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mathewboeser · 1 year ago
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im finally processing last nights game and how tf did we get reilly’s first goal, gauthier’s second in b2b games, holmy’s two assists, a nelly ppg, a pully goal and started the third period with a 3 goal lead JUST TO BLOW IT IN THE LAST 10 MINUTES AND LOSE?? i shouldnt be surprised but i really had high hopes
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newyorkthegoldenage · 10 months ago
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Walking the dog in a snowstorm in Washington Square Park, ca. 1950s.
Photo: TimeOut NY
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beardedmrbean · 1 year ago
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This was flagrant and foul.
A high school girls’ basketball game in Yonkers was canceled this week when players on the home team shot antisemitic slurs at their Jewish opponents, who needed security guards to escort them off the court to safety.
The girl’s varsity teams from The Leffell School, a private Jewish school in Hartsdale, and Roosevelt High School, a public school in Yonkers, faced off in the non-league game Thursday evening.
“I support Hamas, you f–king Jew,” a Roosevelt player snarled at a Leffell opponent, according to The New York City Public Schools Alliance, a group of parents and teachers fighting antisemitism.
From the outset, there was hostility and aggression with “substantially more jabs and comments thrown at the players on our team than what I have experienced in the past,” senior player Robin Bosworth wrote in an op-ed for Leffell’s student-run newspaper, The Lion’s Roar.
At the end of the third quarter, her teammates were getting injured by the rough plays, and “players on the opposing team started shouting ‘Free Palestine’ and other antisemitic slurs and curses at us,” wrote Bosworth, also editor-in-chief of the school paper.
“I have played a sport every athletic season throughout my high school career, and I have never experienced this kind of hatred directed at one of my teams before,” Bosworth said.
“Instead of responding to hatred with more of the same, we chose to separate ourselves from the situation and leave with dignity and pride in who we are and what we believe in,” she continued.
Lion’s head coach John Tessitore consulted with his squad and decided to end the game, according to Michael Kay, Leffell’s head of school.
“Our team was playing on the road, and during the course of the game, a small number of players on the opposing team directed hurtful, antisemitic comments toward members of our team,” Kay wrote in a letter to the school community.
About an hour into the game, a timeout was called, livestream footage shows, though no audio is heard. The Leffell players and Tessitore appear exasperated and he consults with the referees and the other team’s coach.
The Roosevelt players are seen gathering and appear to exchange words from afar with the Leffell players. Security steps in between both teams and the refs make an announcement before both teams suddenly exchange handshakes and security escorts them off the court.
Roosevelt High School agreed to a voluntary forfeit, according to a spokesman for the Yonkers district.
Students at the $ 45,000-a-year private day school were shocked by the on-court hate.
“This is my school and it’s just unacceptable and some of the things they said to my teammates are very disgusting,” one student wrote on the NYCPS Alliance post.
Kay said that Roosevelt’s athletic director Kyle Calabro has since apologized and said “the follow-up would be swift and appropriate.”
On Friday, Roosevelt principal Edward DeChent also apologized to Kay and described the “investigative steps” that had been taken and “outlined a number of disciplinary consequences and educational responses” including the possibility of an in-person meeting between both teams.
“I am incredibly proud of the manner in which our players and coaching staff responded to this potentially harrowing incident,” Kay said.
A spokesman for the Yonkers Public Schools district downplayed the shocking behavior.
“It has come to our attention that a student-athlete made a statement involving ‘free Palestine,'” the district said. “This incident was promptly addressed in line with our district’s policies and values.” ___________________-
Update
Yonkers high school boots girls' basketball coach, player after teens subjected to antisemitic attacks during game
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mysticscrystalrevelation · 7 months ago
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Game 13 Cliffs Notes Tues, June 11 7:30pm EDT Washington @ Atlanta
Starting: WASH: Atkins, Dolson, Edwards, Samuelson, Sykes (Austin hip recovery) ATL: Charles, Gray, Howard, Jones, Parker-Tyus (Canada hand injury)
1st Quarter Slim is back. She misses her first attempt but makes sure on the next shot. Stef lights up the three. So far we are getting shots off much earlier in the possession than has been the case most of the season. Is it time together? Atlanta D not enough? A calculated adjustment? After 3 minutes, Vanloo comes in and Sykes sits. I imagine this is a slow return situation. Vanloo hits the three right away. 10-2 run off Atlanta misses. Pace is high. Dolson block. Vanloo almost gives it away then hits the buzzer three. Score is 13-4 right now, timeout Coach Wright. Earl steal out of the timeout but she misses the conversion. Threes are falling: Earl gets another three, we're shooting 67% from range here early. Whoops extra step from JVL. Shatori gets in on the 3 action off a great assist from Atkins. Former Mystic Aerial Powers enters the game and gets a tough bucket. Slim for 3. We are only shooting threes tonight and I am all about it. SHATORI AGAIN damn this is insane. 7 threes so far. We go for a two and throw the ball away. What does this tell us? 25-15 after 1.
2nd Quarter Two blocks from the Dream. We are 1 of 4 opening the 2nd, each play under the hoop. Hmm… Still going straight under the crowded rim and it isn't working. Mystics timeout. We find Earl on the perimeter for 3 the first play. Aaliyah and Karlie yet to get going tonight. It's 33-25 after Rhyne hits a 3. Nice slip pass Jade to Myisha, who gets the bucket and the interception on the other end. Mystics outshooting Atlanta by a wide margin. Rhyne heard me and hits a 3. We've gotta box out former Mystic Tina Charles. Earl is playing great D as usual. 8-1 run for the Dream and lead drops to 5. 38-33 going into half.
3rd Quarter Rhyne is fastest WNBA player ever to 200 3s. Allisha Gray adds one here but Karlie hits her response. The Dream may end up in foul trouble down the stretch. Stef goes three too and it's feeling more like the 1st quarter. Sykes gets one as well and the lead is double digits! We are playing a super help style person defense. I like it. It does require a lot of mental and physical energy though. In NY, we couldn't hear ourselves think. Today I can hear us talk on D on the broadcast. That's the stadium volume talking. Atlanta has the smallest in the league and Barclays is 5x bigger. Crystal Dangerfield is too quick—she gets a steal. It's 55-46. JVL makes a great downfield pass to streaking Slim. Eric gets a tech for yelling about the contact that Slim took, which was significant to be fair. Yish hits the three after a couple missed layups. More evidence the three ball is charmed tonight. 64-50 and DiDi is dancing.
4th Quarter Slim dagger three to open the 4th. Powers answers. SLIM ANSWERS BACK. Can't wait for her next home game. Stadium's gonna rock. Uh oh she's limping a bit here and takes a seat. 72-55 Defense still doing work here. JVL makes the 15th three of the night. Nia Coffey left alone and gets hers. Earl hits a three over Rhyne and the Austin joins the sideline dance party. 3:17 left and 18 pt lead for DC! Coach Wright pulls 4 starters and in the shuffle tries to play with 6. Nice try, Tanisha, sneaky ;) Eric is cheesing. DC bench in for final 2 minutes. Engstler gets in on the threes. It's not a win, it's a blowout! 87-68
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wakeup-awg · 1 year ago
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Butterfly Tattoo | September 22nd
[Sophie | Alex]
Alex had just changed DJ's diaper and was now settling her in his arms while Willa was in front of him talking and telling him stories, probably as her way to try to pry his attention off her little sister. Alex glanced over to where Sophie was doing something on her phone and he quirked his brow up slightly. "Who are you texting? Should I be worried?" He joked, a grin on his lips before he glanced back at Willa just in time to catch her trying to poke DJ. "Hey, no we don't do that, princess." He shook his head and looked back up over to Sophie. "Think you and Annie will be good with these three while I head off to the show? They've got so much energy today," he chuckled softly.
Sophie was texting away a grin on her lips. Taylor was a friend of hers but they didn’t always get to talk but they were making effort now that she had gone out to the concert. “Taylor she says hi.” She smiled before looking back at him. Willa was trying to poke DJ and she shook her head. “Always so gentle she is.” She rolled her eyes. “We’ll be okay better than when they were all sick.” They had all gotten sick as expected and it had been rough for a few days but now at least they had energy and weren’t so sick seeming.
"Taylor?" Alex repeated as he shifted DJ so Willa could climb up and sit on the other side of lap and feel more included. "Maybe we're just not just to this level of energy anymore," he chuckled softly. "Alright you two, you're gonna have to let me get up soon because daddy's gotta get to work."
“Taylor … Swift.” She said rolling her eyes that she had to explain herself. “We’re not to that level of energy anymore. Or at least not all the time.” She smirked glancing at him for a second. “No!” Willa huffed loudly and putting her hands on her hips and glaring at Alex when he said he had to go to work.
Of course Alex had a fairly good idea who she was talking about but he wanted to confirm. "Well tell her hi back," he said with a shrug and then looked at Willa when she told him no. "Excuse me? Yes I have to go. I have to show up for work," he told her. "You're gonna stay here with mommy and Annie and have a good time alright?"
She side eyed him when he said to tell her eye but sighed as if she must but did. “She says hi. She wants to get dinner when we’re in NY tomorrow. Meaning me and her. While you’re busy.” She said throwing it out there. “Noooooooo!” Willa whined she could be really good sometimes and other times she was more feisty but they loved that about her but it was not denying that she was attached to her father.
Of course he heard the sigh and looked at her. "Well you don't have to say that, just trying to be nice," he said with a shrug. "Oh is that your way of saying I'm absolutely not invited?" DJ started wiggling in her arms as Willa whined and Alex put her down so she could go where Noah was playing. "Yes, Willa. I can't bring you on stage with me and I do have work in a bit," he tried to explain but she pouted her lower lip out and he shook his head. "No, princess," Alex sighed. "We can play a bit before I go though, do you want to pick a game?"
“I’m just joking” she said. “But yes.” She grinned, “it’s a girl’s night out babe, you’re not one of the girls” she said with a giggle as her phone chimed and she answered quickly. With DJ wiggling she was sure because of Willa now yelling and well Willa throwing a fit Sophie put her phone down. “Okay come here” she said to their fourteen-month-old and scooped her up into her arms even though he put her down with Noah. “See what making her the princess has done?” She teased and Willa glared at Sophie like she understood her. “Easy ma’am before you get a timeout.” She warned.
"I don't think it's just because I call her princess," Alex said with a shrug. "Hey," he said to get his daughter's attention again and they spent the time that he had playing. When it was time to go, Willa clung to him but eventually let him go and he kissed the top of her head before turning to Sophie. "I'm gonna run, I'll see you after the show," he smiled and leaned in for a kiss before he was off. It was a fun concert, much like the ones before and Alex felt giddy from it. He showered and changed into more comfortable clothes before leaving the venue and heading for the busses. It was late so he wasn't surprised the kids were sleeping and Sophie was curled up in their bed in the back of the vehicle. "Mmh, hi," he murmured, kicking his shoes off before starting to crawl into bed and over her.
“Not calling her princess but treating her as an absolute princess who always gets her way.” She said but she understood that was his baby girl, his first born, the one that made him a dad and realize he loved being a dad. “Go rock the show.” She said kissing his lips. Annie and Sophie were able to keep the kids busy until they were exhausted and she got them bathed and into bed and Annie headed off to wait up for Zack because she could handle the babies while they were sleeping. Crawling into bed in a simple lace and satin camisole and underwear she settled into bed back on her phone texting Taylor giggling away at their conversation when Alex came into the back room closing their door and crawling over her. “Hi babe.” She hummed still looking at her phone. “How was the show?” as she slipped her phone in between them giggling again despite him being over her.
Sophie was giggling when he came in and he did notice the phone in her hands even when he was already hovering over her. He considered pointing out, but he didn't wanna argue about it so he didn't comment on that. "It was a good show, really fun," he murmured as he leaned down more against her, pecking her lips before starting to trail kisses along her cheek and then down her neck. "How'd everything go with the kids?"
“Yeah?” She asked, “nothing too crazy then?” Since she knew sometimes that could happen at their shows. “I tried to watch some of the atlconnect instastories.” She said. He pecked her lips and she hummed into the kiss as her phone buzzed and he started to kiss down her neck and she sighed out feeling his mouth on her. “Good they went down so well. We kept them busy got them all tired out.” She hitched her breathing. “I just have to answer this text baby and I promise you can have my full attention.”
"Nothing too crazy. Nobody fell, nobody got hurt, I think," he said with a soft chuckle. "You did? How'd you enjoy that?" He smiled when he heard her humming as he kissed down her neck, but he felt the phone buzzing too and almost expected her to push him up so she could get her phone. He grunted slightly when she did say she had to answer that and he pulled back and pushed himself up on his elbows a little so she had room to grab her phone. He wasn't going to wait like that for her to reply though, but instead decided if she wanted to reply she could do it while he leaned back in to pepper kisses along her neck, this time nibbling slightly before he found a spot he started suckling on lightly between kisses.
“I mean no one may not feel sore till tomorrow!” She teased she liked to joke about their ages sometimes. “It was a good night to be honest. Willa calmed right down after you left so she’s getting better.” Which she knew she was working on.  Once she had her phone she felt him shift his mouth on hers and she whined. “Alex I’m texting Taylor about dinner tomorrow.” Really they were just confirming and things but his mouth continued to work against her neck. When he started sucking she groaned softly before telling Taylor she was going to text her tomorrow before getting on the plane and tossing the phone to the side of the bed. “You’re so bad you know I was on the phone.” She teased.
"I'm glad she calmed down easily. And you managed to tire them all out." With them being sick it was so good seeing them more energetic now though. He shifted so she could get her phone but that didn't make him stop kissing her neck and he grinned slightly against her skin as she whined softly. "You had your phone you could text," he murmured, barely lifting his head but rather sucking a little harder on her skin.
“I’m glad they’re feeling better.” Which any mother would want even if their energy was off the charts right now. “Ah yes having you kissing and sucking on my neck while I’m texting if I make spelling mistakes Taylor might guess what is going on.” She huffed as if that couldn’t happen before giggling as her hand ran up through his hair. “Mmm what are you doing you’re getting a little rough with those lips.” A soft moan from her lips.
"Why would you be making spelling mistakes?" he mumbled with a grin on his lips. "Am I distracting you?" of course at this point he couldn't really hide the fact he was determined to leave a mark on her neck, but the moan that left her lips and her hand running through his hair easily put other ideas in his head too. He chuckled against her skin and suckled a little more before lifting his head and letting his eyes examine the soft bruise that was already starting to form. "Not doing anything," he murmured, a small smirk on his lips as he shifted to face her a little more. "Do you have to be on your phone any more or can I get your undivided attention now?"
“Yes you are distracting me and I know that you know that by your smug tone, Alexander.” She quipped because she knew her partner well enough by now. When he lifted his head after she felt his mouth really sucking at her skin she glanced at him looking at her. “You so marked me!” Her hand coming up to her neck and feeling the warmth there. “Alex!” She gasped. “I’m going out with Taylor tomorrow and you marked me?!” She asked seeing the devious look on his face. “You have my attention right now trust me.”
"I wasn't trying to," he said innocently even though they both knew that wasn't really true. When he lifted his head to look at her, he saw the realisation of what he did settle on her face and he couldn't help but feel a little proud of this. "What? I may have gotten a little carried away," Alex told her and leaned in, lips close to hers. "Oh do I? No more phone, no more making plans without me?"
“The lie detector determined that was a lie.” She said when he said he wasn’t trying to, the way his mouth was sucking on her he had definitely been trying to mark her. “Yeah carried away… or jealous or possessive orrrrr…” she said raising a brow at him. “Oh? I need your permission to make plans now huh?” She asked wrapping her arms around him. “Since when?”
"I didn't think you'd mind a little mark. You haven't before," he said with a small smirk still playing on his lips. He scrunched up his nose playfully when she quirked her brow at him. "You can make plans all you want. I just thought since you were still awake when I got here, you know, after rocking out on stage and all that, I could possibly get to hog a bit of your attention," he teased slightly. At the end of the day he would never tell her who and when to hang out with, even if it was Taylor Swift after all.
“No I don’t mind but going out to dinner where the paparazzi is going to be insane.” Which was true, “that’s gonna be obvious that you were all up sucking on my neck.” She shook her head giving a small laugh. “I don’t know it sounds like you’re jealous I’m going out to dinner and was still talking to Taylor. Are you jealous of my bestie.” She teased.
"You think a little mark is gonna make them go crazy while you're out with Taylor Swift?" he questioned, though obviously it wasn't just a tiny mark after all. Maybe he had gotten a little distracted with the size of it. He huffed a little. "I'm not jealous. You can talk to and have dinner with whoever you want," he grumbled slightly before shifting to lay on her a little bit.
“I don’t think it’ll be the center of attention but if you don’t think if they notice it that they won’t mention it.” She pointed out. When he shifted to lay down on her a bit grumbling she giggled slightly. “I don’t know I think you’re a little jealous why are you jealous? Just because it’s Taylor and I love her? I mean I do but I’m not running away with her I mean… she’s hot but I kinda want to marry you.” She said holding her hand up with her engagement ring. “In case you didn’t notice.”
"So what if they mention it?" he questioned with a shrug before settling more against her. His hand slid down the bed to find her waist and rest against her there as she teased him about being jealous. "I'm not jealous," Alex sighed softly and scrunched up his nose a little again before she pointed her engagement ring out to him. "I noticed," he murmured, briefly considering if he should try to keep proving her wrong, but then decided to not be bothered with that and rather leaned in to capture her lips in a kiss.
He leaned in and captured her lips in a kiss and she sighed into it softly her hand tugging at his hair softly for a moment before sliding down his neck and cupping her hand there for a moment. “Mmm.” She hummed against his mouth before pulling back some. “How can I make it up to you for being so distracted.” She murmured knowing that he just wanted some attention since while they were in New York they’d be busy and probably not see much of each other.
He smiled into their kiss when her hand tugged on his hair and then rested cupping his neck for a moment. "I just wanted your full attention," he murmured with a soft smile now playing on his lips. "I'd be pretty happy just getting to make out with you, unless you're too tired," he teased slightly before closing the gap and capturing her lips once more. His hand gripped at her hip slightly before sliding a little lower to the hem of the camisole she was wearing, not necessarily needing it off immediately but they had always been a relatively physical couple and Alex really just liked to have his hands on her.
“You have my full attention.” She said, “I’m sorry you didn’t think you did. You know I don’t usually text like that often.” She said which was true but she didn’t want him to think she didn’t want his attention either. “Especially if you’re going to keep me warm.” Temperatures were dropping and she wasn’t really turning the heat on yet and with the tiny camisole and underwear it got colder faster. So feeling his warm hands on her was always a good feeling.
"It's okay, I made sure Taylor knows she can only hog so much of your attention," he said with a smirk, referring to the hickey he definitely gave her on purpose and therefore admitting to doing so without actually saying the words out loud. His hands wandered a little until his fingers brushed under the hem of her clothing and his hand rested against the bare skin underneath. "I'll always keep you warm," he murmured with a smile. "So long as you don't suddenly feel like I'm crushing you, I can be your blanket," he added with a grin.
“Yeah yeah, so you admit the mark was for a reason.” She said looking at him. “I knew it.” Grinning at him. “She’ll never run off with me now.” Of course it was a joke. “I’ll be fine you’ve spent so much time on top of me I’m sure I’m used to your weight by now.” She teased. “And if you’re good then maybe tomorrow night I’ll do something special for you when I get back from dinner.”
"Good," he said with a grin, and really that was all he was gonna say to that. He wasn't going to actually admit he'd felt a sting of jealous, that was for sure. "I spent so much time on top of you?" He laughed softly, but maybe that was partially true. And he was comfortable like this too, resting against her with his hands caressing gently here and there. "Oh really? What's that something special, mh? Gotta know if it's worth being good for," he asked like he was actually having to consider it.
“Ruining all my plans!” She scoffed as if that was actually true. “How will I ever convince her to have a thruple relationship with us now?!” She teased not that that would ever happen they both didn’t like to share. “Yes you have in the nearly four years together spent a lot of time on top of me but I’m not complaining.” She nodded. “Nope it’s a surprise you have to be good or no surprise for you.” She murmured “and you’ll want it.” Before smacking her lips together in hopes of giving him some kind of an idea of what she was talking about.
"I'm not sorry," he chuckled softly. "Joke's on you because it's barely three and a half years," he teased, but really he knew she was right especially since she wasn't even complaining. He licked his lips and let out a soft sigh. "Fineeeeee, I'll be good," he said as if that would actually take a lot of effort. He shifted a little bit to get fully comfortable and stifled a yawn.
“It’s about three and a half years since we officially got together closer to four if you include when we started fucking each other.” She pointed out. “So really…” she saw him yawn and she shifted. “Well we should probably get sleep if we need to fly out in the morning. Maybe I’ll let you get laid in the morning quickly to get you through the whole day.” She said with a grin before pecking his lips.
"Mmh, it's been a couple times I was on top of you, I get it," he grinned slightly, because yes, that was definitely true. A soft grunt left his lips when she started to shift a little. "I'm not tired," he murmured though of course that wasn't quite true and a grin curled onto his lips at her comment just before she pecked his lips. "Mmh, getting laid in the morning's always a good way to really wake up for the day," he murmured with a nod. He shifted too, he really didn't want to crush her, so he moved so he was really only halfway on top of her, still hovering a bit but not putting so much weight on her. "Okay," he said after another barely even stifled yawn. "Maybe we should sleep.."
"A couple?!" This time there was a snorted laugh. "I think while we're teaching Willa her numbers we should teach you too." she teased. "It's a good way to start the day isn't it. Plus if you're up first you can always wake me up with you know...." She knew Alex was always hesitant about waking her up with sex but this was her giving consent for tomorrow morning. If she really didn't want to she'd wake up to say no but she never really didn't want to. "Sleep would be good, we still have to pack in the morning and you know... hope Willa doesn't freak out when she sees we're leaving. Annie and Zack have got it though."
"With what exactly?" he asked, a grin spread on his lips though because he knew exactly what she meant. He shifted and settled in bed with her, humming softly as he buried his face in her neck and closed his eyes. "I'm sure she'll be okay. It's only a day we're gone. We'll meet them back on Tuesday and I know Annie and Zack can handle them." His arm draped over her, tugging her in a little and a content smile formed on his lips. "Goodnight, baby."
"You'll figure it out." she said with a grin. "And if you don't well... you'll miss out." she hummed because he knew what she meant and she wasn't going to give that satisfaction after marking her because well, fair was fair. "I know but she hates when she sees the suitcase and she hates being away from you. I have no doubt in Annie and Zack." She didn't but Willa definitely could go through rougher periods. "Night babe." she hummed as she shifted some to get comfortable her blonde hair splayed out and closing her eyes falling into a peaceful sleep.
Alex easily fell into a peaceful slumber, shifting and turning a bit when he felt a little too warm, but nothing close to tossing and turning. One time he woke because he thought he heard one of the kids, but they were all fast asleep so he tried to get some more sleep before eventually he'd wake up again, far earlier than he used to years ago, but around the same time that was starting to be a new normal for him since having kids. He grumbled a bit in a half-asleep state, turning and reaching out for Sophie beside him, not quite ready to actually wake yet.
Sophie fell asleep with ease given she has chased around three energetic kids that night. She could feel Alex body move away a tiny bit which was always normal he got over heated easily at bedtime and it gave her more space to roll over onto her stomach more comfortably. When he grumbled she didn’t react much before feeling him pull her in and she shifted her body into him and snuggled back as much into him as possible curling up but still sleeping peacefully.
With Sophie backing into him as he pulled her in, Alex dozed for a bit before really waking up more. He hummed as he nuzzled into the back of her shoulder and then blinked his eyes open. Sophie was still sleeping peacefully, the sound of her breathing soft and relaxed and he smiled as he looked at her for a moment. His arms were wrapped around her, but he moved the one draped over her so he could drag his hand down over her body, down her chest, stomach and then to her thigh, gripping the hem of her camisole and tugging it up a little bit. It was early morning, it was so easy for him to be in the mood, especially with Sophie laying so thinly clothed in his arms. And she had told him he could wake her up..
They seemed to fall back to sleep for a period of time but it was Alex who woke first. At least semi woke. His hand starting to explore her body and she shifted easily into his touch her body knew his touch well enough to know it was him and feel safe in the vulnerable position of his hand exploring her body while asleep. Her camisole was tugged up a bit and she pushed back into him and she knew many men were easily aroused already in the morning and she had wanted him to wake her up to him touching her and taking her. Her body moved to shift a little more to give him easier access to her body as if it naturally knew it was him.
A tired but soft moan slipped from Alex's lips when Sophie shifted back into him, her butt rubbing against him slightly and he was sure if she was fully awake she'd notice the effect that had on him. He didn't try to wake her, just enjoyed the closeness and letting his hand explore her, the clothing tugged up enough to reveal more bare skin and the tiny piece of underwear she was wearing. His hand brushed over the hem of the fabric, over her bum and then around to slip into the front of it and between her legs, rubbing he clit for a moment to feel the wetness indicating she really wanted him too.
Despite being asleep her body was aware what was happening and the heat growing on her skin from arousal and what was happening between her legs. Her legs rubbed together in a way that was obvious she was becoming aroused from the gentle touches of his hand exploring her. Then his fingers found her clit and she moaned out but still didn’t wake like her mind was in a dream that felt so good her mouth parting in pleasure as a noise tumbled out.
He felt her body shifting into him, into his touch and heard the moan from her lips. A grin spread on his lips slightly and he pressed a lazy kiss to the back of her shoulder. He knew it was going to be hard to undress her without waking her by moving too much, so when he pulled his hand back, he started with taking his own pants off. He rubbed against her, feeling the fabric of her underwear against his hardened length, causing him to groan softly.
Every so often her eyes blinked half opened for a split second but it didn’t last as she fell back to sleep her body and mind in between two blissful states. Alex started to move his hard length against her lace underwear and her body naturally started to grind with him soft pants leaving her lips as her body shifted against the bed her body pressing back into him as if trying to reach a spot that couldn’t quite be reached for some reason.
Alex wasn't fully sure if Sophie was awake yet, but her body still knew to react to him and he moaned softly at the way she was grinding back into him. "Soph," he breathed softly, hand reaching between her legs again, this time moving the fabric out of the way, not bothering to take the panties off yet, but still managing to be able to shift the tip of his length to her entrance, so with another roll of his hips he could start sliding into her. His hand moved up, under the camisole and over bare skin, caressing gently.
There was a haze where she heard a noise but didn’t answer him as she whined out. Her noise a bit louder given she didn’t really know how loud she was or wasn’t being. As he started to push into her after pulling aside her underwear she fluttered her eyes open and his name came from her lips but it was obvious she was half awake. Her body pressed back into him her hips moving to sink him further into her as she whined out a loud “yes” at the feeling of sinking further into her.
It wasn't like this was a new position for them, but Alex was always a little hesitant about waking her up with sex, simply because he was a firm believer in saying no being a thing if someone was not in the mood and obviously you couldn't really say no if you were still sleeping. But she had very certainly given her consent just before they dozed off to sleep and so he was okay with it now. And god, Sophie easily reacted to him. Her body backed into his, taking his length in further until he was buried deep inside and he wrapped his arms around her body, around her chest to hold her close for a moment. "You always feel so damn good," he husked into her ear before pulling his hips back a little bit, only to thrust back into her slowly again, picking up a slow pace.
It wasn't like if she woke up and didn't want to she could say stop and Alex would but it was obvious she wanted this and she had stated before the night before she did. If she didn't her body wouldn't be reacting to him the way it did, the way it always did. "Fuuuuck." The word was garbled and slightly slurred when he said how good she /always/ felt to him. That it was her that made him feel this way and always her. He didn't need more than that. Her eyes fluttering open again before closing enjoying the feeling as her body started to rouse more.
Alex was wide awake now, he was easily caught up in the moment and in Sophie this way, but he was mildly aware their kids were on the same bus and still sleeping. "Shh, baby," he murmured his hand now gripping the fabric she was still wearing and bunching it up some. His thrusts were slow, but there was just something about feeling this connection, this friction after just waking up that made for it to not need quick and heavy thrusting. He pulled the shirt up further until he could bunch it up over her breasts, revealing them to him so he could cup one with his hand and really just feel her up for a moment.
Sophie roused a little more to hear him shush her which meant she was probably being loud. Him thrusting into her was slow but it had enough force behind it to really feel it. To push up into her filling her fully each time. When his hand found her breast her mouth parted and moaned out again, before turning to the side and biting into her arm to muffle herself at the way he gripped her breast.
It was a relatively slow pace, but not soft either. He didn't want to be rough with her this time, but there was a certain force he made sure to put into each thrust of his hips to really bury himself inside of her. His hand massaged a little bit as he heard a muffled moan and he took that as her letting him know she enjoyed that, so he brought his fingers to her nipple to tug and tease at it a little bit.
The feeling was a good feeling, she wasn't looking for rough and hard. She wasn't looking for that overly dominating side in the way that he was bossing or forcing himself. It was a bit more intimate. When he started to tug at her nipple she let her teeth release from her skin and her head came back and gasped. "Oh fuck Alex!" she cried out her body thrashing some at the feeling of him tugging continually and her relishing in the pleasure.
Alex always wanted to get Sophie on that familiar edge, and even though he was sure he still didn't know all yet, he knew a lot of buttons he needed to press and tugging and teasing at her nipples was one of those. He buried his face in her neck, pressing lazy kisses every now and then as he continued to tug and pull. "Shh, you're gonna wake the kids," he smirked, tugging on the nipple a little harder.
He always knew how to touch her, how to make her crave more. it was one thing he was so good at that he knew he was no matter how much she sometimes tried to hide it but being woken by him made it easier to get there. When he shushed her again but pulled harder she gripped into the sheets and whined as they went over a road bump in the road, they were still on the way to the destination to park before they'd head to the airport which just added extra friction and she buried her face into the pillow to muffle her noises.
"Oh," Alex let out as the bump on the road made them shift a little bit and really just added to it all. There was something about knowing they were on the way too. After some more tugging and teasing and keeping the thrusts up, he dropped his hand to slide down her body to her leg, sliding his hand to her thigh, around the inside until he could lift it slightly, causing her legs to spread a little wider and then tugged it back  a bit, changing the angle in which he was thrusting.
Their bodies shifted and her hand gripped and pushed at the bed to keep them from rolling or moving too far to the edge of the bed. His hand continued to tease and twist before finding his way down to her leg and lifting it, pulling it back and making the angle deeper in her and she rolled her eyes back closed her noises muffled but louder and obvious as her hand reached back to grip onto his side, nails biting into his skin as her breathing got heavier getting close to her release.
When Alex lifted her leg to adjust the angle, Sophie reached back for him and he groaned softly against her shoulder. He heard her breathing, the hitched sounds leaving her lips and he absolutely loved that. "Fuck," he cursed under his breath, moaning lightly against her skin. He picked up the pace just a little bit.
Her nails continued to dig in, everything felt heightened at the moment from just waking up. The pace increased and she whined a tight throaty whine. "Fuck, fuck, fuck. I'm..." she didn't even get to finish before she cried out and was coming hard around his length her body shaking hard against his gripping the sheets with all that she had.
"Fuck, baby," Alex moaned, burying his face in her shoulder to muffle his sounds when he thrusted a few more times before reaching his own high, her arm wrapping more around her. "Mmh, so good," he said and chuckled softly against her skin.
She felt him thrust hard a few times his movements a tiny bit sloppy a mix of the tour bus moving and she was sure he was close before feeling him thrust up and spilling into her. "Mmm." she hummed. "Good morning."
A grin spread on his lips as he slowed to a stop and squeezed Sophie to him with his arms wrapped around her. "Good morning," he murmured softly, pressing a kiss to her shoulder and then moving his hand to her hip to caress her bare skin, thumb brushing over her.
His arms wrapped around her and she moved back to snuggle back into him. She laid there for another moment in her happy daze before licking her lips. “You know … we could do it..” she murmured, “have another baby.” Licking her lips as she chewed on her lower lip knowing Alex probably was not going to love what she just mentioned.
"Do what?" Alex asked, a low mumbled sound because he had closed his eyes and just enjoyed being so close together. When Sophie elaborated though, his eyes opened and he stared at the back of her head. "Excuse me?" He asked, as if he didn't really hear her right. "Sophie," he said softly and shook his head a little bit. "We literally have three little ones to keep us on our feet.."
She cleared her throat. “Have another baby.” She said, her voice a little less sure this time. His tone when he said her name made her heart sink a little. “I know but it’s kind of like well what would one last one be? We already have three we want to avoid the triangle of sadness.” She said, okay so she had heard it on tik Tok. “I don’t know I just thought maybe..”
"What's the triangle of sadness?" He questioned, furrowing his brows a little bit. He could almost feel her heart sinking and of course he hated her feeling that way, but he also thought she knew what he thought about this. "Soph, we've talked about this before. I don't think four under four, or even four under five is a good idea. You're working again, you love filming, I saw that when we were in London. I'm on tour and gonna be so for a while still.."
“You know where two of them is playing but one isn’t that saves the one from being lonely.” She murmured. “Are you ever going to want another baby?” She asked honestly it was easier to have this conversation not looking at each other because she knew she could get emotional over topics and it wasn’t fair to him for him to feel bad because of that so this was easier. “I do love filming but I can be a good mom and work.” She said. “It’s not like I can either be an actress or a mom.” These days you could do it all. “Okay never mind I was on tik Tok and just saw too many babies that’s all.” She murmured. “Thanks for this morning though it was a great way to wake up.”
"That's what we're there for. We're around, the band is around, Annie is around. We have all these dogs and all these animals. I don't really think there's one of the little ones who's gonna be very lonely." He sighed softly at her question. "I'm not saying I don't ever want to have another baby, but right now? No, I don't want to have another baby right now," he told her, "but that doesn't mean a couple years from now that's a hard no to another kid." His head laid against the pillow, his eyes on the back of her neck. "I never said I don't think you can do it all. You're a great mom and a great actress, but four kids is a whole lot." He sighed heavily when she said never mind and thank you for the morning.
Kids had always been a bit of a hot button subject for them. It was touchy for Alex, it was touchy for Sophie. Which was perfectly normal and they were going to have disagreements. “Okay.” She said when he said no he didn’t want to have another baby, there was no point to fighting she wasn’t going to go against a direct feeling he felt especially when it was a no. They laid there for awhile quietly and she couldn’t say she wasn’t feeling emotional but it had been her own fault for bringing it up. The tiniest sniffle left her nose as she shifted. His heavy sigh laying in the room. “We can only stay like this for so long Willa will be up soon and we should be getting to the next destination soon too.” Her voice was thick she was sure he’d hear it but she /did/ respect his no so there was no need to keep pushing.
The air felt a little tense after that and Alex just laid there with her in silence, really just stuck with his own thoughts for a bit. He knew Sophie wanted a big family and he also felt like if that was a definite no for him, he would've been honest with her about that and maybe they wouldn't even be here with their three kids right now. He wouldn't have been able to blame her for wanting to find someone to give her what she wanted. But even though a handful of years ago Alex couldn't even picture himself with a kid at all, let alone three, he actually felt like maybe along the road he could be down to have another one. But not right now, not with three so little and so much else going on in their lives. "Okay," he said quietly, he noticed the sound of her voice but knew there was no point in pointing it out now. There just wasn't really a way to fully disagree on this now anyway. He started to shift, they both moved until he slipped out of her fully and lay onto his back on the bed.
She wasn’t someone to push people into things they didn’t want. People made sacrifices in relationships, sometimes she would work and he would need to be with the kids and then sometimes he would work and she would be with the kids. There would be times they didn’t agree that was the nature of relationships. Things weren’t always easy. But there was part of her that couldn’t help but think that Alex would never want to expand their family and that she wished she had cherished the last pregnancy a little more or those last newborn moments a little more. She had come from a big family and still wasn’t even 30 herself but it also wasn’t Alex’s fault either and she knew that. He had a right to feel comfortable with the amount of kids they raised and had especially with their jobs. When he slipped out of her she felt him move to lay on the bed and she shifted her underwear. “I’m gonna go take a shower.” She said. “So that we’re all ready when it’s time to leave.” She turned but didn’t look him in the eyes as she kissed him. “I love you.” Before getting up and going into the shower where she turned it on and stripped cleaning herself and letting her emotions pour out for a bit.
Alex watched her as she got out of bed and headed up to get into the shower. He dressed himself again and lay for a moment before peeling himself to his feet and taking a moment to make the bed. He had just changed into regular clothes when DJ started to wake and he got her out of her little bed and changed into a fresh diaper and dressed for the day. "Are you hungry? You're gonna have to wait for mommy, okay? She'll be out of the shower in just a bit, let's just give her a little more time." He kissed the top of the little girl's head and let her nuzzle into him as he held her in one arm while moving around the bus to start grabbing the things he needed in New York to throw them into his suitcase.
Sophie let herself cry for a bit in the shower before she got herself together and washed her hair, cleaned herself up, got out and dressed into a pair of leggings and comfortable tee shirt for the plane. Brushing through her blonde hair she then threw on some moisturizer hoping that her red eyes he would think would be just from the shower because that happened sometimes and quickly brushed her teeth. When she got out of the small bathroom she saw DJ in his one arm. “Here I can take her.” She said knowing that she was probably hungry as she shifted past him and onto the bed that was made and sat on top and shifted her shirt so she could nurse. “I can help you pack once I feed her if you want.”
Alex turned his head when Sophie offered to take DJ and he nodded. "Yeah, I think she's hungry." He handed the little girl over and then continued to pack up his stuff and the few things he knew Sophie would need. "Would probably be good. I'm not sure what you wanna bring to date night tonight," he said, teasing slightly and offering a small grin to try and get rid of the still slightly tense atmosphere in the room. They moved around the bus a little bit until the kids woke and everything was packed. Willa was a little cranky, but it could've been worse. When Alex finally managed to put her down so she could find her favorite stuffed animal, he turned to face Sophie and closed the gap between them, his hands reaching out to cup her face and cause them to look at each other for a moment, really lock eyes. "I love you," he said softly, leaning in to press a soft kiss to her lips.
She was hungry and latched onto her and she stroked the fourteen-month-old’s little cheek slowly while she nursed watching her. “What date night?” She asked, “Oh? With Taylor I already have my clothes picked out in the closet.” She said, “she said nothing too fancy and hopefully it won’t be too cold.” Her focus still on the little girl in her arms it obvious she was trying to soak in their moment together. After nursing she got her set up on her playmat and put on a kiddie show while Willa fussed and Noah half tumbled around the moving bus. “Noah be careful please why don’t you go give DJ a cuddle.” She Said stroking his hair. When she turned Alex was facing her and he closed the space between them and cupped her face to get her to look at him for the first time in definitely over an hour. There was emotion in her eyes and she knew he saw it. “I love you too Alex.” As she pressed her lips back against his.
Of course he wasn't oblivious to how the energy had changed and how Sophie was looking at their kids. He finished packing their things while the kids busied themselves and even Willa found her stuff animal and was distracted for a moment, a moment Alex took to find Sophie and really look at her, lock eyes with her. When he felt her kissing back, he let it linger for a moment before pulling back finally. "I want you to know I'm not saying I never want any more kids with you," he said softly, quietly, "I know you want a big family and it's an option down the road, just not right now. Not very soon. I just.. need some time, okay?"
“It’s okay Alex you don’t have to justify yourself to me.” Well not in the way he thought he did. She was sure there was this worry that if she wanted that and he didn’t, would she or should she be with someone else that could give her that. “Who knows maybe my feelings will change and you won’t even have to worry plus if there’s a huge age gap between these three and our last I wouldn’t want it anyway.” She admitted. “That just leaves one little baby all by themselves so who knows. Like you said it’s not an option right now, it’s okay.” She said giving a small smile that was obviously her trying. “Take all the time you need.” She said pressing her lips to his. “It was just too much Tik Tok last night I’m sure somehow I ended up on baby Tok. And I just am probably hormonal and due for my period soon.” Trying to explain it all away.
"I swear I'm gonna have to take Tik Tok away from you if it keeps giving you all these ideas," he joked. So maybe the app gave her baby fever, but he also knew she really wanted this and that alone had him feeling a little bad for not being able to give her just that right away. "I just want you to be happy with me," he said softly and maybe that just gave away a little bit of his worry. She was young after all. He knew she loved their family, she loved him, she wanted their kids to grow up with both parents, but there also was a small part of him that worried if she would be happier with someone who could give her exactly what she wanted. Of course he didn't really want that, or want to give her up to anyone without a fight anyway.
“Yeah maybe that’s a good idea.” Though she really was just blaming it on tik Tok and that only played a small portion of it. “I am happy with /you/ Alex. Just because we disagree on something doesn’t mean suddenly oh I don’t love you anymore. We’re not always going to agree with each other on things.” She sighed. “Yes I want another baby but you don’t that doesn’t mean I just throw away a relationship, my children’s father, and the person I love because we’re not on the same page. And I may cry about it and that’s okay. But that doesn’t mean this changes us.”
"Alright, I just.. wanna make sure. I don't like you crying," he said softly and leaned in to rest his forehead against hers. "Because I kind of really love you and I don't really ever want to think about not having you by my side," he told her and then added, "which is also why you cannot run away with Taylor, alright?" He teased slightly.
“I know you don’t like me crying but sometimes you’re gonna have to compromise.” She said, “And I get emotional about things like babies and what we will or won’t have.” She murmured. “You don’t have to I’m not going anywhere Alex.” She murmured. “Well okay I make no promises on that one.” She said with a small grin.
When Sophie said she couldn't promise that one, he playfully rolled his eyes. "And that's exactly why I had to take matters into my own hands," Alex smirked, obviously talking about the very, very obvious hickey on Sophie's neck. The bus had come to a halt by now and there was a soft knock on the door. "Can you check if all that we need is packed up? I'll open up." He found Annie and Zack in front of the door, coffee in hand and Alex let them in. "Thank you, for staying here with them," Alex said. "And thank you for the coffee." Zack had handed him a cup and Alex chuckled softly. They had a little bit of time so they spent that with the kids and Annie and Zack before they had to get to the airport.
Rolling her eyes, “You know as if the hickey could stop me actually as if that would stop Taylor Swift you might have just made that a challenge to her.” She grinned at him. Heading to the back checked their carry ons and everything looked ready. Once everything was set she came out and Zack made a comment about the hickey with a laugh. “Yeah well I asked for another baby and he got his game all confused.” She said watching as Zack and Annie practically choked on their coffee and she grinned. “Alright babies come give mummy a kiss goodbye and be good for auntie Annie and uncle Zack.”
Alex grunted softly when Sophie joked about wanting a baby but getting a hickey instead, but he just shook his head and went to say goodbye to their kids, Willa easily the hardest to get to settle with Annie and Zack before they could grab their bags and head out to meet Jack and head to the airport. It was an easy flight, so much less eventful than flights with three little ones and Alex actually felt more relaxed by the time they got to New York.
“Wait that’s all you’re leaving us with?” Zack asked as they headed out and she shrugged heading out with her luggage she’d leave that one up to Alex. Okay so a little backfire but you know they were leaving now and once they landed in New York they got to their hotel and settled in. “Kids are doing good Willa didn’t fuss long at all Annie said.” Checking her text messages before setting it down. “So what time do you have the interview?” She asked glancing over at Alex as she unpacked her outfit for dinner that night and hung it up.
Alex turned his head back when Sophie was already off the bus and Alex shook his head. "We're not having another baby right now," he told his friend before following Sophie out. They got to New York alright and settled in their hotel room, or rather suite. Since it was just the three of them they booked a room more like an apartment that offered two bedrooms where Jack could sleep in one and they took the other.  "Uh, I think we have like an hour," he told her. "Are you gonna come or stay here to get ready for your dinner?"
“I can come with dinner won’t be till late tonight Taylor said I’m pretty sure she’s in the studio all day.” She said as she moved to grab something a little nicer to change into so she wouldn’t wear her airport clothes to the interview. Plus she didn’t want to just hang around the hotel all day after being emotional since chances were she’d end up emotional again. “If the interview runs too long I’ll just get an Uber and head back to get ready.”
Alex put his bag down and dug through until he found a pair of his skinny jeans and a shirt to go with that he could change into to look more appropriate for the interview. "That does sound like a plan," he nodded. "So you're gonna be out late?" he asked. He wanted her to have fun and not feeling like he expected her to be back soon or early.
She changed into a cute little tiny blue dress and fixed her blonde hair down and straight. “How’s this look?” Not that it mattered she wasn’t the one being interviewed. “Probably. At least a little late. We’re probably gonna drink too so do you want me to text you when I’m almost back to the hotel just in case?”
He turned to see Sophie in a blue dress and smiled. "Yeah, that looks great," he said and walked over. "Really beautiful," he added as he reached her and offered a bright smile. "You can text me if you like but you don't have to. Just have fun, babe. And if you end up wanting me to come pick you up, you give me a call okay?"
She smiled when he said really beautiful. “Taylor said she got us a private car to take us wherever we want to go after dinner but then also back here so I should be fine getting back to the hotel it might be getting up to the room depending on how much we have to drink.” She chuckled. “Okay I’m all set are you? We better make sure jacks ready and not sleeping.”
A soft chuckle left his lips. "You can give me a call and I can come bring you up here." He leaned in to steal a short kiss from her lips. "Jack and I may head out to a bar later, but we shouldn't be out long," he told her. "He's been mumbling something about having a beer," he chuckled and nodded. "Yeah let's check if he's ready to go too."
She chuckled against his lips. “Better how I remember how to call you.” She teased. Though she would be fine she was sure. “You should! Go out and have a boys’ night, have fun.” She said because he deserved it and to have some free time with one of his best friends. Heading out she walked through the living room picking up her Louis Vuitton purse and knocking on Jack’s door. “Come on Jack we have to get going. I won’t be late for my date with Taylor swift!”
"I fully expect you to come back here, yes. So you better remember," he chuckled. He grabbed his phone and followed Sophie out to the living room. "You can come in, but I'm naked!" Jack called when Sophie knocked on his door, but he must've been almost fully dressed because a moment later he opened the door and was just pulling a shirt over his head. "Did you say date? With Taylor Swift?" he asked but then nodded. "I'm ready we can go."
“I’ll come back here I just hope I’m not tipsy enough not to get lost.” She chuckled. Rolling her eyes, “Alex would have killed you if you opened that door naked.” She said looking at him as he pulled on a shirt. “Yep got myself a hot date with the queen herself.” She teased. “Or well… hmm that’s hard I’m queen of the north so we have to figure out a different name for her.” She shrugged. “Alright we better get an Uber black now traffic is going to be insane.” She was used to the city from living there with her ex years ago. It could take forever to make your way through and she didn’t want to be late which would delay getting back.
Alex shook his head as Sophie considered how to call Taylor and he chuckled softly. "You were the one who lived here, you get us there on time," he grinned slightly and nodded for the door. "Let's go."
“Yeah Yeah, I lived here with my ex which he still lives here so be careful what place you go for drinks he tends to go out and DJ places and have drinks with his brothers and I do not want a call that you’re being arrested.” She said as they got down to the lobby. Thirty minutes later it was a miracle they got across town and to the studio for the interview just in time. “Okay go do your thing I’ll be waiting for you”
"Why would we be getting arrested?" Jack asked, fully oblivious. They headed out and Sophie actually managed to get them to where the interview was on time. He pecked her lips and nodded before heading out to where they were supposed to sit and it was fairly easy to do the interview. The lady who interviewed them thankfully was easy to talk to and it felt comfortable enough. "You write a lot of your songs together, I assume you put a lot of personal experience into the lyrics too. Is that right and was it the same with 'Fake as Hell'?" The lady asked and Alex nodded slowly. "Yeah, we do write a lot and naturally some of it is from personal experiences, sometimes it's just situations our friends go through or emotions we want to reflect on that we didn't go through ourselves but just feel like would work great in a song. With 'Fake as Hell' most of the song I actually didn't write with Jack," Alex explained to which Jack shook his head. "Actually, I worked on this with my fiancé for a bit. A lot of it was coming from her and I was lucky enough to get it into this really fun, upbeat song. And to have Avril join us on it just gave it the right ring to it."
“Alex will explain it to you later Jack.” She said patting his back. Where they put Sophie she was able to listen to him recording without really interfering with anything as she sat there mostly on her phone texting to check in on the babies or looking at emails. When he started talking about their new single she wasn’t surprised given it was the newest song. Though she was surprised when she heard him talk about working with his fiancé on it. “So you would say Avril kind of adds that feminine point of view that your fiancé had. Would you say this is something she’s getting into song writing or was this more of a personal moment for her? And I assume we’re talking about Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner yes?”
Alex wasn't really aware how much information he was giving out until the lady asked him whether Sophie's involvement in the song came from personal experience and he glanced over at that to see where Sophie was, his eyes a little bit wider and his hand coming up to tug at the strands of hair in the back of his head. "Avril definitely adds that feminine point to the song, it just felt right to get someone onto the song with us and we were lucky enough she heard the demo and loved it," he explained and once again glanced to where Sophie was before replying. "I don't know if she's really getting into song writing, and like I said a lot of the songs we write stems from some kind of personal moment, I guess we'll just see if she wants to get in on a song again," he said, trying not to say too much really, but he was mildly aware what people would be reading from this.
Sophie looked at him and gave kind of a shrug it was bound to come out. That they had worked together. She didn’t mind but she could tell by the way he gripped at the back of his hair he was nervous now. Giving a nod she knew speculation would spread now and without a doubt people would put two and two together that it was about someone in her past. “Do you think you can reflect a little bit on that process for her? What those lyrics meant to her?” The woman asked. When Sophie glanced at him she gave him a small smile with a shrug like they couldn’t control it and she wasn’t upset but she also knew Alex was fiercely protective of her that he’d probably keep trying to not say where it had come from. Those had been emotional journals she had let Alex and only Alex see. While the boys had heard the song they hadn’t seen the journals. “I can imagine this song isn’t about you and your relationship as I believe she is here with you today.” Sophie frowned now this wasn’t about /her/ and she didn’t want the attention to be taken away from Alex and Jack and their band because of her.
Alex was glad his eyes locked with Sophie's for a moment and the small shrug of her shoulders told him it was alright, she wasn't going to get mad at him for putting this piece of information out there. He shifted in his seat a bit and tried to find the words to deter the topic now without being too harsh. "I don't think it's my place to tell where that process started for her or where it took her," he said after a moment. "She's with me today, yeah," he confirmed and glanced over at Sophie again for a moment. "The fun thing about song writing is, there's so many ways to interpret the lyrics and at the end of the day, it's not necessarily about what we wanted to say with the song, but more so about what it does for the people who listen to it," Jack chimed in, he must've realized Alex was struggling a bit.
She appreciated that he wasn’t going to speak for her or her emotions or reason behind the song. To her it was very personal. Alex knew that and would never capitalize off it just because it could cause some more people to come listen because it was about this or that. “So it’s really about connecting with the fans? Giving them music they can feel like they themselves resonate with and that’s what this new song has done too?”
"Oh yeah, I think ultimately it's always about that," Alex said, with a nod. "We do write music because sometimes it helps to get emotions out, but I think the cool thing is that you get to connect with other people through it whenever you put music out." Thankfully, they managed to stir the interview away from getting a little too personal, and when they were done with it, Alex let out a long-held breath and was glad to see Sophie hadn't left for her dinner yet." I'm sorry, I didn't mean to put it out there like that," he said softly as he found her and wrapped his arms around her, his voice just loud enough for her to hear.
When they got into that they were able to stir the conversation away from Sophie and thankfully she didn’t ask anything personal about their relationship or their kids. It was one thing if it was mutual and them together in an interview but that wasn’t the time or place. Once he got out he came up and wrapped his arms around her it was protective. “It’s okay. We always knew there was a chance it was going to be you guys were great and Jack was great when he could see you didn’t want to talk about anything of mine personally.” She murmured. “Thank you.” Before pecking his check and taking his hand. “We better get back. I’ll have to start getting ready soon.”
Alex let out a soft sigh when he could finally wrap Sophie into his arms. He had felt a little bit on edge, and definitely hadn't expected to end up feeling that way in the interview, but it just got a little too personal. "Can we gooooo," Jack whined just when Sophie said they better be on their way and Alex chuckled softly. "It's not funny I'm starving!" Jack argued causing Alex to actually laugh out. "Alright, alright let's go."
He seemed almost relieved to hug her. She knew that he had been on edge once topics of Sophie and her personal emotions were on the line but he had done just great with handling it. Jack whined and she rolled her eyes. “Sometimes I really think he is a toddler.” Sophie said as she leaned into him as they walked out. “Come on we can get back and you guys can do what you want and I’ll get ready.”
"Aren't you getting food with us?" Jack questioned and Alex was quick to answer with a shake of his head. "She's going out for dinner, Jack," he chuckled as they headed out and made their way back to the hotel. "But we can go out tonight, yes?" Jack seemed concerned and Alex promised him they would. "Can't go to NYC without going out, right?" he chuckled.
Alex was quick to answer for her probably because he didn’t want her to start about Taylor Swift again and she laughed. “Just please don’t get into any trouble.” Looking at him hoping he would get the point. No getting overly drunk, if she ran into any people they didn’t get in trouble or start anything. The ride back was a little longer with traffic but they made it back and Sophie headed into their room in the suite and started stripping till she was naked and grabbed the bag with outfits in it.
"We never get in any trouble," Alex grinned, but he got the point. He wasn't planning on getting super drunk and wasted. But a few drinks at a bar would be fun after all, especially since it was a night out in the city without the kids to take care off. Back in their suite, Alex and Jack hung around the living room area trying to figure out what to eat and where to go and when they decided, Alex followed Sophie to their bedroom where he assumed she was getting ready. "I'm getting ready Jack, stop whining," he laughed as he opened the door to slip into the bedroom only to find Sophie fully naked in front of him. "Oh fuck," he said, immediately pulling the door closed behind him. "Well, hi, I didn't think you'd be so.. naked in here," he chuckled softly as he made sure the door was closed and then walked over to his bag to grab something to change into. "It's a pretty great view but I don't want to accidentally share that with Jack, y'know."
“I call bullshit.” She said when he said they never get into trouble. But she really did hope they went out and had a good night and drank and had some fun. They all deserved a little fun with a night off. After all it was why Sophie was going out with Taylor for dinner. When the door opened she didn’t think much of it assuming it would be just Alex. Glancing up she raised a brow. “I’m getting changed I have to get naked to change.” She pointed out with a laugh. “You don’t want to accidentally share with anyone but I don’t think Jack would just come barging in he knows at this point you’d be actually furious.” Like not in a laughing furious an actual furious if he saw Sophie naked. “Well enjoy the view I’m gonna do my makeup and hair before getting dressed.” She grinned. “So I’ll be naked.”
Alex tried to just grab some clothes to change into but he really couldn't help spending time staring at her. "You can't know for sure. He's like a whining toddler right now, he might come running to ask if we can finally head out," he said with a shake of his head. "You could have done your make up before undressing, y'know?" he chuckled and then pulled his own shirt off to put a different one on. When he was done changing, he moved over to press a kiss to Sophie's cheek. "Alright, as much as I enjoy looking at you like this, I'm gonna run before I get too distracted and then Jack ends up throwing a tantrum," he grinned. "Have fun, alright? And you, do not get in trouble either."
“Fair point.” Though she didn’t really think he’d burst in that he’d more whine at the door for him like a lost puppy. “No I don’t want it on those clothes either.” She said shaking her head. “So really the only option I have is to do all this naked.” It really was easier and she did have the privacy. “Afraid you might not be able to control yourself.” She teased as she got her concealer out and started to cover up the hickey he had given her before. “Hey I’m not the only one involved in this Taylor wants to go crazy who am I to say no?” She teased. “But have fun too. I love you.”
"I don't think that really makes sense. You can get ready perfectly dressed," he told her with a shrug as he changed himself. When he was ready to head out, he paused and looked at her with the concealer. "Excuse me, what is that?" He asked, reaching out to take the concealer from her hand and bringing his own hand behind his back. "You're covering that up?" His brow was arched up a bit and he shook his head. "I don't think so. I put a lot of effort into this," he added with a grin that spread on his lips. "No reason to cover it."
Rolling her eyes “but this is special.” She said as if that should be obvious. “I mean when I get ready for award shows I wear a robe but they see me naked at some point to get me into the dress and stuff so yeah kind of normal babe.” She laughed. When he plucked the concealer from her fingers. “So possessive you realize you don’t want anyone to know our personal business and me walking around with a hickey from you tells everyone what we were doing in the last 24 hours.”
"I spilled you were writing a song about your stupid ex today and that's going to have people talking. Now you're going out with Taylor fucking Swift, hell yes I want people to have a fair idea of what you and me get up to, because they gotta know we're good," he grunted slightly, taking a step back to put the concealer away. "I don't see why you'd need to cover the hickey up," he said with a shrug, a small grin on his lips though.
“Well you didn’t actually say anything about where my emotions or feelings came from.” She pointed out. “They asked and you didn’t want to discuss and they would speculate.” She said. A chuckled left her lips, “okay okay calm down.” She said. “Though you just mentioned me in said interview and I was there so I’m sure people know we’re good.” She said. “Yeah yeah okay I’ll use the little bit I have on met to tone it down a little but you can still see it is that fair?”
Alex scrunched up his nose a little bit, but she was offering a compromise for the hickey so he nodded slowly. "Alright, fine. Don't try going behind my back though, we both know there'll be pictures so I'll know," he warned, but then walked back over and leaned in to steal a kiss from her lips, letting that linger a little longer before pulling back. "I love you. Have fun, but nothing too crazy, yes?" He smiled and winked at her because putting the concealer down with her make up and then headed out of the room, closing the door behind him. "Let's go Jack - and no you cannot say goodbye to Sophie right now."
“Going to be checking out our pap photos now?” She grinned. “Stalker.” She teased the man. But she made a promise and only covered it with what she had managed to swipe on which covered a bit but was still very obvious that it was there. Their lips met and she held his face for a moment before he pulled away. “I love you.” Replying back before he left quickly and she heard him telling Jack he couldn’t tell her goodbye and hearing “but why not?” As the voices trailed away. Not long after she was dressed in the pants and halter top that exposed her flat midriff stomach before heading out to meet Taylor.
Alex ushered Jack outside, averting him barging into the bedroom where Sophie was still wonderfully naked after all. They headed out to grab a bite of greasy food and then wandered onto find a bar to hang out, have a few drinks, play some pool and have a good time before eventually heading back to the hotel room just around midnight. Jack was passed out quickly and Alex spent some time on the couch, legs kicked up over the side of it while scrolling on his phone. He wasn't sure what time Sophie would be back, but he tried to stay awake until she did. Though the bit of alcohol he'd had made him a little more sleepy than expected and he dozed off a little bit.
The night had started off crazy with Taylor’s arrival, she had managed to slip in before and not be noticed but once Taylor showed up the cameras flashed and everything was chaos. They drank a lot, progressively getting more drunk, squealing over Taylor’s love life when texts from a certain someone came through and laughing. Once they left they did end up going shopping at a few boutiques and she picked up a few things before they went to a club and had a few more drinks. By the time her security was helping her into her hotel she called alexs phone as she got towards the elevators. The phone answered. “Babyyyyy.”
Alex had been scrolling on his phone and was barely holding it up while dozing so when it started buzzing and he jumped awake, the phone slipped out of his hand and onto his face, causing him to groan out. "Ow, shit," he grumbled before sitting up some and answering the phone only to hear Sophie's slightly slurred 'baby'. "Uh, hi," he murmured. "Where are you, baby?" he asked, sitting up fully now and stifling a yawn as he stood. "Do you need me to pick you up somewhere?"
When she heard his voice she giggled like a teenager absolutely in love hearing her boyfriends voice for the first time on the phone. “Downstairs somewhere.” She said looking around and spinning which was a bad idea as she got dizzy and stumbled and bumped into someone. “Oops!” She giggled. “Sorry!” She said as she tried to focus. “Oh! Al! Hi!”
He furrowed his brows a little when she started giggling. "Downstairs?" he asked, but then his eyes widened a little as it sounded like she was walking into things. "At the hotel? Shit, okay," he said and held his phone between his ear and his shoulder as he grabbed his shoes to put them on as quickly as he could. "Okay, baby, listen.. stay where you are and I'll be right there, okay?" He said, shifting to take his phone and grab their hotel key card before he slipped out of the room and onto the hallway, phone still in hand. He headed for the elevators and made his way downstairs to the lobby with one of them.
“But there’s a bar that’s open.” Of course when she drank a lot she sometimes went a little overboard since this didn’t happen all that often. “I could have a drink while waiting for you!” As if it wouldn’t take long for him to get to her. “Oh wait where is my…” she cut out spinning around. “There it is I dropped my purse.” She giggled.
"Soph.." he said softly. "Alright, you sit at the bar and I will be right there, okay?" He tried, tapping his feet as he waited for the elevator to get him all the way down to the lobby. When the doors finally opened, he glanced around and started to the general direction of the bar. He could hear her giggling before seeing her and he hung up the phone when he rounded the corner and caught her just when she looked like she was gonna stumble and fall. "Hi, hello. I got you, alright," he said softly. "Why don't you let me pick up your purse and you hold onto me?"
She was going to try and make it to the bar and if she did she knew she could snap into acting that they wouldn’t know she was this tipsy. With Alex she felt safe. When she was about to stumble suddenly Alex was there. “Baby.” She cooed and kissed his cheek. “Hi.” She smiled brightly before she nodded and she leaned to hold onto him.
"Yes, hi, I'm glad you're back," he chuckled, sliding his arm around her waist before reaching down to pick up the purse she had dropped. "How you feel about heading upstairs?" he asked, turning to face the direction of the elevators rather than the bar. "We can get you back into our room. You can tell me all about how much fun you had tonight."
His arm slid around her waist to hold her tightly to him as he grabbed her purse. “Okay.” She Said nodding as he was already turning her towards the elevators. “I can do that and tell you all the stuff we did. We went shopping they’re gonna deliver the stuff before we leave tomorrow.” She said with a small giggle. They got into the elevators by themselves and she started to sing the song Alex had written dancing along in his arm wiggling slightly obviously very much still in party mode.
"Oh you went shopping?" He led her to the elevators and got her into one with him, thankfully it was just the two of them. "What did you buy?" he asked, "or are you gonna just show me tomorrow?" He smiled when she wiggled and dance in his arm. "Careful, baby, you're gonna fall," he laughed softly, wrapping his other arm around her too to hold her up. "You had a good time then, yes? Partied a little?" When the elevator stopped, he led her out and down the hall, grabbing the key card to let them into the room.
“Mmm after dinner but before the club.” She said nodding. “Just some pretty things.” Really there was a strong possibility she would be just as surprised by it in the morning. His other arm wrapped around her midsection walking her in. “Such a good time she’s so much fun.” She nodded. Kicking off her shoes she let her hair down and spun. “I need help out of this.” She said trying to undo the back of her halter.
"Alright, c'mere," Alex said as Sophie spun and started trying to undo the halter of her clothes. "Let's get into our room first, then get the clothes off, how about that?" he suggested, an amused smile on his lips. He considered the options and then just picked her up, arm around her back the other holding her legs so he could carry her into their bedroom, a place he'd be more comfortable with Sophie undressing than the shared part of the suite. When the door was closed, he put her back down on her feet and asked her to turn around so he could help her out of the clothes.
Once she started undressing she truly wasn’t thinking about being in the shared suite together. Then he picked her up and she squealed and giggled her legs kicking as he held onto her and she swung her purse and it landed with a thud onto somewhere in the floor of the living room before they got to the room. Once in the room he helped her undress and once she was back down to being naked she didn’t even wait as she crawl into bed and laid on top of the blankets.
Alex barely had time to close the door behind them before helping Sophie get undressed and she easily climbed into bed fully naked. "Comfy?" He asked as he kicked his own shoes off and then climbed onto the bed with her, already in more comfortable clothes from laying around waiting, so there wasn't any point in changing. "Are you gonna lay under the blankets or just settle on top?" He asked with a grin playing on his lips as he lay down on his back, shifting to get comfortable.
“Comfy.” She nodded as she laid on the bed. “I don’t know I feel really warm right now.” Which was probably from all the alcohol she has consumed in the few hours. “And you can enjoy the view while I lay like this.” She teased as she opened eyes to look at him.
"Oh you feel really warm?" He questioned, chuckling as he lay on his back with his head turned to look at her and a smile was spread on his lips. "So I'm guessing you're not up for cuddles if just the blanket is too warm for you," he teased and then shifted to roll onto his side. "What was your go to drink tonight?" He asked, now too awake to sleep but also knowing having her think could potentially sober her up a little faster. Though maybe sleep would just help the best after all.
“Very warm.” Her arms stretching out and legs moving which just showed more of her naked body. “I mean I’d be warm but I’m always up for cuddles.” Smiling over at him. “You’re my favorite to cuddle with.” She murmured softly. “I drank a lot of gin.” She said with a giggle. “London gin to be exact with club soda.” It had been delicious and she may have been doing doubles so she was definitely feeling good. “But I’m totally absolutely not drunk.” She nodded.
"Gin?" He questioned, shifting to motion for her to come curl up against him so he could wrap his arm around her naked frame. "Of course you're not drunk, who said that you are?" A grin spread on his lips, obviously he was joking but wasn't sure she knew he didn't mean it, because she was very much drunk. "I don't think I've ever had grin with club soda…"
She shifted to curl up into him his arm draping around her naked frame. "Yes gin it's delicious." she said, really Sophie was someone who drank a lot of different things from wine to liquors to beers, it all depended. "I know you you're thinking it but I'm not, totally not drunk, I'm just buzzed." she said even if she was probably absolutely drunk but he didn't mind. "Sometime you'll have to try it with me, but not tonight." she shook her head. "The room is spinning." she said looking up before giggling.
"Just buzzed, got it," he chuckled amusedly and kissed the top of her head. "Not tonight. We can try another night. Maybe tonight, we should get some sleep, how's that sound?" he asked, a smile spreading on his lips as he looked at her. "Especially if the room is spinning, we wanna make that stop, don't we? Sleep can help with that."
"Mm we could make it stop by kissing me." she said. Of course she knew that Alex was always careful about how drunk she was but she still felt that want to be close to him. Especially after drinking. "Have I told you you're really really hot?" she hummed shifting closer to him nudging her nose against his. "Like so hot."
A small grin spread on his lips when she nudged her nose to his. "You might have mentioned it," he murmured, reaching his arm up so he could cup her face with his hand. "I don't know if kissing really helps with the spinning, but we can try." Of course he wasn't opposed to kissing her, so he leaned in and captured her lips in a soft kiss.
"Well you are very hot." she said, her hand moving to travel up and down his side. "Well you know it's worth the room spinning and kissing you." she hummed as he leaned in and kissed her. Her mouth met his and she was sure he could taste the alcohol on her lips as she started kissing him back, her mouth immediately kissing him hard and her body rolling slightly onto his.
He kept his hand on her cheek, holding her in as their lips met in a hard kiss, her body shifting into his a little more and he hummed into the kiss. Eventually, he dropped his hand to slide his arm around her back again and pull her in, flush against him so they could let their legs tangle up a bit. Alex broke the kiss eventually, but kept his face close to hers. "We should try to sleep, baby," he said softly, because Sophie was drunk, and he did feel a little tipsy still, not very much but the littlest bit. He started to shift them so he could pull the blanket over them, but quickly pushed it down to be bunched around their hips, giving them a little more access to cool air.
Their legs tangled and she kissed him till she was out of breath. When he broke the kiss she pouted, "Don't you want me?" she asked very obvious it was her drunk brain talking and not the more reliable sober Sophie that always knew he wanted her. Her eyes glancing up to his as he moved to pull the blanket up and then down around their hips leaving her topless to be some what cooler with the air on.
Alex turned his head, eyes locking on hers after he glanced at the pout and a soft sigh left his lips. "Of course I want you, I always do," he murmured, caressing up her bare back gently. "But I also want you to rest and sleep, because you are a little drunk," he told her softly. "I'm looking forward to having you for breakfast though," he added with a smirk on his lips and he leaned in to brush the tip of his nose against hers.
Her drunk brain did manage to comprehend what he was saying. And she knew a lot of it was he wouldn’t take advantage of her drunk unless he really knew she knew and while she did know enough then she understood he wanted her to rest. “I’ll hold you to that.” She said when he said having her for breakfast before nudging her nose back and settling into the bed and within no time falling asleep.
Of course Alex knew that once she allowed her drunk body to relax she'd be out, so he wasn't surprised when she fell asleep in no time. He smiled, watching her for a moment before he too closed his eyes and dozed off into a peaceful slumber. They had a kids free night and morning and even though they had to leave for the next show not too late during the day, they could still sleep in if they wanted to. If only Alex had remembered to close the curtains, which he didn't. It was still early when the sunshine woke him and he grumbled in a half-asleep mind, shifting a bit and then bringing his freshly tattooed arm up to drape over his own head so his face would be covered from the sun and brightness shining in.
Sleep came fast and heavy for the blonde as she was out cold thanks to the alcohol. Sleeping in the next morning meant that she could get the rest she needed before they would have to fly to his next show and chances were she might be a little hung over in the morning. Sophie buried herself into the blankets the air making it now very cold on her naked frame and nuzzling into Alex to cover her face as she slept deeply taking deep breaths and just still continued to be knocked out cold.
Alex tried to get more sleep, he shifted a little and felt Sophie curling into him more, her face buried in his side and he glanced down so he could grab the blanket and pull it up, covering more of them but Sophie especially. He really only dozed on a d off especially, his arm up over his own face to shield from the sun.
The sun continued to filter in and she groaned turning over and away from Alex and burying herself in the blankets Alex had pulled up over her. Her blonde hair splayed out all over and she was obviously not happy about starting to wake up. “Babe.” She groaned nudging him. “Babe.” She said again. “Can you close the blinds it’s too early.” Her voice raspy and obviously whiny
Alex grumbled out when Sophie nudged him. "Hm?" he questioned. He sighed, more at the fact that he had to bed up now. He wandered over to close the blinds before crawling back into bed, eyes barely open enough to see he was crawling back to where Sophie was.
Sophie flopped over onto her stomach when he got up her bare back exposed as he closed the blinds and she was able to enjoy the darkness as soon as it was dark in the room before feeling him climb back into the bed and assuming he would be falling back to sleep too.
Sophie had shifted and turned and when Alex got back into bed, he tried getting comfortable again. He had been up several times this morning and now that he'd had gotten up, he just lay in bed for a while, not really falling asleep. He figured Sophie would go back to sleep though, so he tried not to disturb her.
She laid on her stomach her back exposed and the blanket only down to her hips covering her lower bum. She slept for awhile before she finally turned and kicked off the blanket feeling warm leaving her naked for Alex to see as she moved to see him and her eyes blinked open blurry but noticed something on his arm. “Mm what’s that?”
Alex was dozing on and off for a little bit until Sophie started to shift beside him. "What's what?" he asked, glancing over to see she had pushed away the blanket to leave her very much exposed to him and a small smile formed on his lips. He shifted a little to see what she was pointing at and realized it was the new ink he'd gotten the night before. "Oh, that's a tattoo," he murmured.
Furrowing her very tired brows as she looked again blinking. “You didn’t have that tattoo yesterday.” She said her voice sort of raspy she was sure it was over dry from no water or anything like that. “When.. how.. what.” Her brain wasn’t fully computing her eyes blinking open then closed every so often as she laid out on the bed really more of a view for Alex than she realized.
A soft chuckle left his lips as he shook his head. "No, Jack and I found a studio last night, figured why not get a tattoo.. Been thinking about it for a while anyway," he told her, shifting now to face her a little more. "You should probably hydrate," he murmured, though he wasn't really done just taking her in yet.
“You got tattoos without me?” She asked almost a whine to her voice. “You’ve been wanting to get a “ … she lifted her head groaning a little bit before dropping back down. “A butterfly did awhile?” She asked because she definitely hadn’t heard that. “Mmm in a bit.” She said she wasn’t so bad off. Just a little foggy. “I could do something else with my mouth though this morning before I hydrate.” She murmured eyes closed.
"I did. I didn't know it would end up being a butterfly," he chuckled softly. "But I wanted to get.. Something," he murmured as she lay her head back. A smirk formed on his lips when she suggested she'd do something else with her mouth before hydrating. "Oh yeah?" he asked, licking his lips slightly as his eyes scanned over her again.
“Do you and Jack have matching butterflies now?” Wondering if that was something they had done. She kept her eyes closed when she heard him and being sensitive to noises she could hear him licking his lips. “I mean I could definitely use my mouth somewhere else this morning but wouldn’t want to if someone thinks I should just hydrate” kind of taunting him.
"We do not," he laughed softly. "You're gonna have to look at it when you're more awake." He was sure with the very fine lines, she hadn't fully seen what he had gotten yet. He playfully rolled bis eyes. "I said that because U care of. Doesn't mean I wouldn't want you doing something else before getting hydrated.."
“I’ll look at it before we leave how about that I should be more awake and with it then.” She murmured. “I know you care about me babe.” She said with a small smile. “But I think I could manage one thing first. I mean I’m already naked we could have some fun don’t you think?”
"Alright," he chuckled. He shifted more onto his side to be able to face her and arched a brow. "We can. I did tell you I'm not opposed to having you for breakfast and I think I remember you saying you were gonna hold me to that," he smirked. "But if you wanna do anything with your mouth first..."
“Having me for breakfast?” She said, “oh and I thank kind of delicious.” Chuckling softly. “And if you promised it’d be really really bad to break said promise.” She pointed out. “But I can definitely use my mouth first.” Offering. “But you’re not naked.” She pouted looking up at him.
"For one thing, you don't seem to have remembered I made you that promise," he teased, chuckling softly. When she pouted at him wearing close, he shook his head a little bit. "Maybe you should start getting these clothes off with me," he murmured, but up to pull his shirt off to leave him shirtless.
“Doesn’t matter a promise is a promise babe.” She Said “oh I have to take your clothes off of you? I got naked for you last night you’d think you’d at least take your pants off if you want my mouth to suck you.” She grinned shifting to get on her knees some so he could see her naked body a bit more in full view.
A smirk spread on his lips and he laughed softly. "I think you don't realise I had to help you get your clothes off," he teased, shifting to lift his head so he could take her in the way she was kneeling perfectly naked in front of him.
“And you got me naked all night you could have ogled me all night I’d you wanted to.” She pointed out as she kneeled in front of him brushing her blonde hair out of her face. “Pants off Alex.” Knowing he was looking at her body. “Can watch me take you in my mouth while kneeling still.”
"Who said I didn't get a good look in already?" he smirked. A soft groan left his lips when she demanded him to take the pants off and so he did, getting rid of the rest of his clothes because settling nakedly back in bed.
“Did you?” She asked raising a brow. Because well what woman didn’t want to know if a man enjoyed her naked just in the bed. When he was naked she crawled forward slowly a bit before settling on her knees again and pulling her hair to the side and wrapping her hand around his length and starting to stroke for a brief moment before lowering her mouth down onto him.
"I may have," he smirked slightly, knowing she would be aware that he did look at her and take her in. Just like he did now as she crawled forward to kneel in front of him, her hand finding his length and eliciting a soft moan from his lips. He was tempted to close his eyes at the feeling, but he wanted to see, wanted to take in the way her lips closed around his length.
She knew Alex always appreciated the view. He was never one to push her to be naked or show off or anything like that but he loved every bit he got. Her eyes glanced up through her lashes as she took him into her mouth locking eyes with him as she started to bob her head up and down his shaft soft noises coming from her mouth as she took a bit more of him each time past her full soft warm lips.
Their eyes locked the way she glanced up at him and Alex groaned. "Oh," he breathed out, licking and biting on his lower lip as his hand reached out to brush her hair of her shoulder and then brush it into her hair, tugging lightly at the strands.
His groan made her free hand dig into his thigh enjoying the noises he was making for her. As his hand came up to grasp at her hair she felt him tug it while also keeping it out of her face as he pulled at the strands again before lowering her mouth a little more onto him and making a soft gargling noise.
His eyes were locked on her, taking her in as she moved her mouth over his length and he helped by holding her hair out of the way, moaning softly as she took him a little more into her mouth. He enjoyed this for a moment, before eventually sitting up a little more and tugging her head back by her hair. "Soph," he groaned softly, guiding her to lift her head to face him. "I think you should turn around.. kneel over me," he said, licking his lips and a small smirk curled onto his lips. "I wanna taste you too," he told her before letting go of her hair and leaning back, resting back on the bed to lay down fully again.
Her head moved fluidly up and down his shaft the easier it got the more her mouth started to produce saliva coating him. When, after a little bit, she felt him shift she figured it was just out of pleasure but instead his hand tugged her hair enough to pull her head back and her mouth to release him with a soft pop noise. “Oh.” She said when he said it. “Oh!” When it finally registered what he meant because obviously she was a tiny bit hungover. This wasn’t something they did all the time so it hadn’t immediately popped in her head. So she moved to shift her body kneeling her lower half over his face before settling herself a little bit as she glanced back and then moved her mouth back to his shaft.
It was almost funny seeing the realisation hit Sophie, but then she shifted her body and Alex smirked slightly as she settled herself enough for him to lift his head and find that spot between her legs he was so eager to get to. He moaned softly against her core as he felt her lips around his length again.
She didn’t exactly want to sit on him even if people always said that. So she kept herself more legs spread to keep her lower in place. When his mouth met her she groaned around his length causing it to vibrate against it and her head bumped up and down a little harder for a second as she gripped his thigh trying to concentrate on her mouth doing its own job.
Her legs were spread on each side of him and Alex knew it was to keep her up a little bit, but he wanted her close, wanted to be able to close his mouth around her clit and brush his tongue between wet lips without having to lean up too much. So he reached up, his hands caressing at her thighs and then around to her bum to pull her down a little bit more, the vibration of her groan causing him to hum against her. She was so easily egging him on with each touch, each time her mouth bopped around his length. His tongue lapped against her clit a few times before the tip found her entrance to dip inside the slightest bit.
She felt his hands sliding up her thighs and just thought that it was him caressing her but instead he reach further up and pulled her down so she was mostly just on top of him. Her hips absentmindedly grinding into his mouth. His tongue caressed at her clit with expertise as her head continued to move up and down now letting her teeth ever so slightly and gently scrape against the skin of his cock. When his tongue slipped into her she moaned loudly around him as her hips ground into him.
He pulled her down a little bit so she was more on top of him and his hands gripped her bum slightly, pressing into her skin as he let his tongue caress at her clit before slipping the tip of it into her. Her moan send a pleasurable feeling through him that he happily used to focus more on her, pumping his tongue as his own hips thrusted up a little bite more into her.
He didn’t seem to mind her being more on top of him at least on his face. Which was kind of hot that he was so insistent on pulling her down. That he wanted her close to him to pleasure and taste her. It had really only been an idea to pleasure him but he was never one to not share in their fun. When his tongue moved her hips moved with it like she was riding him but his tongue instead. His hips started moving up and she gargled slightly before pulling back. “Oh fuck Al, baby.” She panted. As she stroked him before bringing her mouth back down onto him.
Alex moaned against her when she pulled back to pant out, his own pleasure easily rising, especially when her mouth closed back around his length. His head pulled back slightly after another moment and he groaned out. "You taste so good, baby," he murmured before once again bringing his tongue between her folds, licking down the length of them before sliding the tip into her again, her hips grinding and shifting against his face so she was really riding his tongue and fuck, that was hot.
She could feel her cheeks heat at his words. Telling her how good she tasted to him. He wasn’t always vocal but he was always vocal in how good she made him feel, how much he enjoyed her and how she tasted. She was new to moving on his tongue this way and he seemed to be enjoying it by the way his body moved as she moved her mouth faster and lapped at his cock her hand twisting at the base for extra friction as her hips started to stutter and she made soft whimpering noises again and again as she got closer to that first release on his tongue.
His hands gripped at her a little harder when her hips started to stutter and he knew she was close. He hummed against her, his mouth closing around her soaked lips and sucking lightly for more friction. His own hips bucked up again, burying his length in her mouth a little further before sinking back against the bed. He was close, so close but he was also eager to taste more of her now.
It didn’t take long between him suckling and tongue moving against her before she felt it. The wetness almost erupt from her as she came hard and pulled up from his length and cried out. “Oh fuck me don’t stop, don’t stop.” Feeling the release come again and liquid release from her her hand gripping his hips as she cried out again is absolute ecstasy
He didn't even mind that Sophie pulled back from his length to cry out and grip into his hips. His arms wrapped up a little more around her legs to hold her closer to him, lapping up her juices happily as she came hard against him. His tongue flicked against her clit a few times before lapping against her again, alternating to get her through that intense feeling and groaning against her for added friction.
He continued to move and lap against her as her arousal came out in heaviness that really had only happened once before with them. Maybe there was a think to sex in the morning. Her breathing was raspy as he groaned against her core for added friction and whimpered. “Fuck. Oh fuck.” She said. “Alex. Fuck me. Fuck me right now.” She said her voice literally growled.
It was a little messy but he lapped up as much as he could, groaning against her core. She whimpered and growled and Alex hummed against her again before loosening his grip on her legs and hips and pushing her up and off of his face a bit. "Fuck, baby," he muttered slightly, shifting to slide up on the bed so Sophie was straddling his lap but with her back towards him. His hands gripped her hips and tugged her down a little more, helping her shift so she could sit in his lap with his length lining up with her so she could sink down onto his cock. "Fuck, baby, you're so wet," he groaned, pressing his chest against her back.
“Oh god.” She cried out She really didn’t care about being quiet. It was still early and jack could sleep through most noises. His body slid up from under her and she shifted forward a bit but didn’t turn around as he tugged her down just giving her enough time before he was sinking her onto his cock between wet walls. “Fuck I’m soaked.” She panted her thighs were covered, as he pressed his back against hers and she whined. “Oh god this feels so fucking good.” Her head leaning back. “You’re so good.”
Her head leaned back against his shoulder and his arms wrapped around her, caressing up her skin as they took just a moment to enjoy the feeling of him being buried inside of her in a slightly different position now. "Soaking wet," he confirmed, one arm wrapping tight around her while the other hand slid up to cup her breast. "Move your hips, baby," he husked into her ear. "It's gonna feel so good." He knew it would, her riding him always did and this just was a slightly different angle that he was sure would easily cause some more friction and pleasure.
There was something incredibly sexy about the way his arms wrapped around her in the moment. The angle a bit different since normally when she was on top she’d be facing him. “Mmm all because of that tongue of yours.” She husked. “We should do that more often.” She mumbled as his hand grasped her breast keeping her close to him. At his words she shifted and started rocking her hips in a fluid movement thanks to all the wetness that covered her. As she moved soft moans fell from her lips from how sensitive she was. “Fuck you feel so good inside of me.” She husked. “I love it.”
An almost proud grin spread on his lips. "Mmh that was fun, wasn't it?" He asked. He kept her close with his arms wrapped around her tightly. When she started rocking her hips, he easily slid along his length, the wetness making the movement so much easier. "So good," he agreed, moaning softly at the feeling and making sure he hummed into her ear while saying that. "You are so fucking good," Alex told her, breathing out heavily before leaning in to place a kiss to the side of her neck then up to nibble at her earlobe teasingly before tipping his head back a little bit.
“So much fun. Your mouth always could do amazing things.” Which obviously could me anything from singing to what he had just done on her. A chill ran down her spine when he husked against her ear how fucking good she was. “God keep talking that dirty to me and you’ll get multiple orgasms out of me.” She gasped as She bucked her hips a little harder against him before starting to circle her hips on his shaft deep inside of her.
A soft chuckle left his lips before he husked into her ear and nibbled on her earlobe. "Maybe I want just that," he smirked slightly. "You tasted so good, now I want to feel you around me." Which was true, he loved the feeling of her coming around his length, and how wet she already was gave a good idea of how great it was gonna feel once she came again. "Fuck.. yes, baby. Keep doing that."
“Oh yeah?” She asked “apparently I should go out more you fuck me in the morning so good.” When he said he wanted to feel her around him she giggled. “But you do feel me around you.” Given he was buried inside of her. She had a feeling when she came again it was going to be just as intense and wet as when she came before because it was obvious she was incredibly aroused. “Mmm.” She hummed circling her hips again and again alternating which way randomly before starting to get loud again.
He almost rolled his eyes at her giggled reply and shook his head a little, a chuckle leaving his lips. "Come undone. I want to feel you reaching that high around me," he told here even though he was sure she knew just what he had meant. "Fuck," a curse slipped his lips as she kept circling her hips and started to moan out more loudly again. His hand on her breast found her nipple and he pinched it between his fingers to tease some more. "Holy fuck, you feel so damn good… so fucking good."
"Mmm." she hummed out when he said he wanted to feel her come undone on him. When he moved his hand to find her breast and grab her nipple she cried out her head falling back again. "Yes, yes, yes." she panted out her hips moving harder against him. "Oh god, Al." she panted. "I'm.. I'm so close." her legs shook as she let her hips movements get sloppy trying to just hit those spots that felt so good inside of her any way possible.
He loved the sound of her, panting, moaning, crying out the way she did and as he hold onto her, he started to thrust his hips up a bit, adding to the feeling and groaning at how good it felt. He had been close before, but now it really was hard to hold that back, but he was determined to make Sophie come undone again first.
His hips now started moving, before he let her kind of have the pace and set everything but now she could feel the way he pushed up into her a bit to add more into the way her hips were gliding all over. "Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuuuuckkk!" she almost screamed as she hit her release her wet walls wrapping still tight around his cock and her body spasming so hard she feel forwards towards the bed her hips pushing back into him as hard as possible as if she had no control needing that feeling of intensity as she felt her arousal pushing against Alex's cock wanting to spill out of her.
"Holy... fuck, Soph," Alex groaned as she started to shift a little harder and sloppier against him. And the way she so suddenly fell forward, her juices flowing easily around his cock made it impossible for him to hold in his own release. He came deep inside of her, his hands sliding to her waist to grip into her skin lightly as he curled out, moaning softly as he started to come down from his high and slowly stopped moving. "Shit, that was so fucking good," he panted.
She felt him jut up and into her and the mixture of more fluids inside of her, knowing he had found his release. He slowly stopped moving as she was still on her hands and knees leaning forward feeling herself absolutely soaked down her thighs. "Fuck that was amazing." she breathed, before glancing back at him, and without really a reason pressed her hips back into him and very gently started to move her hips forward and backwards on his length knowing he'd be extra sensitive from just coming.
He was panting slightly as they came down from her high and while he was sitting back on the bed a bit, Sophie was pretty much on her hands and knees. He could feel the mess they made between them, on his skin, dripping from hers and it really was just hot in a way. He considered pulling her in again to enjoy the moment of being together, but then she started to very slowly shift again and he let out an almost whined moan at the feeling. Her walls felt so good around him and he knew it was a matter of minutes until he cock started twitching again, reacting to what she was doing and wanting in on the fun. "Soph," he groaned.
The way he panted was practically music to her ears, to know he was so worked up by her. There was no doubt they were making an absolute mess of themselves, of the bed, but she didn't really care. Her walls were tight, she could feel it, just so tight that he was almost having to be really pushed inside of her and it rubbed all the right spots. "Mmm?" she asked shifting to arch her back down slightly so more of her bottom was in the air, definitely now on her hands and knees for him and bouncing back and forth almost painfully slow. "Do you want me to stop. I can stop if you don't want this." she said. "Or you could climb over me and take me as hard as you want to." Since he didn't really get to fuck her in the position prior it had been her more. "Just say the words and I stop all of this."
She shifted and Alex found the view to be very appealing. Had he not been so caught up in her movements he probably would've commented about it. "Oh no. Please don't fucking stop," he groaned. He brought his hands to her hips as if that was gonna help to keep moving. "Feels so good, baby.."
She knew this view gave him a look of her on her hands and knees literally sliding onto him while he was still half sitting. Her hand reached back tugging him up. "On top of me, from behind, now." she said, her hips still moving wanting the weight of him to help them along.
Alex cursed, letting her pull him slightly and he smirked at how demanding she was. It took only a brief moment of shifting until he was hovering over her, eyes on her back. It was way easier to move this was and now that he was starting to thrust his hips, he settled for a quicker pace. "Fuck, you're so tight now, baby."
She knew once he realized how easy /he/ could move he wouldn't be able to resist having fun with her. Not that he hadn't been before but it was just animalistic side to things. His hips moved quick snapping into her as she cried out, holding onto the sheets, "Yes. Shit. Yes." she cried out her eyes rolling back at the feeling. "Oh god, I can tell you feel so fucking huge right now I’m so tight because of you." Which was true, and it wasn't like he wasn't well off in that area but the tighter made it feel more.
It was easy to move, and so much easier to get lost in the moment now, his hips thrusting quickly, hands finding her hips to hold her in place. "So fucking good," he muttered under his breath.
She knew both of them it wouldn’t take long to reach their release they were more in that arousal haze and that is what kept them going. Her hand slipped down between them and each time his cock slipped into and out of her She caressed him as well as caressed herself. “Fuck Alex.” She gasped “I’m not gonna last I’m not gonna last.” She whined.
Everything just added to the pleasure, whether it was their own mess still lingering between them or the way Sophie's hand slipped between them to caress. "I'm so fucking close, baby," he moaned out and knowing Sophie was so close too, it was easy to not hold it back when the orgasm washed over him. "Holy shit," he breathed out in a soft pant.
She nodded because she was close herself. The way she was so aroused and horny and practically ravishing him. She felt it him starting to twitch and spill inside of her she cried out her hips pushing back to take all of him again and again before she pulled off of him screaming as she came hard and he was able to see the arousal from her orgasm come out of her core and onto the bed as she screamed and thrashed trying to keep her body up.
At this point Alex wasn't just panting lightly, it was almost like he had to gasp for air but fuck, was it hot. When Sophie pulled off of him, he could see just what they had done and it was a hot mess for sure. With her body thrashing, he reached for her legs to tug them out so she'd be forced to lay down against the bed more and then shifted to lay in top of her, lips brushing her shoulder before taking a few deep breaths. "Holy shit," he chuckled after a moment. "That was..." but he trailed of for the lack of knowing what to say.
Her body was spasming but she really was trying to keep her body up as her legs and arms shook. Her stomach spasming up and down from the orgasm. It was Alex who managed to take her thrashing body down to the bed gently on her stomach and Alex laying on her as she gasped for air. “That was..” She gasped. “Mind blowing.” Trying to take in air as her body still shook under him. “We made a mess the bed is soaked Alex.” Able to feel that.
He lay her down against the bed, resting on top of her and a soft chuckle left his lips. "I don't think anyone's gonna ask how that happened," he murmured, his hands caressing her arms mindlessly. "But we should probably shower before we start our day," he teased slightly.
“I mean they might not ask but a soaked bed I’m pretty sure people can figure it out babe.” She said taking in some breaths. “I’ve.. I mean you’ve made me come hard before but not like that not.. where it’s literally squirting out of me.” She breathed and every so often her body twitched from obvious overworking her body. “Mmm please don’t ask me to move right now.” Her leg twitched. “I can’t. I really can’t you literally fucked me till I can’t walk.” She said closing her eyes and feeling her body feel heavy like she may fall asleep
"Yeah but for all they know this could've been Jack's room," he said because the beds were both the same size. He chuckled softly and pressed a kiss to the back of her shoulder as they both just rested for a while. Eventually Alex shifted because he knew he had to use the bathroom so he pushed himself up slowly and then off of Sophie. "How you feeling?" he asked softly, taking her in for a moment before slowly walking to their bathroom.
“Are you literally saying we let jack take the fall that it looks like he pissed the bed.” She asked “because if this isn’t sweat and sex this isn’t someone peeing all over and that’s worse I think.” Crinkling her nose. “Exhausted, my body actually aches right now.” She admitted and it did her muscles still twitching. “I think Annie may have to watch the kids tonight and I may have to sleep.” She admitted.
He laughed at that and nuzzled his face into the back of her shoulder. "He could've had a guest over," he said, "plus we're not gonna say anything about what happened anyway." They lay together for a while before Alex started to get up. "Oh, I so drained you," he said with an almost proud smirk. "I'm sure she'll let you rest and sleep." Stopping in the bathroom door, he turned his head. "I do say you should peel yourself out of bed and join me in the shower thought. The warmth will help your muscles."
“Jack have a guest over? Never in a shared suite.” She laughed. The people would just deal with it and luckily the hotels they stayed at were good at privacy for celebrities. “You drained me literally.” She smirked. “But yes you did.” She murmured. The proud smirk on his face causing her to roll her eyes. “Are you gonna hold me up?” She asked. “Or is there a bath I can lay in I’m not kidding my legs are like Jello right now.” Still twitching every so often.
"Hold you up in the shower? Yeah I can do that," he smirked. "Could pin you against the shower wall," he joked because really, he did definitely need a break now too. "Come on, I'll start the shower. Or do I have to carry you?"
“Don’t even joke about that.” She whined, “I would legit die if you tried to pin me up and do anything to me.” Slightly dramatic but she was an actress after all it was in her blood. “Carry me.” She Said holding her arms up in the air on the bed naked in front of him. “I am boneless at this point.”
Alex laughed as he slipped into the bathroom to start the shower, so by the time they'd get in it would be warmed up. When he returned, Sophie was holding her arms up and he moved over to pick her up, holding her naked form up against his own. "So no funny business?" he asked as he carried her into the bathroom. "I can wash you," he offered once they were in the shower. "But you're gonna have to wash me in return. And we're gonna have to make sure my arm stays out of the hot water." A grin was spread on his lips and he wondered whether she would actually take a closer look at the tattoo.
“No funny business I think I’d actually be in pain.” She murmured. Everything had been so intense and she had no doubt that she was going to be sore on the plane ride. “I’m already sore.” She said and it wasn’t a bad thing it was a show of a good time. When he said about his arm staying out of the hot water she furrowed her brow. “Why? Is your arm suddenly allergic to water?” Her eyes glancing up at him forgetting about the tattoo. She shifted and in the mirror could see it. “Oh your tattoo you don’t want to get anything but antibacterial soap in that.” To keep it clean without over doing it. “You should show me it better”
"Don't worry, I don't think I could actually do any funny business right now," he chuckled softly. Sophie seemed to have forgotten about the tattoo and he chuckled softly. "Yeah the tattoo," he said and shifted to lift and turn his arm so she could see the tattoo now, better than when she was just half awake earlier.
“True You’re probably just as /drained/ as me.” she hinted at grinning. “So you can’t do anything. Not exactly true he has hands but like she was just pointing out. She took a look and gently held around it. “I didn’t think you’d get a butterfly the detail inside is really pretty.”
Alex smiled as he let her examine the tattoo. "Yeah, al the wings are different," he murmured with a grin. "And the body too." It was funny how he had to hold his arm for her to see the tattoo without getting it all soaked in the hot water.
When he said all the wings and the body were different She furrowed her brow. What do you mean they’re all different taking a look at it. They look pretty similar to me.” Looking at the delicate scroll work inside each wing just gently letting some water wash over it and brushing away some of the dried up ink that was being released from his skin.
"Oh they're really not," he said, grinning slightly just waiting for her to realize there wasn't just random details filling the wings but very familiar names covering his skin right now. "Still too tired to see?" he smirked.
She looked a little closer eyes scanning over before she spotted her name in the middle of the butterfly. It was barely able to be seen in a delicate pretty scroll style writing that blended in before she noticed Willa’s name, Noah’s name, and Delphine’s name all in a different wing. “Oh it’s gorgeous.” She said her fingers tracing over it gently. “But babe I hate to say it I think your skin rejected some ink here.” In the last wing there was a spot missing and she knew ink did reject sometimes “should be an easy touch up though.” She murmured. “I love this so much it’s gorgeous. I never thought you’d get me tattooed on you.” She giggled. Even though she had the letter A on her rib cage for Alex.
"I thought you might like it," he said with a smile and then let out a small chuckle when she said there was a part missing the ink. "The fourth wing? I had them leave out a spot on purpose," he said, glancing at her. "Just in case there needs to he another name added.."
When he said about leaving the spot empty in case there ever needs to be another name added she looked up at him her eyes now wide with surprise. She knew he wasn’t saying now but what he was saying was he was leaving space to grow their family together at some point. It was his way of showing that. “Oh Al.” She said softly feeling her emotions swell.
When he said that, Sophie's eyes darted up at him in sheer surprise and he offered a smile before saying, "don't you dare go mushy on me right now." He scrunched up his nose a bit to tease and then leaned in to peck her lips. "Let's get you, and me, showered alright?" he chuckled softly and finally dropped his arm again from holding it up so she could examine.
“But how can I not that is…” she swallowed before clearing her throat. “But we if someday we have twins?” She grinned trying to make it less mushy in the moment even if her emotions felt all over the place. “Okay we better but plane doesn’t take off till 1 so can we lay in bed until we need to leave for the airport?”
"We'll figure it out," he laughed and he just knew they would. "Besides, you've got the A, figured it's about time I do something too," he added with a grin even though he knew nobody ever actually expected anything like that from him. "You wanna lay back down in the mess we made on the bed?" he teased as they started to wash themselves. "How about we get dressed and lay out on the couch though?
“Well I love it so much.” She said and she meant it. Even though this was for him, her, and the kids, no one would really know. He could say he got it for Sophie a butterfly for beauty or something but no one would know the in-depth things. As they started to wash She scrunched her nose. “Good point.” Since the bed was a mess. “But that I can do.”
He smiled. He knew she would like it, and appreciate it, but it was still great to hear her say it anyway. They cleaned up and washed and when they were done, Alex grabbed towels so they could dry off and then get back into their bedroom area so they could get dressed. "How you feeling about some room service? Want me to order us breakfast up here?" Alex questioned as he pulled a shirt down over his head
Once they were dried off she had to admit she was sore. “Yeah I’m definitely sore” She said hissing a little bit as she pulled on a pair of thin sweat pants wanting to just put on what she was going to wear to the airport because it would just be easier. “That sounds good eating breakfast up here.” She nodded. “I’ll get a waffle figure I could use something extra this morning.” She said before pulling on a simple tee shirt.
Alex dried off and got dressed easily, comfortable pants and a t-shirt, hoodie on top. He wandered out of the bedroom once Sophie was dressed and started rummaging for the hotel's breakfast menu. "How about you get comfortable and I order us something to eat then?" He suggested. There was all kinds of different options and Alex ended up ordering several different things, knowing they'd have to share with Jack whenever he woke up anyway.
Once she was dressed she headed to the couch and lowered herself down with a soft groan not expecting to be so sore there had been a few times but this was by far the worst but she wasn’t upset. She settled in tucking her legs into her and pulling a blanket down over her and resting her head on the arm of the couch while Alex ordered breakfast. “Better start waking jack up or he’ll end up making us late.” Even if they didn’t need to be there for a few hours Jack wasn’t a morning person.”
"If he has breakfast right away, he'll be alright," Alex chuckled as he moved over to the couch where Sophie was settled comfortably. He let himself fall down into the spot beside her, enough room not to be bothering her but close enough to almost be touching her feet with his leg. "They said they'll bring it up as soon as possible. When they get here we can wake Jack."
“Yeah maybe but he can be cranky during breakfast.” She said because he definitely could be sometimes. Especially now that they had to travel to get to the next destination. When he sat down she shifted to look at him and smiled. “So I would say we had a good start to the morning don’t you?” She grinned up at him. “Uh… you can wake up jack.” She said. “I’ll stay right here.”
"I ordered delicious food and lots of coffee," Alex chuckled as he sat down. When Sophie grinned at him, he arched a brow. "We did have a damn good start and now you're throwing me in there by myself? You're gonna make me wake him by myself?" He laughed and nudged his knee against her leg before reaching over to comfortably let his hand rest on her thigh.
“Mornings should always be that good.” She said. “Maybe a touch less sore.” Laughing before holding her lower belly. “You know if I didn’t know better I would think you tried to get me pregnant this morning.” She teased. “Something tells me you’ll survive you’ve been waking Jack up for years.” She rolled her eyes before closing them as his hand rested on her thigh. “Gonna so sleep on the plane.”
"Oh I definitely was not trying to get you pregnant," he said with a shake of his head. "I'm not ruling out ever getting you pregnant again but not right now." He was very certain of that. "Please don't pout at me about this again though, I wanna keep having a good morning with you," he murmured, glancing over and giving her thigh a gentle squeeze. "It's not even a very long flight," he chuckled just when there was a knock on the door. He leaned over, pressing a kiss to her lips and then got up to get the door. He pushed in the cart with all the options he had ordered and thanked the person. "This smells so good, wow," he murmured, pushing it over towards the couch and plucking up a coffee mug to take a long sip. "Mmh, this actually is really good coffee." He took another sip then put his own cup down to grab a different one and make his way over to Jack's room. He knocked before poking his head in. "Get up, Jackie boy. We've got coffee and food," he grinned.
“I know that but it felt like it.” She said rolling her eyes, “I’m not pouting at you I told you I’m okay with that answer but it was like you were trying to crawl into me I think.” She laughed. “Don’t take everything so serious Alex.” With another roll of her eyes. “No but it’s long enough that I can snooze on the plane at least. Or try.” When he got the door she shifted to try and sit up managed to get her cup of coffee. “It’s why I like staying at this hotel. It’s gorgeous, food is delicious.” She said. Grabbing the one plate that was a waffle she buttered it and put on syrup before starting to dig in while Alex went to wake jack.
A grin spread on his lips. "I think you were the one demanding me to get on top of you and fuck you," he reminded her, sticking his tongue out briefly. Not that he had minded at all. He got up to get the food and then dared to go and wake Jack who really wasn't thrilled at all. "C'mon get up, we're gonna have to leave eventually." He put the coffee down by the side of the bed and then left the room again, leaving the door wide open as he returned to Sophie and grabbed a plate of whatever looked delicious to him.
“Mmm fair but before that your tongue and me on top of you was definitely all you.” She said. “And you could have said no at any point.” She teased. “If he walks out here naked I’m going to be very upset because I’m eating.” She said pointing when he left jacks room door open. “Because I don’t know how he sleeps.”
"Oh I had absolutely no reason to say no to any of that," he smirked. "Told you I'd have you for breakfast and you did not disappoint," he said with a wink. Emerging from Jack's room, he picked his cup of coffee up again and playfully rolled his eyes. "Don't dare coming out here naked!" he called back to which Jack just groaned in reply.
“Then you shouldn’t need anything else for breakfast I’m delicious enough.” She teased as she took a piece of toast and took a bite. When she heard him groan, “see he would have come out here naked and I wouldn’t have gotten my waffle and would have been very upset.” She said as she ate some more before she finished quite a bit of it and laid back on the couch closing her eyes.
"Am I not allowed to eat now? You're more like a snack, you know?" He laughed slightly as she took a first bite of his toast. "How would you not have gotten your waffle if he walked out here butt naked?" Alex questioned, but he heard shuffling and more groaning and a moment later Jack, dressed and with the cup of coffee in hand, came out to join them.
“I’m just a snack?” She said. “Excuse me I’m a whole damn meal thank you very much.” She said with a short nod. “I wouldn’t have been able to finish eating it. seeing jack naked isn’t my idea of getting my appetite up.” She said not that jack wasn’t attractive but this was something she wasn’t looking to see every. “Look who’s awake, good morning sunshine.” Sophie said.
Alex laughed softly. "Yeah, I should be the only one who seeing naked is getting your appetite up," he said just when Jack came out of the room and as sleepy as he looked, he also looked ready to turn right around at hearing his friend say that, which just caused Alex to laugh more. "Don't go back to sleep, we've got breakfast for the three of us, and we're gonna have to get packed and head out to the airport eventually," he told his friend. Jack grumbled and then slumped down on the couch next to Sophie. "Did you say you had a waffle?" he asked Sophie.
“Exactly.” She said because it was true. “Oh don’t be so cranky Jack, I should be cranky after all that drinking I did last night.” She said before noticing her purse over in the corner. “Did I throw my purse last night?” She asked. “Yes but I ate most of it you can have the rest and then there’s either pancakes or French toast under there.” She said giving the waffle over that was still about 1/3 left of it as she munched away on some fruit.
Alex glanced over to where Sophie was looking and nodded. "Basically. You were starting to undress right here so I picked you up to bring you into our room and you swung your purse, guess it landed right there," he chuckled softly. "Ooh, waffle!" Jack said suddenly more excited and he took the plate from her to eat the rest of it.
“Well tossing a 3,000 dollar bag isn’t the best idea I had it’s lambskin.” She said frowning. “Hopefully the leather didn’t scratch.” She shrugged. “I mean you’re lucky I didn’t undress in the lobby with how warm I was feeling.” She admitted. And she hadn’t been dressed overly warm. She popped a grape into her mouth. “So we need to leave here in about an hour and a half.” Glancing at the clock.
"This is why you shouldn't be wearing 3,000 dollar bags when you're planning on getting drunk," Alex said with a shrug and Jack was too busy eating. "An hour and a half?!" He then questioned with his mouth full though causing Alex to glare momentarily. "I could've spent way longer just sleeping!"
“Well I didn’t know I was going to be getting drunk.” She said, “And I was tipsy.” Sophie pointed out. “Yes an hour and a half.” Nodding as she shifted and hissed out and held her belly. Yeah still sore. “No you couldn’t.” She pointed out, “You need to pack, shower, and get ready and we have to get there the airport in New York is always crazy and takes longer even if we can get through security a different way.”
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citylifeorg · 1 year ago
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—“Slavic Soul Party! doesn’t strain for authenticity… it plays its chosen music with skill and spirit.” New York Times——“Slavic Soul Party! is the coolest.” TimeOut NY— On Saturday, September 23rd, Flushing Town Hall invites audiences for an electrifying evening of music with Slavic Soul Party!  Hailed as New York City’s official #1 brass band for BalkanSoul GypsyFunk, Slavic Soul Party!…
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stateofsport211 · 2 years ago
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AO MD SF: Rinky Hijikata/Jason Kubler [WC] def. Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos [8] 6-4, 6-2 Match Recap
Rinky Hijikata's shot from the net to hold 2-2 (🎥 Wide World of Sports Australia).
To face Hugo Nys/Jan Zielinski in the final, who previously defeated Jeremy Chardy/Fabrice Martin 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 in the preceding match, will be the winner between the Australian wild cards, Rinky Hijikata/Jason Kubler against the eight seeds Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos. Hijikata/Kubler convincingly defeated the first seeds, Wesley Koolhof/Neal Skupski 6-3, 6-1 in the quarterfinals, as well as other pairs of doubles specialists, such as Tomislav Brkic/Gonzalo Escobar 1-6, 7-6(8), 6-4 in the round before (Round 3). Compared to M. Granollers/H. Zeballos who played together for some time, this is the first time for Hijikata and Kubler to pair together, which makes this semifinal even more exciting.
Hijikata/Kubler started the first set brilliantly. They came in a clutch when mattered, for example saving a break point by an unreturned serve. However, despite H. Zeballos taking an early medical timeout due to groin injury, the first set still remained competitive, with Hijikata/Kubler controlling the majority of the flow. One of the notable shots from the latter was the way they held 2-2, with Hijikata firing the shot from the corner near the net.
The return depth became the most integral key, as Hijikata unleashed his forehand return, followed by H. Zeballos getting run over after a volley. Under the same reason, Hijikata/Kubler broke at 4-3, with Hijikata's forehand carriage strengthening the hold at 5-3. Although they had several set points in the ninth game, which one came after Kubler's backhand cross-court return, they were all saved by M. Granollers/H. Zeballos' clutchness, forcing the former to serve for the set. And they took the first set at 6-4, in which some set points came from Hijikata's working volley winners.
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Kubler's volley winner after a net exchange to lead 3-1* 0-15 in the second set (📸 Australian Open's Twitter).
The second set was more solid for Hijikata/Kubler, proving their return games superiority once again. They created a break point early in the first set after a working volley, applying more pressure to M. Granollers/H. Zeballos, who double-faulted to be broken early 0-1 in the first set. Furthermore, the story repeated itself in the sixth game, where after Kubler's swift backhand return, the eighth seeds double-faulted for the Aussies' chance to serve for the match. They did not waste that opportunity, and they successfully served it out at 6-2 despite some hiccups. In the post-match interview, Hijikata/Kubler revealed that they returned well as the key, in spite of saying it as "just see the ball and hit the ball," with no special tactics in between, winging it through. As one said, improvise, adapt, overcome.
Knowing Nys/J. Zielinski could possibly bring variety to their returns, sometimes utilizing the angles, it would be a fun Men's Doubles finals among these unseeded pairs. They will fight toe-to-toe for their first Grand Slam doubles title, and for Hijikata/Kubler, it would be the second consecutive time an all-Australian pair winning the Australian Open after Thanasi Kokkinakis/Nick Kyrgios won the all-Australian final last year. It is highly encouraged to follow or watch this Men's Doubles finals, to witness the continuation of Hijikata/Kubler's doubles fairytale story.
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sashadealltheknives · 2 years ago
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My personal theory is that the order of the fallen star is connected to whatever it is that’s been protecting Arthur (kayne alludes to smth like that in 20 and also at this point I’m convinced there’s something there keeping him alive aside from loony tunes logic)
and from what kayne has been saying it seems like he’d be really interested in whatever that is, which is why he wants to force a confrontation by getting John to bring Arthur to ny (and whatever being or smth is there’s gotta be at least as powerful as kayne soo 😬)
ALSO I think the deal happened right after coda kayne went and somehow pulled John aside BECAUSE he’d just told Arthur John and the rest of kiy were fighting like John said he would except I think John was about to give up when kayne showed up
WHICH IS WHY Kayne was taunting John about “undefeated” in 28 and why John was so insistent he wasn’t
hmm thinking about it idk enough lore but if the king could send John back to the dark world for awhile as kinda a ‘go to timeout until you’re ready to behave’ and John making the deal was out of fear of going back there (also why John started acting weird when it got brought up)
which we know is pretty powerful SO John conceivably could have agreed to something pretty bad like losing the protection of whatever’s there bad so basically what I’m saying is shits going DOWN in new york
Also side note pleeeeease talk to me about this if you have other thoughts and theories I’m going mad, also op sorry about hijacking your post
Finally finished Malevolent and I’m so full of questions!!! What’s the deal John made??? I guess (speculation below the cut)
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daleradio · 6 years ago
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Gorgeous poster artwork by Katherine Lam for the next Deep Night with Dale Live at the Slipper Room in NYC. Get some tickets and come on out to see Dale interview this amazing lineup of comedians and writers.
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DECEMBER 8th!
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Hosted by:   Erica Spera (along with fellow bitches Melissa Stokoski, Shelby Taylor, & Naomi Karavani)
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coral is sobbing on the ground he’s never gonna recover from this
mikey suggests exposure therapy via swinging him Spider-Man style around NY and is put in timeout
maroon (has the braincell atm) decides Baby Leo gets to pick the next movie as compensation
Hey hey hey does ghost wanna come over for movie night
he can pick the second movie (Violet is demanding Encanto first bc he never got to show Maroon it before the world ended and he’s finally going to see his reaction to Surface Pressure (also to see Leo sob during All of You))
We have an easily bribed portaling teen that is ok with theft so we have literally the tastiest fruit in the world for snacks
Ghost will 100% go hang out and he would love Encanto!!
He would also fuss over Violet, Navy, Maroon and Coral. Even though he's about the same age as Coral and Navy. Can't stop him.
Just let him fuss it helps him relax the social anxiety from suddenly having eight more people to talk to.
If you can get him to lay down and make him some hot cocoa he'll get real cozy and let basically anyone snuggle with him.
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newyorkthegoldenage · 11 months ago
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Prometheus and a skater both fly at the rink in Rockefeller Center. No date but probably the 1950s.
Photo: Frank Larson via Queens Museum of Art/Timeout NY
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goldenraeofsun · 3 years ago
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Day 6: Cemetery Boys
CemeteryBoysGB
Have you seen this? I'm so proud of them
TimeOut NY reports that the group behind the hit album "Free Will," will be playing a sold out show at Madison Square Garden September 18. Comprised of brothers, Sam Winchester (percussion) and Dean Winchester (guitar, vocals), Benny Lafitte (bass), Garth Fitzgerald IV (guitar), and Castiel Shurley (keyboard), the Cemetery Boys sat down with TimeOut to discuss their sudden fame and their plans to shake up the music industry.
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Dennyspancakes
Dean said Benny gets stage fright and he sits with him in a quiet place before each performance??? Im going to launch myself into the sun
TeamFreeWill
athssklansjdisjkfjah
AgentSwift
Dean sits with him because he is an exceptionally kind person. I wouldn’t read too much into it.
Benjaminwinchestr
i just love that D & B sit that close together without even thinking about it. Yup nothin to see here officer, just two boys sitting this close together cause it's not gay
AFollyofFizzles
It's a little gay
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Winfit2000
Title: Lost at Sea
Rating: Explicit
Length: 120,000 words
Summary: Fed up with his life in 18th century high society, Dean's plan is simple: sneak out during his brother's 14th birthday ball and stowaway on The Louisiana.
And all goes to plan, that is, until his ship is invaded by the notorious pirate, Benny Lafitte, and his crew.
Notes: Here it is, my BDBB fic! It's been a labor of love for so many months, I'm so relieved it's done. Go check it out and @sogetthis's fantastic art!
Tag list under the cut
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Cemetery Boys Retweeted
Saturday Night Live - SNL @nbcsnl
Thank you all, @VictorHenriksen and @cbboys for an amazing #snlpremiere ! Thanks for watching, goodnight!
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Dean Winchester @Impala67
Replying to @nbcsnl
Had a blast at #SNL! Shoutout to @cajunvamp for missing his cue cause he was staring at Andrea Kormos
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Benny Lafitte @cajunvamp
Replying to @Impala67
Why you gotta call me out like that, man?
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Dean Wincheter @Impala67
Replying to @cajunvamp
One word: Purgatory
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Benny Lafitte @cajunvamp
Replying to @Impala67
Fair.
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Benny Lafitte @cajunvamp
Replying to @cajunvamp
Wait. I thought you owed me for saving your hide in Purgatory?
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Dean Winchester @Impala67
Replying to @cajunvamp
Don’t make me bring @ihatethursdays into it
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Benny Lafitte @cajunvamp
Replying to @Impala67
Ha! You know he doesn’t use Twitter.
Benjaminwinchestr
How did a PWP about Benny getting nervous before SNL get so angsty? This was supposed to be short! Anyway, have some smut, bitches ~
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SpoopysofLove
So hot! Bravo.
AFollyofFizzles
The cuddling at the end killed me. I am dead.
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Week Ending October 8th, 2021
1. Winfit +7 Dean Winchester & Benny Lafitte, The Cemetery Boys
2. Buddie -1 Evan Buckley & Edmundo Diaz, 9-1-1
3. Supercorp +2 Kara Danvers & Lena Luthor, Supergirl
4. Suselle -2 Susie & Noelle, Deltarune
5. Bakudeku -2 Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku, Boku No Hero Academia
CemeteryBoysGB
Here I am making a uquiz in the year of our lord 2021. Please take it. I am so bored.
Plus you know you want to find out which Cemetery Boy you are
Winfit2000
I got Benny!
Deanspie
You are the heart of the group, the glue that holds all your friends together. Where would they be without you? Probably in their own separate garage bands.
I’m actually not too bummed about getting Garth
AFollyofFizzles
Omg I got Dean
Deanspie
@AFollyofFizzles brb dying
AgentSwift
Apparently I am most like Sam.
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Dennyspancakes
Super nervous, but here’s my first Cemetery Boys art!
Image description: Dean, Benny, Garth, Sam, and Castiel playing in a graveyard using instruments made of bones.
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CemeteryBoysGB
Amazing! I looove this idea
AgentSwift
This is wonderful. You perfectly captured Sam’s face when he gets to use the gong.
Cajunwonderkind
Do you mind if I use this as my desktop wallpaper? All of the other art I like is shippy and super NSFW lol
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AgentSwift
I have written a short story about Dean and Castiel’s first meeting and first kiss ten years later.
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CemeteryBoysGB
Ooh, a rarepair out in the wild! Love it.
TeamFreeWill
Almost passed this up because of the ship, but I’m a sucker for 1st person POV. Your Dean voice was on fucking point. Your Cas needs work tho
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Cemetery Boys - Fenris
191,021 views ● October 31, 2021
Listen to the newest album “Free Will” out now!
Winfit2000
I did not expect them to do a Teen Wolf spin with the Fenris vid and now I’m having 2012 Tumblr flashbacks with all these gifs
HarryPooper
At least they had more than Teen Wolf’s $5 budget
PumpkinheadSam
Do you think Dean or Benny had any idea this would convert hundreds of furries into CB fans??
AgentSwift
What are furries?
CemeteryBoysGB
Oh my sweet summer child.
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BenjaminWinchestr
[its_happening.gif]
Okay, yes I know I’ve been reading this with my shipper glasses surgically glued to my head, but COME ON how else are we going to read this???
Deanspie
What’s happening??? I’ve been stuck at work all day
BenjaminWinchestr
Paps caught Benny walking into a jewelry store with Castiel. They specialize in rings!
TeamFreeWill.
I still don’t get it
BenjaminWinchestr
Dean and Castiel have been friends for ages - he was the first person Dean & Sam got to join the band
IF Benny was buying a ring, who do you think he’d go for advice on what to get Dean???
TeamFreeWill
Sam?
BenjaminWinchestr
I’ve seen Sam’s hair. If he can’t get a good hairdresser, he for sure can’t pick out a ring
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Dean Winchester @Impala67
I said yes!
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Benny Lafitte @cajunvamp
Replying to @Impala67
Congrats, brother! @ihatethursdays is finally making an honest man out of you #Destiel
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Sam Winchester @lawboy
Replying to @Impala67
About time guys. Is that a real hashtag? #Destiel
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Rowena @megacoven
Replying to @Impala67
You know what would be a great song to play at your wedding? My duet with Tweety Pie. #Destiel
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Garth Fitzgerald IV @MrFizzles
Replying to @Impala67
Congratulations!!! I’ve never seen you both happier <3 #Destiel
Winfit2000
[emma_stone_crying.gif]
No words
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CemeteryBoysGB
HOLD ON - according to Dean and Castiel’s interview with GLAAD, it took them ten years to get together. Dean has tattoos of a flaming star and Cas’s handprint.
Why is this familiar?
TeamFreeWill
@AgentSwift wrote a fic with that!
CemeteryBoysGB
That’s it! @AgentSwift what gives?
PumpkinheadSam
@AgentSwift
Dennyspancakes
@AgentSwift
VampirePirateFacts
@AgentSwift
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CemeteryBoysGB
CASTIEL HAS A TUMBLR.
AFollyofFizzles
[Dean_Screaming.gif]
CemeteryBoysGB
“Why Twitter?” Dean repeats, considering the question. He looks over at Castiel, who shrugs. “I see it as the best, most direct way to communicate with the fans. And I made the announcement because Cas is pretty much only on Tumblr, which is anonymous, so we couldn't say it there. He only follows a few fan accounts, anyway.” - US Weekly
I’M BEING PERSONALLY ATTACKED BY DESTIEL (affectionate)
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Game 12 Rundown Sun, June 9 3:00pm EDT Washington @ NY
Starting: WASH: Atkins, Dolson, Edwards, Samuelson, Vanloo (Sykes out with ankle injury, Austin hip recovery) NY: Ionescu, Jones, Laney-Hamilton, Stewart, Thornton (Vandersloot out, Sabally out)
1st Quarter Listen, at this point, I'm here just wanting to see good basketball. Ariel delivers with a high-energy grab off the tip and veteran hesitation on the lay-in to start things off. Vanloo assigned to Sabrina. Edwards going against Stewie. Austin out still. Good look on our second possession but we accidentally kick the ball OB. Sabrina sees her first shot go down for 3. Out of bounds playing good D on both teams early. Stef gets a block on Thornton after Thornton snags the rebound and it's still just 2-3 here. Stewie gets her arms in the lane and steals, but can't make her shot—Thornton quicker than all of us and puts it away. Earl gets 3, we love her seeing it go down early. Being the only returning starter while Shak and Slim get well is a tough role, good thing she's tough. JJ blocks Aaliyah then hits her second three of the night. We've gotten easy looks under the hoop from Dolson though. Sabrina takes advantage of a tiny moment of solitude with a nasty 3. 11-18 Aaliyah Edwards is not afraid of the reverse. Former Mystic Kennedy Burke draws a foul but a Karlie three keeps us close. Shatori gets fancy with it but the cup gives it back. A few NY turnovers and it's still 16-20. Jado comes in energy high and lights up a 3! Yish too strong for Betnijah and an illusive LEAD arrives. Great D by Earl and we get it to Shatori for the easy money jumper. JJ 3 gives NY a 1-point advantage after the 1st. 23-24.
2nd Quarter May the good basketball continue. We finally manage a couple O boards and Stef converts one and-1. Jade sees a lane and takes it, but JJ is always closer than she appears and smacks the ball down. Next possession Jade doesn't shy away from the jumper and makes it. Back-to-back steals and things are fast and animated here—good bb. Great pass from Earl to a cutting Jade and she lays it up. "Does Melbourne stop moving?" asks the commentary team. Our zone D forces a last second shot that doesn't go and we have a chance here to take the lead. Aaliyah gets it done. A few light whistles going against the Stics here. Earl responds to some physical play with a tough bucket. Oh my JJ behind the back bounce pass to Leonie Fiebich for 3. And a steal and runout and if I'm Eric I need to slow things down here. TO at 36-40. 3:33 in the half. Hines-Allen in to body up Jones. JVL going against Stewie…hmm not sure I like that matchup. Foul and reset and JVL two-person game with Yish. JVL a retaliatory behind the back bounce to Yish for the bucket!! Earl hits the deck, misses a three, makes a three, hits the deck again to sell the elbow+face smack from Sabrina and gets the charge call let's gooooo. Apparently we're shooting 58%. That is THE difference tonight so far. Two JVL/Yish pick and rolls don't go and we're tied up at half 45-45.
3rd Quarter NY getting too much flow in this half and we need a chat. Yish with a 3 out of the timeout. Karlie is getting some confusing whistles, she has 5 and has to sit. JVL and Myisha have so much chemistry from their overseas team. Shatori puts up a 3 in the waning seconds of the shot clock and we have gone on an 11-0 run?? The shooting percentage leading the way here. NY just doesn't look as tight on D as other teams have been, perhaps due to back-to-back games tiredness. That little bit of space is helping the shot %. Aaliyah square dancing with Stewie and JJ under the hoop plenty of hooking on both sides. We get the non-shooting foul call but can't complete the JVL-Myisha connection. 14 lead changes so far. Good basketball continues. Aaliyah gets a block but we can't capitalize. No O boards in sight for us. Liberty make a run off a series of DC misses. We get Jade and Stef back onto the floor and Aaliyah finally gets a breather. Jade gets 5 quick points! Massive upside for her today. Same with Fiebich the other way though. Yish hits her response and alters the shot from Stewie on the other end to regain us possession. Earl hits a three .01 seconds too late and we're at 70-72.
4th Quarter Jado to the rack to start the 4th. She has 14. Make that 17. Make it 19! Fiebich and Laney-Hamilton get in on the threes. Pace is up and it is an advantage for NY. We catch another flight from JVL to MHA. JJ has 27 however, and the Liberty lead is 5 with 3:37 to play. We miss a couple opportunities. Ridiculous loose ball foul call that Eric does not challenge despite 2 minutes remaining. Every shot is off. Wow! We come out of a timeout and execute the play perfectly. That has NOT been happening this year. Then we force a turn off great D. 4-pt game with 32 seconds. WE GET THE STEAL ON THE INBOUND PASS and Yish takes it all the way to the rack. 2 pt NY lead, 26 seconds. We foul quickly and the lead grows to just 3. JVL right in Eric's ear at the TO. Samuelson, Hines-Allen, Walker-Kimbrough, Atkins, Melbourne. Melbourne gets the quick layup but we can't seem to foul anyone after and JJ brings the lead back to 3. Eric incensed that a back court 10 second violation wasn't called. We did trap it back there for a long time. 8 seconds left. Jade takes the three…and it rims out. They give Betnijah two shots that seal it. I was really hoping for overtime. It's been good basketball. 88-93
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youngbradford · 2 years ago
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On feeling like a lily, a daisy, and a rose
Beyoncé's album release was oddly personal to me. I've always appreciated her as an artist. But she never spoke to me as directly as other pop heroines like Madonna, Lauper, and Gaga, all who made supporting gay men part of their package. Their brand. This was personal though today. When I arrived in nyc my first real job (not Planet Hollywood, hello Chad Ferris, Dominic Paolillo) was for a guy named Eric Eddy. He had a small pr agency called double e communications, and he hired me as a press agent. It was 1999. 
I was and had been going out to clubs since 1992, sneaking to Tracks in DC. Dancing with Denise Clement and Veronica-Jade Lane in those mid 90s  were pivotal times for me in finding my tribe and self expression. I'd start to drive to NYC with my friend Kate, Başar Akkuzu, and Harry Charles. Finding my people once again on bigger dancefloors in Manhattan. 
Back to 1999. I'm obsessed with dance music. Obsessively posting on House of Joy and Rob Promotions, I was a press agent in NYC finding my way. And living for nyc nightlife and music. And the people. Eric, my boss, was friends with Kevin Aviance and he took Kevin on as a client. 
When Kevin launched his album Box of Chocolates I was his publicist. I was, at age 23, doing PR for a man who was so ahead of his time. With mainstream press picking up our pitches, TimeOut NY to Vibe, I knew, then, we were too early. For a year or two I would be backstage with Kevin. At Roxy. At Twilo. Up close and personal with his art. I saw his genius. I hated the world was not ready to receive his art fully. 
1995-2000 shaped me. NYC's gay house culture was electric then. Vasquez. Rauhofer. Roxy. Limelight. Twilo.  Palladium.  It was a special time. Still in the darkness of AIDS, but with hope from more and more acceptance. Many unsung heroes exist. Tenaglia. Kevin. Moi Renee. Peter. Junior, Alan T, the list goes on and on. Too many. Waking up today to an album from the world's biggest pop star, which gives Honey Dijon production credits and Kevin, Moi, Peter, others songwriting credit, and which is a love letter to 1990s gay, black, house, trans cultures shook me. 
That moment, those formative years, were important to me. I have used the inspiration from that time in my life, over and over to fuel my own professional and personal development. To see it, that moment of time, put on a pedestal, a stage, a speaker box by royalty, pop royalty, gives it the validation we did not need but we deserved. It's an album for those who were ahead of their time for those who have the privilege to enjoy their time. 
Luckily I was/am both.
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