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Post by teampad4eva on Jul 5, 2015 17:34:20 GMT
[coming downstairs from the roof]
The stairwell was dark after the bright sunlit roof, even with the lights on, but Max was sure footed as he and Mia descended to the first floor and then wove through the corridors. He kept his arm available for Mia, and any spectators, without really expecting her to use it.
He turned off suddenly as they were walking along, trying the door and pleasantly surprised to find it open without having to go ask for the key. The two of them found themselves standing in the doorway of the ballroom, empty apart from where other classrooms had moved furniture in to make space elsewhere.
Max crossed the polished floor and sat, balancing on the edge of the small stage. He watched Mia, weighing his options. |
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Post by undrwhelmingquestion on Jul 5, 2015 21:04:31 GMT
With customary resolve, Mia keeps hold of Max's arm all the way to the ballroom - mostly out of the peverse urge to call his irritatingly chivalrous bluff. Upon their arrival, she doesn't sit; instead, she looms over her companion with five foot one worth of gusto.
"Tell me you've actually got something on Young Enterprise, Max. Otherwise I'll be forced to belive this was all an intricate ruse to gain a quickstep partner. I'm warning you - I've two left feet."
(Utter lies, incidentally; Mia won the Under Sixteens Capital City Ballroom Championship at the age of twelve. The trophy takes pride of place at the Reception desk.)
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Post by allofthefeels on Jul 6, 2015 12:23:35 GMT
"Oh, please. Like we never won the Under Sixteens Capital City ballroom championship."
Daniel moves to glower at them both from several paces away, his arms tightly folded. The bloodstained shirt slightly ruins the effect.
"But do tell us *all* about Young Enterprise. I'm so *very* eager to hear what you have to say."
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Post by teampad4eva on Jul 6, 2015 15:25:12 GMT
For a moment Max wonder's why he hadn't noticed Daniel following them, he sniffs curiously and then realises. He still smells of the glowering boy from their brief moment on the roof, enough to confuse his nose.
"And that" he pauses, target obvious, "Is why I hadn't started talking yet Mia."
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Post by undrwhelmingquestion on Jul 7, 2015 19:34:21 GMT
"Nothing," says Mia, swiftly to Daniel - thinking on her (two left) feet. "Or rather, nothing worth crediting. Just more of Max's facile conspiracy theories."
To Max, she deigns not to comment; just shoots him a halfhearted withering look. By now, she's beginning to identify his incredibly weak deductive bluffs for what they are.
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Post by allofthefeels on Jul 7, 2015 19:43:40 GMT
"You meet up on rooftops for nothing?"
He's sceptical. So very sceptical that he crosses the room to go sit on the stage, just to prove that he's not leaving. Closer to Mia than to Max - honestly, he would rather disband Young Enterprise than imply a vague affinity for that guy.
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Post by teampad4eva on Jul 7, 2015 19:53:04 GMT
"I meet on rooftops to speak to your sister, whether she deigns to listen ...." Max shrugs and turns back to Mia. If she is content for Daniel to be here she probably has a reason.
"Let me ask you something, what can you tell me about the Beat Bullying campaign?"
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Post by undrwhelmingquestion on Jul 7, 2015 19:57:51 GMT
"This is not a regular occurrence, and your use of plural is as misguided as it is presumptuous," snaps Mia, quasi-automatically. "Now Daniel, why don't you - wait. What do Beat Bullying have to do with this?" In answer to the non-sequiter, she adds: "Er. Nothing whatsoever, actually. Why would I? Should I?"
If Beat Bullying are as corrupt as the rest... well, she wouldn't exactly be surprised. Is that what Max managed to dig up from their library investigation?
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Post by allofthefeels on Jul 7, 2015 20:03:09 GMT
"Beat Bullying?"
Now he's listening. What fertile ground for rumourmongering... It's just too bad he already convinced Mia that YE is in on it.
He shrugs. "Laurie's a member. That's all I know."
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Post by teampad4eva on Jul 7, 2015 20:05:13 GMT
"Are you sure you want your brother here, given his ... known affiliations."
The smirk he aims at Daniel runs contrary to the tone of his voice.
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Post by allofthefeels on Jul 7, 2015 20:11:30 GMT
Daniel looks at him and sneers.
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Post by undrwhelmingquestion on Jul 7, 2015 20:15:30 GMT
Oh - dear god. Apparently, Max is thoroughly happy with blowing their cover in order to flirt.
With her brother, no less. The man is a menace!
"I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about, Max," she says - with admirable dignity. (And utter futility.) |
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Post by allofthefeels on Jul 7, 2015 20:19:17 GMT
Daniel's gaze snaps to Mia.
...Okay, it reluctantly shifts.
"You really are, aren't you? Investigating YE."
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Post by teampad4eva on Jul 7, 2015 21:00:22 GMT
"Well,"
Max flops back onto the stage, and as he does his t shirt rides up revealing alabaster abs and a hint of dark blue boxers above his belted trousers. He talks up to the ceiling.
"Now that Mia has let it slip, do you have anything for us?"
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Post by sylvan on Jul 7, 2015 21:00:28 GMT
The door opens quietly, and Emily waltzes in, the robin dancing around on her head. Her little eyes are closed, and she hums gently to herself as she daintily moves through the steps of the dance. She doesn't appear to have noticed that the ballroom is in fact occupied, and seems to be on a collision course with Daniel.
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