin my head toward Aries as he sits with a thump next to me, holding the branch above us to keep his balance. I smiled at him, and he smiled back. He look content, and handsome with the sun on his face. I wondered what was going through his head at this moment.] 

~Crescent~

~"::/Well, I'm closest to Ce, of course. The others... I don't really know. Emb's pretty friendly. I like them. Para's cool. Myri... Myri's... interesting. She's different. And, of course, the other Miri is a cutie. I've always had a fondness for Great Pyreness mixes, and Miri reinforces that fondness. She loves to cuddle, despite her size.\::" Sapphire laughs. "::/Like you said,\::" she continues. "::/They don't really bother me, so I don't think too much about them. There's talk of a new AE moving in soon, but personally I think the house is crowded enough already! I don't know what Celi's thinking, bringing someone else into the fray right when Ce and I are still adjusting...\::" She trails off, shaking her head. I nod, getting it. When Orion arrived just recently, it was quite chaotic, getting readjusted and stuff. New AEs always cause a lot of ripples.~

~"::/Do you have any pets?\::" she asks.~

~I shake my head. "Not me in particular. I know Astra has a dog named Luna, though, a border collie puppy. And Callisto has a cat named Leo. I haven't really thought of getting one myself, though knowing Astra, she'll probably be getting every AE of the household a pet. She's both crazy and generous like that," I say. I pause, before continuing, "Th...though I think having a cat would be nice, honestly. Some quiet pet like that. I'm sure Miri's the perfect pet for you, though," I add quickly. "Anyways, what do you like to do in your free time?"~ 

/Justin/

/Nervously, I pick up the phone and dial Vireo’s number. I hold my breath as the phone rings. “Hello?” I hear a voice ask. “Vir!” I said with relief, smiling as I recognized her voice. “It’s me, Justin.” “Oh, hi!” she said, sounding delighted. “How are you?” “I’m great,” I said, feeling happier than I had in days. “And you?” “Wonderful,” she replied./

/”Listen,” I say, “It’s been awhile since I’ve seen you… My house is basically empty today. Most everyone's gone to town, except for Hawkstar and Typhoon, but I can talk to them and ask that they give us space if… if you want to come over? We could bake some cookies or something… watch a movie… Whatever you want.”/

/Vir was quiet for a moment, and then she replied, “sure! That sounds fun. When do you want me to come over?” I glance at the clock on the wall. It was around ten in the morning. “Now, if you’d like. I could pick you up… or give you the address and you could make your way over.”/

/”I don’t want to be a bother,” Vir said hastily. “Your address?” I told her it, and we said good-bye and hung up. I set the phone down, and smiled at the wall. Then glancing down at my clothes, I noticed that I still had my sweats and t-shirt pajamas. I hurry to my closet to change./

/I exit my room a little while later, and bump into Daisy coming down the hall. “OMG!” she gasped. “You are wearing color!” Perplexed, I glanced down at my outfit. I was wearing blue jeans, and a black shirt with a checkered purple flannel over it. “You aren’t emo!” Daisy smiled. “What’s the occasion?” “Erm,” I mumbled. “Nothing.”/ 

/”Right…” said Daisy teasingly. “Well, I’m about to go. Aaand I’m taking your jeep.” “Mmhm,” I agreed, not really hearing her, and shoved past her. Once I rounded the corner, I paused and then backed up. “Hey! I never said you could use my jeep!” but Daisy only grinned and disappeared up another flight of stairs. I rolled my eyes, then made my way through a maze of hallways and stairs to Typhoon’s room. Her room was the newest, since she had just recently joined us. I went up to her blood-red door and knocked. “I said, I’m not coming out!” Was the muffled reply. Hawkstar must’ve been here recently. Ty hadn’t left her room since she’d arrived, which was about 2 weeks ago. “It’s me, Justin,” I said./ 

/”Oh,” was the answer, and a moment later, there was a series of clicks as she undid the locks on her door. It opened, and she peered out at me with suspicious eyes. Ty had taken to me a bit better than anyone else, but I figured it had to do with our mutual liking of martial arts and the fact I didn’t try and force her to come do stuff. “What is it.” was the greeting. “Well,” I started, hands in my pockets. “My, um, well, girlfriend is coming over shortly, and I just wanted to let you know.” “I’m not leaving my room, as usual,” she stated, her green eyes rolling. “See ya.” and she shut the door. That went well, I thought, before making my way outside./

@Amethyst, I could describe the house after you post, so please don't have them go inside :) I'll do that part after you have them meet outside once Vir gets there. I hope you don't mind her getting there some other way then Justin picking her up!