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[orangetoughguy]

I promise, I promise.

I won't bite.

[ooc: No "I'm a ___." spoilers or crew doubles please?]

Comments

[vampirelikeme.livejournal.com]

Never rode a bike until I got to Hollywood. Tractors, sure, and even drove a truck once or twice -- but a motorcycle? It was a whole different ballgame. Just like everything else about LA.

[ A beat. ] You got a motorcycle, mister?

[orangetoughguy]

Sounds to me you liked it.

[ Another beat. ] Not here, not yet. Mine's safer back home. I mean, shit, here it could turn into a horse any day.

[vampirelikeme.livejournal.com]

You're talking to a reformed farmgirl, here. Badmouthing horses doesn't fly.

Though I did have to ditch the bike sooner than I would have liked.

[orangetoughguy]

I got nothing against horses, I just don't think I can handle my ride having a mind of its own.

Why'd you have to ditch it?

[vampirelikeme.livejournal.com]

[ She laughs. ]

I found a better ride.

[orangetoughguy]

Now you've got to tell me what that is.

[vampirelikeme.livejournal.com]

I can't remember the make, but it was one of those fancy kinds that big movie stars ride around in. With a long nose and a driver.

[orangetoughguy]

Which seat was yours?

[vampirelikeme.livejournal.com]

[ Another one of those laughs. ]

Me? I rode the roof.

[orangetoughguy]

[. . . . .]

Wow.

[vampirelikeme.livejournal.com]

People like to tell me I've got spunk. It's gotten me into heaps of trouble.

[orangetoughguy]

People like to tell me the same thing, but I've got a mouth.

[vampirelikeme.livejournal.com]

Hey, if someone snaps at you it's only fair to snap right on back. But I imagine a mouth can get you into as much trouble as a bit of spunk can.

[orangetoughguy]

Around here? It's one or the other. If it's both I'd call that impressive, but that's just me and I don't cause trouble.

[ On purpose anyway. ]

[vampirelikeme.livejournal.com]

You 'don't cause trouble'? Color me surprised.

[orangetoughguy]

Why's that?

[vampirelikeme.livejournal.com]

What, a fella from Los Angeles, with a mouth and a head for fast cars? I can't imagine where I got the idea from.

[orangetoughguy]

You're sharp, or maybe I ain't honest enough.

[vampirelikeme.livejournal.com]

Personally, I don't mind being called sharp. Do you mind being called dishonest?

[orangetoughguy]

Only a little. How about sidewalk savvy?

[vampirelikeme.livejournal.com]

Care to rethink your position on you and trouble?

[orangetoughguy]

[A beat.]

Sometimes trouble happens.

[vampirelikeme.livejournal.com]

Sidewalk savvy it is, then.

[ Considers, and then: ] I'm Pearl.

[orangetoughguy]

[For once he doesn't think giving his alias out is silly...even though Pearl's a legitimate ladies name.]

I'm Orange.

[vampirelikeme.livejournal.com]

Are you, now? [ She's maybe amused. ] There's a first time for everything, I know. But meeting an Orange isn't one of those things you grow up expecting to do one day.