#if you ever call me a “cinnamon roll baby” i have the right to eat you alive

[tyrianludaship]

the only reason people call medic a megalomaniac, an abuser or a psycho every chance they get is because he is coded as mentally ill in ways the other characters are not. it's bad to take that coding to mean that he doesn't care about people when he is clearly shown to.

it's the same as the demo thing and the way people treat his alcoholism. it is NOT fine to stereotype him in ways that he is not shown to be and it's frankly quite offensive.

when tf2 fandom discourse twt find out that being neurodivergent and mentally ill doesn't solely begin and end with rearranging trains based on HEX code or being uwu shy beans, we're fucked.

[mrs-kodzuken]

Cherry pop tarts & dyed hair ♡

Pairing: Aged up!Yūji Terushima x fem!reader

WC: 1k

Genre: fluff

CW: fem!reader, fluff so much fluff it’s gross, baby boy yūji

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"Babe, I'm going to go use the bathroom." Yūji said from  beside me, letting go of my hand.

"Alright," I stared down at my phone, making a list of the things we needed to get. Which I probably should've done before we even arrive at the store to be honest.

Yūji wanted to go grocery shopping, and knowing him, he would most likely get lots of sweets instead of actual food that we needed.

I added Poptarts to the list so I could get his and my favorites. I looked back at the men's bathroom door; it wouldn't hurt to leave him there, right?

Shrugging to myself, I grabbed a grocery basket and made my way towards the food aisles. He's a grown man after all.

I had been mindlessly walking around, adding things we needed to the basket like eggs, milk, and such.

My phone had died a couple minutes ago, so I was just trying to remember what we needed by memory.

I hadn't brought my charger with me because it's a grocery store. Let's just hope my mom doesn't call; I'll definitely get an earful if I don't pick up that phone call.

I recited what we needed from memory which lead me to absentmindedly walk through the aisles looking for something that we might need.

One thing I do remember is that I wanted to get poptarts. I headed towards the breakfast aisle and started my walk to our favorites.

Looking at the boxes, I decided to get cherry for me and cinnamon for Yūji. We both swore to never eat each other's poptarts; that was forbidden in our house.

Being in a relationship with Yūji was pretty amazing actually. He wasn't a player, as most people say because I've heard lots of rumors about that.

He's actually really sweet and childish but it can be cute sometimes.

I set the boxes in my basket and continued walking down the aisles to see if any of the foods jogged my memory.

Something I did remember was that we were running low on popcorn and ice cream due to our excessive movie nights.

Even though I wasn't much better than him when it came to sweets, I knew how to control myself.

I placed a big box of popcorn in the basket and mint ice cream in it as well.

Suddenly the intercom broke from the music, "(Y/n) (L/n), your child is at register three."

I furrowed my brows, I'm definitely sure I don't have a child. It could possibly be a different (Y/n) (L/n)? But most likely not, not with the name I have.

I took my sweet time to get there, I was met with Yūji pouting on a bench.

I smiled really big, rolling my eyes while walking over to him.

"Hi, baby," I said, pressing my lips against his forehead.

"You left me," he whined, looking up at me. God, he is such a child sometimes.

I chuckled, "You said you had to use the bathroom; you didn't tell me to wait." I pointed out to him taking his hand in mine.

I heard him groan at me, "Oh hush, you're like a big baby sometimes, Yūji." I smirked, knowing that that would make things straighten up.

It always did. But this time it seems as if he was whiner than ever. "You can't say anything because I'm your baby."

He wrapped his arms around my waist while I continued walking. He squeezed me a bit, and I lightly slapped his arm.

"No, PDA, there could be children, Yūji." I warned him as he released his arms from my waist and held my hand.

"Is this better?"

"Why yes, yes it is."

I could feel his gaze on me as we walked together.

"Yes, Yūji?" I asked, wondering if we needed laundry detergent or not.

"You're so pretty." I looked at him as if he were out of his mind. He would compliment me every day, but it seems today was an extra-complimentary one.

"Are you feeling okay today, babe?" I raised my hand up to feel his forehead. He leaned in and nuzzled his face into my hand.

"I just love you so much." He pulled me towards him, and I heard the erratic beating of his heart.

Luckily, I didn't see anyone else in the aisle with us.

"I love you too, Yūji." smiling into his chest; he was definitely extra loving today.

"Can we cuddle when we get home?" His voice was muffled since his head was buried in my neck. I shivered at the feeling.

"Oh crap, I just remembered. My phone is dead. I need to charge it. Do you want to check out now so we can cuddle later?" He nodded furiously, and I chuckled. How adorable he is sometimes.

"You're such a baby, Yūji." Before he could complain, I finished my sentence, "But you're my baby, so it's okay."

Yūji smiled brightly and held onto my hand as we walked out of the store after finishing bagging our groceries. I always loved when he was like this.

I set the bags down and started putting everything away in our cupboards. I had asked him to set up a fort and movie so I could get the food ready.

Yet again, we are having another movie night. I grabbed the hot bag of popcorn from the microwave and added it to a bowl.

Then I took the tub of ice cream with a spoon and headed into the living room.

"Are you ready?" I smiled as I climbed it, setting the food down.

"Obviously."

He played the movie while I fed him ice cream. I saw some of the flavored ice cream lightly dripping from his mouth.

Acting on instinct, I leaned forward and licked his lips.

Yūji's face was priceless; he'd be the one who'd always do something like that.

"What? You had ice cream on your lips." I shrugged and paid attention to the movie, ignoring him.

"Yeah, but I wanted to lick it off."

I rolled my eyes and then purposely and messily ate a spoonful of ice cream. Glancing towards him, I watched him watch me.

He leaned in and licked my lips back, "So sweet," he mumbled when he was done.

"Well, obviously it's ice cream." I smiled and leaned into him, focusing on the movie as he played with my hair.

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a/n: this is from my book “Haikyuu x Reader One Shots” on Wattpad! I hope you enjoyed and let me know if you want more!

the header is from haN ` ` on Pinterest

[munsonsfairy]

For a valentines fic can I pls request Eddie being your first real valentine ☺️ thank you!

picnic 🧺🍓🎈

“sweetheart? are you awake?” eddie gently knocks on your bedroom door. the smell of bacon hint your senses before you opened your eyes. you heard eddie put a table down on the night stand and get into the bed with you.

“i know you’re awake because i can see you trying to hind that precious smile from me.” eddie came from behind you and whispered, “if you don’t get your sleepy butt up, i will eat all these delicious cinnamon rolls by myself.”

“I’M UP! you are so not going to finish the icing without me this time!” eddie chuckled with how easy it was to get through you.

once you and him were situated, you began digging into the lovely breakfast eddie put together. you were so excited for the cinnamon rolls, that you forgot what today was.

eddie just sat there like a kicked puppy while you melting into the sweet taste of icing, “no ‘happy valentine’s day baby?’ or ‘thank you for being the most amazing boyfriend ever?’”

you looked over with wide eyes and saw eddie was genuinely shocked that you forgot.

“oh, eds, how could i forget! c’mere sweet thing,” you gave him a big kiss with icing on your lips just to make him laugh, “happy valentine’s day. thank you for being my forever.”

he smiled, “hmm, much better. so! i hope you have your day completely open because we have plans! once you finish your 5 star breakfast, i want you to get pretty because we have a picnic to attend to later this afternoon!”

“oooo, where is this taking place?”

“now if i tell you, it would ruin the surprise, sweetheart,” he kissed you one more time then let you finish eating.

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a couple hours have passed and you’re currently sitting in front of your mirror adding the final touches to your hair. eddie still had not told you where you two were going.

you had butterflies in your tummy the entire time you were getting ready. it was the first time anyone had gone out of their way to show you real love during valentine’s day. eddie is the first relationship where you feel unconditionally loved. there was never a moment where you questioned if he loved you and if you did, eddie was always there to reassure.

he will always go above and beyond to show you how much you matter to him. you remember one day you were feeling a bit insecure and your mind kept telling you ‘eddie could do so much better than you.’

when you finally told him how you were feeling, he stood on top of the table at the diner and yelled, “i am so fucking in love with y/n and no one will ever change that!”

yeah, i guess you could say you got lucky with eddie munson. he is one of a kind.

“sweetheart! are you ready!?” eddie called from downstairs since he was ready a long time ago. you wanted to make sure you looked perfect, so you tried taking your time in getting ready.

you checked yourself in your mirror one last time and dashed out the door.

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the drive to the “unknown” location was very familiar. i mean it is hawkins, so there’s only some many places you and eddie could go to.

the two of you sat in comfortable silence while eddie’s music softly played in the background. his hand was holding yours and sometimes his thumb would move against your skin.

“are you excited?”

“you know i am. although, i would love to know where we’re going but i guess a surprise every once in a while is needed.”

eventually, eddie drove into a small parking lot that led to lovers lake. it suddenly clicked where you two were going.

there was an area off the path that was in the middle of some trees. the sun shined just right during the day. you and eddie would always hang out there before dating. it was the perfect place to escape the horrible residents of hawkins.

during spring, flowers would bloom all around there. sometimes, you felt like you were bella in twilight and eddie was the handsome vampire trying to convince you to stay human.

suddenly, eddie stopped in his tracks and turned to you, “can you close your eyes for me? i will hold your hand to make sure you don’t trip.”

trusting him, you interlock your fingers with is and closed your eyes. it was obvious that eddie put a lot of effort into this picnic.

“just one more step… and, open!”

you were met with a white sheet with a box of pizza, lotr books, flowers, and chocolate strawberries sitting on top. eddie also brought a jug of welch’s grape juice (your favorite) in his jacket.

as simple as it was, the fact this was eddie’s idea made your heart sore! you also loved the fact that all your favorite things were here.

“oh, eddie, this is perfect! this is exactly how i pictured it!” you wrapped yourself around his waist and thanked him a hundred times.

“no need to thank me, sweetheart. you deserve everything and more! now, shall we?”

eddie extended his arm out and slightly bowed. you giggled and went to go sit on the soft sheet.

you were about to question when he set it all up until you heard steve from afar, “have fun love birds!”

“i see you had help.”

“in exchange for a beer,” eddie groaned.

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“moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars,” eddie read as he laid on your stomach.

the pizza was long gone and so were the strawberries. you two laughed and talked about your future until you wanted eddie to read to you.

the sky that was once a bright blue was now pink and orange. of course, you’d have to go home but you just wanted to lay with eddie here— playing with his curls while he reads lord of the rings for the hundredth time.

if only the town saw how easy it is to love eddie munson. for them to see the person they’re missing out on. you were grateful everyday to be loved by him.

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30 Day Writing Challenge - Day 9

Write about a heated debate (from this list) ➸ set in the Bakeoff AU AGAIN, because after my last fic, I wanted to write more Milly content and also it’s been a rough few days and I need to be silly and self-indulgent or I shall perish!! Based on an Instagram Reel I sent to @firstelevens the other day and that we’ve been spinning into a kid fic concept ever since. It grew out of control and I don’t know if it technically fits the prompt, but it’s what I got for you nonetheless. Bon appetit I guess???

“Euuuugghhh! Daaaaad!”

“What? What’s the matter?” Foggy asks from his spot in the kitchen. That tone of voice from his daughter is never a good sign, but he’s mostly used to hearing it when he and Matt are being particularly disgusting about how much they love each other. As Matt is still in the shower currently, he knows that can’t be the reason.

“What did you put on this?” Milly asks, holding up a piece of toast accusatorially. If she ends up following in their career footsteps someday, her cross-examinations are going to be brutal.

“Cinnamon and sugar, as requested,” Foggy answers, coming to stand across the counter from her. It’s a long way from the elaborate recipes he used to make with his spare time—which he no longer has—and when he was on Bake-Off, but it’s one of his daughter’s favorite breakfasts despite its simplicity. Well, it normally is. She’s currently staring daggers at him, so it must not be her favorite right now.

Milly shakes her head at him, like he’s a moron or maybe, more accurately, like they’re going to have to send him to a home soon if he keeps this up. “Not cinnamon,” she says, holding the offensive piece of toast out to him.

Before he can take a bite (his original plan, to illustrate that she’s being silly and unnecessarily picky), the smell reaches his nose and it doesn’t take an extremely experienced baker to know that’s not cinnamon. He brings it closer to sniff it again and makes himself cough. To confirm his suspicion, he returns to the cabinet where they store their spices and looks at the jar he used to make Milly’s toast a few minutes ago and, yep, there it is.

“Paprika,” he says. “I made you paprika toast.”

“Paprika and sugar,” Milly says, in that same enjoy your time in the retirement home, old man tone of voice.

“They look similar in the bottle,” Foggy says, rubbing a hand over his face. “Same color, I mean.”

“Do they smell the same?” she asks, innocently.

“Listen, you—”

“And are they spelled the same way?” she asks, thoughtfully. “You know, when you read the bottle before pouring it over my toast? You did read the bottle first, right?”

“Mills, I’m not kidding, if you can spell ‘paprika’ or ‘cinnamon’ for me right now, I will give you twenty dollars out of my wallet,” he says. “Otherwise, I don’t want to hear it!”

“I don’t know—”

“Exactly!”

“I’m eight! What’s your excuse?”

“For one thing, my eight year old daughter won’t stop tricking her babysitter into letting her watch scary movies and then crawling into bed with me in the middle of the night because she can’t sleep,” Foggy says, grabbing the plate from her. “How’s that?”

“Don’t throw it away!” Milly calls.

Foggy pauses. “Baby, you don’t have to eat it. I’ll make you more with actual cinnamon.”

Milly looks at him like he’s grown an extra head. “I know,” she says, slowly. “I just wanted to show Dada what you did.”

“Okay,” Foggy says, rolling his eyes and returning the plate. “Just for that, maybe I won’t make you more toast.”

“Sure, starve me for telling the truth. That’ll go over great with the other trusted adults in my life when I snitch on you.”

“It’ll never hold up in court,” Foggy replies, already putting two more slices of bread into the toaster.

“Besides,” she says, ignoring him and popping a sliced strawberry into her mouth. “I don’t crawl into your bed, I crawl into Dada’s.”

“It’s the same bed,” he explains. “Just because you cuddle with Dada and kick me all night doesn’t make it any less my bed. And what’s up with that, anyway? I have it on good authority that I’m the more cuddly of the two of us. Why don’t you ever snuggle me?”

“You want it too bad,” she says, taking a two-handed drink of her orange juice.

“Devil child,” he mutters. His mother once told him, when he and Matt were first looking into adoption, that your children will act as cosmic comeuppance for all the things you put your poor parents through as a child yourself and he hadn’t believed her. Maybe he just thought that, because Milly didn’t share any DNA with them, that his and Matt’s most exhausting qualities wouldn’t rear their ugly heads in her at all. And, boy, love her as he does, he was wrong on that count.

“Dada would never do this to me,” Milly continues, happily. “And he can’t even see! Makes you think, doesn’t it?”

“About looking into boarding schools?” Foggy asks. “Definitely.”

“Mean!”

“You’re saying you’d miss me?”

“No,” Milly says, crossing her arms. “But I’d miss Dada and my friends and my teachers and Aunt Daisy and—ooh, can I borrow your phone?”

“Why?”

“I want to text Aunt Daisy a picture of the paprika toast.”

“Absolutely not.”

“Come onnnnn,” she whines. “She’ll think it’s funny!”

“That’s exactly why I’m not giving you my phone.”

“You’re no fun,” Milly grumbles, sinking down to rest her chin on the counter dejectedly. Her head immediately pops up again when Matt appears behind her. “Dada! Wait til you see what your husband did!”

Matt stops to press a kiss to the top of her head. “Please don’t say your hair because it feels…uh, chaotic?”

“I haven’t even gone near it this morning,” Foggy says, as he fetches the toast that’s just popped out of the toaster. “That’s all natural.”

“Well, that’s something,” Matt replies, coming into the kitchen. “So, what did you do?”

“He made me cinnamon toast,” Milly interrupts, enthusiastically. “Here, try it!”

As with Foggy, the toast doesn’t even make it to Matt’s mouth before he’s frowning. “That’s…not cinnamon, honey.”

Milly cackles while Foggy glares at her. “I made a small mistake,” Foggy says, over the chorus of his daughter’s laughter.

“What is that? Chili powder?” Matt asks, sniffing delicately.

“Paprika.”

“Oh.”

“And I have been soundly roasted for my error,” Foggy says, mostly in Milly’s direction. “So, I don’t want to hear it from you, okay?”

Matt shrugs. “Okay.”

“Apparently, you would never make such a mistake in your life, because you’re a good dad and I’m some sort of rodeo clown who ended up here by mistake.”

Matt looks at him, very clearly stifling a laugh. “She only thinks that because she’s led a charmed life where I almost never make her breakfast,” he says. “Give it a week, she’ll be begging for you back.”

“You’d just let me eat fruit snacks for breakfast,” Milly says, as Foggy puts her new breakfast down in front of her.

“Yes, and then you wouldn’t have all the nutrients you need to learn new things at school and get smart enough to become the first female president of the United States,” Foggy says. “And then where would we be?”

“There better be a female president before I’m old enough,” Milly says, darkly and with a mouth full of toast.

“Better eat a balanced breakfast just to be safe,” Matt says, pushing off the counter to go find some coffee. “And be nice to your dad.”

“How will that help me become President?”

“People skills,” Matt says.

“Surviving into adulthood,” Foggy says, at the same time.

Milly blows a raspberry at him, but eats the new toast without complaint. Matt’s scouting around for the sugar bowl now and Foggy stops him with a hand on his elbow.

“I already put sugar in it for you,” he says.

Matt smiles. “I don’t care what Milly says. You’re the best rodeo clown a kid could hope for, and a very good husband too.”

“Thanks,” Foggy replies, and allows himself to be pulled in for a kiss. He gets to enjoy that for about ten seconds before Milly makes another disgusted noise behind him. He sighs and pulls back. “What’s wrong with the toast now?”

“Nothing,” Milly exclaims. “It’s you two that are grossing me out!”

“Sorry your dads are in love with each other,” Matt says, with a smile and a faint blush. “You live a tough life.”

“I’m glad you understand,” Milly says, as she shoves an improbably large bite of her toast into her mouth without issue. She’s not even finished chewing when she asks, “Will you walk me to school today, Dada?”

“Why? Are you worried I’ll do that wrong too?” Foggy asks, putting an arm around Matt’s shoulders.

“I’d be happy to, baby,” Matt interjects before Milly can say something smart-alecky back to him. “Go get dressed, okay?”

Mill hops down from her chair happily and practically skips to her room. Matt nudges Foggy’s shoulder with his nose.

“What’s up with you two?” he asks.

“I don’t know. She’s just pushing my buttons.”

“Successfully,” Matt replies.

“Yeah, well,” Foggy shrugs. “I slept half the night with her foot in my face while she cuddled with you. I’m a little cranky, I guess.”

“Feeling left out?” Matt asks, smiling, as he turns to wrap his arms around Foggy’s middle.

“I’m definitely the cuddliest person in this household and I want it acknowledged.”

“I agree,” Matt says, kissing him on the shoulder. “Don’t listen to Milly. She’s a maniac.”

“She takes after you.”

“Not true. I love to cuddle with you.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah,” Matt says, leaning in to kiss him again.

“We could make that happen, you know,” Foggy says against his lips. “Drop the kid off at school, cancel our appointments for today, play hooky from our responsibilities, stay in bed all day…”

Matt seems to be thinking it over, tempted. “We couldn’t,” he says, not quite convincingly.

“We could. I know our bosses and, trust me, they’d want us to get laid.”

“I’ve said it before but those guys are weird,” Matt jokes. “They’re honestly too involved in our sex lives.”

“Yeah, it’s an HR nightmare,” Foggy replies, kissing him again.

“You two better not still be kissing when I come back,” Milly hollers from the bathroom, where she’s brushing her teeth (or so Foggy guesses from the sound of running water).

“We definitely will be,” Foggy shouts back, as Matt collapses into his shoulder laughing.

“I’m going to go attempt to get our daughter’s hair fit for public appearance,” Matt says, giving Foggy another quick kiss on the lips.

“And I’m going to text Kate that we’ll be in late this morning.”

Matt pauses. “Really?”

“Yeah.” Foggy consults his watch. “Our first appointment is at 11. I can do plenty to you in that amount of time.”

Matt looks a little startled by that, but not in a bad way. “Kate’s going to know what that text means, you know.”

“That just means there will be someone to share in Milly’s pain over us being disgustingly in love after all these years. Unless that’s your way of saying no?”

“Definitely not. Just warning you that we’ll get a lot of grief for it later.”

“I’ll make it worth your while.”

“You always do,” Matt replies, and Foggy’s definitely not being conceited when he says Matt’s tone sounds downright dreamy.

He heads off to help Milly finish getting ready and Foggy tackles the few dishes in the sink while he waits for another pot of coffee to finish brewing. A few minutes later, Milly appears in the kitchen, dressed and with her hair pulled into a neat bun. Neither of them can do anything particularly fancy with her hair, not least because she won’t sit still long enough for all that, but Matt does a good job for someone who’s never had long hair or siblings. A now presentable Milly pulls her backpack and coat off the hook on the wall and stops by Foggy’s side expectantly.

“What do you need, kiddo?” he asks, as he dries his hands on the towel hanging by the stove.

“Hug goodbye,” she says, lifting her arms towards him and he kneels to capture her in a big hug.

When she finally pulls back, she still looks hesitant, like there’s something she needs to ask him. It once again strikes him as crazy how much she reminds him of Matt sometimes.

“What’s the matter?” Foggy asks, tucking a picturesque loose strand of hair behind her ear. “You feel alright? Is all that paprika I fed you bothering your stomach?”

Milly shakes her head, looking away. “I just wanted to—Dada said that his dad would have made him eat that gross toast because they never wasted food when he was little.”

“Did he?” Foggy asks, already making a mental note to kick Matt’s ass when they’re alone together. “Listen, baby, your Grandpa Jack, he…didn’t have a lot of help when your Dada was young. They had to be really careful with their money and Dada was in the hospital for a while…”

“I know,” Milly says, nodding. “I’m just—thank you for making me new toast, instead.”

Foggy feels a lump in his throat that he struggles to swallow past. “Hey, you don’t have to thank me for that, okay? It’s my job to make your life as good as it possibly can be. Even if I have to make you a hundred pieces of toast every morning.”

“That would be expensive.”

“Still,” Foggy says, firmly. “I’m sorry if what Dada said made you upset.”

Milly scrunches up her face like she’s eating the paprika toast all over again. “He said it like it was funny,” she says, mildly horrified.

“God, okay,” Foggy replies, running a hand over his face. Matt would consider that a charming anecdote about his father. Speaking of people who are going to need a hug from him… “Don’t worry about that. Just have a good day at school, okay?”

“Okay,” Milly says, all concern gone as she hops in place excitedly.

Matt appears around the corner then, pulling on his coat. “Ready?”

“Just gotta get my shoes,” Milly shouts as she zooms off in the direction of the door.

“Alright,” Matt says, as he comes into the kitchen. “I’ll be back in a few.”

“Okay,” Foggy says, as he leans in to kiss him goodbye. “Oh, and maybe no more stories about your dad before school, yeah?”

Matt blinks at him. “What? Why?”

“We’ve talked about how sometimes the anecdotes from your childhood that you think are charming and scrappy are actually alarming to the people who love you now,” Foggy says, gently.

“Yeah…” Matt says, uncertainly, before his expression clears. “Oh. Shit.”

“It’s fine,” Foggy replies, rubbing his back. “I already explained that she can ask for as much food as she wants. Just maybe reinforce that with her on your way to school?”

Matt looks pale and queasy even as he nods. “Right. God, I didn’t—I’m sorry—”

“I know. I’m not mad.”

“And you still want to play hooky from work with me, even though I’m the world’s biggest idiot?”

Foggy kisses him on the forehead. “Of course. You’re still a very cute idiot.”

“Yeah, but—”

“Listen, I told Milly it’s my job to make her life as good as possible, and that’s true, but it’s also my job to do that for you. And right now, the best way to make your life better is to take you back to bed and—”

“Ready!” Milly shouts as she skids around the corner. “Are you guys still kissing?! What about my education?”

“She’s right, you know,” Matt says, pulling back and looking a bit better, though still tremulous. “We’re terrible parents.”

“Maybe I should look into boarding schools, after all,” Foggy jokes, crossing his eyes goofily at Milly over Matt’s shoulder.

“I’m never going to be President at this rate,” Milly laments.

“Alright, let’s get you to school,” Matt says, holding out his hand for her.

Foggy leans down to give Milly a kiss on the top of her head. “Don’t let your dad walk into traffic, okay?”

“I won’t,” Milly says, swinging their joined hands between them. “I promise.”

“That’s my girl. Have a good day, baby cakes.”

“You too, daddy cakes.”

“I’ll be back shortly,” Matt says, smiling at the two of them.

“I’ll be here,” Foggy replies, as suggestively as he can manage. It must work because Milly snarls in disgust.

“If you two start kissing again, I’m taking myself to school,” she says, leveraging her full weight against Matt to drag him towards the door. “Or running off to join the circus. You won’t know which until it’s too late.”

“She gets that from you,” Matt says, tiredly.

“I was going to say I think she gets it from you.”

“Maybe she has a point about us being gross.”

“Oh, well, yeah,” Foggy says, with a wink at Milly, who’s glaring at both of them now. “There was never any debate about that.”

[snowwolflover]

A deal is a deal parts 6-10

A deal is a deal

Part 6

I waited in my room for a little while just scrolling on my phone and thinking about everything. "Hi" I hear called out from the door. I look up and Grace was standing there. She dressed in a men's jersey that hangs down like a dress on her. Her jean shorts barely even visible under them when she is standing still. "Come in babe" I tell her as I pat the bed next to me. She runs over and jumps up on the bed next to me. "So, How did it go?" She asks. "I think it went good. I got permission to move you in here with me..." I started to say but Grace cut me off right there tackling me with a hug. "Really. Yaaaa" she yelled. "ok, ok ,ok." I say as I'm pushing her back laughing. we sit back up and I tell her "remember, a deal is a deal. You move in and become my little sister but I'm responsible for you and you well behave, right?" she shakes her head yes as she bounces in place. "Ok. well I will start getting things moved during this week between classes and we will get you moved in asap ok?" I added. she agreed right away. Just then Kat got to the door, she's wearing a cropped jersey and some tight workout shorts. "Are you two ready to go. we are missing the games!" she complained. "Ya let's head out" I said as we stood up. I swatted Grace on the butt hurrying her out the door. We all walked out to the car and loaded in to start the drive.

We made our way down to the local sports spot. It's a small restaurant that has TVs all over so you can see the games from ever seat. The 3 of us walk in and get a table, we each look around to see which games are currently on and then grab our menus. Kat slaps her down, "I don't know why I'm even looking I'm getting my usual, A Margaret and some fries for now." she declared. I shake my head at her and laugh under my breath. Kat looked over at Grace "How about you sweetie, What do you want?" she asks as she leaned across the table and looked over the top side of her menu. "Umm I'm not sure yet. I'm looking around" Grace replied. I set mine down and looked up. Kat turned to me "Ok, spill it. What did Flora have to say?" she asked excitedly. I smiled a little at her and then replied "Well she gave me the go ahead to be an official Big sister to Gracie here, and We can do the room change to as long as everyone involved is ok with it. I already talked to Bre and she was good with the move since she's getting the single room up stairs that just opened up." Kat "Wait what? That's not fair!..." I cut her off right there. They offered the room to me first but since I asked for my little one to room with me I gave it to Bre so she would be ok with moving rooms." I said. Kat crossed her arms in frustration and Grace blushed at me calling her my little. "Oh do I have 2 little at the table?" I added. "Shut up!" Kat snapped back with a laugh. just then the waiter walked over to get our orders. Kat got her margarita and fries, I ordered a mimosa and cinnamon roll and then it was Graces turn. She was still blushing a little from before and wasn't speaking up. "Go ahead sweetie, Tell the nice lady what you want to eat." I prompt her. This only makes her blush some more. She pointed at the menu and I looked over and then told the waiter "she will have the nachos... and an OJ to drink for her to please." The waiter gathered the menu and left to go put the order in for us.

Kat laughed and looked at Grace "You really are a shy little one aren't you baby?" It took a moment and then Grace replied "Ya, around people I don't know yet expecilly. I grow up in a small town and was sheltered by my parents." "That's ok, that's what college is for. It's going to help get you used to meeting new people and everything. Besides you'll have Tiff and I here with you to make sure your ok from now on" Kat tells her. "Just like I told you before, your safe with us so you can relax and just enjoy yourself." I added. It was almost wired hearing Kat try and be nice. People always find her to be mean or sarcastic at the least. I know she doesn't mean those things it's just her personality and we have been friends since highschool so I'm more then used to her. " I'm going to go use the restroom before the food and drinks get here" I say to the table as I stand up. I turn and reach my hand out for Grace and pull her up with me and start walking her to the bathroom with me. she never said a word the whole way she just followed my lead. We reached the bathroom and I guided her to the first open stall with out even asking and then I stepped in to the next one. When we were done we both walked over to wash our hands. "Good job" I told her as we started to walk back to our table. She smiled at my praise for her.

We got back to the table and both sat down, with out missing a beat Kat jumped back in to our conversations "So what else did Flora say, the things you told us so far were what you wanted to ask her but she said she wanted to talk to you too. Soo spill the tea" Kat says. Grace look at my with big eyes herself to waiting for me to speak. I took a sip of my drink that was waiting for me and began to explain it. "Well it's kind of complicated, Next year both Flora and Jane graduate... So the house will need to elect a new president" I started. "Oh my God. your going to run the house momma's?" Grace shout out. I turn and give her an curious look as I noticed she called me momma's but I don't comment on it. "Well It's not for sure or anything. They said they think I could be a good fit and the house already looks up to me so that's good but they gave me some things to take charge of to see how it goes." I explain. "Ok so what did they give you to do?" Kat asks almost sceptical. "Well I have to take charge of the houses booth we set up at the Halloween party this year. So I have a week to figure that out and get it done and make it big for us" I let them know. "That's alot of pressure in a short time. We can make it happen we will help you, right Grace" Kat says. Grace nodded her head yes. "We will get the other girls in the house to help too." Grace adds. "The other thing they gave me is the grade checks... I have to make sure they are all turned in, review them and then determine the punishments that need to be given out." I say with a deep breath. Grace , sounding almost worried says "Isn't that when some gets get cane in front of the whole house?" Kat takes a big drink of her margarita and replied "Yes it is. So you better make sure your grades are good so Tiff doesn't need to pull down your cute panties and spank your bottom" Then she starts laughing. "I'm sure you'll be fine Gracie." I tell her.

The food makes it to the table and we each get are plate in front of us and start to prep are food to eat. Grace jumps right in and starts in on her nachos but with the first bite she dripped cheese on her jersey. She wines right away and puts her hands in up since they are covered with cheese already. I saw this and reached in to my purse and pulled out a small pack of baby wipes and pull one from the pack. I use that to clean off the cheese as best I could and then I grab a napkin from the table and tuck it in the collar of her jersey. " Go ahead sweetie, your fine" I tell her. as I set a few extra baby wipes from the pack on the table next to her for her hands as she eats. We all get quite for a little bit as we eat and watch the games on all the TVs.

We were finishing up are food when out of the corner of my eye I see some people come walking over to the table. I look up to see Colt standing there with 3 of his brothers. "Hi lady's. I saw you over here and wanted to check in and see how you were doing after the party the other night" He says. Kat looks at them and replied "We are ok no thanks to your dumb bro's" she says with her sarcastic tone. "I understand they were delt with and did all the chores Flora have them the follow day too." Colt tells us. "I hope there is no lasting damage and we can all put it behind us." he adds. "We are fine, Thank you again Colt" I say and add "You took good care of Grace for us." Kat reached out and ran her hand down the arm of one of the guys next too Colt and says "Who's going to take good care of me?" He looked down at her and smiled. "I'll take good care of you anytime" he says. "promises, promises" she laughed. Colt looks back to me. "How about you, Can I take you out for coffee or something to make it up to you?" he says. I was unsure what to say.

After Flora told me he asked about me I figured this would happen sooner or later but I haven't made up my mind yet. I finally say "I'm not sure. I got alot going on right now with Classes and stuff at the house." I tell him. With out missing a beat He say "How about a bet. Your green bay plays my Tampa Bay today. If we win I get to take you out, If you win Me and the guys will help you with what ever you need at the house. Deal?" I thought about it for a minute, it would be nice to have the guys help with everything. There's going to be alot to set up for the Halloween party and moving all the stuff around in the rooms too... "Ok deal" I said as we shook hands. "Enjoy the game" Colt said with a wink as they walked towards the bar. He stopped at the waiter and told said something to her and then kept going. A minute later the waiter came over and she said "That gentleman at the bar just said he is going to cover the check and to get you what ever you want while your here." she tells us as she starts to grab empty plates and cups from the table. "In that case I'll have a second" Kat says as she points to her cup.

We spent more of the afternoon watching the games and with small talk. I obviously was more interested in the game now that there was something on the line. The game was coming to an end and it was very close. We were up by 3 right now and we had the ball. All we need to do is hold on. The clock is working it's way down and then it happened. My QB gets hit and gets pulled out of the game. Colt turned and looked back at me with a smile. The back up comes in and his first two plays were great, then on 4th and 1 we go for a run and the hand off is fumbled and Tampa gets it and runs it back 5 yards before going down. Now Colt is just staring at me with a grin like a Cheshire cat. We still lead and they have a long way to go with not much time to go. 1st play they pick up 3 yards, 2nd they get 5 yards. 3 play goes incomplete. it's 4th and 2, They are going for it. They set the play up for a short pass then it happens. The QB goes deep to a receiver that broke away from the pack in short yards. The defender right behind him. They jumped for the ball and Tampa comes down with it and stays on his feet but my team stumbled and went down. He's free to run it in and the games over I lost.

Colt wasted no time in walking back over, "I guess I get to take you out to coffee." He says. "Ya, a deal is a deal. I'll find a way to make time." I said. "I tell you what. We will still help you with anything you need. Just let us know. I'll message you later to set up a time for coffee, enjoy you drinks" he says as he winked and walked away. We finished up what we had and then I looked at the girls and said "Why don't we go over to the Halloween shop and take a look around. Maybe it will give us ideas for the party." They agree and we all get up. I take a moment to walk back over to Colt and let him know I was looking forward to coffee and thank him for picking up our tab. I head back over to the he girls and we head back to the car.

A deal is a deal

part 7

"What was that all about?" Kat asks as we go through the door to the parking lot. "Just laying some ground work, In case" I said with a small as I unlock the car and we all started to get in. I held the top of the back door as Grace got in side and then I closed it for her. I sat down and myself and asks "everyone ready?" looking directly in the mirror at Grace. "ya" both of them reply. "Ok how about we head over to the Halloween store to look around and get ideas for the party. we have to come up with something big and fast." I ask the girls. Both agree to come with me and we head over. The Halloween shop had opened up inside of our mall so I wasn't shocked that the girls would be ok with some shopping. We get to the mall and find parking in the structure. We made our way inside and started walking the mall. "So shopping first or Halloween first?" I ask the girls. "Halloween shop first, we may need to get some extras at the other stores depending on what we pick out" Kat replied. "That's a good point" Grace added and then continue "but I do wanna look at some stores after for sure if we can?"

"Yes dear, we can take a look around" Kat says as she gives her a hug.

We make our way to the Halloween shop and start to look around. We find the adult style costumes and look through them, "Let's see what they have... Horror icons?" I say. Kat laughed and says with her fingers as air quotes " I think you mean Hore icons". Grace burst out laughing. "Ok what about angels and demons? Or even Vampires" I say next. "That could be fun" Grace replied as she pulled down a Vampires dress and holds it up to her body. It was a long black dress with some red velvet on the front. "Sweetie, We need to make people want to come to us. Your hiding all the best parts in that" Kat says as she points to the chest and collar on the dress. "Maybe something like this at least" She added as she pulls down a long black skirt that had wide high slits in it so your legs would be showing almost all the way up. Then she grabbed a black corset and held that up to her body "Or this" she says. "Ok guys, How about we each get 3 things and then we will all try them on and see what we all think." both girls agree and we start looking around.

Once we get the ones we like we all head back to the dressing rooms. "Ok, Everyone ready? Let's all do the first one and then. ome out and show it off." I tell them. All 3 of us enter the dressing rooms and start to change. A few minutes later I hear Kat call-out, "Everyone ready? let's go on 3. 1...2...3" all 3 curtains swing open and we all step out. I'm wearing a sexy police officer costume. Body tight, short shorts and the dark glasses with it. Grace is next and she picked an fairy, It's a short pink and white dress with cute wings on the back. Kat was wearing skin tight black pleather pants and a black corset. She had a Son's of Anarchy sweater on to but still had her chest out. we all looked at each other's looks and critique what we liked and didn't like. Kat said "If we go with the fairy, I'm going to be the dark Fairy!" Grace smiled at that and I corrected"You mean the sluty one!" as I walked back in to try on the next look. "Your not wrong" Kat said as she slipped in her room. a moment later we heard Grace calling for help.Kat peeked in on her and the zipper had gotten stuck on her fairy costume. She helped her get it undone and off.

Kat gave Grace a pat on cute pink panties and went back to her dressing room. Everyone got changed and we called out for number 2. everyone steps out and again we look around. I was in a pirates one this time. a tight red top with a black skirt that hung down the middle and to a side but left a lot exposed. Grace had on a French maid this time. Typical look with black and white lace through out. The chest had an opening but still more covered then Kat would have picked. Kat was in a school girl uniform. Green skirt and the tie top shirt. "again seemd to easy for the party, and this time I mean the idea not you Kat" I said with a laugh. "Oh mine was to easy, I didn't know Grace was going to pick her work uniform again" Kat replied with a laugh. Grace Had a look of shock on her face for a moment and then said "At least we aren't the ones trying to give out the booty" as she reached over and grabbed my butt that was indeed hanging out of my costume a bit. We all laughed and went back in for the 3rd look. We all took the time to change once again and then called to come out one last time. Grace stepped out first in hers. It was a vampire, shirt red and black dress with a petticoat under the skirt. She had a high back red collar on it. Kat came out in a circus ring master look. The top hat and tight body top looked great. Last was mine and I was in a moulin rouge style look. A sexy dancer with black lace all over.

"Wow" Grace says as she looked at both of us. She pushed the two of us next to each other and looked at it again... "That's it." she said. "We do a moulin rouge, burlesque show. We charge a fee to come in and see it" Kat smile, "I love it. we get a bartender and sell drinks inside too? maybe we can ever rent a stage?" she says. "What if we get the guys to come in with us and have a magic Mike style vibe too?" I add in. I bet they would be up for it." "She just wants to see Colt with out a shirt on" Kat laughed. I ignored her comment and pulled out my phone. I texted Flora first and pitched the idea of doing our thing for the party with the Guys and splitting everything 50/50. She sent back quick and gave me the thumbs up. "This one's on you" she said. It felt like a lot of pressure but I was happy she gave the ok. Next I sent the message out in the sorority chat to see if the girls would all be up for this idea. It only took a few minutes for all the messages to start to come in. Everyone seemed like they support the idea. So far so good. We all talk about how great this can be and start to get excited. "Now I just need to get Colt on board" I say. Kat looked and me and said "He would do anything to get you on board" as she ran her hands down my body and did the pumping motion. We all laughed at her being crazy and then went back in to start getting dressed. Once we were all good we started looking around the shop more for costume pieces and accessories that would go with it and some props we liked. We found the things we liked and checked out with our bags. We decided to take the bags we got back to the car first then to look around some more.

After we dropped off the stuff we started to head back inside. I thought I saw Grace dancing a little so as we got back inside I asked if we should make a quick stop at the bathroom before we started shopping. The girls agreed and we headed that way. As we got over to the restrooms we saw the lady's room was closed because they were doing some work in there. There was a family lounge and restroom in the same area though so we were all able to go in there. Kat went ahead and went in to one of the single restrooms first, Then the other door opened. I started to push Grace to the bathroom and sit down next to a mom who had two toddlers next with her but instead Grace grabbed my hand and pulled me with her. I went in and we closed and locked the door and I turned and looked at her with an inquiring look. She just shrugged her shoulders and said it's ok, it's not like you haven't seen me before. as she walked over to the potty. She stopping front and turned around and looked at me and just stood there for a minute. I walked over to the sink in front of her and stood there looking at her, "Go ahead little girl" I told her. She lifted her jursey up and pulled down her shorts and pink panties and sat down. I could hear her start to go as she sat there. "Are you ok little one? do you need me to help take care of you again?" I asked. She looked up at me with the shy look on her face but didn't really make a move. "Maybe I should go ask that nice mommy outside if she happens to have an extra pull up I can borrow? what do you think?" I ask. She again just kind of looked at me and then shrugged her shoulders again. I thought about what to do for a minute and then I walked over to her and helped her to her feet. I grabbed some toilet paper and wiped her clean and then flushed the potty.

I took her by the arm and walked her across the room and put her face first in the corner. I lifted her jersey up more and tied it into itself so it stayed up and then told her to stay there until I said she could come out. I went over and used the bathroom myself watching her stand in time out with her bare bottom on display. When I was done with everything I washed my handed then pulled her out of time out and pulled up her pants and underwear and made her wash her hands. I grabbed her chin and looked her in the eyes and said in my best mom voice, "I expect you to be a good girl the rest of the day otherwise that won't be the last time I take down your pants and you end up in time out. Next time you'll have a bright red bottom too!" She shook her head yes and we walked out to meet Kat who was on her phone.

We started to walk the mall and stopped in Sephora to get new makeup both for day to day and special stuff for Halloween. We walked around some more stopping in some clothes stores looking around and then some shoe stores too. Kat got herself a new pair of black sey heels for Halloween. When we got to down more we past by BoxLunch and Grace begged for us to take her in. We took her inside and she was looking at all the fun stuff. She really liked a cute Lisa Frank shirt with a unicorn on it, She found a lounge fly bag that was Disney princess and a pair of PJs that had a matching shirt and pants combo and where carebares. we looked around at more stuff for a while and then before we left I got Kat to keep her busy for a little while and I snuck up and bought the 3 things for her. I tucked the Purse and Shirt in another bag and just left the PJs in the store bag. We all walked out and I handed Grace the bag. She looked inside and screamed when see saw the PJs. she thanked us both so much and was so excited for them. As we completed the last part of our trip around the mall we went in to Victoria secret and looked around. We took our time looking at everything and asking each other opinions about thing. we collected a few items to try on and keeps looking around. Once we were ready we asked for dressing rooms to try things on and I noticed that Grace only had a workout outfit and a small sports bra in her hand. We all got around dressing rooms and then I stepped out of mine for a second and knocked on Graces door. she opened the door to me but she was standing there in just the new sports bra and her pink panties, "Yes ma'am?" she asked. "Sweetie, you didn't get much? was there nothing else you liked? I'll help if you want?" I told her, trying to make sure she didn't stress over the price. "She shook her head and said "No, nothing I really liked or in my style" she answered. I wasn't sure but I let it go and went back to trying on my stuff. When we were all done both Kat and I had found a few pairs of panties and a bra or 2 we liked. Grace decided she didn't want the work out stuff so we checked out and headed back to the car. It was getting closer to dinner time by this point so we were think of what to do. "We could go back and watch the night game, Might give you a chance to talk to Colt too, if his still there?" Kat suggestions. We all agree and I shoot a text to Colt.

Me: Hey Clot, we are heading back to watch the night game. You guys going to be there? I wanna talk to you about something's.

We started the drive back over and once we got there we went back inside. I looked around and noticed that Colt wasn't there anymore so we grabbed a table again. we ordered drinks and say down watching the highlights from all the morning and afternoon games. Finally my phone went off

Colt: Hey sorry we left a while ago to do a few other things. If you wanna talk thought I can come back up? Maybe 45 minutes or so?

Me: well you don't have to if your busy, just had an idea I wanted to go over with you.

Colt: No worries, I can make it. see you soon.

I put my phone back down and look across the table. Both girls are looking at me with big grin's on there faces. "Looks like someone got good news" Grace says as she nudges Kat. Both burst out in laughter and Kat says "Oh looks like you might have to spend the night in auntie Kats room little one, Mommy is going to need the privacy" as she hugs Grace, both still laughing. I roll my eyes at the both of them "You know I can take you BOTH across my lap if I need too" I playfully scold them. "Yes mommy" they both say still smiling. I just ignore them both and take a drink and go back to watching the TVs. Kat had order some fries and the waiter brought them over so the girls were snacking on those as we hung out.

About 45 minutes later Colt showed up with another guy. The two guys came over to our table and said hello. "Would you like us to join you here? " Colt asks all of us. We all invited them to sit. "This is my best friend and VP, Gerry." Colt introduced his friend. Kat of course winks at him as she says hi. "So what's up Tiffany, What did you want to talk about?" We go ahead and explain our plan for the Halloween party. to the guys and after hearing everything they loved the plan and agreed to join us. We talked about how we would split the prep we needed to do and they way everything would work out. If we make this work it's going to be one of the biggest things we have done for the party in years, for either house. After we get all that worked out I also asked Colt if they would be willing to come by and help us move the bigger furniture that we needed to move in and out of the rooms at the house. I told him we would get as much moves as we could first so it shouldn't take long at all, Then we can do coffee after. Again Colt said it's no problem and offered to come by tomorrow after classes to help with that too. While Colt and I were talking I could see Kat and Gerry were hitting it off too. We all sat and watched the game for a while longer and then Kat said that her and Gerry were going to head out. She would see us later. I laughed and then looked at Gerry, "Have her home at a decent hour" I joked. They both laugh and walked outside. "Well I guess I'm taking an Uber home" Colt joked. Without missing a beat Grace said, "We can drop you off if you would like?" "Oh well that's very nice thank you" Colt replied. "Well I need to use the restroom. I'll be back" Grace said as she stood up and started to walk away. I watched her as she was leaving and she was using her hands to tell me to start talk with Colt as she left, such a little brat.

Colt spoke up first "So I heard your studying Child development? How's that going for you?" "It's been going good. I really love children and would love to do some work with them." I start "So you asking about me then" I added. He smiled a little and said "Well after the party I wanted to know a little more about the lady's I owe a favor to. That and I won't lie, I liked what I saw at the party." I blushed a little and said "It wasn't a bad view from my side, So tell me more about yourself?" Colt shacks his head and then starts "Well I'm studying finance. I've been the president of my fraternity for two years now and as you already know I know Flora and have since we where in school. I also play soccer for the school, So I stay busy. Is there anything else you wanna know about me?' He asks. We get in to more small talk to get to know a little more about each other now while we can. A few minutes later I see that Grace has sat at a small table in the bar top to give Colt and I a chance to talk. We keep talking for a few more minutes and then I waved Grace to come back over. Colt notices what she was doing to and as she got back to the table laughed and told her your fine coming back over. We all talked for a while longer and watched the game. As the game ended I went ahead and paid for the Drinks and appetizers we had at the table and we all went out to the car. I drove Colt back to his house and gave him a hug before he left. As he went inside I asked Grace if she wanted to move back to the front seat only to find she had fallen asleep in the back. I let her sleep and drove home. Once we got back to the house I woke her up gently and then told her I wanted her to go in and get her PJs on for me. she reached for some of the bags in the back and I told her not to worry I would get them taken care of just go. She asked for the new PJs at least so I gave her that bag and sent her on her way. I got the other bags together and made my way into the house and to my room. I got everything unload and put away and just as I finished Grace showed up at my door, in her new PJs. She looked really cute in them but I would never guess she more older than 15 in those. "What's up sweetie? " I asked her. " I was hoping I could at least come watch TV with you for a little while... If that's ok?" she said. "Ya Baby that's fine, let me just get changed myself. Have a seat on the couch for now." I told her. I changed in to my nightgown and clean panties and came over and sat down next to her. I pulled a blanket down of the back and tossed it over us and turned on the TV.

Right away Grace turned and laid down with her head in my lap to watch TV. I turned on a movie for us and we relaxed. I tried to adjust the blanket that's was over us and as I did I noticed that her pants had slide down a little and I could see a pull up poking out from under it. "Sweetie, what's this for?" I asked as I tugged on the wasitband of it just a little. She looked up at me with the her big eyes and said "I don't know. I thought it might make you smile, After everything the last few days and everything... also I guess I kind of like that you treat me like that. it's makes me feel safe and special." she says. "Ok sweetie, that's fine. Just relax and be a good girl. Ok?" I said as I brushed my head through her hair. She turned her head back to the TV. it didn't take more than about 10 minutes and she was fast asleep in my lap.

A deal is a deal

part 8

As the movie comes to an end I wake Grace up enough to tell her to move to the bed. She groggily moves herself from the couch to my bed and slumps into it. I help adjust the pillows and blanket and I slide in to the bed next to her and put my arm around her. I cuddle with her as we both settle in. She sliyppes her thumb in her mouth and we both drift off.

The next morning I wake up just before my 8am alarm goes off. I turn off my alarm so it doesn't wake her up and then I check her phone. It was fully charged and I see an alarm set on it as well so I leave her in the bed until it goes off. I hurry up and take a fast shower and get dressed for my day. I put on some tight jeans and a pin up shirt. Grabbing my bag to.make sure I have everything for class. I hear Kat come up to my door and turn to her right away and put my finger to my mouth to warn her to be quiet. She looks shocked with a big smile and then looks over and see Grace asleep in my bed. She wispers "Oh, well not who I thought you might have in your bed." I laughed at her and said "We can't all be you." I wrote a quick note on some paper and left it under Graces phone and then walked over and gave her a kiss on the head and looked back to Kat. I lift the blanket a little bit and with my eyes I told Kat to look over. She looked over at the bed and could see the pull up sticking out from under Graces PJ pants which had slide down even more during the night. I grab my stuff and we headed out and closed the door.

as we are walking to class I look at Kat. "So I'm guessing you had a good night?" I ask her. She laughed and said "Well let's just say he was still hungry when we left." I shook my head at her and then she added "So what happened with you last night?" "Nothing really, we go home. I told her to go get PJs on and go to bed and she changed and come back to my room. she was already dressed like that when she got there. she thought I would like it and said it made her feel more comfortable" I tell her. "Well as much as I am worried about our LITTLE friend in your bed, I meant with Colt!" she says with her tone. "Nothing happened" I tell her. She gives me a look, "Ok we talked alot and got to know a little more about each other and he's coming by today to help us move stuff at the house then we are going out for coffee together.... really nothing major happened" I tell her. "ok fine. well you better be ready tonight then... Do I need to babysit tonight?" she asks. "No she said she had class today and then has to go over to Nanny tonight." I replied. "Oh so.mom and dad can have a date night?" she laughed at me. "Brat!" I said as I smacked her butt and then gave her a hug and we parted ways to go to our classes.

I sat inside my early morning psych class and to be honest I was having a hard time focusing. My mind was skipping around on everything. The Halloween party and what we were going to do, Grace and taking care of her, The house and being nominated as a president and of course Colt keep popping in my head too. As class went on we got in to talks about peoples need to feel safe and comfortable and the length they go to feel that way even if only subconsciously. This made me think about everything with Grace right now. We started to get deeper into the lecture when my phone got a message. I checked it really quick and it was from Grace.

Grace: Good morning ma'am, I saw your note you left me. 1st Thank you for letting me sleep in your room last night and for the new PJs. You have been so nice and caring for me. I am still in my PJs right now but will go change in just a few minutes. I will send the picture to you as you asked in just a minute and I will hurry back after my class and start getting all my things moved over to our new room. Thank you again.

Grace: Picture. Still Dry!

I read the message and was happy to see she was ok and had a good night. Im not sure why but I was almost surprised to see she was still dry this morning. She was supposed to being going to get herself ready for class now "Like a good girl" and I would talk with her later so we can move the rooms. I know she's looking forward to that and I have to admit so am I. I went back to focusing on my class as best as I could. when my phone went off again. I looked down to see what else Grace had sent but this time it wasn't from Grace.

Colt: Good morning beautiful. Hope you have a great day and I'm looking for to getting to talk to you more over coffee tonight, But only after all the work is done 😉

My heart jumped as I saw the message. I can't admit to myself how I feel about him but that message really made me feel special.

Me: Good morning to you to Soccer star. Thanks again for the help and I look for to talking later. My last class is ends at 3 so anytime after that would be great.

I sent the message back just as my class came to an end. I packed up my stuff and started to make my way to my next class.

I walked over to the room and there was a note on the door telling to go to the day care room today. We used the day care room as a kind of lab for our class. I made my way over there and meet with the rest of the class. The professor told us that the manager of the day care was out sick and She was covering today so instead of normal class we will just be in here with the kids. We all set are things down and started to join in on checking on the kids and playing games with them. The professor came around and would ask us questions as we were with them. Helping us to understand and dig in more. I was looking around for a minute and then saw a little girl standing in the back by the bookcase and she looked a little sad. I walked over and asked her what was wrong but she didn't want to talk and kind of hide her face. I asked "is the book your reading good" and she peeked out a little and nodded her head. "Did you get to caught up in the book?" I ask... she hesitated and then nodded yes. "Would you like a little help" I asked her. She nodded yes again. I reached my hand out and she slowly took it. as we started to walk a little a made a loader comment "How about we go outside and find a shade spot to sit and read in". we walked out the door and I take her around to the back door to the changing room so that the other kids wouldn't know she was going in there.

Once inside I took her over to the bathroom and helped her get her pants down and saw that she had infact wet her pull up. It was one of the same prints I had picked up when shopping with Grace the other day and made me smile a little. I helped get her clean and got a new pull up for her. After she was all cleaned up and dressed we grabbed some drinks and walked back outside. "Wow that was a good idea to get some drinks. Let's start reading" I say aloud so anyone outside would hear it. We sat down and started to ready the book. a little later it was about nap time so we took all the kids inside and got them down for naps and some ez cots. I checked my phone and saw a message from grace again telling me she was changed and heading to class that had come in a while ago and I had not gotten to yet.

Once my class was over we all said good bye to the kids and headed out of the daycare. I started the walk back to the house and was thinking about the move. Once I got there I started to pack up Breannas clothes and move as much as I could up to the new room right away. I pulled out dresser drawers and walked them over one by one leaving just the body of the dresser for when the guys got there. I moved things like the lap and table top stuff over too. I got almost all of her small things done before Grace got back and started to help. I had her start moving her things over. I finished the last of Breannas things and then helped Grace put her stuff away. Little by little I got her clothes hung up and helped refold the clothes from her dresser which desperately needed it. Her lap and other desk top things made a home on my bed for the time being while we got the last of the stuff out. As we were wrapping things up the guys text and said they were on the way now. I sat down on the edge of my bed and when Grace came back in the room again with some small stuff I told her to put them down with everything else and come her. She did set them down and walked over to me. I put my hands on her hips and spun her around facing away from me and pulled the back over her pants down a little and checked to see what she had on. She was back in panties now, some blue lace ones. I gave her a swat on the butt and said ok. She turned back to me and jokingly yelled "Hey" after the swat and started pulling the back of her pants up. "What was that for?" she asked. "I have ever right to check on you now young lady and don't you forget it, or do you need a time out to remember?" I answered. She jumped and got a scared look "Not with the guys coming over" she said. "I can promise you if you earn something your going to I be getting it. I don't care who's over" I warned. she nodded her head and said "Yes ma'am"

a little later the guys text they were here. I walked down to meet them and bring them back up. I meet Colt at the door and Notify the house we had Guys here and they were coming upstairs to help with this so everyone could be aware and then walkes them all up. Colt had brought over 5 other guys with them saying he thought 6 guys would make short work of this. I showed them our room, then to where Breannas room would be and last where Kats room was. They did make quick work moving Bre's bed, dresser and Desk up to the room. Grace, Kat and I will go clean everything up for her later. Then they went over to Graces old room to move things over. As they started they saw that Grace left one drawer in her dresser so they pulled it out to be safe. One of the guys walked it over to our room and said "You didn't get a chance to move this one so I brought it for you." and set it down on the couch. I looked over and saw that the drawer did have much in it except some pull ups. Graces face turned bright red. I wispers to her "They don't know anything, it's fine" to try to calm her down. The guys moved her bed over and her night stand. Grace didn't have a desk yet but I would fix that for her soon. "Anything else you need from us?" The guys ask. I tell them "No. that was all. Thank you so much." Colt walks in to the room "Well that was easy after all, Ok well Im taking the guys out for a beer for helping and I'll come get you for coffee when your ready" he says. I again thank them all and then give Colt a kiss on the cheek. "See you soon" I added. The guys were in and out in about an hour.

I went back up and helped Grace start to get her room set up, Make the bed and put away the rest of the clothes. As we are getting the last things done I start to talk out loud "ok, so I need to go to the store and get you a desk, A TV for Bre's room since she moved for me." I looked at the sheets on Graces small twin bed and they were old and worn out. "Some new sheets for your little bed here and some more storage boxes for under it. Oh and maybe a book case since we have room now with the smaller bed." I added as I point to some open space by her bed. I grabe some of the newly folded clothes back in to Graces dresser for her and reloaded her underwear in the drawer. She had a nice mix of cute colorful ones with cartoons and animals and then some more grown up things like lace and such. I load them all in and then just to see what she would say I grabbed a small stack of pull ups a d showed them to her. "I'm going to leave some of these right here just in case" as I places them in the same draw as her other underwear. She looked and me and shook her head but I could see she was holding back a smile.

We would need to get some stuff to get the rest of her room done but for now it was all we could do. I need to get ready for my date and Grace had work tonight. We both went to go take shower and get cleaned up I was back in the room faster and started to dry off and get ready. I slipped on some sexy light pink lingerie and and black pencil dress with polka dots on it. I had gotten dressed but still not heard anything from Grace so I walked back down the hall to check on her. I got to the door and still heard the water running inside but I knocked on the door. "Grace, are you ok?" I called in to the door.... I heard her say something back but couldn't make it out. Again I called out "Are you ok" and again I couldn't make out what she said back. I put my hand on the door knob and realized it was not locked. I opened the door a little and asked again and this time I could hear grace say yes back to me. I stepped inside the room and closed the door. I could see her figure through the glass door.

Grace was shaving her legs when I stepped in and she looked over at me and stopped. "Wow, you look great in that dress" she said. Thank you sweetie, you need to hurry up or your going to be late and you know Miss Rae will not be happy." I tell her. "Yes ma'am" she huffs at me. I walked over and slide the door open a little to see her in the water. She had the razor in her hand and started to reach back for her leg. I stopped her and grabbed the razor from her hand. I pulled her over towards the end of the shower I was standing and Pushed her up straight as I could. I reached in with the razor and both hands and started to shave her little mound about her private parts completely bold. Once I got the bulk of the hair off. I handed it back to her and told her to hurry up. I closed the door to the shower and walked out of the bathroom with out giving her a chance to say anything.

Back in the room I started to do my hair and make up. A few minutes later Grace came walking back in wrapped in a towel. I stopped what I was doing and grabbed her towel to help get her dry faster. Then I put the towel down and inspected the job she did at shaving her legs and cleaning up what was left around her private. She had done a good job on it so I looked her in the eyes and gave her a small light pat on the mound and said "Good girl. This is how it should be". She smiled and blushes some more and said "Thank you ma'am". I signd for her to start getting ready for work and went back to doing my make up. I could see Grace getting ready in the mirror behind me. She looked around for some clothes first in no rush to put anything on. She finds a pair of jeans and a shirt she likes for the night and then dug out a small bra. Last she opened her underwear drawer and I see her pu out a pair of lace panties and look at them for a minute, she dropped them back in the drawer and picked it a purple pair of cotton panties and was looking at them and then with her other hand she reached in and picked up a pull up. She looked at it for a second and put the pull up back down and put on the panties. She quickly got everything else on and brushed her hair.

As soon as we were both done we walked down to the car. I took her to Miss Rae's house for work tonight and stopped in just to say hi again. Miss Rae said she was glad to see me and invited me to sit and have some small talk for a few minutes. I let her know "I can stay for a few minutes but I do have a date to get too soon" and she told me "I see that's why dressed up tonight, You look great. He's a very lucky guy to have a date with a lady like you." Once again as Miss Rae and I sat down Grace left to go check on the kids. I laughed as she walked off and said "Looks like all the kids are going to go play while the adults talk." Miss Rae laughed and agreed. "She does show her young age at times and is very shy but she does a great job with all the kids." She added with a smile. I shoke my head in agreement as well. Miss Rae then told me "Thursday night we are having a Halloween party here at the house, I would love for you to come by with Grace. Some of my sorority sister will be here with there spouses. It would be a great chance for you to meet some more graduates from the house." I looked over a little confused and said "Miss Rae I didn't realize you were in the same sorority before? That's amazing, I love meeting sisters." I smiled at her. We went in to some more small talk about the house and everything for a few minutes before I let her know I really must head out now. She walked me to the door and Grace gave me a hug before I left and then I got in the car to head to the coffee shop. I text Colt and let him know I was on the way now and he said he would meet me there.

I pulled out to the coffee shop and sat down at a table. It was only a few minutes before Colt walked in as well. He came over and gave me a hug and joined me. We started with small talk right away. I found out that his family is from the area and owns a couple of businesses. I told him where I'm from as well. We talked about what we are each studying and why we wanted to go in to that. Past story's and funny tid bits about each other. Then we talked about plans for the Halloween setup. We would get a large tent to put up for us and they would get the stage, We would take care of the DJ and they were going to cover the bar tender. We went over many other small details and planned out as much as we could. Over all it was a nice time. By the end of the night we gave each other a hug and again I gave him a kiss on the cheek. He walked me to my car and we said goodnight.

The rest of the night and next two days went by with out any major issues. we stayed busy getting things together and checking the girls costume for the party and getting a script together on how we were going to do everything. I was able to go to the store and get the last things I needed for the room and the TV I was putting in Bre's room as a Thank you. Everything was going good.

Thursday started off the same, I got up and got dressed I went to my classes and all was going fine. We have the party at Miss Rae's tonight and I was just going to do wear my teacher costume again with a better shirt, so I didn't need to do much. I was in the middle of my last class, It was about 3 pm. When I got a call from Grace. I couldn't answer it at that moment so I messaged her.

Me: Hey Gracie, I'm in class what's up?

Grace: No I need help!

I jump out of my seat and grab my bag as I run out the door. I called Grace back right away. "Grace, What's wrong? " I say as soon as she picks up the phone. She tried to say something back to me but I couldn't make out what she's saying as she crying. "Where are you?" I ask her. Again I have a hard time understanding everything she said but I heard Miss Rae's. So I as soon as I make it back to my car I head that way. I drove to the house as fast as I could and I soon as I pulled up outside I could see Grace sitting on the front porch. I throw the car in park and ran up to her, she was still bawling in the seat. "Baby, what happened? What's wrong" I asks as soon as I get by her side. She practically crawled in to my arms as soon as I sit down. As she's balwing and trying to tell me what's going on I'm still having a hard time out what she said but she did say "The Miss Rae fired me." I tried to get her to calm down and then the front door opened. Miss Rae came outside and see me sitting there, "Hello Tiffany" she says in a very serious tone. "Miss Rae, What's going on?" I asked her. "sadly, Grace has given me no choice but to let her go. It breaks my heart but I can't have this behavior in my house" Miss Rae tells me. Grace starts to cry even harder at those words, She starts to mumble "Please....Please..." in-between sobbing. "Miss Rae, please.

Can you and I talk about what happened just so I can understand" I ask. Miss Rae looks at us both and then agreed. "Ok come inside both of you... But her attire is disrespectful to my house." I stand up and help Grace to her feet to come inside, For the first time I noticed what she was even wearing. She was in a short little skirt and a tight shirt that was cut at the collar to show off more of her chest. As she made it to her feet her skirt was disheveled and her panties, or almost lack of where clearly visible, She had on a black skimpy thong on. I brushed her skirt down to cover her butt hanging out and we walked inside. She lead us to her sitting room and She invited me to sit in the chair across from her. I stopped for a moment and looked around, I took Grace by the hand and lead her over to the corner in front of the chairs and places her nosie first in it. "Stand here until I tell you to come out. Let me see if I can understand what's going on and maybe even help" Grace nodded and stood in the corner. I walked back over and sat down in the chair Miss Rae had invited to. "Thank you" Miss Rae said as she gestured towards Grace standing in the corner. "Yes ma'am, Now could you please explain to me what happened?" I asked Miss Rae.

With that we started the talk. Miss Rae let me know that Grace had shown up late for work today, with out calling, when she did show up she was dressed as I see her now, she had an attitude, she used foul language at her and during there talk she found out the only other clothes Grace had was her Halloween costume which was also inappropriately skimpy. I nodded my head to everything that Miss Rae said and let her know I completely understand why she would be upset with all that. "We both know Grace and non of that sounds in character for her, so there must be more going on. When I first meet you you told me that you look at Grace as a member of your family, A daughter you never had, Right?" Miss Rae listen to what I said and then nodded her head "Yes, Grace is like family to us. We all love her but This behavior is not acceptable in my house" She added. "Again I understand and respect that, Could I have Grace come over and explain to me her side of everything" I ask Miss Rae. She agreed and with that I called for Grace to come over and stand in front of us. Grace slowly walked over and stood where I indicated. "Ok Grace, tell me what happened?" I ask her. Grace starts with "My class was cancelled for the day so I went to the coffee shop and was working on my laptop getting some more school work done. Everything was fine and I started to pack everything up and then I needed to use the restroom. I left my stuff there and when I came back my backpack was gone. someone had stolen it" she tells us. I looked over to Miss Rae and she was nodding along. "Ok" I interrupt her. "Just so we can confirm everything and make sure we all understand each other let me make a call before you keep going" I say and look at Miss Rae as well both of them agree and I pull out my phone and call Kat. She picked up and right away I say "Kat I'm sitting with Miss Rae and Grace right now can I talk with you" I needed to tell Kat this so she understood to be careful with her language and then I put her on speaker.

"Kat, I know you worked today. Where you there when Graces bag was stolen?" "Yes I was, She's not the only person, multiple people have reported things missing today. The police are still here. They talked with her and even gave people there card, We are sti trying to figure out who it was." Kat tells the group. "Ok Kat, thank you for letting us know. Ill talk with you later, go back to dealing with that stuff. " we said our good byes and I hung up the phone.

I looked over at Grace and asked "Sweetie, do you have the card from the officer? " She shook her head, "I must have dropped it" she said. "Ok... So what did they steal from you." I asked her. "They took my whole packpack she said" I could tell how stressed she was getting because she was starting to use childish language. "What did you have in that?" I asked. "it had my laptop, papers, a school book, change of clothes... everything" she says as tears still roll down her face. "Ok sweetie, so you did have a change of clothes with you? you didn't plan to show up dressed like this?" I ask as I gestured towards her clothing. "No, I would never show up like this. I know Miss Rae's rules and respect her" she tells us. "Grace, why didn't you call me when this happened" Miss Rae asks. "I...I don't know, Everything was going on and I knew I was late and was just trying to get here" she answered. "You didn't grab your clothes when you went to the bathroom?" I asked. Grace took a moment to say anything and then admitted "Well... I waiting to long to go and really need to use the potty so I just ran. when I came back out I was going to get them and change and then come over." I nodded to everything. I looked at Miss Rae "Ok so I think we can at least agree that although she didn't make the best decisions today Grace didn't mean to be late or show up dressed like this". Miss Rae agreed, "Can you please re-explained the Halloween costume you had and the language used" Miss Rae asks her. "I had the Halloween costume in a different bag, I had just got it today. They didn't take that bag with my backpack, And I didn't mean to talk to you like that...I lost my head with everything... I'm so sorry" she tells us. I asked to see the Halloween costume and Miss Rae stood up and grabbed the bag and pulled it out. It was the French maid costume from the other day. "This is what she showed up with, the skirt is very short and especially if she's wearing panties that small under it. I can't have her in front of my friends like that" Miss Rae says. "Grace, what do you have to say?" I ask her. "I had a change of underwear and black leggings that I brought from the house, I swear.

I just liked that costume and thought it would be funny since I am the nanny here." she tells us. "Ok... Grace would you please go stand in time out in the kitchen while Miss Rae and I talk" I tell her. She looks at Miss Rae who nods to her that it's ok to do. Grace turns and starts to walk out but then stopped and turned around, "Please Miss Rae, Im so sorry. I can't lose the kid's, This family. I'll do anything for another chance" she pleads and then turns and walks to the other room.

I look at Miss Rae for a moment. "I may have over reacted a little, with the party tonight and everything I was a bit stressed and she was dressed like that and the language.." I stop her there, "It's understandable. She made some bad choices and broke rules, But like you both agreed your like family and you would just get ride of family, children for breaking rules?" I ask. Miss Rae shook her head "Your right... It would be delt with differently if it was any of my girls." she says. "Well Miss Rae that's just it, She is one of your girls. Maybe you didn't give birth to her but your like a mother to her and she a daughter to you." I pleaded with her. She thinks about it for a minute and then says "Well I'm not even sure...how to deal with everything." "I understand and I think we can solve this right now." I said as I stood up. "One moment please" I said as I excused myself from the room. I went and Grabbed grace and walked her back into the room and stood her back where she was in the middle of the room. I started with "Grace, Miss Rae and I have talked and she is willing to let you keep your job....No sorry, Stay as part of this family but your behavior was inappropriate. Your not in ANY trouble for having your bag stolen and we want to be clear about that but, Not calling, using bad words and everything, That is all under your control. So here is what is going to happen..." I took a deep breath and then said, "You will be going across Miss Rae lap for a spanking and then she will take you in and wash your mouth out with soap. when that is over you will be put back in time out until she says other wise." Grace looked a shocked but said "Yes ma'am... Ma'am's, I understand". Miss Rae jumped in and added "you will also be cleaning up your wardrobe. No daughter of mine is going to be dressing like that" with a scolding tone. "I will personally make sure of that part" I tell Miss Rae.

Miss Rae stood up from her chair and said "Ok let's get this taken care of" She reached over and grabbed Grace by the ear and lead her with me just behind them upstairs to the children area. The kids were currently down for a nap in there bed rooms all the way down the hall and we went in to a big loft space they play in. Miss Rae takes a seat in a chair and adjust her skirt and then pulls Grace to her side and down across her lap. I stood back and out of the way just watching. Miss Rae flipped the shirt skirt up and out of the way completely and started to rain down swat after swat on the poor girls pale bottom. It's began to turn red right away. Smack, Smack, Smack, each swat lands rotating between sides and the cheeks and upper thigh. Grace starts to kick her legs and crying all over again but this doesn't stop Miss Rae at all. By the time Miss Rae was done her bottom looked like it was on fire. "Up!" Miss Rae finally calls out. Grace stands up and as her hand reached to start rubbing her very right bottom Miss Rae stopped her. "Don't you dare rub or I'll take you back over my lap again" Grace jumped and pulled her hand away right away. Miss Rae grabbed the sobbing girl and walks her to a corner and rolled her skirt up and tucked it in the waste so her bottom was on full display. I walked over next to Miss Rae and dropped to a knee, I reached over and pulled Graces panties down to her knee. We all knew this would expose her any more then she already was but there is no way she couldn't feel more shame with them hanging around her knees while in time out. I went back to where I was standing before and Miss Rae went in to the bathroom to lather up a bar of soap. She walked back out and made Grace open her mouth and put the bar in. " Stand there. Hands on your hand and down drop that soap or move until I say otherwise or you'll get another spanking." she scolded her. As Miss Rae went back to the chair.

As she sat down she signaled me to come sit next to her. I walked over and sat next to her as we both looked on at the poor girl, Standing in time out. Her red bottom already showing signs of light bruises, her panties stretched out hanging between her knees and knowing that she has a bar of soap in her mouth. "Thank you" Miss Rae says. I turn and look at her. "I have to admit I was heart broken at the thought of losing Grace like this" "Yes ma'am, I understand and I'm glad I could help. Just remind me never to get on your bad side" I laughed. she looked at me and said "You better not, I have no problem taking you across my lap ether, it would be just like Garde reports time back in the house" she said with a very serious tone. With her tone I knew she wasn't kidding. After a few minutes she stood up and walked over grabbing Grace eat again and dragged her to the bathroom. As the two walked Graces thong fell to her feet and off on to the floor. I could see Miss Rae grabbing the soap and forcing it around in Graces mouth. Really washing it out. "Get all those bad words cleaned out of there" she says to Gracie. I looked around the room a bit and saw an arts and crafts area and had an idea. I stood up and walked over and picked up Graces panties and walked over to the table, I looked for a minute and found a pair of scissors. I took them both back back to the seat and waited for Miss Rae to come back out. a moment later Miss Rae came and sat down leaving Grace to rinse the soap out of her mouth. Once Grace was done she walked back out to us. I stood up and walked over to her and handed her the scissors. she looked at confused. I turned and looked back to Miss Rae and then back to Grace 'Miss Rae is right little one you don't belong dressed like this." I held up the panties stretched out and Grace knew what I meant. She cut both side of the panties in half so she couldn't wear them again.

Miss Rae asked "What now, she can't just run around with NO underwear on!" I looked at her and said your right, But since she acted like such a child and even got punished like one, I think the last part of her punishment is now." I said as I walked across the room. "I think she is small enough" I said as I picked up a pull up off the changing area and walked back over to her. "Since you can't seem to find appropriate underwear you can spend the night in this" I said as I stretch it out and then held it open by her feet. Grace turned bright red as I made her step in it. I helped slide it up her legs and in place and said "Just like I thought she is small enough that they fit. She can spend the evening in that." Both Grace and I knew it would fit but I didn't need to say that part. Miss Rae was fighting back a smirk and laughter at the sight of Grace standing there like that. "Now since Grace already got a Halloween costume the next question is do we give her black leggings to go with her costume or make her just wear what she brought?" I ask Miss Rae as I pat Graces now diapered bottom. Miss Rae smiled and held back a laugh but said "I think I can find a pair of black leggings for her. I don't know if my guest need to see her pull up hanging out of her skirt all night." "Fair enough, It's not your Guest fault someone can't act her age." I said as I looked at Grace. "Ok well if you want to look for those leggings I will run out to my care and get my stuff. lucky I already had everything loaded because I knew classes were going to be late and I wanted to help set up right after. Grace you stay right here while the grown ups go get everything together.

I teased as Both Miss Rae and I walked out of the room. Just before we parted ways outside of the room Miss Rae stopped me and thanked me again for talking her out of firing Grace and gave me a big hug, "This is why your going to make a great Sorority president" She said with a sliy smile as she walked away. How did she know about that? I hadn't told her anything about that? I wondered as I went to my car.

I grabbed my bag out of the trunk of the car and went back inside the house. I stopped in the sitting room and grabbed Graces costume too and then went upstairs. when I entered the room Miss Rae had just gotten back and gave Grace a pair of her black tights. We thanked her and then I took graces hand and "said come on let's go get changed sweetie" as I started to walk to the bathroom. "That bathroom is going to be small for both of you, just use the guest bedroom down the hall" Miss Rae tells us. I turn and take Grace down the hall and in to the room. Once we got inside and closed the door I turned around to look at Grace and laughed a little. "Did you really have to put me in a pull up right in front of her." She said with a pout. "I warned you the other day that wearing a skimpy skirt and panties like that was not appropriate. You did that part to yourself. So YES I did need to do it. it's not like you have never been in them before little girl" I said to her. she stomped her feet and pouted more. "Do you want another spanking or do you want to say thank you for saving my job and be a good girl?" She stopped and said "Thank you momma's for helping me out so much, I'll be good" I reached over and pulled her shirt up and off and then her skirt off too, leaving her standing there in just a pull up and bra. I got out her maid costume and got that on her and all ready, gloves, the headband everything. Then I grabbed the leggings Miss Rae gave us and helped her get those on. although Miss Rae was not a large woman by any means they were way to large for poor little Grace.

I left her like that for now and got on my teacher costume and then packed everything back up and we walked down stairs to meet up with Miss Rae. I showed her how the leggings were to big on Grace. Miss Rae agreed and said "I was worried our little one here would be to small for those. why don't you take her and my card and go run to the store. I needed to grab a few things anyway, You can do the shopping and get her the right size pants and Ill do the stuff here." We agreed and took her shopping list and ran to the store. First stop was to get clothes, I found her some better sized black leggings and I also grabbed her a red dress with flowers on it form the kids section. "Why are we getting that?" she asked. "Miss Rae and I agree you need to change your wardrobe, this will help make sure your not putting the other stuff back in after the party to head home." I told her as we were walking. next thing she realized we were in the kids underwear section. "Pick out a pack of panties" Grace looks at them and then back to me confused. "Hurry little girl, we don't have long" She looked around and grabbed a pack of Minnie mouse panties. "These?" she asked. I agreed and we started to walk up to pay. "Does this mean I don't have to wear the pull up all night?" she asked as we get in line. She didn't release that she was speaking as loud as she was as we entered the line and the lady in front of us looked back. She saw me standing there next to this small little girl who's leggings were practicing falling off. "Sweetie, it's ok if you need them, no adults are going to care if you need them" The lady says to Grace and turns back around. Grace buried her face in to my chest and we waited in line.

After we checked out we went to the car, I pulled out the leggings and asked Grace if she would rather stand by the door or lay down to change. She wanted to lay down so she would be less visible to the parking lot. I laid her down and slid down her pants and grabbed the new ones. Just then the lady who had been in front of us in line drove by and I stopped and waved bye to her which made Grace blush even more. I slide her new pants up and they fit perfectly. Let's go baby I said. "What about the new underwear?" she asked. "Those panties are for later, I just wanted to show Miss Rae that your taking her seriously and starting to change your wardrobe already."

A deal is deal

part 9

"Wait, what do you mean? I am taking her seriously about changing my clothes a bit but..." Grace stammered before I cut her off with "No buts, Miss Rae is right. Some of what you have is just flat out not appropriate, Especially for someone like you. I warned you about wearing things like you wore today and you did it again anyway. You also agree to behave and do as your told. Your my little sister now and live with me at the house and I promised to take care of you. You also see Miss Rae like a mother and her and I seem to both think this is what's best for you. We are going to get you all taken care of. This weekend you and I will be going in and changeing your WHOLE wardrobe to something more appropriate, end of story." With that I pat her diaper. It was wired, He eyes looked as if she was sad. Maybe even about to cry but I could see her trying not to let out a smile in the corner of her lips. "Now give me a kiss and let's get the rest of what we need so we can get back, Miss Rae is waiting on us." I said. Grace reached over and gave me a kiss on the cheek and we went over to the store. We Made quick work of the list from Miss Rae and got back on the road.

We pulled back up to the house and started to unload everything. Miss Rae had hired a serving staff for the evening and as we entered we saw them setting everything else up. We dropped off the stuff we just picked up in the kitchen and let them take over. Miss Rae came from the back yard and said hello again and let us know where she was with everything. "Everything down here is taken care of, Go ahead and go check on the children Grace. They are you job for the evening. once they are in bed then you may join the party too if you would like" Miss Rae tells her. I jump right in and add "If your not to tiered and cranky by then, since the party will probably be going on well after your ned bed time little one" Graces mouth fell open at that comment. I kept going and said, "Also before you go why don't you show Miss Rae the new clothes we just got you to start your new wardrobe?" I tell her. Grace is a little reluctant but reaches in the bag and pulled out her new dress and showed it to Miss Rae who looked very happy seeing it, Then Grace pulled out the package of Minnie mouse panties and showed those to her as Well. "Well those look more better then that STRING you had up your butt earlier. Very nice. Ok now run upstairs and take care of the kids" Miss Rae said. As Grace turned around to head up Miss Rae added in "if at any point you need to be changed tonight you come get Tiffany or I and we will take care of it, Don't you dare do that yourself". This made Grace go even faster as if she was running from those words.

Miss Rae looked at me after Grace was gone and told me to come see everything. She walked me out back and we looked at the yard being set up. It looked so amazing, like a royal Galla. After so small talk about the party she then told me "I know today was a long day for everyone, expecilly Grace. I want to help as much as I can. When you have time you may take her shopping and use my card. "Get her a new laptop to replace her lost one, New clothes and anything else she needs. I'll pay for it, no problem. Also since she seems to be fitting in this new role so we'll pick up a new ebony hair brush that you can use to spank her if she gets out of line and some pull ups likes she in now too. I want her to grow up to be a true lady." "Yes ma'am, I can do that. Thank you for your kindness." I tell her. "Also if there is anything you need, Please feel free to get it on me as well. I want to support the soon to be president of my sorority and ""Mother"" to my little nanny." she added with a laugh. "Wait, how do you know about that?" I asked. She looked at me with a smile. "I told you before, I still talk to my sister's. I still live this close to my old school and sorority. I sponsor and donate alot to the house and sorority as a whole. As alumni council we keep our eyes and ears open. Also Flora is a legacy and her mother is a close friend of mine. Flora is my god daughter. They should both be here tonight as well." I couldn't believe I didn't know all this. After everything with the house and I now I'm meet someone who does so much and didn't even know it.

We stood around and talked more about her time with the sorority and things she still does until it was time for her to get ready. "I need to go get changed myself, Why don't you go check on the kids and I'll meet up with you soon. Guest should be arriving soon." She said. I agreed and walked up to the kids space. I stood at the top of the stairs watching as Grace played with them kids for a little bit before I said anything, it was too cute to interrupt. Once I saw a good point I did come all the way in the room and Grace gave me a big hug and introduced me to all the kids. We said hi and talked about there toys and everything. As we were sitting there one of the twins yelled I need to go potty, and ran to the bathroom. The other twin seeming to agree said me too and ran to the room as well. Grace followed right behind them "Ok...ok" she called following them in. I walked slowly behind to see Grace interact with the kids. She got the princess training seat down and in place on the toilet and then helped the first girl, then the second. They washed hands and ran back out. I turned and looked at Grace "It's been a while since you have gone? or are you already wet?" I ask. "I'm not wet" Grace said with her stubborn tone. "Then maybe you need to try and go" I teased. She gave me a look for a minute... "Only because I happen to need to go, Not just because you said it" she grumbled... "Yes Baby" I replied sarcastically. Grace reached to pick up the training seat. "Ah ah ah, Don't." I say stopping her. She just looked back and then pulled down her pants and pull up and sat down. With the bathroom door wide open, her pants and pull up pulled down to her ankles and while sitting on a training potty with me watching she went potty. "Oh such a good girl" I praise her. "Now wash your hands for me." I added.

Grace pulled up her pull up and I reached in and check to make sure it was still dry and then she pulled up her pants and washed her hands before returning to play with the kids and I went back downstairs.

Some of the guest had started to arrive and gather in the backyard. I didn't see anyone I knew yet but I started to wonder and meet people. I was introduceing myself as just a friend of Miss Rae's to everyone, unsure what else to say. The music started to play and the grand door to the back yards opened up and out walked Miss Rae and her husband. She was dressed as Bella from beauty and the beast and he was the beast. They went all out on the costumes and looks amazing. The two made there way down the steps in to the courtyard. Miss Rae was handed a microphone and she made a quick speech to the party thank everyone for being her and wished everyone a good night. They started to greet everyone going around the party. When they made there way around to me Miss Rae stopped and introduced me to her husband, "Tiffany this is my Husband, Ryan. Ryan This is a new friend of mine Tiffany. Shes the one I told you about that from the sorority and she is friends with Grace" . Ryan reached out and took my hand in his and gave the top of my hand a kiss "It's very nice to meet you" he says. "Thank you, it's nice to meet you as well Sir." I said. "Oh no, Just Ryan. please " he corrects me. I nodded my head "absolutely, Thank you Ryan." I corrected. "Where is your drink at?" Miss Rae asks me. "Oh I haven't gotten a chance to get one yet." I tell her. "Oh we can't have that, Ryan go get Tiffany and I a drink. please" She says to her husband. without missing a beat he turns "Yes Miss Rae." he says and leaves to go get drinks. I look over at Miss Rae "Your husband calls you Miss Rae also?" I asked. She smirked a little and said "Yes. Everyone does"

"Come on I want you to meet some people" she tells me as she takes my hand and we start to walk deeper in to the party. We walked around for a little bit meeting several lady's ranging from some who were only a couple of years older then I was to some who were more around my parents age. All of them very nice and very well kept. Most were introduced as Miss in front of there name but some were Lady. I did sneak a moment to ask Miss Rae in between greetings why the all were called Miss or Lady. She simply said it was a dignified way of greating. We did run in to Ryan again and he gave us our drinks before Miss Rae dismissed him to go and socialize. Then we came upon a group of 6 women. Miss Rae brought us in to the group and I looked around. I saw that one of them was Flora. We gave each other a quick hug and said hello before Miss Rae started introducing everyone else. First was Miss Amanda, she was Flora mother or as she was introduced Lady Flora. I could tell right away Miss Amanda was the one who everyone else in the group was looking up to but even she seemed to look to Miss Rae. Then we went down the rest of the lady's. Miss Sharon, Miss Ruth, Miss Sylvia and Lady Anna. The it was time for Miss Rae to introduce me. she told the group "This is Tiffany, She is a current members of the sorority and soon to be president of the house when Lady Flora graduates this year." Everyone clapped at that. "She is already showing great promise and I think might also make a good addition to our world as well" Miss Rae added. everyone seemed very excited at this idea. What did she mean? there world? And what about announcing me is the next president? it hasn't even been brought up to the house yet?

My mind was going a thousand miles a minute at this point but I tried my best to stay calm and just smile. All the lady's got in to small talk and the. Miss Rae's phone rang. She looked down and looked at the message and then simply put her phone back in her pocket. She looked at me and said "Tiff, would you be a dear and go check on the kids for me. Grace says everyone is down and the rooms cleaned up." "Yes Miss Rae, I would be happy too." I said as I started to excuse myself from the group. "I'll go with you if that's ok" Flora spoke up. I need to stretch my legs a bit anyway. For a quick moment I was worried, What if I needed to check or even change Grace? what if she didn't have everything done up there? Miss Rae suddenly spoke up and said "That's perfect, it will give you lady's a chance to talk some more as well." So I accepted and Flora and I started to walk back to the house.

As we walked back to the house I looked at Flora and said "I didn't know you knew Miss Rae". Flora smiled at me and replied "Oh yes I have known Miss Rae for a few years now. After my mother joined the group she had the lady's all over at her house and soon I was introduced to them all. I got to see what being in the group did for her and knew I needed to join when I could. So now I am." "Well that's so great to hear." I said. Truly unsure how to respond to all of this. "What about you, It sounds like you have a good connection to the group now and could be joining very soon, And with Miss Rae's and the group backing you your a sure thing for the next president" Flora added. "Well to be honest I haven't really thought about it yet. I was still focused on the president role and everything else going on. The group seems like so much more right now." I said. Flora laughed a little said "It's fine, I know it's a lot but you'll be ok. I'm here for you to help make sure you have anything you need right now. You are me sister first and foremost." By this point we were reaching the top of the stairs in the house. We made it to the kids playroom and both looked around. Grace was sitting in the couch waiting. "Oh hi Flora, what are you doing here" Grace asks in shock at seeing her with me at the moment." Flora just said "Miss Rae and My family have been friends for a long time."

I walked in the room and looked around a little and yes it looked like everything was cleaned up. I peeked in the bathroom and it was also all cleaned up with the princess potty seat still sitting on the toilet Incase any little ones needed it over night. I came back over to the main room where Grace was now standing and talking to Flora and said "Well sweetie, It looks like you have everything ready. Did you want to come down with us or did you want to go lay down for a while and I can come get you when its time to head back to the house.?" Grace said she would like to come down with us for a while so I agreed and we turned to start walking back. Flora suddenly spoke up "Before we go back you should probably check on her, Tiff". Grace went pale as soon as she heard the words and I turned back to look at Flora "What?" I asked. "It's fine lady's. I don't care about it but you should probably make sure she doesn't need to change or go potty before we head down." She replied so nonchalantly. "How....How did you know" Grace asked. Flora just said "Grace, sweetie I suppose to know about my house. It's fine, I haven't told anyone. Your secret is safe." I reached over and grabbed Graces skirt and lifted in a little and reach for her pull up to check it. It felt dry at the moment so I said "She's right baby, you don't need to worry about anything. You feel dry right now but do you need to go potty?" I asked "Why don't we try to be safe" I added. I grabbed Graces hand and started to walk her to the bathroom. Grace didn't say a word and just followed. I helped her pull down her legs and Pull up and sat her on the potty. See took a second and then made a little tinkle and looked up at me. I check the pull up since it was down, I took the time to check it again, It was a tiny bit wet but still ok. I just gave her a little look and pulled everything back up and had her wash her hands.

The 3 of us started to go back to the party, Grace and I holding hands. when we reached the back door and Grace looked out she had a shocked look on her face at everything. "Wow" she said. We reentered the part and Flora excused herself to talk to some others and Grace and I went on to find Miss Rae. We found her a few minutes later walking around "So how was everything, In order?" Miss Rae asked. "Yes Ma'am, Grace did a great job." Miss Rae smiled happily "That's good, and did our little one need to change?" Miss Rae added. "No ma'am she was fine and I made sure she tried before we came back down" I told her. "Very nice. Well you two enjoy the part" She told us. The rest of the of the night went without incident and we just had some fun at the party. About 2 hours later I could tell Grace was getting tiered and we were going to have a big day tomorrow so I suggested we head home. Grace agreed and we started to head back to the house. On the way back up we found Miss Rae again and let her know that we would be heading out for the evening. She wished us a good night and again thanked us for everything. Grace and I went back in to get out things, we went upstairs to the guest room where we left our bags and grabbed everything. I decided it would be better to change Grace to the dress we got her before going home so she would be more comfy on the ride. We got the maid outfit off and I grabbed the dress. As I turned to put it on her I noticed her pants were a little puffy. I stopped and checked her and she had wet her pull up. "Grace your wet, why didn't you say anything?" I asked her. "Well ummm, I didn't think it was that bad and it just happens we were walking back...I'm sorry" she said. I stopped her and just laid her down. I walked to the other room and grabbed a pull up and came back in. I changed her really quick in to a new pull up and got the dress on her. we stopped and tossed it in the diaper pail on the way out.

We loaded in the car and made our way home. By the time we got there she was asleep in my car. I woke her as much as I could and helped her to our room. I stripped her down to just her diaper and got her in her bed and then got myself changed and in my bed for the night. Tomorrow is going to be a long day.

A deal is a deal.

part 10

The next morning Grace woke up before I did. she sat in her bed playing on her phone trying to stay as quiet as she could so I could sleep until it was time for her to get up for class. I didn't have class today but was taking lead on making sure everything was ready for tonight. After about an hour Grace finally got out of bed and went over to grab some PJs to put on and a towel so she could go to the shower. By the time she stood up she was dancing as she looked for clothes because she needed to go potty so bed. So far she had kept her pull up dry last night. She put her cloths on as fast as she could and then grabbed the towel and ran out the door. As she started to head down the hall she ran in to Kat. "Hey, How are you doing. I know yesterday was alot. Did the police give you any updates" Kats asked her. Grace still dancing a little "Ummm, I'm good. it was a long day but Tiffany saved me...again. No nothing from the cops yet" she answered. Grace tried to squeeze by Kat and still get to the bathroom as she talked. "Ok, well let me know if you need anything." Kat says. Grace looks back at Kat "Thank you so much" as she keeps pushing down the hall, but just then she runs right in to Flora and falls to the ground. "Oh my god", Flora says "are you ok sweetie?" she says as she reached to help her up. Grace starts to let a tear out and she tries to stand up. "I'm sorry sweetie, I was just on my way to your room to check on Tiffany to see what she needs from me today" Flora continued. "Are you ok?" Flora asks again and then notices that Grace was keeping her hands down and in front of herself. "Oh, Ok..Ummm come on" Flora says again and takes Grace by the hand walking her back to her room.

Flora knocked on the door before she entered. I had just started to wake up. I hadn't even checked my phone yet. "Hello" Flora calls out as they come inside. "Oh, good morning" Flora I say as I hear her voice. I try to focus my eyes and see her standing there with Grace in toe. "Is everything ok?" I ask. did she do something wrong?" I added. "Oh no, nothing like that. I was just coming to check in with you and Grace kind of ran in to me in the hall, but I think she needs a little of your help" Flora explained. I looked over to Grace as my eyes start to clear up a little and I can see she is leaking a little on her pants. I start to get out of bed and go to her. "Thank you Flora, I'll take care of her" I tell her. "You don't mind if we talk for a sec while you do that do you. I have something's to get done this morning " She asks. "ummm no I guess it's fine" I say as I look in Graces eyes. Grace looks kind of scared. I make Grace lay down on the floor and Flora sits on the couch right across the room. I grab some wipes and go back to Grace. "what can I do for you Flora" I ask as I start to slide Graces pants down reviling a very wet pull up. I get the pants all the way off and start to take down her pull up as Flora replied "Well, it's more the other way around. I was checking in with you for what you need today. I have heard your plans for today and it sounds great, we want to make sure it goes as well as expected to help set you up for next year." I finish wiping Grace clean as Flora is talking and roll her pull up into a ball and toss it in a bag and in the trash then stripped her all the way down. I stand her up naked in the middle of the room as Flora was finishing her sentence and looking on. I wrapped Grace in a towel give her a kiss on the head and a swat on the butt "Go shower baby" and I send her out the door. I turn back to Flora and say "Well right now I think we have everything lined up. I just need to make sure the girls in the house are dressed and ready on time and I could use 3-4 extras to help decorate too." Flora nodded her head and then said "I'll send out that out in the group messenger now. I'll be back at the house before the event and make sure everyone here checks in with me so I can check all costumes." she says as she heads to the door. "Thank you so much" I say. She stopped at the door, "Good job by the way. Your doing great and if you keep this up your going to really stand out." Flora says with a wink just before walking off into the hall.

a few minutes letter my phone goes off and it's the group message from Flora telling the house what's going on. it doesn't take long for replies to start coming in. Kat comes to the door "Good morning beautiful" she says as she walks in. "How are you doing after your long night? I heard you saved Grace again?" She asks as she sits down. "Im doing good" I said "Ya last night after Grace left the coffee shop she went right to Miss Rae's house. Not only was she dressed inappropriately for a nanny but she was late and had an attitude when she did get there. Miss Rae was not having it and was about to fire her." I explained. "Wait it's not all her fault, the stuff and the coffee shop Grace didn't have control of." Kat says. I start digging through my closet to find some clothes for the day as we talk. "I know but Grace wasn't explaining things the best way because she was upset and she did make some poor choice so when I got there I helped calm things down and explain everything. By the time I was done Miss Rae did agree to let her keep her job, but it wasn't easy" I explained. "Ok as long as she's not in trouble for someone stealing her bag" Kat said defensively. I laughed as I tossed my cloths for the day on my bed. I started to change as we kept talking. "No she's not in trouble for that, but having an attitude, not calling Miss Rae to let her know she would be late and why, dressing the way she did at all knowing she was heading to work. all that didn't help. so she needed to learn a lesson." I explained as I got my new underwear and bra on and in place. "A lesson?" Kat asked. "Yes" I smirked as I got my pants on and buttoned "Grace said she would do anything to apologize for everything so Miss Rae took her across her lap and spanked her bare butt, put her in time out and washed her mouth out with soap.." Kats looked a little shocked by that news. "I watched the whole thing, then I made Grace cut up her underwear and put her in a pull up for the rest of the night, Oh and I just changed that wet pull up a minute ago with Flora sitting right there talking to me while I did it." I added as I got my top on and started my hair. Kat started to laugh.

Just then Grace came back in the room in her towel "Oh hello again Kat." she said as she walked in. "Hi sweetie" Kat says to her as she stands up. "Ok I got to run. Love you both and I'll see you tonight." She gave us both a kiss on the cheek and then told Grace "Be a good girl today, ok?" as she started to walk out "Yes ma'am" Grace answered as Kat left. I turned to grace and said "hurry and get dressed so your not late for class baby" She agreed and started to finish drying off. She opened her draw to grab understand stopped... "Um panties or pull up mama" she asks. "I leave it up to you today. But I better see a good girl" I told her. She opted for panties for now. she grabbed a pair of cotton panties that were white with flowers on them. The she got herself dressed and grabbed her bag. "I'll see you after class" she said as she gave me a kiss and ran out the door.

I looked back at the group messenger and saw that a few people had agreed to help decorate so I jumped in and asked them to meet with me at 2pm to get things set up. I sent a message to Colt next

Me: Good morning soccer star

Colt: Good morning madam president

Me: Not yet, lol.

Me: Is everything ready on your end for tonight? do you need anything?

Colt: Is tonight date number 2. Did I forget?

Me: No tonight is the party smarty, The date will have to wait a little

Colt: So your saying there is a 2nd Date 😉

Me: Lol. ok yes there can be a 2nd date.... if tonight goes well

Colt: ah ok, No pressure then

Me.I thought you did well under pressure soccer star?

Colt: I feel a little called out but ya. we can make this happen. what time is the tent going to be set up?

Me: Noon.

Colt: Ok. we will have the stage and bar set ups there and good by 1ish. I'll make sure the boys are ready.

Me: Perfect, the girls will be there at 2 for Dec and we will be good to go by 5pm.

Colt: sound like a plan...

Colt: Looking forward to seeing your smile again

Me: This will have to do for now

PICTURE

Colt: Amazing.

Colt: See you soon.

My heart is going crazy right now. I've never reacted like this for a guy I don't even know all that well yet. Just then I get an message from Miss Rae

Miss Rae: Good morning Tiffany, I wanted to say thank you for everything yesterday. Your off to a great start and you'll make a great president next year. Shortly after that you might even be able to become Lady Tiffany. I can't wait to see your growth. Best of luck with your event tonight. I spoke to Flora about everything and have sent some things over for you lady's to help with tonight.

Me: Miss Rae, thank you for everything. You have been amazingly supportive on everything. I can't express my thanks enough for you giving up your time for us.

Miss Rae: I'm more then happy to support you. in fact I would be honored to be your mentor if your ok with it?

Me: It would be my honor to have you as a mentor for me. Thank you.

Miss Rae: Ok then it's settled. I'll become your mentor. Go have fun today and we will talk more later.

Me: Thank you again and have a great day

I got up and went to run some errands I had for myself for the day before I had to head down to the event space. I ran my errands and grab abit to eat then meet at the spot at 11:30 for them to start getting the tent up. It was a very large one which works to give up lots of room to preform. Then they told me Heat lamps and a second small tent was set up behind the main one was added to the order with a note that said "to keep everyone warm and a tent for costume change and waiting room." This must be what Miss Rae was talking about. Everything got set up and the workers were gone just after 12. I looked around at the space myself for a while. Then I heard a second truck pull up. I walked out to see who it was. The driver stepped out and said he was hired to set up and run some lights for us for the evening and had some other decorations to put up as well. I looked at his paperwork and the name.on the bottom was Miss Rae. I showed him inside and explained where we were going to have the stage set up and everything. He started to set his stuff up in a corner out of the way and then Started to hang long red silk banners all around the tent. As he was working the Guys showed up with the stage they were bring. Colt walked in and gave me a big hug and then looked around. "Wow.... I was going to say we are here to save the day but now I feel a little inadequate" he said. I laughed and said "I sure hope not as I tapped his upper leg" The look on his face was priceless.

The rest of the guys started to come in with the pieces of the stage and I showed them were to put everything. we had enough to actually set up two more small stages, one on each side of the tent so we could spread out the show more. The tech Miss Rae sent set up lights for us and more red silk around the stage and hanging down behind it, The guys got the sound station set up next to the light station and the DJ talked with the tech about all the plans. Next we got the bar set across from them in front so we can sell drinks. Everything was looking so good. I showed the guys the dressing room tent and we talked about where everything would be and how it's going to go. As we were looking around and talking about everything I looked back to Colt when I mentioned the changing spaces and said "I hope you'll be able to hold up in all this. We wouldn't want any inadequacies tonight" as I laughed. The rest of the guys laughed at my joke and Colt pretended to tackle me for the remark. As he wrapped me in his arms I heard a voice from behind us. "You had better not do that or I'll start chopping things off" the voice yelled. I knew right away it was Kat. He put me down right away and put his hands on the air. Both Kat and I started laughing. "Better" she said.

Kat came over by me and said "Wow girl, this all looks great already". "Thanks, I got a tone of support" I said. We all got moving again to get the last things in place and then the girls from the house showed up to help with finally decorations. Everything was perfect. We all went back to the houses to start getting ourselves ready. When I got to my room Grace was there finishing homework she had on my laptop.

"Ok sweetie, we need to start getting ready for the show" I told her. "Yes ma'am" she said as she saved her work and got up. "Now we got all these cute things for tonight, Your costume has some cute little short but what to put under it I wonder" I said as I reached into her drawer and grabbed a pu up in my hand. Grace saw it and her face dropped. "Do I really have to wear that for the show?" she pouted. I just smiled at her for a moment. "Please please can I just have my adult stuff for the show?" she begged. "I'll tell you what, Miss Rae has offered to let us go shopping and get you new things to replace everything that was stolen and a new wardrobe, all on her card. We will go this weekend and you will be an extra good little girl for me during that. If you promise then I'll think about tonight." I offered. Grace looked a little shocked "She's going to pay for everything... really....wow....umm ok, ya I'll do that." Grace says. "Ok then, which ones do you want to wear tonight?" I asked. She walked over and looked and then pulled out a pair of black lace full coverage panties with Red accents in it and held them up. "These please?" she asked. I agreed and she started to get changed. When she was done she was in a small red vest that pushed up her chest and a set of black shirts with the hips of her panties just over the topsides of the shorts. She had on fishnets and heels and then a small headband with a hat on it to keep the hat on place.

I started to get myself ready. I put on a pair of red ruffed boy short styles pants and a red lace bra. Then I put on a black coraet and some sheer black pantyhose. I did my hair in curls with a red flower in the top. I slipped on some red heels I doctored up with some black lace for the night.

Grace and I did our make up and finished getting everything together, when we were ready we went across the hall to get Kat. Kay was dressed in a red bra with a black dress coat over it. The coat had tails in the back the were down past her butt. She had on some red spanks and black lace panties over them and some black boots. She had a top hat and a crop with her as well and finished the look with a small bow tie around her neck.

we all talked about the cute looks we had on and headed down staira to start getting everyone else together. All the girls looked amazing, Flora came over wearing a black and red corset skirt with black solid panties under. She had fish nets on but was in flip flops currently because she was going to be barefoot for the show. once we had everyone together we made our way to the tent. Everyone looked around and loved the set up we had. I showed them the back tent we had for final touches and waiting for your time. As we were looking around the guys showed up and joined us. All the guys were wearing black pants. Some of them had on Bowler hats or the old gangster hats. There were a few different vest going around as well. Then I saw Colt. He and a few other guys walked over and they were dressed in black pants, with the bow tie and wrist cufflinks, like they came right from chipndales. Colt came over to say hi and gave me a hug. we started to talk and then 2 of the guys with him each reached down and grabbed a side of his pants and with a tank from each his pants came off. My mouth dropped open as I was not expecting that at all, Colt now standing in front of me wear black bikini style briefs. I will admit he looked very sexy like this. Everyone started to laugh at what was going on and then Colt grabbed me by my sides and lifted me in to the air and brought me into his body so I wrapped my legs around his hips. He started to pules his hips with me in the air like that and everyone quickly changed from laughing to ohhhh and ahhh. I let it go for a minute, for everyone else's enjoyment of course then I made him put me down. We got everyone together around the stage and Colt, Flora and I got on the stage and started the pep talk. We got everyone hyped up and ready for the show.

It was now time to start. we sent our ticket people outside to take payments from everyone coming in. We charged 5$ per person to come in and see the shows and we sell drinks from the bar. All the money we make will be split between the houses.

[servin-up-surveys]

survey #201

Do you like meatball subs? I really don't, they just make the bread soggy, which I cannot tolerate texturally.

What is your favorite smell on earth? Fresh baked goods. Cinnamon rolls are the best.

If you have a sib, do you call him/her “brother” or “sister” sometimes? I call Ashley "big sis" quite a bit, and sometimes "little sis" for Nicole.

Did you ever collect stickers? I did in my childhood for a very long time! My original dresser ended up completely covered in stickers because that's where I kept my collection of them.

Have you been baptized in any religious tradition? I was as a baby.

Do you love the smell of sunblock? I don't.

What was the last upsetting thing that happened to you? An asthma flare-up. Since my actual attack at the very end of January, I've now had FOUR more instances where my oxygen levels were on the very, very brink of "I need to go to the ER." One time I literally would've gone again if Mom hadn't told me not yet (she didn't want me waiting for hours because my oxygen wasn't low enough to be attended to immediately). I'm very stressed out about it; I'm not supposed to see a pulmonologist until June, but Mom and I are praying that there's a cancellation I can slide into.

What was the last thing you ordered from Starbucks? I've never gone there because I hate coffee. Oh wait, I have gotten a treat from there, but I can't recall what it was, this was years ago.

Do you trust your doctor? I trust my primary doctor and therapist. My current psychiatrist is an absolute fucking joke and after my last appointment, I refuse to go again. We're gonna try and set me up with a psychiatrist where my therapist is.

Do you ever question if your mother loves you? God no, I know me and my siblings are her world.

What is missing in your life? Fun. Adventure.

What is your favorite type of Lunchables? Nachos, zeeeeero competition.

What is the worst medication side effect you’ve ever had? As far as the most truly unenjoyable, vomiting. Scariest, bodily spasms and the constant state of feeling like I was on the very precipice of a seizure. What I'm assuming was probably the most dangerous, hypomania.

What is your favorite thing to order at Taco Bell? Fiesta potatoes.

What church do you go to? I don't go to church.

Do you take risks often? I really don't. I need to be more willing to. Not stupid ones of course, but sometimes risks are necessary for growth and success.

The last time you ate leftovers, what was it that you were eating? My mom made these sorta cheesecake bars to bring to Girt's the other day, because he was obsessed with them when Mom made them last, so his family got to try it and were also hooked, haha. I can't remember everything in it, but I know it included a sugar cookie base, chocolate chips (I think?), toffee bits, pecans (which you really couldn't taste, it was mostly a texture thing), and caramel.

What was the last flavor of ice cream you ate? Vanilla.

What is your favorite song at the moment? Probably "V.A.N." by Bad Omens and Poppy, at least for right now. It's not my favorite song ever, but it's newer so more enjoyable to listen to lately.

What is one thing you have too much of? fat lmao

What type of fruit do you eat the most? Apples.

Would you rather eat strawberries or watermelon? Strawberries. Watermelon is too watery to me, I don't enjoy it.

Do you prefer hamburgers or hot dogs? Burgers.

How far away do you live from the place where you were born? The hospital I was born at is barely five minutes away.

If you buried a time capsule, what would you put in it? Oh I have no idea.

Describe your clothing style in three words: Comfortable. Lazy. Dark.

What’s something you want to do more often? Be outside.

Who is your favorite YouTuber? Of all-time, Markiplier. I don't really have a favorite these days, just a few I enjoy a lot. Some of these are Game Grumps, Snake Discovery, NKFherping, John Wolfe, Shane Dawson, Woolie VS, and Gab Smolders.

Do you believe in soulmates? No.

What band or artist do you think is overrated? I just really don't care, let people enjoy the shit they like. Just because I don't enjoy an artist doesn't mean other people can't.

What’s something untrue that you believed for a long time? Uhhhh maybe that slit pupils on a snake always meant it was venomous. I've known that's incorrect for years, but I did think that was a universal rule when I was younger.

Did you skateboard when you were younger? No. I kinda passively wanted to, but was never too interested to actually learn.

Have you ever won a contest? A few, mostly related to writing ability.

What’s something weird you’ve eaten? An orange yogurt-flavored treat for guinea pigs lmao

Who is someone you would like to get to know better? An acquaintance from high school named Courtlyn. We're Facebook friends and interact sometimes, but I'd love to get to know her better.

When’s that last time you saw snow? It's been like two years. :/

Who are the 3 people you love the most? Mom, Girt, and then I'm not sure who would be #3. There's a collection of people that come to mind, not just a single one.

Last person you slept in the same bed with? Girt.

Have you recently been sick? No.

Would you marry someone if they were unable to have sex? Yeah.

Does heartbreak really feel as bad as it sounds? I think this would vary from person to person. For me, it was infinitely worse. I never would've anticipated the pain I went through.

Last reason you went to the ER? I had an asthma attack.

What facial cleanser do you use? I don't use one anymore.

Have you ever cheated on the significant other that you have now? I've never cheated on a significant other, period.

Do your parents like your boyfriend/girlfriend? They both love him and have loved him since we were teenagers.

What was the last fruit or vegetable you chopped/sliced up? An apple.

Does the last person whose house you were at like anyone? Me, I'm his girlfriend.

Do you tend to talk on the phone a lot? No, I literally hate talking on the phone. Primarily because over the phone, my auditory processing issues are worse, but also because I dislike not being able to see body language/expressions and it's just annoying to hold a phone and talk to someone and stop what I'm doing when you could just message me.

What turns you on the most? do not touch my boobies ok

Have you ever kissed someone of the same sex? Yes.

Have you ever suspected anyone of cheating on you? Not seriously. I can ponder the possibility of Jason having had something going on with the girl he dated after me with how quickly they got together (over Facebook, anyway), but I genuinely do doubt this. If anything, he was over it/open to someone else quick.

Ever get caught doing something naughty with your boyfriend/girlfriend? Yes and we never addressed it and I'm thrilled about that lmfao

Do you use q-tips to clean your ears? Only occasionally, and I'm very careful when I do because overuse/going too deep with them before caused wax to dry and adhere to both of my eardrums and I had to have it suctioned out by a specialty doctor. The doc was very serious about q-tips being an awful idea for internal cleaning, but I can't stand NEVER doing it.

Have you ever swam with dolphins? No, but I'd like to.

If you/your gf became pregnant accidentally, would you consider abortion? I would get an abortion. It'd be the better option for everyone involved; yes, including the potential baby.

What was the last candy you ate? Peach rings.

Do you like zombie movies? Indifferent.

What’s the grossest/worst thing you’ve ever seen in a public restroom? Blood completely covering the underside of the seat.

Have you ever volunteered in a hospital? If not, would you ever want to? No to both.

How do you feel about runny egg yolks? The concept of that going in my mouth makes me want to fucking hurl.

Have you ever hidden a relationship from your family? No.

Who was the worst friend you ever had? Colleen, when it boils down to it.

When was the last time you made plans with someone? What are you going to do with that person? A couple days ago, at least loosely. Girt and I are gonna hang out here this weekend. Dunno what day yet.

Are you close to your extended family? Do you wish you were closer? No; yes.

While on the road, do you play any road games? No.

Have you ever picked apples before? Not really, like at an orchard or something, but I have picked a wild apple out of a tree (it was on a friend's property; we all did it, with the owner) and it was the best apple I ever had.

Are you scared of semi-trucks? Especially when you’re driving next to one? I'm terrified of them. I get tense when I'm in a car where the driver is near one.

Do you have a fence? Along the back and one side of the house, we do.

If you have any pets, do you talk to them in a baby voice? uh, duh

Who was the last person to comfort you? My mom during one of those bad asthmatic episodes.

Do you think that in the end, everything will fall into place? Not necessarily, no. This sadly doesn't happen to everyone. Some people just live a shitty story with no pleasant resolution, no matter what they do.

What was the last thing you swallowed? Flavored water.

Do you like cats? I adore cats. I'm glad Girt's an obsessed cat dad now too because that means more cats in our future, haha.

On a scale of one to ten how much do looks matter to you? In a potential partner? Probably like... 2 or 3.

What are you listening to? "The Death of Peace of Mind" by Bad Omens.

What’s the closest pink object to you? There's pastel pink on the tumbler my sister gave me that I use for my flavored waters.

Are you afraid of thunderstorms? So, yes, but I can also enjoy them. I only get scared when there's a tornado risk.

Do you need a boyfriend/girlfriend to be happy? No. But I know historically, I've been happier when with a partner.

How much effort did you put into your last relationship? Before my current one? I put my all into it. I mean, at the time, I thought I was in love with this person. And when I feel like that, I go all in.

Do you have impulse control? Yes, at least to a degree. I can tell you I'm not the best at controlling my mouth when I'm hurt, but I'm definitely better than I was as a teen.

Would you do anything on a dare? Nope. I don't even go along with dares, I'll do what I want to and not do what I don't want to.

[tokyotwosome]

 ¡Viva Mexico!

Since becoming parents last year, we had taken a pause on international travel. That is, until this week! We decided to celebrate our 10-year wedding anniversary in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. In our first 10 years, we've spent each anniversary doing some form of travel, most of which I've blogged about:

2015 - Tokyo, Japan (just moved there)

2016 - Tokyo Japan

2017 - Okinawa, Japan

2018 - Paris, France

2019 - United Kingdom (England/Scotland)

2020 - Hoh National Rainforest (WA state)

2021 - Tennessee/N. Carolina/New York City

2022 - Oahu, Hawaii

2023 - Local dinner (because new baby)

2024 - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

While our 15-month-old toddler stayed home spending quality time with his auntie and Opa, we were living it up on the beach. Travelling together abroad feels like riding a bike and what better place to restart our travel adventures than Mexico.

We arrived in Puerto Vallarta on our anniversary and opted for a charming penthouse apartment right on the beach. We’ve always enjoyed traveling this way so we can experience the local life as much as possible. The first country outside the US that I ever visited was Mexico when I was 16-years-old, specifically Ensanada, where my love of the culture truly became evident. As someone who identifies as Hispanic/Latina, being in Mexico has a way of making me feel at home. The people, the food, the music…there’s so much to love about it here. We arrived on a stormy afternoon; apparently, it’s monsoon season? Missed that memo, but what can you do? We had dinner reservations at Mar y Vino, an upper scale restaurant where tables sit within a small pool to dip your feet in while you enjoy your decadent dinner. Since the storm came in with vengeance, the rain was coming down in dime-size drops as the cracking of thunder and flashes of lightning engulfed the sky. We took a taxi to the restaurant to avoid the downpour but were disappointed to arrive and learn they closed the pool section of the restaurant due to the encroaching storm. All that to say, we rolled with the punches and made the most out of it. At least the food was delicious, especially Rob's freshly caught red snapper.

We absolutely loved the apartment we stayed in! It was right on the beach and just a short walk away from the Malecón (the boardwalk). The best part was having our own private rooftop, complete with a plunge pool, hammocks, an outdoor bar, and a perfect balcony for people watching. We even had an evening where a pirate ship shot off fireworks not too far away from us, giving us a private rooftop show. We were grateful that we managed to fit in equal parts adventure with relaxation. Just what the doctor ordered!

Walking and exploring is one of our favorite pass times, so the next morning we woke up and ventured out to find a place to eat breakfast. A trick we learned in Japan is, avoid the main streets since they tend to be tourist traps. If you go just one or two streets over, you can often find cheaper and tastier options. We visited a hole-in-the-wall of a restaurant called "Cafe de Olla" (a name referring to Mexican spiced coffee) and it did not disappoint! Not a single person spoke English, that includes the staff and their customers, so we knew it would be delicious. We made it a point to only use Spanish as much as possible, so a place like this was a great place to practice. Rob had huevos con jamón (eggs and ham) served with beans and fresh tortillas. Para mi, I opted for chilaquiles con pollo. It was sooooo good! Just like the name promises, the coffee had a hint of spice (cinnamon) that even Rob enjoyed. We also ordered fresh OJ. The fresh juice is something you never get sick of. It's refreshing, not too sweet, and doesn't get more organic than that. As we ate, we also saw restaurant staff walking around offering fresh pan (bread) to guests. Once we finished and began making our way out, we saw a massive line out the door. This place was popular!

We spent our first full day just walking around, exploring the city, then relaxing on the balcony of our Airbnb. The balcony had a great view of the beach and ocean; perfect for people watching. We had hammocks, lounge chairs, and a plunge pool to cool off. We were grateful that the weather held up for us and that we had some much needed down time. At night, we went to another fancy restaurant complete with our own waiter (just for our table) and our own mixologist. For dessert, they served us Guava cheesecake for our anniversary. Such a treat!

The next morning, we started our day with breakfast and jet skiing right on the beach by where we stayed. The jet ski guys told us to have a seat in two chairs under an umbrella while we waited as it was a particularly hot day. Then they asked us if we needed anything. "Do you need a beer? Drugs? We have marijuana, cocaine, whatever you want." They then proceeded to have their guy show us the drugs. We told him no thanks as we awkwardly waited to get out on the water. It wouldn't be the last time we'd be offered drugs on our trip, haha. Only in Mexico, I suppose *shrug*. After our jet skiing, we went back to the Airbnb to clean up then went for a walk to find lunch. I was craving birria tacos, so we found another hole in the wall spot. The food hit just right and the flavor had me moaning in pleasure. Yes, it was that good! That day we got couples massages at a local spa. The owner asked us "Where you from, Seattle?" How she guessed that is beyond us, given we didn't have anything on our clothing that indicated this. It was an incredible massage and the owner's staff is her family - Metamorfosis Spa if you're ever visiting. Following the massage, on our walk back, I got my hair braided and added some pink flair as we walked around town. For dinner, we decided to eat on the beach at the restaurant below our Airbnb. We ate delicious food as we watched the sun set.

Our final full day we had scheduled an island tour. This was definitely the highlight of our trip, although we hadn't anticipated it to be. The tour included a boat ride to the Marietas islands, snorkeling, a visit to a hidden beach, complete with lunch and all you can drink juice or alcohol on the boat. They even took pictures throughout the day that you could purchase at the end. Totally worth it!

The snorkeling was incredible! We saw countless tropical fish, but even saw a few things we'd never seen before. The tour guide found an octopus in the water, picked it up to show us, then when he released it, it inked in the water. We also saw a puffer fish, which was a bit scary, but still cool to see in the wild. Thankfully it wasn't puffed up, but those fish are fast! We then lined up to get back on the boat as we noticed some folks had baby crabs on their life jackets. Once back on the boat, they took us to the hidden beach which was basically paradise. The water was even more clear, they had a full bar with places to lounge, and gave everyone time to drink, swim, paddleboard, kayak, or just relax. The tour was so worth the cost and 10/10 would recommend.

A personal highlight of the trip for me was feeling validated as a Latina. Not being fluent in Spanish, looking white, I've always felt like I have to prove how Latina I am in the states. While in Mexico, people would only speak English to Rob, but they spoke Spanish to me. I can't describe how happy that made me. That night we found another hole in the wall with abuelas in the kitchen. We knew it would be good based on the massive line we saw out the door (only Latinos) and the food did not disappoint! We ended our last night checking off one thing from my bucket list - singing Spanish karaoke in Mexico. We found a local karaoke bar where I opted to sing Nunca es Suficiente by Los Angeles Azules, along with some Bad Bunny and Selena. I couldn't stop smiling and I think I even impressed Rob, which is not easy to do after 10 years of marriage.

This trip was so needed and such a great way to celebrate our decade of marriage. I am so grateful to our family for allowing us time to do this and taking care of baby boy while we were away. Mommy and daddy desperately needed this and we had the absolute best time. Here's to many decades to come!

[elpida]

"He's always working." she rolled her eyes, like she was one to talk, she was always on the go but in here she shined. "For Cade? If it's for Cade you want a millionaires brownie which is as sickly as it sounds. It's a really thick, chewy brownie with this thick layer of caramel, topped with chocolate. I top them with dark chocolate, makes them so much more rich and flavoursome and Cade loves them, he's got like the most.. sickly sweet tooth I've ever known. The more sickly the better in his opinion but then I have watched the guy literally eat six brownies and a litre tub of strawberry ice cream and somehow, not throw up.." she hummed and only when Agatha said it did Eden really clock, she hadn't noticed the way her hands dropped until she raised her eyes to stare at her, her mouth dropping open in surprise. "Are you really!?" she suddenly burst with excitement.

She put down everything she was doing and rushed to the side of the counter that Agatha stood on and threw her arms around her friend. "You can't just come in here saying that and not expect me to hug you! You're gonna be the best momma!" Eden squealed, she was as good as jumping with excitement for them. "Oh my goodness no no no, none of those." Eden moved her hands when she leaned back to help wipe the tears but if she were honest, she felt emotional herelf. She knew that this meant to Cade. They acted like they just annoyed each other most of the time but in truth.. whilst they'd never say it, they were a bit like family. She was the annoying little sister that'd tagged along their whole life, he was her Brothers moody best friend and now in turn they treated each other in that bickering sibling bond because it was what they'd always known. It's just the sibling that should've been there wasn't and they bridged that gap by pointing fun. "Listen I think I was meant to be going somewhere with Angelo on Saturday but Noah could cover me here he's always happy to, because listen, Cade's great but he's absolutely hopeless at shopping and we have to go baby shopping!"

"Oh! Oh something sweet, well we need to do better than some brownies! I have some plain cupcakes how about you hang around, I could ice them up all cute colours you pastel baby colours or- or oh my god I could do like, like bun in the oven cupcakes! You know you could-" she moved her hands up to rest over her heart, against her chest. She couldn't genuinely have been happier about this mood. She wanted to help every which way. "Any cravings, any sweet cravings at all any time of night, I am your girl. You want cookies at 3am? You just call me and I'll make you the best cookies or cinnamon buns.. maybe I could do you some ginger cake! Ginger cake's great for morning sickness, anything with ginger actually." Was she getting ahead of herself? Absolutely but she couldn't help herself. "Hey I can even babysit! I'd always be happy to babysit!"

Her face suddenly widened and she gasped. "Oh my god the bread- the bread!" she got side tracked but Eden held her hands out to gesture for Agatha just to hold on a second. "I'll be two minutes Ags, I forgot about the bread and it'll burn but I am going to be right back, sit down by all means and help yourself to anything you fancy!" she called as she slid herself into the back, to her kitchen. Immediately switching the oven off but she didn't remove the bread straight away, instead she slid her phone out and text Angelo.

Eden: Are we still on for tonight? Am I still coming to you? I made you a surprise. Eden: You have to say please though, for the surprise. In fact make it pretty please, with a cherry on top. x

It was after she sent those two texts that she heard the chime of the bell in the front and squinting. "Agatha?" she called, wondering if her friend had just.. bailed? Did she leave suddenly? She couldn't have, Eden could hear movement. "Ags?"

Agatha had kept her promise to Cade, visiting the doctor to discuss her troubling symptoms. Alongside frequent vomiting, she felt an unprecedented level of fatigue, prompting her to seek medical advice. The doctor decided to conduct blood tests to investigate further, reassuring Agatha that the results would be available in two days. Upon returning to the doctor's office, Agatha sat before him, her anxiety palpable as she awaited the news. With a gentle expression, the doctor addressed her concerns, delivering a surprising revelation.

"Miss Nightshade, there is nothing to worry about. You are currently six weeks pregnant, and the symptoms you are experiencing are completely within the normal range," the doctor's soothing words washed over Agatha, bringing a flood of relief and joy. As she processed the unexpected news, a mix of emotions overwhelmed her, her eyes welling up with tears of happiness. "Oh, God…" Agatha's hand instinctively covered her mouth, her tears flowing freely down her cheeks. The realization of carrying Cade's child filled her with an indescribable sense of happiness and wonder. A baby that changed many decisions and brought new ones. With a trembling hand, she gently rested it on her belly, feeling a profound connection to the life growing within her. “Congratulations, miss. I do look forward to checking up on you as time progresses to ensure the health of the baby is fine,” the doctor added, his voice filled with warmth and genuine care for Agatha and her unborn child.

As Agatha stepped out of the doctor's office, she wiped away her tears with a tissue, her emotions still raw from the unexpected news. Determination filled her as she walked down the street, her mind set on sharing the joyous revelation with Cade in a special way. “I need to visit Eden and buy something for Cade to tell him this,” she muttered to herself, her steps quickening with purpose as she made her way to Eden's bakery, a familiar and comforting destination. Upon arriving, Agatha opened the door, the sound of the bell chiming signaling her entrance into the cosy establishment. With a smile, Agatha closed the door behind her, her heart brimming with excitement as she approached the counter. “Hey, love,” she greeted Eden, her voice filled with warmth and joy, eager to share her incredible news with someone she trusted and cared for deeply.

Agatha's laughter echoed warmly in the bakery, enjoying the lively energy that always seemed to emanate from her friend. Eden's enthusiasm for her baked goods never failed to bring Agatha a sense of tranquility. “You know how he is. He’s always formal with the way he texts me, be it morning or evening. He’s alright, working at the moment,” Agatha explained, her gaze meeting Eden's with a mix of affection and anticipation. She could feel the weight of the news she was about to share pressing upon her, but she was eager to confide in her friend. “There’s something I’ve got to tell you and that I haven’t told Cade yet, but because I’m here to take something sweet for him for it,” Agatha's hands instinctively found their way to her belly, a tender gesture that spoke volumes of the bond she already felt with her unborn child. With a deep breath, she continued, her voice filled with warmth and excitement.

“I’m pregnant, Eden. I’m expecting Cade’s child,” she revealed, a warm smile spreading across her lips as she shared the joyful news with Eden. Agatha felt her gaze becoming glistened with water from the emotions she was experiencing. “I can’t wait to tell him. I know he’ll be the happiest man when he hears it, and I want to take something sweet that he’ll enjoy to give him the news. I love him, Eden. This child means a lot to me now, because I’ll make him a father and we’ll create a family together.” She was feeling emotional and was pouring her heart out to Eden as she did, wiping the tears that began rolling down her cheeks.

[roscgcld]

This shit is about to hurt so please read with caution because I'm on my feels and my period which makes me a little crybaby...

Okay like I'm eating peaches and also studying geometry but... Dad!Nanami consumes my brain so much, it's the only thing I can think of!

Dad!Nanami whose voice is shaking so much and is at the verge of crying contrary to what everyone sees him as, when he sees you and his little baby girl.( I don't care what anyone says, I will always imagine that Nanami would be the girl father and an amazing one🥺🥰)

Dad!Nanami who never lets go of her and looks at her amazed. She is the copy of him, the eyes, the hair, the nose everything! Fortunately though, she at least have your personality.

Dad!Nanami who makes Gojo his daughter's godfather even though he acts like he hates him. But he respects Gojo so much and knows that if something were to happen to him, he would take care of his wife and daughter.

Gojo calling his goddaughter, his little kikufuku mochi and teaches her to hate the higher ups and gives her a little speech while she looks at him as if he grew another head and lightly slaps his nose with sparkling eyes. Gojo whines to Nanami that he is the one who encourages her to do that and even if Nanami is silent, we all know that this is true.

You know the tradition in which they put a few objects in front of the baby and the little cinnamon roll chooses one? Nanami's girl doesn't even hesitate, she doesn't care about the objects in front of her, she immediately goes to her papa's sword and touches it.

Everyone is delighted and kinda amused at the look on bot Nanami's and your's faces. Gojo exclaims that he is gonna have a little student from now on while Nanami is threating him. He puts her daughter away from the blade and hides it so that she can choose a normal thing for her career because he doesn't want his little girl to choose being a sorcerer. But this time she crawls to him while he is sitting on the ground and sits at his lap, pulling his tie as if to say that "No matter what, I wanna be like you."

Dad!Nanami being overwhelmed by her love for him but he truly despises the idea. He doesn't want her  to face the harshness of this world, doesn't want her to fight for her life not knowing when she could die because of a curse... He excuses himself for some time and in the meantime they try one more time and she goes to Maki and try to get her hands on her little blade while she freaks the hell out.

Dad!Nanami who will never forget the first time she walks and the first time she starts to see the curses. They are both at the the same day, she is waiting in front of the door since his arrival time came and yes, she knows his work schedule by heart 🤩 This is the reason why Nanami absolutely hates over-time because he knows that his little one will be waiting in front of the doos to be the first to greet him. He always disliked it and he hates it.

As soon as he walks through the door, his daughter clings onto his pants and looks up at him and he feels like his whole stress has been lifted. He goes to kitchen and kiss you and gives her to you but she also wants her father to be here so she flails but when she sees that he still keeps going, she lets out a high "Papa!" and gets out of your grasp and after a while, she stands on her wobbly feet and starts to have have her steps. This makes both you and him stop and gape at her. She is pretty happy that she now has both of her parents' attention😎

That night, Nanami goes to bed the happiest but both of you doesn't know that it is gonna be interrupted. In the middle of the night, his girl lets out a very high and scared wail, screaming for her papa and neither you nor Nanami ever got out of the bed that fast. Nanami immediately grabs his blade and dashes to her room only to find that a curse entered her room even though there were tailsmans around her room. His daughter is in rhe corner while the curse was slowly inching closer but before that Nanami kills it without mercy. When she sees you, she grips your shirt so hard while crying and saying that there was a big and hairy monster.

Dad!Nanami who accepts that his daughter can see the things he absolutely despises and explains to her the world they live in. After some time though, when he was certain that she would cry again, she asks a simple question. " Do you think I'd take after you and save the world?" in her own little baby language and Nanami, for the first time is astonished and amazed enough so much so that he couldn't speak. But his girl is playing with the hem of her PJs with embrassment but Nanami suddenly pulls her to his chest and squeezes her so much while muttering "I love you"s to her.

Spoiler Alert....( We all know where this is going but I jave another set of headcanons where he is alive because I will never accept that he died....🤧😭)

Dad!Nanami who is full of regrets because he will never be able to see his girl graduate, be an amazing young woman who inspires other, have a significant other. He would never be able to walk her down the aisle, never would be able to drive her to school, never hear her voice get higher when she talks about her parents.

Dad!Nanami who is full of sadness because he couldn't keep his promise to you. His promise of giving you a long and blessed life and family, his promise of going to Malaysia with you and his girl. His promise to cherish and love you each and every day till the day you both die. He regrets not saying you "I love you." before this mission. He knows that you are still fighging and for this mere reason her tries to do the same but he has no power. He has no other choice rather than trusting you two with Itadori and Gojo.

You knew when exactly he died. You knew because when he died, your heart stopped for a moment too. You couldn't stop the tears and the strong wail that passed your lips while collapsing, thinking what were you gonna say to your girl.

Itadori is the one who told you his last words, he wanted you out of this life, he wanted both of you to live and maybe it was selfish but you agreed. It was hard to explain it to your girl but suprisingly she said that he will never actually leave you to alone and that he will be watching over you both while hugging you.

And true to her words, she inherited his technique and wanted to learn how to use it so that she can be like her Papa. Only remains that was found were his blade, his ring and a part of his tie. She proudly uses his blade and has the part of his tie in a necklace while you wear both of the wedding rings.

And again, true to her words Nanami was watching over her with his friend Haibara. He was telling him what s strong girl she was and Nanami was only able to nod his head while tears were slipping from his eyes, muttering a single apology with a little threat as if she can hear. "Don't you dare die, little clover." And at that moment, she suddenly looks up to sky and promises to both of you that she will live. Right at this moment, Nanami realises that the bond you three have can never be broken and he can only pray that he will have you as his wife and his girl as his daughter in his next lives one more time...

jjk spoilers ahead!

....I am on my period too so now I am crying? Like I shed a few tears ?????? How dare you do this to me?????

I-

I swear - some of yall deserve to write more than my dumbass does. LOOK AT THIS AMAZINGNESS THAT IS A NANAMI ANGST???

[midnight-echoes]

Incorrect Quotes: Freedom Pals Edition

It's just the Freedom Pals from TFBW this time. Yes, I am including New Kid/Buttlord/Douchebag and Mint-Berry Crunch. ...Spoilers. I think.

Capt. Diabetes: *eating a cinnamon roll* Mosquito: Cannibalism. Capt. Diabetes: *confused chewing noises*

Mysterion: Bro, I had a dream we fucked. Prof. Chaos: Bro, relax it was just a dream. Mysterion: Huh, gay, I wouldn’t fuck you. Prof. Chaos: You wouldn’t? Mysterion: I mean, unless you want to-

The Coon: I printed up a bunch of fake safety inspection certificates. Go slap one on anything that looks like a lawsuit. Dr. Timothy: Coon, is that legal? The Coon: When the cops aren’t around, anything’s legal!

New Kid: I tried to write ‘I'm a functional adult’ but my phone changed it to ‘fictional adult’ and i feel like that’s more accurate.

Dr. Timothy: When I said bring me something back from the beach I meant like a conch shell! New Kid: *Struggling to hold a seagull* Fucking say that next time!

Mosquito: Here’s the cold medicine you asked for. Mosquito: *dumps 3 shopping bags of wine on the table* Call Girl: ...Thanks.

Mysterion: You're smiling. What happened? The Coon: What? Can't I smile just because I feel like it? Dr. Timothy: The New Kid tripped and fell down the stairs today.

The Coon: Where's Human Kite? Mysterion: Don't worry, I'll find him. Mysterion, shouting: Toolshed sucks! Human Kite, distantly: Toolshed is the best person ever! Mysterion: Found him.

Toolshed:��Are we fighting or flirting? Human Kite: I'm pinning you against a wall with my hand around your neck- Toolshed: Your point?

Call Girl: I keep a picture of all of us in my wallet. Whenever I face difficulties, I take it out and stare at the picture. Freedom Pals: Awwww- Call Girl: And I tell myself "If I can deal with these idiots, then I can deal with anything." Freedom Pals: Oh.

Mint-Berry Crunch: Wait a minute, how did this happen? We're smarter than this! New Kid: Apparently, we're not.

Mint-Berry Crunch: It’s time to turn this into a real business. Prof. Chaos: What do you mean? Like, carry a briefcase, and wear a tie, and pay taxes? Mosquito: Wait, have you not been paying your taxes? New Kid: I handle our accounting.

New Kid: I dare you to kiss the next person who walks into this room. Mosquito: Screw that, I’m not kissing any of you. *Capt. Diabetes walks in* Mosquito: Fine, I’ll do it. Rules are rules you know.

Tupperware: I know we’re not exactly friends, but- Toolshed: What do you want? Tupperware: I've been stuck with Super Craig for 2 weeks and he's been drinking all the soy sauce. Tupperware: Help.

Call Girl: We've got to find a way to cut down our expenses. What can we live without? Prof. Chaos: The Coon, probably.

The Coon: Did you miss me while I was gone? FastPass: You were gone?

Toolshed: Look, I’m glad everyone’s on the same page. Toolshed: But it’s the last page in a book titled “we’re all going to die”. Human Kite: That’s not even clever.

Super Craig: Mosquito has no survival skills, his need to win has replaced him. Capt. Diabetes: That can't be true! Super Craig: Watch this. Super Craig: Hey Mosquito, race you to the bottom of the stairs! Mosquito: *Throws himself out a window*

Toolshed, hungover: Please tell me I'm imagining that I claimed I was king of the ducks. Tupperware: I would, but then I would be lying to the King of All Ducks.

Mosquito, when Tupperware walks in: Oh, hey, I'm just making pizza. Mosquito: *accidentally smacks FastPass in the face with the baking sheet*

Capt. Diabetes: I give up. I am so tired. Dr. Timothy: Get the emergency supply! Tupperware: *carries Mosquito and places him in front of Capt. Diabetes* Mosquito: *smiles* Capt. Diabetes: AND I AM BACK BABY, LET’S GOOO

*Super Craig and Wonder Tweek are in Paris* Super Craig: I'm...moved. I...I don't know what it is I'm feeling right now. I feel...destiny? Wonder Tweek: But... Super Craig: I don't know what it is. I feel like... I just never thought I'd see it with my own two eyes. And here it is. It's just there. It's right in front of me, and... Wonder Tweek: This is what you wanted to see? The bridge from Inception? Super Craig: Yeah. Wonder Tweek: But the Eiffel Tower is behind us, babe. Super Craig: Yeah, but this is the bridge FROM INCEPTION. Wonder Tweek: Okay, alright.

[snelbz]

Life As We Know It {Chapter 19}

Summary: After the sudden deaths of Nesta’s sister and Cassian’s best friend, they gain guardianship of their nephew, Nyx.

Based on Life As We Know It (2010) and a prompt sent in by anonymous for our Nessian fanfic contest. This is a modern au.

Instead of doing a tag list for this story, we have decided to have a set posting schedule. Chapters will be posted weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. Occasional surprise chapters could be posted at miscellaneous times. Chapters will be posted on both my and Tara’s blogs! >> @tacmc.​

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A/N: Well, we promised a chapter today, so we decided to follow through on that. Even if we did post a surprise chapter last night. Oh, well. Enjoy! 🙃✨

Cassian sighed as he opened his eyes.

Another year older, another year wiser.

Well.

Another year older, anyway.

He blinked as he looked at the alarm clock on the nightstand. 7:58. Two minutes before his alarm would have gone off.

He hated when that happened, when his mind woke him up just before his alarm went off. There was no time to go back to sleep, it was perfect sleeping time wasted.

It was bullshit.

With a yawn, Cassian swung his legs over the side of his bed and got up. He stumbled to his dresser and pulled on a pair of sweatpants, just in time for his alarm to go off.

“Fuck you,” he muttered, quickly turning it off before flinging open his bedroom door.

It smelled delicious.

He meandered down the stairs and into the kitchen, where Nesta was icing a giant cake.

Her eyes darted to his.

He blinked.

“Get out!” she ordered.

“What the hell are you-.”

“Out!” she ordered, yet again.

Nyx babbled something at the top of his lungs that closely resembled, YEAH!

He did as he was told, blearily blinking as he stumbled back into the living room. He dragged a hand down his face. “Can I at least have some coffee?”

“In a minute!” She called and he heard quick footsteps, followed by the back door opening and closing. It opened again and she said, breathlessly, “Okay. You can come in now.”

Tentatively, Cassian rounded the corner and he found Nesta placing a platter of cinnamon rolls on the counter in place of the—

“Where did the cake go?” He asked, raising an eyebrow as he poured himself a cup of coffee.

Nesta was lifting a cinnamon roll onto each of the plates in front of her, cutting the one for Nyx into tiny bites for him. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

He blinked again, half-wondering if he’d imagined the decorated monstrosity he’d seen on the counter, but he sniffed, smelling the air again.

It mostly smelled like the sweet and spicy scent of cinnamon, but—

No, that was definitely cake he smelled.

“Right…” he said, pulling forks out of the silverware drawer and setting one next to each plate. “You’re up early.”

“Had a lot to do before renovations start this morning. I’m meeting Helion and the contractor at the restaurant at nine.” She sipped her own coffee, not looking at him. Mixing truth and lies, it seemed, since he knew she was meeting the contractor this morning. As for a lot to do, he knew everything at the restaurant was already taken care of. She cleared her throat. “I wasn’t expecting you to be up so early either.”

Cutting into the gooey cinnamon roll, he said, “I gotta be at the bar in an hour. I’m talking with Kallias this morning before my shift starts.”

She set her coffee down and finally looked at him. “You have to work today?”

“Yeah,” he replied, popping the bite of pastry into his mouth. He resisted the urge to moan. “It’s Tuesday. I always work on Tuesdays.”

She hesitated, deciding whether she should speak or not. “But it’s your birthday.”

He couldn’t stop his smirk. He knew there had been a cake.

“And who told you that?” He asked, leaning over to wipe Nyx’s face off. The poor kid had icing all over his face, all the way up into his hair.

“That’s not important,” she said.

“Elain, then,” Cassian went on with a grin.

Nesta pretended like she hadn’t heard him and took a giant bite of her cinnamon roll.

“I’ll take Nyx with me to the bar,” Cassian said. “Viviane texted. She has the stomach flu.”

Nesta cringed. “That sucks. I...wait - you’re taking a baby to a bar?”

Cassian shrugged. “He’ll be fine. I only have to stay until two or so.”

“A baby,” she repeated, blinking. “To a bar.”

“You prefer to take him into a construction zone?” Cassian asked. “One that you’re in charge of? That sounds stressful.”

Nesta’s eyes narrowed. “I can ask Elain to watch-.”

“I’m taking him with me and he’ll be fine,” Cassian said, shaking his head. “I promise.”

Nesta narrowed her eyes. And he held up both hands. “I promise,” he repeated.

“Fine. But call me if you need to and I’ll come get him,” she sighed, shaking her head. “I’ll be in my office most of the day, so it’s not like he’ll be running around in a construction zone.”

“And I’ll take the carrier and physically wear him all day, so it’s not like he’ll be running around the actual bar.”

Nesta groaned. “Fine. Fine. But take the pack-n-play, his monitor and toys. He can entertain himself well enough.”

“Okay,” Cassian nodded, finishing off his cinnamon roll. He pulled Nyx out of his high chair, who was now playing with and wearing most of his food, rather than eating it, and said, “I’ll give him a bath while you get ready.”

“Okay.” He was nearly in the living room when he heard, “Cass?” He turned and looked back at her, still not completely used to the familiar nickname from her. She was blushing slightly. “Happy birthday.”

Smiling, he said, “Thanks,” and turned to head up the stairs.

Maybe today wouldn’t be so bad after all.

*

“Any birthday plans?”

“You’re looking at it.”

Kallias chuckled as he observed Cassian, a wiggly baby strapped to his chest, counting the liquor bottles that lined the wall.

“How old are you anyway?” he continued, wiping down the bartop. “Thirty? Thirty-one?”

“You wound me,” Cassian muttered, scribbling a number down on his clipboard, not bothering to tell Kallias just how close to thirty he was getting to.

“I would say we should do shots to celebrate your big day,” Kallias began, taking Nyx’s outstretched hand. “But, I think your little housewife would disapprove.”

Cassian snorted. “If Nesta Archeron ever heard you call her such a thing, you’d lose a very important body part.”

“Not interested in that, thank you very much,” he muttered. “She ever gonna stop in, so I can see this terrifying woman you’ve told me about?”

“About that…” Cassian pulled Nyx out of the carrier and carried him into the back office, setting him down in the play pen. Grabbing the baby monitor, he made his way back into the front room.

Kallias looked up from where he was cutting limes at the bar. “About what?”

He leaned a hip on the bar and crossed his arms over his chest. “Nesta is going to be expanding the restaurant, adding a bar. That’s actually where she is right now, why I’ve got the kiddo with me. Didn’t really want him in a construction site.”

“Hot nanny couldn’t keep him?” Kallias asked, grinning.

Cassian rolled his eyes. “No, she’s sick. But, uh-.” He rubbed the back of his neck. “I’m gonna be leaving and going over there, managing for her.”

Kallias eyes widened. “Oh. Shit.”

“Yeah. And I’d like you to come over there with me. Be my assistant manager at the new place.”

Kallias stopped cutting, mid-lime. “You do realize we are two out of five people that work here, right?”

Cassian nodded, slowly. “Yeah, I do. And I also know we can hire more people here.”

Kallias looked back down at his half-cut lime. “Assistant manager, huh?”

“It’s in a great part of town, we’d get amazing tips on top of already being paid more,” Cassian said. “It’s an amazing opportunity.”

“So I’d be stupid to say no, then?” Kallias asked, continuing to cut his limes.

“Incredibly stupid,” Cassian agreed.

Nyx’s happy babbling came through on the baby monitor.

“I’ll think about it,” Kallias said, at last.

“Think about it, then tell me yes, because I’m not going there without you,” Cassian said.

Kallias snorted. “You’re a shitty liar. You’re going, whether I go or not.”

“And why wouldn’t you come with me?” Cassian asked, facing his friend. He and Kallias had worked together for years, since Kallias came in at twenty-one, during his senior year of college. “You want to be stuck in this dive bar forever? I know you. You’re a creature of habit. If I leave you here, you’ll be here for the next twenty years.”

Kallias didn’t bother telling him it wasn’t true. He just shook his head. “I guess we better start interviewing people, then.”

*

The day did not go as planned. Cassian had to stay and help out until nearly five-thirty, and by the time Cassian walked in the front door, Nyx was knocked out cold in his car seat. He gently set it down and unbuckled him, carrying him into the kitchen. It smelled divine, like roasting herbs and cooked veggies, even if he couldn’t see anything radiating the delicious smells.

Nesta was also nowhere in sight, so he took Nyx up to his nursery and laid him down, setting the baby monitor back up where it usually sat. He slipped the screen in his back pocket and made his way back downstairs, hurrying out to his truck to get Nyx’s diaper bag and the folded up playpen.

As he was setting it back up in the living room, he heard the sliding glass door open and close and made sure he was making enough noise to alert Nesta of his presence.

“You’re home,” she said, leaning on the doorway. “Nyx asleep?”

“Out like a light,” he said, tossing the few toys he’d brought with him back into the pen. “He had fun though.”

“Good. Dinner is almost done,” she smiled. “I hope you’re hungry.”

“Starving,” he sighed and took another deep breath in. “It smells amazing.”

Turning, Nesta walked back into the kitchen. “Steak, garlic mashed potatoes, roasted carrots and green beans, and homemade rolls.”

He watched as she took the carrots and green beans out of the oven and placed them next to a plate of steak she must have just brought in from the grill.

Cassian’s mouth was damn near watering.

He looked at the spread as she spooned the mashed potatoes onto his plate. “I think I’m in love with you.”

Nesta tensed, then something like nervous laughter sputtered out of her mouth. “Well, I had to cook red meat for you on your birthday.”

“Does that mean you’ll be having yourself a steak, Archeron?” he asked, taking the full plate from her outstretched hands.

She gave him an amused look. “Hell no. You get both. I have a chicken kabob on the grill.”

Cassian licked his lips as he took his plate to the table. “Consider me a lucky man. Thank you.”

“Of course,” she said, clearing her throat. She piled her plate high with potatoes and veggies before going onto the deck and coming back with a grilled chicken kabob on her plate. She sat across from him. Cassian’s mouth was already full.

“How is it?” Nesta asked, cutting up a carrot before popping it into her mouth.

“Delicious,” Cassian said, mouth full. “So good.”

“If you don’t slow down, you won’t be able to enjoy the flavor,” Nesta said, knowing full well that he wouldn’t listen. Cassian practically inhaled everything on his plate within minutes.

He moaned, stretching back in his chair before running a hand through his hair. “I must say, Nes, you really outdid yourself.”

“Well, it was the least I could do after you worked and were on baby duty all day,” she said, popping a few green beans in her mouth.

They talked about their days as she finished eating. He told her about Kallias’ agreement to move to the restaurant, she told him about the beginning of construction.

They’d kept half the restaurant open, putting up a temporary wall to keep as much noise and dust out as they could, but the sooner the build was done the better. They both agreed on that.

“So, despite your switch with the cinnamon rolls this morning,” Cassian said from where he sat as she rinsed off their plates, “I’m fairly sure I saw a cake when I came downstairs.”

“Really now,” she said, and he saw the small smile on her face.

“Mhmm,” he nodded. “And, you know, I like cake.”

“And why, exactly, would I make you a cake?” She crooned, that little smile remaining.

“Because I’m the world's best roommate and uncle, obviously,” he said.

Nesta laughed as she stood. “Yeah, whatever.”

After exiting through the back door, she returned a moment later with a big, homemade cake.

It was exquisite.

Perfectly decorated and topped with vanilla and buttercream frosting, it read Happy birthday, Cassian!

As Nesta placed it on the countertop, Cassian asked, “Nesta, when the hell did you find time to make this?”

She shrugged. “Stayed up later and got up early. Didn’t have to be too early since you decided to sleep in today, but…” Her words trailed off. “I figured it was the least I could do.”

His mouth tightened, emotion he wasn’t expecting hitting him and he cleared his throat. “You gonna sing to me?” He asked, cracking a joke to break the tension that was slowly growing.

Nesta threw her head back and laughed. “Absolutely not.”

Cassian bit back his retort and the monitor in his back pocket went off, crying coming from upstairs.

“I’ll get him,” she said, standing up. “I’m sure he’s hungry. Will you cut up green beans and carrots for him?”

He nodded, the cake forgotten as he did what he was told, and Nesta returned with a bleary-eyed Nyx a few minutes later.

“Hi buddy,” Cassian said, chuckling at Nyx’s hazy expression. He was already sitting at the table with a plate of cut up food.

The second Nyx saw the display, he was whining and reaching for it.

“Slow down, you need to be buckled into your seat first,” Nesta said, shaking her head.

“I can’t blame him,” Cassian said, as Nyx was strapped into his high chair. “I’m starving when I wake up, too.”

Nesta rolled her eyes. “Men.”

The second Nyx’s diapered butt hit the seat, he was stuffing his mouth.

“I guess we should wait for him to eat the cake,” Cassian said, looking longingly at the cake.

Nesta chuckled. “No patience?”

“When it comes to homemade baked goods?” Cassian scoffed. “No.”

She snorted, which had Cassian raising an eyebrow. She looked at him. “What?”

“Nothing,” he replied, shaking his head. “That was just…cute.”

Nesta didn’t reply, but he swore she could see her cheeks heating as she turned to put the leftovers from dinner away.

Once Nyx’s plate was cleared, Nesta cut three slices of cake. One was barely a sliver, one was mostly icing and one was damn near a quarter of the cake. She took the one with extra frosting for herself, placing the small one in front of Nyx and the larger one in front of Cassian.

Again, Nyx wasted no time scarfing it down. Cassian didn’t either, helping himself to another, much smaller piece afterwards, but not touching it yet.

“You sure you don’t want to sing to me?” He asked, taking a bite of the cake. “It would complete my day.”

Nyx, an impending sugar crash, was already dozing again. Apparently, his day with Uncle Cassian had well and truly worn him out.

She rolled her eyes and wiped the excess cake off of Nyx’s face. Pulling him out of his high chair, she said, “No, I think I’m good.”

“I’m just saying,” Cassian pushed. “If you wanted to really wish me a happy birthday, a song would do.”

Nesta snorted, taking Nyx in her arms and swaying, back and forth. “You’ve never heard me sing.”

“If your singing is as good as your cooking, it must be amazing,” Cassian promised.

Nesta rolled her eyes. “Have I told you that you’re full of shit?”

Cassian pretended to debate it. “Maybe once or twice.”

Nesta chuckled, and said no more about it. “Finish your cake, Nazari. This little monster is ready for bed. I’ll put him down. It’s your birthday.”

It wasn’t that putting Nyx to bed was exhausting. Although sometimes it could be a chore, Cassian nodded and took another bite of his cake as Nesta and Nyx disappeared.

In their absence, Cassian cleared his plate.

The cake was delicious.

He knew Nesta was an amazing cook, but didn’t know that her baking skills were just as good. It was the best cake he had ever eaten. He was even considering getting himself a third piece, but decided against it as she rounded the corner back into the kitchen.

She sighed, falling into her chair. “That may have been record time to get him down. He was practically asleep before I’d even pulled the curtains shut.”

“He had a big day,” Cassian said, eyeing the piece of cake on her plate that she hadn’t even touched. “Taught him how to make a mojito. He’s a pro. Maybe we should hire him on at the bar.”

Shaking her head, Nesta cut into her cake and took a bite. She chuckled. “I’m sure that doesn’t violate any labor laws.”

“Nah, we’re his guardians,” Cassian said, waving a hand. “We can certainly get some free labor out of him.”

She rolled her eyes. “I honestly can’t tell if you’re kidding or not.” She took another bite of cake, and Cassian’s eyes dipped to her mouth. He was quiet for long enough that she asked, “What?”

He hesitated but said, “You’ve got a little—”

He didn’t finish his sentence, instead he leaned forward across the small space between them and swiped the frosting that was on the corner of her lips away with his thumb.

Nesta didn’t move.

She didn’t push him away, didn’t tell him to stop touching her, either.

Cassian’s thumb lingered against her lips, and when she looked up, he was already watching her, quietly.

She opened her mouth to say something.

What? She wasn’t sure.

But, when her lips moved, Cassian’s did, too.

He kissed her, softly, slowly, and Nesta melted right into it.

[firstofficerwiggles]

This is fun! Thank you for the tag @grogusmum !! I loved yours it was so incredibly cute and sweet!! Javi is just a giant cinnamon roll and I love the idea of him making a cute blanket fort (silk sheet fort) to watch a movie.

Ok so mine is with Din Djarin/The Mandalorian x female reader

Premise: You're Grogu's live-in nanny at Din's new home on Navarro (written quickly on Tumblr so please excuse any typos)

Being Grogu's nanny was certainly the best job you've ever had. That little green bundle of cuteness found new ways to make you smile every day. Still though having an afternoon off to catch up with a friend, was a welcome bonus. Din had taken the kiddo out for a training session and you decided to use the time to holocall your best friend for an extended talk. After chatting for a while the topic of your non-existent love life came up.

"Sooo, any progress with the hunky dad?" she asks all curious, a slight teasing note in her voice.

"What? Nooo," you reply, stomach flipping and your face feeling hot with embarrassment.

"Oh come on, you told me last time that you had the biggest crush on him. Are you telling me you haven't so much as flirted with him?" she sounds incredulous.

"No, I can't, he's so nice and I don't want to make him uncomfortable," you reply, "I'm sure he isn't interested in me in that way."

You're wrong there, sweetheart. Din thinks as unbeknownst to you, he has come home early and just so happens to have caught the last few moments of your conversation. He knows it's sneaky of him to stay out of your sight and eavesdrop, but he can't resist hearing what you have to say about him.

Your friend makes a loud scoffing noise, "Oh come on! You're a delight, you're smart, beautiful, and kind. He'd be very lucky to have you."

"I know you think so, but you have to understand, Mando is this system's most eligible bachelor. He saved us all from the Empire and then again from pirates. No one has ever seen his face and yet we all know he's the most handsome man in town. He can have any woman he wants," you explain, your voice full of admiration for him.

"If you say so, but I think you're selling yourself short, babe," she tells you. "Listen, I have to run, but let's catch up soon. And promise you'll at least think about flirting a little with your Mando?"

"Alright, alright, I'll at least think about it," you concede, "It was great talking to you!"

You end the call and you roll your eyes at your friend. She means well, but she doesn't get that Din is completely out of your league. You turn your head at a soft shuffling sound and startle a bit as the man in question is right there in the doorway. Oh Maker! What did he hear?

"Welcome home!" you greet him, voice a bit high-pitched and overly bright.

"Hi there, got finished a bit early, so we decided to come home," Din offers.

"Patu," Grogu adds as he toddles over to you with his hands up, his classic sign for wanting to be held.

You welcome the distraction and hope it will calm your heartbeat. You pick up the baby and get him a snack. Din appears as unflappable as ever so if he did hear anything he's not making a comment. You decide to bring him a snack too because you know it means you'll be able to leave him alone for a few minutes so he can eat.

Din watches you flutter around the kitchen and then hurriedly bring him some food before muttering something about changing the kid. He chuckles to himself at your flustered state, he finds it endearing. Now that he knows you share his attraction, he determines he should do something about it.

He's cleaning his dish when you come back into the kitchen area, without the baby.

"I put Grogu down for a nap," you explain.

"That's good, you're always so good with him, sweetheart," he responds. Using the term of endearment for the first time. He can tell you noticed because you've gone completely still.

"Uh, thanks," you mutter.

He turns and looks at you, giving you a nod and then tilting his head as he considers you,

"You're looking really nice today, by the way, really pretty."

Your brain has short-circuited. You stand there blinking at him. You should say something in response.

"What?" is all you manage to get out.

"I said you're really pretty," he repeats himself, moving closer to you, "Not just today though, you're always pretty."

"I- I-... thank you?" you say in a tiny voice, you have no idea of what to make of him right now.

He leans in close to you, placing a hand on the cabinet behind you. He's trapped you between the counter and his big beskar-covered body.

"And you think I'm handsome, even though you haven't seen my face, hmm?"

Oh no! you gasp lightly as you realize he knows what you said.

"You heard that?" you squeak. You want to melt right into the floor.

"Mmhmm, and I liked hearing it," he confirms with a slight nod. He brings his hand up to lightly trace his finger across your cheek and along the line of your jaw. His gloves are still off from washing the plate, and you can feel his warm skin on your own.

"Din, what are you doing?" you whisper in awe.

"Flirting with you," he says, his voice sounding warm even through the helmet.

"But why?" you sound incredulous and you are.

He chuckles softly and holds your chin so you can't look away from him.

"Because you're the woman I want," he replies, "You did say I could have anyone I wanted, what you didn't know is that I already chose."

"I did say that, but, Din, me? Are you sure?" You know it sounds insecure to ask him that but you can't help yourself.

"It's just like your friend told you, you're intelligent, beautiful, and kind, I'm lucky to have you in my life. I was waiting for the right moment to tell you, turns out that was today," he murmurs, his thumb caressing your cheek.

"Din, I- thank you for saying all that, I feel the same about you, I just can't believe this is happening," you tell him.

"Maybe there's something I can do, to make you realize I'm serious," he suggests.

Then to your utter surprise, he lets go of your face to lift up his helmet. He raises it just far enough to reveal a scruffy chin and a pair of gorgeous full lips. You stare at his mouth for a full 5 seconds before you realize he's moving closer.

Din presses his lips to yours, it's a touch awkward because he's never done this before. He moves against you softly, and breathes a sigh of relief as you kiss him back. When he pulls away, you have a dreamy look on your face.

"Are you convinced of my feelings now?" he asks.

"Maybe you should kiss me again so I can be really sure," you respond.

"Anything for you, sweetheart, besides I could definitely use the practice," he quips, before leaning in and capturing your mouth again.

No pressure tags to play: @littlemisspascal @flightlessangelwings @the-scandalorian

New Pedro Boy game!

This is open to everyone. You don't have to be a writer, make it with gifs or mood boards or your art or just bullet point some ideas. Or just treat yourself to 7 minutes of daydreaming.😘

The rules:

You have 7 minutes to dream up your perfect moment with your favourite Pedro Boy.

It can be anything you want. Fluffy, smutty, just plain weird. It just has to be that one moment that you'd crave above all the others that you read/write/fantasize about.

You can take as long as you want to get it done.

Post it and tag others.

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[littlemessyjessi]

Chapter Three: Back to Me: Jeon Jungkook

Yandere. Plus size.

"Babe! Do you like supreme pizza?!"

Jessie glanced up, mostly at herself in the mirror of Jungkook's hotel bathroom. 

That was new.

The pet names that was.

Sure he'd always called her marshmallow when they were little but since they reconnected a few hours ago it was all babe this and jagi that.

She tried not to read too much into it and she figured that was just how he was now. 

It was a long way from the shy little boy she once knew.

She shook her head before answering,  "Yeah, I'm not picky!"

She heard him respond with a 'cool cool cool' making her giggle as she dried her hands and made her way back into the room. 

He was chattering away on the phone as he ordered God knows what though she did catch  pizza and wings and pasta and something about cheese bread and "oh do you still carry those cinnamon roll things.  She loves cinnamon rolls."

"Geez bunny." She teased.  "Are you trying to feed the whole country?"

He rolled his eyes at her but smiled all the same as he finished up the call.

"Cut me some slack." He whined. "I just wanna have a nice meal with you."

"Jungkook,  it would take us all night to eat that." She laughed. 

Good, he thought. 

"But then again it is you and unless your  appetite has changed,  I'm fairly sure you could probably just unhinge your jaw Venom style and swallow it whole." She said.

Jungkook patted his lean stomach, "Nah, I can still put it away.  Can you?"

She shrugged, "Probably but seeing as how I have to be up early for a meeting in the morning,  I'll resist the urge to put myself in a food coma. "

Jungkook's face fell as the notion of her leaving crossed his mind again. 

It didn't go unnoticed and she tilted her head at him.

"What's wrong,  bunny?" She asked reaching up to touch his face. 

His eyes closed at the contact. 

"I just.. I just don't want you to go." He said.

"I know." She said.  "But like I said, I have a meeting. But we dont have to worry about it right now.  I got some time to hang out and catch up."

He gnawed on his lip, still worrying over her leaving later.

He only stopped when her thumb literally tugged it from between his teeth and soothe the pad of her finger over it.

"Stop that." She giggled. "You're gonna tear your lips to pieces.  Hold on. You need some lip balm."

She dug around in her pocket for a second before pulling out the tube and gently applying it to his lips. 

'This is her lip balm.  It's been on her lips. And now... she's putting it on mine.' He thought as he watched her apply it.

It was as close as he'd ever gotten to kissing her.

She smoothed her thumb around the edges before gently patting his cheek, "There you go. All better."

Jungkook resisted the urge to say a kiss would make it better regardless of the fact that he was fine.

However. 

She leaned up and placed a soft kiss to his forehead, "And a kiss to make it better. "

He just stared at her for a second and it seemed to make her uncomfortable. 

"Sorry. " she giggled nervously.  "I didn't mean to invade your personal space. I wasnt even thinking.  It's just something my dad always did and I think that's why I do it now."

"No, no. I dont mind, jagi." He said. "Its nice. I was just surprised.  But a good surprised!"

She nodded and he could tell that she still felt a little embarrassed. 

"Uh, how is your dad by the way?" He asked and instantly regretted it by the look on her face. 

"Oh um. Well he passed away a couple of years ago actually. " she said softly.

Jungkook crumbled internally.

"Fuck, I'm sorry, baby. I didn't-"

"You didn't know,  bunny. It's ok anyway.  I don't mind talking about him.  He was lucky really.  He just went in his sleep one night. He didnt suffer.' She said placing a hand on his chest when she could tell he still felt awful.  "Really,  darlin. It's ok."

The two of them fell silent. 

His dark eyes staring into her bright ones.

Each of them watching the swirls of color glimmer in the other's. 

They were only broken from their trance when a knock sounded at the door. 

Jungkook shook his head before calling out to whoever it was that he was coming.

He opened the door to reveal Jin who instantly breezed past Jungkook,  much to his annoyance. 

"Have you two eaten?" He asked. "The others are gonna order food and watch a movie in a bit. You're welcome to join."

"I already ordered room service. " Jungkook all but snapped. 

He managed to cool his tone at the last second but it didnt go unnoticed by Jin.

However,  rather than have it out with the maknae right there he turned to Jessie.

"You should bring your food when it gets here and come watch the movie. We would all love to get to know you more. I know Taehyung, in particular, has been asking about you. I think you've got yourself a fanboy. " Jin said.

Jungkook was fuming.

Jessie laughed, "Bless his heart.  I'm flattered. And I would love to hang out with you all. Especially since you all seem so important to Jungkook.  But unfortunately I wont be able to stay very long.  I have a meeting early tomorrow so I'll have to go in a bit. "

Jin nodded, "I understand that all too well. It was nice to meet you and I hope we can see you again."

Jessie nodded and bid him farewell before turning back to Jungkook. 

"I guess we could go say hello while we wait on the food though." She said. "I dont want your friends to think I'm rude."

He shook his head,  "They just want to be around you because your beautiful."

Her brows shot up and she laughed a little nervously,  "Well thank you for the compliment but I doubt that's why, bunny.  They probably just want to make sure they look after their maknae. After all, I am a stranger to them. "

"You're not a stranger. " he said instantly moving forward and wrapping his arms around her.  "You're my best friend. "

She laughed, "Ok but we haven't seen each other in fourteen years,  bunny. We are strangers to each other whether you want to admit it or not."

He shrugged, "That's ok. It just means we can learn each other again."

"I agree.  It'll be exciting to see how much you've changed." She said. "For example,  I don't remember you being this cuddly before."

"I always held your hand!" He defended. "And I hugged you and we walked arm in arm all the time!"

"All things that I initiated,  bunny." She smirked a little. "I'm not complaining but the Jungkook that I knew would have NEVER."

"I was ten. Gimme a break." He deadpanned.

She snickered.

"Besides I was a kid and you were my first crush. I didnt know how to process that." He said.

"Awww baby Koooooo!" She teased pinching his cheeks making him laugh. 

"I was devastated when you left." He said seriously. 

Jessie nodded,  her mood sobering, "Me too, honey. I cried for the longest time. Dad even considered coming back to Korea.  But he ended up getting a job in Egypt and we had to go again."

"I bet you did ok, baby." He said.  "You've always been good at making friends. "

Jessie snorted.

"No, I'm not. I'm talkative and friendly but I'm not great with a lot of people.  Most people can't handle my crazy bursts of energy where I hyper fixate on something or how they dip off and I need to just sit in a dark room for a while.  I've come to realize that throughout all my interactions in life, you were really the only one who ever understood me and didn't get mad at me for something I had no control over. I know we were just kids but I never felt safer or more accepted than when I was with you." She admitted.

Jungkook's heart raced in his chest.

She chuckled and shook her head,  "You know,  I think you were my first love,  bunny. How ridiculous of me. We were only ten. We didn't even know what love was."

He pulled her closer,  pressing his forehead against hers , staring down into her eyes.

"Its not ridiculous.  You're my first love too." He whispered. "And it doesn't matter about the age. I knew you were special when we were six. We dont have to understand it to know that we feel it."

Jessie couldn't do anything but just stare into his eyes. 

Those big dark orbs had her completely paralyzed. 

"If I'm being honest,  I still feel it." He said softly.

"You do? But we don't even know..." she started but he cut her off with a shake of his head.

His forehead was still resting against hers and he closed his eyes when he did it, a smile tugging at his mouth.

"It doesn't matter what's changed. My soul still knows yours." He said finally looking at her again. "Can you honestly tell me you don't feel the same?"

She was silent for a moment and that spiral of darkness began to churn in Jungkook's stomach.

Had he gone too far?

Said too much too soon?

What if he scared her?

What if she left?

She couldn't leave.

Not again.

He wouldn't let her.

"I- I do." She whispered and just like that,  the tension melted and seeped into his veins again  giving him a high that left him euphoric. 

"Don't leave me again." He whispered.

"I found you again. " she said. "What makes you think that I'd go so easily?"

"You almost did at the fansign." He pointed out.  "You would've slipped away again if I hadn't done something.  I didn't do anything the first time but I won't make that mistake again.  I'll never let you go now."

She giggled , "Well if you had bothered to look at the gift I gave you, you'd know that I gave you all my contact information. I was going to leave it up to you if you wanted to catch up. But you kinda jumped the gun."

He laughed but he didn't care.

He'd do it all over again. 

"So let's check out this gift of yours." He said pulling her with him towards the couch.

"Nooooo!" She whined. "You were supposed to look at it by yourself! Have mercy on me, bunny! Don't embarrass me like this!"

Jungkook jerked her down into his lap rather unceremoniously,  trapping her there with a strong arm wrapped around her soft, cushiony middle.

With his other hand he removed the tissue paper and dug out the little picture frame.

A little Jessie and Jungkook stood there.

Jungkook's cheeks had been puffed with the donut he was eating and his eyes wide as Jessie had launched herself in his direction,  arms wrapped around him and smashing a giant kiss to his cheek.

He laughed and it only intensified when he saw her embarrassed state.

She snatched it out of his hand and threw it on the bed.

"I regret giving you this now!" She grumbled.  "I should've left it where it was. I'm going to destroy it and maybe save myself a little slice of dignity."

Jungkook chuckled but locked his other arm around to keep her from going anywhere.

"Dont you dare.  I love it and I'm keeping it forever." He grinned, thoroughly enjoying how red she was getting.

She eventually wiggled her way out of his arms for some much needed air after he decided he was done torturing her... and also because room service finally came.

They talked and ate until they were miserable. 

Laid out on his bed, staring at the ceiling.

He knew her well enough to know that she was getting overwhelmed again.

So just like he had done countless of times when they were little, he turned the lights off, cranked the AC and put some music on.

Jessie was glad for the darkness of the room as it prevented him from seeing her teary eyes.

All this time and not only could he still recognize when it was becoming too much for her... but he knew exactly what to do.

"Listen I know you said you have a meeting early but is there anyway you can get out of it?" He asked softly. 

"I really can't, bunny. It's a brand sponsorship for the channel and I have to be there." She said sadly.

He sighed, "It's just... and I know it's stupid because we're not kids and we have each others info and all but...  I just can't let you go. I can't.  I have this miserable feeling in my stomach that if I let you go... I'll never see you again. "

"Bun, you know that's not true." She said in the darkness before turning and cuddling into his side.

Jungkook felt like he could cry when she threaded her fingers into his hair and rested her head on his shoulder.

"I know but I can't help it." He whispered. 

She sighed, "I dont wanna go either."

"The stay. Please." He said. "I don't have any schedules tomorrow.  We can spend the whole day together.  We can do whatever you want.  Please. Just stay with me."

"I can't get out of that meeting but let me call my assistant and see if I can maybe do it via zoom or something." She said and he shot up in bed, flicking the light on in his excitement. 

"Really?"

"I'm not gonna make any promises but if I can,  then I'll stay." She said. "I'll have to go back to my hotel and get my stuff though. And the meeting is early.  Six am. Bunny, now that I think about it,  I dont know. I dont want to wake you up that-"

He cut her off, "I don't care. We can go get it together and you'll come back here with me. Dont worry about waking me up. I sleep like a dead body. You could probably have a party on top of me and I'd never know the difference. "

Jessie laughed, "ok storing that piece of information away for a rainy day. "

"So?" He asked hopefully. 

She settled her hands on either side of his face  before leaning down to place a kiss to the tip of his nose.

"Let me make some calls, bunny."

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[hikarimiyanaga]

Loving You (Part 4)

Part 1 I Part 2 I Part 3

I want to celebrate since I just finished another exam... there are more to come but Wanda comes first so here's an update.

Warning : Omegaverse. Beta!Reader x Omega!Wanda Maximoff. Curse Words. Mentions of Bullying. S*x Talk.

Also, just tell me if I need to add more warnings so I can edit as quickly as I can.

Taglist : @mitchiesdungeon / @upsidedowndanvers

You wake up with a startle and pant. You flinch at the sound of your loud alarm and see that it was right next to your pillow.

“Jesus, what the fuck?” You took your phone and open it. You see the messages between you and Wanda. You grin and charge it before getting ready for school. Both of your parents note your chippy behavior as oppose to your usual calm.

“Morning, Ma, Mom!” You greet and grin as you get your breakfast. You eat quickly and get your bag with your phone on it. You put on your jacket and smile as you wave them goodbye.

-

You yawn as you trudge the halls, now on a mission. You see Wanda and notice that even though there is no scent coming from her, she’s not wearing a jacket. You take off yours and smile as you approach her.

“Y/N!” She smiles and you offer up your jacket.

“Want to-“ She takes it before you could finish and puts it on. “put it on?” She sniffs it and nods.

“I really like your scent.” You blush and your heart beat faster at her words. She smiles and takes your hand. “Thanks for the jacket.” You gulp and nod as she drags you to your own locker. You get your books from your locker when someone closes it with force. You manage to keep it open but glare at the owner of the hand. Janine. You get Wanda behind you.

“Y/LN.” She says and you roll your eyes. You get the last book from your locker and lock it.

“What the fuck do you want? Rumlow’s scent isn’t enough? Fucking him isn’t doing it anymore?” Janine glares and pushes you but you stay firm. Determined in not letting her get closer to Wanda.

“Shut the fuck up, Y/LN. You fucking Beta.” Wanda glares at Janine as Angel and Pietro go to her. They stop Wanda before she does something to Janine. You roll your eyes and sigh.

“Just say it and get it over with.”

“My friend, Nina is on your AP Class.” You raise an eyebrow as the said girl is dragged by Janine to you.

“So? The fuck that-“

“She needs to copy your homework. We were busy with practice and she hasn’t done it.” You look at Nina.

“What homework? Which class?”

“Um… Latin? The research one?” You scoff and shake your head.

“The one where I spent days on? The one where I had to hole myself up in the library? No fucking way. I can help with references but that’s it.”

“Oh? Really? That will be-“ Janine pushes Nina out of the way and grabs your collar. You make a face as you can practically smell her heat. Jesus, what the fuck? Compared to Wanda’s cinnamon and citrus scent. Janine’s overwhelming heat scent disgusts you. You gag and turn away.

“What the fuck, Rivera?” You open your locker and snatches a bottle from the box and hold it out to her. “At least do something about your scent! It’s making me want to vomit!” Janine growls and tries to grab you again but you dodge her. She faceplants into the ground and everyone gasps. You give the bottle to her friend and you get a piece of paper from your notebook. You write the references and give it to Nina as Janine groans and some of her goons help her stand. You sigh as she glares at you.

“T-thanks.” Nina manages to get out before running away. Janine growls and you roll your eyes.

“Want to get raped on the street? Used by asshole Alphas that have nothing better to do than prey on Omegas like you? Omegas who like to flaunt that they’re in heat and therefore can’t stop their primal instincts?” She stops and you get the bottle from her friend. You hold it out and she stares at it. “If no, then take this and spray it on yourself. I swear to god, your scent is overwhelming.”

“Rumlow wi-“

“You sure?” You cross your arms and sigh. You take her hand and put the bottle on it. “Spray it if you’re not. Trust me.” You turn and hold Wanda’s hand and you both leave as everyone just stares at you. You yawn again as you get to your first class.

-

Lunch comes and Wanda was waiting for you by the courtyard. You try to greet her but she glares at you.

“Why did you help her?” You raise an eyebrow… is she jealous? And who? You tilt your head and she scoffs.

“Who?”

“Janine.” Ah. Your bully. The one who tried to ruin your life on several occasions but never succeeded.

“Ah.” You shrug. “I meant what I said. Omegas should get help when they’re in need.”

“She-“ You hug her and smile as her scent and yours combine and hit your nose. You like this combination. You rub her back in comfort and she clings to you. You hum and carry her to the bench. You kiss her forehead and sit besides her. You take her hand and kiss it.

“Wanda. I won’t ever stop even if a person did bad things to me. Omegas deserve to be treasured. It’s unfair that they’re the only ones who get heat. That you suffer for it. So even if Janine did bully me doesn’t mean I won’t help her.” She sighs and hugs you. You rub her back.

“Why are you so nice?” You chuckle.

“I’m not nice… just.” You pull away and you get the lunch you brought for the both of you. “Let’s eat?” She knows you’re avoiding the question but shrugs it off. You’ll tell her when the time comes.

-

You’re in your final class and just like yesterday, Angel sat besides you.

“And so the project for our midterms will be in pairs.” You can hear several groans but you and Angel stay quiet. “Y/LN and Garcia.” You both turn to the professor. “You can both do it so-“

“No.” You both reject the idea and shake your heads. The professor sighs but relents.

“Okay. Dismissed.” You gather your things and Angel waits up. You stand and look at her as she holds her hand out.

“Partners?” You and Angel are the top students of this class, no doubt, so it seemed cheating to the others if your partnered up… But she’s the only one willing to pair up with you so accept it. Everyone else is either an Alpha or Omega and you’re the only Beta in this class… in Any AP class, for that matter. You take her hand and shake it.

“Deal.”

“Baby.” Natasha calls out and you both turn to her. You both go outside. Angel hugs Natasha as you get your phone out.

“Put in your number so we-“ Before you could finish, Natasha has already pushed Angel behind her and is growling at you. You raise an eyebrow and Angel can’t decide if your stupid or brave… or both… tired can be there too. It’s a known fact throughout the school that you don’t mess with any of the Avengers because of their families and each other.

“BACK OFF.” Natasha’s voice can be heard by everyone and they all stop and stare as you sigh. This is one of the things that you hate. Having attention when it’s not at all needed. You try to look at Angel but Natasha pushes her away from your line of sight.

“Romanoff, this is for our big project.” You try to reason, she still is an Alpha and you would probably break several… many bones if she did attack you. Your eye twitch as she doesn’t move. “The one where at least a quarter of our grade rides on?” She’s still growling and you groan. You couldn’t stop yourself as you cursed. “FOR FUCK’S SAKE!” No one has ever heard you shout before. Not the angry one, at least. Not even your siblings or parents did. You avoided being angry because you knew it would make the worst of yourself to come. They all flinch and Natasha gulps. Angel holds Natasha’s hand and gets to her side. “I’m not stealing Angel! She’s all yours!” You run a hand through your hair. You turn away and take deep breaths to calm yourself down. Angel pulls Natasha away and approaches you.

“Y/N.” You turn to Angel with a glare but she doesn’t get fazed and she holds out her hand. “Your phone.” You give it to her and she quickly saves her number. “Text me.” You nod and she leaves with Natasha. You sigh as you leave for the library. Everyone else disperses but with more murmurs.

Wanda spots you as you enter the library. Thankfully, with no Angel around but you seem tense. You sigh as you sit beside her.

“Are you-“ She didn’t even get to finish before you cling to her arm. You breathe in her scent and you already feel calmer. You smile as you let her presence wash over you.

“Sorry. Need to calm down.” Wanda nods and you relax as you breathe her in. After a few more minutes you pull away and sigh.

“What happened?” You groan as you put your arms on the table and lean on it.

“Natasha got jealous because I was getting Angel’s number.” Wanda tenses and you flick her forehead. “Because of a project. Don’t get jealous too.”

“Oh. What did you do?”

“Got angry and yelled.” She raises an eyebrow and closes her book.

“And?” She’s curious now.

“It’s not something I usually do.” You answer simply and look away. It was something you didn’t like talking about and Wanda picked up on it.

“Ah. Are you okay now?” You nod and smile at her.

“Thank you, Wanda.” She smiles and kisses your hand.

“You’re welcome.”

-

You hum as you get inside your house. You would stay up all night reading but you remember you made plans for tomorrow.

“You seem in a good mood.” You turn and see… both Valerie and Alsie eating with your parents. The hell are they doing here? On a Friday, no less? The hell is going on?

“Al? What?”

“Came to visit, sis. Hey.” Alsie waves at you and you nod.

“And Val?”

“Came back too. I kinda forgot something.” You sigh as you realize.

“You know.” They all flinch and look away from you. You run a hand through your hair. “How?” They all look at Valerie who groans.

“I was going to pick you up so we can follow Ma and Mom on the fancy restaurant when that girl asked… no demanded.”

“Her name is Wanda. And yes, we’re going on a date tomorrow.” Alsie cheers and you shake your head. You go to your room to change. You get down and you see that all of them are looking at you so you tell them all about her.

How she’s the most beautiful girl you’ve ever seen. How her scent and presence can calm you right down. How she’s a reader like you. How you can talk to her about everything.

“When are we going to meet her?” Alsie asks and you choke on your dinner. Val chuckles and Zale glares at her as Dahlia helps you.

“Why?”

“Because? First friend and possibly girlfriend. Maybe even soulmate.”

“How do you know?” You ask and Alsie raises an eyebrow at your question.

“Know what?”

“That a person is your soulmate?” Valerie groans and Zale smacks her in the head. Alsie smiles at you.

“Simply put, sex.” Zale shakes Alsie while Dahlia looks murderous. Alsie is trying to calm Zale down while Valerie is holding in her laughter.

“She is right.” Dahlia sighs. “When two people have sex, do you know of knotting?” You nod as you finish your food.

“When an Alpha cums inside of an Omega or a Beta. Their penis gets larger and would need at least half an hour or an hour to get it back to normal before they can take it out.”

“How about marks?”

“When a person bites their partner’s neck during sex.”

“Yep. There are two kinds of marks. A mate mark and a soulmate mark. And even though only one person bites the neck. The two will have it at the same time.”

“A mate mark is smaller and would only stay for either a day or a week. It’s kind of a brand.”

“Like this.” Valerie shows hers and you hum.

“Is that from that girl?”

“Yep.” Zale sighs and Valerie sweats as she looks away.

“A soulmate mark is a permanent one.” Zale takes off her shirt. A bigger and clearer mark is on her chest and you gulp. “Like this, Your Ma gave it to me.”

“While you were making me?” Zale glares at Alsie who raises her hands.

“It appeared during our first time. It never disappeared.”

“And also, every mark is the same if it’s the first time between two people, only time would tell if they are soulmates or not.”

“So… if Wanda ever marks me… or if I even have the courage to ask her to do it with me then if it doesn’t disappear means-“

“She’s your soulmate.” You groan.

“I can’t ask her to do that! I don’t want to!”

“And that’s totally fine!”

“Are you an ace?” You glance at Valerie who is serious and you sigh.

“No. I don’t think so… but isn’t it too early for us… we haven’t even-“

“Feelings is a good indicator as well.”

“Yep. I just felt like the world stopped when I first saw Venus it was amazing.” Alsie smiles and you reciprocate it. She just looked so in love and happy. “She was just so beautiful then she smiled and I felt my heart burst. That was when I knew I had to chase her.”

“Chase?”

“Something an Alpha does whenever they find someone attractive.”

“Seriously?”

“Yep. Venus thought I was annoying but decided to give me a chance.” You chuckle and Alsie ruffles your hair. You grunt as she grins at you.

“Good luck tomorrow sis.” You sigh. Good luck indeed.

-

You put on your clothes for the date and hum as you get ready. You get your phone and the flowers you bought earlier that day.

“Looking good, Y/N.” Alsie says in approval when you got down.

“Thanks.” You look at the time and go to the door. “Bye, sis!”

“Yep. Bye!” You wave goodbye before leaving and closing the door.

-

You arrived at the spot 10 minutes earlier than the agreed time but she was already there and wearing your jacket.

“You’re early.” You grin as you approach her. She sees the bouquet in your hand and her heart beats faster. You smile and hold it out. “For you.” She takes it and smiles as she smells it.

“Thanks.” You hold out your hand and she takes it.

“You ready?” She nods with a smile.

-

It was a standard date. Movies, in which you both watched a new released rom-com. Then a dinner inside a diner that was your personal favorite to go to. You’ve decided to walk her home.

“Did you enjoy our date?” You ask nervously and Wanda laughs. You stop and she grins at you. “I’m serious.”

“You’re seriously dense.” She says and moves closer to you.

“I want to know.” She hums and grabs your jacket.

“I seriously enjoyed it.” She pulls you closer and you hum.

“Out of 10?” She laughs and pushes you away while you grin. Her laugh is one of the most beautiful sounds you’ve ever heard.

“Seriously?” You shrug and she rolls her eyes.

“100.”

“Oh.”

“Just spending time with you can equivalent to 10 and you showing me your favorite places is just icing on the cake.” You take her hand and kiss it.

“Good.” Before you both knew it, you were both standing in front of her house.

“This is me.” You hum and look at the house.

“Pretty big house.” She laughs and you smile.

“I hope we do this again?” She asks and you nod.

“I sure hope so.” You let go of her hand and kiss her on the cheek. “I like spending time with you.” She pouts and before you know it, she pulls you by your jacket and kisses you. After your initial shock, you kiss her back. She tastes like the chocolate milkshake and omelet that you both ate earlier. You pull away slightly and she smiles.

“You don’t know how much I’ve been wanting to do that.” Your heart who was beating faster than usual feels like it’s in a race. One where you chase her.

“Good. I would love to do it again.” You kiss her again but you both pull away as Pietro calls her name. You look up and Pietro waves from his room.

“Hey, Y/N!” You wave at him back.

“Hey, Pietro.” He laughs.

“Wanda, was it a nice date?” You both blush at his question and Wanda groans.

“Pietro! Get inside!” He laughs but complies. She sighs and turns to you. “Sorry about him. He ju-“ You cut her off with a kiss. You grin as you pull away.

“Good night, Wanda. I’m looking forward to that next date.” She nods as you turn and walk away.

“Nice one, sis.” Wanda turns and Pietro was at their porch.

“Shut up, Pietro.” She grumbles and gets inside. She takes off your jacket and goes to her room. She smiles as she touches her lips. God, you were such a good kisser. And your hand… felt so right against hers. Her phone pings and she checks it.

You: How does Wednesday sound?

She laughs and replies before changing. She can’t wait to see you again on Monday.

-

As soon as you open the door, your family was up and front in your face. They were all asking different questions but only one thing was on your mind… Wanda. Okay, two things, how annoying your family is.

“Guys! Stop!” You say loudly and they all stop. They look at each other and chuckle. They were just so excited to see you go on a date. The day you knew that you were a Beta, you kinda swore to them that you won’t let anything or anyone get in the way of your grades… They didn’t knew back then that you were going to be a loner or you would not be socializing but Wanda changed that.

“Sorry, little one.” Zale ruffles your hair and smiles. “We just got excited.”

“And happy.” Dahlia hugs you and you hug your mother back. Everyone joins in and you can’t help the smile on your face.

“Thank you.” For being my family, for loving me and for accepting me. You didn’t voice the rest but hoped you could let them feel your gratitude.

-

A/N:

I just searched up the Eternals.... and I already got a fic idea. Damn. I'm now wondering if I could do it for Natasha... or Wanda.

I haven't even finished this sequel and yet my head is full of ideas.

Thank you for Reading!

[snowwolflover]

A deal is a deal

Part 6

I waited in my room for a little while just scrolling on my phone and thinking about everything. "Hi" I hear called out from the door. I look up and Grace was standing there. She dressed in a men's jersey that hangs down like a dress on her. Her jean shorts barely even visible under them when she is standing still. "Come in babe" I tell her as I pat the bed next to me. She runs over and jumps up on the bed next to me. "So, How did it go?" She asks. "I think it went good. I got permission to move you in here with me..." I started to say but Grace cut me off right there tackling me with a hug. "Really. Yaaaa" she yelled. "ok, ok ,ok." I say as I'm pushing her back laughing. we sit back up and I tell her "remember, a deal is a deal. You move in and become my little sister but I'm responsible for you and you well behave, right?" she shakes her head yes as she bounces in place. "Ok. well I will start getting things moved during this week between classes and we will get you moved in asap ok?" I added. she agreed right away. Just then Kat got to the door, she's wearing a cropped jersey and some tight workout shorts. "Are you two ready to go. we are missing the games!" she complained. "Ya let's head out" I said as we stood up. I swatted Grace on the butt hurrying her out the door. We all walked out to the car and loaded in to start the drive.

We made our way down to the local sports spot. It's a small restaurant that has TVs all over so you can see the games from ever seat. The 3 of us walk in and get a table, we each look around to see which games are currently on and then grab our menus. Kat slaps her down, "I don't know why I'm even looking I'm getting my usual, A Margaret and some fries for now." she declared. I shake my head at her and laugh under my breath. Kat looked over at Grace "How about you sweetie, What do you want?" she asks as she leaned across the table and looked over the top side of her menu. "Umm I'm not sure yet. I'm looking around" Grace replied. I set mine down and looked up. Kat turned to me "Ok, spill it. What did Flora have to say?" she asked excitedly. I smiled a little at her and then replied "Well she gave me the go ahead to be an official Big sister to Gracie here, and We can do the room change to as long as everyone involved is ok with it. I already talked to Bre and she was good with the move since she's getting the single room up stairs that just opened up." Kat "Wait what? That's not fair!..." I cut her off right there. They offered the room to me first but since I asked for my little one to room with me I gave it to Bre so she would be ok with moving rooms." I said. Kat crossed her arms in frustration and Grace blushed at me calling her my little. "Oh do I have 2 little at the table?" I added. "Shut up!" Kat snapped back with a laugh. just then the waiter walked over to get our orders. Kat got her margarita and fries, I ordered a mimosa and cinnamon roll and then it was Graces turn. She was still blushing a little from before and wasn't speaking up. "Go ahead sweetie, Tell the nice lady what you want to eat." I prompt her. This only makes her blush some more. She pointed at the menu and I looked over and then told the waiter "she will have the nachos... and an OJ to drink for her to please." The waiter gathered the menu and left to go put the order in for us.

Kat laughed and looked at Grace "You really are a shy little one aren't you baby?" It took a moment and then Grace replied "Ya, around people I don't know yet expecilly. I grow up in a small town and was sheltered by my parents." "That's ok, that's what college is for. It's going to help get you used to meeting new people and everything. Besides you'll have Tiff and I here with you to make sure your ok from now on" Kat tells her. "Just like I told you before, your safe with us so you can relax and just enjoy yourself." I added. It was almost wired hearing Kat try and be nice. People always find her to be mean or sarcastic at the least. I know she doesn't mean those things it's just her personality and we have been friends since highschool so I'm more then used to her. " I'm going to go use the restroom before the food and drinks get here" I say to the table as I stand up. I turn and reach my hand out for Grace and pull her up with me and start walking her to the bathroom with me. she never said a word the whole way she just followed my lead. We reached the bathroom and I guided her to the first open stall with out even asking and then I stepped in to the next one. When we were done we both walked over to wash our hands. "Good job" I told her as we started to walk back to our table. She smiled at my praise for her.

We got back to the table and both sat down, with out missing a beat Kat jumped back in to our conversations "So what else did Flora say, the things you told us so far were what you wanted to ask her but she said she wanted to talk to you too. Soo spill the tea" Kat says. Grace look at my with big eyes herself to waiting for me to speak. I took a sip of my drink that was waiting for me and began to explain it. "Well it's kind of complicated, Next year both Flora and Jane graduate... So the house will need to elect a new president" I started. "Oh my God. your going to run the house momma's?" Grace shout out. I turn and give her an curious look as I noticed she called me momma's but I don't comment on it. "Well It's not for sure or anything. They said they think I could be a good fit and the house already looks up to me so that's good but they gave me some things to take charge of to see how it goes." I explain. "Ok so what did they give you to do?" Kat asks almost sceptical. "Well I have to take charge of the houses booth we set up at the Halloween party this year. So I have a week to figure that out and get it done and make it big for us" I let them know. "That's alot of pressure in a short time. We can make it happen we will help you, right Grace" Kat says. Grace nodded her head yes. "We will get the other girls in the house to help too." Grace adds. "The other thing they gave me is the grade checks... I have to make sure they are all turned in, review them and then determine the punishments that need to be given out." I say with a deep breath. Grace , sounding almost worried says "Isn't that when some gets get cane in front of the whole house?" Kat takes a big drink of her margarita and replied "Yes it is. So you better make sure your grades are good so Tiff doesn't need to pull down your cute panties and spank your bottom" Then she starts laughing. "I'm sure you'll be fine Gracie." I tell her.

The food makes it to the table and we each get are plate in front of us and start to prep are food to eat. Grace jumps right in and starts in on her nachos but with the first bite she dripped cheese on her jersey. She wines right away and puts her hands in up since they are covered with cheese already. I saw this and reached in to my purse and pulled out a small pack of baby wipes and pull one from the pack. I use that to clean off the cheese as best I could and then I grab a napkin from the table and tuck it in the collar of her jersey. " Go ahead sweetie, your fine" I tell her. as I set a few extra baby wipes from the pack on the table next to her for her hands as she eats. We all get quite for a little bit as we eat and watch the games on all the TVs.

We were finishing up are food when out of the corner of my eye I see some people come walking over to the table. I look up to see Colt standing there with 3 of his brothers. "Hi lady's. I saw you over here and wanted to check in and see how you were doing after the party the other night" He says. Kat looks at them and replied "We are ok no thanks to your dumb bro's" she says with her sarcastic tone. "I understand they were delt with and did all the chores Flora have them the follow day too." Colt tells us. "I hope there is no lasting damage and we can all put it behind us." he adds. "We are fine, Thank you again Colt" I say and add "You took good care of Grace for us." Kat reached out and ran her hand down the arm of one of the guys next too Colt and says "Who's going to take good care of me?" He looked down at her and smiled. "I'll take good care of you anytime" he says. "promises, promises" she laughed. Colt looks back to me. "How about you, Can I take you out for coffee or something to make it up to you?" he says. I was unsure what to say. After Flora told me he asked about me I figured this would happen sooner or later but I haven't made up my mind yet. I finally say "I'm not sure. I got alot going on right now with Classes and stuff at the house." I tell him. With out missing a beat He say "How about a bet. Your green bay plays my Tampa Bay today. If we win I get to take you out, If you win Me and the guys will help you with what ever you need at the house. Deal?" I thought about it for a minute, it would be nice to have the guys help with everything. There's going to be alot to set up for the Halloween party and moving all the stuff around in the rooms too... "Ok deal" I said as we shook hands. "Enjoy the game" Colt said with a wink as they walked towards the bar. He stopped at the waiter and told said something to her and then kept going. A minute later the waiter came over and she said "That gentleman at the bar just said he is going to cover the check and to get you what ever you want while your here." she tells us as she starts to grab empty plates and cups from the table. "In that case I'll have a second" Kat says as she points to her cup.

We spent more of the afternoon watching the games and with small talk. I obviously was more interested in the game now that there was something on the line. The game was coming to an end and it was very close. We were up by 3 right now and we had the ball. All we need to do is hold on. The clock is working it's way down and then it happened. My QB gets hit and gets pulled out of the game. Colt turned and looked back at me with a smile. The back up comes in and his first two plays were great, then on 4th and 1 we go for a run and the hand off is fumbled and Tampa gets it and runs it back 5 yards before going down. Now Colt is just staring at me with a grin like a Cheshire cat. We still lead and they have a long way to go with not much time to go. 1st play they pick up 3 yards, 2nd they get 5 yards. 3 play goes incomplete. it's 4th and 2, They are going for it. They set the play up for a short pass then it happens. The QB goes deep to a receiver that broke away from the pack in short yards. The defender right behind him. They jumped for the ball and Tampa comes down with it and stays on his feet but my team stumbled and went down. He's free to run it in and the games over I lost.

Colt wasted no time in walking back over, "I guess I get to take you out to coffee." He says. "Ya, a deal is a deal. I'll find a way to make time." I said. "I tell you what. We will still help you with anything you need. Just let us know. I'll message you later to set up a time for coffee, enjoy you drinks" he says as he winked and walked away. We finished up what we had and then I looked at the girls and said "Why don't we go over to the Halloween shop and take a look around. Maybe it will give us ideas for the party." They agree and we all get up. I take a moment to walk back over to Colt and let him know I was looking forward to coffee and thank him for picking up our tab. I head back over to the he girls and we head back to the car.

[iamasphodelknox]

Suptober Day 26 Happy Homemaker

Dean pulled Baby into the garage and turned off her engine. 

Home. He was home. 

And home meant Cas. He grinned and followed Sam as they both got out of the car, grabbed their duffels, and made their way into the bunker. 

“Cas?” Dean hollered as he and Sam walked to their rooms. No response. 

“Maybe he’s out in the garden,” Dean muttered under his breath. He opened his bedroom door. 

“We were only gone three days, Dean,” Sam teased with a smirk before going into his room and closing the door. Dean just rolled his eyes fondly. 

“Cas, buddy?” Dean shouted again, tossing his bag into his bedroom and making his way towards the kitchen.

The closer Dean got to the kitchen, the more he picked up scents of cinnamon, cloves, apples, and… was that chocolate? Dean followed his nose and turned into the kitchen. 

There was Cas in an impeccable clean kitchen, mixing something in a bowl. The oven was on and Dean could just see the outline of something baking. And lined up next to the oven on the counter, were three loaves of what looked like banana bread, two stacks of muffins, and a tray of brownies. 

“Do you stress bake when I’m gone, Cas?” Dean asked, crossing his arms in front of him and leaning against the kitchen doorframe, grinning from ear to ear. 

Cas turned, his face the picture of pleasant surprise. 

“Hello Dean,” Cas said, wiping his hands on a towel thrown over his shoulder with a bashful grin. “I made blueberry muffins.” 

Dean pushed himself off the doorframe and, in two strides, wrapped his arms around Cas. Cas hugged him back, both of them holding on like they’d never ever let go again. 

Dean let out a deep sigh, relaxing into Cas’s arms. Cas smelled like rest, safety, calmness. Dean tucked his nose just behind Cas’s ear and breathed in. He wasn’t in a chick flick, dammit, he wasn’t gonna cry. 

God, he really was a sap. That wouldn’t stop him from hugging Cas though. And besides, Cas didn’t seem to mind. 

“Those muffins smell really good,” Dean said into Cas’s neck. He felt Cas’s chuckle rumble against his face. 

“They’re pretty good if I do say so myself,” Cas said, his arms still tight around Dean. “I might have stress baked… as you called it.” 

Dean went for it and kissed the side of Cas’s jaw. “That’s okay. Apparently, Sam called you last night cause I was being a jerk and he thought talking to you would make me be nicer.” 

“Did it?” Cas’s voice was soft, tender, and he turned his cheek to rest against Dean’s. 

“Yeah, Cas, you always make me better.” Dean spoke before he really processed his words, and if he’d been thinking he’d have held back a bit, maybe not be so bluntly honest. But Cas couldn’t see his cheeks turn pink because Dean’s face was tucked into Cas’s neck. So it was a win-win all around, really. 

“You make me better too, Dean,” Cas said. “I’m glad you’re home.” 

“I’m glad to be home,” Dean said. “I missed you.” 

Dean’s younger self would never have admitted it. But current Dean, who was holding Cas in what was definitely a too-long-for-just-friends hug, couldn’t care less. 

Cas didn’t seem to care either. Cas seemed pretty content right where he was. 

“Did I bake too much, do you think?” Cas asked in a small voice. Dean pulled back sharply, looking Cas straight in the eyes, but still holding him close. 

“No way, dude,” Dean said. “There’s no such thing as too many baked goods. We can freeze whatever we don’t eat and we’re set for a month. As long as I don’t have to leave you for it to happen again, we’re good.” 

He was being honest all over the place. Is this what love did to you? He really was a sap.

“You did say we’d make another apple pie,” Cas whispered and Dean chuckled.

Cas blushed and damn was Dean glad he got to see it. Dean rested their foreheads together, feeling them on the precipice of something. His heart was pounding in his chest, but his hands were steady. As if holding Cas was assurance, steadiness, stability, all in one. He met Cas’s eyes, the two of them so close he could see traces of gold filtered in between the blue.

“The best part of this whole thing,” Dean continued softly, “was coming home to you.” 

Dean felt the soft puff of Cas’s breath on his lips. Just an inch and they could close the distance. Dean swallowed, felt Cas tighten his grip on Dean’s shoulders. He leaned in just a bit. Cas’s eyelids fluttered closed. 

“Hey Dean, did you find... Woah. Guess you found him.” 

Dean and Cas both jumped a mile as Sam bounded into the kitchen like a puppy. Dean was still holding onto Cas’s waist, Cas still had an arm around Dean’s shoulders. Sam looked between them, and where Dean expected teasing and smirking galore, instead, Sam just looked happy. 

“Right,” Sam said, his expression one of surprised joy. “I’ll uh… I gotta put the case in the records so, I’ll be in the library if you need me or anything. Take out for dinner?” 

And then he was gone, scurrying out of the kitchen as quickly as he’d arrived. Dean rubbed his forehead, sighing to himself. The Universe was conspiring against him kissing Cas. That was just not cool. 

Cas giggled beside him. 

“That was almost romantic until Sam walked in,” Cas said, a wide toothy grin beaming at Dean, giddy and light.

Dean moved back towards Cas, cupped his face with his hands, determined, pulled to Cas like a string tugging at his heart. 

“Who said it wasn't romantic anymore?” Dean asked. Then, without hesitation, without care of anyone or anything besides Cas, Dean ducked his head down and finally, finally, finally, pressed his lips to Cas’s.

Cas hummed, kissing back, closed-mouthed at first, but eager and willing when Dean licked at his lips to enter in. Dean felt Cas walking them back, pressing Dean against the counter, trying to get as close as possible. Dean went easily, feeling a thrill in his belly at Cas moving him where he wanted him.  

Dean broke the kiss to catch his breath. 

“We can…” he started, “We can wait on the apple pie, right?” 

Cas kissed Dean once. “Yes, Dean. I think we have better things to do right now.”

“I think we have a bit of time to make up for.” 

“You have no idea.”  

Dean grinned, wide and cheeky. Cas grinned back, before diving into another kiss that stole Dean’s breath away. 

He supposed in the end, it didn’t matter why it had taken them so long. They had arrived eventually, right when they were supposed.  This is part of a whole fic in honor of Suptober. There’s a link in the comments if you want to read the whole thing!