The Russel home

[Esme Russel]

Okay obviously it says 'Cici' and not 'Chloe' in the nursery. <3

• The darker bathroom is off the hallway and the lighter one is the master locked in Jonathan and Esme's bedroom.
  
• The closet is split fifty/fifty by the two of them but she's using the closet in the spare bedroom for extra clothes and the coat closet in the hallway for shoes.
  
• The spare bedroom is currently being used as an office type thing since they have zero plans for a second baby in the near future.
  
• They have two pets - Riley the dog and Unicorn the kitten
  

[Esme Russel]

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Sure most parents don't throw parties when their children are home but Esme figured that this was fine since Cici was fast asleep in her crib and would be down for hours and if she woke up then she wasn't much trouble anyway. So, she had her only child all cute in her crib and a CD of soft lullabies playing in the nursery to hopefully work to sooth her if she woke up. She had learned that her daughter could sleep through literally anything - the door, the dog, the neighbors screaming at each other and she slept through all of the parties that happened at the dorms when she was a newborn so this wasn't going to be a problem.

Besides, Jonathan was here! So if Cici were to wake up then she had both of her parents there to keep an eye on her. "Riley! Sit." She didn't want anyone walking in and being jumped all over by her dog! What kind of a hostess allows that? "Jonathan Jacob Russel~ Are you ready to show everyone how adorable that we are?" It was strange knowing that people were going to come in and see her townhouse and her relationship with Jon and maybe think that they were a cute little family. How could anyone not see it? They just had something that connected them to each other like an invisible rope tying them together forever.

"Okay.. We have pizza and wings and there's drinks in the fridge..." She was talking to herself at this point as she arranged the food on the counter. She had also baked a cake which was currently in the fridge but that was a surprise for Kegan and Thalia to celebrate their anniversary since she hadn't seen them on the actual day for obvious reasons. Where was everyone? What if nobody came? What if the pizza got cold?

Or what if they thought that she was too casual? She didn't want to put a lot of effort into looking good since she already had Jon's attention and didn't need anyone else looking at her body. But.. Was jeans and a sweater too casual? She wasn't even wearing shoes! "Jon, can you come here for a second? Do I look okay?"

[dylan]

Apparently Isabel wanted to show him off to the entire world tonight. At least that's what she'd said. Dylan didn't really care. He wasn't listening very closely. He hadn't been really listening to her a lot lately. Their whole relationship was very confusing for him. It so far involved a lot more hand holding and cuddling, and a lot less rough sex and anal beads. How disappointing.
He was probably going to be on his phone all night. Not that he didn't want to be around Isabel, he just had other things on his mind. And it involved none of her friends at this party.
Apparently Declan was coming though. He'd asked if Dylan wanted a ride with Raul, but he said he was riding with Isabel. It had taken a long time to explain it to his brother, because he didn't even understand their situation himself. All he knew was three things: Isabel was hot, he liked having sex with her, and a very confused part of himself actually seemed to care about her. Declan seemed a little less surprised than he'd expected. Said something about a spark between them. Whatever the hell that meant. Dylan tended to blow off 90% of what he said. He was a hopeless romantic, who was talking to a seven year old. That was something he couldn't wrap his mind around.

So now he was walking along awkwardly to Esme's place, busying himself with his phone, while holding Isabel's hand with the other. He let her deal with greetings whenever they got to the door, and he'd just try to be polite when she introduced him to her friends.
She was yammering on excitedly about something he wasn't paying attention to. He was just smiling and nodding when he heard his name, and pretending he cared. It didn't really matter. She still looked hot with her mouth moving like that. Even though he'd prefer to see it full of something else.

[Jonathan Russel]

Jon chuckled softly to himself as he watched his girlfriend scurrying about, trying to make everything perfect. It was cute really, kept him entertained. He let out a breath, shaking his head, deciding to get up from his place on the couch and wrapping his arms around Esme and pecking her cheek, "You look beautiful, as always, baby," he insisted, "everything's perfect, just relax." he smiled, rubbing her arm, softly.

He'd been spending a whole lot of time at her place since they'd gotten back together, actually -- he almost couldn't remember the last time he slept in his dorm, is how long it had been. Jon just couldn't tear himself away, and besides, it was nice to see and be near his daughter instead of having separate custody... which wouldn't really make sense to have anymore, anyway, now that they were together again. It really was starting to feel like they had an actual happy, little family. The same one they'd talked about when they first found out about Cici.

[Wyatt Parks]

If he was being honest with himself, he wasn't sure he wanted to be at Esme's house. Sure they'd made up, but he still felt bad for all the stuff he'd said about her, but it seemed like he had no choice, since Carol wanted him to go. As much as she could be a bitch he loved her more then anything in the world. So he decided he'd rather go to the party then argue with her.

He took a shower before he went to the party, so his hair was still a little wet, and it was super frizzy at the moment, even though it was mostly dry. His outfit was pretty casual, nothing but a pair of jeans, with a random t-shirt, and a plad button up shirt on top of it. He'd left it undone, and had it rolled up to his elbows.

When he got to Esme's house he pulled his hair back out of his eyes, and assumed the door was open, walking in without knocking, he walked by Dylan mumbling a quick "Hey," As he went by, lifting a brow.

"Hey, how are you?" He asked Esme.

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Isabel and Esme hadn't actually seen each other since Esme and Jonathan had made up so the pair were talking animatedly about how everything had happened and how she and Dylan had gotten together. "We should double date!" Oh dear... A double date with Esme and Jonathan? She loved them both but that just seemed like absolute torture... It wasn't anything against them personally as much as it was against the fact that she and Dylan weren't all well Jon and Esme. Jon and Esme were the 'perfect' couple stereo-typically - she never saw them argue or even get frustrated at each other like it was all sunshine and roses all the time.

"Thanks for coming to this, babe." She whispered in his ear before leading him to the couch so she could sit down on his lap. "I know that this is probably going to be kind of lame so I'll make up for it tonight .. if you know what I mean." She honestly didn't care that he was on his phone because she knew that he wasn't going to risk ruining what they had by being with someone else just as she wouldn't do the same to him. She trusted him more than she trusted most people which was weird because she knew why she shouldn't. She knew that he wasn't the most into the whole relationship and feelings thing but she wasn't just some random girl.

She was just like him, hell, she had been cheating on guys longer than he had and she'd been cheated on more times than she could count yet she had no suspicions. She couldn't imagine Dylan hurting her on purpose! She couldn't imagine a time when they wouldn't be .. this and him cheating would ruin everything. She'd thought at one point that everyone was entitled to one mistake but as she and Dylan spent more time together, she realized that wasn't true. If Dylan hurt her like that then she honestly didn't know how she would forgive him but he wouldn't so she didn't have anything to worry about, right?

[carol]

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Carol was excited for Esme's party! Of course she'd get to be with Wyatt, and that was always a good thing, but she was also glad for Thalia and Kegan to announce their engagement officially. She felt so bad for keeping it from her, but it was clearly for the better. Kegan said she'd been ridiculously surprised. Besides, their girls' day was much needed.
She was close to Wyatt's side, as usual. She had one arm wrapped around his forearm, and the other was holding his hand. For some reason tonight, she felt more infatuated with him than she normally would be. Like he was just the most beautiful man she'd ever seen.

"Hi, Es!" She said with a giant smile. She had to pry herself off of Wyatt in order to give her a hug, but then she was right back at his side. "The place looks amazing, by the way. Seriously, you've done a great job!" she looked back up at Wyatt, noticing how bored he looked. She knew he didn't want to be here, but it meant a lot to her that he came anyway.

[Esme Russel]

Esme wasn't in any way envious of the relationship that Dylan and Isabel shared because she could see through it. They just weren't the kind of people who got into relationships and they certainly weren't going to make it to their one year anniversary like Kegan and Thalia or Carol and Wyatt eventually would. "Hey Wyatt! I'm really good.. Jonathan and I are back together so I have honestly never been this happy before." She wasn't lying either, she even looked happier! She just had this new glow about her like she was finally completely at peace with her life. "Isn't that right, baby?" She leaned in close to her boyfriend's face so she could kiss him tenderly on the lips. "I love you, Jonathan Jacob Russel." She loved saying his full name like that.

It was so much better than when she said it after their break up.. It just seemed so loving. "And I am so glad that you're here with me and not on your phone like Dylan and Isabel and I can't wait until we get to our own one year anniversary because it's going to be the happiest day of my life." She whispered all of that, of course, since she didn't want the 'happy' couple to hear her even if they were on the couch. What would she have done if he hadn't agreed to come? He really didn't have much choice since he basically lived there now which meant that she got morning sex and night sex and sometimes 'the baby is sleeping and we have nothing better to do' sex.

Yeah, she was loving this whole settled down lifestyle. Why didn't more people have children and loving partners like this? She and Jonathan at least made parenthood look fucking easy! And Kegan and Thalia had the perfect life with Cole... they beat the statistics. "Hey Carol! Thanks! It's been so much decorating it and you need to see Cici's bedroom because it's perfect. I am so in love with how everything turned out but I wouldn't have been able to do it without Jon's help. He literally built all of my furniture with Cooper when I moved in."

[kegan]

Kegan just loved seeing that ring on Thalia's finger. He swore it had to be the most gorgeous thing he'd ever seen. Mostly because of what it represented to him. It meant that they were going to be together for the rest of their lives. Husband and wife. And tonight was the night they'd announce it to all of their friends.
The only people who really knew besides them were Carol, Esme, and Max. Maybe Wyatt if Carol told him, which she probably had, and he didn't doubt that she'd already called Avery to tell her. So there weren't very many people who knew. And now it was time to tell everyone, and he couldn't be more excited.

"You ready, beautiful?" He asked her as they walked to the door. They'd taken Cole to the penthouse for the night, so they could have some alone time for once. Not that they didn't adore their baby boy. They so did. It had just been a while since they were really alone together, and they needed some mommy daddy time. Quality mommy daddy time. They just had to announce their big news to everyone first.

[Maxwell Manson]

Max felt good to be going to a party finally since they got back to school. Of course school had not started yet, but parties always started early before school. He has his arm around Brielle holding her close against him, while his other arm was dangling while he walked.
He loved having her close to him, letting every guy know that he would beat their asses if they laid a hand... Even a finger for that matter on his baby girl. His girl... That sounded nice. Before knocking on Esme and Jon's door, he looked down at Brielle. "You're beautiful, you know that?"he asked with a smile. He cupped her face in his hand and gently kissed her on the lips. Before kissing her forehead and knocking on the door.

When Esme came to the he moved his arm from around Brielle only because he instantly spotted Carol through the door way. "Hey Essiekins. How are you?"he asked hugging the small girl, before placing his hand on Brielle's lower back and guiding her inside the house. He kept his hand just on her back since he was still touching her, but not where Carol could really see. "How mad is Carol that you're showing up with me"he whispered as he leaned down so he was by her ear saying that.

(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m86qlmebZ91r64bfvo1_500.jpg his outfit. :3 )