Thread: Hate that I love you (Freestylechamp x Lorelai Dannehur)

Lorelai smiled at Jay's complimenting her eyes while her face turned a light shade of pink. Thanks, my family has a bit of Irish and Scottish lineage mixed in with Welsh, a touch of Native American, and...French, I think? On my mom's side of the family, I have an Irish grandmother and Scottish grandfather. My grandmother Alice on my dad's side had a little Native American blood, though I don't remember much about her. She lived about eight hours away so we didn't get to visit very often. Grampa Max died shortly after I was born so I never got a chance to know him, which is a shame from all the stories I've heard about him. He's left behind quite a few Louis L'Amour-inspired oil paintings of the old west. Lorelai was known to be very talkative once she became acquainted with someone who didn't mind her chatter. She gave Jay an apologetic smile as she replied to his tastes in music, Sorry, I guess I must have been living under a rock since I haven't heard of Indie or RB. Are they modern rock bands? And thanks for the offer, but I'm afraid I don't really have any stories to even read at the moment. Just some character sketches and a few ideas for scenes. I have the beginning plot somewhat mapped out, but nothing to fill in the blanks yet. I'm hoping to do a trilogy with the second book mostly focused on my character Ben the bumbling wizard's apprentice. I really want to do something original and unorthodox like have Ben fall in love with a princess who winds up being turned into a dragon by the court adviser before she's driven off. Meanwhile the adviser takes over the throne in the princess's absence ad it's up to Ben to help the princess find a way to break the spell before assisting her in reclaiming her throne. Something along those lines, anyway. Lorelai grinned at Jay's pretty much saying she didn't seem like the type to enjoy shooter games and replied, Well that's because when I'm playing with friends, I know it's all in good fun. It's not like any of us are planning on going out and shooting actual people. I find multiplayer shooter games to be an interesting virtual version of tag, except the main rule is the last one left standing is the winner. Can't say I'm a big fan of single-player games that solely focus on shooting though. You definitely won't see me playing any of those, but I do like racing games. Before my brother Thomas sold his Nintendo 64, I remember one of the games he rented for it once was called Mario Kart. I really enjoyed it even though at first I kept getting lost until I learned my way around the tracks and I never really got the timing down when to use the items I acquired to my advantage. That was the most unusual racing game I ever played, which is probably why I remember it over all the others. I think that's also another reason why it was so much fun to play. Soon as it came out for the Nintendo DS I pounced on it, but I have to admit it's kinda boring just playing against the computer instead of an actual person. I'm not exactly competitive, but I do find it more fun playing a game with someone else rather than by myself. Caught in the act of trying to hide her box under her bed, Lorelai gave a guilty start as her face turned the same shade of red as her hair. She gave her stuffed Appa sky bison an accusatory stare as he was the reason her box wouldn't go under her bed with him sticking out over the edge. She awkwardly rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment and gave a shy smile as she explained, What can I say? I'm sentimental. I've got some good memories attached to this stuff and a couple of them were graduation gifts my brothers gave me. Would've been rude of me not to bring them, right? The two graduation gifts in question were in fact her new Appa bison her brother Charlie had given her knowing how much Lorelai liked the cartoon of Avatar the Last Airbender, plus her brother Thomas had put in a Snoopy doll wearing a graduation cap and robes along with a green shirt patterned with tropical leaves, tan shorts, sunglasses, and sandals. Lorelai secretly found her graduation Snoopy to be amusing since he reminded her of how one of her high school classmates usually dressed. Other treasured items inside the box included a Madeleine doll that had been a Christmas present from her mother back when Lorelai was in elementary school along with several other small toys Lorelai could recall having in her possession as far back as the age of four. Fozzie Bear and her Fraggle Rock doll had been gifts from her goofy uncle Ben. A velveteen rabbit, a bear she'd once given the name Brownie, and a small rabbit with yellow button eyes and a red body with tiny colorful flowers sprinkled across it that had been made for her by her Grandmother Alice were all presents from vaguely remembered Christmases from years past. Since the embarrassing secret had been revealed that Lorelai still had a soft spot for dolls and stuffed animals, she set to unpacking her box and neatly put her childhood friends on display by putting two or three on every available surface she had the bed, book shelves, the desk, and a couple of shelves up on the wall were more than enough room for the small reminders of home Lorelai had brought with her. She paused in unpacking her laptop at Jay's insistence on meeting her somewhere before and blinked in surprise. You too? Wow...so I'm not the only one, that's got to be more than a coincidence right? I'm getting the same vibe from you, I keep feeling like I should know you from somewhere but...for the life of me, I can't remember where I could have seen you before. Lorelai's expression was apologetic as she added, Terribly sorry, I'm afraid I'm awful with remembering names and faces unless I see them on a regular basis. Did you by any chance know any of my brothers? Thomas is the oldest and used to own the Nintendo 64 I told you about before he decided to sell it to one of his buddies. Let's see...then we have the twins William and Wallace, my brother Ian came after them, and my brother Charlie's a year older than me. Trying to be helpful Lorelai asked, Do any of them ring a bell?