NationStates Jolt Archive

D'angleo Ashton stood on the front door step of his new house in Long Beach California. The place was a shit hole but his dad and mom got a devorce 3 months ago, Lavar Ashton his father had moved taking a new job at a car dealership called 'the toy store'. D'angleo walked over to the moving truck unloading the last few boxes on the front lawn:

"ey dad im taking a drive..gettin to know the neibourhood"

Mr.Ashton looked at D'angleo and said:

"alright Dee but even when you at the red light keep your door locked or some body you don't want in your car may hitch a ride"

D'angleo grinned then got in his Rav4 and started backing out of the driveway. His Rav4 was silver with dark tinted windows,pink street glow,2 12" inch Kickers,1200Wtt amp and 20" inch Koning Chrome rims. D'angleo was Puerto Rican, 5'9, 174Lbs and dressed all in pink today, he thought to himself:

"time to meet the people and tha ladys.." then slid her into gear and sped off down the street.

he creeped past the beach cheaking out all the ladys tanning in the hot sun, he turned up his favorite song 'Turn Me on' by Kevin Lyttle pumping it so the ladies would notice. One sitting on a park bench smiled then waved, Dee nodded his head upwards and yelled:

"how you doin Chica!" he grinned as he was excited about the move but also missed his mother

He pulled into the beach parking lot watching people pass, there was a group of Cali boys in nice souped up cars and SUV's across the parking lot looking his way but he ignored them, if they started shit he could just gunner out of there.


OOC: common people, join in as any kinda Charactor you want from your nation,

She was tired. Tired of the stereotypical glitz and glamour of California. She was a poor Caucasian in an immigrant community. Every day she put on a stiff face and went to work; she'd dropped out of high school. She longingly wandered to the beach. "Someday, I'll get out of this life," she promised herself as she sat on a park bench. There was some guy in an SUV playing loud music. She waved at him. He seemed all right, not like the people in her neighbourhood who wouldn't think twice about running her down with their car.

OOC: Tag...man I wish I got that kinda attention when I had a Rav4...

D'angleo noticed the girl was very pretty,dark complection probally from the sun, she was white and very good looking. D'angleo noticed she was still on the park bench, he turned over his Rav4 and drove out of the parking lot towards the place where he had passed her then stopped:

"Holla!" he shouted then got out strolling towards the girl

He smiled showing his perfect white teeth and said:

"what's up? Im D'angleo..my friends call me Deepapi..you can call me Dee or tha first one haha..whats your name girl?"

D'angleo adjusted his pink and white hat to the side of his head and fixed the large silver cross on his long thick silver chain which hung around his neck...


OOC: i have one now lol, i wish too..but it don't look like D'angleo's..

She smiled. "Hi, my name is Belinda, but most everybody calls me Barbie. Probably 'cause of my blonde hair and all. I live in an immigrant community." She glanced at her watch. "I still have a couple of hours before I have to be at work."

Dee nodded his head and gestured towards a small fast food joint across the street:

"wanna get somthin ta drink perhalps..." he asked with a shy but devilish grin on his face..

He looked at his truck then his white shoes:

"if you say yes..we drivin cross that street...i an't gettin dirt on my kicks! haha"

Barbie nodded in surprise. "Um, sure." It came out as half-statement, half-question. She was still insecure because she was a minority in her neighbourhood.

Dee grinned at her expression then said lowly:

"i know what you're thinking, you an't sure if you wanna go wit me because most people around here are crazy or will shoot you over 10 dolla's?"

He laughed at his comment then said after looking at his shoes again:

"we can walk, BUT only for you..." he pressed the alarm on his key chain causing the truck to set off 2 beeping noises

"shall we roll?" he asked toying with his chain..

She frowned. "You don't have to walk if you don't want to. I was just surprised that you wanted to go with me."

D'angleo smiled and then said:

"it's all good Barbie, we'll walk haha,you seem like a nice girl..i invite nice girls to lunch!"

He grinned and started walking across the street...

Mike drove down highway 5, he was gettin pretty close to LA, after starting out from San Francisco seven hours earlier. It was a 400 mile trip and Highway 5 was the most boring road in the world. The heat, especially when compared with San Francisco, would be unbearable. Oh well, a week off was a week off.

OOC: This is basically entirely ripped from RL, as highway 5 is the interstate that goes through california, and it actually does take about 8 hours to get from SF to LA, and the weather is in fact, pretty different. So don't yell at me....

D'angleo sat with Barbie in the resteraunt:

"so..yeah..thats why i moved out here" Dee had just finished telling her about the reason he moved to Long Beach in the first place, he didn't have a friend besdies her for hunderds of thousands of miles..."

They had a long conversation basicly about...stuff, It was nice to know a new girl in town but where were all the guys at? Barbie was an attractive young girl who Dee could show 2 differnt intrests in as he thought about it..

*BuMp*

OOC: your right, :) gotta love CA..i lived in San Diego for 2 years..

Bump

tag

Mike drove down highway 5, he was gettin pretty close to LA, after starting out from San Francisco seven hours earlier. It was a 400 mile trip and Highway 5 was the most boring road in the world.

((Heh, I can see Mike's never driven east from San Diego. Speaking as someone who commutes to Tucson on a fairly regular basis, I can say, without a doubt, that I-8 is TEN times worse than I-5 at any stretch.

"Oh boy! We're almost to El Centro!" "Oh boy! We're almost to Yuma!" "Oh boy! We're almost to Gila Bend!"

Anyhow, I'd join, but it's a personal goal never to think about anything in the greater Los Angeles area. Move the RP to a better city in Southern California - which would be pretty anything outside of Los Angeles or Imperial county - and I may consider it.))

EDIT: Oh, and by the way, it's hola. 'Holla' would be pronounced oi-ya! :lol:

OOC: thanks for the *EDIT* lol, this RP takes place in LONG BEACH, the LBC lol..why not? join in?

Barbie brushed away a stray hair and nodded. "Yeah. I was born to high-school dropouts. My parents were just so madly in love, they married, and dropped out of high school. They worked at the same jobs the immigrants did. I was born a year after the marriage. I've never really been accepted." She glanced at her watch. "Oh, I'd better get to work. Thank you so much."

Dee stood up and smiled:

"you gottah ride? bcuz i'll drive you...that is if u want a drive..."

He liked talking to barbie, she a down to earth person..he swung his keys around on his finger as if to say well?

He grinned as he waited for her responce

"Sure." Barbie gave directions, ending with, "And it's the Jack in the Box on your right." She winced slightly as she said that. It was a terrible place to work, with her boss speaking less English than she did. "Thanks so much. I really enjoyed our date."

TAG

Dee smiled then said shyly:

"will there another?" Taking his cell phone off the holder getting ready to enter a number..

He turned the music down to a low pound of the sub woofers...

BumP

Common people, find a Charactor and join on in :) gives us a break from political matters...

Barbie smiled. "Sure. Here, let me give you my address. I don't have a phone. Do you have a paper?"

Dee searched through his SUV but found no paper so he held out his hand pushing his thick gold bracelett up farther:

"there yah go" he watched as she wrote it down then said with a chuckle

"you an't 1 of them girls who give a fake address are you? haha"

Barbie smiled. "No, I'm not one of those girls. If I'm not home, though, just look for me by the bench. I don't spend a lot of time at home." She finished writing and hopped out of the SUV. "Bye."

Dee grinned and layed back in his seat:

"i'll see you later Barbie" he laughed and drove off pumping up the song 'You And Me' by J Kwon

He was happy he met some one like her on his first day here and started singing with the song

"Business got good, but we got bad
Money got happy, but we got sad
But in the midst we had a daughter
Even though we floatin' clear like ocean water "

He couldn't stop smiling, it would turn out to be a good day afterall....

Barbie put on her uniform and got to work. She had to work from 2:00-10:00 tonight. She also had to clean the grill today. "Well, at least I know someone who doesn't hate me or my skin," she thought as she worked.

Dee went to get his hair cut across from a mall. Inside was 5 or 6 other black males in line, he nodded then sat on the end. The barber looked at him and said:

"hey, new around Long Beach?"

Dee nodded and took off his hat placing it on his lap:

"yeah, from from Chicago...im D'angleo Ashton"

The barber smiled and stepped over to shake his hand:

"nice to meet you D'angleo im Antonio"

The man was in his 50's or 60's, a very nice jamican guy. Dee then looked at the others sitting in the chairs, they payed him no mind..Dee thought of asking for a application there as he needed a job..

Mike finally got to the crappy motel he was staying in, after about 2 hours of traffic in LA. The heat was oppresive. He longed for the fog of the place he'd just come from. He flopped down on the sagging bed and turned on the TV. He couldn't think of anything better to do in this area. How he hated southern california.

BUMP***

Andrew Harson opens his dinner, The Hollywood. He puts up a help wanted sign. He greets his chef Jose Prosive. "Where's Jen"He asked. Jose responded"Ha, remember she doesn't get here for a other hour". Andrew responded" Why did I hire her as a waitess." He goes to his office in the backroom.

Bump!!!

D'Angelo got back in his Rav4 after gettin his hair done and headed up towards Hollywood looking for a place that was hireing. He pumped 'got twisted' by Mobb Deep. After driving for awile he seen a resteraunt that had a sign that said 'help wanted', he slammed on the brakes and went in revese stopping right in front of the place.

Inside he walked up to the counter:

"hey, what's good?..ya'll lookin for help?Names D'Angelo Ashton.."


He had never worked in a resteraunt before but there was always a first time for everything. Dee had always cooked his own food and was pretty sure he could handle flippin burgers.

D'Angelo got back in his Rav4 after gettin his hair done and headed up towards Hollywood looking for a place that was hireing. He pumped 'got twisted' by Mobb Deep. After driving for awile he seen a resteraunt that had a sign that said 'help wanted', he slammed on the brakes and went in revese stopping right in front of the place.

Inside he walked up to the counter:

"hey, what's good?..ya'll lookin for help?Names D'Angelo Ashton.."


He had never worked in a resteraunt before but there was always a first time for everything. Dee had always cooked his own food and was pretty sure he could handle flippin burgers.

Mike walked into the diner, having seen the help wanted sign. He was, of course, wearing a shirt that said "F*CK LA," one of his favorites. He needed some source of money, so he might as well see if this job was any good.

Barbie got off work after cleaning the grill for the last time ever. Her supervisor had fired her in a fit of rage that Barbie suspected was racially motivated. She pictured herself sleeping in a cardboard box. She noticed a sign in a diner that said, "Help Wanted," and walked in. She spotted Dee. "Hey, Dee!" she called.

BumP

Common people, find a Charactor and join on in :) gives us a break from political matters...I would, but I live in California, and I hate this state and the trashy culture it churns out. I'd start to hate myself if I participated in an RP as some stereotyped SoCal moron.

BumP

Common people, find a Charactor and join on in :) gives us a break from political matters...I would, but I live in California, and I hate this state and the trashy culture it churns out. I'd start to hate myself if I participated in an RP as some stereotyped SoCal moron.

OOC: i lived in San Diego for 6 years of my life lol, i know what you mean but yah know...im half black and i got a brother named D'angelo heh, my RL names Exile.


Dee seen Barbie and smiled:

"heeey! what's up girl? he walked over and threw his arms out for a hug

He smiled then said:

"public desplay of affection heh"

Barbie smiled. "I don't care." She took a breath and then said, "I was fired from my job, so I've come to see if I can get work here."

BumP

Common people, find a Charactor and join on in :) gives us a break from political matters...I would, but I live in California, and I hate this state and the trashy culture it churns out. I'd start to hate myself if I participated in an RP as some stereotyped SoCal moron.


Than RP a character who is a So-cal hating person from Nor-Cal

Dee's facial expression changed to a 'o' look:

"o.0 uhh i just came to get somthin ta eat heh i hope your interveiw goes well"

He smiled and sat at a table shaking his head towards the boss he spoke too, the boss nodded and looked at Barbie...

"Thanks, Dee." To the boss she said, "My name is Belinda Titan and I would be looking for a job. I saw a sign in the window that said, 'Help Wanted.'"

Mike sat back in a corner of the diner, waiting....

Andrew got out from the backroom to see all the people. "You all want a job" he said. "Well I need waiters and waitesses and another cook." he said

Barbie smiled. "I'll apply for the job of waitress."

Dee jumped up and walked over to the counter:

"i err..i can cook man.."

He looked at every1 else and smiled, he didn't feel right gettin a job flippin burgers but he was the kinda guy who would 'settle' and look for somthin in the mean time.

"I can cook or wait," Mike said quietly. He wondered about the others though, they seemed to be so stereotypically so-cal. He didn't voice his thoughts, however.

Barbie looked at Dee in surprise, but didn't say anything. He'd told her that he was only in there for something to eat. Oh, well, it would be cool to have him around while she worked. It sure beat her co-workers at Jack In The Box.