Peace at last?.. Nope!

[-Jack Noble-]

The scene opens with the camera behind a couple of light blue-ish door with a couple metal door handles side by side. A hand comes out from behind the camera and pulls one of them open, bringing the camera through the doors, into the parking lot. It then seems to be set to go to one car, as it heads straight for it. The Rated HXC Superstar then appears on screen as he is laying on the hood of his car with his upper body resting on the windshield. He has is eyes closed as he is listening to his iPod. You can kind of hear the song, realizing how loud his music is. Tripp begins to sing, quietly to himself, along with the song he is currently listening to..


~.:;Tripp;:.~

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Choke choke again
I thought my demons were my friends
Getting me in the end
They're out to get me
Since I was young....


Suddenly a jolt is felt, as if someone had just jumped onto the hood of his car with him. He then opens his eyes to look who it is.
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TBC

[Amanda Hallsworth]

Tripp opened his eyes to see Amanda sat beside him on the hood of his car. He pulled the earphones out and looked at her, the music still blasting through the mini speakers, proving how loud his music actually was. Amanda looked at him and smiled, a sweet innocent one as she spoke..

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
Hope you don’t mind me joining you.

Tripp shook his head and smiled a little at her. The two hadn’t really talked much before, but it was pretty safe to say they were friends. Amanda looked at the iPod which was now in Tripp’s hand as he was trying to turn the volume down..

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
Wow.. You like your music loud huh?

She chuckles a bit and looks over to her car which was parked next to Tripp’s. She was leaving the EVPW arena to go home when she saw The Rated HXC Superstar and decided to surprise him. She got no response from that question, although it wasn’t said to be answered, she was expecting him to say atleast something..

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
Aright Jakob.. You really need to quit being shy around me. Your like the only person I know that is. And plus, if we’re going to be working together in the near future.. You need to, loosen up a bit.

She smiles warmly and nudges Tripp in the arm lightly. Amanda thought that the biggest question running through Tripp’s mind was why in the world she called him Jakob, which was his first name, but most people just called him Tripp. On the other hand, Amanda knew that Tripp got the second part because it was something they talked about a few days ago. A couple of seconds went by and Amanda waited for Tripp to speak..

*Tbc by Tripp*

[-Jack Noble-]

Tripp smiles and chuckles a bit, wondering to himself why he is so shy around Amanda, this usually, brash and loud superstar for some reason can't really be himself around her for some odd reason. The hard part then kicks in to gear in Tripp's brain, what to say back to Amanda. He pauses for a moment, before opening up his mouth to see what can come out.


~.:;Tripp;:.~

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Ha, uhm.. I guess you have a point there. I really don't mean to be so.. yeah.. around you, it's just that..


Tripp then stops dead in his tracks as even he doesn't know why he is so shy around Amanda. He opens his mouth quickly, before shutting it a moment later. Amanda notices he is having a hard time getting out any words, so she helps The Rated HXC Superstar out a bit, even though he was acting like The Rated Dork Superstar.


~.:;Amanda Hallsworth;:.~[/font][/SIZE][/color]
Well back to my question from before then I guess. I take it you like your music loud hmm?


Amanda gives a cheesy smile, as does Tripp back at her. They both knew the obvious answer to the question, but at least it broke the awkward silence.


~.:;Tripp;:.~[/font][/SIZE][/color]
Of course, I mean, who doesn't?.. right?


Tripp nervously awaits Amanda's answer. As he seems to not want to say anything that will make him seem "different" from her that much. Amanda then opens her mouth once again as Tripp softly bites his lip ring a little.
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TBCB Amanda

[Amanda Hallsworth]

Amanda chuckles a bit. She nodded her head lightly. She liked music loud, but only in her car and at home, she wasn’t one for having music on her iPod really loud. Deciding to leave that little bit of information out, she looked around the parking lot quickly and then back to Tripp, speaking..

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
So what are you doing out here?

::[.Jakob Van Tripp.]::
I could ask you the same question..

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
Well I was on my way home.. It’s been a long day.

Tripp nodded in agree-ance. He smiled slightly, still feeling a little shy but slowly getting used to being in Amanda’s company and beginning to loosen up a bit.

::[.Jakob Van Tripp.]::
You know I almost don’t recognise you without your cell phone ringing..

Tripp looks around innocently as a smile spreads across his face. Amanda looks at him, she gives him a sly evil look, but can’t help but to laugh a little. It was right though, and the thought of her cell phone gave her the urge to check it, but she didn’t. A slight awkward silence fell over the two as they sat on the hood of Tripp’s car, Amanda cleared her throat silently and spoke again..

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
Well, what are you doing out here?

She thought that would be a good enough question, since he didn’t answer when she asked before. There was something about Tripp. Amanda got the slight impression that he was ‘lost for words’ when around her, but that could just be because they hadn’t really talked one on one before..

*Tbc by Tripp*

[-Jack Noble-]

Tripp sighs a bit before thinking of what to say once again, he knows what he wants to say, but he just doesn't know if its interesting enough. He figures what the heck and blurts it out anyway.


~.:;Tripp;:.~

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Well its dark out here, its a bit cool, and it was quiet besides my iPod. It's like my perfect night here.


He then hesitates, not knowing if he should or shouldn't say the next part of his sentence. Amanda realizes he isn't quite done with his sentence and speaks up about it.


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Aaaaand??


Tripp laughs a bit, hoping this will distract her from the question she had just put in front of his face. However, Amanda doesn't fall for it. She lays her upper body on top his windshield and crosses her arms.


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Well....?


Amanda gives a half hearted smile, as she wants to know the rest of Tripp's incomplete sentence still. Although Tripp wants nothing to do with the rest of it, he, as a matter of fact, leans back on his windshield once again and just gazes up. Almost as if he can't look Amanda into the eyes.


~.:;Tripp;:.~[/font][/SIZE][/color]
Okay, okay. I was gonna say, and now my night seems to be a bit more perfect since your out here talking to me.


Tripp seems to be shocked at himself that he actually said the rest of his sentence from before, as he still hasn't even looked near Amanda's general direction. He then, once again, begins to softly nibble at his lip ring, as he nervously waits for a reply from Amanda.[/center]


TBCB Amanda

[Amanda Hallsworth]

Amanda looks at Tripp, she didn’t know what to say really, so she just smiled slightly and looked away. Tripp still didn’t look at her and an awkward silence fell over them. Amanda went to speak but was quickly cut off as her phone started to ring, she sighed loudly and Tripp finally looked at her, laughing lightly. Amanda took her phone from her pocket and looked at the caller ID. The expression on her face changed as she looked at it, causing a look of confusion from Tripp.

::[.Jakob Van Tripp.]::
Umm… Are you alright?

Amanda looked at him for a second and nodded her head, but was she really alright? She was sat there, debating on whether to answer the phone or not. Her ringtone was finally beginning to get on her nerves so she pressed the answer button and slowly lifted the phone to her ear..

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
…Hello… Why are you ringing me?… No, I’m busy… Just, call back some other time.

She quickly lowered the phone and slid it down, ending the call quickly and putting it back into her pocket. She ran her fingers through her hair and sighed again, catching the attention of Tripp as he noticed her mood suddenly took a turn for the worse..

::[.Jakob Van Tripp.]::
Wow, I sure can imagine how the person on the other end of that call felt. Want to talk about it?

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
I’d love to, but.. It’s kind of a soft subject for me. I told him to stay away from me.. And he did, but now.. How the hell did he get my number? You know what, it doesn’t even matter..

Tripp nods his head, a reassuring smile on his face as he looks at Amanda. The two sit there and Amanda looks at Tripp..

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
It’s just like my past is coming back to haunt me.. Yah know?

*Tbc by Tripp*

[-Jack Noble-]

Tripp, as Amanda was before, is puzzled on what to say. Should he be sweet, should he be serious, should he ask her about it again? A million things raced through the Rated HXC Superstar's mind before opening his mouth and blurting out some form of a sentence.


~.:;Tripp;:.~

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Yeah, I guess I know what you mean.. I mean, I don't know exactly how you feel or anything, but.. yeah..


He just wants to punch himself in the face right now for the fact of how retarded he must have just sounded. Amanda smiles and giggles softly, some what re assuring Tripp that it's alright. That he doesn't always need to know what to say. She however sighs once again, knowing no matter how hard she trys, she can never fully hide that something is wrong.


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Well I don't mean to be annoying or repetative or anything, but sometimes it helps to get things out in the open ya know? So.. I'm here.. aaaaand you here. Let's make a deal.


Tripp smiles before sticking out his tongue at Amanda. She laughs, but knows he's serious about the whole thing. She then thinks a little while, wondering how she would reply. A bit of a silence once again breaks into the conversation of the two.[/center]


TBCB Amanda

[Amanda Hallsworth]

Amanda sighs and runs her fingers through her hair a little, thinking about whether she should tell Tripp about her little problem in getting rid of some guy she dated a while back, although, back then.. He was a lot more than just ‘some guy’. She looks at him and smiles a little, deciding that maybe Tripp was right, and it would be a good thing..

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
Well.. We dated for a long time, had big plans for the future and for eachother. But one day, he just left.. Didn’t say a word to me or anyone else. Then he came back.. When I was engaged to Hayden.. He tried his so very hardest to get me back, but I said no.. I kind of wish I didn’t now though..

Tripp looked at her and raised an eyebrow, kind of confused about what she just said. Did she really wish she would have cheated on her fiancé? The answer was yes…

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
Well after what Hayden put me through.. I regret staying with him so long..

::[.Jakob Van Tripp.]::
Oh.. But if you did get back with this guy.. Maybe then you wouldn’t know Scotty..

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
Why do you have to be right?

She laughs and elbows Tripp in his arm lightly, a smile on her face, trying to erase the thought from her memory. She thinks back to the call she just received and looked straight forward, staring down the hood of Tripp’s car as she spoke..

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
When he rang then, he told me he wants to meet up and talk, go for a drink. It just makes me wonder why he hasn’t been in touch for so long and then he just calls, who does he think he is?

Amanda buried her head in her hands for a second and then sat up, looking around the car park and the back to Tripp..

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
I’m sorry you’ve had to listen to this, I don’t really want to rest my problems on you. And Thankyou. Just for being here and offering to listen to me, you know you didn’t have to. You’re a good friend.

She smiles at him and leans over, giving him a friendly hug and then she gave him a small kiss on the cheek, just to say thanks. It really did mean a lot that he sat there and listened. That phone call really did get her down, but Tripp was right, getting it out in the open made her feel a little better..

*Tbc by Tripp*

[-Jack Noble-]

Tripp gives a cheap smile before leaning back onto the windshield of his car and stare up, blankly. What Amanda had just said begins to echo through his head.."You’re a good friend, You’re a good friend, You’re a good friend..." He also never knew about her being engaged. Tripp shrugs his shoulders a bit before yawning softly. He then stretches his arms up over his body, and puts them behind his head, giving him a little bit of cushion from his windshield. Tripp turns his head towards Amanda as it looks like she is kind of gazing off as well. Tripp chuckles and then breathes in before talking.


~.:;Tripp;:.~

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Well don't be sorry, I hear this stuff all the time. I'm use to it, so it's all good. And besides, you're at least talking to me.


Both share a bit of a giggle, but as soon as this happens Tripp's cell phone starts to ring and vibrate in his pocket.


~.:;Tripp;:.~[/font][/SIZE][/color]
Ha. Look.. I'm like you!


Tripp laughs as Amanda rolls her eyes, but smiles while giving him a light nudge in the ribs with her elbow. Tripp smiles then looks down at the number on his caller ID. He flips open the top of his cell phone before quickly slapping it shut again, hanging up on the person. Amanda looks at him confused, so he tries to explain his recent "hung up on caller".


~.:;Tripp;:.~[/font][/SIZE][/color]
Telemarketer...


Amanda laughs at Tripp before letting a couple of words go.


~.:;Amanda Hallsworth;:.~[/font][/SIZE][/color]
Ha! Guess your not like me.


She then sticks her tongue out at Tripp, once again both of them share a chuckle as they seem to have been doing all night. Tripp then starts to wind down the chuckling into just a plain old smile. As Tripp, Amanda winds up doing the same thing. She looks down onto Tripp's car's hood before looking back up at him. She caught him looking at her with this sort of "heart-filled" look. Tripp quickly averts his eyes back up, not knowing what else to do, and feeling quite embarrassed.[/center]



TBCB Amanda

[Tamatoa Harikoa]

With all of the timing of a Kodak moment, the scene is interrupted by another person, a newcomer. He steps on the concrete, and the echo of his foot hittin the ground reverberates around the parking lot. He does not seem to be looking for a car, or holding keys, so his presence in the parking lot draws the eyes of Amanda first, then Tripp. As Thomas Cathy approaches the pair, he notices Amanda, looking up towards her, he clears his throat quietly before calling out to her.

Tom-Cat:
Hey... Are you the one they call Amanda, lass?

Amanda stifles a small giggle at being caled a lass, but nods her head, not making a noise. Cathy reaches inside his pocket and pulls out a small white piece of paper. He looks it over before extending his hand to he, the note in his palm.

Tom-Cat:
Some dude told me to give this to you lass. He was here earlier, but left in a right hurry. Kinda shifty lookin', wore sunglasses... even though its dark out. He didn't tell me his name though. I've been looking all over for ya'.
I don't know what it says.

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Amanda takes the note, stil sealed with a smal piece of tape. on the front of the note is simply written Amanda. She opens it to herself, trying to hide the contents of the note from both Tripp and Cathy. To herself she reads

"Just remember... I am watching your every move. You may have gone, but you can't hide from me. I see you."

The end of the not is signed wit two letters "HH". At the sigt of the note, te color fluses out of Amanda's face. Tripp looks at her, a concerned look on his face. As the bearer of te news, Cathy simply looks on confused, unsure what to make of the situation. His eyes remain steady and emotionless.

Tripp:
Amanda... Are you ok?

Amanda closes her eyes for a short moment, before opening them again.

TBC Amanda

[Amanda Hallsworth]

After opening her eyes, Amanda looks around the parking lot, a kind of weary look on her face as she does so. When she realises Tripp had spoken to her, she snaps back into it and cleared her throat, nodding her head slightly. She wasn’t though. Part of her was telling her to leave without saying anything to either Cathy or Tripp, but the other said stay, it’ll all be fine. She finally looked over at Cathy and spoke, her voice only a little louder than a whisper..

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
Um.. Thanks.. Are you sure you didn’t know who this guy was?

Thomas Cathy shook his head, no. Amanda looked at Tripp, who still had a concerned look on his face. She closed her eyes again for a second and then opened them, feeling her world crashing down around her, she spoke..

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
I.. Probably need to go now..

::[.Jakob Van Tripp.]::
Wait, why? What’s wrong?

Amanda shook her head, she knew talking about that other thing to Tripp was a good thing before, but this was something she just couldn’t say, not right now. She slid off the side of the hood of The Rated HXC Superstars car and took a few steps to the side, pulling out her own car keys from her pocket and pressing a button, opening her own car which was next to his. She opened the door and turned back to Tripp..

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
Thankyou for the chat, and.. We’ll have to do it again sometime. But I really have to go.

Tripp jumped down from his car and walked around the front of it to Amanda. He looked at her and put both his hands on either side of her arms, looking right into her eyes..

::[.Jakob Van Tripp.]::
What is it?

Amanda looked up and held out the note to Tripp, he let go of Amanda’s arms and took the note and read it. Looking back up at Amanda, he sighed and gave it her back, then he looked at Thomas Cathy and nodded slightly. Amanda looked over at The Tom-Cat also..

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
If this guy ever comes to you to pass me a note again… Give him a slap for me please. And tell him, I’ll be waiting. And so will some other people.

She was angry, but she didn’t like to show it. It wasn’t her. She opened the door to her car and sat in the drivers seat. Tripp put his hand on the door and leant down to her.

::[.Jakob Van Tripp.]::
Where are you gonna go?

::[.Amanda Hallsworth.]::
Home. I guess. And again… Thankyou so much, Jakob.

She smiled, and she didn’t know whether Tripp would appreciate her calling him by his first name, but he didn’t seem to mind. He leant down further and hugged her and then took a step back so she could close the door. Cathy took a step to the side, he was obviously confused about what just happened, and why the note made such a big deal to Amanda. But Amanda and now Tripp knew who it was off, the ‘HH’ didn’t give much away.. The silver Jaguar XJ220 reversed from the parking spot and drove out of the parking lot and down the road, the engine sound drifting off into the distance. Both Tripp and Thomas Cathy watched it leave and then turned back to one another..

*Tbc or EOT*
((Wow.. Wasn’t expecting that lol))

[Tamatoa Harikoa]

OOC: Hehe, thought you'd like that lol

The Tom-Cat and Tripp both turn to each other, each unsure what to say to the other. Tripp looks down at his shoes his head filed with thoughts about Amanda and her turmoltuous personal life. Cathy, who still seems to be naive of the situation stares at Tripp with his face still remaining cold and expressionless. He shrugs his shoulders cooly, flashing a weak smile and speaks in a thick Welsh accent, the words almost dancing out of his mouth.

Tom-Cat:
Hmrph... Welcome to America.... Strange place this is. I think I'm going to fit in nicely. Nice to meet you cobber.

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Wit that, he nods at Tripp and turns to leave his shoes clip-clopping their way into the distance. Tripp watches him leave and sakes his head, running his hands through his hair as the scene fades out.

END THREAD