Cream

Hitman

"Geez. I really do have to take baby steps with both of you." Lainy shook her head as she ruffled through Ryleigh's wardrobe, causing disorder to the colour coordinated and organised clothes. It was funny to see Ryleigh get more distressed over the mess Lainy was making and it was always a good teasing point, her friend thought. Ryleigh was too clean. Too tidy. Too organised. A little mess in her life wouldn't cause too much damage. "This is why you haven't got a boyfriend, Ryleigh. Too tidy and too boring."

"And you Matt, need to work on Ry and Lain. So start. We're not going to listen to any orders you give until you call us by our names. And think of all the danger we could be in if we're not listening to you."

Finally, a skirt was found and pulled out of the mess. "Here. This will do. Baby steps. Go put on the skirt." It was funny to see her horrified look, but what was even funnier was the way her cheeks went bright red, almost the colour of her hair. And when Matt added to the conversation they only went redder. "Oh God. Don't breath, Ry. Don't breath. He'll be kissing you then! Wait, can I get the same treatment if I stop breathing?" Lainy smirked, loving every minute of tormenting her friend.

In the end Ryleigh grabbed the skirt and changed in the adjoining bathroom. Coming out she looked as uncomfortable as ever. At least she could keep her shirt on. That much she was glad about. Just in a skirt, she felt too revealed.

"See, doesn't she look stunning, Matt? All the guys are going to be running after you tonight!"

"They better not be."

"They probably won't be. But I know that the girls are going to be after Matt so you better keep him close and let them know he's yours."

"He's not mine!" Ryleigh hissed, trying to not let Matt hear what they were actually talking about. But Lainy made no effort to keep quiet.

"Just you wait. A little bit of alcohol in you both and you'll be lip locked in no time!"

"One problem with your theory. I don't drink." She knew what alcohol could do and because of that, Ryleigh had decided not to touch the stuff, ever. She'd stay sober for the rest of her life. Boring just like Lainy thought she was, and now Matt probably thought it too.

By the time they actually got to the party, it was nearly ten because of Ryleigh's fussing over the make-up that Lainy insisted that she wore. The girl was laughing at her friend the entire time. Lainy found it adorable really, how Ryleigh was despite saying it made her boring. It was all just light teasing, of course, but it made Ryleigh adorable and Lainy knew that a guy just had to find Ryleigh's quirks adorable too and then she'd have someone. Finding someone that didn't find Ryleigh weird and boring though, was a challenge. She needed to find someone that could teach Ryleigh a bit about disorganisation and adventure.

Just like the party was when they got there. Lainy immediately picked up three alcoholic drinks for them all, and was off mixing with the boys, leaving Ryleigh standing there awkwardly, sticking out like a sore thumb as she didn't quite know what to do with herself and she didn't dare touch the drink she still held.

Hitman

That's okay, I changed my mind and went to bed after that last post anyway XD and I love it!!!! Love love love it!!!!

Hitman

Woot. I might be able to get one more post up before bed tonight depending being as it's half nine already. But we'll have to see. After the post I've just added xD

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Ryleigh looked at Mathias as he started to roll off the dangers. For once it actually made her laugh. A smile first formed, as he started and she laughed as he continued. "Why would a sniper be wanting to kill me, of all people. I'm the most boring person around. You know it, Lainy knows it, my parents know it and I certainly know it. No one is going to kill me. And if they were because of my parents, it wouldn't have the desired effect."

Ryleigh was anything but stupid. And it was well known in the media that her and her parents weren't as close as they should. Ryleigh deliberately kept herself away from the media, but journalists couldn't help themselves sometimes. Ryleigh chose to ignore it all. Part of her didn't care. And to be in danger... Well that was just rediculous.

And what was more rediculous was when Matt said he'd get Lainy to leave if she really didn't want to go to the party. It had Ryleigh laughing all over again. "You obviously don't know Lainy. If you didn't want me to go, she'd still have me going. Not even you could stop her."

As if she heard that she'd been talked about, Ryleigh saw Lainy enter. She looked amazing. Definitely ready for a night out. Short skirt. Strap top. Killer heels and make up. Everything Ryleigh didn't do. "You two are useless. Well, Matt you're only partly useless. At least you got dressed. And it's a good thing I came early. I knew Ryleigh wouldn't be ready so I came prepared."

"No. I'm not getting all dolled up." Ryleigh frowned.

"Yes you are. You need to live life. Not stay in this bubble. Wearing a skirt for one night isn't going to hurt. I'll let you keep the shirt if you wear a skirt and a bit of make-up. And your boyfriend in the corner can keep an eye on you." She smirked.

"Lainy, he's not my boyfriend..."

"You're useless. He needs to start calling you Ry." She turned to Matt. "Say it. Say our names. Come on. It's not too hard. I'll say it with you. Lain and Ry. Now you try it." She grinned as she moved to her friend's wardrobe to find some decent attire, all the while waiting for Matt to repeat the words.

"You two are definitely a match made in heaven. It's only going to be a matter of time." She added, much to Ryleigh's horror.

Hitman

Oooh that would be fun. :D I like it!

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Sometimes, Ryleigh had to admit, that she did feel so out of place. But it wasn't her fault that she was just so damn awkward and safe. She didn't want to be one of those girls that drank often and had so many men that they had no idea who their baby daddies were. She wanted one man. One man that she could love, marry and have children with before growing old. "I don't need to feel in place. What half of those girls do is unsafe at parties. I don't want to put myself in that position. And by dressing like them, I will." Lainy had gotten herself into bad situations because of it, and that had just put her off even more.

As if she was going to go and do what he was telling her not to go and do. Matt was starting to make her feel like a three year old with his orders. She wanted to study. Part of her wanted to disobey him just to prove that she wasn't in any danger at all but she left it alone. She had too much to do. Maybe later she'd do what she wanted. At least it seemed she was going to get a few moments alone, back to what she was used too. Matt would soon find that she was boring and predictable anyway. Soon he'd succumb to either quitting or doing his own thing. Lainy told her all the time how boring and predictable she was. And it wasn't going to change.

"I won't do any of that." Ryleigh confirmed before he left. "I just want to study. I have essay's to write and books to read."

Of course, that is exactly what Ryleigh had to do. Write essays and read. And while he was gone, which was much longer than what Ryleigh had anticipated (maybe he had given up and quit after so little time!) Ryleigh had managed to finish one of her essays. And as Matt entered once she'd told him he could, he'd find her sitting right where she shouldn't have been - on the ledge against the big bay window in her room. She loved to sit right in the alcove with a few cushions to read. It was her favourite spot, no matter what Matt had said previously.

"Hey. See. No one is trying to kill me. My father is being strangely paranoid." She told him, glancing up from a novel. "Are you happy now that I'm safe?"

Hitman

I figured you were somewhere in the US, just wasn't sure what part :P

And awesome! SO MUCH FUN. I'm definitely having too much fun tonight. I'm spoiled between drawing a commission and roleplaying *squees!*

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When Matt turned to her and asked if the party would be secure, Ryleigh had no idea what he meant and her expression showed it for a moment before she clicked on to what she thought he meant. "Of course it's secure. It's college campus. We have no school shootings, no crimes, no drugs..." Okay, that last one Ryleigh was completely oblivious too because she had never dared dabble near drugs. But in her eyes it meant that the place was secure. "And no one is trying to kill me, or have they tried. I don't know why my father is suddenly being like this. Not that he's ever noticed me before now, anyway."

When he called Lainy her by their formal names once again, Ryleigh shook her head. "Ryleigh and Lainy. That is our names. Please call us by our first names." She told him, with a sigh. "And I'm not trying or wanting to dress like a slut. I'll leave that to the professionals. I like how I dress. I don't see anything wrong with how I dress, do you?" She had a feeling he would, most guys did. Not that she managed to get that much from conversing with them. In fact, this was the first conversation with someone of the opposite sex apart from her father.

Matt soon moved on to what was to be done in between the party and Ryleigh frowned. She didn't want to be given him orders. That made her feel like she was supposed to be his boss, someone superior to him, and she wasn't. She didn't want to be that person. "Do what you want. I need to get in a lot of studying. By going to this party I'm going to lose so much time. You can read one of my books or find party clothes or something. I don't need watching all the time." She told him.

It was obvious that Ryleigh was stressing herself out with the change of plans to everything. She hated it. She scribbled away on her lists and schedules until she deemed herself happy with them before looking at Matt and waiting to see what he did. She knew that he probably wasn't going to leave. But maybe she could make him at least stop looming over her.

Hitman

That's okay. I loved your post <3 And yeah like right now it's almost 7pm and the latest I can go to bed is 10.30pm xD

Anyway, I don't think the death should come too soon. I'm thinking that Matt and Ryleigh have time to form a bond. I think I'm planning on Lainy thinking she can set them up. But I definitely think that Matt and Ry should have some kind of bond going so that it's all that more complicated and heart-breaking and confusing when it does happen. :D

What do you think?

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Ryleigh had absolutely no idea the mess her father was continuing to get himself into, along with pulling his wife and child into as well. But it didn't matter. In her eyes she didn't need a bodyguard. And Ryleigh also had no idea that Mathias was more than just a bodyguard. She had no need to think that he was a killer. A hitman. That just happened in stories and in parts of the world that she wasn't included in. The girl was naive and innocent in a lot of ways, yet she was also one of the most wary.

Lainy had listened to Mathias, watching the pair and then watching as the male moved to the window. Ryleigh was already stressing out and now she could see the mischievous glint in her friend's eye before words even left her mouth. Ryleigh was shaking her head. "Don't Lainy..." She warned.

Her warning went a unheard. Ryleigh was well used to it and well used to their differences. But as different as they were, Lainy had always been there for her when she'd needed her. "I don't know where your dad found this guy, but you're well suited for each other." She smirked. "But I've decided one of your rules can stay." She turned to Mathias. "You're to call us by our names, got it? Lain and Ry..."

"Ryleigh."

Lainy rolled her eyes at her friend's interruptions. "Ry," she repeated. "And we'll call you Matt. Short and easy. Anyway, the reason I came here is because there is a campus party tonight, Ry. I was going to try and set you up simply talking with a member of the opposite sex, but Matt here can be the willing partner. Practice a lot on him. No rules. And for God sake, do not dress in a shirt and jeans. Short skirts and dresses go a long way. And don't braid your hair up either. You look so much more fiery with your hair down. I'll drop by at nine."

Before Ryleigh could get in a decline, Lainy had deliberately left with a single 'you dress up to party too, Matt' so that Ryleigh couldn't have time to decline. In the end the girl just stood there completely silent at Lainy's entrance and departure. She was definitely a lively person with no worry in the world.

"I don't have time to party." Ryleigh finally said, taking down one of her schedules, and looking at what she'd planned for the day. There was definitely no room for a party, but she knew better than to just ignore Lainy. If she wasn't ready at nine, Lainy would be dragging her kicking and screaming. But clothes wise she wasn't going to budge. Ryleigh had never been the one to dress in anything other than shirts and jeans, keeping a very conservative look about herself. And tonight she wasn't going to change that if she went.

She was already re-writing lists as she glanced over at Mathias, noting his look at her books. "Feel free to read any of them." She had every genre possible except for sci-fi and fantasy. Crime, romance, all the classics, everything else but those two genres. "Just make sure you're extremely careful with them. And they must go back in the exact order." If Mathias took a better look, he'd see that everything was perfectly placed. All the books were in an order that satisfied her and there wasn't anything that was out of order in the room.

"I need to change my schedule." Ryleigh a now talking to herself, furiously erasing something in her schedule only to crease the paper. With that, a new sheet that was perfect and clean was moved onto the desk so that she could remake the schedule with no eraser markers or creases. Everything in her life had to be perfect, it seemed and nothing was perfect right now.