no light, no light .

”No I wasn’t expecting you, I just invited you over and then I completely forgot.” She joked back. Ryland had a decent sense of humor, and she understood all different types of humor and could shoot back humorous responses easily and quickly. Ryland looked up at him as he gave her a serious look, she was suddenly a little worried. What was happening? Had she offended him? ’Don’t even think of saying that it’s my fault. Do not!’ She then cracked a smiled. ”I was never going to say that it was your fault!” But Ryland wasn’t about ready to say that it was her fault either. Ryland had been busy a few weeks ago, she had been filming “The Silver Linings Playbook” with Bradley Cooper only a month ago, and it had recently ended. Since then she had been catching up on sleep and time with her sister and herself. She hadn’t spent much time with other people, she had gone on one date with a writer named Nicholas Bradshaw, but other than that she really hadn’t done that much, and now she was ready to get back in the groove of her life and get back in touch with her friends.

The house that Ryland and Alessandra lived in was modest compared to what they really could afford. The house contained four bedrooms, two of those of course being the girls rooms, and then one room had turned into an extra room for them to store their shit that they gathered through out the years and then a guest room. They had a living room that contained a huge couch and a flat screen television, they had a kitchen and four bathrooms. They could afford more, but really the two girls wouldn’t be living together for the rest of their lives so there was no use in purchasing a gigantic house for the two of them when one would eventually move out later. She nodded, ”I am.” When he pulled some of her hair her head moved back with his movement, ”Ouch. Heeey.” She scolded briefly. She was passive though so she really didn’t give much of a shit. ”I’ve been doing just fine.” She responded and then moved into the living room of the house, falling into the couch cushions. ”What about you Ray, how have you been doing?” She waited for him to come sit next to her.

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TAGGED raynold/neg!
OUTFIT here
NOTES good good <3

She looked back at Raynold and gave him a smile as he followed her. She was a girly type of person, she liked wearing frilly tops over t-shirts and she much preferred shorts of skirts compared to jeans or other types of pants. She enjoyed wearing everything but sneakers and she enjoyed jewelry and having her make-up done. Most days she never even touched her hair except to brush it, she liked the natural body of her hair, it wasn’t straight but it wasn’t frizzy either and it always just sat right with her. She liked to look good, but nothing too over the top because she was casual and she did move around a lot with her hyper personality.

She watched as he sat down next to her, thinking nothing of him putting his feet on the coffee table, it was a raggedy coffee table, mostly for decoration, it definitely had character and neither Alessandra or Ryland minded when people put their foot or drinks on it, it was nothing special to look at but it was something that Ryland had picked to be a part of the house. As he spoke to her she run her fingers along the bottom of her shirt, feeling the uneven stitching in the fabric, enjoying the rough feeling against her fingers. She rose an eyebrow at him as he explained what the Afghan Conflict was. Sure sometimes she wasn’t the brightest crayon in the box but she understood that there was a war in Afghanistan clearly enough. ”That sounds like something you would enjoy very much.” She smiled slightly. It was definitely nothing that Ry would enjoy being a part of. She disliked talking about serious issues, she liked talking about irrelevant topics and herself and her sister and movies and books and television shows and clothes.

Suddenly a cushion hit her in the face and she grabbed the pillow, spitting the hair that had flown into her mouth out and she took the opportunity to take a tight grip on the cushion and smack him in the side of the head with it a couple of times, practically on top of him as she was gaining her revenge. Even though she was passive in nature she was playful and was meaning him absolutely no harm. She dropped the cushion in his lap after a few good hits and readjusted her shirt, sitting back down next to him like she had done nothing. Ryland was definitely not the strongest person in the world so he was fine and she knew this. She was pretty weak. ”Oh, yeah I did.” She gave a small shrug, ”It was nothing serious, just, you know, a date. We just walked around the boardwalk and talked about ourselves.” She looked over at her friend, ”It was friendly.” Ryland enjoyed being in a relationship, and that was why she went on dates with people, she felt comfortable in a relationship, unlike her twin. Ry was a hopeless romantic to say the least. ”Tell me about your summer plans!” She grinned, her blue eyes locked on him as she waited to hear his plans.

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TAGGED raynold/neg!
OUTFIT here
NOTES surprise indeed : o

Ryland was feeling a little more unary that day as opposed to others. She would have screamed and hid usually, but she was feeling extra excited because she hadn’t seen Raynold in a while, and so she was expressing herself through hitting him with a cushion. She backed off of him as he placed the cushion beside him and no longer became a threat. She had not gotten over her self-confidence issues. Ryland was still comparing herself to everyone else. She always compared her body to others, her personality to other girls, particularly other girls that boys seemed to really enjoy. She could pick herself a part so easily but she never did anything about what she saw that made her different from everybody else. She had a child like personality, she lived young, she was adventurous but at the same time she was cautious. She could point out her physical flaws too, it was rather sickening actually. She rarely ever said things like “she’s prettier than me” or “I wish that I could do that”, but she blurted them out sometimes in silence, she had done it around Ray a few times and caught hell from it.

She let out laughter, ”No, it was a guy.” Ryland did not have any experiences with women as it seemed so many other ladies in the industry had. Ryland was very much into men, there were some people that would even say that she was boy crazy. Sure she had felt up Raquel Vegas breast one time in her hotel room, but she really wanted to know what silicone felt like and she received no pleasure from the experience, just her curiosity resolved. ”He was really nice, polite. He had really gorgeous hair. He’s an author, best seller of three books and he also writes screen plays and directs them.” She sat for a second and thought about the time she had on the date, it wasn’t like hanging out with a friend, it had felt like a date. ”His name is Nicholas Bradshaw, maybe you’ve heard of him? I don’t know, I just know that you read.” She chuckled. She hadn’t read any of the books that her date had written, Ryland didn’t read much, just scripts and the books or comics that the scripts were based off of. ”I invited him over to bake sometime if you wants to.” She shrugged a shoulder.

His blue eyes met her own and she smiled at him again, resting on the head couch as he started talking to her. ”That’s special! That sounds like of a lot of fun too, Australia. Don’t die though, the animals are vicious down there.” She warned him. Ryland liked to travel but she was a little wary about maybe having to travel down to Australia some day. Australia contained some of the most dangerous animals in the world, and they weren’t in zoos they were running wild and free for people to encounter. The continent did have about every cure to all types of animal venom though, at least they were responsible about it. She was a little taken back, jumping slightly as he grabbed her shoulders. She lifted her head and looked straight at him with a sense of urgency. She laughed her reaction slightly and listened to his suggestion. She remembered Route 66 from the Disney movie Cars. She imagined them in a car that had the top down for some reason, driving down a dirt road together. She really wasn’t that busy actually, she life had calmed down as her sister’s what becoming more and more crazy. ”I have heard of it! Let’s do it!” She had excitement in her eyes now, ”When?”

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TAGGED raynold/neg!
OUTFIT here
NOTES that's okay! we're back now!

Of course Ryland noticed nothing irregular about the way that Raynold was acting. She didn’t notice the fake smile, and she certainly did not notice his nervous leg movements she began to talk more about her date. Even if she had noticed it she would have figured that he just wasn’t interested. He was a guy after all, and most guys did not like listening to girls talk about their girlish things, I.E. going on a date with a guy. Now if Ryland were a male and have gone on a date with a girl he might be more interested. Or at least that was what she would have thought. Ryland and Nicholas Bradshaw probably would not become boyfriend or girlfriend. They had a nice time but it was more friendly than romantic. They talked and they barely knew each other, and if Nick took her up on her offer for baking and they got to know each other a little better it might bloom but right now that was something she could not tell. She wasn’t dwelling on it, she wasn’t eagerly awaiting a phone call or a text from him hoping that he was so desperately want to do something with her again. He was a nice guy, he would make a good friend. If she had noticed Ray’s nervousness that was probably something she would have told him.

”Yes to bake,” She shrugged, ”I don’t know, I just like to bake, I like to eat.” This was something that he knew, this was something that everybody knew. She loved to eat, she loved to cook for large groups of people, but she liked to bake most of all. She made her desserts from scratch too, none of those box recipes. She made cakes, cookies, cupcakes, lemon bars. Honestly if Ryland had not became an actress she probably would have pursued the career of a pastry chef. Ray had tasted her creations before, not recently but he had. She usually had some cookies around when her friends came over. ”That’s alright, we can have our own baking party if you ever so wish.” She smiled over at him, baring her teeth at him playfully as she was in one of those playful moods. ”Or not if you don’t want.” She stuck her tongue out at him.

She was surprised again as she was taken off of the couch by her friend. She laughed though, he was happy and she was glad that she got to be the one to give him that experience. She grabbed a hold of his shoulders though as he started moving and she did not want to end up falling on her back on their floor. ”You’re an expert traveller, I’m honored that you asked me to go with you!” She really did see him as an expert traveller, he was so adventurous and that was definitely one of things that she liked most about having him as a friend. He made her just a little bit more adventurous too, made her eager to do fun things that usually he would have been apprehensive to try. She was finally let down and she let go of him, straightening her shirt back out as it as shifted during the movement. ’ And by ‘you and me’ I mean only you and me and no one else – no Alessandra, no boyfriends, no girlfriends. No one else. Agree?’ She thought about it for a second. It was rare that she ever did anything without her twin, but she nodded, she could survive a trip without her sister, she had done it before, especially during times when she was promoting films and filming. She nodded, Deal. She tilted her head, ”You have a girlfriend?”

She then listened as he called her an awful hostess, her eyes widened slightly, ”Oh no! I’m so sorry Raynold. What do you want to drink?” She hopped across the wooden floor towards the kitchen in hopes that he would follow her. She opened the cupboard and realized that all of their cups on the bottom shelf were in the dish washer, and the only available ones left were on the top shelf. Ryland climbed up on the counter and stood on her knees on the granite counter top.

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TAGGED raynold/neg!
OUTFIT here
NOTES i like them.

It wasn’t just Ryland that had the gift of cooking, it was genetic. Alessandra was also a great cook, and often times she made Alessandra breakfast or lunch, but they always made dinner together, and a lot of times it turned into a three-course affair. For many people cooking was a burden, it took too long and there were always so many ingredients to add, but Ryland never saw cooking that way since she enjoyed it and also because she liked to eat. She definitely preferred a home cooked meal to restaurant food, and if somewhere were to take her on a date she would be much more impressed if they cooked her dinner as opposed to footing a huge bill at a restaurant just to show that they could afford it. Ryland appreciated the skill that came along with cooking, even if it was just something as simple as macaroni and cheese, because Ryland knew many people that could mess up even that simple dish. Ryland was a person that rarely ever followed recipes either. She had tasted enough food to make concoctions that she felt would go well together. She liked to mix salty and sweet a lot and it always turned out pretty well for her. She liked to take the simplest dishes and add things to them. For instance her mash potatoes contained cheese, bacon, and sour cream and chives. They were pretty stinkin’ delicious. She also liked to invite people over for dinner, which gave her another opportunity to cook and she always felt more comfortable eating in her own house, that was a weird quirk of hers, but that just might have been her own insecurities with herself. She smiled over at the boy as he agreed to a baking party with her, ”Fantastic! I can show you how to cook some things to impress the ladies.” She gave him a playful wink and a small giggle.

It would be good for the twins to separate for something other than work. The longest times that the twins had been away from each other was when they were filming different projects at the same time, but even then they always found some time to go visit one another. They were extremely close and it might have stunted Ryland somewhat in her mental development, but it wasn’t something that she had ever noticed. She was very dependent on her sister, which was unhealthy but she found the close relationship that she had with her sister to be unique and refreshing since there were so many siblings that did not get along, i.e. some twins, i.e. her manager Anthony Montgomery and his brother Tristan. Her eyes widened slightly at his reaction to the question about him having a girlfriend. He seemed majorly defensive and it threw the blonde girl off. She listened to his reasoning behind what he had said though and she nodded, even though she was fairly certain that she would not have a boyfriend by that time. She was starting on a new project in the middle of May and she would be back in work mode and out of boy crazy wanting to go on a date with everybody mode. Going on a trip with another male while in a relationship probably would irritate whatever boyfriend she had managed to pick up anyway. ”I won’t have a boyfriend.” And that wasn’t her getting down on herself. Ryland was happy with where she was in her life right now though, even without a relationship so he wasn’t going to scrap the bottom of the barrel just to feel like she was wanted by another human being. She was blessed to have the friends that she did, that made her feel included and like she belonged somewhere in this crazy and messed up world. She was actually pretty stoked about this trip and somewhat wished that it was happening sooner, and she wondered how long the trip would be. But she wouldn’t question it, she would just go with the flow like usual.

”What the hell are you doing up there?...” She turned her head over her shoulder to look at him and she laughed. He grabbed the two glasses for her and pouted as her efforts at climbing up on the counter had gone to waste. She turned around and placed her bum on the counter, sliding off and landing on her feet. She grabbed one of the cups and filled it from ice from the automatic dispenser on the front of the refrigerator, she then moved the cup over to the filtrated water dispenser and filled the glass with the water. When she turned to hand him in the glass she noticed a different look on his face and wrinkles appeared in her forehead as she outreached her arm and handed him the glass, ”You okay Ray? You look a little nervous.” She then filled her own glass and took a sip, continuing to look over at him with her cat-like blue eyes. Her eyes moved up to his hair, it looked so fluffy. She figured that since they were friends and all that he wouldn’t mind if she just reached out and touched it, stepping closer and patting him on the head lightly with her hand she smiled at him, hoping to dismantle the nervous look that was on his face. ”I enjoy your fluffy hair.” She vocalized.

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TAGGED raynold/neg!
OUTFIT here
NOTES i just, had muse.

Ryland was definitely one of those girls that pictured herself with every male that she came across. She had thought about what it would be like if she was in a relationship with any one of her males friends, most of the relationships that she imagined would have been awkward or just would not have worked for various reasons. Ryland was boy crazy in that sense, she never went for guys though because she was insecure and she figured that whatever guy that she went after wouldn’t be the least bit interested in her and she would be faced with rejection. Not that she wasn’t used to rejection, but it wasn’t really a part of her life so much now. She was an actress in Hollywood sure, but Ryland had hit that status where people were asking her to audition for roles and she pretty much got to pick what she wanted to do in her career. Sure sometimes they picked another actress over her for some roles, but it rarely ever phased her anymore. But when it came to love she did not want to feel that type of feeling where she felt unwanted or not good enough to be with a certain person. She wasn’t guarded though, she was open to try relationships or go on dates with different people, and she didn’t feel like any friendship was too sacred to risk that. She loved the thought of love and she wanted it, so she was willing to take certain risks to find it.

She became a little concerned when he wasn’t saying anything and brought her head back down to her side, in fact it was weird to her that he was being so quiet all of the sudden. Had she done something wrong? Did the water taste funny? Was there a weird mark on her face or something in her teeth? Raynold hadn’t acted this way around her before, it was like he had locked up for something. She awaited his answer and looked down into her glass of water, contemplating what could be the matter with him. She put the glass up to her lips again and she tilted the cup up, most of her face becoming consumed in the glass in attempts to barricade the awkward silence that was happening between the two of them. She didn’t press the matter though and she let out a giggle as he stuck his tongue out at her. She removed the glass from her lips and not too soon after he spoke again.

Leaving so soon? She looked up at him with big blue cat-like eyes and she pouted at him. He had just got there and he was already leaving her. They hadn’t even gotten to do anything besides talk about road trips and dates and then get a glass of water. ”Alright.” She was sad to see him go and it was apparent in her voice. She was that way with everyone when they left her though, especially when they hadn’t been at her house that long and she didn’t know when she would see them next. She was naïve and didn’t suspect that he was lying to her at all, even if she wasn’t naïve she wouldn’t have been intelligent enough to catch it either. She never suspected her close friend Raynold to ditch her, and even if she did if she would’ve known his reasoning for the lie it probably would have been alright with her. He was looking into her eyes and she couldn’t help but smile up at him, erasing the pout from her face. She took his glass that was in his hand and placed his and hers on the counter beside them, ”That’s alright, I’ll walk you out?”

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TAGGED raynold/neg!
OUTFIT here
NOTES oh i'm exciteeeeed!