YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY THUNDER .

[juliet hope mackenzie]

·JULIET HOPE MACKENZIE·

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,, your voice was the soundtrack of my summer, do you know you're unlike any other
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Juliet was looking forward to a long, relaxing summer in Virgina Beach. Her first year of college had been a whirlwind, between juggling her studies, a boyfriend, friends, and work. Jules couldn't have been happier with her aptitude for juggling them all, but really, all she really wanted was a break, and she was finally getting it. Long days lazing on the beach, doing whatever whenever she wanted was something she could definitely get used to. She'd been in VA Beach for nearly two days now, and she'd already visited the beach three times... well, four counting today. Juliet wasn't really what one might consider to be a 'material girl'. She was satisfied just as well by the simpler things in life, not only the finer things... but she was a firm believer in a good summer tan, and that required frequent trips to the beach to lay out and bake in the sun. Today, however, was more of a swimming day for her: she wanted to get wet and have some fun in the water. Maybe try some surfing, which she hadn't done in a while. If she could find a surfboard rental place. So she decided she better get an early start, and an early-ish start she got.

Truth be told, Juliet was a little bit worried about this summer. Not about how it would turn out, she knew it would be amazing, but with the people she would come across. Her ex-boyfriend, Darien de Valle, was a VA Beach native, and he had told her, when they'd broken up, I'm going home, and you know, maybe it would be best if we broke it off for the summer. Jules had agreed: they'd been in a relationship, but it'd been casual enough. But it was hard not to fall for a boy with a beautiful smile, an adorable laugh, dark hair, hazel eyes... Juliet stared at herself in the mirror for a moment, lost in her thoughts of Darien. She wasn't going to go searching for him this summer, and she wasn't going to throw herself at him: she wasn't that type of girl. If he wanted to be happy single or with someone else... then she'd just have to deal. But she wouldn't exactly be complaining if she just so happened to run into him somewhere. Jules didn't want to admit that part of her wanted that, to run into him and maybe rekindle their relationship... but part of her wanted to leave it alone, and let it lie. It hadn't been serious for a reason, right?

Juliet pulled her long blonde locks back into a ponytail, walking into her room. The house she was staying at, with her aunt and uncle, was a beautiful place. It was two stories, four bedrooms, four bathrooms, an theatre room, a family room, a guest house... there was no end to the splendor. It wasn't much different from her parents house, but it was still beautiful. Her room was girlish, but it suited her well enough. She walked over to the dressers that held her clothes, pulling out a skirt and a bikini. She put them on, then to her closet for her tank top. She looked at herself in the mirror for a moment, then grabbed her beach bag and headed out the door. From their house, it was only a ten minute walk to the beach, and that was nice. The days were never too hot, so the walk was always pleasant. Soon, she could hear the crash of the waves, smell the salt in the air, and the sandy dunes were in her sight. She walked towards them, smiling at some shirtless boys that said hello to her as she walked past. She walked over to a fairly empty spot and set down her stuff, opening up her bag and taking out a blanket and laying it down. She then started taking off her tank top, then her skirt, and stuffed them into the bag, which she placed on the center of blanket so it wouldn't blow away in the wind. She then started her walk towards the ocean, sighing softly as her feet hit the surf. She was about to wade deeper in when she heard someone say her name. At first she thought she was just hearing things, but when she turned around she found that her name was coming from a boy's mouth. A certain Mr. Darien de Valle. Her eyes widened, and she said, "Dare! Uhm... hey!" She wasn't quite sure what to say. She certainly hadn't been expecting to run into him this soon.

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[/b][/color]; done !
TAG; darien de valle !
MUSIC; on your porch by the format !
NOTES; I GOT OVER THE DISTRACTION AND DID IT !
OUTFIT; click the picture !
CREDITS; SAFA ! of caution 2.0 for the template ![/ul][/size][/color]

[, darien alexander de valle.]

I won't tell nobody, I'll just scream it in my mind
nothing good in life is scripted, it's not like we predicted
that the one you want was gonna be the one you thought.

[/b][/color][/font]arien had always enjoyed surprises, ever since he was younger and he had been shocked by a impulsive trip to Disney World. Some surprises, however, tended to be better than others. And he wasn't exactly sure which category running into Juliet Mackenzie fell into. Granted, she was an incredibly sweet girl. That was what had made him fall for her in the first place, though it didn't hurt anything that she was beautiful and talented as well. So it wasn't like he didn't want to talk to her anymore or anything. Their breakup before leaving school had been fairly mutual, and she had taken it rather well, agreeing with him on most points. So no one had been hurt, and they vowed to remain good friends. He just...wasn't expecting to run into her here. Like, at all. "Uh, hey!" he greeted as he made his way across the sand over to her, running a hand through his long wet hair. Darien moved as if he was going to give her a hug, then thought better of it since they were both a bit damp. "What are you doing here? Why aren't you home?" Thank God he had said that with the right inflection in his voice, or else it could have come out sounding incredibly mean. But that wasn't the way he meant it, of course, and his wide smile helped back it up.

Never in a million years would he have expected to run into Juliet back in Virginia Beach, of all places. What was she even doing there? Well, maybe this wouldn't be so bad. Since they still planned on remaining friends and all, they could hit the beach, go to the mall, go to Busch Gardens...do all sorts of fun stuff together. Yes. The more he thought about it, contemplating the idea of hanging out back home with an awesome girl like Juliet, the better it sounded. He felt himself getting more and more stoked on the idea. He could introduce her to his sisters, who he was pretty sure were gonna love her, as well as all his close friends like Rhys, and Sommer, and Dee...

Darien nearly just swallowed his own tongue. Dee. How the hell could he have forgotten about her? No. No, no, no, no. Having Dierdre and Juliet in the same place most definitely was not a good idea. Far from it, actually. As far away as you could get, like the north and south poles. It would be hard enough to see Dee again by himself, let alone if she were to ever figure out his connection to Juliet. She would make the poor unspecting girl's life hell, and Juliet certainly didn't deserve any of that bullshit. Oh, God. He could feel himself mildly starting to panic. He needed to be able to deal with the Dee drama without giving her the extra ammunition of a girlfriend from college. That would just be giving her far too much power, which was something that was definitely not needed or desired.

The wheels in his head started turning like a hamster running a wheel, his brain kicking into overdrive. His thoughts were becoming jumbled, bouncing around in his head, something that often happened whenever he was worried, nervous, or stressed. And he certainly had a reason to feel all three at the moment. Had one of sisters spilled that he was already home? Haylen and Dierdre were the very best of friends and hung out all the time during the summer. And Juliana could have easily said something as well. Crap. This was not good. This was very not good. He wanted to tell Dierdre himself whenever he returned to Virginia Beach again...if one of his sisters had told her, then she might have thought he was trying to avoid her, or didn't want her to know that he was back, which would only create even more drama. Something else incredibly not needed. Great.

Darien forced himself to return to the conversation at hand with Juliet. Still smiling, he asked her, "So, how long have you been here? And how long are you staying?" he really needed to know the latter question for her own good, so maybe he could try and save her by getting her the hell out of dodge whenever Dee was around. Though, it was completely possible that he was overreacting and that all his worrying was for nothing. Dee wouldn't necessarily say anything to Juliet, even if she found out...would she? He swallowed hard, fighting back a sigh as he gazed at Juliet's pretty, innocent face. Virginia Beach may have been a huge city, with over four hundred and forty thousand people, but he was pretty sure that there was no way in hell it was going to be big enough for all three of them this summer.



tags: juliet mackenzie.
status: doneeee.
notes: hahaha showdown![/ul][/size][/font][/blockquote]