Taft Campfire: Wednesday Late Afternoon [5-20-09]

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Yes, that was Fall Out Boy blasting from Wing 4 of Taft. And that would be Peyton sitting out by the campfire with her feet up, a sketchpad, and a cold drink.

She'd probably be pretty amenable to turning the music down or taking suggestions for the next album.


[Open like a campfire!]

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[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

The music is what drew her towards the campfire, but if she dared to catch a glimpse of that boy, she'd turn around and head back to her cabin. She wasn't sure she had it in her tonight to give him her two cents. Lucky for her, it was Peyton.

Smiling as she approached, she sat down rather primly upon a log, her Mary Janes tapping to the beat of the music. And she wiggled her fingers in a wave at Peyton.

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton smiled at her. "Hey, Penelope, how's it going?"

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"It's been a wonderful day," she replied happily. "I haven't spoken to you in so long; how are you?"

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"I'm good," Peyton said. "A little weirded out about having graduated, but good. How are you doing?"

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"Not too weirded out I hope," she chuckled. "What are your plans? I'm enjoying my classes, even the one I didn't sign up for." It had been relatively decent today and Jack was pleasant. "And here soon I am to meet Hurley in town for ice cream. I have nothing to complain about."

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"Right now?" Peyton asked. "I'm gonna sit here and listen to my tunes. Later? Who knows? Maybe Dean will stop by, maybe I'll get bored and go wandering..."

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"That all sounds lovely, but what about when you leave the island? Or will you be staying past the summer?" Actually, being bored didn't sound entirely lovely. Perhaps Dean would come by...

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton let out a breath. "I think... I think I'm going to go to L.A. See if I can find a record producer or company that will take me in as an intern," she said. "Hopefully."

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"Ooh, that sounds exciting," she exclaimed. "Is that your dream, to become a record producer?"

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton ducked her head, blushing a little. "Yeah," she admitted. "Has been for ages. But so much of it is luck."

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"That's wonderful, that you know what you want. But luck? Why do you say that?"

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"It's not like a profession where if you just work hard enough things will work out," Peyton explained. "You have to be lucky enough to find a good band or singer and then get them to sign with you. And then you have to hope they're not some one hit wonder or won't self-destruct on you or something."

Or insist on you supplying them with drug like that band back home.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"What's this music?" Valentine asked, her curiosity and a need to know if it was contemporary or something else encouraging her to drift over toward the Taft cabin to inquire.

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

She nodded. "That sounds rather difficult but not unachievable, and for you I would think it could be an easy accomplished dream." To Penelope, Peyton was strong-willed so she could very well see this happening for her.

"Do you recieve encouragement from your family?"

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"Fall Out Boy," Peyton said. "Great band and Pete Wentz is a totally hot bass guitarist."

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton looked down. "Uh... well... my dad's all for me doing whatever I want..."

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

Valentine paused a moment to listen a little more, but she had to be honest. It mostly just sounded like...music in general to her. "Contemporary?" she asked.

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"Uh... yeah," Peyton said. "To me at least. You from this time?"

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

Sensitive subject? She didn't want to say something that she shouldn't.

"That's really nice, Peyton, that he's supportive." But her mother? She was leery of asking given the other girls expression.

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

"Yeah... My dad's great. Never around, but still great."

Penelope could ask. It's not like Peyton wasn't going to have to face it sooner or later. She'd certainly been putting it off long enough.

[bad-nose-job.livejournal.com]

"What keeps him away?" she asked, curious. But added as a quick afterthought, thinking the gentle way she asked would be acceptable instead of coming across as prying: "Do your parents often travel?"

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

She shook her head. "He works on a dredging boat so he's at sea for months at a time. My mom..." Which one, which one? "...my real mom, is dead. She died when I was 8. But my... my bio mom... well, her I just found out about out of the blue last summer."

She stared off into the woods. "It's how I found out I was adopted."

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

Valentine shook her head. "The future," she said, having a seat at the fire. "So I really don't know any of the music from this time. It's,,,I like the beat of it, the rhythm."

[darkangelsawyer.livejournal.com]

Peyton smiled. "Yeah, something you can really put your back up against," she agreed. "I have tons of music if you ever want to listen to some new stuff. Or, well, old stuff for you, I guess."

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"Arguably, this could probably be considered classical," Valentine offered with a faint grin. "Is a lot of what you listen to like this?"