. all that i've got [cooper]

[kaela jodie bensley]

i'll be just fine,

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Pretending I'm Not[/size]



I'm Far From Lonely
and it's all that i've got[/center]

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The Botanical Gardens. That’s where the day had mysteriously brought Kaela, in the same fashion a cat brings a decapitated bird to its owner. She didn’t even remember walking here. Or had she caught a taxi? The answer was escaping her skewed mind. Sadly enough she wasn’t even high—hadn’t been for a matter of days---yet she was having a very difficult time figuring out how she got here, and how she’d find her way back home. Eventually she came to the conclusion that she must be suffering from short term memory. It’d been a rough week. Jason, her former ex had once again contacted her, beseeching her to come pay him a visit in rehab. The bastard didn’t even know that she’d fled Los Angeles and was now residing in a crummy little apartment in Jersey. However this was partially a good thing; just thinking about him made her feel all her bruises again. Currently sitting under a vintage oak tree—which appeared dead from the harsh cold—Kaela drew her arms around herself as if protecting her delicate frame from Jason’s angry hands. Simultaneously she drew her eyes closed, hearing the low roar of his growl, the sudden whoosh of air as he brought his palm to her cheek in a painful slap. Kaela’s beautiful blue eyes snapped open, although all she could hear now was the frantic beating of her heart.

She sucked in a deep breathe, inwardly scolding herself for being so neurotic. Clumsily she thumped her head back against the bark of the tree, cussing darkly under her breathe. Today was turning out to be rather boring, which meant sooner or later Kaela would stir up some trouble for her own amusement. Maybe go light a few things on fire and then witness them combust. The seventeen year old had always prided herself on being a borderline pyromaniac. And if that didn’t entertain her enough, she always had her stash of cocaine hidden away in her dresser. Come to think of it she was craving some of that alluring white powder already. It seemed like forever had passed since her last fix, although her withdrawal symptoms were only mild. It wasn’t like she depended on drugs like her best friend; it was rather something she relied on now and then. To help her relax; to forget about her painful past.

The adolescent was dressed in a pair of light grey skinny jeans that hugged her thighs perfectly along with a layered and lacy black camisole underneath a pure black hoodie adorned with two guns on the front. Aside from that it was simply her favorite pair of checkered vans, an oversized brass knuckles necklace, and of course her shiny septum ring. Her pale blonde hair cascaded softly down her petite shoulders; the vibrant pink and blue she’d added to it last night making it impossible to miss. Her makeup was dark, much like her expression and Kaela found herself absently fidgeting with her black painted nails. This town had proved to be a total drag so far. No joke. Then again Kaela had barely bothered getting acquainted to anyone, and the few people who’d took it upon themselves to talk to her? She’d scared them away by being an overly sarcastic bitch. What was the point of being nice? Everyone eventually betrayed you. Hurt you. Used you. A lesson taught to her by none other then the almighty Jason. The cons of forming friendships thoroughly outweighed the pros; but that was okay with Kaela. She was Miss independent. She could fend for herself and let no one else tell her otherwise. It’d always been that way, so why change that now? Exactly.

Scrambling upwards from the snowy ground, Kaela stood at her full yet lacking stature of five foot four. Yeah, being short sucked ass and often people made the deadly mistake of underestimating her because of her height. They soon learned. As if her venomous tongue and spitfire attitude wasn’t enough, the girl packed a kickass bitchslap. Winning combination right there. Now her light blue irises were scanning the area for anything of particular interest. She gave up with an over-dramatic sigh, trudging downheartedly through the blanket of snow and then slumping down at the nearest bench. The immaculate flowers and plants were of no interest to Kaela. If only she had a bottle of Absolut Vodka. God she loved that stuff…

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STATUS: Complete
TAGGED: Cooper
LYRICS: All That I've Got- The Used
NOTES: major fail post. so sorry >__< next one will be better xD;

[Cooper Harrison.]

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ONE DAY AT A TIME, LIFE GOES BY, IN THIS ENDLESS CYCLE.
CAN YOU STOP IT?
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WILL YOU FIND ME?
I WILL SAVE YOU FROM THE DARKNESS,
THE DARKNESS THAT IS YOUR HEART.
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"God damn, I am freezing." The male complained to his dog, Jack, as they walked through the garden of Eden, as he called it. It wasn't so much like Eden when he was freezing his but off. Whatever posessed Cooper to wear just a t-shirt and his favourite pair of black jeans eluded him now. He figured it was because he thought they'd be doing more running than walking, but in this weather, it was just too cold for anyone's joints to move that fast. Or maybe it was because Coop was just naturally prone to cold weather. Or he just felt like complaining today. Either way, here he was, cold and without a hoodie in the middle of the large garden. His life just couldn't get any worse at the moment, except for the fact that he was tired beyond belief after having not slept very well the night before.

In summer, the Botanical Garden's were a very peaceful and lovely place to go for a walk with your best friend, but in winter it was only the dog who enjoyed the long walk. "Alright, buddy, time for a break." He told his pet and spotted out the nearest bench. Of course, to his dismay, there was a girl sitting on it already. Cooper decided now was a good a time as any to make a new friend, plus he just didn't feel like walking any further,

"Hey." Cooper said, lamely. "Mind if we sit here?" He asked, gesturing toward his half dog half wolf and himself. The 8 month old's tongue lolled out of his mouth as he grinned up at the human girl. Cooper barely had to reach down to be able to give his dog a rub on the head and fiddle with his ears, which the dog absolutely loved. "And... don't worry, Jack wouldn't hurt a fly." He added, as an afterthought. The twenty-one year old knew that many people were afraid of big dogs, especially ones that were so young and so big, even though they weren't even full grown yet.

While awaiting the girl's reply, Cooper took a moment to assess her. She had brightly coloured hair, which could be taken in two different ways. One, she was an original and liked to stand out. Two, she was some sort of gangster queen, which might also explain the guns on her hoodie. However, Cooper stuck with option one, mostly because the girl's adorable face was too cute and her eyes were too light of a blue to belong to a gang.

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*TAGS* who is in the thread with you?
*CREDIT*MEGHAN FTW OF CAUTION! for the temp, and my BFFL Becca Earp for the lyrics!
*COMMENTS* this is jack, and I'm sorry it's not very long. bleh

[kaela jodie bensley]

i'll be just fine,

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Pretending I'm Not[/size]



I'm Far From Lonely
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Kaela heaved another weighty sigh whilst one of her hands fished into her jeans pocket to fetch a cigarette. That’s right. As sad as it was, Miss Alcoholic Drug Dependent Kaela was also a heavy smoker. She’d started up at the mere age of twelve and the bad habit had stuck to her like pesky glue. Believe it or not she wasn’t proud of it herself, and was trying to quit. Easier said then done. Especially being someone who generally smokes two packets a day. Defeated and unable to find her cigars or lighter, her lips twisted into a petulant frown. And as if the day couldn’t get any worse, someone was beginning to approach her. Some dude with a dog to be more precise. Ah, and fuck my life. Her instant thought as he stopped beside her, raising her light blue eyes to his with a slight grimace. He definitely had a few years on her, and Kaela figured she hadn’t spotted him around school before so he must have graduated by now. Or perhaps he was just a drop out like she was destined to be. As a matter of fact he was pretty damn fine if she bothered paying attention. The realization irked her, simply because it made her feel a tad stupid and unworthy. What can I say? Her self-esteem was shockingly low, although you’d never get that confession from her.

Yes. As a matter of fact I do mind. Piss off. Like now. But for reasons unbeknownst to her, the tart reply just didn’t come out. Well that was oddly out of character. She metaphorically shrugged it off. “Uh, yeah go ahead. But just a pre warning. I do bite,” she warned flippantly, a smile wrestling for dominance on her pink lips. She fought it off. At the mention of Jack, she peered curiously down at the wolf-like canine. “…He’s cute,” she noted without a trace of sarcasm, extending an arm to gently stoke the dog’s wispy fur. “How olds he?” she ventured on, a little flummoxed that she was actually attempting to start up conversation. Silly, silly Kaela. She should know better then this. The girl was a fan of big dogs herself, her personal favorite being Great Danes. Screw those overrated toy dogs all owned by wannabe Paris Hiltons. At her previous high school Kaela had earned herself a three day suspension for physically assaulting a rich snob who was bragging on about her pet Chihuahuas. Unfortunately she’d been restrained before she could cause any serious injuries other then a black eye.

She smiled slightly, blinking up at Cooper once more. “I’m Kaela by the way,” she introduced herself, as if her name was of any importance to begin with. “Who the hell are you?” she asked, although her tone was only half-serious. It really was a wonder that Kaela was taking a more friendly approach. It was the first time she’d done such since moving here, and she couldn’t quite grasp why. Cooper should consider himself lucky that she wasn’t even being half a bitch that she normally was. Nevertheless, she’d be on full defense should he try anything sneaky or suspicious. After all why would he walk over to her for the sake of conversation? There had to be something else he wanted. Most likely sex; then again Kaela had convinced herself that all men were after that. Unless they just wanted to kick the crap out of her which wasn’t exactly a more positive alternative.

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STATUS: Complete
TAGGED: Cooper
LYRICS: All That I've Got- The Used
NOTES: it's short D: sorry love x.x

[Cooper Harrison.]

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I WILL SAVE YOU FROM THE DARKNESS,
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Cooper raised his eyebrows at the blonde girl as he gently slid into the seat beside her. So she bit, hey? Was that some sort of kinky thing she said to guys to make them like her, or was she just naturally weird like that? Either way, Cooper found himself intrigued by the girl, instead of how he figured most people would react to a small girl like her saying that she bites people. She must be a vampire. But, to Cooper's knowledge, vampires didn't come out of hiding when the sun was out because they would burn up, or in Stephanie Meyers case, they would sparkle. How lame.

"Good to know," The red-head replied, chuckling softly, hoping that she was joking. The boy watched as she reached out to touch his dog, who immediately moved himself close to her and plunked down on his rear. He was such a suck-up to anyone who would give him a pat. Cooper rolled his eyes, Jack liked new people too much.

"He's nine months old next week." Cooper told her while scratching Jack's chin. The dog loved the attention and his tail thumped hard on the ground. "He's incredibly playful as well as part wolf. He howls just like a real one." He said, although stopped himself before he would say anymore. Cooper would have loved to give the pretty girl a full history of his dog, but by the time he was done she would probably be bored to death.

Luckily, before Coop could think another thought, Kaela introduced herself. "Wow, that's such a pretty name." Cooper thought to himself, smiling at her. He had heard the name before, but just the way she said it made it sound different, like it was some unique name that nobody else had. "I'm Cooper." He replied, laughing at her use of language. Not many people he knew would use the word hell when asking another person's name. Cooper was beginning to like this lovely lady. She had character, which a lot of the people in this horrid town don't have.

"So what brings you to the park on this especially chilly day?" He asked, a little lamely. He was sort of at a loss of what to talk about... well, other than Jack but he was sure she didn't want him rambling on about stuff that she didn't give a shit about.

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*TAGS* Kaela
*CREDIT*MEGHAN FTW OF CAUTION! for the temp, and my BFFL Becca Earp for the lyrics!
*COMMENTS* it's all good.

[kaela jodie bensley]

i'll be just fine,

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Pretending I'm Not[/size]



I'm Far From Lonely
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Kaela simply returned the cocked eyebrow, save hers was a bit more devious. She had been attempting to scare the guy off—like anyone would take her seriously in the first place—but it didn’t seem to work. Kaela frowned nonplussed at the light-hearted chuckle, questioning her own intimidation skills. “It’s not funny,” she muttered sulkily with a bit of a scowl, suddenly finding herself not so amused. Seems like the theme of the day was gonna be Kaela’s idiocy. She glared balefully at the snow, contemplating over what exactly she could do that might just make Cooper flee. She could always make up some fascinating gory story or drone on about the process of tongue splitting…However she abandoned thought as she gazed wordlessly at Jack. Apparently the dog was warming up to her already, Kaela once again petting his head without her own consent.

“Only nine months? Christ, so he’s still gonna get bigger? Lucky you,” she responded rhetorically, with a small giggle. Oh wait a second. Giggle? Kaela inwardly slapped herself for sounding so damn girly, growing more irritated with herself by the second. She wasn’t supposed to act like this. She was supposed to be a sarcastic bitch. Something was indisputably wrong with her today. However at the mention of Jack being part-wolf, her eyes flew open in disbelief. “Dude, are you fucking with me? Like seriously part wolf? That’s pretty fuckin’ sick. I love wolves,” she admitted in a very fast slur of words. It was apparent the girl was quite impressed. Ugh…you’re being too open. Remember, you don’t want friends. You don’t need them. As desperate as her mind was to convince her, Kaela found herself slowly growing more reluctant to show her naturally caustic side. It was an eerie feeling.

“Well it’s ni-“ Kaela instantaneously slammed her mouth shut, eliciting a sharp click as her tongue piercing clashed against her teeth. If she remembered correctly, she had just been about to utter an awful ‘it’s nice to meet you’. And how sad was that? Kaela didn’t say that to anyone. Trust me on that. She was beginning to feel awkward with the out of character way she was acting. Worst part of all was it was unexplainable. She didn’t even have a hunch why she was sticking around. Luckily his next question swayed her away from her perturbed train of thought.

“Uh…I don’t fuckin’ know to be honest. It’s like…there’s nothing to do around here! It’s bullshit. This place sucks ass,” she began to ramble on querulously, feeling slightly heated. Hey, Kaela didn’t appreciate boredom. ‘Nuf said. “You know of any ideas?” she asked curiously, casting her glassy blue eyes back at Cooper in curiosity. “By the way please please don’t suggest snorting cocaine. It’s getting kinda tedious,” she smirked, having no problem in admitting her drug addictions to a newly meet acquaintance.

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STATUS: Complete
TAGGED: Cooper
LYRICS: All That I've Got- The Used
NOTES: rawr.

[Cooper Harrison.]

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I WILL SAVE YOU FROM THE DARKNESS,
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If there was one thing Cooper hated in life, it was seeing a girl sad, mad, and especially both at the same time. The second Kaela's face turned from a sly look to a scowl Cooper knew he had done or said something wrong, which he immediately mentally kicked himself for. He always said and did things before he thought about their consequences. He didn't know what to say to her small little reply, so he just stayed quiet and hoped that she wasn't too offended, even though he didn't really know what he did wrong.

Luckily for Cooper, her mood seemed to brighten as her attention was brought to Jack and his youthfulness. The small giggle he heard coming from her lips was enough to make him grin, as well as the fact that Jack would only get bigger, as she had stated. Coop grinned, "No jokes. I wasn't just about to get any old dog. It took me forever to find Jack, but once I did, I knew right away that he was the one." As silly as it sounded, what he said was true. It was kind of like picking out clothes. EIther it looked good on or it didn't. Cooper had met millions of dogs before Jack, but they all just didn't grab his attention. Jack was another story, what with him being part wolf, having a fluffy coat of many different colours, and having a very unique personality, Cooper knew the moment they met. I guess you could say it was love at first pat. Wow, does that ever sound lame.

Kaela started to say something, but she didn't finish. Coop bit his lip before he could say "what?" like a fool. He somehow got the vibe that this girl wasn't one for liking to repeat herself, especially when she hadn't even finished her sentence in the first place. Instead, he ignored that she left her sentence unfinished and listened to what she had to say next, which was full of profanity but was still somehow endearing.

Cooper sighed. It was so typical. For once in his life he would have loved to hear that this place wasn't a shit hole. Like he didn't know that already. He's lived here all his life, so the boredom that Cooper felt of having the same things to do over and over again was getting a bit dull. The only thing that livened the place up was the occasional party held at some random person's house, usually without their consent. Wait a sec... a thought just pricked the boy's mind.

"Ugh, tell me about it." Coop said, faking a groan of boredom. He raised an eyebrow at Kaela's drug reference but didn't really pay attention to it. Drugs weren't a huge part of his life. Sure, he had tried them, but he figured they were a waste of money. "Well, I heard of this party that's happening tonight at someone's house. We could go together if you want?" Cooper suggested, wary of what this girl's answer would be. She seemed like a type of girl that would be into parties, but he didn't know if she would go with a complete stranger like him. Oh well, it didn't hurt to ask.

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*TAGS* Kaela
*CREDIT*MEGHAN FTW OF CAUTION! for the temp, and my BFFL Becca Earp for the lyrics!
*COMMENTS* it's all good.

[kaela jodie bensley]

i'll be just fine,

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I'm Far From Lonely
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Kaela exhaled a subdued sigh, feeling something close to guilt gnawing at the pits of her stomach. She knew her abruptly sulky disposition had troubled the guy. Or at least she figured so from the way he went dead silent. But whatever, right? She didn’t even understand why she’d feel guilty in the first place. Kaela was meant to upset people, not laugh along with them. She was merely exhibiting her infamous talent at making situations awkward. Not like it was a bad thing, because it usually prevailed in situations where she wanted certain people never speaking to her again. So the perplexity that flitted across her soft features was only expected; she was confused that Cooper still kept his place. Then again all she’d said was some huffy remark. He hadn’t even seen a quarter of how nasty she could be if she bothered.

All tension from the previous silence gone, Kaela found her lips tugging upwards into a tentative smile. Maybe she wasn’t going wrong by holding her spitfire attitude back this time around. I mean this here guy seemed light-hearted, generally friendly and well…he was cute. Then again Jason had been all those things too. At least at first he had. Then he’d transformed into some cruel girlfriend beating alcoholic who treated her like worthless dirt. So to let her guard down or not let her guard down; that was the unanswerable question of the day. “…Heh, that’s pretty sweet…” she murmured, although her mind was distracted, still hanging on her previous thought. She found herself peering curiously at Cooper as if he may be able to read her mind and reassure her that she didn’t need to be so cautious. Realizing sooner or later he was gonna assume she was blatantly staring, she instead fixated her gaze on the dog. Huh. As if someone she’d barely known would be able to read her thoughts; what on earth was wrong with her today?!

Leave it to Kaela to casually cuss about like a sailor and yet feel no shame. Swearing was somewhat a second language to her, and even though some gave her tedious lectures about it what else could you expect? This was a girl who grew up on the mean streets and had to fend for herself by the age of four. It was only natural. ‘Sides no one was in the right mind to judge her without knowing her whole life story, correct? And if it bothered Cooper it clearly didn’t show, so no harm done.

She sighed, absently fiddling with a long strand of blonde hair as she awaited a reply. Finally she got one, although it wasn’t enlightening. Cooper sounded just about as fed up with this hellhole as herself. She found herself wondering if the guy had lived here his whole life – if he did she seriously would pity him. Jersey, Jersey, Jersey. Why hadn’t she chosen somewhere amazing like Vegas or California?! Oh that’s right. Because her son of a bitch ex had connections there. In other words he could easily track her down and finish her off. This new town was supposed to signal a new beginning, yet the only thing that had changed was that she was now single. Other then that she was still a miserable, broke failure who only had drugs to rely on. How sad was that?

Kaela jumped at the sound of a party, clearly not put off by the fact she hardly knew Cooper. It showed in the way her previously dull eyes sparkled animatedly, along with the wide smile that showed bone-white teeth. “Sounds pretty chill, buuut if it turns out to be lame I’ll kick your ass. No joke,” She forewarned jokingly, getting up from the bench and stretching her legs. “Oh, and no slipping roofies in my drink either, mmkay?” She went on flippantly, before blinking expectantly at Cooper. “So um…do you have a car...?”

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STATUS: Complete
TAGGED: Cooper
LYRICS: All That I've Got- The Used
NOTES: i blame fail on the fact im tired. it makes my brain not work properly xP