May 2009
1 post
September 28th, Friday - Casey Silpetti
Casey’s eyes snap open as the blare of her alarm clock finally cuts through the fog and dreams of her sleep. She groans as she reaches over and slaps it a little harder than she has to, to silence it.
She buries her head under her pillow, contemplating going back to sleep. Last night was a later night than she should’ve liked, it being a school night. The dull rumble of thunder shakes her pool...
March 2009
2 posts
September 27th, Thursday Night - Casey Silpetti
Going into the half, both teams are tied, and the game has been pretty exciting. Veronica turns to Casey and gushes over how well Aiden has been playing. She tries to start up a conversation with Casey, clearly hoping to get everyone else involved. It doesn’t quite work, and an awkward air settles over the group.
Finally she gives up trying to bait a conversation. Instead, she turns to Jill and...
September 27th, Thursday Day - Casey Silpetti
Weird dreams plague Casey’s sleep, keeping her from resting very well that night and making the morning seem like it comes all too soon. She glares at her alarm clock for a long moment before finally swatting it into silence, and stretches hard before even thinking about trying to get up.
She goes through her normal morning routine in a dreary limbo, finally finding herself in the kitchen fixing...
February 2009
1 post
“It has been a little over a month since the body of Tina O’Bradain was found....”
– WWARK-13 Arkham Morning News News Broadcast : Thursday, September 27th
December 2008
16 posts
September 17th, Monday - Shelly D'arcourt
The annoying buzzing of an alarm clock finally breaks through the haze of fog filling Shelly’s skull, setting up an answering throbbing pain that brings a moan to her lips.
She reaches out blindly, and hears the crunch as she brings her hand down on the clock a little harder than she had planned to.
She lays there, her eyes closed tight, and tries to catalog all the aches and pains of her...
September 26th, Wednesday - Casey Silpetti
The next morning falls into the same routine as the past two, at least until they get ready to leave. Instead of Fetch bringing the car around, Sandy walks them out to the garage himself. He opens the door for them, and Bianca gives him a curious look.
“Why are you bringing us to school today, dad?”
“Oh, I just have a meeting with the principal. But it is nothing for any of you...
September 25th, Tuesday - Casey Silpetti
Getting ready the next morning goes pretty well, since thanks for the first time Casey has a bathroom she doesn’t have to share with anyone else. The cold front that had moved in over the weekend is lingering, and it’s a little chilly outside, so Casey makes sure and dresses appropriately for it. She makes sure and puts Faust’s book in the same bag as her camera, hoping that she’ll have some time...
September 24th, Monday - Casey Silpetti
The alarm on Casey’s phone beeps, waking her up rather blearily. She set it for earlier than normal, not sure when the Carlin-Kane’s usually got ready. She didn’t sleep so well last night, and is in no rush to pull herself out of bed, but eventually she does. She runs into Bianca in the hallway, the other girl is already dressed and ready to go. She smiles at Casey, “Morning! Dad told me you were...
September 23rd, Sunday - Casey Silpetti
The girls all sleep in, until around 10 when Kale, Aiden and Sandy come into the pool house carrying breakfast on trays. “Wake up sleepyheads,” Sandy calls. The girls all stir on the bed, Cadence bolting upright, Casey and Roni taking their time to sit up. The guys all set the trays down in the kitchen area. “So, what are you kids doing today?” Sandy asks.
Veronica climbs out of the bed and...
September 22nd, Saturday Night - Casey Silpetti
Sandy shows Casey to the powder room in the hallway, “Take your time. The pool house is just down this hallway and out those doors.” He points the way as he gives her directions. “Let me know what you decide.”
Casey splashes her face with cool water, trying to make it look like she wasn’t crying. Her eyes are still a little puffy and she hopes no one will notice. She gets out to the pool...
September 22nd, Saturday Evening - Casey Silpetti
“We can’t go in, guys. I’m so sorry.” She looks near tears at having brought them all the way out here in the weather.
Casey shakes her head. “Don’t worry. Come this way.” She leads them over to the other side of the building, grabbing the key from its hidden rock on the way. She opens the door, and invites everyone in.
Aiden moves through to the hallway, kicking the thermostat up and flipping on...
September 22nd, Saturday Morning - Casey Silpetti
The next morning isn’t exactly the best morning, but Casey struggles to greet it anyway. She stands in the bathroom, tired from the constant waking and half sleep she got all night. A quick shower didn’t help much, and she envies Aiden in the other room, taking a quick nap while she gets ready.
The sunlight hurts her eyes, but at least most of the pain in her head is down to dull throbbing. Until...
September 21st, Friday - Casey Silpetti
Casey wakes up, hearing Harmony singing in the shower from their shared bathroom. She rolls over and sees that it’s almost time to get up anyway. She starts getting a clean uniform ready to wear, then remembers, “No uniforms for seniors today. Crap!” She puts the uniform away and looks through her meager choice of clothes. She finally decides on a pair of worn-looking jeans, a fitted tee, and...
September 20th, Thursday - Casey Silpetti
The next morning Casey gets ready for school quickly, trying to make sure she has time to check her webpage and email. But before she can, Aiden texts her that he’s outside waiting. She folds up the laptop, vowing to check it when she gets to school before her classes start. Aiden’s waiting for her outside the front door, where he takes her bag from her and kisses her hello. “Morning beautiful....
September 19th, Wednesday - Casey Silpetti
The next morning, Aiden fixes Casey breakfast in bed again. They quietly get ready for school, and sneak out without his parents seeing them. They ride together in a familiar and intimate quiet on the way to school, each comfortable just being in the other’s presence.
Once there, Aiden reminds Casey that he’ll be running later than even last night probably for practice, but he’ll try to get out...
September 18th, Tuesday - Casey Silpetti
Casey wakes up with a slight headache as her alarm clock goes off. She finds the note from Aiden on her nightstand and reads it. “Good morning sweetheart. I’ll see you at school.” He even put a little heart on there. She smiles and dresses quickly, though she’s still not too sure about going in. But she can’t have May win, and anyway she’s normally pretty good at fading into the background....
September 17th, Monday - Casey Silpetti
Casey slowly returns to consciousness with a groan. She pulls the pillow over her head harder, trying to shut out the world while she inventories all of the crappy feelings her body is shouting at her. Her head is pounding, and her mouth feels parched and just plain nasty. Her body hurts, like she had been dancing for years. She feels like an exposed, raw nerve.
Dancing! Last night vaguely starts...
September 16th, Sunday - Casey Silpetti
The obnoxious sound of a rock song ring-tone wakes Casey up. She lies there, gathering her bearings as she feels Aiden move to answer his cell. Finally the song ends, and she hears him grunt into the receiver.
“What? Today? Yeah… yeah, I can make it. Alright man, I’ll see you in a few hours.” He sighs and snuggles back up with her.
“Who was that?”
“Jake. He’s been helping a friend move this...
September 15th, Saturday - Casey Silpetti
Casey wakes up when she feels Cadence getting out of the bed and hears her go into the bathroom. She stretches, yawning as she checks her phone to see what time it is. Just after 9 o’clock. Casey climbs out of bed, digging around for clothes to wear today, noticing that Harmony has hung quite a few of her outfits in Casey’s closet. She looks over her shoulder as Cadence comes out of the bathroom,...
September 14th, Friday - Casey Silpetti
Friday passes pretty quickly. The teachers have pretty much realized that not much is going to happen in class – other than Ms. Beaupre who busts out a pop quiz – and let the students do whatever as long as they don’t get out of hand. Casey spends most of her class time reading the manuals for her new gear on her computer. She also makes sure to print out more of the generic model and location...
November 2008
30 posts
September 13th, Thursday - Casey Silpetti
Casey wakes up in Aiden’s arms and starts when she sees him just watching her. “Morning.”
Aiden kisses her forehead, “Morning.”
“What time is it?” she asks as his alarm goes off, really making her jump. She laughs, “I guess that answers my question.” Aiden leans across her and hits snooze. He settles back over Casey and kisses her, his hands roaming her body.
“Wanna call in sick to school...
September 12th, Wednesday - Casey Silpetti
Casey walks through the cafeteria and outside, looking for an empty table to sit at. Aiden is at a soccer meeting, getting ready for tonight’s game. The last two classes are cancelled today, a Pep Rally is planned to get all the students worked up into a frenzy for the game. She sees Veronica sitting off by herself, waving her over. She smiles and heads over to the younger girl’s table. “Heya...
September 11th, Tuesday - Casey Silpetti
“So, like, I finally got Jake to ask me to the Kick-Off Formal! Jeez, for being the cutest guy on the soccer team he is kind of slow on the uptake.” Harmony realizes what she said, and turns to Casey. “I mean, cutest up there with Aiden and all.”
Casey just points frantically at the road. She chuckles after Harmony finally turns her attention back to her driving, and the imminent threat of...
September 10th, Monday - Casey Silpetti
Morning sees Casey and Harmony headed into school, the radio blaring as usual. Once parked, Harmony turns to her friend. “I may have to stay a little late, we’re working on the dance for Saturday night. I’ll text you when I’m out?”
Casey smiles, “Sure thing Harm.”
They walk into the Student Center to grab some breakfast, and Harm grabs her normal coffee as well. Suddenly she looks all chipper....
September 9th, Sunday - Casey Silpetti
Consciousness starts returning slowly, sleep resisting letting go its hold. Casey wakes from the dreamy depths of her blissful rest, slowly at first, smiling to herself as she feels the warm press of Aiden against her as they spoon, wearing only his boxers. She replays the last bit of the night in her head as she relaxes in his arms, pleasantly sore and completely content. Aiden kisses her ear...
September 8th, Saturday - Casey Silpetti
The next day sees the girls heading out into a beautiful Saturday morning. The rain has passed for now, the clouds have lifted and the sun is shining warmly. It’s rather unseasonable weather, but no one in the city is complaining. Casey is torn between using all of her film to test the new lens, or using only a little in case it doesn’t work. She ends up deciding to use the entire roll that she...
September 7th, Friday - Casey Silpetti
It’s a quiet trip going into school the next morning. Harmony seems to understand that Casey still has a lot on her plate, and is giving her the space to try and think things through. When they get to school, Harmony calls Casey’s name before she can get away from the car. Her friend walks up to her, a worried look on her face, and then pulls her into a tight hug. “Hey girl, I don’t know what’s...
September 6th, Thursday - Casey Silpetti
Thursday starts off nice enough, though it seems much too early when the alarm clock rings, waking the two of them. It’s the first time that Casey has woken in Aiden’s arms, his warmth surrounding her like a comfortable blanket. It’s hard to get out of bed for both of them, but they manage not to hit snooze too many times. They take turns getting ready in the bathroom, Aiden fixing a quick...
September 5th, Wednesday - Casey Silpetti
The electronic medley of her cellphone wakes Casey up. Her hand blindly reaches out and fumbles to bring it closer to her face, so that she can read the caller id. It’s Harmony. “Hello?” she murmures blearily. “Hey girl! Where are you?” “Aiden’s.” “Ahh, so my plan worked? Awesome!” “What plan?” She was starting to wake up, and she could smell food cooking through the open door. “Well, I...
September 4th, Tuesday - Casey Silpetti
Casey wakes up the next morning after hours of poor sleep. Half-remembered dreams of smoke, running, gunshots and fear kept the sleep from being the rest that she needed to fully recharge, but something is better than nothing.
It takes a few bleary moments before she sits up, confused as to where she is: lying in a queen sized bed in the middle of what has to be some boy’s room. Soccer and...
“The city was turned into a warzone yesterday, as gunfire and heavy weapons cut...”
– WWARK-13 Arkham News Tonight
News Broadcast : Monday, September 3rd
September 3rd, Monday - Casey Silpetti
Casey wakes up before her alarm. She straightens up and then gets herself ready. She grabs her bag and heads over to the main drive to meet Aiden.
‘I wore this Friday’ she thinks. ‘At least he knows I did laundry yesterday. Maybe he won’t notice.’ She’s a little early so she sits on the front steps to wait, looking at the leaves already changing colors. Casey hears footsteps and sees Cadence...
September 2nd, Sunday - Casey Silpetti
Casey gets up around 9, after tossing and turning most of the night worrying about the secrets she’s keeping from her friends, worrying about her cash flow problems, and worrying about Cadence and her mom. Then, there were those few times she thought about the thing she thought she saw and felt last night in the trees.
She stays in her cozy hidey hole all day, doing homework and washing the few...
“Local authorities are calling last night’s Town Hall meeting an unprecedented...”
– Town Hall Meeting a Success
Arkham Chronicle : Saturday, September 1st
September 1st, Saturday - Casey Silpetti
Casey sleeps in the next morning, thankful it’s a Saturday given the time she got in. She looks through her small stash of canned foods for something for breakfast, noticing that she’s getting dangerously low on food. She only had a small amount coming into school, and hasn’t had a chance to replenish since school started. Hopefully she’ll be able to sell some of her...
August 31st, Friday - Casey Silpetti
Friday starts the same as any other day. Casey gets up early enough to sneak out, and heads over to the caff to get some breakfast. Harmony is already there, a huge cup of some kind of cappuccino sitting next to her as she sketches. “Hey girl! First week’s done, and we survived! Have some breakfast.” She reaches next to her and brings out another cappuccino, handing it to Casey....
August 29-30th (Wed-Thu) - Casey Silpetti
The rest of the week starts to fall into a normal pattern. Classes start to settle in as everyone gets used to being back in school. May keeps her distance from Casey, which is just fine as far as she is concerned. And besides, now that Harmony is back in town it gives her someone to hang out with, even if the girl is a nut when it comes to matchmaking. Any chance she gets to point out Aiden to...
“Senator Madison Kane has announced her intent to hold a fundaiser and town hall...”
– Community Efforts to Halt Threats to Children
Arkham Chronicle : Tuesday, August 28th
August 28th, Tuesday - Casey Silpetti
Casey makes sure to wake up early, so she can leave by the patio door and avoid Cadence or her mother. She heads over to the student center for breakfast. Luckily the scholarship also came with a meal card, though it only covers the weekdays since she’s a local student. She grabs her breakfast and heads over to one of the overstuffed sofas to relax and eat. She finishes her bagel and sits there...
August 27th, Monday - Casey Silpetti
Today is a good day. Funny, most people don’t always associate the first day of school as a good day. But for Casey Silpetti, it certainly is. For one, she doesn’t mind school. She’s always been good at it, finding that the lessons come easy to her. Sure, sometimes the school itself wasn’t the best. But even that’s been taken care of. Two years ago she managed to...
“The body of Tina O’Bradain was found this earlier this morning at Barker Piers....”
– “Tina O’Bradain’s Body Found” Arkham Chronicle : Saturday, August 25th
“Just when criticism of the police in the rash of missing children cases has...”
– “Child of Police Family Goes Missing” Arkham Chronicle : Tuesday, August 21st
“The city has a problem and we are doing our best to solve it. These missing...”
– Unnamed Arkham Police Officer
“Police Ramp Up Search for Missing Children”
Arkham Chronicle : Friday, August 10th
“We are looking into all possible scenarios and have a few suspects we want to...”
– Det. Marc Dreven
“Police Ramp Up Search for Missing Children”
Arkham Chronicle : Friday, August 10th
“I am sure the police are doing everything they can to find the missing children...”
– Father Chris Piccoli, St. Alexander Sauli’s Holy Catholic Church in King’s Row
“Another Child Goes Missing” Arkham Chronicle : Wednesday, August 8th
“11 year old Mercedes Dawson joins the list of children that have gone missing...”
– “Another Child Goes Missing”
Arkham Chronicle : Wednesday, August 8th
“Another shooting in the so-called “Numbered Streets” today almost claimed the...”
– “Police Almost Lose One of Their Own” Arkham Chronicle : Friday, August 3
