> something's got a hold on me | dev

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Singing at the top of her lungs, Ana was driving down the freeway with the sounds of the "Burlesque" soundtrack blaring through her speakers. Christina Aguilera was definitely one of her favorites to sing. Such a powerful voice, she strived for that and was almost there. For just this morning she got one of the five singing parts in Zumanity, a Cirque du Soleil performance. Which was huge for her, she cried for an hour after they put the cast list up. Now she was going to celebrate by heading back to her home for a few days. Her home being California. She wasn't sure exactly where Dev was going to take them. It was going to be nice to get away and although Dev was kinda a flirty slut, and he was going to go to Lacey's place last night..

Ew she thought to herself and shuddered. She didn't know Lacey, she just knew of her. The girl reminded her of her last roommate and that made her frown. Where was the virtue left in femininity nowadays? Sure, she wasn't exactly a virgin but she wasn't just hopping into bed with whoever for the hell of it, and she'd never kiss and tell. Shaking her head, she pushed the thoughts out and continued singing "Express." This getaway wasn't about Lacey, it was about Dev and her basically celebrating the most life changing moment of her life.

She was smiling from ear to ear as she began also dancing in her car like a burlesque dancer while pulling up to Devon's place. She really hoped he didn't see her, realizing he easily could have when she got out and slung her plaid duffel bag that was almost as big as her over her shoulder and picked up her additional purse to carry around then clicked her way up to his door. The shoes she was wearing were ridiculous for most people, but she needed to get used to them for the show because the height minimum was 5'8" and the poor girl was barely 5'4". Normally they wouldn't be a problem, but today she was carrying bags that weighted as much as her. Knocking on the door, she smiled at Dev when he answered and spread her arms out as if to show she was here as she stated, "hey, I'm here!" with a laugh before reaching up and pulling him into a hug.

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Going to California was sounding better and better every moment. All of the stupid drama going on over the damn chat room was getting really old. At first, he didn't really think badly of Lacey, but now...it was the total opposite. She had a damn list on who she slept with. If that was disgustingly whore-slut-ish, he didn't know what was. Thankfully, he didn't even bother going over last night, and she never showed up; no loss to him.

Pulling on a black Ramones shirt, and a pair of dark-wash skinny jeans, Devon grabbed his black and white MacBeths and plopped down on his couch, waiting for Ana. Three days away from Vegas...it was like a dream come true. Even though he did have 'things' to do in Cali for Jimmy, he was still going to enjoy the time there and the company. After putting on his shoes, he sat back and sighed. Hopefully the job wouldn't take long, and he could get back to hanging with this girl. She was cute, and sweet...seemed legitimate.

Hearing the knock on the door, he got up and grabbed his backpack, walking over and opening the door, staring down at her, almost in shock at her. Whoa, she was...excited? Was she always this way? After a moment, he gave her a tight hug back, and smiled. "Hey girrrl, are you ready?" He asked, eyes stopping on her bag. Holy, cow. Pink...leopard...print. Narrowing his eyes slightly, "Nice bag," He commented, before grabbing his keys off the hook by the door, motioning towards the garage. "My car isn't real clean, sorry....but a full tank of gas, I think it'll take us wherever you wanna go."

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The way Devon was looking at her, almost shocked, made her cheeks flush slightly. She had probably come off too strongly, she had a tendency of doing that. She relax a little when he returned her hug though, at least he wasn't too freaked out by her. As he looked down at her bag, she laughed and smiled at him, shrugging. "It was between this or my cookie monster duffle bag, but I thought this suited me better," she commented as she looked down at it, tugging on the strap gently before looking back up at him and shrugging.

As they walked into the garage, Ana smirked as she looked at his car. It totally suited him and that amused her. Of course, her cute little black bug suited her just as well as his car suited him. "I'm sure your car is fine," she said with a laugh as she stopped at the trunk and looked up at him waiting for him to pop the trunk so she could put her duffel bag in it.

Smiling as he again insisted on going wherever she wanted to go, she said, "I've lived in California my whole life until now, I've seen all of California." Shrugging, she let off a friendly smile and continued, "I'm just happy to get away from Vegas for a few days, so wherever you want to go is fine with me. Really." Plopping her duffel bag into the trunk, she let out a relieved sigh and stood up straight again. "Damn, that thing was heavy," she said under her breath as she walked to the passenger side and opened the door.

"So, where we headed sir?" she asked with a smile as she got into the car and shut the door.

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Hearing her reason for the brightly-obnoxious bag, he shrugged. "Yeah, it does suit you better." Devon agreed with a smile. "Cookie monster is pretty rad though. I wish I could get away with eating cookies like that." He teased, unlocking the black Corvette, he glanced to Ana, realizing she wanted the trunk opened. Yeah, that'd be a good idea. Considering there was no room inside of the car. Walking back, he unlocked the truck and waited for her to put her bag in, before he put his in and closed the trunk.

"Hmm, well, I gotta hit up Santa Ana for business, won't take more than an hour. How's that? We can chill on the beach, or whatever." Devon asked, going back and getting in the drivers side of the car, he clicked the button on the remote to open the garage door, glancing to Ana, wondering what all this girl could have packed that made that bag so heavy. Three days, she didn't need that much, right? Though, the thought of staying longer had crossed his mind...but Jimmy wouldn't like that. At all.

Putting the key in the ignition, he started up the car, a smile on his face as it roared to life. He loved the thing, sure, but it was kind of a hassle sometimes. "Santa Ana," He replied, shifting into reverse, "It'll take four hours, but I say we get there in three and a half." Devon said with a mischievous grin, letting the car roll back before he clicked the button to close the garage door. "Let me know when you're hungry, 'cause I'm determined to get myself some Del Taco..."

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Santa Ana! She practically bounced right out of the car in excitement. She loved Orange County almost as much as she loved the Bay Area. Smiling wide, she said, "I love Santa Ana! The beaches in SoCal are so nice." Reminising on the days she was a child, she would always remember going to Disneyland and the beach every summer up until she hit 16. That's when Karina took over her and she wasn't allowed to leave for the summers because it was "the best season to party." She had to refrain from rolling her eyes and nodded to him, "maybe we can go to Disneyland too." Pausing, she realized who she was with, and his personality didn't seem too.. Disneyland, so she quickly added, "unless you're not into that kind of thing, then that's fine," with a sweet smile.

As they headed out, she anxiously watched out the window while he sped down the Vegas freeways. She loved driving fast, and sadly couldn't do it in her bug. When he said they'd make it to Santa Ana in three hours she had let out a laugh and said, "sounds good to me. Just don't get us pulled over. 20 mph over the speed limit in California is a felony, you know," extending her index finger to basically say 'as a matter of fact.' "Plus, you're too pretty to go to jail," she commented with a giggle.

There were a few moments of silence in the car, but the second Dev mentioned Del Taco her eyes lit up, "oh my god, I hate fast food but I love me some Del Taco on occasion. Down." She went back to looking out the window with a smile on her face as there was just a trace of the Strip left in the side mirror. She was finally away from Vegas, and away from the drama.. Hopefully. Looking over at Dev and how he was so focused on the road, she leaned back into her chair and just stared out the windsheild as the desert became practically a blur. Who knew how fast he was going, but Vettes had power so she wouldn't have been shocked if it was over 100mph.


ooc. Okay horrid post I know, sorry. Wanna skip to the next day when they go costume and Halloween shopping? (:

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"Wonderful," He said with a smile. Which was nice. He could disappear for an hour while she was hanging at the beach.. do his job, get a nice stack of money, then come back to the pretty girl. Fairy-tale ending, really. Hearing Disneyland, he started laughing. "Disney, huh? Sure. I love Disney!" Yeah, yeah, Devon was full of surprises.

"I know, but they won't catch me." He teased, "Too pretty? Maybe, I can handle my own. But you'd be in jail too, sweetie.." He said, glancing over to her. Once they hit the freeway, he shifted into 6th and floored it. Ah, the luxury of owning a Corvette....




After the three-and-a-half hour drive, and a Del Taco stop, Devon and Ana made it to the hotel - the one bedroom hotel. Which made him smile. She wanted to save him money. Maybe there was an ulterior motive, and really, he'd be okay with that. Though after a nice sleep, Ana was dragging Devon off to the Halloween store. Sigh. Parking the Vette, he looked to Ana, eyebrow raised curiously.

"Cannot believe you are making me do this....but, ready? Maybe I can find something to wear for Halloween," He said with a shrug, shutting off the car and climbing out, he walked to her side and opened the door for her. Ugh, the pain of being a gentleman. "Do you have an idea of what you wanna be?"

ooc: ok c:

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So far Ana's time in SoCal with Devon was a blast. She was surprised to discover how much of a gentleman he really was. All of the times she had seen him on the c-box he seemed almost like a douchey man-whore. This right here prove exactly why she never judged. You never really knew a person until you got to know them yourself.

While they drove through Santa Ana heading towards the nearest Halloween store, she ran her fingertips along the interior of Dev's Vette.. Which he practically handed her last night. She was still in shock over the whole deal. She wasn't sure if it was the fact that he gave her the car or the fact that he was just whatever about the car that had surprised her more, but concluded it was a mixture of both.

While she watched him come around the car to open the door for her, she got out and took his hand into hers. A friendly gesture, but sure it might of meant more to her, even if she refused to admit it. "You act like I drug you over here to go Halloween shopping," she said with a laugh, responding to what he had said in the car as they walked toward the store.

She hadn't given much thought to what she wanted to be, but right when they walked in the store there was an entire long aisle that was labeled "Disney." It took all of her to not jump in excitement and dart over to it. Instead she remained calm and collected and pointed to it before letting go of his hand. "I'm not sure yet, but for obvious reasons I'm going to check over there first." Letting out a giggle, she turned to look at him, "go find yourself a couple costumes and meet me at the fitting room, we'll try them on together."

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Once Ana was out of the car, he let her take his hand as he closed the door with his free one. "It's just terrible, shopping and all." He teased. He didn't really care either way. It wasn't like she was dragging him around forcing him to buy stuff she'd never use. Ever. Thankfully. Falling quiet, he followed her into the Halloween store, almost over taken by the amount of costumes.

"Whoa," He muttered. Disney, movies; Freddy Krueger, Jason Vorheese...The freak show from Saw. Hmmm. Hearing her talk, he looked back to her and smiled. Aw, how obvious was that? Disney... she was so cute and adorable, of course she'd want to be a Disney..princess, or something. "Hmm, okay. I don't think I'd really work as a Prince Charming, .... well, maybe..." Devon teased, watching her walk off towards the Disnney section, he wandered off around the store.

Not much was really appealing, maybe the mobster outfit. But, how ironic would that really be? Setting it back down, he shook his head. Glancing to his watch, he walked back over towards the fitting rooms, leaning against the wall, waiting for Ana. Ugh. Too many options. Maybe he'd let Mason pick and call it a day...

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Ana smiled up at Devon when he mentioned being Prince Charmng. She'd never ask that of him, knowing how he was. "You would be the perfect prince charming," she said before averting her gaze to the costumes. She wasn't sure how he'd take that, but that's what she really thought. She wouldn't get her hopes up about him being Prince Charming though, instead they went their separate ways and began searching through the costumes.

She had literally went down eight aisles. Eight, long aisles stuffed with costumes, wigs, and accessories. You name it, they had it. So many choices she thought to herself as she looked over the three she had chosen to try on: Minnie Mouse, Strawberry Shortcake, and Tinkerbell. There were many more she would've tried on for fun but she was sure Dev would've been bored with her, not to mention the sizes of the costumes rarely worked with her size. They were almost always fitted for gorgeous 5'8" models and here she stood, 5'4" on a good day.

Coming closer to the fitting rooms, Dev was already in sight and she smiled. Sadly her smile faded quickly and she sped up her pace when she saw he had nothing in his hands. "Why don't you have any costumes!?" she asked in a sad tone as she laughed, pointing to the aisles. "There's so many, surely there must be something you'd want to be in all of those costumes?"

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At Ana's comments, he smirked. Hm...perfect prince charming....something he had think over, but it was quite possibly something he would do. For Ana....seeing her approach, he stopped leaning against the wall and stood up straight. Seeing her smile fade, he pouted right back at her. "Sorry, I think there were too many." He said innocently. Freddy Krueger seemed a little...too much. But, it would be incredibly fun walking around the neighborhoods like him.

"Well, you said something about Prince Charming, right?" He asked, "How about I go get that costume, and you change into one of yours, alright?" Devon offered, walking past her and into the aisles, wandering through them until he found the costume he wanted, grabbed his sized, and made his way back to the fitting rooms, walking into one and changing into the costume. It definitely...was not ... him, but it wasn't a big deal. He could handle it for a night.

Stepping out of the dressing room, he waited for Ana, a smile on his face. He was kind of curious to see what she chose. Hopefully nothing slutty, but, he wasn't gonna stop her or anything....

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The instant Dev mentioned being Prince Charming, Ana's eyes lit up and a smile shined from ear to ear. Trying to hide her excitement the best she could, she nodded and said, "okay.." Before walking into the dressing room, looking over her shoulder to see him go into the fantasy department and smiled again while unbeknownst to her biting her bottom lip. He's so freakin gorgeous.. And he's so nice and cute. What did I do so right? She thought to herself before pushing those thoughts out of her head. He was too cute, too gorgeous and too nice. There had to be something wrong there, and she couldn't get hurt. Not again.

Sliding on the first costume she liked, the minnie mouse, she noticed it was a bit.. Short, but it would have looked normal considering the girl on the picture's butt was practically hanging out. It came down to about mid-knee as she played with the petticoat to make it look just right and adjusted her boobs to make them look extra good before fixing her hair and walking out of the dressing room.

The first thing she saw was Dev in the costume and she wanted to just stop and drop her jaw. It wasn't fair! Was there anything he didn't look good in? Keeping her cool, she did a little twirl and smiled up at him, playing with the end seams of the skirt. "Do you like it? It's a little on the shorter side but all of the other costumes come down to like, here.." her voice trailed off as she kneeled down and pointed to the bottom of her knee, "and it just looks weird."

"Might I say though, you look absolutely handsome, Dev," she commented with a smile. "The perfect prince charming."

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When Ana walked out, his eyebrows raised. Aww, she was an awful cute Minnie Mouse. It fit her well. Her demeanor, and attitude. "I like it, you look good in it." He replied with a cute smile, "It could be a lot shorter. You look good." He said with a nod, and winked at her playfully. "Thanks, you look pretty ... adorable, yourself." Devon said, looking her over. "Alright, what else did you pick out? Go change and I'll go get back into my clothes," He said, stepping back into the stall to change back into his clothes.

Once into his clothes, he picked up the costume and walked out, waiting for Ana. Well, she wanted him as Prince Charming, so, he figured he might as well be Prince Charming for Halloween. What could it hurt? Besides, if it meant getting her to agree on a real date, he'd be just fine with that. The past two days had been great, and probably the best two days he had actually had in a long time. Maybe Ana was the potential new girlfriend he had been hoping (silenty, of course) for. Though, maybe giving her the Vette was a bad idea; maybe she was going to take it as a bribe, even though it wasn't.

Life was about compromise, and he wanted that GT500...which meant the Vette had to go, but he didn't really wanna sell it, he liked it too much. Ana was nice, cute, sweet, and she deserved it...since it'd be awhile before Mason could drive...a Corvette.... "C'mon miss Ana..."

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Ana ran her hands along the smooth fabric of the tinkerbell dress as she turned to look at herself from all angles with a frown. She was bummed because it didn't look anything like the picture said it would and didn't want to even see herself in it, let alone have Dev see it. Groaning, she pulled it off and quickly folded it even nicer than it once had been and placed it back into the bag before pulling out the Strawberry Shortcake one. It was cute, cuter than the one she had been four years ago when she first dyed her hair before leaving to Vegas, but she was sold on Minnie Mouse.

Grabbing the two she didn't want in one hand and the one she did in the other, she walked out of the dressing room to see Dev still holding the Prince Charming costume. "Aww, are you really going to be Prince Charming!?" she asked ecstatically. If she didn't have the bags in her hand she would have jumped up and wrapped her arms around. Then knowing how she is she would've probably kissed him and regretted it later. Trying to hide the face she was making she turned away from him and said, "kay well I'm going to go put these back." She looked at him again with a smile then walked to the front putting the costumes away and to the cash register.

Smiling to herself, she managed to buy her costume before Dev could get up there. She did it on purpose because the boy was buying EVERYTHING. Hell, he even gave her a car. Not just any car, a Corvette. She wanted to do this to show him she could take care of herself, she wasn't a moocher.

As they left the costume store, Ana let out a sigh of relief and put her white sunglasses back on then looked up at him. "So.. Now where to? Car shopping?"

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"Yup," He said with a smile. Life was short, and Ana seemed very, very happy that he was going to be Prince Charming. Devon raised an eyebrow as she walked off to put the costumes away, and waited on her so he could pay, but, much to his surprise, she paid before he could even take his wallet out. Though, maybe paying for everything seemed a little over powering... after buying his costume, he followed her out of the Halloween store, towards his car. Her car? ... The car.

"Yeah, it won't take long." Devon assured her, unlocking the car and getting in the drivers side, starting it up. Once Ana was in, he put it in gear and headed off towards where the Mustang was. Some car dealership, or whatever...it wasn't long before they got there, and he parked the car, looking to Ana. "If you wanna come in you can, it really won't take long, though." He said with a smile, handing her the keys to the Vette, and climbing out, walking inside to talk to the salesman.

Luckily, the car was what he wanted, and was basically brand new. The damn thing had more power than the Corvette, which would easily get him tickets, but whatever. It was gorgeous. Within 30 minutes, he had signed a check and made arrangements for it to be delivered to his house next week... walking back out to the car, he climbed in, looking to Ana. "Where to now?"


ooc;; >> figured we'd just run through that, hehehee.

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Once they had gotten to the dealership, Ana followed Dev out of the car but stood there in shock as he dropped the keys to the Vette in her hands. Oh my god, he really did it, she thought to herself as she looked at the Corvette. God, it was a nice car and she was going to look bad ass driving it. The thought made her laugh, because she was the furthest from "bad ass" that there ever was.

Part of her contemplated going in with him, but instead she stayed outside and practically made love to her new car. She had moved the seat up and kicked off her heels so she could drive. By the time everything was over she hadn't even realized a half an hour had passed until Dev got into the car and she smirked at him. Placing a hand on the wheel she leaned back into the drivers seat and asked, "how do I look?" Looking ahead of her, she shrugged before looking at him. "I don't really know to be honest. Wanna head to the beach for a bit then grab dinner? I gotta go back to the hotel though and get my bikini."

ooc. haha it's cool xD sorry for the short post x:

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