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zemheri (episode 5)

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💖 Kalanchoes - Endurance, Persistence, Eternal Love and Prosperity.  💖

1. MEET RIANNA  ANDIÇ  ( wedding planner. )

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( TW WARNINGS: SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ANXIETY )

- she’s a native, born & raised here in madison.

- currently 32 years old this year ( her b’day has only very recently just passed : july 19th )

- Born the eldest child of the Andıç family, Rianna had always been the most responsible and constantly reliable family member, a main source of support for any and all of her family members She had always regarded it as her loyal duty to be the glue and spine that kept the family together, no matter how much it took out of her. FAMILY, WAS FIRST AND FOREMOST THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD TO HER. No matter how each family member turned out or what her relationship with them grew to be, Rianna would do anything at anytime to ensure their happiness, safety and health comes first before hers. 

 - The Andıç family were a very happy, normal family at first, living on a very comfortable middle class range but that all eventually changed when their father slowly started to fall back on the bad addictions of his youth, mainly gambling and greed. He kept this habits a secret from his family at first but it all soon came to light when Rianna was about 11, as small cracks started appearing in their family’s income. The small cracks then eventually snowballed into bigger cracks due to their father’s impulsive greed of trying to take shortcuts and invest in business deals and loans that eventually went all wrong. By the time Rianna was 16, their parents’ marriage had badly deteriorated as their father sometimes took to substance abuse once in a while as a form of relief. However, due to pride and their mother’s passive and weak timidity, they still stayed married, but the household was a mess as their mom became a panicky and a constantly fretful mouse and their dad was struggling to mend things. 

- Thus Rianna was forced to become the voice of reason and the go-to person in helping her dad, mom and also helping to bring up/ provide her siblings with a semblance of normalcy in their growing up years. Rianna had always been a helpful and compassionate person, but those traits of hers came to the fore more than ever over the past 16 years as she always been a filial child. She had to struggle hard -  1) helping her father think of ways to deal with their family’s financial troubles as well as take up part-time jobs of her own, 2) be constant pillar of support to her overly-anxious mom , 3) be a sort of secondary parental figure in helping to raise up her younger siblings. 

- Thankfully she had some support from her closest and caring neighbours as well as her dearest bff from childhood, andrew “andy” harper to count on during her hardships. She currently has secret romantic feelings for Andy and vice versa, but both till now had never confessed their true feelings.

 - She was once married to a guy whom she thought was her romantic soulmate and one true love during her college years. her family and friends didn’t really approve and was wary of him , due to a few reasons. however being very much head-over-heels in love with him, Rianna waved off their worries and wholly trusted in him. she thought that they had the same goals in life and would work hard together to achieve them. being married so early was just them knowing that they had found the person they wanted to spend the rest of their life with, so why the wait? This had been the biggest and pretty rare, impulsive thing that Rianna had done, but she had been so infatuated with him that love made her throw caution to the wind. 

- One night he never came home and just vanished without a trace. Worse still, all of their joint savings were wiped out from their bank account, leaving everyone to pinpoint on him as betraying all this while. In truth, it was actually one of her best friends who had stolen her money and conveniently blamed/ framed her Rianna’s husband, because they had been desperate for cash & was also was jealous of Rianna. Till this day, Rianna has no idea of that particular best friend’s true nature.  

- Rianna didn’t want to believe it at first and desperately tried to find her lost hubby, but she soon had to the face the possibility that he had been using her all this while. Heartbroken, she then applied for divorce that eventually cleared through after a few years of being unable to locate him despite all their best efforts.

- Due to her savings being gone, she had to work two jobs and took a sabbatical break from college for quite a while before eventually being able to resume it once she had enough funds. She finally graduated with a degree in event planning and then worked hard on achieving her lifelong dream occupation to be a wedding planner. Several years later down the road, Rianna is now a flourishing and highly talented wedding planner in town, with her services also being sought after in Jessup and Savannah once in a while. Her current home, a large and beautifully restored & innovatively renovated cottage in Madison also functions as her cozy business office on the ground floor while she lives on the upper floor.

PERSONALITY wise:   

Rianna is a very confident, bold, extremely creative ( in artistic ways & problem-solving ), very quick-thinker, resilient, patient, kind-hearted, loving and v loyal woman . She is at the same time, extremely family-oriented, family always comes first for her, despite her parents' many flaws as she can't help but be a very filial daughter even if she grows weary of it. She's the glue and/or spinal cord that holds her family together so that they don't fall apart when her parents are failing her and her siblings. Eldest child curse XD. 

She also knows how to be charming if necessary ( occasion calls for it/ have to use it to work around certain types of ppl ) However she also sticks firmly to her many life principles and wouldn't betray them for anything. Rianna is also very organized and a stickler for doing things on time & arriving on time too  so one of her annoyances is latecomers & tardiness , tho she won't really hold it as grudge against you forever. She'll be properly upset there and then and then move on.

She strives to act composed, dress and be extremely professional during her working hours, though she will go above and beyond sometimes to help her clients due to her ever-romantic heart. Yes, despite having her heart broken by her ex-hubby, Rianna still maintains the outlook of a true romanticist, or as some would say a hopeless romantic. She still believes in true love, romantic soulmates, destiny and all that jazz, and no one could convince her out of it. It doesn’t help that her bff & go-to confidante  is also a hopeless romantic and supports her belief that her Mr.Right is out there somewhere for her someday.

Despite that, her love life has been pretty silent half the time due to her business and current passion with her work. One could say that she might be a bit of a workaholic once in a while. 

She has A HUGE LOVE FOR DOGS and less so for horses. She likes them well enough, can ride but still isn’t the biggest fan of horse-riding (due an old childhood fear of them before she finally overcame it with the help of one of her exes. )

She ADORES children and anytime she could, she would help anyone babysit their kid, even for free.  Rianna has a natural talent for connecting well with children, even teenagers which is probably due to her innate empathy, high imagination, patience and experience from helping to raise her siblings and dealing with her parents 

WANTED CONNECTIONS:

- besties ( !! )

- bff & confidante  : Andy Harper ( will they - wont they kind of deal too, kind of an old married couple at times and they share andy’s dog copper. )

- childhood first love ( !! )

- her siblings!!!

- pen-pal(s)!!

- a rival

- exes:  ~ Jack Dunn ( split on amicable terms, now are good friends )

            ~ more..?

- exercise buddies

- dance buddies

- a short & sweet holiday romance

 - whoops! we accidentally got drunkenly married in vegas/atlantic city

- neighbours (!!) : Andy Harper, more tba..

- former school-mates

- close and good friends ~ Chesney Ragsdale, Nick Gates, Avery Robinson

- former clients :  ~ Nick Gates & emilia reyes

- current clients 

- friends!!!

- older sister figure to - Chesney & Avery

- former babysitter of - Chesney Rasgdale

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People often forget the eroticism of connecting through mind & spirit. The way a body tingles when its soul has been stroked by another. The comfort when someone not only understands you, but feels you.

— Meredith Marple

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One of the most amazing things that can happen is finding someone who sees everything you are and won't let you be anything less. They see the potential of you. They see endless possibilities. And through their eyes, you start to see yourself the same way. As someone who matters. As someone who can make a difference in this world.

— Susane Colasanti

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the magician, the lovers, justice, the devil

ANSWERED MEMES || STILL ACCEPTING

the magician: have you ever written a poem or song about somebody else?

Yes, quite a number actually,” she coloured slightly at that. “However they’ve never been read by a single soul and I’m keeping it that way for however long I can.”

the lovers: do you have a crush?

Doesn’t everyone? So yeah, maybe I do.” @andrewnharper

justice: favorite color of rose?

“Pink, hands down!”

the devil: do you enjoy thunderstorms?

“Yes, I do.”

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temperance, strength, the high priestess

ANSWERED MEMES || STILL ACCEPTING

temperance: can you describe a strange dream you’ve had?

“Well, I feel a bit embarrassed to be talking about it, but here goes. It’s my most recent one where this giant jelly cake turned out to be the wedding cake at the reception? And the groom was a talking eggplant while the bride was this giant big egg in a Disney-fairytale-like princess wedding ball gown? The weirdest part has to be that everyone in town was invited to this peculiar Tim Burton wedding and seemed to be totally cool with it everything and going along with the whole ceremony, whereas I was the one feeling left out and freaked out to the maximum? I’m unfortunately the type of person who believes that certain dreams have a significant hidden meaning behind it, so that’s why I still remember all of its details as I’m still trying to figure this one out.”

strength: what is your dream occupation?

She gave a serene and completely illuminated smile, her eyes shining as well. “This. Helping people plan and create their magical, memorable and romantic wedding day has and always will be my dream occupation.”

the high priestess: what is your dream date?

“To me, a dream date highly depends on the person who is taking you on a date. Yes, location, activity, food, the settings can all be considered somewhat important factors, but ultimately to me a dream date would be the effort and sincerity the person has put in for the date. A date where someone is genuinely asking me on to get to know me better on a more romantically intimate level and not just to find his next new bed partner. A date where some degree of effort is put in to try to impress or woo me. And it doesn’t have to be some hard labouring efforts. Simple ones like making sure they look decent with clean, ironed clothes, or making a picnic basket, or arriving extra early because they are excited or maybe putting quite some thought on a simple but unique lovely place to have a date, or despite their shyness, trying hard to make valuable conversation instead of dry small talk, etc..So yeah, a dream date would be those two factors combined. 

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Meme Monday!! <3

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aj-prasad​:

AJ had been wiping his hands and smiling at her kind, welcoming words when she mentioned the sauce on his face. He froze, then chuckled awkwardly. “Wow, I knew I was hungry but I didn’t know I was that hungry.” AJ wiped the sauce off his cheek and turned to face her. “All good now? If there’s any by my ear or something, just pretend you don’t see it, I’d be too embarrassed. I’m sure the dogs will find it tomorrow.” He paused, realizing his words may come across strange. “I’m a vet, by the way. That’s why the dogs would find it… Um, anyways, I’m AJ. I don’t think we’ve met?”

“Well, there is a tiny mark here that you missed,” Rianna smiled with tiny amusement as tried to point it out to the other, but on second thoughts, maybe it might be easier and quicker if she wiped it off for him instead? “May I--?” she asked with a polite smile with her hand holding up another clean napkin, her tone slightly uncertain as she had long ago knew that certain people had apprehensions about people getting near them for any reason at all and Rianna respected that. “To be honest, I’d say you aren’t eating these delectable ribs right if you don’t at least have some or a bit of the sauces smeared here and there over your chin and, or cheeks,” she smiled widely. “And trust me, that’s saying a lot coming from me, since I usually can’t stand messes unless their intention is for artistic purposes or unless there were kids under 14 involved,”she nodded, her smile still as wide as ever.

She was a bit taken aback by his statement until he clarified it and then her smile grew wider at that. Radiant even, for Rianna was a HUGE DOG-LOVER. Though it had to be said that Copper was currently reigning the no.1 spot in her heart. She was practically co-owners with Andy at this point in regards to Copper, for the pup whom she adored and who adored her right back, spent almost half his time under her care and at her place. “That’s lovely!! Has being a vet always been your passion?” she asked with curiosity. “Oh, yeah I don’t think I’ve seen you around town before. Fantastic to meetcha’ AJ. I’m Rianna,” she grinned pleasantly, offering her hand out for a greeting shake. 

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‘Hmm, maybe I could just replace the satin with a  charmeuse....No-..no,.. bad idea as charmeuse  would be too difficult to alter especially if the fussy Daphne changed her mind again. Or if Daphne wanted to switch out her bridesmaids dresses entirely and then the whole bridal set wouldn’t match! Brocade....nope, Daphne’s older sister already had that for her wedding dress and if anything Daphne, hated to be compared with her eldest sister. hmmmm....what about--..’ Rianna’s train of thoughts about the problem her latest client had just presented to her was interrupted suddenly by a male voice.  Startled, the wedding planner turned around and stared at Nick for a good few seconds before her whirling and  buzzingly- busy brain finally registered who he was. “Nick!” She slapped a hand to her forehead. “Nick,” she laughed out a little sheepishly. “So sorry I was just really deep in thought about something. How have you been?” she asked grinning with lovely warmth at one of her good friends as she gave him a quick greeting hug, even while still holding her work tablet. 

Location: Anywhere

With: Open @madison-starters​

Nicholas had just left the office for the evening. Another day in the books. Another slew of children in Madison, Georgia conning their way into his favorite lollipop drawer. Yet, he loved it. Working as pediatrician was everything he could of imagined it to be and a hell of a lot more. Even more so when his sister returned with his niece in tow. “You just gonna walk on by and not say anythin’?” Nicholas called out as he recognized a familiar face ( or so he thought ) 

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“Just do as we practiced and everything will be fine. Or you know what, just screw it. Get rid of all the thoughts in your head and just focus on Mina. She’s the only being that matters in the whole world right now, and all you want to do is be with her in every sense of the word. You guys are meant to show the world that you belong together for now and forever. This is the only woman you want to spend your life with till your last breath. ..Okay...you’re ready? Good, I’ll go and get Mina right here and once I leave you both, you’re in action, okay Val?” She hugged the other woman tightly in happy support before leaving the table. 

Rianna’s ever-alert, sharp and large, Caribbean-blue eyes suddenly caught sight of Andy. Perfect. “Andy!” she called out to him, her smile radiant. “Just the guy I’m looking for,” she beamed widely as she quickly rushed towards him. Instead of giving him their usual greeting hug though, the brunette then half-dragged the large male aside. “Can I please borrow your new phone for about 10 to 15 minutes please? Mine is running dangerously low on battery and Val, bless her heart, forgot to bring hers. But right now, this is one of the most important moments of Val’s life and I refuse to let it go unrecorded.”

LOCATION: Tatiana’s Cafe WHO: Open @madison-starters​

Andy relished his days off. He took his time with everything he needed to accomplish: groceries, visiting his parents, checking the library for anything new. Normally he’d have Copper with him but the pup had been asleep when Andy left the house so he stayed behind while Andy headed into town. Debating a hair cut when Lavish Locks came into view, he ran a hand through the top of his hair and sighed. Maybe not yet. He didn’t have much in mind when he’d left the house but hoped it would come to him when he crossed the street and passed the library. As if on queue, his stomach growled and with Tatiana’s in sight, Andy made his way to the coffee shop. The small cafe smelled of baked goods and freshly brewed coffee and Andy eyed the bakery case, a hand on his stomach. “There’s too many choices,” he sighed, pursing his lips and landing on the iced lemon cake. “What pairs good with the vanilla latte? I’m no good at this.”

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@andrewnharper Definitely one of songs for their everlasting golden friendship *cough but also romantic relationship cough cough*  😂