Shapster's Game of Life 2.0 [Closed-Started]

[Shapsters]

"Rick, you haven't been the best of boyfriends and- no thats too nice, don't beat around the bush. Rick, you are a complete asshole, you have done nothing but fuck me and I- no thats to abrupt, damn!" Tori ran her hand through her hair, she breathed heavily as she drove down the road toward the gym, "Rick, you treat me like garbage, and I deserve better than that, we are done, maybe you can find someone else you actually likes methead assholes. Yeah that sounds pretty good!"

Tori's phone suddenly buzzed, she reached into her pocket and turned it on without looking, it was Nate, she glanced at the text then back on the road,

me Rick done

She shut the phone as she pulled into the parking lot of the gym, with determination in her stride she walked into the gym.

 

[Nexus424]

Drake and Devaughn were still balling pretty hard. Sweat dripping from both of them as they decided to take a bit of a breather. As they sat down, Devaughn looked over to Drake huffing slightly.

"Since when did you start...getting better than me."

With a grin Drake chuckled, "Since we started playing punk."

Devaughn laughed out loud, "Whatever scrub. You done taking you little prissy break then."

Drake smiled, "Hey you suggested it Princess."

Devaughn laughed more so enjoying the smile on Drakes face rather than the idle back and forth between them. Though that wasn't as bad either. Standing up he dribbled up to the basket and dunked a quick one, trying to show he was still full of energy. Drake only shook his head as he walked up.

"Just ball up, show-off"

They were at it again, all over the court moving in and out weaving. They couldn't be accused of showing off because there was no one else there. It wasn't until a few more baskets were scored that Drake caught the ball and prepared to check it to Devaughn. However as the ball bounced in his direction it collided with his legs resulting in a surprised jump.

"What's wrong with you man." Drake asked, only to be answered with idle pointing to the entrance.

Drake turned around and that's when he saw her. A girl a couple inches shorter than Drake lumbered in. While Devaughn was focused on her skin tone and well colored blond hair; Drake noticed the look of anger and determination on her face. Noticing the front office clerk pointing her in the direction of the weight room, he put two and two together and came out with trouble. Thinking to himself This has Rick all over it. She fits the description. This could get bad. Raising a hand to Devaughn who was still focused on other assets he kept an eye on her as she continued on her way.

 

[NeoAC]

Ryan couldn't help but chuckle in his head at how quick Jenna went for the shake before cleaning it off. Haha, eager isn't she? Ah well, eager's good. He returned the shake with a smile on his face. "I'm Ryan. You probably haven't seen me because I just got into town today."

 

[Shapsters]

Tori strode into the weight room, she took heavy, calming breaths and was pumping herself up in an attempt to kepe her confidence high.

He is an asshole, you are done with him! You can do this!

She walked into the weight-room, she could feel the eyes of a few sweaty men, and heard a few murmurs and whispers amongst the gym users. One man at the back of the room whistled, Tori suddenly heard Rick's voice, the confidence suddenly washed out of Tori, she put her hands in her pockets and studied the floor,

"Hey, shut up assholes thats my girl." Rick pulled himself away from one of the lifting machines and walked toward Tori, "Why are you here baby? Can't stop yourself from all this?"

Rick laughed and rubbed his six pack, flexing his muscles he looked around the large room to make sure everyone was laughing. A few of the more buff men were laughing, or rather grunting in approval.

"I need to talk to you in private Rick, or at least more so than this." Rick grunted and pushed her towards the corner of the room, "Look Rick, I... you..."

"Spit it out already, I've got things to do that aren't you." he grunted in laughter and continued, "I have weights to lift."

"Rick, your an asshole, you treat me like shit and I am done with you! There are plenty of men out there who will treat me better than you!" Tori let it all pour out, she slapped Rick across the face and continued, "Honestly, I feel sorry for any girl who is as stupid as I was to date you!"

At this point, Rick's face was red and trembling with rage, his fists were clenched in anger and he slowly approached Tori. Unknowing how to solve problems with words, he turned to the only thing he knew, violence. With all his might he shoved the girl, she slammed into the wall and fell on the floor, Rick quickly advanced toward her with a raised fist, Tori screamed in fright and shielded her face.

 

[CounterAttack]

"Fair enough," Jenna said, curious to know more about Ryan. "You might have been asked this a fair bit, but I'll ask anyway; where were you before you moved here?"

A thought niggled at the back of her mind. It will get out eventually. Do I announce it to everyone, including the new guy, or do I wait, and let Lyla and Micah know in private? she thought as she took a drink, the bitter taste stinging slightly on her lips.

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

After several minutes of conversation and eating, they had finished off the wings, and most of the onion rings and potato skins.

"Mmm. Well, I'm sure glad we came here." Micah complimented the restaurant. "It's been a while since I've had buffalo wings this good. Don't worry about the bill, guys. I've got it this time."

The waitress had left the bill on the table for them once she saw that they were done eating. Micah happily paid for it, seeing as it was his idea to come out to this place. Micah placed his Debit Card into the leather bill-fold, and waited for the waitress to come back around to get it.

"Alright, then..." Micah said, burping slightly. "Excuse me. Lyla, do you mind taking Josh back to where he needs to go? I'll take Jenna home, is that alright?"

 

[Nexus424]

Both Devaughn and Drake watched as she finally walked past them and entered the weight room. One or two of the others on the court near-by where whispering and as Drake over heard them his suspicions where true.

Rick's girlfriend, That's what I thought.

The look on her face still showing that slight determined but worried overtone made it pretty clear to anyone with half a brain what she was here to do. Unfortunately around this time the gym was normally filled with hooting dickholes like Rick. So any words that were exchange were ignorant whoops and whistles before Rick could be seen calming them down. Looking over to Devaughn, Drake nodded to him and started towards her direction. As Drake walked towards the situation slowly he thought to himself.

Drake what are you doing? This is none of your business. Stay out of it, someone else will handle it. This is unlike you. What if you had no reason to intervene?

All the while he was watching the inside of the weight room walking slowly. His pace began to slow down as the negative thoughts got the best of him...Until the girl slapped Rick. Drake looked on as her voice raised and she poured on the hatred and pain she had been holding in for the longest. But when that hand was raised to his cheek Drake watched closely, having to walk closer. In his mind he knew he couldn't leave this alone, he wouldn't be able to live with himself.

This...won't end well

The slap connected and the whoops and hollers filling the room didn't made Rick's position any better. That's when the shove came. Any doubt or worry that may have had the gall to cloud Drake's mind was instantly burnt away as he saw her collide against the hard, stone gym wall. Through gritted teeth Drake broke out into a full sprint as he saw Rick advance on her, face gleaming red and fists clenched.
Still in his black tank top he blasted through the crowd of pissants who stood there and did nothing just as Rick raised his first to the girl on the floor. The only words that could be used to describe what Drake did when he saw that fist begin to descend towards her are these...Heavy Takedown.

Instantly Drake's right arm shot up and snatched away at Rick's arm while he was still in stride. Grabbing at his wrist with a vice-like grip and twisting his arm behind his back Drake used the force of his run to ram Rick down to the sweaty gym floor. His other hand placed on Rick's head forcing it down into the carpet. Breathing slightly he set his knee along Rick's spine, with his one hand twisting Rick's arm up and the other keeping his face down to the floor. As far as Drake knew Rick was going nowhere. Drake spoke in a harsh tone, almost like you could feel the jagged edge along his voice.

"Rick! Are you fucking kidding me. Was anything going on in that brain of yours when you did that?"

 

[NeoAC]

"Well, let's see, before I came here, I was over in Rock Hill for a bit," Ryan said, answering Jenna's question Was it Rock Hill? That was the last place I actually spent any length of time, I guess. Ah well, it's out in the open now. "Not a bad place, great if you like the college dorm party scene, but it wore on me pretty quickly. That's why I came out here. So far it seems pretty nice, great beach, reasonably priced food and drink, although if I knew Micah was going to cover everything, I wouldn't have paid the bartender straight away.......ah well, I didn't know him before I paid, so it's not his fault. Haha." The last of the bottle of Red Rock was pounded down before Ryan set it back on the table. "Well, if you guys are talking about heading home, I guess I might as well head back to the hotel. Don't need to intrude or nothing on my first day."

 

[ae86gamer]

Lyla had been thinking about other things and not paying attention when Micah talked to her. "Huh? Uh.. Sure, I'll take him home. I needed to go to the store and pick up a few things for the beach house anyway."

Lyla looked at Jenna and couldn't help but wonder what had happened between her and Nate. It'll probably be better if I just ask her later.

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

"Alright then..." Micah said as the waitress came back with the receipt. Micah tipped her nicely, and then placed the pen and bill-fold on the table. "I guess I'll see y'all around, then. You ready to go, Jenna?"

Micah stretched and popped his back as he got up from his chair, the momentary twinge of pain worth the relief it brought.

 

[Shapsters]

Tori peeked out from behind her arm, she was expecting the punch to connect with her but instead looked up to find a fairly large, both in height and muscle tone, black guy. With a look of shock on her face she slowly stood up, her hands gasping to the hard wall which she had slammed into no more than a few seconds ago. Rick was in a position where he was unable to talk or move, he grunted in discomfort under the apparently very strong man who had saved Tori. She leaned up against the wall, her heart was pounding and her breaths were short and heavy; she looked around the room and noticed that a few of the men were slowly advancing upon the guy, not knowing whether or not to make a move.

She slowly walked up to him and tapped him on the shoulder,

"P-please, escort me out of here, just... I don't want anyone getting hurt ok? Lets just go please?" her eyes were now welled up with tears, a look of worry and fear was spread across her face and her lip trembled slightly, "I just want this resolved without violence."

 

[ae86gamer]

"Yeah, I'm ready to go. Are you ready to go Josh?" Lyla stood up and rummaged for her car keys that were buried somewhere in her purse. I wonder what happened with Tori though..

After she find her keys Lyla took out her phone and sent a text to Tori.

Hey, what's going on?

 

[Nexus424]

Drake was furious with Rick at the moment. As he continued lifting up on his arm as if he were going to break it. Looking around, a slight glint in his eye, nothing seemed to cool his rage until he saw Devaughn shaking his head in the background. Coming to slightly he heard the pained grunts from Rick as he looked down. Drake placed his knee along Rick's wrist ensuring no movement as he looked up only to find that a few of the people around were inching up close to him. Growling slightly he lifted his leg up on Rick's arm resulting in a scream.

"The fate of his arm, weighs on your actions." Drake said coldly as he eyed each and every one of them.

A few of them still advanced and Drake was prepared to do what he had to until he felt a soft tap on his shoulder. Noticing it's timid nature he looked up and saw the girl he had saved. Looking in he tear filled eyes drain most of the hate from him stopping him before he did something bad. Devaughn could be seen sighing softly in the background. As she spoke softly he rose a bit listening to what she said. After hearing the part about 'no violence' he looked out around the others and spoke.

"Well that depends on them. Can we leave out of here without any more trouble."

The others looked in his eyes as Drake still held Rick's arm hostage. Getting the message the back off slightly and Drake stood up releasing Rick's arm and heard causing him to roll over and curse loudly. Looking over to the girl he spoke quickly.

"Alright. We should leave before he recovers from that."

 

[Lost In The Void]

"Ya thanks for offering the ride," Josh said standing up, "It was really good to meet all of you people and I look forward to more fun times with you guys."

He stood beside Lyla, "I'm ready when you are."

 

[CounterAttack]

"Yeah, I'm good to go," Jenna said. She knocked back the last of her drink, set the glass down and stood up with Micah. At that moment her phone went off, breaking into an instrumental cover of Muse's Uprising. "Hold up, Micah, just got to get this," she said as she rummaged through her bag, eventually finding her phone. "Hello?"

"Hey Jenna, it's me," the voice of her mother said. "Just got your text, good to know you're getting out of the house. I think something was wrong with you before you left. Is everything all right?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. We all went out for lunch and to catch up and stuff, met someone new. Hey, listen, are you and Ben getting home any time soon?"

"No. Sorry, Jen, but things have come up. Apparently Ben's girlfriend got herself seriously injured, and he wants to be at the hospital for her." Jenna cringed at that; hospitals and injuries never appealed to her. Ebony's voice continued, "You know, we still haven't been introduced to each other. You'll have the house to yourself for a few more hours, we'll be back around 5:30."

"'Kay, I'll see you then. Bye, Mum." Jenna hung up, put her phone away and turned to Micah with a smile. "Shall we?"

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

"Alright, let's go." Micah opened the patio gate for Jenna and the two of them walked out to his car. "So, do you want me to take you home now? Or we could go do something else, if you want. If all else fails, we can hang at one of our places."

Micah started the car, and felt the firm rumble of the engine. Jenna didn't seem entirely upset, just disappointed. Micah turned the radio down a bit, and buckled his seat-belt.

Do I ask her now? Micah thought to himself. Or should I wait until she brings it up?Gah... I hate being put on-the-spot like this.

 

[ae86gamer]

"Alright then let's get going. It's been nice meeting you Ryan, and I hope to see you at the party. Bye Micah, Jenna."

Lyla walked to her car and got in. Since it was hot today the inside of the car was hot and uncomfortable. She immediately turned the car on and turned on the AC. After Josh got in she buckled her seat belt.

"So Josh, where do you live?"

 

[CounterAttack]

Jenna got in the passenger side and buckled herself in. "We can go to my place if you want, no-one else is gonna be around till about 5-30. Apparently my brother's girlfriend got herself into hospital somehow." She paused, looking out the side window.

Without turning to face Micah, she asked him, "Is it strange that Ben, who's two years younger than me, can find himself a nice girl and build a strong relationship with her before I even consider looking for that special someone?"

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

"People get to emotional milestones at different paces." Micah said to Jenna. "It's not that strange, really. I mean, I'm a bit like you. I've always been a bit shy when it comes to romantic relationships. I mean, the only girlfriend I had was when I was 14, and she was on an entirely different wavelength than I was. She was... Well, she was a bit like Jessica in a way. Constantly after sex, something I was a pretty nervous about. It's the reason we broke up after a week together."

Micah put that thought back into the back of his mind, and continued talking to Jenna.

"The thing with Ben is that he knew what he wanted in a relationship before you did." Micah explained his opinion. "I mean, he's a good-looking guy, and he's not a total idiot. I'm not really surprised he has a girlfriend. I'm betting, however, that he didn't start out looking for that special someone... He was probably just looking to get laid like most kids our age, but the relationship advanced as they spent more time together. As for you, you're a nice, attractive girl with a sweet personality. People like you, like you said, are looking for someone to be close and intimate with, not necessarily sexually intimate, you just want that connection. I respect that..."

Micah smiled at Jenna as they reached Jenna's house and he pulled into her driveway.

"I mean, I'm a good judge of people... and I think you're dateable." Micah said, blushing slightly. "That's got to count for something, right?"

 

[CounterAttack]

Jenna blushed at the compliment. "Yeah... I guess it does. As I've said, I don't really know anything about relationships, but I guess I've learned something about them from Nate today."

As the car shuddered to a halt, Jenna's blush faded, and she felt sad as she remembered her conversation with Nate in the restaurant. "On the subject of which... it's not gonna happen between me and him. He's interested in someone else."