say somethin, stella

[nathaniel quentin o'keefe]

Nathaniel was now able to breathe. Tommy had been returned and according to Jackson, there were no broken bones or anything; however, there was something else wrong... And Jackson didn't seem to be able to say it out loud. All Nathan knew was that Boobear needed him more than ever right now. Even though Boobear was with Tommyboo, Nathan knew that Boobear needed someone else other than Tommyboo. He could hear the pain in Jackson's voice and there was no way Nathan was sticking around his house when Tommy was finally at home. He had to go see the kid and give him a check over himself, not that he didn't trust Jackson's judgment on whether Tommy was okay. Nathan just wanted to double check and he wanted to see how Jackson was holding up. Nathan had been worried about his bestest friend ever since he'd seen the look in his eyes when he came to Tommy's house and realized he really was gone, and that Nathan hadn't been lying to him.

Nate always put his friends before anything else. Usually they came first in his priority list, even above his family. His family knew how to fend for themselves, and most the time, so did his friends. Sometimes though, his friends needed him and he was always first to be there. He was always there, and Nathan O'Keefe always would be there. Friends were important to him and he hated losing any of them. Even now, he was upset that he'd ditched out on Edward Desdemona because that kid was a hoot... But when it came down to it, Brady Richardson was more important to him than Sparky was. Sparky was just a way to get drunk and all that fun stuff. Nate thought that Sparky would just leave the rest of Fate's Eight alone. He never dreamed that Sparky would get Bradybear stuck on drugs. Never in his life did Nate think that would happen.

Nathan also never dreamed or considered Tommy getting abducted. He didn't think that Tommy would ever need an escort and he never though he'd see so much pain in Jackson's eyes. He just couldn't deal with it. He did his best but looking at Jackson in so much pain and not being able to fix it was horrible. Nate was just glad Tommy was back and keeping Jackson going. Something else had happened with Jax though and Nate had seen it the day Tommy had gotten back. He couldn't put his finger on what had happened but he was going to try to help Jax work through it as best as Jax could. Obviously, whatever was bothering Jax wasn't going to go away in a day but Nate could relieve some pressure. He seemed to have that effect on Jax as of recently, which wasn't a bad thing. Nathaniel just wanted to see his bestest friend smiling again... He also wanted to see Tommy smiling again but that could wait until Jax was smiling real smiles.

Nathan quickly decided that Fate's Eight just needed to get out and party. First, Tommy needed to be willing to get out of the house, because from what he'd heard, even Jackson couldn't get him to leave his bedroom. Second, Jackson needed to be smiling and actually like... Not a party pooper anymore. Third, Nate needed to make sure it was a safe party where everybody was about the same age and wouldn't let Tommy get picked up again, not that Tommy would ever leave Jackson's sight. Hell, Tommy probably wouldn't leave any of Fate's Eight's sight. If anything, Tommy would feel overwhelmed by the amount of body guards he had. That was the great thing about being a part of Fate's Eight. You had seven best friends that always had your back and would always protect you from whatever you needed protecting from. Tommy would be safe forever now.

Fate's Eight was the best thing Nate could ever ask for. They were emotional support, physical support, and just support all the way around. They were always there to make you feel better and they were always there when you were falling over drunk. They were fun to be around but they could have a serious moment. They were all very serious when Tommy disappeared. All seven of them had found money of some sort. Nate and Jackson had given up the most to get money, Jackson gave up the very most, but they all buckled down to bring Tommy back. There wasn't much smiling or laughter when Tommy had disappeared. Fate's Eight was the best thing ever, and Nate honestly pitied people who didn't have just as many best friends. Having seven best friends was.... The absolute best. It just couldn't be matched. They were all so different but they all got along so well. They embraced their differences and there wasn't any compromising. They just thought about each other, and that was that.

For now though, Nate was going shopping with Stella. He'd been promising her for forever and it was about time they hung out, now that he had breathing room. Sure, they saw each other here and there and he went over and stuff, but he'd promised the whole stinkin' day to Stellarella today. She wanted to go shopping and so as the good boyfriend, he was taking her shopping. He could have fun shopping. He had with Dean not too long ago. He was meeting her here. Neither of them had a car. Nate would never be allowed to drive and Stellarella just didn't have one so they had to rely on their parents. They were meeting at the mall and Nate was already here, waiting on his girl, and eating a triple cheeseburger from Wendy's. He also had a large fry and large coke waiting on him.. And a large frosty. It was a good thing that Stellarella didn't mind that he ate almost constantly.

word count ;; 1,000 !
tagged ;; stella juliet hartley !
wearing ;; click !
muse ;; say somethin' by austin mahone !
notes ;; finally moving them forward !

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[STELLA JULIET HARTLEY]

Stella was pretty excited to go shopping today with Nateface. She had been in Italy for the past few weeks and hasn't seen him in a super long time, or talked to him at least! They had about 2 skype sessions that didn't last very long because the internet sucked from across the pond. Stella was way too happy to see her boyfriend. They barely saw each other anyhow and this was the first time that they would be spending the whole day together. Stella basically told him that she would be shopping all day but little did Nateface now that she is going to be doing something even better. Sure, shopping will last about an hour and a half, because she was pretty quick at it. However, afterwards, she was going to take him and go paint balling. A totally classic Nateface activity and Stella knew that he would be pumped to do that.

The couple had only been officially dating for about a month and a half and Stella basically needed to open herself up to him a little bit more. She was a bit on the crazy side, but calmer than Nateface. She knew about his tourrettes but she never said a word about them as she figured he'd be a little embarrassed. Everytime he made a jerk with his body, she would litely place her hand there and look into his blue eyes and give him a reassuring smile. Stella was like that - extremely compassionate. Ever since her wild child days back in San Diego, she realized that she did not have to be that girl to get respect and to have fun. Stella's past was a complete secret. The only one who knew anything about it was Zoey Richardson - her absolute best friend here in Velocity, Florida. Stella made it clear to Zozo that she trusted her and that if she told anyone remotely anything about her days in Cali, she would probably never talk to her or look at her again.

Stella's mom drove her to the mall and told her she would pick her up around 8 after her day with Nateface. She smiled at her and flattened out her new jeans, paired with flip flops and just a normal t shirt. Nothing too fancy for this escapade, she wanted to be comfy to kick his butt in laser tag. She smiled to herself as she walked up towards the entrance of the mall. Stella knew where her man would be - the food court eating of course. She walked slowly up to Nate as she saw him with his burger from Wendy's and smiled. She took in a breath as she felt nervous about seeing him again. It was like the first time they met, only better. The butterflies were stronger and she couldn't wait to give him a hug. Stella looked over to the Irish boy and smiled - her dimples extremely promiment and she knew it was Nate's favorite feature about her.

word count; 504
tag; nateface !
notes i am so sorry this took forever and it's a shitty post - i'm kinda rusty.