OCRP - Ezra

 

For all Ezra knew, Cole was drunk. He was in a tirade when he found Liz at Ezra's place.

"What are you?" Cole snarled. "Taking my girl like this!" His fists were tight, ready for a fight even if he were in his sleep pants and a pizza-stained tee.

Ezra just sighed and shook his head as if it were a mistake even letting him in. Liz was hiding in the bathroom. 

"Look, at this rate, you are no different than that guy she was with back in California," Ezra told him. "She deserves better. Have you really ever been there for her?" Ezra tilted his head with a smirk.

Cole's teeth nashed as he pushed Ezra back. Ezra fought back even if he didn't want to. But he'd didn't think neither were really going to hurt the other. He turned him around and forced him toward the door. "You're no good for anyone. She is just a friend. She's your friend too, which I am starting to doubt at the moment." 

Ezra opened the door, pushing him so hard with a kick that it slammed Cole into the other wall of the hallway. "Go clean up the place. Just leave her alone. Will ya?" Ezra shut the door and snapped the lock.

"You really know how to pick'm, don't you?" Ezra said to Liz when she came.

"It wasn't always this way," she winced. "I've been a wallflower most of my life." She hugged herself. "I have no idea what he saw in me, anyway." 

She plopped down on the couch.

"You've got a lot of good qualities, you know that." He told her as he sat next to her. "Even Delia likes you."

"I'm just a good listener," she told him.

"Just stop it, will you?" Ezra's voice tensed. He knew she felt this was all her fault with Cole, but it wasn't. "I'm glad you're here, even if it was Cole's doing to get you here. You are just too good for him, and he just isn't ready to appreciate that, evidently. I hope you're not thinking of going back," Ezra said she could stay here as long as she liked. 

"It's not that I don't mind paying rent," Liz looked at him out of the corner of her eye.

"What do you mean?" He looked at her blankly.

"We could be roommates," she suggested. They could look into finding a two-bedroom place here. "I noticed it on the bulletin board in the lobby."

Ezra liked that idea. He nursed the corner of his lip to keep from smiling too much.

OC RP - Cole

 

Cole was happy when Zeth arrived. Although he didn't notice how Liz reacted. Sure, she had work and long hours, and he didn't really think much about it.

He had tequila and Zeth. A great combination indeed. So yeah, he forgot work and forgot Liz for that matter, and had a great time chilling with his best bud in all the world. 

They talked about old times, even new times. Just what did the future have in store for them? It was a high time full of laughter and being idiots. 

Yeah, they trashed the place, played video games, and took it to a whole new level. They'd be best friends for life. And Zeth just might hang out here for good.

But then Cole woke up to the fact that Liz wasn't here to clean up the aftermath.

"Hey, where did she go?" He was in a stupor, perhaps trying to figure out what day it was.

"I didn't even know she was here," was Zeth's comment.

"Well, of course she's here," Cole told him. "I mean, I saved her from that guy. She's got to be here."

Only she wasn't. And it felt like a dream now. He couldn't imagine life without her. Except, he'd had such a good time with Zeth, that he forgot about her.

IRL

 

Sorry, I haven't been around much. I had dental work, and I have had to rest, brush my teeth often, use mouthwash, and eat soft foods. (Oh, and my face swelled up) It seems to be my MO for the holidays lately. 

Happy Easter

Ellie

The Plight of He Chang XI

 He's been around a while with some major Chinese dramas. In fact, he's twenty-eight and is guest-starring in a hot new Chinese drama, In Pursuit of Jade. However, he's been black-listed for starring in one of the first BL dramas that China has brought back. Sammy's Children's Day.

There is something uncanny of his resemblance of one of my favorite Chinese actors. But of course, He doesn't get the roles that he probably should get. He is half Russian.

It's a Hong Kong drama based in the 80's of an unlikely friendship of a college student and a gangster. Oh, and the really bad thing he was captured out with a guy. So AI to the rescue. They've changed his face in this new drama where many viewers were shocked to see. 

Perhaps the headlines will do him good, or maybe he'll just move to Thailand, where there is much more freedom when it comes to dramas that actors can choose. I have also noticed that some up-and-coming Chinese actors who might star in a drama as the main lead usually have fewer lines if they star with an A-list Chinese actress.