#so the blame is most definitely on these weirdo ass moms bringing their kids. they gotta hold that L in my opinion.

[rozegolden]

Im on twitter and IG. I’ve seen hella videos. Maybe you and the people you speak for are just on another side of the net from what I and others are seeing. Thats the bulk of the outrage we see. We do not see family friendly drag. It’s disturbing and those shows need to ban kids. I’m for them making a law banning explicit activity from kids. I feel like most people would be okay with that. There was a video that went viral of a wedding where wives were on their knees pretending to give their husbands hand jobs as some sort of game. Kids were there. Everyone drug those people to hell for that in the comments. The average person is just against kids witnessing adult activities in general.

The law makers are obviously trash for making this a law that pretty much targets the drag Queens. But this wouldn’t have happened had those mothers not been weird as hell bringing their kids to those non family friendly shows. Those parents put those drag queens in a very compromising position. Tbh, i see more outrage at those parents than i do the drag queens. Obviously they have some fault for even doing all that in front of kids (deserved outrage cus wtf..) but it is bizarre that these parents are insisting on doing this. Some drag queens are even speaking out against those parents too. The laws need to be more focused on those parents imo. They are a bigger problem to me and many others. I don’t agree with the law now that you’ve explained it. I do however feel like those parents need to be addressed and bars and events should ban entrance to their functions if parents show up with kids. Thats my stance because I’m sick of these people at this point.

Republicans are garbage.

[slamsams-blog]

A View To A Kill - #24WeeksofBond

This week’s feature is 1985′s “A View To A Kill”.  This would be Roger Moore’s 7th and final Bond performance, and judging by Moore’s appearance in this film, it really was for the best.  Man, am I torn with this one.  I know as a self-proclaimed “Bond Expert” I should hate this movie...take a look at any Bond ranking blog out there and you’ll find the usual suspects rounding out the bottom 5, this film included.  While it definitely has its faults (no pun intended), there is just something so unique and charming about this Bond adventure.  Maybe it’s the horses, maybe it’s the unforgettable May Day character, maybe it’s the Christopher Walken effect, or maybe it’s the way Bond cooks up a killer Quiche...whatever it is, I just can’t help but enjoy myself when I watch this movie.

It all starts with a fun ski chase scene where Bond is out trying to find the body of a missing 003...he finds him and discovers a microchip in his locket.  He must have been on the hunt for Zorin before Bond took over.  Not sure, I may have missed it, but eventually the ski chase scene boils down and Bond picks up a board from his snow mobile that got shot down.  This leads to “California Girls” playing while Bond snow boards his way out of a pickle.  Watching this now - it’s utterly ridiculous and doesn’t quite fit the vibe of the rest of the scene, but when I watched this as a teenager, I absolutely LOVED it and it still brings me back to when I was a kid watching these Bond films for the first time.

We are then treated to a bad ass tune by Duran Duran.  This song is one of my favorites.  When I think of this movie, 2 things pop into my head right away: that California girls scene, and the Duran Duran song.  So far this movie is hitting on all cylinders. 

But before we go on with the plot...let’s talk about the elephant in the room, shall we?  Bond is so uncomfortably old in this movie.  It’s a shame really, this movie has a wonderful plot with amazing characters, incredible action, and a killer score, but the only thing a lot of people take away from it is how old Moore is.  I don’t blame them, Moore is definitely a week past the sell by date here and he is still managing to get intimate with a few women.  Eh, I really hate to say it, but it was a different time I guess.  If Roger Moore had been a little younger or if Dalton had taken over this one...I think this movie would be towards the top of Bond lists everywhere.

Onto the plot...

It turns out this microchip is a copy of a Zorin Microchip that are designed to withstand a nuclear blast.  So Bond is set to find Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) and see if there is anything suspicious.  Well turns out his horses are really good...that’s enough to get a green light from her majesties secret service.  Bond goes to meet some weirdo at the Eifel Tower to talk all things Zorin, but the weirdo gets killed by a poison butterfly toy.  That’s funny to write.  Anyways, now Bond is really on a mission...

The movie continues with Bond going under cover as a super rich and bossy horse buyer with another man from MI6 who is a horse expert.  This part of the movie is just light hearted and fun.  We see Bond bossing “Tibbit” around and schmoozing other party folk, and getting to know all the evil bad guys along the way.  This is where we find out that Zorin inserts these microchips into the horse for an added boost during races.

Not only do we get to admire some beautiful horses, but we also get our first glimpse at Stacy Sutton (Tanya Roberts) who will go on later to be Bond’s helping force in taking Zorin down.  She is seemingly getting a big pay off, for what?  We don’t know yet.  But instead of Bond getting information from her, how Bond usually does, in a steamy hotel on a moonlit night.  Bond finds himself in bed with May Day, and the audience finds themselves uncomfortable with seeing old Moore naked in bed with naked Grace Jones.

Yeah....soooo anyways....

Like with most Bond movies, the plot always starts out rather simple but ends up being something bigger.  Yes, Zorin is cheating to win these horse races, by steroids and microchip injection...but then we also find out that Zorin is an ex-KGB who is now doing his own thing.  And apparently that thing is to destroy Silicon Valley, taking control of the microchip industry.  We never really find out why he needs this, other than having a monopoly.  But, why do you want a monopoly on the microchip business?  Seems rather lame in my opinion, but it’s Zorin, and he’s got his reasons.

We really don’t deserve a Christopher Walken here, but we get him and its wonderful.  Here is something I’ve never picked up before...apparently the old evil guy Hans Glaub was a nazi scientist who experimented with steroids in pregnant women in the concentration camps.  The women who gave birth, gave birth to kids with extremely high IQ’s but were psycho paths, leading Bond to suspect Zorin was a product of that.  NEVER KNEW THAT BACKSTORY UNTIL TONIGHT!  CRAZY! 

Well that definitely explains Walken’s performance.  Christopher Walken does a fantastic job of playing an extremely charming, highly popular public figure, but also a completely sadistic, ruthless killer who finds killing people “neat”.

On top of having Christopher Walken and Grace Jones as the evil tandem, we get to witness some wonderfully absurd action.  We have a Horse riding obstacle course that Bond must complete with 10 guys trying to knock him off; we have a Fire truck chase scene with Bond hanging on the ladder as it’s swinging through on coming traffic; and of course, the final boss battle on top of the Golden Gate Bridge.  Some pretty awesome stuff here...but man is Roger Moore old.

Not only is this Roger Moore’s last Bond movie, it’s also the swan song for the best Moneypenny ever...Lois Maxwell - who had served as the Bond flirting secretary to M since the very first Bond movie.  Lois had a wonderful career in the Bond series, but she too was getting old.  It only seemed fitting that she and Moore go out at the same time to bring in some young blood.

Despite Moore’s age, and yes I know I’m beating a dead horse (that was an intended pun), but this movie does all it can to make up for it.  There are so many memorable scenes in this film where I simply cannot in good conscious give this movie a bad review.  I would definitely put this movie in a solid place in the middle of the pack, but not bottom 5, I mean come on, Christopher Walken alone moves the movie up 6 spots.  

This really was fun to watch tonight.  What did you all think?  Let me know!

Reviews from Friends:

Dan Perch

Bond as St. John Smythe has to be my favorite fake name😂 Walken and Grace Jones were such a cool team to watch!

My Mom

Omg Sam this was the best bond movie and a fantastic write up on your blog. I laughed so hard at your commentary. You have the makings of a professional critic. You just have to fix that “anyways” habit. I can now see how you boys got addicted to Bond. I would put this brisk and boisterous film way up near the top. My gosh you should at the very least give it another half star. I loved it.

Andrew Albertsen

This was always one of my favorites

Jake Benrud

I had some of the same thoughts about this movie! "California Girls"? Really? I also don't think that Bond's knees could take those jumps at his age. It does make it kind of a fun scene though. I have had the "A View to a Kill" song stuck in my head all week. It's one of my favorite Bond songs as well. I also enjoyed the twang of the electric guitar with the 80's version of James Bond Theme song in the action sequences. Grace Jones as May Day was great. It was kind of funny to see the death by the poison butterfly on a fishing pole. I must have missed the connection on how the Nazi scientist who did experiments with steroids in pregnant women ended up being a father-figure to Zorin. Also, how did he become a KGB agent if he was the product of a Nazi experiment? I guess he could have jumped ship to the next "evil empire." Walken played the part well. I liked his laugh just before plummeting to his death.

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Goldeneye

[phantomphangphucker]

The Substitute Ghost - DannyMay - Day 12 History

Summary: Phantoms the teacher and you will learn, or so help me.

(spiritual successor to my fic The Lessons A Mother Gives)

“So you all want Phantom... a ghost. To give this lesson?”

Pretty well half the class nods or claps excitedly while Valerie looks like she might just crush her pencil. Danny is having a hard time not laughing but at the same time, what if they actually ask him? Like sure he’s better at duplication now but uh, it’s hella risky to have Phantom and Fenton in the same room. Though yeah, he’d honestly prefer a ghost, or half-ghost in his case, teach ghost history than his parents. Heck! They really didn’t know anything about ghost history if he was honest. Meanwhile, Danny had lived a bit of it, and ClockWork was a damn good mentor. So he knew pretty well every major and quite a few minor things, be kind of sad if the ghost king didn’t know ghost history. Danny can’t help but chuckle to himself, at least ghost history was way more eventful and interesting. Even if most aren’t for humans, or even other ghosts, to know.

Danny gets startled out of his head by Mr. Lancer, “What do you think Daniel? How much do your parents know about ghost history?”. Again Danny can’t help but chuckle before responding, “they’re scientists and hunters, not historians. It’s unlikely they know much of anything. If they do know a bunch, they never talk about it”, obviously the class likes this as most of them are grinning, even Valerie seems to nod at that. 

And honestly, even if his parents were super knowledgeable on this, he’d really rather they not be the ones to teach others. Because unlike his parents, he wasn’t biased against ghosts. It would be like having a mouse teach the history of cats; an actively cat hating mouse. Danny has had to sit through his mom being a guest teacher before and that was on something she was actually well knowledgable on. He still can’t believe how much she managed to restrain her anti-ghost crap, though if he remembers correctly, she still rubbed that class the wrong way. Heck didn’t Mr. Lancer even voice displeasure with her directly to Danny himself? Yeah, Danny’s pretty sure he did. 

So he’s not too surprised by Mr. Lancer's response, even if it means he’s going to have to figure out how to do this, “then I’m inclined to agree with the near entirety of the class. Phantom is a friendly Ghost and many of you have already met him in person”. Danny almost feels bad for Valerie as she slams her head on the desk loudly, earning glares from a good portion of the class. Pretty well everyone knows she doesn’t like ghosts nowadays, which has actually made her way more of a social outcast than even the weirdo trio. Pretty much everyone else at school is majorly pro-Phantom, though Danny thinks he might just be starting to get on little Red’s good side.

Paulina shoots up her hand, “I’ve got an idea! Why don’t we just find some ghost and get it to chase me? Phantom will always save me because why wouldn’t he?”. Even Danny glares at Paulina, because first off she shouldn’t be willing putting herself in danger and secondly, she does that to an annoying degree just to get his attention.

“No, we will not be doing that. I’m the teacher and the adult, I’ll get him”, Danny’s pretty sure he’s not the only one that catches Mr. Lancer mutter, “somehow”. Seeing as it looks like Paulina’s decided she has another idea, “well what about Fenton? Pretty sure hunters have ghost tracking stuff and Phantom shows up around him all the time?”. Danny has to force himself to not glare holes straight through her head, since that would be a bit suspicious, seeing as pretty well the whole class is looking at him questioningly now; with some even nodding thoughtfully. Seriously wishing Paulina had kept her mouth shut as he responds, “trackers aren’t that useful on Phantom unless he lets you track him. My parents get frustrated to no end over his ability to randomly become undetectable”.

He’s not about to give them actual ideas since he’s not sure if teaching a class, especially one that he’s in, is such a good idea. Though apparently, the class is choosing to ignore Mr. Lancer statement to let him get Phantom as Mikey speaks up, “we could just ask him? Just wave him down after one of his fights? It’s not like he’s never around”. Danny definitely glares at Mikey, because no, don’t stick around a fight; that shit’s dangerous. But how often does Danny actually hang around town as Phantom outside of fighting? Outside of patrolling and flying, pretty well never. Guess that does make him a bit of an elusive bastard.

Thankfully Mr. Lancer agrees that idea isn’t the best, “that’s far too dangerous, even Phantom gets hurt in those. And we all know ghosts are much more durable, so no one is to be near a fight just to talk to him”. A few people snicker, including Danny, at how Mr. Lancer glares specifically at Paulina; who, predictably, rolls her eyes.

Danny jolts a bit as Tucker kicks his chair and leans over, whispering, “dude, you should probably just bite the bullet on this one. Before someone actually does one of these dumb ideas. And pretty sure you’re not actually trying to talk them out of this, can’t say I really blame you on that though”. Danny sighs and shrugs at Tucker, he knows he’s probably right. It’s too bad he hasn’t figured out how to duplicate invisibly yet, otherwise, he could just do that and have a Phantom duplicate pretend to be thrown through the class wall. Let it stick around long enough to get asked before zipping off like he has a fight to finish.

And leaving class is out of the question, asking to go to the bathroom and then having Phantom show is just way too suspicious. Maybe he should start a blog or something, as Phantom, so people can actually contact him? Sure he’ll end up with lots of fan crap, even if that is enjoyable; it’s nice to be liked and needed you know. But it would help for situations like this, which are bound to happen again.

Blinking as he gets an idea, sure it’ll bite him in the ass a little but that’s better than someone getting themselves hurt chasing after Phantom, and he thinks it’s believable enough. Heck might even be able to use it as a way to explain Paulina calling him out earlier, “well, you all seem pretty set on this. This all stays a secret from my parents though”. Pretty well the whole class is nodding and Mr. Lancer is giving him a quizzical look while Valerie speaks up, “yeah even I don’t want them barging in or going off about ghosts”. Valerie stares Danny a bit before continuing, “what idea you got Danny. Clearly, you have one”. Danny smirks, knowing full well she’s going to be a bit pissy at him and the rest of the class is going to pester him. Flipping out his phone as he shrugs, “I’ll just call him”.

Everyone predictably gapes at him, while he pretend dials and Tucker tries damn hard to keep his laughter from being audible.

“You have his number!”

“He has a phone?”

“Why would he want a Fenton’s number?!”

Danny can’t help but snicker at the questions as he has a pretend conversation with himself. Coming up with random code words on the spot to make this seem more routine.

“No, no eggs”

“You could say weirder sure. Apparently, you’ve got a teaching job now. Well, for one day anyway”

Danny intentionally laughs, though it’s actually genuine since this is rather absurd.

“No forwarding involved. Just a teach wanting ghost history”

“As if, still a blt”

Danny mouths “when” at Mr. Lancer, who promptly starts checking the schedule and calendar.

Danny rolls his eyes and chuckles a bit, pretending he can hear Phantom eating or something on the other end, before Mr. Lancer responds a little bit frazzled, “tomorrow actually works out best”.

Danny gives a little nod before continuing the fake call,

“Oh yeah they can and do. Whole class”

“Of course”

“Dude, not even a little kid is enough of an idiot to give out your number”, Danny glares at the class hoping they get the message and don’t pester him for Phantoms’, aka his, number.

“Class six-b, a bit after ten”

“Yeah, welcome to schools, everything’s stupid early”

Snickering a bit, mentally pretending Phantom made some comment about drowning himself in the noddles he was eating, “well you get right on that then, later”.

It only takes a couple seconds after putting his phone away for some to ask, “why do you, of all people, have Phantoms’ number?”. While someone else mutters, “guess it would make sense he’d have a phone though”.

Danny rolls his eyes and crosses his arms, “non-ghost hating Fenton here. Living with people who constantly make new anti-ghost stuff and whom frequently converse with those GIW morons”. Danny can’t help but chuckle as it’s clear he needs to make this more obvious, “dudes gotta have a way to know what all the anti-ghost stuff is and does. You’re looking at it”.

Danny can tell Valerie’s not impressed as she gapes at him, “so you’re helping him and basically spying on your own family. For a ghost”. Danny rolls his eyes but can’t help but snicker, in a way he is actually spying, “he's the good guy Val. The GIW are idiots and my parents are beyond biased. They wanted me involved in the family business, they got it. Just not the way they’d planned”.

Mr. Lancer shakes his head a bit even if it’s clear he’s smiling, “well I think it goes without saying, that this conversation stays in the classroom. I’ll request that no one brings recording devices tomorrow or tries taking photos. You’re here to learn, it’s not a meet n’ greet”. While Danny’s thankful and hopes they’ll actually listen, the rest of the class groans.

Danny doesn’t even get a chance to walk out the class door before Valerie springs on him, “seriously Danny? I’d have thought you of all people would know ghost everything is dangerous. And helping a ghost? Really?”. Danny makes a point of holding himself proudly, “just walking into Fenton Works is dangerous. There’s no getting away from ghosts for a Fenton. Again, Phantom’s good. Most folks help him, I’m just a bit more helpful”.

Danny’s not sure if it’s his stance or words but Valerie just sighs and shakes her head before walking away. Though she does look over her shoulder and the pair share a slightly hurt wistful look.

Tucker slaps him on the back as they sit to eat, “dude, eggs? Forwarding? Blt? Congrats on being confusing”, Danny can’t help but snicker. Finger-gunning as he responds, “emergency ghosts or gear. Aka ghost fight or new Fenton tech. When people forward emails there’s that little “FW” symbol, like Fenton Works. And blind living town, as in no one knows about some secret or another”. Tucker looks genuinely impressed, “those, those are actually useful. Damn”. While Sam just looks utterly confused, “ok what happened now?”. Tucker slaps Danny on the back again, “Phantom’s a teacher now and-”. Tucker gets cut off by Kwan, “Fenton, dude! Phantom’s spy? That’s got to be cool! Bet you have, like, codes and shit?!”. Danny rolls his eyes while Sam tries to not look shocked, “you know the point of “spy” is to be a secret?”.

Kwan actually has the decency to look guilty and just scurries off, while Sam mouths “what?” at Danny. Leaning towards her, “Lancer wanted someone to teach ghost history and everyone was determined it’d be Phantom. The running story is, Fenton has Phantoms’ number and is keeping tabs on the Fenton’s and their gear for him”. Sam nods readily accepting this while Tucker smirks a bit. Because really, the two of them are Phantoms real little spies.

Danny, as Phantom, phases through Mr. Lancers’ ceiling, “so ghost history?”. Danny can’t help but laugh as Mr. Lancer jumps; Danny’s got to get his mischievous side out somehow. Besides this kind of crap is what ghosts do. Mr. Lancer clearly agrees as he doesn’t even give Danny shit, “yes, I imagine you know it better than any human? Though I hope it’s not too much trouble”. Danny waves him off as he comes to stand in his teachers living room, which is a bit surreal, “you’re not wrong. Heck! I’ve been at the forefront of some of it. And yeah pretty well everything any human knows is either only half the story or wildly biased”. Mr. Lancer nods with a frown, “I suspected as much”, he sips his tea before continuing, “since this is for only one class, because I don’t doubt we’ll draw negative attention if we do this for multiple days. Stick to the bigger things. Leaders, any major battles or wars, important ghosts and why they are or were important, major traditions and how they came to be, and so on”. Danny knows full well he’s going to have to omit some things, like who the current ghost king is. Though really, it’s almost sad that it isn’t obvious. He’s literally flying around with a crown and cape, that shit is pretty damn noticeable. But until someone asks or flat out calls him out, he’s not saying shit. Nodding at Mr. Lancer, “and obviously people are going to asks me stuff. But somethings with ghosts, in general, are need to know only, so there's some info I’m just not going to give”.

“I’d expect as much. Humans and ghosts don’t exactly get along. Yet anyway”

“Yeah, though I’d like for that to change. Someday maybe. Stuff like this might be a good step”, Danny’s almost sad that didn’t hit him before. People fear what they don’t know and ghosts are a pretty big unknown. Humans might be able to relate more knowing ghosts actually have their own history. He’s sure some folks just think ghosts don’t do anything other than toy with humans.

Mr. Lancer nods with a bit of a smile, “my thoughts exactly. Though I doubt you’re exactly experienced with teaching or are a historian”. Danny laughs and shakes his head, “course not! But I know a thing or two. There’s a lot of aspects to what I do. Not just here but in the Zone as well”. Mr. Lancer only gets to nod as Danny’s ghost sense goes off, “well duty calls, toddles”. Danny hardly heard Mr. Lancers “have a safe night” as he waves and flies through the wall.

Danny Phantom high-fives Danny Fenton, it was a pretty easy choice to make the clone play the role of Phantom. Since Phantom just up and disappearing suddenly isn’t exactly all that weird.

Fenton patting himself down as he leaves the bathroom, while Phantom flies and sits invisibly in the classroom.

Sitting down, Fenton’s sure he’s the only one who knows Phantom’s here. Well, until Valerie comes in, glares at her sensor before glaring at the front left corner of the room.

Mr. Lancer raises his eyebrow questioningly at Danny Fenton, so Phantom takes that as his cue to pop into visibility. Scaring the crap out of half the class and Mr. Lancer, even Valerie snickers at that; while Fenton, Phantom and Tucker smirk. Danny seriously hopes that the attention stays squarely on Phantom him as Phantom starts talking, “so obviously I’m not actually a teacher. And I’m a fly by the cuff kind of guy so don’t expect this to be structured”. Phantom, shrugging at Mr. Lancers raised eyebrow, “what? I’m not a planner”, before turning to the class and deciding to just start this before he gets bombarded with questions, “I’d figured I’d start with Pariah Dark, since you’ve all actually met him in a sense. That and he’s old”. Most of the class looks confused already, so clearly, Danny’s doing a great job here. Phantom, chuckling, “Pariah’s the guy who transported Amity into the Zone for a while. He’s one of the oldest ghosts around and once held the title of ghost king. Though he was a tyrant, ruled through power, fear and destruction of other ghosts lairs. Originally defeated by a group of, now unknown, ancient ghosts”. Danny really hopes Paulina has an actual question not a confession of love, as Phantom calls on her, “but didn’t you defeat Mr. Floaty face alone?”.

“I had a strength-enhancing suit but otherwise yes. Hopefully this time he’ll stay sealed away”, Phantom elects to move one before they ask if there’s a new king, “we do have other rulers though, some areas of the zone are kingdoms or nations. Those places all have a ruler or leader of some kind. Most have ruled their entire existence, like Pandora and Frostbite. Queen of Mythos and Leader of the FarFrozen. So there’s really no stories there. Ghosts don’t have elections or change leaders the way humans do”.

Phantom smirks as he crosses his legs, floating in the air, it’s really no surprise to him that his classmates are actually paying attention. “Queen Dora is an exception. She actually overthrew her brother, after he tried to forcefully wed a human and that human-made her see that she didn’t have to tolerate her brother’s abuse anymore. Aragon, her brother, was and still is a basket case. He trapped his whole kingdom in the dark ages and pretty much hated technology and happiness. Dora undid that though, so the kingdom of dragons is much happier now”.

Fenton can’t help but laugh a bit, only managing to school Phantoms’ expression as he overhears someone mutter, “wow, what a dick”. Phantom, tapping his chin, decides he doesn’t really care if the Observants don’t like it. He’s gonna talk about them, possibly just to bug them, “we also have another more universal governing body, kind of like checks and balances. The Observants, they watch pretty well everything every ghost does or is going to do. Acting as judge and jury, but never actually interfering. They just make others do their dirty work”.

Mr. Lancer shakes his head, “so like our government then”. Phantom nods as he points at Kwan’s raised hand, “well why didn’t they do something about that ghost king guy? Or get someone else to do something?”.

“Because they knew I would, that and Pariah wasn’t a zone or earth destroying issue. The Observants only meddle in the most extreme things. Pariah instilled fear not destruction, on ghosts. So he likely wasn’t much of a concern to them”, honestly Danny feels they really should have done something. That guy was pretty well fucking with everything, but Danny did defeat him so he can’t complain too much. Plus, if he were to ask ClockWork, he’d probably say Danny needed to become the ghost king and that had been the only way; or the least unpleasant way.

“Do you work for these guys?”, Danny can feel the mistrust and accusation in Valerie’s voice. “No, I’ve never done any work for them and I don’t work under them. Only one ghost actually works for them, but they can and will ask pretty well any ghost to do a job. I wouldn’t be too surprised if they eventually ask something of me”.

Phantom floats to the floor laughing a bit as ClockWork pops up, waving his hand at the time ghost, “yeah yeah I get it. I’ll shut the hell up. And you know I wouldn’t tell them about you, or Dan”. ClockWork still bops him on the head with his staff for good measure, “Oh I know, and yes the Observants are thoroughly bothered”. Both of them smirk as ClockWork takes his leave, Danny’s going to just assume he was about to say something stupid to the class. No clue what but that’s expected really. That or someone was about to ask something stupid, and Phantom suddenly changing positions instantly would catch them off guard enough to not ask.

Phantom turns his head back to the class, who all look a bit confused. Phantom just smirks more, “there was a visitor, nothing to worry about though. Friendly fellow”

“Can ghosts sense each other!?”, Danny’s honestly surprised it took this long for someone to ask more general ghost shit. Though Mr. Lancer glares at Mikey a bit, sighs and turns to Phantom, “you don’t have to answer that. This isn’t a q and a”. While Mr. Lancer’s right, Danny can’t really blame them. Heck, he’d probably get bombarded with questions if he actually stuck around after fights. Well, that and get shot at. Though he knows that if he really indulges the question he’ll be inviting more of them, “you’re teacher’s right, but that ability is unique to me. Anyway, that’s pretty well it for ruling ghosts. Most ghosts are loners rather than living in an established group. But we do have an overarching society. Mostly just norms everyone follows, like not destroying others lairs or making your name known to a worthy opponent. And there’s really only one real holiday, rather than the many humans observe”.

Danny can tell Valerie is suspicious of something, not sure what but still. So he calls on Dash’s raised hand before she can say something, “that must be one big holiday and party then”. And Danny catches one of the geeks' mutter, “bet is Halloween or something like it”.

Chucking Phantom addresses the Geek, who clearly didn’t expect his comment to be heard. more so than Dash, “while I have a soft spot for Halloween, it’s actually Christmas. Known as the Christmas Truce, like with humans Christmas used to be called Yule and was started by some of the first ghosts. As a way to instil unity and decrease the, at the time, near constant fighting. No fighting is allowed and ghosts all get together with friend and foe alike, for food, drink and merriment. Skulker’s renowned for his unusually good lemon Creme pie”. Danny catches a few people muttering, surprised, about how ghosts actually eat food. Danny apparently didn’t do a good enough job at distracting Valerie as she points accusingly at Phantom, while Fenton groans and mouths “here we go” at Tucker. Both Fenton and Tucker turn and mildly glad at Valerie, as she talks or more so snaps, “ignoring the idea of ghosts being “merry” and cooking in their spare time. With ghost rulers, I’m pretty sure you glanced over yourself, unless that crown is just for kicks”. Danny can tell she’s feeling smug as a couple people look at him and nod. Though Mr. Lancer looks like he wants to interject again, as Mr. Lancer remembers that Phantom warmed somethings would be off limits, so Phantom shakes his head at him.

Danny’s not about to give Valerie the satisfaction, and there’s really no good reason to not respond. People are going to keep asking, eventually, “I was wondering how long it would take for someone to call me on that. I intentionally left myself out purely to see how long it would take. I enjoy a bit of harmless mischief you know”. Smirking at Valerie’s annoyed grimace before actually answering her question, “and really the answer is why I even know all this stuff. Ghosts generally don’t know much of our history, we don’t get taught it after all. Most only know what they’ve actually been around for. Though any ghost who wants to know the publicly available bits of ghost history could do so easily, most simply see no need to”. Now Valerie’s just plain annoyed with Phantom and Tucker is trying hard not to laugh while giving Fenton discrete thumbs up. Both Danny’s smirk at Tuckers’ clear approval of dragging this out just to bug Valerie.

Phantom, shrugging exaggeratedly at the class, “I’ve been taught it because, after all, it would be pretty sad if the Ghost King didn’t know his subjects and worlds history”. Mr. Lancer’s the first to audibly react, choking on his tea a bit and staring at Phantom incredulously. Danny’s classmates are quicker to accept this as true and Valerie looks flat out pissed off. Half the class nearly shouting at him, “what!”. While Tucker and Fenton both put their heads on their respective desks in an attempt to muffle their laughter. Danny’s trying to get all his laughter out through Fenton, since he doesn’t want Phantom to look mocking. Though he can’t keep Phantom from snickering and laughing a bit as well, “that was my original reaction!”. Composing himself a bit and giving a lazy smile, that he hopes is reassuring or comforting, “but yes, I pretty much usurped Pariah from power and thus took his place as Ghost King. Even if I didn’t even know that was possible at the time”. Phantom gives Valerie the best subtle, I’m-not-a-power-hungry-asshole look he can; without making the rest of the class suspicious.

Mr. Lancer is clearly a bit frazzled, as he adjusts his tie, “that is a bit startling Mr. Phantom. But I guess you really were the best choice for this then”. Meanwhile, Star whispers at Fenton, “oh my god, you knew”. Fenton only nods while wheezing and Phantom forces himself to not comment on that.

Instead addressing the whole class, “indeed, really if you need any ghostly info I’ve probably got it. Doesn’t mean I’ll actually tell you though. And if I’m refusing to give you certain information then it’s not something you should, or want to, know”.

“You're a ghost. No reason to trust you on that”, most of the class, including Fenton, rolls their eyes at Valerie. While Danny decides to have Phantom pretty much do his job and mediate between the species, “true, I am a ghost, but that matters not. You’re coming from a place of opinion not reason. But that’s expected. Listening to what I have to say, whether you agree with it or not, is well enough. Somethings I know should not be known by others, not because it could harm ghosts, but because it could damage the timestream, reality itself, or drastically increase the chances of mass destruction”. Danny’s not sure what to make of Valerie’s facial expression, like a mixture of shock, confusion and complete annoyance.

Knowing full well he’d rather not have another incident like when the GIW tried to destroy the zone, “Further, anything that seriously damages the Ghost Zone will have the same effect on earth. Our worlds exist in duality, due to that only certain ghosts known everything. Ghosts that get along with humanity or at least don’t wish to harm humanity. In a sense part of my job is this, keeping the peace and making sure nothing serious happens to either world”.

Giving Valerie a soft smile, “I may be the Ghost King but I am also earths protector. From uniformed human actions, to truly evil ghosts, and outside forces”.

This seems to pull the rest of the class into normalcy a bit though,

“Who’s the most powerful ghost?”

“Do you have servants?”

“Castle?”

“Can you make people knights?”

“Do you rule over Amity too?”

Mr. Lancer actually stands up at this and puts his hands up, “enough, enough. None of that has to do with history”. Phantom shrugs a bit, “well technically anything to do with me is history, or will be. My very existence was even prophesied and I’m worshiped as a god by some, I’m pretty well the only ghost worshiped by other ghosts. But I’m not here to talk about myself. So any history questions that aren’t specifically about me”. Danny does overhear a couple people muttering, “he’s a god?”, and, “just how many titles does this guy hold?”. But he doesn’t want to feed that train of thought, otherwise, this is going to take way too long. Specially if he was fully honest, which he can’t be.

“Has there been any other ghosts like the Pariah Guy? That had to be removed or sealed or whatever?”

“Are there things besides ghosts that are important? Like how the Statue of Liberty is?”

Danny’s not really surprised it’s the geeks with the questions, as Phantom responds, “yes there have been, three of which I’ve dealt with myself. Vortex, the one responsible for the really strange weather for that short while, UnderGrowth, the one responsible for all that vine and plant stuff everywhere, and the last one isn’t to be talked about”. Phantom frowns to emphasise his point before continuing, “other than that, Betrex is the only other. Betrex enslaved a large portion of humanity back in the human dark ages. Both Betrex and Vortex were dealt with originally by the Observants. And there are lots of different artifacts that are important, but most are supposed to be kept a secret so that no one uses them. But there are some I can talk about, for one Pandora’s Box is very much real. It’s used to siphon out evil energy from the zone”. Mr. Lancer looks thoroughly pleased with this which makes Phantom smirk.

“That’s the only one you’ve likely heard of though. But you have seen another one, the red crystal ball staff that circus gothica guy had. Staff Of Minds, it’s called, it can mind control ghosts. Make slaves really, it’s destroyed now”. Phantom shakes his head and chuckles, “really Freakshow has a bad habit of getting his hands on powerful ghost artifacts. He also had the Reality Gauntlet, which is what Thanos’s Infinity Gauntlet is based off of”.

The geeks in the back row look like they’re having a field day so Danny decides to be a bit of an ass, “which has also been destroyed”. Yup, the freaking out geeks look decently crushed, “but it was one of the more important artifacts. Since it created the Ghost Zone, the Reality Gauntlet can completely control all of reality. So it’s vastly more powerful than its comic book counterpart”.

Valerie is pretty much the only student that doesn’t look impressed, instead she just looks horrified, so Danny decides to make a bit of a point, Phantom looking at her while running a hand through his hair, “technically I didn’t have to destroy it but I decided it wasn’t worth the risk of someone stealing it from me. It was enough of a pain getting it away from FreakShow as it was”.

Tucker decides that’s the time to speak up, pointing at Phantom, “it did look good on you though”. Both Fenton and Phantom nod, completely agreeing. Honestly, sometimes he wishes he kept it. Sure he’d never use it for anything more than fun and to fix major fuck ups. But it really was better destroyed.

“Everything looks good on you”, Paulina barely bothers to whisper and Danny has to stop both of himselves from groaning. Valerie, however, flat out groans; though she’s eyeing Phantom a bit confused.

“The only other major items I can really talk about is the Ring of Rage and the Crown of Fire. Both of which Pariah used to strengthen himself. You need both to use either. Basically, the wearer has accesses to infinite power, but it’ll destroy the wearer if they’re not strong enough to handle the base power of the items”, Valerie looks drastically more horrified and Danny can’t blame her, she was literally wearing the ring. Phantom points at Dash, “dude, then how the heck did you even defeat him? How do you defeat infinite power?”.

Phantom smirks, “he could only access the amount his own power and body could handle. Just because you have access to infinite power, doesn’t mean you can actually use all of it. The suit I had, amplified my strength a hundredfold, which was only barely enough”.

“So this suit is stronger than the crown and ring?”

Phantom screws his face up a bit, “no, not even kind of. That suit nearly destroyed me, and it would have killed any human who used it. I destroyed that as well. The suit was a hundredfold but the crown and ring is easily, for me, over five thousand fold”. This time Danny catches Valerie actually look for the ring on him, which he is of course wearing.

Glaring at him, “you’re wearing them”. Even Mr. Lancer looks at him worried due to Valerie’s remark. Phantom smirks, “of course, they’re also known as the kings crown and rulers ring for a reason. Technically, they’re a requirement. A painful one, but still”. And this is why Danny’s glad he’s got an absurd pain tolerance. Though it clearly startles his family sometimes.

Mr. Lancer clearly wants to change the subject at this point and it’s also clear he’s cringing a bit, “well, we’re running short on time so any other important events or people?”.

“Basically all the important ghosts I can talk about are rulers so that’s a no. As for events, the blood blossom purge was a big one and the Bermuda Triangle caused a war for a good ten wars. Basically, anything that disappears there, shows up in the Ghost Zone. And it causes an issue every time. Ghosts fight over what to do, and if anyone owns the random things”.

Frowning a bit, “the Blood Blossom purge was more serious. It’s a plant that was intentionally driven to mass extinction. From pictures, it looked a lot like book burning but with plants. Still to this day, it’s basically a requirement that if anyone finds one of those flowers they have to destroy it. Not doing so is pretty much the harshest rule you could break”. Valerie smirks a bit, “those plants must be pretty harmful to you guys then”.

Phantom glares at her a bit, “in a sense. And while ghosts really don’t care about, mind or will even encourage ghost hunting gear. Anything Blood Blossom related isn’t tolerated. If, say, a human, whether hunter or not, had Blood Blossoms and was making it difficult or impossible for ghosts to destroy it. The Observants would get involved and would have no problem erasing that human from existence. Either by flat out killing them, making it so they were never born in the first place, or destroying the entire town. There’s a reason no one likes the Observants, they do not care about anyone’s existence. They see only the bigger picture, if they decide obliterating half the zone or killing off hundreds of humans is what’s best, they’ll see it gets done; unless someone makes doing that impossible”. Danny’s sure he went a little too hard there but, based on Valerie’s face, his point was made.

Tucker whispers to Fenton, “a little overboard dude”. Turning around to him a bit, “you should have heard CW’s speech. The big O’s are more than just serious about this”. Tucker and Fenton share a grimace.

Aiming to soften and lighten the mood a bit, “I’ve already had to get in their way once, so they don’t exactly like me and I don’t care for them. Even if they are needed and do their jobs exceptionally well, they just have wonky priorities”. Snickering a bit, “pretty much every ghost who knows about them intentionally bugs them. Annoying them is the original reason I even mentioned them, and they can’t do anything about. Even if there is around five thousand of them”.

Mr. Lancer shakes his head a little startled, having not expected ghosts to be quite so powerful, “I can’t say I like these guys either, Mr. Phantom”, turning to the class, “does anyone have any final questions. Questions that are actually relevant please”.

“Do you guys celebrate the creation of the Ghost Zone? And what about birthdays?”

Phantom can’t help but chuckle, “deathdays actually and yes we celebrate them. It’s up to the individual ghost how though, and before you ask, don’t ask a ghost when they’re deathday is. It’s insanely rude, and no I won’t, or more specifically can’t, tell you mine. Very few actually know when the Ghost Zone was created for sure, so no we don’t celebrate it”. Danny can tell the class is torn between finding “deathday” funny or unpleasant. Though Danny’s just impressed that Valerie actually puts her hand up this time.

“What about the existence of hal-”, Danny knows where this is going and Phantom promptly cuts her off with an ecto-gag. Because it’s way better to be a bit suspicious than having her blab about that while his human form is within easy comparison sight.

Glaring at her, “you’re being quite the trouble maker. That’s pretty well one of the number one things that are not to be talked about. So keep that to yourself unless you want to get people killed”. Thankfully, Valerie only glares as the gag dissolved while Tucker covers up his gaping mouth with his hand.

A couple people mutter, wondering what it is Valerie knows but promptly shut up at Phantoms mild glaring. “I’m not going to withhold information or keep something secret without a good reason. So don’t go questioning her about this”. Pretty well everyone nods as the bell goes off, but Mr. Lancer motions for Phantom to stick around. Which leaves Danny even more glad he’s gotten good at this.

Phantom floats, legs crossed, in the air as Mr. Lancer sits back down, “I’ll admit, I learned more than even I expected here. I don’t think I grasped just how powerful of a ghost you really are”. Phantom smirks, “yeah my small size and general light-hearted demeanour can be a bit misleading. I don’t act remotely as strong as I am and I have no interest in doing so. I only exercise major power or my position when it’s really needed”.

“You’re a very surprising fellow, Phantom. For seeming so young, you’re clearly wise. I’m glad the position of king fell on someone like you and thank you for coming in”, Mr. Lancer reads Phantoms slightly amused face before asking the question that Phantom knows he wants to, “feel up to doing this again sometime? Obviously not on a specific schedule, too risky for you”.

Phantom smiles lightly and nods, “I’ve had lots of experience with lots of things. And experience begets wisdom so to speak. But sure, I’d be up for it. Though dealing with any ghost issues comes first so don’t be surprised if I occasionally cancel or suddenly leave”.

“But of course, I wouldn’t expect anything different”, with that the two wave as Phantom phases through the ceiling.

Meanwhile, Fenton promptly gets corned by Valerie just outside of class. “question, do you know what I was talking about in there? Before I was rudely cut off by your “friend””, Danny can tell she’s unimpressed and still very much not fond of Phantom. “If what you’re thinking of involves a little girl, then yes. If the wrong people hear or find out about that the gov will destroy her. So seriously don’t”, obviously Valerie takes Fenton more seriously and nods curtly.

“All right Danny. I’ve got no problem believing you and that does make sense. Still don’t like that you’re helping a ghost. But it’s your life I guess”. Chuckling, “you don’t know the half of it”.

End.

[5hfanfiction]

Say You Won't Let Go - Chapter 5

Camila’s POV

 Our movie night was going great besides the constant teasing mainly from Normani and Dinah, Ally is actually a pretty decent person and just laughed at the teasing, i probably saw Lauren blush like 7 times in the first 30 minutes of the first movie, after that everyone seemed too interested in the movie to care. We were watching ‘The Conjuring 2’ I was sitting with Lauren in a single sofa and the girls were sitting on the biggest sofa, i noticed her getting closer to me every minute until i had her arm wrapped around my waist and her face hiding on my neck, i tried calming her down by caressing her arm, this happened all the movie, She’d get scared and hide and then find the strength to keep watching, i honestly didn’t care about it at all, i loved having her this close to me, i didn’t want to let her go, i loved the way her hair smelled like vanilla, and the way her breathing felt on my neck, she pulled me closer whenever she was really scared and i just loved that! Who knew Lauren Jauregui would be such a baby for scary movies!

The movie ended and i could feel her tugging on my shirt looking up to see me, she has the most amazing emerald eyes i’ve ever seen.

 ‘’Camz?’’ Lauren asked nudging me.

 ‘’Oh hey sorry what was that?’’ i asked confused because i was too busy staring at her.

 ‘’You were staring at me, i thought you were listening to me you weirdo’’ she said.

 ‘’I got a Little bit distracted, your fault’’ i replied pushing her off of me, i saw the other girls staring at us but decided to ignore them and Dinah’s playful faces of disgust.

 ‘’How is that my fault Cabello?’’

 ‘’ Your perfect eyes are distracting’’ i said and i felt my cheeks turn red once again, Lauren’s face broke into a grin and pushed herself up to give me a soft kiss on my cheek and then sitting back  down, my cheek was burning after that, i turned to see Dinah giving Normani a high five and Ally smirking.

 ‘’You can thank the Jauregui genes for my perfect eyes’’ she said confidently.

 ‘’oh don’t flatter yourself Lauren’’ i said throwing popcorn at her.

 ‘’hey! don’t throw popcorn at me!’’ she said taking it off her hair, and threw it back at me giggling.

 ‘’Okay camren stop this disgustingly cute interaction, i’m going to the kitchen to get more popcorn since Mani ate all of mine’’ Dinah said glaring at Normani who pushed her off the couch.

 ‘’i did not! You were so scared you ate all OUR popcorn by yourself, i should be blaming you for literally letting me eat a handfull from that bowl’’ Normani said crossing her arms, these girls are too much I met them all because of Lauren and now they’re my best friends. 

 ‘’Choose another movie or get out of my apartment’’ Dinah yelled from the kitchen, I was going to help Normani and Ally pick a movie when Lauren pulled me back next to her.

 ‘’So tomorrow… I’ll pick you up at 7?’’ she asked.

 ‘’For what?’’ I asked confused.

‘’My parent’s annual dinner party,  I asked you earlier remember?’’ 

‘’Yes! Of course, sorry I thought you were kidding’’

‘’Why would I be kidding?’’ she asked furrowing her eyebrows, she looks so freaking cute when she does that.

 ‘’I heard it’s an important event in Miami I didn’t think you actually wanted to take me’’  I said giving her a half smile.

 ‘’Look camz’’ she said taking a deep breath ‘’I wasn’t lying when I told you I liked you, I would’ve told you before but I thought you didn’t like girls and I was trying to be okay with that and move on but you kept being so freaking sweet and cute and beautiful, I had to stop myself so many times from telling you how much I like you because I care about our friendship so I’m glad you said it first because i had to get that out of my chest’’ I couldn’t stop smiling at this, I’m glad I told her I liked her. 

‘’7 sounds great then, I’ll wear something nice’’ I smirked and placed my arm around her shoulders.

 ‘’Okay I’m back, Camren no touching!’’ Dinah said sitting on the couch next to Normani.

 ‘’Oh fuck you Dinah Jane’’ Lauren said cuddling to my side.

It was finally the day of the Jauregui’s party and I was so nervous because I was going to meet her parents, I didn’t care they were one of the wealthiest families in Miami, I cared about the fact that they’re her parents!

 ‘’DINAH WHAT IF I MAKE ONE OF MY BAD JOKES?’’ I was on the phone with Dinah, she was trying to calm me down but every time I thought I was calmed some awful possibility of messing up and embarrassing myself popped into my head.

 ‘’Lauren will laugh at it walz, I have no idea how she laughs at your bad jokes, they’re literally so bad’’ Dinah said.

 ‘’Maybe they’re not that bad’’

 ‘’or maybe your girlfriend’s whipped as fuck’’

 ‘’She’s not my girlfriend’’ I said looking at myself in the mirror.

 ‘’ You’ll probably be official in less than a week so whatever’’ I was about to sit on my bed when I heard a knock on my door.

 ‘’DINAH LAUREN’S HERE’’ I said mentally slapping myself for yelling that.

 ‘’Calm down, open the door, show off your amazing Cuban ass and make me proud.. HAVE FUN WALZ LOVE YOU’’ she said hanging up.

 ‘’Okay you can do this Camila cabello, you look great, you smell great and you are great’’ I said walking to the door and finally opening it to reveal my gorgeous green eyed date.

 ‘’Yes I am here, you look better than just great’’ Lauren said stepping in and giving me a kiss on the cheek ‘’you do smell great and you are a lovely person’’ she said giving me a hug. I stared at her confused. ‘’I heard what you were saying behind the door… sorry’’ she added smiling at me ‘’Shall we?’’ she asked taking my hand, I smiled and walked to her car.

 The ride was filled with laughter, bad jokes from me and good singing from Lauren, I had no idea she had such a beautiful voice, I’m so glad she’s driving because I can’t stop staring at her, she’s wearing a dark blue long dress, her freaking eyebrows and make up and everything is on point how does she manages to be so freaking perfect I don’t get it. Once we arrived to the Jauregui’s Mansion Lauren opened the door for me and held my hand all the way to the entrance.

 ‘’So I feel like I should warn you.. ‘’ She stopped ‘’my parents are not the nicest people in the world, my mom’s very judgemental and hates the fact that I’m gay and my dad’s nice, he likes to joke around but can be very intimidating at times, he’s not a fan of me being gay either but respects it so that’s cool’’  she said taking a deep breath in the end. ‘’I’ll be with you all night though so you have nothing to worry about okay?’’ she placed a lose strand of hair behind my ear.

 ‘’I’m not leaving your side tonight’’ I said a little bit scared now after what she told me, her mom is definitely going to give me a hard time.

 ‘’ I don’t want you to ever leave my side’’ she said placing her right hand on my cheek and giving me a soft kiss on my forehead. ‘’Now let me show you off’’ we went in and I felt like everyone stopped to stare at us, Lauren was obviously well known around these people so they were expecting her, I felt confused and judgemental looks on us as we walked through the house.  ‘’They’re probably jealous of me for walking next to you’’ she whispered in my ear.

 ‘’Laur!’’ I saw a tall girl and boy approaching us.

 ‘’Hey guys!’’ Lauren said hugging both of them.

 ‘’This is Camila right?’’ the girl asked ‘’I really hope she is if not I was totally kidding I don’t know any camila’s and neither does Lauren’’ she said.

 ‘’Calm down Tay, it’s Camila’’ Lauren said laughing.

 ‘’Oh my god finally! I’ve literally heard so much about you’’ she said giving me a big hug. ‘’Tay!’’ Lauren said but her sister kept talking. ‘’I’m Taylor, Lauren’s sister and this is Chris, the big man’’ she said pointing at Chris.

 ‘’I’m the brother who’s gonna hurt you if you hurt my sister’’ he said with a very serious look on his face.  ‘’ Chris’’ Lauren said but she got interrupter once again. ‘’I’m kidding I’m Chris, the good looking lad in the family and I’ll be very upset if you hurt my big sis’’ he said now laughing.

 ‘’oh we’re not..’’ I started ‘’we’re not dating Chris’’ Lauren said.

 ‘’Not yet sister, not yet’’ he said winking.

 ‘’Okay Chris stop, let’s go.. mom’s coming’’ Taylor said taking his hand and pulling him with her.

 I’m not ready for this, I’m really not ready for this, I don’t want to meet her mom, she’s probably going to kill me or something, my thoughts were interrupted my Lauren nudging my side.

 ‘’Camz, this is my mom, Clara’’ I heard Lauren introduce me to the woman in front of us.

 ‘’It’s so nice to finally meet you Miss Jauregui, I’m Camila’’ I said with a polite smile and shook her hand.

 ‘’Wish I could say the same Camila’’ she gave me the fakest smile I’ve ever seen and turned to look a Lauren ‘’I thought you were kidding’’ she was now serious, I could see Lauren tighten her Jaw, I immediately took her left hand on mine and started drawing circles on the back of her hand with my thumb to calm her down.

 ‘’Why would I be kidding mom? I told you I was bringing Camila, I don’t get why I would lie about that’’ She said, I could see she was trying so hard not to be rude, she gave my hand a soft squeeze.

 ‘’Well Lauren you know I usually get you a date for this party, a nice gentleman who comes from a good family is waiting for me to introduce you’’ she stopped and looked back at me, I could feel my nerves growing. ‘’I’m sorry Camila, my daughter has to leave right now but you’re more than welcome to stay here’’ she took Lauren’s hand away from mine and pulled her towards her.

 ‘’I’m not going anywhere mom, I’m staying with Camila, she’s my date’’ Lauren said pulling her hand off of her mom’s grasp.

 ‘’Lauren, not here, come on let’s go’’

 ‘’No mom, I’m not going, I’m serious, you need to stop setting me up with people.. let me live my life the way I want… Camila here it’s an amazing girl who has done nothing but to make me smile and laugh and every good thing in life.. so let me live would you? Someone would think that parents just want to see their children happy but I think you want the complete opposite and I’m so done with that’’ Lauren was so upset not, her eyes were darker than usual, her hands were shaking, I got closer to her and placed my hand on her lower back to let her know I was here for her. ‘’why can’t you just be happy for me… you always find a flaw in everything I do, I graduated from Law school and you hated the fact that I was second in class and not first’’ Lauren said staring to walk closer to her mom ‘’ I did that for you… I just wanted you to be proud of me for once,  I was always first in class, I was captain of the softball team, and lead singer at the choir, yet you were always busy to come see me play or sing, and criticizing my work was always more important than giving me a hug or saying I love you’’ she was now right in front of her mom with watery eyes ‘’I don’t think I’ve ever heard you say you love me’’ her voice cracked at the end and my heart broke at the sight of Lauren so vulnerable and broken in front of her mother.

 ‘’Hey Laur, let’s go’’ I said not caring about who was here, I put my arm around her shoulder and wiped the tear that was falling through her cheek, gave her a soft smile and she nodded ‘’Goodnight Miss Jauregui’’  I said politely, the woman couldn’t speak at what her daughter had just told her, she just stared at us speechless. Lauren let me guide her to the exit trying not to break down in front of everyone, I saw her finally break down once we were in the car, she covered her face with her hands and just cried, I got out of the car and went straight to Lauren’s side and held her so tight, she wouldn’t stop crying, a sob broke my heart all over again and i pulled her closer to my chest.

 "Why Can’t she just be proud of me?“ She asked, her voice cracking in every word she said, i took a step back and got on my knees to get a better look at her, i didn’t care i was wearing a dress i just wanted to be there for her.

 "Hey Laur it’s okay, sometimes parents are hard on us because they think we can do better but they are proud, they’re so proud of everything you’ve done but maybe they think you can do more than that” i said wiping her tears away with my thumb and rested my hands on her cheeks.

 "No, you don’t understand Camila, nothing will ever be good enough for them and i’m so tired of that, i’m exhausted of trying to be the perfect daughter when I’m really not, i’m far from perfect" she stared at me with watery eyes and trembling lips, i started caressing her cheeks to calm her down.

 "You literally have the most beautiful mind, and heart, you’re so intelligent, caring and so passionate, your parents raised an amazing girl with beautiful values who cares about other people more than herself and will always defend her beliefs, do you not see that Lauren? You’re so much more than an attorney or a student or the perfect daughter, you’re Lauren Jauregui for god’s sake! You make good jokes, eat every single disgusting thing there is in the world, read a new book every week and always seem to find the good thing in them even if they’re awful, and just like the books you see the best in people and that’s why i’m-“ i stopped myself realizing what i was going to say.

 "That’s why i’m so interested in knowing you better, you teach me new things every single day, you make my day every time i see you walk in the Café and order the same thing with your perfect hair and perfect eyes, fuck the Jauregui genes though, you were right the Jauregui kids are gorgeous” i said i saw Lauren chuckle and i put a strand of hair behind her ear. “I’m so thankful to know you, you made me change my mind about things i’ve never even considered, congratulations you turned a straight girl gay for you’’ she laughed at this and i could finally see her smile again  ‘’if you ever think that you have to prove yourself to someone you’re wrong, you’re constantly amazing me” i finished with a big smile and leaned in to give her a kiss on her forehead. “Now stop crying because you don’t look pretty when you cry and i’m wearing a nice dress, i need a pretty lady to go with it” i stood up and went to the passenger’s seat. “And i’m hungry, let’s not waste our fancy dresses and get McDonalds, i want a happy meal” she finally smiled and kissed my cheek.

 "You’re something else Camila Cabello" she said driving us to the closest McDonalds.

  Lauren’s POV

It`s been a month since my family’s dinner party and my mom hasn’t tried to talk to me yet, every time I’m on the phone with my dad he tells me I should give her time and he always reassures me how much they love me. I don’t understand why I’m the one to give her time when she’s the one treating me like shit every day, anyways, Camila and I had our first, second and third date, we weren’t official yet and Dinah Jane was driving me crazy ‘Why isn’t she your girlfriend yet, someone’s gonna be smarter than you and ask her first’ that sentence was literally in every conversation we had, and if I’m being honest I don’t know why I haven’t ask her yet, she’s made my life less stressful since I met her and I couldn’t be happier when I’m with her, I just want everything to be special when I ask her and it will be tonight.

 ‘’Lauren!’’ Normani said walking into my room.

 ‘’How the fuck did you get-‘’ ‘’YO LAUSER WHY DON’T YOU HAVE ORANGE JUICE?’’ I heard Dinah say from the kitchen.

 ‘‘Of course… I need to have my spare key back’’ I said turning back to the mirror to keep doing my make up.

 ‘’Mila is very nervous about tonight’’ Normani said sitting on my bed.

 ‘’Why? It’s not our first day, I should be the one who’s nervous!’’ I said trying not to move too much while I put my mascara on, I hate putting that on my face, it’s scary as hell.

 ‘‘Is there a reason why you should be nervous Laur?’’ Dinah said standing by the door with a stupid smirk all over her face, I didn’t want to tell her I was gonna ask Camila to be my girlfriend until she actually said yes because Dinah can be a little bit annoying.

 ‘’Shit it’s late, see you guys tomorrow!’’ I picked up my bag and left my apartment not caring if they were still there.

I drove to Camila’s apartment, it wasn’t a long way from my apartment but I needed the car to take her to our date, I had every single thing planned for today and I really hope she’s going to like it, Normani and Ally helped me plan it so I know t’s going to be perfect, I took the elevator and knocked on her door.

 "Hi" i saw the beautiful woman opening the door and greeting me with a big smile on her face, she had the door half open so I couldn’t see inside her apartment.

 "Hey you, what’s wrong?“ I asked

 "We have a problem” she replied nervously bitting her bottom lip, she opened the door and i saw a little girl sitting on the couch watching Mulan. “My parents asked me to babysit my sister cause my aunt got sick so they’re going to her house and they didn’t want to take sofi with them”

I walked inside her apartment to get a better look at the little girl, she was just like Camila, the same cute smile and funny laugh. “I’m sorry i ruined our date, i really wanted to go out with you”

 "It’s fine Camz, i don’t mind moving our date here, if you want" i said still staring at the younger girl.  “Her name’s Sofi right?” I asked and she nodded, i went to the couch and sat next to her.  “Hi sofi, it’s so nice to meet you i’m Lauren” i said with a big smile on my face.

 "You’re Lauren! Camila was talking about you today, she told me you were very pretty" she got on her knees closer to me and grabbed my face. “She was right” she whispered taking a really good look at me.

 "I’m glad Camila said nice things about me" i smiled and she sat down on the couch again to watch the movie.

 "She wouldn’t stop saying how nice you are" i turned to look at Camila and she was blushing now.  “I heard her talking to Dinah on the phone and she was saying Oh China i’m so nervous for our date, Lauren’s so beautiful what if she asks me to be her gir-” the younger girl got cut off by a very quick Camila who ran and put her hand on her sister’s mouth to keep her from completing the sentence.

 "Enough Sofi, just keep watching the movie" Camila said taking her hand off. The younger girl turned around a kept watching without complaint.

 "You really don’t mind staying here? I’m sure you planned a lovely date, Ally told me and i don’t want to ruin it" Camila said sitting next to me, there wasn’t enough space since Sofi was sitting on the middle of the couch so Camila had to almost sit on top of me to fit.

 "I did but i really don’t mind, i’ve been wanting to meet Sofi for a long time so let’s just spend time with her" i said putting my arm around her hip to support her.

 "I wanted to meet you too Lolo, Kaki told me you have the prettiest eyes ever and i wanted to see them" the younger Cabello replied not taking her eyes away from the TV.

 "She said that?“ I asked turning my head to look at Camila with a smirk on my face.

 ‘’Don’t trust a 6 year old Jauregui’’ she said pushing me back a Little.

 ‘’So you lie to me every time you tell me my eyes are pretty?!’’ i said pretending to be hurt.

 ‘’ You know i would never lie about that’’ she was serious now, i smiled at her and gave her hip a small squeeze, she leaned in and gave me a kiss on the cheek leaving her lips on my cheek longer than a normal kiss.

 ‘’I’m gonna go get some things i have in my car okay?’’ i asked her removing my arm from her hip and standing up.

 ‘’Lolo where are you going? Are you leaving because of me? I promise i’m not going to talk anymore’’ i saw the sofi looked up to me with a sad smile on her face.

 ‘’Nonono kid, i’m going to get some things i have in my car, and i’ll be right back, is that okay?’’ i saw her face light up and nodded. ‘’Okay i won’t take long, give me three minutes’’ i said smiling at Camila, she gave me a small smile and i ran all the way to my car, took the basket with all the food i had made for the date and carefully ran back to the apartment.

 ‘’Sofi, would you like to have a picnic with me and your sister?’’ i saw her look at Camila asking her for permission and the older girl nodded agreeing to this.

‘’then help me set this up’’

 The two girls helped me and we had an amazing time talking about Camila’s embarrassing stories told by the younger Cabello and silly games. It was now 10pm and Sofi had fallen asleep on the couch, i took her to her room since Camila insisted on cleaning our mess up, as soon as i left the room i saw Camila standing right in front of me with the most lovable expression.

 ‘’Thank you for tonight’’ i said.

 ‘’me? I should be thanking you for everything and treating my sister the way you did’’ she replied.

 ‘’I love your sister, she’s so adorable and by far my favorite Cabello’’ i said with a playful smile.

 ‘’hey! You take that back’’ she said shoving me.

 ‘’no’’

 ‘’take it back’’ she said lifting her right eyebrow.

 ‘’no’’

 ‘’Lauren’’

 ‘’Camila’’

 ‘’Lauren!’’

 ‘’Camz’’

 She stared at me obviously so done with our conversation and shoved me again, this time i was quick enough to take her hand and pull her towards me.

 ‘’Can i ask you something?’’ i said, our faces were inches apart. She nervously nodded and i gave her a gentle kiss on her right cheek.  ‘’First of all, i want to thank you, because you found me you know, the real Lauren, not the Lauren my mom wants me to be, i was so lost but now i finally feel comfortable, with who i am and what i do,  i’ve been a completely different person since i met you, even my siblings noticed it and i’m so thankful to have you in my life, i understand that i’m the most important person in my life and i should love what i do because you only get one life so you need to make it count, that’s why i’m so freaking nervous to ask you this, i want you… ‘’ i stopped and noticed how her eyes wouldn’t leave mine, she waited for me to keep talking so i took a deep breath. ‘’ And if i only have one life i want to call you mine, so Camz… will you be my girlfriend?’’ i saw her take one step back and stare at the window behind me, i felt like my heart was gonna come out of my chest, i knew i shouldn’t have asked her, she obviously needs more time, what was i thinking!

 ‘’Lo?’’ i Heard her ask. ‘’i said yes’’ she said with a shy smile.

 ‘’oh my god you said yes!? I mean, yes!! Okay! Thank you’’ i said hugging her,  i’m so awkward she probably regrets it now.

 ‘’No, than you.. you’re an amazing woman and make me really happy’’ she said.

 ‘’Well girlfriend, are you up for another movie?’’ she hugged me once more kissed my cheek.

 ‘’Last one on the couch gets the drinks!’’ she said running to the couch, she was obviously going to get there first so i just went to get the drinks, i sat next to her and she instantly cuddled to my side kissing my shoulder, and all i could think about it how i’m never letting this girl go. 

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i’m so sorry i’m updating now, i’ve had the craziest january so far, i’m in an exchange in Canada and i had to move in and meet people and study and my new classes suck and it’s such a different thing from what i’m used to so i’m sorry i took long to update, but here it is, i promise the next one will be soon, i’m not waiting this long to update ever again i promise. 

please tell me if you’re liking the story so far, i’d love some feedback! 

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