Martin Van Buren Front Gates

Fred had actually walked out at the start of Mimi's song, but had stopped in his tracks as he'd heard Mimi's strange, but catchy tune. The sophomore stared up at her the entire time she sang, mostly motionless except for the toe of his right sneaker tapping along to a beat his head formed. His fingers twitched with a sudden want to play the piano along with her singing, as it would have been the perfect fit to mesh with her voice. Add to that some rhythm guitar and a nice drum beat and you'd have a very catchy tune.

As her song ended, so did her spell on him. At once, he snapped back to reality and walked over to the base of the wall the pink haired girl was sitting on. A slow, charming grin tugged at his lips as his deep blue eyes looked up at her. "You look good up there." Fred's voice held a slight flirtatious tone as he spoke. He wiggled his eyebrows at her and chuckled, staring up at his classmate. Then he added in a light, candid tone that he made sure only she could hear, "I like the view... I can see up your skirt."

Really? She thought he was kidding about being able to see up her skirt? Continuing to stare up at her, Mimi didn't correct her position, so apparently she really didn't think he was just being honest. When a gentle breeze lifted her skirt to flutter around her thighs, Fred got a nice long (not to mention better) look at the lacy white panties he'd been enjoying a moment ago. Hey, if Mimi wasn't going to mind, he wasn't going to push the issue. Besides, who was he to argue with a lady?

And speaking of the lady in question, she leaped off the wall with little warning. Well she actually did give him ample warning, but he was so engrossed in staring at her panties that by the time he reacted, it was too late. By the time he'd made to catch the falling pinkette, she was already too close as he'd stepped in towards her. The result? Fred managed to catch her, but his head wound up between her breasts.

Maybe it was the surprise of catching her awkwardly or maybe it was the fall that resulted from it... heck, maybe it was the fact that he bumped his head when he fell. But when the sophomore's head finally cleared enough to realize that Mimi was on top of him, he couldn't help but smile. For one thing, she wasn't hurt. That alone was enough to ease his worries. But what really got his attention was the way she was sitting on him.

The way she was bent over him, her arms loosely draped around his neck while her cotton candy pink hair spilled all around them in waves. The look of concern on her face as she looked down at him with slightly parted lips. The fact that her legs were spread and he just happened to be perfectly situated to feel a very intimate part of her pressed against his loins. Just a few thin layers of fabric separated them from being joined together. It would be so easy to get rid of those flimsy barriers if he'd only reach down.

It was a shame they were at school and there were people around. Don't get a boner, don't get a boner... Fred repeated the mantra in his head frantically, but to no avail. His traitorous body was betraying him even as he urged it not to. His pants were feeling a lot tighter all of a sudden and he carefully grabbed Mimi's hips in what he hoped was a nonchalant way and pulled her off him gently. "Yeah, I'm fine." He answered slowly, "Are you?"

Immensely thankful that Mimi either didn't notice or just ignored the growing bulge in his jeans, Fred took her hand and let her help him up. "He should be here any minute now." He said, then immediately looked behind her as if spotting his brother. As soon as she turned her head, he adjusted his jeans so his 'problem' was less obvious and muttered, "Oh...thought that was Terry."

"We sure bet you did, Fred." He heard in unison as the twins came up on either side of him. Nothing like identical trouble making rats speaking to him in stereo. The doppelgangers were both dressed in white tank tops and baggy, hole-ridden blue jeans, their feet in matching black sandals. Their hair wasn't as curly as Fred's, but more wavy, with a few kinks here and there. The dark, chocolatey waves hung down to just barely brush their lightly freckled, toned shoulders.

Fred gave them a joking grin, but the Wilders all knew the silent message. If you blab, I'll get you later. The two of them grinned at him, then directed their pearly whites towards Mimi. "Damn, you're pretty hot! Are you coming home with us? Dad'll be at work and Mom is grocery shopping. Maybe we could all play house." They suggested at the same time, their grins suggestive enough for Fred to turn to them. "Terry is going to drop her and I off at her house so we can get John." His tone was carefully friendly but curt at the same time, "Maybe another time."

Isi walked up to her new school, and she let her eyes travel appraisingly over the large building in front of her. she tipped her head back and let her blue eyes close partway as the sun momentarily blinded her, her long blue hair falling loosely down her back.
She smoothed her short black skirt with her free hand, resting her weight on her right leg. was she really going to school here? How did it happen that her sister Lissa was the only one in the family to get to that other school? Isi didn't really care, but she was curious. She wasn't nervous- she never was in new situations- her family always said she could walk through a fire and come out cool as a cucumber, but she did have her hotheaded moments as well. The problem was her hothead spells were usually so bad people wanted to forget them! She smiled to herself and shook her head, wondering how her school year was going to turn out. She was certain it would be interesting at the very least.

Isi never listened to her parents if she could help it. She often stayed out late at night and didn't get home until early morning. She didn't give a damn what anyone thought of her, and this showed in her confident stance as she stood in the gateway of the school. she pulled her gaze away from the building and turned her attention to the various students accumulating around her. Isi was a nature lover and loved to be outside as much as she could, and often wearing only tank tops as she was today, a white one with a short sleeved  green sweatshirt she had split the front of to make a kind of summery vest she was creative and loved to make her own styles from existing clothing. she also loved anything with fabric paint. often you would see her in very short shorts with painted designs she created herself.

as she turned her head to look around, the sunlight reflected off her eyes at the right moment to make them appear to shine momentarily, her blue hair blowing in the gentle breeze. she ran her free hand through the ends of her hair watching to see what the other students were doing. She always loved afternoons and she liked people watching. there were a few people that she really enjoyed watching and  although she never actually spied..all the times she watched them they were in public! She knew she was coming at the end of the day but she had had a stomachache earlier that day and had missed, but she wanted to get a look at the school before the following day.

If there was anything about his synchronized brothers that frustrated Fred, it was the fact that they could swindle girls into and out of their bed as a team. And the fact that they often traded girlfriends with each other without the girls ever realizing the difference! Other times, the twins would just share a girl until they were bored with her and wanted to move on. In fact, if memory served him correctly, each twin had a girlfriend of their own already...or at least a romantic interest.

However, a couple weeks ago both boys were starting to get frustrated with their own girlfriends and had swapped identities so that they could try out each other's girlfriends. Apparently they thought they'd have better luck that way. Both girls were popular, fashionable and beautiful... but neither girl had even the slightest idea that they were with the wrong twin. And it probably wasn't going to last much longer, considering they didn't like either girl after all. He'd heard the boys quietly discussing how they were going to ditch "Those leeches" last night.

And what did they think they were doing, hitting on Mimi when he was clearly going for her?! He could feel his jealous streak bubbling up from the depths within him, but he just kept smiling brightly and pointed behind them. Not that he was aiming, but he happened to point directly at Isi as he said, "Look! The Boobie Goddess!" Instantly, both twins' heads snapped to look at her and thankfully they decided to go bother her instead of Mimi. Fred saw Mimi first and he wasn't about to let those two knuckleheads ruin her.

"Please excuse my brothers'... enthusiasm. Like all guys, myself included, they tend to be drawn to beautiful girls like you." Fred said as he reached to tuck a stray strand of her pink hair behind her ear, "There. Now I can see more of your lovely face."

Isi shifted her weight to one leg and looked back at the large building, wondering what it would be like to start here. Her blue hair blew into her eyes and she let out a very frustrated growl.."goddamn hair!" she put one hand on her hip, and realizing she was sweating she decided to pull the extra layer off and did so quickly, tying the sleeves together around her waist so she wouldnt have to carry it. It was a very warm day..she started thinking about how cool it would be at the beach. maybe..just maybe thats where she would spend the rest of the day. she immediately started thinking of herself relaxing on the sand in her peach bikini, maybe even sitting in the water right at the edge of the sand..maybe she should try and learn how to swim. It felt odd to not be able to.

she turned her head, the long hair falling around her shoulders and she reached up to her tank shirt's sleeve, readjusting it a bit higher up on her shoulder. Isi scuffed her shoe against the ground, feeling the breeze on her face, not noticing the boys barreling toward her like freight trains-as she was looking in the opposite direction- She wondered if she would make any new friends this year.

she let an unconscious smile move across her face as she looked back toward the knots of students. the breeze began blowing harder and she quickly moved her hands down to smooth her skirt and keep it in place at the sudden gust-not succeeding with the back as the material puffed out and up before falling back into place, escaping Isi's notice. She rocked back on her heels, bouncing slightly on them.

It must be so much fun to have brothers like Casey and Raph? "Yeah, it's a blast." Fred responded in a flat, deadpanned tone, "They're not bad, but the two of them kinda remind me of gremilns. You know, always getting into everyone's business and making trouble for everyone." He felt a twinge of guilt for sicing both twins on that blue haired stranger but there was no way he was going to lose a catch like Mimi to the obnoxious trouble twins. after all - all fair in love and war.

Casey and Raph had enough of an advantage over most guys as it was, both being good-looking and smooth with the ladies. But Fred knew what it took to beat them at the little games they played. It took knowledge, skill and sometimes a little blackmail. All those things combined in the right way would make for some excellent manipulation, and that was one of Fred's specialties! Maybe he should think about going into politics after high school...

But politics was the last thing on his mind when Mimi suddenly seemed to get an irresistable urge to hug him. Not that he was one to complain about a beautiful girl pressing her breasts against him! Nor was he going to correct her on her most recent comment. It was mostly his looks and personality that netted him so many friends and admirers yes, but it was also subtle manipulation on his part. But maybe he could make an exception for Mimi and just remain honest with her. She didn't seem the type to need much manipulation and she was far to innocent for him to want to. "C'mon, let's see if Terry's willing to stop for ice cream or something on the way back." Fred suggested, taking Mimi by the hand and leading her towards Terry's van.

Meanwhile, Casey and Raph had quietly snuck up behind Isi, flanking her as if she were their prey. And oh, what fine prey she was! All slender, with long, flowing hair and curves in all the right places. The two boys stepped in front of her and smiled smoothly. "Hello, gorgeous." They said in perfect unison and grinned at her wolfishly. "You go to school here right?" The twin on the left asked. "Where've you been all day?" The other twin asked.

Isi jumped slightly at the sudden appearance of the two boys, before quickly recovering and responding to their greeting. "Hi yourselves" she said, taking in the-now up close- sight of them as before she'd only seen them at a distance. They really were quite good looking, even more so now that they were close enough for her to actually see clearly.  Isi Knew she was at least somewhat pretty, however she felt that their calling her gorgeous was a bit of an overstatement now matter how much she liked hearing that. She'd always been accepting, if not pleased with her appearance.

Bouncing on her heels, she blinked her blue eyes and looked at the twin that had asked her if she attended here...really why else would she be here? she chuckled inwardly to herself, doing her best not to roll her eyes at that question. Looking from one boy to the other, she nodded to confirm.

"yes, I go to school here, I'm starting tomorrow. Rather excited about it too." She rubbed her cheek, and caught the very nasty looks of a few nearby girls-why on earth were they looking at her like that?- its not like people can't talk to whoever they damn well want to and so she brushed the intense stares of the girls off and returned her attention to the two she was talking to. It was rude to not give people your full attention. After all the boys were the ones who'd approached her not the other way around. she shook her head. "I just know I am going to be completely lost." She grimaced a bit, a slight pout briefly appearing on her face.

She lifted her hair up into a makeshift ponytail, stretching her slender arms over her head, the hem of her tank top lifting slightly exposing a thin strip of bare skin. She combed through the loose ponytail with her fingers before letting the blue hair fall back around her shoulders. In response to the other twin, she said "I had an awful stomachache earlier and wasn't able to come. I'm finally feeling better so I decided to get a look at the school before I come tomorrow morning." She put her hands behind her back and laced her fingers together.

Students were leaving through the gates in groups of two, three and more, all talking and laughing together, giving a very happy and energetic mood to the atmosphere, chattering about their day in school, and their plans for afterward,and busily making phone calls. sometimes a group of a few would be joined by one or more other groups, making the original group grow in size as they swarmed.

"It looks like it won't be too bad." Isi smiled. "so I take it that the two of you go here too. My name's Isi Snow." she tapped one foot on the ground. "I've seen you around the island with your brothers. You certainly seem to have a very large family" Isi dropped her hands to her sides and said. "I have a couple sisters and a little brother. We've lived here as long as I can remember."

"I think maybe we can get him to stop. You know... if we both ask nice. Terry's a good guy, despite how imposing he may look." Fred said, leading Mimi towards where Terry was currently parked. He lounged in the driver's seat with the windows down, his large, well-muscled left arm resting on the door. The rest of his large, powerful form was mostly shaded from the sunshine, but a pinprick of reflected light glinted off the sunglasses he was wearing.

He had a strong jawline, slightly square and a well trimmed beard shaved rather close to his tanned skin. His curly hair was so dark that it was nearly black and was sticking out from under a red bandanna. The sleek sounds of Led Zeppelin's song "Kashmir" flowed from the vehicle as he typed out a text message on his phone. In the passenger seat sat a younger boy in a dark gray duckbill hat that artsy people often wear, whose long brown hair spilled out of sight past his shoulders in waves. He was sketching something in a hardcover sketchbook while and adorable little girl with long brown pigtails napped in the backseat.

As Fred approached with Mimi, Terry looked up from his phone at the two of them. So... Freddy's finally decided to take an open interest in a girl instead of stringing along a bunch of 'em. The eldest Wilder thought to himself as he gave the girl a once-over. Long, cotton candy colored hair, big bright eyes, a rack that could make at least forty percent of Rai Island's female inhabitants jealous... But the thing that really drew his attention was the beaming smile on her face and the fact that she seemed so openly jubilant and bubbly that even he couldn't help but feel the corners of his mouth lifting.

Isi Snow...

The two chocolate haired boys looked at each other with a perfect mirror match image of confusion, obviously trying to remember if they'd known the girl in middle school or even elementary school. After a few moments, the two seemed to have come to the same conclusion: nope. They didn't recall seeing her in either school before, but then again, they were usually surrounded by large groups of people all the time. Man, sometimes being super popular made them miss out on potential babes!

Well, it's not like the past could be changed, but the present was a good opportunity! They smiled at the same time, obviously being used to doing so and introduced themselves. "As you can see, my brother and I are the Wilder twins - " The twin on Isi's left began, and his brother finished his sentence, "Casey and Raph. Can you guess which of us is which? If you do, we'll give you something."

Isi tried not to giggle at the looks of complete confusion on the boys' faces. She'd known they wouldn't recognize her, after all when she was younger she really hadn't been all that noticeable. and she was short...very short. and she had black hair that her mother had kept cut very short. She had always felt like she looked like a little boy and she had hated it. It was her natural color, and then she and her sisters dyed their hair to matching blue when they had finally been old enough to decide for themselves. Besides she hadn't really hung around much when they'd been around.

Switching her weight to the other leg, she looked at both boys- the way they finished each other's sentences was rather cute- but she was a bit thrown off by their smiles. and that question.
For heaven's sake they didn't even know her, and besides she knew she wouldn't be able to tell which one each was as this was the first time she'd even talked to them-she figured she could bite however- it's not like the question was...bad. They'd only asked her to identify them. She'd been asked worse things by boys as she got older, but she'd always been able to handle them well. Besides it wasn't like she "had" to accept anything from the two boys, and well, she could be stubborn and hardheaded herself. Reaching down to scratch her knee, Isi admitted to herself she didn't mind and frequently liked challenges.

Isi said, "well considering how I've never actually talked to the two of you before I highly doubt I could get that sort of question right. Can't hurt to try though." She shook her head and grinned- she didn't like trying to guess this kind of thing. it could offend people, and she knew of people that were very offended when someone got this very type of question wrong. She didn't really care if she got it wrong personally. Besides these boys didn't seem the type to get offended easily. Anyhow they had asked her so if they were offended it would be their own fault for asking such a stacked question. so she decided to just get it over with. She didn't get nervous easily but it didn't really matter because people didn't really pick up on the one nervous habit she had because of the fact she rarely GOT that way in the first place. When she was younger her mother had always been telling her to stop chewing the ends of her hair. She never had understood it was a nervous behavior her daughter had which she mostly outgrew as she got older. that had been the reason her mother had kept her hair chopped off so short.

taking a relaxed stance she looked at the boy to her left and guessed. "I'm going to guess you're Casey" then she looked to the other boy. "and i'm going to guess you're Raph."

Isi lifted her left arm and reached behind her head, pulling a bit of her long blue hair in front of her shoulder, twisting the thick strands around her index finger as she gazed from one boy to the other, rather enjoying the conversation, and the company, the two boys provided. Unconsciously Isi untied the shirt from around her slender waist and let it hang from one hand, the soft material moving slightly in the breeze that had briefly cut through the heat of the warm day. She was in a good mood and was excited to start her classes the next day

Terry Wilder had never been the talkative kind.

Everyone on Rai Island who had ever been in contact with him knew this just by looking at him and most would make it a point to either stay on his good side or stay out of his way. Dropping his phone into the cup holder, he tilted his jaw towards Fred and Mimi as the two of them approached the driver side window. He made no move to get out of the car, just reached up slowly and tilted his sunglasses slightly down his nose to peer at them just over the rim. Hell, even when he was sitting in a beat up old van it still made him look imposing. Fred had known big, bad Terry all his life however, and it didn't escape his attention that Keith and Joanna were in the van with him.

"Hey Terry!" Fred called jovially, still holding Mimi's hand in his, "Do you think we can all go out for ice cream and maybe take home my new friend?"

At the words 'ice cream' Joanna seemed to wake up and pop her head up out of the back seat, her chocolate colored pigtails bouncing around her head. "Ice cream?" The little six year old asked, startling Keith out of his drawing trance. "What? Ice cream?" He asked softly, before noticing Mimi and smiling shyly. Terry, however, looked completely unfazed, almost as if he were a stone statue instead of a twenty year old. He was quiet for a few moments, but the excited bouncing from his tiny sister in the back seat made him move the barest minimum. His strong jaw tensed the tiniest bit and he gave the shortest nod in existence. "Thanks Terry!" A smile broke out over Fred's face and he tugged Mimi into the backseat of the van, giving her the seat between Joanna and himself.

As Terry drove quickly through town, he listened to his siblings and Mimi happily chattering amongst themselves. His gaze was locked on the road before him with a stony determination, but the very corner of his mouth tilted up slightly, just the tiniest bit. The van took a direct route to an ice cream shop that his siblings had always been fond of. His eyes flickered to the digital clock on the dashboard, noting they still had plenty of time to get home before dinner. As they were passing through an intersection, a vehicle sped through a stop sign and headed straight for the side of the van.

In the blink of an eye, Terry had yanked the wheel and swung the van safely out of the way and parked it on the side of the road. The other car had screeched to a stop a few yards away. Without a word, the oldest brother was out of the van and stalking towards the other car. As if this had happened before, Keith turned around and whipped open his sketchbook and showed Joanna and Mimi the different drawings he had been working on. Fred's gaze wandered back towards the direction Terry had gone, but made sure to try to keep the girls looking at Keith's artwork.

In the meantime, Terry had silently arrived at the driver's side window of the other car. The driver was a guy around his own age, a cell phone clutched in his hand still. He glared down at the driver for a few moments, before finally parting his lips. "Out of the car." It wasn't a request. His voice was steel, hard and a deep baritone. The man scrambled out of his car when he realized who he was dealing with, trembling in fear. The Wilder towered over him, his large, muscular body intimidating even when still. But Terry didn't grab or strike him. Instead, he simply pointed to the van.

"There are children in that van."

It was the only thing Terry said, but he clearly didn't need to say anything else before the smaller man fell to his knees on the asphalt. Tremors of fear wracked his body and he started sobbing and begging for mercy. But the Wilder didn't lay so much as a finger on him. By the time Terry made his way back to the van, the other driver had promised to never even consider touching his phone while in a vehicle - whether he was driving or not. Quietly, Terry started the van back up and within another minute and a half, the van pulled into the parking lot of the ice cream shop. "Now," His voice was quiet but gentle, "Who wants chocolate?"

Back at the school...

A moment passed as the two chocolate haired Wilder twins eyed each other with mirrored grins. The one on the left had a dimple on the left cheek and eyes that were slightly greener,whilst the twin on the right had bluer eyes and his dimple on the right. "Ding ding ding! You got it right!" They chorused together. Upon closer inspection, Casey - the twin on the left seemed slightly more disheveled then his impeccably dressed brother, Raph.

"What should we give her, Casey?"

"I dunno, Raph. How 'bout a kiss?"

They both turned to Isi expectantly, brilliant white smiles glistening in the afternoon sunlight. "Of course, that's only if you want it." Raph said, his easygoing grin still in place to show that he wasn't going to force her into anything. Casey nodded, "Right. You're under no obligation to accept anything from us."