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Post by Aaron Shade (Shade) on Aug 18, 2011 20:35:44 GMT -5
Shade leaned against the front of the first store. He had been paranoid, so he had come ten minutes early. He checked his watch with a sigh. Way too early. The French couples looked at the strange gloomy kid hanging out at the front of the shop and wondered whether they should call the cops. Shade felt a bit uncomfortable here.
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Post by Summer Anderson on Aug 18, 2011 20:40:58 GMT -5
Caroline~
To tell you the truth, I really didn't know what to wear on a date. So I just wore casual clothes, a t-shirt and shorts. I got off the bus at the bus stop. I was wondering if I was in the right place when I saw Shade, standing there by himself. People were starting to look. I smiled and walked up to him. "Hi."
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Post by Aaron Shade (Shade) on Aug 18, 2011 20:52:03 GMT -5
Shade looked up and got off the wall. He had one of his small smiles on his face. "Hi." He hadn't worn anything fancy either. Just his Camp Half Blood shirt and basketball shorts.
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Post by Caroline Miller on Aug 18, 2011 20:54:40 GMT -5
"So...where do you want to go first?" I glanced at all of the stores. "This street is crammed with stuff."
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Post by Aaron Shade (Shade) on Aug 18, 2011 20:56:25 GMT -5
"We can just walk down it. If you see anything you like, we can go in and take a look around."
Shade replied. The street was lit up with fancy lights and the street had couples everywhere.
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Post by Caroline Miller on Aug 18, 2011 21:06:40 GMT -5
"Okay..." I nodded. "So..."
I walked next to Shade, absentmindedly gazing around. I didn't really pay attention to the stores. There were plenty of stores basically anywhere. In the distance, I noticed the Eiffel Tower. I made a mental note to go there tomorrow.
(Sorry, was on another site.)
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Post by Aaron Shade (Shade) on Aug 18, 2011 21:19:27 GMT -5
Shade strolled down the street with Caroline. He felt happy like this. Even if they didn't talk, it was a great night. He stopped at a shop with charms and souvenirs. There was a section with those overly large stuffed dolls. If he remembered correctly, girls liked this stuff. He looked back at Caroline.
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Post by Caroline Miller on Aug 18, 2011 21:39:36 GMT -5
I felt like someone was watching me and turned to look at Shade. "What?" I noticed that we were standing next to a section with dolls. I wasn't sure what to say. "Um, they're...cute?" I didn't really have much interest in these toys anymore. They were so...girlish. Well, I was a girl, but still.
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Post by Aaron Shade (Shade) on Aug 18, 2011 21:42:50 GMT -5
"Nothing."
Shade cracked a small smile and continued. He had figured she didn't like that kind of charms and dolls. Well, that's what he liked about her, he guessed. Strong and independent. Not too girlie.
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Post by Caroline Miller on Aug 18, 2011 21:48:40 GMT -5
I looked around as we continued walking.
"What about this?" I took a martial arts' nunchuck off the wall. "This looks cool." Maybe we could use it back at camp to knock away javalins thrown at you?
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Post by Aaron Shade (Shade) on Aug 18, 2011 21:57:37 GMT -5
Shade smiled at Caroline as she found something that interested her. He looked at the nunchuck doubtingly.
"You know how to use it?"
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Post by Caroline Miller on Aug 18, 2011 22:00:34 GMT -5
I smiled at him. "Are you kidding? I've taken Martial Arts classes before, when I didn't know that I was a demigod."
"And this Bo Staff!" I took it off the hook gingerly.
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Post by Aaron Shade (Shade) on Aug 18, 2011 22:05:36 GMT -5
Shade watched her look around at the weapons. He was glad that she had found something that interested her. Shade remembered to keep in mind that she had taken martial arts. Added to the list of things Caroline liked.
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Post by Caroline Miller on Aug 18, 2011 22:17:33 GMT -5
I set the nunchuck aside and swung the bo staff around a bit. One of the ends narrowly missed an old vase. "Too long," I decided. I put it back, then picked out another one, shorter this time. "This one's okay." I smiled as I picked up the nunchuck again. "Do you see anything here you like?"
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Post by Aaron Shade (Shade) on Aug 18, 2011 22:24:35 GMT -5
Shade looked around and shrugged. He didn't know how to use the stuff. He studied some of the weapons. They all looked pretty scary, especially the staff Caroline had been swinging around. He almost thought he was gonna have to pay for the vase.
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Post by Caroline Miller on Aug 18, 2011 22:34:17 GMT -5
"You must like something." I protested, and looked around. I grabbed a black hoodie from the shelves and held it out for him to see. It had 'I ♥ PARIS' in white letters on the front.
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Post by Aaron Shade (Shade) on Aug 18, 2011 22:41:54 GMT -5
Shade smiled at the sweater. Really wasn't him, but for some reason he found it funny. Not everything had to be black...okay, everything had t be black, but "I heart Paris"? He couldn't really see himself wearing that around.
"Ahaha..."
Shade began to laugh.
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Post by Caroline Miller on Aug 18, 2011 22:51:03 GMT -5
I smiled when he started laughing, but didn't really understand why. "What's so funny?"
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Post by Aaron Shade (Shade) on Aug 18, 2011 22:54:16 GMT -5
"I don't really know... But I just can't see myself wearing that."
Shade looked at Caroline with shining hazel eyes and a small smile.
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Post by Caroline Miller on Aug 18, 2011 22:59:42 GMT -5
I glanced at the shirt, then back at Shade. I tried to imagine him in it. It didn't really work. I started laughing too. People started giving us weird looks. "I just grabbed this randomly off the shelf."
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