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baoshan-sanren · 4 years ago

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Chapter 38

of the wwx emperor au I’m thinking of calling Fuck the Canon: Happy Endings For Everyone

Information gathering has always been XingChen’s domain.

It is not precisely that ZiChen lacks the necessary skills to gather information on his own. For many years now, they have been partners on equal ground, sharing both pleasant and unpleasant tasks. But some areas are better left to XingChen. There is something about his placid nature and gentle countenance that invites confidence. People simply find themselves telling XingChen the most intimate details of their lives, frequently without any urging on his part.

ZiChen does not posses this particular skill. He is certainly capable of extracting information, but it is always done by a more direct means. XingChen’s way may yield better results, but it also takes a great amount of time and restraint, neither of which ZiChen has in abundance.

Even now, waiting in Nie HuaiSang’s receiving hall, he finds that his patience is growing thin.

XingChen hates it here.

Even as a child, XingChen had disliked the Immortal Mountain, the court rules, the pretense of politeness, and the clandestine tactics. At the age of twelve, he could play the court games with the best of them. The fact that he had survived YanLing DaoRen’s reign speaks volumes of his abilities and his endurance. But ZiChen does not remember ever seeing XingChen truly happy here, even as a child, even during those early, peaceful years, before YanLing DaoRen had fully sank into the grip of madness.

ZiChen had been fourteen years old when YanLing DaoRen himself had tasked him with protecting the little Prince.

At the time, ZiChen had been little better than a servant. The Song family may have begun its service under the Immortal Empress herself, but they had never climbed to any position that matters. ZiChen’s grandfather had been the Lieutenant General for all of three months, before a mercenary arrow ended that advancement. ZiChen’s uncle had died in a cradle. And ZiChen’s father, a mild-mannered, generous man, had always had a better head for numbers than any other skill which may have elevated his family. As a teenager, ZiChen had been a scrappy, permanently angry youth, who took forever to grow into his ears. He had picked fights with anyone who looked at him the wrong way, and took pride in winning each time.

YanLing DaoRen had liked ZiChen, but he had throughly misunderstood his character. ZiChen may have been devoted to the little Prince, but his devotion was impossible to come by, and in the end, he had none left over for the Emperor himself. When YanLing DaoRen had decided that the little Prince had to die, he had found, to his chagrin, that the youth he had tasked with protecting XingChen had become his greatest obstacle.

ZiChen understands why XingChen hates the Immortal Mountain. It is not only the memories of his past life that give him discomfort, but who he is forced to be in the present, taking part in affairs he would rather avoid. They had come searching for a murderer, but XingChen is currently trapped in a pitched battle between the Emperor and the Council, trying to find a middle ground on a matter that should be the least of their concerns.

ZiChen believes that the Emperor should marry whoever he wants. He does not understand why a dozen sect leaders and every Imperial official somehow must have a say on the subject.

Still, when in the Immortal Mountain City, XingChen is the Emperor’s only blood relative. He may be the notorious Rogue Prince who had abandoned his rank and his title, but when XingChen spoke, even the High Councilor did not dare interrupt.

It is not a bad thing, for the Empress’ brother to shake up the existing power structures. Between XingChen and the Emperor, the Council will find themselves reconsidering the scope of their influence. But this left ZiChen having to do everything else, even those tasks which he is utterly unqualified to perform.

Luckily, there is one person in this forsaken City that ZiChen does not abhor, and if allowed to see him, ZiChen is likely to find his task much easier to accomplish.

Finally, a servant appears from a side door, just when ZiChen is about to lose the last of his patience.

“The Royal Companion will see you now.”

ZiChen follows her into the Royal Companion’s study, a room as eccentric as its owner.

Silver-green drapes, a fortune worth of silk, temporarily hide the Royal Companion’s desk. The green carpet is so thick, ZiChen feels his feet sinking with each step. The space is not small, but it is visually overwhelming. Dozens of paintings lay discarded in piles. Shelves filled with books and scrolls and sheafs of loose paper cover an entire wall. A single, intricately carved stand holds a heavy saber, its steel glinting menacingly next to messy piles of silver brocade. Another stand holds a dozen painted fans, each one impossibly delicate, the lines feather-light.

Nie HuaiSang is seated at his desk, another fan spread out on a small stand, a paint brush in his hand. He does not rise from his seat.

ZiChen does not feel himself slighted. He respects this boy, a child really, regardless of his youth and temper. He is the only person ZiChen had ever met whose devotion matches his own. As ZiChen would burn the world for XingChen, Nie HuaiSang would do the same for the Emperor. Their methods may differ, but in essence, he had found they were very much the same where it mattered.

ZiChen bows, “Greeting the Royal Companion to the Emperor.”

“No need for such formality, Daozhang. Come have a seat. Should I ask for tea?”

“No need. I am only here to inquire about the recent events in the Immortal Mountain.”

Nie HuaiSang places his brush aside with care, “I believe that the Emperor has given me a diluted version of your hunt. Not intentionally, you understand, but he has been-- rather preoccupied with other matters.”

ZiChen fights the urge to roll his eyes. The Emperor is eighteen and in love for the first time. If his behavior in YiLing is anything to go by, preoccupied is a fairly mild word. They are lucky that the Emperor is managing to focus on anything else of importance.

“I would appreciate a detailed accounting of this-- murderer, and any other information you may have. In turn,” Nie HuaiSang says, “I am willing to place my considerable influence at your disposal in the pursuit of this creature.”

“The Royal Companion is thoughtful and reasonable,” ZiChen says, “How may I repay this generosity?”

Nie HuaiSang smiles, “As it happens, I am hunting as well. I would very much appreciate your assistance.”

#the untamed #cql #mdzs #ficlet #m #wwx emperor au #short chapter #moving along #the next two chapter are written but pretty rough #i'll try and edit in the next couple of days #we're nearing the end hallelujah #ily chickens

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izupie · 5 years ago

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Izupie’s Izuocha Fanfiction Directory~

(Sure, you could just find all this info on my AO3 page, but where’s the fun in that?) (These are all Izuocha stories!)

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Beep Beep Beep

Quirkless AU, Paramedic!Izuku, Aged-Up Characters, Mutual Pining, Medium Burn. (56,286 words)

"The guy living below me has a really loud alarm clock that always wakes me up at the crack of dawn." ------ It's five in the morning and Ochako may be wearing her old, faded, kind of inappropriately short pajamas, but this time it's the last straw. She's going downstairs and she's giving this jerk a piece of her mind........ Except that he's actually really friendly and sweet and Oh No He's Hot.

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Don’t Stop Dreaming

Pregnant Ochako, Soulmates, Fluff, Implied Character Death, Angst. (2,780 words)

Izuku leaned down and placed a gentle kiss on the end of her nose. “That’s the deal. My weird story for you going to bed.”

“Deal.”

“So… Do you believe in soul mates?”

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To All Of Our Forevers

Implied Sexual Content, (But it’s so tender), Wedding Fluff, Sharing a Bath. (2,628 words)

It's what every newly wed couple dreams of on their wedding night together - an obscenely huge bath for two and the intimate ritual of gently pulling the hair pins out of your new wife's elaborate wedding hairstyle. Oh, and cake.

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The Reconnected Series

Aged-Up Characters, Awkward Flirting, Second-hand Embarrassment, Dorks in Love. (19,322 words) (Works: 4)

A loosely connected series of stories based around Izuku and Ochako as twenty-something pro-heroes who haven't been in touch much since graduating but have reconnected and found that the spark between them is still there.

Saw This. Thought of You - (Love Confessions, First Kiss, A Little Bit Spicy, They’re Both Kind Of Thirsty.) --- Izuku Midoriya is the up-and-coming, talented and hard working pro-hero Deku. Unfortunately for him, Izuku Midoriya is also a nineteen year old boy. An unexpected birthday present from his old high school crush reminds him of this. Hard. ---

Green's Your Color - (Fluff, No Really - So Much Fluff.) --- Izuku has a question he really wants to ask Ochako, and a gift he wants to give to her, but he can't quite find the courage to do it. After all, it's his heart that's on the line. ---

Keep Me Warm - (Fluff, Blame The Hormones.) --- Izuku is sick, and there's no amount of snow that can keep Ochako from crossing the city to take care of him. While she's there an opportunity to try on something she's always wanted to try presents itself, and she doesn't have the willpower to resist. She's pretty sure he's asleep, so it'll be fine, right? ---

Stronger Than Our Nightmares - (True Love, Relationship Goals, Light Angst, Implied Spice.) --- She told herself it was just for training; floating higher than she knew she should. For tonight she’d just wanted to escape, and that meant going higher than usual; pushing herself right up into the limit of the cold temperatures and thin air that her body could endure. As long as Izuku didn't find out about her late night 'training' everything would be fine. ---

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One Little Question...

Girls Of Class 1-A, Supportive Friendships, Girl Talk, Mentions Of Multiple Ships, Awkward Dork Izuku, Fluff. (6,025 words)

A Dance has been announced at UA and naturally the school's population of teenagers are fixated on who is going with who. Ochako's group of friends encourage her (in their own special way) to finally face the facts: she has feelings for Deku and she wants to go to the dance with him. But it's up to her to go out there and ask him! ... It's only one little question, right?

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Moth Dust

Fantasy AU, Animal Ears, Moth!Ochako, Epic Adventure (Eventually). (12,498 words)

'Just follow the moth - guided by the moonlight - you'll never be lost.' ---- There's a sketch of a man he thinks he met in a dream, a message he can't quite remember, a war he never asked to be involved in and a cute girl who turns into a moth. Izuku gets caught up in an adventure he could never have imagined. And his imagination is pretty wild.

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Pre-Exam Pancakes (or not)

Quirk Shenanigans, Fluff and Humour, Pancakes. (4,286 words)

It's the night before an important test so maybe Ochako shouldn't be too surprised that it's special. ('Special' is just a nice way of summing up the weirdness that ensues). She's going to blame it on the pancakes...

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The Light Inside

Fantasy AU, Mage!Ochako, Swordsman!Izuku, Spooky Atmosphere, Courage. (7,131 words)

Izuku isn't sure whether he should count the Enchanted Sword he's been gifted a curse or a blessing. The legacy he's been left is almost too grand to imagine, but he might just be able to grow into it with time and with the support of Ochako. If they can only escape the forest alive.

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When We're Together

Drabbles, Ficlets, Un-Connected Collection Of Stories, Wildly Different Genres and Tones. (7,274 words) (Works: 10)

Some people are just meant for each other, no matter what world or set of circumstances have shaped them - it's like their very souls know that they belong together.

1. Fight (Violence, Injury, Angst) 2. Pond (Fluff) 3. Loss (Heavy Angst, Implied Character Death) 4. Video Games (Fluff, Established Relationship) 5. Summer Dress (Awkward Flirting, Established Relationship) 6. Winter Kitten (Fluff, and there's a kitten(!)) 7. Studying (Fluff, Awkward Kids) 8. Fanfiction (Comedy(?), Second-hand Embarrassment) 9. Green Thumb (Comedy/Fluff, Very Short) 10. Save Me (Light Angst, Implied Character Death(?)) 11. Fanfiction Part 2 (Humour, Oblivious Pining) 12. Just Kiss Me Already (Domestic Fluff) 13. Two Sleepy People (Fluff)

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Misc Oneshots

Memories That Make Us - (Domestic Fluff, Aged-Up Characters, Established Relationship, Izuku and Ochako’s Daughter.) --- A box with the word 'Memories' scribbled on its side is all it takes for them to fall into reminiscing through their lives together. (Even the embarrassing bits....... Especially the embarrassing bits.) ---

Popcorn Blanket - (Teenage Dorks, Misunderstandings, Fluff.) --- A moment of weakness leads to the most embarrassing moment of Izuku's teenage life so far. ---

A Kiss Among The Stars - (Fluff, Zero Gravity Kisses, Dorks In Love, Supportive Izuku.) --- Ochako isn't sure what to expect when Izuku sneaks her out of her dorm in the middle of the night, or when he puts a blindfold on her and declares he's taking her for some secret, special quirk training. But where he leads, she'll always follow. ---

A Lion's Heart - (Hogwarts AU, Timid Izuku, Confidence Issues.) --- Izuku is a muggle-born wizard in his first year of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizadry, wondering how he even made it this far. He's got not friends, no prospects, and a bully. A chance spell reveals his true self, and he saves a girl from her own worst fears. But maybe she'll save him from his too. ---

#Izuocha #izuocha fanfiction #this took me way longer than I expected omg #my hero academia fanfiction #bnha #my hero academia #dekuraka #izupie #izupies fanfiction #my fanfiction

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peter-parkouuuur · 5 years ago

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Chapter 12: Papa Bear Mode (Spider-boy - Peter Parker x Stark!Reader)

WAH! Here’s Chapter 12!!!

I’ve watched FFH thrice and it still gets to me. Ugh, I love our little baby spider-boy.

Prologue, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 13

Enjoy!!!

“Live in Madrid, watching the world’s favorite sport,” Peter mumbles as he holds his phone camera up high, filming another vlog.

“Also Peter’s first time to watch real football… not American football.” Y/n makes sure that the camera hears the remark.

“I forgot you’re part-European. Figures.” Peter scoffs jokingly, pointing the camera at her.

You just roll your eyes at him before noticing that one of the players scored a goal.

“GOAL!!!” Y/n shouts at the top of her lungs.

“Isn’t this fun?!” You sit back down beside Peter.

“I’ve never watched soccer before and this is pretty fun.” Peter laughs along, sporting the home team’s scarf.

“If I knew how hectic this whole thing is, I would’ve gotten us one of those VIP seats.” Tony grumbles, putting on his sunglasses, not so much for sun protection as it is night time, mainly just to hide his annoyance of it all.

Tony decided to join in watching the match at the last minute. It was either he goes around Madrid by himself or watches the game with Y/n and Peter.

“Our seats are amazing by the way. We’re like a few meters away from the players.” Peter looks at the football players in awe.

“It’s almost the 90th minute, we need one more goal.” Y/n grumbles tapping her feet uncontrollably.

“I’ve never seen you so tense, sweetie. I should bring you to sports events more often.” Tony looks at you in amusement.

“Oh no, you’re not dragging me into watching basketball with you. I’m not a fan.” You shake your head in disagreement.

“I’ll watch with you, Mr. Stark.” Peter volunteers.

“I’ll hold you to it, Parker.” Tony nods.

“Oh my god!” You are at the edge of your seat as you watch the striker head towards the penalty area.

“Come on! You can do it.” Peter stands up as you do the same.

“Holy shit.” You mumble.

“GOAAAAAAL!” The arena echoes in celebration.

You and Peter look at each other with grins on your faces. Peter ends his video as you grab the back of his head and kiss him for at least a good 5 seconds. Tony clears his throat looking at the two teenagers in the middle of an intimate celebratory embrace.

“Hi, dad.” Y/n awkwardly laughs.

“You’re grounded when we get back to New York, young lady.” Tony states, his face is stiff from being on Papa Bear mode.

The three walk out of the arena and see Happy parked right outside the stadium. Peter and Y/n are attached at the hip, hand-holding and cheek-kissing.

“Now you know how I feel.” Happy laughs as soon as he sees Tony’s annoyed expression.

“Remind me to lock the windows in Y/n’s room the second we get back to New York.” Tony tells Happy the second the two teenagers enter the car.

“They’re good kids, Tony. It’s just puppy love.” Happy shrugs his shoulders.

“Based on the kisses I just saw, I don’t think so.” Tony scoffs.

Happy just chuckles before sliding inside the driver’s seat. Tony slides in beside Y/n.

“Dinner at the hotel?” Tony suggests.

“Yes, please! I’m craving for Tapas right now.” You jump in your seat, the adrenaline from the football game still running fast.

“I take it your team won, Y/n?” Happy asks as he pulls into the traffic.

“Yes, we did win, with just seconds to spare before the 90th minute.” Y/n replies proudly.

Peter looks at you in amusement, still overwhelmed that he’s in Spain with the Starks and watched an actual game live.

“I have to admit, I’m starting to get why you’re into this sport.” Peter laughs.

“Well, I’m part French. I watched a lot of games in Paris with my brother. I’m so glad you enjoyed your first football game.” You giggle, taking Peter’s hand in yours.

The two teenagers intertwine their fingers, a blush creeping on both faces.

“I knew I should’ve brought Pepper with me.” Tony grumbles in his seat.

He doesn’t miss the hand-holding action happening between his daughter and Peter. He just shrugs it off and hides a smile.

‘If I have to give away my daughter to some guy, Peter Parker would be fine with me. He better not break her heart or there would be hell to pay.’ Tony thinks to himself, looking out the window.

Peter rubs his thumb across Y/n’s knuckles. 2 months after meeting Tony Stark, he’s been to multiple Stark Industries events, traveled to two countries, and got himself a girlfriend in the process. It’s all been too surreal for him that if he blinks long enough, he’d be back to his boring old life in Queens.

“You want to go around the city tomorrow morning? I mean, we do leave for New York in the afternoon, but if you’re up for it, we can like, stroll around or something?” Y/n suggests to Peter.

“That’d be awesome! Where will we go?” He asks.

“The palace, Plaza Mayor, Mercado de San Miguel…. Anywhere in a span of 6 hours.” You shrug your shoulders.

“Six hours?!” Peter raises his voice.

“Yeah?! Are six hours too short? We can always go out at 7 am, but I doubt anything will be open by then.” Y/n replies.

“No no, it’s fine! I just didn’t think that we’d need six hours just to tour around Madrid, that’s all.” Peter clarifies.

“We’re only here for two days. Might as well take advantage of it. We can always just ‘swing’ around.” You joke, emphasizing the word ‘swing’.

“I mean if it’ll beat traffic, why not?” Peter agrees.

“There will be no Spidey action when I’m around.” Tony interrupts the two of you.

“Sorry, Mr. Stark.” Peter apologies.

“Fine.” You grumble.

Happy stops in front of the hotel and one of the hotel security opens the car door for Tony.

“Mr. Stark.” He greets with his thick Spanish accent.

Y/n and Peter follow Tony towards the hotel’s restaurant, La Rotonda.

“Feel free to eat your heart out, kids,” Tony tells you and Peter as the waiter shows you to your table.

“I don’t see why all of us have to share one suite?” You grumble, walking out of the bathroom in your pink pajamas.

“Because I don’t want to see anyone try and sneak out from his room to go to another room and do whatever it is that hormonal teenagers do.” Tony looks at you and Peter.

“We’ll be in the living room.” You tell your dad, grabbing Peter’s hand.

“Lights out by 12!” Tony exclaims.

“Check on them from time to time, won’t you?” Tony tells Happy.

“I’ll watch them like a hawk.” Happy nods in agreement.

“You were planning on swinging me around late at night, were you?” You ask Peter as the two of you sit down on the couch.

“Yeah, I actually was. I hear Madrid has a pretty good nightlife.” Peter replies, turning on the tv.

You snuggle to his side and rest your head against his chest as he put his arms around you.

“I guess staying in isn’t half bad though.” You sign, holding onto his arms.

“Your hair smells like coconut, I like it.” Peter sniffs.

“I don’t know how I feel about you sniffing my hair.” You giggle.

You sit up to face him properly, your heads just a few inches away from one another’s. He presses his forehead against yours before you finally pull him in to kiss him. It starts off very slow, his hands move to the back of your head, slowly caressing your hair while yours rest against his chest. Peter finally having the courage to continue further, coaxes you to open your mouth slightly as he slips his tongue and caresses it with yours.

“You’re a pretty good kisser, Peter Parker.” You laugh lightly, scrunching his shirt to pull him in, your legs on top of his.

“Well I have to keep up, you know?” He chuckles, his lips moving to your jaw then back to your lips.

The two of you didn’t feel anyone come in but a mist of cold water interrupts the two of you from your makeout session.

“What the hell?” Y/n curses.

You open your eyes to see Happy standing right in front of you and Peter.

“Don’t make me spray you two again.” He threatens.

“Wha?-“ Before you could protest, Happy raises the spray again.

“Okay! We got it.” Y/n grumbles.

Happy walks away. You and Peter look at each other before bursting into laughter. You wipe the water off his face.

“You know, I never really got to ask you properly…” Peter starts.

“Ask me what?” You furrow your eyebrows at him.

“If you wanted to be my girlfriend.” He uses the sleeve of his sweater to wipe off the water on your cheek.

“Peter, I’d love to be your girlfriend.” You smile at him.

A wide grin immediately appears on his face before he leans in to kiss you again, this time not as intense.

“Are you done kissing my daughter, Parker?” Tony walks in.

Peter sits up and coughs slightly. You move your legs off of Peter’s lap and follow your dad’s gaze. Happy follows suit and sits beside you.

“You know what they say in catholic schools, leave space for the Holy Spirit.” Tony sits beside Peter.

“What are we watching?” Tony looks at the tv screen.

“Tropic Thunder.” Y/n replies.

Peter takes your hand in his as the four of you watch the movie in peace, bursting into laughter a couple of times. Tony, again, doesn’t miss the hand-holding action going on between Peter and his daughter. He could sulk and tell them off about it, telling them to stay away but he knows Y/n might rebel if he presses harder than he should. Happy looks at Tony and glances at the two teenagers’ hands. Tony just nods and rolls his eyes.

“Wow. It’s like we’re not even in the room.” You look at your dad.

“You two are acting weird. What? You’ve never seen teenagers hold hands?” You look at your dad and Happy.

“Sorry, sweetie. I’m just not used to it. I’ve seen Nico but it’s different because you’re my princess. If Parker wasn’t so awkward and afraid of me, I would’ve threatened him to get away from you.” Tony jokes.

Peter’s eyes grew large and before darting his gaze at Tony.

“Dad, you’re seriously ruining movie night for me. Both of you.” You give your dad and Happy the death stare.

“Alright alright. We’ll try to keep quiet. But you are grounded the second we arrive in New York.” He tells you with a serious look on his face.

“That was serious? Because I kissed my boyfriend in front of you?!” You raise your voice.

“Boyfriend?!” Tony and Happy stand up in front of you and Peter.

You and Peter look at each other, not really knowing what to do or how to reply in this situation.

“I’m afraid I’m gonna have to cut movie night off early, go to bed, sweetie. Parker, you stay.” You slowly remove your hand from Peter’s hold.

“Good luck.” You mouth at him before walking away.

As soon as Y/n is out of sight, Tony and Happy look at Peter with stern faces.

“So my daughter is now your girlfriend, is she?” Tony starts.

“It’s time we have the talk, Mr. Parker.” Tony raises his eyebrows at the teenager who is awkwardly shifting his eyes between Tony and Happy.

“Now, a normal father would just warn you off and tell you that he’d kill you if you hurt his daughter… But you know that I am Iron Man and that I can destroy you if you hurt Y/n, take away your suit, and ban you from the Avengers headquarters.” Tony threatens, sitting down beside Peter.

“I don’t want to hear her complain about you, see her cry over you, or listen to her rants about you being a terrible boyfriend. There’s hell to pay, Peter Parker.” He finishes.

Tony puts his hand out for Peter to take.

“Congrats on not crying. Take good care of her.” Peter shakes Tony’s hand, still, a bit shook.

“I’ll take good care of her, Mr. Stark.” Peter assures him.

“Good. Go to sleep.” He motions for Peter to leave the room.

Happy just looks at Tony in amusement.

“The next thing you know Eloise might introduce you to her crush from school.” Happy jokes.

“That one will be much harder, I don’t know to threaten people in French.” Tony retorts.

“I told you they’re good kids.” Happy states.

“They are…. They’re good kids, but they’re also crazy for each other.” Tony shakes his head.

“Better him than some jerk with a trust fund.” Happy laughs.

“Yeah, and at least this one’s a genius. I might have to recommend him to MIT.” Tony stands up as the two father figures of Y/n head out to sleep.

Y/n and Peter are at the Plaza Mayor eating churros at 10 in the morning. People are beginning to trickle in numbers, just as the first working day of the week comes to a start. You finish off your last churro and notice that Peter still has at least two.

“Are you not hungry? What’s wrong?” You ask.

“Nothing. I’m just not in the mood for churros, that’s all.” Peter smiles at you.

“Did Happy and my dad say something to you? Is that it?” You raise your eyebrows at him before glancing at the guy who has been looking at your table for the past few minutes now.

‘Of course, Happy’s here.’ You think to yourself.

“No, I’m just… well yeah… We’re okay, right?” Peter inquires.

“Do you not want us to be okay? Peter, you need to relax. My dad is not the scariest man in the world. You’ve met Bucky, right? That one is scary.” You joke.

“He is awfully quiet.” Peter nods in agreement.

He lets out a sigh of relief before putting his churro out for you to bite which you happily agree to.

“You’re gonna make me fat.” You protest jokingly.

“I don’t think one churro is going to make you fat.” Peter kisses you on the cheek.

He spots a trinket store in his line of sight. He notices you wearing the charm bracelet that he gave you for your birthday.

“Where are you going?” Peter stands up from his seat and tells you that he has to do something very important.

You finish eating the remainder of his churros before he could come back to finish them.

“Put your right arm out.” Peter takes his seat beside you with a cute smile on his face.

“Okay?” You put your arm out and notice Peter clip a Spanish fan charm to her charm bracelet.

“Peter.” You gasp in awe.

“This is adorable. Thank you.” You smile at him shyly.

“I love it. Thank you.” You kiss him by the cheek knowing that Happy is only a few tables away from the two of you.

“You’re welcome.” He smiles back at you, not knowing that Happy is present, and kisses you lightly.

“I’m gonna miss our little bubble here in Madrid.” You hold onto his hand.

“Me too. Compared to Queens, Madrid is quite the place.” Peter retorts.

“It is one of my favorite cities in the world. I’m glad dad brought you along with us.” Your thumbs caress his knuckles.

“There’s no place I’d rather be.” Peter replies kissing you again.

You happily kiss him back, your hands moving to his neck while his hands play with your hair.

“Happy’s here.” You pull away after at least 20 seconds.

“I know. I saw him trying to hide his face with the menu.” You and Peter look at your dad’s head of security.

You wave your hand at him and he waves back.

“It’s like we can’t catch a break.” You laugh.

“It’s better that he’s sitting at least 15 feet away from us. He won’t get to spray us this time.” Peter jokes.

“Well then, let’s give him a reason to get worked up again.” You giggle before leaning in to kiss your boyfriend again.

“There you are! I’ve been looking all over for you.” Tony sits on the chair opposite you and Peter with a stern look on his face.

“By the way, you two are not allowed to kiss for more than 5 seconds when I’m around. That’s an order.” Tony warns.

“Oh, but you and Pepper can?” You raise your eyebrows at your dad.

“That’s different. Pepper is my fiancée and we’re over 21.” Tony replies.

“Ugh. I hate it when you go full-Papa Bear mode on me.” You grumble.

“Sweetie, this is just the beginning.” Tony smirks at the two of you.

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I’m so sorry I forgot to add the taglist in my previous chapter huhuhu!!

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Valentine’s Day Music Newlsetter 2019!

Welcome to the 13th Music Newsletter! Short intro for the newbies - I love music. I love sharing music with other people. In college I started a "music newsletter" email with some playlists (aka mixtapes) I've made and some song/band recommendations. Why Valentine's Day? Because I think this day should be about love in many ways - including love for music!

That brings us to today. The first Valentine's Day mixtape I put together was actually a physical mix CD that I mailed to my home friends while I was away at college. That was in 2008 (11 years ago!). A lot has changed since then, but my love of music has not. While I feel sometimes too busy or too old or too out of touch to know what I'm even talking about, I hope you'll get some enjoyment out of this - as much as I've been enjoying listening to these songs and picking them for you!

*Click here to download Valentine's Day 2019 mixtape!

Click here to play Valentine's Day 2019 on Spotify!

*Note that the file downloads as a zip file, double clicking on it to open it up should give you the individual songs. Then move the songs to iTunes into a playlist!

1.) "Happy Unhappy" - The Beths New Zealand indie rockers The Beths debut album, Future Me Hates Me, is full of catchy, energetic sad-twinged songs. This song feels like it could have come out back in the 00s when we had to find new music by reading blogs and actually downloading MP3s - it feels closer to the Garden State soundtrack era of indie than the recent moody electronic vibe. It's a lot of fun! Sounds like Courtney Barnett by way of The Wombats, with a splash of Los Campesinos.

2.) “City Looks Pretty” - Courtney Barnett Courtney’s 2018 album “Tell Me How You Really Feel” is only her second studio album, but somehow it feels like she’s been around forever. The album features a “fuller” sound and more production, which may appear dulled next to 2015’s “Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit.” However, I feel excited by Courtney exploring a more mature sound and think it accurately reflects the albums depressive theme. “Sometimes I get mad / it’s not all that bad” is sung with a definite apathy compared to her shout-singing past record. As the bridge settles in, Courtney captures the depression symptom of lack of interest in things you used to enjoy. The city looks pretty when you’ve been stuck inside isolated for two weeks. 3.) “Screwed” - Janelle Monáe feat. Zoë Kravitz Janelle’s 2018 album “Dirty Computer” is an anthology of songs (and truly, poetry) that tell of reckoning with being a queer woman of color in an oppressive, violent society. It’s an incredibly personal album with her fans in mind - “I want young girls, young boys, nonbinary, gay, straight, queer people who are having a hard time dealing with their sexuality, dealing with feeling ostracized or bullied for just being their unique selves, to know that I see you. This album is for you. Be proud.” (Rolling Stone, 2018). My favorite part of this song is “See, everything is sex / except sex / which is power / you know power is just sex / now ask yourself who’s screwing you.”

4.) "BAGDAD - Cap.7: Liturgia" - Rosalía 25-year-old Rosalía Vila Tobella from Catalonia has an excellent 2018 album El Mal Querer. The album combines traditional flamenco with modern R&B. The album is a story of love and heartbreak over the course of 11 chapters/songs. This particular one might sound familiar due to the sampling of Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me A River."

5.) "Gun" - St. Lucia St. Lucia's first release off of their 2018 album Hyperion caught my attention with its connection to a more traditional rock sound and the heavy-hitting, one-word title. The production and sound almost reminds me of Oasis or U2. Turns out that the album is indeed produced by someone who worked on records with PJ Harvey, Depeche Mode, and U2. In interviews, Jean-Philip Grobler talks about how this song is generally about both gun control and power. "You said you wanted to feel a gun in your hands" in Verse 1 transforms to "You said you wanted to feel the blood in your hands" in Verse 2, highlighting the fact that guns are designed to kill.

6.) “Apathy” - Frankie Cosmos With a catchy bass line, gorgeous lyrics, and endearing vocals, this song and entire album are not to be missed. As you may notice on this year’s playlist, this year I was super into what I would describe as punk-influenced, low-fi indie female vocalists. Pretentious enough for you? Haha. I just mean that there are a ton of young women blowing up in the indie music scene with a huge crossover in sound. As demonstrated in “Apathy,” many of these songs are short, lack a traditional pop music format, use low-fi production, and have a storytelling aspect of almost speak-singing. These elements are all found in traditional punk music, so it’s interesting and exciting to see these artists shaking things up and challenging the punk genre. Frankie Cosmos has a long history of creating music, under various projects using Bandcamp as a teenager. Her 2018 album “Vessel” is nothing short of delightful and another one of my favorites of the year. 7.) “Your Dog” - Soccer Mommy Soccer Mommy is Sophie Allison, singer-songwriter based out of Nashville. She opened for Paramore on their recent tour and she has launched into the indie music scene with a lot of attention in the past couple years. I love how her voice clearly carries so much anger as she sings about an emotionally abusive relationship. Her lyrics describe the agony of small, sweet gestures pushing her back to her ex, despite her wanting desperately to end it. Using the metaphor of being a loyal, sub-servient dog, she describes the way her SO treats her like she’s his property. Because the song lacks a traditional “pop” format (verse 1 / chorus / verse 2 / chorus / bridge / chorus), there is a sense of the story ending unresolved. Fortunately, she has an excellent album (one of my favorites) from 2018 called “Clean” where you can learn more of her story. 8.) “Pristine” by Snail Mail A stunning debut from 19-year-old Lindsey Jordan, “Lush” is a 2018 release not to miss. “Pristine” perfectly encapsulates teenage life and love - “it just feels like the same party every weekend. Doesn’t it?” There is such a sense of genuine hormonal angst that she is almost joyfully celebrating. Her album reads more like a diary - and how lucky she is to have these future memories and be able to approach them with such wisdom.

9.) "Uncomfortably Numb" - American Football feat. Hayley Williams Paying homage to Pink Floyd, legendary emo band American Football joins with Paramore's lead singer Hayley Williams for a devastating track about losing emotional sensation. "I blame my father in my youth / Now as a father, I blame the booze." I couldn't find too much information on the exact inspiration behind the track, but it's the second track released off their upcoming album out March 22nd. Hayley is usually front and center as a singer, and it's interested to hear her take more of a backing role, as well as explore a bit of a lower vocal range than she usually does.

10.) “Geyser” - Mitski Mitski absolutely killed it last year with “Be The Cowboy,” which was consistently rated not only in the top 5 best albums, not only top 3, but making MULTIPLE end of year lists as the number one album of 2018. It’s easy to see why, given the incredible breadth of music she wrote for her album. I see Mitski's influence reflected in the rise of fame in other punk-inspired female vocalists in the indie scene, building off her ability to capture the attention of a wide audience. Which is also very interesting because she incorporated elements of many other genres on this album (spot any disco on “Nobody”?) While it was difficult to pick one song for my playlist, “Geyser” stands out to me as not only an excellent album opener, but a fascinating look into Mitski’s own relationship with the art she creates. In an interview, she explains that this song is about her feeling like she has to create music because she would never be satisfied in life without it, but feeling sometimes stifled, stuck, and resentful when she puts music above basic needs such as her health and self-care. She needs her art to survive but it simultaneously kills her.

11.) “Me & My Dog” - boygenius It’s impossible to pick just one song of this album. Boygenius is the supergroup of Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker - who each could also have one of their incredible solo songs on my playlist. Partially because they enjoyed each other’s creative energies and partially as a response to constantly being compared to each other as “women in indie,” the trio came together to create an EP of emo-influenced, folk-inspired gorgeous tracks about grief, loneliness, identity, and heartbreak. This particular song features Phoebe Bridgers in the verses and is a beautiful representation of the embarrassing and frustrating feeling of being in love with an ex. Please check out the individual work of these artists too!

12.) "bless ur heart" - serpentwithfeet Serpentwithfeet, aka Josiah Wise, has a gorgeous, intimate voice throughout his 2018 debut album, soil. This song starts off with a question of how his art will be received by the world. The rest of the song is a tender message of gratitude to his first love. It seems like Josiah questioned the choice to speak about his experiences with his ex in such a public fashion - with complexities of privacy, being open about sexuality, and possible painful memories on the table. Josiah's writing is very much like poetry, and his raw, unfiltered, un-autotuned vocals match the beauty of his words.

13.) "Bury A Friend" - Billie Eilish 17-year-old Billie Eilish is set to release her debut album, When We Sleep, Where Do We Go? next month. This song matches her goth aesthetic with a creepy story from the perspective of the monster under the bed. We learn that the monster is part of Billie herself, who is struggling with her own demons. 14.) "Loading Zones" - Kurt Vile A gorgeous guitar track, Kurt Vile paints a picture of his hometown Philadelphia and feeling on top of the world exploring his city's streets. He included a hilarious marketing strategy of sending fake parking tickets to fans in the mail to promote the song. Kurt Vile talks about the metaphor of "I park for free," which is how he sometimes lives his life - breaking the dumb rules because it's his life, his streets, his town. 15.) "Dylan Thomas" - Better Oblivion Community Center Is it possible to already be nostalgic for the late 2000's? Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers released this surprise collaboration last month and this is the standout track for me. Conor Oberst's incredibly recognizable voice is hard to match in terms of strength, timbre, and uniqueness. While Bridgers is young enough to be from a different generation than him (she also grew up listening to Oberst's music), he saw something in her that resonated with him. I love how they sing in unison on this track (and much of the album) and think their voices sound really good together.

16.) "Butterflies" - Kacey Musgraves Kacey Musgraves is bringing a breath of fresh air to country. After self-releasing three albums, she tried her hand at reality TV through Nashville Star over a decade ago. Golden Hour is her fourth album using a record label, and she just won Album of the Year at the Grammys! Her voice is beautiful and has an earnest, authentic approach in joining elements of country pop.

17.) “Prior Things” - Hop Along “Bark Your Head Off, Dog” is Hop Along’s third album, released in 2018. Singer/songwriter Frances Quinlan has the ability to transform the themes of her songs. Layered with a multitude of different sounds and instruments, it could easily sound scattered and busy, but instead feels like we are huddled around a campfire with an enthusiastic, stream-of-consciousnesses storyteller. “Prior Thing” is the last song on the album and crosses time, space, and memories with the start of a hallucinogenic drug trip. She has the ability to take a phrase and transform the expected - pausing or elongating notes at unexpected places. This method keeps you invested in figuring out what the song is really about or what the conclusion is. 18.) "Kids" - Pup Emo/pop punkers Pup have a new album Morbid Stuff coming out on April 5th. Their songs are made for live shows - shouting/singing alternates, sing-a-long catchy lyrics reminiscent of the Hold Steady, and unison whole-band lines. Pup frontman Stefan Babcock said this song is about finding someone who agrees with your view of the world being a fucked up place, and enjoying small moments of solace in spending time with them.

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Don't forget to subscribe to my playlists on Spotify! Here is the link to listen to this year's mixtape on Spotify.

I try to add new songs at least once a week to this playlist: What I'm currently lovin' (updated freq)

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I hope you guys enjoy the new music and feel free to send me recommendations of anything you like!<3 aili

Previous Mixtapes:

Autumn Love mix | Autumn Love Spotify

Copenhagen mix | Copenhagen Spotify

Valentine's Day downbeat 2010

Valentine's Day upbeat 2010

Valentine's Day 2011

Philadelphia mix | Philadephia Spotify

New Crime mix | New Crime Spotify

The City mix | The City Spotify

Drive mix | Drive Spotify

Valentine's Day 2012 | VDay 2012 Spotify

King's Myth mix | King's Myth Spotify

Hold On mix | Hold On Spotify

Valentine's Day 2013 | Vday 2013 Spotify

Valentine's Day 2014 | Vday 2014 Spotify

Valentine's Day 2015 | Vday 2015 Spotify

Valentine's Day 2016 | Vday 2016 Spotify

Valentine's Day 2017| Vday 2017 Spotify

Valentine's Day 2018 | Vday 2018 Spotify

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Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger celebrated their first Valentine’s Day as a married couple a little early.

The actor, 40, and his wife of almost a year made some time to celebrate early due to his work commitments, he told Extra on Thursday.

“My favorite night is a night in,” he said. “We actually celebrated Valentine’s Day last weekend ’cause I knew that this weekend I would be doing junket stuff for Onward.”

Pratt’s upcoming animated film, Onward, follows two teenage elf brothers who go on an adventure to spend one last day with their father, who died when they were too young to remember him. The film also includes his Avengers costar Tom Holland.

The actor jokingly told Extra he knew what he didn’t give Schwarzenegger, 30, for the holiday.

“If I gave her another animal for Valentine’s Day, I think she would be pretty upset,” he said. “I am going a different route. She recently gave me two kunekune pigs. They’re pets. They’re amazing.”

Pratt and Schwarzenegger tied the knot in June 2019, a year after they were first spotted together on a Father’s Day picnic. Pratt celebrated their nuptials with a sweet picture on the two during the wedding the next day.

“Yesterday was the best day of our lives! We became husband and wife in front of God, our families and those we love. It was intimate, moving and emotional. We feel so blessed to begin this new chapter of our lives. We are so thankful to our families and our friends who stood with us and grateful to Mr. Giorgio Armani who created a once in a lifetime dress for Katherine to wear and for me, the perfect suit. This morning we feel nothing but blessed,” he wrote.

View this post on Instagram Yesterday was the best day of our lives! We became husband and wife in front of God, our families and those we love. It was intimate, moving and emotional. We feel so blessed to begin this new chapter of our lives. We are so thankful to our families and our friends who stood with us and grateful to Mr. Giorgio Armani who created a once in a lifetime dress for Katherine to wear and for me, the perfect suit. This morning we feel nothing but blessed.

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The duo is hoping to add more than just pets to their family with sources telling PEOPLE last year that Pratt, and Schwarzenegger were excited to “expand their family as soon as possible” following their wedding.

RELATED: Arnold Schwarzenegger Is ‘Looking Forward to’ Grandkids but Won’t ‘Push’ Daughter Katherine

The oldest daughter of Arnold and ex-wife Maria Shriver, Schwarzenegger has got very close to his 7-year-old son Jack, with ex-wife Anna Faris. In fact, the couple made a point of including the little boy in their outings as they got to know each other.

“Instead of mostly enjoying solo, romantic dates, Chris’ son from early on was a very big part of their dating life,” an insider told PEOPLE in January 2019.

“Katherine is like a big kid and loves doing activities with Jack. She loves that Chris is a dad,” the source added.

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Did You Know? 80% Women Have HPV Infection

Did You Know? 80% Women Have HPV Infection is republished from: Meet Positives Dating Blog

HPV: What You Should Know and How to Prevent HPV Infection

According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 14 million people including teens become infected each year with human papillomavirus. HPV is so common that nearly all sexually active men and women get it at some point in their lives.

HPV is a different virus than HIV and HSV (herpes). There are many different types of HPV. Some types can cause health problems including genital warts and cancers. But there are vaccines that can stop these health problems from happening.

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What EVERYONE Needs to Know About HPV (Human Papillomavirus) and Vaccination

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is widely known as the virus that causes cervical cancer in women, but many people don’t realize it also leads to other life-threatening cancers that affect both men and women. For instance, it causes most oropharyngeal (throat) cancers, which are far more common in men and are expected to surpass the number of cervical cancers by the year 2020.

In the United States, about 20,600 females and 12,600 males are diagnosed with HPV-associated cancers each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Fortunately, there is a vaccine that, when received early enough, can prevent most of these cancers.

What Is Human Papillomavirus (HPV)?

HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection, affecting nearly all sexually active men and women at some point in their lives. There are many different subtypes of HPV. Some are low-risk, or benign (non-cancerous), though they can cause genital warts. Several others are high-risk, or malignant, having the potential to cause cancer.

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HPV infections usually cause no symptoms or health problems, and most people clear the virus naturally through their own immune systems. Unfortunately, about seven percent of people with HPV do not, resulting in chronic infection.

How Is it Transmitted?

HPV is usually transmitted during sexual activity through contact between one moist mucosal surface—whether vaginal, anal, or oral—and another. It can also be spread through intimate skin-to-skin contact and, less likely, bodily secretions, such as through saliva when kissing.

What Kinds of Cancer Does HPV Cause?

Having a chronic infection with or repeated exposure to HPV in the cervix, genitals, anus, tonsil, or base of the tongue can predispose people to cancers in those areas later in life. High-risk HPV causes almost all cervical and anal cancers; a majority of tonsil and tongue-base (oropharyngeal) cancers; and a significant share of rare genital cancers, such as vaginal and penile cancers.

The HPV Vaccine

The HPV vaccine was initially created for preteen girls to prevent cervical cancer when they are older, but is now recommended for boys, as well, because the transmission process is a two-way street, and males can get HPV-related cancers, too. Since 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved three vaccines—Gardasil, Gardasil 9, and Cervarix—to prevent infection with the high-risk HPV subtypes that cause the majority of cancers.

Who should get vaccinated? The vaccine is proven effective only if given before acquiring an HPV infection, which most people do shortly after becoming sexually active. That’s why the CDC recommends routine vaccination for all preteen girls and boys at age 11 or 12, before they have engaged in any sexual activity and been exposed to HPV; however, vaccination may begin as early as nine years old.

For teenagers and young adults who have not previously been vaccinated, the CDC recommends vaccination up to age 21 for men, in general; and up to age 26 for women, men who have sex with men, and immunocompromised individuals, such as those with HIV.

The vaccine is not recommended for anyone older than 26 because by that age, those still sexually active have likely already been exposed to most high-risk HPV subtypes. The vaccine has been insufficiently studied in pregnant women, so they shouldn’t get vaccinated, either.

Is it effective? The HPV vaccine is highly effective at preventing infection with the most common cancer-causing HPV subtypes, but only when given prior to HPV exposure—in other words, before engaging in any sexual activity for the first time.

Is it safe? The HPV vaccine is very safe. It has been tested in tens of thousands of people, and many studies, including an analysis of more than 600,000 doses administered, show it is has a very low side-effect profile.

How much does it cost? The retail price is generally $130 to $140 per dose, but the actual cost may vary depending on your health care provider or insurance company. Most private insurers and Medicaid cover the cost of HPV vaccination in accordance with the CDC recommendations.

In most cases, HPV goes away on its own and does not cause any health problems. However, in case that HPV does not go away, it can bring a serious health issue like genital warts and cancer. Whether symptoms occur or not can depend on the type of HPV virus involved in the infection. Here's what you need to know about HPV Symptoms.

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Symptoms

There are more than 40 types of the virus that cause infections in the genital area. People do not always realise they have been infected with the virus as it does not always cause symptoms. Visible ways by which it is expressed are as genital warts which develop after sexual contact. When it is transmitted through skin to skin interaction in genital areas of the body, the virus is highly infectious.

Prevalence

A person only needs to have sexual contact with one person infected with the virus to become infected, although reducing the number of sexual partners can reduce the risk of this happening.

In the US, this virus is the most common sexually transmitted infection. Every year about 14 million people are newly infected

In the UK, it is the second most common sexually transmitted infection.

About 79 million Americans are infected with HPV

Effect of HPV on the body

HPV can result in changes in the cells and lead to abnormal tissue growth. Some forms of the virus can lead to cervical cancer in women after genital infection. The types of HPV that cause warts usually have a quick transition through the body whereas the types that cause cancer can stay in the body for lengthy periods. These will create pre-cancerous and cancerous lesions in the affected area.

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer affecting women across the world. In 2012 alone, there were about 266,000 deaths and 528,000 new cases of cervical cancer.

Some countries routinely screen women for signs of the disease. In the UK, women aged between 25 and 64 years are invited for screening. Cervical cancer affects the less developed countries disproportionately with 85% of the burden of the disease resting with them. Other cancers caused by HPV include cancers of the vulva, vagina, penis, anus, head, and neck.

Here are some suggestions on how we can prevent HPV.

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Using protection can lower the risk of transmission during sex. Protection, such as condoms and dams, should be used during any skin-to-skin sexual contact, though it isn't fool-proof.

The HPV vaccine is the best way to prevent HPV. The CDC recommends that preteen boys and girls receive the HPV vaccine at age 11 or 12 so they are protected before the potential of being exposed to the virus. Also, when the vaccine is given to preteens, the vaccine produces a more robust immune response.

The HPV vaccine can be administered to women through age 26, and to men through age 21. The CDC recommends, though, that gay men and men with compromised immune systems (including HIV) get the HPV vaccine up to 26.

HPV vaccines are also the favored for the prevention of cervical cancer. A poll of 1,952 U.S. doctors by SERMO, a social media network for doctors, found that 55 percent polled favored state mandates for HPV vaccination. In addition, 92 percent of doctors confirmed that they would vaccinate their own children, despite recent controversy over the safety of the HPV vaccine.

Side effects of the vaccine, when they do occur, are typically very mild. They include pain, redness, or swelling in the arm where the shot was given, fever, headache, feeling tired or muscle or joint pain, said Genden.

"With all vaccines, it hurts to get a shot in the arm, but that passes," said Pahud. "Teens also may faint after vaccination, but not due to the HPV vaccine itself, but the injection procedure. These findings are similar to the safety reviews of the other two recommended teen-vaccines, meningococcal vaccines and tetanus booster vaccines."

You may also consider abstinence from Sexual activity including oral, anal, and vaginal sex to reduce the infections if you already are suffering from HPV. To get yourself protected from sexual diseases, always consider to make use of protections like condoms and talk to your partners if you feel like something is wrong or consult and get check by a professional specialist.

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Khalid’s American Teen: A Teenage Anthem

1. American Teen

2. Young Dumb & Broke

3. Location

4. Another Sad Love Song

5. Saved

6. Coaster

7. 8TEEN

8. Let’s Go

9. Hopeless

10. Cold Blooded

11. Winter

12. Therapy

13. Keep Me

14. Shot Down

15. Angels

These fifteen songs address different themes and ideas that are ubiquitous to all teenagers – heartbreak, insecurity (both emotional and financial), and hope, to name a few – so eloquently that I believe the album beautifully encapsulates what it means to be an American teenager. In this post, I plan to elucidate this idea by analyzing several songs in Khalid’s debut album and briefly comparing his “American Teen” with the teenage culture that rock ‘n’ roll addressed in the 1950s.

American Teen

My youth is the foundation of me

Living life as an American Teen

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This initial song on the album introduces listeners to a broader theme that is repeatedly addressed throughout American Teen: a simultaneous, paradoxical fear about life after high school and desire to leave a small, restrictive hometown behind. These feelings are inherent whenever discussing the future, since it is so uncertain – anything can happen in the future, both good and bad. Khalid describes this feeling when he says:

But I’ve been waiting all year

To get the hell up out of here

And throw away my fears

Right now, Khalid is afraid of what his future holds. However, once he graduates high school and can make music without any reservations, he will effectively be able to “throw away his fears” because he will have achieved his dream of being a popular musician. Teenagers all across America share a similar sentiment: they feel like they are currently bogged down and that their hometown is preventing them from reaching greater frontiers.

Another, more subtle point that Khalid makes in this song is the potential for technology to corrupt our youth1. In the final thirty seconds of this song, Khalid and a few other teens (Khalid’s friends from high school) sing the chorus with only the accompaniment of an acoustic guitar. This immediately catches the listener’s attention because it greatly contrasts the rest of the song, which is filled with smooth electronic beats. I believe this contrast speaks to the need for balance with respect to technology in teenagers’ lives. While it provides numerous benefits to teenagers, technology also reduces genuine social interaction and promotes a robotic, impersonal existence. While Khalid talks about the importance of technology in American youth more directly in other songs (namely, “Saved” and “Location”), he introduces that theme here.

Another theme that Khalid touches on (especially in the music video) is that teenagers have such a unique lifestyle and are loving every second of it. Throughout this video, there are glimpses and hints at some of the issues that teenagers face -- technology and romance, experimenting with drugs/alcohol, finding a tight-knit friend group. However, this music video is mainly characterized by its jovial atmosphere; everyone in the video is having a blast. Khalid furthers this idea in “Young Dumb & Broke”: teenagers live according to their own rules and they don’t care if you’re upset about it.

American Teen presents many ideas that resonate very intimately with the American youth, which is the main reason that this song is so popular. Timothy Taylor talks about this same issue in Chapter 6 of his novel, The Sounds of Capitalism: "Music--like visual communications-- responds to the needs and pressures of our society. It is a litmus paper by which we can gauge what is happening to all of of us"5. Khalid’s introductory song reflects the current feelings among the American youth in ways that are especially relatable and engaging. The best part about it? It’s only the beginning of this spectacular album.

Young Dumb & Broke

Yeah we’re just young, dumb, and broke

But we still got love to give

As the title of this song suggests, Khalid talks about the recklessness of American teenagers and how unproven they are. The chorus of this song exemplifies this idea, as he repeatedly mentions that “we’re young dumb broke high school kids”. He also subtly hints at the notion that teenagers never listen to others4, through repeating the phrase “Yadadadada”, which is analogous to the noise that the teacher makes in “Charlie Brown”:

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Much like how Peppermint Patty falls asleep while her teacher is talking, American teenagers don’t pay too much attention to adults because they are so engrossed in doing their own thing. While one can construe this song as poking fun at negative attributes of American teenagers, I believe that Khalid is highlighting all the good that young people can do in the world. He is saying that they have unlimited potential. They need to focus on themselves in order to become the best person they can be; as a result, they don’t have time to listen to adults. I saw some very interesting parallels between this song and Chuck Berry’s hit “Johnny B. Goode”:

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Berry depicts a young, illiterate country boy who is adept at playing at the guitar. Even though he may not be the most intelligent (and most likely comes from an impoverished background), the child has musical potential:

A country boy named Johnny B. Goode

Who never ever learned to read or write so well

But he could play the guitar just like ringing a bell

These lyrics communicate the same idea as Khalid’s lyrics “Yeah we’re just young dumb & broke / but we still got love to give”. Even though the youth may not be accomplished individuals, they are still valuable and have the capability to one day be great.

In addition to addressing this idea of the youth’s potential, both of these songs talk about young people’s attitudes about their current situation in life – teenagers may not be the most financially stable individuals, but they don’t care. They are enjoying the present and not worrying themselves about what the future may bring3. Khalid and Berry convey this message through two distinct avenues. Khalid uses his lyrics,

Run into sin, do it all in the name of fun

I’m so high at the moment

I’m so caught up in this

while Berry uses an up-tempo beat and instrumentals that make the listener want to get up and start dancing. Both songs depict the teenager as a carefree person who is currently living it up, and trying his best to live in the moment. Khalid gets a lot of inspiration from rock ‘n’ roll artists like Berry and other R&B artists, so it is interesting to see how Khalid transforms the same ideas from prior musicians in ways that are palatable to the current American youth.

In this song specifically, Khalid captures the tenuous nature of being a teenager, and how these teenagers overcome the uncertainty in their lives about what they will become.

Winter

My favorite part of this song is the contrasting emotions that it elicits from its listeners. If you focus on the beat and instrumentals, you will want to drive down a highway on a sunny day with your windows down, as this song blasts in the background. If you focus on the lyrics instead, you will be brought to tears. I believe this song is Khalid’s best attempt at expressing something that can never be effectively portrayed: a broken heart. As people grow from young children into teenagers, they will explore relationships with other teenagers and eventually, find love (hopefully). In this song, Khalid describes one of his failed relationships – his girlfriend loved him during their good times but did not stay by his side when their relationship became turbulent. Khalid utilizes an extended metaphor of winter to describe his feelings, which I believe is absolutely incredible. During break-ups, people’s sadness may make them feel cold, empty, and alone. Winter can elicit those same feelings. The following lyrics exemplify this idea:

I fell in love in the morning

But when the day gets cold

I’m back to life in my lonely city of El Paso

Here Khalid compares the duration of his relationship to a typical day. In “the morning”, or when the relationship was new and fresh, Khalid felt loved. As the day wears on, it typically gets colder, especially once the sun sets. Therefore, one can interpret the line “But when the day gets cold” as Khalid’s way of saying that as his relationship progressed, he felt more alienated and detached from his lover. The double meaning of the word “cold” – meaning the end of the day and a cold relationship – conveys this idea. One can also interpret that same lyric as “when times get tough, I am alone”: since most people view cold days as less pleasant than warm ones, it can reasonably be assumed that Khalid also means “cold” in the sense that times became tough. And when that happened, his partner was no longer there by his side. There are several other examples of this lyrical wizardry throughout this song, and they all contribute to the idea that teenagers get broken hearts, and it sucks. In an interview with NPR, Khalid mentions that this song tries to disprove the idea that teenagers don’t understand what it means to have your heart broken: “But at the same time, a 25-year-old can go through the same form of heartbreak as a 35-year-old, as a 15-year-old. You know? Love crosses all boundaries”6.

Location and Saved

Both of these songs also address the issue of heartbreak, but also bring to light another prevalent concern of the American youth: technology, especially its role in love. In “Location”, Khalid brings up both the benefits and detriments of phones in the context of a relationship. He starts the song by saying

Send me your location

Let’s just focus on communication

This highlights how technology can be useful – it is easier than ever to bring two people together. People can now focus on getting to know each other, and ultimately fall in love, rather than figuring out logistics of when and how to meet. However, this also comes with some pitfalls; primarily, technology also makes it easier than ever to be impersonal toward your loved ones, as Khalid describes:

I don’t want to fall in love off of subtweets

So let’s get personal

Technology provides a shield between two people when they are beginning a relationship; people no longer have to be directly talking to each other to fall in love. This also poses a potential problem, mainly because someone’s online persona can be completely different from their personality in real life. In extreme cases, the person may not even exist in real life (i.e. catfishing). Another problem with technology the above lyric insinuates is that it is very confusing to determine one’s feelings while staring at a screen. People can misinterpret text to mean different things, and can develop misguided feelings as a result. This can lead to very awkward scenarios in real life if someone were to act on these feelings. Take home point here: technology is great, but not a replacement for sitting down face-to-face with somebody.

While “Location” mainly deals with how technology influences budding relationships, “Saved” discusses its role in break ups. Throughout the song, Khalid uses the phone as a tool to express certain feelings, like wanting to tell his ex that he is no longer in love with her. In both cases, Khalid acknowledges that technology has a pervasive effect on how teenagers love each other. He confirms this idea in an interview with Rolling Stone: “Falling in love in high school and falling out of love – it’s very digital. I’ve hard breakups where they’ve called me to tell me we were done, and I’ve gotten a lot of text messages from an old girlfriend letting me know how she felt about me after we had ended everything”2.

These 5 songs offer only a snippet of the extraordinary insights into the teenage experience that Khalid presents. By tailoring his audience to the younger generation, Khalid created an instant hit – listeners can relate extremely well to the ideas that Khalid evokes throughout this album, and that is the main reason the album is so popular. While simultaneously creating music for American teenagers, Khalid expresses ideas, such as love and youthful exuberance, that have been the subjects of popular music for a long time. Because of that, you can make interesting comparisons between Khalid’s contemporary hits and older classics. At the end of the day, Khalid’s American Teen is a teenage anthem – it allowed the young star to become a voice for teenagers across the entire country.

By Vishal Anjutgi (va8zd)

Works Cited

1. Caramanica, Jon. “On Khalid's 'American Teen,' Songs of Young Love and Technology.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 1 Mar. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/arts/music/on-khalids-american-teen-songs-of-young-love-and-technology.html.

2. Levy, Joe. “Meet Location Songwriter Khalid: Former Army Brat Turned Pop Prodigy.” Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2017, www.rollingstone.com/music/features/meet-location-songwriter-khalid-w470664.

3. Ortiz, Carina. “Why Khalid's 'American Teen' Is an Album of a Generation.” Arts Culture, 9 July 2017, culture.affinitymagazine.us/why-khalids-american-teen-is-an-album-of-a-generation/.

4. Perez, Rica. “Khalids American Teen: A Track by Track Album Review.” KCR College Radio, 11 Apr. 2017, kcr.sdsu.edu/khalids-american-teen-track-track-album-review/.

5. Taylor, Timothy Dean. The sounds of capitalism: advertising, music, and the conquest of culture. Univ. of Chicago Press, 2014.

6. Watters, Gemma, and Michel Martin. “Khalid's Timeless Pop Anthems For American Teens.” NPR, NPR, 27 May 2017, www.npr.org/2017/05/27/530085465/khalids-timeless-pop-anthems-for-american-teens.

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About 79 million Americans are infected with HPV

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導讀：泡鈕英語大全，泡洋鈕不再是問題泡鈕英語大全，泡洋鈕不再是問題 MM是要靠“哄”的，喜歡聽壹些甜言蜜語（sweat talk）,所以，妳要下功夫練就壹張honey mouth，來贊美對方： 1) What a knock-out!哇！絕代美人。英語聊天室“泡鈕”---第壹次親密接觸

（打招呼/問好） 1. What a long sleepless night! I thought I was the only sleepless. So are you! 長夜漫漫無心睡眠，我以為只有我睡不著覺，原來妳也睡不著啊！ 2. This is my first time to be in the chat room. Will you please join me? 這是我第壹次來這個聊天室，可以和妳聊聊嗎？ 3. May I join in? I’m easy to get along. 我可不可以參加進來聊天？我很容易相處。 4. You have a very special name. I think you must be a unique girl. 妳的名字很特別，有趣，藤素妳壹定是位特別（註：不用“美麗”字樣）的姑娘。 5. I am as humorous as Zhou Xingchi and as handsome as Zhou Runfa. It will be a great fun to be with me. 我是個幽默如周星馳、瀟灑如周潤發的人，和我相處會很愉快的。英語聊天室“泡鈕”--（上）第壹法人稱“玉樹臨風”的周奔馳不可否認我長得很醜（自取網名）　　進入英語聊天室的第壹步是為自己起個“酷斃”的網名。“不可否認我長得很醜，可是我很溫柔，而且永遠不會說謊。”——周奔馳自知自己的英語“很醜”，於是沒敢象在中文聊天室壹樣起個“周潤發的微笑”、“風靡萬千少女”、“西門不吹雪”、“心比刀快”那樣的名字，而是起了“我是英語乞丐”、“不惹妳煩”、“謙虛小朋友”這樣的“中文網名”（中文網名更容易吸引“晶晶姑娘”的眼球）。此後就象“可口可樂”商標壹樣，固定地將“我是英語乞丐”作為商標品牌。——以便大賺特賺和他聊過天的美眉的“回頭率”。 “普遍撒網，守株待兔”（和誰聊天）　　第壹次上英文聊天室，周奔馳滿以為憑著自己“酷斃”的網名就會“風靡萬千少女”，沒想到枯等了8分零8秒，還是沒人哪只“兔子”主動撞上門來，於是以“大無畏”精神主動出擊、普遍撒網，先後給網名是“晶晶”、“紫霞”、“曼玉”、“不辣妹”、“rose”、“sweet girl”六位看上去象是美眉（概率：73.2984%）的聊友發去“情真真意切切”的“第壹句”（參見下頁）。好了，剩下的就是“守株待兔”了。　　哈哈哈哈哈哈哈（周奔馳的大笑）　第二法第壹次親密接觸（打招呼/問好） 1. What a long sleepless night! I thought I was the only sleepless. So are you! 長夜漫漫無心睡眠，我以為只有我睡不著覺，原來妳也睡不著啊！ 2. This is my first time to be in the chat room. Will you please join me? 這是我第壹次來這個聊天室，可以和妳聊聊嗎？ 3. May I join in? I’m easy to get along. 我可不可以參加進來聊天？我很容易相處。 4. You have a very special name. I think you must be a unique girl. 妳的名字很特別，有趣，妳壹定是位特別（註：不用“美麗”字樣）的姑娘。 5. I am as humorous as Zhou Xingchi and as handsome as Zhou Runfa. It will be a great fun to be with me. 我是個幽默如周星馳、瀟灑如周潤發的人，和我相處會很愉快的。　第三法俺們那疙瘩都是東北人（自我介紹城市） 1. Where are you from? 妳來自哪裏？ 2. Which city do you live in 妳現在住在那個城市？ 3. I live in Beijing, and you? 我在北京，妳呢？ 4. Where is your hometown 妳的家鄉是哪呀？ 5. Great! We are from the same city! To cite a famous Chinese saying, when one meets one’s town fellow, one cannot help weeping for excitement. Haha~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ 太好了！我們是老鄉！！用中國話來說“老鄉見老鄉，兩眼淚汪汪”，哈哈。　第四法我是博士--“茶博士”也（學校） 1. Can you tell us a bit about your university and your major? 談談妳畢業的學校和專業怎麽樣？ 2. Are you an undergraduate or a postgraduate? 妳在學習本科學歷還是碩士學歷？ 3. Have you heard the saying that "Nowadays bachelor holders are as many as dogs, Master holders are all over the street". 妳聽說過壹句話：“本科多如狗，碩士滿街走”嗎？ 4. Never mind. I’m kidding. But I have a doctorate degree. 這只是壹句玩笑，別介意。我是壹位博士生。 5. In fact I am a Doctor of Tea. Haha~~~~~ 實際上我只是壹個“茶博士”。哈哈　第五法 “輕舞飛揚”：幹啥的（性別、工作） 1. Shall we chat more intimately? To me, you are not an ordinary girl. 我們能更親密得聊聊嗎？我認為妳不僅僅是壹個女孩！ 2. You are the queen. Haha~~~~~~~~~~~~ 而是壹位女皇，哈哈。 3. I am 23.You must be younger than me! 我23歲了，妳壹定比我小吧。 4. May I know your occupation? 妳的職業是什麽？ 5. I am a salesman. I work like a cow: Make much milk for a company, but eat only a little grass. 我是壹名銷售員，像牛壹樣"光擠奶、不吃草"。　第六法給點兒專業精神好不好（英語學習） 1. I wish I can get used to speaking in English. 我希望自己習慣於說英語。 2. I can't hold on studying without someone's encouragement. 沒有人幫忙，我就堅持不住了。 3. I am working on it. I hope some day speaking English would just be a piece of cake for me. 我正在致力於它,有壹天它會是小菜壹碟。 4. I’m trying to improve my English through chatting online in English. 我正通過網上聊天來提高我的英語。 5. We’ve got lots of time to improve/practice our English. 我們有很多時間來提高/練習我們的英語。　第七法無厘頭英語：不要再猶豫了 1. I found an interesting and practical way of learning English. That is Wulitou (Casual) way. 我發現了壹個即有趣又有用的方法來學習英語，那就是"無厘頭英語"。 2. Wulitou (Casual) way makes English learning as interesting as playing a game. 無厘頭精神使學習英語變的像遊戲輕松有趣。 3. The initiators of Wulitou way are fans of Dahuaxiyou (Talking About Western Odyssey). They include journalists and foreign teachers. They share a common name Zhou Benchi. 無厘頭英語的創立者是壹群《大話西遊》迷，包括記者、外教，他們共同享有壹個名字"周奔馳"。 4. Believe it or not, by reading this book, you will be able to chat online in English very soon. 信不信由妳，只要翻開這本書，就能立刻在網上用英語自由聊天。 5. It’s called practice while learning. 這叫做現學現用。持久液益粒可日本藤素美國黑金　第八法哈哈，覺不覺得好玩啊（玩笑） 1. What is the English for癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉? 妳知道"癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉"怎麽說嗎？ 2. It's not "A toad wants to eat a swan". It is "Angels fly out of your arse". 不是"A toad wants to eat a swan"而是"Angels fly out of your arse"。 3. Literally it means "屁股（arse）裏飛出天使(angels)來". It's very interesting, isn't it? 如果直譯成中文是"屁股（arse）裏飛出天使(angels)來"的意思。很有意思，對嗎？ 4. Don't be oversensitive. I’m just kidding. 別這麽愛過敏，開個玩笑麽。 5. That sentence comes from Titanic. The original sentence is “You’d as like have angels fly out of your arse as get next to the likes of her.” 這句話的原話來自於《泰坦尼克號》，全句是：“You’d as like have angels fly out of your arse as get next to the likes of her.” （想和她那樣的姑娘在壹起，妳簡直是“癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉”。）　第九法幫主，品味太差吧（休閑/愛好） 1. What do you do in your spare time? 不忙的時候妳做些什麽？ 2. What's you favorite sport? 妳喜歡哪項運動 3.Good health is priceless. 好身體是無價之寶。 4. What's your favorite movie? 妳最喜歡的電影是什麽？ 5. 5 Smoking affects one’s health. But, to me, bad habits are difficult to get rid of. 吸煙影響健康，但對我來說，壞的習慣很難更改。英語聊天室“泡鈕”---（下） 2) She's well-built.她身材真棒。 3) She's well stacked,她的身材很勻稱。 4) She has a good figure.她有驕人的身材。 5) She's a chick.她可是個MM喔。 6) She's curvaceous.她的身材曲線玲瓏。 7) My girl is a peach.我的馬子可是個美人。 8) She must really be sth special.她必定某個地方很特殊。 9) She doesn't look her age.她看起來沒有實際年齡大。 10)She looks neat and fresh.她看起來很優雅清純。 11)She's a carbon copy of her mother.她和她媽簡直壹模壹樣。 (to be continued)怎樣，找機會練練吧！關鍵是告訴她妳覺得她與眾不同的地方（whatmakes her stand out from others）,接下來，妳就可以鍛煉口語的名義，表示希望能有機會多聊聊（a chance to get to know each others）.要知道好的開端，事情就成功了壹半（well began is half done）.^_^幸福三步曲：假設：漂亮MM壹般英語水平都不是很好（好像功課也是如此）^-^前提：妳自己的英文水平初具火候。 1）吸引MM跟妳學地道英語的興趣 2）然後告訴她萬丈高樓平地起，咱們從最基本的學起。 3）最基本的自然是自我介紹了，然後以教她如何用英語作自我介紹為名，很自然地“套取”她的家庭背景，個人情況等等。註意，這時妳要裝作特單純、特有愛心，讓她覺得這世界確實需要熱心腸，而妳就是那跟最大的腸！千萬不要讓她懷疑妳“醉翁之意不在酒”(hehehe~~,這招比較損)接下來就不用我多說了吧，萬事只是開頭難，妳都已經“知己知彼”了，還能不百戰不殆？ Well, it's kidding.The best way is to love her with your heart,not with your mouth. What's more, just keep in your mind:1) Love me,love my dog.2) Love me little, love me long. OK,讓我們繼續為消滅“孤男寡女”而努力學習吧： 1）This picutre is not like her.這照片不像她。 2) She's very photogenic.她很上鏡。 3) She's well-groomed.她穿著得體。 4) She could pass for 24 or 25.她可能超過24或25歲。 5) She gets herself dolled up like a teenage girl.她把自己打扮得象個十幾歲的少女。 6) She's kind of short, but she has a beautiful personality.她是有點矮，可是她有很好的個性。 7) She's in her Sunday clothes today.她穿了她最好的衣服。 8) She wears too much make-up.她妝化得很濃。第十法愛壹個人需要理由嗎？（感情） 1. Would you mind if I ask you a personal question? Are you still single? 介意我問壹個私人問題嗎？妳是單身嗎？ 2. Have you got a Flower Guardian, someone who cares for you? You are just like a beautiful flower in my mind. 妳有護花使者了嗎？因為在我心目中妳就像花壹樣。 3. I like a line from Titanic very much: You jump, and I will jump. 我喜歡電影《泰坦尼克》上的壹句精彩對白：妳跳我也跳。 4. Another line I like very much is from Inside Detective 008: Are you hungry? Shall I make a bowl of noodle for you? 另壹句我喜歡的電影對白是《大內密探008》裏的：肚子餓不餓，要不要我給妳煮碗面吃？ 5. The favorite scene I like is in a novel by Lu Yao. In the remote country, a boy fell in love with a girl. He handed her a piece of paper with only one line on it which read I Want To Be Good With You. 但是我最喜歡的是路遙小說裏的壹個場景：在壹個僻遠的鄉村，壹個小夥子喜歡上壹個姑娘，他給他寫了壹個小紙條，上面只有壹句話：“俺想和妳好”。　第十壹法對妳的敬仰猶如滔滔江水（贊美） 1. I don’t think you are as pretty as Zhang Manyu. 我感覺妳長得不如張曼玉漂亮。 2. But you are more beautiful than Zhang Ziyi. 但至少不比張子怡差。 3. Nothing is more pleasant than talking with you. 什麽娛樂都不如和妳聊天。 4． You are such a smart girl. 妳真是個伶牙俐齒（聰明）的姑娘。 5．My passion for you is beyond any words. 我對妳的仰慕猶如滔滔江水性藥品壯陽藥美國威樂　第十二法我KAO，I 服了YOU （情緒化表達）肯定（搞對） certainly/sure/of course.當然。 Great! 太好了。 All right. 好吧！ No problem. 沒問題！ Good idea! 好主意！ I think so. 我也這麽想。 I totally agree with you. 我完全同意。否定 No！/ No way! 不行/沒門！ I don't think so.我不那樣認為。 I disagree. 我不同意。憤怒 How dare you! 怎麽敢…… 疑問： Are you sure? 妳確定嗎？ Why are you so sure about that? 妳為什麽這麽確定？ Really? 真的嗎？ Of course, it’s true.當然是真的。驚嘆 Gosh! / God！/My God! / Goodness me! / Jesus Christ! 天哪！ It’s terrific. It’s incredible. 太好了，簡直難以置信。 It’s incredible. 難以置信。 I can’t believe my own eyes! 我簡直不敢相信我的眼睛了。感謝 Thanks./ Thanks a lot. 謝謝。 Thank you very much. 多謝妳。 I’m profoundly grateful to you. 我向妳表示深深的感激。謙虛 My pleasure. / You are welcome. 不必客氣. Don’t mention it. 小意思（壹般般）隨意 Be at home. / Do as you please. 隨便。 It’s up to you. 看妳了。　第十三法需要嗎？不需要嗎？需要嗎？（雙向交流/碰撞） 1. I beg your pardon. / I didn't quite catch you on that. 我沒有聽懂妳剛才說的話。 2. Do you understand this sentence? / Are you following me? / Are you with me? 妳是否明白這個句子？ 3. I feel the same. / I think exactly the same way. 我也這麽想。 4. Me too. 我也是。 5. Anyway, believe me. I am serious. 不管怎樣，請相信我，我是認真的。　第十四法如果給我壹個再來壹次的機會（打招呼） 1. Sorry. I’m busy at the moment. I’ll talk to you later. 對不起，我現在很忙，有時間再和妳聊。 2. Sorry. I’m speaking with a friend at the moment. I will talk to you later. 抱歉，我的朋友在和我聊，有空了我再去找妳。 3. Forgive me. I sent you a wrong message. Hope you don’t mind. 對不起，我發錯了信息。別介意。 4. I’m sorry for being so slow. You know my English is not good. 抱歉，我的速度比較慢，因為我的英語很差。 5. Excuse me for about 5 minutes? 對不起，我要暫時離開壹下，大約是5分鐘時間。　第十五法留下點回憶行不行？（郵件、照片） 1. How can I contact you? 我怎麽和妳聯系？ 2. Can you tell me your telephone number/Email address? 可以告訴我妳的電話/信箱嗎？ 3. Why don't we further contact each other by telephone/Email? 我們為什麽不通過電話/EMAIL進行更深壹步的交流呢？ 4. Would you mind showing me your photo? 是否可以讓我看看妳照片？ 5． I will send you my photo first. 我將先把我的照片發給妳。　第十六法妳聽不見，我才都給妳聽的啊（打電話） 1. I just want to hear your voice. Could you speak to me a little bit? 我特別想聽聽妳的聲音，妳能滿足我這個小小的心願嗎? 2. Don’t worry. Just a short while. 別擔心。只和妳聊壹兩句就可以了。 3. Shall I make the phone call to you or you phone over to me? My telephone number is XXXXXXX. 我給妳打過去還是妳給我打過來?，我的電話號碼是：XXXXXXXX。 4. Thank you for trusting me. I’ll call you immediately. 謝謝妳的信任，我立刻給妳打過去。 5. Forget it. Let’s continue our online talk. (Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.) 沒關系的，我只是說說而已。讓我們接著在網上聊下去。（壹顆紅心兩種準備）　第十七法從今天開始，我會壹直陪著妳（學習計劃） 1. I wonder if we could together make a plan to study English? 不知妳是否同意，我想和妳制定壹個學習英語的計劃。 2. Let's study English and make progress together. 讓我們壹起學習英語，共同進步。 3. In order to push myself to use English, I will send you an English E-mail daily. 為了調動運用英語的積極性，我將每天都給妳用英文寫個郵件。 4．I’ll be with you learning English from now on. Let’s write to each other every day! 從今天開始，我會壹直陪著妳學習英語，每天通信吧。 5. In my opinion, “Two heads are better than one” applies to our English learning. 我覺得“1+1>2”同樣適用於我們的英語學習。　第十八法俺輕輕地走啦，不帶走壹片雲彩（告別) 1． It's almost eleven o'clock . 快十壹點了。 2． I am afraid I can’t stay any longer. 我恐怕不能再久留了。 3． I'll always r 泡鈕英語系列emember our pleasant talk today. 妳走後我會懷念這次愉快的談話。 4． I hope I can see you again. / Let’s keep in touch. 我希望我能再見到妳/讓我們保持聯系。 5． Good night and have a good sleep. 晚安，睡個好覺。

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Morning Pages #26 (05.02.2017)

Sunday 5th February - 9:02 a.m.

I actually woke up two hours ago, and I know I haven’t written for the past few days, which I regret not just because I slacked off but also because if I had persisted at least with yesterday, then today’s pages would be #27, but they are #26. I had an amazing night yesterday, and the stars would’ve been in alignment if the entry where I go into detail of this amazing time also happened to be #27, a lucky number of mine and my birthday too. I also realise that it’s been exactly a month since I started writing these morning pages, because I started on the 5th of January. So if only this entry had been entry #27!

I had a good excuse for not writing on Friday, and that was because I had to move back to Northcote on Friday, which happened very briskly in the early morning. Last time I wrote, I mentioned that my sleep cycle was thrown out of whack after I moved back to Mill Park and finished up with the theatre show. All at once, there was nothing to keep me occupied, and thus nothing worthwhile enough to get me to leave my bed in the morning. I’d be sleeping in until 10 or 11 a.m., eating breakfast at 1 in the afternoon, and dinner at 10 or 11 in the evening and then - because I’ve eaten so late - I’d start to fall naturally to sleep at 1 a.m. again and it just became an exhausting cycle of pathetic, unemployed failure. But moving back here has once again, given me something to live for. The cats rely on me to wake up at a reasonable hour and feed them, and because I’m up, I can write my morning pages too. I just didn’t on Friday because I had to get here by 11 a.m., and because school’s started up again, I had nobody to drive me. I packed my suitcase and my backpack and just carried all my stuff to Northcote. It was relatively easy, aside from the heat. I only packed a weekend’s worth of clothes anyway. Actually, I packed a few options, because I was seeing Evan on Saturday night, last night, and I always need some options for dates, otherwise I just get nervous. Then again, the options can also make me more nervous too. Because I’ll always leave the house asking myself if I’m wearing the right thing, if I could be wearing something better. I left the house last night wearing my baggy black and white striped top, a pencil skirt and stockings, and my black formal boots. And ammi’s big, burgundy coat with the massive pockets. It was 37 degrees during the day yesterday so the coat wasn’t too practical. It was more just about having pockets, so that I didn’t need to carry a bag instead.

I had a really lovely time last night. Evan called me on Thursday and we organised to catch up Saturday night, in Northcote at 7 p.m.. We ate at Lentils in Thornbury and then just went for a walk up High St, ended up at Westgarth Station, and then ended up at Dennis. From there, we walked to this park whose name I just looked up this morning: Johnson Park. It was this small rectangular block of land with a very neat layout, well-defined garden beds and pathways, and a picnic area with a sizeable playground. We goofed around a bit with the play equipment, went back and forth on the monkeybars and climbed the very very tiny rockwall, and then we just sat down on this little platform and talked for what was definitely three or so hours, perhaps longer. If we had dinner at 7 and the first time I checked my phone at the park was 9:30, and we left at ten to 1 a.m., then we were most definitely there for a while. We have a lot in common, I feel. Most of the time, we spoke about music and clothes, growing up and all the things we enjoyed as children. We spoke about food and books at the restaurant, and we made a lot of jokes. He’s very animated with his body. I wasn’t surprised when he told me that he tries to emulate Will Smith in Fresh Prince, because not only is his haircut was pretty reminiscent of teenage Will, - and the shirt he was wearing last night also had a similar pattern and colour scheme to teenage Will’s preferences - but his joviality and humour and the way he walks and talks, the way he makes jokes and the exaggeration of his limbs...he shares the lovable goofiness of Will Smith’s character. He has the ears for it too, I’m sorry I just have to say. He told me I have a beautiful smile at one point (which made me smile and THEN made me self-conscious as all hell about smiling), and then I told him in response to THIS lovely compliment, that he had ears big enough to emulate Will Smith. He’s got a fantastic sense of humour though. I really like him. Fuck. I feel like this is happening way too fast after Ikaros, but I also did not want to say goodbye to Evan last night. Not that I wanted to sleep with him. I mean, we made out for a long time. And it was pretty hot, actually. But last night was also the first night I got to talk to him properly, because when I met him we were too busy dancing and then on our first date, we were busy listening to music. Last night was the first night it felt like we had time enough to really get to know one another. And I did learn a little bit about him, but not enough. Pace yourself, Rue! Yes, I know! We have time enough to get to know one another. We’re both nineteen, we’re both nearly twenty, we have time enough to figure out what this is, if it is anything.

There was a lot of staring at each other too, like we were both trying to hold on to what was happening as it was happening. Or we were both just really into each other’s faces. He’s pretty cute. And his hands, goddamn! He has really firm hands and I am really into that. At one point, his hands were on my bare back and I just felt really protected. When I hold his hands, I just feel like this tiny thing that’s being helped up. I don’t know, this wasn’t supposed to sound condescending of myself. Holding his hands and feeling him touch me just made me feel so much more womanly than I otherwise feel. I couldn’t stand it most of the time though, I mean it was borderline too much for me most of the time. At one point, he had a hand on my knee and it was just unexpected and I shivered, I legitimately shivered. When I was on top of him and he was holding me close to him, I felt incredibly attentive, but I kind of also just wanted to bury myself in him. I was very tempted to kiss his neck, but just KISSING him was intimate enough, to be honest with you. Just kissing him felt illicit, so intense and somehow also so gentle. When I was resting my head on his chest and his arms were around me, I don’t know, we had been talking for AGES before that and I just remember thinking the whole time during dinner that what we were doing at the park last night was what I had been looking forward to these past few weeks. He told me that he’s been talking to some of his mates about me and every time he does, he gets really excited. I told him the same. I left out the part where Courtney called him a ‘gobber’, that bitch. I think she meant ‘goober’ maybe. She’s seeing a guy tonight too, Asato, a Japanese photographer she met online.

I can’t wait to talk to Dan about last night, actually. I’ve been telling Dan everything about Evan, about meeting Evan at Laundry and our first date, and spewing all of my insecure, overly analytical observations onto him so that he can wipe them all away with his third-party logic. I noticed he was holding himself back a little on the first date and now, after our second, I definitely know that the reason why was because he’s a gentleman. When he pulled me to him last night and I kissed him straight on, there was no question of our attraction to each other. After our first kiss last night though, I had to tell him that I was very new to the dating scene again and had come out of a relatively long-term relationship, and he said that he had been with somebody recently too, so we were equally a little anxious about making moves, I suppose.

I’m a little nervous right now too because I think it showed that I didn’t want to say goodbye to him. I took a while to go back inside, and he said that I should go inside because he’s not going to leave until he sees me go inside, I don’t know. Maybe he was just being caring, I don’t know. I keep doing this to myself, I keep over-analysing whatever awkward moments I get my hands on on otherwise fantastic dates. He also said we should do something again ‘a couple of weeks from now or a week from now’, which was odd. I mean ideally I’d like to see him again this weekend, I guess. The last time I saw him was two weeks ago and I did miss him a little bit, but that’s just because he was new and exciting. He’s still new and exciting, mind, but I feel like we’re getting to know each other a little more now. And we didn’t make out too much on the first date, but last night we got really into it and I just want to do that again. Next weekend. He’ll call, I guess. Or message me, I don’t know. I have other things to worry about, honestly, I know I shouldn’t spend all my time thinking about this boy that I feel I’ve connected with rather well.

I’ve taken up these past two or so pages (a little over) talking about this five hour date where all we did was talk. Oh, at one point last night, he asked me what I was thinking. I think it was in the middle of one of our bouts of just staring at each other’s light-streaked faces in the park. I was honest with him. I told him that this feels really comfortable, and that kissing him right now was like taking a breath of fresh air. He laughed at that. I’ll admit it was a little horribly cliched, but it was what I was honestly thinking. I feel like we’re really on the same page, though. I feel like we have a lot in common and that maybe, even if we don’t keep dating or maintain a romantic interest in each other (though I hope we do), I see myself knowing him for a long time. I’m on to the fourth page now, and I think I’ll stop here. This morning’s typing has exhausted me a little, and I need to have a shower right now, I feel all hot and weird. On Friday I went to the beach, I have to talk about that too. I totally ran out of room for that. It was fine, but maybe I’ll say a couple of words about it tomorrow morning. It’s 10:30 a.m. now (I had a bit of trouble typing today), and I want to eat as soon as I can. I am starving!

#morning pages #26 #05.02.2017 #date #evan

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