063 Red Letters (backdated to yesterday the 20th

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Mark Hunter's friends]

Hey guys. It's Mark's birthday today. I'm cool if everyone wants a party but I think it would be hilarious if everyone gave him stupid shit - like a box filled with nothing but packing peanuts. Hell, fill our room with balloons I don't give a shit [she cackles with laughter] Get creative

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[everyone ELSE in the castle... except Mark]

It's Mark's birthday today. You know, the guy who does the weekly broadcasts around here. If any of you care and wanna do something do something crazy. Like blow up the microwave or fuck with the elevator. Something that'll shake things up in Castle Wonderfuck. Hallmark Cards are for lazy uncreative people. [she laughs].

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[Mark/room filter]

[with a GRIN] Don't think I forgot what day it is today.

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[eat_me_beat_me]

[She cheers along with the music as she takes a corner a liiiiiiiiittle bit faster than they should]

Hey it's your birthday. Any requests?

[hard_talker]

We should at least go get some french fries from some place in town or something. It's as close to a drive-thru as we're gonna fuckin' get, right?

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She grins devilishly]

You got it.

[With that she JAMS on the gas and takes off at full speed, heading for a cafe that should serve fries.]

[hard_talker]

[he lets out a whoop that's a far cry from the girly scream he loosed the first time he ever let her drive]

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Ooooh growing a pair, are we? She takes that as a challenge and picks up speed as they round the next corner]

[hard_talker]

[apparently they're still growing. as soon as she floors it that holler turns into a shriek.

oops.]

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She CACKLES, turning to grin at him as she screeches to a halt by the cafe]

First stop, french fries.

[hard_talker]

Nope.

[he shakes his head, grinning as he forces his heart back down where it belongs]

First stop, pacemaker, second stop, french fries.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[she laughs and leans over to give him a kiss]

Need a shock to get it started again?

[hard_talker]

Ooh - ow.

[he flops back in the passenger seat and proceeds to play dead]

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Nora climbs over to straddle his lap, leaning and and pausing with her lips mere milometers above his. She whispers]

Clear.

[Before closing the distance and pressing their lips together.]

[hard_talker]

[he's not going to say no to that kiss, definitely not, but, well, the lap straddling was a bit more than he expected. once he's had his fill of smooch, he manages to blurt something out while they're both up for air]

Nora -

[no really]

Nora, we're on the curb --

[someone apparently still has issues with Extreme PDA, okay]

[eat_me_beat_me]

So?

[She throws back her head and laughs. The boistrous cackling laugh that he always seems to draw out of her. The laugh that's full of mischief and chaos and rolled up with all of the emotions he fills her with, both his and hers. She grins and revels in how ALIVE he always seems to make her feel without even trying.]

[hard_talker]

So - so - NORA, you can't climb all over me like that right out in the open like this! Jesus! [he's half laughing as he says it, but it's mostly to cover up how freaked out he is. sure, he's come a long way since the first night she jumped him in his backyard, but ... there are still lines he's not willing to cross, and this is one of them]

[eat_me_beat_me]

[Aaaaaaaaaand that's precisely why she does this shit - to push the boundaries of those lines of his. She leans in and gives him a quick peck on the lips before opening the door, swinging her leg over him and hopping out of the car with a laugh]

Your face is so red it looks like it's gonna start glowing.

[hard_talker]

[he drops his head back against the seat with a groan]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my GOD. You're EVIL.

[with a huff to compose himself and dispel the last of his embarrassment, he climbs out after her] Just for that, fries are on you.

[eat_me_beat_me]

[She giggles, twirling around on the sidewalk]

You just embarrass too easy.

[She sticks her tongue out at him]

'sides I was gonna pay for 'em anyway. C'mon, you. [She smiles before leading him inside to french fries and to glory!]