#Noemie Etienne

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Rocking the Cradle Chapter 11: Intimidation

Eloise was acting strange lately. Not “after effects of trauma” strange, quite the opposite actually. She was helping her grandparents more, behaving better in class, coming up with her own terrible puns (much to Adrien’s delight and Marinette’s dread). She was even waking up on time with her mama to get the day started.

...what the fuck was going on?

The partnering parents agreed to have a sit down with her just to get it all figured out. They weren’t against this shift in mentality but after her breakdown last week they didn’t want her to have an all of a sudden change just because of what she thinks could happen otherwise.

They loved their sunshine, secret cookie stash and all.

So one afternoon, while walking hand in hand back to the bakery they broke out the question.

“Sooo Sunshine” Adrien started “Your mama and I have a question for you.” She gave a cheerful “ok”

Feeling as though she were walking into a minefield of suppressed trauma, Marinette continued, “We’ve noticed that you’ve been acting differently lately, I-in a good way of course. We’re actually really happy about it.”

“That’s right” He interjected “your puns are getting better and so is your performance in class. We couldn’t be prouder. But...”

He choked a little. There was no way they could cleanly get through this. Maybe they should just accept it and-

“Are you doing this because for any special reason?” Marinette suddenly blurted

An ant could cough right now and all three would hear it. Even as cars and people sped by they could nothing but the sound of their own thoughts. The duo just looked on in pensive horror at Elly. She was far too quiet and that made their stomachs twist and knot up.

She stopped walking and stared down at the sidewalk under her feet, her hands gripping tightly to her book bag straps. “I guess mama and papa figured me out huh?” Her voice sounded nervous and uncertain.

And of course it was Adrien’s heart that broke into a million pieces first.

He whisked his baby girl right off her feet and into a warm, tight hug (so tight that she almost found it hard to breathe). He went on and on about how he would give her the world if she wanted it, how he’d happily give up his life for her, declaration after declaration of his undying devotion to her.

“Never for once think you have to change to please us.” he stated, ready to fight all of paris for her “Your mama and I will never get rid of you, leave or anything. All we want is your happiness” 

He was sure he had given a rousing and inspired speech that touched her heart

So then why was she looking at him so strangely?

“Papa,” she cautiously asked “what are you talking about?”

“You...doing so well...it’s because of what happened with the hide’n’seek at my house right?” She shook her head

Now everyone was confused

“So why all the great behavior?” Marinette inquired

“Duh, because of my birthday!”

Parent.exe has ceased all functions

“You forgot your own daughter’s birthday? Who does that?” Nino was still reeling from the gut wrenching laughter. 

Marinette and Adrien had to call an emergency god parent meeting during lunch the next day to figure out just how the holy fuck they managed to forget the fact that their pride and joy was about to turn 6.

“Didn’t you read the birth certificate when you got it?” Alya questioned

“I mean, yea we got it but, we kinda forgot...to...read it?” Marinette could not wallow anymore in despair. She felt horrid for nearly missing her lovebug’s big day.

Adrien however would not be deterred “Well all this means now is that we need to plan a party and fast.”

“And how exactly do you plan on getting everything we need on such short notice? We’re not like americans we don’t have a backyard with a white picket fence.”

“Mari” interjected a befuddled Alya “Your parent partner is one of the richest teenagers in paris, his father runs a multimillion dollar corporation, and they live in a house bigger than most palaces...why are you questioning this?”

She hadn’t considered that fact until today “oh...right”

Reluctantly, Mari faced with Adrien with a stern face “Ok, you can plan her birthday party.” His face lit up like a firework, she continued “BUT don’t go overboard with this ok? She’s only turning 6 so don’t go off buying anything unnecessary. No flying her into the party on a helicopter, no fireworks, no lions or tigers or bears. None of it.”

Despite her threats he still had his famous model status grin “Oh my no.” He quipped, waving his hand passively “Nothing like that. It’ll be small and just the people closest to her. But I will promise this. It’ll be one she will never forget.”

*Achoo* Elly rubbed her itchy nose 

“Hey what’s your problem?” Sammy jeered “You’re not getting sick are you?”

“And if she was would you take care of her?” Sophie proposed, sitting on the side of the playground with her nose in a book

“Shut up sophie”

“Hey, don’t be mad at me cause you can’t admit to your feelings.” Sammy’s face flushed red “Just own up to the fact that if she got sick you’d check on her everyday.”

He was about to respond (with something along the lines of ‘I don’t have to own up to anything’) but the object of his frustrations was soon right up in his face again.

Eloise latched onto his arm, eagerly watching his features “Is that true Sammy!? Would you come visit me if I got sick?”

“Get off me you cootie infested creep!” The young man was pressed for words. He couldn’t tell her that he’d fake being sick just spend time with her if she asked. Or that he’d make sure to come see her before and after school every single day until she came back. That goes completely against his morals as a man!

She got closer “But you would come visit me right?”. He could see the stars in her eyes and his heart melted.

“W-well duh, you’re my sister’s best friend. I can’t have you dying on her so I’d have to check on you every now and again.” Elly gave Sammy a giant hug and thanked him for caring. She bounded off for a soccer ball so they could play together.

“Ahh, the uncertainties of young love.” Sophie digressed, patting the back of her emotionally collapsed brother.

“Aren’t you like 5?”

“A better five year old than you”

Meanwhile, Elly finally spotted a ball for them to play with. She went over and picked it up, humming to herself a little song she had made up.

But then it wafted into her nose. That smell. That wretched, repugnant stench.

Gauloises Blondes cigarettes

Eloise gripped her nose, her face tightening in disgust. She felt sick to her stomach and could barely breathe. She knew that horrid odor better than anyone. But why? Why was it here? It shouldn’t be anywhere close to this place. Her head was swimming in a lake of fear and illness. She woozily tilted over but something caught her last minute.

Sammy looked at her funny as he held onto her arm for balance “What are you doing lemonhead? I thought we were gonna play soccer”

Elly swallowed hard and pushed out the terrible smell from her mind “Y-yea. Let’s get going then ok?” Sammy shrugged, unconvinced of her response and started back toward the playground. He didn’t even make it 10 steps before she grabbed hold of his hand. He would’ve protested but he saw her face. It held an expression they both knew far too well from their past.

Fear

“Sammy,” She said in a quivering voice and tears pricking at her eyes “If I ever disappeared...would you miss me?”

He gripped her small hand a little tighter in his and pulled her closer to his side “What are you babbling on about? I wouldn’t have time to miss you because I’d be too busy looking for you. So don’t go making my life hard by getting lost somewhere ok?”

She wiped her eyes with a small smile breaking through on her lips “Ok”

Across the street, Noémie leaned back on the bench and breathed out slow, wisps of smoky gray haloing around her head.

“How sweet” She mused “Already finding her first love.”

She gathered her things and walked away from the happy little scene Her Christian Louboutin heels clicked loudly on the pavement “I wonder how her face will look when I rip him away right in front of her eyes.” Red lips stretched wickedly into a smile “Turnabout is fair play after all.”

Marinette could be a real dragon sometimes. True, to Adrien she was typically an absolute saint. She was generous, loving, and usually very patient.

Just don’t fuck with the bakery when she’s on duty.

See, Tom and Sabine had to leave out for a while to get more supplies so they entrusted the store to the three of them, obviously leaving Mari in charge. So in his mind it made sense that he and Elly would help out. Besides, what’s the harm in a little family baking fun. And it had started to simply too. Mari would ring up customers in front and all he and his sunbeam had to do was load in the ingredients to make the dough. Simple work, hardly any thinking involved.

But then Adrien got confused on the difference between butter and margarine.

Elly couldn’t be bothered on the distinction between chocochips and raisins

And neither had apparently learned the phrase “TOO MUCH FLOUR”

By the time she got back to check on them the bakery was as white as santa’s beard after a sugar binge while drowning in milk during a blizzard.

So after they both got a firm talking to, cleaned up their mess, and was washed and changed (which luckily adrien had started storing clothes at the Dupain-Cheng household for those nights when Elly demanded that he stay and they all sleep like one big family) both jade eyed trouble makers were placed firmly on front patrol.

In fact her exact words were “If you come into the back of this bakery again it’ll be the ‘no sweets’ list for the next month”. The fact that she could say it so nonchalantly ran a shiver right down his spine.

Yup, Mari could be a real dragon sometime

The boredom was starting to feel even worse however as they listlessly watched people stride by in the beautiful weather. Sure every now again a regular would come in and chat with him about Elly but other than that it wasn’t particularly busy in the least.

And yet, Adrien watched Elly talk with a customer excitedly about her latest favorite show. He took a look around the bakery, with its display perched up all nice and neat. He even took a peek back at his ‘wife’, toiling away diligently over some fresh dough.

If he had to choose...this life didn’t seem so bad. In fact this seemed like just the life he needed. Working in a tiny shop, taking it all day by day, never worrying about loneliness again.

It was peaceful, simple and perfect

he sighed dreamily and basked in the comfort of it all

until the woman who smelled of cigarettes came in. 

She strided in with a sway all too apparent to be natural. One look at Elly and there were no doubt about it that something was off about this lady. She was straight stiff and refused to even blink. Her breathing was growing shallow again and that alone was enough for him. He took her off the countertop and instructed her to stay silent. With luck he might be able to charm her right out the door.

“May I be of assistance mademoiselle” he said with his fakest model smile

She played up a bashful expression “Oh dear you must forgive me. I’m just looking around for right now. Is there anything you’d recommend?”

“This shop’s tarts and macarons are the best in paris if I had to recommend anything. Perhaps a look in our display will give you some idea’s”

He shifted over to cover Elly with his long legs but it didn’t matter. Elly could feel her eyes pierce right into her from behind her designer sunglasses. She tried hard to look away and for a brief moment Eloise thought the woman was too preoccupied by all the pastries. She warily peered through the glass.

And her stomach plummeted to the floor

She had taken off her shades. Their eyes met. Fear came face to face with pure evil as her own mother stared her down. Noémie popped back up to speak with Adrien.

“You’ve convinced me with that sweet face of yours.” She tweeted cheerfully “I’ll take 5 macarons and a strawberry tart.”

As disgusted as he was to receive a compliment from an old hag like her he had no choice to oblige. Bending down he gave Elly a look to stay tucked away. ‘Just give her the box and she’ll leave.’ he chanted inwardly ‘That’s all it takes’.

“Oh and could you have the little baker girl come out and hand it to me. She’s so cute I just need a closer look”

‘Shit, that’s right’ he cursed to himself ‘I’m Chat Noir. Luck is no such luxury of mine.’

He thought hard for any excuse as to why Elly couldn’t come from behind the counter. She’s in trouble, sick, bad with strangers anything would do!

She tugged on his shirt and had a look of fearful resolve. If going out there and handing her these treats meant she might leave faster then so be it. Whatever it takes.

Her papa rang up Noémie’s treats and gave Eloise the box. She inched her way from behind the counter and tried her hardest to quickly get it over with. Even disguised under all those high end labels Eloise knew a demon when she sees one. Yellowing teeth and rotten looking skin, make up was just poorly crafted face paint on her, Elly hated it. She handed her the box and turned to run back into her papa’s warm arms. Noémie inwardly chuckled.

Elly’s arm was grabbed with a painfully tight grip “Oh no, don’t scamper off too soon. I hope you don’t mind if I admire you a little bit.”

Adrien stepped from behind to counter to put a quick stop to the abuse but Eloise just obeyed and faced back around to the one she was forced to consider ‘mother’

‘So she hasn’t completely lost her fucking mind. Good girl’

Noémie piped up again “What a pretty little miss, is she yours?”

His hand ached as he wished he could just cataclysm this woman’s arm right off “Not biologically miss, me and my partner have adopted her.”

“Adoption? At such a young age! Where is this lucky girl’s mother? She must be quite the looker judging by her husband.” Elly despised it when she said that word. ‘Mother’, It left such a bitter taste that any association to that word should never be attributed to her devoted mama.

“In the back currently. Actually Eloise, I’m sure mama would really appreciate your help back there. No reason for her to do it all alone.”

“What pretty blonde hair” the woman commented, clearly having no interest in whatever Adrien had to say “I used to have hair just like it, long and thick like the story of goldilocks. As you can imagine I got so much attention for it. It was nice really.” 

She lazily glided her fingers through her sandy blonde hair “But then one day I had a child and can you imagine how much she cried? All day and all night she whined about the stupidest things. Loneliness, feeling sick, food it was such a headache!” out of nowhere she grabbed a chunk of Eloise’s hair in a vise-like grip, just enough so that Adrien couldn’t see. She wanted to scream out so bad for help but her mother had this insane look in her eyes. One that said that she wouldn’t care even if she did, she’d still hurt her. No remorse and most assuredly no mercy. 

“What’s worse is that the father soon just ‘left’. After that my own daughter followed behind him; can you imagine? Left my hair grayed and ugly.”

A long shadow was cast over the pair “Ma’am I do believe that is enough. My daughter has other things to get to this afternoon”. The undercover hero was not happy and it was taking all the resolve he had not to kick the lady on her ass and out the door.

Eloise let out a sigh of relief as the clamp on her hair loosened “Oh dear I was babbling wasn’t I? Of course such a little lady must be quite busy.”. Elly was gathered up gently into her father’s protective hold as Noémie stood at her full height.

She prayed that was the end of it, that she could be finally be left in peace.

Her mother leaned in close. Close enough to make her wanna vomit. She reeked of cigarettes and alcohol as she spoke.

“When you go to help always remember little one: Good girls will ALWAYS listen to their mommies”

Night came and Elly absolutely refused to let her papa go home, he stayed over all night and didn’t once consider going out on patrol either

That same night, through some...unorthodox means, Noémie made a deal with the devil.

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4 and 8 for Blindside Hit ❤

What's your favorite line of dialogue?

Adam rolled his eyes, hitching his bag up over his shoulder. “Can you please stop pretending Mom and Dad didn’t already tell you everything that happened when they flew out?”

“Worth a try,” Noemi said, and winked at Etienne.

Etienne’s return smile was slow but said he was clearly charmed. Adam wanted to take his hand, just barely repressing the urge and clearing his throat.

“Baggage claim,” he said. “Let’s get out of here before Dr. Doom here decides to organize a flash mob or something.”

“That was only a contingency plan in case the plane was late,” Noemi protested, hurrying to catch up as Adam and Etienne set out for the carousels.

Did any real people or events inspire any part of it? Hmm... not really. Which is ironic because most of my stories are inspired by real people or events, even if it’s just a spark of “what if” that turns into something else completely. But Etienne and Adam are that rare exception of being entirely original with very little outside influence.

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Here are the top 500 German Names!

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1. Top 500 German Names

Girls Boys

Emma

Emilia

Hannah / Hanna

Mia

Sofia / Sophia

Lina

Mila

Marie

Ella

Lea

Anna

Clara / Klara

Leni

Lena

Frieda / Frida

Luisa / Louisa

Leonie

Emily / Emilie

Mathilda / Matilda

Charlotte

Ida

Johanna

Amelie

Lia / Liah / Lya

Sophie / Sofie

Lilly / Lilli

Lara

Maja / Maya

Nele / Neele

Greta

Laura

Lotta

Sarah / Sara

Juna / Yuna

Nora

Melina

Paula

Elisa

Pia

Marlene

Victoria / Viktoria

Alina

Julia

Elena

Lisa

Mara / Marah

Mira

Helena

Pauline

Tilda

Luna

Isabella

Maria

Antonia

Finja / Finnja

Anni

Eva

Thea

Elina

Romy

Luise / Louise

Isabell / Isabel / Isabelle

Zoe / Zoé

Fiona

Merle

Josephine / Josefine

Hailey

Elli / Elly

Carla / Karla

Paulina

Martha / Marta

Malia

Lucy / Lucie

Mina

Rosalie

Jana

Emely / Emelie

Milena

Valentina

Carlotta / Karlotta

Maila / Mayla

Theresa / Teresa

Katharina

Magdalena

Annika

Nina

Amalia

Elisabeth

Olivia

Jule

Luana

Liya

Lotte

Emmi / Emmy

Amy

Linda

Ronja

Amelia

Melissa

Leila / Leyla

Stella

Jasmin / Yasmin

Annabell / Annabelle

Alma

Miriam

Chiara / Kiara

Aaliyah / Aliya

Freya

Malina

Liana

Anastasia

Lene

Franziska

Liv

Milla

Ylvi / Ylvie

Alicia

Ava

Rosa

Zoey

Marleen / Marlen

Alessia

Elif

Amira

Aurelia

Lucia

Ela

Kira / Kyra

Aria / Arya

Diana

Selina

Elise

Evelyn / Evelin / Eveline

Ariana

Jette

Marla

Alea

Enna

Lynn / Linn

Helene

Livia

Mariella

Alexandra

Carolina / Karolina

Edda

Tessa

Linnea

Sina / Sinah

Vanessa

Aurora

Vivien / Vivienne

Milana

Cataleya

Talia / Thalia

Eliana

Leana

Malea

Mona

Aylin / Eileen / Aileen / Ayleen

Laila / Layla

Liliana

Alice

Jara / Yara

Jonna

Mathea / Matea

Lorena

Alisa

Carolin / Caroline / Karoline

Nela

Kaja / Kaya / Caja

Julie

Melia

Samira

Alissa / Alyssa

Daria

Giulia

Smilla

Amina

Elsa

Heidi

Lana

Valerie

Ayla

Medina

Zeynep

Henriette

Amilia

Leticia / Letizia

Malou

Annelie

Hilda

Noemi

Selma

Aleyna

Elin

Liara

Lenja / Lenya

Bella

Hedi / Hedy

Levke

Nika

Celine

Svea

Veronika

Celina

Ruby

Fenja

Hermine

Ina

Larissa

Tabea

Felicitas

Jolina / Joelina

Marina

Valeria

Azra

Michelle

Rebecca

Nisa

Annalena

Alva

Elea

Melody

Palina

Flora

Maira / Meyra

Mariam / Maryam

Natalie / Nathalie

Nala / Nahla

Alena

Cleo

Eleni

Malin

Alya

Felina

Florentine

Helen

Lou

Naila / Nayla

Nelly / Nelli

Christina

Käthe

Leona

Alia

Marlena

Tamara

Tara

Angelina

Carina / Karina

Dalia

Hedda

Leia / Leya

Meryem

Anne

Holly

Madita

Fabienne

Jella

Mailin / Maylin

Mathilde

Enya

Kate

Lilia

Sena

Joleen

Clea

Liesbeth / Lisbeth

Fine / Fiene

Lenia

Sonja

Xenia

Eleonora

Melisa

Enni / Enny

Hira

Adriana

Dana

Defne

Lola

Miray

Tamina

Nicole

Asya

Esther

Josie / Josy

Naomi

Cecilia

Claire

Dilara

Selin

Enie

Fritzi

Leonora

Melek

Miley

Wilma

Esila

Esma

Feline

Rieke

Ada

Amara

Cara

Estelle

Gerda

Lilian / Lillian

Viola

Adelina

Janne

Philine

Tiana

Ivy

Juliana

Kimberly / Kimberley

Lieselotte

Malena

Delia

Enisa

Joana / Joanna

Kim

Ellen

Evelina

Felicia

Liyana

Lilith

Liz

Amanda

Anouk

Eleanor

Samantha

Talea

Arina

Dua

Emilija

Eslem

Irma

Maike / Meike

Nike

Rita

Adele

Alisha

Iva

Josefin / Josephin

Margarete

Romina

Ylva

Elaine

Helin

Joline / Joeline

Josephina / Josefina

Madeleine

Nila

Ophelia

Philippa

Abigail

Anja

Melinda

Scarlett

Toni / Tony

Erna

Gloria

Grace

Jade

Jolie

Madlen / Madleen

Marit

Melanie

Tuana

Annemarie

Debora / Deborah

Jenna

Kiana

Liva

Minna

Shirin

Zofia

Chloe

Fatima

Felia

Friederike

Isa

Jasmina

Jolien

Leandra

Nia

Salome

Giuliana

Inga

Josefa / Josepha

Judith

Megan

Mika

Nea

Neyla

Runa

Ruth

Sunny

Tala

Abby

Alba

Amaya

Anisa

Bianca / Bianka

Eliza

Gabriela

Janna

Jessika / Jessica

Maileen / Mayleen

Natalia

Soraya

Verena

Asel

Cassandra / Kassandra

Eda

Elenor

Julina

Kayla

Lilou

Lydia

Maggy

Meva

Naemi

Penelope

Rahel

Violetta

Alara

Caitlin / Caitlyn

Elis

Ilayda

Judy

Juliane

Sila

Vera

Anita

Charlotta

Evi

Henrieke / Henrike

Jamila

Janina

Ria

Sarina

Stina

Zara

Zuzanna

Zümra

Beyza

Cosima

Ema

Florentina

Ines

Jona / Jonah

Kalea

Katerina

Klea

Masal

Milina

Nilay

Skadi

Tarja

Tina

Charlie / Charly

Franka

Hanne

Hilde

Joy

Joyce

Luzi / Luzie

Marisa

Mary

Meta

Minel

Sandra

Sienna

Vaiana

Adea

Cora

Davina

Dorothea

Erika

Femke

Freda

Hafsa

Jamie

Katja

Nova

Patricia

Philomena

Saphira

Saskia

Tiara

Yaren

Alica

Ashley

Betty

Celia

Clarissa

Dina

Elara

Elodie

Emina

Ben

Paul

Finn / Fynn

Leon

Jonas

Noah

Elias

Felix

Luis / Louis

Henry / Henri

Lukas / Lucas

Luca / Luka

Matteo

Emil

Maximilian

Theo

Oskar / Oscar

Liam

Anton

Jakob / Jacob

Max

Leo

Milan

Moritz

Julian

Alexander

David

Carl / Karl

Jona / Jonah

Samuel

Philipp

Niklas / Niclas

Tom

Mats / Mads

Erik / Eric

Linus

Jonathan

Tim

Rafael / Raphael

Leonard

Mika

Aaron

Vincent

Hannes

Levi

Johann

Lio

Jannis / Janis / Yannis

Fabian

Jan

Lennard / Lennart

Till

Benjamin

Valentin

Artur / Arthur

Simon

Johannes

Maxim / Maksim

Constantin / Konstantin

Marlon

Jannik / Yannik / Yannick / Yannic

Adrian

Joshua

Kilian

Nico / Niko

Mattis / Mathis / Matthis

Theodor

Julius

Toni / Tony

Lian

Luke / Luc

Milo / Milow

Mohammed / Muhammad

Fiete

Fritz

Nick

Bruno

Ole

Lenny

Adam

Gabriel

Matti

Phil

Daniel

Pepe

Malte

Florian

Benedikt

Lias

Nils / Niels

Dominic / Dominik

Michael

Ludwig

Lasse

Damian

Sebastian

Levin

Emilio

Carlo

Timo

Franz

Leopold

Jannes

John

Justus

Thilo / Tilo

Luan

Noel

Tobias

Joris

Oliver

Sam

Emilian

Malik

Lennox

Robin

Bennet

Frederik / Frederic

Piet

Elia / Eliah

Jayden / Jaden

Arian

Nicolas / Nikolas

Jonte

Alessio

Eddie / Eddy

Lion

Bela

Richard

Matthias

Miran

Emir

Lars

Friedrich

Enno

Ilias / Ilyas

Joel

Ferdinand

Marc / Mark

Henrik

Silas

Willi / Willy

Ali

Charlie / Charly

Christian

Bastian

Colin / Collin

Kian

Thore

Mailo

Benno

Jaron / Yaron

Jason

Hugo

Lenn

Neo

Tyler / Tayler

Jamie

Leonardo

Josef / Joseph

Michel

Gustav

Lorenz

Yasin

Jasper

Konrad

Elian

Dean

Lionell

Arne

Finnley / Finley / Finlay

Amir

Manuel

Thomas

Leano

Nikita

Nathan

Alex

Tristan

Aiden / Ayden

Marvin / Marwin

Hendrik

Maik / Meik / Mike

Aras

Curt / Kurt

Martin

Yusuf

Andreas

Hamza

Janosch

Xaver

Elija / Elijah

Lino

Connor / Conner

Leonhard

Eymen

Georg

Leandro

Victor / Viktor

Bjarne

Hanno

Marco / Marko

Marlo

Fabio

Jack

Clemens / Klemens

Diego

Magnus

Mick

Korbinian

Can

Ian

Leander

Antonio

Ömer

Titus

Roman

William

Jano

Mert

Tiago / Thiago

Claas / Klaas

Samu

Marius

Nino

Laurens / Laurenz

Sami

Wilhelm

Darian

Henning

Kalle

Keno

Edgar

Deniz

Erwin

Janne

Marten

Omar

Stefan / Stephan

Timur

Ibrahim

Patrick

Caspar

Otto

Ahmet

Albert

Ayaz

Lean

Christopher

James

Rayan

Alessandro

Dennis

Ilay

Kai / Kay

Peter

Alwin

Carlos

Marcel

Brian / Bryan

Dario

Kaan

Nevio

Robert

Ryan

Yunus

Jakub

Logan

Markus / Marcus

Bilal

Gregor

Darius

Hassan / Hasan

Leonas

Mattes

Mirac

Yigit

Danny / Denny

Eduard

Hans

Julien

Nelio

Kerem

Maurice

Rudi

Tammo

Timon

Ilja

Joscha

Junis

Laurin

Nael

Lutz

Mio

Taylor

Armin

Enes

Karim

Mustafa

Alfred

Christoph

Kevin

Mario

Tino

Valentino

Lijan

Romeo

Umut

Amin

Flynn

Ivan

Jonne

Leonidas

Louie

Mikail

Younes

Björn

Danilo

Emanuel

Giuliano

Jarno

Kjell

Mehmet

Milian

Veit

Youssef

Chris

Egon

Nikolai

Dylan

Ensar

Fred

Jon

Musa

Quentin

Ruben

Thies

Thorin

Tommi

Andre

Emin

Josua

Leif

Loris

Lucien

Miguel

Nathanael

Adriano

Alan

Berat

Devin

Jaro

Juri

Adem

Ahmad

Eren

Kiyan

Mahir

Pius

Anthony

August

Davin

Jesse

Miko

Raik

Rune

Semih

Torben / Thorben

Amar

Angelo

Antoni / Antony

Emre

Matei

Quirin

Ricardo / Riccardo

Tjark

Arvid

Aurelio

Bosse

Efe

Francesco

Hector / Hektor

Jeremy

Jesper

Kirill

Ragnar

Tamme

Vito

Damon

Heinrich

Kuzey

Mattia

Miro

Sandro

Edwin

Elio

Etienne

Jari

Jerome

Levian

Lorenzo

Pablo

Selim

Tamino

Ares

Joost / Jost

Kenan

Levent

Santiago

Tian

Tillmann

Abdullah

Andrej

Arik

Azad

Jamal

Kuno

Leno

Merlin

Alexandros

Amon

Ansgar

Arno

Benny

Berkay

Emmanuel

Isa

Iven / Yven

Junes

Mason

Taavi

Taha

Thees

Alparslan

Andrei

Aris

Casper / Kasper

Cedric / Cedrik

Dion

Elijas / Eliyas

Ilian

Issa

Jordan

Lorik

Luciano

Melvin

Pascal

Rocco

Vitus

Atilla / Attila

Dorian

Enrico

Harun

Johnny

Karam

Kasimir

Koray

Marek

Mikael

Miron

Nero

Nilas

Noar

Sascha

Vinzenz

Zayn

Dejan

Eliano

Fridolin

Jake

Lewis

Abel

Arda

Bent

Burak

Dante

Ethan

Georgios

Halil

Igor

Ioannis

Joey

Justin

Kimi

Lazar

Maddox

Marian

Milas

Paco

Angelos

Ari

Damien

Evan

Finjas

Hardy

Hussein

Jarik

Jascha

Kadir

Khaled

2. Top 10 Middle Names for girls

Phoenix

Lane

Alea

Ivory

Ceci

Joy

Doe

Ruby

Briar

June

More ideals for you: Top 500 Arabic Names

From : https://wikitopx.com/name-meanings/top-500-german-names-711969.html

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Part 3, last part

(Just FYI, this is version 2.0. I don't think it's as funny as the first one I wrote, but I'm only accidentally funny, so this is as good as we get.)

Chapter 18

Things are looking up for Tenny! I'm so proud of my boy, he's grown so much as a character in such a short time. :,)

Chapter 19

Aww, what a great Coach. I wish coming out was so accepting for everybody.

I need to know more about Hideki. He just seems so down to earth and absolutely lovely, and he will call out everybody for being stupid. Good for him.

Chapter 20

This chapter is like a page and a half long, tops, and I highlighted two sections that made me laugh out loud. So that should tell you something, I think. lol.

Also, next chapter, Tenny should be finding out who Adam's dad is, MWAHAHAHA.

Chapter 21

Okay, I was wrong, it'll be next chapter

but hey, another kink on the checklist marked off. EYYYYYYY KANPAI

Chapter 22

Oh, yes, I adore Noemi, my favorite little chaotic gremlin. <3

(Also, when my brother was in school, he played sports, but hated attention. I could throw my voice across a football field if I wanted to so every game of every sport he played I would yell GET IT JIMJIM to embarrass him and the airport scene reminded me of that same evil sibling dynamic there.)

Hahaha, poor Tenny. He is going to take this out of Adam's ass haha (And Adam will love it)

Awww, the family loves him

Chapter 23

I had to look up what a turret room was. Shame, Kat, shame, you studied how many years of scenic design? (Is this how people feel when I mention the FROG in our house?)

Yeah, I love Adam's family. :)))

Chapter 24

Woohoo, the dream team is gonna play on the ice again!

WAIT. WAIT. Am I remembering correctly and the parents have a bet on who Adam comes out to first? Oh my gosh, yessss

A-YUP. Gosh, I love these two. They're exactly the parents that I want to be one day.

Aw, my heart is warm

Chapter 25

haha, "We will not have sex in your parent's house. They'll know what were doing." Five minutes later: "Alright, we are having sex in your parent's house, but they can never know."

"It's you." AWWW cute sleepy declaration of love. Adorbz

Chapter 26

OH NOOOO

Alright, this is fine. We're okay. Look, we're gonna skate and everything is fine.

Dream team kicking ass as expected.

See, we're all good.

Chapter 27

Awww, the idea of Adam walking Noemi down the aisle cuz they're just such good siblings just gets me every time. :,)

Yeah, Adam and Tenny are just so good for each other. So sweet, so lovely.

Chapter 28

Adam and Etienne having to tag team the pre-wedding jitters.

Also, SO READY to read Odd Man Rush. I love Noemi and Eli.

Aw, no, Adam, you gotta accept help from Tenny, and for the love of all that's good, talk to your doctor. :-(((

Chapter 29

I love that they're doing so well together. I mean, they have minimal chill, but it's very cute.

Of course, real life often sucks and being able to work through that is important too. Good stuff.

Chapter 30

I am also feeling stressed and dread over Adam. I'm right there with you, Tenny.

Very sad about Li, but here comes the DREAM TEAM. Shit's looking up y'all

Chapter 31

Hey, wait! I'm supposed to be cheering for Oregon; that's not fair!

On the other hand, KICK THEIR ASSES BOYS

All right, this is fine, this is going good.

no

oh no

OH NOOOO

WHAT THE FUCK

@greymichaela HOW DARE???

(Yes, I know that all your books have HEA endings. Yes, I have read this book before. It doesn't matter, it HURTS)

(Also, this poor medic is so over hockey players and I can't even blame her.)

Chapter 32

"He's all I have too." Oh, yeah, there's me crying.

Tenny, your Found Family is here for you, as well as for Adam. Will my tears stop?

Not yet, the tears don't stop yet, okay?

Chapter 33

:((((((((

:((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

FUUUUCUKKKaSDsFNs

Yup, still crying.

Chapter 34

Okay, still upset, but we're trying to bring humor into this so it's a little better, yes? Yes.

Chapter 35

(This chapter is one of the comments I lost that I was so proud of and now can't remember how I worded it all. FML. We're gonna try.)

Alright, like obviously this sucks.

But the parallel of Tenny telling Adam all the ways he loves him regardless of his "defining trait" is just lovely. The two of them working this out and accepting that while they'll lose some things in their life and relationship, they can still be incredibly happy, especially together? Beautifully poignant scene.

Chapter 36 and 37

So I can't talk a lot about these chapters without hella spoilers. But suffice to say, hurt/comfort is good shit. And I love seeing how well Etienne knows Adam and how to make him feel better and get him out of his funk. <3 If I've learned one thing in life, ice skating fixes everything.

Chapter 38

Happy tears this time

oh FFS, @greymichaela ARE YOU MAKING ME EMOTIONAL OVER DOUGHNUTS???

god, how is a box of doughnuts better than an engagement ring box? (which was my first thought when he described a box on the table next to him)

precious, precious boys

Epilogue

There's our Happily Ever After <3

Blessings upon the writer, may she be very productive forever and always, may the perfect word always be available, and may she get many reviews. <3 <3 <3

Final Thoughts:

Still such a good book. I love these characters so much.

Adam and Etienne should get a pet together. I feel like Adam would like something snuggly and adorable like a chinchilla. Is this a realistic pet? No, not really haha.

Umm... do I have new song thoughts? Hmm.. nothing specific right now, but maybe "Little of your Love" by HAIM or "Feel With Me" by Mary Lambert and Hollis for overall book feel?

Still want some more stories about Rudy/Logan or Theo/Brewski. Falling in love with the backgrounds characters? Me? More likely than you think.

If anybody wants to ask me to elaborate on a comment, feel free to message me! I'm always down to ramble! Also, if you want me to do this sort of thing for other books, I am so down. This has actually been hella fun.

Stay tuned for Odd Man Rush next!

(no, I'm not going in publishing order, I'm sorry, forgive me, but my poly-, ace- story comes first.)

Hi, I'm hyperfixating, and instead of trying to break through to try new things, I'm going to embrace it. What this means is that I will be reading all of the hockey romance books by @greymichaela yet again, starting with Blindside Hit. I love these books, but I haven't actually reread Blindside Hit since it came out.

These posts will be tagged 'kat rereads ghr books' so you can blacklist if you want or need to. If anyone has preferences on if I publish in real time as I have thoughts or if I queue everything to publish basically all at once, feel free to tell me.

All right, let's go:

First off, here's the blurb, courtesy of goodreads.com:

Adam Caron has everything he could want. A brand-new contract with an NHL team, a nice apartment, the life he’s dreamed about since he was a little boy. He has everything, except the name of the man he shared a drunken, blistering hot night with. Etienne Brideau can’t stop thinking about the night he spent with Adam, but he knows better than to think Adam will want him sober. People don’t fall in love with gawky, rawboned, awkward Etienne, especially not men like Adam Caron, rising hockey star, with his stunning good looks and charismatic personality. When Adam gets back in contact with him, Etienne doesn't let himself hope that they'll ever be more than friends. But the more entangled he becomes in Adam's life, the more he can't imagine letting him go, and when an injury threatens Adam’s career, Etienne knows he’s in too deep to walk away. But Adam has secrets of his own, and more than just their life as a couple may be at stake.

Now, I constantly listen to music and connect songs to characters, books, etc. Based on nothing but my memory, here are some songs as I start off:

Ettiene: Better Days by Hedley

Adam: Comeback Kid by New Politics

(And for shits and giggles)Rudy and the rest of the Thunder: Unstoppable. by Chasing Deer

These might change. I might think of songs as I read. Who knows? (I sure don't.)

[awardseason]

2017 Lumières Awards - nominees

Best Film

Elle by Paul Verhoeven The Death of Louis XIV by Albert Serra Nocturama by Bertrand Bonello Les Ogres by Lea Fehner Staying Vertical by Alain Guiraudie A Woman’s Life by Stephane Brize

Best Director

Bertrand Bonello for Nocturama Stephane Brize for A Woman’s Life Lea Fehner for Les Ogres Alain Guiraudie for Staying Vertical Albert Serra for The Death of Louis XIV Paul Verhoeven for Elle

Best Actress

Judith Chemla for A Woman’s Life Marion Cotillard for From the Land of the Moon Virginie Efira for In Bed With Victoria Isabelle Huppert for Elle Sidse Babett Knudsen for 150 Milligrams Soko for The Dancer

Best Actor

Pierre Deladonchamps for The Son of John Gerard Depardieu for The End Nicolas Duvauchelle for A Decent Man Jean-Pierre Leaud for The Death of Louis XIV Omar Sy and James Thierree for Chocolat Gaspard Ulliel for Just the End of the World

Best Screenplay

David Birke for Elle Lea Fehner, Catherine Paille and Brigitte Sy for Les Ogres Emilie Freche and Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar for Heaven Will Wait Alain Guiraudie for Staying Vertical Francois Ozon for Frantz Celine Sciamma for My Life as a Zucchini

Best Cinematography

Christophe Beaucarne for From the Land of the Moon Benoit Debie for The Dancer Antoine Heberle for A Woman’s Life Leo Hinstin for Nocturama Pascal Marti for Frantz Jonathan Ricquebourg for The Death of Louis XIV

“Revelation” Performance by a Young Actor

Damien Bonnard for Staying Vertical Corentin Fila and Kacey Mottet Klein for Being 17 Finnegan Oldfield for Bang Gang Toki Pilioko for Mercenary Sadek for Tour de France Niels Schneider for Dark Inclusion

“Revelation” Performance by a Young Actress  

Oulaya Amamra and Déborah Lukumuena for Divines Paula Beer for Frantz Lily Rose Depp for The Dancer Manal Issa for Parisienne Naomi Amarger and Noemie Merlant for Heaven Will Wait Raph for Slack Bay

Best First Film

Apnee by Jean-Christophe Meurisse The Dancer by Stephanie di Giusto Dark Inclusion by Arthur Harari Divines by Houda Benyamina Still Life by Maud Alpi Mercenary by Sacha Wolff

Best French-Language Foreign Film

Belgica by Felix van Groeningen (Belgium) The Unkown Girl by Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium) Hedi by Mohammed Ben Attia (Tunisia) Just the End of the World by Xavier Dolan (Canada) Mimosas by Oliver Laxe (Morocco) The First, The Last by Bouli Lanners (Belgium)

Best Animated Film

The Girl Without Hands by Sébastien Laudenbach Louise by the Shore by Jean-François Laguionie My Life as a Zucchini by Claude Barras The Red Turtle by Michael Dudok de Wit Long Way North by Remi Chaye

Best Documentary

The Woods by Claire Simon Dernieres Nouvelles du Cosmos (The Latest News From the Cosmos) by Julie Bertuccelli Thanks Boss! by Francois Ruffin La sociologue et l’ourson (The Sociologist and the Bear) by Etienne Chaillou and Mathias Théry Swagger by Olivier Babinet A Journey Through French Cinema by Bertrand Tavernier

Best Music

Sophie Hunger for My Life as a Zucchini Ibrahim Maalouf for Dans les forets de Siberie (In the Forests of Siberia) Laurent Perez del Mar for The Red Turtle ROB for Planetarium Philippe Rombi for Frantz Gabriel Yared for Just the End of the World

[totalsoccer]

Tuchel happy with PSG's 7-0 friendly win in front of fans

SHOWS: PARIS, FRANCE (JULY 17, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. PSG COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL ARRIVING FOR POST-MATCH NEWS CONFERENCE AFTER HIS SIDE BEAT WAASLAND-BEVEREN 7-0 IN A FRIENDLY IN FRONT OF FANS AT PARC DES PRINCES 2. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PSG COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, SAYING: "The most important thing for us was to be able to play four thirty-minute halves in order to give sixty minutes to each player and thanks for that goes to Beveren. It was good for us to be able to play longer and that was the first goal." 3. PSG BADGE 4. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PSG COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, SAYING: "We created a lot of opportunities, we played without being scared, no one's injured, and we are continuing in the same way. I have the feeling that the team remains focused and took good advantage of working together. It's good and we can see now the result, which is extraordinary, and we want to keep it like that on Tuesday (in the friendly against Celtic)." 5. TUCHEL DURING NEWS CONFERENCE 6. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PSG COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, SAYING: "If he is on the pitch, he is the Captain (Thiago Silva). It's clear he remains captain until the last day, he stays my captain." 7. TUCHEL DURING NEWS CONFERENCE 8. (SOUNDBITE) (French) PSG COACH, THOMAS TUCHEL, SAYING: "It's always good to play here. It's a unique stadium, it's a spectacular stadium, very unique. There is always a special atmosphere. We prefer to play with all the spectators, but it's always a pleasure to play at Parc (des Princes)." 9. JOURNALISTS 10. WAASLAND-BEVEREN COACH, NICKY HAYEN ARRIVING FOR POST MATCH NEWS CONFERENCE 11. (SOUNDBITE) (French) WAASLAND-BEVEREN COACH, NICKY HAYEN, SAYING: "The sprint of Neymar was the moment of the match for me, who's running down the side, did a tackle to keep the ball and to give the ball to the middle. He is a big star who continues to endeavour for his team. Sometimes it's hard for us to accelerate five meters to put pressure and this is the difference, someone who's won almost everything and who continues to put in such effort. I really like that. When I see all the PSG players, I have a lot respect for them. It was a great pleasure to see the match because usually it's only on television that you see the match, but when you are the coach of the opponent and you see that on the pitch, it's really great." 12. HAYEN DURING NEWS CONFERENCE 13. (SOUNDBITE) (Flemish) WAASLAND-BEVEREN COACH, NICKY HAYEN, SAYING: ''It's unique, for me, for the players, maybe it's 'once in a lifetime' that we can have this, that we can do this (play against PSG). Especially that PSG said they would play the first sixty minutes with their stars. When you really see these names, these star names, we realise how difficult it would be. I said to the players to try and stay focused but also to enjoy this moment." 14. HAYEN LEAVING STORY: PSG coach Thomas Tuchel was happy with his side's run out in front of their home fans following a 7-0 friendly win over lowly-Germany side Waasland-Beveren on Friday (July 17). With 5,000 fans allowed in the Parc des Princes for the first time since the coronavirus lockdown started in March, PSG's stars where given a good work out in the match formatted to four halves of 30 minutes with Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Mauro Icardi all amongst the goals. Having demolished Le Havre 9-0 in their first friendly, preparations continue ahead of the French Cup final against Saint Etienne and the Champions League last eight tournament for the Ligue 1 champions on Tuesday with a much sterner test against Scottish champions Celtic. (Production: Noemie Olive)

source https://sports.yahoo.com/tuchel-happy-psgs-7-0-215632639.html?src=rss