[invite] Last Monday Night

[Destiny Anne Drake]

Destiny shook the ends of her hair out as she finished touching it up from when she did it earlier and stepped out of the bathroom. She made her way down the hallway before she peeked her head into Faith’s room. “ Curtis coming tonight?” she asked, leaning her side against the doorframe. She honestly didn’t understand how Faith could be that close of friends with a guy and not sleep with him. Or at least make out, something. There were a lot of hot guys tonight, and she was looking forward to seeing a few of them. Though, Stefan had gone and idiotically gotten himself a girlfriend so a good time with him was out the window. Ethan wasn’t texting her back at all, so really that only left Anthony. Which was fine by her, she liked his personality the best anyways. Not that you needed to like someone’s personality to like what they had to offer in the bedroom. Thankfully, Anthony was phenomenal at both. “ Oh my gosh you look totally hot,” she said with a nod in Faith’s direction.She winked at her before she pushed away from the doorframe and headed downstairs.

A few minutes later it seemed like there were a few people who had arrived and Destiny smiled, hugging a few as she saw them and kissing some of her closer friends on the cheek as she greeted them. But it didn’t take long for her to spot out the hot guy she had been thinking about for a little bit now. Anthony Owen. That guy seriously knew how to present himself, in every way. She smirked to herself before she went into the kitchen and filled beer into a cup. She wiggled her hips in her dress and pulled the fabric of her dress up a little bit before she fluffed her hair and made her way over to him. “ Anthony Owen,” she said in almost a whisper as she sing-songed his voice and made her way over to him. ”You know better than to have an empty hand at one of our parties,” she placed her arm around his neck and hugged him, placing a kiss against his cheek before she handed a beer out to him.


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[Faith Olivia Drake]

This was always the party that everyone looked forward to. Faith, Hope and Destiny has a party every year since their freshman year in high school. Their parents had their annual two week vacation, so the girls always decided to have a party. Faith pulled her shirt over her head and looked at herself in the mirror. She turned to the side and smiled when she saw Destiny standing there in her doorway. She nodded her head, "Yeah, at least he said he was coming, but you know how Curtis is." she smiled at her sister in her mirror and then traced her lipstick smoothly across her lips. She turned to look at Destiny, "Why thank you. You do too, as always." Faith watched her sister as she walked away from the door. Faith stuck her head out of her door and looked down to Hope's closed door. "Hope, your ass better be coming downstairs." she called, not knowing if her sister was even home.

Faith took one more look at herself before she headed out of her room and downstairs. She greeted some of her friends and some people who she had never seen before. Faith looked around for Curtis, but didn't se him yet. She looked over and saw Destiny already on the move, towards Anthony Owen. Faith smirked and headed into the kitchen. She hugged a few friends and grabbed a red cup off of the top of the stack and filled it up with some beer. Once again Faith looked around for Curtis, but still didn't see him. She shrugged and mingled with the people that were in the kitchen.


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[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia pulled into the driveway of the Drake household. Before the car was shut off, Anthony was already out of the car and headed into the house. Natalia made a face and then shut the car off and got out. She beeped the alarm and headed into the house. She smiled and greeted some of her friends. It had been forever since she had last seen them. One of them tried to hand her a beer and she smiled and shook her head, "I don't drink." "Smart girl." Natalia smiled again and walked through the people in the hallway. It was nice to be here with friends and not screaming fans and paparazzi. Natalia needed a break from that life for awhile and needed time to be herself and live her life.

She walked into the living room and looked over at Anthony and Destiny, she waved and gave a smile. Natalia looked for Claire. She spotted her and walked over to her. She looped her arm through her's and looked at her, "Girl no one is dancing yet. Let's go start it up." She smiled and pulled Claire into the living room. Natalia made sure Claire's back was towards Anthony. She grabbed both of Claire's hands and began to dance to the music.


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[Anthony Marcus Owen]

Anthony opened the car door and shut it as Natalia pulled into the driveway. Anthony hadn't partied since the cruise. He walked through the front door and realized that he was one of the first people in the house. Anthony walked into the bathroom and just sighed. This night was going to be a crazy one. Destiny was going to be looking for him and Claire was going to be waiting for him to make a mistake. Anthony looked at himself, smiled and then headed out of the bathroom. He walked through the newly crowded hallway and into the kitchen. There wasn't really anyone worth mingling with. He just smiled and waved to a few people and headed into the living room.

Just then. Destiny came walking over to him. Anthony smiled and hugged her back. He took the beer from her and took a sip, "Thank you. You look beautiful, as always." he smiled and sipped his beer again. He smiled and waved at Natalia. He turned back to Destiny, "You got a date for this thing?" He knew damn well she didn't but he needed to somehow let her know that he wasn't available. He couldn't just come out and say it.


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[alex]

Curtis was excited for the party tonight, no doubt about it. He was usually a pretty laid back guy but a party at the Drake’s was definitely something to get excited for. Unfortunately for him, whenever he got excited for parties he tended to go too hard and more often than not ended up passing out or making a complete fool of himself before the clock even hit midnight. Tonight he planned to take it pretty easy, he had a bottle of vodka in his bag which he didn’t intend to finish. Having just stepped out of the shower, Curtis had a towel wrapped around his waist as he combed through his closet. He wasn’t big into shopping or fashion but he knew what he liked and what looked good. Grabbing his favorite sweater off a hanger, he decided to wear his nicer pair of jeans since he had a feeling there would be some girls there he’d want to impress. Not to mention they were Faiths favorite on him. He made sure to grab a new pair of boxers, since he never knew what to expect at their parties, and got dressed. Curtis also knew looking good was half the battle, he put on his favorite Lacoste cologne. He threw on his grey Nikes, and head out the door.

Since Faith’s house was so close to his own, he decided to long board over. Curt didn’t really skate but he did like using it as transportation, after all it was cheaper than gas. He made it over in no time and saw that there were already a few cars there and he assumed even more people inside. His suspicion was proved correct when he opened the front door and it was already pretty packed, he threw his board in the closet and continued inside. Curt decided to head towards the kitchen to mix himself a drink and see if there were any familiar faces around. He glanced around and smiled at the people he knew, Destiny seemed to already be macking on Anthony which didn’t really surprise him. Reaching the kitchen he spotted exactly who he wanted to see and walked up to her. Since she was facing the other way, he tickled her sides and laughed at her reaction. He engulfed her in a warm hug when she turned around and smiled down at her when he finally released her. “Nice party so far Miss Faith” Curt said with a smirk as he poured them both shots and himself a vodka sev. ”You’re going to save me a dance for later right?” he said looking over at the cute girls who had already started up the dance floor before looking back at Faith for her answer.

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[Ethan John Fox]

Ethan groaned as he hit his head against the back of Natalia’s seat as she was driving. A party with kids that were all younger than him. Don’t get it wrong, he thought the Drake sisters were great. But it was a party. With kids. The only reason he was going was because the rest of his friends were. And why they were he had no idea, but whatever. A party should be a good time. He watched as Anthony basically ran inside and got out of the backseat, giving a small smile and a wink to Natalia as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and headed inside. “ Let’s fuck some shit up” he said sarcastically since Natalia never drank. Ever. He headed inside and nodded his head to a few of the guys he recognized from the football team when he was still in high school. They were runts back then, and hell they still looked like runts. He watched as Destiny set her sight on Anthony.She was like a tractor beam when she was on a mission. Better Anthony than him. He smiled before he turned to look at Natalia and then headed off to the kitchen to get himself a drink.

“ Hey Faith,” he said, waving at her as he lazily. At least he could talk to two of the Drakes sisters without worrying about them trying to get into his pants. Definitely not worth upsetting Natalia over since they were still ‘figuring things out’. “ Great party,” he said , lifting his cup towards her and nodded his head at Curtis. When he came back out he saw that Natalia had been dancing with Claire, but Claire had her eyes set on Anthony and began making her way towards Destiny and Anthony. He narrowed his eyebrows as he watched them, Claire placing on a too sweet smile that he knew was fake before she started pulling Anthony towards Natalia, waving at Destiny. Which left Destiny alone. And staring at Ethan. He took a drink from his cup quickly, turning to get lost in the crowd so it was a bit more difficult for her to find him.

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[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire and Anthony hadn’t really been anywhere, around anyone, since they started whatever the hell it was that they were doing. It all got confusing before they had even arrived at the party. She didn’t want to come with Mason, but if she said no then that would have looked more suspicious than if she didn’t. Ethan was already asking too many questions and it wasn’t fair to rely on Natalia to constantly distract him from all of it. During dinner she’d been able to explain some of what was going on to Stefan, but she didn’t want to bore him to death about it so she’d quickly turned the conversation back to him and Hillary. She really was glad that things were working out so well for them since they seemed to really like each other. When Stefan dropped her back off at home she didn’t have much time before Mason was there to pick her up, getting the once over from Ethan. Ethan hated him,though she wasn’t entirely sure why. She’d explained to Mason that she only wanted to be friends and that she was interested in someone else. He was only being friendly by offering her a ride.

Once they had gotten to the party, he disappeared to talk to a few people but promised he’d be back. She smiled as she saw that Natalia, Ethan and Anthony had arrived. Thank God. But of course, like a frikkin magnet, Destiny was at Anthony’s side. Awesome. But she didn’t have much time to think about it since Natalia had swooped in and maguvyre’d her way into dancing with Claire. “ You’re really lucky I love you. I’m not Julia Stiles. I’m not some ballerina that goes hip hop…yo..” she said before she remembered back to the cruise, dancing with Anthony. He made her do a lot of things that she normally wouldn’t. She smiled at Natalia, rolling her eyes before she gave in and finally started dancing. She knew that she was trying to distract her, keep the peace between everyone. But Claire trusted Anthony. Technically. They weren’t really dating, so Anthony was free to do whatever he wanted. She couldn’t technically get mad about anything. As she turned back to face them, she clenched her jaw as she saw Destiny twirling her finger around the string to Anthony’s hoodie, talking to him with a smile across her lips. “ Hold up,” Claire said, looking past Natalia still before she moved away from her and over to Anthony and Destiny.

“ Hey!” Claire yelled out as she approached them, giving a smile and a wave. “ I had no idea you’d actually be here” she said, smiling at Anthony before she hugged him and kept her arm around his waist before she turned to look at Destiny, with a smile still plastered on her features like she was some plastic clown outside of a fast food restaurant. “Destiny, I’m glad you found him. This girl he is dating is dying to meet you. She was at the place earlier…. She’s really sweet, but um.. I think if she sees you kind of acting like a slut, …. Not that you are, but if it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck,..then.. anyways… she might go psycho. You know the sweet ones, they're always the ones people never suspect. You’re throwing party. Don’t let silly old Anthony monopolize your time… mingle! Tons of people want to see you” She lowered her arm from around Anthony’s waist and grabbed his hand, pulling him towards Natalia, but she turned around to face him once they had sort of gotten lost in the crowd. “ Hey..” she said, standing on her toes to hug him. Friends hugged…. She hugged Stefan all the time. “ I do trust you,” she said before she squeezed him tightly. “ However, I will go Medusa on her ass. Her I do not trust,” she smiled before she bounced her shoulders happily. “ We’re at a party. Where there is dancing. How often are you and I going to be in a public situation where we can get away with touching each other and not having Ethan spiral into a series of questions?” She lowered her hand back to his and turned, making her way back towards Natalia. “ Look what I found,” she said happily.

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[Stefan Michael Thomas]

Stefan looked in his rearview mirror at Kristen sitting back there. This must be awkward for her. Going to a party with him and Hillary. He knew older people would be there, but he was her brother and he would definitely make sure nothing was going to happen to her. Stefan knew Kristen drank, but he wasn’t going to let her get trashed. He knew Kristen could stop herself, but he was going to make sure, he was the big brother after all. “It’s a bummer that your boyfriend can’t come out tonight.” he said as he turned the radio down and pulled into the front of the Drake house. “You don’t seem too bummed out about it though.” He watched her get out of the car and he sighed and got out. He walked over to Hilllary’s door and opened it for her, taking her hand. Stefan closed the door behind her and headed up into the house.

He held tightly onto Hillary’s hand as they walked through the crowded hallway. He nodded to a few buddies and said hi to some others. He turned to Hillary, “You want a drink?” He headed into the kitchen and saw Kristen with her friends. He wasn’t going to bother her or smother her. This was her time to have fun too. “Hey Faith.” he said and then he nodded to Curtis as he grabbed two cups. “Faith, I have more beer in my car and some Tequila and Malibu Rum. Just let me know when you want them.” he filled the two cups with beer and handed one to Hillary. He took her hand once again and lead her into the living room. He saw Claire, Natalia and Anthony dancing. He smiled at them and saw Destiny. Stefan squeezed Hillary’s hand as they walked by her, “Hey Destiny. This is Hillary, Hillary this is Destiny. Great party, as usual.” he smiled and put his arm around Hillary’s shoulders.


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[Kristen Renee Thomas]

Kristen stared out the window of Stefan’s car. She really did hate these things sometimes. Her and Elijah could never come out together. Kristen looked at the rearview when Stefan said it was a bummer, “Yeah it is.” she shrugged and sighed. Just then they pulled up in front of the house and Stefan said she didn’t seemed to bummed. Kristen looked at him and then got out of the car and headed across the lawn and into the house. The truth was she was bummed. It killed her that Elijah couldn’t come out with her to this party. He couldn’t go anywhere with her and she couldn’t go anywhere with him, besides his apartment. Being in an apartment all the time to spend time together got boring after awhile. They put up with it though because they wanted to be together and they wanted it to work out.

Kristen hugged a few friends in the hallway and put up a happy front. She was happy to be here, but she wanted to be with Elijah. She wanted to introduce him as her boyfriend, not her English teacher. She made her way into the kitchen and saw Faith and Curtis. Kristen smiled to herself, they were so damn cute together, why in the world were they not together? She walked over to them and hugged Faith, “Hey girl.” she smiled at Curtis, “Hey. Long time no see.” She grabbed a cup and put some beer in it. Just then Stefan and Hillary made their way in. She smiled to them and sipped her beer. She listened to Stefan as he told Faith about the alcohol he had, he really was a sweet guy sometimes. She watched them walk into the living room and then turned back to Curtis and Faith as she watched them take the shot. “Hope I didn’t interrupt something.” she smiled. ”Speaking of Hope. Where is she? I didn’t see her.” she looked around again and then back to Faith.


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[Nathaniel Kyle Peterson]

Nathaniel hadn't known about the party over at Drake's place. Earlier that day while he was in a meeting, he had gotten a comment from Esta. Though he didn't check it right away but he checked it once he was in his office. Nathaniel had told    his personal assistant to take care of things since he'll be picking Esta up for the party. He still had no idea what he was going to wear; he thought about calling Mandi and tell her to get something out for him then he realized that she might not be home. Nathaniel sighed as he dialed his dad's number to talk about the project that he'd been working on for weeks. 

Nathaniel finally finished talking to his dad and started to clear his desk. He returned the paperwork he’d been looking over earlier back to the labeled folders he’d gotten them out of earlier. He opened up his desk drawer and slid the folders into the drawer and slid it closed. He locked the cabinet and turned the light out. He stood up and grabbed his jacket and briefcase. He closed his office door and headed to the lot and down to his car. Nathaniel hopped in and started it up, tossing his stuff in the back and headed out of the lot in the direction of his place. He figured that he would just text Esta to see if she was ready or not. Heynare you ready? Sorry I couldn't text you earlier, was busy at work. Nathaniel parked his car in the parking lot, got out, locked his car and literally ran to his room. He picked out another vest and a white shirt, not caring that if he wears his work clothes. He sprayed his cologne and rushed out of his place into his car and sped out of the parking lot.

Nathaniel parked his car in front Thomas' place. He knew Stefan, not very well, but you can say that they're friends. He cut the engine, got out of the car, locked his car as he walked to the door. Nathaniel knocked on the door and waited for someone to open the door. He hoped that Esta would open the door. 

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[Hillary Rachelle Jones]

Hillary looked over her shoulder at the backseat and smiled at Kristen. She was really glad about getting to know her better now that she and Stefan were dating officially. “ Who needs boys for a party? They just drag you down the entire time anyways” she said winking at her with a smile before she got out of the car when Stefan opened the door. She smiled as he slid his hand into hers and leaned into his side. It felt so natural to be with him, like nothing had changed and everything changed all at the same time. She kissed his cheek as they came inside and he quickly made his way to the kitchen, towing her along with him. She had a photoshoot in the morning and the last thing she wanted was to actually drink beer. But he was so damn cute that she just smiled and nodded. She took the beer, waving her fingers slightly in a greeting to Faith before she followed Stefan back out into the living room.

Hillary laughed and shook her head at Anthony, dancing with Claire and Natalia. Did those girls seriously do everything together? She smiled at them and waved, glad that there were more people there that she actually knew. Most of these people were Stefan’s friends, but if he liked them then she was sure they were all great people. He had such a good heart. She turned her attention to the girl in front of them as Stefan introduced them. ‘ Oh hi,” she smiled , “ It’s nice to meet you, this part is really crowded. You guys apparently know what you’re doing,” she said with a small laugh before she squeezed her fingers tightly around Stefan’s. Parties and socializing was fun, but she really wanted to be at home with Stefan.They’d sealed the deal a few ways on the cruise and ever since then she’d found him sort of addicting.It was hard being in places with him, when he was so damn adorable, or cute, and not being able to take advantage of him.

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[Esta Lia Veranese]

Esta sat on the couch staring at the clock. Just then her phone went off. She quickly picked it up and smiled as she read the text from Nate. Was she ready? She was ready hours ago. She was so excited about this. Esta quickly texted him back, I am ready. You on your way? she put the phone back down on the couch and ran upstairs. Esta touched up her lipstick and made sure her hair was perfect before she went downstairs. Esta got a quick cup of water before she heard a knock at the door. She placed the empty cup in the sink, walked over to the couch, grabbed her phone and then headed to the door.

She answered it and instantly smiled when she saw Nate standing there. Esta stepped outside and closed the door behind her, making sure it was locked. "You look ...uh very handsome." she smiled again and looped her arm through his as they walked to his car. Esta got in and put her seatbelt on. "So, these sisters, do you know them?" Kristen said she had been really close with one of them, but she couldn't remember her name right now. Esta looked around Nate's car, it was very nice. She looked out of the passenger side window and watched everything go by.

They pulled up to the house and once again, Esta looped her arm in Nate's as they walked. She walked up the steps and into the house behind some other people. Esta kept her arm in Nate's as they made their way into he kitchen. She saw Kristen and smiled. She walked over to her and hugged her, "I told you that dress would look good on you. Bello." She smiled and then looked to Nate, "Nate this is Kristen, Stefan's sister. Kristen this is Nate. A good friend of mine." she smiled to both.


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[Destiny Anne Drake]

Destiny laughed as Anthony asked her if she was here with anyone, “ Um..fortunately, no” she said, shaking her head at him. Have a date, was that boy insane? He’d clearly lost his damn mind. She twirled her finger around the string attached to his hood, ”No the only guy I was wanting to steal some time away from tonight, was you. If memory serves me right,you aren’t one for disappointing me,” she said before she heard Claire yelling out to them. Seriously? She blinked as she listened to her, turning her eyes back on Anthony. “ You’re dating someone? “ she asked. “ You don’t date….” she stated,with pure confession tainting her voice. Destiny made a confused face as Claire warned her about Anthony’s ‘girlfriend’ and took off with him. Like taking the cheese right from underneath the nose of the mouse. “….What?!” she questioned loudly, still confused at what the hell was happening. She never didn’t get a guy she was after, ever. Not only that, but Ethan had just avoided her like she was the plague.

Destiny sighed happily as she saw Stefan, “ Oh thank God,” she said, moving her arms to hug him but then froze as he introduced Hillary as his girlfriend. “ Seriously?!... Am I getting punked? …” Destiny looked back over her shoulder to look at everyone else, mumbling to herself quietly. “Maybe I’m sleeping”She looked back up at Hillary as she complimented her party. “ Yeah thanks, have a ball…whatever….” she said unenthusiastically before she waved at Stefan. “ Good seeing you again,”. She made her way back towards the kitchen. “ FAITH!” she yelled out, seeing her with Curtis. ”Hi,” she said, acknowledging him before looking at Faith. “ … They’re all getting girlfriends. I’m losing my ‘oompf’.” she said sadly before she made herself a new drink.

[Mason Alexander Sutton]

Mason headed into the kitchen to fill up his cup for the second time. It was nice to be able to catch up with everyone and see how their summers had been since they were all starting school again pretty soon. He’d stayed in New York the entire summer, but it seemed like everyone else had a lot of projects or had gone on vacations. He made his way back out into the living room, searching the crowd for Claire. When he had picked her up she was sort of cute in the way she was persistent that she was only interested in being friends with him. Half the fun to him was the chase of it, being able to say that he got them to cave. So she had no idea the game she had started by saying that. Plus she was wearing a purity ring. If that didn’t turn the chase on for him then nothing would. One problem he did have though was that it didn’t seem like Ethan was too fond of him. Maybe because they were too much alike when it came to women, he knew his tricks and what he was up to and sure as hell didn’t take kindly to it when it came to his little sister.

“ I got you a drink,” he said to Claire, leaning down towards her to speak to her over the music as he placed his hand on the small of her back and pulled her closer to him at the same time. “Oh, thanks!” she said before gladly reaching for it and taking a drink from it while taking a step away from him. He watched her for a moment, wondering why she was looking at Anthony over the edge of the cup as she took a drink. “ You seem kind of frazzled,” he said again over the music. “ Come on let’s go upstairs. We can talk about it,” he said, smiling at her. Claire lowered the cup from her lips. “ Be right back guys, Mason wants to go talk “, she said, gesturing towards the stairs as she started to step away from them.

[Faith Olivia Drake]

The house was filling up and that made Faith happy. This was party was going to be a successful one, yet again. Faith smiled when one of her friends smirked and then quickly put her drink to her mouth, "What?" she asked with a small laugh, but she knew exactly what when she felt hands tickling her sides. Faith quickly jumped and started laughing when she turned to see Curtis behind her. "Jerk." she said as she playfully slapped him. She wrapped her arms around Curtis and hugged him tightly, smiling. "Thank you." she said when he complimented the party, "Now the real party can start." she smiled at him and watched him pour the shots. Ethan, a "friend" of Destiny's, came in and got a drink and said hi and also complimented the party, "Hey Ethan. Thank you, it sure seems to be going great so far. Enjoy yourself." she smiled as he walked away. Just then she was being hugged once again, this time by Kristen, "Oh my goodness! You look gorgeous! I love your dress, where'd you get it?" Faith took the shot in her hand, but was once again "interrupted" , now by Kristen's older brother Stefan. "Aw, Stefan, thank you. You didn't have to do that, but I will definitely come to find you." Faith turned to Kristen, "Your brother is so sweet."

Faith took the shot with Curtis finally and smiled. "Love that stuff." Faith laughed when Kristen said she hoped she wasn't interrupting something, "Not at all, don't worry. And I don't know, she might be in her room." She turned back to Curtis, "and of course I will be saving you a dance. Maybe even more than one if you're lucky." she playfully winked at him. Faith got flirty when she drank, especially when she drank Tequila and she had some of that coming from Stefan. Tonight was going to be a good night. Two people came in and started talking to Kristen and Faith heard her name being yelled by Destiny, "Oh goodness." she said to Curtis and then turned to look at her sister. "What's wrong?" Faith smirked when she asked if she was losing her oomf. "Of course not. You still got it. They just can't handle it anymore. You;re too much for 'em Des. You don't need them. How about Ethan? I saw him walk that way a few minutes ago." she said as she nodded her head towards the crowd.


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