[CLOSED] you give love a bad name.

[taiken blair ballad]

"I figured I would try at Hot Topic. Hope they have some bright jeans in my size. But I'm so small.." She shrugged. She looked up at him at his next comment. Was he implying he liked her? 'No, that's stupid..' She thought, shaking her head before shrugging again.

"No, no. I get it. I mean, I guess someone as old as Sully wouldn't want to be caught walking around with a fifteen year old freshman." She mumbled, playing with the change in her pocket. She had no reason to believe he was going to stay now.

[damian cole sullivan]

"That's probably a good place to try." He shrugged. His style had seemed to stay the same through out the years. Only it was much cleaner now that he wasn't wrestling in mud with Khole, which they still did on occasion. Anytime Damian got to heated, Khole was there to help calm him down. They were a pretty good match up.

"Old as your brother?" Get out of here His head screamed, but his body didn't want to run away. Who cares? Right? As long as they were friends and nothing else, it shouldn't be a problem? "I'm guessing your brother wouldn't like you being around me? I don't want to start any trouble.." A sly smirked crossed his face at his last comment. It was a lie, he would start trouble in an instant. "Well, that's a lie. I tend to start trouble a lot..." Damian choked out the last words, like it killed him to tell the truth.

[taiken blair ballad]

"No, I don't think he would.." She said, keeping her head down. She played with the change in her pocket, listening to the noise it made. "But I mean, it's not like we're on a first name basis kinda thing, exchanging numbers and intentionally hanging out. Not like either of us think of the other as anything more than a stranger, right?" She asked, but she knew that was a lie on her end. She wouldn't mind seeing him again, had to admit she found him attractive. She even had the thought of kissing him vaguely cross her mind. But she had pushed it away.

"But I think it's fine." She said, glancing up at him.

[damian cole sullivan]

"So as long as we do no names, no numbers, and no plans... It's not that big of a deal.." He talked aloud, but was mostly talking to himself. It calmed his nerves a bit, but tha feeling she gave him was still there. It was small, but what if this kept happening? Would it grow? Would she become more and more attractive? Damian sighed, heavily, as hot topic came into view. It was almost like a thank god, maybe she'll talk about clothes, moment.

He glanced her way as they entered, following her to the skinny jeans. "It's interesting.. I like interesting." He was referring to their weird run-in, and the turning of it into hanging out, and he also meant he found her interesting. Damian pushed the thought away, picking up a shirt with some band on it. He looked around the store, and placed the shirt back down.

[taiken blair ballad]

Taiken held up a pair of jeans, and groaned. "See, I told Sully he needed to come so he could help me into my jeans." She bit her lip, looking for her size. She walked over to the skirts instead, deciding they would be easier to get into. She didn't want to have to ask the boy for help.

She picked out a skirt, then walked over to the dressing room. She changed into it easy enough, then walked out in it. She didn't think Sully would approve of how short it was.

"Yeah, I don't think this is gonna fly with Sullivan." She said, looking up at Damien with a blush.

[damian cole sullivan]

Damian watched as she switched from jeans to skirts. She moved clumsy, like a human, but it was cute that her movements were off. Each step wasn't perfect. Most spieces moved with a defined walk, and but the same kind of spieces had some traits that matched up. Humans just messed their steps up sometimes. He smiled lightly, as she disappeared into the dressing room.

"Um.. probably not.." His eyes gazed at her for a moment, feeling attracting again, and his eyes darted down. His eyes scanned the floor, spotting a few things that had fallen. He looked up to see if she had gone back in, but she was still standing there. She had nice legs. They were toned. Damian chewed on the inside of his lip, his hand brushing through his hair. "Sorry, I'm no help.."

[taiken blair ballad]

"Yeah, I didn't think so.." She walked back over, picking out one that was a little longer. She put it back, thinking she had enough skirts. All she had wanted was jeans, and Sullivan wouldn't come to help. She walked back to the dressing room, pulling on her pants. Or dancing into them, as the case may be. She managed to get them zipped, but couldn't get the button. She put the skirt back on the hanger, then walked back over to the rack hanging it up before grabbing Damien's arm, pulling him towards the dressing room. She didn't go in one, just went inside the curtain so no one would see.

"I can't get my button.. I won't say anything just please.. I'll owe you one.." She looked away so he wouldn't feel so awkward about it.

[damian cole sullivan]

Damian was surprised by he arm pull. He looked away as she spoke of the button on her pants. His mind going through so many thoughts. Ending up in jail for fighting? Fine Ending up in jail for buttoning a girl's pants? Not fine He sighed, trying to figure out what to do as quickly as he could. Quickly, he reached out, his finger brushed over skin at the line of her pants as he buttoned them. The touch was warm, and made him feel funny. When he got it buttoned, he backed up and walked away from the dressing room, over to some guy tshirts.

What else was he suppose to do? Damian's hands ran through the rack of the shirts. He looked behind him, back at the dressing room, seeing Tia's figure walk out from the curtain. Would she just go home? He focused his eyes back on the shirt. "No, I'm just looking.." He mummbled as someone asked if he needed help.

[taiken blair ballad]

Taiken blushed at the touch, chills racing up her spine. She shouldn't feel this way, it was beyond wrong. It was /illegal/. But something about the fact that she couldn't have him made her want him even more. And it scared her.

She walked over to him, pointing at one with Gir on it. "Hey, I remember that show! He was so cute." She smiled, putting her good hand in her pocket, holding her casted one to her chest. She played with her change again, then looked down at her feet.

"I'm sorry.." She mumbled, looking around the dark store. "It's just.. This cast is a pain and.." She rubbed the toe of one shoe against the other, chewing on her lip now.

[damian cole sullivan]

"Yeah? I never spent much time watching tv.. Khole and I were always out fighting.." He spoke, his nerves starting to calm down. He didn't want to feel this way about her. It was wrong, he could go to jail. Damian glanced Tia over. "I understand.. it's just.. Um.." He wasn't sure how to explain he didn't want to end up in a jail cell. He had been held in one over night, but that was it.

Khole had always came to get Damian when his fights landed him in the police station. "Any other store you wanna go to?" He asked trying to move he conversation forward, past the awkwardness that still lingered.