said i'll always be a friend , ella

[joey]

YOU CAN STAND UNDER MY UMBRELLA
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It wasn't so much a scream as it was a panicked wail, a little girl calling for her father as she came flying into the house from the backyard, her arms flailing and her long and curly brown hair flying every which way. "Calm down," Joseph instructed, because when she got like this he could barely make out two words. "A worm, daddy! He's chasing me with a worm and he knows I don't like worms!" Annabelle whined, gripping onto his bracelet'd wrist and pointing across as the messy haired boy, popping his head into the room with a very pleasant little smile, his hand encased around a little worm. Not a big gross one, just a little one that was curled up on his palm. "He only wanted to talk to you." Jamie said in a tone of voice that in an adult, would have been accompanied by a roll of the eyes. "Worms can't talk, doofus!" she protested and Joey held onto her hand, giving it a little shake. "Don't call your brother a doofus." he said softly, yet sternly. "Maybe the worm-" he was interrupted. "William" Jamie said, informing him of the worm's name. "Right...maybe the worm - William - only talks to Jamie. Jamie, you know your sister doesn't like worms so stop tormenting her. Now go and put William in the garden or Majesty will eat him" he said with a playful chuckle, mostly at Jamison's horrified face at the idea of their dog eating the worm.

The family of three were going out to Santa Monica, to visit the beach and the pier with a friend of Joey's named Ella. He met her in the summer of 2008 while she did voice work and he drew a character inspired by her expressions. It was one of those moments were two people just clicked and managed to stay in touch and form a friendship. There was nothing romantic about it, he was happily married at the time and even now, when his wife had been dead a year there was nothing other than friendship. Joseph was still very much attached and loyal to the memory of his wife. It wasn't like they fell out of love and divorced, was it? They had arranged to meet Ella at the entrance of the Santa Monica Pier, because they hadn't seen each other for a while, both being so busy but now he had a new job there was a chance he'd see much more of her as she was so heavily affiliated with Disney. And also, because he wanted to take the kids out, he was trying to get out of the house on weekends rather than being sat inside, especially now the weather was beginning to brighten up. But one couldn't always just drive off to some theme park or other attraction, so sometimes you had to do something fun nearby. The pier was no big attraction, it was more like a carnival. A small ride, a ferris wheel and some stalls or booths with fun things to do.

But it would be fun enough for them! His kids loved going to the pier. He was sure that the older they got, the less exciting it became. But they liked trying to win toys and they liked going on the roller coaster that was very simple and child-friendly. And they liked Ella. Annabelle always admired the way Ella dressed and how she was so ladylike and almost like a princess in her eyes. But that would probably be because she was from England, from London no less! And anytime Annabelle thought of royalty, she thought of London where the Queen lived! Anna wanted to visit Buckingham Palace, Joey and Ellie had planned to take the kids on a vacation to England because Joseph had family there and they'd take a day trip or two to the capital city. Maybe he would still do it, when the kids were a bit older and easier to travel with. "Come on, you two." shouted Joey as he made sure the dog had water in the bowl while Anna rushed into the kitchen. "Dad, he put it in his pocket." she said with a frown. She was so unimpressed with this worm. Joey grimaced at the thought of being the one to find some dead, squished worm in his pocket when it was doing laundry and waited for the lad to come inside, trying to pretend William wasn't in his pocket. "Little man, give me the worm." he said and Jamison looked wide eyed, wondering how he knew already.

"Dude...just...no. Alright? No." he said, with a disgusted face as he took the worm outside while Jamie whined that the worm wouldn't be there when they got back. Joey washed his hand (not a fan of worms himself, if he was honest) and placed his now clean and dried hand on Jamie's shoulder. "There'll be other worms, son." he said, amused that one day he would be telling Jamie there would be other girls when he was older and telling himself that life was so much easier when worms were all he had to worry about. He finally managed to round up his youths and into the car. It wasn't a long drive to the pier from Los Angeles, but the traffic was making it drag out. Thankfully, it didn't take long to find a parking space and soon he was hand-in-hand with Anna and Jamie, making his way to the pier's entrance. "Keep an eye out for Ella." he said. Joey did love to play around with and tease Ella, he'd sometimes call her Cinderella or Cinders (which Anna liked, as Cinderella was a princess and in the film with Drew Barrymore, she was British) and other times he would break out into Rihanna's hit song Umbrella and telling her that she would stand under his "umber-ella, ella, ella, eh eh eh." but it was all good fun. His five year old son was now on his back, while Anna was stood wearing her little cross-the-body Hello Kitty bag, feeling very grown up.

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TAG: ELLA FITZGERALD. SETTING: SANTA MONICA PIER, EARLY AFTERNOON? OUTFIT: HERE. CREDITS: LYRICS; GRAPHIC BY ME.

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[cait]

cause this is the real thing

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It’d been a long while since work had given her free time like this to take off and head out for a day. It didn’t really matter much anymore whether it was weekends or weekdays, night or day- work was work whenever it needed to be done. And lately there was a strange pattern. This certain character was one they were developing quickly into a story, so they had Ella coming in at night for expression work, and day to record vocals for songs, and then running lines. A ridiculous process, if you asked her. For as much as she did adore the fairies that ran amok in the world of Neverland, finding a new character was really unnecessary- especially when the movie was planned for release at the end of the year! But really, who was the poor girl to argue. They liked her, and they liked what she was doing- so she supposed it was for the best. Besides, it was giving her money- and more than that, it put her out there. Disney wanted her enough to make a character for her- said they couldn’t deny her a role as a fairy, that it was too… perfect. Well, that was good and lovely then, wasn’t it?

But besides that, tut tut- today was a day of relaxation and pleasantries, and she was going out to Santa Monica Pier. Ella Fitz was planning on meeting up with a dear friend, Joseph Murdoch, and his two children. A day of running about and trying out all sorts of things she assumed, and making sure those two darling children were as happy as little clams! But not the sort of clams like in Alice in Wonderland, goodness no! She wouldn’t be deceiving them and leading them off to be eaten by any walruses- no sirree! Rather, she was intending on spoiling them as she always tried to. Jamie and Anna were the two children Ella really got to see and attach herself to, because as busy as her life was, it wasn’t as though she really saw any children of her own. One would be surprised to think such, for while Ella was indeed an intelligent woman, she was also extremely creative and uppity- the perfect sort of mother to enchant a little girl into the most wondrous of dreams! But that was naught to happen, no. The girl hadn’t even been in anything much of a relationship before! She was the epitome of clean, the good girl who was in basic terms virginal white. And she didn’t mind too much at all, she was everything that LA was supposed to diminish and she took pride in knowing that the city hadn’t brought her down. She was certainly strong willed in that centre of things!

Not so much when it came to this sort of logic though. As she exited her car, and made her way towards the entrance, where they said they’d meet up, she looked into her bag. Her wallet, her keys, sunglasses, a bit of sunscreen (because one could never really be sure!), and her latest read. The Happiness Project, a quaint little read that was delighting her from page to page! Not that it wasn’t very ordinary to occur for most books seemed to have that effect on her, but this one had such delightful tales in it! It made her want to sing in the shower and dance in the rain and be happy! But she wasn’t allowed to read right now, she was waiting to meet up with the Murdochs and head out on a wonderful adventure for the day! And surprisingly enough, look who she found bounding her way! ”Well, goodness me, is that my favourite bunch of people?” she asked, accent strong as she spoke, and giggled. Waving daintily, the petite thing began to make her way over to the three of them. ”What wonderful timing, I only just stepped out of my vehicle! Wouldn’t you know it, traffic was far from a breeze. How are you all?”

* joseph murdoch! TAG
* justlikefalling @ caution 2.0! TEMPLATE CREDIT
* real thing, boys like girls! LYRICS
* OH HAI THERE! i'll change lyrics to something more fitting later, it's late. D:NOTES

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[joey]

He had recently been giving a job to work in the animation department of Disney and by recently, I mean literally the other day. He went for an interview and was fully prepared having had a head start thanks to an insider telling him about the up-and-coming job. He hadn't started yet, the person who's position he was filling would be leaving in just under two weeks and Joey would take over immediately, meeting with them before they left so they could introduce him to the rest of the crew. It was a smart move, making sure there was no gap in between the guy leaving and the new guy starting. He was real excited and mostly because he loved Disney. He had done ever since he was a toddler, he found Winnie the Pooh enjoyable as a toddle and then when he was a little older he was mesmerised by Fantasia. He used to draw characters from films and he loved going to Disneyworld. Walt Disney was an idol of his. He felt blessed to get the job. And he wore his pride on his shirt, a black tee shirt with a distressed design of Mickey Mouse. One from his collection of Disney-related items! He wore it under a red hooded sweatshirt jacket, which was being hijacked by the young boy on his back.

"Dad, there she is." Jamison said, pointing out over the crowds to Ella. He had the perfect view, being sat on his father's back with his head resting just above Joey's, he eagerly sat clutching Joey's broad shoulders so he could see over everyone and everything. And what a view it was, if the beach wasn't amazing enough to look at, the pier was magnificent. Anna jumped up and down with her arm waving around but it was unlikely that Ella could ever see her do so. "Go on." he said, encouraging her to go to Ella because he knew she wanted to. He'd be able to see her so Annabelle rushed across the small distance between the trio and their friend and with a big smile, greeted Ella with a hello and a hug. A smile spread across Joseph's lips and he chuckled through it, amused by the way she phrased her first sentence. In fact, he found a lot of things that Ella said to be amusing. Even by the way she strung a sentence together, it was so whimsical, quaint and quickly. Just like Ella herself! "I'm flattered." he cheerfully responded, his hand resting across his chest to show her how touched he was, though he was well aware she was joking. Anna was already giggling. Not laughing at Ella, but her English accent tickled that kid so much. She loved it, especially the way she said vehicle.

Accents were no biggie to Joey, who had grown up around a multitude of different voices. From his mother's Italian to his aunt's husband's German or uncle's wife's British, he wasn't nearly as phased by a foreign voice then his child was, who was just in awe of every and any word that Ella spoke. "What can I say?" he began, and took off his Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses "I'm good with timing." he said arrogantly, with this faux-cocky air about him. Yeah, that was a lie. Well not always, he was good and bad at timing, it all depended! "Well I'm alright." he said, as he couldn't speak for the other two! Annabelle said she was great, now her tooth had fallen out and wasn't being a bothersome wobbly anymore and Jamison was okay, because he was 'as tall as a tree!' as he excited told her. It wasn't true, but to a pintsized fella like himself, this was pretty fucking tall. "What about you, how have you been?" Joey asked, before leaning backwards slightly as Jamie began to let himself down and nearly pulled his father backwards onto his ass until, being a little daredevil, he just let go from dad's shoulders and dropped to the ground. And after straightening his clothes, he stood by his dad with a smile, one eye squinting because of the sunshine. Joey handed over his glasses, which were too big for Jamie's face but the kid loved trying to balance them on his ears anyway.