alone with the stars in the sky

Elle laughed. "Woah there!" She rushed to her sister's aid, steadying the box before it fell to the floor. "Zenia," Elle tutted jokingly. "Always the klutz." She handed the box back to Zenia with a grin, watching as their Father grabbed another box to carry up the garden path. Grabbing her own, full of her CDs, Elle followed Zenia's lead, looking over her shoulder every so often. The Woods family had decided that, with their patriarch's promotion, moving would be better suited to everyone's needs, and as much as Elle was dreading the day, she could admit that the neighbourhood didn't seem so bad.

Luke sat on his porch lazily with Michael, Calum and Ashton inside playing on the X Box instead. The sun was hot, the air was humid, and Luke had decided that there wasn't much to be done other than people watch. Spotting the moving van three doors down on the opposite side of the road, Luke nudged his knee against Michael's for him to pay attention. "New neighbours." He commented, watching the van carefully. "Should we go say hi?"

Zenia made a joking face at her sister. “Not always,” she complained jokingly, though she shifted the box in her hands when Elle handed it back, adjusting it in her arms before she led the way up the garden path, admittedly amazed that the garden around it was still alive. Maybe the previous owners hadn’t moved too long ago? Shrugging the thought aside, she grinned back to her sister. “Ready for this new life?”

Michael had been playing a game on his phone when he felt Luke nudging him. Peering over, he followed his friend’s gaze, arching a brow with the sight before nodding. “Sure, let’s go,” he decided, offering a small grin to his friend. “It might be interesting. Besides, new people don’t move to this area all that often.” And, he could admit that he was honestly curious about who would want to move there, too. Shifting, he stood up. “C’mon.”

Elle laughed at Zenia's question, putting her box down on the porch. "As I'll ever be, I guess." She shrugged her shoulders. "Are you?" She asked, waiting for her sister to put down her own box before leading her back to the moving van. "I hate the make new friends thing." She pulled a face at the thought. "But I dunno, the place seems nice." She shrugged. "Hopefully the people are, too."

Luke grinned, following Michael to the house, clearing his throat to make their presence known. "Hi there." He smiled, wanting to make a decent first impression. Still, he blinked as he saw a blonde come into view, biting his lip as he found himself completely enthralled by her. "Uh, hi." He nodded, biting his lip as he watched her, just studying her for a long moment. "I'm Luke." He smiled. "One of your new neighbours."

Elle watched Zenia get approached by one of their neighbours, smirking in amusement.

Zenia shrugged slightly. “I guess I'm a little iffy,” she said, “The place is nice and everything, but new stuff is always weird for me, takes some getting used to.” She'd followed her sister back to the van to grab another box before pausing when she heard somebody clear their throat and, looking over, she stared with surprise, amazed by him. “Hi,” she greeted after a moment, “I'm Zenia.”

Michael rolled his eyes playfully as they walked, though he grinned as they drew closer, Elle's scent just capturing his attention, and, when he got close enough to see her, his world became so much brighter, and he paused in surprise. “Hi,” he greeted eventually, his grin broadening as he watched her for a moment. “My name's Michael. Welcome to the neighborhood.”

Luke smiled, biting his lip and nodding with Zenia's words, studying her for a moment longer, everything just becoming so much more interesting with her beside him. "It's nice to meet you, Zenia." He smiled. "Welcome to the neighbourhood." He greeted casually, wondering if they knew what they were letting themselves in for; moving into this particular neighbourhood. "Have you moved from far?" He took her box to be courteous, not wanting her to carry anything strenious.

Elle tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear as she turned, blinking in surprise as she saw Michael, offering him a smile. "Well hi, Michael." She greeted, her smile broadening with the sight of him, how devastatingly handsome he was. "I'm Elspeth, people just call me Elle, though." She bit her lip as she studied him, wondering why the hell was so interesting to her. "Thank you," she smiled as he welcomed them. "It's a nice place."

Zenia smiled slightly as she watched him, tilting her head slightly. “Thanks, hopefully it’ll be a nice place to live,” she said, though she figured it seemed to be going amazingly so far, considering she’d met this guy. She blinked when he took her box, though, and offered an amused grin. “And they say chivalry is dead.” For a moment, she watched him, but she nodded. “Yeah, it was a few hours from here.”

Michael grinned slightly as he listened to her. “Elspeth is a beautiful name,” he told her, surprised with how much brighter his world became with being near her, how everything seemed so much more vivid, as he became more aware, it seemed. “Which name do you prefer?” He arched a brow, but smiled and shook his head. “You don’t have to thank me. It is a pretty nice place.” Even with all the… Differences there. “I could show you around, if you want?”

Luke smiled to Zenia. "I'm sure it will be, it's pretty peaceful here." For the most part, at least. Although he offered her another smile when he took the box. "Where should I set this down?" He asked, winking with her comment. "Well, Zenia, maybe after you're settled in, I could show you around. There's plenty to do." Luke offered, wanting to spend more time with her, driven wild by her scent, her presence. "How about it?"

Elle smiled. "Oh, thank you." She laughed, her cheeks heating up with a blush as she ducked her hair. "Elle is definitely what I prefer though." She winked, folding her arms across her chest as she studied with boy with the best smile she'd ever seen. Hearing his offer to show her around though, Elle smiled, and nodded. "I'd really love that Michael, thank you." She smiled, biting her lip slightly as she studied him.

Zenia arched a brow. “Peaceful, huh?” she asked with curiosity, “I’m surprised, considering it’s a pretty big community…” She watched him for a moment but blinked, feeling her cheeks warm when he winked, and she cleared her throat. “Uh, you can set it there.” She motioned to a spot, but watched him for a moment. “Sure, I think that would be fun.”

Michael smiled slightly as he watched her, and he shook his head slightly. “You really don’t have to thank me,” he assured, though he grinned slightly. “Elle it is, then.” He watched her for a moment, admiring her, committing her and her scent to his memory, completely addicted to her already. Still, he grinned slightly and nodded. “Great, should we go ahead and get started?”

Luke grinned as Zenia agreed to him showing her around, because he was unsure if his soul would settle without her near him now that he caught sight of her, now that he knew she existed and she was here, causing his world to come back into screaming colour when it had been so grey previously - and her scent, God, that was something Luke just wanted to commit to his memory forever. When she motioned to a spot for Luke to set the box down, he placed it in the spot carefully. "Great! I know a few cool places we can go, if your folks don't mind." Luke offered her a dimpled smile. "So, where have you come from?" Luke asked, following the beauty to help with the rest of the boxes. "Do you think you can get away from packing?"

Elle's cheeks warmed as she blushed, and she was certain Michael would see, but she didn't care - there was something about him so endearing that she just couldn't ignore it, couldn't ignore him. "Well, I should ask my Dad if I can get out of packing the rest of the things." Elle teased, nudging Michael playfully. "Why don't you wait here while I go and ask? I'll only be a second."

Zenia blinked with surprise but she offered a small nod. “Yeah, I… Think I can take a break from unpacking,” she said eventually, offering a small smile as she watched him, surprised with the offer, “I’m sure my parents won’t mind, either.”

Michael grinned slightly and nodded with her words as he watched her. “Alright, yeah, of course,” he assured her, chewing on his lip as he watched her, certain any amount of time with her would be amazing and worth it, “Yeah, I’ll just… Be here, waiting. Take your time.”