@ muserevival | Quote of the Day 027.

[innocenteyes]

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"The best thing to hold onto in life is each other." - Audrey Hepburn

Amarlie had gone along to the jeweller with Justin when he was having Sasha's birthday designed from scratch. Like she wanted to miss that. She knew it wasn't an engagement ring or anything, but it was a significant gift for Justin to be giving to Sasha, his way of thanking him for loving him and showing him how much he appreciated that they were a team. This was her little brother doing something adorable, and she wanted to share that moment with him.

( While she was there, she found her own musings about how life had changed so much for her lately... )

[ FACEBOOK ] with Justin Campbell

[beautifulday]

About to christen this and nap so hard.

"Imagine all the people living for today."

[genderfailure]

Who: Zenith Novak and Asher Brennan
What: Abating the silent treatment
Where: Beach House @ The Hamptons, NY
When: Saturday night

Zenith knew he had never met a more cool bunch than Justin's squad. Although they were all different, they had converged as this tight friends group and loved and supported each other unconditionally. Zenith loved meeting them all, because he was a true believer in being yourself and not changing that for anyone. No one here expected that. They respected the differences, and cherished them even. And despite all the hardships they had suffered, no one was raging cunt. Not even close. No one was sitting there blaming mommy and daddy issues, or their past, or their traumas, for giving them leeway to act like a dick and treat others badly. It was refreshing, because there was so much of that fuckery in the world today. Too much.

They hadn't hit the ground running getting up to the beach for Spring Break. Zenith, Asher, Amarlie, Justin and Sasha had all driven up late the previous night after Justin finished work. It had been a near-silent trip. Justin and Sasha both fell asleep in the backseat with Amarlie, who had her earbuds in listening to music. In the front seat, Asher and Zenith (who had been driving) didn't say a word to each other, and the radio was down low so it didn't disturb Justin and Sash. Everyone was still up when they got there, but it wasn't long after that everyone hit the sack.

Saturday had been relaxing and chilled. Time was mostly spent chilling in the beach house, or hanging out on the beach. Some of the couples disappeared to their rooms to 'nap' in the afternoon. Zenith went for a walk alone on the beach. He had no issues being alone. In fact, he nurtured it. He didn't need people to be strong or to survive. He liked having people around him, but he didn't need them. Alone time was vital in ensuring you kept a hold of who you were deep inside, and to your individuality. He had a lot to think about too. He had found his thoughts recently drifting back to whether he wanted to have the more invasive surgery or not. He was still undecided, but it was definitely never too far from his mind.

In a lot of ways, he did want it, now he had gotten through the total hyster relatively unscathed. But at the same time, he didn't necessarily hate what he had now because it was him. It was what he had to work with. He never looked at himself directly naked anyway, because he didn't have to. With underwear on, and his choice of transthetics, it felt normal to him. And that was what it was all about.

Now, he was sitting outside on the sand just a short distance from the back porch of the beach house. The large glass doors had been pushed open, and everyone was sort of sprawled out in the huge living area or on the porch, listening and chilling out. Inside, Justin was sitting at the piano with Sasha on the bench beside him. Maryanne was standing next to the piano, leaning on it. Justin was singing John Lennon's Imagine, with Sasha and Maryanne harmonising with him. It was absolutely beautiful to hear, and Zenith was finding it emotionally evocative because it was literally his favourite song. Justin had an incredible voice, but the song was perfect for the mood. Sash so easily harmonising with Justin here was very symbolic of their relationship. That's what it was all about, wasn't it? At least, that was what Zenith hoped when the time came for him to date himself.

"Dance the pain away."

[amoreitaliano]

Who: Vincenzo Lorenzi and Brody Alexander
What: Romance and stuff
Where: The Hamptons
When: Simultaneous to this

Vincenzo was actually finding it a little difficult seeing Justin sitting there playing the piano. Not because he was jealous, not at all. But because he wished he could join him so they could play together. But he couldn't. Justin played really well, and he seemed to be able to play songs just from memory. In fact, Vincenzo would take a leap of faith here and say that it looked like Justin had been playing for a good portion of his life. Vince recognised the innate gift of music. It was a pleasure for him to watch and listen to, because music was in his blood too, but damn, would it have been awesome to play for Justin while he sung.

Instead, Vince wasn't going to let himself dwell on it. It was okay to feel some grief over the injury he had preventing him being able to play, but he wouldn't let it eat him up. So, he stood and went over to Brody with a smile, holding his good hand out to him. "Dance with me, mon chéri?" he asked. Almost everyone here were strangers to Vince, but he had never been the shy type. Everyone was doing their own thing, so why not dance when the music was beautiful and it would afford a good distraction? Besides, he liked being close to Brody. Earlier that day, they had gone down to the beach and built a giant sandcastle together. It was fun. Vince couldn't believe how lucky he was to have met Brody so soon after coming here.

[ FACEBOOK ] with Jett Levesque

[playingtowin]

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