Simple Times (Jade)

[Leonardo Huerta-Davis]

Jade was a girl he met at a party. A girl who had a pretty awesome attitude as far as he was concerned. When he woke up after said party, he was pretty glad to have gotten her number. It was said that a man was supposed to wait a certain amount of times before contacting a woman, but he preferred not to be that kind of man. He'd been texting her since the day after the party, and after messing around with schedules and busy times and all that, they finally got a day where they could hang out.

And he was excited.

Planning something was easy, but he decided not to tell her. He didn't exactly have a lot of time to plan so they couldn't do anything like mountain climb or something equally epic. But he liked what his idea was, and he was hoping she would too.

Leonardo had asked her to meet him out the front of Harper's Sweets that afternoon, but he didn't intend to stay there for very long. He was sitting on a bench nearby, his motorbike in plain view parked on the street. For now, he pressed his hands together and stared down one side of the street, then the other. He was hoping to catch sight of her soon.

[Jade Parrish]

Jade didn't normally hand out her phone number too easily, but Leo was an acception. She was gonna give him a chance. She was only into casual dating and if things got too serious (which they rarely did), she backed out quickly. But that's because she had yet to find anybody who could really handle her and even challenge her. She wanted to meet her match.

She was making her way through the downtown towards Harper's sweets. She had no idea why Leo wanted to meet her here of all places. Sure, she liked sugar like anybody else, but she was hoping for something more exciting and was waiting to see what the younger dark-haired guy had planned. She was wearing a short purple and black plaid dress and her combat boots, black hair messy from the fall wind.

She saw him up ahead on a bench and grinned to herself. "Leonardo," she greeted. "You finally caught me when I was free from the prison of Starbucks and college responsibility, so this better be good."

[Leonardo Huerta-Davis]

Staring down at his feet, Leonardo had to take the time to wonder what was expected of him. He was a pretty daring guy - the guy who suggested jumping off rooftops into pools drunk at random parties. Parties where he didn't know anyone. But he wasn't even sure what she really thought of him, aside from the fact that she must have liked him enough to give him her number, and that she was a fan of his tattoos. But hey, it was better than nothing.

And a pretty good place to start.

"It depends on what you think good is." He replied, shooting her a lopsided grin. "If you wanted to just sit down and have a pretty long chat, you're hanging out with the wrong guy." Leon and sitting still rarely ever worked together. "You look nice, by the way. If you didn't know already."

He tried his best to offset that comment with a smile in her direction, shifting his feet on the ground idly. "So what do you feel like doing? What sorta mood are you in? High risk? Childish fun? Or - dare I suggest - we go low key?"

[Jade Parrish]

"You obviously don't know me well enough yet," Jade said with a smirk. Good, to her, was anything that wasn't ordinary, or boring. And while she liked to get to know people and find out what made them tick because it interested her, conversation usually came out naturally through hanging out.

She had to admit, his lopsided grin and dark curls got to her in a way somebody hadn't in a while. She also liked the way he complimented. It was subtle. Red lips pressed together in a tight smile. "You act as if I try to look nice," she commented. Honestly, she probably looked this way everyday. Boots. Dress. Heavy eyeliner. Untamed hair. It was the usual. But if he liked it--then maybe this could work. Although she wasn't sure what 'this' was.

"Asking my mood can be a dangerous question," she pointed out. "But...probably somewhere in between high risk and childish fun. College is draining me, Leo. Too much sitting around, too much fucking work."

[Leonardo Huerta-Davis]

"Ah, well clearly you don't have to." Leo pointed out. He liked the everyday look. He liked when people were just being who they were. It was how he lived, after all.

With a clap of his hands, he stood up from the bench and rubbed his palms together. Excitement. Coupled with the inability to stop moving for very long. Even sitting down was hard. "Okay! You're in a dress, but if you're up for it I was thinking we could go to this rock climbing place I like first." Pressing his hand across his chest, he offered a grin. "I wouldn't look up your skirt, I swear. I'll be too far ahead of you to get the chance, anyway."

[Jade Parrish]

"I guess not," Jade replied with a smirk. It wasn't as if she woke up every morning dressing to impress although she had a feeling that's what a lot of people thought of her. This was just her own personal style and she felt the most comfortable in a dress. She could kick ass in a dress. It's just how things were.

"Well, it's a good thing it's getting close to winter and I have to wear tights underneath. That's the only thing you'll be seeing if you try and look." She grinned though, at his idea. He was becoming more attractive by the moment. "Are you kidding me? Of course I'm up for it. I can do many things in a dress. Rock climbing is just one of them."