Music Is My Life (Open.)

[Jalen August]

Jalen could be seen running laps around the training, a nice big attractive sweat stain down her light pink tank top. If it hadn't been for school rules, she would have just worn her sports bra and been done with it. Black yoga pants wrapped around her slender legs, and bright red and white running shoes were gradually being worn out as she went along. The one thing that was missing, and especially noticeable to the blonde, was a lack of white ear buds from her ears.

Ever since that stupid girl, Danicca, decided to pull a prank one of her roommates, Jalen has been planning her revenge. As fate would have it, Ms. August was drenched in blue dye, and her IPod was completely ruined.

Let's not forget the fact that Jalen has her usually blonde hair, now blue, draped around her neck as she ran. Just because her hair was dyed a faint blue now, didn't mean she was going to stop doing her daily activities. Danicca certainly wasn't worth going into hiding for, however, the brunette would want to be when Jay was done with her.

Stopping to catch her breath, the seventeen year old doubled over, taking deep breaths, finding the sound of herself breathing so hard strange. She supposed, due to her powers, she could simply stop listening to such an obnoxious noise, but it didn't replace her music. Running just wasn't the same. Taking a look at her wristwatch, she realized she had ran only a fraction of her usual distance. She hung her head and closed her eyes. Did music really do that much for her? Help her run faster, go harder? She felt wiped and she barely started fifteen minutes ago.

Standing up straight again, Jalen walked off to the side of the field where she had left a light blue towel and an Aquafina water bottle. Snatching up the water first, the blonde guzzled it down and sat on the gross, or more like fell into the ground. She was too tired to try and look elegant, and she really didn't care. Looking around on the ground, she realized her towel was missing.

Where had it gone? Or more importantly, who took it?

[Sam Mercer]

Sam was driving around the campus on his hayabusa just trying to find something to do. He was wearing his black leather jacket, dark blue jeans, and his black leather biker boots. Even though it was aginst the law Sam did not wear his helmet. He loved the feeling of wind hitting his face as he drove, but right now he wasn't even going fast enough to cause a breeze. Sam slowly rolled around the campus looking for some fun. He also watched all the tops of the buildings, from what he heard there have been some pranksters around. As Sam moved from building to building Hammel was starting to look like a ghost town. Finally he drove over to the running track and saw a female running around the track. He couldn't quite make out who she was but he parked his bike and started to walk her way. That was when he found her water and towel. His mind dicided to have a little fun with her. He grabbed the bluish colored towel and found a some what decent place to hide. As the woman layed on the ground Sam slowly walked up behind her and dangled the towel a few inches from her face.

" This wouldn't happen to be yours now would it?"

[Jalen August]

Taking a few more sips from her water bottle and scanning the campus grounds, Jalen wondered where everyone had gone to. Maybe they were sick? She didn't really know, mostly because she didn't have many friends. It wasn't that she didn't want any, she was just a lot for people to handle sometimes.

Suddenly her blue towel was in front of her face and a voice could be heard. Scared half to death, she spat out a little of the water she was drinking and turned upwards to see who it was, her muscles tense in case they were some kind of pervert. "That would be mine," she said, swiftly snatching the towel from the boy before he could protest. At least she had something to wipe her wet chin with now.

"Where did you find it?" She asked, still looking at her towel. It was then that she craned her head upwards to have a better look at the boy. He seemed about her age. She smiled, digging the longer "rock" style hair. Even his clothes seemed similar to hers. It was too bad that she hadn't been wearing her usual rocker chick clothes, as they might have seemed startlingly alike, leather jacket and everything.

Jalen's dark brown eyes glanced over at the hayabusa not far off in the distance. "That yours?" She asked, looking back to the young man she she draped her towel around her neck, and leaned back in the grass waiting for a reply.

(OOC: I secretly knew we'd have a thread some day )

[Sam Mercer]

Sam let out a slight chuckle as she yanked the towel out of his hand and watched her wipe her chin off.

" Sorry to scare you there."

Sam looked her over and noticed she had her hair down. He thought that was odd considering the hot temp and her running. Then he saw the pink top and tight pants. He wasn't that crazy about the pink but those pants looked great on her legs. Sam shook the thoughts out of his head and looked back at her face as she asked where he found her towel.

"Well I took it. I saw a chance to have some fun with a sexy hot woman so I took it."

Sam wasn't going to beat around the bushes, she was very hot so he told her. When she asked if it was his he turned his head and looked at his black and red bike. He looked back at her and smiled.

" Yea that is my baby. Would you like a ride some time?"

Sam wasn't sure if she even knew how to ride let alone like motorcycles. He smiled at her and stood there not sure what she was going to say but he prayed it would be yes.

[Jalen August]

"You didn't scare me," she said defiantly, "you startled me, that's all." It was in Jalen's nature to defend herself, even when she really didn’t have to. The boy had appeared out of nowhere, but in order for her to be scared; he would have had to have a knife to her throat, or something to that effect anyways.

The boy’s frankness caused Jalen to grin. Not many were that daring – or that stupid. She liked her men bold and honest, but there was a fine line between finesse, and foolery. The blonde wasn’t sure what kind of ‘fun’ he had in mind, but he would have to keep those thoughts to himself if he knew what was good for him. She once again glanced from the boy to the bike. While she wouldn’t mind a ride on it, it wasn’t going to be with him any time soon. He seemed a little too eager.

“Sorry, I don’t take rides from random boys. I don’t even know if you go to this school, or your name, or anything about you really,” she said, taking another sip from her water bottle as she eyed him carefully. This was the first time she had been hit on in a long time. And he wasn’t being why about it.

“I’m Jalen, for the record,” she said, still not bothering to stand up. She liked her place on the ground, right where she could see her predator. He seemed to just want to stand there anyways, so she wouldn’t complain. “And you are?”

[Sam Mercer]

Sam noticed the girl holding back from him and he guessed he should maybe let her know who he is. Then she asked and he laughed to himself. He wondered what she could possibly think of him now. She said she didn't know if he went to the school or his name. Before he could respond she said Her name was Jalen and asked his. He lightly laughed.

"Sorry I forget not every one has heard of me yet. I am Sam Mercer and I do go to school here. I am the guy who makes every thing explode."

Sam sat down next to her and laughed. he knew she would want an explanation and he was going to make her ask for it. He looked around and smiled picking up a small rock going to show her what he was talking about. He looked at her clothing and wondered what her style was. He was hoping she wasn't preppy from the pink top but she did have black so he hoped she was like him.

[Jalen August]

Sam seemed a little bit conceited in Jalen's mind, but maybe that was because he was. Of course not everyone would know him, it was a pretty big school. Unless he went around riding his motorbike in the school halls, it would be pretty hard to spot him in a crowd.

"What's that for?" She asked as he held up a rock. This guy was getting stranger by the second, but at least she was intrigued - for the moment anyways. Pulling her knees up to her chin, Jalen watched hesitantly, wondering just what this boy's superpower was.

A smirk danced across her face and she glanced at him, "I wish my power was 'instant-shower-wherever-you-go, I reek right now." A laugh was followed after her blunt report, and she held her smile. "Anyways, I can control soundwaves, which comes into handy quite often. Except for the headaches I get from using it too much. All in moderation," she said, running a hand through her blue streaked, damp hair. She couldn't wait to get to a shower.

[Sam Mercer]

Sam smirked when she asked what the rock was for and then pulled her knees up to her chest. He could tell she was nervous and unsure about him. He gave her a soft smile when she said she needed a shower.

"If it helps I don't think you smell bad"

He smiled a little bigger when she talked about her power. So the girl could manipulate sound. Sam wished he could have that when he was at the club. Sometimes the singers miss a note and it just hurts. Sam is very interested in the girl and hoped after she learned who he is that she would let him take her for a ride.

"Well if you are sensitive to sound you might want to cover your ears for a second."

The small rock started to glow red in Sam's hand as he poured his power into it. Sam threw the rock up into to the air, as the small rock reached the tip of its arc it exploded making aloud bang. The rock turned to dust. Sam smirked as he watched the rock explode then turns to see Jalen's reaction.

"And that is Tactile Combustion."

[Jalen August]

Jalen glanced at him with a grin. "It's not the smell that bothers me, but thanks anyways," she said, refusing to accept any form of compliment. It was hard for her to feel truly like she deserved compliments in the first place. She knew she needed a shower, and his trying to make her feel better made her wonder if maybe he had an ulterior motive to being nice to her.

"No need," Jalen said, making the soundwaves around both of her ears move away, making whatever loud noises appear softer. She did the same for Sam, waiting for something big to happen. He was right about her being sensitive to sound, but it wasn't as though the drop of a pin would make her ears bleed. She was impressed with his show, but disappointed that she even bothered blocking the sound - she couldn't even hear it faintly, so must not have been that loud in the end, either that or her powers were improving significantly.

"Impressive, though I thought it would be louder," she said, watching the rock bits collide to the ground. She reached her hand across the grass and felt the sand which covered it from the now non-existent rock. She had always been a hands on kind of girl. A smile rose to her face, this moment reminded her of another which she was particularly fond of. "Now my shattering things doesn't hold a flame to your power, no pun intended," Jalen said with a grin, glancing at Sam.