I DON'T WANT YOU TO HATE ME
oh no
I WANT YOU TO WANT TO HATE ME!

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--> Autumn was obviously strolling down the street. She had previously passed up Oasis. Something that took great thought from herself to even walk in front of it. Somehow she had ended up there by mistake. Took a wrong turn of some sort. Having a slight drinking problem, it was hard for Autumn to turn away. But she did. Never before had the dark haired, tattooed female been so proud of herself.

--> Of course being proud of herself she was now strolling down the street. While humming, rather loudly, the 'For he's a jolly good fellow' song. It was quite a catchy tune and she soon found out she couldn't stop humming it.

--> As she walked and hummed, Autumn watched the scenery go by. It was getting dark, because it was night. That much was a give. But the way the sun was setting created a sort of painting look on all the foliage surrounding her. It was enjoyable to the least. The young guitarist loved the scenery of a setting sun. Much more lovable then the rising sun in any case.

--> She sighed, everything had changed so much since she had come to Fairview. Including dating the lead singer of her band. Which was a bad idea. To now being with the lead guitarist. She was even starting to confuse herself. Oh...joy.Confusion. Just what I need. Autumn thought dryly to herself. As soon as the magical moment of the setting sun had come it had passed with her thoughts of every day life. What a dull way to ruin everything.

--> Shaking her head at her stupidy, she continued humming the 'Jolly Good Fellow' song. Even though she didn't know the real name of the song or the actual words that didn't stop her from humming it again. Of course now that she had spaced off something clutsy was bound to happen. Without realizing that she was about three feet in front of a guy on the very same sidewalk as her, she walked right into him.

--> Her immediate responce was to blush. Which she did, like a bright red bomb going under her cheeks, She never enjoyed running into people, because it always made her blush and feel like a clutz. It didn't matter if she was. She just didn't like to feel like one.

--> "I'm sorry. I kinda spaced." That was Autumn's apology. She wasn't the best at small talk.

--> Before she could find herself walking away, and still with nothing to do. She stopped herself. "So...I'm Autumn." She introduced herself. "I'm not any good with small talk." Autumn admitted to him right away. She chuckled. Autumn was good at meeting new people, but truth be told, small talk wasn't her thing.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO HATE ME
oh no
I WANT YOU TO WANT TO HATE ME!

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--> Autumn smiled softly at the guy. With her luck she would've ran into someone who would've slapped her if she had even looked at him funny. What a cliche, but she was in luck.

--> "It's okay, don't worry about it, I've done it plenty of times." Autumn nodded, thankful that she didn't seem as much of a klutz as she knew she was. Slowly the red explosion ebbed away from her features.

--> ""I'm Tj, it's nice to meet you. So..What're you doing out?" Autumn smiled slightly again. She had known a Tj once. Long ago in her preschool class. The only thing she could remember about that Tj was that he had killed a little bird. That's one of her few memories that had stuck.

--> "I'm basically walking around. I do better walking when I'm thinking." Autumn grinned and continued, "But there's a numerous amount of things to do here on the streets. I really like this place by this taco place. It's a really small vintage record store." Autumn grinned while shooting her idea out there. She knew the person who worked there because Autumn was a frequent visitor of the place. Old things had personality in Autumn's opinion so she of course loved the place.

--> Her dark eyes seemed to shine, even in the dark itself at the idea of going there. Her hand went up to unknowingly fiddle around with her spoon shaped earing. Glancing to the west of her she noticed the sun was starting to escape from their view. It would be completely dark before long.

--> Her dark eyes peered back at Tj. Finally her eyes rested on the coral snake on his arm. Once again her eyes lit up in that 'eager child seeing Christmas presents' way. "Dude, I like your tattoo." She responded eagerly. She liked any tattoo because they usual had a neat meaning behind them. That and Autumn liked snakes anyway. Snakes didn't have any legs to freak her out like spiders did.

--> Hopefully he was up to the trek to the vintage record store. She hoped he would like the idea of it. If not she was always up for something of interest.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO HATE ME
oh no
I WANT YOU TO WANT TO HATE ME!

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-->"Sure, let's go. I'd love to check it out."

--> Autumn smiled back at his grin. More of a shy grin because at first Autumn seemed just a little reserved. But after knowing her she was fun and a bit random. "Yeah, the place is really great. And it's warm!" Autumn stated while mentioning the current dropping of weather around them.

--> Even though she was wearing a coat over a long sleeved shirt, both were thinner then she would have liked them to be right now. She wrapped her arms around her, but pulled of for her to not to appear like she was freezing. After all there would be no use in complaining or anything. That was just a waste, because it wouldn't make her feel warmer.

-->"Thanks, yours are pretty wicked."

--> "Thanks. It's a pain to get 'em. But they're always pretty rad in the end. So it's worth it."Autumn looked down at where the tattoos were peaking out from under her jacket's sleeves and onto her hands as a small smile spead onto her lips.

--> Then he flipped his arm over showing her the tattoo of an open cage with sparrows flying out. Her eyes widened in a pleasent way. That tattoo was amazing in her opinion. "My parents were pissed, over both of these. I was smarter with my other one though, got it in a place they won't see."

--> She nodded, "Yeah, but you can't let the man get you down." She said chuckling. Indeed maybe today was Autumn's 'sound like your from the seventies day' because she was kinda sounding like that. Which was why she was currently laughing. "Sorry, I feel all vintage-ey going to a vintage record store." She said explaining her current 70's era style.

--> By the time she had finished her sentence she realized they had been walking and talking. The broken sidewalk looked pretty ragged beneath their feet and twice now Autumn had almost tripped over an oddly shaped lump on the ground that she didn't feel like thinking about what it was. She could tell it was getting colder because it was getting darker. By the time they rounded the corner, the street lamps went on because it was now officially dark. Autumn checked her watch to read that it was nearly 8:45.

--> They were in luck because the vinateg shop stayed open late because the owner was a night owl and rather work at night. So the shop was open nearly all day except from 4:00 am -1: pm. Because that was when the owner slept. The shop looked old. It was surrounded by all new office type buildings and looked out of place. Like an old decaying tooth in a mouth of neat and clean ones. Despite the fact it appeared rather homely, Autumn loved the place. And even though it was picth black outside one could see the happy glow that emerged from her.

--> "I thought the place was closer...but here we are." Autumn now fully grinned.