Post by auburn locke on Jul 24, 2008 16:24:45 GMT -5
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now in the morning i sleep alone, sweep the streets i used to rule[/color], [/center][/blockquote][/blockquote]
[/size]Cause I'm comin' home,
I'm comin' home,
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hello, the name's, auburn cadby locke
but people tend to call me, burn, aub, aubs, aubby
I turned , nineteen
on , february first
so that means I've been attending , ucla
when the days over i like me some , boys and girls - bisexual
[/color][/font][/size]I've seen a palace in London,
I've seen a castle in Wales,
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well, my hair is, brown
and I love my eyes, they're, hazel
and my skin colors this really cool, pale white
mainly because I'm , english, danish, and french
I measure up to , five feet and eight inches
no Seattle Sutton's for me ! the scale says , one hundred and eighteen pounds
but it's kind of cool that I have , big, cat like eyes, a naturally slender frame, and very clear, soft skin
and my style blows yours away , patterened dress shirts, skinny jeans but mostly dress pants, scarves - never really dresses all that casually.
so over - all ,
Auburn has dark brown hair that is pretty close to being the same shade as his eyes. He likes to grow it out and wear it long, but after awhile his parents always make him cut it short again since they think he looks too girly with long hair. He doesn't really like the way his hair looks when it's short, which probably doesn't help much when it comes to his lack of confidence and self-esteem issues. But he's learned to deal with it, and it's not like he's trying to impress anyone anyway.
Auburn has big, chocolate brown eyes. He doesn't really like the color of them since everyone seems to have brown eyes. He wishes that they were a more exciting color, maybe something along the lines of midnight blue or emerald green, but he really can't do much about that (well, besides getting colored contacts but he doesn't really want to do that because he thinks that having a fake eye color would just be tacky). He's alright with his eyes, he just sometimes wishes they were a bit more exciting.
Auburn is very uncomfortable about how he looks, in particular his weight. He is very skinny, especially compared to most other boys that are his age. He can very easily fit into a pair of girls' jeans and be comfortable wearing them. His hipbones jut out, and his stomach is very slender. His ribs are also visible underneath the fair skin of his torso. His arms are scrawny and his legs are ridiculously thin. It's not that he's anorexic or anything; he eats just fine, probably less than the football players and such but he eats when he's hungry. No matter how much he eats, his weight doesn't seem to change all that much, and this bothers him. He hates looking like he's nothing but extremely fair skin and bones. If there was only one thing that Auburn could change about himself, it would probably be his weight.
Auburn doesn't really have all that much that is terribly unusual about his appearance. He doesn't have any piercings or odd beauty marks or tattoos, mostly because he doesn't want to stand out in the crowd so he doesn't see a need for them. What you would probably first notice when looking at him, though, is his skin. Auburn has ridiculously fair skin; it's very pale and very clear, and almost looks flawless, especially from a distance. Of course that was just how he was born, he doesn't really do all that much to keep it that way since to be honest he would rather have nothing at all be remarkable about himself, because he doesn't like to be noticed. But the fact is that he has and has always had beautiful skin, and he often receives compliments on it. Or people just make fun of him for looking like a ghost... there's that too.
but people say I look like , ryan ross
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[/size]but I'd rather wake up beside you
and breathe that ol' familiar smell,
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[/i][/size][/color] because, i always think that everyone has a problem with me, even if i've never spoken to them.
I love, reading, writing, starbucks, apple juice, cuddling, cats, stuffed animals, acoustic songs, cartoons, drawing, guitar, umbrellas, cats, singing, caiden, lauren, scout, and being alone.
but I really despise, arrogance, people who believe that they are superior to others, getting chalk all over his hands, parties, alcohol, cheaters, large groups of people, coffee, the fact that he doesn't know his real parents, how skinny he is, social situations, meeting new people, when he doesn't know what to say, being uncomfortable, and how shy he is.
I personally think I'm pretty good at, avoiding drama easily, being very easy to get along with once he trusts you, making others smile, geting good grades without trying too hard, giving advice, knowing when someone is upset and trying his best to comfort them.
though I should really work on , being too shy, often acting uncomfortable, being quiet, hard to get close to in a relationship, always unsure of himself, very sensitive; being hurt extremely easily, not good at letting things go, constantly chewing on his bottom lip, stutters sometimes, get very nervous around someone who he is attracted to, can't stand up for himself, often thinking that strangers hate him.
"people tend to tell me I'm ,
unconfident[/font] because, i don't have very many friends and i'm not very willing to try new things. i speak very softly and you can tell that i'm unsure of myself, and that i'm always worrying about what others are thinking about me.
invisible[/font] because, even though i've lived here for the majority of my life, no one really knows who i am, and i tend to blend into the crowd and look completely plain and boring in comparision to most of my peers."[/ul][/font]
but basically, I'm ,
you told me 32 ways to make you smile.
Upon first meeting Auburn Locke, it would probably become apparent right away that he is just not really all that similar to most of the other boys in his age group. The first thing that you will probably notice about him is his voice. He is not one of the loud, arrogant teenage boys that you've probably become so accustomed to seeing everywhere these days; in fact you might even have trouble hearing Auburn speak sometimes. His voice is very soft, especially when he is speaking to someone that he does not know very well. You'll get used to it, though, as you get to know him more, and after awhile you probably won't even notice it at all. If you speak to him often, eventually his voice will get a little louder as he begins to trust you more, and he'll begin to come out of his shell little by little as long as you don't do anything to make him uncomfortable. Auburn just doesn't trust people all that easily, and because of this it definitely takes him awhile to truly make a new friend. He's just afraid of trusting the wrong person and ending up getting hurt in result. You can't really blame him though, seeing how much that same thing has happened to him in the past. Once you've gotten to know Auburn for awhile and you've shown him a bit if what you're like as well, that's when you can really get to know him. That's when you first start to see his brighter, sillier, and more outgoing sides, his weaknesses and strengths, and just everything that comes along with the sixteen year old teenage male. Hopefully you won't be disappointed.i did 31 within the first hour.
Now, it's very obvious that Auburn is a shy boy. You could probably tell that about him without even speaking to him. If he's in one of your classes, you probably know him as that boy who always arrives early, has a seat in the very first row, and never really speaks to anyone in the class other than the teacher (and sometimes even she has to ask him to repeat his answers so that she and the rest of the class can hear him properly). If you see him in the hallways, he's the boy with a messenger bag slung across his shoulder who walks with his eyes on the floor, never stopping to speak to anyone unless it's a soft "sorry" to someone he's accidentally bumped shoulders with. He's just quiet, he keeps to himself, and he doesn't really have all that many friends. But if one day you decide to introduce yourself to this timid boy, you'll find that he will tell you his name with a gentle little smile playing on his lips, and you'll probably feel comfortable, even if he doesn't say much. He's just kind, and you can tell; there's no other way to describe it. You can just tell that he's different then most of the other kids at Blair, that he actually cares about the feelings of others and not much about popularity and wealth. Then, maybe you see him later in the library and go over to say hello. If this pattern continues and a friendship develops between yourself and Auburn, he becomes a completely different person entirely.isn't it neat how our bodies tick?
Now that time has passed and you're pretty close friends with Auburn, you no longer see him as that awkward, quiet boy that sat in the front of your class. You know better than to think that. He's different now, no longer another one of your fellow students whose name always tends to slips your mind. He's Auburn, your friend who always greets you with a smile and asks how your day is doing, and who never forgets to meet you outside of your classroom after school so that he can talk to you for a bit, maybe even hang out with you for awhile if you're really good friends.
And when you do hang out outside of school, Auburn isn't shy at all anymore. He's this one hundred and ten pound ball of smiles and giggles, acting as much like a small child as a sixteen year old male can. He's fun; he's a lot of fun. And yeah, anyone can be a lot of fun really, but you didn't expect it, not from Auburn Locke. He is just always so quiet. You don't notice until later, but it was actually a few months before you really heard him laugh for the first time. But you grow accustomed to it after awhile, and when others comment on how reserved he is you can just smile and say that they just don't know him. Because Auburn says the oddest things, he jumps on your back for a piggy back ride without warming, he giggles at everything even if it's really not all that funny, he starts tickle fights. He's just unpredictable and exciting, not boring or quiet or anything that you first thought about him when you first saw him.and we can move our feet whenever and however we please?
You know now that Auburn's nothing like his first impression made him out to be. You can think of different words to describe him now, like caring, kind, silly, smart, funny... a lot of words that you wouldn't have dreamed of associating with Auburn Locke when you barely knew him.
But there's other thinks you know about Auburn now, things you didn't know before but things that maybe aren't as good. He's an awful lonely kid; because of his shyness he doesn't have many friends besides yourself, and you might think that that's simply his fault for not being more outgoing, but you have to understand that Auburn just can't wake up one day as a confident person. He's just not. He's awkward and uncomfortable around those he doesn't know. He doesn't do things that most teenagers do for fun, like going to the mall or dances or parties and such, just because he'd rather stay home and write a new song or read one of his books, because that's where he's more comfortable. He'll go to shows sometimes, but for the music, not to socialize.
Auburn is also hurt extremely easily. He might just be the most sensitive boy you've ever met, and if he's not then he probably at least comes close to it. He doesn't handle things well, probably because of the way he was brought up. He'll be sad about things for weeks and think about them constantly instead of trying to let them go; because of this you can probably guess that he doesn't really handle break-ups all that well. Not that he really has experienced break-ups all that often, since he hardly dates for fear of getting hurt or losing a friend. Auburn doesn't do a lot of things because of the fact that he's just scared that he won't be able to deal with what might happen.
Another thing that you'll eventually find out about Auburn is that he suffers from paranoid personality disorder, which as you can probably guess is a disturbed thought process characterized by excessive anxiety or fear. Which explains a lot of things if you think about it. He doesn't have schizophrenia or anything like that; he's just constantly afraid that harm is occurring, or is going to occur, to him. So you realize that you have to be careful around him, and not say the wrong thing, because one minute he could be perfectly comfortable, and then the next he's stuttering up an excuse to leave as he quickly moves to the door. He just has an extremely exaggerated distrust of others. If someone gives him an odd look in the hallway, he'll get scared and become convinced that that person is "out to get him" or something along those lines. He's reluctant to confide in others due to a fear that information may be used against him. The whole thing is just kind of bizarre actually, and makes you realize how lucky you are to be close to him, but it also makes you see how easily it could be to lose his trust completely.
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[/size]I never thought you could leave me,
I figured I was the one ,
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I came from, agoura hills, CA
well my father .. ,
coming in at , 50
he supported us by , being a psychiatrist
all in all, he's pretty , "my dad is a great guy. i really love him. unlike my mother, he always understood that kieran and i were two completely different people, and i wasn't confident or fearless like my brother. i never really talked to him when i was growing up either, but i certainly cared about him. i was upset when my parents decided to get a divorce; i couild relate better to my father than my mother when i was a child, so i was sad when i had to go live with my mom and leave my dad. i hated my stepfather and i always wished that i could just go live with my dad instead."[/ul]
onto my mother ,
coming in at , passed away at age 42
she helped too, by , being a stay at home mom
in the end she's quite , "i do love my mom and i do miss her everyday, but during my childhood she often made me feel very uncomfortable. she would always try to make me do stuff that i didn't want to do; she always wanted to push the limits, and she just didn't understand that i couldn't do that. i never really spoke to her as much as i should have when i was growing up, and i know that i often disappointed her, which is something that i regret daily. i was devastated when i learned that she had cancer and i don't think i've ever really been the same person since she died."[/ul]
and then they had kids ,
then it was time for my own ,
and my one and only pet(s) ,
a puppy named cinderella
the love life , auburn never really spent much time in the whole dating scene. he's only been involved in two relationships in his entire life, which some might say is a little pathetic or a little smart; it probably would depend on your outlook on such things. his first relationship was with a girl named mary ann arbor; they dated for a reasonable amount of time and then broke up, leaving auburn heartbroken. his second and most succesful relationship was with caiden moore. they began dating in their junior year of high school at the blair academy. they broke up for a few months due to the fact that caiden cheated on auburn with his exboyfriend, tallon landon, but eventually auburn and caiden got back together. they are still a couple now and they attend the same school.
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Just how did Auburn Locke get to be... well, the way that he is today? Why is he so reserved and why does he make it so hard for others to get to know him? The answer is probably hidden somewhere in his past, but it must be hidden pretty deep because it would be pretty difficult to find. We'll start from the very beginning.
The family that he was to be born into was pretty normal, aside from their wealth. Mr. and Mrs. Locke were happily married and already had a baby boy of one years old to call their own named Kieran, but since they were financially well-off and could afford it, and wanted another child terribly anyway, it wasn't all that long before the decision to have another child was made, and Juliet Locke was expecting again. Nine months passed quickly, and soon enough Auburn Cadby Locke was born on the very first day of February in the year of nineteen eighty nine, and so began Auburn's years as a child.
His childhood went fairly well for awhile, but it was obvious even to an outsider that he was constantly living in Kieran's shadow and didn't really have any intention of trying to outshine his brother. Kieran was always the older one, the smarter one, the louder one, the more fun one, the braver one, the more outgoing one, while Auburn was usually silent, liked to be alone, and was scared easily. The two were (and still are) so amazingly different; it was hard to believe that they were related, even though they did sort of resemble each other in a way. They were just polar opposites from day one, and there was really no avoiding it.
Auburn never did say much, even back then; his parents had noticed this, and of course they were concerned like any good parents would be. But they were told that it was probably just a phase that he would eventually grow out of as time passed and he became more comfortable in his own skin. It was actually a lot worse that his parents knew, probably as worse as it could get for a boy his age (which all-in-all wasn't that bad but it must have been an indicator that something was off with the boy). He'd be the one kid sitting by himself on the swing set at recess while everyone else played kickball, and he'd be the one kid in class who never had a group to sit with in the cafeteria. But things weren't really all that bad. He did have a few friends, all of whom happened to be girls from a grade above his, who he seemed to feel more comfortable around. Those were the days where Auburn and Kieran could at least stand each other. It would probably sound very sad to say, but these days as a young boy were probably the most peaceful days in Auburn's life. And they didn't even last very long.just shy of something i could understand.
Auburn should have probably seen the divorce coming. It had been obvious. Juliet and Trace just didn't seem to get along anymore; they didn't act like they were in love at all. They were always fighting or not speaking to each other. But Auburn had been young and just thought that his parents would and simply could not ever get a separation. Unfortunately, he'd been mistaken. Mr. and Mrs. Locke had sat both of their sons down at the dining room table one evening and told them of the news. Auburn hadn't really shown a reaction to it, but he never really shows his emotions around other people now, and the same was true back then. He cried all night after he was told about the divorce. He wasn't sure what was going to happen next, and it scared him. And he loved both of his parents, even if he didn't show it much, and wanted to be with both of them.
But it was true that Auburn liked his father more than his mother. Which probably sounds like a really harsh thing to say, but his mother just never seemed to understand him. She would always try to make him speak and do things that he just didn't want to do. She just wanted him to be like Kieran. His father hadn't been like that. Trace had accepted his son the way that he was, and never really tried to make Auburn be someone that he just wasn't. Auburn wasn't anything like Kieran and he never would be, and his father knew that. So, as if things weren't bad enough, Auburn then was told that he was going to live with just his mother instead of both of his parents.
And then things started changing, and fast. Kieran seemed to take on a whole new dislike for his other brother, and he made sure that the younger boy knew it. There wasn't a day that went by that didn't include Kieran making fun of his younger brother or roughly shoving Auburn at least a thousand times. Auburn didn't understand at all; sure, they hadn't really been all that close before the divorce, but now it seemed as if Kieran truly could not stand his brother. And it just got worse as time went by, so naturally it came to the point where Auburn couldn't stand Kieran either. But of course Auburn remained silent about the whole situation, glares being his only weapon against the older boy's taunting.
Auburn didn't speak, still, not even to argue with his brother. Of course he would speak occasionally, but it was very rare, and it wasn't uncommon for him to go days without uttering a single word. The reason remains unclear, and if you asked him he wouldn't tell you anyway. It was probably due to a lot of things, like the divorce and his lack of confidence and his brother's cruelty, but the main reason was definitely his paranoia, which he wasn't diagnosed with until years later. He was too afraid to speak, too afraid that what he would say would be wrong and that people hated him and didn't want him to speak anyway. Because he didn't speak, he got to thinking a lot. He realized that he was never happy anymore. His life consisted of school, watching his mother smoke everyday, watching television, and being taunted constantly by Kieran. He had no friends, all he had was his small family who didn't even seem to care much about him. And with this realization came a new feeling that Auburn had never really felt as strongly before; hatred. He hated Kieran more than anything, and he hated his mother for getting a divorce and messing up all of their lives in the first place. Obviously Auburn kept this feeling to himself for awhile, since he was good at hiding his emotions since that was basically all he had done for the past few years.so blissful, i press on; to the sound of the organs,
And of course he wasn't going to tell his own mother than he couldn't stand living in this house with her and her other son, especially not when she was so happy. It had only been a few years since the divorce, but apparently Juliet had found love again with a man named Jasper. So things were changing again, very rapidly, and before Auburn knew it there was a wedding and he had a stepfather. It kind of bothered him. Auburn didn't really trust Jasper; probably because he felt as if he was trying to take his real father's place, even though he was doing nothing of the sort. He was actually a really nice guy. Auburn just thought that Jasper was out to get him, and that he hated Auburn, that he liked Kieran better, and that the only reason he was marrying his mother was so that he could just divorce her after a few years and hurt everyone all over again. All these thoughts were definitely due to his paranoia, no doubt about that, but of course he couldn't exactly control it.
So things settled down quickly after the wedding and life continued as it normally did, except Auburn found himself wishing that he could just go to bed and never wake up. He hated his family that badly. They didn't know the extent of his hatred toward them then and they certainly didn't know it now, but it was pretty bad. Auburn wasn't going to do anything stupid like run away or hurt himself or something, but he thought about it sometimes. But could you blame him? The kid didn't talk. All he did was think. He thought about a lot of things. Ways to make things better, things that would probably work but he never acted on. Ways to make friends, ways to try to get out of the depression that he had blindly fallen into and had no idea how to get out of. No one knew about it. Kieran was too busy smoking his cigarettes around the house all the time, acting like he was such a hot shot because his mom didn't care how black his lungs got. And his mom was too busy with her new married life, and Jasper didn't even know Auburn enough to know that something was wrong.playing their most convincing tunes.
Somewhere along the line, though, his head just got far too full of thoughts to keep it all inside any longer. It was bound to happen soon or later. He couldn't just stay like that forever. He had been miserable, and he needed to do something, even if it wouldn't change anything. So one night they'd all been sitting at the dinner table again, the same stupid table where he'd been told about his mother's divorce, with Kieran in the other room doing Lord only knows once, when it happened. Jasper casually told Auburn that he should invite a few friends over for the weekend, and Auburn just snapped. He'd slammed his hands down onto the table and spoke in a clear, loud voice that he probably had never used before that moment, telling his stepfather that he was not having friends over because he hated everyone, he hated him, he hated his mother, he hated Kieran, he hated this whole place. After that he'd just gotten up from the table and gone straight to his room.
Despite how harsh his words had been, it had changed at least a few things. Auburn wasn't silent anymore after that. He began talking more and more, and even though he was still quiet at least he was speaking again. And his mother began smoking more. No one ever brought up what Auburn had said again, though. Kieran probably still doesn't know to this day what Auburn had said that night - not that he would care anyway.
Then, just as Auburn was getting used to things again, everything changed, yet again. His mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. It was a shock to everyone, and the change that occurred in the Locke household was very different than things usually were. There weren't any fights, there wasn't much talking, the rooms weren't filled with Kieran's cigarette smoke or his arrogant friends. Everyone knew that it wouldn't last, though. at least Auburn did. He knew that when his mother passed away, things would go back to normal. Kieran would turn into an asshole again, and they'd start to bicker again.
And he'd been right. In 2000 Juliet Locke passed away, leaving her two sons in the care of her second husband. Auburn was really messed up by the whole thing; he cried, he cried a lot, only when he was alone of course. Kieran would make fun of him if he saw Auburn crying, even though Auburn knew for a fact that Kieran had cried too because he'd heard it once from Kieran's bedroom when he'd gotten up to get a glass of water late one night. He never brought it up though because his brother would just deny it. As a result of the death both boys blocked out the world, but in two entirely different ways; Kieran with his rebellious and just arrogant ways, Auburn with his refusal to trust anyone and his continued cautiousness.as they serenade to the parade of paid-off parts.
Auburn came to Blair the year after his mother's death. He attended the school since his freshman year, but he was not very well known except for being "the quiet kid" and he didn't really have many friends. He received spectacular grades simply because he spent most of his time studying and doing homework for lack or anything better to do. He graduated high school and now attends UCLA. He's still lonely and rarely speaks, but maybe if you got to know him you could change that.
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[/size]but I understand your sadness so
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[/size] hello, I'm sarah[/color]. I play auburn locke[/color] and his playmate, tallon landon[/color]. I myself have seen almost sixteen [/color]summers and I plan to see a lot more, living the good life up in the eastern coast[/color]. I've been in this part of town for a few years[/color], so I know the area pretty well. oh! and did I mention that the ad on the old blair[/color] told me about this island resort? she's a gorgeous thing. stalk me? well, my aim is weee[/color], my msn's wooo[/color], and my email's waaa[/color], . but, of course, you can always PM me. au revior !"[/size]
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YOU BE THE ANCHOR THAT
KEEPS MY FEET ON THE GROUND,
I'LL BE THE WINGS THAT KEEP
YOUR HEART IN THE CLOUDS.
-----------------------------------Auburn was fully aware of the fact that Scout wouldn't want to stay in bed all day now that he wasn't surrounded by the dull white walls of a hospital room. He understood this perfectly; Auburn probably wouldn't want to lay around like that for even a second longer if he was in the same situation. He couldn't even imagine staying in the hospital for more than a few days, let alone spending months out of his life confined to a gloomy place like that every day. He would probably go crazy. He wasn't exactly sure how Scout managed to pass the time; the only activities Auburn could think of doing in a hospital were sleeping, watching television, listening to music, going on the internet, or reading books, all of which you could only do for so long. He wouldn't be able to stand not getting at least a little fresh air in such a long period of time. Even so, Auburn knew that Scout probably shouldn't be doing too much. He was sure that Scout was still pretty weak, not weak enough to have to stay in the hospital, but weak even so. He was also sure that Scout would want to test the limits of his newfound freedom, to go and do things that a doctor would probably assure him that he shouldn't be doing yet. That was Scout for you. He was always eager to do go out and do more than he could handle, to prove everyone wrong. Auburn understood this as well. If he had heart problems like that, he was sure that everyone around him would treat him as if he was a weak little baby whose hand needed to be held constantly, and that just wasn't right. Scout was almost eighteen years old now - he should be able to do everything on his own by now, but instead he had to stay in bed at his parents' house and have everyone else take care of him. Of course he wanted to go out and do things, to show everyone that he wasn't as weak as everyone made him out to be and that he was really an adult who could live without any assistance.
-----But Auburn wasn't sure if Scout should be out and about just yet - he knew that Scout would probably want to go do something since Auburn was coming over, and Auburn wasn't exactly sure how that would work. Of course he wanted to have fun with Scout and everything, but there was only so much they could do just staying cooped up in Scout's room. Scout would want to go somewhere and Auburn wouldn't fight him on it (mostly due to the fact that Auburn never fought anyone about anything), and then the whole time Auburn would be scared to death that Scout would get hurt somehow, and if he did end up getting hurt then Auburn would feel as if it was his fault.
-----It was just like Auburn to be stressing about all of this already when he hadn't even laid eyes on his best friend yet. Auburn was always worried when it came to Scout; having known the boy for so long, Auburn had been there pretty much throughout the whole rocky road of Scout's heart problems. He'd experienced first hand the kind of effects it could have on Scout, and to be completely honest it scared the hell out of him. Every once and awhile Auburn would receive news that Scout's health condition was just getting worse and worse with every passing minute, and those were the times that got Auburn thinking about what he would do if he ever lost Scout for good. It was a horrible thing to think about, but it was thoughts like that that made Auburn sure that their friendship was real and strong. It was simple; Auburn would never be the same if Scout wasn't around. He needed Scout, and he assumed that it was pretty safe to say that Scout needed him as well. Auburn had gone through life having to deal with the loss of those that were closest to him, and he just hope d to God that he wouldn't have to do that early when it came to Scout. He never really let on how worried he was about his friend; he didn't want Scout to feel guilty or anything for frightening Auburn a bit. But Auburn did always pray that everything would go well when it came to Scout's transplant and everything.
-----He tried not to think about the months he had gone without seeing his best friend as much as he had used to as he walked up the stairs in the Evans' household. He hoped that nothing had changed between them because of the lost time. He didn't think that anything could ever come between him and Scout, but maybe something would be different now. He usually had these thoughts after Scout got out of the hospital, but this time they were a bit more troublesome since Scout's stay at the hospital had been even more serious this time around. In truth, though, he had nothing to worry about. Their friendship could pretty much get through anything completely unscathed; that was part of the reason why the two of them were best friends. Nothing could touch them.
-----Auburn opened the door to reveal a very familiar room, with Scout laying on the bed in the corner and Caliegh by his side. Caliegh was another member of the Evans family that had known Auburn for a lengthly amount of time, and seemed to adore him. Scout had told him a few years back that his little sister had developed a crush on him; as soon as Scout had brought it to his attention, it was easy for Auburn to see. She had always liked Auburn, even when she was only an infant. She used to always try to tag along with Scout and Auburn wherever they went, and Auburn would laugh when Scout got annoyed at her. He had always found it sweet that the girl had liked him so much, but of course she was a bit too young for Auburn and it would be kind of strange to date his best friend's kid sister.
-----He felt arms slip around him in return as the two boys hugged each other, a real smile on Auburn's face for the first time in God only knows how long. Things had been so bad lately - just having this smile on his face felt weird, but it felt good at the same time. Scout just always had that way of making everything seem a lot better. "I know. I hate the hospital too, it smells bad in there. I always feel bad that you have to stay there for so long," he said as he let go of his friend, sitting up with the smile still on his soft features. It startled him a bit to hear the voice of the girl; he must've forgotten that she was there in all the happiness of being reunited with Scout outside of the hospital's walls for the first time in ages. His hazel eyes met Caliegh's and he returned her smile. "Hey, Caliegh, how've you been? I haven't seen you in forever. You look even prettier than you did the last time I saw you," Auburn said just before Mrs. Evans' voice floated into the room from the hallway, asking the young girl to come help give Landon a bath. The little boy's cries could be heard as well. To Auburn, it was odd to feel like he had just visited this house yesterday when really he hadn't been inside in ages. That's the way it always was though. Auburn was really just like another member of the family - another brother, another son.
-----Auburn turned his attention back to Scout after he had showed the slightly melty contents of his bookbag to his best friend, who seemed please. Auburn laughed just a bit. "I can't imagine how you've gone this long without it. You used to eat ice cream just about everyday. I think it missed you too. It was in my freezer just calling your name. It kept me awake at night," he said playfully. "Yeah, well, I think I love you more than anything for being alive right now. I'm glad you didn't go and disappear on me. I don't know what I would've done with all of his ice cream if you had."
-----Scout then asked him if he remembered the tree house, and after a moment's thought Auburn nodded a bit, his dark eyebrows raising slightly as he did so. "Yeah, I do. We used to spend our lives in that thing. We had some good times up there, except for that one time when you fell out and almost killed yourself," Auburn replied with a little smile. "Why do you ask about the tree house?"outfit, he's smiley
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