summers afternoon [James]

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Charlie liked the feeling of the warmth on her face, the sun shining down through the dappled branches, making the ground look like a spotted animal of sorts. she couldn't help but smile as she leaned against the marble rail. The gardens here were quite nice, beautiful even. She smiled widely. She wished that she could have brought her grandmother to a place like this. In her minds eye, she could see the house where she had grown up in, the driveway stretching back to the carport and garage in the back yard, the little walkway between the car port and the double sliding doors, the raised garden beds filled with herbs and a little concrete patio with a wooden bench bolted down so no storm could blow it free. This garden was different. Here the trees were trellised upwards over wrought iron bars, vines creating pathways and the beautiful flowers in bright bursts of colors broke up the monotony of the lush and green bushes and plants that created this little tunnel. The place was like a maze, a labyrinth of plants. She was no child of Ceres, but she knew that they had their own place in the cultivation. The air smelled of Lavender, honeysuckle, and other beautiful flowers. She could hear the sound of birds chirping and chittering, the sound of the squirrels and chipmunks skittering back and forth. She closed her eyes for a moment and it was almost like she was at home, playing hide and seek in the park with her friends before the call could be heard across the base where they lived.

Charlie gently turned on the heel of her shoe, moving so that she felt the gentle breeze under her thick and curly hair. She took her shoes off for a moment, feeling the dirt of the path between her toes as she walked. The dirt was warm but at the same time it was pretty cool. Her fingers were out stretched as she walked, feeling the leaves gently tickle the tips of her fingers.There was the smell of damp and fresh earth as she inhaled deeply, the smell of grass and pine as she moved about the little park. She could hear the buzzing of the bees and the sound of a trickeling creek near by. Gently, she dipped her feet in the cool water. she hummed the small song to herself as she watched the little guppies and tadpoles swim by. She couldn't be certain but she had a distinct feeling that there was a chance that she had seen a salamander wandering by the little creek.

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Tag: @charliemack

Word: 381

Notes: Hope it's ok.

Text Text James came back to New Rome after some months of being out in the open sea in his ship the jolly Monster. He loved to be out there more than anything in the world… well almost anything. He had a very strong reason to come back. He missed some stuff of firm land, but what he really wanted to see, or better said who he wanted to see, was Charlie Mack. She was the most amazing woman in the world, and he really wanted to try his luck there, to see if they could have their ever after happiness.

So he walked down the tunnel and showed the guards that he got nothing wrong on his sailor’s bag. Then he continued his path. Before leaving his bag in the small apartment that he owned in the City, he went to look for her in the fields of Mars, but she wasn’t there, it seemed that he missed her practice for several hours. Then he went to the obstacle Curse, but she wasn’t there, he saw thete here fellow Centurion, Ashby, but he said that he didn’t know were Charlie was. So he went to the barracks, but he wasn’t let inside and also was told that she wasn’t there.

He then deicded to leave his bag in his apartment and keep looking after that. He got to his apartment and opened the door, it was a very small one, like the small apartments in Japan, one room, and a complete bathroom, kitchenette in the same main room. Well for a single guy that loved the sea, wasn’t a problem. He threw the bag on a side and then went out again. He walked down the streets and decided to go and buy some flowers for Charlie and then he would try again in Camp.

But he didn’t get to buy them, because when he went to the garden where he usually ordered the flowers, he saw Charlie there. Standing like a statue of a goddess. He smiled and walked closer. “you like the wild way?” he said and then pointed at her feet, the wild way of approaching nature. He still smelled like water and salt. “Good to see you Charlie"

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Charlie had been wearing something different, something that she normally didn't wear. She was wearing a sun dress of sorts, mint in color, and it fell half way down to her thigh as she had her hair pulled up into a messy sort of pony tail. She held her sandals in her hand as she walked, Charlie didn't normally dress like this, thinking of only a handful of times before that she had done this. The most recent was when she had dressed up as Rapunzel from Tangled or when she had been hilariously paired with Edmund for Valentines day, or when she had gone with Mors for a date. Curse that god, she couldn't help but think as her hands briefly touched the fronds of the fern that she had reached out to touch. As a child, she had always been fairly touchy feely, she had to touch everything she came across. She had always been a tactile child, needing to be hands on and her whole body doing everything, that was how she had always been.

She thought about James. He was such a sweetheart. He smelled like the sea and sand, something that brought back the fondest memories of her childhood. He treated her like a woman, not like one of the guys, though Charlie had always been able to hold her own as one of the guys. She knew it was her own fault for being how she was. Not that she was willing to change it for love nor money, the point was that she just had to find someone who's crazy matched her crazy, like one of those pieces from a puzzle. Maybe James was someone who had matched her crazy. She didn't know but she did know that she was pretty scared that her heart might have been broken again. However the thought of falling in love terrified her more than anything else. She didn't know love, she didn't do emotions other than the whole anger and rage and anything that had to do with war.

Then she heard his voice as he pointed at her bare feet. She gave him a sly grin and blushed. "I prefer barefoot, but sometimes it's not practical." She said in explanation to what he had asked. She liked feeling the sand between the toes and the feel of the cool dirt or the rushing stream water over her feet. "Hi there James." She said as she reached up on the tips of her toes and gave him a small peck on the cheek. See, she could be a girl, despite what everyone thought about her.

Words: 440
Tags: @jim
Notes: sorry it took so long

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Tag: @charliemack

Word: 324

Notes: Don't worry, I delay too.

He smirked at her, that cocky but at the same time sweet enough smirk to let her know that he was really happy to see her. She looked so fresh, like the evening breeze that came from the sea, cool and fresh, the breeze that told the sailor that the tides were changing, that Neptune wasn’t in the worst mood of all and that the sailor would have a nice evening with some probability of wicked activities if the Queen of the sea of monsters, Keto, also agreed with it. In short words… Charlie looked like a sailor’s dream… well James’ dream.

He leaned down a bit when she leaned up to kiss his cheek, He moved his head a bit to kiss her cheek back. “Hello, nice lady.” Smiles and then looked at her feet again and gave a look to her legs too, then looked back at her. “I see the impractical part… how could I spar with you?...” He taps his chin in a playful way. “ well I’m sure we can find on a different way to spend this fine evening. Like… what about you coming with me later to have dinner at my apartment?” He smiled at her and winked.

For him, she was a woman, a woman that could both spar with and for sure would lose before her, and also could spend the day if she only let him, holding her as they watched the sunset. He could spend his days like that with her, he wasn’t scared of a strong woman, he felt a great respect for her. “Of course… if you allow me to enjoy of your company” He smiled at her again and looked directly into her beautiful and bright eyes. Definitely if that woman asked him to stay on land his whole life, he would do it… but he rather steal her and take her to live in his ship.

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There were so many times that Charlie had wondered if there was someone else that she could have loved other than Mors. The god had stayed in her mind though she did little to push the thoughts of him aside. He had been a large part of her life for so long, it would be laughable to ask her to forget him all together. She was someone who never forgot. But she didn't dwell on the past either. Charlie liked being right here in the now, waltzing down the garden path with her toes in the cool soil. Her skin was tough, few wounds gave her pause, so something like a stubbed toe or a small scratch or splinter was not enough to make her want to put shoes back on. She remembered being a small child, running barefoot around the streets of the on base housing, nearly burning her bare feet to a crisp before being scolded to put on shoes. Which she only did after throwing a fit.

Charlie couldn't help but tilt her head upwards at him, watching him propose that it wouldn't be a fair spar without shoes, a playful suggestion, but one that didn't need to be saying. She was well versed in how to fight with out a weapon, though she was hardly without a weapon at all. Charlie had obtained many ranks in martial arts and it was just enough to make people deter their thoughts about trying to push her buttons. Many people had tried to dis-arm her, only to find out that they were in a joint lock, asking for mercy as she twisted their arm behind their back. "I would love to see your ship, and dinner is always nice." She had warned him once that she had quite a voracious appetite. She was someone who loved to eat. Good food went in and good things came out.

"I like your company. Its nice. And you're nice, sweet..." Her face went bright scarlet as she looked at her feet. She was still so horrible about talking about her feelings. It was stupid, why was she so bad at this? Ugh she hated this. She had dug her toes into the dirt as she tried to focus on what was going on right now. His eyes were beautiful, they reminded her of the ocean. She missed the ocean so much. "It is nice to see you today though." She said, looking upwards into his eyes for a moment.

Tags: @jim
Words: 420
Notes: sorry took so long