[Experimenting] [&&Russel]

[Vanessa Malfoy]

Vanessa had never been inside a public clothing store before. She was use to clothes being made to fit her, which would usually take two weeks to retrieve on a bad day. But this..this was all completely different to her. She ran her thin fingers down through a few clothing racks, her eyes landing on a tiny leather skirt.

"Oh God!" She exclaimed a little too loud, throwing it back to the ground. She was just getting use to going above her knee for crying out loud.

With widened eyes she went to a less revealing section, in other words, sweaters. All of them hideous. She was use to having a fashion sense; but only when it came to skirts and dresses. Those things she was trying to get away from. "God, help me."

[Russell Parkhurst]

Russell turned his head when he heard someone cry out. The cry came from a blond girl, very beautiful, but she seemed unhappy with the selection of clothing in the store. He walked up behind her and heard her ask God to help her. He, standing at over six foot, towered behind her and said, "I don't know about Him but I'd like to help you."

He was up to his usual flirting. He had had a bit of an off stage but now he seemed up to his usual nonsense. He buried his hands in his pockets and watched the beautiful girl taking a step back when he remembered what happened the last time he had stood too close. He put his hand to his cheek and rubbed it a bit. The four red scars could still be seen vividly and he wore it as a reminder to himself.

[Vanessa Malfoy]

Vanessa wrinkled her nose as she heard a voice from behind. It was so obviously male, and she was half expecting some fourty year old man that worked in the store. She slowly turned on her heels.

"No, I-," she got a good look at him, smiling and so apparently changing her mind. "On second thought, that'd be great," Vanessa said, flipping her hair out of her face to look up at him.

"I'm not use to wearing anything but skirts and dresses, and.. I don't quite get this whole jeans and a t-shirt thing. In fact, I'm not even use to shopping." She chuckled softly, embarassed by her lack of knowledge for this place.

[Russell Parkhurst]

Russell chuckled. "Come from a traditional family, do you?" he asked knowingly. He shook his head and ran a hand through his hair. He really wasn't the right guy to ask about shopping. He was really the wrong guy to even be in this shop but he had to so he was. But now this new beauty expected him to help so he had to try his best.

"Well," he said slowly, looking at the rows and rows of clothing. "My cousin always says you find something you like first then you find your size." He looked back to the girl. She was very beautiful and Rus could hardly get over it. "So take a look around and see what you like," he suggested. He hoped that was helpful.

[Vanessa Malfoy]

"Something like that," she said, flashing him yet another smile. She wasn't use to boys like him; tall, dark, and handsome. In fact, all of her guy friends seemed rather pale and lanky. But it certainly was a nice change.

She walked over to another rack, flipping through some blue jeans. "I don't even know my own size," she said with a sigh, glancing back at him once more.

Her eyebrows slowly raised. "Why do you keep looking at me like that? Did my makeup smear or something?"

[Russell Parkhurst]

Russell watched her as she went to the clothing. She moved very gracefully and something about the way she walked appealed to Rus. Of course she doesn't, he thought. "Well, then you should take a few different sizes and try them all one to see which fits best." He had wondered over to a rack and was absently flapping through the jeans.

He stopped when she asked why he kept looking at her. He turned and leaned on the rack, crossing his arms. He cocked his head and smiled his charming crooked smile. "Not at all," he said, "it couldn't be more perfect, in fact. All it is, is that ..." He raised and eyebrow and dropped his head, "you're very beautiful, you must forgive me for staring." He smiled absently.

[Vanessa Malfoy]

Vanessa flipped through a few pairs of dark denim jeans, trying to find the ones that would fit her best. She took a few pairs; size 0, 1, 2, 3, and 5. She folded them across her arm, turning back to Russel to recieve an answer.

"You think I'm beautiful?" A shy grin spread across her lips, cheeks blushing a bright red. "I don't get told that alot," she said softly, turning her grin into a much gentler smile. "Thank you."

She gathered a few t-shirts and wondered to the back of the store. "I'm going to try these on, ok?" So, she wondered into one of the dressing rooms- Thankfully, the first size she tried on fit her well. A size zero and a plain white t-shirt.

Vanessa stepped outside the small room, twirling once and smiling once again. "How do I look?"

[Russell Parkhurst]

Russell watched with curiosity as the girl flicked through the clothing, taking a few of the same things. He cocked his head as he watched but looked away when she spoke again. "Of course you're beautiful," he said, turning to face her, "and you should be told that often." He was very surprised that she wasn't told that often. "I'll have to do something about that," he said, giving her a wink.

He nodded as she went to change and her found himself a nice chair to sit in. Rus didn't wait long before she came out. She really was a vision. She asked how it looked and Rus, sitting up, and wetting his now dry mouth said, "y..yo..you look great!" There was no other way to describe it.

[Vanessa Malfoy]

Vanessa looked down at her jeans, keeping a huge grin. This Russ character really made her feel like something important, and she liked that about him. All the guys her parents had introduced her to were proper and the most they could say about a girl was, 'Can you find something a little less revealing? I don't want your parents getting mad at me.'

She spun around in her jeans again, running her hands down them. "I didn't know jeans could feel this good. I swear, if any of my friends seen me in these things, they'd have a bloody heart-attack," Nessa said, glancing back up at Russ with that same happy little smile.

"Would you like to..go..someplace else with me, after this? I mean, you don't have to if you don't want to."

[Russell Parkhurst]

Russell was happy to see her smile, it made him smile. At times Rus was shy and at other times his shyness left him. This was one of those times. He stood up slowly as she was twirling around. He walked to her and as she faced him he stood right in front of her. "You'd make any guy melt," he said softly.

He wiped a lock of hair out of her face and pulled into a kiss. It wasn't long or over the top but calm and passionate, like Rus was. When he pulled out of the kiss, Rus said, "I'll need to know your name before I take you out anywhere." His dark eyes were on hers and on nothing else as they stood in the clothing store facing one another.

[Vanessa Malfoy]

Vanessa's cheeks were getting redder by the second, blushing like crazy. "You're so sweet," she whispered, then getting pulled into his kiss. She was more than a bit shocked by it, not expecting some guy she just met to start getting passionate.

Her heart pounded within her chest, gently pulling away when he was finished. "V-Vanessa Malfoy," she said in a hushed tone. "And you are?" Nessa added, walking quickly towards her dressing room where her clothes still were.

[I'm talking to the girl that plays Tyler Rockwood, and Russ is gonna get beat up. xD]

[Russell Parkhurst]

Russell had made her nervous, had made her heart beat faster. He grinned at the floor as she returned to the changing room. "Rus," he said, "Russell Parkhurst." He could hardly believe that he had done that himself but it had been a while since he had kissed someone so, as Ace would say, why not!

Russell sat back down in the chair he had found and clapped his hands together. "Is there anything else you have to try on?" he asked loudly so she could hear him. He was a guy so naturally this was not where he felt most comfortable but he was willing to endure it for Vanessa. He just wanted to get out as soon as he could.

[Vanessa Malfoy]

Vanessa carried her old clothes out, walking towards the front desk. "No, I think this is good for today. I'm going to wear them out," she said, tearing the tags off her new clothes and passing them to the cashier. "They're much, much more comfortable," she said, giving him half a smile. She was still a bit nervous about the whole kiss thing.

She pulled her money out, passing it to the desk and then waiting for Russell so they could leave. "So, where do you want to go?"

[Russell Parkhurst]

Russell stared in shock as Vanessa left the change room almost as soon as she went in. "What?" he said, jumping up from his seat and following her. "Oh," he added, "got it." Rus was a bright young man but sometimes he could be a little slow.

Rus followed her and went to open the door for her. "I'm happy going anywhere," he said, "and it'll be my treat." He was full of surprises today, mostly at himself, because this was another moment where afterwards he couldn't believe he had offered. “You choose,” he added, as they stood outside and held out his arm to her, “and we can go there.”

[Vanessa Malfoy]

Vanessa actually threw her old clothes in the trash, her rather expensive old clothes. She followed along side Russell afterwards, hooking onto his arm just as he offered it. "Well.. Have you ever heard of La Mère Patrie? It's this nice French place in this area," she questioned, keeping her eyes on the street out in front of them.

Nessa hadn't ever been to a place less than expensive. There were tea shops, of course, but not any real kid-friendly restaraunts. That's one of the reasons that blue jeans were incredibly new to her.