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@ FlyAway;
Orlando couldn't help but smile when she complimented his dog without even seeing him. He adored the dog. As she spoke and thanked him Orlando looked over and smiled. "You're welcome sweetheart." Before heading off towards his house. He also chuckled. "Nope, don't plan on it." He paused and glanced over as she spoke again. "Yes he was, I know a thing or two about mythology, mainly Greek and Roman, those are my favorite. They're very similar. " he said and shrugged. Orlando pulled up to his house.

When he pulled into the driveway, Orlando got out and walked around, opening the door for her, once again offering his hand to her. His house was quite big, it was brown with white trimming. He led her up the few steps before heading inside, locking the doors behind them. He kicked his shoes off and decided to head into the living room. His house was somewhat plain, it had a few photos. Mainly he and Hades, one of him, his father, and brother. But nothing else. It was a bit messy, what one would expect from a bacholer. He walked to the couch and plopped down onto it. Paying besides him. His couch was an old, soft,leather couch. "Sit, join me and I'll call Hades over." He paused and grinned up playfully. "First impressions are very important to him."

@ BadStreetBoys
Claire smiled and nodded wanting to rub her eye but knew she had makeup on so she couldn't. "It's a comfort you know you aren't planning on hurting me." She laughed and listened to him and smiled, "Romans actually developed their own mythology off of the Greek's. My personal favourite has to be Egyptian." She confessed and smiled. She was happy she didn't seem so geeky to him at all. She didn't want to come off as a lame ass, even though she technically was. She felt them slowing down and looked up to see his house and smiled thinking it was rather pretty.

Taking his hand, she stood up out of the car and followed him up the steps and looked around gently and smiled once more. "I like it. It's homey." She murmured. Looking at the photos she saw him and two other men and figured they had to be his father and maybe an uncle or brother or cousin. She didn't know and felt if she asked it was going to come off as nosey. She laughed and sat down beside him before saying, "Alright." She crossed her legs gently, patting her skirt down once more and said, "I would think he wouldn't let his right hand man go around with some weird girl." She responded and winked at him this time and smiled waiting for the big puppy to appear. She hoped he was nice and let her pet him. If this between Orlando and her worked out, she hoped she got to cuddle Hades. She absolutely just loved dogs.

@ FlyAway;
Orlando listened as she spoke about mythology. He thought it was cool, a cute girl that had smarts and seemed genuinely interested in him despite him being a big time criminal. It was a turn on for him. Orlando also enjoyed that she thought his house was nice, not the usual comments he got on it. He noticed her looking at the photos. He stood up and walked over to one, taking it off the wall. The three men all looked alike, and their stature was the same, just Orlando was the largest. "My father, Dominic, me, and my brother, Dalton." He explained and pointed the other to out, setting the picture I. The coffee table in front of them. "I was 19, just after graduation." He said and say besides her again.

Orlando grinned slightly and nodded. "He determines whether or not this continue." He said teasingly, though there was a bit of truth behind it. He trusted Hades opinion. Orlando whistled and waited patiently. Soon the click-clack of dog nails on his wooden floors was heard. The sound getting louder as it approached them. Soon the tan and white dog ran into the living room. He soon leaped up into Orlando's lap. The dog gave him a bunch of kisses on his face and barked softly. Orlando laughed an dubbed his head. "Hades. That's my friend Claire.@ he said to the dog, kissing his head. Hades turned and padded over to Claire, sniffing her leg and looking up at her and beginning to sniff her again. The dog then licked her face before turning and facing Orlando and barking.

@ BadStreetBoys
Claire touched the photo gently and said, "You all look identical. I look almost nothing like my parents except I have my father's eyes." She told him and laughed softly as she looked at the photo still. Watching him set it down she looked over at him and laughed and said, "My graduation is coming up. I turn 18 soon, actually." She murmured a small smile on her face. "Your family seem like good people." She told him facing him gently. She enjoyed seeing other families besides her own it gave her hope for what she may be like when she had a family of her own. She didn't quite want to keep her last name at all.

"Then I suppose I better make him like me." Claire replied a grin on her face as well. Blinking as she heard him whistle she saw the dog running towards them and her face turned into one of pure awe. She loved dogs. She couldn't get enough of them. She laughed seeing he was tan and white and was soon atop of Orlando licking him all over and smiled as Orlando kissed his head. "Hello, Hades." She told him a smile on her face. She squealed when he all of a sudden licked her face and giggled as she stroked his fur and started to pet him. He was so cute. "Thank you for the kiss, Hades." She laughed and played with his ears, flopping them around the smile never leaving her face as she messed with him. "I think he likes me." She laughed as she soon smelled like dog.

@ FlyAway;
Orlando smiled brightly as Hades turned around, his face was over ecstatic when he did. Hades barked again and Orlando rolled his eyes at the dog. "Okay, okay." He said and laughed, reaching over and grabbing a box of dog treats he had and took one out, handing the treat to Hades. He jumped off the couch, and begun to munch on the treat. Orlando smiled softly across at her, leaning back into the couch. Sliding his arm across the back of the couch, closer to her. "I agree. He does like you. And that's definitely a huge plus for you." He said quietly, His voice soft and soothing.

Orlando rubbed Hades head as the dog jumped back up on the couch, laying in between the couple. "Of course he is still a cock block." He said with a laugh. Smiling at Claire again as he looked at her eyes. "So 18 soon, that's fun, finally legal." He said with a wink. "When do
You graduate, I'll come. I'm sure the rich preppy people would like a big bad guy like me there." He said and smirked. Orlando was a bit of an asshole and an instagator, he liked the rush of short quick fueds and fights. Especially with people who judged him because of his looks and name.

@ BadStreetBoys
Claire giggled again and ruffled the dogs ears and laughed as he barked estactically at Orlando and commenced to giving both of them kisses. She smiled as he soon was eating his treat that he had given him to munch on. She felt his arm closer to her and said, "Well, then that's good." She responded looking up at him and seeing him quiet and soft for the first time. Feeling the dog jump back up she laughed and smiled at Hades. She let her hand slide over his fur and pet him gently as she and Orlando spoke to one another.

"May 15." She responded. "My birthday is May 13." Laughing at what he said she laughed and said, "But all the best friends are Cock blocks." She smiled and said, "Yes, I'm sure my administrators would love it. Hey at least then you can meet my brother and since it's public you know he won't do anything." She laughed. Claire personally tried to avoid confrontation and anything to do with fights because she felt as if she got into a fight her whole family would be disappointed and blame her for everything and apologize to the school and everyone would think it was her fault and she didn't want that. If she got into a fight it would because someone else instigated it. She had never been in a fight to her knowledge. Turning to face Orlando, she gave him a smile and said, "You live here alone with Hades?"

@ FlyAway;
Orlando rolled his eyes and laughed, his arm draping around her shoulders slightly. "Yea I guess that's true, and he's the best friend I could ever ask for." He said and grinned at Hades, who just laid between them and slept. Orlando glanced over at her, smiling a bit, he then spoke aloud, usually doing this to make s note for him. "May thirteenth and fifteenth. I'll remember that. If you want to invite me to graduation, I will definitely go. I'll even dress up for you." He murmured and smiled again. Orlando was truly a big softy inside, however, on his bad side he was violent and angry.

Orlando turned the TV on but had it at the lowest volume it could be. "Yea, we are. I enjoy it." He said and shrugged. "You could change that. I already said you could move in." Orlando said with a wink, chuckling to himself. Orlando was hoping she would invite him to her graduation, he did think meeting anyone in public would be best from her family, as he was not going to be liked. Orlando leaned his head back against the couch and let out a groan. When he looked back he began to think again. He thought highly of her. But he also thought that she would end up in trouble at her school with him around, and he didn't want to cause any trouble for her. That worried him.

@ BadStreetBoys
Claire nearly snuggled into him, but soon realized he was still a stranger and still too soon for her to be snuggled against him. She then laughed and said, "Dogs are better than humans. They're loyal." She smiled down at Hades and said, "Isn't that right, Hades?" She played with his ears and giggled when he sneezed thinking it was cute as all hell. "I do want to invite you. To my birthday as well, but I'm even sure if I'm having a party. I'm sure my dad will make it a public event as a she's grown up type of thing just because he's him. Not because he's proud of me, but because the public watches him." She murmured sighing softly. "You don't have to dress up if you don't want to. Just be you." She turned to him and smiled softly up at him. "I told you, you were a teddy bear." She poked his nose.

Laughing, Claire said, "As long as you enjoy it, and I told you I would think about it. You never know." She replied. Humming softly to an invisible song, she saw the time and realized it was almost time to head back and almost groaned. She didn't want to leave, she was having fun. She also knew if she didn't go back her brother would call ever police officer in the state to find her and she knew that wouldn't be good. Looking up at him she heard his groan. "What?" She asked furrowing her brow in confusion as she looked at him her mouth pursed in curiosity as well as confusion. She was confused because he had just been sitting there and then out of no where he groaned. Her hand was still subconsciously playing with Hades' ears.

@ FlyAway;
Orlando looked down as she moved to snuggle against him, but noticed she movies away. He didn't say anything about it, just noticed that it had happened and bit his lip. But he quickly smiled and nodded. "Yea that sounds good." He murmured. "I would rather be myself than dress up. I'll stand in the bank and hide form the crowds, come see you when it is over."
He paused and rolled his eyes. "He doesn't sound like candidate for father of the war." He mumbled. "But if you want me to come, I will. I'll also stand in the back and hide until you come get me." He mumbled and looked at her. Orlando didn't really like large gatherings, he hated them. He didn't like people. He may have ran a gang and half a city. But he usually worked with small groups. Large groups scared him. He couldn't control them as well, and they were unpredictable.

Orlando glanced down at her after his groan. "Nothing Hun." He mumbled and used his free hand and ran it down his face. "Just don't feel like going back to the shipyard after I drop you off." He said and smiled slightly. "Nothing against yourself. I like you. You, your intelligence, and you're cute hair."
He said with a wink. Standing up and offering a hand to her. "You ready? And don't worry. It won't be too long and I'll have you back." He said and laughed.

@ BadStreetBoys

Claire smiled and said, "That's alright. Sadly, I'm used to social gatherings, large ones at that, and can usually hold my own. Besides at the graduation all you have to do is sit and wait for it to be over and then I'll come get you and we can do whatever then. At my birthday, I dunno. I don't even know what my dad is planning yet. He'll tell me probably three days before hand just so he can order someone to take me to go get something nice." She shrugged and said, "I do want you to come." She murmured biting her lip as she looked up at him softly her blue eyes looking into his own. "It'll be okay. I'll be with you." She said sensing his anxiety at the prospect of it.

"You sure?" She said frowning at him hoping he think she didn't like him because she did. Just didn't want to get too close too soon was all it was. "You think my hair is cute?" She asked him a smile on her face ad said, "I like you too." Biting her lip she watched him and took his hand again and this time held it instead of letting go and said, "Mmhmm. And just think at least you won't be at the shipyard too too long." She tried to make it more optimistic. She knew about the shipyard. She wasn't totally out of the loop about the city and it's illegal trading. Her dad ran some of them, or well, used to. She didn't know if he still did. If he did, he kept it very very secretive. She reached down and patted Hades. "See you later, Hades. Be good for Orlando." She smiled before starting to walk along with Orlando.

@ FlyAway;
Orlando smiled when she held onto her hand. As she reassured him that the graduation and birthday party would be alright, and he would be with her, he gave her hand a small squeeze. He didn't say anything, hoping she would understand the nonverbal communication. Orlando began the walk down to his car, leading Claire down. Once again he opens the door for her and headed around to the drivers seat, he plopped into the seat and reached over taking her hand in his agai before beggining to drive, one hand on the wheel. He left his sunglasses in the back seat this time

Orlando grinned softly when he saw the smile on her face after his comment on her hair. "Of course I do. It's beautiful, just like the rest of you." He murmured softly. His face turned a deeper shade of red when she said she liked him too. He shook his head slightly trying to shake away the color. Orlando was smiling as she tried to make his business seem better to him, that was sweet, he thought. Orlando hummed along to the song on the radio, listening whenever Claire would say something. As he pulled up to the school he saw a bit of the teenagers outside, furrowing his brow. He hadn't wanted to draw attention to them, but a bright green car would bring attention to anyone. Orlando pretended like he didn't notice any of the stares as he parked in front. Before Clair got out he smiled across at her. "I'll see you at your house later, okay?" He said and leaned across the seat, kissing her check, the corner of his lips barely touching yours. "Have a good rest of the day." He said quietly.

@ BadStreetBoys
(They're so cute!!! c: )

Feeling him squeeze her hand, Claire smiled liking that he didn't have to say anything for her to know what he was saying basically. She smiled, sitting down in the car bringing her seat belt over her chest and waist and felt him take her hand and didn't mention anything of it just held it in her own and hummed unconsciouslly playing with his fingers in her own and noticed he didn't put his sunglasses on and almost laughed to herself, but managed to keep the laughing internal. She didn't want to laugh because it was him, she wanted to laugh because she found it adorable.

"Awh. Thank you, Orlando." Claire said. "Most people tell me it's wretched." She giggled noticing his face turn red and smiled at herself noticing him trying to shake the color away. She noticed his discomfort with the teenagers and blinked when he stopped her from getting out. "Okay. You too. See you soon." She murmured. Her face turned red when he kissed her cheek and she smiled at him before getting her backpack and waving and heading into the school building. She headed into the bathroom since she had five minutes before her next class started. She was blushing hardcore and made herself go back to normal before going to her physics class where she doodled the whole time. She smiled to herself almost the whole day, putting her phone back on vibrate. Looking up at the time she noticed it had flown by with her doodling and smiled seeing she only had a few minutes left.

@ FlyAway;
Orlando smiled, the color returned to his face as he watched her walk away. He knew that it was a good reaction, that he was proud of, she didn't dislike the kiss. Once Orlando saw that Claire had gotten into the school safely he began yo drive off. Because she was gone he turned up the music and was jamming out as he made his way across town to the shipyard. Orlando hoped not too many of the other teens had seen their small display of affection at the school. He knew they didn't really like her already, and he would probably make that worse, or at least ridicule for being involved with a gang guy could make it worse. It worried him that would be his impact, so he hoped it went well. As Orlando pulled into the shipyard he groaned again.

Orlando headed down to the lower parts of the shipyard, it was dark and grimy down here, this was where the worst stuff took place. He hated this stuff. He turned his phone off and met with the one foreign contact that he didn't enjoy meeting with.the guy was a big bearded Russian man with a heavy accent. The pair sat at a small table, discussing prices for the extermination process that Vlad did. Orlando didn't want part of it, but to keep his guy safe he said he would do it for him. Their talk end ton for almost two hours. By the time the resolution was done Orlando realized he had to go pick up Claire. He hurried off back to the car and heard towards her house, turning his phone on as he drove. Be there soon cutie. Hope no one gave you trouble because of me He texted her.

@ BadStreetBoys
Claire sat in class and finally the bell rang. She ran out to the car where Benjamin was and smiled and said, "Hey." "hey." He said and said, "You ready?" "Yep!" She responded. "I'll be out tonight though. "She told him knowing that because it was friday it wouldn't come as that much of a surprise. He nodded and said, "Alright." She smiled and when they got home she was soon turning her music up with her phone on the charger. She had the volume on it now in case someone tried to text her. She was getting ready at that moment. She stopped midway and started to hug her turtle and grinned at him and said, "I wish you could talk Rumple!" She told him giggling as she kissed him on the head. She then came to a realization that she hadn't been excited about anything like this in awhile. The last guy that had taken her out had been extremely rude.

Claire smiled hearing her phone go off and answered back Nope. If they did I didn't notice. See you soon. Don't text and drive. She sent to him before continuing to get ready. He hadn't said what to dress in so she dressed as she did when she usually went out. She was dressed like this. She took a brush and brushed it throughout her hair and then grabbed her purse and put her phone into it before stretching and feeding Rumplestiltskin and smiled watching him eat his food. She knew Bennie would want to meet him and she also knew she wouldn't be home for him to considering she never said when she was leaving. She smiled to herself before fixing her eyeliner up a little bit more and straightening the white flower crown that was on her head.

@ FlyAway;
Orando looked down at Calire's reaponse, rolling his eyes slightly. Well I'm at the stop light before your house, be there in a few He replied. Once the light turned red Orlando begun down the street towards her house. He didn't feel like dealing with the family quite yet. So he didn't park the car, he pulled up to the hluse and waited. Just in case they had to hurry off. Im here, y'know bright green car He sent and smiled to himself. As Orlando waited for Claire to get in he searched the radio for a good song.

Once Claire was in the car Orlando smiled, bus resisted his urge to kiss her cheek again. He just reached over and gently pay her leg. "Miss me too much?" He asked teasingly, beginning to drive off down the road, he made a u-turn at the end of the street. Once out of her neighborhood, Orlando leaned back into the seat and relaxed as they drove. "How was the rest of your schhool day?" He asked and glanced over. Orlando wasn't sure what he wanted to do with her yet, but he was coming up with things on the fly. If he didn't think of anything he could just take her to his house to watch movies.

@ BadStreetBoys
Smiling Claire nodded seeing the message. She finished doing her makeup and put on her skirt and then her dark red crop top along with her red velvet flats. She grabbed her black purse and her phone and went down stairs and kissed Benjamin's cheek. "Bye!" She said. He looked at her surprised and before he could say anything she was gone. He ran to the door opening it and seeing her getting into a green mustang and frowned not liking the look of it. He saw her happy though, and decided to let it slide sighing. He would definitely ask her about it later.

Claire got into the car and smiled at him, feeling his hand on her leg and said, "Hmm, just a teeny bitty bit." She laughed and smiled as she put her seat belt on and waiting to know where they were going to go, figuring it was a surprise. "It was alright. Mainly tried to understand physics. I'm not too good at it." She sighed softly and said, "How was the rest of your business doing?" She almost laughed at herself at how stupid she sounded. She didn't mind doing anything to be honest. She had left her hair down for today. She smiled brushing silvery locks away from her face and looked at the sky smiling that it was still day. She adored the night, but seeing the sunset was beautiful.

@ FlyAway;
Orlando grinned softly as he listened to her talk. As Claire spoke he decided on taking her up to the city's old abandonned fire tower. The sun set looked great for the top, and it was in the countryside of the city. So he knew the couple would be alone. Orlando glanced over. "Physics? That's not too bad. I can help." He said and smiled politely over. "It went well. Not my favorite thing. But it wasn't for me. And I'm not paying for it or anything. It's all on my bus. I just set it up for them." He said and shrugged his shoulders.

Orlando arrived at the fire tower and grinned slowly. He hopped out of the car, going around and opening the door for her. "If we hurry we can watch the sunset from the top. It looks great!" He exclaimed and grabbed her hand. Orlando hurried over to the stairs and began to climb the long stairs to the top. Once he got to the top Orlando hopped up and say on the railing, smiling down at Calire. "Take a picture they're the best." He said and bit his lip. Orlando waited a moment until she was distracted, taking a picture on his phone of Claire wth the sunset in the background. He then posted it on his Instagram with the caption she thought the view was pretty, but I thought she was prettier. Orlando waited for her to notice him again and showed her.

@ BadStreetBoys

Claire was focused on trying to explain her difficulties with physics that she didn't even notice where they were going. "You can?" She exclaimed. Her face changed into one of relief. "Will you?" She asked him smiling hoping he would. Not only because she needed help but with the fact that she enjoyed his company. Listening to him talk about his work, she nodded and said, "well hopefully other things are more interesting than that." She told him a smile on her face.

Feeling the car stop, she finally looked around and didn't have any clue where they were. Seeing his grin, she smiled softly almost laughing at his excitement. She felt him take her hand and took it back and hurried with him. She climbed up the stairs. She saw him on the railing and jumped up on it beside him. She looked up and smiled back at him. "Hmm." She then took her phone out not noticing him take a picture of her and smiled as she took a picture of the sunset, then took a selfie with him kissing him on the cheek in it. She would put it on instagram later. Seeing the picture she laughed at him and said, "You're a sweetheart. What's your instagram?" She then said, "This is so pretty." She swung her feet over the edge gently, feeling alive up here. She really liked the fact that it was the countryside and she didn't have to worry about paparazzi asking about her father. She saw a meadow below them and wanted to go into it and just watch the stars later.

@ FlyAway;
Orlando was happy up here. His whole life it had been his content place, the place he would run off to when he needed to be alone, or was worried or stressed or anything. It was his happy place. Especially at this time, or at sunrise. When he felt Claire kissing his cheek he couldn't help but smile, and turn red once again. When she stopped he leaned over to look at the picture. "You just wanna ruin my street cred, huh?" He asked teasingly. Orlando scrolled back to his profile on his Instagram and ahowed it to her. "It's private. But I guess I'll let you follow me." He said and grinned, when he got the follow request Orlando accepted it. He then proceeded to add her as well. "I know isn't it? I love it up here.

Orlando was glad she seemed to like it up here with him too. He knew that this could be a fun thing for the pair of them. He bit his lip and looked down at Claire. "When the stars come out, I have a blanket in my car, we can go below and lay togwther and look at them if you want. Or we could go to my place. Or both." Orlando suggested shrugging. When he saw the picture she posted of the two of them on Instagram he liked it, refraining from a comment because he didn't want to get follow requests from many other people.

@ BadStreetBoys

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Smiling as she looked around, Claire was relaxed for the first time in a long time. She didn't feel relaxed about much but around Orlando she felt relaxed for some reason. Like she didn't need to stress about anything because she had someone she could rely on for something if she needed it. Laughing as he said she was trying to ruin his street cred, "How is that going to ruin your street cred?" She shook her head laughing. "Would it be better if I got a leather jacket?" She smiled up at him gently. She typed his name in and sent a request. She liked his picture of her and smiled at him gently. "It's so peaceful too, like you don't need to worry about anything aside from not falling off and breaking a leg." She teased him smiling. If he was allowed to tease her, she was sure as hell going to tease back.

Claire hoped she would be able to come up here a lot more now. She enjoyed the scenery and the prescence of Orlando. Hearing him, she looked up at Orlando and said, "That would be great!" She smiled at the ideas and said, "I told you, you had good ideas." She then turned back to looking at the sky before seeing the sun finally go down erasing all light besides the moonlight from the land around them. She looked up seeing it was a full moon and grinned to herself seeing the moonlight lighting up everything around them, making her hair even more silvery. She heard her phone go off twice and smiled seeing he liked the picture and also saw a text from her brother asking who the guy she was with was and why she was kissing his cheek. Unable to contain her laughter she showed Orlando her phone and just continued to laugh waiting for his reaction.