BLACK, Arizona June

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full name arizona june black date of birth 28.07.90 home town branson, missouri current city nyc, new york education business degree occupation outdoors photographer ________________________________________ It felt like I was sleepwalking. And when I woke up the next day with my fingers laced in his, I had to collect my foggy thoughts and pinch myself to make sure it was real. I am a difficult person to love. I can be shallow and depressive, unbearable to be around. I can push, shove and be loose like a cannon. But if you survey Adam, you'll find that he always curious for a challenge. It surprised me that he wanted to be with me. I don't remember seeing him when we pushed our way into Please Don't Tell. I was celebrating my twenty-first birthday with Esme and Natasha. The three of us were hyper with booze.. thinking we were so cultured in our glittery dresses and marching up to the bar in our big girl heels. I can remember Esme hesitating, "uhhhh.. three martinis. Apples ones." We collided on my way to the bathroom. I drained half my martini on his grey tee shirt. As I watched the grey turned a few shades darker, I flicked my hands up.. insulted, like it was him who spilled his drink all over me. I looked at his face for a second as I danced around him, annoyance in my voice as I introduced a punchline into our relationship. Excuuuuse me. I've always wandered what he found so charming about that. What magnetized him to our booth. Or if he was going in to pursue the other two by sitting in my seat. I returned with the three of them howling with laughter, Natasha had tears streaming down her face and Adam maintained a smirk on his face. And when I found myself laughing along, that's where the pink ladies started. From the beginning our relationship has maintained an unromantic clumsiness. Nowadays it's him finding birth control pills in my wallet. But before that it was us slipping in the shower mid-intercourse, or me crashing the car into a snowbank at the supermarket and calling him for help. At the very beginning it was me mixing drinks. Gin, tequila, rum. Free drinks may sound like the lotto to a just-graduated-broke-college-girl, but they don't sit well. The nausea hit at the most inopportune time. I feel like I was born in a one star romantic comedy... the two of us sucking face in a bathroom stall, our hands wandering all over each other's bodies... me jumping for the toilet to throw up. I remember waking up the next morning with the sorest head, my blackberry curve vibrating on the side-table with messages from my concerned friends. Fingers knotted with his, Adam's hot breath hitting the nape of my neck. I haven't had a Pink Lady since. ________________________________________ IRVINE BLACK | 28 | BROTHER IB "Say that again?" AB "About the birth control?" IB "Wouldn't just be easier to tell him you're not ready for a kid?" AB ".. I know, but it'd break his heart. He'd think it was him." IB "And what do you think will happen if he finds out?" AB "He won't." ________________________________________ ________________________________________ likes honey, agent provocateur, illustration, big porches, summer nights, winter cuddles, long skirts, equality, dark colours, fluffy throws, south africa, gold, caramel, toffee, antique furniture, tarzan the boston terrier, ridiculous history channel shows, instagram, dressing up, dressing down, kurt vonnegut dislikes ginger, organic peanut butter, working out, leaving a warm bed for a cold new york, wasps, the sound of emergency vehicles, bundling up in winter outerwear, christmas shopping, black licorice, messes, cooking red meat, baking.. cooking in general, busy days. bad habits cracking her knuckles, whispering "I hope they're okay" at the scream of an ambulance, telling white lies, taking up 95% of the bed, saying "I'm not going to drink tonight" and ending up completely wasted, losing things, sleep talking, etc.. ________________________________________ ________________________________________ your name ciara play-by alyssa member group resident