Years later --open

[Dream Winter]

•Dream Marie ??•

Dream walked slowly down the street, clutching her five year old hand so that she wouldn't get lost. Her husband was at home and Charlie, her daughter, had been anxious and hyper to do something so Dream had decided to take her for a walk to see if she would see any of her old friends from school. She had graduated about ten years ago and had seen her friends on and off since then but she was usually to busy taking care of Charlie or eating to take care of the cravings her unborn twins gave her. She was about six months pregnant at this point and loved how swollen her tummy already was.

" do you need me to carry you Charlie or are you doing fine?" Dream asked her daughter worriedly as they continued walking.

•Charlie Quincy •

Charlie giggled at her mom and continued walking without answering because she knew it would annoy her but then about five seconds later her feet started to hurt. "I want a piggy back ride!" she demanded and a second later her mom crouched down and Charlie climbed onto her back so that she was hanging onto her shoulders. She giggled again as her mom started walking.

[Xolek Hunter]

He walked along the street he enjoyed jogging and it would be a little weird to bring one of his now many horses down a street that wasn't use to seeing those kinds of things. He laughed lightly at the thought of it would people stare at him? Gosh he felt old.. 27 now geesh nearly 30 and he was still single, though he had a child from a relationship he'd been in 3 years ago, now he nearly always felt bad for his child was usually raised alone, he was happy that today he got Penny today. She adored him and he was hoping to soon get custody over the little one for her mother was incapable of raising a child yet.

"Daddy?" she asked looking up at him he looked down at her "Hm?" he asked "I have fun with you, mommy is boring" he laughed at her and pretended to take her nose away. "What do you say about going horse back riding when we get home again?" he asked her. Her eyes widened "Oh Please?" he smiled down at her before looking up again. In front of him walked someone familiar to him, he though a moment "Dream?" he asked.

[Bear Keeni]

After spending seven years in prison, it felt good to be on "supervised release," as they called it. I could be back with Becca, who I'm more than thankful to for staying with me even though I was behind bars, and now I could spend time with the other two people I loved in this world: Charleston and Abigale. But Charlie was at school and since Abigale had to leave early because of a headache (which just miraculously disappeared ten minutes after leaving school), she had asked to go for a walk to the park, so I agreed. I, however, wasn't allowed in the park because I was now a registered sex offender, but hey, I could divert her attention to another part of the area where I could legally be without the police flipping shit. Damn tracker ankle bracelet.

Abby was holding my hand as we headed down the street, though she was skipping and flinging my arm everywhere. I didn't mind. Over the years, I've found that around Becca and our two kids, I've become a helluva lot more soft-hearted than I'd like to admit, but oh well. I loved them all.

"Papa! Papa, look!" She said suddenly, looking up at me and pointing off down the road. I looked back down at her and then off to where she was pointing, startled by what I saw. Dream...? It couldn't be. She was obviously pregnant, but Dream? My old roommate? No. It wasn't her. But then there was another guy... Xolek, I think his name is. Damn, I haven't seen them in forever. I wonder if those two were m--

"Papa! I wanna go play! Can I? Can I?"

I watched Abby a moment as she stared up at me with large, pleading eyes with irises as dark of a brown as mine were. How could I say no to her? "Sure, baby girl." I answered. "Just be careful. And don't go off too far." She squeaked and latched a hug onto my leg before running off toward Dream and Xolek, heading right up to one of the other little girls, since the other one was on Dream's back.

But now came the hard decision. Should I go up to them? What if they asked how I've been? "Oh, I just got out of prison on a supervised release and I'm now a sex offender." Yeah, that'd go over really well. I sighed. I'd just make up a story if they asked me, but, er.... okay, I'd just tell the truth. They should at least know that their kids were around a rapist.

I followed my daughter's lead and went up to my two former school mates. "Hey Dream. Hey Xolek."

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[Tamara George]

Tam laughed as James continued on with another of the tales of 'what he'd discovered at the bottom of the garden', his grubby hand still sitting in her own. It was a pretty nice day, the sun shining down and the warm air caressing her bare shoulders, the slight breeze gently touching the light material of the long summer dress. They'd just returned from a trip back to England, for a family reunion, arriving back just the other day as a matter of fact.

They turned the corner when Tam saw a familiar flash of blonde hair. She moved forward, exclaiming loudly as she recognised not only Dream but Xolek too.

"My god you look like you're going to pop soon Dream, how far along are you?!" She laughed, letting go of James hand as he immediately went off to greet Charlie. It was moments later that she saw Bear.

Her unfortunate neighbour.

She pursed her lips as she looked at him.
"Oh you're out again," She said unenthusiastically. James however didn't appear particularly bothered as he moved off to the new arrival peering at her as if she were some kind of alien.

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OOC: Bleh, awful post x.x

[maximumrider]

John was sitting on a swing in a park not too far from his apartment building. It was just one of those drag days. He wasn't one of those people you could call successful. From his high school days at Richmond all the way to now. Well it was different in high school. He grew a bad reputation for the bad mouth bitch and the kid who couldn't shut the hell up. However over the few lonesome years he experienced he learned to be a better person. He was single, of course, and he had a good paying job. He had a few scattered friends that he kept in touch from high school, but he lost touch of Chicago, his bestest friend. He smiled at the memory. Feeling like a kid again he stood up and decided to take a walk. Remembering all the little bitter fights and all the laughter. "Ahh this life has really sucked." He said talking to no one.

The only thing that hadn't sucked was his powers. He had worked on them day and night, mostly night, and was pretty sure he was an expert on them. There were other Hypnos children, probably millions of them, but he was pretty sure that none of them had as much time on their hands as he did. It seems like his selfishness did kind of carry on to his adult hood. As he walked he noticed someone off in the distance. Then he noticed it was a group of people. Not only a 'group' of people but people he recognized. They all had a little child in their grasp besides Bear. Bear. An enemy. John bit his tongue and continued forward.

He greeted them with a solemn hello to each of them. He just really hoped Bear kept his cool and wasn't the crazed banshee he used to know.

[Dream Winter]

•Dream Marie

Dream smiled and let Charlie slide off her back as she was approached by one of her high school friends. "Xolek? Is that really you?" she smiled and gave him and awkward friendly hug. It was only awkward cause of her large tummy. When she pulled away she noticed the Bear had came over to join them.

"Hey Bear" dream said with a grin. She trusted him, not that she would tell anyone that, but she did. After sharing a room with him for four years she had gotten friendlier with him. 

Dream grinned at Charlie, as her daughter talked with the other children. She loved her daughter so much and she was so adorable.

Dream gave Tam a friendly-awkward hug when she approached. I'm about six months pregnant with twins now" she replied with a small laugh. It was kind of a pain to weigh about a million pounds but she couldn't wait to have two new children in her house.

"Hi John. how are you?" they had never really gotten along in high school but maybe he was different now, hopefully

It looked like Charlie had made friends with the other children since she was smiling and laughing and having a good time.

[Xolek Hunter]

He hugged her back and Penny ran off to play with the other kids "gosh I feel old even though I know I'm only 27" he said grinning, he looked as more of the people he'd met at Richmond came together, he'd never met Bear but he didn't really like the guy all that much. He still grinned in his direction. But the appearance of Tam and John lightened his mood "Hey you two" he said to them before turning to watch Penny again. She was already covered in dirt, how did she manage that so quick? he didn't know.

Penny was always, well actually usually happy so long as she got her way that was, He had to admit sadly he'd been the same way as a child, but in his defense he didn't get as much as Penny had in his first 3 years of life, he enjoyed getting things for his daughter for he obviously still had the money to, he turned back to look at the others and grinned again "How have you all been?" he asked curiously. If it was one thing that hadn't changed about him it was that he was still very curious about things.

(( fail post D: ))

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Chicago Rae Eastlyn-Capone

Chicago had a few weeks off which was great. She had been shooting a couple of films back to back and had had to leave the twins at home with Semper and her dad. She phoned everynight, and felt terrible for leaving them, but most of the time she actually took them with her. The director had wanted and EXTREMELY closed set, which was understandable, but a pain. She had decided she was only going to take jobs that were close to home for a while now. I meam she lives in California. Plenty of movies shoot there.

The young woman had promised to take Xander and Amberlyn to the park, and so she had one four year old hanging off each arm, but she didnt mind. They were both singing along to a song they knew and she had to laugh when they replaced the actual words with ones that made no sense. Chicago adjusted the dark sunglasses on her face, a tiny measure against the paparazzi that tried to follow her around. As the three rounded the corner, she saw a group of people. Holy shit, they were a bunch of her old school friends.

She approached the group taking note of who was there. Dream, Xolek, Tam, John and Bear. "Mum?? Can we go play with the other kids?" Xander pulled on her arm, and she smiled as she crouched down so she was on eye level with him. " 'Course you can honey. You be careful alright? Play nicely and watch out for your sister." The dark haired boy nodded and took his sisters hand and ran off towards the playset and the other kids.

Looking around the group of people she had to smile, as she greeted them one by one. She saw Dream whenever she had the chance, they were still best friends, and she of course saw Tam all the time, her being her sister and all. Bear she was still friends with. They'd been through alot of shit between the two of them, so all they really did was try to help eachother out without being over the top about it. Xolek, she didnt get to see as much as she would like, and John she had lost contact with after highschool, which she was sad about. "How is everyone?"

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blech X.x

[Bear Keeni]

Well, everyone just decided to go for an afternoon stroll, now, didn't they? It was like an unofficial reunion. Dream, I was alright with -- I even offered her a small, sincere smile. I may have hated her when we had to share a room, but after serving seven years' hard time, you learn to appreciate those that were friendly to you.

Tam, however..... my fucking neighbor. I returned the glare by giving a flat "you're kidding" type of glare. I stood up a little straighter as I turned to face her. "Whoever the hell chops your lawn does a real shitty job." I told her, trying to hold back a smirk, but I was failing at that. "And he was on our side of t--"

Then John turned up. Ohh, boy, I fucking hated that guy. I turned my head so I could see him and I wanted to growl at him, but that would do me no good. I had just gotten out of prison, I didn't want to go back. Then I'd have to leave Becca and Charleston and Abby. I didn't want to leave them again.....

"Hi..... John...." I said in a low tone, though there was still that underlying layer of hatred. Instead of talking to him, I turned and looked at Abby, who was staring at Tam's kid. Awkward.... I wanted to tell her to stop staring because it's rude, but hell, it was Tam's kid, Abby could be as rude as she wanted to him. She then reached out and poked his arm and went into a giggling fit, so I guess she was having fun....

And then Chicago appeared. Well damn, I hadn't seen her in a long time. And also the dreaded question came up: how was everyone doing? I didn't want to tell them.... to be honest, I had become ashamed of what I'd done when I was an incredibly stupid teenager. But I couldn't lie...

"Just got off of seven years in prison, so I can't say that I'm the least bit depressed to see all your ugly faces." My tone was obviously light and joking, something I never knew how to actually do until just recently. It felt... it felt good to joke around.... I liked it.

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[maximumrider]

John bit his lip in complete dread. He could tell body language and by the tone of Bears voice that he still hated him. A long and overly exaggerated sigh escaped from his lips. His mouth reacted instantly. Back in high school he was probably known for his rapid comebacks. But this time it wasn't a come back. It was apology. It was sincerity. Above all these things it was friendship. They were never EVER friends. But John was trying to make it up to him. "Look Bear, I'm seriously sorry that I have caused you much...., um Grief in the past, but I just wanted to let you know that I want to look above all that. I'm not saying that we have to be friends, I just wish that you'd forgive me."

John over the many years has learned to be a lot softer. He was pretty much the douchiest-douchy-douch bag queen that had ever walked the face of the earth. Well that was him in his high school years. Now he was kind and gentle and caring. Almost a complete opposite. Take that back. There were somethings that stilled carried on into adult hood. The way he would fight for his beliefs and his girl- "CHICAGO!" John screamed in the most gayest, girlie st voice he could ever use. Before he knew it his arms were held tight around her neck. He actually burst into tears. They were of happiness.

"Oh girl where have you been? I haven't seen you in like ages!" I untangled from her and smiled. But then he stopped his weird ass grin. He just forgot about Bear and all the hate he was trying to get over. "Umm sorry about that Bear." He gave a weak grin, through the tears he was shedding, at Bear hoping to help the situation.

((Sorry Fail. ))

[Tamara George]

Tam smiled.

"Twins, wo..." She began when she heard Bear speak again. She turned narrowed eyes on him.

"Or maybe you're simply blind and need to invest in a pair of glasses. My lawn is fine," She snapped before she raised an eyebrow.

"And maybe these things wouldn't happen if you just fixed your bloody fence," She sniffed, the second retort poised on her tongue stopped however by another two arrivals. This was obviously the place to be then. She'd never really spoken to John much though she'd learnt A LOT about him...none of it particularly good actually...she gave a mental shrug and turned to Chicago.

"Deary, I have to last movie was crap...but you were ok," She said, adding a somewhat teasing grin on the end. Then again she did teasingly moan about every movie her sister made...what was the point in your sister being a famous actress if you couldn't take the pee? Part of her kind of wished she'd gone into something like that, after all, she LOVED the lime light and business had never really been her style but things changed. Plus owning such a prostigious lingerie place had major perks...even if it were for the simple fact that she wasn't harrassed by idiots with cameras all the time.

"Speaking of which..." She began when she was distracted by James...who was still staring despite the fact that he'd just been poked, much to the hilarity of the little girl. It must've taken a moment to register because he gave a wide grin eventually giving her a poke back...Tam couldn't be quite sure if it really was entirely safe to allow him to so much as touch Bear's kid, it was a well known fact he was...somewhat protective...that said it was kind of endearing...

[Dream Winter]

Dream moved and sat down near the children with a sigh. Standing took way to much effort these days.

She watched as her daughter approach Xolek's daughter. Charlie reached out towards the other girl and smeared dirt across her cheek with a gleeful laugh. "Charlie, you cant do that" Dream said, feeling embarrassed. Charlie was a messy little girl and loved to get the other children filthy and gross. "Sorry Xolek" Dream said helplessly.

((FAIL WITH A CAPITAL FFFF))

[Xolek Hunter]

Xolek's face went stern after looking off for a few minutes, he looked at the others who by now where talking amongst themselves about things, grinning he looked over to see his daughter Penny laughing, she looked like she was having fun, and it was quite cute. Penny didn't wear dresses like most little girls her age, she was smart, and preferred jeans or shorts with a cute top of some sort. Her mom had tried to put her in a dress once when she was a year and a half, and she'd taken it off and ran around the house, she had dresses sure, but rarely wore them at all.

When Dream's daughter Charlie smugged the dirt across her cheek she appeared as if about to cry but instead she began to smile and patted Charlie's forehead with her dirty hands leaving a smug on her. she started to sway back and forth as she laughed. "I'm sure Penny didn't mind" he said looking at Dream.

[Bear Keeni]

"Your lawn looks like a fucking jungle the way you cut it!" I retorted sourly, glaring at Tam and jabbing a finger in her direction. So much for joking around. It honestly surprised me how quickly my attitude went downhill. "I mean really, who the hell misses the tall grass around their mailbox post? YOU DO! And you say I'm the reason this neighborhood is going to hell? I think not!" I was pretty much growling like my old self now, about to say something else when John screamed -- I'm not saying that as an expression; I mean he literally screamed, the whole high-pitched frequency ordeal -- and bolted right over to Chicago. Maybe he had been talking to me earlier... I don't remember. But noticing how he wasn't embarrassed about his own actions made me embarrassed for him.

I snapped my attention back to Tam when she made the fence comment. "Maybe if your kid wasn't jumping it all the time, then it wouldn't need fixing." I growled darkly, narrowing my eyes onto her. I had often considered raping her kid, just for the hell of it and to get on her nerves, but pedophilia was very much frowned upon in the legal system. I was already in for a long time, so that would only add to my sentence. Fucking hell, dammit. Fucking society.

Out of curiosity for the safety of my daughter around Tam's little runt, I looked over and saw Abby poking the boy back after being poked herself. I swear, if that runt gives Abby some sort of disease, I'll wring his neck. Chicken pox, swine flu, Bubonic plague, I'll slaughter him. Snorting lightly, I muttered to myself and turned back to face Tam, squared off for another retaliation about the damn lawn issue. Never mind the fact that Chicago, John, Xolek, and Dream were all nearby, listening to this argument.

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