Oh God, I haven't written in forever! Finally out of school! Jus went through and read a bunch of the story…Don't know what else to say…oh a lot of conflicting points, ill fix those later
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Shannon sat zoned out in his tattoo parlor.
Virgin. He could deal with a virgin. She was eighteen and a virgin.
Shannon kept repeating those sentences over and over again in his mind.
Candy. Loves: Wrestling, Reading, Italian Food. Hates: Surprises, Reptiles & Bugs, Cherries, Bananas. She's a Cancer, your best friends' little sister, eighteen years old, totally into you, and a virgin.
"Hey you were a virgin at some point," he muttered to himself.
Virgin, untouched. His Candy was pure. Not that she wouldn't be pure is she wasn't a virgin. Shannon couldn't imagine someone more innocent and perfect than her. The virgin thing actually saved him the trouble of tracking down and killing any guy who had slept with her. He still planned on doing serious damage to that deranged tattoo artist who had messed with her mind, but that was a given.
He'd made a total ass of himself last night. God, he had to apologize.
Shannon stood up, sweeping his coat off the back of the chair and onto his shoulders. He flicked off the light in his office and stepped out into the main room.
"Hey, Shannon, I got that signing all set up," one of his employees called out from across the room.
"Thanks, Chad. I'll talk to you later. I have something I have to go out and take care of."
"See ya later, dude."
Shannon nodded his head in acknowledgement and stepped out onto the sidewalk, walking over to his car, keys in hand.
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Candy stood on the back porch of Matt's house, the wind whipping her short hair around her face.
She looked down, making sure her hiking boots were tied, and then set off into the woods. The weight of the paintball guns bounced slightly between her shoulder blades as she jogged silently up the hill, a bag of protective gear in each hand. Candy smiled to herself when she made it to the back of the imagi-nation.
After Matt had left this morning to spend the day with Melina, Candy had entered the forbidden room, where all of Matt's messiness resided in one place. She had delved in and was about to give up when she finally found something to play with. She had been unable to resist the guns and now Candy was out to find someone to play with.
She left the cover of the forest, crouching low and running forward, watching for Jeff the whole time. She made it to his back door and confirmed he was inside working. Candy rested one of the guns against his door along with a bag of gear and then took off, heading for tree cover.
When she was hidden, Candy spun her gun around and aimed for the back door. She let off three quick shots.
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Jeff looked up from his alumanumi as the sound of three thuds blasted against his back door. He pulled open the back door and something clattered at his feet. He bent down and picked up his old paintball gun. Jeff had thought he'd lost it in the fire all those years ago. His head whipped up and he searched the area, finally spotting Candy in a bush off to his left. He kept looking as if he hadn't seen her. Jeff held the gun as if examining it, but he easily took aim.
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The green paintball exploded right over Candy's head.
She stood up as Jeff shouted to her, "I'd make you clean this blue paint off, if it wasn't for the fact that I like the war zone vibe."
In reply, Candy let loose two more shots against the side of his house.
Jeff laughed and sat down on the back stoop pulling on his gear.
Candy grabbed her bag and jogged down the hill. She took a seat next to Jeff and started getting her own gear on.
"So, you know anyone else around here with equipment?"
Jeff just smiled at her and pulled out his cell phone.
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Shannon drove past Jeff's house, staring at the collection of cars. He shook his head and focused back on the road, pulling into Matt's driveway. Shannon knocked on the front door and waited for Candy to answer. He stood there and waited, but no one answered. He walked around to the back to see if she was in the pool.
Candy must have gone somewhere with Matt, he thought to himself. He was about to walk back to his car and leave when he heard shouts coming from the woods. Remembering the time Matt had nearly burnt the place to the ground when they were kids, Shannon raced into the trees.
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"Candy, you're gonna fall," Kyle shouted up to her from the ground.
"Shhhhh, we don't want them to hear us," she whispered down.
While Jeff had called his friends, Candy had pulled out her phone and called Kyle, just to see if he played. She's learned he and all his friends were major paintball junkies and she's invited them over. Candy had made it clear that she was with Shannon, but she'd love to be friends.
Kyle had been completely courteous and willing to just be friends.
When the game had started they split off into teams of two and Candy had grabbed Kyle and taken off into the woods.
"Watch out!"
It was too late. The branch Candy had just grabbed broke off and she started to fall. Kyle stepped below her and caught her before she could hit the ground.
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Kyle looked down at the gorgeous girl in his arms. He'd been disappointed to find out she was dating someone, but he wasn't the type of guy to try and steal a girl away from someone else. As he was setting her down, he heard someone approaching behind.
Just as a male voice shouted, "what the hell," Kyle spun around and shot.
On another player, the ball would have exploded against their visor, covering the lenses of their helmet with paint. However, this guy wasn't wearing any gear and the paintball hit his forehead.
The guy went down. Kyle knew from experience a shot to the head could do serious damage and would leave the guy with a major headache.
Kyle heard Candy gasp beside him and watched her as she ran to the guy's side.
Oh, so this was the douche bag that was working on a Saturday rather than come and play paintball with his girlfriend.
As Kyle walked towards him, he recognized him as one of the guys who was at Pram's with Candy when he first met her.
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"Shannon? Shannon are you okay?"
Shannon's eyes flickered open and he looked up into Candy's face.
"Holy crap, my head kills," Shannon said, sitting up.
"Oh my god, Shannon, I am so sorry. Kyle thought you were another player and he shot you. And, ooo baby, he shot you exactly where I told him to."
"You told him to shoot me in the head?"
"No, it's a trick I learned to cover other player's visors with paint so they can't see."
"We're gonna get shot if we stay out here, Candy."
Shannon looked over at the guy who had just spoken. He realized this was Kyle.
"Why the hell was he holding you, Candy," Shannon asked as he got to his feet.
"He caught me, Shannon. You know, cuz I fell out of the tree," she said, looking at him like he was a jealous idiot.
Which he was, but still…
"What's going on out here?"
"Oh my god," Candy squealed, easily distracted as usual, "we have like the biggest game of paintball going. Ohhh, but we have to get you to Matt's house and I'll call Jeff from there."
"It's fine. I don't want to ruin your game," Shannon said, realizing she was disappointed.
"I couldn't play if I was worried about you; besides, I get to play nurse now."
Shannon smiled and took her hand in his, kissing the back of it.
"No offense, but gag," Kyle said, "I'll head back to base and tell Jeff."
"You do that," Shannon said, completely dismissing him.
"Shannon!" Candy cried, glaring at him. She let go of his hand and turned to Kyle, "thanks for coming by, I'll talk to you later," she said, giving him a hug.
Kyle took off into the woods and Shannon smiled, glad that he was gone.
Candy whirled around, "the only reason I'm not yelling at you is because you have a head injury and I'm gonna blame your rudeness on that."
Candy took of heading for Matt's house and Shannon followed after her.
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