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[grayson-winters]

"Hey, it's better to be in here than letting the poison take you over and you losing. I'm glad to see that you are fighting back at it nd showing it who's boss. I definitely think that you are doing the best thing for yourself and I'm very happy." He explained honestly.

"Oh awesome. We can go ahead and see the little yard that they have. It's better than you just sitting out here, plus you can get some fresh air. It's actually really nice out right now." He explained to River. He smiled as he walked out of the facility with the other and towards the small yard that the patients had access to. "Of course. Once I found out, I made sure to make some time to get here." He assured River. He heard him speaking and he nodded. "Well sure, if you would like to tell me. I don't want you to think that you have to tell me but if that's something that you'd like to do then I am definitely all ears."

He looked over at Greyson he was sweet for sure to come in and visit him. Even more when River hadn't told him he was there." It's fine what can you really say in a moment like this. Having a person you knew in place that was for getting help.

He looked around a moment. "I cant leave here... but they do have a small yard..." so people could get outside and enjoy nature and get some sun. He did try and go out to the yard as much as he could. It was nice and he missed being outside more. So he lead the other to the yard and sighed. "It's better then nothing..." small just some small plants and trees, some benches and chairs. "Thanks for coming" he gave the other a quick hug.

"I want you to know... why I am here" it was a lot. Yes his friend knew he was once a child star that his father made him be but not a lot past that yet.

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[grayson-winters]

"Oh wow, were you in the navy or something? Is that why you spent such a long time on a ship?" He asked him curiously as he looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "Alright, awesome. Yeah let's just start it and we can see how it actually goes." Grayson couldn't help but laugh when the other mentioned his nervousness and he shook his head. "No, No. It should honestly be okay. I can't imagine anything too terrible happening so i'm sure we will all be safe for now." He laughed as he then picked up and axe after Sully and he waited his turn to allow the other to go first.

Sully gave him a big smile and nod at what the younger male had asked him. "I have done pretty much it all but they dont tend to allow tossing axes on ship... " he smirked a moment. Maybe one day a cruise ship would...but not with real ones not worth that risk if something did happen. "I mean I did live in the middle of the ocean for nearly 30 years..." he smirked he knew it wasn't that common. He nodded "They did have as watch a video and to sign something" so if something did happen it wasn't fully on them. "But lets do it" he clapped as he walked up to the lane and they got shown in person how to throw that axes. Once it was time he looked at Grayson. "Now i am nervous" he laughed as he picked up a axe.

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[grayson-winters]

There was no reason for Grayson to hold onto the past when there was nothing he could've done to train it. He was concentrated on being happier for his present and his future. "Yeah, I think I am free tomorrow night. I was just gonna hang around the karaoke bar, but I don't think that they will need me all that much honestly." He explained as he smiled. "I love that and really appreciate that, but maybe we don't have to worry about that. I mean if it's something that you need to do to bring peace to yourself then fine, but I don't mind just starting fresh and kind of forgetting about all of the things that happened in the past." Of course, Grayson was never going to forget the hurt and pain, but he didn't want to hold onto them anymore. "Where are you thinking for dinner?"

"Really?" Kodi had half expected Grayson to laugh in his face, flip him the bird, and walk away, though in reality that was more of a response Kodi would have given someone. He wasn't quite as forgiving as the other man was. "Okay, yeah. Uh, are you free tomorrow night? I'd love to catch up and try to you know, start mending this bridge I burned a long time ago." Something in Kodi's life that was easier said than done. He'd been working on himself and trying desperately to grow up these last few years. Grayson would always be his biggest regret, not dating him but leaving him in pieces the way he did, letting their relationship not be a priority.

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[grayson-winters]

"Thank you, I appreciate it. I'm just trying to keep pushing on and making the best that I can of the whole thing." He explained to her. "Yeah, we used to go to Karaoke bars all the time actually. It's something that we really enjoyed doing with one another." He mentioned as he thought back to a couple instances of when they were hanging out with each other. "That's okay, you don't have to worry about all that and everything. But honestly, does anyone actually look good in their ID?" He asked her as he raised an eyebrow slightly. "I don't think anyone actually does."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that," Bee frowned, tilting her head to the side as she studied his face. "Did you do karaoke often together or something? Some sort of mother-son duo?" she tried to make a light-hearted joke following his sad revelation. "I'm twenty-one," she said, subconsciously standing on her tip-toes to make herself appear taller. Even though she was legal now, she was used to having to try every trick in the book to get into bars before her twenty-first birthday, which was made more difficult by her extremely petite stature. "I can show you ID if you want, but I don't look half as hot in that picture as I do in real life," she joked.

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[grayson-winters]

"I know, I know I should be a little quieter because we don't want them to know that we know." He chuckled softly as he smiled wide and looked at the woman. "I love that idea, we can just pick a random place. Is there somewhere that you haven't been to before? There's a lot of places I haven't been to before but that's because I've only been here for six months."

"Don't talk too loudly, a parent might hear you and try to hold it over our heads," she teased Grayson, as she placed her finger over her lips, pretending to hush him in his words. "I'm not in the mood for anything in particular," she shrugged her shoulders with his question, "What about you?" Hazal questioned back in return, "if not we can just close our eyes and pick a place on the map," she partly teased, though she had no problem pulling up the nearest food places on her phone.

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[grayson-winters]

Grayson could see that River wasn't doing that well. But he also didn't know that River was doing bad and ended up here. He gulped softly as he looked down at his feet. "Sorry that I couldn't come up with anything better, I like tried and tried on my way over here but I just couldn't seem to come up with anything really." He explained to River while sighing softly.

Grayson didn't really know what he was doing here. He came to visit his friend, not that they knew each other all that long, but they had hit it off quite well with one another. He thought about just turning around and running, but he needed to do this for River. He didn't want the other to feel abandoned. "Want to take a walk?" He tried that to see if maybe it could rectify his first question that slipped past his lips.

River had not told everyone that he was in the rehab. He was embarrassed about it. That he was in there mainly for his drinking and drinking and drug use, but his mental heath was mess to. That he used to cover up and hide the feeling that he had from his family. That he drank so much and used to make him not feel how hurt and alone he always had felt.

So he didn't expect anyone to come today, he had made plans with most people so he didn't think anyone would show up today. He was in his room that was shared, but his roommate was out doing things. River just in his room on his bed reading more about his GED. Hearing his name he sat up and looked at the door seeing Grayson.... he never told him so he didn't expect it. He looked at him putting the book under his blanket, another embarrassment he had. "It's what everyone asks me when they come.." he admitted, it wasn't an easy thing to visit a person in a location like this.

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[grayson-winters]

"Fair, fair. Are you one of those risk takers that have gone and done everything that they have never done before if they can try and help it?" He asked the other as he laughed. "Like are you the big skydiver and gambler who likes to take risks all the time?" He asked him honestly as he looked at him. "Of course, they do whatever they can to make sure that accidents like that don't happen so we will just have to find out for ourselves when we do this." He laughed while then motioning towards the lane, "Shall we?" He asked.

He looked at the younger male with a smile. "I just rarely find something I have not done so I had to give it a try. " it wasn't a thing around cruise ships, you know not to safe in space like that even in cruise ports so he had never done. Also it still was a bit new of a thing to do so there was that too. "I mean if they have this place open and others like it, it cant be that bad" he smirked a moment. Sure if people did get hurt enough they could not keep them open. "Oh come on you look like you go keen eye" he said acting like he was tossing one. "I mean flying back and knocking you swear in the head" he tapped his own head and laughed. "But i am sure they make it all safe so even a bounce back cant go that far to hurt you" well he sure hoped so that it was that way.

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[grayson-winters]

"Yeah and then we begin to realize that our parents weren't so wrong when they were telling us these things." He agreed with her and then nodded in agreement with her next statement as well. "Oh absolutely. Very relaxing. Actually, I would love to go get a bite. Was there any space in particular you were thinking about?" He asked her, wanting to allow her to have first pick at where they went.

Hazal laugh softly with his statement, "Absolutely, crazy how that happens," she shook her head at the thought. "I agree," she told Grayson, "I find it to be great for stress relief." In which Hazal should probably stay in yoga classes all day and all night. "You want to go grab a bite to eat? I'm starving after that class."

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[grayson-winters]

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Grayson had heard through the grape vine that River was getting some help mentally. He was curious as to why he hadn't seen the other around in quite some time. The two of them had spoken here and there and he thought that they hit it off pretty well. He was saddened when he heard this news.

He headed off to the treatment center where River was located and he decided to go visit him. He signed himself in and he was directed in the direction to where the other was hanging out. He walked around a little bit but then saw him and he smiled softly. "Hey., River he said as he saw him and he approached him. "How are you doing?" He stopped for a second. "Sorry, stupid question. I shouldn't have asked that. Uhm, i'm not really sure what to ask really?"

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[grayson-winters]

Grayson was always looking for something new to add to his collection or to add to the jukebox at his Karaoke Bar that he owned. He decided that he would head to the record shop and see if anything sparked his interest. He walked in and he was glad to be greeted by the person working. That was something he always took note of when he went somewhere. Grayson walked through the aisles slowly and he nodded. "Thank you, I appreciate that very much actually. I will most definitely let you know if i need anything." He agreed. "I was wondering if you had gotten anything new in that you would suggest?"

Five years in one place. The longest time staying anywhere since she was 19 years old, and it took a moment; perhaps a passing thought. Maybe she was stable now. Maybe things were working out.

Joni Jacobson was a wanderer - or she had been for years, and looking around her record shop, it almost felt out of body to think that something could have been hers for so long. Years spent searching for the next great buzz, the next immediate gratification, and now she had her crystals and her cat and her plants and the records kept on spinning. Maybe this was what growing up was for.

Perhaps she was staring out into space, fingers idly drumming on the counter along to Touch of Grey, one of her favorite tracks on her favorite Grateful Dead album. But the jingle of the door to the shop opening shook her out of her reverie, and she smiled, in spite of herself. "Welcome, welcome! Let me know if you need anything, need a suggestion for a song, need a smoke. What have you."

@easthavenstarters

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[grayson-winters]

"Really? What made you think that this is something that you wanted to try?" He asked curiously as he raised an eyebrow slightly towards the other gentleman. "It does sound exciting but I can tend to be a clumsy person so I don't know if I should be trusted with this, but hey I guess i'll never know if I never try." he smirked. "Just make sure you're very far away from me when I throw the first couple." He joked. "Oh well, then I suppose I could help you out with that." What was the worst thing that could happen? He was all for hanging and making a new friend.

Sully had been told about this place and heard about that sort of place before. So he knew he had to come in and give this place a try. The idea of it sounded fun and crazy to him. The idea they gave people hatches to toss at a wall for fun? That most places did allow you to drink too, how was this all okay and not more people hurt during it? He had no idea but he was excited about it.

He smiled a moment "You and me both" he nodded "I mean I have pretty much done it all you can do in a life, but this stuff not so much" he looked up as he saw some people doing it tossing the hatchet at the wall and having them stick and sometimes not and would fly back. "Scary shit, but it sound exciting" he smiled " I have a lane rented but it's really for two people not just one..." so he knew he had the space for another.

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[grayson-winters]

"Well if you want to know the truth, it was when I found out I was getting all the money from my mom's life estate and life insurance and all that after she passed." He explained to her. He wasn't always so loud and proud about how he managed to purchase the karaoke bar. "This is something she would've loved actually." He explained to her. "How old are you if you don't mind me asking?" He leaned against the bar counter as he looked at the individual that he was holding a conversation with.

Bee nodded as he spoke, knowing that he was right. "And when did you know what you wanted? Like, did you just wake up one day and decide that you wanted to own a karaoke bar? Because at the moment, every ambition I have is fleeting. I went to college for graphic design because I used to love art, but now even the thought of sitting down to paint makes me feel exhausted. I feel like I'm forgetting who I am, and I don't know who I'm becoming." She paused before letting out a laugh, shaking her head. "Jesus Christ, I must be drunker than I thought; that was pretty deep."

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[grayson-winters]

"Alright, alright that's good to know!" He mentioned to the other as he laughed softly. "I guess I will have to give a good ol cheap beer and see if I like this." He mentioned. "I haven't had a cheap beer in quite some time actually." He explained to him as he shrugged. "I do like mixed drinks as well and I do like having the seltzer's, but I'm not terribly picky when it comes to my alcohol actually. I'm just not a huge fan of wine."

"Oh good," he nodded his head, glad that the other's drink had made it out unscathed from the situation within the bar. He laughed with the other's words, "Yeah, I get that entirely." The outcome would have had him acting differently if it had got more out of hand. "I'm a cheap beer fan," he admitted, finding it partial to the drinks that usually ended up on specials. And not necessarily because they were good. "Miller light is usually my go to beer." He told the other, "But my friends have much better taste so there's a few options unless you're up for a mixed drink."

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[grayson-winters]

"Oh I know, it's absolutely crazy and then we turn into the people who are telling others about the things that we used to not listen to ourselves." He laughed a bit as he looked at her and then nodded. "Exactly. I think a lot of people judge it a little bit too harshly here and there but it can be quite therapeutic and it is nice."

Hazal nodded her head to his words, "You know, it's funny how many things we are told growing up or even as young adults that we don't want to believe." The brunette was nearing thirty and quite frankly, she wasn't sure this was how she used to see her life but things had changed immensely after losing her mother and older brother. "You do," she nodded her head. It was lucky she snagged the apartment just above the yoga studio, feeling that she could slip down the stairs and enjoy a session as often as she'd like. "It's a more subtle form of stress relief."

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[grayson-winters]

"Alright, well listen. I've been known for listening to my music so loud that I am going to lose my hearing by the time i'm forty and something tells me that everyone that warned me is correct." He chuckled softly while smiling wide. "Nah, I didn't feel like yoga. I felt like running it out today, but I am probably gonna be a yoga next time because something about it is so soothing to the soul. It's almost like you have to have it every once in a while."

"That's okay," she smiled at him, "I'm only giving you a hard time." She didn't want Grayson to think he had to stop and talk to her, but she hadn't been able to help calling him out with her relatively pleasant mood after attending yoga. "I'm doing well, good, yoga kicked my ass today." She smiled at him, "Didn't feel up for it? Rather run instead?" Hazal gestured toward him, partially wrinkling her nose.

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[grayson-winters]

"Yeah, i'm glad that nobody was hurt either." He mentioned to Wyatt as he laughed softly. "Oh yeah, my drink is still all here so we don't have to worry about that. This conversation would be going differently if it wasn't okay." He joked with the other male as he laughed a bit. "But no, it's all good. I appreciate you asking though. I guess it helps that my drink was getting sort of empty so what would you recommend?"

Wyatt nodded his head as the man thanked him for checking in. Nancy's typically did not have unruly customers and it made Wyatt think that they were from out of town, also because he didn't recognize them. "Yeah," he nodded his head as he was questioned in returned. "Glad no one was hurt." Wyatt would have hated to turn into a police officer for the evening after getting off shift if the fight had actually broke out. "Your drink all there?" He questioned, realizing he had managed not to lose any of his own beer.

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[grayson-winters]

"Well sometimes you have to do something that seems instinctual and see if it's the right thing. You won't truly know until you try new things and you see if it works for you or not." He explained to her as he shrugged his shoulders. "Well, I used work in finance and I thought that it was the life I really wanted and then I went through a heck of a lot and I took off from my hometown and came here and bought this karaoke bar." He explained to her. "You don't have to do something that dramatic, but it made me realized I should've tried doing something a lot earlier in my life."

Bee gave him a grateful smile when he slid her money back over. It wasn't like she had a lot to spend, anyway. "That's the thing, though," she let out a dramatic sigh, folding her arms on the bar. "I don't know what change I have to make. I don't know what way to make myself happier. I feel like everything I used to do to be happy is just exhausting now." She tilted her head slightly, studying him for the first time. "What did you change?"

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