HERE'S WHERE WE BEGIN, NOOR!

DOWN THE STAR MILEtoby had never been one for formal events. it was too hard for him to try and keep a serious face during all the fancy, posh speeches that sounded like they were written by someone from the good old shakespearian times. at least those good old shakespearian times were somehow relevant to his life now, as he had landed a job at his old school which involved helping out with the school's latest theatre production. most of the proceeds were to help those who had lost their homes and other valuable items in the storm, so toby couldn't say no. he'd always tried to be invested in various charities - from volunteering at animal shelters to traveling abroad and helping out there. it was something that made him feel good about himself, and in a weird way, he felt he owed it to the world to give something back. after all, he had been a miracle, since his mother had been told she would never be able to have kids naturally, so he was lucky to even be here. besides, charity work was one of the few things toby could actually commit too and work hard at. it didn't make much sense, considering it wasn't as if he was getting paid for it, but he did try hard when it came to volunteer work. maybe because he'd done most of it in other countries, so therefore he did get a lot more out of the experience than just a good feeling - he got to see the world too.when the opportunity to go to a charity gala came up, toby couldn't say no, even if it was formal. at least it would give him a chance to catch up with people and mingle. he'd decided to just go alone, since noor had been forced to go with the members of AAA and a few of their friends. it didn't even give him a chance to ask her, which he would've, but he didn't want to be an asshole by giving her a better offer. not that he was being cocky, but yeah, he figured it would be considered a better offer. plus, he still needed to repay her for the food fight he'd started at breakfast the other day. even though he'd helped clean up, things had got pretty messy. thank god her brother hadn't been there, or toby probably would've made a run for it. even though he wasn't at all afraid of the correia clan, anyone would've been pissed if they saw their apartment covered in beans and scrambled egg. oh well, it had been fun. a little bit of mess didn't hurt, and they'd been too busy laughing their asses off to even notice or care at the time.arriving at the gala in a black suit and tie, toby looked around to see if he could spy noor. he'd already promised her that he would save her from having the spend the whole night with AAA, as he knew what those guys were like. they seemed pretty cool, but they only cared about getting laid, so they'd probably be paying attention to other girls for the whole night. it seemed pointless to ask someone to accompany you if that's all you were going to do, hence why he'd showed up alone. at least then he wasn't tied down to who he could speak to - it gave him free reign. spotting noor in the crowd of smartly dressed people, he slowly crept up behind her, trying to be as quiet as possible until he was near her. that wasn't too hard, as there was music playing and people talking. once he was behind her without being too close, he shouted, "boo!" in an attempt to startle her, "here i am, keeping my promise of stealing you away!"FOR NOOR/SANDRA

Imagine there's no heaven. It's easy if you try. No hell below us, above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today Imagine there's no countries. It isn't hard to do; nothing to kill or die for and no religion too. Imagine all the people living life in peace. You, you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.❥Imagine If there was one thing Noor liked about this event was that by attending, your money went to good use. She was a sucker for helping the world. Of course, she would have rather that the money went to 3rd World Countries, associations stopping animal abuse or something like that but this storm had affected a lot of people and it was their job to stick together as a society. Apparently, not everyone thought that way. A lot of people majorly took this event a good way to flaunt themselves and seem involved for the greater cause. Whatever, as long as they paid, Noor didn’t have a problem with them having other motives behind this charity event, such as: booze, sex, drama, whatever some people were only interested in. She supposed not everyone could look beyond the silly excitement of dressing up. It was fun, she wouldn’t lie. She enjoyed finding a gown to wear, she enjoyed getting dolled up but it was never over the top. Besides, Noor didn’t shop at those expensive stores; she was more of a flea market type of girl. This dress wasn’t from there but it was still nothing too expensive. It had the classy, elegant look but she hadn’t paid more than 90$ and that was a bargain for dresses like this. Unfortunately, Noor knew that it was a requirement to fit in with the rest of the people. She was going with AAA and a few others, after all. It was more of a forced invitation but whatever, she accepted because those guys were her friends despite it all. It had been about…well, she didn’t know how long it had been but Noor was getting a little impatient. Where was Toby? He was supposed to come save her from this crowd for a little while. Austin, Andrew and Archie weren’t bad people and they were really fun, really funny but there was so much you could take of them at a time…especially since she had begun to spend more and more time with Toby. She said it once and she’d say it again: the atmosphere in his presence was much more favourable, it was much more pleasant and she enjoyed it a lot. Their friendship was probably one of the saner ones she had ever had and she really liked that. She needed normal people in her life. And yes, although Toby had a more relaxed, immature side of him, he was very normal guy compared to the others she surrounded herself with. Dimi, AAA, Asher, the list could probably go on but they were the main men in her life. Oh, lucky her. Please cue the sarcasm. Her eyes were wondering on one side of the room when she heard someone talk into her ear. "Holy shit." She jumped a little, her heart doing about ten thousand flips because she had been caught so of guard. "Toby!" She grinned when she turned around, nearly jumping in his arms for a hug. "Thank the Gods you’re finally here! I’m about to kill a few people right about now." She said as she let go of him, her heels touching the ground once more. Hey, she couldn’t help that she was so short. At least her high heels were helping out just a little this time. "Well, don’t you look dashing." She said, quite pleased with what she was seeing. He cleaned up good and it was honestly not something she was expecting to see. It was so cute!¢¾


OOC: This << is the dress she is wearing and I can't be bothered to change my thread template thing so it's still the same. Oh well DD: BIC:

DOWN THE STAR MILEhaving successfully managed to scare noor without being noticed straight away, toby grinned, feeling victorious. he'd always loved pulling pranks on people, and whilst that didn't really count as one, it was still a hilarious move to make in his eyes. besides, even if this was a formal event, he was still going to be himself. people around them were more focused on the storm, which had sucked and he did feel bad for those who were affected by it, but it was such a depressing subject. he had to avoid making any inappropriate jokes about it, but man, was that hard. comedians joked about inappropriate things all the time and they weren't shunned for it, so it wasn't a big deal. "don't shit yourself," he joked, hugging her back. "yeah, the gods owed me a favour, so that's how i got here. woah, no need to go all horror movie slasher on this place just yet." toby straightened himself out a bit once noor let go. it seemed as though it took a lot of effort for her to reach the ground again, which made him laugh. even with heels on, she was still pretty short - at least compared to him. "thanks. i feel like a magician though. if at any point you see a white rabbit hopping around, it probably escaped from this jacket." suits had never really been his thing. usually when he did have to dress up, he'd just wear a nice shirt and a pair of chinos or jeans. thankfully he hadn't done that tonight, or else he would've stuck out like a sore thumb. "you look pretty good yourself! hippie noor must have taken the night off, huh?" toby was used to seeing her in some really odd, questionable items of clothing. seeing her in a long figure-hugging dress was definitely a rarity. it fit her body perfectly and he wasn't going to lie, but she looked hot. was it weird of him to be thinking that? yeah, a little. they were such good friends and he'd never really thought of her that way before. at the end of the day though, he was a guy. "so, who were you planning to kill? 'cos you're going to need a witness if you go through with that."FOR NOOR/SANDRA

Imagine there's no heaven. It's easy if you try. No hell below us, above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today Imagine there's no countries. It isn't hard to do; nothing to kill or die for and no religion too. Imagine all the people living life in peace. You, you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.❥Imagine “Sorry Toby, you didn’t scare me to that extent.” She said with a little chuckle. Now that would have been embarassing. Whoever that happened to…oh my. She didn’t even want to begin thinking how horrible that would be. She’d be mortified for life! And why was she even thinking about shitting herself? He had said it as a joke and was in no way serious about the whole thing. But whatever, her mind just began thinking and unfortunately, that was the first thing that came up to her mind. “The Gods brought you to me? Aw, so cute.” Noor teased, poking the tip of his nose lovingly as she lowered down. Sadly, she had to hold onto his arm as she did because wearing heels like that was nothing she was used to. It was a mystery to her how some girls could wak in stilettos for hours and hours. Just give Noor some flats, flip flops and some Converses and she’d be good. Those were her kind of feet fashion. “Actually, the horror movie act will be absolutely necessary if you don’t lead me away from this crowd of people.” The others weren’t paying much attention to Toby and Noor, they were busy in their own conversation and then, there was the rest of the people. Gods, this place was packed, it was ridiculous! Noor automatically fixed Toby’s bow/tie when he mentioned looking like a magician. “If you’re a magician, can I be the assistant? She asked with a great big grin of her own. With their outfits now, it almost looked like they were just that. When he complimented her, she got all girly inside. What? It was nice being complimented, especially when it wasn’t a overly sexual compliment like the ones AAA liked to dish out to the girls they’d like to have in their beds. “She has.” Noor brushed down her dress at her hips as a sort of nervous thing. “She wasn’t too pleased about it but hey, at least it’s for a good cause.” [‘B] That was the one thing that reassured her. There was nothing wrong with her dress and she looked actually pretty good but still. [B] “There’s a heck of a long list but I can’t drag you down like that, Toby.” She told him, shaking her head, going on with everything he said. “If ever I get thrown in jail, I’ll need someone to come visit me and cheer me up, daily and who better than you?” He always made her laugh, always made her smile so why not? “Come on.” Noor casually took his hand and began leading him through the crowd and just somewhere less crowded. Maybe even just at a table, something.¢¾

DOWN THE STAR MILE"damn, i'll try harder next time," he replied with a smirk, trying to think of ways in which he could scare her in the future. toby needed to pull a good prank sometime soon, and noor was the perfect victim for such a thing - even if it just involved scaring her. maybe he could dress up as ghostface and creep into her house at night, hide somewhere, then jump out when she wasn't paying attention. that would be hilarious! that would be something to think about come halloween. he was definitely going to have to use the october holiday as an opportunity to prank people. that was the only fun thing about it for anyone over the age of twelve. except for the dressing up part, but toby was too lazy to come up with something creative and original. so, instead, he would just go as his favourite character or choose something generic. sometimes he even tried to combine costumes - like a vampire nerd or a zombified jock. usually they didn't turn out so bad. toby raised an eyebrow as noor poked his nose. "really? am i a cat now or something?" he asked. seriously, the nose poking move only worked on animals and possibly on babies too. using it on anyone over the age of five it was just wrong. "the gods must really like you today." really he was just doing noor a favour by dragging away from her date. it wasn't as if he had much better to do, other than drink the free punch and eat whatever he could get his hands on - most of which was just finger food. it reminded him of birthday parties he would have when he was little and his parents would buy a bunch of cheap food and paper plates. sausage rolls, mini pizzas, party rings, fairy cakes...all that mumbo jumbo you'd expect from a kid's party. this was exactly like that, except the food had been kicked up a notch to seem much more exquisite. some of it just looked revolting. there was a lot of seafood on offer from what he could tell - nothing plain and simple like he was used to. still, he was an avid believer in trying everything once, so he would probably give in at one point and just try it. "uh oh. i better call the authorities and warn them that there's a psychopath on the loose!" toby said loudly, just to see what sort of reaction he could get out of people. a few did looked shocked, but it was hard to read everyone's expressions because it was so darn packed. they really should've picked a bigger venue. "sure. does that mean i get you cut you in half?" obviously magicians didn't really cut people in half. they had ways of doing it by allowing the assistant to climb through one of the boxes when they were being sawed. he'd watched a few programmes on it in his pre-teens, back when he'd been obsessed with magic for a month or so, before the excitement and novelty wore off. "really? how long exactly?" he asked curiously. how many people could she hate? "'true, true. i hear jail's pretty rough. i'll have to come and brag about how great life in the outside is." toby flashed a grin, before following noor through the crowd. in all honesty, his life was pretty boring, so he wouldn't have anything to brag about, except for maybe breaking his high scores on angry birds and temple run. spotting a spare table, toby rushed over to claim a seat before anyone else could. hey, he wasn't going to take any chances. FOR NOOR/SANDRA

Imagine there's no heaven. It's easy if you try. No hell below us, above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today Imagine there's no countries. It isn't hard to do; nothing to kill or die for and no religion too. Imagine all the people living life in peace. You, you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.❥Imagine Noor shook her head. No way was he going to manage to scare her another time. Actually, that was just her stubborn side believing that but of course he would be successful. She was so easy to scare, so easy to piss off. She was a very passionate person who lived her emotions x100. It was ridiculous at times but hey, that was her. Sometimes, it was annoying…even for herself so she tried to calm it down but let’s be honest, it’s hard to cool down your personality. “Yes.” She used her baby voice, the way she talked to Stevie. “You’re an adorable baby kitten and the Gods always love me.” Noor said while scratching him under his chin. Now, she was doing it on purpose and it was, in her opinion, very funny. She couldn’t help it, especially that Toby wasn’t the type to be mean and push her away because of her weird ways. She was always herself with others but it was easier to let go with someone who did too, someone who had fun, who was a little immature…in a good type of way. “Psh, you have no proof…they wouldn’t be able to prevent anything from happening because it’s my word against yours and I mean…look at me. I’m much cuter than you.” Noor grinned. “Who do you think they’ll believe first?” She laughed. Oh yeah, being a cute looking girl got you these things. Or at least, that’s what it seemed like when you watched TV shows and movies. They always got away with everything because, really? Why would girls like her do anything like that? Huh? Though, maybe the fact that she was seen as a hippie could change that but whatever. Noor pretended to think for a minute and shook her head. “No, that trick is out of our show…it’s too mainstream.” She said, even as a joke, she didn’t want to be cut in half. No way, she’d rather stay alive and annoy people even more. Annoy Toby, that was fun although she didn’t think she was succeeding the way he was. “Long enough.” That was her only answer, she didn’t know how long but she knew there was a shit load of people. Most of them probably would be cut out of the list if she were to revise it and all. But at the moment, it was rather lengthy. “If you did that, I’d find a way to drag you in there with me…you’re supposed to love me and be my friend, not be cruel to me.” Noor frowned playfully as he brought her to the table. “Ugh, thank the Gods, these shoes are killing me.” She sighed once she sat down, taking off her shoes asap. ¢¾

DOWN THE STAR MILEtoby was just grateful that he didn't see her angry side when scaring her. she took it as a joke coming from him, but if she hadn't, then man...he really didn't want to see her wrath. he wasn't actually sure how bad her temper could be, as he'd never experienced it himself. to him, it was just a famous rumoured temper, like something out of high school. god, rumours would spread like wildfire there. some of them were so stupid too and clearly would never happen to anyone. it was as if people got these rumours from fortune cookies or something equally as stupid. toby crinkled his nose a little, going along with her joke. pets only liked that shit because they were furry, but petting skin? it just wasn't the same. "meow?" he mumbled with a laugh as if to insinuate that he like it. just for kicks, he even pretended to lick his hand as if he was cleaning himself. hey, he had a cat. that was the only reason he knew so much about how they acted and what they spent their days doing. cats were the best and he was a firm believer of that. "i could get proof. you know, i play the innocent victim pretty well. i've seen a shit ton of plays in my lifetime," he replied, a slight smile forming, "maybe," toby paused for a second and pinched her nose softly, the same way she'd done to him, just to annoy her. society seemed to be the other way around still. men still got more than women, which was why feminism and other societies and cults existed. there was still a heck of a lot of sexism towards women in magazines and newspapers, which was pretty sad. it was no surprise that annoying girls who lived off of side salads existed when you thought of it that way. "oh yeah, we'll have to come up with some original tricks for sure. something snazzy," he nodded, "but if you die during test-runs, it's not on me." most magic tricks were just illusions, so he doubted that would happen, but toby wasn't the sharpest tool in the toolbox. he wasn't dumb - he tried to read the newspaper every now and then, and he managed to get okay grades in school, but he was too immature and lazy to care much about his education back then. "wow, noor correia's on a mission. mission impossible." he didn't get how her list could be so long, mostly because he tried not to outright hate anyone unless he had a damn good reason to. toby could be annoying though, so it didn't bother him if people disliked him for it. he would just shrug it off and move on. life was too short to give a fuck what others thought of you. "pfft, no way, i'd be too busy enjoying my freedom. maybe i'll bring you a good fried meal once a week if you're nice." toby raised an eyebrow. the female race continued to confuse him. didn't it confuse all guys though? "yeah, mine too! shoes other than trainers are just awful," he said sarcastically, mocking her a little.FOR NOOR/SANDRA

Imagine there's no heaven. It's easy if you try. No hell below us, above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today Imagine there's no countries. It isn't hard to do; nothing to kill or die for and no religion too. Imagine all the people living life in peace. You, you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.❥Imagine Oh my Gods. When Toby went along with the cat thing, Noor couldn’t help the huge grin on her face and her laugh. He was just too funny! She couldn’t get over it each time they hung out. She was a happy girl but around him, she was always smiling. It was rare that she got angry. It was rare that her spastic mood swings took over because he didn’t do anything annoying. Or if he did, he wasn’t mean about it. So, how could you be mad? “Aw, good kitty cat.” One of Noor’s soft spots were definitely cats, preferably kittens. They were so adorable and just…aw. If she didn’t live with (Chrys/Daniyel) she probably would have had a million more of them and become a real cat lady. Oooooh, Toby pretty much got her with that and all she could do was purse her lips. “No, you don’t.” She replied immaturely. He was most likely right but hey, she had to deny it! That nose pinch, she was not expecting. “Hey!” Noor complained and flinched. Ouch, that movement while he was still holding her nose wasn’t smart at all. “Stop it!” She laughed, touching her red little nose. “We’re not doing anything that could lead to my death, use Dimitri for those tricks.” She laughed, shaking her head. Okay so, she would never really wish death to her siblings. She really did love them all no matter how much they annoyed her. But sometimes, she did want to strangle them. Especially Dimi and Noemi, oh my Gods. “I’ll have to find myself a super agent name.” She grinned, totally enjoying their conversations. They were always so laidback, so normal and fun! Noor glared at him playfully and pressed her lips together in a line. “I’m always nice to you, how could you possibly say otherwise, De Luca?” She said in a pretend offended voice. Like she’d ever go to jail, no thank you. Noor would stay away from that place. Maybe she smoked weed and did a few illegal things but not enough to be put in the slammer. When Toby mocked her, she gave him the middle finger. “Fuck you, Toby.” She mumbled, kicking her shoes off. “You try wearing these shoes and see if you feel like mocking me afterwards.” She said, knowing he’d come up with a witty remark. She was just waiting for it. No way she won this one.¢¾

DOWN THE STAR MILEtoby crinkled his nose slightly with a smile. noor really was harmless around him, so he didn't get how some people were so scared of her supposed temper. he would probably just laugh if she tried to yell at him, which clearly said a lot about his level of maturity. "i know, puss in boots trained me well," he replied. truth be told, he hardly ever saw that darned cat. as soon as he woke up, he'd feed him, and then puss in boots would just enter and leave as he pleased. it usually wasn't until the evening that the tabby cat would settle down and come see toby, when he'd already be comfy on the sofa. the last thing he wanted then was puss in boots jumping on him as he tried to watch tv. still, the darn thing always got away with it. how could he stay mad at him? especially when he did the eyes...man, fuck those eyes. "yeah i do, you'll see when we're in court." toby wouldn't be able to survive in a court room. he'd watched a few episodes of judge judy before, and she was a bitch. it was always hilarious when she'd get mad at anyone who tried to talk. wasn't that what court was for? to talk things out and get both sides of the story? hopefully his life would never come to that, or he'd definitely lose whatever case he was trying to fight. "you want me to pinch dimitri's nose? i'm pretty sure he'd try to break my arm if i did that. he already fucking hates me," toby laughed, knowing that that was the truth. dimitri didn't scare him though, and toby kind of brought the hate upon himself by going along with it and provoking him. "yeah, to hide your identity. wouldn't want to blow your cover." toby raised an eyebrow, the corner of his lips turning up slightly, "since when? i have yet to witness this nice side of you, correia." all he did see was her nice side, thankfully, but it was fun to tease her. one day he probably would feel the wrath of her temper. he couldn't help but laugh when she gave him the middle finger, "so ladylike of you! nah, i think i'll pass. i'd make a pretty hot drag queen though," he joked, "your feet aren't really much smaller than mine by the looks of it."FOR NOOR/SANDRA