When I can't sleep... Open

[joseph fitzgerald]

Joseph knew that he probably shouldn't be in the weight room at eleven at night. Well to be truthful he definitely knew that he was supposed to be in his dorm at nine but he didn't give a damn at the moment. He was having trouble sleeping in this new place and since he had a hard time sleeping he was over sleeping and missing his morning workout... and no exsersize during the day left him with excess energy that made it even harder for him to sleep. He knew that if he didn't do something that it would quickly become a vicious cycle.

So Joseph had put to use a skill that he had never thought he would need but was very glad he had learned... lock picking. When he was younger he had been suspended from school for a week when being caught trying to jimmy open a lock to get to a test key, so during that week he had devoted his time to practicing this skill, even stopping by a pawn shop to buy a set of 'professional picks'.

For some odd reason the gym itself had been unlocked but the weight room had been sealed tight, but that hardly mattered, it was the work of a minute to get the lock undone and then he was in, kicking off the sweat pants and shirt before climbing onto a treadmill, flipping his iPhone to a random song as he wondered why the lights were on at night.


Send a heartbeat to
The void that cries through you
Relive the pictures that have come to pass
For now we stand alone
The world is lost and blown
And we are flesh and blood disintegrate
With no more to hate

Is it bright where you are
Have the people changed
Does it make you happy you're so strange
And in your darkest hour
I hold secrets flame
We can watch the world devoured in it's pain

But as the music started and the machine reached the point where he couldn't just walk Joseph pushed those thoughts aside, emptying his head so that he could focus on the running, not hearing the door open behind him.


Delivered from the blast
The last of a line of lasts
The pale princess of a palace cracked
And now the kingdom comes
Crashing down undone
And I am a master of a nothing place
Of recoil and grace

[yuriko kaulitz]

& i'll take my clothes off & it will be shameless
cuz everyone knows that's how you get famous
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So the gymnasium wasn't somewhere she was suppose to in late at night. Big deal. Koko simply continued on her way. She was jogging, coming all the way from the beach so she was now at the school. She didn't wear anything special. She wore some black, tiny booty shorts since she always got hot while running, and a white tank top, a zebra print bathing suit visible underneath since she had gone swimming earlier. Even if it were cold out, she loved swimming and surfing. It helped clear her mind and focus on the day ahead. So here she was, jogging towards the school. She could feel the pavement before her low rise, black and gray chuck taylors but could hear nothing. Her hair was up in a ponytail, the beach waves going side to side, a few loose bangs in front of her attractive face. Her eyes were deer-like, standing out against a light layer of mascara.

As she reached the gym, she didn't even give it a second thought as to why the doors were unlocked and the lights were on. She wanted to get on that cycle thing. It was her favorite, though she didn't know the name. Sicne she didn't own a bicycle of her own, it was the next best thing. Her highlighter green headphones were in her multipierced ears as she obliviously went right into the weight room, not even realizing someone else was there. She hummed the song to herself that was playing before turning on the machine and getting on it, right in front of the person. This was what she did when she was bored....run...jog... swim.. surf. Anything to keep her sharp and focused that way after showering, she would hit her pillow magically and be fast asleep and wake up just to repeat the process.

It was that or get high in the girl's bathroom or before getting into the school.

She bobbed her head from side to side to the upbeat tempo as she easily started moving her legs in the usual bicycle motion. She adjusted it, considering her legs were longer than most because of her height. She took off her shirt since it was hot, and in a way she felt a bit nasty-sweating so much from running all the way from the beach after swimming. Her large, cherry blossom tatoo on her lower back-by the bottom of her left rib cage-took up the majority of her back, sicne the pedals looked like they were blowing in the wind across her small back all the way around to her right lower hip.

So I sneak out to the garden to see you we keep quiet cuz we're dead if he knew.. she hummed the song-Love Story by Taylor Swift, her eyes closed momentarily. Though the music wasn't entirely loud, it was easily sweeping her off her feet.

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STATUS:open C:
PLAYLIST:love story by taylor swift
NOTES: ooh lala! le muse!

[joseph fitzgerald]

The only thing that Joseph was focusing on was the slap of his feet on the spinning rubber of the treadmill, the music in his ears, and that ever so sweet feeling that was growing in his legs as the speed of the treadmill increased. The click of the door opening didn't even register to him, the only thing that Joe could possible feel was missing was someone to show off for.

And there she was, almost like an answer to, well not quite a pray but a silent little wish. Joe always felt that working out wasn't nearly as much fun as just running on his own. He only worked so hard at keeping his body in damn near perfect shape so that people could admire it, guys feeling jealous and in some cases attracted and women impressed buy it.

She didn't seem to pay to much attention to him but that hardly mattered, he could get her attention. After taking a few minutes to watch her very nice bottom as she rode on the bike, noticing the tattoo, before he got off the treadmill, peeling off the sleeveless shirt that he had been wearing before moving over to the bench press machine, setting it to two hundred pounds before getting into position and starting to lift the bar up and down, knowing that he would now be in the line of sight of the person who had joined him for a late night work out.

[yuriko kaulitz]

& i'll take my clothes off & it will be shameless
cuz everyone knows that's how you get famous
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Yuriko, or Koko for short, finally opened her eyes to change the song on her ipod when she noticed someone and she seemed to suddenly do a double take. At first, she thought she was dreaming. She could have sworn noone had been in here earlier... Considering earlier was about five to ten minutes ago, probably less. She decided she would conspiciously blink a few times... Nope. He wasn't a dream. He was real.

She pulled out only one headphone, not stopping as she continued moving her long legs. She moved her hair out of her eyes and her full, rosy lips parted to show her pearly whites,"Two hundred?" her voice was smooth like velvet yet had an edge to it because of her thick German accent, "I've seen better," by her tone of voice, she was obviously just teasing him. She had, honestly, seen guys do more, but those guys were huge and very unattractive on her behalf. This guy seemed like he wasn't completely every inch of him muscle... Or else he'd look like a monster....

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STATUS:tagged to joseph n.n
PLAYLIST:marvelous things by eisley
NOTES: ooh lala! le muse!

[joseph fitzgerald]

She had her eyes closed when she was on the bike which was why she hadn't paid any attention to him right away, at least that is what Joseph's arrogant subconscious told him and it was partially right, the eyes closing had prevented her from noticing him once she was one the bike. The way she blinked a few times was a little amusing, the only thing missing was for her to pinch herself.

Accent was German, at least Joseph was pretty sure it was. Fortunately he had the music on low enough so that he could hear her speak over it with ease, even with Lordi rocking in his ear. "And I have seen a man pull a city bus by a chain using his teeth." Joseph retorted in a good natured but obviously slightly sarcastic tone. "I can press two seventy five but it is better to do less weight and more reps if you are trying to tone instead of becoming a body builder or professional strong man in the circus.

[yuriko kaulitz]

& i'll take my clothes off & it will be shameless
cuz everyone knows that's how you get famous
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The seventeen year old senior smiled at the other guy as she leaned forward so her arms were crossed on the machine, her legs still moving,"Body builders are a turn off. I don't suggest you take that route..." she chuckled as she bent slightly to the side to grab her water bottle and take a gulp,"I'm Yuriko, by the way," ugh. How rude it was of her to not introduce herself!

"But you may call me Koko," her legs seemed to move ever so slightly faster as the speed increased. She put the water down and smoothly continued with ease.

Well, he was definetly cute. She would give him that. But Yuriko was not exactly the gal to get into relationships-especially with guys-unless it was a friendship one. She was always the girl with all the guy friends and never a boyfriend. It was just a fact of life. And though she was a foreign exchange student from Germant to Red Sky, she was pretty sure she gave off that kind of vibe anyways. She was a tomboy who would wear a skirt and heels to skateboard. It was how Yuriko had always been...The exact opposite of her twin, Yumi.

The half Japanese, Half German gal glanced over at him, patiently waiting for his reply. He looked like a senior, but she wasn't sure. People thought she looked like a sophomore just because she looked young in general. But once she was standing, she most definetly was considered a standing. The gal was five feet tall with an added nine and a half inches. She was pretty tall for a seventeen year old...

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STATUS:tagged to joseph n.n
PLAYLIST:i caught fire by the used
NOTES: ooh lala! le muse!

[joseph fitzgerald]

Her leaning forward was something that Joseph really felt like thanking her for, the way that her tank top fit her was even more flattering when she leaned forward and he had to admire the way that she could keep spinning while she talked, he knew that it wasn't incredibly easy. "If a body builder is a turn off then I figure someone built like me must be a pretty decent turn on." He joked with a smirk on his face as he finished press number twelve, one set down but it would take a moment to see if there would be another.

"Joseph, but you can call me Joe." He offered his own name as he sat up and stretched a bit, cracking his neck as he did.

Now that he wasn't dividing his attention between working out and checking her out he was able get a better look, very attractive and a bit taller then what he normally went for but that wasn't bad at all, the accent was cute and she was in good shape which was always very nice.

"Would you mind passing me your water?" He asked with a sheepish smile. "I kinda forgot to bring my own."