Isle of Poderes Backstory Comm

podereshistory @ 2009-06-27T01:51:00

2009-06-27T06:22:24Z

Who: Vera Tomasi and Gabe Sherlock
When: July 2004
Where: Some random party
What: Stuff that Gabe would rather forget, but Vera will never let him.

Gabe didn't even know whose fucking house he was at, but he found himself draped across half a musty couch, a joint between his lips, not really caring. Honestly, he didn't care about much, these days. It was summer, but Gabe had graduated from high school last month, and so summers didn't mean anything but more beach time, anymore. Not that he'd gone out much. Summer usually found Gabe more active and more tan than he was this year, but he'd been absent from his usual haunts since his girlfriend of three years had broken up with him less than a month ago.

To say that he'd taken it hard would be kind of an understatement, once he realized that Alena was actually serious this time. They had their share of ups and downs, but they'd only actually broken up once, and that had been in eighth grade and didn't count, at least in comparison to this. He felt like he was missing a limb, or an organ. And he was mad. Holy shit, was he mad, especially when she added insult to injury by hooking up with some fucking junkie slut literally immediately after publicly dumping him for something he hadn't even done. Gabe hadn't had a lot of relationships to end, but it seemed like one to which he'd invested three-years of his life shouldn't end that way.

Of course, being Gabe, nobody really knew how hard he'd taken it at all. He might've come across as a little slower than usual, a little thinner, a little sleepier - he spent the time he didn't spend at work smoking pot and sleeping. Eddie, Nessa, Marlie, Alec, Lenny...they'd all tried to get him to open up, in their various ways, but Gabe couldn't have been less interested. So he just didn't hang around them. Instead, he hung around the friends he'd had in high school - mostly addicts, underachieving flunkies, doped-up skaters, that sort. Alec and Marlie never came with him, when he partied with that crowd, and that was kind of the point. When Gabe didn't talk at one of these things, people naturally assumed that he was just too high to string together a coherent sentence.

That's why Gabe was here tonight, and he was, in fact, stoned out of his mind. It should be noted, however, that Gabe was an old pro when it came to pot, but he didn't touch anything else anymore, not after his pill phase ended last year. The people packed into this house were definitely high on whatever they could get their hands on. They laughed loudly and shrilly, and broke things, and screamed and fought, and there was a couple making out behind Gabe's head, at the other end of the couch. Gabe just lay there in the middle of it all, his knees draped over the armrest and his joint in his mouth, mostly oblivious to everything and everybody. When the couple he was sharing the couch with got up to find someplace more private, he considered shifting to occupy the entire length of it, but decided it didn't matter enough to expend the energy.

podereshistory @ 2009-06-26T02:57:00

2009-06-26T07:35:39Z

Who: Brian Hartley and Jenny Wilkes
When: July 2006
Where: The summer home of Sydne Gerry (Jenny's mom)
What: Houston, we have a problem.

Jenny hated her mother's vacation house. That's not to say that it wasn't a very nice house, but there was something about it that made her uncomfortable. Maybe it was the plethora of maids and personal assistants and cabana boys - the place was crawling with them. Why did one person need that many people to wait on them hand and foot? Hollywood had made Jenny physically ill, with all the Type A personalities running around with their Blackberries and Bluetooths, and her mother screeching about fabrics and models and calling her Jennica. Rosie had eaten it up, but her half-sister preferred to stay behind the scenes.

She'd come back to South Carolina when she was seventeen, and it really was like coming home. Here she was just Jenny, and she lived with her dad in an old house in Charleston, and she was mostly normal, except when one of her half-sisters called her up for a fun time at good old Sydne's beach house. Jenny didn't mind a good party every now and then, and she had lots of friends on the island. She and her sisters were popular there, and it wasn't unusual for Jenny to stay over for a while.

Her boyfriend Brian also lived on Isle of Palms, and she was meeting him here today. It didn't matter that she was uncomfortable, because she couldn't possibly be any more nervous than she already was. God. She was pregnant, and it was Brian's. Jenny had never made a cent of her own money, and she had no idea how Brian would react... She had no doubt that he loved her, but she also had no doubt that he was hardly the most reliable man in the world. It wasn't lost on her, the sort of thing he typically got up to, though he never told her the details. And really, who was she to ask him to change? He was only twenty-three, and she was twenty-one. But they were having a child, and he at least had the right to know.

She couldn't think of a single reassuring thought, as she waited for him to stop by like she'd asked him to. She didn't say a word to anybody, other than to let the entourage know that her boyfriend would be coming by, and they were to direct him to the pool. Jenny sat at the edge in jean shorts and a t-shirt, dangling her legs in the water. She wore large, dark glasses to hide her eyes that would betray just how scared she was.

podereshistory @ 2009-06-17T04:34:00

2009-06-17T08:36:51Z

Who: Alena Alkeinos and Jude Oriel
What: Proving that they were once a functional couple.
Where: The local movie theater
When: November 18, 2005
Rating: NC-17

Jude didn’t really know what else to expect, when he had asked his girlfriend what she had wanted to do that night, and wound up getting dragged to the premier of the newest Harry Potter movie that had just been released that day. He had been seeing previews for it for months now, but the date hadn’t really clicked with him until he had called Alena. She sounded extremely excited, and demanded (she was way to adamant about going to ask) that he show up at her place a little bit early, just so he could pick her up and they could make it to the theater before the showing so they could get good seats. It didn’t even matter that she had already gone the night before with Lucy, seeing it at midnight. The only reason Jude hadn’t gone as well was because he had to get up for school the next day, and couldn’t afford to be late to class again. She always seemed to make him late for things.

It wasn’t until he was sitting in the second to last row in the stadium seated theater, watching the movie that was playing on the screen, did he fully appreciate Alena sitting him down to watch the previous three films. He was interested in them, he really was, but he wouldn’t have ever thought to go and see them if someone hadn’t suggested them first. He leaned back in his seat, furrowing his brows as he followed the plot turns, and the character developments, all the while wondering if this was really how the books were. He hadn’t gotten around to reading them yet, but if he wanted to, he figured he could just borrow them from Alena. The movies actually did make him curious, so maybe he’d do that soon.

When the movie let out, he followed the large crowd out into the lobby, and then outside, where he would walk beside his girlfriend, reaching out to grab her hand before he looked over to her with a crooked smile. “So…were you disappointed, or was it worth it?” She didn’t seem to be upset, but he knew he wouldn’t hear the end of it if the director had ruined the movie for her.

podereshistory @ 2009-06-02T21:31:00

2009-06-03T02:09:38Z

Who: Grant and Asher
When: Halloween, 2000
Where: An apartment near the College of Charleston
What: The start of another dynamic duo.

Asher slipped out onto the balcony, feeling better outside in the fresh air. Though he slid the glass door that separated him from the rest of the people in the apartment completely shut, it didn't muffle the stereo inside pounding out the beat of a Daft Punk song. Asher snagged a mismatched lawn chair and kicked his legs up to rest on the balcony railing. The view wasn't so great, just more apartment complexes, though the laughter and music from some of the other parties going on nearby floated up to the third floor where Asher sat.

It was Halloween and everybody was having a party. Asher had chosen the wrong one. There was a girl involved in this choice, of course. Her name was Colleen and she was a sophomore, and Asher had been after her for a while now. She put up a good enough chase, and he liked that; it made things interesting. This was one of her friends' parties, and she had invited him, so he went. It turned out to be pretty dull. Asher wore what he always did - jeans and a button-up shirt - and gave patronizing looks to people who asked him what his "costume" was, like they would know what he was supposed to be, if only they were smart enough. Their reactions were amusing. It had been a good idea.

Asher dug a pack of cigarettes out of his back pocket and lit up, ignoring the people in the background. Colleen was dealing with one of her friends' drama - somebody had slept with somebody they weren't supposed to, or something along those lines. He didn't care much for drama, at least when he wasn't the cause of it. There were tears and girl talk involved, which meant Asher wasn't getting any tonight - at least from this particular girl. He considered a number of excuses he could use in his escape that would leave him on Colleen's good side. The 'I need to pick up a drunk friend' one was always a winner, especially since Asher usually at least looked sober enough to drive. Asher was in his third year at C of C - he knew where better parties could be found, if only he could get away without fucking up the past two months of work on this girl.

podereshistory @ 2009-05-07T04:49:00

2009-05-07T09:10:18Z

Who: Gabe Sherlock and Alena Alkeinos
What: Let me tell you 'bout the birds and the bees... -facepalm-
Where: ~~LOLOLOLOLOL~~ Ilene Hanklin-Braddock & Dorian Braddock's house
When: New Year's Eve 2002; 11 pm

Alena let loose another stream of insane giggles, making sure not to spill that plastic red cup of hers... again. She was seated on the large staircase in her friend's house, a few steps below her boyfriend. A hand was brought up to press against her mouth to try and stop her laughter, pressing so hard she could feel her braces against the inside of her cheeks. It took her a few minutes to actually calm down enough to respond to his statement, and she finally took a deep breath before trying to keep that composure. "A'course you can see down my shirt, you're like hoverin' over me... and I mean, it is kinda low cut," she managed to get out, and motioned to her breasts, before giggling yet again. Usually a comment like the one Gabe had blurted out would have caused her to turn beet red, and start stumbling over her words. But, she also usually hadn't had three beers and two shots of whatever had been found in Cove's parents liquor cabinet. Yeah, she was a lightweight. This wasn't the first time they'd come to a party at Cove's, but this had to be one of the biggest ones yet. He said his parents were still on Christmas vacation and wouldn't be home for another two days... which was quite alright with Alena. She still had nearly a week left in her own holiday, and planned on thoroughly enjoying it.

Leaning back to look up at him, she rolled her eyes lazily before sitting up straight-ish once more - although still relying on him to stay upright - she brought that cup to her lips and took a gulp. She much preferred pot to alcohol of any kind, but this was a party... and well, why not drink? Her logic had never failed her before - too seriously - so why should it this time? Screwing up her face at the taste of that PBR, it took her a moment to recover. When she did, she set down that cup next to Gabe's foot and stood. Her hand immediately came out to grab the banister, and she swayed dangerously to the left, before righting herself. "Whoa," she said with a snort, as her hands came to rest on Gabe's shoulders. Squinting her eyes slightly, she focused on him, before her face split into a giant grin. "Y'know... you're kinda cute." No, she couldn't stop laughing it seemed, but she did manage to as she bent down to kiss him. You knew she had to be fucked up if she was allowing PDA in front of this many people.

podereshistory @ 2009-03-08T18:33:00

2009-03-08T22:38:14Z

Who: Gabe Sherlock and Alena Alkeinos
When: New Year's Eve, 2005/New Year's Day, 2006
Where: Eddie's beachfront property
What: Gravitating back toward each other for Round 3.

Gabe had almost fallen down the stairs leading from Eddie's house to the beach, and would have if Abbey hadn't caught his arm. Gabe thought it was hilarious. He was stoned off his ass, but when wasn't he, at a party like this? It was half an hour 'til midnight, the beer was flowing, inside was a fog of smoke, and Gabe swore he could feel the vibrations in his sneakers, from the stereo system in the house. There was a large pile of driftwood in flames warming up the winter air on the beach, around which a few of his friends sat. Gabe collapsed on the ground, flopping back on his back to look at the stars, while Abbey turned to flirt with Alec, or do the closest to flirting that Abbey did. Gabe smiled to himself. It was so obvious to everybody else that Abbey liked his best friend, but Alec, as usual, was totally oblivious.

Gabe himself was nineteen years and three months old, and enjoying the single life for the first time since he was twelve. Well, he'd been single for a few months after his high school graduation, but he hadn't enjoyed that time in the slightest, hung up on his ex until he'd met a girl named Jenna Schroeder through a mutual friend. She was a year younger than he was, still in her last year of high school, and she was a dancer. She'd helped him a lot, really. She'd helped him move past moping in his spare time, and she'd talked him into enrolling in community college. Gabe had just finished his first semester there, but Jenna had moved away to pursue her own career in ballet at a prestigious school in New York in August. They had been together for eight months, and Gabe was sad for a while, but had moved on fairly quickly. He now had time to spend with the people he had drifted away from a bit while he'd had a girlfriend, and was actually having fun. Something was still missing, but he was okay.

And now it was almost 2006, and Gabe's resolution was to find out what that thing was that he still needed. He pondered it as he stared up at the dark sky, picking out constellations, or making them up, since his mind wasn't exactly at its clearest. The sounds of his friends - Abbey and Alec's conversation, Marlie and Alvin tossing more wood into the flames, Alena's friend Lucy punching her twin brother immediately across the fire from Gabe, and Landon's girlfriend Lizzie comforting him between laughs - were all dulled in Gabe's ears, as he lost himself in thought.

podereshistory @ 2009-03-03T21:09:00

2009-03-04T02:25:44Z

WHO?: Liam Murphy and Evie Carter.
WHAT?: Chilling on the couch.
WHEN?: A long, long time ago in a galaxy far away.
WHY?: They were an affectionate couple once!

"They're just gonna be in black and white laying in bed the whole time or what is this?" Murphy asked with a slight degree of annoyance. He was sitting near the end of the couch, holding Evie against him as she sat sideways on his lap, his feet propped up on the coffee table. Big Brother was on. It was the worst show in the world. All they did was lay in bed with horrible lighting and whisper together. He'd watched porn with better plot. With a sigh, he dropped his head back and looked up at the ceiling, knocking his hat slightly a skew in the act. "Can't we change it? Whaddya care if they fuck or not, anyway?" he asked, lifting his head again and looking at her beseechingly. The two were having a nice night in, even if Evie's choices in television shows was boring him senseless. He did his best to cook earlier and, even if it wasn't particularly impressive, it was the thought that counted. Murphy's apartment was spotless, all thanks to Evie. When they first started seeing each other seriously, everything was in complete disarray. Since then, though, she had a tendency to make sure he was keeping things somewhat straightened up, and he went through the extra effort to make sure it was completely in order if he knew that she was going to be spending a lot of time there with him. After all, he wanted her to be paying attention to HIM, not his lack of vacuuming.

He nuzzled his face against her neck, likely tickling her with his beard when he kissed her there, too. "I heard that Family Guy is on at this time," he hinted, his voice slightly muffled against her skin.

podereshistory @ 2009-02-28T13:08:00

2009-02-28T18:31:41Z

WHO?: Charles & Lola Elkins.
WHEN?: Way back in the day. Mid-afternoon.
WHAT?: Someone has to go away on a business trip and someone is displeased.
WHY?: For funz.
RATING?: Very low. Not even bad language this time!

When her nanny informed her that her dad wanted her to come downstairs, Lola immediately figured that he was planning something fun. Just the day before, her nanny had told her the very same thing and she and her father went boating all day and had pizza! This time, she would be prepared. The first thing she did was hunt down her bright red plastic anchor earrings that she got with her boat cruise Barbie doll a few months back (which took some time to find, understandably), and the next thing she did was find a black marker with which to draw an eyepatch on her face. She only made it so far as uncapping the marker and looking at herself in the mirror for a second before realizing that wasn't a good idea. In the past, drawing things on her face had proven to only make her dad mad at her, and she didn't want him to be mad and decide that they couldn't go on the boat today. After a second of debate, she shoved the marker in her pocket. She'd draw it later when they were already on the boat and he couldn't change his mind. The marker was a good deal larger than her pocket but she paid that no mind.

A good fifteen minutes after Charles Elkins sent his daughter's nanny up to fetch his daughter, Lola finally came bounding down the stairs. It was a large, grand staircase with exquisitely polished railings, and the four year old Lola bounced down them loudly, seeming all sorts of out place on them just as she seemed in the entire house. Rather than seeing it as a beautiful structure and behaving like a pretty little porcelain doll, she was always running amok like a dog off of a leash and loose in a playground. She dragged her My Little Pony backpack along after her, allowing it to hit every step after her. At the bottom of the stairs, she sprinted across the inlaid wooden floors and came to a sudden halt in front of her father, though skid the last two feet right into him. Socks weren't great for fast travel on smooth flooring, and as much as she learned that time and time again through falling and what she liked to call skating, she never quite adapted accordingly. She dropped her backpack in surprise when she slid and, had Charles not been standing right there, she would have had nothing to help regain her balance and definitely would have fallen. She didn't look phased. Laughing, she stabilized and took a step back, pushing her disheveled blonde hair out of her face. Her father definitely looked like he was ready to go somewhere, so that was a good sign. They were going boating! "Oh!" she exclaimed, trying to untangle her hair from her large plastic earrings, "I'm gonna get my sunglasses! Wait here!" She spun on her heel clumsily and ran a few feet towards the stairs, her first few attempts futile due to the freshly waxed floors.

podereshistory @ 2009-02-17T01:24:00

2009-02-17T06:31:12Z

Who: Alena Alkeinos and Gabe Sherlock
When: Monday, January 11, 1999 (7th grade); after school
Where: Laing Middle School parking lot
What: Gabe and Alena Round 1 begins.

( Fake cut to molecular_level@IJ, where Leigh and Kait have younger!icons )