Gemini Bookstore

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"Probably because you sleep in class a lot," He teased, picking up another one. "See, now we have the same ones!"

((It was!))

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She shrugged again, knowing that the reason she slept in class was because she didn't sleep otherwise. "Yay, thank you!" she cheered, taking the book from him.

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

"Let's go pay for them," He suggested, taking the textbooks and putting them on the counter, then took out enough money to buy them, then placed them in his bag. "Speaking of which, did you ever finish your language arts homework?"

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Her eyes widened. "We had homework?!" she exclaimed, not having remembered. She never even started it! "When was it due again?"

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Tanner laughed. "Uh, tomorrow? So you should get on that," He walked out of the bookstore. "Where should we go now?"

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"Aah! I don't know if I can finish it!" Meira asked. "Is it hard? How long did it take you? Like, an hour? More than that?!"

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"Uh, it only took me about thirty minutes....it's about proper sentence structure and fixing run-on sentences," He explained.

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"Oh, that's not hard," she sighed in relief. She could probably still do it on time. "So what did you say?" She had sort of disregarded the other thing he'd said because she had been in panic mode.

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He laughed. "I asked if there was anything you wanted to do today. It's a nice day out, we should spend it outside instead of cooped up in our stores,"

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"Oh," she said, a light blush touching her cheeks at the idea of spending more time with him. "Well....we could go to the park here in town. Winden Creek, yeah?"

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

"Yes, let's go! We could take our shoes off and go wading in the creek!" He smiled and walked off in that direction.

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"Yes!" she cheered. "That sounds super fun!" She followed after him, a skip in her step.

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((To the Creek!))

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((Who first?))

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((I will))

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Meanwhile, the rest of the group reached the bookstore.

"It's awfully small, and dusty," Ravenna covered her mouth, wrinkling her nose slightly.

"I think that's part of its charm!" Lime offered nicely, walking further inside. "To be honest, I haven't been in here before,"

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"It's a nice place, if you ask me," Jason said. "I've been before. For....reasons. It's got tons of books, almost anything you can think of. Well, as far as fiction goes."

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"It's still dusty," Ravenna huffed, walking ahead of the group. "Oh look, they have a big romance section!~ Those are my personal favorite,"

"They always have been, dear. You know I'm more of a realist about romance though," Edward teased her, walking next to her.

"I feel like there was supposed to be irony in that statement," Lime thought about it.

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Jason chuckled quietly at Lime's comment. "Yes, I think there was a bit."

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"Why don't you get a book for yourself, Eloise? And your friend? I'm buying, after all," Edward suggested nicely, and Lime blushed slightly.

"Alright....I like fantasy, so let's go check out that section," She gently pulled on Jason's arm.

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Jason raised an eyebrow at the word 'friend', finally realizing that was how Lime had introduced him. Once they were out of earshot, though barely, Jason decided to say something. "Lime...um...are we still just friends?" he asked carefully.

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Lime blushed heavily at the question and pulled him closer into the shadows. "I mean....I'd like to be more than friends...but I don't know if introducing you as my boyfriend would weird my parents out or not..plus Dad didn't seem very happy hearing what happened to Le-Maxine,"

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"There's a difference between being pregnant and bringing your boyfriend to meet your parents," Jason said, moving a little closer to her. "Lime-Eloise, I would like to be your boyfriend...as well as your best friend, if you'd like that too."

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She blushed even more and nodded. "I'd like that too....I'd like that a lot," She wrapped her arms around him and kissed him gently.

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He smiled and kissed her back, slipping one arm around her waist naturally. Admittedly, he forgot that her parents were still around and could find them at any moment, but he figured Lime would say something first.

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"Jason..." She gasped after they had been kissing for a while. "I don't want my parents to find us like this...let's go find a book for me, okay?" Lime smiled at him happily.

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Jason chuckled and let her go. "Right, of course," he said. "That's all we were doing anyway." He gave her a smile and slipped his hand into hers once more. "You said fantasy, right?"

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

She nodded. "Princesses and dragons and all that," She walked over to that section. "What's your favorite thing to read?"

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"I actually don't know," Jason said. "I only got into reading recently, since I came here. Before it...wasn't important."

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

"Really? I thought your village was like, all old-timey and everything. Yet nobody there considered reading to be important?" She asked in disbelief. "Well then I'll just have to introduce you to all my favorite books!"

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"Well, I was very active, really," he replied. "I was outside more than anything else. Like I told you before, I wasn't really one for following the rules and stuff." He smiled a bit and looked around at the books. "Introduce away."

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

"I still can't picture you as being a bad boy," She teased, pulling one book off the shelf. "I always liked this one! It's about a princess who slays the dragon herself,"

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"Then I'm doing well," he said with a small smile. "Are all these books going to have a female hero? Not that there's anything wrong with them, I just can...relate better to a guy. Because, you know, I'm a guy?"

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She giggled even more. "Not all of them are. A lot of the older stuff had guys as the hero, but I didn't like them as much since the girls in them were pretty much just prizes to be won," She took another book off the shelf and handed it to Jason. "Like this one,"

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"Well I don't really like that part either. Is there no happy medium?" Jason asked. "Like, a guy hero with a strong female at his side? That seems to me like it would have a lot more attention."

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

"I don't think so," She shook her head, but continued looking. "Oh, there's this one!" She handed it to Jason. "That has a girl sidekick in it,"

((Do you want me to start calling them by their real names or just keep referring to them as their nicknames and have other characters use their real names?))

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"Then this is the one I shall try," he told her and chuckled lightly. He flipped through the book curiously, hoping it was actually niteresting.

((Whichever one is easier for you to remember lol))

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"I actually never finished that one. I started reading that before I had to leave my previous caretaker's house. So...yeah, I never finished it," Eloise blushed in embarrassment. "But I liked what I read,"

((I'll use their real names I like them better lol))

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"Well then how about this," Jason started. "I read up to where you stopped, and then we finish it together."

((I like them too lol))

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She took his hands. "I'd really like that," She smiled at him.

"Did you two find anything?" Edward called over from the counter. "Or were you two busy with snogging each other?"

Eloise covered her face. "We don't snog, Dad,"

((Mom gave me a picture to show you but I don't have the link to it lol

It's on the computer))

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Jason held back a laugh at that, but didn't comment. "I think we did find something, right?" he said, looking to Lime.

((The best way to do that is to do a google image search and maybe it's somewhere on the internet?))

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She nodded and held up their books. "We found several," She ran over there and put her books on the counter.

"After this we should retire to that guest cabin. I want to take a bubble bath!~" Ravenna giggled, fanning herself again.

((It was just a cosplay of William's face-claim, she thought you could use it for a live-action face-claim of him lol))

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"Oh, that could be a problem," Jason said. "Whitlea was the one who knew where it was."

((Ohh, was it at least good?))

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

"I have her number on my phone!" Eloise said proudly, pulling it out. "I'll call her," She did so, waiting for Whitlea to answer as her dad paid for the books.

((I thought so haha))

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It was only a moment later, but Whitlea did pick up, though without looking at the caller ID. "Hello?" she asked.

((Good then haha maybe I'll see it sometime))

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"Hey Whitlea, it's me, Eloise. I was just wondering if you knew where the second guest cabin is? My parents want to check it out," She asked politely.

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"Who?" Whitlea asked, confused for a moment before she remembered. "Oh! I'm sorry, that's going to take a bit to get used to. Um....do you know where the teachers' cabins are?"

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She blushed at that, but then nodded. "Yes, I think I do. They're in the back of the school yard, right?"

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"Uhh yeah," Whitlea said slowly, figuring out how to give directions. "Well, follow the line all the way to the right and it's the second to last cabin."

[Elizabeth ♛Smart Girls Love Trashy Books♛ , Modess of Pinkness]

She nodded again. "alright...I have a very good sense of direction, I'll find it. Luckily the sun doesn't rise for another six hours," She then hung up. "Just follow me, Whitlea told me where the cabin was,"