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leffee · 7 months

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alright here we go again more things for you 🙃

I’m going to throw some vinnil in here for you! heavy vinnie based too

- Vinnie for some reason finds fire interesting sitting there and watching it burn is sorta relaxing for him. Throwing things in said fire is super exciting for him too! it keeps him entertained for hours and bonas it’s warm (he’s still supervised by someone just in case lol)

-whenever they go to the beach Sunil has to make vinnie empty out his pockets before they leave because he has a very bad habit of picking up random things thinking they are treasures he has to keep just in case ( A habit he picked up from minka)

S: “Vinnie broken glass isn’t treasure!” :/

V: “Please babe”🥺 “Minka said anything can be treasure and I found it!”

S: (whispers to himself) “thanks a lot minka” … -_-

- Vinnie I believe has a hard time expressing his feelings so he will sometimes write out how he feels it takes him a while because he wants it to be just right and it’s a nice way to get it off his mind.

- Vinnie and pennyling have tea parties. she always has the best foods and he enjoys seeing his friends happy even if he has to wear a dress to do so. (Plus he looks good in anything according to himself)

- Zoe will often use Vinnie to practice her makeup skills on he ends up looking pretty fabulous by the end. he’s pretty chill about it and the only one who will actually let her. pepper complains, minka won’t sit still, penny will lie even if it looks bad, and Sunil thinks he’s allergic to some of the products, sharukuh has his own makeup team and can’t risk his face. so Vinnie for the win lol

- Russell I feel like would ask Vinnie to teach him to speak Italian. he feels like he could pick it up pretty quickly and he knows Vinnie won’t judge him if he’s not perfect. of course Vinnie would say yes immediately he’d love to have someone who he can have that shared language connection with ( that was something he did want try so badly with Sunil but Hindi is to hard)

- Vinnie loves being driven around he feels so important and would rather have someone else deal with it so he can jam to the radio or eat his snacks or nap while 90% of the time (Sunil) drives and he joyfully sits in his seat worry free.

- I feel like over the years vinnie’s had such long hair but I feel like at some point it got cut because he struggled to mange it.not wanting to style it every morning and accidentally giving himself knots he’d have to have help to brush out and it was easier for everyone to cut it to a shorter style ( in other universes he’d probably have it a bit longer lol)

- for some reason I get the vibe that Vinnie isn’t as comfortable with women, as he is with men don’t get me wrong he loves the girls they are his friends he just as I’ve reiterated before, doesn’t understand them, and I feel like he’s had a lot of women in his life that have left him with trauma like his mom or in some of my headcaonns “moms” or with maybe a past toxic girlfriend when he was trying to “find himself”as examples)

- Sunil has to put Vinnie in “time out” in a corner or separate room sometimes to calm down. because he’ll get so worked up over things or he’ll choose to do something dangerous or dumb and Sunil feels like it’s better to do that then yell at him over it. But if he cries it gets him out faster because Sunil can’t stand to hear it and cuddles him after feeling bad about putting him there to begin with.

- I feel like Vinnie’s taste in music is so random it’s never just one thing it’s everything and it changes day by day but I also feel like he gets hyper fixated on a certain song every once in a while, and would play it over and over until he got bored of it and it would drive everybody nuts in the meantime

- I feel like Russell would invent a watch that Vinnie could wear. That would tell everyone his temperature in an animal universe, so that they could keep track of how cold or hot he gets without worrying too much.

- if Sunil were to leave for any reason, he would leave Vinnie with a with someone because he doesn’t trust him to be alone. Plus, he gets really sad when sunil leaves and he would feel bad leaving him lonely that whole time and would hope the company would take his mind off his absence. In the back of his mind, he knows that won’t work though because he’ll still get 50 million calls and messages asking when he’ll be home and if he could talk all From Vinnie of corse.

the texts:

V: when will u bee hoMe?

S: Three days.

V: r u sure aboout that?

S: yes, I’m sure.

V: butt I miss u!:(

S: I miss you too. It won’t be too long, I promise.I love you!”

V: luv u too babe! Txt u again in 5 mins Just 2 makke sure u r sure!

All right, I’m gonna stop here for now. I hoped you enjoyed this. I feel like they’re not my best but I still hope there’s something I look forward to your reply. :)

Oh boy, it's my ordered Vinnie fix, wonderful and delightful :}. No, but like I actually have to be careful when reading your headcanons because I couldn't wait yesterday and read it on the train as soon as I saw them and I could NOT stop smiling like an idiot the entire time and I'm quite certain this one lady kept looking at me because of that. I tried to make a neutral expression but it literally did not work for longer than 1 second, omg. So yeah. Anyway, lps, Vinnie and Vinnil? Oh hell yeah. Time to say my stuff

ok, listen, as soon as I only read "Vinnie for some reason finds fire interesting" I thought you were going to say that he's a pyromaniac. But yes! I can totally see that! He would absolutely like all that, I mean fire is warm and burns stuff in an entertaining way, awesome-sauce. I just hope he doesn't burn himself. Wait no, I hope he does actually. But then again I suppose that's why he is supervised lol

Okay okay, Minka totally makes sense, don't get me wrong, but my first thought was Shivers, especially with that part that he has to "keep them just in case". And that of course threw me back to your headcanon of Vinnie at some point living with Shivers and that in turn made me think more. Because they stopped because Vinnie couldn't stand Shivers' 'collecting' habit, right? But now Vinnie's the one doing it. I do kinda headcanon him as having a habit of collecting things, but not random, he just has a lot of attachement to sentimental stuff that can look like nothing but for one reason or another mean a lot to him (like rocks, bobby pins, etc)

oh oh, you know what that remind me of? That one headcanon scenario that when crushing on Sunil (or anyone else) and at the same time Sunil being already in a relationship with someone else Vinnie would write those sort of fanfics with himself and Sunil being together and happy to quench this thirt and feed the obsession. And he has a hard time expressing his feelings, huh? Yeah. Perhaps that's because he just doesn't allow himself to feel those feelings, mine sure has that. Kinda actually. He lets out positive feelings because, well, why wouldn't he? Yes, others should see him being all positive, felling joy, happiness, pride. That's all good. But negative ones? Oh, absolutely not, especially sadness since he genuinely can't stop his anger from showing. Sadness though? Nah, he goes into complete denial, he wouldn't even write about it because not only does he not show it to others but also himself. Can't write about something you don't admit is there aha. That's just my Vinnie though. But that did make me think that if he wrote if would have something designated for this like a journal or just a notebook or something. And he would keep that thing hidden and locked and just for nobody to see. Unless there would be good things there, like words of gratitude he wants to tell someone I suppose

A dress you say? Well, according to me he looks good in anything too, though I have only one style that I genuinely like xd. Tea parties? It's funny cause my Vinnie doesn't really like tea, but he would totally drink one if it's for someone else's tea party's sake. However, it's of my firm belief that he's mostly there for the food (I mean, aside from being there because Penny is there, which is the most important thing). Those two make me happy :)

Wdym he "ends up looking pretty fabulous", he's already achieved the peak of fabulosity 😭. Just kidding, just kidding xD, I mean, he did but you know what I mean. And Vinnie is definitely for the win when it comes to anything for me :))). Zoe's like "Vinnie, I need you for your special services." Zoe and Vinnie together also make me happy, and there's so little of them ;-;. I can't however stop thinking that if it was my, super pale Vinnie white-ass looking mf, Zoe probably wouldn't have the right color of uhh... look, I know nothing about make up, the shit you put on your face to hide the imperfections or whatever (I genuinely, 100%, no joke believe that make-up is one of the most evil things humanity invented, but I won't rant about it here, don't worry)

osdksod I know I keep saying it but Vinnie being Italian makes me so unreasonably happy, like I don't know why plus it's so random, but whenever I think about it or better yet, read your headcanons that include that I feel sooo good. Oh, Vinnie would say yes with stars in his eyes, absolutely. Aside from the whole learning new language skill Russell would gain because of it he would also just hear Vinnie talking a lot of Italian and that's always a treat because he sounds different and awesome. It's just such an elegant language and I love it. You know, my Vinnie is actually pretty good with languages, so maybe he would be able to learn some of Hindi? Then again shit looks complicated, and I say that speaking Polish, listen, you're not going to learn this thing. Technically it's possible but I have no idea how. That also makes me think, I like the idea of Vinnie teaching Russell and all, but realistically how easy/hard would it be for someone who doesn't have any sort of educational preparation to teach someone a language, even if it's their native one? Because I can't imagine myself being able to teach someone Polish, I mean I can translate and all that, but how the hell do I explain tenses? Or how to conjugate words? I don't know about Italian, but in Polish there is literally no pattern to that, I know nobody asked but I need to show you this shit, let's take a random word, let's say dog which in polish is pies. Now look, you can say that in 7 ways: pies, psa, psu, psa, psem, psie, psie; ok, some of those are the same but that can differ between words and as I said, there's literally no pattern. Which makes me believe that perhaps Vinnie would not be able to teach Russell stuff like that, then again perhaps Italian is easier than that. And yes, I'm aware that polish dog - pies, is written exactly like english - pies as in food. It's a really entertaining thought actually

yes yes, he loves it, also because he just loves accompanying others for whatever they need to do. It's cool if they do something of course, but he also just loves being around them, so he's completely cool with just running around with them while they do everyday things like doing groceries or going to a post office etc. He's not necessary there, and they won't be paying much attention to him or talking with him, but he's totally cool with just hanging around "Sir, this is my emotional support Vinnie." So yes, just sitting in a car and chilling and snacking, his one sin is that he will sometimes when sitting in passengers seat put his legs on... on... okay so I don't remember what it's called and I can't find it at all, but you probably know what I mean, just the thing you can potentially put your legs on while sitting in the front. It's going to torment me now and I'm gonna de-terrio-rate

that makes me think of this one headcanon scenario story I have but it actually might be a pretty good fanfic scenario so I won't share it here. If I resign from turning it into a fanfic I will probably say it at some point in a different post. However, nah, I mean, he can have it cut, but my Vinnie wouldn't do this because he's obsessed with his hair and takes really really good care of it, he wouldn't let it get get knots or anything. Plus he leaves it down most of the time so not like there's much stylizing it anyway. It does however take ages to brush it or wash it anyway, knots or not. Wait, fucking wait, I never said what even inspired me in the first place to headcanon Vinnie with really long hair, huh? Omg this is so stupid because this is literally what initiated my human au xD like it happened because I just really wanted Vinnie with those hair but it didn't look good on a gecko. Ok, so listen, this, this is the motherfucker who started it all

this fucking character - Izuru Kamukura. Listen, when I first saw him I thought he looked SO cool so I immediately tried to give Vinnie this sort of hair, and as I said it didn't look good at all on a pet, so I made him a human (I did shorten the hair and stuff, but still, this is what his hair was based on). This is literally my lps human au origin story and it's so stupid. Thank Izuru Kamakura from danganronpa for that, I guess. At this point Vinnie with short hair just looks naked to me or he is from another universe (like from some sort of swap universe or as I like to call it, upside down universe). It's not that I don't like him like that, oh no, he just doesn't look right to me.

yeah, I remember that reiteration. But wait, it being caused by many women leaving him with trauma? Oh I love this, how come I never thought about this? And "moms" oh oh tell me more please, I'm interested. Is it as in just having two moms as parents or maybe having a mom and then a step-mom or something? I need to know. A past toxic girlfriend, you say? Ohhhh interesting. I wonder how he would get into a relationship like that, I mean, aside from this whole finding himself reason, I just think it's interesting as well. My Vinnie is as comfortable with women as he is with men though, I can't take girls away from him in any way, I just want him to interact with anyone and be fine with them, under right circumstances of course

ayy lmao Vinnie in a time-out is just way too funny. I just imagine once Sunil has had enough he just picks him up by the upper arms, walks with him to the corner and puts him down there. Then he just looks him in the eyes and is like "Stand here or I swear". Wait... Sunil cornering Vinnie... oh... aaah ship I just I just... 🫣. Anyyyway, speaking of crying I can't help but imagine that Vinnie would just look at Sunil like this

and once Sunil looks at him for too long like that he's just like "shiiiiiiiit" because he knows he already lost. So then he simply picks him up again and lies him on himself on the couch and Vinnie's all like ^^ and Sunil just wonders how on earth that happened again because he promised himself that this time he wouldn't give in.

I believe that he just kinda likes everything, he doesn't have a chosen music genre that he likes more than others, he just "likes what he likes". And yeees, he totally hyper fixates on certain songs sometimes and just listens to them on repeat until he's practically throwing up this song and is like "Ok, that's enough."

oh that is such a good idea, Russell could give it to him as a gift on his birthday or something. Listen, all I'm saying is that if he gets too cold, then a surefire way to warm him up, since he needs something that generates heat, is to hug him :)) I volunteer as a tribute btw. I just love love that his temperature depends pretty much only on the temperature of the environment. Because everyone else's temperature throughtout the days is like a straight line (brown line ofc), and his is probably just something like (green line):

Sunil would leave him with someone, huh? I just imagine him knocking on one of their friend's door and once that friend, let's say hmmm Zoe oohoh yes, opens the door he's just holding Vinnie in front of himself, once again by his upper arms, and he's like "It's yours now" and gives him to Zoe who is just confused and Vinnie's like "Hi, Zoe, Sunil is going away so he left me with you :]" and Zoe, fully knowing the madness that is Vinnie when away from Sunil, is just like "Oh. Oh no." May I also suggest an example of texts between Sunil and Vinnie in such situation

Vinnie: Suuuuun when will you be home

Sunil: In a week, Vinnie, I told you

Vinnie: *eats Zoe's couch*

Sunil: please don't eat Zoe's couch, it's expensive

Oh of course I enjoyed it all, I could talk about him for hours at a time, he's soooo cute and he's literally just like me (me about every character I like that is literally nothing like me). But now I can't stop thinking about Sunil pinning Vinnie against a wall I just... shiiiiiiit

Me thinking about him every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every week of every month of every year of every decade

mamma mia he makes me so unreasonably happy you don't understand. Like I know tumblr is the blorbo site but I genuinely sometimes think that I might be one of the most obsessed people with their blorbo even if I know it's probably not true because there are probably others who are just as obsessed with their blorbo if not more. At the same time, how many of them can say that they had the same blorbo for 10 years, never had a falling out with them or that their love has not lowered even once, not abondoned their blorbo after the show has long finished and the fandom practically died hence no content was made for said blorbo and the fandom was small to begin with. Not that many I think. Like 50% of the years he has been my blorbo I nurtured my love for him pretty much only in my head because there was barely any new content for lps.

And also the blorbo is literally just some gecko.

Bro, I just checked and I wrote 2433 words here, I literally wrote the equivalent of a fic just now 💀

I wanna talk about him all the time

#lps 2012 #asks

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zed-air · 4 years

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CKUA - Fill-In Playlists: 2020 Spring

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Below are the playlists for shows where I filled-in as guest host on CKUA during spring 2020.

Explore my playlist history for other dates and programs.

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TITLE • PERFORMING ARTIST • ALBUM • AIRTIME

2020-03-20 - 09:00-12:00 - Mid-Morning Mojo

Cafe au Mojo • Lisa Hilton • CHALKBOARD DESTINY • 09:04

Travelin' Light • Cliff Richard & the Shadows • TRAVELIN' LIGHT • 09:09

Oh, The Wind Will Blow • Doug Hoyer • WALKS WITH THE TENDER & GROWING • 09:14

The Ballad Of Fred And Barney • Brad Bucknell & the oHNo Band • OHNO • 09:18

St. Peter's Bay • Sarah Harmer • ARE YOU GONE • 09:22

The Sound Of Silence • Simon & Garfunkel • SINGLE • 09:25 ^^

The Last Bird • Zoe Keating • INTO THE TREES • 09:31

Concrete Sky • Beth Orton • PASS IN TIME • 09:34

Don't Dream It's Over • Sixpence None The Richer • THE BEST • 09:39

Chapel of Chimes • Jom Comyn • CRAWL • 09:45

Sky Blue Sky • Wilco • SKY BLUE SKY • 09:48

Something Changed • Pulp • HITS • 09:51

Drive • Lera Lynn • RESISTOR • 09:55

When Elvis Came To London • John Moore • THE BAD JOHNNY • 10:01

I Ain't Goin' Home With You • Confusionaires! • FROM HEADACHE TO HEARTACHE • 10:05

Lonesome Train • Pete Turland • BOTH WHEELS LEFT THE GROUND • 10:08

It's Slinky • Slinky • VINTAGE COMMERCIALS • 10:12 ^^

You Make Me Feel So Young • Frank Sinatra • CLASSIC SINATRA • 10:13

Can't Help Myself • The James Hunter Six • NICK OF TIME • 10:16

This is the World Calling • Bob Geldof • ______ • 10:19

Four Out Of Five • Arctic Monkeys • TRANQUILITY BASE HOTEL & CASINO • 10:23

Crying • Julian Lage • LOVE HURTS • 10:29 ^^

Daydreaming • Radiohead • A MOON SHAPED POOL • 10:35

Ljuby • Marenych Trio • MARENYCH TRIO SINGS • 10:42

Lighthouse • William Prince • RELIEVER • 10:47

Queenie Queenie • Tami Neilson • CHICKABOOM! • 10:52

There's A Story In Your Voice • Elvis Costello & the Imposters • THE DELIVERY MAN • 10:54 ^^

The First Day Of Spring • The Gandharvas • A SOAP BUBBLE AND INERTIA • 11:00 ^^

Blistered • That Pedal Show Band • OX EP • 11:07

Funk Force Five • Greg Koch • UNREPENTANT • 11:13

Dance Dance Party Party • Five Alarm Funk • LIVE AT CKUA • 11:16

Overtime • U.S. Girls • HEAVY LIGHT • 11:19

Robin - The Boy Wonder • The Marketts • BATMAN THEME • 11:23

The New Pollution • Beck • ODELAY • 11:25

Homegrown Tomatoes • Guy Clark • CRAFTSMAN • 11:31 ^^

Kachechka Prachechka • Ukrainian Children's Choir • KACHECHKA PRACHECHKA • 11:35

James Bond Theme • John Barry • DR. NO SOUNDTRACK • 11:37

Americano • Brian Setzer Orchestra • VAVOOM! • 11:39

Reflektor • Arcade Fire • REFLEKTOR • 11:42

Journey • Sarah Nixey • NIGHT WALKS • 11:49

You and I • Caribou • SUDDENLY • 11:53

2020-03-24 - 09:00-12:00 - Mid-Morning Mojo

Impossible Germany (live, 2012) • Wilco • ASHES OF THE AMERICAN FLAG • 09:01

Something • The Bros. Landreth • '87 • 09:07

Love Is A Stranger • Hannah Georgas • IMPRINTS (EP) • 09:12

Loving Is Letting Go • Celeigh Cardinal • STORIES FROM A DOWNTOWN APARTMENT • 09:16

Stay • Justine Vandergrift • STAY • 09:20

The Lookout • Sarah Harmer • ARE YOU GONE • 09:24

All That I Wanted to Do • Ayla Brook & The Sound Men • DESOLATION SOUNDS • 09:30

Don't Let Go • Roy Forbes • EDGE OF BLUE • 09:35

New Recruit • Doug Hoyer • MOEKE SUMMER SINGLES 2017 • 09:38

No Wrong • King of Foxes • SALT & HONEY • 09:46

Lovely Head • Goldfrapp • FELT MOUNTAIN • 09:50

Trigger • The New Haunts • THE NEW HAUNTS • 09:54

We Don't Talk Anymore • Cliff Richard • ROCK & ROLL JUVENILE • 10:04

Last Year's Prom Dress (2012) • The Bolt Actions • THE BOTT ACTIONS EP • 10:17

Guilty • Nazareth • HAIR OF THE DOG • 10:18

Tous les garcons et les filles • Francoise Hardy • TOUS LES GARCONS ET LES FILLES • 10:19

Tossed in a Tempest • Shona Rae & the Bona Fides • TOSSED IN A TEMPEST • 10:21

Ain't No Stoppin Love Now • Dirty Dirty Devil's • SATIN DEVIL DIARIES • 10:22

The Benefits of Being Alone • Rose Cousins • THE BENEFITS OF BEING ALONE • 10:30

The Importance Of Being Idle • Oasis • TIME FLIES... 1994 - 2009 • 10:35

Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite • The Beatles • SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB • 10:38

Bananaphone • Raffi • BANANAPHONE • 10:43

Fancy Pants • Bend Sinister • ANIMALS • 10:47

Sister Kate • The Ditty Bops • THE DITTY BOPS • 10:50

Danceland (Come With Me) • The Garrys • SURF MANITOU • 10:54

How 'Bout Now • The James Hunter Six • NICK OF TIME • 11:00

C-Side • Khruangbin and Leon Bridges • TEXAS SUN • 11:04

Showroom Dummies • Kraftwerk • TRANS-EUROPE EXPRESS • 11:11

Do It All the Time • I Don't Know How But They Found Me • DO IT ALL THE TIME • 11:15

Instant Crush • Daft Punk • RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES • 11:17

Did I Imagine You • Dot Allison • AFTERGLOW • 11:23

I Need My Girl • The National • TROUBLE WILL FIND ME • 11:30

Old Souls • William Prince • RELIEVER • 11:34

Down I-5 • Case/ Lang/ Veirs • CASE/LANG/VEIRS • 11:39

Oj u Haju pry Dunaju • Marenych Trio • MARENYCH TRIO SINGS • 11:43

No Surprises • Radiohead • BEST • 11:47

Remembrance • Delerium • KARMA • 11:51

2020-03-25 - 09:00-12:00 - Mid-Morning Mojo

^^ Listener recommendations/requests

It's Hell Out There • John Moore • IT'S HELL OUT THERE • 09:02

Spanish Caravan • The Doors • COLLECTION • 09:08

Out of My Head • Fastball • GREATEST HITS • 09:11

Secret Heart • Feist • SECRET HEART • 09:15

Brandy Alexander • Ron Sexsmith • EXIT STRATEGY OF THE SOUL • 09:18

Heavy Hill • James of Dark Wood • JAMES OF DARK WOOD • 09:21

A Taste Of Honey • Lenny Breau • PROGRESSIONS: 100 YEARS OF JAZZ • 09:25

A Change Is Gonna Come • Sam Cooke • AIN'T THAT GOOD NEWS • 09:32 ^^

I Saw A Ghost Last Night • Altameda • DIRTY RAIN • 09:37

Just Get Here • Sarah Harmer • THE AL PURDY SONGBOOK • 09:42

Ice Dance • Danny Elfman • EDWARD SCISSORHANDS SOUNDTRACK • 09:48

In Winter Still • Dot Allison • AFTERGLOW • 09:49

Worth the Wait • 100 Mile House • LOVE AND LEAVE YOU • 09:53

Winter • Celeigh Cardinal • EVERYTHING AND NOTHING AT ALL • 10:00

I'm Okay • Kimberley MacGregor • I AM MY OWN • 10:05

15 Feet of Pure White Snow • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds • NO MORE SHALL WE PART • 10:10 ^^

The Return (Loves Come Back) • Rose Cousins • BRAVADO • 10:17

Love Hurts • Julian Lage • LOVE HURTS • 10:22

Moon • Beth Orton • KIDSTICKS • 10:26

Mea Culpa • Enigma • MCMXC A.D. • 10:32

Entanglement • Imogen Heap • SPARKS • 10:38

Angie • Lassigue Bendthaus • POP ARTIFICIALE • 10:43

My Sad Captains • Elbow • THE TAKE OFF AND LANDING OF EVERYTHING • 10:47

J. Findlay: Good Vibes • Jim Findlay & Mingmei Xu • I SEE • 10:53

Get You Back • Ariel Posen • HOW LONG • 11:02

Brother or Other • The James Hunter Six • NICK OF TIME • 11:09

Tour de France • Senor Coconut • EL BAILE ALEMAN • 11:13 ^^

The Man in the Looking Glass • Frank Sinatra • SEPTEMBER OF MY YEARS • 11:18

Sweet • Cigarettes After Sex • CIGARETTES AFTER SEX • 11:22

Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth • Neko Case • MIDDLE CYCLONE • 11:29

Overtime • U.S. Girls • HEAVY LIGHT • 11:34

Is There a Pill? • Richard Hawley • FURTHER • 11:37

Shangri-La • E.O.B. • EARTH • 11:40

More Trouble Every Day • Frank Zappa & the Mothers • A TOKEN OF HIS EXTREME • 11:46

Is He Really Coming Home • The School • LOVELESS UNBELIEVER • 11:54

Rose's Theme • Angelo Badalamenti • THE STRAIGHT STORY SOUNDTRACK • 11:57

2020-04-10 - 16:00-18:00 - Traffic Jams

^^ Listener recommendations/requests

Everyone Hides • Wilco • ODE TO JOY • 16:02

Things Have Changed • Bob Dylan • WONDER BOYS • 16:05

The Benefits of Being Alone • Rose Cousins • THE BENEFITS OF BEING ALONE • 16:11

Water is Wide • Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn • WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN • 16:15

River of Light • Gordon Lightfoot • HARMONY • 16:20 ^^

Changes • Phil Ochs • FOREVER CHANGING • 16:24

And Yet It Moves/ Y Se Mueve • U.S. Girls • HEAVY LIGHT • 16:31

Your Girl • Basia Bulat • ARE YOU IN LOVE? • 16:36

Rose Coloured Frames • Mariel Buckley • ROSE COLOURED FRAMES • 16:39

Stay • Justine Vandergrift • STAY • 16:42

Don't Dream It's Over • Sixpence None The Richer • THE BEST OF • 16:47

Together Alone • Crowded House • TOGETHER ALONE • 16:51

Rocket To The Moon • Adrian Nation • ANARCHY AND LOVE • 17:01

Tomorrow Takes A Long Time • Fearing & White • TEA & CONFIDENCES • 17:08

Road Runner • The Denim Daddies • ROAD RUNNER • 17:12 ^^

Hey Bus Driver • Tami Neilson • HEY BUS DRIVER • 17:15

Journey • Sarah Nixey • NIGHT WALKS • 17:18

Domino • Nicole Atkins • DOMINO • 17:22

That Emotion • Hannah Georgas • THAT EMOTION • 17:26

No Rock: Save in Roll • Cornershop • ENGLAND IS A GARDEN • 17:32

Shangri-La • EOB • EARTH • 17:38

World Gone Mad • Blackie and the Rodeo Kings • KING OF THIS TOWN • 17:43

All That I Wanted to Do • Ayla Brook & The Sound Men • DESOLATION SOUNDS • 17:47

You're Still On My Mind • Shaela Miller • BAD IDEAS • 17:51

Good Vibes • Jim Findlay & Mingmei Xu • I SEE • 17:54

2020-05-08 - 12:00-14:00 - My Favourite Time of Day

^^ Listener recommendations/requests

Calgary • Bon Iver • BON IVER • 12:00

Stop Plastic Pollution • Florian Schneider • STOP PLASTIC POLLUTION • 12:04

Toxic • Calvin Arsenia • CANTALOUPE • 12:09

Pretty Bird • Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn • WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN • 12:13

On A Desert Isle • C.W. Stoneking • GON' BOOGALOO • 12:16

False Prophet • Bob Dylan • ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS • 12:24

Are You With Me Now • Cate Le Bon • MUG MUSEUM • 12:32

90 Seconds Of Your Time • Corb Lund • SINGLE • 12:37 ^^

Domino • Nicole Atkins • ITALIAN ICE • 12:40

Things Get Better • Delaney & Bonnie • HOME • 12:44

Tennessee Tobacco • Danny Michel • VALHALLA • 12:48

Wreckless Abandon • The Dirty Knobs • WRECKLESS ABANDON • 12:52

Sugar Water • Cibo Matto • VIVA! LA WOMAN • 12:59

Love Is Everywhere (Beware) • Wilco • ODE TO JOY • 13:05

Desire • Kamasi Washington • HARMONY OF DIFFERENCE • 13:08

You Serve No One • Real Cardinal • YOU SERVE NO ONE • 13:14

Fields of Gold • Eva Cassidy • SONGBIRD • 13:17 ^^

Leaving The Table • Leonard Cohen • YOU WANT IT DARKER • 13:21

Old Souls • William Prince • RELIEVER • 13:26

Dig Nation • Ron Sexsmith • HERMITAGE • 13:33

Something In The Air • Thunderclap Newman • ALMOST FAMOUS • 13:37

One Uncareful Lady Owner • Cornershop • ENGLAND IS A GARDEN • 13:41

Cosmic Dancer • Nick Cave • ANGEL HEADED HIPSTER • 13:47

Saskatchewan (Eleanor's) • Zachary Lucky • SASKATCHEWAN • 13:52

I'm Absolutely Hank Marvin • Richard Hawley & Hank Marvin • B-SIDES • 13:56

2020-05-18 - 06:00-09:00 - Alberta Morning

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on this week’s CKUA top 30 chart

Waitin' for a Superman • The Flaming Lips • THE SOFT BULLETIN • 06:00

Rocket To The Moon • Adrian Nation • ANARCHY AND LOVE • 06:04

Surfin' on a Rocket • Air • TALKIE WALKIE • 06:13

The New Diana • Black Box Recorder • PASSIONOIA • 06:15

Follow My Tears • Eddi Reader • ANGELS & ELECTRICITY • 06:18

The Teardrop Explodes • Tiny Children • B-SIDES • 06:24

Crying • Julian Lage • LOVE HURTS • 06:27

I Need My Girl • The National • TROUBLE WILL FIND ME • 06:34

The Heavens • The Raveonettes • PRETTY IN BLACK • 06:39

Impossible Germany (live, 2012) • Wilco • ASHES OF THE AMERICAN FLAG • 06:42

Let's Talk • Hannah Georgas • THE BEAT STUFF • 06:49

Full Moon Town • Lucette • DELUXE HOTEL ROOM • 06:54

The Dark Of The Sun • Tom Petty • INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN • 06:58 ^^

Rose Coloured Frames • Mariel Buckley • ROSE COLOURED FRAMES • 07:03

You Don't Scare Me • Whitney Rose • RULE 62 • 07:07

Hard Knock Upside My Mind • Shaela Miller • BAD IDEAS • 07:12

Domino • Nicole Atkins • ITALIAN ICE • 07:16

Those Dancing Days Are Gone •��Carla Bruni • NO PROMISES • 07:19

Those Were the Days • Mary Hopkin • APPLE RECORDS • 07:23

Duncan • Sarah Slean • NIGHT BUGS • 07:27

Possible (live) • Zoe Keating • LIVE AT KING'S PLACE • 07:31

Last Kiss • Coeur De Pirate • TRAUMA • 07:36

See the Light • Minty's Style • SEE THE LIGHT • 07:40

Memoir • Charlotte Gainsbourg • STAGE WHISPER • 07:46

Uncertain Future • Ashes & Dreams • HEART OF STONE • 07:49

Utopia (New Ears Mix) • Goldfrapp • CAFE DEL MAR VOL. 8 • 07:53

You Can't Rule Me • Lucinda Williams • GOOD SOULS BETTER ANGELS • 07:58

Life's What You Make It • Joan As Police Woman • COVER TWO • 08:04 ++

This Blue World • Elbow • THE TAKE OFF AND LANDING OF EVER • 08:10

Midnight Hours • Cayley Thomas • SINGLE • 08:17 ++

Nese Hal'ja Vodu • The Marenych Trio • SINGS • 08:24

The Rain Song • The Olympians • SINGLE • 08:29

Just Like the Rain • Richard Hawley • LIVE AT THE DEVIL'S ARSE • 08:33

Get You Back • Ariel Posen • HOW LONG • 08:37

Interview with Beth Dart • Grant Stovel • CKUA ARTS • 08:44

Mystery Train • Pete Turland • PETE TURLAND AND THE RENTAL CATS • 08:50

Eltsuhg Ibal Lasiti • The Daktaris • SOUL EXPLOSION • 08:54

2020-05-22 - 06:00-09:00 - Alberta Morning

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on this week’s CKUA top 30 chart

A Shot In The Arm • Wilco • SUMMER TEETH • 06:00

My Little Treasures • Richard Hawley • FURTHER • 06:04

Survivor's Guilt • Danny Michel • BLACK BIRDS ARE DANCING OVER ME • 06:07

Water is Wide • Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn • WU FEI & ABIGAIL WASHBURN • 06:13

Innocente feat. Leigh Nash • Delerium • POEM • 06:16

We Still Go To Rodeos • Whitney Rose • WE STILL GO TO RODEOS • 06:24 ++

Heroes • Hey Marseilles • HEY MARSEILLES • 06:28

Chain Gang • King Curtis • CHAIN GANG • 06:34

I Watch The Sun Come Up • Billie ZiZi • MOON OF HONEY • 06:35 ++

No Wrong • King of Foxes • SALT & HONEY • 06:40

I'm Your Huckleberry • Mike Plume • LONESOME STRETCH OF HIGHWAY • 06:46

Dancnig in the Rain • Sweet Vintage Rides • ROAD TRIP • 06:49

No Reason To Cry Out Your Eyes • Hawksley Workman • LOVER/FIGHTER • 06:52

Who'll Stop The Rain • Creedence Clearwater Revival • CHRONICLE • 06:57 ^^

Walk A Mile In My Shoes • Matt Masters • SINGLE • 07:01

Vincent Black Lightning • Adrian Nation • LIVE AT CROSSROADS • 07:08

Waterfall • The Stone Roses • THE VERY BEST OF • 07:14 ^^

Dirty Rain • Altameda • DIRTY RAIN • 07:18

It's Raining Today • Scott Walker • SCOTT 3 • 07:21

The Dark-Eyed Sailor • Steeleye Span • HARK! THE VILLAGE WAIT • 07:26

Guitar Rumba • Sue Foley • BACK TO THE BLUES • 07:32

Victory City • The 427's • STAY GOLD • 07:35

That's It! • Preservation Hall Jazz Band • THAT'S IT! • 07:37

Degrees of Light • Taylor McFerrin • EARLY RISER • 07:44

Hall of Mirrors • Basia Bulat • ARE YOU IN LOVE? • 07:47 ++

Sunshine • Cayley Thomas • HOW ELSE CAN I TELL YOU? • 07:51 ++

The Expert • Rose Cousins • BRAVADO • 07:54 ++

Lynchpin • Dan Mangan • MORE OR LESS • 08:00

Wrap It Up • Celeigh Cardinal • EVERYTHING AND NOTHING AT ALL • 08:07

Better Man • Leon Bridges • COMING HOME • 08:12

Everybody's Working for the Week • Doug Hoyer • CKUA'S COVERS FOR THE CAUSE • 08:14

Heart of Gold • Amy Van Keeken & Colleen Brown • LIVE AT CKUA • 08:20

Neptune City • Nicole Atkins • NEPTUNE CITY • 08:22

St. Charles Shuffle • Greg Koch • ACOUSTIC GRISTLE SOUP • 08:27

The Trees • Pulp • WE LOVE LIFE • 08:30 ^^

Zebra • Beach House • TEEN DREAM • 08:35

No.1 Party Anthem • Arctic Monkeys • AM • 08:43

Interview with Brad Holt • Lisa Wilton • CKUA ARTS • • 08:47

Vernacular • Brad Bucknell & the oHNo Band • OHNO • 08:52

Learned A Lot • Tim Isberg • RUNNING ON THE EDGE • 08:55

2020-05-26 - 12:00-14:00 - Noontide

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on this week’s CKUA top 30 chart

Sky Blue Sky • Wilco • SKY BLUE SKY • 12:00

Ain't No Stoppin Love Now • Dirty Dirty Devil's • SATIN DEVIL DIARIES • 12:03

Killer Queen • Queen • GREATEST HITS • 12:10

She Says What She Means • Sloan • NAVY BLUES • 12:14

Hey Bus Driver • Tami Neilson • HEY BUS DRIVER • 12:18

In the Cold, Cold, Night • The White Stripes • ELEPHANT • 12:20

James Bond • Iggy Pop • FREE • 12:25 ^^

Fancy Pants • Bend Sinister • ANIMALS • 12:31

Mr. Blue Sky • Electric Light Orchestra • ELO'S GREATEST HITS • 12:34

A Hundred Shades of Blue • Whitney Rose • WE STILL GO TO RODEOS • 12:40 ++

Lo And Behold • Ron Sexsmith • HERMITAGE • 12:46 ++

Don't Lose The Faith • The Dears • NO CITIES LEFT • 12:48

Race To The Bottom • Dan Mangan • RACE TO THE BOTTOM • 12:51

Gravel Road • Lyndsay Butler • SINGLE • 12:56

Bizarre Love Triangle • Give 'Em Hell Boys • BARN BURNER • 13:01

I'm Okay • Kimberley MacGregor • I AM MY OWN • 13:05

Get You Back • Ariel Posen • HOW LONG • 13:10

Going Going Gone • Lion Bear Fox • LION BEAR FOX • 13:16

Going Going Gone • Gregg Allman • SOUTHERN BLOOD • 13:19

Melancholy Mood • Bob Dylan • SINGLE • 13:25

(I Think) I Hit My Limit • Ayla Brook & The Sound Men • DESOLATION SOUNDS • 13:30 ++

Hall of Mirrors • Basia Bulat • ARE YOU IN LOVE? • 13:35 ++

St. Marie Under Canon • Cornershop • ENGLAND IS A GARDEN • 13:38 ++

Alright Now • Liam Gallagher • WHY NOT ME • 13:44

Shangri La • EOB • EARTH • 13:47

Common People • Pulp • DIFFERENT CLASS • 13:53

2020-06-19 - 06:00-09:00 - Alberta Morning

^^ Listener recommendations/requests ++ Appears on this week’s CKUA top 30 chart

Warm And Sunny Days • The Dears • NO CITIES LEFT • 06:00

No Distance Left To Run • Blur • THE BEST OF • 06:06

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots • The Flaming Lips • YOSHIMI BATTLES THE PINK ROBOTS • 06:10

Survivor's Guilt • Danny Michel • BLACK BIRDS ARE DANCING OVER ME • 06:15

Euphoria (Firefly) • Delerium • KARMA • 06:19

Calgary • Bon Iver • BON IVER • 06:25

Possible (live) • Zoe Keating • LIVE AT KING'S PALACE • 06:29

Let It Happen • Tame Impala • CURRENTS • 06:34

You Keep Me Hangin' On • The Supremes • MOTOWN YEAR BY YEAR • 06:39

Northern Lights • Doug Hoyer • WALKS WITH THE TENDER & GROWING NIGHT • 06:42

7/4 (Shoreline) • Broken Social Scene • BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE • 06:46

Brazil • Frank Sinatra • COME FLY WITH ME • 06:51

Coming Home • k.d. lang • WATERSHED • 06:55

Summers Gold • Celeigh Cardinal • CELEIGH CARDINAL (EP) • 07:01

Let Love Reign • Robbie Robertson • SINEMATIC • 07:06

Battlefords • Hawksley Workman • BATTLEFORDS • 07:11

Otter Song (live) • Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra • LIVE AT CKUA • 07:17

Come Together Now • Altameda • MORE TIME: B SIDES • 07:23

Suite Things • Don Berner • LOVE LETTERS TO A RAT FREE CAPITAL • 07:27

Riders in the Sky • Dick Dale • KING OF THE SURF GUITAR • 07:31

Play the Game • Beach House • B-SIDE AND RARITIES • 07:33

House of Cards • Radiohead • IN RAINBOWS • 07:40

Interview with Jay and Leela Gilday • Lark Clark • CKUA ARTS • 07:46

Waking Up • Jay Gilday • FASTER THAN LIGHT • 07:47

The Benefits of Being Alone • Rose Cousins • THE BENEFITS OF BEING ALONE • 07:51

Are You With Me Now • Cate Le Bon • MUG MUSEUM • 07:54

Cosmic Dancer • Nick Cave • ANGELHEADED HIPSTER • 08:01

Half A Day Away • Jake Ian • HALF A DAY AWAY • 08:08 ++

A Hundred Shades of Blue • Whitney Rose • WE STILL GO TO RODEOS • 08:12 ++

Cover Your Eyes • Jess Knights • BEST KIND OF LIGHT • 08:18 ++

Havava • The Jerry Cans • ECHOES • 08:21 ++

Trigger • The New Haunts • THE NEW HAUNTS • 08:26

Pattern Recognition • Noveller • ARROW • 08:31

Girls Guide For the Modern Diva • Black Box Recorder • LIFE IS UNFAIR • 08:38

Where Do You Belong • Digits • WHERE DO YOU BELONG? • 08:40

Interview with Kinnie Starr • Terry David Mulligan • CKUA ARTS • 08:44

Caribou • Tanya Tagaq • ANIMISM • 08:49

Rhapsody • Alejandro Escovedo • A MAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE • 08:53 ^^

As Time Goes By • Vera Lynn • WE'LL MEET AGAIN • 08:57 ^^

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pandemicthestory · 4 years

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13: ghosted

Emma wanders down a busy virtual street, barely able to keep her jaw from hitting the digital concrete.

She had been expecting a video game, something with pixels and glitches, but what was in front of her seems so much more real. It's almost disturbing.

Skyscrapers are tall, as she has known them to be in the real world. But here, they are round, and they aren’t perfectly straight--they are shaped like an off-balance layer cake. And the lights shine so much brighter. Holographic advertisements cover surfaces. Except, she notices that they’re not for Chipotle or cars, they’re news spots.

“The death toll in the state of California rises to 12,000, a 200% spike since last week”

She sees that holograms are delivering news from the real world.

A car zooms way too close to her, and she jumps back--shaken from her stupor. Well, it looked like a car. However, it has no wheels. Emma smirks to herself at how Madison would react: “I’m already aware that the Camaro is a piece of shit, I don’t need these turbo spaceships to rub it in my face even more.”

Emma marvels at the size of the city and the people around her. Some of them are talking on devices like the one she was handed on the beach--though instead of holding it to their ears like cell phones, it’s at more of a distance from their faces and projecting holographic video. Some people are walking in groups, conversing in a very familiar way. Some people are staring straight ahead, alone, like Emma.

Where is Isabel in all of this? And where to even start looking?

Emma thinks to herself, if she has one of these devices, her sister must have one too. There’s gotta be a way to track her.

“Thanks for nothing, Mason.” Emma mutters to herself, trying to figure out the odd contraption in front of her. She went from being intrigued by this guy, to fascinated, to absolutely fucking pissed. After she finds her sister, she’s gonna find him too. And get some answers.

Emma sits down on a bench on the side of the road, reviewing her device. While very high-tech, it’s surprisingly straightforward. She finds an option to search for other players, typing “Isabel Bradford.”

While exact coordinates aren’t provided, a green dot appears on a map of the city.

* * *

Night sits at his desk, staring at his computer screen in front of him.

He’s trying to repress the feelings of guilt that are buried in the back of his mind. Sugar will be fine. He probably left right after Night did. And anyway, Night wouldn’t have left him if it wasn’t important. He’d be having a grand time cutting class even if he was in jail. Night keeps telling himself this.

Night seems to be playing Universe without wearing a headset, merely with a 2-dimensional view of the game. This version looks older and simpler than the version that Isabel and Emma are playing on--most likely the original from the 80s.

Night stares at a map in the game and sees the red dot representing Emma lingering not far from the beach.

*ping*

He keeps forgetting to turn off external notifications, ugh. Oh. He’s just received an email from his teacher, and the beginning of the message is shown in the notification…

“Hello Night, checking in on your absence…”

Teacher would be surprised that he wasn’t there. It’s not like him to miss class, or really to do anything unruly or “wrong.” Night is expected to come and go quietly, to be somewhat odd, but overall non-disruptive. Like a ghost.

At some point, he couldn’t remember when exactly, his education had become arbitrary. He saw what was going on...building was all that mattered. All classes had been shifting their focus and slowly morphing into one industry. If you can’t code, you’ll get left behind. If you can’t contribute in one specific way, you’re disposable.

At the beginning of this school year, it had been announced that graduation from the Academy would be pushed forward one year. The board gave the reason that young people were spending too much time sitting in classrooms, gaining information they had no need for, when they could have the opportunity to “get started in life.”

Some saw this as exciting, but Night knew what it really meant. There were whispers. This change was not for the benefit of the students. It was not so students could be free, it was so they could be put to work.

Well, Night has no intention of falling in line with the others who mindlessly build. He craves other knowledge, other opportunities. And he believes that the right person can help him achieve this. Her. It’s time for a disruption.

Night sees the red Emma dot begin to move on screen. She’s walking through the streets now, heading towards the school.

The blinking dot with his name on it stalls in place. He settles into his chair for the search.

He’ll just have to meet her there.

* * *

In Zoe’s bedroom, Julian sits in a chair on the opposite side of the room from her bed, where she and Gabriel are sitting. They are at least 6 feet apart, properly socially-distanced.

Julian’s wearing a bandana that’s covering most of his face. Which is great for Zoe, who kinda despises the sight of it.

“She’s not answering any of my calls or texts. I want to know what’s going on.” Julian says to them, with his trademark entitled tone.

“Well, there’s a reason for that…” Gabriel starts. But Zoe hushes him.

“Gabe, we’re not telling him anything. Not unless it’s necessary to protect Emma, which it sounds like it isn’t. Julian, ever considered that she’s ignoring you because you cheated on her, broke her heart, and are generally kind of a scumbag?” Zoe’s temper is rising.

Julian doesn’t like this. He laughs condescendingly.

“What the hell is so funny? Wait why haven’t I kicked you out yet?”

“You think Emma’s hiding from me? You don’t know anything about what she’s hiding. Hate to break it to you, but you don’t know her like I do.”

Zoe’s about to respond, but hesitates. This dude IS a pathological liar, but, why does he sound so convincing…

“You’re lying. As per usual.” Zoe’s smart, she knows that the best way to get a manipulator to spill his guts is through manipulation. She rolls her eyes, for effect.

“Tell me what’s going on, or you’ll regret it.”

“You don’t know shit, Julian. We don’t negotiate with terrorists. There’s the door. Buh-bye.”

Julian stands up out of rage. Right on cue.

“Did she tell you where she’s going next week?” Julian spits out. Bingo.

“Um, yes, obviously.” Zoe’s lying now, but her genuine curiosity is making it difficult. Meanwhile, Gabriel lies down on the bed and rests his head on a pillow--withdrawing from the conflict.

“Yeah fucking right. And you know how I know you’re full of shit?”

“Please, enlighten me.”

“Because if you’re as good of a friend as you pretend to be, you would have tried to stop her by now. But you haven’t. And I don’t think it’s because you’re not some fucking psycho weird sisterhood obsessed, I think it’s because Emma didn’t trust you enough to tell you that she’s going to start a new life. With me. And far from you.”

Zoe sits, stunned. Julian is a bona fide liar, so why was she even dignifying this with an iota of her energy? He’s the one who’s full of shit. Obviously.

Unless. Well, there is that constant curiosity that lives quietly in the back of her mind. Emma had grown a bit different over the past few months. The four best friends knew everything about each other, to perhaps a sickening degree, but yet...there were so many hours of Emma’s time that weren’t accounted for. Not that she isn’t entitled to those hours. But Zoe does wonder.

“I...um…” Zoe starts.

“She’s leaving. And if you think you have any chance of talking her out of it, you better help me find her. Otherwise, you might just never see her again.”

“Her phone is broken. That’s why you haven’t heard from her.” Gabriel says softly.

They both turn to look at him.

“How do you know that?” Zoe asks.

He takes a few deep breaths. “Because I was with her when it happened. We broke into Best Buy because she needed gear...it was to help her sister somehow...Madison was there, she knows more than I do…”

And that’s all he has to say. Julian has heard enough to head to his next destination. He briskly walks towards the door.

“Hold on a second, what happened to working together?” Zoe asks.

Julian sighs a fake sigh.

“I think what’s best for Emma will be to have as clean a break as possible.”

He leaves and shuts the door behind him. Zoe groans out loud, furious. How could she have listened to this monster??

But then again, there’s a part of her that needs to know if what he’s saying is true. She has so many questions… Why would Emma want to leave? Why couldn’t she be honest with her best friends? What happened to Isabel? And where is Emma now?

Zoe lies down next to Gabriel and wraps her arms around him. She thinks to herself about how there were so many bad guys out there, and she had somehow scored one of the few good ones. She feels blessed yet torn apart.

“Zo, I feel like hell.” he says.

Zoe realizes the heat of his body, and puts a hand to his forehead. Burning up.

She can’t let her mind go there.

“Don’t think about it Gabe. You haven’t seen anyone except me. Okay and Emma and Madison for five minutes, but you were totally safe, weren’t you?” she asks, starting to panic.

He doesn’t respond.

“Gabe?”

“Well yeah, the only thing I can think of is…Madison wasn’t wearing a mask.”

* * *

Emma keeps walking. The Isabel Bradford dot is getting closer and closer.

She’s in such a state of disbelief that it will take a lot to shock her even further at this point.

What will she say to her sister when she sees her? Hi, what the hell is going on? Why is your limp body chilling in our house? What are you doing here?

Isabel has been acting so weird lately. But then again, her family probably thinks the same about her. They’re probably wondering why this emo introvert is even more emo and introverted than usual. Or maybe they aren’t wondering at all. And it’s the lack of wondering that has driven her to run away with someone who may or may not love her.

Where is Julian now? The eternal question. Although one that has plagued her a bit less over the past couple of days. It’s legitimately insane how much has happened in that time.

And what of Mason?

Her blood began to boil. Emma has been massively fucked over by a guy before, and she feels that it’s unacceptable for this to become a pattern. Julian cheating and lying and manipulating...ok she can chock that up to a learning experience. Right? Ehhh. But if two guys play her in a row, well than she’s a bigger fool than she could have ever imagined. And she deserves what happens to her.

For a moment, Emma marvels at the fact that somewhere, she is in a closet on a pile of laundry. She can feel no trace of that reality, only absorb every hyper-realistic facet of what’s around her. She continues on these roads that only exist on a hard drive but feel solid under feet.

Once Emma finds Isabel, who probably knows her way around this game, she’s going to force her to help her find Mason. Like a, “I saved your life, now you owe me one” type of situation. Hopefully Isabel will see it that way.

And soon, she’ll be able to ask her.

According to the map on her device, she has arrived at the school.

It’s quite tall--taller than any school she’s ever seen before. It looks more like the other buildings around it than a place where young people would typically go to learn. But this is a game, so, she’ll roll with it.

But how to get inside..? Like is there even a door? Where’s the front? Hm.

Emma rounds a corner, and realizes that this is definitely the front.

Glassy, a giant arch over massive front doors, seemingly thousands of quotations inscribed on the reflective material. It’s somehow modern yet historic. It’s incredible, and Emma is utterly entranced.

“Emma?”

Emma has a near heart attack. She is abruptly pulled from her stupor by a voice behind her, a smooth voice that says her name like it’s familiar.

She turns around to see a boy around her age. Dark hair, slim, ghostly.

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rovalent · 5 years

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It’s the last month of the year, and also of the decade.

Luxe released their first single album successfully and Euijin finally made her debut as Ashe. Through all the award shows they were present, the group came out with an award. During the month of December, the girls will have to intercalate their album promotions with end-of-the-year specials, as well as personal schedules.

On December 7th, they’ll all go as a group to Idol Radio starting at 9PM. On December 8th, Cheri and Ashe will go on Kiss The Radio at 10PM along with two other idols from a different group. On December 14th, Cheri, Zoe, Yena, and Ashe will take part in the raw broadcast of My Little Television as inspired by this episode. As always, please change the happenings to fit your own character and the group’s history.

Finally, early on December 9th, Ella will receive the results from her drama audition from the previous month. The secrecy is finally left behind when the crew tells her that the role is hers. She won’t be playing a lead, but instead the secondary character Lee Bona in the upcoming drama entitled ‘The Heirs’. The drama will follow a group of rich, privileged high school students as they are about to take over their families' business empires, overcoming difficulties and growing every step of the way. Ella will receive the script for the first few episodes to read over in order to get herself prepared. She’s also invited to a first meeting with the rest of the crew and cast in the form of a private party on December 14th. During the party, a secret santa event will be announced in order to get everyone familiar with each other. Ella will need to buy a gift for CONVEX’s HYUN. She should work on learning her parts and will meet again on December 21st for a script reading event with the rest of the cast where the secret santa gifts will also be exchanged.

Meanwhile, Zoe was requested by the OTTOGI SNACK RAMEN brand to represent them in magazines. She’ll go on December 16th for a photoshoot with the product to appear on print-ads on the magazine issues of January. To thank her for her participation, Zoe will be able to take home ten snack ramens to share with her members at the dorm. YENA, after her growing appearances, was requested by ORION’S CHOCO PIE to do the same. She’ll go on December 18th for a photoshoot with the product to appear on print-ads on the magazine issues of January. To thank her for her participation, Yena will be able to take home five boxes of choco pie to share with her members at the dorm.

On December 19th, Ella will join DE:CODE on their MV recording. More information about this can be found in their own evaluation post.

Finally, the first music festival in line is SBS Gayo Daejeon on December 25th. Luxe will record a special video on December 20th as inspired by this video. With the end of the decade, the girls will look back on all the decades before this one. They’ll appear to by two in the order of Cheri->Zoe->Ashe->Ella->Yena, meaning that the girls will each have to dance more than once. When it’s their time to perform, they’ll show this version of their songs ‘Mini Skirt’ and ‘Like A Cat’. The Gayo will also feature a special stage including main vocalists. Along with three other idols (including She’Z’s Taeyeon), Cheri will perform this song as Solar. Between some of the performances, the MCs will interview those born in 1996 since the new year will have the year of the Rat. During this time, Ella will be one of the people interviewed to share her quick thoughts on her life so far and what she’s looking forward to in the future.

On December 27th, it’ll be the date of KBS Gayo Daechukjae. When it’s their time to perform, the group will be performing this version of ‘Like A Cat’. Yena will take part in this special stage as Hyejeong along with two other girl group members from different groups. Cheri will take part in this special stage as Solar, again, along with two other vocalists.

The last music festival will be on December 31st, the MBC Gayo Daejejun. When it’s their time to perform, the group will use this version of ‘Like A Cat’, except they’ll be accompanied by a popular band and the girls themselves won’t be playing any instruments, dancing a special choreography instead. Once they’re done, the girls will also perform a short band remix of ‘Mini Skirt’. The girls will join the other artists present onstage when it’s time for the new year countdown.

You will gain +5 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE AS YOU WISH, +3 DEBUT POINTS and +2 ACHIEVEMENTS for completing the written requirements as explained on the idol tier page. As this is not a promotional month, you may choose any two achievements for the month’s points. There is a capped maximum of five solos, sets of starters and/or partnered threads you may write for to collect this month’s points.

* For clarification, old threads from previous months will count towards points so long as they fulfill the requirements as explained on the idol tier page. However, at least one of this month’s requirements must be written about the schedule to gain any points for December.

The only form that needs to be submitted at the end of the month is a verification form for your debut points and achievements. Any SP points earned can be collected as soon as you finish the requirement for them. At the end of the month, you will submit the following form to the Points Verification blog:

IDOL’S NAME - ROYAL ENT - DECEMBER SCHEDULE (for the January 1 verification form)

PROOF OF ACTIVITY: [ x ]

POINTS: +00 SP [ distribute these however you like ]

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**** The members' appearances on programs and radio shows gives them 3 EXP. Zoe’s and Yena’s print-ads gives 2 EXP, and their performances in 3 Gayos gives 3 EXP, making it a total of 8 EXP. For more information regarding GROUP EXP, refer to the idol tier page.

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Chapter 14

8:45am Nottingham Cottage, Kensington Palace, London

Arabella squinted her eyes as she came to that morning. Yesterday they didn't really rest much after their flight as they had dinner with Harry's immediate family. Arabella stretched her body and rolled to her side to see Harry peacefully sleeping beside her. No matter how many times she's seen this view, she couldn't help but smile to herself. He looks so peaceful while he was sleeping. There was no lines on his forehead and his body is relaxed.

Sighing she looked to a clock by her side table and checked the time. She groaned when she realised that she overslept by 45 minutes and rolled to her side to get out of bed. She sat down for a while before stretching and standing up. Walking towards the en-suite bathroom where she will do her morning routine. Once she was done, she got out of the bathroom to see that Harry was awake.

"Morning," he said in his morning voice. Harry rubbed his eyes and stretched before getting himself up to a sitting position.

"Hi. Did you have a good sleep?" Arabella asked Harry as she walked towards the bed and kiss him good morning.

"Yeah, I did. What’s your plan today?" Harry asked her as he reach towards his phone on the night stand.

"I'm heading off to St. James Palace for a meeting at ten, and then I have lunch with Bea, Genie and Zara. After lunch I think we're going shopping, but it's up to the girls really." Arabella laid back down on the bed next to Harry so she could have some morning cuddles.

"I'm so happy you get along well with my family. Really." Harry said as he put his head on top of Arabella's head. "Skippy invited us to a club opening tonight."

"What club?" Arabella looked up at Harry.

"Not sure. I think it's one of Sam's private clubs." Harry shrugged. "There's an actress coming tonight that Skip wants to introduce to you. She's a big fan of yours apparently. Maia something."

"You sure she's a fan of mine and not yours. I think you've got that mixed up babe. Besides Maia something?" Arabella giggled. "I don’t recognise an actress with the name of Maia something."

"Maia, Meghan, Molly. I don’t know. I know it begins with an M though." Harry shrugged, not really caring. "Do you want to go? I have to tell Skippy so he can call Sam and get everything sorted.

"Sure. I need a night out anyways. I think it will be nice to have a night to let loose. It has been a crazy week." Arabella nodded her head to Harry. Harry then typed something in his phone, probably replying to Skippy.

Skippy, or also known as Tom Inskip, is Harry's best friend. They've known each other since their time in Eton. Skippy is usually the reason why Harry got into so much trouble when he was younger. Though most of his partying days were over since Harry and Arabella became official publically in 2013, the pair do enjoy some odd night outs with friends. Arabella got along well Harry's friends. They have been very welcoming and friendly to her.

Arabella was introduced to Harry's friends back in 2012 when they first began dating. Since Arabella has met most, if not all of Harry's family members, she was a bit nervous during her introductions with his friends. She even met Harry's ex-girlfriend Chelsy Davy early 2013. They were friendly with each other and know their places. They're not exactly the best of friends but if they see each other in public, they wouldn’t tear each other's hairs out.

Harry has 7 close friends and some of them has gotten married so his circle consist of 12 people. Him being a prince and all made that circle very very tight. There's Skippy and his girlfriend Lara Hughes-Young, Sam Branson and his wife Isabella Calthorpe, Hugh Grosvenor, Jake Warren and his wife Zoe Stewart, Thomas van Straubenzee and his wife Melissa Percy, Arthur Landon and Guy Pelly.

Arabella went to Sam and Isabella's wedding back in 2013 as well as Jake and Zoe's wedding in 2013 as well. It was in Jake and Zoe's wedding that she met one of Harry's previous flings Cressida Bonas. They were on friendly terms and it seems that Cressida and Arabella remain a good friend to each other. Cressida happened before Arabella and Arabella is not the type of person to get jealous at all. She knows what she's worth and feels very comfortable in her own skin. Besides, she is the crown princess for god sakes. If Harry would leave her for someone else, it would be a step down, unless of course, that someone is a Queen of her own right, but then again, there is no Queen who is single and even close to their age.

Harry finally got up from the bed and head into the bathroom to get ready for the day. While Harry was in the bathroom, Arabella finished getting ready before going to the dining room for some breakfast.

The tables were set differently here. There is no place mats on the head of the table and instead they are on the seats next to the head. So Arabella and Harry would be facing each other.

Arabella sat down and started eating her breakfast. Fifteen minutes later, Harry came out of the bathroom and sat opposite to her and start loading his plate up.

"So what's your plan today babe?" Arabella asked Harry. She realised that she didn’t know what he's doing today.

"I don’t think I have anything going on today. I think I'm going to visit Will and Kate at 1A, and I think I'm meeting Granny for lunch at Buckingham." Harry thought. "I think I have the afternoon free before the club tonight. We're having dinner with everyone before the club and I think Chelsy and Cressida will be there as well."

"Is the actress friend of Skippy going to be at dinner as well?" "I think so yeah." Harry said.

As Harry has finished his breakfast, he stood up from his seat and went across the table to kiss Arabella goodbye and head off to Apartment 1A. Arabella sighed. She isn’t normally a jealous person but she feels as if something is going to happen tonight and she doesn’t know whether she likes it or not.

Sighing, she called Anna, one of her ladies in waiting to the room.

"Your Royal Highness." She curtsied as she entered the room.

"Get Markus to ready the car, I'll be heading off to St. James in fifteen minutes."

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The meeting at St. James Palace went as much as a meeting would go. They discussed their schedule for Arabella in London for the next month. Not much is planned, mostly meetings with charities that Arabella is patron of as well as some wedding planning. That and an engagement with Prince Philip at the end of the month. Arabella knew that it’s going to be a stressful thing planning the wedding as they have to incorporate both Dutch and British traditions. That and under which church do they get married in. Do they get married under the Church of the Netherlands or under the Church of England. Arabella thought that maybe they can have two weddings, one under the Netherlands and another under England, but that requires even more planning.

Jane and Eva have compiled a list of designers that would love to design Arabella's wedding gown so there's a pile that needs to be sorted. There's also the matters of cake, reception, music, decorations, guest list, and many more.

Now that she's done with her meeting, Arabella is off to lunch with Bea, Genie and Zara, some of Harry's female cousins that Arabella is close with. Arabella met Zara when she was visiting her Aunt Lilibet back in 2010 just after her wedding with Mike Tindall. They hit it off right away and remained close ever since. Arabella met Eugenie and Beatrice during Will and Kate's wedding and they kept in touch. Whenever Arabella was in London, Bea and Genie has taken her under their wing and show her around places that isn't that well known.

Travelling to lunch, Arabella slumped inside the car. The car they have used is her official car in London, a black Range Rover Sport that is actually armoured. In front of the car is a flag of the Netherlands. That is to say that it is her that's traveling in the car. If it was her father, there will be two flags in front of the car as well as a flag of his house.

Accompanying her to lunch today is Max, Lucas and Liam since Finn has to take care of head of security things. Markus is driving her car with Max in the passenger seat, while Lucas and Liam are in the car behind. At all times, there has to be two cars with me. One of them are my emergency car, or as I like to call it, the backup car.

Arriving at the restaurant Bea has chosen for lunch, Markus opened Arabella’s door and help her step out of the car.

Entering the restaurant, Liam was walking in front of her surveying the scene with Max behind her. They walked to the reception table at the front.

"Good Afternoon ma'am. Do you have a reservation?" The woman behind the counter asked looking at the boys who are now standing behind.

"Er, I'm actually meeting someone here, I think it should be either under Beatrice or Eugenie. Or maybe Zara actually I'm not too sure." Arabella reached up a hand to tuck in a piece of stray hair behind her ears.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Ma'am. Right this way." She then started walking to the back and opened another door for her. This led into a private room which currently hold Zara, Bea and Genie.

Liam walked in first to check the room before allowing Arabella to enter. He checked every nook and cranny of the room, even under the table to check if there is any other entry door. When he's satisfied that there's none, he bowed to her before leaving the room.

In front of Arabella, stood three beautiful English women she’s going to call family soon.

They greeted each other with hugs and kisses before settling down in their seats around the round table.

"Happy belated birthday Bella." Genie started off once they’ve settled in their seats.

"Thank you. How are you girls?" Arabella asked them looking around the table.

"We've been good. Had a good New Year, it’s been pretty relaxed here this time of year." Bea shrugged.

“Tell me, how did our dearest cousin proposed? I know you guys had interviews and all that regarding this but you never tell in detail.” Zara asked leaning forwards a little.

“Well it was very romantic. We were at the Alps for my birthday and he took me outside to go for a walk underneath the stars. He got down on one knee in the snow and asked me there and then with the stars as witnesses. It was freezing as well.” Arabella told the girls before moving to a different subject.

They spent the next hour or so catching up with each other. Out of all of Harry's cousins, Arabella is closest to Zara, Eugenie and Beatrice, not only are they closer in age but they are the people that Arabella can turn to without being judged. Arabella doesn’t have many friends that is non-royal. Her best friends are members of a royal family and even then, sometimes they don’t have a title, but they understand how it feels like under pressure. Over the years, she had friends who tend to take advantage of her status and fame.

The four of them talked about their life, their other halves and what they've been up to. They called the waitress to come in and give them the cheque before moving outside and onto the next part of their outing which is a shopping spree. They went to oxford street to do some window shopping. When Arabella is given the chance to shop, she usually shops at high street shops instead of high ended ones. These are the clothes she'll wear every day. Clothes she'll wear during engagements and other things are usually picked out by Eva and she knows Arabella's type of style.

They went to Primark first, looking at pyjamas and night clothes. Arabella got some Harry Potter pyjamas as well as some really soft robes. Then they went to ZARA, which they promptly made fun of Zara for.

"Come on Zara, let's go to your shop next!" Bea exclaimed as they walk out of Primark.

"Do you think you'll get a discount for having the same name?" Genie thought out loud.

"I don’t think it works like that Genie," Zara then said shaking her head.

"Well let's go anyway. Kate likes to shop here, I haven't seen any of their winter line yet." Arabella said.

When they went inside ZARA, Liam stayed outside the doors, with Lucas and Max following behind them. Due to Zara not having a title, she did not get protection officers, however, Bea and Genie did have them before but in 2011, they were pulled away and are only used during engagements. So the only protection officers there are Arabella's and she has 3 with them at all times with an extra one, the driver Since she is the crown princess. It's a good thing that while she's out and about, she doesn’t need to bring any police escorts with her.

They walked around ZARA for a while and got some clothes. Arabella got a few dresses as well as jeans and t-shirts while Zara, Bea and Genie got a few dresses as well. As they were queuing to pay, a few girls behind them noticed them and was whispering with each other. They didn’t really recognise Arabella at first which was a relief but they noticed Bea, Genie and Zara. The girls didn’t bother them much and after they paid, they went to the next shop which is Marks & Spencer.

They walked along Oxford Street, getting noticed here and there, and at the end of their trip, Arabella's second car was filled with shopping bags and they went to Selfridges, Mulberry UK, Adidas store, Forever 21, Lush, Disney Store, Next, Urban Outfitters, Mango, Nike town, H&M, JD Sports and a lot more shops along the way.

"I'll say that was a very successful shopping trip." Arabella said to the girls before laughing and going back home.

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Harry's day have been very relaxing so far, he spent the morning with his brother and his first born son who's 6 months old. They talked all morning about this new role that Harry is going to take.

"So how are you doing?" Will asked Harry as he play with little George. "How are you coping with everything?"

"I'm doing okay, I think. Bella is there to explain how things are going and what to expect. It's been a roller coaster ride to be honest." Harry confessed.

"I'm sure you'll be fine Harry. If you need anything I'm sure Pa will help you. I don’t know how most things run there but I'm sure its similar to how Pa is here. "

"I think it's going to be a bit different Will. Pa is what Bella is. They're the heir apparent. I'm what mum was, what Camilla is." Harry said. "Though I will get the title Prince of Orange, and I will get the title King, but I don’t do the work that Bella will do, with the parliament, the government and all that."

"You'll learn along the way Harry. Just asking, what is your title after you marry Bella?"

"I asked Alexander about it while we were still at The Hague." Harry started. "I'll be HRH The Prince of Orange, Prince Henry of Wales, Duke of whatever gran gives and so on."

"Wow. You'll be known as the Prince of Orange then."

"Yeah. You'll have to bow to me then Wills." Harry jokes.

With that, Kate went down to where they were sitting.

"Hey Kate, you didn’t go have lunch with Bella, Genie, Bea and Zara?" Harry asked his sister in law.

"No, wasn't invited." Kate shrugged her shoulders before laughing at the uncomfortable look on Harry's face. "Relax, I'm joking. No, I have a meeting in a few with Rebecca about some of my charities. I'm also limiting my appearance in public if I have to, hiding the little one you see." Kate then rubbed her small bump.

Harry nodded before standing up and excusing himself as his phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Ah, Harry my boy." His father's voice rang through the phone.

"Hi Pa, what can I help you with?"

"Do you have any current lunch plans?"

"No, not at the moment."

"Great. Come have lunch at Clarence with me. I have a few things I would like to discuss with you."

"I'll be over in a few. Bye Pa." With that, Harry hang up the phone and went back to the sitting room where Will is left with George.

"Where did Kate go?" Harry asked.

"She left for her meeting." Will answered.

"Sorry to cut this meeting short, but Pa has summoned me to Clarence." Harry gathered up his things before going over to his brother who stood up.

"Take care alright. I know this is new territory for you but take these next few months for you to learn the ropes. You are going to be a King Harry, a King. You won't bow down to Arabella once she's Queen, not like grandfather. You'll be her equal. Observe how they do things, learn their culture and language. Prepare yourself. You will still be King if Arabella dies before you. You won't be a prince or prince consort, you'll be King. I know you'll do well. Just take care alright." Will said hugging Harry tightly.

"I will." Harry hugged back. "Thank you."

With that, they pulled away from the hug and Harry said goodbye to his nephew before going to his father's place.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~

"So tell me, how are the wedding preparations? Have you started yet?" Charles asked as they eat their lunch.

"We’re having our first meeting with the wedding coordinators tomorrow. We plan to incorporate as much as we can from both countries in the wedding. It’s not going to be easy but we’ll try our best.” Harry answered his father’s question.

“That’s good to hear. It’s going to be a bit difficult since you are under the Church of England and she’s under the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. What’s your plans for this?”

“We might do the same thing as what Alexander and Maxima did for their wedding. Neither of us will be losing our place in the line of succession if we marry someone of a different religion but to appease both countries, we will have two ceremonies on that day or a separate day. It’s still uncertain.”

“My boy, going to be king some day. Never thought I’d see that day ever happening.” Charles shakes his head. “You were such a care free child. You didn’t have the pressure of being the heirs heir like your brother and you were so naughty growing up as well. Always getting into trouble.”

"Pa," Harry started.

"Let me just say this Harry." Charles interrupted Harry. "Before you met Bella, you were a mess. You've been with Chelsy for seven years, you were known as the 'party prince' to the press, hell you made a lot of mistakes and caused this family through bad press, but I feel like, if it wasn’t for that, you wouldn’t learn and grow to the man you are today. Ever since you met Bella, you've become such a good role model for the people, more responsible. I'm sure Afghanistan also contributed to this factor, but I am so proud of you Harry. I'm sure your mother would be proud to. Just remember, it's just not this country that you need to worry about now, you need to start thinking about the Netherlands and how you want to be as a King."

"Did you give Will this speech too?" Harry asked. "When he was about to marry Kate?"

"Yeah. Just not the King part, I gave him that speech when he was fifteen." Charles shook his head. "Your brother was under a very tight leash. We wanted him to have a normal childhood, but after your mother passed away, I had to talk to him and get him to understand the world we lived in. I told him, you are going to be King one day, don’t do anything that would jeopardise that."

They finished their lunch with small chats about their plans for the next few weeks, how long is Harry and Arabella going to be in London, and what about their royal engagements. Once they were done with dinner, they moved to Charles study to have a drink.

"Harry, your grandmother has spoken to me earlier," Charles began. "She asked me to give you and your future wife something."

"Yeah?"

"Yes, the reason why I've invited you over for lunch is to discuss your titles and some estates she would like to give to you. Normally, she would tell you herself, but she wish for me to tell you tonight so she can make preparations and join efforts with King Willem-Alexander." Charles then passed Harry his drink. "She has decided to give you a Dukedom. The Duke of Sussex actually, as well as the Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel. Your official title, from England once you've married would be His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel. You will be primarily known as the Prince of Orange however once you've married Arabella."

"So how what's my full title? If I'm a prince and a Duke as well."

"Well your official title would be HRH Prince of Orange Prince Henry of Wales, Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel. Your titles from the Netherlands with come first since it’s a higher rank. Just like how I'm Prince of Wales and then comes my dukedom and so on."

Harry nodded understanding what his father was trying to say.

"Your grandmother, as an engagement present, would like to give you both York Cottage at Sandringham and as a wedding gift, she would like to give you Craigowan Lodge at Balmoral. She knows that Balmoral is Arabella's favourite place as a child and you love going to Sandringham during Christmas. You may start repairs anytime you want. The family lawyer will draw everything up and will present it to you once it's done."

"Wow. She's giving us two?" Harry asked slightly in shock. She knew his grandmother has given his brother Anmer Hall but other than that, they have been living at Apartment 1A at Kensington.

"Yes. She decided to give you a summer home as well as a winter home. Let's not forget Nottingham Cottage at Kensington. All three will be under both of your names, once everything is signed, you'll have to release a press release. Have you both talked about a pre-nup?"

"Yeah, we're meeting our lawyers and advisors tomorrow at St. James. Parliament on Arabella's side won't let her marry without one and we know that they have the power of removing her as the heir if they don’t approve of our marriage. They only agreed because I'm granny's grandson and fourth in line to the throne. There is also a probability that Will might abdicate or George but I don’t see that happening, or at least I hope not." Harry shrugged.

"Well, whatever their reason is, they allow you to marry and let her keep her place."

They talked some more before Harry have to excuse himself to go home and get ready for dinner and a night out with his friends. He did call Arabella on his way home to check in and see whether she's home or not.

"Hey." Arabella's voice called out on the other side of the phone.

"Hey, I'm on my way back from Clarence."

"Clarence?"

"Yeah. Pa wanted to talk about some things."

"What about?"

"Granny is giving us York Cottage at Sandringham and Craigowan Lodge at Balmoral. Both needs a lot of repairs but as soon as they're signed, we can start."

"Did she really?"

"Yeah. Are you home?”

“Just arrived. What time are we meeting everybody?”

“Meeting them at 8:30. I’ll see you at home, I’m 5 minutes away.”

“Love you.”

“I love you too.”

With that Harry hanged up the phone and sighed. He has a feeling that tonight will be a long night.

*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*

Arabella walked out of the bedroom wearing a sequined maroon sleeveless mini dress. Her hair was up in a ponytail with a few pieces loose in the front. She did her make up a little bit smoky with some liner and nude lips.

Arabella felt very comfortable in her skin and love dressing up to look good. She went downstairs and greeted Harry by the door, ready to go.

"Are you ready?" She asked him while putting on her shoes.

"Yeah. Barend is on shift tonight so he's driving us using my car, Samuel will be in the car with us while Arthur, Lucas, Max and Finn will be in the car behind." Harry informed her.

"Are all your friends going to be there tonight?"

"Yeah pretty much. Skippy, Lara, Sam, Isabella, Hugh, Jake, Zoe, Tom, Melissa and Guy will be the only ones for dinner. After that other friends of friends will join us."

"Great! I haven’t seen them in so long."

With that, they climbed into their car and left Kensington grounds.

The couple arrived at the restaurant at eight thirty sharp and was shown their tables as soon as they went inside. It was an Italian restaurant and they were seated in a private room. When the pair entered the room, all of Harry's friends stood up and started clapping their hands, shouting words of congratulations and praise. Once they were all seated, they began looking through the menu and ordering their food.

It was a rectangular table with six seats on each side. Arabella was seated in the middle with Harry seated across of her. On her immediate right was Lara and next to her was Isabella and Sam at the end. On her left side was Zoe and Jake. Next to Harry was Skippy, Tom and Melissa at the end while on his other side was Guy and Hugh.

"Well, let me see the ring!" Lara said to Isabella once they've finished ordering their meal. Out of all of Harry's friends, Arabella was closer to Lara and Melissa.

Arabella just smiled before showing Lara her left hand. There in her ring finger was her beautiful engagement ring.

"My goodness, what a beautiful ring. We saw your engagement interview and everything, but those don’t do these any justice." Lara said smiling before turning to Arabella. "Have you started the planning yet?"

"We've got a general idea of what we want but we're having our first meeting with the wedding planner tomorrow." Arabella started off. “We know we would like to incorporate both countries in the wedding, we just don’t know how."

"That idea will make both countries very happy I hope." Lara said.

"Do you know which designer doing your dress?" Zoe asked from Arabella's other side.

"Definitely not McQueen or David and Elizabeth Emanuel. The comparisons will be horrific. I know that I'm going to have more than one designer that's for sure." Arabella said. "I have a huge pile of resume's in my office with designers that wants to design my dress already. God knows it will only continue to grow until the actual wedding."

"Do you have a date already in mind?" Zoe asked.

"Well, we know it's going to be in October, I like the autumnal colours, like oranges and burnt red, it's absolutely beautiful. Perhaps early to mid-October, I don’t want the weather to be too cold or too hot." Arabella explained.

"Have you thought about your bachelorette party yet?" Lara asked. "Are you going to be the one planning it, or will someone else plan it."

"Madeleine will plan it I'm sure. I bet she's already started planning it." Arabella laughed.

"That's cute of her." Isabella said from next to Sam.

"So what's the plan tonight?" Arabella asked.

"Well, when we're finished here, we're off to this new club Sam is overseeing." Skippy started off, after hearing Arabella's question.

"There's this new American actress that wants to meet the both of you, said to be a huge fan." Guy said. "I thought I could introduce her to you and in return have a very fun night from a very thankful actress."

The whole table burst out laughing at what Guy said. It was typical for Guy to introduce someone to them to get lucky, so Arabella and Harry did not feel offended of being used like that. And that’s only because Harry has known Guy since he was little and Arabella knows for a fact that Harry's close circle of friends are very loyal. Sure they joked around and often use them to gain a benefit here and there, but at the end of the day, they are fiercely loyal and extremely protective of their friends.

"What's her name? I tried asking Harry this morning but all he said was someone starting with an M, which wasn’t very helpful." Arabella started pointedly at Harry across the table.

"Meghan Markle, small TV show actress. I know you have ties with the Hollywood scene Bella." Guy told Arabella.

"The one from Suits?" Arabella recalled. "Harry we watched an episode of that series. Remember? I said if you weren't with me, you would go for her."

"Babe, we weren't doing much watching at that time." Harry laughed.

At Harry's reply, the whole table burst into laughter leaving Arabella red in the face and stuttering for an answer. Shaking her head, she opened her mouth to retort a comeback but the food has arrived and they ate their meal. Once they're all done, food and drinks has been paid, courtesy of Skippy who said that it was a night of celebration, they left the restaurant and went to the club to let loose.

The club they were going to is a very high class club, which means bouncers, and high security, but that didn’t mean that Arabella's protection officers would wait outside. Nope. Barend will standby at the car, Lucas will stand guard at the back door while Max stands by the front door. Finn however will be within 5 feet away from Arabella inside the club. Arabella won't see Finn, but rest assure, if anyone touches Arabella who is not authorized, they will be on the ground. Harry's PO's however is a different story. Samuel will wait in the car (there's two cars on standby) while Arthur will be somewhere inside the club. Not as close as Finn to Arabella but he can see everything.

All of Arabella's RPO's carry a weapon, maybe even more. Even Barend and Markus is trained in martial arts and carry a weapon. They take their jobs very seriously since if anything were to happen to Arabella, they have to answer to the King and make sure that they have done everything in their power to protect Arabella. Not only do they have to answer to the King but also to the people as well. Princess Diana might have been known as the People's princess of but Arabella is known as the Kingdom's Princess.

They went inside the club towards the VIP section on the second floor which oversees the dance floor below and has its own bar and bartender. When the group arrived, Chelsy Davy was there as well as a few other acquaintances. Arabella and Harry greeted everyone they knew with a kiss on the cheeks and everyone else with a polite handshake and smiles. There was a few people who they did not know that was there and when it was Arabella who was greeting them, they y did a small curtsy when they shook hands which Arabella just ignored.

"Harry! Bella! Come here for a sec, I want to introduce you to someone." Guy called from somewhere near the bar. Harry excused himself from the person he was talking to and reached Guy before Arabella. Arabella was sitting at the couches when Guy called so she took a bit longer to get to Guy.

"Harry, I would like to introduce you to Meghan Markle. Meghan, Prince Harry." Guy introduced them.

"Nice to meet you." Meghan gave a small shy smile.

"You too." Harry replied giving her a smile before turning around to look for his fiance.

"Babe," Harry called out to Arabella as she came closer to the trio.

"Bella, this is Meghan Markle, the girl I was telling you about." Guy introduced her again. "Meghan, this is Princess Arabella."

"Hello," Arabella said politely which Meghan returned with a smile. She didn’t really want to meet the Princess, she just wanted to meet Prince Harry. When Guy invited her to go out tonight, he said that the Prince might come so she dressed to impress. She wasn’t happy that his fiance was there as well.

"Shall we go sit? I'll grab us some drinks." Guy said as he gestured them towards the sitting area as he went to grab drinks. "Your usual I assume Harry? Bella? And what would you like Meghan?"

"Yes please." Both Harry and Arabella replied Guy.

"I'll have a Margarita please Guy." Meghan replied. With that Guy left to go to the Bar and order their drinks. Making sure to have Arabella's drink checked and made under direct supervision so that nothing is added or anything.

Meanwhile, Harry, Arabella and Meghan went to the couches and sat down. Harry sat first, pulling Arabella onto his lap and pulled her even closer, and Meghan sat opposite of the pair.

"So, Meghan, what do you do for a living?" Harry started off.

"I'm an actress and an activist." She replied.

"Oh, big screen or small screen?" Arabella asked. She knew a lot of actors and actresses and none of them have heard of Meghan Markle before.

"Small screen now, I'm currently doing this TV show called Suits. Have you seen it before?" She turned to Harry when she asked this question.

"I think we watched an episode, but I don’t think we were paying that much attention, did we babe?" Harry smirked at Arabella before pressing kisses on her neck.

Laughing, Arabella kissed Harry's cheeks before asking the next question. "How long are you here for?"

"Only for a few days." Meghan replied shortly. Feeling as if she didn’t want to talk to Arabella, Arabella just looked away and surveyed the area. It was then that Guy came back with their drinks.

"Martini for the Princess, Whiskey for the Prince and a Margarita for the actress. Enjoy." Guy handed each of them with their drinks and started a conversation with Harry and Meghan. Arabella whispered to Harry that she's going to go over to Skippy and Lara before getting up from Harry's lap and heading over there.

They stayed there for a while, many drinks between them. Arabella stayed with Lara and Zoe, often going to the railing to watch people dance before heading to the mini dance floor and dance themselves while Harry chatted with Guy and Skippy who joined them not long after Arabella left. Meghan stayed there as well with Chelsy joining them after Skippy. Chelsy and Harry remained friends after the break up and Arabella and Chelsy are friendly with each other. Chelsy has her own boyfriend and are very happy right now.

Throughout the whole night, Chelsy watched how Meghan interacted with Harry, feeling slightly suspicious of the new girl in their circle. She liked how happy Harry is with Arabella and she doesn’t want anyone jeopardising that. The whole night, Chelsy could see that this Meghan was full on flirting with Harry, touching his arms, laughing at every single thing that Harry says and even doing the tucking of the hair behind the ears move. Chelsy then glanced at Arabella to see if she noticed that Meghan was making a move on Harry and it looks like she was having a blast with Lara and Zoe. She was laughing and dancing and drinking like there was no tomorrow.

Feeling annoyed, Chelsey excused herself to go to the bathroom and went to go do her business. Once she was done, she left the cubicle to see that Meghan had went to the bathroom as well and is re-applying her lipstick. Chelsy ignored her as she went to wash her hands.

"Do you think if I pull down my top more, Harry will notice me?" Meghan spoke up beside Chelsy.

"I'm sorry, what?" Chelsy furrowed her eyebrows.

"What do you think I should do to get Harry’s attention?” Meghan asks again. “Do I need to show more skin to get him to leave his fiancé? Or do I need to play nice girl?”

Chelsy just looked at her flabbergastedly.

“Is that your plan tonight? To get Harry interested in you that he will leave his fiancé? A crown princess for some low small screen nobody? Please, have some respect for yourself.” Chelsy scoffed before leaving the bathroom.

Meanwhile at the table, when Chelsy left, not long after Meghan left to the bathroom as well and Arabella approached Harry, Guy and Skippy.

“Having fun?” Arabella asked Harry kissing his cheeks.

“Not without you baby.” Harry replied.

“Please stop guys or I’ll barf.” Guy said mockingly barfing.

“Why didn’t you stay here with us?” Harry asked Arabella.

“Yeah, you missed Meghan throwing herself at Harry while Guy just moped.” Skippy laughed.

“Well I didn’t want to see someone throwing themselves at my fiancé, so I decided to just let loose myself.” Arabella replied to Harry’s question. “Besides, absence makes your heart grow fonder, is it not?”

Shaking his head, Harry just pulled Arabella closer to him and swayed to the music.

It was then Chelsy came back from the bathroom with a slightly pissed off look in her face.

“What’s wrong Chels?” Harry asks still hugging Arabella close to him.

“I just want to rip out Meghan’s head off.” Chelsy said angrily.

“What? Why?” Guy asks.

“She literally asks me in the bathroom what to do to make Harry notice her, show off more skin or pretend to be a good girl.” Chelsy shakes her head.

“And? What did you say to her?” Curious, Arabella prodded some answers from Chelsy.

“Well, I said, word for word, if that’s her plan tonight. If she’s trying to get Harry to leave his fiancé, a crown princess, I might add, for a low small screen nobody. And that for her to have a little respect for herself.” Chelsy shrugged.

With that, the whole table burst out laughing.

“Oh Chelsy honey.” Arabella pulled away from Harry to hug Chelsy. “You didn’t have to do that.”

“I had to, Bella. I know we’re not exactly the best of friends, but you are one of my friends and I have grown to respect you a lot. I’ve been through where you were, only I was more insecure and in the end, that and how his life is like, that we didn’t end up working. I don’t want some bimbo nobody get in between Harry and his happiness. After all that he’s been through, he deserves it. And you, not only embrace this life of his, but your life is even more demanding than his. So, yeah. I have to do this. I will do this again.” Chelsy said to Arabella.

“Thank you.” Arabella smiled at her. “It means a lot to me. For you to do this.”

When they pulled away from each other, they faced the smiling group and shook their heads. At that, Meghan came back from the bathroom and the group could clearly tell that she chose to show more skin. It was indicated by the lower neckline of her shirt and even shorter skirt and ruffled hair.

Arabella just stared at Harry before laughing and shaking her head. She then kissed Harry on the lips, just to mark her territory before going to the bar to get some more Martini, maybe even some tequila, she definitely needs something stronger.

"Tequila shot please." She gestured to the bartender before turning around and lean against the bar to survey the VIP area. What she didn’t realise, is that Meghan followed her and stood next to her against the bar.

"I see I pushed you to drinking shots now? Are you that insecure that I'll steal your man?" Meghan spoke up.

Turning around, she looked Meghan up and down, before laughing again. "Honey, what makes you so sure that you can steal my man?"

"He's been into me the whole night. I bet you if I would walk past him and give him a signal, he'll come following shortly. Because let's face it, who would want a stick thin dumb blonde as a fiancé?"

"Let's get one thing straight here Meg, can I call you meg?" Arabella asked before smirking. "That guy behind you there, with the leather jacket? He's my protection officer, well one of them anyways. I don’t usually pull this card but, compared to me, you're nothing. I'm the crown princess, my godparents are kings and queens, if anyone were to threaten me, well let's just say that you won't be allowed back in many countries. You want to try and get Harry's attention go for it. I just want to see your face when he doesn’t give you the time or day." With that, Arabella gestured for Meghan to go walk past Harry and come back.

"Fine. You'll see how he'll drool over me when I come back here." With that, she flicked her hair and walked towards Harry in what Arabella assumed to be a supposed sexy walk. She walked really slowly in front of Harry, trying, and failing to show some legs. When Harry didn’t even glance her way, she just huffed and stalked back to where Arabella was standing.

"Now watch how it's done." Arabella threw back her shot of tequila before slamming it back down on the bar top and make her way to Harry. She swayed her hips a little as she got closer to Harry. It was at that moment when Harry felt the need to look up and there it was, right in front of him, his fiancé walking towards him sexily. He bit his lips before excusing himself from his friends and meet her half way.

"You want to get out of here?" Arabella looked into his eyes and bite her lips.

"Let's go." Harry just signalled Finn that they were leaving before taking her hand and dragging her towards the exit and their cars.

Arabella turned her head to look behind her, her eyes stared into those of Meghan's and Arabella gave her a wink before turning back to the front and giggled softly.

"I know what you did," Harry said as the car doors close.

"I have no idea what you’re saying." Arabella smiled coyly.

"I saw you talking to her by the bar, I saw the way you laugh and how you challenged her."

"Fine, she told me that you were into her and how if she would walk past you, you would look at her and follow her into oblivion. I obviously challenged her to actually do it and when she failed to catch your attention, I told her to watch and learn how it's done, and well, you're here now aren't you?"

Let's just say, when they returned back to the cottage, their night was spent with laughter and a lot of love making.

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