A Guardian Angel (Avi)

[Cole Kessler]

Cole strode out of the water of the lake as the sun was beginning to fall from the sky. It was so hot outside that the lake was still quite populated this late in the afternoon. It was something he was used to at the club, but not here. The lake was his place of solace, his place of personal escape. It was where he always went to clear his head. Much like the World's Highest Hill back in his hometown. Somewhere Cole could go to just get away and listen. Listening, something Cole really felt like doing right now. Not to another person, but rather to the world and nature around him: Something Cole had always found relaxing.

He sat up onto the hood of his car and leaned back against the windshield. He laid his head back and closed his eyes. He took in one deep, slow breath after another and attempted to tune out the noisiness of the other lake-goers. It worked to a point and Cole relaxed as much as he could. It was a good relaxation up until a large truck full of highschoolers rode up with their radio cranked up playing some rap. Cole's eyes shot open and he sat up to see them. Four or five kids of each gender, the oldest of them no more than possibly a High School Sophomore. Cole stood from his rested position and went to his door.

One of the high school boys stepped over and Cole looked up, "Can I help you?" Cole asked quietly.

The boy looked at him, "You got a fuckin' problem?"

Cole stood erect, "You're the one who approached me, kid. Run along."

The boy looked back at his friends and smirked, "And what if I don't?" When he turned back around, he saw Cole now standing right in front of him.

"So what's the deal, punk?" Cole said as he leaned closer, "Trying to prove you're cool enough to hang with the gang? Or maybe you're trying to impress your little girlfriend over there?" Cole asked, but the boy looked down, "Oh, I see it...... You ARE trying to impress her. You're trying to get laid, huh?" Cole smirked widely, "Well, here, you're gonna need this." Cole said as he handed him a condom and stepped away. As he stepped back around the door of his car, the man stopped, "Oh, and if you really wanna impress her? Show her that you're willing to wait and always be yourself."

With those parting words, Cole left the lake and drove back down the road. About halfway back to the highway, Cole took a left turn and tore through some shorter grass. No one had been out here in his absence, and show the hay was left to grow again. Cole pulled through the grass until his tires met dirt. The old dirt track he used to practice on looked as if untouched by nature. Cole killed the engine and lit a cigarette. Perhaps here he could finally be alone for a bit.

[Avinea Jale]

It was certainly hot out. The sun was shining, and Avi had decided that she was going to venture out to the very different places of Pilot Ridge that she didn't always get to go to. Such places as the Lake, and a certain spot she had discovered a while back. it wasn't as if she had anything else better to do, and instead she was going to focus on enjoying her summer.

If she could enjoy her summer than it was all worth it. It was almost time for her to leave Hammel, and she knew that she would have the time of her life, though it wasn't by any means going to be easy. Avi walked along the dusty road that led out of town with a soft smile and her ipod on, playing some good old fashioned Willie Nelson. What? Avi loved all music. From Country to Pop to Dance to Electronic to Metal there was almost no music that Avi would not listen to. She smiled as she danced along the road getting only a few honks which she just waved off.

It was her own fault really, but it was too fucking hot for real clothes.

No No, what she was wearing was suiting her fine. Besides, the spot she was going, well it wouldn't matter. No one ever went there anyway.

She was looking forward to just having some time to sit and think. Along with practice her power just the tiniest.

Yes Avi used her power frequently and was actually sort of proud of it. She couldn't imagine living as a normal. It just wasn't who she was, and even if she didn't have a power, well lets just say there was no normal for her.

She finally reached her spot, right in the middle fo what looked to be an old dirt track-where the grass was growing, and spread the blanket out. As she thought no one was there, and she was alone, left alone to her own devices. That suited Avi just fine as she set the bag down and started to rub the tanning lotion all over her arms and legs. It wasn't her fault she wanted to not only smell and feel nice, but look nice as well. Once finished with the places she could reach Avi slowly took her shoes off and set them down at the side of the blanket, doing nothing, but just laying back and looking at the sky as her curly blond hair fell sprawled out all around her head.

Avi was fully caught in her day dreams of what stories the clouds were telling, until she was jolted out of them by the sound of a car engine, Chevy if she remembered correctly. She sat up with a small sigh, who was invading her safe haven of tanning and cloud watching? After looking and realizing who it was Avi did naught, but lay back down on her blanket. Cole would figure out who it was, and would make his way over if he felt like it. She was here first. He could leave if he didn't like her here, though she doubted that would be a problem, especially with what she was wearing. He always did have a taste for... more revealing clothes.

[Cole Kessler]

As Cole quietly took in his cigarette, he couldn't help but feel someone was nearby. He scanned around but saw nothing and just leaned back once more. He couldn't stand it any longer. He remembered back to the last race that he'd taken part in here. Setting a lap time that was left untouched by the end of the night. In fact, he could still see the banner under the grandstands that his father had made and hung there. "Eleven point three-eighty-five. Biggest rush of my life on a racetrack." Cole said quietly. He thought back to that day and how everything had to go right for him to win that race. Cole remembered every last detail vividly. Coming to the restart in fifth with two laps left. Jumping to third place going into turn one. Then settling for a half-a-lap before getting a big run off of turn two on the final lap.

He couldn't stand just reliving it in his head any longer. He flicked out his cigarette and fired the engine again. He shifted into first gear and started around the track. Imagining that he was in the mix with four other cars. As he crept down the backstretch, Cole lined up just where he had been that night. As he came into three, Cole saw the lights go out and the green flag drop. As he shot toward turn one Cole went low, nudging the back bumper of the guy in front of him to get him loose and slide him up into another car. The caution never flew. Cole hammered onto the gas to get back to the leaders as they entered turn three for the white flag that awaited at the line. Cole could swear that everything was real again as he rounded turn four and got on the bumper of the second place car. He could hear his father on the radio, "Cole, go high and get around him." Cole slid up the track but kept his traction and got a run on first like no other. Cole could hear the crowd roaring, rivaling that of the engine of the cars around him. Then as they entered three, Cole saw the leader slip and check up, leaving him an open inside line. Cole tucked his car down and came right up alongside the leader. There they were once again banging door-to-door neither wanting to give way in a white-knuckled sprint to the finish. Cole crossed the finish line a bumper ahead of his opponent.

And just like that, Cole shot back into reality. Sitting just across the finish line, Cole looked into the victory lane area. It appeared as though, his feelings weren't misplaced after all. Someone else was at the track. Cole killed the engine once again and stepped out of the car. Slowly, but surely, he began to walk over to the person. A sudden gust of wind picked up a handful of blonde hair and Cole could tell now that it was a female. As he drew closer, he knew who it was. "Hello, Avi." Cole said, his words trailing off as he noticed her clothing. Cole had always thought Avinea attractive, but he'd never had the chance to talk to her about it. It was understandable that she was wearing the clothes she had on as hot as it was. Cole was still shirtless, the sweat making his body shine in the sun. "I....uh... Didn't expect to find anyone else out here."

[Avinea Jale]

Instead of interacting with the boy Avi had chosen to lay back and watch the clouds. The clouds could tell stories, and it had always been a favorite thing of hers to do was watch them dance,across the sky, keeping all the children's daydreams safe and secure.Avi smiled as her one earring got caught in her tangled mass of curls and sighed with a soft tug on the thing, so it would come out. Instead it got more tangled, and Avi had to take both of her earrings out. Namely because it looked weird to have only one earring in. She could only smile though, when she made the decision to take off not only her earrings, but her necklace and bracelet as well. They were just getting in the way, and Avi really didn't want tan lines.

What was the crazy boy doing now? Avi had just gotten settled int her music when all of the sudden Cole went racing around the track. He probably hadn't seen her yet, she knew him well enough that she knew he had some semblance of manners, but not well enough to actually go up to him. Avi's eyes raced around the track as Cole did, watching his car go almost as if he was racing the past. Which was silly in a way, but there were not any other cars, this is what he had. The past. She supposed it would be good practice, but half wondered if Cole felt he had a death sentence when he drove at those speeds. She wondered if he had given up to a point where he just wanted to keep driving. It wasn't really any of her business in the first place, and once Avi figured out that he wasn't going crazy, and was shadow racing(that was a thing right?) she laid back down, this time on her stomach, so her back was exposed to the sun and its magical tanning solutions for white girls.

Avi felt her breezes pick up again as she relaxed into the song, Wild is the Wind by David Bowie.It was one of her favorites, and she would always cherish it, no matter the time or circumstance. Her favorite lines were all wrapped into one, For my love is like the wind, and wild is the wind . Somehow Avi felt a connect with the song, maybe it was because she was an aerokinetic, maybe it was because of her personality, she just loved the song. Let the wind blow through your heart,Oh wild is the wind, wild is the wind Her heart had taken many a beating before, but she wanted her love to be like the wind, at times powerful strong and wild, and others a gentle breeze to caress her loved ones features. As the song put it she really was a creature of the wind, and she was damn proud of it.

Avi looked up when Cole came over, taking out her headphones and rolling onto her back on the blanket. "Hello Cole." Avi smirked, amused at the look on his face as he gave her the once over. Hey! She had thought she was going to be alone, remember? She had picked her clothing to go tanning, not interact with the male race of humanity. She smiled up at him looking at him through her blue tinted sunglasses and tilted her head. "What a coincidence, neither did I." She was still convinced that this was her spot, and no one had been here in a long time from the looks of the grass. She came here to get away from society. She smiled as she got a wicked idea, thinking about the older boy. "Hey now that your here though want to help me put the oil on my back? I can't reach, for all my being flexible. It would help." Avi wasn't really going to give him a choice in the matter as she tossed him the tanning oil and rolled back on her stomach. Propping up on her elbows she looked up at him, unknowingly giving him a full view of cleavage, and smirked."What are you waiting for?"

[Cole Kessler]

Cole wasn't about to leave a lady with no oil on her back. What was he? Some conceited prick? Well, maybe a little, but he was still a charming, chivalrous man. He took the lotion from her, trying not to let his eyes linger on her semi-exposed chest, and squeezed some down her spine. Slowly, but surely, Cole began to rub the oil over her back, moving his hand carefully to ensure that he coated all he could evenly without too far invading her personal space. "And they say chivalry is dead, huh?" Cole smirked as he snaked a finger underneath the strap of the bra she had on; making sure to coat even that thin strip of flesh for her. "So what brings you out here? I never saw you at the dirt track back when I did races here." Cole asked as he continued to move his hand.

As he finished her back he wiped the excess onto his shorts. As many times as Cole had handled tanning oils and lotions, he could not stand the feel of it being on his hands. In truth, he had never liked it. He sat the tanning oil back in front of her and laid next to her. His hands formed a comfortable enough headrest for his head in contrast to the hot dirt and rocks. He took in a breath and looked into the sky. In a way, this relaxed him even more than before his previous perch had been ruined by a bunch of kids. Not to mention that he was in better company now.

He continued to lay there and watch the sky. The sun was starting to rest heavily on the horizon and the clouds were shining a burning orange and pink mess of beauty. He couldn't help but sing a little bit, "I've seen you hanging round this darkness where I'm bound and this black hole I've dug for me. And silently within, with hands touching skin, the shock breaks my disease and I can breathe...." Cole sang quietly, "And all of your weight; all you dream falls on me. It falls on me. And your beautiful sky, the light you bring: falls on me. It falls on me."

Fuel was still one of Cole's favorite bands. And this song, even if it was almost a decade old was still one of their best in his opinion. He waited to see if Avinea would join him in song or if she would just rather listen to him.

[Avinea Jale]

Avi just smiled as Cole actually did it. She was a bit surprised but not that much, she knew he had the audacity to actually do it, it was just in his character. Everything that she knew about him conceded to this fact. To give him a bit of help she moved her long blond hair out of the way as she lay there, enjoying the feeling of his fingers on her skin. She loved this tanning oil/lotion. It made her skin soft, and it smelled delicious, not to mention it made her look amazing. "They do say that, though I'm not sure it is completely obliterated yet." She smirked giving a wink to the older boy. "Well when you stopped doing races people sort of forgot about the place." She smiled. "It became my place to just think and let everything go. Not to mention tanning." She grinned looking at Cole as she laid her head on her side a bit. "As for the reason I was never here before, well, can you blame me?" She smirked again as she let her breezes play with the tall grass she was laying in. "There was no place for me, besides, I was still a freshman? Sophmore?" Avi frowned a bit trying to remember. "I'm not the one into the biggest parties if you haven't noticed." That wasn't to say she was a total recluse either, she just rather go clubbing or dancing with one or two people not fifty of her classmates. She smiled at him when he finished and nodded towards him. "Thanks."

Avi smiled as he finished and closed her eyes lightly enjoying the sun on her back. She only glanced up when he set the bottle down and laid down beside her, only on his back, here as she was on her stomach. She felt a breeze come about, and she knew that it would take all of her thoughts with it if she let it. The breeze wriggled and warped its way around the two of them, going throughout the tall grass that the blanket was on. Cole wasn't going to interrupt her comfort time, and he knew that, maybe that was why he ended up just laying there watching the clouds.

With the sky turning colors only painted in memories she smiled and sat up tugging her tiny tank top on before laying on her back like Cole was. She just closed her eyes and listened as the song he was singing reminded her of a long lost memory, or even a new melody of the blowing winds as they rushed about pushing her hair back a bit and her sky growing darker. Avi could sing, she just rarely did it in front of people. Her songs were saved for the showers and when she was alone, with no one to listen but herself. She knew the song yes, but was going to just listen. She curled on her side to watch Cole as he sang, noting the facial movements, the tiny twitch of his mouth and the pure happiness in his eyes. He was a singer all right, He was happy when he did it.Happiness was all that mattered in the grand scheme of things. "Mhmm...Good song." The compliment was muttered as she yawned a bit, looking towards the older boy. "How have you been?"

[Cole Kessler]

It was soothing to know that he did not disturb her peacefulness. Or at least he didn't think he had. She was still there and talking to him. She hadn't told him to get lost or anything, well, not yet anyway. Then again, she could just be tolerating him; hoping that he would soon go away. Cole couldn't tell at this point. He was too lost in song to care, really.

As he finished singing, he heard her question, "Well, considering that I'm still kickin'? I can't complain. I missed being in Pilot Ridge. Hell, I just almost didn't come back after dad's death." Cole said calmly. The loss of his father didn't sadden him that much anymore. It had been almost a month now that his father had passed away. "I know that some people think that I should still be mourning the loss of my father, but hell, can't mourn him forever." He told her, "Yeah, it hurts. Yeah, there's a big shot to the heart. But I know my dad wouldn't want me to dwell on it. My dad would tell me to buck up and let it go. He would beat my half to death if he knew I was distraught from this. Especially after what he said to me."

Cole paused for a moment to breathe. He noticed Avinea now laying on her side looking at him, "Trying to even the tan on your ribs?" He chuckled, but the smile didn't fade. He continued speaking, "That old bastard told me," Cole said with a chuckle, "that there was no need in this getting to me. Hell, nothing else ever did. Not my mom's death. Not the development of my powers. Not the damsel in distress incident that almost killed me. He tol;d me that I've been through hell and back and have always come out the better person. Why change that now?" Cole realized that he was beginning to ramble a bit as he continued on and on.

He looked her over once again. This time, he rolled onto his side to face her, "As for how I have been? Still doin' me like no one else can." He said with a smile. "How about you? It seems like forever since I have seen you anywhere around here, honestly. What? Been floatin' on Cloud Nine or somethin'?"

[Avinea Jale]

Avi smiled lightly thinking of how she had run into Cole more when Stella was around. She missed her, Stella that was, and was interested in eventually traveling to go visit and find her. That would make for a good mission, or it would at least one of these days. For now she would just bask in the rays of the sun.

When he finished singing Avi smirked and clapped a bit. " I have to admit, you sound better when you just sing, no instruments, just you." It made him seem more vulnerable and able to connect to. "What was the name of your band again?" She had honestly forgot, but was teasing him about it. Or she was until he mentioned his father's death. That wasn't good, she hadn't even heard about it. Congrats Cole you made Avi be quiet, quite a feat I assure you. " I'm sorry..." She didn't really know what it was like and she wasn't going to pretend she did. That wasn't what friends did, and death always took a tole, even if it wasn't seen out in the open. "look if you want to talk you know where I am, though, honestly half the time I'm not even there." She smirked a bit and nodded at him. "Better have my number then."

She smiled at him waiting for him to continue, encourage him. "I thought it was more polite to actually look at the person talking." She grinned and waved a hand. "If you rather me totally ignore you, I can do that too." She stuck her tongue out at him with a soft giggle, that faded into only smiles on her face as Cole continued to talk about his dad. "Just because it doesn't need to get to you doesn't mean you can't cope and deal with it, that isn't healthy." She wouldn't encourage that option. She shook her head lightly thinking of the possibilities. "No change necessary, just don't bottle it up." Yes she was speaking from personal experience here. "The ending can be quite nasty if you do." Mental breakdowns, anger urges, everything? No no it was better to cope.

She smirked when he rolled on his side like her. "Seems like nothing has changed then." She grinned at him and shook her head. "I just got back from an exchange program with Japan, so I'm repeating my senior year." That was all she was dabbling in at the moment. "I'm taking the summer to relax." Stretching Avi held her arms above her head arching her back as she did. "Nah, Cloud Nine is an ignorant son of a bitch." Smirking she looked back towards him not smirking any more. "What about you? Weren't you with a couple of chicks before or something?" She grinned and nodded at him. "Always with the eye candy, you were. Besides who would I be floating with?" Her roommate came to mind instantly but she wasn't even gonna touch that with a long stick, no it was easier to just ignore that they were flirting tremendously, without remorse or caution. It wasn't as if it meant anything at all.Nope, no one to be on cloud nine with. "Why did you want to know?" Her eyes turned to him with a teasing nature. "Care to explain Mister Kessler?"

[Cole Kessler]

Cole looked at her, "I don't bottle it up, Avi. Hell, I've done all the coping you can when you lose a parent. I've mourned, grieved, reminisced, and buried. As far as I know that the whole process. Will it still hurt? Absolutely but time will heal that wound like it does all others." Cole explained. He was in reality just talking out of his ass at this point. Wasn't much else he could do when speaking about his father's passing.

When she offered him a chance to talk Cole smiled, "We're just alike in that respect." Cole assured her. "I thought I had your number? Stella gave it to me a while back. Change it while you were gone or somethin'?" Cole asked with a smug smirk. When he heard her ask about his band, the matter of her phone number faded, "You forgot my band's name? Ouch!" Cole said with a laugh,"It was Shadows' Memories. But we decided to change it." He explained and paused for a moment. "Forgotten Abyss." Cole told her, "That's the name we settled on after we decided to change it."

And now it was back to the cloud nine topic. Cole smiled, "Cloud Nine is ignorant ain't it?" The young man chuckled again, "But loneliness sucks ass." He assured with a smile. Cole listened to her speak about him being with eye candy, "Yeah, eye candy...." Cole said with a sigh, "It's all fun and games 'til someone says something the wrong way. And that was usually always me for some reason." Cole told her, "So, after the last one I decided that Cloud Nine needed some repairs. So now it's parked in my garage and shit...." Cole sighed again this time a deeper, longer sigh than before.

He heard her ask why he was taking such an interest in her love life, "Hey now, I was just asking." Cole stammered a bit but managed to get the words out of his mouth. Cole tried subtly to give her another once over, but he figured she would pick him up on it. Still tough, he decided to risk it again. Even if it did result in her hand meeting his cheek painfully, Cole couldn't deny that Avi was indeed very attractive. His eyes traveled down from her face, tracing over her shoulders and on down to her abdomen and then her legs. The sun bounced off her skin and made her legs glow. Once he was done marveling, his eyes shot back up to her own.

"You're telling me that in a of Japan you couldn't find you someone to ride Cloud Nine with?" Cole gave her a quizzical look, "So what you're saying is that you are.....uhm....." Cole paused and perked up; letting a smile cross his lips, "Single?"

[Avinea Jale]

Avi just smiled at Cole as he tried to explain. She wasn't going to argue with him, not over something silly like this. As much as she adored debate, arguing was not something she like to do. She just didn't want him to bottle things up, that would be bad. She was just concerned that was all. "Well you always know how to get in touch with me or where to find me."

Avi had to smile at Cole's words but shake her head lightly. She did miss her friend, and would love to get in contact with her again, but the fact that Stella had given Cole her number surprised her a little. She wasn't about why. "Oh and why did Stella give you my number?" Avi smirked looking at him a bit with her head tilted. It was when the topic suddenly shifted that she actually laughed. " Hey! I remembered you were in a band!" She pouted and made puppy eyes at him. "Don't I get brownie points for that?" Grinning she looked towards him as she yawned lightly. "Why Forgotten Abyss?" It was a nice name she just wanted to know the reasoning behind picking that name.

Avi smirked as she looked over at Cole. "It is a painful ignorant son of a bitch." Crass much? Avi really didn't care, she was allowed to be a bit crass. "Hence why I said that cloud nine was painful." Avi nodded at her friend with a soft smile. "To be lonely is to be hurting I suppose." She wasn't sure where he was going with this but she would go with it. She had nothing else to do, besides his take on his eye candy would be interesting to find out. "Well, Maybe it isn't you? Maybe the girl is just feeling insecure?" That would probably tend to happen with Cole he had girls falling at his feet half the time. Most girls wouldn't be able to handle it. "Cloud nine can go suck a semen flavored lollipop for all I care." She really didn't watch her mouth around Cole, he was probably used to it anyway.

Avi smirked, she was obviously teasing him, of all people he should have expected it. "And why were you..." Avi wiggled her eyebrows with a smile. "Just asking?" She really hoped he would get that she was teasing him. It would lead to more entertainment for her and she wasn't sure how much longer she could keep from bursting out in laughter. The stammering made him even cuter. Oh she noticed the look. She didn't really care, though a small blush traced across her features. Hell if she had it, she was going to give a hell of a show. Why else would he be looking? She smirked and waved at him. "Hello~ Eyes up here lovely. As much as I am comfortable with my body, I didn't really think you would be that into it." She smirked and punched him lightly in the arm. "Dude I know I'm hot, but no gaping."

It was all Avi could do not to laugh at the way Cole was phrasing things. "Just because I was in Japan doesn't mean I had to find someone to be on cloud nine with. " She smirked before adding, "That doesn't mean I uhh, whats the word, didn't enjoy myself over there." She wiggled her eyebrows comically knowing he would get the meaning. What she wasn't expecting however was the question and the smile that lingered on Cole's lips after the words flew out of them. Smirking Avi shook her head. "Yes. I am single." She grinned and tilted her head. "What of it?

[Cole Kessler]

Cole chuckled, "I know I would have enjoyed myself." He told her. It was true. Cole had always had a weak spot for Asian women. There seemed to be something about them that would always draw him in. To him, a trip to Japan would be like him being a kid again and his dad taking him to the candy store. With a sigh, Cole was dropped into another fond memory of his he and his father. The memory wasn't as vivid as some of his other ones, but Cole could still remember it well.

He shot back into reality when Avi affirmed to him that she was single. That shone a whole new light on this little chess match of flirting and teasing between the two of them. Even if she was the one winning at this point, Cole was still enjoying the game. He always would enjoy these kind of games no matter if he won or lost. Cole smiled before he spoke, "Oh, no reason. Just wondering. And why'd Stella give me your number? Uhm..... Because I asked? Nicely." Cole laughed. "I can't help but gape when I'm looking at a borderline model. So don't blame me, sweetheart." He said as his smile widened.

Cole drifted into the clouds once again, another song escaping his open lips, "Bring me home in a blinding dream, through the secrets that I have seen. Wash the sorrow from off my skin and show me how to be whole again. 'Cause I'm only a crack in this castle of glass. Hardly anything there for you to see, for you to see...." He knew today was gonna be a good day when he left his apartment. But he had no idea that he would have company like this. Hopefully, Avi wouldn't slap him too hard to get his attention back.

[Avinea Jale]

Avi grinned and shook her head lightly against the summer breeze. "Enjoying myself puts it lightly." Smirking she looked over at the other and shrugged. "It was fun to say the least." Avi rolled onto her back, letting the sun reach down onto her stomach and arms. She was happy she had the chance to tan, even if the visitor was unexpected. That wasn't to say it wasn't a pleasant surprise though, and he might have been a bit adorable, but she wasn't going to admit that, especially when the banter was this much fun. Avi had always enjoyed arguing with people and Cole was no exception.

Avi grinned at the look that Cole's face held when she affirmed that she was single. It was highly amusing, at least to her that she was able to tease and flirt with him, but it was more amusing that he might actually be interested in her. There was no way, he was... well he was Cole. Cole didn't date girls like her. She was too... boisterous and loud. Shaking off the thoughts Avi grinned over at him. "I'll have to talk to her about giving out my number then. She can't just go giving it out to anybody that asks." Avi stuck her tongue out and bit it a bit. Rolling her eyes at his comment she was half tempted to roll over and punch him. "Yea yea, save it for those you are actually trying to woo." She grinned before laughing as the breeze caught up with her, puling her hair into it, as she sat up and looked down at him. "Of course I blame you. It is all your fault!"

Smirking Avi shook her head back when he began to sing again. He sure did get distracted easily. "Why ya singing that?" The lyrics were interesting and she wanted to know why he had chosen that song at that moment. It would be interesting to hear his answer and she looked up at the summer clouds waiting in anticipation. "You sing a lot don't you." It wasn't a bad thing but Avi didn't have that many friends who sang, and none of them had heard her.She intended to keep it that way.

[Cole Kessler]

"Who says I'm not trying to woo you?" Cole smirked as he rolled back onto his side, "And no, it's not MY fault that the good lord decided to make you so goddamned good lookin'. So again: You. Can't. Blame. Me." Cole said as he pointed to his face and smiled wide. This was more fun than Cole had in his recent memory. Used to it was a constant flirt with some new girl he would end up meeting over the course of any given day. Those days had faded as Cole's life almost completely fell apart. It wasn't like that for him anymore. Every so often Tae, Rayne, and some of his more recent exes would constantly flash through his mind. The outer parts of his body and expressions would never show it, but inside Cole was bleeding....

"That song means a lot to me." Cole explained, "Hell, I feel like that song's about me sometimes. It's about all of us, is what my father used to tell me." Cole's solemn expression again hid his true emotions. "I... uh, I performed it at my dad's ceremony. And I say ceremony because it wasn't necessarily a funeral. With his dying wish dad wanted three things: To be cremated on a Pyre, sailed out to sea, and for me to sing a set as he drifted away. So that's why I was gone for so long. Had to go all the way to Greece to fulfill those wishes." Cole sighed as he finished explaining why he'd picked that song.

He reached to his pocket and pulled out his cigarettes. He brought one to his lips and lit it before taking in a long drag. He laid back onto his back and exhaled in a light relief. "So, Avi, why have I never heard you sing, hmm?"

[Avinea Jale]

Avi grinned and tilted her head looking at him. “Please, you could have any girl you wanted. There is no way you would be trying to woo me.” She smirked at his argument and shook her head at his logic. “They are your eyes, your choice to look, so yes. I can blame you.” Avi smirked and stuck her tongue out at him a bit. Avi grinned over at him. It was his fault that he was looking, of course. She wasn’t going to say it wasn’t justified, but she hadn’t worn this to show off, this was specifically for tanning purposes. Oh well. Avi sat up, putting her shirt back on, stretching a bit. It was really a good day.

Avi smiled as she listened to Cole. It was a sweet song, and he sang it beautifully, as if it held a deeper meaning to him. “Oh.” Avi’s face fell as the words spilled from Cole’s mouth into the air surrounding them. “I’m sorry.” Avi hadn’t meant to intrude, she just sort of did that naturally, without trying. It was something she was working on. “Greece is a ways away. I’m glad you got home though.” Home was always helpful, no matter where you were from. She didn’t know what else to say and let the silence drift into the uncomfortable air that was held about them.

Avi temporarily frowned at the cigarettes, they could kill, but supposed Cole deserved one. She shifted keeping her thoughts to herself and looked down at the blanket she was sitting on. The question though was completely unexpected and she looked at him with surprise before shaking her head with a small grin on her face. “For one, only the shower head gets to hear me sing, and for another I think I’m utter rubbish at it. People shouldn’t be listening when I sing, it might hurt them.” Avi grinned knowing her voice wasn’t horrible but Cole didn’t know that and she didn’t intend for him find out. “If I sang for you I’d have to kill you.” Cue the Cheshire cat grin.