#brooke x jenny

[wwprice1]

Awesome covers coming from Marvel in December!

[sydneyofalltrades]

😳😳😳

Can I have 800 dollars then?

oc x canons are so so cool everyone who has an oc x canon pairing deserves 200 dollars right now

[sapphiredhearts-a]

random ship tags < 3

[carlsdarling]

Hey bae!

Can you do a Carl x reader who has the biggest obsession with cats (like me) and finds out that the cat bit/scratched carl and y/n is like "well you prob made my baby mad" and carl is confusion like "wth???" and later y/n founds carl and her cat cuddling, sleeping, very aborable.💓

How to save a cat part VI

Finally, things come to an end... Y/N and Garfield got a new home. Everyone is 18 or over.

WARNINGS: smut, nsfw, violence, domestic violence, angst

You knocked on the door of the broom closet, your hand anxiously clutching the cup that was warm from your urine. A superstitious, infantile part of you hoped for the impossible, for the miracle - for the pregnancy test to be negative.

Your father snatched the cup from you so that the contents sloshed out, and slammed the door again. With your heart pounding in panic, you huddled in the corner next to the mop; you would have preferred to make yourself invisible. It was cold in the broom closet, you were wearing only your pajamas and slippers, and you were freezing.

Not ten minutes later, the broom closet door opened again, and your father's shadow loomed high above you, eerily distorted, like that of a monster. Not that there was that much difference. "Come out of there," your father hissed, grabbing you and dragging you to your feet, then pushing you out into the hallway, punching you roughly in the back. He shoved you in front of him into the kitchen, where the pregnancy test sat on the table like a death sentence. Your father gave you a shove, sending you stumbling toward the table. The test showed two bold strokes - positive. Of course it was. Your mouth was all dry, and it wasn't because you were thirsty. Your mom was squatting on a chair, her eyes all red.

You backed away until your spine was against the wall. You were nauseous with fear; your father's anger was boundless, the twitching muscle beside his left eye telling. "So you let that son of a primitive policeman impregnate you," he said coldly. "I told you there would be consequences if you didn't stay away from Carl Grimes. Everything in life has consequences." You pressed against the wall in fear. "You will not have this baby, it will be aborted, and afterwards you will never leave the house alone again," your father now said in a conversational tone.

"I don't want an abortion." You were surprised to hear your own voice. "Carl and I love each other, and we want this baby, and we want to live together."

"Please what?" your father asked, stunned, and already he was slapping you so hard your head flung to the side.

"Leave Y/N alone, Robert!" your mom Jenny spoke up unexpectedly. "She's pregnant!" Her hands clenched around the edge of the table.

"Just shut up," your father growled at her. "It's all your fault anyway, Jenny! If you'd raised Y/N right, she never would have hooked up with Carl!" he yelled at her, then grabbed his wife by the arm, yanked her off the chair, and hurled her viciously across the kitchen. Your mom slammed into the dishwasher and fell to the floor, dazed.

"Stop it! Stop hitting Mom!" you scream at him, shrieking.

His head jerked around. "Oh, that's right, it's all about you, you little whore!" You tried to run away, but he held you down and started beating you like crazy until you were on the floor. You rolled up to protect yourself from his blows and kicks, but it was no use; the punches hammered down on you. You tasted blood. In the background, your mom was screaming, trying to pull your dad away from you, but she was unsuccessful; he just pushed her aside and kept on beating.

"I hate you," you moaned, "I hate you immensely. I wish you were dead and not Brooke," you spat back at him.

He then dragged you up from the floor, dragged you to the back door, opened it, and just threw you out, into the cold autumn weather where a storm was raging. You remained lying at the foot of the stairs, every bone of your battered body aching. "You are no longer my daughter," your father roared. "See where you stay with your brat!" He disappeared. It took only a few minutes, you had not yet processed what had happened, when he opened the door again and threw the animal transport box with Garfield out of the house. The cat meowed indignantly and snarled.

Sobbing, you struggled to your feet, took the box and slowly moved away from the house. The freezing rain soaked your pajamas, and your bare feet immediately went numb from the cold.

Rick's house was on the other side of Alexandria, and by the time you got there, you were at the end of your strength. You fell down on the porch and stayed there shivering and scratching at the door. It was Michonne who opened, discovered you, and cried out in horror. Then Rick was there, too, and Carl. Rick carefully picked you up and carried you into the house; Carl took the box with Garfield in it. They bedded you down on the couch in the living room; Michonne got a blanket and bandages. Carl held your hand the whole time, while you told what had happened, crying. "You're pregnant?" asked Rick, aghast, looking back and forth between you and Carl.

Carl nodded, blushing. "We...we wanted to escape," he confessed haltingly. "And seek shelter somewhere else, to be together there, with our child. We were planning to go to Hilltop, or Oceanside, or Sanctuary. Anything is better than here with Y/N's father. At least Negan would have taken us in for sure."

"Why didn't you tell me, Carl?" asked Rick, concerned.

"I didn't want to get you involved," Carl muttered. "I was afraid of Robert Andrews. That thing with my stomach, that...was him too, that wasn't a walker, I lied." He looked fearfully at the floor. "He beat me up, and he said I do not deserve to live. I was afraid he would take revenge on you if you helped us."

Rick's lips turned white with anger. Not only had the governor mistreated Y/N and thrown her out of the house, even though she was expecting a child, no, he had also seriously injured Carl and scared him so badly that Carl had wanted to seek help elsewhere rather than from his own father. He stood up with a sudden jerk.

Michonne seemed to suspect what he was up to. "You need to go get Denise right away, Rick," she admonished, "Y/N needs a doctor." She dabbed blood from your injured lip.

"First I'll wake Denise, then I'll go to Robert," Rick announced in anger, clenching his fists.

"My mom in still in the house," you said worriedly. "He hit her, too. I don't know what's up with her." Garfield grew restless in his box and meowed.

"You're safe here," Carl assured you, "Y/N can stay with us, right?" He squeezed your hand reassuringly. "She can't go back there, and we want to keep the baby."

Michonne and Rick exchanged a look. "Of course," Rick said before leaving.

                                                 ***

Rick rang Denise from sleep, then immediately made his way to the governor's house. Once there, he vibrated with anger. Briefly, he stopped in front of the house. The windows were brightly lit, unlike the neighborhood where everything was dark. Rick trudged up the steps to the front door and pounded on the door.

The governor yanked the door open. "I told you, I don't have a daughter anymore, so..." That's as far as he got, Rick's fist landed right in his face. His nose cracked, blood gushed out, and he cried out. Rick dragged him out of the house, twisted his arm, and threw him over the banister into the garden bed. Before your father could get up again, Rick was on top of him, beating him half to death. Robert Andrews didn't stand a chance against Rick's fury; anyway, he wasn't a particularly strong man, he could only go after weaker people. "Your time as governor of this community is over!" shouted Rick. Lights were turned on in the surrounding houses. "What you did to Carl is unforgivable, and then you hit your daughter, a pregnant girl! You're a miserable piece of shit, and everyone's going to know it, and you're going to spend the rest of your life in a jail cell, I swear to you!" He didn't let go of Robert Andrews until he was unconscious and covered in blood and not moving, then he entered the house and looked around searchingly. He found your mother, Jenny, lying at the foot of the basement stairs with a broken leg and severely injured, and carried her up to the first floor, where he laid her on the sofa. "I will send Siddiq to you," he promised. "And your husband will be imprisoned."

                                                           ***

Everything happened as Rick had predicted: as soon as Robert Andrews could leave the infirmary, he went to jail, and the position of governor was taken away from him. In his place, Rick and Carol were elected as equal governors. Your mom, who was openly resented in Alexandria for not fighting back and advocating for her daughters for years, decided to move to Oceanside, and your parting was frosty. Maybe someday you would be able to forgive her for her cowardice-Jenny herself had been intimidated and abused by your father-but right now you weren't able to; the fact that she had tolerated everything for so long and had taken refuge in alcohol and pills ran too deep.

Your pregnancy progressed and gradually became visible, and Carl was delighted and couldn't stop touching and caressing your belly. Carl and you had been given one of the larger bedrooms, which had a double bed, and Carl's old room was being made up as a baby's room.

You hadn't been intimate since moving in with Rick because your injuries had needed to heal and you hadn't felt like it; plus, nausea was bothering you daily. However, you spent a lot of time cuddling in bed, watching movies and playing video games. The weather was bad anyway; it had been raining almost constantly for weeks and everything was sinking into the mud.

Carl and the cat Garfield had not yet become accustomed to each other and looked at each other suspiciously. Garfield loved to lie on your bed. One day Carl indignantly showed you four bloody, parallel scratches on his hand. "That was Garfield," he complained. "He just doesn't like me."

Incensed, you put down your coffee cup. "I'm sure you've been annoying him," you accused Carl.

"No!" he defended himself. "Garfield was laying on my bathrobe. I was just trying to push him away, and he clawed at me!"

"If the cat is laying anywhere, you have to leave him alone," you instructed Carl indignantly, whereupon he pouted and disappeared.

A few days later, you went with Michonne to the storage to get food. When you returned, you found Carl fast asleep on your bed, curled up on his side. In the curve of his belly rested Garfield, Carl had buried his fingers in the cat's fur. As you approached, the cat blinked sleepily at you, whereas Carl did not wake up. "Looks like you and Garfield have finally made friends," you noted with a grin over dinner.

"Well, we had no choice," Carl grumbled, feeding Garfield a piece of cheese.

That evening, when the two of you went to bed, you were already in bed watching Carl undress. He threw his flannel and shirt on the floor, took off the bandage, yawned, got out of his jeans and looked around searching for the shirt he slept in. His lean muscles flexed under his pale skin; in the light of the bedside lamp, Carl's body looked chiseled. He spotted the shirt on the armchair and reached for it. "Don't," you said in a soft voice. "Come here." You grabbed Carl's hands and pulled him down to you to kiss him, then playfully let your fingers slide over his flanks and stomach.

"Are you sure?" Carl regarded you uncertainly; his gaze wandered to your belly, at once hesitant and desirous. You could see he was already aroused, poor Carl, it had just been too long - though you suspected he jerked off regularly in the shower.

"Yes," you purred, "I want you inside me, Carl." You reached for his boxers and slipped them off, his dick sprang free, the slightly reddish tip leaking drops of precum. "Someone's in a rush," you chuckled. "It's weird doing it here, with your parents next door," you remarked.

Carl waved it off. "It's not like they don't know we're having sex," he said dismissively. He climbed into bed with you and kissed you fiercely, pressing against you longingly. "Do you need foreplay today, doll?" he whispered. "Because I don't think I can wait long." He moaned softly as you stroked his shaft, sliding his hand between your legs to find you wet. "Perfect," he murmured, spreading your thighs and laying on top of you, propping himself up on his elbows as he slowly slid into you. You had to get used to him again, to his size stretching you out, but then it was wonderful when Carl started moving gently inside you.

"Oh God, Carl," you whimpered as your arousal continued to rise. His breath brushed hotly over your skin, and his back became slick with sweat as you made love so vigorously that the headboard of the bed scraped loudly against the wall. Then suddenly there was a "plop." You turned your head - and looked into two amber big eyes scrutinizing you punishingly. "Garfield! Ssccchhsccchh!" you shooed away the red cat, who had sat down cheekily next to your pillow. The cat hopped onto the floor, from where he continued to watch you in fascination.

Carl paused irritated in his actions. You felt his cock soften.

"This...I can't do it like this," he stammered. "Not with him watching us."

With an unwilling sound, you stood up, picked up the cat, and set him outside the room before returning to Carl. He had rolled over onto his back and was winking at you, rubbing his dick, which was already stiff again. "Ride me," he demanded in a raspy voice. His eye was half closed.

Tantalizingly slowly, you sat on top of him and let him watch as you let his cock slip into your pussy. Carl arched up under you and moaned, his cheeks all red, his mouth half open. You loved to see him like this, completely lost in his pleasure. You lazily moved your hips until Carl begged you. "Please, faster," he begged. "I'm so close." He curled his long fingers into your butt and began moaning loudly as the orgasm washed over him, pumping hot spurts of cum into you. You bent over and buried your face in Carl's brown hair as you also cum and yelled out. Carl hugged you tightly as both of your arousal slowly subsided. "I love you, princess," he whispered happily.

"I love you too, Carl." You kissed him on the lips and lay down next to him, snuggling close.

                                                           ***

Five months later, you gave birth to a baby girl. You named your daughter Ruby Lorraine - Lorraine after Carl's mother, Lori. All of Alexandria was delighted with the dark-haired, cute baby when you took her for walks.

Your father now had to do janitorial work and sweep the streets, and you and Carl carefully avoided meeting with him.

At some point, he had gotten it into his head that he wanted to see his granddaughter, and showed up at your house. "You have forfeited any right to have contact with your daughter or granddaughter," Rick informed him coldly. "And if you come within ten yards of Ruby, I will kill you."

You were fine with that - you hadn't had a father in a long time, in fact you had never had one.

Tags: @loveforcarl @knochentrocken0808 @tessasweet @taylormarieee @xxcarlswifexx

[skyesdaisys]

character's i write for

welcome to my list of characters where i have many of them from many fandoms that i write for

requests: open currently (just wanna try writing again)

bolded names are ones i really wanna write for

yellowjackets (shauna shipman, jackie taylor, lottie matthews, taissa turner, van palmer, nat scatorccio, laura lee, callie sadecki)

dc titans (dick grayson, jason todd, kory anders, gar logan, donna troy, dawn granger, hank hall)

fear street (deena johnson, sam fraser, ziggy berman, cindy berman, kate schmidt, alice hart, simon kalivoda, tommy slater, young!nick goode)

teen wolf (scott mccall, stiles stilinski, isaac lahey, malia tate, kira yukimura, lydia martin, liam dunbar)

american horror story (violet harmon, kit walker, lana winters, zoe benson, madison montgomery, kyle spencer, misty day, cordelia goode, jimmy darling, tristan duffy, ally mayfair-richards, kai anderson, winter anderson, mallory, brooke thompson, montana duke)

the summer I turned pretty (jeremiah fisher, belly conklin, taylor jewel, shayla wang, conrad fisher)

gossip girl (nate archibald, dan humphrey, blair waldorf, jenny humphrey, serena van der woodsen, vanessa abrams)

miscellaneous: maeve rojas (one of us is lying), leighton murray (the sex lives of college girls), miguel diaz (cobra kai), brooke davis (one tree hill), maeve wiley & ruby matthews (sex education), kate bishop (hawkeye), roronoa zoro (one piece live action), daisy johnson (agents of shield), zach dempsey (13 reasons why)

another thing i'd like to add, i wouldn't mind writing poly ships x reader like dickkory, jackieshauna, stalia, sameena, lottienat, jaygar, etc. (or a poly ship with crossover characters like dick grayson & kate bishop for example)

i will write for fluff, angst, and maybe smut (there's only so much i am comfortable with though) if you ask nicely. and i only write for fem & gn readers

and as a reminder, you guys can request for the following fandoms for oneshots, headcanons, or just sending your fluffy or horny thoughts in my inbox (i don't judge)

[trintastic]

⭑ 1980’s names!

name master list ☀️ this list consists of (fem) names that were majorly popular during the 1980s. i will most likely be making a similar post to this eventually including sur names, if you have any suggestions you think would fit well in this list please lmk!

feminine

A ; amanda, ashley, amber, amy, angela, april, alicia, allison, alexandra, alexis, alyssa, anne, annie, angelica, angel, angeline, ana, audrey, aubrey, autumn

B ; brittany, britney, brittney, britanny, brandy, brandi, bianca, brooke, beth, brenda, barbara, bridget, bonnie, bonnabel

C ; christina, cristina, crystina, cristinna, christine, courtney, crystal, cindy, cyndi, cassandra, chelsea, catherine, cynthia, carrie, caitlin, caitlyn, cait, casey, candace, christy, colleen, carolyn, caroline, cassie, carla, claudia

D ; diana, dana, dawn, desiree, divine, destini, destiny, deanna, dominique, deborah, danielle, debbie

E ; elizabeth, emily, erin, eren, erika, erica, ebony, evangeline, elsie

F ; fallon, felicia, fern, francine, franchesca, faye, farrah, felicity, fiona, fiora, flora, freya, frey, frida, fatima, florence, frances

G ; gemma, gwen, gwenny, gabrielle, gabriella, gen, genevieve, genette, genesis, gem, georgina, giana, ginny, giselle, gina

H ; hannah, hazel, harriet, heather, hallie, hayley, hailey, holly, hope

I ; isley, ivy, imogen, isla

J ; jess, jessica, jessy, jessie, jessyca, jen, jenny, jenni, jennifer, jacqueline, jackie, jill, joanna, jaclyn, jaime, jamie, jordan, jordy, jordyn, jass, jas, jasmine, jasmin, jazz, jazzmin, jazzmine, jenna, jade, jayde

K ; krystal, kim, kym, kimberly, kymberly, katherine, kathryn, kathy, kat, katheryne, krystina, krys, kryssie, krissie, kristen, krysten, kristyn, katie, kate, kaitlyn, kaitlin, kathleen, katrina, kelsey, kara, kendra, kelly, kelli, kari, kourtney

L ; lydia, lindsey, lindsay, laura, lauren, loren, lauryn, latoya, leslie, les, lesley, leah, linda, lynda, laury, laurie, laurey, lori, latasha, liv, leigh-anne, lacey, lacy, laci

M ; maria, mariah, moriah, melissa, melyssa, michelle, michele, mychelle, mary, marie, monica, monyca, megan, meghan, megyn, megin, melanie, misty, margaret, molly, morgan, monique, miranda, melinda, marissa, meredith, merida, meagan, mallory

N ; nicole, nichole, nycole, nicol, natalie, natalia, nat, natasha, nancy, nina

O ; octavia, odette, odessa, olivia

P ; perrie, priscilla, patricia, pamela, payton, paige, paisley

Q ; quinn, quinnie, quinni, quincy, queenie, quen

R ; rachel, rachael, rachyl, rebecca, rebecka, rebekah, renee, reneé, regina

S ; sara, sarah, steph, stef, stefanie, stephanie, stefani, stephani, samantha, sam, shannon, sharon, stacey, stacie, staci, stacy, susan, susanne, susanna, sandra, sabrina, sheena, shauna

T ; trina, tiff, tiffany, tifany, tifaney, tiffaney, tiffani, tara, tracey, tracy, traci, tina, teresa, theresa, tara, tonya, tamara, tabitha, tasha, tammy, tamika, taylor

U ; unqiue

V ; vera, veronica, vanessa, victoria, vic, vickey, valerie, val

W ; willow, whitney, whit

X ; xandra

Y ; yasmine, yessica, yazzmin, yazzmine, yasmin

Z ; zara, zarley, zarlee, zarli, zarhlee. zoey, zoe

[thebiggerbear]

"I hate you." "You have a weird way of showing that." - Rachel Gatina Prompt Response

Summary: Rachel, who has never spoken to you before, approaches you to ask for a favor. Despite what Bevin said, Rachel decides that she has to gauge this whole "being into girls" thing properly. And she's picked you to help her with that. ...Lucky you.

Pairing: Rachel Gatina x Female!Reader

A/N: Prompt from @creativepromptsforwriting (#941). I started quite a few scenarios for Rachel's response to this prompt but none of them felt right until this scenario popped into my head. I tried to keep this as 2000's as possible. Hope this is okay.

Both characters are over eighteen.

This is meant to take place right after the Bevin and Rachel bathroom scene in 4x13.

Unbeta'd so all mistakes are mine.

Warnings: mention of implied sex; internalized homophobia (I hope that's the correct term)

Word Count: 3757

Taglist: @avada-kedavra-bitch-187; @rieleatiel

Rachel Taglist: @nancymcl

You can also read on AO3

"I hate you." "You have a weird way of showing that."

Soldier Boy version ✨ Beau version ✨ Dean version ✨ Jenny version ✨ Jason version ✨ Tom version ✨ CJ version ✨ Anael version ✨ Alec version ✨ SDV Leah version

You were just getting your books out of your locker when someone suddenly appeared next to you. You glanced over to see a familiar redhead smirking at you. You rolled your eyes and went back to your locker. “What do you want?”

Rachel Gatina had been the new girl at Tree Hill High who was giving Brooke Davis a run for her money and her non-exclusive boyfriend. Now, she was besties with Brooke and constantly toggling between mean girl and party girl. Either way, she had never been very nice to you or anyone else (except Mouth) who wasn’t in the “cool cliques”. 

“Can’t one senior come over to say hello to her fellow senior?”

“When said senior has never spoken a word to this fellow senior? Then no.” You slammed your locker shut and moved past her to head to class.

“I’m speaking to you now.” She was keeping pace with you, great.

“Oh, well then let me put my entire day on hold since Queen Rachel is speaking to me.” You turned a glare on her. 

“Not queen, just…maybe a little royalty.”

You rolled your eyes again and kept moving. You were going to be late for AP Lit and you did not want to be late for that class. Mr. Barton had a rule that he enforced with an iron fist: one minute late, no class for you. He would lock the door and not unlock it again until the class was over. 

“As it so happens, I need a favor.” She was still following you.

“Oh, imagine that. A favor.” You still didn’t stop. 

“Oh, come on. For someone I’ve never spoken a word to before, you’re being awfully harsh, don’t you think?” She wasn’t wrong. The truth was that she intimidated you a little bit. And that was your go to when it came to intimidation: pushback and biting sarcasm.

“I’m late for class,” you threw at her. “And if I don’t hurry, I’ll be—”

She grabbed your hand and yanked you off to the side, right into the girls’ bathroom.

“What the— Rachel, what are you doing? I’m about to be locked out of class.” You hurried towards the door but she blocked you. “Rachel,” you growled. “The bell is about to—”

The bell rang before you could finish your sentence. You had now officially been marked absent from Mr. Barton’s class and you were locked out. Great. You were screwed.

“So you miss one class, big deal. It’s not like you’re flunking.”

You crossed your arms and sighed. “How would you know that?”

“I asked around. I make it my business to know. Now, about that favor.”

“That you made me miss one of my most important classes for.”

She laid a hand on your shoulder. “Don’t worry. Just tell Barton you had a girl emergency. He’ll offer you a make-up paper before you can get out the word ‘tampon’. Besides, it’s not like you’ll be lying to him exactly. This is a girl emergency.” She smiled, placing her hand on her hip.

You walked over to the gross looking tampon dispensing machine and gestured to it. “If you needed one, it’s right here. Are you out of quarters?”

She smirked and flicked her hair back. “I like you. It’s a shame we didn’t talk before this. I get the feeling we could have been friends.”

“A cheerleader hanging out with a loner? Yes, I can definitely see that.”

“You call yourself a loner?” She laughed. “You’re far from it from what I’ve heard.”

You narrowed your eyes at her. “And your emergency is?”

She pressed her lips together and sat on one of the sinks, swinging her legs back and forth as she settled. “I’m not sure how to ask this without sounding…you know, gay, so I’m just going to ask.”

Your heart started to pound at the word ‘gay’. Oh no.

“Will you kiss me?”

Your eyes widened and your heart stopped altogether. Was she for real? 

She gave you an encouraging smile. “It’s just to see if something Bevin said is true or not.”

“Bevin?”

“Yeah. We had class together last period and we had to do this stupid assignment together. She said this thing and now I can’t get it out of my head.”

“So let me see if I’ve got this right. Bevin said something to you in class during an assignment you both were working on together and that had you finding me, who you’ve never spoken to before, to push me into the bathroom with you to ask me to kiss you but not wanting it to sound gay. To see if what Bevin said is true or not.”

Rachel shrugged. “More or less. Yeah.”

“Right.” You immediately began opening stall doors, seeing no one was in here thankfully. You then began checking underneath the sinks, the bathroom mirrors, anywhere a recording device of some kind could be installed. 

“What are you doing?” She asked when you quickly looked under her sink. “I said a kiss not…that.” 

“Wouldn’t you be so lucky,” you snapped. “I’m looking for recording devices of some kind. Someone hidden in here who’s going to jump out and let me know I’m on Punk’d or Candid Camera or something. Maybe you’ve got a couple of the cheerleaders hiding somewhere with a camera to take a picture. Maybe Brooke and a couple of jocks are just waiting outside the door to laugh and spread rumors.”

Rachel crossed her arms. “You are way too paranoid, you know that?”

You shrugged. “Can’t be too safe, especially when it comes to high school. Especially this high school.”

“I’ll have you know that most guys would be dying for the chance if I gave it to them. if I asked them to kiss me, they would already be over here, all over me.”

“I’m not a guy in case you haven’t noticed.”

“Of course I noticed, that’s why I asked.”

“So, you’re just looking for any girl to kiss you. Is that it?” Lucky you.

“Not just any girl. You.”

“Why me?”

“I’ve heard the rumors.”

You tensed up. “What rumors?”

She leaned forward. “You know. And I know you’re into me, even if you won’t admit it.”

She was right; you weren’t going to admit it. “Right, right. Question, how did you fit through the door just now with that massive ego of yours?”

“That’s not the only thing of mine that’s massive.” As if to illustrate her point, she leaned forward a little more until you could see straight down her cleavage. Well, she certainly wasn’t lying.

“Alright, first off, those rumors aren’t true. Secondly, let’s say I do this for you. What do I get in return?”

“This is a favor, not a deal,” she scoffed.

“How long would this have to be for?”

She shot you a look and sat up. “Wow, talk about giving a girl a complex. Is the idea of kissing me really that horrible for you?”

“I didn’t say that. I’m merely trying to determine what I’m going to be asking in trade.”

“Now, it’s a trade.” She huffed a laugh in disbelief. A moment later, she glanced over at you. “Five seconds. No more, no less.”

“Okay then, what I want in return is this: you never tell anyone about this.”

“That’s what you want in return?”

“Yep. I want your word that you won’t whisper a word of this to anyone. When you go away to college and you’re experimenting or whatever, sure you can mention that one kiss in the girls’ bathroom one time, but not here in Tree Hill. Never here in Tree Hill. Or to anyone from here and that includes Brooke. Deal?”

She gave you a nod. “Deal.”

“Alright.” Now you were feeling nervous and self-conscious. “So do I, uh, just come over there or do you come over here or do we meet in the middle or—”

“Just come over here,” she ordered, impatience coloring her tone.

“Okay,” you muttered, moving over to her. 

Rachel studied you and you began to feel like an exhibit in a museum or something. “So, we doing this or—”

“Shut up.” She cupped your face and leaned in, pressing her lips to yours. 

You were sort of having a little meltdown in your brain right then. Rachel Gatina was kissing you. The beautiful, cocky, queen of mean, sexy cheerleader Rachel Gatina was kissing you. Ever since she’d arrived, she had been turning heads, even yours. You never had the courage to approach her or say hello to her, even at a party the two of you were at. Especially since she didn’t seem all that nice. Never mind the whole cliques thing, Rachel had been right; there were rumors going around about you. Most of the girls on Rachel’s side of the hallway so to speak avoided you like the Plague and only acknowledged your existence to make fun of you or gossip about you if somehow the rumors got a second wind (which you made sure they never did, not from you anyway). 

But Rachel was beautiful although personality wise, she wasn’t exactly your type. Though she did prove to be a lot smarter than she let on. You may have asked around yourself, overheard a few things. Plus, you had it on pretty good authority that she may have been the one to cause the whole time capsule business which then led to— You didn’t want to think about that. Now or ever quite honestly. Besides, Mouth had made you promise to keep it to yourself about the capsule. It was obvious that even Mouth had a crush on her. 

You counted down the seconds in your head as you enjoyed the softness of her lips against yours, the smell of her perfume, the feeling of her hands on your face. When you reached the end, you went to pull back but she tugged you back in. Not only did she keep you there but she deepened the kiss. You could have sworn you felt the edge of her tongue against your lower lip.

You continued counting in your head and by 27, Rachel finally let you go. You took a step back and watched as she held her fingers up to her lips, staring at you. Then she did the last thing you expected (or if you were being honest, you totally expected it). She laughed out, “Oh my God.”

There it was. You waited for the joke, for Brooke to pop out of a stall that she mysteriously appeared into and begin laughing and pointing, for the whole school to start filing into the bathroom, one by one, to join in the merriment. “Yeah, that’s usually the reaction I get,” you muttered, wiping your lips with your fingers.

“No, not you. I mean…Bevin was right.” She laughed again, seeming almost pleasantly surprised.

And there was the joke. “Great. Glad she was. Now, if I can be set free from this Bathroom Bastille, that would be awesome. Thanks for the laughs.” You gave her a peace sign and began to walk towards the door. You fully expected to find some cheerleaders or Bevin or Brooke on the other side of it.

“Hey! Hold up a second.” She jumped down from the sink and grabbed your shirt sleeve to stop you. “You don’t have to act like kissing me was such a revolting thing for you to do that you’re now relieved it’s over. You really do know how to give a girl a complex.”

“I know how to give a girl a complex? You’re laughing after you kissed me. What about that doesn’t give a girl a complex?”

She nodded, sticking her hands into the back pockets of her jeans. “True. I’m sorry. I wasn’t laughing at you.”

You arched a brow over at her.

“Scout’s honor.” She stuck two fingers up in a gesture that you were pretty sure they didn’t use in the Scouts but you kept that observation to yourself. 

“Then what were you laughing at?”

She looked uncomfortable then and you had to wonder if she had been telling you the truth just now. “That Bevin was right. …And not.”

“Right about what?”

She bit at her lip. “Okay, here’s the thing. I don’t know you just like you don’t know me. So if I tell you this, you can’t tell anyone at all. Even if they’re not from Tree Hill. Like ever. Got it?”

So, she also had a secret that she didn’t want getting out. You could understand that. You held up your fingers in the actual Scout’s honor sign. “Got it.”

Rachel looked uncomfortable again but her discomfort also seemed to be tainted by a little sadness. “I was telling Bevin that I never really feel anything with the guys I sleep with.” Ah, you knew where this was going. “I mean, I got this new body and everything but it didn’t change anything. Except for how they looked at me.” She bit at her bottom lip again which you were starting to see may be a nervous gesture on her part. “So, Bevin said she always wondered what it would be like to be a guy, checking out chicks. And I said that might be my problem, maybe I was into girls.”

You kept your face carefully neutral but inside you were half-shocked, and half-not so shocked. 

“She kissed me on the spot which totally took me by surprise, and asked if I felt anything. I told her I didn’t because I really didn’t. She said if I was into girls then I would’ve felt something because she’s a great kisser and I’d be into her.” You couldn’t help but roll your eyes at that one. Maybe Bevin was a great kisser like she boasted but that wasn’t exactly how it worked. You would know.

“And you weren’t?”

“No,” she snapped. “I like Bevin well enough but no. The class ended and that was it. But then it got me thinking.”

“Ah. You thought you’d go to one of the girls rumored to be gay in this school and ask her to kiss you, you know just to make sure.”

“Well, not to put too fine a point on it but yeah.”

You snorted. “Well?”

“Well?”

“Did you feel anything?”

She looked uncertain for a moment so you figured the answer would be no. But then she surprisingly took a step closer to you, giving you a hint of a smile that was absent of her usual cockiness. “Yeah, actually.”

“So according to Bevin’s vast array of knowledge in these matters, you must be into girls then. Mazel Tov. I’ll see you around, Rachel.” You turned to leave, eager to put this whole thing behind you, when she gently grabbed your arm. 

You sighed and turned back. “I did what you asked. I don’t get why—”

Rachel leaned in, kissing you again. 

When she broke away, your brows drew together. “Uh…?”

“Did you feel anything?”

Hell yeah, you did. You felt that down to your toes. But you weren’t about to tell her that. “I, um… It’s really hard to tell. I might need further exploration on the subject.”

She let you go and gave you a look. “Really?”

“Yep. As a matter of fact, I’m going to go find another cheerleader and shove her into a bathroom to make out with her so I can find out. Great idea, Rach. Thanks. Later.” You went to leave when she grabbed you again.

Smiling at you, she pulled you closer. “Shut up.” She kissed you then and you couldn’t help but kiss her back.

You glanced up when you heard the bell ring again, signaling you needed to get to your next class. You groaned and it wasn’t because Rachel’s lips were attached to your neck. You both were currently in a stall with her in your lap (because she refused to get her clothes dirty sitting on a gross toilet seat though she was slightly taller than you with the heels she was sporting, which made positioning awkward at times) and you literally had been making out now for most of the period. 

“I need to get to my next class.”

“Skip it,” she breathed before kissing you again.

“I can’t skip it,” you panted. “I already missed one class while you’re having your gay awakening.” 

She pulled back, scowling at you. “I’m not gay.”

You inclined your head at her sitting in your lap. 

She shoved her hair behind her ear. “That doesn’t mean I’m gay. I’m just…trying new things.” She gave you a bright smile. “Besides, if I was gay, don’t you think I would have enjoyed kissing Bevin?”

“Yeah, that’s not how that works.”

“And you would know.”

“Says the girl who’s currently sitting on my lap and has been trying to convince me to meet her at her house later so she can get me into bed.”

She wrapped her arms around her neck. “Come on, it’ll be fun. Brooke won’t be there if that’s what you’re worried about. She has a date tonight. And I need to find out if those rumors are true.” She leaned in to place a kiss to the corner of your mouth.

“I hate those rumors,” you muttered.

“Why? They’re not true?”

“What do you think?”

She thought about it for a moment. “Good point. So is it or is it not true that you and Donna DiLorenzo went all the way in the eighth grade at summer camp?”

You couldn’t help but laugh out loud. “Summer camp? How cliche.”

“So they’re not true then?”

You shook your head. “No. Donna and I were just friends. And I never went to summer camp.”

She shrugged. “Fair enough. But obviously, the other part of the rumor is true.” She smirked and ran a finger along your jaw.

“That I’m a raging lesbian who’s always on the prowl for girls? No. Sorry to disappoint but your friend Brooke made all of that up.”

She didn’t say anything to that. How could she? “But if you’re making out with me, then—”

“I like both guys and girls. That’s the real truth. Which goes without saying, is to be kept secret along with this whole little makeout session and what you told me earlier. It all goes into the vault, for life. Got it?”

She nodded, that cocky smirk making a reappearance. “So I really can’t convince you to come by tonight once Brooke leaves?”

You heard the bell again and you let out a huge groan. “That’s two classes now.”

“You have me on your lap, asking you to come to my house later so we can continue this, and you’re worried about class?” She actually seemed insulted.

“Yes. Because I don’t need the absences which will turn into zeros when they realize I’m cutting.”

Rachel studied you for a moment and flicked her hair back, holding onto you. “Well, since you don’t have to rush off now. Care to feel me up?”

You arched your brows in disbelief, silently asking if she was serious, to which she only smiled wider. “I hate you,” you muttered.

“You certainly have a weird way of showing that.” She ground into you and interlocked her fingers at the back of your neck, grinning. “Come on. You know you want to. They’re a hell of a lot bigger than Donna DiLorenzo’s,” she teased.

“Like I said, I hate you, and I wouldn’t know.”

“You’ve had your hands on my ass for the last half hour. While I’m flattered, don’t you want to feel what my other attributes feel like?”

“You mean holding onto your ass to keep you from falling? You’re welcome.”

“Come on.” She reached down and began to lower the straps of her tank top, her jacket having been hung up on the back of the door long ago. 

You stopped her. “If I agree to drop by your house later, can we stop this ridiculous conversation in its tracks?”

She shrugged, moving her straps back into place. “I wouldn’t call it ridiculous but sure. Brooke’s date is picking her up around 8:00. Why don’t you swing by around 8:30?”

Your jaw tightened. “If this turns out to be some elaborate prank with cameras and people popping out and Brooke, I swear, I will go nuclear on your secrets. The vault won’t be able to withstand the heat of that explosion.”

“You are so incredibly paranoid but got it, loud and clear. For the record, I wasn’t inviting you over as a prank. I’m not Brooke,” she finished in a whisper. She then cleared her throat. “As it turns out, I am inviting you over to watch a movie.”

“Awww. You’re going to show me your Girls Gone Wild collection? How sweet.” 

She swatted your shoulder. “Shut up. I’m talking about that movie The Grudge. Have you seen it?”

You shook your head. “Didn’t really want to if I’m honest.”

Her smile grew. “Perfect.” She leaned in and kissed you, chuckling into your mouth when she moved your hands from her ass to her breasts. 

You squeezed them for good measure and muttered to her lips, “There. Very nice. Happy now?”

“Not yet.” She launched herself at you, kissing you deeply. You barely heard someone knocking on the bathroom door for the fourth time since this whole thing started, and you had stopped counting the seconds in your head long ago. Rachel Gatina was making out with you and she was inviting you over to her house later to “watch a movie”. There was no way in hell you were passing that up or paying attention to anything else (even if you had been dying to see The Grudge since you missed it while it was in theaters). You had missed two classes for Rachel’s experiment, after all.

That made you pull back for a moment. “I can’t miss another class, though.”

She nodded, panting. “You agreed to come over later so, yeah. I got it. But you still have forty five minutes.” She gave you that wicked smirk again before moving back in.

You moved your hands back to her ass and she moaned into your mouth though you could feel the smirk against your lips right before. You didn’t know Bevin Prince very well but damn if you weren’t going to send her some kind of gift basket as a thank you.

Please let me know if you would like to be tagged for this character.

dividers by @firefly-graphics

banner by @cafekitsune

[saintmeghanmarkle]

📋 𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐌 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐑𝐎, 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟒𝟎𝐱𝟒𝟎 📋

📌 ARO jam recipients (as of May 27th, 2024)

Tracy Robbins (designer, wife of Paramount Pictures CEO Brian Robbins) *

Delfina Balquier (Argentine socialite, wife of Nacho Figueras) * and Nacho Figueras (professional polo player) *

Kelly Mckee Zajfen (friend, Alliance of Moms founder) *

Mindy Kaling (actress and comedian) *

Tracee Ellis Ross (actress, daughter of Diana Ross)

Abigail Spencer (friend, Suits co-star) *

Chrissy Teigen (television personality, wife of John Legend)

Kris Jenner ('Momager') *

Garcelle Beauvais (actress, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills) *

Heather Dorak (friend, yoga instructor) *

📌 Archetypes podcast guests

Serena Williams 🏆

Mariah Carey 👑

Mindy Kaling (actress and comedian) *

Margaret Cho (comedian and actress)

Lisa Ling (journalist and tv personality)

Deepika Padukone (Indian actress)

Jenny Slate (actress and comedian)

Constance Wu (actress)

Paris Hilton (entrepreneur, socialite, activist)

Iliza Shlesinger (comedian and actress)

Issa Rae (actress and writer)

Ziwe (comedian and writer)

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (former wife of Canadian PM Trudeau)

Pamela Adlon (actress)

Sam Jay (comedian and writer)

Mellody Hobson (President and co-CEO of $14.9B Ariel Investments, Chairwoman of Starbucks Corporation, wife of George Lucas)

Victoria Jackson (entrepreneur, wife of Bill Guthy: founder of Guthy-Renker, leading direct marketing company)

Jameela Jamil (actress, television host)

Shohreh Aghdashloo (Iranian and American actress)

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (actress and singer)

Candace Bushnell (Sex and The City writer)

Trevor Noah (South African comedian)

Andy Cohen (talk show host)

Judd Apatow (director, producer, screenwriter)

source

📌 40x40 participants

Adele 🌟

Amanda Gorman (poet and activist)

Amanda Nguyen (activist)

Ayesha Curry (actress, cooking television personality)

Ciara (singer and actress)

Deepak Chopra (author and alternative medicine advocate)

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris (former Surgeon General of California)

Elaine Welteroth (former Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue)

Dr. Ibram X Kendi (professor and anti-racism activist)

Fernando Garcia (creative director of Oscar de la Renta)

Gabrielle Union (actress)

Gloria Steinem (feminist journalist and social-political activist)

Hillary Clinton (politician, wife of former US President Bill Clinton)

Katie Couric (journalist) *

Kerry Washington (actress)

Chef José Andrés (founder of World Central Kitchen)

Melissa McCarthy (actress)

Princess Eugenie (member of British Royal Family)

Priyanka Chopra (actress)

Sarah Paulson (actress)

Sofia Carson (actress)

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (former wife of Canadian PM)

Stella McCartney (fashion designer, daughter of Paul McCartney)

Dr. Theresa "Tessy" Ojo - CBE, FRSA (Diana Award CEO)

Tracee Ellis Ross (actress, daughter of Diana Ross)

Unconfirmed - Edward Enninful (former Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue)

Unconfirmed - Daniel Martin (makeup artist) *

An official list of all "40x40" participants was never disclosed

source 1 // source 2 // source 3

📌 Notes:

Names with an asterisk (*) indicate that they follow ARO on Instagram

Notably missing from these lists: Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos and wife Nicole Avant, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, Beyoncé, Tina Knowles, Tyler Perry, Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, Kevin Costner, Ellen DeGeneres, Portia Rossi *, Brooke Shields, John Travolta, Kelly Rowland, Holly Robinson Peete, Misan Harriman *, Michael Bublé

Wedding guests missing from these lists: Jessica Mulroney, George and Amal Clooney, David and Victoria Beckham, Idris Elba and Sabria Dhowre, James Blunt and Sofia Wellesley, Janina Gavankar, Elton John and David Furnish, James Corden and Julia Carey, Patrick J. Adams and the rest of the cast of Suits, Joss Stone, Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley, Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford [Source]

Sunshine Sachs must've called in a LOT of favors to get so many famous names on board the Archetypes Podcast and the 40x40 project. Vanity projects that went... nowhere.

Without Sunshine Sachs, IMO it's highly unlikely that M will ever be able to reach the same level of celebrity access on her own.

If there are any names missing from these lists, please comment below 👇

Post link

author: SeptièmeSens

submitted: May 27, 2024 at 06:44PM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit

disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

[mappingthemoon]

Zines Read 2024

The Desert Sun #53 / Billy (Dec. 2023)

The Desert Sun #54 / Billy (Jan. 29, 2024)

Proof I Exist #45: A 2023 Reading Log / Billy McCall (Jan. 2024)

Proof I Exist #46: Looking Back at 2023 / Billy McCall & Ed Kemp (Jan. 2024)

Trent Reznor, the Girls Who Wanted to Fuck Him, and the Boys They Grew Up to Be / David Leo

Behind the Zines #17 / Billy McCall (ed.) (Mar. 2024)*

The Desert Sun #55 / Billy (Feb. 29, 2024)

Lifecycle of the Moon Jelly / Qufu-lee

Birds I’ve Seen Outside, v. 1 / Alyx White (2020)

Birds I’ve Seen Outside, v. 2 / Alyx White (2020)

Birds I’ve Seen Outside, v. 3 / Alyx White (2020)

KnowhutIzine: An Attempt to Document All Things Worrell / Dakota Floyd & Rick V. (June 2021)

Notes on Anarchism / Noam Chomsky (x)

The Desert Sun #56 / Billy (Mar. 2024)

[private]

[private]

Self-Harm: A Zine About NSSI / Sharaya O

Leave Me Alone, Mom! How Conservative Christianity Ruins Everything / Sharaya O

People Think I’m Weird / Billy McCall

What Is Home?

Local Honey / Madison Greer (ed.) (2020)*

A Zine for Pride: Archiving LGBTQ+ History at UGA! / Kathryn Manis (2024)

Lover’s Eye / Mandy Mastrovita (Jan. 2023)

I’m Blue / Mandy Mastrovita (Mar. 2024)

[private]

The Desert Sun #58 / Billy (May 29, 2024)

Love Letters to ATL / Haley Lazerface & Tazza Moon (eds.) (June 2024)

Voting Vs Direct Action / crimethInc (2004)

[You will see your own reflection…] / SAD (2024)

Grow Your Own (for, like, cheap): The Ultimate Space Bucket DIY Guide (x)

C.U.N.T.S. Magazine: The Women’s Issue (2024)

The Desert Sun #59 / Billy (June 30, 2024)

[Tax Forms Enclosed: 1040EZ, 1040A, 1040] / S. Brooks (1996) (x)

Super/Simple Majority / Tony White (dir.) (July 2024)*

Notes on Libraries, Lesbians, and Pulp / Aiden M. Bettine (2023)

IT? / Jamison Lung

ZiNetwork Invitation / Dr. Tambone

Leftist Leaflets in Little Libraries #1 / Peter Miles Bergman (Summer 2017; 5th ed., 2023)

The East Village Inky #66 / Ayun Halliday (June 2022)

Pirate Jenny (2nd ed.) / Ina Wudtke (2024)

Rut Zine #296 / Bianca Martin (x)

Rut Zine #343 / Bianca Martin (x)

Sappy Gazette #1: Transpiring Time & Space / Abbie (2024)

Culays [Heavy] / Mustafa Saeed (2024)

Offset Printed Artists' Books: A Chronology, 1960-2005 / Tony White (cur.) (Jan. 2018)

Robert Blackburn / [Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop]

The Desert Sun #60 / Billy (July 30, 2024)

Overdue Books; Returning Palestine’s “Abandoned Property” of 1948 / Hannah Mermelstein (2014)

The Desert Sun #61 / Billy (Aug. 24, 2024)

Lost Constellations of Athens: Five Legends / Lauren Fancher (2024) (x)

If These Walls Could Talk: A PhotoJournal Look Inside the Crumbling Campus of Central State Hospital, Milledgeville, Georgia / Janet Fugett (2015)

The Booty Keeps the Score: The Disorganized Attachment Dating Skillbuilder Workbook / tawnee smith (Spring 2021)

Cathode Ray Mission #3 / K Ratticus (ed.) (Fall 2024)*

The Desert Sun #62 / Billy (Sept. 29, 2024)

The Desert Sun #63 / Billy (Oct. 29, 2024)

The Desert Sun #63.5: Political Edition / Billy (mid-November 2024)

Behind the Zines #18 / Billy McCall (ed.) (Sept. 2024)

Tin Can Telephone #9: Test Cards & Radio Phonics / DJ Frederick Moe

where you from? #7: this is how I know I will be okay. / hope amico (Sept. 2024)

Straightaway Tangent #3: In Parallax / Sheila B. Ackerman & August Personage (Nov. 2024)

The Desert Sun #64 / Billy (Nov. 28, 2024)

The Desert Sun #65 / Billy (Dec. 24, 2024)

Zines read in 2024; asterisks * denote zines I’m in! When available, I have tried to provide links for: a digital version of the zine, a page from which to purchase the zine, the author’s website or social media, an alternate version of the text online, or further information about the author/title. I’m not cluttering the list up with individual links for all of Billy’s zines; his stuff can be found at Behind the Zines Distro.

[plummyplums]

I feel the need to share my Brook Emotions playlist, so. Have a selection of my favorite songs that I've assigned to him. Not including any versions of Binks' Sake cuz. That's obviously his song. Yes, I know his character is more than just being sad, but FUCK his story resonates with me and I see his pain Everywhere. I categorize them based on the specific vibes I get, but they tend to overlap. They're in no particular order of preference, just the order in which I grabbed them.

"The Missing The Rumbar Pirates Ones"

This version of Jenny of Oldstones from Game of Thrones

Maireux by n-buna

Once Upon a December from "Anastasia"

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables from Les Miserables covered by Jonathan Antoine

Fiddler's Green

Bones in the Ocean by The Longest Johns

"The Specifically Missing His Husband (Yorki) Ones"

Can't I Even Dream? by Fumii

Ikanaide covered by JubyPhonic (OG by Souta)

Feathers Across the Seasons by Hitoshizuku x Yama

Q covered by Will Stetson (OG by Powapowa-P)

Story of A Broken Youkai Who Loved a Human by Kitsuneiro

"The Bad End One (Aka What If He Couldn't Stay Optimistic And Decided To Get Revenge Or Smth)"

Corpse Dance covered by UmbraticForest (OG by Kikuo)

[beaniebeensbaby201]

RESTLESS HEART

Jake Jagielski x Nathan Scott sister

Synopsis: Being a Scott wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. Viv Scott was very popular, just like her brother Nathan. She was captain of the cheerleading team, with Straight A’s across the board. Tonight was the first game of the season.  Even Lavender Scott had some skeletons in the closet.

--------------------------------------------------------

Being a Scott wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. Viv Scott was very popular, just like her brother Nathan. She was captain of the cheerleading team, with Straight A’s across the board. Tonight was the first game of the season.  Even Lavender Scott had some skeletons in the closet.

“Why aren’t you in your uniform yet?” Dan asked as Viv was drinking a spinach and kale smoothie in the kitchen.

“The game doesn’t start for another hour. I’m getting a ride with Brooke, so don’t wait up on me.” She informed, taking another sip of the smoothie.

“Peyton would pick me up, but you know your dumb son decided to get into another fight with her.” Viv said glaring daggers at her brother.

“Owuh!” She punches him in the arm and the two begin to fight.

“Enough! Break it up!” Dan pushed the twins away from each other as Viv tried to regulate her breathing.

“Bitch.” Nathan said under his breath but loud enough for Viv to hear.

“Dillhole.” She sticks her tongue out at him, Nathan doing the same as they continue to make faces at each other.

“Go! Leave your sister alone Nathan. Neither of you can afford to get injured tonight, it’s the first game of the season, and your sister worked hard on these routines.” Nathan rolled his eyes once again when it came to Viv and her cheerleading.

Nathan and Viv didn’t have the best relationship at times. Viv had been stressing out about keeping her grades, while also being the class president.

Sometimes everyone wonders if Viv was even a Scott because of how smart that girl truly was. She was the definition of brains and beauty. If it weren’t for Vivianne half of the basketball team and cheersquad would have been out of last season’s games if she hadn’t busted her ass off helping each member. She was living off of caffeine and energy drinks all season long. Luckily for her she makes money out of it. She was so smart that a lot of the seniors went to Viv to have her take their SATs because they knew that she would get over 2100. 

Her highest score she had ever gotten was a 2400. She was good at being sneaky, so knock on wood she had never been caught (yet). Viv was in her room getting ready for the big game. She was a clean freak, her room was spotless. Jake would poke fun at her because of how much of a clean freak she was. He would tease her saying that Jenny would have her brain and be a mini Einstein. IIt wasn’t her fault that she was a perfectionist with anxiety. The only times that she relaxes is when she was on the cheerteam, and swim team in the winter time. 

When Viv was anxious she'd start cleaning, when she was angry she would start cleaning, whenever things didn't go her way she would start cleaning. No matter how many therapy sessions, no matter the medication to help her, she just can’t control it. There were times when Nathan had to call Jake because Viv was having a breakdown. Jake’s the only person who was able to calm her down.

Jake and Viv had a complicated relationship. Yes they were together, but at the same time everyone assumed the two had broken up over the summer. Viv and Dan had gotten into a huge fight when they had found out about Viv being pregnant. Jake didn’t talk to her three months into the pregnancy. Once rumors went around about Viv failing school and acting out. She was using that as a distraction to not have her parents know she was pregnant. Then she faked a break up with Jake and acted like she didn’t even know he existed. It was all a part of their plan. Whitey was involved as he helped her through the pregnancy since he was her godfather and was the only one who was there for her.

Viv spent the next couple of months in “boarding school” to which her father had approved of her behavior those few weeks. Still somehow she managed to stay at a 5.0 GPA, but she figured her father had given them hush money or black mailed them. Still it worked in everyones favor. 

Viv made sure to unplug everything in her room. She made sure not to have any liquids out that could spill and stain her floors. She didn’t allow anyone in her room. She always had her door locked because she didn’t want anything to be touched. She would be a perfect assat for the Military because of how clean and organized she was. Her uniform looked brand new even though it was the same uniform from last year. 

“Knock, knock.” The familiar voice of Jake Jagielski came into her room.

Jake was the only exception. He knew her well enough to know what NOT to do. He knew where to stand, and knew what not to touch. He knew not to sit on her bed, or touch any objects because she had them in a specific way.

“Hey!” Viv felt relaxed knowing that it was just Jake.

She wraps her arms around his neck, and gives him a soft peck on his lips. She lied to Dan about her and Jake being together. Jake had his hands on her lower hip as she messed with his curls at the nape of his neck.

Dan barely knew a thing about her and Jake still being a couple. After Dan had found out about her pregnancy he kept her on lockdown. 

“How do you keep your cheer uniform so clean?” He asked as he looked down at her uniform with a humorous smile on his face.

“Goes to the cleaners every two weeks, I steam it. I’m like a marine when it comes to being put together.” She jokes, pecking his lips again as they leave her room.

“Wait-” Jake knew that she had to turn the lights off at least ten times before leaving the room.

Jake watches with concern. He knew that he wasn’t supposed to be at the house, which was why Viv texted him later when they had left. Viv checked to make sure that the coast was clear and that the car had officially left. Jake parked around back where he always did. Nathan didn’t even know about her and Jake still seeing each other. Brooke and Peyton were the only ones who knew of the two.

“Okay, we can go now.” She wasn’t very satisfied as she hesitated to grab Jake’s hand.

She takes her hand back, Jake wasn’t hurt by her actions knowing how she can be at times. 

“I’m sorry.” She was embarrassed, she hated how this controlled her that she couldn’t even hold her own boyfriend’s hand.

“Don’t be.” He promised her as they made their way down the stairs.

Everyone was already at the school for the game. Viv and Jake headed outside to his car as they made their way to the school.

Time passed and Jake and Viv were now at the school running into the gymnasium. Viv sprints towards the girls by the corner where they were all stretching.

“Sorry I’m late!” She slides on her knees besides Brooke as she joins them in stretching.

“I don’t know how you do that slide thing, dude.” Peyton said as she and Brooke laughed as Viv shrugged.

“Like, does that not hurt your knees doing that?” Viv shrugged again, as she used to be a dancer.

“I was a dancer and a gymnast for the last eight years.” Viv states, as she had come home with many bruises on her body from both sports.

“Anyways, how are things between you and Jagielski?” Brooke was the one that got the two together about a year ago.

“She lets him in her room and they play mommy and daddy together. Obviously things are going great.” Peyton tried to sound annoyed but couldn’t help but laugh.

“You guys always touch everything! And you leave your shoes on when you walk in my room, what do you expect?” Viv exclaims, her voice high in pitch as the girls laugh.

“Aren’t you on medication? I thought that was supposed to help relax you?” Viv sighed, shaking her head.

“No. I stopped taking it about a week ago. It doesn’t always help so I gave up on them.” She frowned, but looked up when she noticed her brother.

Nathan nods at Viv to make sure that she was okay. She nods back, as she gives him a short smile.

“Game’s about to start, let’s go girls!” Viv shouts to every cheerleader as the buzzer goes off.

Viv made eye contact with Jake. Viv winks at him in a playful manner, which didn’t go unnoticed by Nathan. Viv looks over at Nathan, she has the number 23 on her cheek for her brother in blue glitter. 

“Basket by Nathan Scott! He really looks sharp out there tonight!” The announcer says over the speaker as the girls continue to cheer on the Ravens.

“Yea Ravens!” Viv shouts while waving her blue pom poms.

The Ravens stole the ball back from the other team, as Viv cheered. She knew that they were going to win tonight, I mean, they’ve never had a loss before. Whitey was always on a roll whenever it came to their games and always made sure that they won.

“And now a steal from the Ravens.” 

Viv had a cocky smile on her face, the signature Scott smirk is what Jake likes to call it. Which made perfect sense since her and Nathan were twins and both looked a lot like Dan. 

Viv looks over at Whitey who was getting into the game ust as much as the whole town was. Everyone in town came every game night to watch the Ravens win. Nathan Scott made sure of that. 

“Tim Smith. . .He’s got Scott!” Viv cheers for Tim. Tim and Nathan were best friends for a long time. 

“Finds Scott and he hammers it home!” Viv was feeling the adrenaline, as they were in the lead as Nathan jumps for it and makes it in the basket.

“That’s my baby brother!” She shouts, she was ten minutes older than Nathan, still she liked to use that against him every chance she gets.

“He’s already got 14 of the Ravens 17 points tonight.” Viv knew that she was going to lose her voice by the end of the night with how loud she had been screaming.

She loved basketball just as much as her brother. Whenever Dan wasn’t around the two would enjoy a few games together without Dan being down their throats. Even though they may not always get along, but they were siblings, they would always fight.

“Turn around jumper by Scott. And I tell you, we haven’t seen talent like this since his father played for Whitey.” Nathan does a spin around the other player who was trying to block Nathan and he makes another score in.

Viv makes eye contact with her dad who had a cocky smile on his face. She held a proud smile, with her head held high as she knew that she was just as good as everyone- infact she was better than everyone. 

“Here’s Scott again with another long jump.” Nathan makes it in once more, they were so close to winning and Viv couldn’t wait for the game to be over so that she could go take a long shower.

Whitey calls a time out as the boys gathered around Whitey. Viv was still cheering as she tried her best not to let that distract her. She had a smile on her face as she glanced every now and then towards the boys. She made eye contact with Jake, he was sweaty as he was trying to catch his breath while Viv was chanting. She gives him a short nod, the same one that Nathan had given her moments ago before the games.

Whitey didn’t look very happy when he was looking at Nathan. Nathan was then benched which made Viv a bit nervous. Tim was in for Nathan as she should have known that Nathan probably mouthed off at him. Viv and Nathan make eye contact as he looks pissed. Viv raises her eyebrows at him wanting to know what happened. Nathan just glances back at Whitey with an eye roll. Whenever the twins did that Peyton and Brooke would always be freaked out because they were able to communicate like that. 

The two would always call it twin telepathy. They would always believe them too, and it was funny each time. Their mom would alway be freaked out at times, as they would use the same words sometimes, at the same time.

They missed a shot, as the crowd booed. “He misses badly, and the drought continues. Fast break Hawks, and the Hawks pull within one.” Viv made eye contact with one of the players from the Hawks and gave her a flirty smile.

She gives them a disgusted look, but that didn’t stop them from checking her out. She continued to be unbothered by it. Nathan noticed this and wasn’t very happy that she was uncomfortable. The Hawks scored a point, and the player that was eyeing her winks at her. Jake then noticed this time and wasn’t very happy about it. He was far from jealous, as he noticed the disgusted look on Viv’s face. Jake and Nathan make eye contact as they figure out what was happening between the player from their rival, and Viv. 

Whitey caved in and brought Nathan back into the game. 

“Let’s go Nathan!” Both Peyton and Viv cheer.

Nathan was over by the girls. The ref hands Nathan the ball with the whistle in his mouth. Peyton makes his way over to Nathan.

“Don’t bother showering tonight.” Viv gagged, not wanting to hear that ever.

“Gross!” She hissed in disgust at Peyton who shrugged with a smirk on her lips.

“Grow up! It’s not like you don’t do the same with Jake after a win.” Viv’s face turned hot at that.

“No, actually we haven’t.” She said quietly, but loud enough for Peyton to hear her.

“Really?” Peyton was shocked.

Nathan heard this and looked over at Viv. Viv rolled her eyes knowing that Nathan was going to bully her about still having her V-card later. Nathan passes the ball. Nathan was more into the game now knowing that him and Peyton were going to do it after the game.

The Hawk player that was giving Viv flirty glances had the ball. Nathan had the ball, and shoved the player to the ground. There was ten seconds into the game, as Nathan passed the ball to Tim. Nathan pushes one of the Hawk players and starts to run for an opening. 

Nathan had teh ball and made a jump for it.

“Scott for the win!” The buzzer goes off as Viv ran towards Nate  and jumped in his arms.

“Scott’s rule!” Viv shouted as she jumped off of her brother. She makes subtle eye contact with Jake and winks at him. 

Viv doesn’t wave, she tries not to make it obvious trying to be incognito.

[dollycas]

It took me right up to December 31 but I completed all of my 2024 Reading Challenges. I still need to write a couple of reviews. I will get those done soon. 2024 Reading Challenge LORI has read 190 books toward her goal of 190 books. hide 190 of 190 (100%) view books A. Antique Auctions are Murder by Libby Klein B. A Bean to Die For by Tara Lush C. A Crust to Die For by Toni LoTempio D. Deadly to the Core by Joyce Tremel E. The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes F. Five Furry Familiars by Lynn Cahoon G. A Ghostly Clue by Maryann Shanesy H. The Heir by Aaron Qualio I. Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow J. The Jane Harlow Bombshell by Mollie Cox Bryan K. Kill or Bee Killed by Jennie Marts L. The Lace Widow by Mollie Ann Cox  M. Murder on the Geneva Express by JB Micheals  N. A Novel Disguise by Samantha Larsen O. Off the Air by Christina Estes P. A Pie To Die For by Gretchen Rue Q. Queen of Hearts by Heather Day Gilbert  R. Read on Arrival by Nora Page S. Shade Grown by Heather Day Gilbert  T. A Twisted Skein by Sally Goldenbaum U. Undercover Babymoon by Karina Bartow V. Vanilla Chai and the Vanishing Victim by Victoria Tait W. The Wilderness Trap by Jodi Linton X. Brood X by Joshua Dysart  Y. Yuletide Market Murder by Victoria Tait  Z. And Now There's Zelda by Carolyn Clarke  Completed 12/19/2024 Mini-Challenges January - 3 SYLABBLES - The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes February - Number Written Out - Five Furry Familiars by Lynn Cahoon March - 5Ws and a H - How To Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin April - Creepy Crawlies - Spider Lake by Jeff Nania May - Fruit - Death by Chocolate Raspberry Scone by Sarah Graves June - Wedding - Veiled in Death by Stephanie Blackmoore July - U.S. STATE - Oklahoma's Gold by Kathryn Long August - Small Item - Requiem for a Mouse by Miranda James September - Money - French Quarter Fright Night by Ellen Byron October - Costume - Pumpkin Spice Peril by Laurien Berenson  November - Spice - Gingerbread Danger by Amanda Flower December - Christmas Music - All God's Sparrows and Other Stories by Leslie Budewitz A. Kat Ailes - The Expectant Detectives B. Mollie Cox Bryan - The Jean Harlow Bombshell C. Callie Carpenter - Death by Demo D. Vicky Delany - The Sign of Four Spirits E. Ellie Alexander - A Smoking Bun F. Terrie Farley Moran - Murder She Wrote: Fit For Murder G. Sally Goldenbaum - A Twisted Skein H. Heather Day Gilbert  - Shade Grown I. Ian Moore - Death and Fromage J. Patricia Johns - Murder of an Amish Bridegroom K. Kristen Perrin - How To Solve Your Own Murder  L. Toni LoTempio - A Crust to Die For M. JB Micheals   Murder on the Geneva Express N. Nora Page - Read on Arrival  O. Olivia Blacke - Rhythm and Clues P. Paula Charles - Hammers and Homicide Q. Aaron Qualio - The Heir R. Ruth J. Hartman - Butterfly Betrayal S. Anna St. John - Doomed by Blooms T. Tara Lush - A Bean To Die For U. Lisa Unger - Fog Descending  V. Victoria Tait - Vanilla Chai and the Vanishing Victim W. Peggy Webb - Black Crow Cabin X. Diana Xarissa - The Body in the Annex Y. Kate Young - Reading Between the Crimes Z. - Chad Zunker - The Wife You Know Complete - 9/27/2024 Alabama - Murder at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber Alaska - A Midlife Mountain Murder by Julie Ecker Arizona - Dying to Go by Marcy Blesy Arkansas - Trotting into Trouble by Amber Camp California - Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow Colorado - Black Crow Cabin by Peggy Webb Connecticut - Checked Out For Murder by Allison Brook Delaware - DM Me For Murder by Sarah E. Burr  District of Columbia - A Colorful Scheme by Krista Davis Florida - A Bean to Die For by Tara Lush Georgia - A Crust to Die For by Toni LoTempio Hawaii - Molten Death by Leslie Karst Idaho - Five Furry Familiars by Lynn Cahoon Illinois - Murder on the Geneva Express by JB Micheals  Indiana - Butterfly Betrayal by Ruth J. Hartman Iowa - Antiques Maul by Barbara Allan Kansas - Doomed by Blooms by Anna St. John Kentucky - Motorhomes, Map, and Murder by Tonya Kappes Louisiana - Muffalettas and Murder by Jann Franklin Maine - Murder She Wrote: Fit For Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran Maryland - Scam Chowder by Maya Corrigan Massachusetts - A Twisted Skein by Sally Goldenbaum Michigan - Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop by Darci Hannah Minnesota - Furever After by Sofie Kelly Mississippi - Requiem for a Mouse by Miranda James Missouri - Lyin' Eyes by Julie Mulhern Montana - All God's Sparrows and Other Stories by Leslie Budewitz Nebraska - Stripped Bare by Shannon Baker Nevada - Think Twice by Harlan Coben New Hampshire - An Escape Goat by Janna Rollins New Jersey - Antique Auctions are Murder by Libby Klein New Mexico - The Wilderness Trap by Jodi Linton New York - The Lace Widow by Mollie Ann Cox  North Carolina - Death by Demo by Callie Carpenter North Dakota - Murder at the Library by Ellen Jacobson Ohio - A Pose Before Dying by Alex Erickson Oklahoma - Oklahoma's Gold by Kathryn Long Oregon - Hammers and Homicide by Paula Charles Pennsylvania - Murder of an Amish Bridegroom by Patricia Johns Rhode Island - Murder at Vinland by Alyssa Maxwell South Carolina - Murder in the Tea Leaves by Laura Childs South Dakota - Midnight Spells Murder by Mary Angela Tennessee - The Proof is in the Poison by Diane Kelly Texas - Magpie Maggie Takes the Wheel by Katherine H. Brown Utah - The Christmas Arrangement by Annie Adams Vermont - Brie Careful What You Wish For by Linda Reilly Virginia - The Diva Goes Overboard by Krista Davis Washington - Death by A Thousand Sips by Gretchen Rue West Virginia - Shade Grown by Heather Day Gilbert Wisconsin - The Heir by Aaron Qualio Wyoming - Mountain Town Murder by Sue Pepper Abroad 1. England - The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes 2. France - Death and Fromage by Ian Moore 3. Northumberland, UK - Daffodils and Deadly Deeds by Victoria Tait  4. Isle of Iona - Secrets of a Scottish Isle by Erica Ruth Neubauer  5. Indonesia - The Good, The Bad, and the Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto 6. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - Murder She Wrote: Murder Backstage by Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran 7. Scotland - The Poison Pen by Paige Shelton  8. Italy - Every Time I Go On Vacation Someone Dies by Catherine Mack 9. Caribbean Cruise - Undercover Babymoon by Karina Bartow 10. Ireland - Halloween Parade Peril by Victoria Tait  11. Tasmania - Alone with the Tasman Tiger by Jane Ellyson  Ravenous Level – 101 – 125 Cozy Mysteries 1. Shade Grown by Heather Day Gilbert  2. Murder of an Amish Bridegroom by Patricia Johns 3. The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes 4. Vanilla Chai and the Vanishing Victim by Victoria Tait 5. A Bean to Die For by Tara Lush 6. A Crust to Die For by Toni LoTempio 7. Deadly to the Core by Joyce Tremel 8. Death by Demo by Callie Carpenter 9. Doomed by Blooms by Anna St. John 10. A Twisted Skein by Sally Goldenbaum 11. The Sign of Four Spirits by Vicki Delany 12. Butterfly Betrayal by Ruth J. Hartman 13. Murder She Wrote: Fit For Murder by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran 14. Hammers and Homicide by Paula Charles 15. Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop by Darci Hannah 16. Cherry Pies and Deadly Lies by Darci Hannah 17. Clocked Out by Anna St. John 18. A Pie To Die For by Gretchen Rue 19. A Ghostly Clue by Maryann Shanesy 20. A Smoking Bun by Ellie Alexander 21. Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow 22. Crime and Cherry Pits by Amanda Flower  23. Checked Out For Murder by Allison Brook 24. Five Furry Familiars by Lynn Cahoon 25. The Last Word by Gerri Lewis 26. A High Tide Murder by Emily George 27. A Midlife Mountain Murder by Julie Ecker 28. Double Scoop of Murder by Lena Gregory 29. Murder in the Tea Leaves by Laura Childs 30. Read on Arrival by Nora Page 31. The Wilderness Trap by Jodi Linton 32. Double Grudge Donuts by Ginger Bolton 33. A Novel Disguise by Samantha Larsen 34. Dying to Go by Marcy Blesy 35. Mayhem in Circulation by Leah Dombrinska 36. Daffodils and Deadly Deeds by Victoria Tait  37. The Secret Ingredient to Murder by Terry Ambrose  38. Battered and Buried by Lena Gregory 39. Cats, Carats, and Killers by T.C. LoTempio 40. Magpie Maggie Takes the Wheel by Katherine H. Brown 41. The Witless Protection Program by Maria DiRico 42. Molten Death by Leslie Karst 43. Motorhomes, Map, and Murder by Tonya Kappes 44. Rhythm and Clues by Olivia Blacke  45. Murder She Wrote: Murder Backstage by Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran 46. The Poison Pen by Paige Shelton  47. Peril in Pink by Syndey Leigh 48. Off the Air by Christina Estes 49. Murder Marks the Page by Karen Rose Smith 50. Three Fudges and a Baby by Nancy Coco 51. Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off by Darci Hannah 52. Secrets and Scandals by Piper Glendale 53. Antique Auctions are Murder by Libby Klein 54. An Escape Goat by Janna Rollins 55. Trotting into Trouble by Amber Camp 56. Resort to Murder by Annie McEwen 57. The Diva Goes Overboard by Krista Davis 58. Brie Careful What You Wish For by Linda Reilly 59. Death on the Shelf by Allison Brook 60. A Pose Before Dying by Alex Erickson 61. Death by Chocolate Raspberry Scone by Sarah Graves 62. Muffalettas and Murder by Jann Franklin 63. Death Unfiltered by Emmeline Duncan 64. Purrfectly Framed by Ruth J. Hartman 65. Dead Tired by Kat Ailes 66. Kill or Bee Killed by Jennie Marts 67. A Cyclist's Guide to Crime and Croissants by Ann Claire 68. Clover Covered Corpse by Jackie Layton 69. A Lethal Lake Effect by Lorraine Bartlett 70. The Stranger in the Library by Eva Gates 71. Easier Dead, Than Drawn by Bailee Abbott 72. Veiled in Death by Stephanie Blackmoore 73. Torn Asunder by Barbara Ross 74. Murder at the Blueberry Festival by Darci Hannah 75. Photo Finished by Christin Brecher  76. Come Shell or High Water by Molly MacRae 77. Dewey Decimated by Allison Brook  78. A Whale of a Murder by Valerie E. Taylor 79. Peking Duck and Cover by Vivien Chien 80. A Very Woodsy Murder by Ellen Byron 81. A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death by Valerie Burns 82. Puzzle Me a Murder by Roz Noonan 83. The Body in the Bookstore by Ellie Alexander  84. Overdue or Die by Allison Brook 85. Death by A Thousand Sips by Gretchen Rue 86. Requiem for a Mouse by Miranda James 87. There's No Murder Like Show Murder by M.S. Greene 90. Booked on Murder by Allison Brook 91. Peach Tea Smash by Laura Childs 92. Sticks and Scones by Ellie Alexander 93. A Fatal Feast at Bramsford Manor by Darci Hannah 94. Keeled Over at the Cliffside by Nancy Stewart 95. Murder at Vinland by Alyssa Maxwell 96. In the Event of Murder by Cynthia Kuhn 97. A Poisonous Palate by Lucy Burdette 98. The Jig is Up by Lisa Q. Mathews 99. Buried on a Sundae by Lena Gregory 100. The Body in the Annex by Diana Xarissa 101. French Quarter Fright Night by Ellen Byron 102. The Grim Steeper by Gretchen Rue 103. Undercover Babymoon by Karina Bartow 104. Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant by Darci Hannah  105. Halloween Parade Peril by Victoria Tait  106. Furever After by Sofie Kelly 107. Bell, Book and Corpses by T.C. LoTempio 108. Lyin' Eyes by Julie Mulhern 109. Reading Between the Lines by Kate Young 110. Murder in the Hidden Cargo Hold by Denise Jaden 111. A Colorful Scheme by Krista Davis 112. Barks and Clues by Sharon Michaels 113. Sleep in Heavenly Pizza by Mindy Quigley  114. Pumpkin Spice Peril by Laurien Berenson 115. The Corpse at the Witching Hour by Debra Sennefelder  116. Murder on the Page by Daryl Wood Gerber  117. MSW: A Killer Christmas by Terrie Farley Moran and Jessica Fletcher 118. Midnight Spells Murder by Mary Angela 119. Six Stunning Sirens by Lynn Cahoon 120. Fondue or Die by Korina Moss 121. Caught on Camera by Kara Lacey 122. The Mysterious Case of the Missing Motive by Michele Parize Wacek  123. In the Blick of a Pie by Catherine Bruns 124. Scam Chowder by Maya Corrigan 125. Gingerbread Danger by Amanda Flower 126. Murder at the Library by Ellen Jacobson 127. A Room for Murder by Michele Pariza Wacek  128. I'll Be Home for Mischief by Jacqueline Frost 129. A Corpse Among the Carolers by Debra Sennefelder 130. Murder at the Blarney Bash by Darci Hannah 131. Yuletide Market Murder by Victoria Tait 132. The Herringbone Harbor Mystery by Sally Goldenbaum 133. DM Me For Murder by Sarah E. Burr  134. Plausible Deception by Dwain Lee 135. Murder at the Lemonberry Tea by Darci Hannah 136. The Knife Before Christmas by Kate Carlisle  137. Blame the Beignets by Ginger Bolton 138. Mystery in Marseille by Nupur Tustin  139. Mountain Town Murder by Sue Pepper 140. I Thee Dead by Christine Lawrence 141. Booked for Murder by P.J. Nelson 142. Murder at the Painted Wings Cafe by Ruth J. Hartman 143. A Basket Case by Lesley A. Diehl 144. The Proof is in the Poison by Diane Kelly 145. The Christmas Arrangement by Annie Adams 146. Deadly Crush by Maddie Day  147. Antiques Maul by Barbara Allan 148. Cowabunga Christmas by Anna Celeste Burke  149. Gnarly New Year by Anna Celeste Burke 150. Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes 151. Having A Fudgy Christmas by Nancy Coco 152. Chamomile Tea and a Copycat Crime by Victoria Tait Complete 12/30/2024 Please List the Title and the Author A BOOK BY AN AUTHOR WITH AN INITIAL IN THEIR NAME –Ill-Fated Fortune by Jennifer J. Chow A BOOK PUBLISHED BEFORE 2000 – The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner A BOOK SET OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES –Vanilla Chai and the Vanishing Victim by Victoria Tait A BOOK SET IN WISCONSIN OR TEXAS – Cherry Pies and Deadly Lies by Darci Hannah A BOOK BY A NEW TO YOU AUTHOR – Murder of an Amish Bridegroom by Patricia Johns A BOOK SHORTER THAN 200 PAGES – Shade Grown by Heather Day Gilbert  A BOOK THAT IS MORE THAN THE 6TH BOOK IN A SERIES –The Sign of Four Spirits by Vicki Delany A BOOK WITH AN ANIMAL ON THE COVER – Hammers and Homicide by Paula Charles  A BOOK CLASSIFIED AS A HISTORICAL COZY MYSTERY – A Novel Disguise by Samantha Larsen A BOOK THAT HAS BEEN ON YOUR TO-BE-READ STACK FOR MORE THAN 3 YEARS – Veiled in Death by Stephanie Blackmoore  A BOOK ABOUT A GHOST OR A WITCH – A Ghostly Clue by Maryann Shanesy  A BOOK ABOUT THAT INCLUDES RECIPES – A High Tide Murder by Emily George Complete 12/21/2024 Cruisin' thru the Cozies Reading Challenge Level four (Sleuth Extraordinaire) - A)Read 40 cozy mysteries of your choice. B)Read two books from each sub-genre in level one plus an additional 20 cozy books of your choice (total of 40 books) - One from culinary (anything dealing with food: restaurants, baked goods, etc.) - A Bean to Die For by Tara Lush - Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop by Darci Hannah - One from animal-related (cats, dogs, birds, etc.) - Shade Grown by Heather Day Gilbert - Antique Auctions are Murder by Libby Klein - One from craft-related (any kind of hobbies - knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, etc.) - A Twisted Skein by Sally Goldenbaum - The Herringbone Harbor Mystery by Sally Goldenbaum - One from paranormal (witches, vampires, etc.) - Murder on the Geneva Express by JB Micheals  -A Ghostly Clue by Maryann Shanesy - One from cozy mysteries based outside the US (example: Belinda Lawrence series (British)) - Vanilla Chai and the Vanishing Victim by Victoria Tait -Halloween Parade Peril by Victoria Tait  - One career-based cozy mystery (housekeeping, wedding planner, etc.) -Death by Demo by Callie Carpenter - Mayhem in Circulation by Leah Dombrinska - One holiday-based (set during any holiday - Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's, etc.) - Veiled in Death by Stephanie Blackmoore -Peking Duck and Cover by Vivien Chien - One travel mystery (character could be on a cruise, touring another area, etc.) - Molten Death by Leslie Karst -Murder She Wrote: Murder Backstage by Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran - One historical mystery (any mystery not set in the present) - A Novel Disguise by Samantha Larsen - Secrets of a Scottish Isle by Erica Ruth Neubauer  - One is your choice! (freebie!) - Rhythm and Clues by Olivia Blacke - The Diva Goes Overboard by Krista Davis Complete 11/20/2024 Level – 26-35 books 1. Murder on the Geneva Express by JB Micheals  2. The Heir by Aaron Qualio 3. The Lace Widow by Mollie Ann Cox  4. The Jane Harlow Bombshell by Mollie Cox Bryan 5. Death and Fromage by Ian Moore 6. How To Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin 7. Figure Eight by Jeff Nania 8. Secrets of a Scottish Isle by Erica Ruth Neubauer  9. Spider Lake by Jeff Nania 10. Every Time I Go On Vacation Someone Dies by Catherine Mack 11. Think Twice by Harlan Coben 12. At The Edge of the Woods by Victoria Houston 13. The Audrey Hepburn Heist by Mollie Cox Bryan 14. Black Crow Cabin by Peggy Webb 15. Over the Edge by Kathleen Bryant 16. Stripped Bare by Shannon Baker 17. Breach by Holly S. Roberts  18. Murder on Devil's Pond by Ayla Rose 19. One Big Happy Family by Jamie Day 20. Escape From Devil's Den by Bonnie Vanak 21. Queen of Hearts by Heather Day Gilbert  22. Oklahoma's Gold by Kathryn Long 23. The Wife You Know by Chad Zunker 24. The Tarnished Son by Elizabeth McKenna 25. Fog Descending by Lisa Unger  26. The Poseidon Project by E William Podojil 27. A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke 28. Hunted for the Holidays by Deena Alexander 29. Alone with the Tasman Tiger by Jane Ellyson  Complete November 7, 2024 Silver – 25 Books Level 1. A Twisted Skein by Sally Goldenbaum 2. Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop by Darci Hannah 3. The Jane Harlow Bombshell by Mollie Cox Bryan 4. Checked Out For Murder by Allison Brook 5. A Novel Disguise by Samantha Larsen 6. Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off by Darci Hannah 7. Antique Auctions are Murder by Libby Klein 8. Trotting into Trouble by Amber Camp 9. Death on the Shelf by Allison Brook 10. Veiled in Death by Stephanie Blackmoore 11. Murder at the Blueberry Festival by Darci Hannah 12. Photo Finished by Christin Brecher 13. Dewey Decimated by Allison Brook  14. Overdue or Die by Allison Brook 15. Death by A Thousand Sips by Gretchen Rue 16. Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant by Darci Hannah  17. Reading Between the Lines by Kate Young 18. A Killer Clue by Victoria Gilbert  19. A Colorful Scheme by Krista Davis 20. The Corpse at the Witching Hour by Debra Sennefelder  21. Midnight Spells Murder by Mary Angela 22. Murder at the Blarney Bash by Darci Hannah 23. The Proof is in the Poison by Diane Kelly 24. Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes 25. Having A Fudgy Christmas by Nancy Coco Complete 12/27/2024 Level 3 – Read 13-20 Books 1. Shade Grown by Heather Day Gilbert  2. Hammers and Homicide by Paula Charles 3. Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop by Darci Hannah 4. Clocked Out by Anna St. John 5. A Ghostly Clue by Maryann Shanesy 6. Crime and Cherry Pits by Amanda Flower  7. Checked Out For Murder by Allison Brook 8. Five Furry Familiars by Lynn Cahoon 9. The Last Word by Gerri Lewis 10. Cats, Carats, and Killers by T.C. LoTempio 11. Rhythm and Clues by Olivia Blacke  12. Murder Marks the Page by Karen Rose Smith 13. Three Fudges and a Baby by Nancy Coco 14. Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off by Darci Hannah 15. Antique Auctions are Murder by Libby Klein 16. An Escape Goat by Janna Rollins 17. Trotting into Trouble by Amber Camp 18. Death on the Shelf by Allison Brook 19. Black Crow Cabin by Peggy Webb 20. A Pose Before Dying by Alex Erickson Complete 5/27/2024 21. Death by Chocolate Raspberry Scone by Sarah Graves 22. Purrfectly Framed by Ruth J. Hartman 23. Easier Dead, Than Drawn by Bailee Abbott 24. Murder at the Blueberry Festival by Darci Hannah 25. Dewey Decimated by Allison Brook  26. Murder on Devil's Pond by Ayla Rose 27. A Very Woodsy Murder by Ellen Byron 28. A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death by Valerie Burns 29. Read the full article

[mightystargazer]

Another Year, Another Readinglist!

Not so many books in 2004, only 183!

1 Robert Jordan    The Fires of Heaven

2 Robert Jordan    Lord of Chaos

3 Robert Jordan    A Crown of Swords

4 Robert Jordan    The Path of Daggers

5 Robert Jordan    Winter's Heart

6 Robert Jordan    Crossroads of Twilight

7 Robert Jordan    Knife of Dreams

8 Robert Jordan    The Gathering Storm

9 Robert Jordan    Towers of Midnight

10 Robert Jordan A Memory of Light

11 Robert Jordan A Fire Within the Ways

12 Robert Jordan The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time

13 Dean Koontz The Bad Weather Friend

14 Drew Hayes The Case of the Damaged Detective

15 Drew Hayes The Case of the Haunted Haunted House

16 Drew Hayes The Case of the Felonious Faire

17 Jonathan Maberry Lullaby

18 Mark Tufo Devils Desk

19 Mark Tufo Devils Desk 2

20 Stephen King Revival

21 Will Dean The Last One

22 Jamie McFarlane Junkyard  Commandos

23 Jonathan Maberry Beneath the Skin

24 Jonathan Maberry Limbus Inc I

25 Jonathan Maberry Limbus Inc II

26 Jonathan Maberry Limbus Inc III

27 Jasper T. Scott Nightstalkers

28 Philip Fracassi A Child Alone with Strangers

29 Alan Dean Foster Quozl

30 Martha Wells All Systems Red

31 Martha Wells Artificial Condition

32 Martha Wells Rogue Protocol

33 Martha Wells Exit Strategy

34 Martha Wells Network Effect

35 Martha Wells Fugitive Telemetry

36 Martha Wells System Collapse

37 Alexander James The Woodkin

38 Erika Engelhaupt Gory Details

39 Scott Meyer Brute Force

40 Andy Weir The Egg and Other Stories

41 James R. Tuck That Thing at the Zoo

42 James R. Tuck Blood and Bullets

43 James R. Tuck Spiders Lullaby

44 James R. Tuck Blood and Silver

45 James R. Tuck Circus of Blood

46 James R. Tuck Blood and Magick

47 Douglas Michaels My Homemade Spaceship

48 K. Eason Nightwatch on the Hinterlands

49 Keith C. Blackmore Prequel

50 Keith C. Blackmore The Hospital

51 Keith C. Blackmore Omnibus

52 Keith C. Blackmore Well Fed

53 Keith C. Blackmore Make Me King

54 Keith C. Blackmore Mindless

55 Keith C. Blackmore Skull Road

56 Max Brooks Devolution

57 Scott Bartlett Mother Ship

58 Douglas E. Richards Unidentified

59 Grant Hendrix How to Sell a Haunted House

60 Javan Bonds Zombie Lake

61 Javan Bonds Zombie Island

62 Colson Whitehead Zone One

63 Ben Rock, Bob DeRosa Catcher

64 Jenny Kiefer This Wretched Valley

65 Rachel Aukes 100 Days in Deadland

66 Rachel Aukes Deadland's Harvest

67 Rachel Aukes Deadland Rising

68 Dustin Tigner Wrong Divinity

69 Ken Lozito Genesis

70 Ken Lozito Nemesis

71 Ken Lozito Legacy

72 Ken Lozito Sanctuary

73 Ken Lozito Discovery

74 Ken Lozito Emergence

75 Ken Lozito Vigilance

76 Ken Lozito Fracture

77 Ken Lozito Harbinger

78 Ken Lozito Insurgent

79 Ken Lozito Invasion

80 Ken Lozito Impulse

81 Ken Lozito Infinity

82 Ken Lozito Expedition

83 Douglas Preston Extinction

84 Jen Williams The Hungry Dark

85 Keith C. Blackmore Breeds

86 Keith C. Blackmore Breeds 2

87 Keith C. Blackmore Breeds 3

88 Richard Laymon Resurrection Dreams

89 Scott Sigler Alive

90 Scott Sigler Alight

91 Scott Sigler Alone

92 Anthony Melchiorri Sunken Spaceship

93 Joshua T. Calvert The Object

94 Jonathan Maberry Threshold

95 Jonathan Maberry What Rough Beast

96 Jonathan Maberry Destroyer of Worlds

97 Doucette, Gene The Apocalypse Seven

98 Earl Swift Hell Put to Shame

99 Peter Beagle I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons

100 Russell James Atoll X

101 Eric R. Asher Mason Dixon Monster Hunter

102 Steven Bird EREBUS

103 Zach James Occupant

104 Brian Evenson Immobility

105 Christopher Golden All Hallows

106 Earl Swift Hell Put to Shame

107 Luke Walker The Kindred

108 Tony Moyle The Limpet Syndrome

109 Tony Moyle Soul Catchers

110 Tony Moyle Dead Ends

111 Greig Beck Beneath the Dark Ice

112 Greig Beck Dark Rising

113 Greig Beck This Green Hell

114 Greig Beck Black Mountain

115 Greig Beck Gorgon

116 Greig Beck Hammer of God

117 Greig Beck Kraken Rising

118 Greig Beck Void

119 Greig Beck From Hell

120 Greig Beck Dark

121 Greig Beck the well of hell

122 Greig Beck The Silurian Bridge

123 Dean Koontz The Big Dark Sky

124 Jonathan Maberry Zombie CSU; The Forensic Science

125 Stephen King You Like It Darker

126 Michael Cole Creature from the Crevasse

127 Mike Alread Universally Screwed

128 Simon R. Green The Best Thing You Can Steal

129 Taylor Caldwell Wicked Angel

130 Tony Urban Hell On Earth

131 Tony Urban Road Of The Damned

132 Tony Urban The Ark

133 Tony Urban I Kill The Dead

134 Tony Urban Red Runs The River

135 Zach James Occupant

136 Codie Crowley Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch

137 Hannah J. Tidy Horror Stories

138 Jack Campbell Vanguard

139 Jack Campbell Ascendant

140 Jack Campbell Triumphant

141 Jack Campbell Dauntless

142 Jack Campbell Fearless

143 Jack Campbell Courageous

144 Jack Campbell Valiant

145 Jack Campbell Relentless

146 Jack Campbell Victorious

147 Jack Campbell Dreadnaught

148 Jack Campbell Invincible

149 Jack Campbell Guardian

150 Jack Campbell Steadfast

151 Jack Campbell Leviathan

152 Jack Campbell Boundless

153 Jack Campbell Resolute

154 Jack Campbell Implacable

155 Michael Cole Crab Attack

156 j.n. Chaney Undead Marine

157 Nick Clausen Dead Meat

158 Dean Koontz The Forest of Lost Souls

159 Mark Tufo Zero

160 Mark Tufo Zombie Fallout

161 Mark Tufo A Plague Upon Your Family

162 Mark Tufo The End

163 Mark Tufo Dr. Hugh Mann

164 Mark Tufo The End Has Come and Gone

165 Mark Tufo Alive in a Dead World

166 Mark Tufo 'Til Death Do Us Part

167 Mark Tufo For The Fallen

168 Mark Tufo An Old Beginning

169 Mark Tufo Tattered Remnants

170 Mark Tufo Those Left Behind

171 Mark Tufo Etna Station

172 Mark Tufo Dog Days of War

173 Mark Tufo The Perfect Betrayal

174 Mark Tufo The Trembling Path

175 Mark Tufo Sifting Through the Ashes

176 Mark Tufo Hiraeth

177 Mark Tufo The Lost Journals

178 Mark Tufo Altered Destinies

179 Mark Tufo Unearthed

180 Mark Tufo Shores of Despair

181 Mark Tufo Burden of Time

182 Mark Tufo Bridging the Gap

183 Mark Tufo The Broken Road

[sapphiredhearts-a]

ships

okay I need to keep track because I have a million muses - so if I forgot someone / got one wrong please let me know because I am going to end up saving this in a draft to remember for memes etc . also please let me know if I do not have a ship tag for them yet so I can remedy that and reblog stuff for our ships <3 also if you're interested in plotting a ship hit my line as you can see I have a million and want a million more lol . if I do forget a ship please do not take it personally ! I am doing this completely from my memory & literally am the spaciest person alive .

@minimavampiress

jacob x emma

noah x emma

athena x emma

bella x emma

klaus x emma

damon x emma

peeta x emma

@hvlestorm

seth x riley

stefan x riley

will x riley

chandler x riley

@angelsweeps

daisy x dodge

lucy x riff

@wylmn

julian x emma

jacob x bella

eddie x emma

adrian x sydney

will x ronnie

@antihcroes

rose x jake

emmett x rosalie

peeta x katniss

chandler x monica

@story1ines

nathan x brooke

nate x blair

nate x jenny

@mccnlies

paul x bella

@divienity ( still in discussion / possible ship ideas / plotting mode but putting here so I don't forget <3 )

jacob x elena

piper x leo

kira x leo ?

@palearizonuh ( feeling out chemistry / plotting mode / may or may not be a ship but putting here so I don't forget <3 )

bella x embry

@multi-royalty ( I feel like I'm forgetting something here rip )

stefan x caroline

[moaninmoonen]

X SERIES 18: ELLE BROOKE VS. JENNY SAVAGE

🥊Main card on DAZN in less than 2 hours🥊

[xprojectrpg]

This Day in X-Project - March 28

2015: Laurie texts Kyle inviting him to come play Dance Dance revolution with her after he is done being scolded. Laurie plans a Rocky Horror Picture Show weekend with Doug, Wade and Marie-Ange. Laurie meets Arthur in the medlabs. Clint texts Matt to arrange for dinner after he meets Barney. Looking for his brother Clint runs into Kitty at a seedy bar. Gabriel shares the new song he’s obsessed with to prove he’s not always sour. Rogue contacts Logan to catch him up on Vegas. Jean and Warren make up after their fight and he shows off his baking skills. Warren later tells everyone the result, a croquembouche is available in the kitchen. In Paris, Adrienne and Garrison comes across a car accident and help the woman driver, unaware that Rick Chalker, the last of the Chalker brothers, is unconscious in the back of the box truck involved, where he was planning to unleash his exo-suit against them; instead, he is only able to fly out of the truck before the suit loses power and he winds up at the bottom of the Seine.

2016: Miles celebrates his score on a practice test. Kevin continues to train Gabriel in the ways of espionage. Wade texts Cecilia asking to hang out. Laurie posts about the movie "Crimson Peak." Are We Ourselves: Coulson calls Clint to investigate disappearances in Alaska, sparking the following string of texts and emails; Clint texts Natasha to discuss; Clint invites Kyle and Molly to join him; Clint asks Matt to dogsit; Molly asks Topaz if she wants to come on Clint's trip; Clint emails Jennie to let her know about his whereabouts; Topaz texts Amanda to get her to catsit; Molly tells Wade she's going on a real mission; Wade texts Marie-Ange his feelings on this.

2017: Marie-Ange wants to hatewatch American Gods.

2018: Marie-Ange posts about a crystal ball frappuccino, and wanting one every other day.

2019: Sue suggests taking advantage of a warm weekend with a BBQ.

2020: 793.8.025.110.393: Daniel Drumm and Wong meet with Amanda and Topaz (with Marie-Ange and Doug as not-entirely-welcome guests), and explain that the London Sanctum has locked them out; Amanda and Topaz play nice with the Sanctum/Library to get inside; the group pairs off in various ways to use their skills and restore the library, while also running across various fictional characters; in return for their help, the library decides to offer a little advice to the group about their various issues in the form of more strange avatars - Marie-Ange gets Frau Totenkinder (of Fables), Doug gets John Constantine, Topaz gets Magdaleana Brooks (a British Fae Librarian), and Amanda gets the first woman of the British isles condemned for witchcraft; with things finally restored to a somewhat normal state, the group takes their happy leave, all agreeing that Doug still gets to be dunked in cold water.

2021:

2022:

2023: Madin makes a journal entry about returning the car and asking what’s happened while they were away. Terry drops in to watch Kyle fight and makes some unsettling discoveries... discussions are had. Quentin and Gabriel catch up on the roof after the powers swap and possibly share more than they intended. In New York, Alex takes Madin out for a meal and Madin starts to think staying at the mansion may not be entirely terrible.