#scene3

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#scene3 done! #portal #vfx #digitalart #digitaldrawing #scotrail #train #4 #home #ipad #stylus #pen #ag3dart #andygomez3dart #ag3dart https://www.instagram.com/p/CmjW982tZtE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[bafishka]

A1-S3: Page 17

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[quibbs]

So, I've got kinda a comic making question I was hoping you coukd give some insight to. I've been planning on making a webcomic and I wanted to know how you go about outlining a chapter? You see, I have scriptwriting experience for comics, but I was doing it in the way you might for an issue of a typical western comic book, so I had a cap of 22 pages. And since webcomics don't have that cap, I was wondering how you handled how many pages each chapter would be? Is it just as many as you deem fit for the beats of the chapter to flow well? Or do you have a page count you aim for per chapter and adjust as you see fit? I know there aren't any like. Rules for doing this, but it's just something I've had on my mind lol

hmmm unfortunately for the most part my process is oops all vibes: I definitely tend to work under "as many as I deem fit for the beats of the chapter to flow well," but i think there's probably at least a few things about my process that I can elucidate that might help.

i tend to organize my written outline by ACT [ general idea for what takes place and what conflict is taking place in the character,] and then underneath that would fit CHAPTER [what ideas i am trying to establish] , and then underneath that would fit SCENE (written dialogue, setting descriptions, stage directions). I like to start with the biggest overlying connective tissue between scenes and then get smaller and nitty grittier as i write.

this is very quickly made and generalized, but for example if i was telling a story about someone going to the grocery store:

ACT ONE: the discovery of the secret

a girl goes to a the grocery store and discovers the secrets of the sinister, hidden, dark grocery store underground. character should be set up to be so driven by hunger that she just might do anything to satiate it.

CHAPTER 1: (set up)

how does she get to the grocery store? how do i succinctly establish the character of this story? what is she lacking that she should grow to be able to receive by the end of the story?)

scene1 (girl wakes up from violent nightmares with a dark pit in her stomach. she reluctantly gets out of bed).

scene2 (girl goes to pour her cereal and notices that she is completely out of coco puffs. her previous gut feelings that the day would go poorly are confirmed)

scene3 (girl drives to grocery store, for aforementioned coco puffs. another dark feeling tugs at her and is yet again rewarded for it's honesty by a cheerful grocery store employee slipping her a note simply reading "help."

CHAPTER 2 (building tension)

how does the character respond to the call of action and what does that say about her? what are the red flags i should establish now that will foreshadow just how wrong and disturbed this work culture is? what am I trying to SAY by writing it like this- what will the viewer take away, inadvertently or not, by framing the grocery store underbelly like this?

scene1 (girl is alarmed but calmly walks down the aisle. this is not her problem. she is so hungry. she walks toward the coco puffs. her heart sinks: they are out of stock)

scene2 (her heart lifts again when another employee calls out to her, holding the coveted puffs. the girl accepts them, grateful that she will finally have breakfast, when suddenly she notices another note has been slipped to her under the box. "i know who you are. meet me in the bathroom in 5 minutes and change everybody's life here forever."

scene3 (she's had enough. she races to the check out line with the puffs and in her hurry, she notices the box isn't making any noise as it shakes by her side. not like coco puffs in a box often do. she realizes with a heavy heart that it's empty. she sighs and turns around. she reluctantly walks toward the bathroom... almost like she's done this before.

ACT 2: doing something about the secret.

character is officially thrust into this underground network of grocery store vigilantes against her will...she is not happy... she swore she left her days of fighting middle management crime behind her and yet..... these embittered employees are stoking old fires in her heart she had once thought unstokable. we learn about her relationship to this lifestyle and how it led to the person she is today.

etc, etc, etc, and so on, and so forth.

Basically, I don't plan out how many pages I'm going to have. i usually only find out by the time i'm finished sketching it all; and usually by drawing it all out you end up having more ideas, which adds more scenes, etc, etc, etc, webcomicing never ends and never will

My general rule of thumb is to always use as few pages as you can possibly afford without taking away from the story. make it as short as you possibly can while still letting it be as long as it needs to be.

Pacing is everything. the page count truly does not matter as long as the flow is flowing; it entirely depends on your story! your chapter could be 2 pages long if it made sense in the story for it to be 2 pages long (side note: desperately been trying to find a place for a 2 page long chapter for years now but it's never reached fruition. one day. you wait).

IK this is coming from a girl who writes 200 page long chapters, haha. I like to think that I'm getting better at being briefer, but somehow, i never end up briefer than 200. your story could be different! most are. it should be. don't do what i do.

that being said, my overall advice is to always prioritize pacing and writing over an arbitrary page count quota. if the length feels good for the story, then do it. I hope this helps! mwa.

[mi4011uvinduratnakara]

Finale animation

everything that is animated/moves:

scene 2 shot 1- leaf floats, water blob drops down, the worm on the leaf

scene 2 shot 2- leaf bounces off the water drop, the huge water drop splashes scene 3 shot 1- Juny looks up and his whole body shifts a bit up, the shadows move accordingly scene 3 shot 2- juny looks up and turns to his left. The trees moves to the right. scene 3 shot 3- Juny's POV of other juny. Other juny kicks his legs. The hand holding the phone enters the frame. the phone screen shines. scene3 shot 4- transition , the hand moves, the thumb swipes the screen, the screen display scrolls up. scene 3 shot 5- transition, juny zooms in until his eyes open up a hole. lightning strikes around

scene 3 shot 6- transition complete, lightning strikes absorbing around juny pillar, the orb around the pen glows. the light shines on the face and hands. the pen rotates. scene 4 shot 1- transition, white cape smears across, full yellow background comes in, juny lifts his pan up, the shadows follow accordingly, the cape that looks like a scarf moves.

scene 4 shot 2- the branch moves lower, the cocoon shell explodes, the shell scatters for a micro distance, the hand pushes foward.

end credits.

[alice-hazelwood]

Triple the Trouble

Ok so I came up with this idea a while ago and figured I might as well post it. 

Talia is a good mother; Ras is a grandfather. (That’s the best were going to get from him.) 

 So, in this story Marinette Danny and Damian are triplets. Damian is the oldest he looks exactly like Bruce with Talia's coloring then Danny who looks exactly like Bruce and then Mari looks like Talia with Bruce's coloring. Damian likes to draw, Danny likes to read, Mari likes to design clothes; All three of them like animals and learn to play music together Damian the violin, Danny the piano, Mari the harp.

Danny got his powers because Talia got dunked into the Lazarus pit before she found out she was pregnant, and it had side effects. And Mari has magic as a side effect of the Lazarus pit because the Lazarus pit was created by tiki and plagg during a wish when the earrings and ring were united.

All three of them cause a lot of trouble on a normal basis. Depending on the trouble depends on how they get out of it. If they get attacked or anything Damians the best at combat, if they're trying to hide from someone Dannys is amazing at espionage, if they need a plan or a quick fix Mari’s your girl.

They regularly play pranks depending on the way the story goes it could be around the league and as long as they're not caught, they will not be punished. (They were caught once after that they made sure they were never caught again.) Ra’s thought of it as an amusing lesson in espionage and deception. 

Scene1= Ra’s lets Talia keep the triplets (she is of course ecstatic but weary) the triplets grew up in the league until they were seven when Talia found out that Ra’s was planning to take over one of the boy's bodies and then marrying Mari keeping the bloodline pure in the process. After she found out she made plans to make it seem as if the triplets were kidnapped (or just disappeared) instead she sent them to Jason Todd to care for them.

Scene2= When Jason finds them, he originally tries to take them to Bruce but they all deny wanting to go. He tries to take them anyway so instead they run away Jason eventually finds them again surrounded by league minions, so he kills them all and decides to take care of them himself since they didn’t want to go to Bruce.

Scene3= Jason calls the three of them devils one time and Mari bursts into tears (fake) and grabs on to Damian crying about how Jason had called her evil, Damian and Danny catching on to her prank Danny starts to sniffle but not full-on cry like Mari. Damian acts like an overprotective brother (even though he is one) and glares at Jason while patting his siblings back; Jason just freezes and just kind of panics because now he has two crying kids and one who looks like he going to stab him (again) in the end he ends up apologizing and giving them ice cream to eat. He never called them demons or devils ever again.

Scene4= When the triplets turn ten Ra’s is killed and Jason and Talia decide it's best that the triplets live with Bruce now with Jason acting as their bodyguard since Deathstroke is now after them since they are technically the heirs to the League. In the end, both Talia and Jason have to drag the triplets there because they don't want to go so badly.

Scene5= The triplets don't want to go to Bruce because they think Batman is going to eat them. Jason finds it funny Bruce is concerned and confused (and secretly sad) and Talia is just exasperated and wants to know who told them that story.

All three of them are terrified of Bruce because he's Batman and Batman is known to not like Meta’s (what Danny is classified as) or magic (which Mari has) and Damian is super overprotective and afraid he will take his siblings away.

[smol-bean-of-the-smols]

im. so creative with my file names

this bouta become 'redrawing that one scene3'

[nel-world]

hi

fight scene https://youtu.be/gpFGtm93PYk

fight scene2 https://youtu.be/G7kKAJkl45M

fight scene3 https://youtu.be/DlEQWwynJyM

fight scene4-sling

fight scene5-sword https://youtu.be/5b4LTDY4d1M

fight scene6- john wick https://youtu.be/WQgk8JUYQkY

fight scene7 https://youtu.be/tpkQSrktoBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvdNci45hkE fight scene8 knives kali stick walking sticks nancy stick switch kick arm wrestling cloth twist

glassbottle dustbin ji justu put him down she grabs hand with towel

and twists it

she pushes me to wall

u turn swing miss

bat

hammer

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[ethernitty]

currently my brains a merrygoround of much ado act2 scene3 where different versions are all on it going round and round and round

[wakabayasu]

LAUNDRY　-  若林 穂乃香

アクリル板,映像,液晶モニター,ステンレス鋼,mdf,モーター

(W)180×(H)120×(D)75

2022年

今作は【小型モニターをメディウムとして用いた立体作品】です。

室内用物干しを支持体とし、10インチ/11.6インチモニターから再生される映像をメディウムとして用いています。

この作品が表す事象は、以下の5つの事項をもって表現しました。

1.洗濯という行為についての考察

①宗教心から穢れを清める儀式と同等の行為として。

②衣服を汚れた状態から再び着用できるように水洗いする行為として。

また、上記は現代に至るまで、電気機器の普及、化学繊維の使用、��配合の洗剤によって時間と労力は合理化されている。

2.洗濯物についての観察

①形を保ち、満遍なく乾かせるような干し方になる。

②洗濯物ひとつひとつが集合し、コラージュとして１つの彫刻のように見える。

③衣服が性的対象物として、またプライベートな部分を孕んでいるアイテムであること。皆が洗濯物を干すこと生活の一部としているのに、プライバシーなものであること。それを屋外で干すことに抵抗感がある。

④プライベートな部分を孕んでいるのは、衣服にデザインされた形やアイコンが原因だと考える。古代の衣服はもっとフラットだったのかもしれない。

3.今作についての定義

①象徴として、”清潔”を表す。

②表現技法として、コラージュを用いる。

③問題定義として、”衣服が性的対象物として、またプライベートな部分を孕んでいるアイテムであること。それを屋外で干すことに抵抗感が生まれている現代”を干された状態で表す。

4.表現における制約

①衣服の形は”誰かの持ち物であることを連想させるもの”でなければならない。

②コラージュは、洗濯物が干されている形でなければならない。

③映像は「清める」ものを連想させるアニメーションでなければならない。

5.オブジェの解説

Tank-top[Left]

-Scene1 tips

-Scene2 ping pong

-Scene3 Screensaver

＞乳頭を連想させる形を軸に、プライバシー、対話、洗浄を抽象的に表す。

T shirt[Right]

-Scene1 private by pattern

-Scene2 purification with water

-Scene3 heart that keeps beating

＞ポップな柄のTシャツから浄化を表すアニメーションへのループが続く。

Hungs-1-2-3[Center]

-pants

-socks

-handkerchief

＞対象物から女性性を表す。

Towel[Substructure]

sunlight filtering through trees,neverending

＞木漏れ日を表す。

[agameofleaks]

Scene 3 [1] [2] [twitter] [completed scenes together]

LEAK: “The whole nonsensical 'Bronn being sent to kill Jaime and Tyrion' plot was a hangover from that original outline, but he was meant to go after Sansa (who Cersei believed had her poisoned), and in turn Brienne”

[cherrypuuke]

girls take over the park

[arthurian-animation]

A start at scene 3, which I later also abandoned since I didn’t really like the layout of this scene and therefore, lost my motivation to continue it...

[esmeralda-elite]

Act 1, Scene 3| Happy Girlfriend

2018

IT WAS FINALLY  LUNCHTIME AND ESMERALDA WAS WALKING OUT OF HER ART CLASS WITH A FELLOW CLASSMATE BY THE NAME OF CYNTHIA GOMÉZ. She was a curly haired girl that was very blunt and talkative, and both girl’s could talk the entire hour of their art class. The short latina was telling the girl about Marina’s party since the red haired girl had told her to invite others if she wished. Of course, Esmeralda had only stretched the invite to Cynthia.

“You should come! We’re getting our nails done together, then getting ready for the party together. You could join us!” Esmeralda says, excitedly.  “I don’t like parties. Too many people.” Cynthia says, shaking her head with distaste.

Esmeralda pouts, but nods at the girl. “That’s fine I just thought I’d ask.”

The two have spoken a lot about their personal anxieties. Parties being one of Cynthia, but she admitted that she likes being included even if she didn’t go. “Thank you. Uh, tell Marina I said good luck on finding a husband though.” Cynthia says, smirking. The short latina laughs, and nods. “Alright, I have to go and meet Guzmán.”

“Right… The boyfriend.” Cynthia says, knowing the boy was an asshole to everyone except the short latina beside her. Esmeralda laughs at the girl’s distaste, and waves as she turns down the hall in the direction of the boy’s class. “See you later, Cynthia.”

“See you!” The curly haired girl says, walking off to her next class.

Esmeralda smiles walking in the direction of her boyfriend’s class. On the way to the boy’s class she sees Mateo, Lucreia, and Guzmán standing outside the Headmistress’s office. She narrowed her eyes at the three, and stood behind her boyfriend to figure out what the three were looking at. “What are we looking at?”

The two boy’s jumped at the sound of the girl’s voice. Her brother and boyfriend look at the shorter girl who looked at them with narrowed eyes. “Nothing.” Guzmán said, stepping towards the girl, and wrapped an arm around the girl.

Esmeralda raises an eyebrow at her boyfriend and decides not to question the boy knowing it would probably anger her. It wouldn’t be the first time Guzmán has done something that would anger her since when those moments happened he was with Mateo and Lucreia. The girl rolls her eyes then motions down the hall. “Walk me to lunch? Marina’s redoing a math test, and Jenicka doesn’t want to be alone with us… Besides, I need to finish my history notes.”

“Uh… Yes. Let’s go.” Guzmán says, spinning the girl around and walking with her down the hall to the cafe. The boy wraps his arm around his shoulder, and smiles down at her. “Have I told you how beautiful you look today?”

“Kiss ass.” Esmeralda says, scoffing at the taller boy. He chuckles and leans down to kiss her cheek sloppily. The girl couldn’t help but giggle.

Inside the Cafe, the three scholarship students and Vincent Santiago were sitting at a table trying to catch up on the work they need. The Santiago boy was helping the three with getting caught up since he was at the top of his class and it wasn’t that hard to learn new things. Vincent was helping Nadia when his sister walked into the room. The girl smiles sweetly at the four and walks past them to an empty table.

“You know her?” Christian asks, looking at the girl as she walks past them with Guzmán. He turned back to the boy and wanted to know more. “She’s my sister.” Vincent says, looking at the boy with a raised eyebrow.

“And she's dating the asshole?” Christian says, getting amused smiles from his fellow scholarship students. Even Vincent couldn’t help but laugh at the comment. “Yeah, they’ve been dating for about a year now.”

The four turned to where the couple were sitting and saw Esmeralda sitting on one of the stools with Guzmán standing beside her whispering into her ear. They couldn’t hear what was being said but they could hear the girl’s giggles. Esmeralda pushes the boy away from her as he raises his hands in surrender. There was a smirk on Guzmán’s face, and he winked at her teasingly. A smile grew on the boy’s face as the girl mumbled some smart comment. They all could see a difference in the boy when he was around his friends and when he was with the girl.

Guzmán seemed to smile more when he was around Esmeralda. With her it was easy there were no high expectations. He felt safe with the girl, like she would protect him from anything. Then with his friends he felt the need to protect them, or be this tough guy who wasn’t affected by anything. Guzmán could be two different people and everyone could see it.

“I know it may be hard to believe, but they balance each other out… In their own twisted way.” Vincent says, watching as the boy kisses his sister’s head gently. Esmeralda must have said something to make her boyfriend laugh, since there was a smirk on her face as blush started to rise on Guzmán’s face and neck. The middle Santiago shakes his head then goes back to doing his work, and so do Samuel and Nadia. Christian on the other hand watches as two girls and three boy’s walk into the cafe and make their way to the table where the couple resided.

Esmeralda continued writing and did the rest of her history notes, Guzmán, Mateo, and Ander stood to the right of the girl talking, Polo sat on the left of Esmeralda talking to Carla and Lucreia who sat in front of him.

It was a little more than halfway through the lunch period when the silence was broken. “Who do you think calls the shots here?” Christian says, making the three at his table look up at him. They saw the table he was looking at and scoffed.

“Shouldn’t you be worrying about other things now? Like the fact you speak no French, for instance.” Samuel says, shaking his head at the boy. “Come on, it’s not… nothing, huh? A little butt. I got it all under control. You lend me your notes in English, and I translate them online to know what it’s all about.” Christian says, pointing to Nadia.

The girl narrowed her eyes at Christian. “I’m not going to give you my notes… And you shouldn’t be here. You’re taking a spot somebody else actually needs.”

“Wait, do you think I am here to study? No, no, no! I’m here to meet the people who rule the roost. They are not those with the best grades, but those who make the best friends. Watch.” Christian says, smirking. “Actually, it is the one that gets the best grades.” Vincent says, thinking of his sister. He knew that she was well on her way to making the top of her class. As was Marina - who he also wouldn’t be surprised at getting top of their class.  

The confident boy across from him shrugs and stood from his chair and made his way towards the table to hear the blonde - that kept looking at him - speak up. “Hey, Esmeralda. Do you know what time the party is?” Carla says, turning to the occupied brunette.

The girl looked up to answer the blonde, but was cut off by Christian. “What party? Hi, I’m Christian.” The boy says, resting his hand at the back of Esmeralda’s chair. Esmeralda tensed up at the presence behind her, then when she saw it was the harmless new boy she couldn’t help but smile. That kind smile was lost when the girl’s spoke up again.

“Yes. Hello! Do you speak Spanish?” Lucreia says, leaning toward the boy in a mocking way. Esmeralda rolls her eyes at the girl as Polo and Carla laugh. The short latina’s boyfriend and brother look up from their conversation with Ander to glare at the new student. “I was talking to my friends.” Guzmán says, looking Christian up and down.

“Oh, sorry.” Christian says, waving the boy off and turning to the girl’s. “Um, by the way, are you on Instagram? I can give you my username if you want.”

“Oh, yes! Yes, please!” Lucreia says, wanting to see if there was anything embarrancing about the boy. “It’s ‘pekechristian007’. The first one is a K.” Christian says, coming around the table to see the girl type the name into her phone.

“Pekechristian. Oh, no, no, no.” Lucreia says to herself, as she types the name into her phone. Esmeralda smiles at how happy Christian was that the girl’s that just might follow him. He seemed nice, and even fun to be around. A part of Esmeralda hoped they could be friends. She could definitely see the boy hanging out around the girl’s and herself.

The short latina frowns when she hears her brother grunt in displeasure. Guzmán also made his annoyance known. “I’ve fucking had it with these people. I don’t understand how they got into this school. I don’t.”

“Holy shit, this video! Look.” Lucreia says, laughing at a video of Christian dancing. She showed the others before looking back at the phone. The boy went to scroll but the girl snapped at him. “Do not touch me!”

“Lu, don’t be mean.” Carla says, rolling her eyes at the girl The boy walked away from Lucrecia to stand to the left of Esmeralda once more. “Ignore my friend.” The blonde girl adds, sending the boy a smile.

“So, what about this party?” Christian says, sending the girl a flirty smile. Esmeralda could feel Guzmán and Mateo standing on the other side of her, and her boyfriend was the one to  speak up. “My sister’s coming-out party is private, like our conversation.”

Of course, like always Polo has to be Guzmán’s echo in an argument. Esmeralda turned in her seat as Christian shrugged Polo’s arm off his shoulder. The boy’s girlfriend pulls on his ear to tell him to knock it off. It amused Esmeralda how wrapped around Carla’s finger Polo truly was. The blonde treated the boy like a pet.

Emseralda and Guzmán would never do that to one another. They would always back the other up in an argument, and later discuss why they thought the other was in the wrong. There was a mutual respect between the two. They both do their best to keep that balance.

“Who do I need to talk to about getting an invite?” Christian says, turning to wink at the blonde that defended him. “You’ve never partied with me.”

“A roof collapsed on you, right? Maybe the blow impaired your ability to take a hint. Shall I say it in French? So you get it? Au revoir.” Mateo says, to the boy as if he were a child. The new students clearly didn’t like the way he was being spoken too and decided to test Mateo’s patience. “And if I don’t feel like it?”

Esmeralda couldn’t help but be impressed by the balls on the boy. Everyone knew Mateo and knew never to test him. Guzmán had the same reputation. So, it was a surprise to see someone standing up to the two.

“Look… Because you’re slow, you don’t get how things work here.” Guzmán says, condescending. All the boys seem to take a step closer to the boy circling him in like vultures. “Guzmán.” Esmeralda says, warningly. She hoped the boy’s knew better than to start a fight out in the open. The boy’s also knew that Emseralda hated when they fought, so a part of them held back.

“No, leave him” Lucrecia says, waving the girl off. She seemed to enjoy the temperamental sides of the boys. Especially Guzmán. The short latina turns to glare at the taller girl. “Shut up, and go back to looking at yourself in the mirror.”

“But you friend there is starting to get it.” Guzmán says, motioning to the table that Christian walked away from. The boy’s girlfriend sends Ander a pleading look, and he nods grabbing a hold of Mateo’s arms. “Come, let’s go, Mateo.”

Ander pulls the boy away with the others following, as Emseralda quickly packs her things. Her boyfriend had not moved and continued to glare at the boy. The girl jumped off her stool, and grabbed Guzmán’s hand. She pulled the boy out of the cafe.

“Can we not pick a fight with someone for one day?” Esmeralda says, looping her arm with Guzmán’s as she looked up at the boy. She was annoyed with how her brother and Guzmán were acting towards the new students, but she just decided to ease the tension in her boyfriend’s body. “What’s the fun in that?” Guzmán says, smirking.

“Might not be fun for you, but it does make for a very happy Esmeralda when you don’t pick fights.” The girl says, jokingly before pouting. “And don’t you want your girlfriend to be happy?”

“Of course.” Guzmán says, stopping in the middle of the hallway. He gently grabbed her face in his hands and leaned down. “I can think of many other ways to make my girlfriend happy.”

Esmeralda smiles, as the male kisses her sweetly. “I think your ideas make you far happier than me.”

The dirty blonde smirks, and nods. “Yup… Especially the clothing optional ones.”

A laugh escapes the girl as the boy teasingly pulls at her skirt. Guzmán then throws his arm around the girl as they walk out the building to walk around for the rest of their lunch period.

Thankfully the end of the day came quickly.  There didn’t seem to be any more problems with the two males and the new students or there weren't any of the two classes Esmeralda was in, the other three classes weren’t spoken of to the girl. She’s decided it was probably best not to know.

Esmeralda was walking out the building with her Cello hanging off one shoulder. She was looking for keys in her purse when she ran into someone. The bag fell from her hands as a surprised gasp left her mouth. She looked up to see Christian about to apologize to whoever he ran into but smirks instead when he saw Esmeralda.

Like a gentleman he bends down to collect the things that fell from her purse. The girl soon follows as she gently puts her instrument on the ground to collect her things. She grabs her keys that fell out and took the purse from the boy when he helped her stand again. “Thank you.”

“No. I’m sorry. I wasn’t looking where I was going.” Christian says, shaking his head. The girl hums watching the boy pick up her instrument. He looks at the large thing and frowns. “You play the violin?”

A laugh escapes the girl, as she shakes her head. “It’s the Cello. And yes, I play… I play a few instruments actually.”

“Really? My father taught me how to play a few notes on the guitar, but that’s where the talent ends in my family.” Christian says, fixing his grip on the instrument to not break anything. “That’s one of the instruments I know. Ever think about taking lessons?” Esmearlda asked, taking the instrument from the boy who was holding it awkwardly.

“Like I could afford them.” Christian says, scoffing. He watches the girl as she throws the strap over her shoulder. It was strange seeing such a small girl carrying a large instrument. “Well that was before. You’re at La Encinas now. Lessons are free to students that ask.” Emsearalda says, smiling.

The boy shakes his head. “I don’t think your friends will be too happy about me joining more classes they are in.”

“My friends don’t play instruments. They all stopped taking their lessons two years ago. I was the only one to continue… I could take you to a class one time? The music teacher is very chill and would even excuse you from that period. He hopes to get more students or the music program will get cut next year… I’d love to have a friend in that class.” Esmeralda says, hopefully. She could see the boy hesitating, so she decides to drop it for now since he was at a maybe. “Think about it. My next strings class is in two days.”

“String?” Christian says, frowning. “I also play the flute and drums. Those students that want to play different instruments are on an A, B, C schedule… I can explain it all to you if you want to join. Anyways, I have to go pick up my little brother from school. See you tomorrow.” Esmeralda says, walking away from the boy.

“Oh!” Esmeralda says, stopping and turning around with a smirk on her face. “My instagram is @itsesme.”

The girl made her way to her car where her boyfriend stood waiting for the girl with Jenika and Marina. The girl’s were talking as the male leaned against the car looking at his phone. Jenicka was the first to catch sight of the girl. “Finally! What the hell were you doing? Making out with your other boyfriend?”

Marina lets out a laugh as Guzmán turns to glare at the afro-latina. Jenicka makes an ‘oops’ face and pats the boy on the back. “Sorry you had to hear it like this, brother.”

The boy scoffs and walks towards his girlfriend. When he meets her halfway he takes her instrument and kisses her. “There’s no other boyfriend, right?”

A laugh escapes the short latina’s lips. She gasps dramatically, pushing the boy away from her. “Like I’d tell you… I’m joking!” Esmeralda says, seeing the look on her boyfriend’s face.

“Only a little.” Esmeralda says, getting laughs from the girl’s. “These new boy’s aren’t that bad looking.”

The look on Guzmán’s face made Jenicka want to roll on the ground in laughter. Marina was also clutching her stomach at how gullible her brother could be. They all knew that Esmeralda had a lot more class than to cheat on someone. She would break up with him before she could ever think about cheating on Guzmán.

“I’m kidding.” Esmeralda says, walking towards her boyfriend who just grunts and walks to the back of the car to put the instrument away. “Baby!”

“Unlock, Esmeralda.” Guzmán says, making the girl gasp dramatically. She knew the boy wasn’t actually upset with her but she would still treat the boy like a baby. The girl unlocked the car and smiled at the girls to greet them. She made her way to the back of the car and wrapped her arms from the male from behind.

“Sabes que te quiero, ¿no?” Esmeralda says, kissing the middle of the boy’s back. {You know I love you, right?}

The boy’s tense body loosened up, as he turned around. “Yes… and your other boyfriend too, right?”

“Well, yeah.” Esmeralda says, jokingly. She gets an unamused look from the male as she laughs again. “I’m kidding!”

The boy tried to get away from the girl, but she pulled him down to her level to kiss him properly. Guzmán wouldn’t let the girl go farther, so she gently bit his bottom lip which earned a groan from the boy. “Ya deberías saberlo, Guzmán… Siempre consigo lo que quiero.” Esmeralda says, smirking up at the boy - who still had his eyes closed. {You should know by now, Guzmán… I always get what I want.}

Esmeralda gently bites his lip again, and pulls away slowly as his eyes open to watch the girl’s seductive actions. A groan left the boy as the girl pulled away from him completely. She giggles making her way to the drivers side. “Let’s go! Erik is waiting for us.”

The short latina starts the car as Guzmán closes the trunk and gets into the passenger seat grumpily. Marina was messing with her phone and Jenicka couldn’t seem to keep her mouth shut. “Awe, is little Guzmán mad that his hot girlfriend didn’t go all the way?” Jenicka says, in a baby voice.

“Cállate.” Guzmán says, glaring at the girl. He put his hand on his girlfriend’s thigh as she drove out of the school parking lot.  {Shut up.}

Esmeralda allowed Jenicka to take the aux cord as she found a parking spot in the elementary school. “Want me to go with you?” Guzmán asks, as the girl unbuckles her seat belt.

“No, it’s fine… But do you mind getting his carseat from the back?” Esmeralda says, motioning to the back. “Okay.” Guzmán says, getting out of the car with the girl. She walked to the building where a ton of kids were waiting for their parents or guardian.

“Esme!” Erik yells, running towards his sister with his new prize in hand. The girl smiles and bends down to pick the boy up in her arms. “How was your day?”

“Good! I got a prize for collecting five sticks in a row!” Erik says, excitedly. He showed his sister the animal eraser top. “Wow! What animal is it?” Esmeralda asks, excitedly.

“A dinosaur… They say Roar!” Erik says, growling like the prehistoric animals. The girl laughs, shakes her head as he puts the boy down. “You and your dinosaurs.”

Esmeralda turns and sees the boy’s teacher. “How was he today?”

“We worked on our names. He’s got the spelling down, but I want him to work on when and when not to use upper and lower case letters.” Ms.Julia says, smiling at the younger girl. Esmeralda hums, nodding at the woman. “Yeah. I noticed that too.  We’ll work on that at home.”

The woman nods, knowing the girl was good about making sure her brother was up to date with all the other students. She knew that the girl had absent parents and her brothers were no help with Erik. The seven year old always spoke about Esmeralda more than anyone else. “I know you will. See you two, tomorrow!”

“Well, say bye to Ms.Julia, Erik.” Esmeralda says, grabbing her brother’s hand. “Bye!” Erik says, pulling his sister in the direction of her car.

“Bye!” Esmeralda yells, back to the woman letting her brother pull her towards the parking lot. “Guzmán!” Erik yells, excitedly once he sees the boy standing outside the car.

“Erik!” Guzmán yells, smiling. The girl let’s Erik run once they are close enough. Guzmán picks the boy up and hugs him. “How was your day?”

“Good! I won a dinosaur!” Erik says, showing the older boy his prize.