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"I like big questions," Jere smiled back at her. It was how you got to really understand people, how you got to know what was going on in their minds and what they really liked or didn't, what they thought was special. It was how you learned to love them.

He listened thoughtfully to her answer, head tilted a little on one side. The answer seemed very Linnet, somehow. He didn't know if it was some of her holler background showing through, or just who she was, but she was a people person. "Me?" That made him lift an eyebrow, and think about it. Jeremy ran a hand through his hair. "I guess, I guess so-"

It was easy, here. He'd made sure to do enough work that he had breathing space and didn't need to bring any with him, so it was just... beach clean up, and then chilling. He loved it. "I have really loved this trip," he said. "It's been a real gift, you know? To spend that time away with everyone." It would be over soon, but they still had plenty left to do.

"Now," he sat himself up, looking at the sinking sun. "You ready for your dip in the Atlantic?"

@euterpe-of-hesiod

Sun on The Ocean - Blueson

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"I think that's like, the most natural thing in the world-" Jeremy chimed quietly. Of course Mirabel's mind was elsewhere, she was going through something incredibly difficult right now! He couldn't even imagine just carrying on (although he would have. He was just wired that way, to carry on).

"What?" Now his face crumpled into a confused frown, as he slowed for a few paces, and his head turned to look at Mirabel. "Of course it isn't your fault! Why would you think that, hm?" He asked, concerned

@waitingona-mirabel

Things Fall Apart | Jeribel

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Jeremy smiled, feeling a little wave of relief as Jessica named the song; a familiar song, a song that was not too much of a challenge, in the end. It was gloriously simple, in a way - that was what made it so special. The very best versions of it had to be executed brilliantly to make it sound great - others could sound weak and feeble, over-sentimental or depressing if they missed the mark.

He would have to try not to miss the mark.

But to Jeremy, it was a song about hope, about love and community and nature and all of the beautiful things in the world that it was so, so easy to overlook. And he was a hopeful kind of guy.

So Jeremy took himself up onto the stage and cleared his throat, fetching out the lyrics on his phone to make sure he didn't get them all jumbled up and would be able to prompt himself. He took a few moments up there on the stage to himself. Weirdly, he was picturing the room full - warmly lit and full of expectant faces. Instead of fear, he felt only a slight thrill. He took a deep few breaths to steady himself, before the music began, and he tried to sink himself into it so it would come from the heart.

Then he started to sing.

@notbad-justsungthatway

Showcase and Tell - Jessemy

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The second they headed off to the stage, it was as if Jeremy forgot all about the slightly strange note that had been lingering over this double date. "Alrighty," he agreed, and gave the back of her knuckles a stroke with his thumb as the song began. He winked at Linnet, and smiled, before they both worked their way through the duet, finding each other's voices in harmony and picking up where the other left off.

He adored singing with Linnet. He'd sung with many partners, but it was as if she was reading his mind, always going in the right direction as they both pushed themselves to sound amazing.

So when the music finished, it was almost a disappointment. "You were great there," he complimented Linnet easily as they made their way back to the table, and he slid back into his seat. "Oh! Thank you Ben, well, we both love to sing of course, but I think karaoke's more about just throwing yourself into it, right?" He smiled at the bloke, trying to be welcoming.

"Have you got any musical background, either of you? Ever played any instruments?" He asked Giselle and Ben, looking between them both.

@enchantedtomeet-giselle @euterpe-of-hesiod @ben-books

Sing Along | Blueson + Adwood

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"Oh, I just wasn't sure how closely acquainted you wanted to get with the ocean on a first date," he teased in return, but he couldn't keep the smile off his face. Of course she wanted to dive right in. That was his girl, that was what he adored her for - she dove right into almost anything, without fear or hesitation, and she flew.

"Trust me, I'll be right there behind you," he added, more than happy to play her second fiddle, and to get into the sea and enjoy the feeling of it all around him. Jeremy took a big bite of the bread he'd just covered with various fillings and chewed merrily.

Maybe it was the warmth of the sand, or the salt-smell of the air, but it tasted better than it did at home, somehow.

So he talked, and ate, until he'd tried everything he wanted to, and he was pleasantly full. The sun was sinking down to the horizon and painting the whole world orange. Jeremy stretched back even more than he had been, one hand propped behind his head and the other drawing patterns in the sand. "What's been your favourite part of the trip, so far?" He asked, looking up at Linnet, where she was ringed in the sunset glow.

@euterpe-of-hesiod

Sun on The Ocean - Blueson

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"It's a burden I have to bear," Jeremy sighed as if it was an incredible hardship. "Sometimes you've just got to encourage people to remember that sometimes it's way quicker to take a break and come back to it than push through." He was lucky, really. For as much as his parents had instilled the value of hard work into him, they'd always made sure he had healthy habits like that.

"I think ... that people who can do that are just kind of shutting down their feelings about one thing," he mused. "Which isn't really all that good when you think about it, and besides-" he stole a sideways glance at Mirabel. "This is big shit for you to be dealing with. You deserve a little grace."

@waitingona-mirabel

Things Fall Apart | Jeribel

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"Yeah it does look pretty old." Jeremy shaded his eyes with one hand and looked up at it. He didn't know much about churches, other than what went on inside them, so he had no clue how old it was, but it sure looked pretty! "But I guess not many places are as old as Swynlake- or at least, not with the buildings still standing." It made him want to stop and appreciate the cathedral a little more.

"Ok, uh, Oh!" Jeremy looked down the next fork in the road. "Apparently there's this really cool ice-cream place down there," he pointed. "At least, I think it's down there." (Someone had tried to explain to him where it was after they'd found it). "What do you say? Fancy an ice cream shaped into petals like a rose?" He waggled his eyebrows - another little adventure.

@justkeepdancing-nemo

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"Oh-" Jeremy grabbed his water bottle in nervous response, as it suddenly dawned on him that they had switched to the other part of the meeting. He had known there was a chance of it, had prepared for the chance of it and yet still he wouldn't have felt bad if he'd simply walked away without the opportunity. "If you're sure," he nodded, eyes a little wide as he tried to settle his breathing.

"Do you, uh, have any requests?" He added with a bit more of a mischievous smile on his face as he stood up.

After all, he didn't want to just go up there and prove that he could learn a song. He wanted to go up there and prove that he could be a performer, that he could read a room and take a request, that he could enjoy interacting with the crowd and what they gave him in return. The young man took another sip of his water, before he started to go and head towards the stage.

@notbad-justsungthatway

Showcase and Tell - Jessemy

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"You sure?" Jeremy asked. "I can always run and pick you up something if you don't want to stop-" He offered. He didn't want to force Mirabel out and away from the library if she didn't want to, but he could see the tiredness in her. She needed some kind of a break at least. "Or we can see about getting you the worlds best milkshake order, right?"

The young man stood up, closing his laptop and popping it into his rucksack, before using the rest of his study materials to create a pretty effective pile in the middle of the desk that clearly said they were coming back to it.

@waitingona-mirabel

Things Fall Apart | Jeribel

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Jeremy chuckled, as he helped himself to some more food. "No, I can't imagine you in a big city," he agreed. "Not permanently." Part of her was too wild for it. Not wild in the way that thumping basslines and blurry streetlights in the rain and the sound of sirens could feel wild, but wild in the way of a wind blowing down from the mountains and stirring the trees, wild like the roots of a tree that wound their way out from the centre and gave shelter to all sorts of other plants and animals, wild like the feeling of the sand and the water between your toes.

Maybe that was why she filled him with such energy, when he was around her.

"Cities can be great," he added with a shrug, gesturing around them. This whole trip had been a great example of why cities could feel beautiful and endless, but most cities weren't like this. Or maybe no cities were like that when you actually lived there and didn't simply enjoy the place as a holiday. "But there's just something about being in nature, you know?" He sighed. "This is just so great."

"So," he glanced up a little bit mischievously. "Do you think I can convince you to give the ocean a go?" He raised an eyebrow. "After we've eaten? Have a little paddle?"

@euterpe-of-hesiod

Sun on The Ocean - Blueson

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Jeremy chuckled at the way Linnet smacked his leg boisterously. "Alright, well, twist my arm," he joked, giving Giselle a smile too, since she had suggested that they should go first as well! He did want Giselle to feel like they were friends, like he was supporting her and not ... judging her oddly distant seeming fiance.

"Oh, I mean, everyone loves Elton, right?" He added with a grin, at almost the same time Ben gave a very unenthusiastic response for himself... woof. "We could for sure go for that. Do you fancy being Elton or Kiki?" Jere chuckled, turning his attention back to Linnet. Time to have some serious fun! And if Ben wasn't going to act any fun, then he sure as hell wasn't going to sit there like some stick-in-the-mud himself.

@enchantedtomeet-giselle @euterpe-of-hesiod @ben-books

Sing Along | Blueson + Adwood

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"Well, they sort of showed it super slowed down, and then showed someone doing it at real speed, but never how you actually learned to do that. Guess they probably didn't want to be told off for encouraging people to do it," Jeremy chuckled.

"But true, I guess you've got to have some proper showmanship right? And knowing how to pull in the right people and know what makes them tick?"

Jeremy might not have gone for it, but that didn't mean he found it any less fascinating.

@roux-clochard

The Old Shell Game || Open

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Jeremy chuckled at that. He knew the feeling. It was a little like the tides lately, coming back around into his thoughts frequently - what would the future actually hold? It wasn't fixed, and it wasn't that far away from the time he would have to make his decisions. He looked up at one of the buildings they were passing, admiring it as they went.

"Yeah, I know the feeling," he confirmed out loud, looking back to his friend and smiling. "Still, it would be crazy cool to have us both there in the big city, you know? A friendly face."

After all, he'd been living with Nemo for most of 3 years now, it would feel strange to not see his face every day around the place.

"How about this place though," he said, looking up at an elaborate looking church. Jeremy let out a low whistle. "Crazy or what?"

@justkeepdancing-nemo

Walking On Sunshine || Neremy

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Jessica was so wise, Jeremy thought to himself as she spoke. She held his attention as she spoke, and if he didn't know better then he might think he was being entranced by her and her mysterious powers. But he didn't think that was the case, because he'd felt this feeling before, when people spoke about music. It was like a pull deep down in his gut, the way that everything seemed to flow right out from the heart of him as if it was aching, yearning to be seen and heard and understood.

It was what he recognised when other people spoke about their art.

"I try," he confessed. "I mean, half the time it's nothing at all, other times it's something. Or, sometimes I even lose the damn thing, or forgot why the hell I wrote it down in the first place. But it's hard to sort through it all," he agreed. But if it was something, then that was a start. He could live with a start.

"I mean, that's partly why I'm so keen to get whatever chances I can to perform, so I can keep testing myself out, keep pushing myself, and really see what I can do."

@notbad-justsungthatway

Showcase and Tell - Jessemy

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Jeremy was basically on high alert. It was not an ideal way to focus on your revision for finals, perhaps, but Mirabel needed him right now. Or, she needed someone. She needed her friends around her because something utterly awful had happened, and yet here she was just trying to plough through her school work because life didn't stop when something awful happened.

Three years, and Mirabel was obviously attuned to the feeling of him watching her over the brim of his laptop, just like he was attuned to the way her focus drifted, to how she started to move more restlessly, to type less, to frown a little as if that would help her focus more on the words.

"Ok, but would a breather help?" He asked. "Or I can just... I've got some tea in my flask still?" He offered.

@waitingona-mirabel

Things Fall Apart | Jeribel

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Jeremy smiled as Linnet made herself at home. When she'd first said she'd never seen the ocean, he'd wondered for a minute if it would overawe her, if it would be too big and too wild and too unpredictable. But he shouldn't have doubted for a second. Of course Linnet saw the beauty in it, and the wildness.

"Hm?" His eyebrows narrowed when she spoke again and he realised he'd been staring slightly.

He would miss her. He would miss Linnet as much as he missed the ocean when he went away, as if there were some constant ebb and flow to the rhythm that he could not hear but always felt pulling at him.

"Oh! Oh, yeah," he agreed after a half-beat. "She really does. And she can be so changeable, but so sweet too. I reckon she's being kind to us right now," he mused, as he started to grab himself some bits to snack on. The evening was being a blessing, warm and sunkissed and with the waves lapping gently. What could be better? "But she can be wild as anything, I mean... so cold that she takes your breath away. Or so fierce that she just slams into the land. It's amazing."

@euterpe-of-hesiod

Sun on The Ocean - Blueson

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