#December 4th is when i agree his birthday might be

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THE  CHILLING ADVENTURES OF ZELDA CHAPTER 14-A SPELLMAN FAMILY SOLSTICE

 Faustus and Zelda had a long recovery in front of them.  Faustus had only awakened 1 hour before his wife so they were healing at the same time. They both were assigned to complete bed rest for the next 3 weeks. In that time, they rested, snuggled together, and watched the defeat of Blackwood video numerous times. They both agreed that there was no foolproof way to get rid of Blackwood forever; they had to just keep their guard up and hope for the best. Zelda also told Faustus how Lilith had reclaimed hell for herself and found happiness with a new Adam. After the 3 weeks of bed rest, Faustus and Zelda were up and around and just in time to help celebrate Sabrina’s 18th birthday. (Since this was Sabrina’s last year at home before college, new rules were set. Thursday nights were family dinner night, absolutely no excuses for not attending, and Sunday was family movie night.)

Later that week, Faustus and Zelda managed to find some time to sit down with just the twins to have a serious talk about the adoption. Zelda explained that this adoption was less about guardianship, as the twins were almost 17, but more of a show of commitment to be their mother. Zelda nodded with understanding when they told her that they wanted time to think about it. Yet, there was 1 issue that the male twin didn’t need to think about at all. Just like his sister, Judas wanted to forget about his life with Blackwood. Soon enough, he confessed that he hated the name of Judas, so with his parents’ full support, changed his name to Jacob.  It wasn’t long at all until he was used to the family calling him Jake. 3 days later, Faustus took Zelda for a romantic dinner in the fanciest restaurant in town. As they clinked their wine glasses together, Faustus explained that it was the 1st anniversary of him being free from the curse. Hearing this, Zelda re-clinked the glasses.

“To the first of many, many years,” She smiled.

They went home, and make wild, passionate love before drifting off in each other’s arms. Late that night, Zelda turned around and found herself alone in bed. She caught Faustus at the entrance of the attic, which Ambrose and Jake now shared.

“I still can’t believe we’re all home now,” Faustus whispered as his wife linked her arm with his. With a kiss, Zelda led him back to their room, where they made love for the 2nd time that night.

  Their 1st solstice all together as a family was a very special one. LJ and Jake were both all smiles as together, they handed Zelda a gift. After wrapping it, Zelda gasped, for the box was filled with papers, but not just any papers. On top were the half-filled adoption papers and beneath that, were papers for legal name changes. The twins explained that not only did they want to be adopted but they were also ready to become Spellmans. All the family couldn’t agree fast enough. Zelda did a pretty good job of blinking back her tears of joy, or she did, right up until the twins called her ‘mom’ for the very 1st time. This happened right after Zelda gave LJ and Jake their Yule present. A thick photo album filled with pictures of their birth mother, Constance, at every stage of life so the twins could look at it whenever they wished.

In the new year, after Hilda and Dr. C celebrated their 1st anniversary and Zelda filed the paperwork for the twins’ adoption and name changes, plans went full steam ahead for LJ and Jake’s joint dark baptism. Jake kept it simple, by picking Jacob Faustus for his baptismal name. LJ’s was longer. LJ explained that her name was to be Letitia Judith Constance Zelda.

“To honor both my mothers.” LJ smiled and Zelda kissed the girl on the head, blinking back happy tears once more.

The baptism, attended by family and coven alike, went off without a hitch. For the next few months, the Spellmans’ lives were blissfully quiet and uneventful. Their lives revolved around work, school, and most importantly, each other. On April 2nd, the whole family gathered to celebrate Cordelia’s first birthday. They threw a party, of course, with cake and gifts but it was Faustus and Zelda who got the best present that day. It was later that night after they readied Cordelia for bed, they sat Cordelia down in front of her crib as they did for the last 3 weeks. It was normal when Cordelia pulled herself up to the crib with her tiny hands but then something new happened. Cordelia took her hands off the crib and took her 1st few unsteady steps towards Zelda. She playfully touched her mother’s cheek before saying her 1st word loud and clear. “Mommy!” After kissing her daughter silly, Zelda turned Cordelia around so she could walk to Faustus. The baby took 3 steps before she stumbled on the 4th and would have fallen but Faustus managed to catch her. He was rewarded with a giant smile. “Daddy!”

 Spring and summer flew by and before anyone knew it, it was September again. Everyone came out to see Sabrina and LJ, who graduated a year early, off to college. Days turned to weeks, weeks to months, and months to years. When she was 3 and big enough for a big girl bed, Cordelia was given Sabrina’s room by her still at college cousin. The following year, Hilda, Faustus, and Sabrina convinced an uneasy Zelda to allow Cordelia to attend mortal kindergarten, just like Sabrina before her. Cordelia’s parents sat her down and explained to her not to talk about witches or use magic at school. They also kept their promise to the witch’s council, to keep them updated on Cordelia’s magical development. Yet, there was little to report. The baby who cried the devil out of the house was growing up as normally as any other little witch, except for a slammed door or a few floating items. Her powers were at their strongest when her emotions were at their peak.  One afternoon, Cordelia wanted to play outside but Hilda explained she couldn’t because it was raining, hard.

“I don’t want it to rain!” As soon as Cordelia stamped her foot, the sun came out. Hilda stared wordlessly, yet Cordelia didn’t even seem to notice. It was on the 1st day of school that Cordelia met Erin, Emily, and Erica Warner, mortal triplet girls who quickly became her BFFs. Meanwhile, with his youngest now in school, Faustus was feeling a little lost.  Ambrose and Jake formed the perfect team to run the funeral home together and the rest of the family were busy with their own thing. 1 night, Zelda suggested her husband should return to teaching. Zelda knew she got through to him and was waiting for Faustus to ask her to return to the academy. So, she was shocked when he told her he gotten a job at Greendale middle school, teaching 7th grade. Theo Putnam was also a new teacher.

 It was a cold night in the late December of Cordelia’s sixth year that the child awoke with a start.

“Who’s there?” She demanded with the greatest demand she could mutter as she sat up and looked around the darkened room. She looked around and saw nothing, yet she felt someone was nearby. Cordelia sighed, this wasn’t a new feeling. She pulled back her blankets and got up. Might as well go to the bathroom while I’m awake. She thought.

“Hey, Salem.” Cordelia petted Sabrina’s familiar on her way back to bed. Then she picked up her favorite doll, tucked it under her arm, sighed as she laid down, and closed her eyes.

 The next thing she knew, sunlight tickled at Cordelia’s eyelids. 1 quick look at the clock and she jolted out of bed and down the hallway. Her own school had let out for Christmas yesterday, but the academy was a year-round boarding school that demanded much of its headmistress. Cordelia felt that she spent less than 10 minutes with her mother all week. Maybe it was still early enough to catch her. She stopped short in her parents’ doorway. Not only was no one in here, but the bed was made and everything was neat, suggesting that both her parents left long ago.

“It's not even 9 yet! Well, so much for that idea.” Cordelia muttered as she headed for the steps. Downstairs, Cordelia found her brother fluttering back and forth before the front door as if he was preparing to go out. “Where’re you going, Jake?” she asked from the stairway.

Jake looked up, pausing as he put on his coat. “Good morning, Cordy. Mom just called, she needs someone to fill in for her with the choir ASAP.”

“Mom’s already at the school?”

Unfortunately, Jake was too busy to notice the sadness in his sister’s tone. “Yeah. Bye.”

Cordelia was left to frown at the closed door when the wonderful smells finally reached her nose. Those smells only appeared when someone special visited. Now wearing a tiny smile, the 6-year-old ran into the kitchen and hugged the visitor from behind. “Hi, auntie H!”

Hilda, who was baking, half-turned and gave her niece a 1 arm hug. “Hello, darling.”

From his stool 3 feet away, Ambrose waved. “Hello, cousin.”

“Hello, another Spellman who no longer lives here.” Cordelia teased good-naturedly and Ambrose laughed. He and Prudence had only moved into a small apartment together downtown 3 months ago.

Meanwhile, Hilda wiped her hands on a towel. “It’s cereal alright for breakfast?”

Cordelia smiled and nodded. “Yes, please.”

“So, Cordy, how did you sleep?” Asked Ambrose.

“Good! For the most part.”

Ambrose and Hilda exchanged a look. “For the most part?” repeated her aunt.

“Ghostbusting again, cuz?”

Cordelia gave Ambrose an annoyed sideways glance. “No, Ambrose. Ghostbusting would imply that I actually see the spirit.”

Ambrose was now confused. “Wait, you don’t see the ghosts? Ever? But you had this problem for a while.”

“Since before feasts of feasts as I recall,” Hilda added.

“I don’t understand. If you can’t see them, how do you know they’re ghosts?”

Cordelia shrugged. “I don’t know. I just know, it’s just a feeling. Most girls my age are scared of ghosts; I just want them to make up their minds! They should show themselves, tell me what the problem is so I can help or just let me be so I can sleep at night.”

Hilda and Ambrose both had nothing to say so they just stared at the girl. Cordelia sighed, what was needed now was a change of subject and she found it on the serving tray. “Who pops popcorn this early in the morning?”

Ambrose sprang to life. “Oh, I almost forgot!  I was supposed to bring out the cranberries and popcorn to Dr. C and Uncle Faustus. They finally setting up the Yule tree!” Ambrose grabbed the tray and rushed out of the kitchen.

“Well, I got to go too,” Cordelia announced.

“Why?” Asked Hilda.

“Because my bowl of cereal was on that tray!”

Hilda laughed, shook her head, and returned to her baking.

 “I swear, we get this tree up later and later every year.” Faustus sighed.

“Well, we’re busy men,” Dr. C assured him. “Me at my bookstore, you at the middle school. Here comes Ambrose, at last.”

Faustus smiled as the younger warlock rushed in. “We were beginning to think you’d forgotten us.”

“I’m so sorry that it took me so long,” Ambrose said.  “Aunt Hilda and I got to talking and then Cordelia walked in.”

“Oh? Cordy’s up?”

“I sure am!” The child was right on Ambrose’s heels. She was closer to Dr. C so she greeted him first. “Hi, Uncle C” She hugged him and then went over to her father. “Hi, Daddy” she giggled when Faustus kissed the cheek of his youngest child. The 2 men went back to trying to steady the tree, as Ambrose found a chair and began to thread the popcorn and cranberry strings together. After reclaiming her breakfast, at last, Cordelia sat on the sofa and asked about the only thing on her mind.

“How long ago did Mom leave for the academy this morning?”

“About an hour and a half to 2 hours ago” Faustus answered casually. “Why? Do you need her?”

Cordelia frowned. “No, I don’t need her per say, but I do miss her. It’s like I barely have seen her this week.”

“Don’t worry, baby,” Faustus soothed his daughter. “While it’s true that Solstice demands more of the high priestess’s time than normal, all she has to do is get through today and perform tomorrow’s midnight mass then Zelda will be free to spend the rest of the holidays with us.”

“Don’t forget when we go get the girls tomorrow.” Dr. C added. “Zelda would never miss that.”

Although both LJ and Sabrina left for college 6 years ago, the girls were still away for their education but for different reasons. Unlike Jake, who left a year after his sister and cousin and return 2 years later, business degree in hand. Poor Sabrina was having a tough time, having changed her major 3 times. On the flip side, LJ had not only completed university in record time but was enrolled in 2 different medical schools. When done, LJ would not only be 1 of the few female witch doctors, she would also be the 1st witch doctor trained in mortal medicine. With a sister on her way to glory and her mother already in the history books as the 1st high priestess, Cordelia was extremely proud of her family and sometimes wondered if greatness lay in her future as well.  Having finished her breakfast, Cordelia now lay the now-empty bowl on the coffee table and went to the old cardboard box that held the tree decorations.  After a few seconds of digging around, Cordelia was able to her favorite one. It was a diamond full moon on 1 side and the other side was a picture frame. The picture itself was taken on her 1st solstice. It was of Zelda, Faustus, and Cordelia herself, when she was still just a baby. While Cordelia stood admiring the photo, Dr. C lost his balance on the step stool and bump into the girl, causing her to lose her grip on the glass moon and it smashed on the floor.

Dr. C rushed to the child’s side. “Oh Cordelia, I’m so sorry!” He hugged her.

Cordelia put on a brave face. “It’s okay, uncle C. We have lots of others.”

As they spoke, the fragments of the glass moon float up in the air and magically fixed itself.

“But this 1 is your favorite,” Faustus held it in the palm of his hand. “I know because it’s my favorite too.”

Cordelia smiled. “Thanks, Dad.”

  Putting up the tree nearly took all day. Cordelia was excused because right after lunch, the Warner triplets called their friend to come with them to go to the mall to see Santa. Cordelia was gone all afternoon and returned just in time for dinner yet her mood seemed to change. She was quiet and seemed angry. At first, Hilda thought her niece was annoyed because Zelda called to say that she was too busy to come home for dinner.  Then, in the middle of supper, Jake knocked over a glass of water. On the other side of the table, his baby sister jumped up in horror.

“You should be more careful!” She shouted before she ran out of the room. Faustus and Hilda found Cordelia in her room pacing back and forth before her bed. “Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry!” She muttered to herself.

“Cordy? What’s wrong?” Faustus asked.

His daughter looked up, frowning. “You should have told me. Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Tell you what?”

“THAT OUR KIND CAN MELT!!”  Cordelia shouted.

Faustus and Hilda exchanged a confused look. “Cordelia, love,” Hilda said gently, “what exactly did you and your friends do this afternoon?”

Cordelia sighed. “After the trip to the mall to see Santa, Mr. Warner invited me back to their house for hot chocolate and it was there that Erin, Emily, Erica, and I watched a movie.”

“What movie?” Her father asked.

“The Wizard of Oz.”

Both Faustus and Hilda felt instant relief. Hilda left to go inside the bathroom while Faustus took his daughter by the hand, guided her to the bed, so they could both sit down.

“Darling, while it’s true the mortals have short lives, while we witches can live for centuries and centuries. Surely, we can’t live that long if we are in danger of something as common as water.”

“But in the movie-“

“The movie is not real. It’s pretend, make-believe. You remember when you, Mommy, and I had our talk about make-believe?”

Cordelia nodded. “I remember, but it’s so confusing! After all, mortal parents tell their children that witches are make-believe.”

Faustus nodded. “That’s true but I can prove I’m right! Think back to every mass you attended, all the times Zelda took you with her to the academy, have you ever, after all that time with the coven, even seen a green witch?”

“No. Hey, wait  a second, I didn’t tell you that the witch was green! How did you know?”

Faustus laughed. “The Wizard of Oz is a very famous movie and you’re not the 1st witch to get spooked by water after seeing it. I guess you could call it a witch childhood rite of passage by now.”

“Your father’s right,” said Hilda, coming toward the bed, glass in 1 hand. “When your cousin Sabrina saw that movie, she reacted the exact same way you did. That’s when Zelds and I came up with the test.”

“Test? What kind of test?”

“Come here and I’ll show you.” When Cordelia didn’t move and kept staring at the glass, Hilda tried again. “What’s wrong? Don’t you trust me?”

This softened Cordelia immediately. “Of course I do, Auntie H.” The child got off the bed and came forward and Hilda knelt down to look her niece in the eye. “Now just give me 1 of your fingers.” Cordelia offered up a finger. Hilda took it and put the tip of the finger just under.  “Now, how does that feel?”

“Wet.” Was the child’s only reply.

Hilda laughed. “Yes, it’s wet, but what else? Does your finger feel like it is going to fall off or melt?”

Cordelia smiled and shook her head.  Hilda smiled. “Good, the test has worked in our favor yet again.”

“Thank Hecate!” Faustus added. “Can you imagine how foul our world would be if none of us would be allowed to bathe?”

Cordelia laughed at her father’s funny face as Hilda kissed her brow.

  A few hours later, Faustus turned down the bed as Cordelia got ready in the bathroom.

“Cordy, have you brushed your teeth yet?”

“Doing it right now, Dad.”

Faustus couldn’t resist. “With water?”

First, there was silence then came a low moan. Faustus smiled to himself.

Cordelia switched off the bathroom light and walked more into her bedroom. “Hecate, I’m dumb,” She muttered.

When she was close enough, Faustus put his arm around his daughter. “You are not dumb. You, my girl, are 6. Considering how you speak and behave most of the time, it’s easy to forget how young you are.”

Cordelia gave a half-smile. “Still young enough to be read to?”

“Not very subtle, miss Spellman.”

Cordelia giggled and crawled into bed as Faustus grabbed the book on the nightstand. Some little girls like fairy tales, most, at least, like a story with a plot. But most nights, Cordelia favored spell books, especially the Latin ones, even though Cordelia didn’t speak the language. She said it soothed her faster. Tonight, Faustus only read a page and a half before Cordelia was fast asleep. He tucked her in and tiptoed out of the room. The next thing Cordelia was aware of; someone was arranging her blankets. Her 1st thought was that the troublesome ghost was back but she was instantly awake when she saw who it really was.

“Mommy! I missed you so much today!” Cordelia sat up and threw herself into Zelda’s arms.

Zelda kissed her brow. “I’ve missed you too, little one. I didn’t mean to wake you, but your father told me that you had a scare today.”

“That’s not important,” Cordelia dismissed. “Will you come with us to pick up LJ and Sabrina tomorrow morning?”

Zelda nodded. “I will, but I must get back to the academy by early afternoon at the very latest.”

Cordelia frowned. “But tomorrow is the day before Solstice. You always spend it with us.”

“I know precious but we’re so behind this year. I mean, the church is not yet decorated or prepared for midnight mass yet.”

“How about I go with you? That way you could get your work and we could still be together.”

“We’ll talk about it tomorrow.”

“No! Wait! Don’t go yet.” Cordelia grabbed her book. “Read to me.”

“It’s late, Cordelia.”

“Please, Mom?”

Normally, Zelda would have held firm but she felt massively guilty about barely being home lately. Zelda sighed and took the book. “Move over.”

An hour later, Faustus went to look for his wife and found Zelda and Cordelia snuggled up together, both fast asleep. Faustus went to Zelda to whisper to her. “It’s late, my love. We’re going to have to leave for the airport, well, in just a few hours now.”

“Mmm,” was Zelda’s only reply.

It was only then that he saw the book. “Did Cordy get another story out of you?”

Again, “Mmm.”

“Dearest, are you asleep?”

“Mmm?”

Faustus smiled. “That’s what I thought.” Gently, he put 1 hand under Zelda’s head and the other 1 under her knees. Then he carried Zelda out of Cordelia’s room and back to their own bed.

 Even though they had only been home a few weeks before for feats of feasts, Sabrina and LJ’s homecoming was a joyful one. At the airport, there was much hugging and kissing, done by all the family. The morning flew by with all their laughing, talking, and catching up. After lunch, most of the family went to the church with Zelda to help set things up, yet Sabrina went for a different reason. All Sabrina had to do was wait for an opportunity to talk to her aunts alone. She got 2 and chickened out both times. Fed up with her own failure, Sabrina teleported herself back to Spellman’s kitchen and groaned.

“Just tell them, you coward!”

The loud whistle of the kettle startled Sabrina. She turned and saw Faustus at the stove,1 of his eyebrows rose. “Something wrong, Sabrina?”

She could feel her eyes watering. “Yes.”

Faustus said the 1st thing that came to mind. “Are you changing your major again?”

Sabrina shook her head. “No, I’m not changing my major. I’m not going back to school at all!” There, she finally said it.

For his part, Faustus got out 2 cups and saucers, poured the tea, and sat down at the table with Sabrina.

“I can’t seem to bring myself to tell Auntie Hilda and Aunt Z. I wasted 5 years, 3 majors, and all that money. My aunties are going to be so disappointed.”

In an effort to comfort his niece, Faustus took Sabrina’s hand in his. “All your aunts have ever wanted for you is to be happy.”

“I tried, I tried so hard.” Sabrina’s lip quivered.

“I know,” Faustus soothed. “Maybe this could be a blessing in disguise,” he suggested. “Maybe, by taking a semester off will help you relax and figure out for sure what you really want to do.”

“But I was sure all those times I change my majors,” Sabrina stressed.

“You know, 1 of my favourite teachers once told me that the secret to professional success is to pick something that you love and are good at.”

“But I don’t know what I’m good for a job.”

“What about helping people? You’re good at that.”

“But that could any career.” Sabrina pointed out.

“How about a therapist? I would be lost without mine.”

Sabrina smiled. “A therapist? Me? You remember I’m the one who causes most of the problems around here?”

“Oh, that was when you were a teenager,” Faustus dismissed. “You’re grown up a lot since then. Besides, if nothing else, the outlook of a half-mortal, half-fallen angel raised by witches is bound to be interesting.”

Sabrina laughed. “True. You’ve given me a lot to think about. Thanks, Uncle Faustus.”

He was shocked. “You’ve never called me uncle before.”

“I know but it’s high time I did.”

 “Dad? I’ve been wondering something for a long time, but I’m not sure how to ask.”

It was late that night and Faustus was readying Cordelia for midnight mass. In his opinion, she looked great. His daughter was wearing a new red dress, her white winter tights, and shiny black Mary Janes. He was now adding the finishing touch of a ribbon in her red hair, exactly like her mother’s. “Cordy, don’t be scared. You know you can ask me anything.”

“Okay, Dad, don’t you believe? I mean, I know that Uncle C isn’t a warlock, so it makes sense that he doesn’t share our faith, but why don’t you believe?”

“But I do believe, sweetheart. I was baptized the night after you were born.”

Cordelia seemed confused. “You were?! Then why don’t you ever attend mass?”

Faustus sighed. “You have to leave in a few minutes and it’s a very long story and I promise that someday we will discuss this in greater detail, but for now all I can tell you that when I was high priest, before you were born, I did things that I am deeply ashamed of. The coven has since forgiven me but I am still weary of being near them.  I do attend mass, in fact, I’m there every week, but I don’t sit up front with the rest of the family, I actually like to sit in the very back pew. I also like to be the last one to arrive and the first one to leave. I like it when the coven doesn’t even notice me.”

Cordelia thought for a moment and then said, “Are you sorry about what you did?”

“Oh, Hecate, yes! I’m sorrier than anyone can ever know.”

Cordelia shrugged. “Then the coven has to forgive you. It’s just good manners.”

Faustus hugged his daughter, grateful for her innocent logic.

   A little later, Cordelia found herself at the church, sitting in the front pew with Hilda, Sabrina, Ambrose, and the twins while Prudence sang in the choir. Even at 6, Cordelia felt proud that it was her mother who performed the service, glorious in her white and gold robes. During the middle of the service, Cordelia took advantage of her end seat and looked toward the back. Sure enough, she found her father, who waved at her. After mass, Cordelia stayed behind to help clean up and help her mother say goodbye to the coven. When they drove home, there a raven haired woman near the stairs. Cordelia didn’t know who the lady was but, judging the way her mother was gripping the wheel, Cordelia guessed her mother did.

“Is she the one who keeps bothering you?” Zelda asked.

“No, I don’t think so. Mom, who is that?”

“Go inside and get dressed for bed, Cordy. It’s late.”

Cordelia did as she was told but she did pick up some bits of dialogue.

“Bright solstice, Zelda.”

“What are you doing here, Lilith?”

“Come now, surely I’m allowed to check up on my son’s future bride.”

That was all Cordelia heard. 10 minutes later, Zelda came into Cordelia’s room to kiss her daughter goodnight.

“Mom?  I heard you and that lady talking. Who’s getting married? Prudence or LJ?”

“No one in this house is getting married!” Zelda declared firmly.

Zelda went to bed mad and woke up even angrier. “I don’t get it, Faustus.” She said to her husband as they went downstairs for breakfast. “We heard or seen nothing of Lilith these past 6 years and the 1st thing she mentions is that stupid marriage contract that I signed in invisible ink and can’t possibly be binding. Lilith knows that! What game is she playing at?”

“I don’t know and I don’t care.” Faustus answered honestly. “Whenever it is, we’ll deal with it together like we always do. Today is solstice. It’s time to celebrate that and the fact that this is your 1st day off in weeks. Then, later on, tonight, I get to show you how terribly I and our bed, have missed you.”  He kissed her hard before they walked into the kitchen, hand in hand.

 According to tradition, the family waited until sundown to gather round the Yule tree and start exchanging gifts. Half an hour later, the get together was in full swing, with music, talking, and laughing all filling the air. It was about this time that Faustus gave Zelda a small blue ring box. Inside was the 6th annual charm that Faustus gave his wife every Yule to go on the bracelet that he had given her on their 1st Solstice that they spent together as a married couple. However, the meaning of this year’s charm was lost on Zelda.

“A white rose?”

Faustus nodded. “A symbol of eternal love.”

Zelda gave a sly smile. “Yours or mine?”

Faustus laughed and stroked his wife’s cheek as he received Zelda’s thank you kiss. Then Faustus stood up and grabbed a skinny gift from under the tree. He passed it to Cordelia.  “Speaking of jewellery, here a little something from your mother and me.” Cordelia smiled as she took the gift and unwrapped it. It turned out be a golden chain with a crescent moon attached, not unlike her own birthmark. She looked up at her parents from her place on the floor.

“I love it! Thank you, Dad. Thank you, Mom.” Cordelia got up and hugged both her parents.

“May Hecate bless and keep you, my Cordelia.” Zelda smiled at her daughter.

“Amen.”

“Oh, it seems we ran out of music and could use a new Christmas CD.” Hilda sighed.

“I’ll go change it since I’m up.”  Cordelia offered and journeyed to the stereo but before she got there, she passed a window and froze.  She looked very upset.

It was Hilda who first noticed her distress.  “Cordy, darling? What’s wrong?”

“It’s her,” Came her niece’s reply. “The ghost that keeps up me at night. She’s right outside.”

“How do you know? You said you never saw her.” Ambrose pointed out.

Cordelia shook her head. “I never did, but I always felt her just as I feel her now and I’m looking straight at her.”

Faustus got up to collect his daughter.  “Come sit down, sweetheart.  We’ll figure all this out later.” Yet just as he put an arm around Cordelia, he looked out the window and saw the ghost too. “Constance?”

“Faustus, may I see you out in the hall for a minute?” Zelda asked as she rose.

 “I think we should let Constance in.”

Faustus couldn’t believe his ears. “What?  Zelda dearest, what are you saying?”

“Well, I think it’s perfectly oblivious why she’s here.”

Faustus nodded. “Yes, she’s here to ruin our family solstice.”

“No,” his wife disagreed, “I think she’s here to see her children, the twins, as is her right.”

“I think you’re giving her too much credit. Don’t you remember how she behaved the last time we made contact with her? You had to bar her from the house!”

“That was over 6 years ago. Maybe she changed.”

“Changed?!” Faustus sneered. “Then why has she  been  bothered Cordy for over a month?”

“Why don’t you go out there and ask her yourself?”

“Fine, I will,” Faustus agreed. “But you’re coming with me.”

A moment later, Zelda and Faustus stepped out onto the frozen porch. Constance was right before them.

“If we allow you into this house, will you abide by its rules and customs?” Faustus asked.

Constance smiled as she nodded. “I will.”

“Come in. You are welcome.” With those simple words, Zelda broke her own spell.

The whole family was shocked when Faustus and Zelda returned with the ghost. Hilda was the 1st to recover.

“Um, Ambrose, Prudence, Sabrina, Cordy, could you come to help me and your uncle C in the kitchen?”

“I think I’ll join you.” Zelda turned to join the family, but Constance called her back. “Please stay, Zelda, there’s something I would like to say to you too.”

“Ok.” Zelda was unsure as she slid into her chair next to Faustus. The twins were sitting on the sofa. Zelda noticed that the twins were holding hands, something they only did when they were really anxious.

“Is it true?”  Jake asked. “Are you really our mother?”

“She’s only our birth mother,” his sister answered him, “Zelda is our real mother.”

“LJ, please!” Zelda didn’t mean it, but her mothering tone came through.

Constance didn’t seem to mind as she stared at the twins and smiled. “You are both so beautiful.”  She touched LJ’s face. “My daughter on her way to becoming a witch doctor!”

Jake lowered his eyes. “I’m sorry I’m not a genius like LJ.”

“Are you happy, my son?”

“I am.”

Constance smiled. “That’s all that matters.”

“And we’re safe,” LJ added.

“That’s right,” Jake agreed. “Blackwood is no more.”

Constance smiled. “I know; I’ve been watching you. I’ve been watching all of you.” Constance turned. “Which brings me back to you, Zelda Spellman. I have something important to say to you. Thank you. Ever since you dispatched with Blackwood, you have done everything to make sure that my children felt safe and loved. I can never thank you enough for that.”

LJ got up and walked to Zelda’s side. “Why would even doubt her? She cared for us when we were babies. I mean, this is the same woman who whisked me away at birth and loved me when she didn’t have to.”

You must understand,” Constance stressed. “The last time I saw Zelda; she was heavily pregnant. I thought that she would prefer her own child and become a petty and jealous stepmother to the 2 of you. Just” Constance sighed and cast down her eyes in shame. “Just as I did with Prudence. Happily, that didn’t happen. She loves you as if you were her own.”

“I love them because they are my own,” Zelda said gently, “Just as Cordelia and Prudence are. Perhaps you would have learned this if you’ve survived but a mother’s heart can never be too full.”

“Wait,” Jake was confused. “If all you wanted was to have a peaceful heart-to-heart, then why have you been bothering Cordy all this time?”

Constance looked startled.  “Have I?   I didn’t mean to. Please apologize to her for me.”

LJ leaned in to whisper in Zelda’s ear.  “I guess the divine child’s powers can pick up a rogue ghost better than we can.”

Zelda’s focus was elsewhere at the moment. “Constance, you’re glowing. You’ve never looked better.”

The ghost blushed like a schoolgirl. “Am I? Well, I guess being at peace agrees with me then. You see, I recently re-met a friend from childhood on the other side, and he has been helping me to put aside my anger and bitterness. I’m starting to see things differently now. Zelda, I understand that you didn’t set out to break up my marriage, Faustus’s heart was yours long before I came around. It’s perfectly fine that my children have 2 mothers, as long as they are loved and protected.”

Sensing that her time was up, Constance kissed both her children and turned to leave when

“Wait.” It was the 1st time Faustus had spoken since they had all sat down. Now, he stood and when to the ghost. “Constance, I have never seen you speak so tenderly or behave so kindly. I just to say I’m sorry. We never were a love match but I could have been kinder to you during our marriage. Not pressuring you for a son, been more of a comfort during your miscarriages. Enjoy the happiness you have now; you certainly deserve it. Bright Solstice.” He gave her a peck on the cheek. The lights flicked and then the ghost was gone.

It was when Constance was gone that Jake fell on his knees before Zelda. “We love you, bonus mom.”

LJ hugged her. “We sure do.”

Faustus watched this touching scene for a moment and then turned his attention to the hallway.  “Okay, guys, you can come out now. Don’t think I don’t see you spying over there!”

The guilty gang filed back into the living room and the Solstice celebrations continued.1 hour later, the room was quiet as Ambrose read Charles Dickins’ A Christmas Carol aloud. Fearing that she would too big to do it next year, Cordelia grabbed her favorite blanket and settled herself on Zelda’s lap. She was going to ask if she was too heavy when her mother held her closer.

“Hecate, bless us, everyone,” Cordelia whispered.

[lunasilvermorny]

The Summer of Muggles

It’s finally here - and it was all my idea!

Kidding...

First of all - I’m so glad to see that anyone is that invested in anything related to my headcanon ^^ So thanks anon for giving me the motivation to finally make that post!

That being said...Here’s the thing.

When I made the "Summer of Muggles", it was just something I made for myself, to figure things out, so it involved zero research. And as someone who's never personally been to the UK, I probably got a lot of things wrong and Americanized the hell out of everything. Anyway, for me to post it, I need to do a proper research and I'm just not invested enough in it to dedicate the time and energy that will make it happen.

That means that the full thing will just stay as something I wrote for myself.

However...!

I can summarize it for you. (and by summarize, I mean - make a very long and detailed post about it.)

(I realized that the drawing I made about the Summer of Muggles is almost a year old, so I’ve decided to redraw it... It’s really encouraging to see how much I’ve improved since last year.)

0. Introduction:

For Luna's 14th birthday (it's in December, so she was still in her 4th year), her mother bought her a car that Luna named Oliver. Luna's muggle grandma has taught her how to drive (the first time she let her sit behind the wheel was when she was only 8 y.o.!), and she really loves muggle technology in general, so it was the perfect gift for her.

When Luna came back for the summer vacation between her 4th and 5th year, she's decided to go on a road trip across the UK with Oliver. The car had a magical protection that prevented muggle-cops from approaching it, so Luna was able to drive around without a license. She also looked older than she was (mostly because of her height), so she didn't draw any attention to herself whenever she got in and out of the car.

She drove around, especially next to coastlines, parked next to beaches and slept in the car. During her trip she met many muggles, but a selected few actually traveled with her for a portion of it.

You can divide her trip into 4 major sections:

The first week (the adjustment period)

The end of July

The first three days of August

The rest of August

Okay, let’s dive in!

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1. The first week (around mid-July)

She spent most of the time getting used to sleep in her car and go to public places for basic needs like food, bathroom, laundry etc.

The most memorable event during this week was when she met a group of people that were on their way to a rock-concert when their car broke down. So she gave them a ride and in return they've sneaked her in.

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2. The end of July

That's when she met Pete and Lynn - fraternal twins that just finished high school and wanted to have a small taste of freedom before going to uni. She met them while she stumbled across a forest party for their graduation.

Most people there were too wasted to notice her, but they saw her almost immediately and started a conversation with her. So they drank, danced and talked for hours. They were also the only muggles that figured out she's a witch. (Well, almost... you’ll see why in the next section.) Lynn has noticed her wand and they told her that their little sister is also a witch that just finished her first year at Hogwarts. After the party was interrupted by the cops, Lynn and Pete asked her if they can join her for the trip, and without any second though she agreed.

They mostly went to parties and got drunk in different places for the rest of the month, and had a lot of fun together.

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3. The first three days of August

After arriving at a small town and sitting in the local pub, Luna’s identity as a witch was discovered and she had to use Obliviate on the muggles in the pub to keep it a secret. Because they were in the middle or nowhere essentially, a wizard from the Ministry of Magic arrived shortly after to see if a minor used magic there. Luna, Lynn and Pete hid in the car, and once the wizard got in the pub, drove away in a hurry.

Knowing that she needs a strong alibi in case they found out it was her that used magic, Luna left Lynn and Pete with Oliver next to a small forest outside of the town and flew in her owl form to her parents’ house, but when she saw that the wizard got there before her and was already talking to her father, she's decided to fly to the Weasleys instead. She got there in the middle of the night and woke up Bill to ask for his help.

In the early morning the wizard from the Ministry arrived at the Weasleys’ house and was greeted by Luna and Bill, although Mrs. Weasley joined them shortly after he got there. When she saw her son was telling the wizard that Luna has been staying there for more than a week and never left their house, she supported their story, even before she was sure why they're lying about it.

The wizard said that he found a letter addressed to her in the pub (oh right, I forgot to mention that while in the pub, Charlie Brown showed up with a letter from Rowan, and with the whole fuss surrounding her being a witch, she hasn’t noticed when she dropped it.) but Luna kept insisting she was never there.

The wizard left eventually and Luna found out later on that her father made the problem “disappear” and that's why she got away with it.

She stayed there for a couple of hours and gave Mrs. Weasley a not-really-convincing explanation for what happened, but Mrs. Weasley chose to trust her eldest son and his reasons for helping her.

Luna flew back to the road outside the small town where she's left Lynn and Pete with her car, but when she got to the exact spot, they weren’t there anymore. She's spent the rest of the morning searching for them in both her human and owl forms and when she couldn't, she went to a small pub on the side of the road to get some rest. The pub was empty aside for the bartender - Michael, a 20-something y.o. bloke that ran his parents' business when they got too old to do it themselves.

They talked and bonded, and eventually he offered her to sleep in his flat on the second floor, because she looked too exhausted to keep looking for them. But she barely got half an hour of sleep before she's decided to keep searching, and Michael offered to help her. She knew she'd be better off searching in her owl form, but he looked determined to help her, so they've searched together for a few hours. Around noon Luna thanked him for his help but said she preferred to keep searching alone, so she had the chance to cover more ground in her owl form.

Toward the evening she started to lose hope and took a quick nap on a bench in a random bus stop, before she was interrupted by an old lady and her son. She almost lost her wand, but the old lady gave it to her just before she left again.

She kept searching for a few more hours and just before she lost all hope, she went once more to the place where she had left them in the first place and to her surprise, found Lynn sitting next to a tree a few meters from the car.

Lynn told Luna that Pete and her had a huge fight and he's decided to go to Wales alone (because that's where they were heading) and Lynn went to a nearby town to sleep, but got stuck with the car because the gas ran out, and by the time she got back to the same point, Luna already gave up on the idea that they might still be there.

When Luna suggested they should just keep going, Lynn told her she's too tried and they both went back to Michael's pub to get some rest. But instead of sleeping they've spent the entire night drinking and talking with him and when Lynn finally fell asleep around dawn, Michael asked Luna to join them on their trip, since Pete’s spot has opened.

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4. The rest of August

The three had great chemistry and spent most of the time like before- partying and drinking, only that with Michael there, they also went camping more. Lynn and Michael almost became a thing, which made being around them awkward, then it didn't work out, which made being around them even more awkward, but after a few days it went back to normal.

They went to the northernmost point in Scotland before they turned back to England, but kept driving past London and went to the southernmost point in England. There they met Connor, a rich young bloke that celebrated his financial freedom with a huge party on the beach.

During the night he made a very negative impression on Luna and Michael, but after he sobered up in the morning he offered them to come visit him in Brighton, where he'll make it up to him. Michael was against it, but both Luna and Lynn were intrigued and they've decided it will be the last place they visit before they head back home.

They partied with Connor for a few days and Lynn's decided to stay with Connor, while Luna and Michael headed toward London.

Luna dropped him at the train station and planned to go home, but when she stood outside of her house, already prepared to open the door and get in, she's decided that she wanted to get a proper goodbye from Pete as well and flew to his aunt's house in Wales.

Pete was surprised by the strange owl that knocked on the window, and even more surprised when it turned into Luna. He hugged her and apologized for leaving without a saying anything, and just said that he and Lynn had a huge fight and he couldn't stay there with her anymore. He refused to get into the details but showed concern for his sister’s safety and reassured Luna that they tend to have huge fights like this a lot and they'll make up "sometime soon."

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After that Luna really went back home - and that's the end of the Summer of Muggles.

If you think that was long, the original post was ~30 pages long in MS Word, so... I actually summarized it. (Who know I was capable of it? Not me.)

[itchyboogers]

hello comrades

my name is grace. i'm gonna be honest right now, not sure exactly what this post is. just because i can't function without order, i'm gonna make a list of reasons why i'm sharing my story:

to spread awareness

because i need an outlet

many of my friends suggested i share this

simply to entertain whoever might take a look at it

just in case, because of my paranoia, i’m saying right now i don’t want any witch hunt. i feel like saying this is really reaching in terms of how many people are gonna read this, but my concern insists. this is gonna be a long article, so i’m putting the little “read more” thingamabob right here. 

trigger warning, for like, everything

about me; prologue?

as you saw above, my name is grace. i’m 19, and this is a very personal experience that i’ve gone through. first, let me introduce everything that’s wrong with me. i have high-functioning autism, and throughout my life my autism has been the root of my downfall. ever since 2nd grade i’ve gotten the short end of the stick. you always hear about prodigy kids whose grades and social lives falter as the years pass, i am 100% one of them. this story isn’t necessarily about me, but i’ve been through some shit, son. 

i have a family that is more supportive than i could ever ask for, i’m not gonna lie and say that my at-home life was miserable - because home was my safe place, and public school was where i fought my battles. i was a very eccentric kid and while my autism has limited me, it has also given me the ability to think outside of the box, blah blah blah so i’m grateful for it as well. 

by the time i got to 6th grade, things went way more south than i thought they could go. i was a bit of an edgelord back then so i was skipping 4th period with my friend in the locker room. we’re dicking around, looking in lockers, climbing the stalls, being stupid kids. somewhere along the line we jump into the topic of sexuality, and she tells me she thinks she might be bi. i said that wouldn’t change anything about us, and that i might not like boys at all. 

she told me about her parents not agreeing with the whole gay thing and she wasn’t even close to thinking of coming out of the closet because her parents would disown her. real fucked up, but it happened back then still quite frequently. i promised her i wouldn’t tell anybody and that i wouldn’t even think about outing her to anyone, and we gave each other a cute little friend hug, it was cute.

about 3 days later on the weekend, we’re texting and a small argument boils between us and another friend in a group chat. it starts to become a bigger argument, because kids are stupid and dramatic, and i definitely was. she ended up kicking me out of the group chat and i cried myself to sleep (i know lmao). i went to school on monday and i immediately get called into the principal’s office, regarding sexual assault claims. she lied and told the school faculty that i tried to touch her inappropriately during that time we skipped class in the locker room. she also got her friends to tell everybody.

long story short i became severely depressed, gained weight, got my head shoved in a toilet filled with piss by some 8th graders friends with that girl’s older sister, and started self-harming to suppress my urge to hurt other people. my meds got switched around (it’s why i gained weight) and i ended up switching schools because a public school had an IEP i think it was called? anyway

blah blah blah countless school stories and misfortunes blah blah blah crohn’s disease blah blah blah ambulance sent to the school all that jazz. it’s gonna hurt too much if i talk about PRLC, but basically there was a low-funded school for kids who wanted a second chance due to disability, drugs, ect. it was out at a wildlife preservation park with all sorts of animals, i met my best friends there, became the person i am today, ect. but staff changes ended up changing the school for the worse and eventually i got dismissed.

very long depression period, i got kicked out from the school i used to call a second home back in 2018 and this cycle hasn’t ended yet, to this day. i’m hoping writing this will give me some closure or something, because writing about my misfortunes online has sent me opportunities in the past. i am not a perfect person, i never have been, and i can still name many things about my psyche and outlook on life that i’d like to someday change.

the main course

this is where i start talking about somebody that i won’t mention by name, but i’ll call him music boy for convenience. in december of last year i got to see my favorite band live for the second time, the first being april of 2018. i love this band with all my heart, and i’m not going to mention them by name. but after the concert i was going through some heavy post-concert sadness, and i wanted to share my love and appreciation so i find a semi-active discord server dedicated to said band, and i join. i make some friends and acquaintances over a span of 2-3 months.

marijuana got legalized in my state this year, something i had been anticipating for a long time, ergo from january 2020 to the beginning of april 2020, i was in a constant state of stoned off my ass. nobody saw sober grace until the late days of april. i was not in any way able to make proper decisions regarding, say, a relationship. and it was really obvious that i was high, nobody would have thought otherwise.

after i get home from a birthday vacation to arizona on february 2nd, i start going in the voice chats for the server. i would say in the general chat something along the lines of “sick, i’m super baked i’m gonna go bother the voice chat” and i end up in a group chat consisting of most of the server members that are “of age” (so not too many). at this point i’m barely aware i’m making friends, but one person in the group i really happened to resonate with. her name is Christina, and she’s to this day my number 1 mom friend and goblin sibling. <3

i meet a handful of more people in the group chat (we called it the “after hours”) and we have a lot of fun doing different activities over discord. for example we all decided to sign up for club penguin online (which is now proven to be run by a predator, i believe) and we all battled each other in card-jitsu. or i would share my screen as i went on Omegle and did goofy high shit on there and met people under the “memes” or “weed” tags. 

in this after hours group chat, one of the active members was music boy. he was the owner of the server dedicated to the band i love. why music boy? because he wants desperately to become a famous musician. there’s something about music boy that’s... ‘different’. i don’t know if anyone knows what i mean when i say, his energy was awry. the best way to describe music boy is kind of mean, but it’s the only way i’m able to express how this guy is as a person. i can best describe him by saying he expects his life to play out as a WattPad fanfiction, him being the main character. 

just so you get the main point, this one time i was on Omegle dicking around ha ha funny random people, but music boy was silent. he then typed in the chat that he was gonna go on Omegle himself and do something painfully unfunny, he said he was gonna get his guitar and use that as a prop to “vibe check” people on the website. it wasn’t funny but everybody (me included) was sort of brainwashed into thinking he could do no wrong. don’t know how he got me to laugh at that, especially with his delivery of the joke. 

yet, he didn’t want to “vibe check” people, i know that now - he just couldn’t stand when he wasn’t the center of attention. so he left and told a mod, who was also in the group chat, to join the server voice chat with him. and he announced that he was streaming himself vibe checking people on Omegle. the iffy part about that is that the entire reason he made the after hours chat was to keep NSFW stuff off the server, and it was basically prompted by me streaming myself messing around on Omegle and seeing a lot of (pretty expected) male genitalia. i’m not gonna explain that any further because anybody with a brain can understand why that was a confusing move on his part.

eventually february 14th came by, and i, being as high as i was, decided to send music boy a bunch of goofy valentine’s day cards, like the ones that were popular in 2013. i kept sending them because at the time i thought it was so funny, and i’m a natural flirt when i’m stoned. keep in mind everybody knew they hadn’t seen me sober yet, the joke in the server was basically 'when is grace not high?’ so it was evident that my decision-making process was impaired.

for some reason music boy wanted us to all play DnD, even though half of us didn’t know or give a rat’s ass how to play. i would make stupid jokes, and everybody would laugh, but music boy would exaggerate, he would go ‘oh thats how it is? is that how this is going to be’ or some unfunny shit like that because he thought every single joke or reference that anyone made had something to do with him, because, you know, he is the main character, after all. he eventually made a really embarrassing big deal about him ‘accepting my valentine proposal’ and then he went to bed i guess.

the next day or two is a blur to me, all i remember and know is that Christina knew that he was taking advantage of me always being super high, but she didn’t want to assume anything. like she had always seen me make a joke and then would see music boy turn that joke sexual, even when it was nearly impossible to make a suggestive joke out of what i originally joked about, which to be honest was probably my flawless Sméagol impression. but he would repeat the Gollum voice and say something unfunny that we all laughed at.

basically, if you haven’t caught on, music boy is a major egotistical narcissist that cannot stand having somebody that isn’t him being paid attention to. he told me his “dream” (that's TOTALLY gonna come true, by the way) was to go to a concert of the band the server was dedicated to, but he would show up in a custom made shirt that said “[lead singer of band] IS A THOT” and then the band’s guitarist would point it out and laugh because it’s SO funny and then get the lead singer’s attention, who would pull music boy on stage and challenge him to pehen he would start serenading the crowd and all the girls’ panties would instantly get soaked, all the tabloids would hear about it, and the band would jizz their pants, and he would become an overnight sensation.

here’s where stuff gets dodgy. i’m not claiming this is abuse, because i don’t have experience with abusive relationships, and i’m not in any place to assume that i understand what it’s like to be in one, but my friends have told me that he mentally abused me and took advantage of the state i was in. somewhere along the line he would, in the group call, tell his sob story about how all his friends ghosted him and tried to cancel him because of some sort of misconduct accusation in a previous server, and how i was his savior for putting my trust in him and believing his side of the story and he said some things about becoming a happier person because he met me, and it was all very unnecessarily dramatic and extremely manipulative disregarding if he noticed he was doing it or not.

I.E.

“and... then I met this girl... this really weird girl! then i saw her face, and i thought i loved her, but i found out she only liked girls and i lost all hope but then out of nowhere she sends me valentines cards! and now shes my valentine”

or some really really stupid gay shit like that, it’s the best i can imitate him without gagging or getting sick. then eventually (eventually being equal to ‘within the first week of meeting me’) he hEsiTaNtLy asks me to, like, idk be his e-girlfriend. he knew i was baked to oblivion and wasn’t in a proper state to make up my mind on anything serious but then again am i the main character? 

no. 

music boy is the main character.

if i’m being gut-wrenchingly honest here, i only genuinely liked the idea of being in an e-relationship with music boy for a day or a day and a half. the entire time i was just stoned out of my mind and not thinking as i normally do, i was nonchalant until april fools day when all hell broke loose in the server. on a live stream, the lead singer of the band made a suggestion that he was in the server that music boy made. and dear God, you would have thought it was the second coming of Christ by the way music boy reacted to it. 

he was being unbelievably hyper, even for someone with ADHD. he was hauling his uncanny-valley looking forcibly ripped body around his room like a genetically mutated spider monkey, banging his head against his bed, stopping mid-sentence to play a quirky chord on his handy dandy acoustic guitar while he looked in the webcam and made a quirky blank face. it was like watching a six y/o meet Iron Man, even though there was nothing really to be too elated about. 

he made an emoji for it and everything, he even posted on the “Official [band name] Discord Server”’s instagram account, but it was just a video of him, and the thumbnail was his goofy ass face, the whole video was just music boy saying unfunny shit trying to lowkey promote the server while flexing at the same time, something like [lead singer] we know you’re here!! you are welcome here my lord idk lmfaooo

but at this point i was becoming too sober to stand by silently and watch this moron suck his own toes, i wasn’t gonna act like his music was good and i wasn’t gonna act like he was gonna become a superstar without question. the breaking point was mostly when he almost came his pants and cried when the lead singer allegedly joined his server, but i came close to breaking when i started casually humming in the group call and hes like 

Hold Up 👁️👄👁️ wait you’re so good... why are you so good? you’re like really good and i mean it!! you’re like, almost as good as me! but you know i have YEARS of practice you know haha but you’re like super good!

and then I decided to humor myself by showing him a cover i recorded and the first thing he said after listening to it halfway was “this scares me”, so that was a pretty big warning sign.

blah blah blah i cried for an hour after that then called him again just to break up with him because of my own mental health and he did handle this very well, not bashing him for that. i basically told him no we aren’t taking a break this shindig will no longer continue, like at all, ever and hes like okay cool yknow it hurts but ill get over it, and i really didnt expect that. because, he basically implied that if i left him he would k*ll himself.

i tried to keep the friendship going because i dont like abandoning people, but he slowly started getting distant from me, and the entire server kind of distanced themselves from me too, but at the time i only noticed music boy getting apprehensive with me. keep in mind (i keep saying that, don’t i?) i thought everybody in the server was cool with me making offensive-ish jokes because they had no problem with it during the time i was “with” music boy. then one day i get called out for talking about - i’m not joking - weed. i started ranting about how weed is my medicine and it was kinda silly to get so pissy over the devil’s lettuce but i dont think i made too big of a deal out of what i could have made.

couple days later im talking in the server again. i’m a very blunt person, my humor is very dry and it can tend to go over some people’s heads if they don’t have enough brain cells. i made a joke that i’d already made in the server before about me being r-word because autism and haha funny joke. 

i get kicked out of the server.

at the time i was confused because i had no idea that i even said anything wrong. i messaged music boy a bit passive-aggressively because despite my confusion i still had a vague idea of what was happening. i said something like "was i too edgy" and like 3 minutes later he responds "you were making a lot of dudes uncomfortable”

mcscuse me bietch?

NOBODYYYYY in the general chat had told me that i was making them feel uncomfy whatsoever, and i dont think anything could have implied that anyone was in any way uncomfortable, and with these social situations i’ve explained to everyone in the after hours chat that sometimes i don’t get social cues. i’m autistic!!! it’s a very rare occurrence when i’m able to ‘read the room’. i thought they knew that but they decided to have a private staff meeting and they all agreed it was best to BAN ME from the server. 

the thing is if i had been messaged, if i was let known that people were bitching about me calling myself r******d then i would have definitely complied. i can understand people feeling a bit weird when i make fun of myself using no-no words, and i’m definitely willing to stop saying a certain thing if it genuinely makes somebody feel uneasy. but nobody said anything about it to me. not a single word.

considering the server has gone to a snowflake kingdom since my exit, i’m not too upset about being kicked out. what i am upset about regards him knowing i wasn’t in a proper state to make any decisions. decisions including NSFW decisions that he hinted at for about 5 minutes before i stopped saying ‘ehhh i don’t know if i’m comfortable with this’ and he didn’t have to beg for coochie anymore. i’m honestly lucky because i can’t remember most of what he coaxed me to do, because if i think about it too much it gets traumatic and i start feeling nauseous.

Christina has been in the server just to tell me what new bullshit has been going on in the rules, and the ever-expanding list of things that you aren’t allowed to talk about in the server, we have a good chuckle at it. i got high again about a week ago, and told my friends the audacity of what music boy actually had done to me and we all agreed to go under a vpn and raid the server, because why not, its funny haha goofy joke. we were having the best time and i was about to piss myself laughing when one of my friends name-drops me and the whoooole gig is over. we get kicked out and Christina pretends to act like she had no clue what was going on, so she could stay in and screenshot this:

she didn’t know how badly that term in itself would send me down a long overdue psychotic episode because about a year or two ago, i was getting concerned that i might have anti-social personality disorder, the ‘proper’ term for a diagnosed psychopath. it ended up nonconclusive, so i don’t necessarily believe i have it, but for some reason him calling me that word really fucked me up. but here’s a pretty funny and cringy sequence of things he typed in to get his cult of teenagers to feel bad for him.

don’t go looking for this person, don’t go looking for the band, i’m just sharing my story because maybe somebody could benefit from my experience being told. i’m trying to jump over this long ass hurdle that’s kept me in one place for wayyy too long, i’m hoping that sharing this endeavor could help my psyche, and perhaps push me forward and lead me towards gathering up the courage i’m missing to finally study for and take the GED test, graduate, and put public school and it’s challenges behind me.

if you read this long and want to talk to me about it, by all means, ask questions, make jokes, ask for more goofy ass screenshots of how i’ve made fun of him, more drama queen music boy tales, because we have a handful, trust me. 

i don’t expect anyone to read this or necessarily care about this, but if you’ve come this far, from the bottom of my heart, do not date a musician. and, of course, thank you for reading. but still, don’t date a musician. especially if it’s a man. mega especially x2 if you’ve only known them for less than a week.

add me on roblox i’m user xulue i’m a funny gal and im a pro gamer

stay safe out there, be kind, and for the love of God don’t bring your guitar to the voice channel <3

[jennyboom21]

Well I can see why Taylor would reference Dianna in the new album if it's part of her journey to came out, I don't think any of the rep songs were for her though and you seem to think that some are but only because of Dianna Sms posts and I don't think that's enough to prove that the songs were about her tbh

While we can agree to disagree, there’s this about NYD:

This quote:

Before playing “New Year’s Day,” Swift explained she had a few lyrics rattling around in a notebook that she’d wanted to put into a song: “Please don’t ever become a stranger/ Whose laugh I could recognize anywhere.” She explained that she was enamored with people’s obsession with who they’d kiss on New Year’s Eve, when in reality the person that matters is the one who will give you the Advil the next day.— Billboard on Taylor’s performance of NYD at siriusxm (x)

Some more context:

anonymous  asked:

Hi! Happy New Year! This isn’t really an analysis question on Taylor’s lyrics, but do you know what “Don’t read the last page.” means on her New Year’s Day song? Thanks!

A very (late) Happy New Year to you too, anon <3 I have always assumed that that particular lyric refers to Taylor’s construction of her romantic relationships as story-books (or, more appositely, fairy-tales) with a distinct beginning, middle and (happy) ending. It means, in short, don’t read the last page in the story of our relationship — not because it is a tragedy in the making, but rather because it is better to experience life in the moment without skipping ahead (much like it is better to read a book without knowing the ending in advance.)

Interestingly, this is a lyrical device which Taylor has employed several times before —  most obviously it provides the conceptual framework for The Story of Us, but it appears also in Holy Ground (‘and the story’s got dust on every page’). If we understand those songs to have been inspired by her only other serious relationships [1] — with Emily and Dianna, respectively — neither of which had a happy conclusion, this choice of imagery is possibly deliberate. Certainly, I think, it can reasonably be argued that a direct comparison is being made to the subject of Holy Ground — a position, incidentally, which sits well with an interpretation of New Year’s Day as about Karlie specifically in the context of Taylor’s past experience with Dianna, the real stranger ‘with a laugh [she] could recognise anywhere.’  

[1] Taylor told InStyle in 2014, that she has only had three ‘real’ relationships.

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Some more circumstantial evidence:

anonymous  asked:

how does everyone know dianna proposed

It’s an assumption — arising in the first instance from an anonymous source supplied by @larrienation in July 2016 — albeit, one for which there is circumstantial ‘evidence’ in support.

(i.) There is good reason to suspect that Taylor wanted to marry Dianna:

This is consistent with Taylor’s writing in the period of their relationship: the lyrics to How You Get the Girl — ‘I want you for worse or for better’ ‘I would wait for ever and ever’ (cf. Wonderland, for the aftermath, ‘we pretended it could last forever (last forever)’ ‘And life was never worse but never better (never better)’) — suggest that she anticipated marriage (to Dianna).

Taylor performed Speak Now, a song about interrupting an ex’s wedding, live on the first tour date (6th September 2013) after attending a Fun concert with Dianna (4th September — this was not only two years to the day since their reintroduction to each other at Fairfax Flea Market, but the first time they had communicated publicly since Dianna’s birthday in April, when their engagement supposedly was broken-off.)

According to an interview with Global News in December 2014, Style was written about ‘that one person who you feel like might interrupt your wedding and [who would] be like don’t do it because we’re not over yet.’Style, on my conception, is about Dianna.

Taylor’s reaction to Dianna’s marriage in 2016 was interesting – at her only concert of that year (in Austin, in October) she changed the lyrics to I Knew You Were Trouble for a second time, from ‘you never loved me’ to ‘she never loved me.’ (x)

(ii.) It is an idea which seemingly is endorsed by the music video to Look What You Made Me Do:

Significantly, there is a ring box in shot in the bank-heist scene — a scene in which Taylor appears with a cat mask as a literal pussy bandit. ‘pussy bandit’ is a popular nickname of Dianna’s, pre-dating her relationship with Taylor.  [Note: the swiftlife debuted a ‘pussy bandit’ taymoji in the ‘better than revenge’ pack on the day that the music video for Babe, another song associated with Dianna, was released.]

ETA (27/04/2019)

(iii.) It is also tacitly endorsed by the visuals for Clean, a song popularly associated with Dianna, on the 1989 tour:

Taylor wears a white dress, while the rain-water substitutes for a veil (here).

ETA (21/05/2019)

(iv.) On one interpretation of the music video to ME!, Brendon’s three attempts to woo Taylor on the rooftop represent Taylor’s three ‘real relationships.’ The second in sequence (Brendon as Dianna) involves Taylor’s rejection of a proposal.

ETA (12/06/2019)

(v.) It is arguable that the lyric  /a circus ain’t a love story/  in Getaway Car (again, a song associated with Dianna)  alludes to Taylor’s non-acceptance of a proposal. It is, after-all, apparent that in (an actual) Love Story, an affirmative answer is assumed (/it’s a love story, baby just say yes/).

[jmeddows2]

Hot Space (Roger Taylor Series) - Part 1

Roger Taylor x Reader

Notes:  Sorry for grammar mistakes/ weird sentence structures. English is not my first language but anyways, I gave it a go. Enjoy and feel free to submit requests, feedback etc.

Words: 1577

Chapter 1:

“He says he wants you, NO and now I quote: he needs you” your manager, Daphne told you and your band in the scruffy little office of ‘Rough Trade Records’. It was actually a quite rainy day in London, the usual. December 16th, 1981 to be exact. What a time to be alive and additionally to be an 18-year-old, female vocalist of a fairly successful band (at least in the UK), in a male dominated field. Your band also consisted of Nic on lead guitar, Matty on the bass, Jacob on the drums and Chris on the piano. “What are you talking about? And who are you even talking about Daph?”, you asked her totally clueless.

Daphne continued: “Freddie fucking Mercury.”

 The room was silent, you could hear a pin drop, as Jacob decided to speak up: “you’re kidding, right? I mean, you can’t be real right now! He doesn’t even know we exist, does he? Daph??“

Wow, you’ve never seen Jacob this nervous and excited at the same time before, as he’s usually always the tough guy, but his behavior right now makes you giggle.

“(Y/N), this is a huge deal, Freddie wants you as Queen’s support act for their upcoming ‘Hot Space’ tour which starts in April and ends in November as of next year. We’re not talking about old, little, dirty clubs and pubs in England. This is another level! Europe. The US. Canada. Hell, even Japan. You have the potential, take this opportunity, I believe in you guys! “

Daphne’s words left you speechless. Not only was Queen your biggest influence while growing up, but it seemed like a once in a lifetime opportunity to tour the world, even if it’s just as a support act.

 While the rest of the band all agreed to do the tour - without any hesitation, they were still expectedly waiting for your answer.

“Guys, you should really really, really know me by now - of course the answer is yes, I can’t believe this is actually happening. “

“Perfect, then it’s settled, I’ll get it contact with Jim Beach, Queen’s manager to arrange your first official meeting“ Daphne informed us.

 “Oh my lord what was that, I need a drink now“ „Fuck, me too, Nic“, you said and with that you 5 went to the pub right down the road, still unaware of all the things that were still to come.

January 4th 1982 Jim Beach’s office, London:

 “Happy New Year Lady and Gentlemen“, Jim Beach greeted us, “they’ll be here soon, but don’t freak out, I see you right there" he pointed to Jacob who was bouncing his leg up and down rather nervously, which made us laugh.

The laughter was cut off when the door swung open and there he was, in all his glory: Mr. Mercury, he was even more remarkable in person and the other three band members followed right closely behind.

“You’re on time, that is what I value the most, my dears", Freddie giggled.

“Wow, very nice to meet you Freddie, ahh, Mr. Mercury, sorry“ you blushed.

“Oh no darling, it’s Freddie for you and it’s nice to meet YOU, all of you! “ he pointed to the other band ,members as well.

“I’ve been following your music for a while now and I have to say it’s brilliant! Can’t wait to hear what else you have in store. “

In the corner of your eye you saw Jacob who was close to fainting because of his excitement. After hugging you, Freddie moved on to greet your other band members, when Brian walked up to you: “Hi I’m Bri, so nice to meet you, I like your hair by the way. “

‘Could this get any better?’ you thought to yourself when John walked up very shyly : “I’m John, nice to meet you.“ And then there he was, even more beautiful in real life, than you remembered him, from the posters, that your childhood bedroom was plastered with. His hair was now shorter but his eyes, wow, you really could get lost in them.

He bat his eyelashes: "We’re going so have much fun! “ He knew he didn’t have to introduce himself and his cocky behavior was definitely not what you expected. At this point you could just hope that he wasn’t going to act like this for the upcoming months. The rest of the meeting was simply just chatting and discussing the cities, in which the tour was going to take place. Before you could leave the office, Freddie made and announcement:

“My darlings, to break the ice I would love to invite you all to my party tonight, 9 pm, don’t be late or you’ll get fired! I’m just joking, Jacob darling, don’t look so frightened, bloody hell! “

You glanced at Roger only to look away quickly once he shoots you a cheeky wink.

  Back in your flat:

 “Julia I’ve got nothing to wear, I’ve heard so much about their wild parties, I don’t know what I got myself into. “your roommate answered: “(Y/N), would you calm down for a bloody second? You’ve got plenty of stuff to wear that would sweep them off their feet, but you can borrow some of mine and second, you know all about wild parties, don’t act so innocent now. Remember your 16th birthday party when Patr- “

“Stop talking about my bloody ex-boyfriend, Julia, that cheating, lying bastard. “

“See, at least I distracted you “, Julia defended herself. You chose to borrow a black skintight, short dress which reached just below your bum and showed off your curves and cleavage perfectly. Additionally, Julia helped you curl your long blonde hair, while you decided to go for a winged eyeliner and dark purple lipstick. Satisfied, you took one last glance in the mirror, Julia hugged you goodbye and as you were about to call yourself a cab, the doorbell rang.

 “Hello there, may I help you?" you asked the uniformed man at the door. “Are you (Y/F/N) (Y/L/N)? “he asked. “Yeah that’s me"

"I’m here to pick you up for Mr. Mercury’s party “, right then you noticed the luxurious white limo parked outside. After a 20-minute drive you arrived at Garden Lodge and wow, what sight. The house was huge and beautifully decorated, there were hundreds of people, dancing, drinking, snorting cocaine off of silver trays and there he was, Roger, leaning against a wall being surrounded by 5 girls who were throwing themselves at him. You scoffed and spotted your band members who were engaged in a conversation with John and Brian.

"Hi (Y/N), here!!“, Nic waved you over to them. “You look beautiful tonight “John complemented you and you thanked him politely. “How’d you get here?", Chris, your pianist asked. "Believe it or not, I had a limo waiting for me outside, boys" you told them.

"A what? I can’t believe it, what about us??“, Jacob acted fake hurt and put a hand on his heart to be overdramatic, which made us laugh. Deaky and Brian exchanged a suspicious look, as if they knew that something was up, but you shrugged it off. Suddenly, people began to cheer, as this could only mean one thing: Freddie is here. And there he was, strutting through the crowd with a velvet king’s cape on and a crown on his head. He truly was a king.

 “Darlings you’re here and wow you look dashing, doesn’t she look dashing? “ Freddie eyed you from head to toe. “We should really go on a shopping trip sometime, we’ll have loads of opportunities on tour, my darling, but for now, let’s dance!“ With that he literally dragged you to the dance floor and after a few songs you managed to catch your breath. “Oh and Freddie thank you for the limo, you really didn’t have to send one to my flat, I could have gotten a cab! “ “What limo? I didn’t send a limo to your house! “ “Huh? But who did then? “, you asked, your eyes quickly followed to where he was pointing at. Roger already had his eyes on you, still surrounded by 5 girls, but he didn’t give them any attention. “Careful though darling, he bites” Freddie laughed and shot you a wink.

Exhausted from dancing, you decided to join the bar when you heard a familiar voice say: “What are you having? Let me buy you a drink, love. “ It was Roger, of course it was Roger. “Look, if you think I’ll sleep with you tonight I can garant- “ “Who said I want to have sex with you? I mean you look beautiful I must say, but I wouldn’t go that far, at least not right now. “ “A limo? Really, why? “, you asked trying to hide your embarrassment. “Why not? “, he asked. “You’re now on a ride with your majesty herself, wanted to give you a taste, might as well enjoy it while you can, love “, he said with a cheeky smile and ordered a few shots. “Look I’m going to be honest with you, it’s a real pleasure to be working with you guys. I hope we can get along without playing any sick games of yours, Taylor. “ “Feisty, I’m intimidated “, he shot you a wink.

 You rolled your eyes and downed the first shot, then the second, third, fourth, until you lost count.

[boymeetsweevil]

Hell’s Kitchen

Grouping: Reader x Seokjin

Word Count: 2.2k, the closest thing to crack i’ve ever written, warning for lots of cursing and mentions of a bj but in, like, the least sexy way

Summary: Its Jin’s birthday and its a hot ass mess because you can’t keep a secret

happy jin day!! :)

At 7:00am on December 4th, Kim Seokjin is woken from his slumber by the sound of pots and pans being banged together. Oh god, he thinks, its finally happening—the aliens. 

“Get that tight ass of yours out of bed. Happy birthday, Mr. Worldwide Handsome!”

He rolls to the edge of the bed, groaning and curling into fetal position to cover his ears. A particularly loud bang of the pans has him tipping over the edge and narrowly avoiding the corner of the bed frame as he face plants roughly onto the floor.

You slowly stop banging the pans and wonder if maybe you should have planned this better.

Birthdays are not your thing. That is, you’re all for letting your friends and family spoil you, if they call first so you can schedule them in. But, other people’s birthdays are not your thing. 

When their birthdays roll around, the people closest to you know to expect a hefty check in the mail and a slightly breathless early morning voicemail that you recorded on your way to the office.

You are fully aware that to people who don’t know you, a phone call and a drugstore card with money shoved in it may seem impersonal and cold. You do care, though. You do. It’s just that birthdays have never appealed to you. A birthday is, in theory, a day you’re supposed to enjoy. But in reality, they’re full of people trying to scare you when you walk into your apartment late at night or drag you to clubs when you got 3 hours of sleep the night before. And they always want to give you sex toys as presents in front of your mother. 

You wrinkle your nose at the bad memories resurfacing as you watch Jin try to resume his sleep on the floor of his bedroom. Jin and you were compatible in that you both liked no-fuss birthdays. All he ever wanted was a home-cooked meal that he didn’t make.

“Jin? Jinnie? Wake up, Honey, I made food for you.”

“I’m not really hungry.”

“But didn’t you say you didn’t have dinner because it got too busy at the restaurant?”

He groans at the thought of having to eat your cooking but stands up anyway. You grin manically and take him by the arm to guide him to the kitchen where you’ve set up the food. Once the fully stocked table comes into view, his eyes widen.

“You said you made this?”

“Mhmm.”

He takes a cautious seat and picks up the steaming bowl in front of him to inhale the scent.

“Oh my god. This smells better than my jjigae.”

“I just looked up a recipe online and this one was really highly recommended. Try it,” you urge him, eager to see the reaction.

He removes his personal chopsticks from their pouch by the place setting and digs in. The response is instantaneous and he whips his head around to glare at you.

“There’s no way you made this. This has to be catered.”

“Kim Seokjin, why would I lie to you? Don’t you think it would be hard for me to sneak a caterer in here? And do you not see the dishes in the sink, huh?”

Jin has the decency to look scolded and lowers his head.

“I’m sorry. It’s just really, really good. And, well...normally you burn toast.”

“Everyone makes mistakes, it’s alright. Just don’t underestimate me ever again.” 

You place a firm hand on his shoulder as he eats. While you didn’t mean for it to be threatening, he gulps down his bite of food a bit harder than normal.

When he finishes his bowl, he looks more satisfied than you’ve seen him in a while. Which is saying something since you blew him last week after a 16-hour shift and he still didn’t look as peaceful.

“Are you all done? How about I run you a nice long bath and then—where are you going?” You try and fail to hide your panic.

“I’m going to take out the trash. I was gonna throw my napkins away but the bin looks too full.”

“Y-you don’t have to. Sit down. I’ll take care of it. It’s your birthday.”

“Come on,” he smiles, “You don’t have to baby me just because it’s my birthday. Plus, you hate taking out the trash and you always put the paper recycling out on container day.”

“Just sit down, damn it,” you shout. He narrows his eyes at you and then looks over to the trash again. He says your name in a low warning tone and begins to make his way over to the bin.

“Jin, stop! Just sit down. There’s nothing wrong with the trash. Why are you going over there?” You grab his elbow and pull, trying to stop him from seeing.

“I didn’t even say I was going to the trash. Why are you bringing it up, huh? What are you hiding?”

“Nothing! Just sit the fuck down, please!” You’ve resorted to sliding down his body and grabbing his leg, going boneless to create some drag.

“Jesus, why don’t you just admit there’s take out containers in the trash?” 

He drags the leg carrying you with a muted grunt but continues his shuffle over to the corner of the kitchen where the trash bin stands. Good thing he never skips leg day at the gym.

“I made that jjigae, fuck you!”

“Bull. Shit.” He hisses down at you, his face red from exertion and determination.

Somehow you lose your grasp on his pants leg and he takes that moment to run over to the bin while you’re still on the ground. All you can do is give a sorrowful shout. When he finally lifts the lid of the trash, all he sees is tupperware. 

“What? If you didn’t order out, where the hell did you get this?” He’s almost ready to admit defeat and beg forgiveness when he sees a sticky note attached to one of the discarded lids. He picks it up and sees familiar bubbly handwriting detailing cooking instructions on the paper. He sighs and turns to you.

“You’re really going to take credit for old lady Jung’s jjigae? Really?” His smug chuckle has your blood boiling.

“Goddamn it, Jin, I just wanted to do something nice for you. You’re always whining about how working at the restaurant ruins cooking at home for you and I wanted to feed you, but you know I can’t cook for shit. Why couldn’t you just let me have this?”

“You could have just said ‘Here, Jin, I had Mrs. Jung make this jjigae for you because I know her jjigae gives you wet dreams and I—” some movement in his peripheral vision stops him mid-sentence.

You turn to see a very shaken looking Mrs. Jung holding a cake carrier. You both fumble and bow before addressing the elephant in the room.

“Mrs. Jung, h-how long have you been standing there,” Jin asks with shame blooming like roses on his cheeks.

“I’ve been here since you dragged that poor child across the floor, dearie. I was coming to deliver the cake while you took your bath, but that didn’t happen.” She laughs and you have to force yourself not to ask if she enjoyed the show. This whole morning is going to shit, you remark sadly.

“Were you going to take credit for that cake too?” You can feel the tension headache coming on and you begin to rub your temples.

“Look, I paid her fee, so that cake might as well be mine.”

“You mean to tell me you paid her,” he turns to stare wide-eyed at Mrs. Jung, “You received payment for the jjigae and cake, Mrs. Jung?”

“Of course, dearie. You may be sweet but, with my arthritis, I can’t afford to be making things like this for free.” She levels him with a no-nonsense stare.

“I see. Well, if you don’t mind, I’ll take that cake pan off your hands, Mrs. Jung. Oh, is this that strawberry cake you brought to my parents’ anniversary? That’s my favorite.”

“I know. Or rather, I know from the order slip your little sweetheart filled out with the request.”

He turns to you inquisitively and mouths ‘an order form’ and you can only close your eyes and nod.

“Thank you for delivering so early in the morning, Mrs. Jung, I’ll be sure to wire you a big tip. I’ll see you later, ma’am.” You gently usher the old lady out of the door before leaning on it once its closed and locked.

“I’m sorry,” you sigh. “It just seemed like it would have meant more if I made it myself.”

“I would have agreed with that statement a day ago,” he admits as he pops the top off the cake carrier and sniffs the pink icing on the surface, “But knowing how much effort you put into this makes me change my mind. As long as I can eat it with you, I don’t care who makes the food.”

He walks over to you and holds the cake up to you face. You lift shining eyes up to look up at him in awe.

“Are you-are you giving me the first bite?”

“You deserve it after the morning you’ve had.”

“But, Jin, it’s your birthday.”

“It’s okay. I plan on eating 80% of this cake by myself before noon anyway.”

You take as big a bite as your mouth will allow from the body of the cake, smearing frosting all over your cheeks, nose, and chin. Even though she charged an arm and a leg for the food, it was worth the price, you muse.

The landline by the front door rings and Jin kindly reaches over to put the call on speaker since you’re chewing and your hands are now covered in frosting.

“Hewwo” you hum over a mouthful of cake.

“Hi, honey, its Mrs. Kim. I just wanted to update you about the steaks.”

“Oh, um, Mrs. Kim about that—”

“Jin’s father is putting them on the grill now. When did you say were going to lunch?”

“Well, I think we’re going at 1, and I was thinking that maybe you don’t have to—”

“I have the key you gave me and I was just going to come over and drop them off while you two were out. I left instructions for cooking them, but if you have any trouble I’m sure Mrs. Jung next door could help you out.”

Jin looks on with an amused expression and takes a giant bite from the cake you’re still holding.

“And I’m really grateful for that since you know how I am with cooking but I don’t think—” This time it’s Jin who cuts you off.

“Mom, you don’t have to worry, I’ll be there to help with the steaks. Did you make enough for you and dad to have some? You should come over.”

“Oh! Jinnie baby, I thought you would still be in the bath. Why isn’t he still in the bath?”

“He blew my cover, Mrs. Kim.”

“You blew your own cover. You couldn’t make a poker face to save your life...But I love you for it.”

“Aw, that’s so sweet, you two. Don’t worry, Jinnie, I’ll tell your father to pack up the picnic basket and we’ll see you later. Happy birthday, sweetheart.”

The call ends and you can feel his judgmental stare on the back of your head.

“Just say it. You know you want to.”

“I just can’t believe you think I wouldn’t know my dad’s steaks.”

“I wasn’t going to say they weren’t. I was just going to say I made them under his tutelage.”

“You’re lucky you’re cute.”

“I know,” you reach up and wipe some lingering pink frosting from the tip of his nose, “Are you mad?”

“No. I just have a feeling that all of this is the restaurant’s fault.”

“Yeah, let’s go with that. It’s not your fault or my fault. You should just quit your job,” you chuckle.

“If I’m being honest, though, I kind of want to. The hours are terrible and I don’t even enjoy it anymore. I’d much rather have my own business so I could work on my own terms.” You nod sagely.

“Then maybe that’s what you should look into this year. Not that you should throw all caution to the wind or anything, but it would be better for everyone if you were happier.”

“Yeah,” he snorted, “Then stuff like this wouldn’t happen.”

“And I wouldn’t have to pay Mrs. Jung’s $50 discretion fee.” Jin’s gaze softens and he puts a soothing hand on your shoulder.

“You know she scammed you, right? 

“What? No, she didn’t. A discretion fee is important because your reputation could get ruined.”

“Okay, first of all, everyone knows you can’t cook. So, no reputation to uphold. Second, you’re not an adulterous CEO. Why would you really need a discretion fee?” 

You’re quiet for a moment. “I guess that means the shipping and handling fee was unnecessary too, huh?”

“Oh my god,” he says, pain clear in his voice.

“What?” You blink confusedly at his back as he walks away from, hands up as a universal sign of resignation. “What?”

[queenesha30]

IT’S JUST NOT A LOVE STORY :a tale of friendship and love .

By ESHA SINGH SISODIYA

The clock was showing 2’o clock on that dark , winter day.

But Ronit was awaken, smiling looking at the walls.. His crush spoken to him for the first time. , to whom he could never even wave or dare look back. He laughed , he blushed, was just lost in his own imaginary world with his Cinderella 💛.

Ronit, who was so shy and innocent...💓 was opening up for Riya... their talk increased, numbers exchanged . His day was began and ended by their greetings by few upcoming weeks.

It was 4th july, and Riya’s 18th birthday. RONIT HAD DECIDED BY THEN THAT’S WHAT HE WISHED NOW, to propose her, he collected all his savings, did all what he could and even broken his extends too to make her feel special.

That day,

Ronit dressed in black shirt and pant, just because he heard Riya saying , “ MAN IN BLACK DRESS is lit.”

He invested lot on her birthday that he forgot to buy himself a watch, lol no more money left...

Roommates are saviour, so was Ravi,

HELPED HIS ZERO FASHION SENSE FRIEND, TO LOOK Like Smarty...

Ready to rock.

He waited for Riya at the restaurant, never letting his eyes go off the door, with YELLOW TULIPS BOUQUET full of excitement and enthusiasm.

Riya arrived in 💛 yellow frock. Ronit eyes lit up, but confidence? NO more, he was sweating and nervousness occupied all his face..

Riya was surprised as the waiter was showing her the booked place, well lighted,all her cute pictures, few drawings too made by RONIT HIMSELF.

Instead of smiling at her, he wanna just hide .Anyhow he stood up and said, “Hey” and asked her to sit.

She laughed , seeing his face turning red.He just was trying to act normal, started asking the lame questions which sounded like silly jokes , she laughed again and this time he too laughed with her.

his brain stopped working at last he said... I don’t want anything in the world but u,

And then he just have no words but eyes full of dreams , shining like a kid.

Riya blushed and then said, “At least we are on the same boat then, you are not losed dear, You have already won me.”

Ronit and Riya just seemed exceptionally perfect to everyone. About one year of their relationship successfully completed and not a single fight , no misunderstanding! Nothing.

As much they love each other, people also loved that couple seeing together. Riya never demanded anything, but Ronit loved to see her that small cute face to sparkle and stunned followed by blushing, when he just bring small gifts . The price you invest matter nothing but the feel you have, small things are enough to make someone happy and to touch hearts.

RAINY days are considered romantic, but when you are with your soulmate , every season is romantic!!

It was late December winter, Riya standing in her balcony sipping the tea,and was busy with her own thoughts . Ronit didn’t talk much with girl leaving Riya and Sneha his bestfriend. Sneha was the mastermind and helping hand behind Ronit ideas💡. Riya too liked her. She thought about about their first sight, their talk, their first date, that first whatsapp message, how from being unknown to a soulmate life has changed. He was the best gift she ever got, she met him when she was going through lots of ups and downs, and his presence has made the things stable in her life, she was when angry like lava, his voice only could soothe her , calming her down.

The weather was foggy, cold winter winds, no sun rays, but deep down in her heart something kept enlightening that’s"love".

A message came from Ronit, she blushed like a baby girl, she read it out -" Hey my strength, love u, wishing a foggy good morning 🌄 ." Hearts meet ,then they read each other and eyes talks !!

She replied back -" hey, My love My morning is already good enough by Your message I love u Ronit!a bit more than myself ”.First year was about to end. Last day was still left of their session. Sneha the gang master and Ronit’s bestie has planned a small gathering just for their little gang of 10. It’s the realization that a small gathering with your loved ones is far more enjoying and satisfying than the grand party.

Planned mojito and vodka, also a night out on Dec 23.

Ronit was hesitant and excited both at the same time, so he packed things up , it meant he ate Sneha’s brain up, to choose the things what he shall take for night out.

In their gang of 10 there were 2 couples and 6 singles who had full on plan to not let their friends leave alone.

They left for their destiny Mansoori at evening 5 and reached by 8’0 clock. Cold winter winds, jackets and coats wrapped around their body, still their stayed warmth in the eyes of Ronit and Riya’s , they didn’t spoke a single word. Sneha smiled looking at her best friend, she was so proud of him how he handle the things, his loyalty. It always brought smile on her face looking Ronit’s smile .

They reached the hotel by 8 :30, it was a beautiful view there, mountains around and a peaceful silence. Boys and girls were divided in two rooms.They all sat in the hall , and the DJ started, all of them joined one by one. They danced till 2AM and could only eat beginner. All left , but Ronit and Riya stayed in the hall.

RONIT danced with Riya, glaring at each other, suddenly Riya felt migraine it was really strong one, she cried out of pain, Ronit panicked seeing her in that way, he took her up to the room , she felt dizzy and fell down even before he reached the door. He called out to Sneha, she woke up instantly and seeing him worried and Riya unconscious immediately called for the doctor.

They waited for the Dr. , Riya’s body temperature too raised.30 min later Dr. arrived till then Sneha has taken care of both of them, as Ronit too was faded half way and was sweating out of panic.

Dr. Checked and handed prescription 💊 and asked to leave the place, he found out that Riya was having allergy from such environment. And assured there was nothing to much worry about, and told Ronit also to have few pills.

As soon as Riya was gaining consciousness back , Ronit was concerned and that’s why he was angry too for the very fast time in their relationship of one year. As she opened eyes , he enchanted but then controlled and asked why she hasn’t informed about this allergy, meanwhile Sneha was relaxed at last seeing things to get back normol, or at least thought things were fixed.

Ronit waited for the response, 5min later she spoke - " Everything can’t be as perfect you think, it was years back when I was here with my ex , he came along with me, but our ways was diverted from then and we departured , and our ways never met. He left me somewhere alone and deeply hurted, and left with a girl he met only few days back, I was broken both physically and mentally. My health got detoriated and was led to this allergy, when you mentioned this place I was astonished and scared but wasn’t able to say you no and hence agreed. Sorry dear, I couldn’t tell this you earlier."

Ronit gasped at what he had heard, he never asked even if Riya had a past, anyhow he felt disappointed, he wanted to know everything and had right to know all this before, he not spoke anything and left her with Sneha.Sneha stood their in shock, how things got terrible like this, in just few minutes. She went to Riya gave her the pills and asked her to have a sound sleep and not think much, when her own head was full of dilemmas. THAT night , Sneha felt an awkward strange feeling, something so new, she was in love with her bestfriend.

She felt embarrassed, couldn’t even think of to face Ronit ever, she hated herself as she thought she can be a reason which can ruin her friendship! She felt as if she has been betraying him till now. And looking Riya infront , made things more harder for her, she too liked her.

Riya was weeping, how can she make upset the person who loved her most . She thought about how the day started, their dance, their connection and now this silence. She always wanted to tell Ronit about this, she tried many times, but could never gain enough courage and confidence to tell, as she was always scared that her past might not destroy her present. And this silence of Ronit was making her more scared. How could she rest when her heart had lost the peace.

Ronit was angry, he just don’t want to talk to anyone. He thought he knows everything but damn he didn’t and this thing was disturbing him, how cute face of her love, has turned into a painful one and then, hearing that she just came because he insisted, was hurting him more, he was going through different emotions, his anger on her , has turned to himself, why was he not able to make her comfortable enough that she could even share her darkest experience . He felt bad and helpless now, how will he be able to face her, when she needed him to be with her and listen ,he raged out her.

The night seemed a never ending one, every minisecond was felt by all three of them.

Darker the night was, Deeper their emotions were.

Continued in next post…

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August Pet Horoscopes: What the Stars Have in Store for Cats and pet dogs

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Updated July 30, 2020| For Cat People Contributed by Lisa Stardust August is a crucial month, my furry good friends. While cats(in their unlimited wisdom)currently know that International Cat Day is on August 8th, it’s worth advising the doggos that National Dog Day takes place on August 26th. These are essential days for both species, in which pet dog parents throughout the nation (and also past) have the possibility to reflect on simply just how much their pet dogs suggest to them.

These days, it’s a bond that’s more vital than ever. You extremely well might be the brightest spot in your mother or father’s day during this time. Broad strokes, below are the major highlights for the cats and puppers this month:

The Aquarius full moon on August 3rd is a time of reflection, where you can analyze your goals for the last complete month of summer.

You’ll determine to welcome your internal diva and also live big on August 4th, when Mercury enters Leo. You function hard, so you must entirely play hard.

Venus, planet of love and also elegance, goes into tender Cancer on August 7th. If you’re being educated or finding out some new tricks, you may really feel a little bit extra delicate, however attempt not to take any adverse feedback you receive too seriously throughout this time around.

Rebellious earth Uranus begins its backward trip on August 15th in Taurus. This is a great time to stroll on the wild side as well as display your individuality– people (and also other family pets) will certainly take notice.

The Leo new moon on August 18th is a suitable time to bring your desires to reality. Meow it out and bark it up– when it involves your goals, there’s a lot of possibility for you throughout this moment.

The Sun goes into Virgo on August 22nd, enabling your analytical mind to make needed as well as vital choices about mundane day-to-day life (feeding, snoozing, playing, walking, etc).

Read on for your individual indicator, and also click here for my 2020 pet astrological forecast. Feline and also Dog Horoscopes for August

Aries (March 21-April 19 )It’s vital to mark your lawn at home as well as to develop an area that belongs exclusively to you. Press all of your playthings to the edge of the room you desire to declare as your own on August 7th. At first, your parents will be a little overwhelmed regarding why you require your very own personal location– nevertheless, you

‘re part of one large, satisfied household, right? Even

individuals in the closest of families need require time. They’ll eventually get the tip and leave you to take a break and kick back by yourself. Taurus( April 20-May 20)Quarantining for the previous few months has actually been challenging for you, considering that you love being outdoors in nature. Being caged within is starting to worry you out, as you long to be outdoors– especially now. See to it your pet moms and dad offers you that area to wander, whether it’s on multiple walks a day, or simply being there to unlock and allow you outside. This is specifically crucial on August 15th, when it’s a good idea to be as forthcoming as well as direct as feasible about your demands.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

Your normally positive self has been really feeling a little cynical lately. Could your current ‘tude be an extreme estimate of your inner sensations? You may consider transforming your overview and starting to search the bright side. It’s crucial to continue to seek pleasure in the simple things, whether it’s your daily walk or a romp at the canine park. If you try, you might be really feeling better by August 18th, when the brand-new moon promises to draw out a brand-new, positive side of you. (PS: I recognize it’s tough nowadays, so hang tough!)

Cancer( June 21-July 22)You are obtaining

right into the swing of points now that mom and also daddy have actually been working home for some time currently; you understand not to jump up on the laptop computer or scratch at the door during a Zoom conference. Isn’t it time you had a special treat for all this etiquette? See to it that your’rental fees treat you to your preferred snacks as a benefit. They may also surprise you with a brand-new plaything(or even better, a subscription box!)

on August 7th to reveal their recognition for being such a consistent convenience to them during these extreme times. Allow on your own be spoiled: you have actually made it! Leo (July 23-August 22)You’re feeling on your own this month. Allow’s be real, when are you not? You feel confident, which will make you intend to be the poster pet for your unique recognition vacation this month. There’s no other feline or canine who’s better than you are. Take place, take the phase while posturing for video cameras or any other time the possibility occurs: The globe needs your confidence, pep, and also love of life today. Virgo( August 23-September 22)You might be a tad paranoid on August 4th, because you’re feeling like your besties are barking behind your back. Allow me assure you, this could not

be further from the truth. Your BFFs would certainly never claim anything unfavorable regarding you: The love you! No looters, yet the power you’ve been noticing may have something to do with a special occasion they could be preparing for your birthday celebration. Stand down, relax, and also let on your own be delighted by the surprises ahead. Libra(September 23-October 22 )You’ve had a short-lived respite from interacting socially while sheltering in position with the fam; on August 7th, it’s time to rejoin the pack at the dog park. Your chums have missed you, and vice versa. Reconnection is soul-affirming, as well as you’ll be feeling the love and also re-energized throughout the brand-new moon on August 18th, when a carolers of familiar wails and yips welcome you when you get in the dog run to play.

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

Jealousies in partnerships will certainly be really felt on August 15th, mostly since your good friends envy of the

gifts your moms and dads showered you with to celebrate your special holiday this month. Don’t take their bitterness to heart; your close friends simply wish they were being showered with attention, love, and also provides the method you are. If you can, share your good fortune with others, and at the minimum, aim to be charitable in your spirit around others that are much less fortunate.

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

You’re getting a little tired with human beings presuming that you desire them to pet dog you all the time. Hi, it’s called borders! Before you communicate your nuisance with a bark or hiss, your mom or papa needs to know you’re greater than simply a toy. A look can speak a million words on August 7th. If that does not work instantly, offer it a couple of days, concentrate on your demands and your own self-care, and see if they occur.

Capricorn(December 22-January 19 )You’ve been making strides learning to love on your own, to not be afraid of your own darkness, as well as to bring even more pep right into your step these days. You’ll begin to see the fruits of all this effort during the new moon in Leo on August 18th. Later on, the last week of August is shaping up to be a favorable and extremely effective time for you; you may even start to see on your own in a different way, when all that effort becomes working it. Maintain it up, you’re obtaining efficient it.

Aquarius (January 20-February 18)

Lazy mid-days spent in the house are never a waste of time, particularly when you have a whole lot on your analytical mind, ruminating Aquarius. You are now in the mood to advance on a much deeper degree. The road in the direction of individual development is hard, yet you’re ready to lean right into makeover– particularly throughout the full moon on August 3rd and also on August 26th when the sunlight shifts right into Virgo. Bear in mind to go with the circulation, it’s all part of the holy strategy.

Pisces (February 19-March 20)

As a result of the full moon on August 3rd, you will certainly be searching for the right way to reveal your views throughout the remainder of the month. If you’re lucky, a fellow fuzzy good friend or pet expert will come along to help you launch your inner voice and also reach its potential on the 8th or 26th. Bear in mind: Your voice issues, your voice counts, and a great deal of cats and pets can determine and also associate with you.

Regarding the Author: Lisa Stardust has actually studied the zodiac for over a decade as

an astrologer and also planetary author, as well as has contributed to websites and also magazines such as Teen Vogue, The Hoodwitch, Cosmopolitan, and O, Oprah Magazine.

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August Pet Horoscopes: What the Stars Have in Store for Cats and pet dogs

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Updated July 30, 2020| For Cat People Contributed by Lisa Stardust August is a crucial month, my furry good friends. While cats(in their unlimited wisdom)currently know that International Cat Day is on August 8th, it’s worth advising the doggos that National Dog Day takes place on August 26th. These are essential days for both species, in which pet dog parents throughout the nation (and also past) have the possibility to reflect on simply just how much their pet dogs suggest to them.

These days, it’s a bond that’s more vital than ever. You extremely well might be the brightest spot in your mother or father’s day during this time. Broad strokes, below are the major highlights for the cats and puppers this month:

The Aquarius full moon on August 3rd is a time of reflection, where you can analyze your goals for the last complete month of summer.

You’ll determine to welcome your internal diva and also live big on August 4th, when Mercury enters Leo. You function hard, so you must entirely play hard.

Venus, planet of love and also elegance, goes into tender Cancer on August 7th. If you’re being educated or finding out some new tricks, you may really feel a little bit extra delicate, however attempt not to take any adverse feedback you receive too seriously throughout this time around.

Rebellious earth Uranus begins its backward trip on August 15th in Taurus. This is a great time to stroll on the wild side as well as display your individuality– people (and also other family pets) will certainly take notice.

The Leo new moon on August 18th is a suitable time to bring your desires to reality. Meow it out and bark it up– when it involves your goals, there’s a lot of possibility for you throughout this moment.

The Sun goes into Virgo on August 22nd, enabling your analytical mind to make needed as well as vital choices about mundane day-to-day life (feeding, snoozing, playing, walking, etc).

Read on for your individual indicator, and also click here for my 2020 pet astrological forecast. Feline and also Dog Horoscopes for August

Aries (March 21-April 19 )It’s vital to mark your lawn at home as well as to develop an area that belongs exclusively to you. Press all of your playthings to the edge of the room you desire to declare as your own on August 7th. At first, your parents will be a little overwhelmed regarding why you require your very own personal location– nevertheless, you

‘re part of one large, satisfied household, right? Even

individuals in the closest of families need require time. They’ll eventually get the tip and leave you to take a break and kick back by yourself. Taurus( April 20-May 20)Quarantining for the previous few months has actually been challenging for you, considering that you love being outdoors in nature. Being caged within is starting to worry you out, as you long to be outdoors– especially now. See to it your pet moms and dad offers you that area to wander, whether it’s on multiple walks a day, or simply being there to unlock and allow you outside. This is specifically crucial on August 15th, when it’s a good idea to be as forthcoming as well as direct as feasible about your demands.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

Your normally positive self has been really feeling a little cynical lately. Could your current ‘tude be an extreme estimate of your inner sensations? You may consider transforming your overview and starting to search the bright side. It’s crucial to continue to seek pleasure in the simple things, whether it’s your daily walk or a romp at the canine park. If you try, you might be really feeling better by August 18th, when the brand-new moon promises to draw out a brand-new, positive side of you. (PS: I recognize it’s tough nowadays, so hang tough!)

Cancer( June 21-July 22)You are obtaining right into the swing of points now that mom and also daddy have actually been working home for some time currently; you understand not to jump up on the laptop computer or scratch at the door during a Zoom conference. Isn’t it time you had a special treat for all this etiquette? See to it that your’rental fees treat you to your preferred snacks as a benefit. They may also surprise you with a brand-new plaything(or even better, a subscription box!)

on August 7th to reveal their recognition for being such a consistent convenience to them during these extreme times. Allow on your own be spoiled: you have actually made it! Leo (July 23-August 22)You’re feeling on your own this month. Allow’s be real, when are you not? You feel confident, which will make you intend to be the poster pet for your unique recognition vacation this month. There’s no other feline or canine who’s better than you are. Take place, take the phase while posturing for video cameras or any other time the possibility occurs: The globe needs your confidence, pep, and also love of life today. Virgo( August 23-September 22)You might be a tad paranoid on August 4th, because you’re feeling like your besties are barking behind your back. Allow me assure you, this could not

be further from the truth. Your BFFs would certainly never claim anything unfavorable regarding you: The love you! No looters, yet the power you’ve been noticing may have something to do with a special occasion they could be preparing for your birthday celebration. Stand down, relax, and also let on your own be delighted by the surprises ahead. Libra(September 23-October 22 )You’ve had a short-lived respite from interacting socially while sheltering in position with the fam; on August 7th, it’s time to rejoin the pack at the dog park. Your chums have missed you, and vice versa. Reconnection is soul-affirming, as well as you’ll be feeling the love and also re-energized throughout the brand-new moon on August 18th, when a carolers of familiar wails and yips welcome you when you get in the dog run to play.

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

Jealousies in partnerships will certainly be really felt on August 15th, mostly since your good friends envy of the gifts your moms and dads showered you with to celebrate your special holiday this month. Don’t take their bitterness to heart; your close friends simply wish they were being showered with attention, love, and also provides the method you are. If you can, share your good fortune with others, and at the minimum, aim to be charitable in your spirit around others that are much less fortunate.

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

You’re getting a little tired with human beings presuming that you desire them to pet dog you all the time. Hi, it’s called borders! Before you communicate your nuisance with a bark or hiss, your mom or papa needs to know you’re greater than simply a toy. A look can speak a million words on August 7th. If that does not work instantly, offer it a couple of days, concentrate on your demands and your own self-care, and see if they occur.

Capricorn(December 22-January 19 )You’ve been making strides learning to love on your own, to not be afraid of your own darkness, as well as to bring even more pep right into your step these days. You’ll begin to see the fruits of all this effort during the new moon in Leo on August 18th. Later on, the last week of August is shaping up to be a favorable and extremely effective time for you; you may even start to see on your own in a different way, when all that effort becomes working it. Maintain it up, you’re obtaining efficient it.

Aquarius (January 20-February 18)

Lazy mid-days spent in the house are never a waste of time, particularly when you have a whole lot on your analytical mind, ruminating Aquarius. You are now in the mood to advance on a much deeper degree. The road in the direction of individual development is hard, yet you’re ready to lean right into makeover– particularly throughout the full moon on August 3rd and also on August 26th when the sunlight shifts right into Virgo. Bear in mind to go with the circulation, it’s all part of the holy strategy.

Pisces (February 19-March 20)

As a result of the full moon on August 3rd, you will certainly be searching for the right way to reveal your views throughout the remainder of the month. If you’re lucky, a fellow fuzzy good friend or pet expert will come along to help you launch your inner voice and also reach its potential on the 8th or 26th. Bear in mind: Your voice issues, your voice counts, and a great deal of cats and pets can determine and also associate with you.

Regarding the Author: Lisa Stardust has actually studied the zodiac for over a decade as an astrologer and also planetary author, as well as has contributed to websites and also magazines such as Teen Vogue, The Hoodwitch, Cosmopolitan, and O, Oprah Magazine.

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How Ayesha Curry, Khloe Kardashian and Extra Celebs Hearth Again at Mommy Shamers

Movie star mothers will not be right here in your essential feedback on their parenting abilities. From Jessie James Decker to Khloe Kardashian, stars are clapping again on the criticism they obtain on social media. This week, Ayesha Curry clapped again at a troll who left a hateful comment about her kid’s look. On Tuesday, Might 21, Ayesha shared a household picture on Instagram, during which she’s holding 10-month-old son Canon W. Jack Curry. Within the feedback of the image, one social media person wrote, “Are you pregnant once more?” “completely not LOL,” Ayesha replied. “My 30 lb son is simply breaking my again in each picture.” However then one other social media person determined to go away a essential remark about her son, which didn’t sit properly with Ayesha. “If that child is 30lbs he is received some critical well being points occurring,” the Instagram person wrote. After seeing this remark, the creator fired again, “excuse you? No. Simply no.” And Ayesha, Jessie and Khloe aren’t alone, let’s check out extra celebs who’ve clapped again at mommy shamers! Instagram / Khloe Kardashian Khloe Kardashian The Good American co-founder, who’s mother to True Thompson, is so over the hateful commentary on her parenting abilities. In an interview with  E! Information’ Zanna Roberts Rassi, Khloe Kardashian defined that she acquired criticism for going to a charity occasion with out her daughter. “I used to be at a charity occasion final weekend and I am actually making an attempt to lift cash for most cancers analysis and I am getting annihilated for being someplace on a Sunday,” Khloe instructed Rassi. “I am like, ‘She’s along with her dad, you a–hole. Like, what would you like me to do?'” Instagram Jana Kramer After sharing a video of her daughter having a mood tantrum on the dinner desk, Jana Kramer acquired essential feedback on social media. The singer and actress then took to her Instagram Story to fire back, saying, “You do not know, you do not reside on this home, you do not know what is going on on. Please do not inform me why my kid’s appearing that means. Thanks.” Instagram Ayesha Curry Ayesha Curry just isn’t right here in your essential feedback about her household. After posting a household picture to social media, one Instagram person commented, “Are you pregnant once more?” In response, Ayesha wrote again, “completely not LOL. My 30 lb son is simply breaking my again in each picture.” “If that child is 30lbs he is received some critical well being points occurring,” one other Instagram person wrote. After seeing this remark, Ayesha clapped back, “excuse you? No. Simply no.” Article continues beneath BACKGRID; Instagram Candice Swanepoel Mommy shamers went after this Victoria’s Secret mannequin when she was noticed absorbing the solar’s rays simply weeks after giving start to her second son Ariel. In a message shared to her Instagram tales, the South African stated, “That is me 12 days after having my son. In case you have one thing dangerous to say about it… Verify your self. Society may be so merciless to 1 one other. Magnificence requirements are typically inconceivable for girls lately. I’m not ashamed to point out my post-partum tummy, I’m proud truly. I carried my son for 9 months in there, I believe I’ve earned the appropriate to have a bit of tummy.” She completed her assertion by reminding her followers, “Girls, we’re all on this collectively, be variety to one another.” Instagram Kourtney Kardashian Whereas on an action-packed vacation in Italy, this scorching mama needed to take a break from her sunbathing to right an Instagram person who questioned the place the Disick kids have been. “My son was taking the picture, and the opposite two have been sitting a desk throughout from me. Thanks a lot in your concern,” the 39-year-old clapped back. Actually, the seaside getaway was in honor of her daughter Penelope‘s 6th birthday. The proud mama instructed her Instagram followers, “My little birthday ladybug makes my coronary heart extremely full every single day. So in awe of her.” Instagram Chrissy Teigen In yet one more mommy-shaming saga, the mother-of-two was criticized for not taking enough care of her son Miles, with one Instagram person commenting, “He does not look to (sic) proud of the solar in his eyes.” And, sassy as ever, Teigen replied, “He instructed me he loves it.” The drama does not finish there. The 32-year-old was later accused of being a foul instance to her daughter Luna when she pretended to steal from a Sephora retailer, which prompted the cookbook creator to make a disclaimer: “EDIT: DO NOT EVER STEAL OR PRETEND TO STEAL YOUR FRIEND’S @THEOUAI TESTERS IN FRONT OF EMPLOYEES. ONE, BECAUSE IT’S WRONG, BUT TWO, IT WILL STARTLE EXTREMELY ANNOYING PEOPLE INTO BEING EXTREMELY OFFENDED ON THE ‘GRAM.” Article continues beneath Evan Agostini/Invision/A Brittany Aldean Whereas on trip within the Bahamas, Jason Aldean and his spouse got here underneath hearth for leaving their child at residence, simply months after his start. So the brand new mother took this as a possibility to teach the haters, saying on Instagram, “Only a phrase of knowledge for all of the parent shamers… holidays are okay for brand spanking new dad and mom to take. Typically after being pregnant for nearly a yr, cooped up in a home for weeks at a time, you want a bit of sunshine and grownup time.” “When you do not agree with one thing, please… do me a favor and unfollow me. You’ll not be missed,” Brittany stated. Instagram Kendra Wilkinson In an emotional publish, the 32-year-old defended her actions—like playing video games drunk—within the weeks following her divorce from husband Hank Baskett. She instructed her Instagram followers, “I bust my ass off as a human being. I work, pay payments, handle 2 children and love them to the fullest plus making an attempt to handle myself via all of it is a 24/7 job. I do not know what the f–k a few of u haters assume u know however you higher get your heads checked as a result of your assumptions based mostly on photos and clips of exhibits make u straight up delusional.” “I drink to have a good time solely and I take pleasure in my mates. At some point I will get the credit score I deserve for all of the exhausting work I do however til’ then I will preserve doing me,” the star completed. Instagram Christina El Moussa Most just lately, the Flip or Flop star was criticized for a photograph of her toddler standing by the pool. The Instagram person claimed she was not accusing the star of being a foul mom, saying, “Nobody is a hater, however as a mom it’s scary to have a toddler being that near a pool!” The designer, who has come underneath mommy-fire earlier than, rapidly clapped again, “OMG 1. It is a seashore entry if he fell in it is solely a foot excessive, he could be okay 2. It is not his first time in or across the pool, however thanks in your “concern” aka judgment 3. AND most significantly I’m proper there and might be to him in Three seconds SMH at this …..!!!!” Article continues beneath Khloe Kardashian/Instagram Kim Kardashian After the truth star posted about North West‘s first swimming lesson again in December 2013, a Twitter troll snarked on the E! star, writing it was good to see mom and daughter collectively “for a change.” Kim tweeted proper again, “U sound so ignorant. Bc I do not tweet or instagram my each transfer w my daughter means I’m not along with her 247? We share what we would like. Or is it bc I’m going assist my fiance at each present & I publish pix? When the child goes down Four mattress or a nap, dad and mom are allowed 2 work & assist one another, perhaps even have enjoyable too.” Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Kristin Cavallari In 2016, the previous actuality star took warmth on social media from individuals who thought her sons looked too thin in an image she posted of them of their swim vehicles. “Yep, I starve my kids. Simply blocked the most individuals I’ve ever blocked in my total life. Completely happy 4th hahaha,” she tweeted; the previous��Laguna Seaside star adopted later with, “I really like that persons are sending me articles in regards to the risks of being a vegan. Perhaps ship it to somebody that is truly vegan.” Chrissy Teigen/Instagram Chrissy Teigen After coping with tons of mommy shaming, John Legend’s woman love, who had at one level switched her Twitter feed to non-public, preemptively addressed mommy-shaming points when she posted a video in 2016 of Luna with the caption, “We miss you, papa!! Cannot wait so that you can come residence! (Sure she has rosy eczema cheeks, sure we’re taking good care of it, no it isn’t a gluten allergy, no it isn’t our make-up, no it isn’t from our fragrance, sure she’s only a child).” Article continues beneath Hilary Duff/Instagram Hilary Duff The actress/singer someway stirred up controversy when she posted a photograph smooching her son Luca, which many took situation with. She finally replied “For anybody commenting {that a} kiss on the lips with my four-year-old is ‘inappropriate’ go forward and click on a fast unfollow along with your warped minds and judgment.” kolini pictures Amanda Stanton “I do not usually like to handle the trolls/mother shamers … however it’s so uncontrolled!” the Bachelor in Paradise star started within the message posted to her Instagram Story in June. “I might prefer to take a second to make clear initially that my children DO have a father that’s a part of their life. They spend time with him too. So if you happen to see a photograph of me with out my children one weekend and remark one thing like ‘mom of the yr’ or ‘wow should not she be along with her children?’ Effectively, there is a VERY good probability that I can not be with them as a result of they’re with their dad.” Stanton and her ex-husband of three years, Nick Buonfiglio, share daughters Charlie and Kinsley. Instagram Sarah Stage Whereas pregnant along with her second little one, the Six Pack Mother hit again at “ignorant” physique shamers, who took issue along with her match being pregnant kind. In August, the social media star, who was 7-months-pregnant, wrote, “Our our bodies are actually unbelievable & I really feel blessed to have the ability to develop one other wholesome child within me! I select to remain constructive & I symbolize anybody who has handled doubters, trolls & bullies. It feels nice to show ignorant individuals mistaken & even higher to know that every one you must do is imagine in your self and belief your individual instincts.” Article continues beneath Instagram Jessie James Decker “You already know, it’s form of exhausting typically since you really feel like you must filter what you publish in some methods,” Jessie revealed to E! Information in August. “I will by no means publish an image of my children of their automobile seats anymore as a result of I will get schooled on how I am not doing it accurately or it turns into this argument.” She continued, “I am not going to publish photos of them within the backseat consuming their snacks. It is not value it anymore—you ruined it!” Michael Loccisano/Getty Photos Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi The party-loving Jersey Shore alum and mom of two took to Instagram earlier this yr to fireside again at individuals who criticized her parenting, a day earlier than Mom’s Day. “So pleased with my little woman! ,” she wrote, alongside a photograph of her carrying her little woman inside a gymnasium, the place the kid had taken half in a children’ dance recital. “(As an alternative of not posting my children for the individuals who respect and admire their images , I’ll flip off the feedback part. I do not want a–holes telling me easy methods to elevate my little one and decide them. I am a rattling good mother and know what I am doing. Effectively more often than not.),” Snooki continued. Instagram Kim Kardashian “So I took a photograph of Saint and he was sitting ahead and they also say for his age, he must be rear-facing,” Kim stated in a video posted on her app in August. She’d been criticized on-line for the seat’s place. “However what individuals did not know is that Saint is now the load and the peak requirement to sit down forward-facing.” “Saint truly weighs greater than North,” Kim stated about her and Kanye’s eldest little one, 4-year-old daughter North West. “If that’s plausible, he does, and it’s wild,” she added. Article continues beneath Rochelle Brodin/Getty Photos for Haute Dwelling Jada Pinkett Smith Again in 2012, the actress was criticized for letting her daughter Willow Smith lower her hair and she or he took the chance to show individuals about feminine empowerment. “The query why I’d LET Willow lower her hair. First the LET should be challenged,” the actress wrote on Fb. “It is a world the place ladies, women are always reminded that they do not belong to themselves; that their our bodies will not be their very own, nor their energy or self dedication.” “I made a promise to endow my little woman with the facility to at all times know that her physique, spirit and her thoughts are HER area,” she added. “Willow lower her hair as a result of her magnificence, her worth, her value just isn’t measured by the size of her hair. It is also a press release that claims that even little women have the RIGHT to personal themselves and shouldn’t be a slave to even their mom’s deepest insecurities, hopes and wishes.” Rick Diamond/Bravo/NBCU Picture Financial institution by way of Getty Photos Kim Zolciak-Biermann “My candy, sensible, motivated princess @arianabiermann she has the most important [heart] and is much more lovely on the within and also you LOW LIFE assholes who’ve the audacity to make your impolite feedback, ‘she lastly misplaced weight’ ‘she lastly got here into her personal’ WTF is mistaken with you!” the Do not Be Tardy star wrote when individuals commented negatively abut her daughter Ariana‘s weight in 2015.   “You’re the drawback with society. What possesses you to sit down behind a pc and write a adverse remark?!!!! are you able to think about if you happen to took the time to write down one thing constructive or nothing in any respect how great this world could be!!! You permit my child alone she is a toddler!!!! Bought it!!!” Do not miss E! Information each weeknight at 7, solely on E! https://www.eonline.com/information/1043921/how-ayesha-curry-khloe-kardashian-and-more-celebs-fire-back-at-mommy-shamers?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories The post How Ayesha Curry, Khloe Kardashian and Extra Celebs Hearth Again at Mommy Shamers appeared first on Kartia Velino. https://kartiavelino.com/how-ayesha-curry-khloe-kardashian-and-more-celebs-fire-back-at-mommy-shamers/

[thepurplewhale]

La ballena morada

In my first publication I'd like to tell whoever is reading this the story behind 'The Purple Whale' and why I created this blog.

I am from the Netherlands and here in our small and happy country I study Spanish. For my semester abroad I went to Seville, Spain. Here I met my very first boyfriend, Pascual. My whole life I have been struggling with my love life and feeling happy. After 20 years I had finally found my happiness.

The 26th of September 2017 we saw each other for the first time and a few days later, the 4th of October, we had our first date. Two months and one day of dating follow. In our country we celebrate a holiday called 'Sinterklaas'. It's a bit like Christmas, because we give each other presents and have dinner together. He thought it was sad that I wasn't going to receive any presents that day, so he bought me a new backpack, a poinsettia and a printed photo of us both when we were on a trip to Ronda and Setenil. At that moment I knew he was the man I had been looking for all my life. The 5th of December, we had a relationship, officially.

We spent as much time as possible together, because my stay abroad was going to end the 1st of February. One day earlier, we went to the rooftop of his flat, where we admired the amazing view, talking about our relationship and our moments together. That was the best day of my life.

So, the 1st of February, we had to say goodbye for about 1,5 month. He was from Valencia and I was going to see him there during a festival called 'Las Fallas' on the 14th of March until the 22nd. Meanwhile, I was already studying and going to my association's activities. The 6th of March, 8 days before I was going to see him again, we had an activity which involved a lot of beer. During midnight, at the end of the activity, while I was quite drunk, I saw I had a Facebook messenger request from his cousin. My whole world collapsed. My whole life seemed a lie and this world hated us so much. The pain and sadness I experienced that moment wasn't fair. This world is unfair. Life is unfair.

The message said that my dear Pascual had passed away due to a gas leak in his apartment after he took a nap. He never woke up. Some time before, he and his flatmates had already complained about the apartment smelling like gas, but the landlord didn't do anything. The gas could always escape, because the door to the outside was always open. During a storm, it closed. The gas couldn't escape anymore and entered his room.

If I would've been alone that night, when I read that message, I would have killed myself. I know I would have. But my friends were there and called my parents. They picked me up and took me to my hometown.

The next day, I woke up and was hoping it was a nightmare. It wasn't. Of course I couldn't forgive myself if I wasn't going to say goodbye, forever. We booked some flights, but figured we might arrive to late. My dad told us to get in the car and we drove 20 hours in one go to Valencia. The 20 most terrible hours of my life. When we arrived, he wasn't there yet. The day after, during the evening, his parents arrived and so did his body. At the funeral parlour, I met his parents. A terrible - but at the same time - a beautiful moment.

Then I saw him, laying in his coffin very peacefully. We were separated by a window. It was like he could wake up any moment. But he didn't. That night I stayed there. I couldn't leave him. I didn't want to. When I woke up, the first part of his family and friends arrived. Later, his grandparents, who didn't know he was gay, arrived and his aunts told me they'd introduce me to them as a friend. I didn't agree, but I had to tell them it was okay. Later that afternoon, just before the mass started, I could go see him. I left him my handwritten last words, the same photo he gave me and a little pluche of a whale. I touched him for the last time. I kissed him for the last time. The hardest thing I've ever done. Then I gave my speech, in front of his entire family who didn't know me. The same words I'd left him. I didn't care about his grandparents. They should know and be proud that their grandson made another guy very happy.

After the mass we went to the crematory. The last thing I did for him - while he was still physically with us - was carrying him inside. His friends showed us a collection of photos and played his final song: Dancing Queen by ABBA. It's still very hard for me to listen to it. I had my eyes closed the entire song and I was back at the rooftop of his flat, dancing and kissing with him. He was with me. He'll always be with me.

My parents and I stayed in Valencia for two more days to meet up with his parents and sister. They showed me around, as he would have done. They gave me a bouquet with seven roses, like he was going to do the 14th of March. We became very close. Before we left, they gave me some of his ashes, some belongings, like clothes and a Pokémon pluche I gave him.

When we got back home, I didn't want to stay with my parents because of the terrible atmosphere at home. I needed my friends, so I took the bus to the city where I study.

For a long time I've been ignoring my feelings, but one night I broke. I realised I've got a depression. Again. So many negative thoughts are running through my head. You're not worth it. You're useless and won't make any difference in this world. You're only making people worry about you. This world is against you and doesn't want you to live. After so many years, you found love and happiness, but the world took it away from you just like that. Just kill yourself. Then the pain will be over.

Two of my friends forced me to get help. I did. And I think it's helping me. Step by step. Sometimes my mind is still telling me to get a knife and slit my wrists, or empty a pack of pills, but I can't hurt the people that care about me and love me. If there wasn't anyone who cares about me, I could just end it and that's what makes me feel trapped in this world. At first I thought I didn't want to live anymore, but now because of the therapy sessions, I realised I don't want THIS life anymore. I'm not ignoring or denying my feelings anymore and I just let them be. I'm allowed to be vulnerable and to cry whenever I want. I took of my mask and started telling the truth when people close to me ask me how I'm doing.

To process all that happened, I got a tattoo to honor Pascual. When we were together, we were also eating together. We'd eat a lot, so we were joking about getting fat together. One day, he called me a whale and since then we were team whale. His favourite colour was purple, so what I wanted as a tattoo wasn't difficult to decide.

The 27th of April, until the 7th of May he would have come to the Netherlands to visit me and meet my family and friends. Those days were terrible. There was only one thing I could think these ten days: everything I'm doing right now, I would have done that with him. That thought was tormenting me every second.

The 6th of June was my birthday. Exactly 3 months later. I wasn't really looking forward to it, but I turned 21 and apparently that's a special age, so I did meet up with some friends to have some drinks, but it was very ambiguous.

In July I'm going to visit his family and friends by myself and in August I'm going back to Seville, since I've got all my memories with him in that beautiful city. I'm going with my mom, so there will be someone in case I need some company. That trip is going to be a very emotional one, but I need to go back to re-experience those moments. I'm trying to plan as many things as possible to have a positive looking future. Also by booking a trip to Reykjavik, Iceland with one of my friends.

On this page, I will be posting about fun stuff I want to share, but also about my depression when I need to release some anger or sadness, knowing or hoping that there will be at least someone reading my story. I printed the entire whatsapp chat I had with him - 602 pages in total - to have it next to me when I'm writing about us. I'm doing okay these days. My friends and family are supporting me as much as they can and I know that I'll be fine someday.