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[evie]

Evie shrugged to his question and replied to it. "well it depends what kinda food you want..." she said, thinking for a moment. London had a wide variety of restaurants so it was always difficult to decide where to go. "pizza is good. What about an Italian restaurant?" she asked, looking to the both of them to see their views on the suggestion. 

Evie truly didn't mind where they went but she decided that someone should make a decision or they would just be standing around looking clueless. "you guys are terrible at making decisions.." she said with a smile. "let's go then." Evie started to walk along the sidewalk they stood at, not looking behind her to check that nathaniel and graeme were following. She had no idea where she was going and would probably end up getting everyone lost but still, it would be fun right? The light rain painted a shiny sheen on her coat. Evie couldn't think of where to go. She got
To some traffic lights and stopped, pressing the button so that the cars would stop.

[Nathaniel Cyrus VanKarlssen]

“Pizza is always the safest option.” Nathaniel commented, giving a nod. He followed Evie, shoving his hands deep into his pockets. This wasn’t going to be something he enjoyed. When Evie’s back was turned to the both of them, Nathaniel pulled his hand out of his pocket and faced Graeme, running it along his neck, mouthing ‘you’re a dead man’. He knew this wasn’t the most mature thing for him to do, but he didn’t like Graeme what-so-ever.

“So…uh…Evie. How long you been at Wigmore for?” He asked, pretending as if he hadn’t said or implied anything to Graeme. He needed to break the awkward silence that seemed to lay between them ever since the other boy had shown up. By the end of this day, Graeme would be gone. Nathaniel would be alone with Evie.

[graeme]

Graeme nodded in agreement; he didn’t care where they went so long as he was able to spend the night getting to know Evie better. “Pizza would be fantastic,” he mused with a genuine smile. He was just about as happy about prom as a kid was awaiting Christmas morning. As soon as Evie began walking, Graeme followed her, almost like a love sick puppy however keeping his expression composed.

When Nathaniel paused and ‘spoke’ to him, Graeme stopped dead in his tracks with a confused look on his face. Quickly, he regained his smiling, default expression, he continued walking a sly smirk replacing his grin. So Nathaniel wanted to play? Alright, Graeme thought, let’s play. Not only was he more mature than Nathaniel but he was also had a good reputation on his side. This was going to be a piece of cake.

A devious grin still plastered across his lips, Graeme picked up his pace so he was soon walking in step with Evie. In a suave, sleek motion, he took Evie’s hand in his own. Graeme threw a triumphant expression at Nathaniel over his shoulder. It was quite a childish act which was certinaly not of his usual personality but he was willing to make an exception. He did, indeed, have affections for Evie but currently he was focusing on making Nathaniel so aggravated that he’d give up because it was obvious she was his next target. And Graeme didn’t want her to be left with the emotional turmoil. Nathaniel was bad news and Graeme felt obligated to protect Evie from him.

[evie]

Her smile widened as the two of them liked her suggestion. Pizza was always a good way to go since hardly anyone disliked it. The cars stopped as the lights ordered and she crossed the road, continuing to stroll along the side walk on the other side. She heard Nathaniel's question and thought about it. "Errr... About 3 years now..." was her reply as she counted the years on her fingers. "How about you?" she asked, returning the question. Evie was oblivious to what the boys were doing and she didn't suspect a thing.

When Graeme joined her side she smiled up to him before her gaze looked straight ahead once more. It was only when he got hold of her hand that she felt her heart skip a beat. At first it made her jump, she certainly wasn't expecting it. She managed to stay cool though and the lightest colour of pink flushed over her cheeks. She squeezed his hand for a moment, a smile on her lips. This certainly was going to be a good day. It had almost stopped raining now which she was grateful for but the clouds were hardly shifting.

[Nathaniel Cyrus VanKarlssen]

Nathaniel kept an emotionless face, despite the feeling of rage that took up the inside of him at that very moment. Running a hand through his hair, he smirked at her response. "Since I was eleven" He commented, continuing to walk with his now ice-cold face. He ran his hand over his stubble, biting his lip as he did so.

"So...uh...Evie. I saw your brother on Gossip Girl. I really do hope he's ok. The oblivious wreck? Now nobody wishes to be insulted in such a way. Plus I really hope that things between you and Freddy are fine. I mean, taken away by a girl who has the least of social skills, that must of hurt." He spoke, not thinking about what he was saying. "Now Graeme, I haven't seen you on Gossip Girl before. I guess you could call it lucky." He nodded, raising a brow. "Even though you're nobody until you're talked about." He mumbled, hoping Evie wouldn't hear his last statement.

[evie]

Evie peered in each shop window they passed but so far nothing had caught her eye. What she was looking for she had no idea but she was curious to see what the shops were stocking this season. When Nathaniel started talking about her brother her heart dropped a little and she looked to the floor. She worried about Drake an awful lot. "Drake is okay I guess.. He just has a couple of stitches here and there and he has to take it easy..." she said, the brightness of her voice had disappeared and had a sad tone to it. "I told him to stay away from that Liza girl, she is trouble. But he won't listen to me. He adores her with all his heart and he doesn't understand that she is lying to him." she let out a sigh.

Liza wasn't someone that Evie had taken to. She hadn't actually had a proper conversation with the girl but she could tell that she was trouble. Evie blamed Liza for everything when Drake got run over. She managed to push the thoughts out of her mind and soon began to think of the other thing that Nate had mentioned. "Freddy? Well.. there was nothing going on between us anyway. Though I was totally confused when he just left me and didn't tell me what was going on" she shrugged once more. Sure she had had slight feelings for Freddy and she was a little upset when she found out but she wouldn't have if he told her that he had something going on with Lexi. She could feel that something was up with Nathaniel and looked to him. "You alright Nathaniel?" she asked, tilting her head.

[graeme]

A happy smile etched Graeme’s features. He felt like he was on top of the world. There was no way he was going to let Nathaniel ruin the potential relationship between him and Evie. He wasn’t sure if the question of how many years they’d been staying at Wigmore was directed to the both of them or just Nathaniel but Graeme answered it any way, “I’ve been here about three years too.” He smiled down broadly at Evie and for some reason let out a hearty laugh.

Graeme listened intently to what Nathaniel had to say. He had heard about all of the drama her brother had gone through and Gossip Girl probably didn’t help the matter. She always seemed to make things worse by blowing them vastly out of proportions and hurting people even more so in the process. Graeme shrugged at Nathaniel’s “lucky” comment. Lucky he was that Gossip Girl had said nothing about him yet but he had a nasty feeling that now that he was around Nathaniel he would surely make up for the drama that he had missed.

Giving an Evie a reassuring look, Graeme gently squeezed her hand, almost as if to tell her that if she needed anything he would be there for her and even her brother too. But then as the subject transferred to Freddy… Freddy? Freddy who? thought Graeme. He didn’t know anyone named Freddy. Then it began to click as Evie continued talking. He was that popular that was going out with that nerd. But… Graeme’s brow furrowed in thought… He didn’t remember hearing anything about Evie and Freddy. Yeesh, clearly he wasn’t up to date on the latest drama. Some popular he was. Graeme was pulled from his thoughts as Evie questioned Nathaniel. He looked at Evie to see if she might’ve picked up on what Nathaniel was doing, then looked to him to see how he would answer.

[Nathaniel Cyrus VanKarlssen]

Nathaniel looked up at the both of them, biting his lip. He nodded his head and shoved his hands deep into the warmth of his pockets. "Yeah I'm fine." He put on a sickly fake smile. But not many people could tell when he was lying of course, since he was so good at it. He stayed quiet for a minute before narrowing his eyes at Graeme. Making a move? No guy would ever take a girl right in front of him. But clearly Evie liked Graeme, so he needed to come up with another plan.

"So Graeme, why did you move to England?" He asked, in the nicest tone possible. Maybe if he could dig some dirt up on him, embarrass him in front of Evie. Yes, that was it. That was the only way that Nate would be able to turn Evie against him. But what was he going to do with Evie once he got her? He had no idea.

[graeme]

Graeme’s brow furrowed at Nathaniel’s reply, not fully believing him, a worried look captivating his chiseled features. “Are you sure, Nate? That smile you just gave was practically a grimace,” he declared with a simple tilt of his head. He wasn’t going to say much more but Nate seemed to be looking progressively worse as the time passed. Maybe he had gone out the night prior and the alcohol was finally deciding to put him down for the count. Despite his sudden change in mood, Graeme still was leery about Nathaniel. He had a funny feeling he wasn’t the type of person to be trusting too soon.

What game was he playing? Graeme tried desperately to pick up what Nathaniel might be implying by his question. Or what he might intend on doing once Graeme answers. With an inward sigh, he decided he was being too paranoid. That, despite how shady he seemed, Nathaniel might not be as bad as people made him out to be. Or even better, he might be changing. “Well,” Graeme began with a shrug, “I wanted to go into photography and there were some good schools in the states but… none as good as Wigmore .” He shrugged again, thinking his past wasn’t all that big of a deal unless it was about Titus. “Nothing too fancy I wanted to come here so I did,” he answered simply, hoping his answer would satisfy Nathaniel’s questionable motives.

[evie]

When Graeme squeezed her hand a small smile came to her lips. At the end of the day, Drake could look after himself even if he did choose to hang around with idiots like Liza. Evie looked to Nathaniel and nodded to his answer. If she was anymore aware of what the two boys were doing she would have not believed Nathaniel's answer. She smiled to him. "good good." she said looking in the direction they were headed once more.

Evie's attention was then diverted to Graeme as Nate asked him the question. Evie looked to him, a small smile came to her lips as he spoke. She loved his accent a lot and couldn't help but smile. It seemed like a perfectly good reason to come to Wigmore. Her attention was suddenly grasped by the window of a large department store. A smile plastered to her lips as she walked to the window, taking Graeme with her. Behind the window was a large display with mannequins wearing wintery clothes. The whole thing was decorated with glittering faux snow. She smiled "it's so christmassy!". With nothing else to do she came up with the idea that they could go in there and have a look around- even if they didn't buy anything they could just search around for just anything.

She looked to Graeme and then to Nate, a smile still on her lips. "Shall we go inside?" she asked. Though she did want to go inside quite a lot if they didn't want to she would happily continue walking around.