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Andrea Saxx followed, her face twisted into a frown from when Ender took over. Well now they didn't have ID's, but they could always go back later. The girl darted into the basement room, helping Amanda clear a stand that looked like a kitchen table. Once the surface was ready she turned and grabbed Ian's legs, pulling him onto the table. Amanda told her where the medical supplies was, and Andrea grabbed it all, setting it quickly onto the counter by the table. As Ender asked for things *if that's ok* Andrea and Brooke handed them to him and helped where needed. She frowned, pulling her hair out of her face as she looked at Ian. he was getting paler, and he was passed out again. Still, at least he was alive for now. Brooke looked freaked out, and Andrea wondered how it would feel if she were in that position. Just then Ian began to stir, and the first thing he said was "*shoot*, this hurts." Andrea found herself chuckling. "That's what happens when you get shot. Not fun, is it?" Ian shook his head.

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Amanda Chaffer heard Scarlett shout, and immediately went into action. How was Ian hurt? She thought as she and Andrea got things together. While Ian got medical attention, she asked what happened. Andrea and Aaron filled her in, with the occasional comment from Brooke. Amanda wanted to hit something. "This shouldn't have happened," she muttered. The only reason Ian was hurt was because they were all protecting her. She would rather just face General Pace herself instead of having her friends getting chased and shot. Turning away when she wasn't needed, she started getting things together for the others. Some food, lots of water, and blankets. Brooke, Ender, Ian, and Andrea were all soaked. Amanda grabbed some of the spare clothes they'd brought and set them on the counter. Once she was finished she looked at Ender. He didn't look hurt, just cold and wet. Examining Brooke, she saw the girl's head was bleeding. "Oh, Brooke," Amanda sighed, and started to clean her up. It looked like a cut from glass, so Amanda made sure there weren't any shards or splinters buried in there. Once Brooke was patched up, Amanda stood beside Aaron. He was oddly enough her best friend, aside from Ender. He was the only one who could reassure her when things went wrong.

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tagged } ender, scarlett, william, amanda // mood } annoyed // location } streets // position } the best friend // status } single

Aaron Reese walked his way into the place his hair wet from sweat and bags under his eyes. He didn't want to see Ian getting patched up, too hard to watch. When he walked inside he was awake but not looking so well. He talked how it hurt and managed to get a laugh out of Andrea, but Aaron didn't feel like laughing. Aaron stood still letting Amanda approach him. Neither one spoke, they were both quiet. He leaned his shoulder pushing her a little making her have to readjust and when she looked up he just smiled weakly. Like he was forcing some sort of fake happiness out of him. Aaron was always the one to let a joke slip in a bad situation to light up the moment. Everyone was quiet so he searched his brain for a joke. Nothing came so he walked into the kitchen and opened it searching for food. he walked out with a tomato and bit into it. He passed Ender who was frowning at him. not out of anger but confusions. Why would he be eating a whole tomato at a moment like this. Aaron stopped holding gout the red fruit or debatable vegetable to him. "Want a bite?" Ender pushed his hand away shaking his head even smiling a little.

Aaron shrugged and continued. Someone grabbed his collar, Scarlett. She stopped him snatching the tomato and taking a large bite and giving it back. Aaron looked at it then up at her, then it again then at her. "What.... I... you... what?" he looked up and Scarlett shrugged. "One bite won't kill you." Aaron narrowed his eyes. "One bite? You murdered it. There's nothing left." Scarlet chuckled taking it from him and throwing the tomato into the trash. He walked back to Amanda and stood there. Waiting for something to happen. Others started to shuffle now that he killed the silence, with his lost, completely eaten by Scarlett, tomato.

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tagged } scarlett, amanda, william, aaron // mood } annoyed // location } home, streets // position } the hunted // status } single, not looking

Ender Wiggin watched Aaron complain that Scarlett ate his tomato and ended up finding himself on the nearby couch. The whole place was a square, completely white, very bright lights and then a kitchen. Everything was white. The couch was, the table Ian was on, which was in the middle of the large room, was silver. He let his head sit back on the couch and he closed his eyes. He felt the pain from his shoulder, probably reopened. His concussion was long gone or he just didn't notice it. His body was weak and he wouldn't be able to lift his arms high over his head for a day or two from aches His hands were covered in Ian's blood and his face. Ian would survive, thank god.

Ender sighed deeply and then felt someone sit next to him. Their hand rested on his. He looked up expecting to see Amanda but it was Brooke. Her eyes were filled with water. "thank you. Thank you so much. You really are a hero. if he didn't live... I would have probably quit. Or became as independent as you are." she lowered her voice to a whisper so no one could hear. "Ender it is better to love and lost then not loved at all. I know it hurts and..." he tied to talk and explain how he was holding back but she kept talking. "and I know your holding back. But your apart of the team now, you always will be even Aaron looks at you with great respect after what you did. Open up. " Ender narrowed his eyes and let her hug him but he didn't hug back. He wasn't holding back or not wanting to love, he was just too mature for silly little jokes and he worked more than played. He sighed letting his head fall back again his neck aching as he did it. He found himself desperately wanting to talk to Amanda, for no apparent reason.

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Amanda Chaffer shifted as Aaron nudged her. He looked so worn, and she imagined she didn't look much better. This was all her fault, they shouldn't have tried to help her. She should have just gone out on her own or something, she would rather have Pace kill her than let her friends get hurt. Now Ian was pale, and Ender was covered in blood. Brooke even had an injury, and Aaron could barely smile. Amanda was guilty, sad, and angry all at the same time. But buried beneath it all was gratefulness so heavy it made her throat swell. They really would help her this way, even a the risk of injury or death. The whole tomato thing was funny, but she couldn't remember how to smile. Then she saw Brooke talking to Ender, and she was so quiet Amanda couldn't hear her even in the silence of the room. When Brooke stood again *if that's ok* Amanda grabbed something from the kitchen and approached Ender. The 'something* was a washcloth, now wet because she'd run the faucet over it. She sat down beside Ender carefully, moving slowly so he could stop her if he wanted to. Then she wiped the blood from his face and hands, the white cloth soon stained a red-pink color from the diluted blood. The whole time she said nothing, just cleaned the liquid from his skin and hoped he would understand her silent gratitude.

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Andrea Saxx watched Amanda, and it dawned on her just how much the girl probably cared for Ender. She also realized how sucky it must be to like someone so careful and mature. It would take forever for him to do anything, and even longer for any affection to be displayed in public. Maybe by now they would have been dating if it weren't for that whole three-year separation thing. Andrea only just got Aaron, and she'd been trying forever. No wonder Amanda was so careful, she probably didn't want to make it harder. Trying to go back to her usual non-caring self, Andrea walked over to Aaron. "Pretty sure there are taco ingredients in the fridge," she murmured quietly, trying to get Aaron in a better mood. As she glanced nonchalantly around the room, she noticed Ian shift on the table as he moved in his sleep. The color was gone from his face, but his body was more relaxed, not as strained from the pain. Ender had done a good job, as always.

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tagged } ender, scarlett, william, amanda // mood } annoyed // location } streets // position } the best friend // status } single

Aaron Reese saw Andrea approach him. He smiled weakly to her too. She talked about taco ingredients. "Nah, I need tomatoes with my taco's and now that's gone." he sighed as Scarlet huffed and walked away into one of the four rooms. Three were bedrooms and the other one was a bathroom. He sighed looking over at her. "Everyone's so upset. But I see it as, he's alive. Ian freaking survived and he's just going through pain. It's better then dead limp on that table. " he looked away a stern look on his face. his eyes shifted to the paintings on the walls.one was an ocean, with a large wave about to collapse on a boat. the other was a wrecked boat, similar to the one in the other picture with fish living in it at the shore bed. To him it symbolizes the end of a storm, with a rising rainbow. The boat sank loosing lives, but in the end it made home to many others bringing a little happiness to the story. He looked back down at Andrea held out his hand for her to grab.

Once she grabbed it he lead her to one of the bedrooms, his and Ian's oddly enough, and walked inside. He remembered buying this place but they never came here often this was for uncover missions, like the one with Ender. Andrea had stayed here when it happened with Ian. They had so many houses in the city none of them were home. the closest one to home was back at head quarters. He closed the door behind her and looked around at their empty room. Everything he looked at was not his. He never though "There's my bed, or there's my alarm clock. Just two bed, two end tables, a dresser, mirror, and shelves. He jumped up on the end of the bed and pointed to the other. "That's yours to jump on, how long has it been since you jumped on a bed?"

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tagged } scarlett, amanda, william, aaron // mood } annoyed // location } home, streets // position } the hunted // status } single, not looking

Ender Wiggin saw Amanda coming towards him and it made him want to smile. He just noticed the rag in her hand and when she sat down he stiffened when her hand came closer. his closed his eyes scrunching up his face when she took his hand to clean it. But the warm cloth and her touch made him relax. he opened his ice blue eyes letting himself look at her face. She didn't look back as she cleaned his hands but then she looked up at him cleaning his face. He glanced over at the others meeting Aarons gaze. As if there was envy in his gaze. Did he like Amanda? No, that wasn't it. Their relationship. Ender remembered Aaron liking Andrea. On queue Aaron walked off with Andrea. Brooke was sitting in a chair at the table with Ian. She had put a blanket over him because he didn't have a shirt on and the table was steel. She was not paying attention to them her back was facing them. Will was also sitting quietly Scarlett next to him doing something on her phone.

Ender looked back at Amanda he smiled. "Thanks" he whispered so quietly no one in the room could hear. When she stopped as she lowered her hand he took it. Stop it ender he told himself and instead of holding her hand longer he took the washcloth to make it seem like that was his goal the whole time. He knew she probably knew what he was going for, he did hold her hand a little too long. He stood up and walked into the kitchen setting it in the sink and took off his over jacket. Less blood was on his under armor. he walked back sitting down next to her letting his shoulder touch hers. He looked over seeing a cup of chocolates. He grabbed one, unwrapped it and was about to throw it in his mouth when he saw her looking at him. he took a bite of half offering he the other half.

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Amanda Chaffer watched as his hand touched hers, just a second longer than normal, as he took the now dirty cloth away. She would have smiled a little if it weren't such a sad moment. She couldn't even have him for a second. She looked over at Brooke, who was sitting beside Ian, and felt her stomach twist. They had it so good, they obviously loved each other. She frowned and pushed the thoughts away. She should be grateful that Ender was even here, he could be dead. As she looked over, he sat beside her again, and offered her a piece of his chocolate. She smiled and took it, popping it into her mouth. Quietly she said, "Am I the only one wondering what Aaron and Andrea are doing? I mean he kind of just took her into the bedroom without saying anything at all." She thought she whispered, but Will somehow heard her and started laughing. Well, at least she broke the tension.

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Andrea Saxx followed Aaron, and stared as he climbed onto the bed. "Never," she answered.
"My dad was pretty strict. But...he isn't here now." She jumped onto the other bed and got going, springing up and down like a child. She felt a grin spread onto her face, no longer surprised that Aaron got her to smile. He was the only one who could. She even let out a giggle, like a childish giggle. What the heck? No, she never giggled. "What are you doing to me?" She demanded, still smiling. "This is not me. What sorcery have you used?" She let her legs slip out from under her so she landed on the bed sitting, her cheeks red from laughing and being embarrassed. She tried not to think about her parents then, and admitted it. "Alright mister humor, make me laugh again. I have trouble focusing on happy things." It was true, she was almost always depressed, but that was to be expected.

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tagged } amanda // mood } silly // location } home // position } the best friend // status } openly crushing on amanda

Aaron Reese smiled, watching her have fun. He loved making her happy. Aaron laughed when she giggled and he did the same thing as her letting his legs go and fall to sit on the bed. "Make you laugh? I can't make someone laugh by choice. Okay hold on, I need a glass of water to get started." he said clapping his hands together and rubbing them as if readying up. Aaron stood up and walked over to the door. He opened the door stubbing it on the way out and acted casual. He grabbed his water, limped back into the room and cursed loudly. He walked back sitting on the bed next to her. "How can I make you laugh? I have nothing in mind." he said frowning. "I like you. Aaron Reese doesn't say that often so appreciate it." he said smiling. "I still can't believe you have never jumped on a bed. That's like life. What else have you not done." he paused and his eyes widened and mouth dropped. "We need to do every kid thing possible. You will not die without trying it!" he grabbed her hand and ran out and into the bathroom. he tuned the light on and turned the water on. he stuck her hand under the water. "Now splash the mirror! and spit into the sink. You have to spit, spitting how far you can is like life."

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tagged } amanda // mood } feeling selfish // location } home // position } the hunted // status } single, not looking

Ender Wiggin smiled at Amanda. "You are right. That is weird." he said chuckling. Then he saw Aaron run out and into the bathroom with her. Leaving the light on and door open though. They said something about spitting and splashing windows. he made a mental note not to go into the bathroom for a while. Or else he would end up cleaning up their mess he'd rather let someone else find water on the mirror and spit on the rim of the sink. He looked over at Amanda lowering his voice. "I am sorry about your father. I hope there's something I could do to make you feel better." he sighed looking at his hands. "I am also sorry about, you know, then." he muttered. "Leaving and what not. I had time to see you. I just thought it would be better to go, if I saw you, I would have wanted to stay." he admitted not looking her in the eye. "I was just being selfish and only caring about myself. You would probably have wanted to see me one last time for sure." he said thinking back in the past. "I miss it up there. Getting into that water, I was so excited. I just want to be in zero gravity again, feeling light as air. "

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Amanda Chaffer for once couldn't comfort Ender. Normally she would say something like it's okay you had a lot on your mind, you aren't selfish. But she was feeling selfish, too. She wanted him to apologize, she wanted him to feel just a little bit bad for leaving. Just as quickly as the feeling had come it was gone, and she looked over at him. "It's alright. And I miss battle school sometimes, but in the end I just felt so trapped. Here on earth you can just go anywhere, but in Battle school it was always the same rooms, the same hallways. I wanted to scream." She looked over at Will, who was nodding. She thought about what he said about her father and sighed. She tried not to picture his face, how it felt when he would toss him up in the air as a kid. He always promised he would catch her. Now you can't she thought bitterly. Now I'm falling. She looked at Ender again and frowned. "I am tired," she said. "But I seriously do not want to sleep." What she wanted was to put her head on his shoulder and rest that way, but the others were in the room and she still wasn't sure if they were just friends or what was going on there. To her it felt like friends that dated, broke up, and were now really awkward. Which was pretty much true.

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Andrea Saxx grinned as she followed Aaron. "Spitting into the sink, seriously?" She splashed the mirror as he said before backing away. "So what, I just spit?" She shrugged, a smile forming on her lips. Spitting was another thing she wasn't allowed to do, as it was 'un-ladylike'. She thought for a moment, glanced at Aaron again, and then did it. She smiled again, looking at him. "Alright, another thing I have never done...um..." It was hard to think of something she's never done, since after all she'd never thought to do it. "I have never played any little kid games. Hide and seek, tag, nothing. Or card games. Or board games. Basically no games at all." Seeing his shocked face she shrugged. "I spent my time studying science and technology. I could change a car tire when I was six." Most kids were in battle school at six, but she didn't join until she was seven. Her parents hated the IF, and were somewhat mean to anyone who talked about battle school. "My parents wanted me to be a chemist or something, not a soldier." She grinned wickedly. "Sucks for them." She took another step back and spit into the sink again. Her hair kept falling in her face, so for once she pulled it back, tying it with the rubber band around her wrist. She usually had her hair down, since she hated having her neck exposed. Weird thing of hers.

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Aaron Reese smiled when she spit and splashed in the sink. He rolled his eyes when she mentioned her parents. "My parents were strict too but I was a trouble maker from day one so that never stopped me." he joked crossing his arms. he just now realized how long Andreas neck was. "Your hairs up. It looks nice." he said as if it was a casual thing to say. "You should wear it up more often." he suggested turning the lights off like Ender suggested. Aaron grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the bathroom and shut the door. "Ender tomorrow we will get you a toothbrush, I promise." Ender smiled his eyes were closed, he looked stressed. "Thanks, I washed my face but that's all I could do." Aaron nodded and went back into his room with Andrea. "Hmm kid games. Well board games are boring. Card game I never liked either. I have an idea!" Aaron took her hand again. "Sorry this is the last time I will drag you around."

Aaron exited the room again and heard Scarlett grumble, probably because he was shuffling around everywhere. He went to the front door and exited that door too, then the apartment door. "Time to play Tag." he said. The streets were quiet, a car here and there. Street lights were on and the only sign of people were shop keepers finally finishing up closing time clean up. Aaron lifted his hand. "I Aaron Reese now raised my hand and place it on your shoulder an announce you: it." he poked her shoulder. "adios" he said dashing across the street and leaning against the lamp pole. "TAG, you're it." he said emphasizing the word: tag.

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Ender Wiggin sighed still refusing to look at her. "Then go to bed." he muttered taking her non-spoken note to declare talk time over. All he wanted was to sit down, relax, and be with her. But she was tiered. "I mean I waited three years to talk to you. I can wait another day." he muttered standing up. He walked into the kitchen and turned the sink on and dipped his hand sin the water. The water was freezing cold. He splashed it on his face then rubbed it in his hair and over his neck. That's what you get. No second chances, you hurt her, she's probably too scared to take you back. he thought while turning off the sinks. Ender opened the fridge grabbing a water bottle and downing it in seconds. Before exiting the kitchen he tossed the bottle in the trashcan and turned the lights out. He hated how this place was so corporate and cold. He walked across the living room but was stopped when Brooke spoke to him. "Goodnight Ender. I know you're supposed to sleep on one of the two couches but, you can take Ian's bed."

Ender sighed and smiled shaking his head. "Thank you Brooke, but I am going to get use to my bed. I do have a question, do you know where any pillows and blankets are?" Brooke pointed to a chest across the room and near the bathroom. Ender walked over to it and opened it. Just as she said it was filled with fuzzy warm blankets and had any kind of pillow you wanted. He reached in for a light sheet and then grabbed the thickest pillow he could find. He walked over to where Amanda was and removed all the pillows off the second couch. Ender pulled off his shirt and then his under armor shirt. He laid down resting his head in his pillow and letting it sink inside it so to Amanda only his nose was visible. Ender put the sheet by his feet but refused to use it. He closed his eyes but spoke one last thing to Amanda.

"Goodnight Amanda. Goodnight Brooke." he heard the ruckus of Andrea and Aaron stop then from his view he was able to see an Aaron head peeking out the bathroom doorway once his eyes were opened. "What about me?" Aaron said teasingly. "Shut the lights off please." Ender answer. Aaron rolled his eyes and chuckled lightly going back into the bathroom.

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Amanda Chaffer sighed. "Keep in mind," she murmured. "I waited three years to find out if you were alive." She wasn't mad at all, just annoyed with herself because he misunderstood. She was tired and didn't want to stay up talking, but she did want to be with him. She wanted to be sharing a room with him instead of her best friend. Deciding not to push any further she stood. Amanda tried not to look at him when he undressed, but from the smirk on Will's face she could tell she'd failed. Back in Battle School the boys walked around naked all the time, but Ender had rarely ever taken his shoes off let alone anything else. That and the whole three-years thing made her a little stare-y. She didn't want him to think she was mad or anything, she didn't want to go to bed with bad words between them. So when she walked past to go to her room, she reached over and touched his shoulder. "Goodnight Ender," she replied softly. Will was rolling his eyes, but he said nothing. Amanda went into her and Brooke's room, changing from her uniform into her pjs. Lately everything she wore was black. Her pajamas were just black under armor basically, only not as hot. Tight black tank top and pants. It made her pale skin even whiter-looking by comparison. Sitting on the edge of her bed she pulled her wavy brown hair into a braid before getting up again to brush her teeth and wash her face. People thought it was odd how she never broke out, but she washed her face twice a day and so had clear skin. Going back to the bed she slid under the sheets but pushed the heavier blanket to the end of the bed. She closed her eyes, and all she saw behind the darkness of her lids was a pair of bright blue eyes. (ooc: I had to)

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Andrea Saxx followed Aaron outside, smiling again. She had watched other kids in her neighborhood play tag, she barely remembered the rules. She knew it was just chasing each other back and forth according to who was "it". Some versions involved other things too, like freeze-tag. Aaron tagged her and ran off, so she followed. She was better at fighting than chasing, since her job was usually disabling people that were already trapped. But she lengthened her stride, her feet barely touching the ground as she sped catlike down the street. He darted away and she chased faster, her ponytail swinging behind her. She hated the feeling, but after what Aaron said no way she was putting it down. Laughing, she finally got close. She reached out, barely managing to poke his shoulder. "Got you!" She screamed. "YOU are it!" She skidded, turning sharply around and racing back the way she came. Even little kids didn't get that excited but she never had a childhood and suddenly she felt energized and alive despite the long day. That was part of it too, she was a little slaphappy. Laughing breathlessly, she looked behind her and squealed. He was right on her tail, about to grab her. She tried to push herself faster but she knew it was pointless. Any second he would reach out and grab her.

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Aaron Reese laughed and bit his lip when she tagged him. He skidded to a stop and turned around just as she did and chased after her. "I am gonna get ya." he teased running after her. He heard her squeal and it made him stop for a second and laughed. She was adorable. He's never seen her like this but hey, he never acts like this around any other girl. Aaron ran again getting close to her. He grabbed her waist stopping her in her tracks her feet kicking out from under her. he spun her around and let go of her. Then he raised his hands in the air. "I am the Champion!" he said jumping back when she reached out to tag him. "uh ah. no no no." he said sticking his finger up and swaying it back in forth. *you know when you say no you stick up your index finger and move it back and forth?* Aaron stepped back again but hit something. He turned around realizing he hit a street light. In the end he was tagged again. Aaron grunted running after her. She turned down an alley *hope that's okay*

Aaron knew the alley ended. "Duh Dum.... Duh Dum... Duh Dum Duh Dum Duh Dum Duh Dum." he said slowly walking towards her. He saw her backed up against the alley wall and he smiled. Walking so closed to her his nose was only a centimeter away. He leaned closely kissing her lips for a good 20 seconds then pulled away smiling. "Tag. You're it." he knew he just pulled the most slick move ever recorded in charming witty hot guy history. Aaron would impress all other charming witty hot guys.

ooc; I will post for ender when its morning I promise c; what time u going to bed?