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katdvs · 4 years ago

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When Riley Matthews was in high school her life changed, now as a professional dancer she’s got a new challenge when she’s paired with professional football player Lucas Friar on the latest season. Can they win the season, or will their past get in the way?

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Chapter One:

Ever since she was in the eighth grade, Riley Matthews woke up early in the morning. Before the sun would kiss the sky, Riley would take a modern dance class. It was all her own, she didn’t have to share it with her friends. When things got to be too much, she was able to escape in those early morning hours in the world of dance.

It was her sophomore year of high school that one of her friends discovered her sanctuary, Zay who had always talked about dance showed up one morning for the same class. He was in awe of Riley as she showed off a piece she’d been working on for the recital. It wasn’t long before they became dance partners, and both started taking more classes of different styles.

At the end of the school year there was a talent show, Riley and Zay had decided it was a great chance to show off the piece they had been working on. They had kept their partnership a secret until that night. Everyone else had been busy with their own practices to realize that while they were off getting ready for the city-wide science fair, or football and baseball season, or the art shows, they were dancing, choreographing together.

That night Zay and Riley danced to an old Celine Dion song, not only surprising their friends and family—but also being discovered by a television producer.

Everything changed after that night.

Except that Riley Matthews woke up early in the morning. Now at the age of 27 she woke up in a beach house, in Los Angeles. Instead of sneaking off to early morning dance classes she did Pilates on her deck, with the sound of the waves crashing, before Zay would start the blender going with their morning protein shakes.

Today started like any other day, but both were nervous. “If I get another Disney star, I swear I’ll scream. I hate having to stop for snack time.” Zay poured the protein shakes into their travel cups.

Riley laughed, “Please the last three seasons I’ve gotten the old men. Unless they get me like America’s Favorite TV Dad as a partner, I’m back in the troupe week 4.”

Zay chuckled, it was true, neither had gotten the best partners the last few seasons. They were both due for some actual contenders. “At least when you’re in the troupe you get to choreograph the group numbers.”

“I want to win, I know with the right partner I’ll be able to do it.” Riley shrugged before taking a drink from her shake, “We’ll find out in what, two hours when we meet our new partners.”

“Sure will, but you’ll always be my favorite.” Zay chuckled, just as a dish towel was thrown at him.

“I better be.” Riley laughed as she backed out of the kitchen, “I’ve got to take a shower and run an errand before our call time. I’ll see you at the studio though. I hope you get the up and coming pop star.”

“Well I hope you get the sexy athlete who wants to prove he’s more that someone chasing a ball.” He called out as he heard her feet going up the stairs.

Zay started cleaning up when he saw his phone start to come alive and the picture of his best friend, and Riley’s first love came up on the screen. Quickly he tapped to answer, “Hey Man, what’s going on?”

He stood in his kitchen blinking as he listened to his friend on the other side. “Yeah, um, we’ve got a spare room. I’m sure she’ll be okay with it. Why are you in town?”

Zay laughed, “Fine, don’t tell me. Keep your secrets. What time are you going to be in, because I’ll be honest, I don’t know where Riley put the hide-a-key, and I have to check with her.” He waited for an answer, “Oh, yeah one of us should be home by then. I’m sure she’ll be fine with this. I’ve got to get ready for work though, so I’ll see you tonight.”

Riley looked at her phone, she was late. She knew she was late. She’d already called and told them she would be late, and why. Right now, she was waiting for the mechanic to come back with the keys for her rental car while they repaired the heater core in her Jeep.

She’d noticed a leak in the passenger side the night before. She thought it would be an easy fix, she really should’ve googled it first. It would take a few days for it to get repaired.

She had made the mistake of getting a large iced coffee while she was originally waiting, and now the caffeine and sugar were surging through her body. Right now, she should be teaching some former sitcom star the basics of a waltz.

“Here you go.” He came out from the office and dropped a set of keys in her hand, “Sorry it will take a few days.”

“It’s okay, thank you.” Riley finished signing her paperwork before giving him a smile. “Just call me as soon as it’s ready, I love my Jeep.”

“Will do Ms. Matthews, have good rest of the day.” He took the paperwork, watching as she dashed out to the rental car waiting for her.

As soon as Riley was in the driver seat, she texted that she was on her way. She wasn’t too far from the studio but hadn’t been close enough to walk. This wasn’t the way to start a new season. This was not the way to start a season she could win.

She wanted to win.

She needed to win.

Zay had won two seasons before.

Riley had gotten close a few times, she made it to the final three several seasons in a row, but the last few had been relegated to getting the older men as partners, who just no matter how hard they worked, wouldn’t be able to win unless America really fell in love with them, and they hadn’t.

She sighed as she waited in traffic, she could at least keep working on the choreography for that musical the network was producing. Plus, she and Zay were putting together a road show with a few of the other dancers for the summer.

Finally, traffic was moving as she made her way down the familiar streets to the studio, pulling into the lot. Thankful that most of the paparazzi wasn’t aware today was the first day. They at least had a week before the stars were revealed.

She parked in the only free space she could find and quickly moved up the stairs to the entrance. Producers were waiting for her.

“I’m so sorry,” she started as they handed her the mic pack.

“Riley don’t worry. It’s okay. Your partner is in studio 5.” The producer, a woman about her age named Sheryl smiled, “I think you’ll approve of this season’s pairing.”

“Have I ever actually not?” Riley looked to her friend.

Sheryl threw her arm around Riley’s shoulder, “I promise your partner isn’t like the Dad from an old TGIF sitcom. In fact, he might be one of the most sought-after bachelors in America.”

Riley rolled her eyes, “Great, I can’t wait. I can already see the twitter and Instagram messages saying I’m stealing someone’s man.”

They stood outside the studio door, “Actually, I think America is going to love the two of you together. And maybe, if possible, flirt with this guy. Get people thinking something could happen, at the very least it should stir up some fanfare.”

“I’m still doing the cha-cha week one, right?”

“Yes, here’s the music, now go in their and let the sparks fly.” Sheryl insisted.

Riley paused, “If I go in their and it’s some Disney channel ‘tween I’m going to kill you, you know that right?”

“Yes, I promise it’s an adult male, and when you see him, you will drool.” Sheryl was practically drooling herself.

Riley took a deep breath, knowing in a minute she would be on camera for hours while she and someone she didn’t know tried to dance together. She said a silent prayer before she finally opened the door.

Sitting in the middle of the dance floor was a tall man, his back was to the door. His hair short, but a sandy blonde. His shoulders broad, his arms obviously strong, at the very least he probably looked amazing shirtless, that should get them a couple of weeks.

Riley could see the little bit of his wireless earbuds in his ears, maybe he was listening to the music, or a podcast. He was obviously an athlete, not Hockey, baseball maybe, but considering the time of year, most likely football.

She waved to the camera man, motioning for him to not let on she was there as she put her bag down by the door. As she stepped closer to her new partner, she could feel a charge in the air, a wave of nostalgia she couldn’t place considering the setting.

As she moved closer she didn’t see that he had his bag near him, or notice it’s long strap on the floor as for the first time in years, the klutzy Riley of her youth took her over in the blink of an eye she fell into his lap.

Riley was stunned.

This couldn’t be happening.

This couldn’t be real.

This couldn’t be him.

Those green eyes, she would know them anywhere. They were the first eyes she looked into and saw more than friendship. They were the first eyes she had seen heartbroken. They were the first eyes she saw darken with passion.

She smiled, “Hi, I’m Riley Matthews, your new dance partner.”

“Lucas Friar, I’m a football player, not a dancer.”

She felt a chill down her spine, “I’ll make you a dancer.” She stood up, trying to hold her composure while trying to comprehend what was happening.

Of all the men who could end up on this show, of all the men she could be partnered up with, how did Lucas Friar, her first love end up here?

Zay came out of his studio laughing, shaking his head. His partner was hilarious, and if she focused, she could make it a few weeks, maybe even further. He saw Sheryl looking at one of the monitors, a smile on her face. “I know, me and Connie, we’ve got it.”

Sheryl swatted him, “Look, I’ve got TV gold this season with who I paired Riley with.”

He looked at the screen, eyes wide, “Is that Lucas Friar, of the New York Giants?”

“It sure is.” Sheryl couldn’t wipe the smile off her face if she had wanted to, “Riley went in there, and Zay I’ve never in all these years seen anything like it. It was a legitimate meet cute like in a rom-com. She tripped over his bag strap and fell in his lap.”

Zay covered his mouth, nodding, hoping he wouldn’t give anything away. So, this was why Lucas was in town, oh Riley was going to probably murder him later tonight. While Sheryl couldn’t see it, he could see the terror, the control in both Riley and Lucas. “You know Riley, she is just friends with anyone she dances with. She’s resisted this all these years.” He joked, but he knew, he could see it, Riley and or Lucas were going to end up heartbroken.

“Lucas Friar is considered one of the most eligible bachelors in the country. He’s sexy, smart, charming, a real Gentleman.”

“Well he always has been.” Zay slipped, “From what I’ve read.”

Sheryl looked at the dancer, “Shouldn’t you get back to Connie, I think you two have what the foxtrot for week 1?”

“We do, I was just going to grab us some waters. She’s not used to this sort of thing, but I think she’s got real potential.”

“She does, and I truly believe that you’re the best pro to bring it out in her. Just like, I think Riley was the right choice for Mr. Friar here.”

“I hope you’re right.” Zay told her before going to the fridge nearby for water, “I really hope so.”

Riley and Lucas were stretching on the floor, she’d gone over many basic moves throughout the morning. This was a quiet time she usually took to get to know her new partners. She’d held herself together for the most part today. She just had to get through a few more hours. “So, why do you want to learn to dance?” she asked everyone the same question—it was expected of her from the viewers.

“I don’t want to make a fool out of my Mom at her wedding” he looked up with a small smile on her face. “She wants to have a Mother and Son dance, and at the very least I want to make it, so I don’t step on her toes. Dancing was never my strong suit, but I swear since college I’ve been even worse on the dance floor.”

His mom was getting married? His parents weren’t together anymore? At one point in her life they knew just about everything about each other, now they were strangers thrown together my television producers.

She couldn’t wait for Zay to find out about this. Did they still talk?

“I promise, at the very least we’ll get it so you and your mom have a beautiful dance together at her wedding.” She stood up, moving across the studio floor to pick up the takeout bag of lunches that had been delivered. “But I also think if you do have the focus, and determination you could win this. I think you just have to believe it.”

Lucas watched Riley moving across the room. Years ago he’d been so bitter about her secret love of dancing, the fact that she took off with Zay on some dance tour, missing homecoming, Prom, the City Championship game that got him recruited to a big college. It wasn’t until his Junior year of college that he saw Riley and Zay on TV, performing together that he finally saw that it was her passion. “You think I could get you the trophy?”

“I think I can get you the trophy.” She smiled, wishing the cameras weren’t here. She just wanted this day over. Her mind wasn’t able to wrap around the idea that Lucas was seriously her partner, she anticipated that she would wake up any moment from this dream, as she always did.

Riley pressed play on a remote, music filled the room. It was the song they would be dancing to. As she sat down, with her food she realized what the song was. The Shoop Shoop Song wrapped around them, this was a nightmare, it had to be. “This is going to be an interesting Cha-Cha.” She laughed as she looked to the camera.

Zay rushed home, he was afraid of what Riley might say if she saw him at the studio. He also wasn’t sure he should really let Lucas stay at the house now. It had never occurred to him that Lucas would be on the show.

But of course, they would pair him with Riley. Put those two in each other’s orbit, and they would immediately be drawn to each other one way or the other. It would forever be out of their hands.

In all honesty, he wasn’t sure how Riley was going to react to being near him, or vice versa. He didn’t know who carried what animosity towards the other. He could remember how heartbroken Riley had been when Lucas broke up with her, how she’d tried to pretend that it didn’t hurt when she saw the picture on Instagram when Lucas and Maya won Prom King and Queen during their senior year of high school. He could also remember the sound of her crying in her bunk on the tour bus later that night.

“You are so lucky!” Riley’s voice called out from the garage door.

She didn’t sound murderous, so yeah for now he was lucky. He went towards the voice, gathering the grocery bags she carried, “Why am I lucky?”

“Because, you don’t have a past with your partner for the season.” Riley dropped a bag on the kitchen counter a moment later.

Zay knew he couldn’t play dumb, not when Lucas could arrive at any minute. “Who’d you get, Lucas?” he laughed, hoping she didn’t realize he knew.

“Yes.” She sighed, “And it gets better.”

Zay watched as she put food away in the fridge, “How?”

“I landed in his fucking lap.” Riley shook her head, “And the song we’re dancing to, The Shoop Shoop Song.”

Zay began unpacking a grocery bag as a sudden chill swept through his body, he knew he had to tell her. “So, speaking of Lucas. He called me this morning, he asked if he could stay here while in town and I told him yes.”

Riley slammed the fridge door closed as she pirouetted around to face him. “You what?”

“I told Lucas he could stay with us. I didn’t know he was going to be on the show. He didn’t tell me.” He defended as he waved an eggplant at her, “We’re 27 years old. It’s been like ten years since your breakup. Besides I figured you would barely see him because you would go into season mode.”

“Season mode?” She crossed her arms over her chest.

“So, you tend to shut down in a way when you spend all day dancing with someone that’s not me.” He shrugged as he put some items away, “Like you still get up super early, do your morning routine, go to the studio, but when you come home you basically have dinner, and disappear into your room for hours on end. I figured if Lucas was here for a week or something shooting a TV commercial, you might run into him like once or twice, and that was it.”

“Zay, no one wants to be around their ex, how would you feel if I said, ‘Sure Claud, you can come stay with us.’ You would be pissed.”

“Yeah that was a year ago.” Zay rolled his eyes, “Not a decade. I mean it’s not like you fell in Lucas’ lap and still felt whatever it was you felt back in the day.”

“I need to lay down.” Riley sighed, “It’s been a long day, and I just need alone time.”

“Riley, can he stay here?”

She stopped at the staircase, “Fine, just can we keep all of this between us. I’m meaning, please don’t mention our past to Sheryl. The last thing anyone needs is to have them exploit the past.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t tell Sheryl a thing okay. If I was going to, I would’ve when she was gushing over how America is going to fall in love with you and Lucas together this season since you fell in his lap.”

Riley spun to him again, “Wait, you knew before I told you that Lucas was my partner?”

“Yeah, I came out to grab waters today and Sheryl was watching you and Lucas on the screen. I kept my mouth shut. I was stunned. I never in a million years thought that Lucas would ever do this show. The man showed no interest in dance at all, so why would he give a damn now?”

“His Mom is getting married, and he doesn’t want to embarrass her at the wedding.” Riley shrugged.

“That makes sense.” Zay, could hear a little voice at the back of his head already sure that wasn’t the reason, “His parents have been divorced since he was in college.”

“I didn’t know you two still talked.” Riley didn’t really feel betrayed, maybe if she found out he still spoke to Maya—but that was a different story.

Zay took a step towards her, wrapping his arms around her, “Not all the time. He’s been my friend since we were riding sheep.”

Riley chuckled, “I know, I just, I guess I thought they were all behind us.”

The doorbell chimed throughout the house. Zay could feel Riley stiffen. “Go upstairs, take a shower. I’ll get him set up in the guestroom. I’m sure he’ll be ready to crash, I know how you work your partners to exhaustion.”

“Thank you,” she gave him a kiss on the cheek before rushing up the stairs.

Zay crossed the first floor, opening the door to Lucas looking half exhausted with his duffle bag over his shoulder. The grin on Zay’s face couldn’t be hidden for two reasons. The joy of seeing his best friend, also seeing how his ex-girlfriend had run him ragged during their first rehearsal. “Dude, what’s wrong?”

Lucas shook his head, “Had a crazy idea of going on a reality show, and pretty sure my partner is out to kill me in the first week.”

Zay chuckled, “Riley always works her partners hard.”

“You know?” Lucas came in the house, taking it all in. The sleek furniture, the crisp white walls, the glass doors leading out to the back-yard pool. “This is amazing, this is nicer than my penthouse.”

“It’s home.” Zay smiled as he walked to the stairs, “Kitchen is here, help yourself. Just if we’re low on the Apricot La Croix, leave it. It’s Riley’s go to after a long day.”

“Good to know.” Lucas followed Zay up the stairs, he could hear the ocean from an open window somewhere.

“Riley’s room is there, I’m down here, and you my dear oldest friend in the world are in here. I had the housekeeper put fresh sheets on the bed for you.” Zay found himself hovering near the door, “What was it like to see her again after all this time?”

“It was nerve-racking. She landed in my lap, and suddenly I was thirteen years old on a subway again.” Lucas released a breath he didn’t realize he’d been holding in, “I just, I don’t know what I was expecting, what I wasn’t.”

“Its been a long time Lucas, just, please remember that.” Zay had a feeling the next few weeks were going to be very awkward and tense. “Hey, why aren’t you staying in a hotel, or at one of Farkle’s houses?”

“Farkle and I are not on speaking terms.” Lucas confessed as he tossed the duffle bag on the bed, “And I’m trying to stay away from the paparazzi. They’re everywhere, and well a certain artist in New York is trying to stir up rumors we’re dating.”

Zay took a few steps into the room, closing the door. “Wait, Maya?”

Lucas sighed, his eyes closed and it looked like he was partially holding back tears, “Yes, she saw a spike in sales after a picture of her, me, and Farkle made it to page six. We’d all been at a fundraiser auction for the Minkus Foundation. Farkle thinks I’m leading her on, Maya thinks we’re actually together, and I’m like no way in hell. We never were together, and we never will be.”

“You guys dated senior year of high school.” Zay reminded him.

“No, I was single.” Lucas stared at his friend, “I dated Chloe in college for like a semester, but that was really it. I’ve been focused on Football all this time.”

Zay took a few more steps towards his friend, “I was with Riley, the phone was on speaker when Maya broke the news to her. I heard it myself.”

“That bitch.” Lucas groaned, “I don’t even know. Its like Riley went on tour with you and no one was around to guide her. It was like she released her inner Regina George.”

Nodding Zay looked to Lucas, “I can see that. She always sort of had that essence brewing inside of her.”

“You two left, and it was, it was awful Zay.” Lucas sighed as he looked out at the view, “Farkle and Smackle ended up barely even at the school since they were in college level courses. Maya, she was always making assumptions about us. It was like we were back in that damn triangle again, I pulled away. I hung out with the football team, I went to parties on weekends. After Riley and I broke up, yeah, I made out with a few girls here and there, but it was never anything more.”

“Like I said Lucas, it’s been a long time. You’re not the same, Riley’s not the same, I’m not the same.” He shrugged, “Maybe this is a chance for Riley and you, me and you, to all become friends again. As who we are, not who we were.”

“For now, I just have to focus on Riley not murdering me during practice.”

“It’s only the Cha-Cha, just wait until Foxtrot, Jive, or Modern. She comes alive during Modern.”

“Why Modern?”

Zay opened the door, looking back at his old friend, “When it’s time, ask her.”

Lucas could only nod as Zay left him alone. He forced himself to get up, going into the sleek bathroom and turning on the shower. His body he hadn’t felt this exhausted since his rookie year playing for the Giants. He stripped out of his clothes, the steam already building up as he stepped into the glass enclosure.

He could finally breathe, relax for a moment. He knew he would see Riley again by being on the show. He just didn’t know that she would be his partner. He had hoped it would be her. Scrubbing his body he couldn’t remember the last time a shower had felt this deserved, this needed in years. He hadn’t worked as hard at anything in a while, not that he didn’t work hard at football, but it was different now.

Rinsing off he grabbed the towel to dry off. He pulled on his pajama pants and grabbed his phone before going out to the balcony. He took a snapshot of the view, the sun setting over the ocean. He thought about posting it on Instagram, but decided it wasn’t worth dealing with Farkle or Maya calling him. If he could stay off the grid for a little bit longer here, it would be better.

The last thing Lucas needed right now was Maya and Farkle invading his life. He was just trying to live his life, support a good cause, and yet was getting dragged into the gossip columns thanks to Maya. It drove him crazy that anytime they were at an event she would start planting seeds they were together. He thought she’d been over it after the triangle, after he and Riley got together.

He felt his phone vibrate as he looked down at the caller id, his Mom. “Hi Mom.”

“Hey Lucas, how did the first day go?”

“I’m exhausted, haven’t been like this since my rookie year.” He told her as he sat in the wicker chair near the door.

“That’s good. Did you call Zay?”

“I did Mom.”

“And Riley, have you seen her?”

Lucas sighed, his eyes catching the light from Riley’s room turn on, “Yeah, she’s gorgeous Mom.”

His mother chuckled, “Did she slap you?”

“No, not even close. She fell into my lap again. She’s my dance partner.”

“Oh wow.” His mother’s voice tensed up, “You know Maya and Farkle are trying to find out where you ran off to.”

“I know, and they don’t need to know. I have never once had any interest in Maya Hart, and if Farkle is going to enable her ridiculous ideas, then I can’t talk to them. I came out here to learn how to dance, I want your wedding to be perfect.”

“Honey, that’s sweet of you, but we both know I’m not the reason you’re doing this.”

“I don’t know what your talking about.” He watched as Riley stepped out on her balcony, her dark curls piled on top of her head. She had a can of sparkling water as she walked over to look out at the view.

“Lucas Friar, I’m your Mother, I know that you are trying to find out if your first love is the one. Remember son, you’re different now. You’re not teenagers. You’re a man, she’s a woman. You’ve had other relationships, you’ve had lovers.”

Lucas cringed as he listened to his mother. Watching Riley’s silohette in the sunset.

“I’m just saying Lucas, that you and she need to get to know each other again. You two had such wonderful conversations when you were younger. Start with that, and then see if anything develops. Lucas I’ve got to get going. I have to get to bed, I have an early meeting in the morning. Don’t worry, no one will every hear from me where you are. Love you son.”

“Love you Mom.” Lucas ended the call, seeing Riley turn around when she heard his voice.

“Hi.” She gave him a soft smile, “The shower pressure good for you?”

“Yeah, it was. Thanks for letting me stay. I’m trying to be as off the grid for a little bit.”

“Things okay in New York, and you know you’re going to be revealed as part of the show in like a week.”

“A week off the grid is better than no time. And once it’s revealed I’m on the show the person I’m hiding from won’t have the guts to show up.”

Riley nodded pretending she understood, “Hey, since the cameras aren’t around can I make a request?”

“Anything Riley.” He meant it, more than he expected as the words came out.

Riley knotted her fingers together as she looked up to Lucas, “Can we not bring up our past in front of the cameras, in front of the eventual press. If Sheryl or any of the other producers find out we were High School Sweethearts, they’ll exploit it. I don’t think that’s fair to you.”

“I won’t say a word.” He promised. He knew he should tell her about Maya, but he couldn’t. He didn’t know where they were friendship wise and one thing, he’d promised himself so very long ago was that he would never come between them.

“The kitchen has plenty of food, just please don’t drink the Apricot sparkling waters.”

“Zay warned me. Thank you, Riley.” He started towards the door before looking to her once more. “I promise I’m going to work hard every day we do this.”

“I know you will. Also I swear I’m not usually so klutzy.”

“I guess I bring it out in you.” He gave her a friendly smile, “Goodnight, I’ll see you in the morning.”

“Goodnight Lucas, get some sleep. Today I was easy on you.” She informed him before going to her own door.

Lucas chuckled nervously, but he knew it was true.

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ragsliveblogs · 7 years ago

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Griffin: You see Friar Donatello, uhh-uhh a few dozen yards away and she is tending to two, uh militiamen who had been sort of swallowed up by these vines and have suffered some pretty serious scrapes and bruises, uh, and you see her clap her hands together and sort of rub them together to build some sort of friction. Uh - and then she places her hands on the wounds and then uh- you see like a sort of radiant light, uh c-come from her hands and then the wounds are gone and these- these wounded soldiers look a little bit more vital, little bit—

Was that Lay on Hands? Please tell me we are dealing with a Paladin/Monk hybrid, i was just thinking about how cool that would be the other day. The main problem is that its MAD(Multiple-Ability-Dependent) since you need at least 13 in STR, DEX, WIS and CHA due to multiclassing. Then you also lose out on some benefits like Paladin Armor/Shield, but in exchange you can SMITE PEOPLE WITH YOUR FISTS. Also you could get proficiency in all saves from Monk plus CHA to all saves from Paladin which would be really cool. Point is, while a difficult build I think it would be really neat and I hope that is what we are seeing here.

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vietpublish · 6 years ago

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Ahuja đã đồng hành cùng Activision Blizzard trong nhiều vai trò tài chính và chiến lược trong 8 năm qua. Những vị trí này bao gồm Phó Chủ tịch Tài chính và Hoạt động và Phó Chủ tịch Chiến lược và Phát triển Kinh doanh. Trước khi làm việc tại Blizzard, Ahuja giữ nhiều vai trò khác nhau tại Fox Networks Group, Công ty Walt Disney và Morgan Stanley. Cô đã nhận được bằng M.B.A. từ Trường Kinh doanh Harvard và A.B. từ Đại học Duke.

Ahuja cảm thấy vô cùng lấy cảm hứng từ Square vì nó có sự cộng hưởng cá nhân đối với tôi, Ahuja nói. Cha mẹ tôi là loại chủ doanh nghiệp khởi nghiệp mà Square được tạo ra. Tôi tin rằng Square đang xây dựng hệ sinh thái thương mại sáng tạo nhất cho người bán và người tiêu dùng, và tôi rất vui khi giúp công ty thực hiện cơ hội lớn này.

Việc thuê Ahuja diễn ra chỉ ba tháng sau sự ra đi của Square CFO lâu năm Sarah Friar, người đã rời công ty vào năm ngoái để đứng đầu trang mạng xã hội khu phố Nextdoor với tư cách là CEO.

Ahuja rời khỏi Blizzard là thành viên ở vị trí cao thứ hai rời khỏi Activision Blizzard trong tuần này. Vào ngày 2 tháng 1, Netflix đã thông báo rằng Spencer Neumann – CFO trước đây của công ty trò chơi Activision Blizzard và một cựu giám đốc tài chính của Disney – đã gia nhập công ty với tư cách là giám đốc tài chính.

Các báo cáo về việc thuê Neumann của Netflix đã được thấy vào cuối ngày thứ Hai, sau khi Activision Blizzard nói trong một hồ sơ quy định rằng họ đang lên kế hoạch sa thải Neumann. Hôm thứ Tư, Activision Blizzard cho biết Neumann đã bị chấm dứt vì lý do vi phạm nghĩa vụ pháp lý của mình đối với công ty, một dấu hiệu cho thấy công ty tin rằng anh ta vi phạm thỏa thuận lao động.

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tonyduncanbb73 · 6 years ago

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Regal Popovers Head for Boston’s West End

Popover King will serve the classic New England treat with its own embellishments

A new cafe headed for Boston’s West End features a menu anchored by a classic New England pastry: Popover King (74 Canal St., Boston) will bring flaky, puffed-up treats to the neighborhood, steps from Haymarket and the Boston Public Market.

Leaning into the royal theme, Popover King features a full court on its menu: A cheese popover with ham, melted cheese, and vegetarian bacon seasoning is dubbed the “Lowborn Knight,” while the “Jester” is a cheese popover stuffed with cream cheese. There’s also a “Friar Tuck” (a cheese and chive popover with cream cheese filling and pesto butter), as well as a whole lineup of popovers filled with everything from lemon Bavarian cream to chocolate cream, with honey glazes, berries, and other toppings.

Beyond the popovers loaded with creams and cheeses, there will also be unfilled popovers in various flavors (plain, garlic, cheese, onion, and sugar cinnamon), along with full-blown meals with popovers on the side. The cafe will also sell breads, pastries, and sides, in addition to coffee beverages, thanks to a partnership with the North Shore’s Atomic Coffee Roasters.

Stay tuned for specifics on an opening date for Popover King, which originally planned to debut a bit earlier this year, and keep an eye on the West End neighborhood as a whole, too. It’s become a hot target for restaurant openings in recent months: Industry vet Tom Schlesinger-Guidelli opened Alcove at Lovejoy Wharf in October, while local burger chain Tasty Burger opened a North Station outpost earlier this year. A couple blocks outside of the West End, right along the edge of Haymarket, Kala Thai Cookery also opened this year, a sibling to popular Watertown Thai restaurant Cha Yen. And coming up on deck: a giant brewery, taproom, and cafe from Everett-based Night Shift Brewing, which will be located at Lovejoy Wharf; a train station taproom inside North Station from Framingham-based Jack’s Abby; a new location of Beverly’s A&B Burgers, a full-service, burger-focused restaurant; and an expansion of Canada’s Second Cup Coffee Company, steps from TD Garden.

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• Popover King to Open in Boston’s North Station/Haymarket Area [BRT] • Popover King [Official Site]

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lookintomyeyeblog · 6 years ago

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Nghe lại bản gốc tuyệt đẹp: Thiên tình sử vĩ đại và đẫm lệ Romeo & Juliet là câu chuyện hoàn toàn có thật?

Nghe lại bản gốc tuyệt đẹp là loạt bài qua đó chuyên mục Nghệ Thuật của Đại Kỷ Nguyên trân trọng dành tặng quý độc giả những ca khúc bất hủ khán giả Việt Nam vốn say mê, nhưng có thể chưa biết đến sự hiện diện của những bản gốc lộng lẫy và câu chuyện lịch sử đầy xúc động xung quanh của chúng… Chúc quý độc giả những giây phút thưởng thức đầy thú vị và thăng hoa…

Có độc giả đã viết cho Đại Kỷ Nguyên khi đến với loạt bài Nghe lại bản gốc tuyệt đẹp, rằng:

“Đến ngày hôm nay, thế giới lại gần được nhau hơn, thì chúng ta phải cảm ơn tầm quan trọng và sức lôi cuốn của Âm nhạc, mà bất cứ một dân tộc nào đều có thể, qua những nhạc phẩm bất hủ của mình, mang mọi người lại gần nhau, hòa cùng một trái tim, dù ở góc phố nào trên thế giới”.

Hàng ngày, tôi đều đến ngồi trong một góc hội trường mà nghe Romeo và Juliet, chìm đắm trong thứ âm nhạc đầy đam mê và lay động lạ kỳ ấy. Nó mở ra cho tôi một chân trời mời đầu màu sắc của âm nhạc vĩ đại...

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Có thể nói, một trong những tác phẩm nghệ thuật gây nên sự ảnh hưởng mạnh mẽ nhất cho mọi thời đại chính là vở kịch Romeo & Juliet của William Shakespeare. Có đến hàng trăm tác phẩm phim, nhạc, ballet... được lấy cảm hứng từ hay xây dựng trọn vẹn nguyên gốc câu chuyện tình bị kịch này...

Thiên tình sử Romeo & Juliet là một câu chuyện có thật trong lịch sử.

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Romeo và Juliet được viết vào khoảng 1594 - 1595, dựa trên một cốt truyện có sẵn kể về một mối tình oan trái vốn là câu chuyện có thật, từng xảy ra ở Ý thời Trung Cổ.

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Câu chuyện bắt đầu tại thành Verona, hai dòng họ nhà Montague và nhà Capulet có mối hận thù lâu đời.

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Romeo, con trai họ Montague và Juliet, con gái họ Capulet đã yêu nhau say đắm ngay từ cái nhìn đầu tiên tại buổi dạ tiệc tổ chức tại nhà Capulet, do là dạ tiệc hoá trang nên Romeo mới có thể trà trộn vào trong đó.

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Đôi trai gái này đã đến nhà thờ nhờ tu sĩ Friar Laurence bí mật làm lễ cưới.

Đột nhiên xảy ra một sự việc: do xung khắc, anh họ của Juliet là Tybalt đã giết chết người bạn rất thân của Romeo là Mercutio. Để trả thù cho bạn, Romeo đã đâm chết Tybalt.

Mối thù giữa hai dòng họ càng trở nên sâu nặng. Vì tội giết người nên Romeo bị trục xuất khỏi Verona và bị đi đày biệt xứ.

Tưởng như mối tình của Romeo và Juliet bị tan vỡ khi Romeo đi rồi, Juliet bị cha mẹ ép gả cho Bá tước Paris. Juliet cầu cứu sự giúp đỡ của tu sĩ Laurence.

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Tu sĩ cho nàng uống một liều thuốc ngủ, uống vào sẽ như người đã chết, thuốc có tác dụng trong vòng 24 tiếng. Tu sĩ sẽ báo cho Romeo đến hầm mộ cứu nàng trốn khỏi thành Verona.

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Đám cưới giữa Juliet và Paris trở thành đám tang. Xác Juliet được đưa xuống hầm mộ. Tu sĩ chưa kịp báo cho Romeo thì từ chỗ bị lưu đày nghe tin Juliet chết, Romeo đau đớn trốn về Verona.

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Trên đường về chàng kịp mua một liều thuốc cực độc dành cho mình. Tại nghĩa địa, gặp Paris đến viếng Juliet, Romeo đâm chết Paris rồi uống thuốc độc tự tử theo người mình yêu.

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Romeo vừa gục xuống thì thuốc của Juliet hết hiệu nghiệm. Nàng tỉnh dậy và nhìn thấy xác Romeo bên cạnh đã chết, Juliet rút dao tự vẫn.

Cái chết tang thương của đôi bạn trẻ đã thức tỉnh hai dòng họ. Bên xác hai người, với cái chết vĩ đại của họ, mối thù truyền kiếp trở nên quá nhỏ nhen và ích kỷ.

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Trong nước mắt, hai dòng họ đã cùng nhau quên đi mối thù truyền kiếp và bắt tay nhau đoàn tụ, nhưng câu chuyện tình yêu ấy vẫn mãi sẽ là nỗi đau rất lớn trong lòng những người biết đến họ.

Thiên tình sử Romeo & Juliet vĩ đại như thế nào qua ngôn ngữ âm nhạc xuất chúng?

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Mời quý độc giả thưởng thức những tác phẩm vô cùng xuất chúng viết về thiên tình sử này. Qua đó chúng ta có thể thấy rằng, ngôn ngữ âm nhạc có sức biểu đạt mãnh liệt, mang chứa được những câu chuyện vĩ đại và lớn lao, thậm chí cả những điều mà ngôn ngữ con người đôi khi cũng không diễn đạt nổi:

Tác giả Nino Rota (1911-1979): Tác phẩm kinh điển A time for us cho Romeo & Juliet mà khắp nơi trên thế giới đều thuộc giai điệu và ca từ, trên nền bộ phim Romeo & Juliet sản xuất năm 1968, cho đến nay vẫn là bản phim được đánh giá cao nhất:

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Bản hòa tấu lộng lẫy A time for us:

Andre Rieu với tiếng violin réo rắt thể hiện một A time for us tuyệt mỹ:

Tác giả Hertor Berlioz (1803-1869)- Roméo Et Juliette Scène D'Amour (Love Scene), Nuit Serène (Serene Night)

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letyourmindpe14 · 6 years ago