Queen's Clothes - Fashion/Office RP - New RP Thread {Apps always open}

[Anne_SC]

{FREEFORM!}
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/Thesimsfreaky/loho123546.gif

Attention Roleplayers! I made a decision about the posts, and I decieded that the minimun lines in a post have to be 6+. This is because, as a mod said before, we will have less posting and more life in the roleplay.


You walk upon a large building. The first thing you see is the door on wich is printed: 'Queen's Clothes'. This will be your first working day with this new clothing brand. You place your hand on the large glass doors and you gently push them open. A woman is waiting for you.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/Thesimsfreaky/ceciliaa.jpg

"Hello" the woman says with a warm smile.
"My name is Cecilia, welcome to 'Queen's Clothes' i'm guessing you're new here? I kind of own this place, well... my mother does now. But I will soon, just follow me."

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Rules:
-This is a Freeform roleplay. But there will be (sometimes) some events.
-Follow the regular S2C rules and the roleplay rules.
-Have Fun

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Welcome to 'QC'. A new fashion brand set up by Felicia Queen. You can work here as these different occupations:

Secretary - 0 Spots (Will be a regular office worker)
Delilah Stanton (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=951070&postcount=20)
Amber Radisson (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=951190&postcount=28)
Chris Allen (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=995926&postcount=2018)
Aaron Hymiuos (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=1012647&postcount=2757)
Alicia Reed (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=1042340&postcount=3761)

Model - 0 Spots left
Lotta Gustaf (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=950474&postcount=8) <- Dropped out
Cilla Reyes (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=950950&postcount=16)
Mickey Rumor (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=950726&postcount=14)
Chloe Williams (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=951846&postcount=36)
Jericho (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=952672&postcount=92) <- Dropped out
Aylen Chosovi (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=955662&postcount=498) <- Dropped out
Chinsa Wantanabe (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=969997&postcount=660)
Jeisa Intel (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=983062&postcount=1166)
Chi Ambrussio (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=999374&postcount=2293)
Briana Jones (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=1026942&postcount=3534)


Designer - Unlimited Spots
Jayden Bell (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=951794&postcount=33)
Nicolao Leao-Pires (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=951942&postcount=37)
Chelsea Dane (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=952940&postcount=99)
Kris Teragon (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=1042574&postcount=3768)
Will Evans (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=1042598&postcount=3774)
Emily Landsdale (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=1114365&postcount=4)
Sapphire LeDora (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=1117331&postcount=27)

Assistant Manager - 0 Spots
Gavin Ruppetts (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=950418&postcount=3)
Rielle Drake (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=956246&postcount=528)
Hannah Tyler (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=999308&postcount=2279)

'Regular' Office workers - Unlimited Spots
Audrey Smithers (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=1114688&postcount=6)

Cliënts - Unlimited
Jamie Wilkinson (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=953358&postcount=181)
Andrew Valdermin (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=953058&postcount=118)
Warren Prince (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=998346&postcount=2203)

Custom - Unlimited Spots
Elektra "Lexi" Hansen (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=960378&postcount=585)
Alexander Radisson (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=989095&postcount=1524)
Ellen Brown (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=1115703&postcount=20)

Manager 0 Spots
Cecilia Queen (http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=950330&postcount=1)

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List:

Name:
Gender:
Occupation:
Age:
Bio:
Personality:
Headshot:

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Name: Cecilia Queen
Gender: Female
Occupation: Manager (And a little modelling)
Age: 24
Bio: Cecilia Queen is the daughter of Felicia Queen, the founder of QC. Since Felicia is getting old even if she just set up the whole thing, Cecilia will be taking over the place in no time.
Personality: Can be mean, doesn't really care about other people's feelings, does almost everything to get what she wants.
Headshot: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/Thesimsfreaky/snapshot_13d76eb3_53d7719a.jpg

[Anne_SC]

((Oh sure :) Ofcourse))

[DarkPhoenix]

((Shall we pick up from where we left off, or move ahead a few days/weeks/months/years?))

[Metatwaddle]

OK, I'm going to put a designer in here...

Name: Emily Lansdale
Gender: Female
Occupation: Designer
Age: 22
Bio: Emily came from a working-class family near Buffalo. Her mother is a nurse and her father is an electrician, and she has an older brother studying for a degree to teach English. Her mother has always encouraged her to follow her dream of working in the fashion industry, although her dad took some convincing. He finally came around when she got a scholarship to the Rhode Island School of Design. Emily has now graduated from RISD with an Apparel Design degree, and was excited to land a job at Queen's because she'd heard that they employed mostly young designers with new and fresh ideas. She doesn't expect to be too high on the totem pole, though, and she's actually been pleasantly surprised at how little grunt work she's had to do so far. When they said she'd be designing clothes, they meant it.
Personality: Emily has always been a shy girl who is most at home with other artsy people. She is quiet and reserved around new people. Around her friends, she's funny and cracks a lot of jokes. She's not very aggressive and will usually go with the flow, but fights fiercely if you back her into a corner. Emily is a romantic at heart, and she doesn't really do flings or one-night stands. Her standards are pretty high, and after a few relationships in college, she's out looking for a decent guy again.
Headshot: I only have a body shot right now...

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/4430/emilylansdaleqz5.jpg

Headshot to follow.

May I start posting?

[stylequeen_SC]

((Shall we pick up from where we left off, or move ahead a few days/weeks/months/years?))

Months...?

[RubyAmbition]

{[Decided it wouldn't kill me to join an RP...So, here's my app...thing.]}

Name: Audrey Smithers

Gender: Female

Occupation: Regular Office Worker

Age: 25

Bio: Audrey is a small town girl, shipped off to the big city to pursue a better paying job. Though she isn't exactly the prettiest, or best worker, she tries really hard to do what needs done, hassle free.

She has an identical twin sister, and three brothers. Growing up in a large family, Audrey learned to deal with impaitience in a one-bathroom house. Currently, she lives with her boyfriend of three years in a two bathroom apartment with a great view.

Personality: Outgoing, friendly, courageous, and fabulous.

Headshot:
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w246/gemstone_721/AudreyRpGirl.jpg

{[Tada!]}

[Anne_SC]

((I don't really care, but months is ok.))

[Slytherin-Girl]

((Months sounds ok to me too :) ))

[Metatwaddle]

Can we start posting, then? I'll have to read through the previous thread...

(I heart your icon, Slytherin-girl. All kinds of awesome.)

[RubyAmbition]

{Anne, you've put Metatwaddle's app as mine...though that one if normal. ^.^]}

[ImBrakinDishesLikeRhianna]

((I am assuming that Delilah had the baby? since months had passed oh I am not leaving the RP.))

Chinsa was packing her things away in boxes. When she picked up and old photo album. Their were pictures from Delilah and Gavin's wedding.
Pictures when everyone came to visit her at the hospital, and pictures of the 2nd generation of Statton-Ruppets. Great times in her life, all memories tucked away in boxes.She tried to convince herself that she wasn't leaving forever, but she knew the truth. This city she loved was suffocating her she needed a break. But the truth was she didn't know if she was coming back at all.But breaking away and leaving got easier each time she did it. But it was different this time these people weren't just colleagues, party buddies they were almost in a whacky wierd way family, or as close as one could get to such things. The one time there wasn't anything or anyone keeping her from leaving is the one time she didn't want to go. She started to cry, but quickly regained control she placed the boxes in her car and drove away. She wasn't gone for good just on a long vacation.

[Metatwaddle]

It was 9 in the morning and Emily Lansdale's day was already lousy. For one thing, it was Monday, and for another, Emily had a headache. Also, one of Queen's biggest competitors had come out with a new season's worth of stuff at a fashion show on Saturday, and it was getting good reviews from the newspapers. The magazines would publish their comments next Sunday, and they were also likely to be positive. Queen's was now under even more pressure than before for the coming season.

Also, Emily was out of printer paper.

She stood up to get another ream, then remembered that she was a designer, and there were office grunts and secretaries whose job it was to do this sort of thing. Emily glanced around to see if she could find one who wasn't busy. As usual, there was a small gaggle of them to the left of the water cooler, gossiping or exchanging skin care tips or whatever it was that they talked about.

Emily wandered over to the cooler, hoping to make eye contact. The workers ignored her. She cleared her throat softly. They still didn't seem to notice that she was there. "Um," she said timidly, and still had no success. Well, it wasn't Emily's style to be loud, but sometimes she needed to get people's attention.

"Scuse me," she said loudly, walking up closer to the workers. "I'm out of printer paper. Do, uh, does one of you think you could get me some? I need to print out a couple of designs."

((Any secretary or office worker can respond... Audrey, you want to get in here?))

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah walked into Queen's Clothes, grinning broadly. The past few months had been good ones, though not without their surprises. She had given birth, at last, after spending months astonished by the ultrasound images-- she was having twins-- and when she did give birth, Michael came first, and Amanda came out second. Immediately, her mother volunteered to take care of the children while Delilah and Gavin were at work, and Delilah accepted.

Delilah admired the new dress she was wearing, a rather old-fashioned-looking black dress with ribbons set into the skirt and top, and paired with black boots. Not bad at all, she thought approvingly.

She overheard a woman say "Scuse me. I'm out of printer paper. Do, uh, does one of you think you could get me some? I need to print out a couple of designs."

Delilah glared at the lazy workered briefly before hurrying over. "Hi," she greeted the newcomer, "I'm Delilah. There's printer paper in all the closets right next to the elevators on each floor, not too far from the vending machines and coffee machines."

[RubyAmbition]

Audrey snapped out of her daze, noticing a rather nasty glare from someone, and another woman had asked for printer paper. Obviously, the answer had already been given, but whatever. She smiled broadly, pointing at the same cabinent that this lady had mentioned.

"Sorry...I was kinda' dozing. But, yes, the printer paper is over there." Audrey smiled and went back to typing. She didn't exactly know what she was doing, but the instructions were vague. She typed in the number and went along doing that. She wasn't too fond of this job. The people were nice, the pay was good, but she really did miss her window-side cubicle back home. And the view...she'd just have to deal with the nice view from her apartment window instead.

[ImBrakinDishesLikeRhianna]

((So I am sneaking on the computer like a silly child so I'll try to keep this short))
Chinsa was stopped at a roadside resturant and decided to text Delilah. She whipped out her cellphone and wrote
Hey D,
hope your ok, send my love to the twins,and the whole gang show the new employees no mercy! Watch out for Cecilia, It doesn't appear she's going to call a truce anytime soon, but twins might slow her down a bit. Dont forget to smile and stay gorgeous!
Sincerley,
Chinsa
She smiled a bit then decided to send a postcard to queen's clothing.
It read:Wish you could be here!
It had a space for a personal message Chinsa wrote Sorry, Cecilia I know your busy but I had to take a leave of absence for awhile, be back whenever, Truly Sorry Chinsa

[Anne_SC]

((It was already very long known Cecilia was going to have twins :P So it's baby's lol.))

Cecilia woke up by the crying of the two unbeatable twins. She groaned and got out of bed. On the way to the twins' room she looked at herself in the mirror. She looked like shit. Ever since Noah and Macey had been born, they wouldn't let her sleep, or even eat. It was hell. But it was worth it. She loved the twins, they had became the most important thing in her life. And she would do everything to make them happy. She hadn't seen Gavin or anyone for a long time. She had called and called for babysitters, but there was no one ofcourse. So she had to stay home from work. She wanted to talk to someone, badly. Her brother Micheal had left and got his own place, so she couldn't talk to him. She took her phone.
Hey Gavin!
I was wondering how you were doing.
I hope you can handle QC...
I'm really sorry for not being there but the twins are taking all my time.
How was the honeymoon?
C.

[Slytherin-Girl]

Amber walked out of the office, searching for Delilah. She had been doing, it seemed, nothing but fill out form after form and take care of things that Cecilia couldn't now that she was on maternity leave.

She really needed some tea desperately, and knew her friend could always be counted on to have a good supply of caffeine stashed away somewhere. Amber couldn't stand the crap they served in the office so she was relieved to see Delilah standing near the water cooler.

"Delilah" she called, walking over and throwing her arms around her "My saviour. I need caffeine, please tell me you have some tea for me somewhere".

(( OOC: You would NOT believe the trouble I'm having trying to find Delilah a wedding dress I like for her -.-))

[Metatwaddle]

Just as Emily walked over to ask about printer paper, two people rushed to give her an answer. One was swooping down from... well, Emily didn't know where, and she introduced herself as Delilah. One of the workers typing nearby confirmed Delilah's report, and claimed to have been dozing. She had red hair, a completely different color from Emily's red. Emily didn't know her name, and figured she'd ask later. To Delilah she said, "Nice to meet you. I'm Emily."

Then a third girl came up and threw her arms around Delilah's neck in a gesture that Emily thought belonged more in high school than in a professional workplace. She asked Delilah for caffeine, and Emily suggested, "You know, I think there's coffee machines over by the elevators." She pointed. "Coffee has more caffeine per ounce than tea. I'm going over there to get some printer paper and grab coffee while I'm at it." She looked at the girl with the strawberry red hair. "You could get some too, if you're dozing off," Emily said to her.

[Slytherin-Girl]

"Well everyone knows that, h*ll my 4 year old nephew coulda told you that" said Amber, still refusing to let go of Delilah "And it's also common knowledge that the office coffee tastes like sewer sludge. That's why I love Delilah oh so much because she hoardes the good stuff".

Amber looked over at Emily and smirked. "Besides, I like tea better anyway. I'm Amber by the way, Amber Radisson. I'm Cecilia's..well I suppose Gavin's at the moment till she get's back...secretary. You're a designer right?"

[RainbowCyberGoth]

((I've been watching this RP for a while, so I thought I'd better join.))
Name: Ellen Brown
Gender: Female
Occupation: Food Drop
Age: 25
Bio: Growing up in a bad part of town in England, Ellen didn't graduate from high school nor did she have the funds to go to college. However she managed to get away. Currently living with her less than faithful boyfriend in an apartment, she works for the company that brings the workers of Queen's Clothes their morning tea and lunch along with keeping the fridge stocked. Ellen does this twice a day alone.
Personality: Sarcastic with a quick wit, Ellen is a caring person though she doesn't like to show it.
Headshot:
Coming soon.

[Metatwaddle]

Emily blushed a deep pink when the hugging woman told her that her four-year-old nephew knew about the relative caffeine content of coffee and tea. Clearly, Emily was being mocked - and by a secretary who wasn't doing the actual creative work around here. Defensive remarks, rude ones, rose into her throat, but she bit them down and said, "I just thought you might want the one with more caffeine." It wasn't an uncommon position among young coffee-drinkers. If people cared more about taste than caffeine content, shots of espresso wouldn't be so popular. Emily, for her part, liked black coffee with no frills, but found espresso too bitter.

Here at Queen's Clothes, it appeared that the secretaries cared about the taste of coffee, but the management didn't. And apparently the only way to get good coffee around here was to be friends with Delilah. The woman hugging Delilah introduced herself as Amber, and didn't seem to be too impolite now. "Yes," said Emily, "I'm a designer. My name's Emily, although, uh, you probably heard me tell Delilah that. It's nice to meet you." Amber had been approaching just as Emily had introduced herself to Delilah.

"I haven't met Cecilia," said Emily, who felt that this was a good thing, based on what she had heard of the Queen Bee. "She's on maternity leave, right? I heard she was having twins." Emily wondered why Gavin didn't have his own secretary - there certainly seemed to be plenty of secretaries around the office - but probably Amber was just helping Gavin out with his extra work caused by Cecilia's absence. "Anyway, if you guys are getting drinks, could I have some coffee? I got a cup on the way here, but I could use some more. Then I have to get my printer paper and get back to work. We're tweaking designs for the show in two weeks." This was technically true, but Emily was actually planning to print out something entirely different - a new design that she'd sketched over the weekend and redrawn using her tablet.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah took a breath. She was not in the mood for drama at this point in time. "Ladies, please. Preferring tea over coffee doesn't make you a better person. And it really depends on what kind of tea or coffee you're drinking, as far as energy goes. If you're drinking tea with gingko, then you'll have a junkload of energy." She gave Emily a broad grin. "By the way, as you may have guessed, I'm Delilah Stanton-Ruppetts. Gavin Ruppetts and I got married a few months back and had a couple of kids. I'm also his secretary."

Delilah chuckled. "And they say workplace romances don't work out, eh? But whatever. If you need anything, feel free to come to me."

Delilah rummaged through her purse and tossed Amber several teabags. "This blend will give you enough energy to run a marathon and then take care of ten kids," she said. "Special blend I like to use. It tastes really good too."

[Slytherin-Girl]

"You're my hero" Amber said, laughing as she caught the tea bags "But in the purse Delilah? Wow you really do have a problem".

Then she turned back to Emily. "I didn't mean anything rude by it. It's just one of those things everyone seems to know. And I don't even have a nephew, unless my brother's not telling me something. And yeah, Cecilia had twins. Noah and Macey. Pretty cute actually. Though Michael and Amanda are infinitely cuter." she said, turning back to Delilah "No contest. Though I bet their first words'll end up being coffee".

[Metatwaddle]

Delilah cut in, sounding like she was trying to defuse drama when none was arising. Emily looked at her, a little nonplussed, as she tried to calm down a situation that didn't need it. At least the most patronizing line - about tea, coffee and not being a better person - seemed to be directed at Delilah's friend, Amber.

Delilah explained that she had just had twins, too, and she was Gavin Ruppetts's secretary. "Congratulations," Emily said, and smiled. "On both, I mean. The kids and the wedding." It didn't escape her notice that if Gavin and Delilah had gotten married only a few months ago, and they'd already had twins, she must have been pregnant at the wedding. Perhaps that was why they'd gotten married at that moment? They wouldn't have been the first couple to do so.

It was useful, though, to know that Delilah was Gavin's wife. Emily worked for Gavin - well, actually she worked for Cecilia, but she certainly had to answer to Gavin. So it wouldn't do to get into a fight with Delilah. Not that she had any intention of getting involved in office politics, let alone fights, but it was still good to know in case it was unavoidable and she had to choose sides. Anyway, Delilah seemed pretty easy to get along with.

Emily immediately liked Delilah's choice of names for her children. Michael in particular was a good, solid, classic name, with the important merit of ensuring that the kid would never get mocked for his name in school. And if the kids looked like their parents, they must be cute. Gavin was a pretty good-looking guy, and Delilah was very pretty too.

"Do you have any pictures of them?" Emily asked Delilah. Of course she had to; every new parent seemed to have pictures of their kids, and most showed them to complete strangers without any request. Emily thought kids were cute, but she was mostly doing it to be polite. There were other questions she wanted to ask, though, like 'Do you have any good coffee' or maybe 'Do any unmarried straight guys work here,' but here she was, doing the stereotypical girly stuff like asking for pictures of people's kids while gathered around the water cooler. Oh well.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah chuckled. "Yeah, I have a couple of pictures," she replied, passing Emily her wallet and pointing towards the three or four wallet-sized photos tucked inside. She wasn't the type to carry hundreds of photos of her kids, but she did keep a few shots that she was particularly fond of. "I think you'll like it here. Well, there's drama here, but that's any company. And if you ever need help with anything, just come to me or Amber, and we can make things easier."

Delilah wanted to make a good first impression with this newcomer. She seems nice enough, she thought approvingly. Looks like we might get along nicely. I hope Cecilia is nice to her. It would suck if Cecilia got all evil with her. But at least I'll be around to diffuse the situation... I hope.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin smiled as he looked down happily at the gold band around his ring finger, feeling the natural heavy warmth of it having been sitting there for a couple of months, and he slowly walked back into the QC building. He wondered how Delilah was, having dropped her off earlier at work and then taken the twins to her parents house, and he was missing his sweetheart already

As he strolled in, he noticed several new people, and he greeted them with a smile, approaching the woman who were surrounded Delilah

"Well hello, fancy seeing you here" he said, giving his wife a peck on the cheek and he hopped onto the table beside her and sat down, kicking his legs like a school boy as he smirked at the other women, "hey, I'm Gavin, nice to meet you. I see you've met our kids already!" he laughed, glancing at the photos in the woman's hand, "such cuties, but not just a little bit naughty!"

[SwirlyHill]

Name: Sapphire (Nickname Saffy) LeDora

Gender: Female

Occupation: Designer / Office worker

Age: 22

Bio: Saffy is the new girl on the block. She graduated from Violet Lane Fashion School and sold her choice peices for over £2000 a pop. Despite coming from humble beginnings as a 14 year old London runaway, she took a particular intrest in textiles at school and enrolled in fashion school at the age of seventeen.



Personality: Creative, Outgoing, Friendly (if you're on the right side of her)

Headshot:

http://www.hairextensionsinmiami.com/hair_extensions/images/long_hair1.jpg

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia placed Noah and Macey back in the room. They had stopped crying. And she noticed she hadn't gotten a message back.
The people at QC had probably spread some stuff about her that wasn't true, and they wanted nothing to do with her. She frowned and walked back into the living room. She collapsed on the sofa and closed her eyes. She needed sleep... and someone to talk to.
Coffee would be perfect. She stood up and grabbed a cup of coffee.
She walked back again and looked over at the big city from her penthouse. That she had money, and a big house didn't mean she was happy. She would love some friends too. Maybe she would go to QC later... or maybe that wasn't a good idea... She took her phone and called Micheal. He had to babysit while she was off to QC. And so he came, and Cecilia left her home with pain in her heart for leaving the twins.

As soon as she opened the door she could feel it. People staring at her. Old pretty, always good-looking Cecilia had turned into a sleepless... train-wreck. She tried to smile, but immediately left to her office where she was going to be all day long. She didn't want to deal with annoying people. Who only rejected things because they hated her. She messaged Amber.
Hey Amber,
I was wondering if maybe you could get me a cup of coffee?
Thank you.
C.

[SwirlyHill]

Saffy strutted in through the glass doors, a simple black dress (http://www.seenon.com/blog/uploads/Black%20Halo%20Dress.jpg) about her petit frame.
The reception was bustling, workers running back and forth, outfits on racks being pushed around manically.
She bit her lip, the 'uber chic designer' persona she was going for crumbling rapidly.
Attemping to tap people on the shoulder was proving hopeless, they all seemed to strut past her, noses in air, hands on hips.
Letting out a light sigh, she reached out her arm and tapped one last person.

(( If you will be who she tapped, just continue :) Thankies! ))

[RainbowCyberGoth]

Ellen inhaled deeply, standing outside the QC building. She was so out of her league...Fixing her pale blue workshirt and smoothing her light blonde hair, she shifted her breadbasket to her other arm and pushed open the door, looking around for reception. Which offices were she meant to go to again?

Walking over to a person answering a phone, she smiled and inquired, "Excuse me, I'm new and I don't know which offices I'm meant to deliver these lunches to...Oh wait! I have a list here! Silly me." Flushing deep red, Ellen turned quickly and walked away briskly. Picking up the piece of paper from her basket, her eyes scanned over the names.

"Who are these people?! Are they just the designers?" Biting her lower lip, she groaned and kept walking. Surrounded by snobs and models, Ellen felt shorter than she had ever felt in her life--and not height wise.

"Can anybody tell me where I can find, uh...Cecilia Queen? Oh, crap. I'm assuming that's the owner." She asked, practically talking to herself.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah smiled up at Gavin. "Hey, sweetie, I was just talking to everyone. It's good to see you here." She introduced Gavin to everyone and hugged him tightly.

"By the way," Delilah added, as an afterthought, as she reached into her purse, "I have some building maps to keep you from getting lost." She handed out the maps, along with a list of restaurants and fast food places nearby. "There," she said, "now all the major stuff is covered. All of the coffee machines and all are labelled. We had a bit of a worker shortage before you all came, but now things are more or less back to normal. It's great to have met you all, but I really have to get to work."

She flashed one last grin to everyone and then headed up to her office. Good old office, she thought, rearranging a vase of flowers. She smiled at the small framed photograph on her desk, showing her and Gavin with their two children. Normal happy family picture, she thought.

[Slytherin-Girl]

Amber's phone went off and she frowned as she picked it up from her bag and read it .

Hey Amber,
I was wondering if maybe you could get me a cup of coffee?
Thank you.
C.

"Duty calls" she said, waving to the other people around and going over to the coffee machines. She made herself her cup of tea and put it in her extra large travel mug and grabbed a cup of coffee for Cecilia.

Amber made her way back upstairs and knocked on the door. "Coffee delivery" she called, putting the coffee down on Cecilia's desk.

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia smiled gently as Amber walked in.
"Please... close the door. Take a seat. I really need to talk to someone." she swallowed hard and took a sip of the coffee. No one felt sorry for her, who was she kidding?
"How are you doing?" she asked first. She just wanted to talk, it was simple.

Her tiredness would probably take it's toll at the end of the day. But she loved work. And she was going to work the minimum time she thought she needed to.

"I... I was wondering how things were going at QC. And then I don't mean the people, but the business. I've been away... in case someone didn't notice. Not that they care. Anyway... thanks for the coffee. And..." she didn't know what to say. She couldn't just start about her not being able to handle it all. Not being able to walk normally, sleep, or even eat.

[Slytherin-Girl]

OOC: Queen's sims pic spammage time!!!!

http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=1118321&postcount=68

http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=1118318&postcount=433

http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=1118320&postcount=29

http://forums.sims2community.com/showpost.php?p=1118317&postcount=416

[stylequeen_SC]

awww slytherin those are toooo cute!!!!

the Delilah and Gavin in my game have little baby twins too lol :D i shall take pics for you all tehe

[SwirlyHill]

(( Um...is anyone gonna notice Saffy or shall I move her on? :) ))

[Slytherin-Girl]

"I'm doing pretty good actually" said Amber, plopping herself down in the large chair opposite Cecilia, and sipping on her tea "My boyfriend managed to get a job transfer to the city which is really nice. I missed seeing him when he got the job up North, but he had to go where he was hired".

She tried to wipe the dopy grin off her face and focused her attention back on Cecilia. 'Things have been pretty quiet lately. It almost doesn't seem like the same place anymore to be honest. No one's running around being all crazy and causing drama. It's really kind of freaky. Oh, and by the way" Amber said "How are the babies doing? I bet they're a handfull".



OOC: Awwws thank you! Seriously, they're the cutest couple I've EVER had. They keep congratulating eachother for being hot and going those "call me you sexy thing you" gestures at eachother. That and the constant autonomous making out and the cuteness of Gavin always rubbing her belly while she was preggers.

[Anne_SC]

"Oh, that's good. It's always nice to have the ones you love with you. Especially when you work at QC." she gave her a smile and then closed her eyes for a moment.
"Causing drama? Yeah... but it isn't really nice if people call you 'The Devil' behind your back. And well... the wedding was something different. Chris had tried to poison Gavin because he hates it that I don't love him anymore. I only tried to help. But it seems like people thought I would fucking poison someone because the guards didn't seem to like me." her brows furrowed, but not at Amber.
"I'm sorry... I didn't try to sound like I was angry at you or anything."

"They are" Cecilia said with a sigh when she mentioned the twins. "They're... ten hands full. Too much. I can't handle it all... I don't have time to drink, eat, sleep, watch TV..."

She then paused for a moment and got back on the drama thing.
"But you have to understand that i'm not always the drama-starter. When people talk behind your back... you just explode after a moment. And I know it all sounds so bad. But I know Delilah only made things worse in people's eyes... I don't want to talk bad behind her back though. That's something I don't do."

((I'm sure someone will notice her :) ))

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin smiled and hugged Delilah back, then watched happily as she walked away. The past few months had been so great in their household, utter love for each other flowing like water and now they had two adorable little babies: and Delilah's mother to look after them: a life saver

He took out his cell phone for a minute, smiling at the background which was a picture of him and Delilah looking lovingly into each others eyes and the twins playing happily in their parents arms. Smiling, Gavin typed out a message

Hey gorgeous
Missing you already :)
Lunch together?
Tell me if I get any calls, miss secretary ;)
All my love
-Gav R xoxox

He sent the message, only to be tapped on the shoulder and he looked around to see a long dark haired woman

"Hello?" Gavin said, smiling at her, "do you work here? Is there anything I can do for you?"

[SwirlyHill]

Saffy let out a sigh of relief as someone finally turned round.
"Hello?" Gavin said, smiling at her, "do you work here? Is there anything I can do for you?"
'Um, I'm the new designer, Sapphire La Dora...w-where am I meant to go?' She replied with a laugh.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin nodded and looked at the woman, watching her almost stammer

"Hi Sapphire" he said politely, shaking her hand as a greeting and then laughed gently, "I'm Gavin, Gavin Ruppetts - co owner of this place" he added, waving his hand around the QC building with a broad smile

He signalled with his head in the direction of the designers offices - or cubicles, and Gavin began a slow walk in that direction

"Do you have any experience then Sapphire?" he asked with a smile, "I'm sure you'll find lots of inspiration here as the place is usually a complete mad-house! It's insane with the amount of drama that goes on here. Anyway, you live in the city?"

[SwirlyHill]

'Do you have any experience Sapphire?'
'Um, well, I've recently graduated from fashion school, Violet Lane, in London'
'Do you live in the city?'
'I moved in a few weeks ago' She said, shuffling through some designs 'I'm really looking foward to working here, by the way!'
They reached the designers offices, her face lit up.
'Oh wow!' she said, peeking inside all the cubicles 'They're so lovley and modern!'

[Slytherin-Girl]

"Wow, it really sounds like hard work Cecilia" Amber said, suprisingly finding herself concerned for her boss "You own a whole company though, why don't you hire some help? If only to keep yourself from going crazy".

Amber had purposely tried to ignore the drama comments, despite wanting to jump to Delilah's defense, because it was nice and drama free right now and she wanted to keep it that way.

She jumped slightly as her phone vibrated in her pocket. "One sec" she said, pulling it out and flipping it open to read the mesaage.

Hey gorgeous,

Just wanted to say hi, see how the day's going. Still on for 2nite right?

S

The dopey grin came back on Amber's face and she quickly typed back.

Hi yourself sexy :P

Day going surprisingly drama free. I know, crazy. And course we're still on!

A

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah pulled out her cell phone. She was astonished by how many people had sent her messages. Well, best not to keep them waiting, right? She began typing out a response to Chinsa, who she'd become friends with, astonishingly enough:

Hey, things are doing good for me. The babies are healthy and happy and love their granny. Maybe you and me and Gavin and Amber can get together for lunch or something? DSR

She sent the message and set to work on the next text, which was to Gavin:

Hey, babe. We might have a few friends with us for lunch. Sound okay? I figured it would be nice for us to get together and catch up on each other. Love you tons! DSR xoxoxox

She sent the message and sighed. "Who else?" she muttered. "Oh, right. Ask Amber if she wants lunch with us!" She pressed out a quick, simple messge:

Hey, Amber, lunch with me and a few other QC-ers-- sounds good or no? DSR

She sent this last message and then sat back, contemplating her life these past few months. So many changes, mostly for the good. She had nothing to complain about.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin smiled at Sapphire, thinking about what a unique name it was. He nodded at her as she looked at the assorted desks and cubicles and an office beside them, seeming really to like her new work space

"Well, everything you need should be here" he smiled

His cell phone then vibrated and he took it out, smiling when he realized it was a text from Delilah. He should really be getting on with some work, but after months with reasonably no drama happening, his work hadn't started to pile up yet

Friends for lunch sounds good
Met a new employee - Sapphire
Missing you more than u miss me
Love you loads
-Gav R xxxxx

Gavin then turned his attention back to Saffy, watching her admire her new working area

"My office is up the elevator one floor and to the left, Gavin R, come see me or ring me or whatever if you have any troubles, okay?" he said smiling, hoping she'd settle into life at QC, and there would be no more drama

[Metatwaddle]

Emily took the wallet, surprised that Delilah would hand her the whole thing without checking very carefully to see what was in it. Then again, if Emily did steal anything, it would be very easy to identify her. Delilah probably knew she wouldn't try anything.

She took the wallet and looked through a pocket for pictures. There was one picture of each twin (helpfully differentiated with blue and pink outfits), a picture of both together, and a picture of the twins with their parents. They were impossibly cute.

Emily was still holding Delilah's wallet when a whole bunch of things happened. First, Gavin came up and said hello to Delilah, and then Amber got a text message and disappeared. Delilah handed out maps with the coffee machines, water coolers and important offices labeled. "Thank you," said Emily.

A delivery girl, carrying boxes of something or other, asked for Cecilia's office. "Cecilia Queen? Yeah, she's, uh, almost the owner. She'll probably take your delivery," Emily said, glancing at Delilah or Gavin for confirmation or contradiction: Emily, in all honesty, didn't know if Cecilia was the right person to receive these things. Hell, she didn't even know what the delivery was. Unfortunately, Gavin had whisked off a new girl, a designer named Sapphire La Rosa who seemed to be better dressed and have a more designer-ish name than Emily Lansdale.

Emily leaned over to the blonde girl and showed her the map that Delilah had just given her. "Here," she said, pointing, "we're right here, on the first floor. Cecilia's office is upstairs. If you take the elevator," Emily said, and the girl probably would given the amount of stuff she was carrying, "you just go all the way back. Hers is the office with the big double doors. There's a plaque with her name. You can't miss it. Here, you can have my map if you want." Emily held out her hand with the map in it and then realized the girl's hands were full. "Uh... I'll just slide it into one of these boxes," she said, clumsily attempting to fold the map. "Damn," she muttered to herself, discovering that the map wasn't folded right. She slid it under a box flap anyway. It bulged out; the folds of glossy paper looked like a fan.

Meanwhile, everyone seemed to have gone off somewhere except for Delilah, who was manically pushing buttons on her phone: a text message. She muttered something about going to lunch, and then pressed more buttons again. When she finished up, Emily extended her hand with Delilah's wallet in it. "I thought you might want this back," she said, smiling. "Your children are adorable." It wasn't too surprising: Delilah and Gavin both had good genes. Not for the first time, she wondered if all the straight guys in this business - and for all she knew Gavin might be the only one - were taken. There was certainly no shortage of attractive women in fashion. Even the secretaries were gorgeous.

Delilah had talked about lunch while muttering to herself and texting someone - either Gavin or Amber, probably. Perhaps Emily wasn't supposed to overhear Delilah's private conversation with herself... but she was curious, and she sort of wanted to tag along, and if people didn't want their conversations with themselves to be overheard, they could just have the conversations in their heads. "Where are you guys going to lunch?" Emily asked innocently, then added, "I don't know what cafes are good around here."

[DarkPhoenix]

"We'll probably go to the pizza place down the street," Delilah replied, looking up with a smile. "You're welcome to join us, if you'd like. It's just going to be a bunch of us QC-ers eating and catching up on lost time. It'll be a good chance for you to meet a bunch of the old-timers here. Us old farts," she added, laughing at her own joke. "And I think there's a cafe down the street too, but most of the people here prefer to mooch off of me and drink the coffees and teas that I bring with me. They're usually higher quality than most cafes, anyway. Besides, it's not like I'm going to drink all of it myself."

She pocketed the wallet and grinned at Emily, approving of the young woman. She seems nice. We might end up being friends. Maybe Amber and I should take her out for a night on the town. No drinking, at least, not for me, but it'll still be fun. It's nice to know that even with all the drama that's happened in the past, I'm still making friends and meeting more good people than bad.

[Anne_SC]

"It is hard work. And I don't know what to do. Ofcourse I can hire help... but it's just that... I don't know. It's not that I don't really trust them, it's just that i'm afraid someone would want to do anything to Noah and Macey. And I have no one who can help me when I need it. Everyone just avoids me..." she buried her head in her hands and placed her head on the table, she groaned.
"Oh god... what should I do Amber?" she asked, helpless, a tear running down her cheek.
"I want them to grow up like they should. And people think everythings fine because I've got the money for it. But that doesn't keep the work I have to do for it away..." she swallowed hard as another tear made its way down her face.
"But... you can go now if you want. I don't really think you want to talk to me. Just like the others..." she sighed and closed her eyes, trying to keep the tears away.

[Slytherin-Girl]

Amber quickly shut her phone and shoved it back in her pocket.

She was going to try to keep a level head, because it seemed like she was the only one who would. "Cecilia, nanny agencies and things like that check people out like crazy. My mom used to work for one before she retired and they make you jump through tons of hoops to make sure you're not an axe murderer or something. And as for the work thing" she said, tapping her chin "Well maybe you could try to give Gavin more responsiblities. Share things 50/50 or something. Or what about taking a nice vacation to relax? I heard Twikki Island is really gorgeous right now".


((OOC:Awww Delilah, we mooch your tea because we love you :P Really XD That and it's gooooood stuff))

[Anne_SC]

"I'm just so afraid that something happens." she whispered. "And I can't take a vacation... it wont change the way it is. When I come back, everything will be the same again. I mean... think about it. You all have someone you can fall back on. But even my fucking brother moved away from me. People avoid me because I am 'The wedding crasher'." she paused, and though for a minute.
"You... you don't think I really poisoned Delilah's father right? I... I... I would never do that. But they all think I did..."

"Even Gavin wont talk to me anymore. But... you are... and I appreaciate it so much. I finally have someone to talk to."

[Metatwaddle]

Emily nodded. "I'd love to," she said. "Pizza sounds great." In reality, she was very surprised that people in a fashion office were able to have greasy pizza on a regular basis. Delilah and Amber were plenty thin, especially considering Delilah had just given birth to twins. That was why Emily had asked about cafes - she had expected a soup-salad-sandwich place to be the popular destination around here. Not so, apparently. "And, uh, meeting the old farts sounds good, too."

"Maybe we should invite that new girl," Emily suggested, "the one Gavin was showing around. She's a designer. Her name is Sapphire La Rosa... she sounds like a designer, doesn't she?" Emily glanced over her shoulder, as if to see if Sapphire was there, but she must have been whisked over to the cubicle area where the junior designers worked. Maybe she was near Emily.

"So who is coming to lunch?" Emily asked Delilah. The names probably wouldn't mean a lot to her, but it would be nice to know anyway. And she sort of wanted to know who the "old farts" were: before working here she had assumed that the secretaries didn't stick around for too long, and that the designers would be more veteran members of the company, but that didn't seem to be the case. Emily hadn't met a designer that knew the ins and outs of this place as well as Delilah.

((OOC: A night on the town sounds like fun. If Cecilia and Amber's conversation is going to finish up quickly, perhaps we could wait for them and then cut to either lunch or that night?))

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah grinned. "Well, it'll be me, you, Amber, Gavin, maybe Chinsa, and pretty much anyone else who wants to come along. Sapphire can tag along if she wants. It's a free country, you know? As far as I know, Gav and I are the only married people here, so it won't be all talk about, you know, kids and diapers and who's sleeping on the sofa tonight. Most of us have been here pretty much from the beginning, so we had little choice but to bond. I just wish we had more guys here, but..."

Here, a guilty look crossed Delilah's face. Damn, all this time, and I still feel bad about the whole Nicolao thing, she thought, flinching a little. She quickly rearranged her features, trying to look more cheerful. "Well, here's to hoping, eh?"

[Slytherin-Girl]

"Well" said Amber, pausing slightly and trying to phrase her words carefully "We don't really know exactly what happened at the wedding. I don't really like to think about it".

She looked over at Cecilia and bit her lip. "I didn't say going away would change anything here, maybe it would give you some time to just relax. You know, enjoy those babies of yours, get your head in order".

Just then her phone went off again and she pulled it out of her bag. "I'm really sorry". She flipped it up and read the message from Delilah.

"Well" she said, flipping it shut and looking across the table at Cecilia "Why don't you at least think about it, I'm sure it would do you some good. I'm going for lunch, I'll be back in an hour okay".

[Anne_SC]

"It wasn't me... it was Chris" she said as Amber walked out. She sighed and leaned back in her chair, staring at the ceiling.


Hey Gav,
Avoiding me isn't the way you know.
I was wondering why you haven't sent any messages back or... contacted me. I guess you don't want to talk... oh well... whatever.
C.

She messaged. Hoping that he wasn't angry at her... that he wanted to talk to her. But god... this was just hell for her.

[Metatwaddle]

((OOC: Should we cut to lunch? And Sapphire, do you want to come with us?))

[SwirlyHill]

(( Yes, please. :) Shall Saffy come to you or will you come to Saffy?))

[DarkPhoenix]

((Let Saffy come to us. Mwahahaha. Yes, come to Delilah. Sorry, being random. But yeah, let her come over. Delilah won't bite.))

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin sighed as he sat down on the seat in his office, taking out the flask of hot coffee from his drawer and downed a large amount. It wasn't that he was unhappy - on the contrary he loved his life with Delilah and the twins, it was just that his life was hectic, and people expected so much from him

He dialled Delilah's office and left a quick message on her answering machine
"Hey Dee it's me, just wondering where you are. Love you babe"
He let go of the button and sat back again, smiling to himself as he ran his hands through his hair, just as he noticed a new message on his cell

Hey Gav,
Avoiding me isn't the way you know.
I was wondering why you haven't sent any messages back or... contacted me. I guess you don't want to talk... oh well... whatever.
C.

Cecilia
He typed a reply back, knowing that it wouldn't be long until they faced one another again. He had been on a short paternity leave, and Cecilia had been on maternity leave so they had mostly avoided each other, but not because he was mad at her or anything

Hey C
Glad you're back and okay
Didn't want you to get post-natal or anything
Sorry I havent contacted you, and I'm not avoiding you
Things sometimes are more important
Dee and the kids are great
We'll chat sometime
-Gav R

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia finally got a message, she smiled softly at it and realized he wasn't mad. It surprised her though, why wouldn't he be? Wedding crashers isn't exactly the finest thing.

I'm glad to hear that,
I thought you were angry you know.
And yeah, family's important,
maybe we can talk later?
Go to Bob's or something?
Noah and Macey ar kind of too much,
but I'll speak to you later I gues,
C

She send the message and put the phone back in her purse, she started the computer to check mail and it was like she got blown out of her chair. Hundreds of mails, large company's wanting to work together because of the publicity and much much more.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin looked up as his cell phone vibrated on the desk, stopping the filing he was doing on his computer and he leant back on his chair to type a reply. It was seriously draining his money, all this texting: but it was better than seeing Cecilia face to face he supposed.

Sorry can't right now
I'm going to lunch with Delilah :)
Maybe sometime later this week
It's great that you had twins too
Ours are so adorable :)
-Gav R

He looked up and grinned to himself from his reply, thinking about Delilah as he looked at the little picture as the background to his cell again. Man he loved her, and he couldn't stop thinking about her: even though they had been married for nearly six months! Gavin smiled to himself, closing his eyes for a minute and just made a silent prayer for his love to walk through his door

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah looked up from the paperwork she'd been engrossed in and noticed that the light on her answering machine was flashing. A message, at this time of day? she thought, leaning over and pressing the button so that she could hear the message. She was astonished that she hadn't heard the phone ring.

Delilah listened to the message and smiled. She plucked her cell phone out of her pocket and pressed buttons, writing out a text message to Gavin:

Hey, sweetie, I'm in my office, catching up on the stacks of paperwork. I'm way behind, but I'll be done in time for lunch. Love you tons. DSR XOXOXO

She sent the message and sat back, smiling to herself. Life is good. I've really come a long way from the trouble-making druggie I used to be, she thought. If things had gone differently, I might have ended up... dead!

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin smiled and lifted his cell phone up to his eyes, reading Delilah's message and he let out a happy sigh. Everything was playing out exactly as he had always hoped for: minus the odd dramatic moment and the whole 'Cecilia' thing, but that didn't matter really. He had a gorgeous wife and two beautiful children

He typed out a message in reply, smiling to himself

Oh hope you're not too snowed under. I'm done here, need any help?
Maybe a distraction ;) sorry yes I'm still a child :P
Love you more
-Gav R xxxxx

[Slytherin-Girl]

Amber scooted into her office to grab her coat, grinning at the picture (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a286/hikari-schezar-bloom/snapshot_f465e8a7_34866831.jpg) she had displayed on her desk. She didn't quite know how her brother had managed to sneak up on them and take it but she still loved it. She gathered the rest of her things and locked the door behind her before heading down the hallways to Delilah's office.

"Dee" she said, almost bouncing into the room "It's a lovely day and I've escaped from the clutches of dragon boss. Are we going out for lunch or what? My stomach feels like it's eating itself from the inside". Amber grinned and sat on the edge of Delilah's desk.

'And besides" she said, winking "We've gotta show all the newbies how we have fun around here. It's our civic duty".

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah raised an eyebrow and poked lightly at Amber with an unsharpened pencil. "Off the desk," she said, in a mock-scolding tone. "No one is allowed to be on my desk except me and Gavin." She giggled.

After checking her cell phone and reading the new message, she quickly pressed in a response:

Yeah, done over here. Amber's being herself. Come on over. DSR XOXO

She pressed "send" and then poked at Amber some more. "Gav is about to come over," she announced, "so behave, okay?" Delilah smirked. "Now remember, we need to show these rookies how we play down in the big leagues known as QC, eh?"

[Slytherin-Girl]

"Ewwwwwwwwwww" she said, wrinkling her nose and jumping off the desk with a mock horrified expression on her face "Do I want to know? Or wait, no, no I don't. Because I probably already have a good idea".

Amber plopped herself down in one of the other chairs and snickered. "Please at least tell me this chair is safe. I've gotta sit somewhere. Where else will we plan the introduction of the newbies? Someone's gotta teach them where to get the best coffee, which desks are good for dancing on, and why never to eat the cafeteria's food".

((OOC: Tis funny how Amber ended up rather different than I initially planned her. She took on a life of her own really LOL)))

[DarkPhoenix]

((You think Amber ended up different? Delilah was supposed to be a total Romance type!))

Delilah smirked and continued, trying to gross out Amber, "Yeah, I think the twins may have been conceived in this building somewhere. Probably in here or in Gav's office."

Delilah sat back, considering everything that she wished she had known when she'd joined up at QC. "Well," she finally said, "we need to tell them about all the workers-- the normal people and the crazy ones. Tell them about the drama junk, so they know what to expect. But, you know, don't give them all the details. Just stuff like 'XYZ and ABC had some disagreements.' You get the idea, right? Also, I propose we start an ad campaign to get some more male workers. Not for me, obviously. For the single chicks who want some eye candy, seeing as how Gavin is... uh... taken now."

Delilah flashed Amber a broad grin. "Did I forget anything?" she asked.

[SwirlyHill]

Saffy let out a sigh of relief as she lowered herself down into the office chair.
She scribbled away happily, the new cubicle a breath of fresh air from the plastic tables she was used to leaning against.
Throwing down the last design of the morning, she leaned back, her stomach beginning to growl.

She stood up, but froze halfway down the hall. She didn't know where she was meant to eat, was there a cafeteria? A buffet? Did they go out?
Shuffling nervously from one foot to the other, she decided she'd better ask someone, stupid as it may seem.
A dark haired woman and a red haired girl were chatting, they seemed pleasant enough.

'Um, hey' She addressed them, bounding up to the desk 'What are we meant to do for lunch?'
She began twirling her hair anxiously, more than aware of what an idiot she must've seemed like.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah smiled warmly at Saffy. "Well, there's a cafeteria on the first floor, I think, but we don't really make use of it. Most of us eat at a bunch of the restaurants on this street. If you want, you can join us. A whole bunch of us are going to hit one of the restaurants and catch up with each other. Or, if you're too busy, we can bring you something back. Whatever is good for you, really."

She blushed a little, realizing she was blabbering on and on. "By the way," she continued, "I'm Delilah Stanton-Ruppetts, one of the secretaries. I don't remember if I introduced myself to you or not. My mind's been kind of bleh lately, what with taking care of the Mini-Mes and all."

Delilah smiled awkwardly, a little intimidated by new people, but still eager to be friendly.

[Laughy]

((I was wondering if it would be ok for me to post a new app and have my others deleted?))

[Slytherin-Girl]

"The ridiculously cute and adorable mini-me's Dee" said Amber, laughing and turning around in her chair.

"Amber Radisson, I'm dragon boss' secretary" she said, pointing at herself and then pointing to the desk "And Saffy, trust me when I say you don't want to sit there. Bad things have happened on that desk. Horrible unspeakable things". She snickered and raised her eyebrows in a suggestive manner, trying very hard to to burst into full blown giggles.

Amber was doing her best to be nice for once, even though the designer seemed like a bit of an airhead."Dee doesn't like it when people fight" she thought, twirling a curl around her finger "I've gotta remember to give people a chance".

**********

OOC: I got anxious to see what Amber's daughter Shiloh would look like grown up (she's a toddler now) so i cheated and didn't save.

Child (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a286/hikari-schezar-bloom/snapshot_f465e8a7_b4c253b5.jpg)

Teenager (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a286/hikari-schezar-bloom/snapshot_f465e8a7_f4c2540c.jpg)

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah patted Amber's shoulder, pleased that she wasn't causing trouble. Goodness knows, last thing we need here is more drama. I think I've dealt with enough of it to last a lifetime. Time to make a fresh start for these newcomers, she thought.

She gave Saffy a cheerful smile. "So, if you want to hang out with some of the other QC-ers, you know what the plan is. See you around, then?" She pulled her cell phone from her pocket and wrote out a message to Gavin:

Things are pretty much finished here.
See you soon, maybe?
DSR XOXOXOX

She pressed "send" and pocketed the phone once more. Hopefully Gavin's day has been going well, she thought.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin smiled to himself as he completed the final ordering mail on his computer, sitting back as he shut down excel and let out a happy sigh. Work was getting easier, he was pleased to say, and with rumours that Cecilia was leaving for good: maybe he could take over the entire company!

He looked up as someone knocked on the door, noticing it was Chinsa and he scoffed a laugh, but smiled all the same

"Come in" he said warmly, just as his cell phone buzzed on his desk, another message from Delilah he grinned and opened it, typing a reply

Yea all done up here
Chinsa just came for a visit, but I'll be down there soon
Love u
-Gav R xxx

[Slytherin-Girl]

OOC: I swear to GOD everyone thinks Gavin is schmex on legs in Pleasantview! Look! My Gen2 legacy heir's wife starting going on about his sexiness, and he AGREED with her!

Schmexy (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a286/hikari-schezar-bloom/snapshot_145786b5_14cc6286.jpg)

Tho it is a little freaky how alike they look

Creepy (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a286/hikari-schezar-bloom/snapshot_145786b5_74c84b7c.jpg)

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah smiled as she read the text messge. Great, soon Gavin will be coming along, she thought. It was the first time in a while that she'd spent any substantial amount of time away from him.

Delilah tried to mentally calculate how many people would be going to the restaurant, and each time, she came up with a different number. Rats, she thought. Well, fine. I guess we'll just wait and see, then. At least it'll be fun to spend time with everyone, right? I just hope the restaurant won't be ticked that such a large group will be coming in without reservations. She wrinkled her nose a little at this thought. Maybe I should at least try to call the restaurant to warn them in advance?

She dialed the number for the restaurant. "Hi," she greeted the woman who answered the phone. "There's a sizeable group of people from Queen's Clothing planning to come in for lunch. Just giving you guys the heads-up, so you won't be stressed out when we come in. Hm? Oh, you'll save one of the private rooms for us? Wow, that's great. Thank you." Delilah spoke for a few minutes more, then ended the call. She grinned at Amber.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin smiled as he finished his final paperwork and he shut down his computer, standing up and he threw his jacket on. His shoes tapped against the polished floorboards as he made his way out of his own office and across to Delilah's, grinning at her and Amber as she hung up the phone

"That your other lover?" he asked Delilah teasingly as he pulled her to her feet and embraced her lovingly

Gavin smirked and looked at the two pretty girls, amazed how he found himself married and loving it; and having no resolations about skipping off work to go have lunch with his amazing wife

"Missed you" he giggled, planting a soft kiss onto her cheek and he smacked Amber playfully on the butt, "lets go then!"

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah raised an eyebrow and replied sarcastically, "Yes, as a matter of fact, that was my other lover-- the one who doesn't go around slapping my friends on the butt." She pretended to dial a number. "Hey, Ville, my deadbeat husband's hitting on my friends. Mind if I stay with you for a bit?"

She struggled to keep a straight face, but failed. "Gavin, you know there's only you," she said. Then, in a more serious tone, she added, "But if you do that again, I'm making Amber take me clubbing so I can go flirt with some hotties. And it'll be on your dime too. So chew on that for a bit, Mr. Ruppetts."

She didn't wish to sound harsh, but still, it displeased her a bit to see Gavin acting in such a way. Not that Amber's a threat to the relationship, but still... Gavin shouldn't be doing that kind of thing, Delilah thought, frowning a bit. MEN! she thought. What's that saying about how they only have enough blood to operate one organ or another?

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin's face fell and he let out a little moan as if he knew he'd made a mistake. But Delilah knew exactly how much he doted upon her, and how she kept his world turning; she had nothing to worry about

"Amber is gorgeous" he laughed, "but there's no way I'd hit on her babe!"

He laughed and put his arms around Delilah, nuzzling her nose against his gently and then kissed her lips gently, not staying too long as he didn't want to embarass her. He just wanted to let her know that she was still the best thing to ever happen to him

"You know you love me" Gavin smiled, "and that I love you"

"Afterall" he laughed and added, "maybe I'm just trying to keep you on your toes! Don't want you to get bored of me now do I!" he smiled warmly

[Slytherin-Girl]

"Gorgeous am I" said Amber raising her eybrows in a suggestive manner "Why Mr. Ruppets I'm shocked. A married man talking to a taken woman like that, and laying a hand on her rear end too. And in front of his wife! Shame on you". She put on a vaguely upset looking face and shook a finger at him.

Though she wasn't able to keep the look up for very long before bursting into giggles. "Yeeesh you two" she said, rolling her eyes "I should just get a recoring of me telling you two to get a room. It would save me havng to say it all the time. Can we go get lunch now, I'm starving".

[stylequeen_SC]

"One woman at a time please!!" Gavin said tiredly, clutching his hair with his hand as though about to pull it out. He looked over at Amber, "if I'd have said I wouldn't ever hit on you, you would have been insulted!! I'm trying to keep you both happy here!"

He laughed a little, biting down on his lip, "but I'm just one man!"

Turning to Delilah he held out his hand for her to take it, still unsure how deeply affected she had been by him tapping Amber's rear. He hadn't meant it in any suggestive way; if he had done he certainly wouldn't have done it in front of his wife! But anyway, he wasn't that kind of guy

"Lunch?" Gavin added, looking from Delilah to Amber, "or I might just go back to my office and slam my head against the wall a couple of times" he said half-jokingly

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah stuck her tongue out at Gavin. "Forget it," she teased. "I don't love you anymore. I think I will leave you... for Amber!" She cackled and wrapped her arms around Amber. "Amber loves me a lot more than you do."

Man, it's a good thing none of the newbies are around to see this, she thought. I can just imagine the stuff they'd think about us. Oh well, they'll have to learn to deal with the craziness eventually.

Again, Delilah stuck her tongue out. "Nyah nyah, Gavin. I'm going to move in with Amber, and we'll live happily ever after. So there! Nyah!"

Delilah laughed at the ridiculousness of the situation, as well as the fact that she knew Gavin realized it was a joke. At least, she hoped he did.

[stylequeen_SC]

"Amber loves me a lot more than you do."

Gavin half-smiled and dropped his hand to his waist, "not possible!" he said, sticking his tongue out at the two girls, "it isnt possible to love you more than I do!"

He shook his head and laughed, relenting to how ridiculous they were all being, especially over something as small as an affectionate tap: but he knew Delilah still loved him and she knew he loved her. There was no one else: there was never anyone else. Sometimes he just wished she realized it

"Well you two can frolic off happily ever after then!" Gavin teased and walked over to the door, "because this booty is going to get a coffee!" He shook his butt a couple of times playfully, and then walked out of the office, turning back once for a sneaky look as he made his way over to the coffee machine

[Slytherin-Girl]

Amber snickered as Gavin left the office. "Oh you just want us to run off together so you can watch and you know it Gavin" she called and snickered again.

"So moving in with me are you Dee" she said, turning over to Delilah "Well just so you know I'm told I snore like a bear, and I'm apparently quite a blanket hog. Oh and I'm not sharing my bed with a second person so you're gonna have to sleep on the couch...that is if you can kick the dog off".

She laughed and pointed at the door, while using her other hand to clutch at her stomach. "And can we pleeeease go to lunch now? I feel like I'm gonna faint from hunger".

[SwirlyHill]

(( I'm sorry everyone, but I'm gonna be on a RPing hiatus for a bit, they've suddenly loaded us with homework, and I'm doing my GCSE's a year early so I have mocks and revison and GAH!! Sorry, hopefully I'll be back soon, thanks! *hugs* ))

[SpoonerismII]

Let me guess what's been happening since November: Delilah and Gavin smooch a lot and talk naughty. Actually that's all I've got....

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah and Gavin are married and have kids now. And apparently, Amber is seeing someone... teehee.

[Slytherin-Girl]

((OOC: Oh yes she is :P And I'll be gone all weekend *MARCH BREAK COTTAGE TIME* so I'll see you guys afterwards))