What friends are for {Alex, Hayley, Seb, & Chey}

[Charlie Parker]

Anthony was doing his best to get his work done for the day before Charlie and Hayley came for dinner, but it wasn't an easy task when Alex was so close by. She was incredibly distracting...and she probably didn't even know it. He was so totally engrossed by her that it made getting anything done practically impossible...especially when it came to what he was currently trying to set his mind to. Anthony hadn't ever really even gone to high school at all, considering he'd been racing horses since he was 15, and down in Mexico, they couldn't care less if you had an education or not...well, the part where he came from anyway. So, as you can imagine, he wasn't exactly your greatest mathematician, and what he was currently doing involved a lot of math. Scheduling, feeding, costs, income...all of it involved math, and it all had to be perfect.

After struggling with it for two hours, he gave up. It could wait until another day. He wasn't bad at math necessarily, he just wasn't oriented to do math. Now, he was practically right on with the clock in his head. He could calculate down to within two seconds of ho long it took him or someone else to get around the track. He could tell you exactly withing half a pound how much something weight when he picked it up. He could tell you almost exactly how many miles per hour a horse was running. He could tell you what time it was without ever once looking at a clock. He just hated doing things like this, with money and whatnot. It drove him very nearly insane.

He stood up and walked away from the computer where he was working and went to see if he could help Alex with anything. Just as he expected, she was in the kitchen working on dinner. Normally the two of them weren't big eaters, and rarely ever had dinner, but tonight, they were having Hayley and Charlie over. Charlie and Anthony had been friends since they were 16 when Anthony first moved up here, and Hayley and Alex had been friends since they had met just shortly after Charlie proposed to Hayley. That had been a fun night...when Hayley and Alex met. The two girls talked the two guys into watching Flicka with them at the Loft in the stable, and then had a "sleep over" at Charlie's house just for the heck of it.

Anything I can help you with? He asked, leaning on the counter. It was a miracle Alessandra was asleep currently, normally she would be crying for someone to hold her, which always made getting anything done difficult. Anthony had been doing relatively better lately, with the pain and withdrawals. It had been two months since he'd been injured and had any form of pain killer. The withdrawals had almost completely disappeared, only making an occasional appearance if he decided to do something more insane than what he usually did and hurt himself again. The pain, well, it was still there...and it would probably never completely go away, but he hadn't needed Alex to help him get anywhere in a while, so that was improvement.

He glanced down at the big hound dog who was lying down with his back against the cupboards below the sink, his attention glued on Alex. That dog could beg like none other, and you could rest assured that if someone was doing something in the kitchen, he wold be quite close by, staring dreamily at whatever they held in their hands. Of course, those sad droopy hound dog eyes of his almost always earned him some sort of little tidbits every now and then. Plus, he was such as personable dog, you couldn't help but love him. As of late, Cowboy had taken to greeting both Alex and Anthony in his excited leap up on you and lick your face as soon as you walk in the door way, and Anthony was quite pleased with that. Some people would take it as bad manners, but really, it meant you were accepted as part of the family. He was very careful though, to not hurt the baby if Alex was holding her.

In just a matter of days, they had gone from Anthony and Cowboy in one family, and Alex and Alessandra in another family to being Alex, Anthony, Cowboy, and baby Alessandra all in one family together. It was hard for Anthony to suddenly have the responsibility of helping Alex with the baby, he hadn't been expecting it at all, it was Alessandra's baby, and she and Tyler were going to take care of her...but that was all changed now, and Anthony and Alex were pretty much the parents, considering Tyler was still reluctant to come anywhere near his daughter. He was surviving though, he could get through anything so long as Alex helped him...and so far she was doing an incredibly good job of that.

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Charlie was having a hard time dealing with Hayley lately. He didn't know what was going on with her, but she seemed...well, changed somehow. It sort of scared him. She was two months pregnant and had lost 16 pounds. He was trying to get to the bottom of it, but he just couldn't seem to do it. It frustrated him to no end that he couldn't help her like he so badly wanted to. But every time he brought it up and tried to talk to her about it, she got incredibly mad at him...to the point that he was afraid that she might up and leave. He was trying so hard to help her through everything, and failing to do so hurt...a lot.

Hayley was Charlie's world, and sure, she was nearly two years younger than he was, but that didn't matter to him. He just wanted to get married to her and raise their baby together. He loved her more than anything else in the world, and he only wanted her to be safe. It killed him so see her so thin when she should have been starting to get a bit of a belly with that baby there. He was just so afraid that she was going to hurt herself to the point that she would be beyond help and would die. He would kill himself if that happened.

They had another argument over it again tonight, and he had gone out on a walk to clear his head, and Hayley had gone to take a nap. When he got back, she was still asleep and he decided to try to get some work done before she woke up. About two hours later, he got up from his desk and went to see if Hayley had woken up yet. She hadn't, she was still basically passed out in bed. He really didn't want to wake her up, since she had asked him not to, but they needed to leave in about half an hour to head to Anthony and Alex's house.

He reluctantly walked in the door, and over to the bed. He lowered himself down onto the edge of the bed so that he was sort of sitting beside her. Then he slowly reached out and put his hand gently on her shoulder. Hayley? He said in a sort of quite tone, Honey we have to go soon, you need to get up and get ready. He really hoped she wouldn't try to rip his head off for waking her up, since she seemed to be sort of edgy and even a bit mad at him lately. If they hadn't made plans earlier, he would have let her continue sleeping, but as it were, they had just basically promised their best friends that they would come over for dinner, and so she had to get up.

He looked down fondly at Hayley, getting a sudden urge to just hold her in his arms and kiss her. He wanted to tell her he was sorry for getting all irritated earlier, and make it up to her, but he would have to wait for her to wake up to do any of that. He knew better than to do any more than he was doing right then, or else she really would be mad at him. He loved her too much for that. When she got mad at him, he just wanted to make everything right. He didn't want to be the reason she was unhappy. He was marrying her for goodness sake, he wanted her to be more happy than she ever had been in her life, and it killed him that he was the subject of her anger.

[Alex Lovasz]

Today was going well so far. The work outs with the horses had gone very very well. Loco Had made it around the track twice without difficulty and Alex was really starting to believe he could be on his way to the track. He had the determination to win and the drive and he definitely had the heart. He just needed the focus. It seemed like everytime she got him out there he would get bored and screw around and fight her the whole time. And she for the the life of ther could figure out how to grasp that attention. But she had an idea and some how managed to get Anthony to agree on it. She and Anthony were going to have a match race between Loco and Doubt. They were both night terrors on the field so maybe if they put them together the cometetitive edge would come out and they would both focus instead of cause trouble... Either that or they'd kill each other along with their riders.

Then Cadricane was excellent He was progressing well with the dressage manuevers Alessandra had taught Alex to work with him on. It bettered his track riding. He moved with more rythm now it was incredible. But she was pretty sure it would come down to sending him to her parents or Keke's parents because she couldn't handle training and races 4 horses she didn't have the right facilities for that. Maybe after one of them won a few races and she could affored a farm out here. Which is what she always had planned on but racing 4 out of a boarding facility wasn't exactly what the racing world saw as acceptable. Not that she cared but it was just to complicating especially if something happened to one of the horses. She didn't want to do it but as much as she wanted to do it all she couldn't. Not to say she wouldn't remain owner or rider. But they Cadricane would just be going to a training facility.

Now Yellow Brick Road, or Ozzy as he was known as to most, was coming along great. She was so proud of him and couldn't wait till intense training begain. He was only a yearling now but come January he would be considered a two year old. Now with most facilities he would be starting training now and racing when the racing world considered him two. But she didn't like that she didn't think he was developed enough sure he was big and strong, basically perfect. But she still didn't want to push him to hard to fast. So She figured in December she would start to take him to the track with the exercise saddle and such and see how it went. Lucky for him his birthday really was in January so it didn't make that big of a difference. So she would start intense training and actually riding then. But for now he was doing great with the saddle and bridle and backing that she was doing with him. She couldn't wait to feel him run. But all in good time.

After workouts she came home and jumped in the shower. Afterward she grabbed her laptop from her desk in the office upstairs. It was really sad she had a normal computer and office downstairs and a laptop and her office upstairs. She usually used the upstairs one therefore Anthony took over the downstairs one. She never figured him for one to use it but he did manage to get in there everyonce in a while. She wished he would just ask for her help i mean finances was her business thats what she handled for a living. But he never asked so she left him be. So he went to work in his office and she set the laptop up in the kitchen and started working and cooking at the same time. Yes she was particularly good at multitasking. And working and cooking weren't hard for her so she would tackle them easily. She learned to cook at a young age since her parents were always working and she was the one her brothers relied on.

Working was second nature to her it came easily she had learned to deal with finances when she was like 11 and she always helped her parents... even thought they weren't very good at it. And Low and behold her she was making a living that way. None of them saw it coming. But even though she loved what she did and was good at it she had a passion for racing and thats where she wanted to be. But keeping the job she had helped her stay afloat till everything went through with racing. You couldn't spend money if you didn't make any. And you didn't make money when you weren't racing. So it helped a lot in that respect. She logged into her computer and got to work making dinner.

It was an important dinner. Charlie and Hayley were coming over. And so were Sebastian and Cheyenne. Anthony didn't know about Seb and Chey but she figured he wouldn't mind. They had just called and she invited them to join in. It should be a fun night. Seb and Chey had just gotten married and Vivian had moved in shortly before that. And they had Caiden. Times were crazy... and didn't show any signs of lightening up anytime soon. With Alessandra dying and then the babies. And then Seb and Chey getting married. And then Sebastian nearly killing Tyler. It was all very...stressful. Alex barley had time to think most the time. But here she was handling it all gracefully. Course she wouldn't lead on even if she was a complete wreck. Lets just say filling her plate to the point of over flow was her way of getting over Keke's death. It was her way of getting over it. Like it or not thats how she did it and so far it was working.

Shockingly Alessandra was sleeping which was a big deal because the child didn't seem to like sleep. It was hard to see that little girl cry. She looked so much like her mother. And She cried the same way that she did when she missed her mom. It killed Alex to hold her when she did. She knew what it meant. And she hated the thought of that sweet baby girl having to go through the same thing her mother did. Which was why she was trying desperately to get Tyler pulled together so he could be a part of her life. And so far it was working. He still refused to come see her but he stopped drinking and he was dating Vivian. Not the greatest influence but they were both trying their best for one another. They reminded her so much of herself it was crazy.

After a while Anthony came out of the office into the kitchen leaning over the counter asking if he could help her. Honestly she had everything taken care of but she knew he just wanted an excuse to not go deal with the work that needed to be done. She pulled her eyes away from the computer screen and turned her head to smile at him. "Just finishing up actually." She said as she set the plate of bell peppers in the oven. She wipped her hands on her apron and wrapped them around his neck. "I love you." She said and kissed him. Yes some might say random. And others would say love. It did funny things to you. She would have never pictured herself doing that. But Anthony brought out tons of things she never would have guessed were in her.

She pulled away letting her right arm wrap around his waist. She looked down at the ground where Cowboy lay. He was such a bum but it made her laugh. Her dogs had learned that she was no weak link. She never gave dogs human food even with a face as cute as Cowboys. She rubber him with her bare foot before turning her attention back to Anthony. He was just about the only one besides Alessandra that could distract her from the computer. It basically ruled her life. But she needed to get some stuff done so she didn't get fired. She glanced out the back door to see Kodak And Raidar chasing one another. playing. She loved those monsters. And was glad she had more time at home to be with them. She took them on jogs through the park. And when she couldn't concentrate midnight walks through the park. The were her buddies when she had no one. And now that she had everyone they were still her buddies.

[hayleywilliams]

When you looked in the mirror , there were always some days where you didn’t like what you saw. I mean , that was normal. There where always days where you felt like you needed to go on a diet, and loose a few pounds. But imagine if these days lasted for contuines days without stopping on end. Hayley Mathews saw an overweight girl looking back at her in the mirror each day. She hated it, although most people considered her to be tiny , and natauraly lucky she however did not. All she saw was ugly , and she wanted Charlie to look back at her thinking she was beautiful. She just wanted to be the best for him. For Hayley perfection was rechable. She had to be perfect. Skin and bones where perfect So maybe starving yourself wasn’t such a good idea, but it was worth a shot.

Hayley Mathews wanted to look her best on her wedding day. Still to this day she couldn’t belive she was getting married. (This was part of the reason she wasn’t eating, to fit into the very small wedding dress she’d purchased days before) To Charlie Parker. The man who’d arrested her years before. Hayley was scared to death of the police. Scared to death. Now she was marrying one. She was getting hell for it of course , her dealer teasing her twenety four seven was never fun, but she couldn’t help who she loved. She loved Charlie. Hayley would die for him any day and that love grew even more now that she was carrying his kid.

Because she loved Charlie so much she was torn inside when she had yet again another yelling spree with him about her weight. Why couldn’t he see she was trying to change for him? He deserved the best. Hayley wanted to be the best for him. In her mind he was being a total idiot. But maybe if she woke up, she’d think differently. It was about time Hayley Mathews faced reality.

She felt something on her shoulder and nearly screamed. Realizing it was Charlie, she took a few seconds to grasp the concept. It was not some rapist. It was not some random robber. It was her husband, or soon to be. She wasn’t to pleased she had been woken up, and if she rememebrd correctly she’d told Charlie not to. Hayley needed her sleep. She’d been so tierd lately. “What the fuck?” She snapped managing too sit up on the side of her bed. She rubbed her hazel eyes, as she looked around the room. She glared at him one last time before standing up, and grunting.

Hayley had set her clothing out before she took a nap in the bathroom across her room. She stormed off, slamming the door in the process. She wasn’t happy. She just wanted to sleep. Hell – this was pointless. She wasnting going to eat anyway. She closed the bathroom door and slipped off her shirt she’d been sleeping in. She smiled pleased with the ribs she saw. Pregant too! And she looked so good. This diet was working, after all. She slipped on a plain baggy black tee-shirt (she wasn’t going to show her ribs, just yet) and some smaller pair of pink skinny jeans. She also slipped on a white beany and a silver braclet she’d received in the mail a few days earlier (she wasn’t sure who it was from, but she guessed her mother) and stormed off into her room. “Charlie, I’m ready now. I SAID I WAS READY SO LET’S GO!” For some reason hayley’s head was spinning – to the point where she had almost fallen on her knees. Must be the medication she thought, as she stayed quiet. Hayley walked to her window and sighed. “Charlie..” she whisperd. “Charlie..the sky is crying.”


Tagged : Jess is next.
Comments : God, she’s complicated to roleplay, ah-ha. She has 3 different persona’s going on. I’m new to this. Also - for some wierd reason my laptop added random commas and crap - and the spell check isn't working. Sorry for the crap post.

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