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Knickers - Part 03 - Yellow Knickers 💛

Yellow?

Fucking yellow?

She didnt have yellow knickers, she didnt have yellow anything and it wasnt like she could stroll into Hogsmeade and buy a pair.

Hermione pulls out her drawer of knickers, for a girl who didnt get it on much, she had a drawer full of colourful undies, one must always feel good in what covers your twat.

She gingerly picks up a scanty almost see through black pair of knickers, well, they would have to do.

Placing the pair on the bed, she reaches for her wand and waves it over the undergarment, the colour instantly changes from black to dark yellow.

Hermione grins, it looks better than she expected.

H : "Not bad..."

She flops down on the bed and thinks of Malfoy's cock for what seemed like the hundredth time that day.

The fucker had no shame in just whipping it out in front of her, his crass boldness turned her on, he didn't care to tip toe around her as if she would shatter into a million pieces.

Her toes curl with wanting, he would widen her nicely, she had always been told she was tight.

Damn that bloody Malfoy cock.

*******

T : "The fuck man."

B : "Don't you get sick of losing?"

T : "You're cheating, I know it."

B : "Its wizards chess, you just suck."

T : "I have to meet Luna but once I'm back, I want a bloody rematch."

B : "Let's make it interesting, care to place a bet?"

T : "10 Galleons?"

B : "My house elf makes 10 times that, you bloody cheapskate."

T : "Later."

B : "Use protection, we don't want crummy chess players being added to the population."

T : "Fuck you, Zabini."

Draco walks in towelling his hair

B : "Ah, want to grab a butter beer?"

D : "Sure, mate."

Throws a bottle at Draco and he catches it expertly.

D : "So, whats the name of the new broad?"

B : "Patil..."

D : "Nice."

B : "Is Weasley still banging Granger?"

D : "Haven't a clue."

B : "She's looking rather fine this year."

Draco tightens his hold on the bottle and takes a long swig.

Blaise didnt know the half of it.

The next morning

T : "Fuck, are you ready to leave?"

D : "Yeah, I've got some, unm...work to do."

What he wanted to do was claim his seat in the Great Hall before someone else did.

B : "Well, I'm ready, I'll come with you, Theo, do hurry up bitch."

T : "Yeah, yeah, I'm hurrying."

They walk into the Great Hall and find it half full.

A bunch of 3rd years are sitting in Draco's usual place.

The blonde towers over the younger students and hisses darkly.

D : "Move, now!"

The adolescent boys trip over themselves in their haste to get up.

"Yes, Mr Malfoy, sir."

"Right away."

"So sorry."

Blaise and Draco slide into the seat.

B : "I think the tall one wet his pants."

D : "Respect, Blaise, must be taught when young."

B : "Theres a fine line between respect and bullying."

D : "Potato, potahto."

B : "Why the fuck do you keep looking at the entrance?"

D : "For Nott, ofcourse."

Blaise raises a brow and grins.

B : "Sure you are..."

Hermione links her arm through Ron's and he whispers a funny joke into her ear, she throws her head back in laughter.

From across the hall she can feel steely grey eyes watching her every movement.

She locks eyes with the ice blonde and bites her lip.

Settling down in her usual spot, Hermione looks at Draco through hooded eyes and challenges him.

Draco smirks, fucking showtime.

He's about to drop something when a voice cuts into his train of thought.

PS : "Mr Malfoy."

Fuck..

D : "Yes, Professor Slughorn?"

PS : "Come with me, boy, I need your rather unique potion making skills."

Come on, no, no...

D : "Now?"

Slughorn raises a brow.

PS : "Yes, now..."

Draco glances at Hermione desperately.

Did the old codger have to fuck up his morning?

Draco weakly protests

D : "But sir, I'm um..hungry."

Hungry for Grangers cunt.

PS : "Now! Before I start deducting points off Slytherin."

The bloody bastard.

Draco gets to his feet

D : "Fine."

Hermione looks on in disappointment, brings her legs together and watches Malfoy trail after Slughorn miserably.

The fuming Slytherin throws a look of annoyance her way before exiting the hall after the potions master.

Draco misses his first two lessons because of Slughorn's potions emergency, he is still at it when his year piles into the classroom.

He wipes his brow and looks up, Hermione grins and pats the seat next to her suggestively.

It wouldn't do to openly sit next to the Gryffindor without a bunch of questions being asked.

Draco coughs to distract everyone else and shakes his head, Hermione frowns, rolls her eyes and pulls out her books.

PS : "Good job, Mr Malfoy."

Draco replies in frustration.

D : "Yeah, no problem, Professor."

He gathers this things and sits next to Theo.

The class drones on and by the end of it Draco has dozed off more than once.

Theo nudges him and hisses.

T : "For fuck sake, get up."

The class ends and the exhausted students leave the dungeons and make their way to lunch before the next round of classes start.

Hermione studiously avoids Draco, she wouldn't go to him, let him come to her.

Refusing to sit with her, who the bloody hell did he think he was?

She steps into the abandoned girls bathroom to fix her hair and wash the tiredness off her face.

It takes but a second.

The door opens, closes with a bang and a heavy firm body presses up against her back.

Shocked at first, Hermione reaches for her wand but she looks up to see Draco grinning smugly at her.

She turns around and shoves him

H : "What the fuck do you think you're doing?"

D : "Isn't it obvious?"

H : "This is the girls lavatory."

D : "I'm aware."

H : "Get away from me, you pervert."

D : "I haven't seen your knickers today, Granger."

H : "And you're not going to see them now."

D : "Oh, I beg to differ."

He places firm hands on her waist, lifts her and settles her on the counter.

Hermione lashes out

H : "Have you lost your damn mind?"

Draco winks.

D : "Possibly."

Hermione tries to hop down.

H : "I'm not playing this bloody game."

Draco holds her in place, his long fingers brush gently along her skin and edge upwards.

He pushes up the school skirt so it bunches around her waist and stares at the bright yellow undie hugging her pussy lips, outlining every dip and curve.

Draco swallows hard, up close she looks absolutely breathtaking.

H : "There, you saw them, are you satisfied?"

D : "Immensely, yellow might be my new favourite colour."

H : "Very funny, now let me go."

D : "Not so fast, pet."

He runs a long finger down her material covered slit.

Hermione gasps and a involuntary moan escapes her full lips.

She comes back to her senses and scolds.

H : "Stop it, anyone could walk in."

Draco rolls his eye, waves his wand and distinctive click echoes through the quiet bathroom.

He grins mischievously.

D : "Problem solved."

He continues to rub enticing circles around the flesh of her inner thighs.

D : "I wonder if you taste as good as you look."

H : "You wouldn't..."

D : "Oh, I would and you will love it."

He peels down her panties, leaving a trail of fire where his fingers touch her skin.

Draco puts Hermione smooth legs over his shoulders and bends to give her exposed cunt a quick lick.

Hermione gasps as he delves inside her with the tip of his tongue.

He gives her clit a quick flick and proceeds to eat her out generously.

Holy fuck, was Malfoy licking her cunt?

Oh, so good, so bloody good.

D : "You taste divine, let's see what makes you come."

Hermione's breathing elevates, she surrenders to the blonde licking her to glory.

The noises he makes as he moves his tongue echo in her head and fuel her pending release.

H : "Malfoy...."

D : "Wet, so fucking wet."

They have 4 minutes and 26 seconds before their next class.

Draco figures he needs 3 minutes tops to fuck her with his talented tongue and feel her orgasm on it.

D : "You taste fucking amazing."

He parts her pussy lips with his tongue again and begins to lap at her eager wetness.

Moving slowly, he uses the tip of his tongue to circle her ever receptive bud.

His tongue slips and he's rewarded with a loud moan.

Ah, so that's the spot.

Draco relentlessly tongues Hermione till she squirms.

He wants to look at her, keeping up his ministrations he braved a look at the witch whispering his name.

She was shuddering above him, her body wracked in pleasure.

Head thrown back, wild curls around her face, fuck...she looked stunning.

Her eyes closed, thighs spread wide and hands massaging her breasts and pinching her nipples.

This was a sight he could get used to.

H : "There, oh fuck...don't stop..."

H : "Oh...mm...I'm going to come."

Music to his ears, he takes her swollen bud between his lips and sucks hard.

D : "Let go, baby."

Hermione lets out a cry, grabs a fistful of Draco's hair and comes crashing down around him.

Only after she rode her high and stilled did he wipe her dripping juices off his chin and get to his feet.

H : "Well, that was..."

She hopes off the counter and attempts to stand on wobbly legs.

Draco licks his cum stained lips and grins.

D : "Something else."

H : Yes, something else.

Draco muses .

D: "And we havent even kissed yet."

Post orgasm bliss aside, Hermione asks.

H : "Why didn't you sit next to me? Do you still think me dirty?"

Dirty, was the woman mad? She fucking came in his mouth and he couldn't believe the words that were coming out of her mouth.

Draco pulls Hermione close and kisses her.

The kiss is no gentle exchange between lovers, its hard, fast and demanding

He pries her stubborn lips open with his tongue and slips it in to seek the inner sweetness, they grab onto each other fighting for dominance, until, she breaks free and surfaces for air.

Draco nibbles on the heated flesh of her neck and whispers.

D : "That's your cum you taste on my tongue, do you honestly believe your blood status means fuck all to me?"

He places a tender kiss to her lips

D : Actually, I wanted to spare you the embarrassment of mingling with an ex Death Eater.

Hermione shoves him playfully.

H : "Sod it, sit with me tomorrow."

D : "You dig your own grave, Granger."

A distinctive tent decorated Draco's trousers, he cups the bulge and adjusts his painfully hard erection.

H : "Oh, you're still hard, let me..."

D : "We don't have time."

Hermione's face falls in disappointment and Draco smirks.

D : "Don't worry about it, you can make up for it tomorrow."

Draco picks up the discarded yellow knickers and pockets them.

D : "I'm keeping these by the way."

H : "You cant be serious?"

D : "I rather enjoy the thought of you walking about the castle knickerless."

H : "You fucking smug prat."

D : "Blue is my favourite colour, Granger."

Draco lifts the spell and walks out.

Funny, she would've bet her left tit that it was black.

#dramione #draco and hermione #draco x hermione #hermione granger #draco lucius malfoy #dramionefandom #dramionefanart #dramione smut #dramione fanfic

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bunnyywritings · 4 years

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hi!! i’m back to request more bc ur works are actual masterpieces uwu,,, can i request for hcs or scenarioes on Bakugo/Todoroki/Tamaki (or Aizawa because i am in fact a Shouta simp) hiding their relationship with their S/O until they accidentally out their relationship bc he got jealous skdhdkhf i’m a sucker for these boiis (ily pls don’t forget to smile and drink ur water

accidentally outing their relationship

[a/n: Thank you for requesting anon! I too am, in fact a shota simp 😔 i definitely smiled reading this request so thank you for that anon💗 i also appreciate the reminder to drink water since I tend to forget, enjoy! -yours truly, bunnyy-`ღ´- ps. uhh todoroki’s turned out a little different...]

katsuki bakugo

There was a reason why blasty boy wanted to keep your relationship private. Literally everyone in Class 1-A was super nosy. Excluding a select few, and he didn’t need a bunch of extras intruding the relationship. You agreed that you wanted to keep it secret as well, enjoying the cuddles and kisses behind closed doors. Neither of you were super into PDA so it wasn’t too hard for the both of you to restrain yourselves. He was used to seeing you joke around with Denki, Mina, and Kirishima so he didn’t really pay too much mind to the innuendos and flirty jokes thrown back and forth. He knew you’d never leave him for either of those idiots and he trusted you enough to stop when things go a bit too far.

Despite him calling them idiots, he trusted his friends to not make a serious pass at you or say anything that would make you uncomfortable. He did get upset when Mina kissed your cheek once but he restrained himself enough because he knew it was just a friendly gesture.

His patience did get tested around Mineta but he always enjoyed watching you kick that idiots ass and making him fall to his knees and beg for an apology. Never fails to make him smile. But there were times where he couldn’t keep his anger at bay, like now.

You guys were out with the bakusquad at a festival, some of your guys’ other classmates followed along. It was going pretty well so far when the night was ending and you had basically had to drag Bakugo over to the game booths.

“Please Suki, it’ll be fun~ Just one game.” You pleaded, pulling out the pouty lips and puppy dog eyes.

“No, I’m not paying for a damned game that’s probably rigged or something.” He crossed his arms.

“What if I paid and you just played with me?”

He huffed in annoyance. “No, don’t wast your money on that crap.”

“Whatever, I’ll just play one myself.” You rolled your eyes and went to a booth, waiting in line to play.

“Oooh who’s that with (y/n)? They’re really cute!” Mina squealed, that caught Bakugo’s attention. A popping noise and black smoke emitted from his palms as he watched the scene in front of him. This person had the audacity to wrap their arm around your waist and try to hit on you.

“Whoah Bakugo, relax.” Kirishima placed a hand on his shoulder but it was shrugged off as Bakugo stomped over to you.

“HEY! Get your grubby hands off of my s/o!”

“Whoa, whoa hey, relax dude.” They pulled away from you and held their hands up defensively.

“Don’t tell me to relax asshole! They clearly didn’t want you so close to them, so back off!” he let poor sweat pool into his hand and the popping intensified, you could already feel the heat radiating from it.

“Alright babe, that’s enough...let’s just go.” You place a gentle hand on his shoulder. He glared at the person who was just all over you and grabbed your waist, pulling you into him and hungrily swallowing your lips in a hungry kiss. A kiss to show everyone that you were his an no one else’s.

Needless to say, the bakusquad was just waiting for the two of you to date, they just hadn’t expected the two of you to already be a couple and they definitely didn’t expect Bakugo to be the one to out the both of you.

“Wow.” You mumbled as the both of you pulled away breathlessly. “What happened to not letting the extra’s know?” You teased.

“Shut up idiot, I had to show ‘em who you belong to.” He looked away, blush on his cheeks.

You gasped. “Was somebody jealous?”

“Wow Bakubro! You’re such a tsundere!” Kirishima snickered.

“You have two seconds to run, airheads!” He growled as he unwrapped his arms from your waist and chased after them.

“Yup...that’s my boyfriend.” You sighed, flinching at the sound of an explosion not too far off.

“You sure know how to pick ‘em, (y/n)!” Mina giggled from beside you.

“Yes, yes I do.”

shoto todoroki

It’s not like the two of you were hiding your relationship on purpose but it was more like, no one had really asked or anything so you just didn’t see the need to bring attention to it. The relationship was fairly new to the both of you so it was very nice to be able to figure it all out while not having any unwanted attention. Todoroki was a sweet boyfriend, he was very hesitant about initiating any physical contact because he was terrified of being like his father. You reassurance definitely helped but you also didn’t mind taking it slow. You weren’t much of a fan of Endeavor. You never were, not before meeting Shoto and definitely not after.

Today, Class 1-A was having a competition of quirks. It would work like a bracket competition until there was one person standing. Endeavor had caught word and decided to sit in and watch. You had beat Tokoyami and moved onto the next round, Shoto had beat Uraraka and moved on as well. Your eyes widening when the next bracket was announced.

“Alright, Todoroki and (L/n)! Be on standby, the two of you are next.”

The both of you stared at each other with wide eyes. When you guys started dating, you agreed that you wouldn’t hold back during training or battle simulations. You had never been paired up though, so this was a bit of a shock.

“Come on (y/n)! You’ve got this!” Ojiro patted your shoulder as he walked past you since his was the bracket that had just ended.

“SHOTO!” The sudden shout caused you to jump and turn towards the source, not very surprised to see Endeavor sitting in the stands, All Might and Present Mic seated next to him.

“You two ready?” Aizawa asked as the two of you got prepared.

“Ready.” Shoto’s smooth voice calmed your racing heart.

“Ready.” You nodded.

“Alright! Begin!”

Shoto watched as lightning enveloped your body, hair starting to float upward (think of killua’s godspeed). He knew how dangerous your quirk was, especially with how much you’ve trained to strengthen it. You could produce at least 1billion volts without passing out. The same amount of electricity as a raw lightning bolt. The sound of a loud crackle of lightning snapped him out of his trance and he scowled, keeping his senses alert, as he looked around. You disappeared, or that’s what it seemed like. Within a blink of an eye you appeared right in front of him.

“Peek a boo~” You teased, you placed your hands on his chest and sent a mild blast of lightning into him and he flew backwards, using his ice to stop him from flying out of bounds. A small smirk spread across his lips as he skid to a stop.

“Come on (y/n), I thought we agreed to give it all we got.”

“All right then Shoto, bring it on.”

Aizawa instantly regretted not setting a time limit when your battle lasted past the 10 minute mark. Not that anyone was complaining though. Watching two people with high skill sets battle it out was intriguing. Endeavor, however, was furious. Clenching his jaw impossibly tighter every time you got the upper hand.

Towards the 17 minute mark, you had taken a substantial amount of damage already. You were slowly growing more, and more fatigued. Shoto could tell and decided to ease up. But when he attacked, you could tell.

“No, d-don’t hold b-back! I’m not weak!” He could tell that you were frustrated with your performance and he wanted nothing more than to hold you in his arms and tell you that you were anything but weak. He noticed that you were gonna do your ‘signature move’ so before you could complete it, he encased you in ice. Aizawa was a bout to call it when the ice cracked before a loud boom was heard and ice was sent flying everywhere. He watched in horror as you collapsed to the ground.

“Todoroki wi-”

“(Y/N)!” Everyone was shocked as he ran to you, dropping to his knees to check if you were okay. “(Y/n)? Darling please...” He cupped your cheek, thumb running over your cheekbone. His fear may have seemed a tad bit irrational but he panicked. He vowed to himself to never hurt you in any way, so in his eyes he was the same as his father. Once your eyes opened he sat you up and brought your lips to his, “I’m sorry, my love. I’m sorry.”

“Wow, maybe I should get hurt more often.” You chuckled.

“No fair!!! Todoroki has more game than I do!” Denki complained. Well, that cat’s out of the bag.

“Shoto!! What do you think you’re doing?!” Oh right...Endeavor.

tamaki amajiki

I think it’s a bit obvious why he wanted to keep the relationship a secret, he didn’t think he could handle it if other people knew. Mirio and Nejire definitely had their suspicions but didn’t want to overwhelm their friend with accusations.

He was looking for you during lunch, you had said that there was something you needed to take care of something before lunch but that was over half an hour ago. He was mumbling worriedly to his two friends, assuming the worst.

“Oh wait, are you talking about (y/n)?” Nejire tapped her chin. “I saw them go into the hero support classroom. They said something about a suit upgrade.”

Just then, you had entered the cafeteria, but you weren’t alone. You were with Keita...he was another third year who was in the advanced hero support class. They were also known to be a huge flirt. Tamaki couldn’t help but feel jealous as he watched how they had made you laugh, the pink tinge covering your cheeks was worrying as well. The two of you split and went your separate ways.

“Hey (y/n)! How’s it goin’?” Mirio asked as you sat down.

“I’m so excited, my upgrade request finally went through! I’m finally getting a new suit!” He thought you looked cute as you expressed your excitement before guilt filled his entire being as he realized that he was jealous over nothing.

Over the next couple of weeks, you had spent an awful lot of time smiling at your phone, not to mention spending a lot of time with Keita. He knew that creating a whole new suit was a long process. It took a long time to test out prototypes and whatnot but he couldn’t help but think that you were losing interest in him. That you were spending more time with Keita because he was doing a horrible job as your boyfriend. Because he wasn’t there when you needed him or because you just got fed up with his timid nature.

Somewhere inside of him, he knew none of it was true but he couldn’t help but think that he wasn’t good enough anymore. You had noticed that he was acting strange so you decided to ask him about him.

“Tama? Is everything okay? You’ve been acting a little strange recently...” He gulped nervously.

“Well I uh, I-” He sighed heavily. “Do you still want to be with me, (y/n)?” The question completely threw you off guard.

“Of course I still want to be with you Tamaki? Why would you think that?” He scratched the back of his neck sheepishly.

“Well y-youv’e been h-hanging out w-with Keita a lot, s-so I just thought...well I don’t know.”

You frowned and cupped his cheeks to tilt his face back up so you could look into his eyes. “Baby, why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

“I was n-nervous...I d-didn’t want you to think I w-was being clingy.” He stuttered, the tips of his ears turning red.

“Aww Tama but I love it when you’re clingy~” you leaned forward and pressed a kiss in the tip of his nose which made his cheeks erupt in heat. “Would it make you feel better if I stopped hanging out with Keita so much?”

“B-but what about your suit?”

“Well it’s pretty much done by now, all the prototype testing was done today.”

He was happy that you were spending more time with him lately but one day when you were walking down the hall together, Keita had approached both of you.

“Hey (y/n), so I know your suit is done and everything but I was wondering if you wanted to go on a date with me?”

“Oh Keita, I’m sorry.” You slipped your hand into Tamaki’s and pressed a kiss to his cheek. “I’m already dating someone.”

Tamaki turned and leaned his head against your shoulder in embarrassment. Keita apologized and left you two there. You turned and held Tamaki in your arms, lettin him keep his face buried in your shoulder.

“I’m sorry I embarrassed you Tama, but now everyone knows.”

Legend has it that Nejire and Mirio are teasing the both of you about it to this day.

shota aizawa

The reason why Aizawa wanted to keep the relationship secret was because you were a petty well know pro hero and with the onslaught of villain attacks against his students and the school, he couldn’t endanger you by putting a target on your back. You were also a young pro, you were only 4 years younger than him, and he didn’t wan to “ruin” your image.

One night, you had gone out for some drinks with Miruko. The two of you had been good friends since your UA days and that bond hadn’t broken. She said she’d be bringing a friend along, you just shrugged it off and told her it was fine. What you hadn’t expected was to see her and a certain maroon winged hero strut into the bar. You were mortified. The memory of telling her you thought he was hot coming back to you and slamming you like a 50 ton truck. That was before you started your relationship with Shota but Rumi hadn’t known about that.

“Hey (y/n) this is Takami.” You smiled politely at the blonde. “Takami this is (y/n).”

“Very nice to meet you.” He grinned flirtatiously.

“Likewise.” You shook his hand, internally groaning. This was gonna be a long night.

A couple of drinks in, you switched to water and club soda so you could sober up. You had an early patrol the next morning and you did not want to risk being hungover on the job. The entire night you had to fend off a flirty Takami. However, what you weren’t aware of was the person a few feet away from you snapping pictures of you and the blonde hero.

The next morning, you woke up to multiple tabloid articles about the two of you in the bar. The dating scandal was trending all over social media. You hadn’t really thought much about it and just went to work like usual.

When Aizawa saw the tabloid he frowned. He was a little conflicted because he obviously knew it wasn’t true and he had complete trust in you but he couldn’t help but feel insecure and a little jealous. There was no denying that people loved the idea of you and Hawks together, even he couldn’t deny that the two of you looked good together.

Later on in the day, you decided to make your way to the school to see Shota because the guilt in your stomach just wouldn’t go away. Even if you hadn’t really done anything, you still felt horrible. You had told Aizawa you would be showing up during your lunch break, he said he’d be waiting for you at the school gate. A few journalists had seen you make your way towards UA and decided to bombard you with tons of questions about Hawks.

“When did you two start dating?!”

“Where did you guys meet?!”

“Do you two usually meet up at bars?!” etc, etc...You had your bottom lip tucked painfully between your teeth.

“Actually, they’re already in a relationship.” The sudden deep voice behind you made you grin. His arm wrapped around you and pulled you into his side, pressing a kiss right under your ear. “Now if you’ll excuse us...” And with that, the two of you made your way onto campus.

“That was very out of character for you, Aizawa-sensei~” You purred teasingly. He grinned and pulled you flush against him, chest to chest, leaning down to kiss you deeply.

“Well I couldn’t help myself from getting jealous, people were thinking you were with that blonde asshole. You’re mine baby.“

“Carry on then.” he didn’t need to be told twice as he dove in for another kiss. His students may or may not have seen that go down and they may or may not have teased him about it the next morning.

#bakugo x reader #bakugou katsuki x reader #todoroki x reader #shoto todoroki x reader #tamaki amajiki x reader #aizawa x reader #aizawa shota x reader #mha x reader #bnha x reader #mha headcanons #bnha headcanons

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noonaduck · 4 years

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Sexd (sex ed) pt. 11

Pairing: BTS OT7 x reader genre: Fluff,smut, angst, non idol Au Warnings: angst, thigh riding, blowjob, cursing Words: 8531 A/N: I want to thank everyone who has gone trough this journey with me. I have enjoyed a lot writing this series and I hope that you gain your answer with the final part. ps. it took me so long with getting this out that there still might be some huge errors if so please let me know :) Summary: Y/N is a woman who is inexperienced in anything when it comes to relationships and sex. Luckily her friend Jimin along with his six other friends decide to show her what she has been missing. 10. < 11. last part.

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You were barely able to sleep on previous night while hundreds of thoughts were spinning in your mind. You wouldn't have guessed in your wildest dreams that you would end up in a situation where you were now. Now laying in your room looking up to the ceiling you replay the memory from last night. Your friends had had a secret meeting about you and you didn't know how to feel. After you had hid in to Jin's bedroom you had waited holding your breath that would someone show up and expose that you had been secretly eavesdropping the conversation. Luck had been on your side for once and you were able to sneak out from Jin's room and hide in to yours without further drama. You had no idea how you would manage for the rest of the day, after all you wouldn't be leaving the villa before the evening arrives.

You played with an idea of calling a taxi and sneaking away without saying a word but you were quick to reject the idea. You weren't that scared and insecure teenager who ran away and hid when difficulties rose. You could remember your first love interest from when you were fourteen or if you could call it even that. It was a more of silly crush to be a honest, you were just a little nerd hiding behind your too large hoodies and round glasses covered by messy bangs. When you had left your hometown you had gone through a major makeover. You had changed the shapeless clothes in to more flattering ones, learned basic make up and cut your hair. You did all that for yourself, to be better and braver version of Y/N. Your start in the big city wasn't easy. At first you had worked on gas station and doing job as a waitress on the side before you landed a job in the local theater. You had always had a soft spot for arts, it didn't matter was it acting, dancing, music or something else creative, you thrived from artistic people. You as a person were still far from an artist, you couldn't draw even if your life depended on it, music notes looked like an alien language in your eyes and you had coordination abilities of five years old. You didn't let the lack of skill set to hold you back and picked of pieces of culture where ever you could.

Your mind returns back to present and you glance towards your phone laying next to you on your bed. You felt like your phone was a hot potato that would make your fingers burn if you even brushed it lightly. Jimin's text haunted in back of your mind and you haven't touched your phone after reading the words on the screen. Words… Suddenly you remember the unopened letter which was among the flowers. You get up from your bed like a spring and rush towards the closed bedroom door. You hesitate for a little when you hear voices coming from the living area but you are able to gather yourself together and pull the handle down. You see Taehyung and Jungkook deeply focused on some movie coming from the television and you decide to try to sneak past of them. Like you can ques that didn't work like you wanted, perhaps you had used all your luck earlier.

''Why are you sneaking?'' A familiar voice whispers to your ear and you freeze on your tracks right next to the couch where Taehyung and Jungkook were sitting.

''Shh! Get down.'' You hiss to Hoseok and pull him to hide behind of the furniture with you.

''You didn't answer my question, are you avoiding our Kookie and Tae here?'' Hoseok asks with low voice tilting his head curiously towards the duo.

''No, I'm not specially avoiding them, I tried to avoid everyone.'' You hiss back and you blush after you realize what you just did reveal to Hoseok.

''Oh, why is that?'' Hoseok asks raising his brows amused.

While you are panicking inside you haven't noticed the two heads appearing over the back of couch and looking at you curiously.

''Never mind, it is nothing honestly.'' You stutter when Hoseok leans closer to your face.

''Hmm, I think it got to be something, your face is heating quite badly.'' Hoseok teases and pokes your forehead.

You back away from Hoseok’s presence your face now even more redder if possible. While you stumble you look up and finally notice the grinning guys.

''Sup?'' Taehyung asks smirking alongside of Jungkook.

''Ho-how long you guys have been staring at us?'' You ask your eyes wide in horror.

''Enough to hear that you are hiding something, am I right Kook?''

''Yup.'' Jungkook smirks arrogantly.

''What's the noise is about?'' Yoongi complains and merges from his room. He seems have recently woken up, only wearing a loose t-shirt revealing his collarbones paired with a loose basketball-shorts and his hair looking like a messy bird’s nest.

''Y/N is keeping secrets from us.'' Taehyung pouts and Yoongi raises his brows amused.

''Is she now?'' Yoongi asks and walks to you squatting down to your level. ''Now tell me what are you hiding kitten?'' Yoongi asks taking gently hold of your chin so you can't avoid his eyes piercing through your soul.

You try to shake your head in denial but Yoongi's grip prevents you from doing so. You slightly note a patter of footsteps somewhere nearby but you are too focused to Yoongi to any more attention to it.

''Y/N, answer for him.'' Taehyung's lips brushes your ear and you shiver.

He must have moved next to you on the floor while you were occupied with Yoongi's eyes.

''Yeah, Y/N don't keep us waiting.'' You hear a husky whisper from Jungkook's lips who is still watching you from his spot on couch. The awkward atmosphere is turning quickly in to more heated one and you shiver slightly..

''Yoongi she said that she is trying to avoid all of us.'' Hoseok tells and isn’t definitely helping your situation.

It seems like whatever bickering they had earlier between of them has disappeared and they were working as one unit to make you break. Couldn't they have worked their problems little later? You mean you weren't even doing anything bad, just trying to sneak Jimin's note to your room where you could read it in peace without anyone noticing and getting upset. Now the situation was turning more difficult for you by the minute. Oh, how you wished that Jin would magically appear and save you from the mess but now you were sure that you had ran out of your luck completely.

''I think that a cat got her tongue.'' Taehyung sighs after your too long pause. ''Be a good girl and show your tongue to us that I can see it is still there.'' Your eyes widens even more if possible and you glance Taehyung with horrified side eye.

''Well, what are you waiting for kitten, show him that pretty tongue of yours.'' Yoongi tells and finally lets go of your chin.

Everyone is waiting impatiently you to obey and you turn slightly towards Taehyung opening your lips slowly. Only the tip of your wet tongue peeks out from your lips but that is all Taehyung needs, he takes your tongue between his thumb and index finger and tugs it to get it more in to view. Rest of the group stares you and Taehyung with heated eyes and you can hear even someone to moan quietly.

''Yep, it is still there, no cats have been around.'' Taehyung grins happily.

You suppress your urge to roll your eyes for Taehyung's silly words. A loud cough from a doorway interrupts you and Taehyung lets go of your tongue in surprise. Namjoon in standing by the doorway his hands folded on his chest and he is looking the scene in front of him his brows arched.

''I never knew that you would be in to gangbang.'' He chuckles lowly.

''What? No!'' You panic and glance the men around you.

''what you mean no? After all you were earlier up to threesome.'' Namjoon keeps going and you notice how Yoongi and Hoseok freezes simultaneously.

''What the fuck is wrong with you?'' Yoongi hisses and gets up from the floor.

''Nothing. I just stated a fact.'' Namjoon rolls his eyes.

''There you go and act all high and mighty even when we know that you are whipped like rest of us.'' You haven't ever seen Hoseok so angry, all the sunshine is gone and a storm is taking over his features.

''Yeah, and if I remember correctly you were the one last night who wanted us to play fairly and not make Y/N feel guilty.'' Taehyung peeps in.

You fish you were anywhere else than here, the guys were talking like you weren’t at present. ''That's it, I can't take this anymore!'' You yell and get up from the floor. ''I never wanted to ruin your relationships with each other. I even tried to believe that I could be friends with you guys even after gaining several confession, but it seems that I was wrong.''

''Y/N look I'm sor-'' Namjoon begins feeling regret but you stop him with a harsh glare.

''Save it, I know now why Jin wanted me to hurry with my decision, you guys are impossible to handle right now. I will go to my room, pack my bag and call a taxi. When I'm coming out from that room again I hope that any of you isn't in sight.'' With that being said you march to your room and slam the door shut after you leaving a bunch of guilty looking guys behind.

You are in middle of throwing your clothes in to your bag when you hear a careful knock from your door.

''what!''' You yell angrily and Jin peeks in.

''Hi, do you mind if I come in. I hear that you won't see any other of the guys but I thought that you would at least see me.'' Jin smiles carefully.

''Oh, it's just you. Of course you can come in, in fact I think you are the only one I can stand right now.'' You tell with a sigh and pull your fingers through your hair.

Jin steps in and closes the door after him, he walks to your bed and sit on the edge next to your luggage. ''I was thinking that I could give you a ride back to the town so you don't have take a taxi. I mean if you are truly leaving.''

''I'm, I need space after everything that I have been through and I would be a grateful for a ride if you truly mean it.'' You stop your packing and flash a grateful smile towards Jin.

''Well before you go I want to give you something.'' Jin reaches to his pocket and pulls out the envelope that has caused your last mess. ''I swear I haven't read it.'' Jin assures you and hands the letter to you.

''I didn't even think that you would.'' You assure and turn the letter around tearing it open with impatient fingers.

Jin follows in silence when your eyes slides over the words.

Dear Y/N,

I'm sincerely asking you forgive me after all I have said to you. I know that this small token of mine won't be even near enough to make you forgive me but I thought that I have start from somewhere. I'm not really good with words but I'm going to try. I was a total dick who wasn't at first aware of my feelings towards you. I always took you as a granted, you are my little town girl who I am proud to call as my friend ( at least I hope that we are still friends). When I noticed that my friends took liking of you it made me pissed, why they would like you? You were my friend at first place! I thought like a fool that if I made you feel bad about getting close with my friends you would take distance of them and focus only at me again. Only at the moment when I saw you running away in tears I realized that I loved you. I say it again, I love you Y/N so much it hurts and I can't lose you even if you only accept me as a friend. If you are ready to forgive me please come tomorrow evening around the sunset to the cliff nearby Taehyung's grandparents house (I'm sure that Jungkook and Taehyung knows which place I mean if you ask them) I will be waiting for you.

Yours truly,

The fool, Park Jimin.

You are barely able to figure all the words in the small card but after you have gone trough of them twice you are stunned. Your fight with Jimin feels like a distant memory even though that much time hasn't passed.

''Well what does it say?'' Jin asks after he can't take your silence anymore. Wordlessly you hand the paper back to him. ''So what you want to do?'' Jin asks after reading the note and putting the letter down on your bed.

''I think, I think that I should meet him. I miss him a lot.'' You admit sniffing. All the events of the past few days is taking toll of you and soon you find yourself crying freely in Jin's lap.

''Shh, it is going to be okay. Everything is alright.'' Jin kisses top of your head whispering sweet nothings to your ear and swaying you gently on his lap.

You two sit in silence for a long time only noise disturbing the space being your quiet sobbing. After you have felt like all your tears have dried down you finally look up back to Jin who is smiling gently.

''Better?'' He asks and you nod answering to his smile with your own.

''Thank you, I really needed to let it all out.'' You tell with raspy voice, you clear your throat and continue. ''I think that I have to use Jungkook's tactics now, there is no chance that I'm able to go to work if I will wait for Jimin.''

Jin chuckles lightly to that and you grin as well. ''So what do you wanna do with others? Are you trying to talk with them again?''

''Oh right, I forgot.'' At least I wanted to for now...

''I can keep them out of your way till your meeting with Jimin arrives.'' Jin suggests.

''How are you going to do that?'' You ask curiously.

''I think that the upstairs need thorough cleaning, its least what we can do repaying Taehyung's grandparents.'' Jin winks.

Jin is keeping his word and you can hear even in to your room’s closed door, how he demands your friends attention..

''Guys we are going to clean the upstairs!'' He states voice full of cheerfulness. He is being extremely loud on purpose so that you can hear him speaking.

''Are you fucking serious, why we would do that?'' Jungkook complains loudly. ''I get that we need to clean mess we made but when you talk about cleaning you mean a whole different thing.

''I'm busy.'' You hear Yoongi to add in his protest.

''Being a sleep on couch doesn't mean that you are busy.'' Jin tells being sassy. You can imagine him rolling his eyes to Yoongi. ''Now get your butts up and visit the cleaning closet and after that march to the upstairs.''

After that you tune out the whines and complaints but from the amount of noises and cursing they are obeying him regardless. Soon you hear distant sound of thumbing bass and you relax. You hope that Jin is able to keep them busy until the evening.

You pace back and forth in your room feeling impatient. You had tried to read a book to take your mind elsewhere but you had find yourself reading a same page over and over again.

You even went through social media but there isn't anything to peak your interest. The arms of the clock feels like they are mocking you and going extremely slow.. Finally the sun is setting and turning the sky into different shades of pink and orange. You look peek out from your bedroom doorway and sigh in relief after you see no one in sight.

''Why you want me to dust all these books, can’t we skip that?'' You hear Taehyung whining loudly over the music playing on background noise of their cleaning.

''Have you ever helped your grandparents with cleaning? You should be grateful, they borrowed their home to us and even filled the fridge to the prim.'' Jin screams back.

You chuckle lightly to their yelling competition and head to the front door. You put your sneakers and jacket on and make sure that your phone is in your pocket. When you are sure that you have everything you take a step outside. You are glad that Jungkook had told you about the cliff yesterday or you should have been forced to go through with awkward conversation either with him or Taehyung for directions. You head for the now familiar path and instead turning towards the small pond you take the other option. You don't have to walk for a long until the trees steps aside revealing the cliff. You find Jimin standing alone looking over the cliff in his thoughts.. He hasn't come without gifts to ask your forgiveness. On the ground is large fluffy looking blanket covered with pillows and next to it is resting a large picnic basket. The whole cliff is covered with small red candles that are forming a big heart around the nest that Jimin had built. You stare the view in silence without knowing what to say. You aren't sure is the whole scenery more breathtaking or is Jimin the one who is taking your breath away. You are only seeing his backside his face towards the view. Jimin is wearing a black leather jacket hugging his figure and pair of washed jeans.

''Jimin.'' You call softly but he is able to hear your voice and he spins around quickly. Now you are sure of it, Jimin is the one who is making it hard to breath for you. Underneath his jacket is white shirt with small cuts exposing his skin here and there in tasteful manner, his hair is slicked backwards with gel and a lonely silver chain is hanging from his ear.

''Y/N you came.'' Jimin sighs in relief and hurries to you. He takes your hands in to his but then he remembers that you are mad at him and tries to pull away but you end up stopping him and squeezing his hands tightly in to yours.

''I would be the fool if I wouldn't have came, I mean look at all this!'' You tell amazed.

Jimin smirks lightly to your reference to his letter but then his face turns more serious.

''I'm truly sorry about all the things I said. You aren't any of those thing I said you were. You are kind and funny and beautiful and...'' Jimin stutters and you stop him with shaking your head lightly.

''You are thinking too highly of me.'' You tell blushing.

''Nonsense! You are amazing.’’ Jimin pauses. ’’Uh, do you want to go to sit down, I mean I kind of went through lot of trouble and would hate to see it all go to waste.'' He smirks awkwardly.

''Of course!'' You tell excitedly and follow Jimin to the picnic still holding his hand in yours. You feel like there is more words left to clear things completely between you and him but you are ready to get there slowly. The most important thing was that you were here with Jimin and you were making the effort to make things right.

Jimin watches when you get yourself comfortable and then reaches for the picnic basket. He pulls out sandwiches wrapped in tight cling film followed by two glasses and bottle of sparkling wine, bowl of strawberries dipped in chocolate, grapes and delicious looking chocolate chip cookies.

''I hope that everything fits you my lady.'' Jimin smirks and struggles with the wine bottle opener. You chuckle lightly to Jimin's focused face and he grins happily back when the gap bops open.

''Look at all of this, it's way too much!''

''Nothing is too good for you Y/N, specially after everything I had done.'' Jimin's tone turns rather serious when he pours the drink into your class and hands it to you carefully.

''Jimin...'' You start but it's Jimin’s turn to silence you.

''Please just let me speak and explain myself some more. I feel like if I don't do it right now I might lose my courage.'' Jimin's voice turns rather nervous and all the earlier confidence seems to slip away. You nod slightly and take a sip from your drink the bubbles tickling your mouth slightly. Jimin smiles gratefully and his eyes fill with determination.

''When I was in high school I dated a girl named Hannah. She was my best friend alongside of Jungkook and Taehyung. All the times I didn't spend with the guys I spend with her. She was my first in everything, my first crush, my first kiss and eh... you know first partner in bed. I just felt complete with her and thought that I would spend rest of my life with her. I know that High school romances are little bit cliche but that is how I felt. We had dated almost two years when first signs of her not being okay appeared. She was a part of girls soccer team but suddenly she had difficulties to breath after little bit running or climbing up stairs. She was quick to brush my worries of and even made me laugh about them. Then came loud coughing and she finally agreed to meet a doctor. I was truly hopeful after a doctor had said that she might be suffering from an asthma but her symptoms turned worse. She started coughing blood and she was taken in to more thorough tests.'' Jimin takes a shaky breath and continues. ''They found a tumor in her lungs and told that it had already send metastasis in other parts of her body. Her parents pulled her from school and decided to home school her instead. I was there in every free moment I could and Taehyung and Jungkook was there supporting us. She get more skinnier, refused to eat and her fever was more often present than not. Doctors decided to put Hannah under chemotherapy and I was there watching how life was leaving her, her hair was falling, her skin got thinner and her body weaker. Soon she was in so bad state that she had to stay at the hospital.'' Jimin is now crying freely but he keeps going with his story. Only thing that you could do for him was listen in silence and squeeze his hand in yours. ''Doctors even went through one surgery to remove some parts of the tumor but sadly it didn't change the things in better. In cold day of October I got a call that she wouldn't live for a long. I rushed to spend her last moments with her and I was able to hold her hand when she took her final breath and passed away. She was smiling when I was holding her hand and her parents standing on the other side of the bed.''

''I'm truly sorry that you had to go through something like that.'' You tell your eyes leaking. '' I don't even know what to say.'' You feel useless while looking Jimin's broken form.

''Thank you, but my story isn't quite over yet.'' Jimin smiles sadly and reaches to put a escaped lock of hair behind your ear. The small brush of his fingers makes you shiver.

''I didn't go to her funeral and that is the one thing that I regret the most in my life. I shut down after Hannah was gone, I didn't eat or sleep and it was my turn to go to hospital after weeks of hunger and exhaustion. I'm in dept for Taehyung and Jungkook being there for me on my journey of getting better. When I was able to get somewhat back on my feet I had made my mind, I wouldn't ever love again. There was no one for me after Hannah. Hannah had written a letter for me before she had died but I wasn't able to open it until we had our fight. After reading her words I felt like I was allowed to love again'' Jimin ends his story voice full of desperation. '' Tell me it's not too late for us.'' He begs and caressing your cheek with his thumb.

''I, I don't know what to say. I mean of course I don't want to lose you! But there has been so much going on and....''

''It's okay, you don't have to answer right now. I know that what I just told is lot to take in one bite. I will wait for your answer.'' Jimin's eyes are glistening with hope and excitement ''To be honest I was scared to death that you would reject me from straight hand and that you would cut all of your ties with me but you being here now makes me so happy.'' Everything happens so fast so you don't have time to react when Jimin leans in for a kiss.

You have lost count how many times you have dreamed about this moment way before the whole "let's teach Y/N about sex thing" and you react by instinct answering his kiss. Jimin's lips against you feels like on the day of Taehyung's party but at the same time it feels like a whole new experience. Your first kiss with Jimin was indeed awesome, you can't lie, but it lacked emotion. Now your lips locked you could feel everything, hunger, desperation and other emotions that Jimin had held back. Somehow you have ended up sitting Jimin's lap, you weren't sure which one of you moved first but it didn’t even matter. All you could sense around you was him, his scent, his velvet lips against yours and his body against yours moving in sync.

You return to the house holding hands and both smiling from ear to ear. Jimin is carrying the picnic basket in his free hand swinging it like it weighs nothing. When you asked could you help him with carrying the stuff he had bought he had brushed you of and said that happiness made him stronger. You had just shaken your head in amusement and dropped the subject. When you finally leave the forest and step into the backyard you look the house confused.

''That's odd, all the lights are off.'' You say worried.

''Yeah, I thought they would at least wait for us, I mean you, after all they came with you. Let's see if the cars still here.'' Jimin answers and leads you to the front side of the house and indeed Jin's Volvo and Namjoon's sleek black car were missing.

''Are you serious? All my stuff is inside and I have to go to work tomorrow'' You groan in disbelief.

''Don't worry I know where the spare key is, still I cant believe the guys...'' Jimin mumbles and you follow him by the porch.

Maybe the guys were getting tired of you and this was their way to tell you? You hated how insecure you felt but you couldn't disagree with your inner voice. After all you didn't give any of them answers about your feelings. But what about Jin? He didn't seem to be crushing after you? Maybe he was also tired of you being around and causing chaos in his friend group. You were almost in full panic mode all your happiness from earlier gone when Jimin's happy cheer pulls you out from your head.

''I found it!'' Jimin dangles a single silver key in front of your face.

You sigh in relief when Jimin turns to open the front door. You step in with him and there is no sight of rest of your friend group. Jimin turns the light switch on and then you see a note taped on the wall opposite of the front door.

Hey guys, we all had suddenly some urgent errands to do so we couldn't wait for you. Y/N your stuff is still in your room. make your time count.

Jin + five dwarfs ;)

''Huh, that seems fishy.'' Jimin says confused and rubs his ear.

''Indeed, it is hard to believe that all of them had suddenly urgent plans when they didn’t seem to be in hurry earlier.'' You agree with him.

''So what you wanna do?'' Jimin asks and puts the basket on the floor.

''I don't know. I think that mature thing to do is pick my stuff from the bedroom and start driving back to home. Wait, Jimin how did you get here?''

''Uh, I took a taxi.'' Jimin smiles awkwardly.

''Oh my god, it takes at least and hour one to get here and another to be back in the city.'' You groan and suddenly another unsettling thought comes in to your mind. ''I forgot to call my work that I can't make it tomorrow.'' You feel desperate, how things are going so suddenly so wrong after everything had worked out with Jimin?

''Oh shit, I didn’t call the theater either. I guess we both are in trouble.'' Jimin smirks awkwardly and you really want to say something not so ladylike about his carefree attitude but you decide to ignore it. Jimin's seems to notice your bitter look and hurries to pat his pockets. ''I will go to call the taxi.'' He tells hurriedly and slips away from the scene.

You sigh and head to the room which has been yours for a couple of few days. Your luggage is laying on the top of your bed and all your items are already inside. You bet that this detail is thanks to Jin being helpful.

''So I called a taxi.'' Jimin tells from the doorway and steps in to the room.

''Hmm? That's good.'' You mumble lost in your thoughts.

''I used to always pick this room too.''

''What?'' You ask confused and turn to look at Jimin who is closer to you than you thought..

''When we were younger and we're spending our weekends here with Tae and Kookie I always slept in this room.'' jimin explains grinning happily. He seems to be in extremely good mood after you made up.

''Oh, that's nice.'' You don't know what else to say when Jimin's breath tickles your face.

He is so close to you at this point that you could count his eyelashes if you wanted to.

''Mm'h. You have something on your face.'' He tells.

''What, where?''

''Here.'' He says and presses his lips against yours. It seems that Jimin can't have enough of you now when he has finally allowed himself to feel.

You really can't complain. Your hands find their way in to to Jimin's hair and you tuck his neck hair gently causing him to shiver. Jimin's lips moves against yours telling a story that you are eager to follow. You slide your tongue gently along his lips and Jimin lets a small puff of air out between his lips. You bite Jimin's plumb lower lip and he moans. You shudder, the sound is going through your body and settling in to your belly. You part panting and look each other in to eyes. Jimin's eyes are swirling with untamed hunger and you are sure that your eyes are reflecting the same emotion.

''We have still time.''

'' Time for what?'' You seem to be really lost with Jimin's words today.

''Before the taxi arrives.'' Jimin grins and you realise what he meant.

''Oh.'' You sigh realization.

You weren’t even able to dream in the same morning that you could want Park Jimin ever again but here you were, your hands on his neck and your bodies pressed against each other. You can feel the electricity between two of you and everything goes in to motion. Jimin pushes your luggage on the ground and pulls you sit on his lap your face facing his and your legs parted open in both sides of his thighs. Your lips finds each other again and Jimin's hands start to roam all over your body with fever. He wants to feel all of you at once and he isn't sure where he wants put his hands. He slides his hands over your shoulders, to your back and finally stops at your rear.

When he squeezes your butt you moan in to the kiss closing your eyes. Your hands finds Jimin's neck again and you pull him even tighter against your body if it's even possible. You are able to feel his hardening member against your clothed womanhood and by sudden boldness you grin against it causing Jimin to stop kissing you and groan.

''You are going to be death of me.'' Jimin whines and you smirk proudly. You were happy that your sex education has given you a confidence that you never could even imagine before.

''Have you-'' Jimin gulps when you grind against his clothed member even harder.

''Have I what?'' You tease.

''Have you ever ridden anyone's thigh before?'' Jimin asks with raspy voice. His question gets you out of guard and you stop your torturing motions.

''I'm not sure what you mean.'' You admit awkwardly and Jimin's face brightens.

''So I could be you first in that experience, okay wow. So basically you umm, put your legs on both of sides of one of my thighs and grind against it.'' Jimin explains and you are quick to follow his instructions eager to feel pleasure.

You put your hands hesitantly to Jimin's shoulder for support and begun to make the same grinding motion which you had made earlier against his clothed member.

''I don't see how this is supposed to feel go- Fuck! Jimin!'' You can't end your sentence when Jimin's hands finds your hips and pushes you extremely hard against his thigh. You can feel the friction against your clit and you shudder. Jimin grins satisfied and flexes his thigh muscles along your speed. You have to close your eyes when the sensations takes over your body. You feel the familiar knot tightening and your panties soaking with your juices.

''That's it baby. Make yourself come undone only with my thigh.'' Jimin pants hard like he was actually the one gaining the pleasure.

If someone asked him he would say that he could get of only by looking at your tightly closed eyes and parted lips that were giving out small noises of pleasure. You begin to near your high and feel how your inner muscles spasms waiting you to get your high. Jimin senses the change as well, your breathing is getting more rapid and you are squeezing his shoulders so hard that the imprints of your nails is going to stay there for a while. All it takes is Jimin squeezing your hips so tight that they are going to leave some bruises there. Extremely well timed flex of his muscle underneath of you makes you finally to snap. You moan loudly and shake on Jimin's lap almost collapsing on top of him. You never knew that something like riding a someone's thigh would tip you over the edge. When you come down your high Jimin is lazily drawing patterns to your lower back with his fingers. You sift and only then you notice that you have soaked through your pants and made a quite mess on Jimin's pants. Your face turn bright red like traffic light and Jimin chuckles.

''Don't worry about it.'' Jimin tells reading your mind and kisses top of your head gently. The gesture is quite innocent one compared to what you just did. Jimin coughs awkwardly when you keep staring at down to his thigh cover in your mess and you finally look back at him.

''Do you think that, perhaps you could go some more.''Jimin sifts underneath you feeling uncomfortable and your attention returns to his still hard member.

You nod slightly and get of his lap instead kneeling in front of him. Jimin looks at you surprised but you grin sheepishly reaching for his belt. ''I didn't meat that you have to suck me of.'' Jimin says awkwardly ''There is other things that we coul- Okay never mind!'' Jimin's voice rises in the end of his sentence when your mouth finds his still clothed dick and you move your mouth on top of the denim.

You gain more confidence and return to continuing to open his belt. You feel impatient and that's why you are little clumsy while taking the belt out of it loops making the time used to it more longer that you wanted. When you are finally able to free Jimin's hard dick from its prison you smile in victory. His member isn't longest among the men you have seen so far but his shaft is absolutely the thickest one. Jimin's dick stands proudly in front of you begging your attention. You part your lips and your wet muscle peek out ready to taste the treat in front of it. You finally lean closer and lick the tip gently. Jimin falls backwards on the bed his hands now supporting his weight. You continue with your small kitten licks along his shaft, slowly up and down and back up again.

''Please Y/N don't tease.'' Jimin whines and you feel yourself getting even wetter. Who could have thought that you would have Jimin begging underneath of you. In one moment he is the one making you grind against your thigh and in another he is submitting to you. You stop your movements completely and Jimin groans displeased.

''Beg for it.'' You demand and Jimin look at you in shock.

''What?'' Jimin blurs confused.

''I said that beg me to relieve you, baby boy.'' You add the pet name in impulse and you can see his dick visibly twitch in front of you.

''Please! I need to feel your lips against me.'' Jimin obeys with desperation and you glee with satisfaction.

''Only because you asked so nicely.'' You gave in and quickly part your lips taking him between your lips.

Jimin sighs in relief when you begun to bop his member slowly in and out of your mouth. You grace his shaft slightly with your teeth and you feel the taste of his precum on your tongue. He tastes salty but you gulp down like you are tasting the sweetest nectar. Jimin Groans when your throat tightens around his member and squeeze it like a wine. You had had little difficulties earlier while giving a blowjob but because Jimin is shorter that your earlier encounters you feel him slipping deeper in your throat rather easily. You swallow again around his member and Jimin buckles against your mouth making you gag. You pull away from his dick and look him unhappily. Jimin is biting his lip hard his eyes closed and he is barely holding himself up but when he feels you stopping in middle of his pleasure he forces his eyes slowly open.

''I'm sorry.'' He hurries to say. ''Please don't stop.''

''Tsk Tsk, only good boys can come Jiminnie and good boys can keep still.'' You don't know where your confidence is coming but you are fucking loving it.

''I'm a good boy.'' Jimin hurries to assure you and small smirk rises to your lips.

''I'm not sure about that. Hmm, how about I give you a hand job instead. You don't seem to be ready to feel my mouth against you yet.''

''Please, just do anything make me come.'' Jimin straightens in his position and begs you with his eyes.

Instead of answering your hand curls around his shaft and you spit on top of his member to move along it more easily. Instantly Jimin’s head lulls backwards and wanton moan leaves from his lips. You move your fist up and down on his member and squeeze tightly on his base while your free hand moves to fondle his balls. Jimin’s panting is getting louder and you can feel how his legs shakes in front of you. You pinch the tip of his member and Jimin comes finally undone with his hips buckling up and his hot seed making a mess. You don’t wait Jimin to recover and instead hurry to the bathroom to pick up a wet towel.

You help each other to clean yourself. You pull quickly your soaked pants and and panties away and change in to fresh pair but Jimin has to be satisfied just to wipe himself clean and tying his jacket to his waist to cover the mess of his pants. You have just finished changing when Jimin gets the call that the taxi has arrived. You get in the backseat of the car holding each other hands while you both are red faced while the taxi driver is oblivious about what has occured between you just seconds ago before he came to pick you up. ~ You haven’t ever skipped work if the time when you had ran out after fighting with Jimin didn’t count. Last night the taxi had dropped you at first to your apartment even though Jimin would have wanted to come inside with you. You had told him that you need time to sort your feelings out specially after what you had done previously with him. You were grateful that jimin had accepted your reasoning and you were able to go through your mind in peace. You couldn’t understand how Jungkook was so quilt free and skipping his work all the time when you were close to breaking. Sometimes you had to make hard choices and you had made one that could cause you lose your job. you weren’t surprised at all when you received a angry phone call from your boss demanding for a reason that you were away. Luckily you were able to save yourself because your boss saw you as a reliable worker and it was your first mistake while working at theatre. You sighed in relief when you survived with warning and texted jimin to tell the good news only to hear that he had gained an angry call as well. Luckily the theater didn’t want to fire their maid lead in most popular act at the moment and he was able to survive with warning as well. Surely there would had been an option to both of you to pull through of the work day despite the lack of sleep but you had given permission to yourself to rest after the emotional rollercoaster you had been through. At the same evening you were sitting on your bed your phone in your hands and your nerves going wild. You had made your decision after going through your mind and feelings for countless times all of it what was left to tell your choice for the gang. You were pacing nervously back and forth in Jin’s livingroom after you had asked him that you could use his home at meeting point. Jin’s livingroom was spacious, two big windows were heading to the east and in front of it was a comfortable grey couch full of plushy pillows. On the right side of the couch was a matching loveseat and on the right was empty armchair. The floor was made of light brown wood and big light pink carpet was covering almost the whole space. Jin’s big flat screen TV was on opposite wall of couch and blushies from Super mario were sitting neatly on the sides of it. Jin was quietly watching your pacing from his seat while you were collecting your nerves. ‘’Do you think that everyone will hate me after tonight?’’ You ask for a hundredth time in the same hour and Jimin lets a deep sigh escape from his lips. ‘’I don’t think the guys could ever hate you at least I know that I couldn’t.’’ Jin tells from his spot. ‘’But what if…’’ ‘’Y/N relax, I’m sure that things will sort out.’’ Jin stops your pacing taking a gentle hold of your wrist while you walk past of him once again. You stop and Jin pulls you to sit next to him to keep you calm. You aren’t able to relax for a long time when you hear a doorbell ring. Your whole body freezes and Jin looks you with pity. ‘’Do you want that I go open the door?’’ ‘’Yes, please.’’ You tell quietly. Yoongi is first to arrive and he smiles you softly when he sees you curled in couch. ‘’Hi.’’ ‘’Hi.’’ You greet him back. ‘’How are you feeling?’’ Yoongi asks carefully and sits on free arm chair keeping his distance which makes you feel grateful. ‘’Nervous.’’ You admit. Before you can continue your conversation any longer Jin returns to the living room followed by Namjoon and Taehyung. They both carried mixed emotions when they finally saw you and sat on the love seat near the couch. ‘’Hi Y/N, I’m sorry about what happened on Sunday we were all acting like bunch of dicks I mean I was acting like a dick.’’ Namjoon opens his mouth changing his position on his seat nervously. ‘’Yeah I can agree to that, we were idiots.’’ Taehyung agrees next to his older looking guilty. ‘’yeah.’’ Yoongi also mumbles in agreement. ‘’Well, uh I have to admit that we all were kind of idiots. You guys while pressuring me and I when I didn’t reject or accept anyone clearly.’’ You fidget your fingers nervously and look to your lap avoiding everyone’s eyes. Jin is able to sit on his seat only for a second when he has to go open the door once again this time rest of the gang is following him. Jimin looks the most nervous of them all after everyone has taken their seats and Jin has returned to your side. The room is so quiet and full of nerves that you could hear a pin to drop on the ground. Jin squeezes your hand to signal to go on and you take a deep breath. “There has been lot of tension between of us lately ever since the whole date Y/N thing begun. I’m grateful that you guys decided to show me how it feels like when someone cares about you and is there for you. I also can’t ignore the intimate aspects that I experienced with you guys and I’m grateful that you were so patient and understanding with me when I didn’t know what I was doing.’’ ‘’Hey, all of us has been virgins at some point.’’ Jungkook interrupts you and you smile grateful to his remark. ‘’Indeed.’’ You look awkwardly to smirking Jungkook and Jimin punches Jungkook’s arm lightly to keep him quiet. “Well anyway you guys aren’t here to analyze my sex life here with me even though I finally have one thanks to your guys.’’ You get light chuckles for an answer this time and you can’t help yourself but to join as well. You look through all the men who you have come to known in different ways along the journey of your sex education and you feel the warmth to leak in your chest. ‘’Jimin you were the one who made the gears go in to the motion. You are the first guy who made me feel strong feelings and safety.’’ You continue while looking the male straight into his eyes who remains listening you quietly. ‘’Jungkook you were my first teacher and you taught me how to make out and you were my first date partner ever.’’ Jungkook grins to you when he listens to your words and you smile back at him. ‘’Taehyung you took me to the aquarium and i saw new sides of you, your passion towards the ocean and how behind all of that goofiness can be a serious and caring man.’’ Taehyung smirks. ‘’I made you came under the sea.’’ ‘’Tae!’’ You hear others around him to groan and he chuckles lightly to his own joke. You decide to ignore him and continue. ‘’Hoseok you took care of my mothers car and maybe also me on the side.’’ ‘’I thought it was other way around when I walked in and-’’ ‘’Shut up Yoongi, don’t ruin this from me.’’ Hoseok glares at his friend with anger but soon his stare turns in to satisfied grin. You seem to have accept that the guys can’t stay quiet during this part of your speech and you continue with sigh. ‘’Yoongi you made me love myself and my body and not to be ashamed of myself.’’ ‘’I tried my best.’’ Yoongi smirks. ‘’Joon you were there for me when I was feeling extremely sour and made me forget my worries. ‘’Yeah after that stunt Jimin pulled.’’ Namjoon mumbles and glares man in question angrily. ‘’Hey we made up so calm down.’’ Jimin defends himself. ‘’Yes we did so I would be grateful that you guys wouldn’t carry a grudge towards him because of me.’’ You look Namjoon strictly into his eyes and his eyes soften ‘’I will try my best.’’ He gives in and you smile gratefully to him. ‘’And even you Jin taught me lot of things about myself and people around me when I wasn’t sure which steps were the right ones for me.’’ You look the man sitting next to you and it's your turn to squeeze his hand.’’ ‘’Well Im lot more than just a pretty face.’’Jin sighs dramatically. ‘’I know.’’ You agree even though his vanity makes you slightly gringe inside. ‘’I wanted to tell all these thing for you because after I have told my decision I don’t want that you blame yourself or each other from what I’m about tell you next.’’ You feel how the nerves goes wild and you tighten your hold of Jin’s hand making him whine lightly, but you don’t even notice. You feel the impatien stares in you face and look at your lap. ‘’I have decided to date…’’ You mumble the end so quietly that even Jin isn’t able to hear what you say. ‘’I’m sorry but can you say it again.’’ Hoseok is brave enough to ask and you take a deep breath and look up your lap this time repeating your answer more clearly. You repeat your answer even though you know that everyone won’t be happy but you have to be honest to yourself, after all it was your answer.

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oyesmendes · 4 years

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The Coffee Roasters - Chapter two

a/n: we’re here!! this one’s a little sad and angsty so i’m sorry!!! and also, i would like to know how you would like the next chapter to go so leave me some suggestions in my ask :)

Long black - two shots of espresso poured into a glass of hot water; two lovers thrusted into reality.

when Sophie woke up to sunlight streaming through the curtains, she knew she was fucked. Never in the twenty three years of her life did she wake up after the sun rose, not even when the cafe closed during the holidays. her hand was resting on Niall’s chest, his arm draped across her waist lazily. She turned slowly, careful to not wake him up as she turned on her phone to see a dozen text messages and missed calls from her family

Dad: Where are you? come to the store now.

Mom: darling, are you coming to the cafe today? Your father is worried

Harvey: I tried to cover for you, but it can only last so long. Good luck Mei ;-) ps hope you used protection

Sophie rolled her eyes at her brother’s message, only replying with a middle finger emoji and a be there soon before she felt Niall’s arms snake around her. She lets him pull her close to his body, turning around in the process to face him. Niall’s eyes were still shut as he hummed under his breath. Sophie thinks she could get used to this - to him, and then reality hits her like bricks when Niall mutters a string of swear words under his breath. She pulls away, looking at him confused.

“Sorry petal, I totally forgot to tell my manager I was staying the night in Brighton. I’m supposed to be at a shoot right now” Niall rubs his face with his hands a little too hard just to shake away the sleep in him. He doesn’t remember the last time he’s slept this well with someone in the bed. Sophie chuckles, shaking her head “well I guess that makes two of us. was supposed to be at the cafe…” she looks at the time on her phone screen, “three hours ago.” They both lay flat on their backs, staring up at the ceiling. A comfortable silence filled the room, both their hands intertwined with each other's. They should be worried about the consequences, the repercussions of their decisions, but right now all they cared about was the person laying by their side. Sophie gets up first, running her fingers through her hair as she sits up on the bed. Niall soon follows, peppering kisses on her cheek all the way down to her collarbone. She grabs his hand and he follows as if they’ve been doing this for years, and leads him to the bathroom where the twin bathroom sinks were waiting. She hands him a new toothbrush - a permanent one, not one of those you steal from a hotel - and they begin their morning routine. They were quiet as they moved around the apartment to get ready for the day; Niall was on the phone with his manager, looking like a child that was being berated by his mother and Sophie was making them coffees and breakfast. Both of them had the same thought in their head - will they see each other again? Was this just a one night stand? definitely not. Whatever they had between them, the comfort, the teenage excitement of love was something that was so real. Yes, they’ve only met 2 days ago, but what fell between them was so familiar, it felt like they’ve known each other for years and you can’t say that to many people in your life. Niall finishes up his call (or scolding, it was more like a scolding) and wraps Sophie into his embrace which makes her smile all too wide before she spins around.

“Here’s your coffee, and a day old croissant that I’ve put ham and cheese in. Take them on your ride back to London” She hands the bag and coffee cup to him, her eyes never meeting his. He frowns, setting the food aside and tilting her chin up so she’s looking straight into the ocean blue eyes.

“What’s wrong, petal?” He knows what’s wrong, he just doesn’t have the balls to say it. Sophie shakes her head, but her heart spoke faster than her brain could stop it.

“Is this it?” She asked, her voice cracks at the end with tears threatening to spill. Come on Sophie, you’re not going to cry over a boy you met two days ago. Get it together. Except she is crying a little and she is utterly in love with the Irish boy standing in front of her; and she’s terrified. Terrified that she’s going to lose it all in this moment before she could even begin anything. Niall catches on, pressing a kiss to her lips in which she returns hastily.

“Of course not, petal. you’re less than an hour away, I will come back to you” And that calms her down just by a bit. He envelopes her in a hug, swaying as they hold each other as tight as their bodies would allow them to.

Niall kept his promise. despite the promo tour for Heartbreak Weather and countless of interviews, he tried his absolute best to keep his promise. They were constantly texting and talking on FaceTime whenever their breaks coincided; and when Niall was in London with more than an hour to spare, he’d drive down to Brighton just to see Sophie for less than thirty minutes.

“M’so glad you’re here” Sophie whispered, her head resting on Niall’s shoulders as they sat by the steps of the back door to the cafe.

“Me too, petal.”

However, this long-distance teenage love could only last for so long. Niall was soon due to go on his world tour with no time to spare, and lets not even talk about visiting Sophie. From trying to spend every moment with her soon turned to weekly FaceTime calls that lasted no longer than 2 hours because Niall simply had “no time”. Which was true to a certain extent, he had rehearsals almost every single day if not, he was thrown into some meeting or interview where he was barely paying any attention.

"I can't keep doing this, Niall" Sophie shifts, the phone now propped up against the wall. Those words that came out of her mouth suddenly felt like a tonne of bricks raining from the sky.

"Just a little bit more Soph, I'm gonna be home-"

"and then what?" she cuts him off, her head pounding from the lack of caffeine in her system. It was 5am in Brighton, and Sophie was up an hour early because she couldn't get Niall out of her mind. She picked up the phone to call him, not caring about whatever event or activity that he was in so she could settle it once and for all. at least she was hoping to.

"because from the looks of it, i don't think we're going anywhere. I've barely spoken to you all week, and i don't think that's going to change until you make up your mind on what you want" She’s folding her arms now, and Niall knows that's a clear sign that she's not pleased. He sighs, hands bunching up the pillow next to him. Niall was supposed to be at the arena 10 minutes ago, but here he was sitting in his hotel room with the tension thick in the air between him and his girl.

"bub i just need you to hold on a little longer- a week? i'll be home in a week, yeah i can do that-" before he could even get an answer from her, the line cut off. Sophie slams her phone face flat onto the desk in front of her, a loud groan leaving her mouth. She couldn't do this, not like this when everything was so uncertain. Come on, Niall couldn't even give her a proper answer over the phone. Sophie had a strong character, any of her friends would admit that. She was level headed, confident and a sunshine for all. but right now, all of those characteristics were thrown straight out of the window; all because of one boy.

It was Friday evening, the slowest day of the week so the Hoang siblings were by the front counter catching up with each other. Harvey was bragging about the blonde he met the same day you had your encounter with Niall (yes surprise surprise! They started dating!) and Austin was well, talking about something that has to do with his online classes. Sophie had her mind somewhere else, eyes fixated on her phone waiting for some kind of message or call from Niall. they haven't spoken since that day (well, Niall has sent her multiple good morning and night texts but Soph really couldn't be bothered) she needed him to say something substantial, she needed him to use his words. something he could do so well when he wrote, but when it came to talking to the one he loved, it's as if the man doesn't have a mouth on his face.

“Hello? Earth to Soph?” Harvey was waving his hands in front of her face, giving her a questionable look.

“Sorry, I zoned out. What were you saying about Sarah?” He rolled his eyes at his sister, “its Samantha, and I was asking you what do you want to have for dinner? I could go pick something-“ before Harvey could finish, the familiar jingle of the door with a very familiar figure standing at the door caught the attention of the siblings.

“Yo! Nialler! Haven’t seen you in the longest time man” Harvey and Austin both gave Niall fist bumps while Sophie stayed behind them, arms folded with her head down. When her brothers sensed the lack of enthusiasm from their sister, they both gave a look at Niall who showed the same emotions.

"we're gonna leave you two to talk" Austin rubber his sister's back before leaving to lock the front doors of the cafe and putting up the "closed" sign. Sophie let out another sigh before proceeding to wipe the counter, and steam the machines - anything she could do to keep her mind off the irish man standing on the other side of the counter.

"Soph...please" he stretched his hand across the counter, softly taking hers into his grasp. She squeezed the towel in her hand tilted her head back, legs bouncing as she willed her tears not to fall. Niall knew her like an open book, letting her hand go while he made his way round the counter. He was never allowed behind it, Alex never letting him around the coffee machines for the fear that he might distract his daughter at work. But this time Niall ignored all the rules, crossing over the barrier between them to pull her into his arms. At first, Sophie didn't move, she didn't hug back until Niall spoke.

"i'm here petal, i'm here and i'm sorry" those words were enough for her tears to fall and she was now full on sobbing into Niall's shoulder.

"i missed you" Niall choked out. Sophie pushed Niall back, hands resting on his chest as she took in his features. No, she couldn’t bare to break up with him. She threw her head back, sighed and scrunched the fabric of Niall’s hoodie.

“You’re making this so difficult.” Sophie whispered.

“Making what difficult, love? I’m here, I’m finally here” Niall was confused by her words and to be honest, the inner turmoil that Sophie was facing felt 10 times worse.

“This! This whole thing, your blue eyes and boisterous laughter; your singing and dancing; and the god damn world tour, Niall. Everything is difficult” She leaned back against the counter as Niall’s hands drop to his side.

“What- what do you mean?” Sophie snapped, or rather she was snapping at Niall and she couldn’t help it. She wanted it to stop, she wanted him to stop.

“I don’t know! I should’ve seen it coming, and trust me I tried to prepare myself for all of this” she let out a sad laughter. “You’re Niall fricking Horan, how the fuck can you be my boyfriend?!” Sophie turned and slammed the counter in front of her. Her chest was heavy, and everything started to hurt. Is this what letting go of real love feels like?

Niall’s arms snaked around her waist, pulling her close to his body. Sophie tried to fight it, but she was too tired after being so consumed by the thoughts of Niall and this entire relationship. She let herself melt into his arms, quiet sobs leaving her lips. He swayed from side to side, his head buried in her hair while he let her cry.

“I’m sorry petal, I really am”

“I know”

#niall horan fic #niall horan #niall horan x reader #niall horan imagine #niall horan fan fiction #sophie hoang #sophie x niall #the coffee roasters series #the coffee roasters #TCR

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ambereyesandwine · 4 years

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We’ve Got Soul: Chapter 5

WC: 3073

Warnings: Sass as always, Cursing as always, Elijah Kamski being a creep, some angst because we can’t save Gavin from his childhood, Gavin being not nice to Markus

Beta’d By: @teaspacebar

Notes: She’s late, but she’s here and bigger than ever. This chapter is about the art show and the things that follow shortly after, and is our last chapter of pre-game content. The next chapter will start into events from the game, so get ready. PS: the entirety of the fic so far is almost 12,600 words, which makes it longer than the middle school project where I had to write a “book”. Do with that info what you will.

Chapter 5:

June 4, 2038

6:44 P.M.

“Breathe. You’re going to be fine.” Carl sounded as calm as ever.

“Easy for you to say. You’ve done a million of these.” Fantasia wrung her hands and clutched them to her chest. “What if no one likes them?”

“Do you like them?”

“What?” She looked to her mentor.

“I asked if you like them. Are you proud of the work you’ve done?”

“Yes,” Fantasia stated firmly.

“Then fuck what they think.” Carl glanced at the watch he was wearing before speaking again. “You have about fifteen minutes to take a lap and make sure everything looks the way you want it to before those doors open and you suddenly become occupied for the next few hours.”

She nodded. “Okay.” Fantasia walked away to inspect each of the displays. By the time she was done, she was feeling much less nervous. “Carl, I-” She stopped short when she saw people start flooding into the room. “Oh, we’re starting. Okay.”

It was several minutes of “Nice to meet you,” and “Thank you so much for coming,” before a pair of hands covered Fantasia’s eyes from behind.

“Guess who.”

“Well I know it’s not my best friend, cause he knows better than to touch my face when I’m wearing a full face of makeup.”

“Oh shit!” Gavin immediately pulled his hands away and Fantasia saw him check them over for make-up.

Fantasia chuckled slightly before reassuring him. “You’re fine, I’m wearing an entire bottle of setting spray.”

Gavin’s face scrunched with confusion. “I have no idea what that means.”

“It means I’m gonna need a fire hose to get my makeup off tonight.” She took a step forward to hug him. “I’m really glad you’re here, this has been insane.”

“Of course, I wouldn’t miss it.” He held her tightly as he spoke.

When the two separated and Fantasia began to back away, she looked Gavin up and down. “You even got all dressed up,” She said with shock.

“Well yeah, who do you think I am? I’m not going to show up to my best friends fancy art show scruffy and tieless.” He stood up tall and adjusted his sleeves, clearly proud of his appearance. “But,” Gavin gestured with open palms toward Fantasia, “Tonight’s not about me, and you look beautiful.”

Fantasia’s smile spread quickly. “Aw than-”

“Even though you’re still not as tall as me, even in four-inch heels.”

“You’re a dick.”

“An aspiring artist can never be too humble.”

“Fantasia?”

She turned to find that Markus had approached her and Gavin. “Markus, hi,” She said with a soft smile.

“Carl asked me to come check on you,” Markus said, “Are you doing well so far?”

“I am, thank you.” Her cheeks bloomed a soft pink. “Gavin, this is Markus, he takes care of Carl and is probably the only reason that man is even still alive.” Fantasia introduced as Carl wheeled over.

“You and I both know that if I had to, I would find a way to survive on paint chips and spite.” Carl said before leaning forward slightly to shake Gavin’s hand. “I’m Carl.”

Gavin took the other man’s hand and responded, “I’m Gavin, I’m a detective for the DPD.”

“And speaking of the DPD, we’re here!” Chris Miller’s voice rang from a few feet away, but he quickly closed the distance to hug Fantasia.

“Hi, Chris,” She hugged him in return before reaching for his companion. “Hi, Tina,” She hugged the other woman with a smile. “How are you guys doing?”

“Doing good. All of this is amazing, I knew you were good with spray paint, but this is so cool.” Chris’s voice was filled with awe as he looked around the room.

“We’re gonna keep looking around,” Tina suggested. “You’re really talented Fantasia.”

“Thank you, guys,” Fantasia smiled and waved slightly as the pair left the group.

“It’s nice to meet you, Gavin,” Markus spoke kindly as he picked up the conversation from moments ago.

“Yeah, I’m sure.” Gavin turned toward Fantasia, “I’m going to go catch up with Tina and Chris. I’ll see you later.” He wrapped his arm protectively around Fantasia and stared Markus down for a moment before releasing Fantasia and leaving.

“I’m sorry, I don’t know what all that was about,” She apologized to Markus for the other man’s odd behavior.

He smiled slightly as he spoke, “It’s alright. Do you need anything?”

“I think I’m okay actually, but-”

“But I have some business with an old friend, and I need Markus’s help,” Carl interjected. “So, we’ll be back in a little while. Try to talk to some more people and make as many connections as you can. This should get you a good start in the professional world, especially if you network well tonight.”

“Yes, sir,” Fantasia said with snark in her voice.

Carl only shook his head in response as Markus pushed his wheelchair away.

Fantasia took a moment to look around the room and couldn’t help but smile about all the people that seemed to be enjoying her work. She heard a throat clear behind her and Fantasia turned to scold the man. “Gavin, I don’t know- Oh.” Her words stopped short when she realized it was not Gavin standing behind her. “I’m sorry, I thought you were someone else.”

“An honest mistake,” The man said matter-of-factly. “Sounds like you could use a drink.” He snapped his fingers and one of the wait staff rushed over to offer champagne. The man took one and handed it to Fantasia before introducing himself. “I’m Elijah, an old friend of Carl’s. You must be the North Star of the evening, Fantasia.”

“Uh, yes.”

“Mm,” His eyes slowly traced down her body and back up to her face. “A beautiful name for a beautiful girl.” He noticed Fantasia’s uncomfortable smile and chose a different approach. “’The Learning Curve’ is an interesting name for an art show.”

“This whole show is works I’ve done while apprenticed to Carl. I think the name is fitting.”

“I agree. Although, you’ll have to come into your own if you want to be a real artist someday.” He took a step toward Fantasia. “You’ll need good connections for that.”

Fantasia took a step back, “That’s what this show is for, but thank you for the tip.”

“Of course.” He took another step closer. “If you ever need anything, you’re welcome to come to me for help, with very minimal strings attached of course.” He winked as a cocky smile covered the lower half of his face. “I’m sure you can google my phone number when you decide you need it. Have fun with your little show,” Was all he said before walking away.

“Who was that?”

“AH,” Fantasia yelped and quickly turned to find Gavin standing behind her. “Oh, it’s just you.”

“Woah, just me? Ouch.” He feigned being upset.

“I’m sorry, that guy was just so creepy.”

“Yeah, he looked like it. You good?”

Fantasia nodded, “I’m fine. I definitely don’t want this though.” She put the champagne Elijah had given her on the tray of a passing waiter.

June 4, 2038

9:10 P.M.

Gavin walked with Fantasia as she took a lap around the mostly empty venue, holding her shoes by the straps and counting green stickers.

When Fantasia spoke, it was almost inaudible, and filled with awe. “All of them sold.”

“What?” Gavin questioned.

She repeated herself, “All of my paintings were sold tonight.” She looked at him with wide eyes, brimming with tears.

Gavin mirrored Fantasia’s smile and pulled her into a hug where she happy cried in his arms for a moment before they were interrupted.

“Fantasia, are you alright?” Markus had approached the pair.

“She’s fine,” Gavin stated defensively, holding Fantasia closer to him. “Did you get told to come check on her again?”

Markus’s LED turned yellow for a moment as he processed before responding, “No, I saw she was upset, so I came to see if she needed anything.”

Fantasia pulled away from Gavin and gently wiped the tears from her eyes. “I’m okay, Markus. I’m just overwhelmed. I’m gonna go find Carl and get things wrapped up in here.” She turned to Gavin, “Meet you in the car in like 10?”

“Sure.” Gavin didn’t look at Fantasia when he answered, he only continued to stare Markus down.

Fantasia rolled her eyes and walked away, knowing it was best not to get involved in whatever he was trying to do. Wrapping things up with Carl was a quick process of explaining how buyers would receive their paintings and that the venue had its own cleaning and lock up crew that would fix everything up when they cleared out.

“Okay, I’ll see you guys later.” Fantasia waved to Carl and Markus before exiting the front door of the venue barefoot.

“Where are your shoes?” Gavin asked as Fantasia dropped into his passenger seat.

“In my hand.”

“Let me rephrase: Why aren’t you wearing your shoes?”

“Because I’ve been in them for hours, and now I’m done.”

“Yeah, but what if you step on glass or something?”

“I didn’t though.” Fantasia looked at Gavin, “Can we go now? I’m exhausted.”

“Yeah.” Gavin put the car in gear and made the mild drive back to his apartment. It was a few moments after they got inside before Gavin spoke again. “Can I ask you something?” He sounded cautious.

“Sure, what’s up?”

“What happens now?”

“Now all of the art that sold will be carefully packaged and shipped out to the people that bought them and-”

“No, I mean you’re a big artist now.” He interrupted her, “A bunch of important people know who you are so you’re gonna move up in the world and leave the rest of us behind.” It wasn’t a question.

She turned to face him. “What?”

“Well why do you need someone like me when you’ve got a whole bunch of new friends like that Kamski guy that can get you anything you want.”

“Okay first of all, Kamski is a creep, and I would never, and second-”

“What about when somebody else sees you and thinks they can do better for you? What if you agree with them? I don’t fit in a world full of fancy art shows and champagne and small talk all the time.”

“No one’s asking you to.”

“But you’ll need somebody who can when you start getting more attention. You wouldn’t want bad publicity about a shitty best friend ruining your career.”

Fantasia seethed, “Do you really think that’s who I am? Somebody that trades in their best friend for a newer model just because I sold a few paintings?”

“Upgrades, right?”

“Excuse me?”

“You’ll ditch me the second somebody better comes along. You wouldn’t be the first one, you won’t be the last.”

The room fell silent, and the pair stared each other down, pain dominating both of their faces.

“You do not,” Her voice cracked, and tears came to her eyes, “Get to lash out at me because you are scared.”

Regret took over Gavin’s features the second he saw a tear fall over Fantasia’s cheek. “Tasia, fuck. Tasia, I’m sorry.” He reached out to her, but Fantasia stepped back, shaking her head slightly.

“No one said anything about me doing all of this,” She gestured to her own body as she spoke, “full time. No one said anything about you being out of place, and even if you were, you tried. For me. And you think that makes me more inclined to abandon you, forget every ounce of our relationship, and find a new ‘best friend’ who’d be better PR?”

“No, that’s not- I’m sorry, okay? I’m sorry. I fucked up and said something stupid because I’m a fucking idiot. I know you wouldn’t do that.”

“Stop.”

“Tasia, please.” He sounded broken as he spoke, reaching for her again. “I’m just-”

“Gavin,” She spoke softly, “Stop.” She wrapped her arms around him. “It was never one or the other. It’s not a choice between you and my art, because there’s no reason I can’t have both. The idea of giving you up was never even on the table.”

Gavin slumped into Fantasia’s body and took a heavy breath as he hugged her back.

“I love you, jackass, even when you get all sabotage-y.”

“I love you too.”

Fantasia felt the shoulder of her shirt dampen with tears Gavin would never admit he shed. She rubbed his back and held him tightly until he stopped shaking. “Go get some sleep.”

“Yeah,” Gavin sniffled and nodded as he backed away from Fantasia to head to his room. “Night.”

“Good night.” Fantasia stood quietly for a moment before she retrieved her overnight clothes from her bag in the linen closet. She quickly changed and set up her pillow and blanket on the couch to rest.

June 20, 2038

5:22 P.M.

“This is terrifying,” Gavin stated as he blindly extended his arm to feel for obstructions in his path.

Fantasia chuckled as she held his other hand, leading him to their destination. “What, you don’t trust me?”

“Not even a little. I could run into a pole at any moment.”

“I’m not going to run you into a pole, I’m not stupid.” Fantasia yanked his hand so he was out of the path of a bicyclist flying down the sidewalk.

“What was that?”

“Nothing. There’s two steps here.” She guided him slowly up the steps.

His passing through an entryway was signaled to Gavin by the small jingle of a bell. “Where are we?”

The smile was apparent in Fantasia’s voice when she answered, “My studio.”

“What?”

“Take the blindfold off.”

Gavin heard the door shut behind him as he pulled the fabric from his eyes and saw an empty room with white walls and a concrete floor. “Tasia, this-”

“Isn’t it amazing?”

He was hesitant to reply, “There’s nothing in it.”

She laughed. “Well not yet. But soon it’ll be filled with canvases and paint and easels and anything I want.” Her eyes closed dreamily.

“That’s going to be a lot of work.”

Fantasia’s response was to look at him pleadingly.

“You want me to help, don’t you?”

“Please?”

He huffed. “Fine, but you owe me.”

“Actually,” She chuckled, “This is you owing me for when I peeled you off the sidewalk after you went angry-drunk on a bar tender for kicking you out.”

“I had a bad day, and that was months ago.”

“And now I’m cashing in on it.”

“Fine,” He grumbled.

June 29, 2038

2:31 P.M.

“So, what else is there to do?”

Fantasia looked over her notebook before answering Gavin’s question. “I think we just need to get these two boxes unpacked and get the futon set up in the back.”

Gavin looked down into the boxes and snorted. “I’ll take futon duty. I’m not going to sort paints that aren’t even real colors.”

“These are real colors.”

“No, they’re not. What happened to just red and blue? Without looking, you tell me what kind of color,” He rummaged around in the box, careful to shield his choice from Fantasia’s eyes, “‘Admiral’ is.”

She gave him a deadpan stare. “It’s blue.”

“Damnit.”

“Yeah, sweetie, that’s why I do art and you solve crimes.”

“Whatever.” Gavin got up and started walking toward the back room. “I’m gonna go put together your couch-bed.”

“Thank you!” She called after him as he walked out of the room.

When Fantasia was almost done getting her paints organized on the shelves, she heard the door-bell jingle and looked over to find Carl and Markus in the doorway.

“So, this is why you’ve been avoiding my house all week,” Carl stated as he approached Fantasia.

She greeted him with a smile. “I have not been avoiding, I’ve been working.”

“Clearly, given that it was just an empty room the last time I saw it. Impressive.”

“Agreed,” Markus chimed in as he looked around, taking notice of the color-filled shelving that lined an entire wall, and the neatly organized brushes in one corner, and the varying sizes of canvas carefully leaned against a wall in stacks of three or four. “All of this was only a week? How did you get it all done?”

“I had help,” She reassured. “Gavin?”

“Yeah?” He came out of the back room, hammer in hand, and his face dropped when he saw Markus. “Oh. Great.”

“Play nice. This is an important day for me.”

“Yeah, alright.” He squinted at Markus for a moment before he relented. “What’s up, Tasia?”

“I have a favor to ask all of you. I want you each to pick a color you think suits you.”

“Any particular reason?” Carl asked.

“You’ll find out in a minute.”

If the men were unsure, none of them showed it. Each of them chose their colors and waited for Fantasia to explain further.

“I have this idea that’s going to sound so corny, but I’d really like for the four of us to put our handprints on the wall. All three of you are just as much a part of the reason I have this place as I am.”

“You don’t want them all to match?” Markus questioned.

“No, I wanted them to be your own colors. Mine will be Boysenberry.” Fantasia showed her bottle of paint to the others.

Markus showed his, “I chose Golden Yellow.”

“Maya Blue,” Was Carl’s reply.

“Forest Green,” Gavin read aloud from the bottle.

Fantasia helped each of them paint their palms and fingers in their respective colors and chose an area near the door of the studio. “Okay, everybody pick a spot.” Fantasia planted her hand on the wall directly in front of her shoulder and left it there, waiting for the others to do the same.

Gavin put his hand to the right of Fantasia’s and slightly higher. Markus placed his hand in line with Fantasia’s to her left. Carl’s hand landed lower than the others’, but between Fantasia and Markus.

“Okay, pull them off,” Fantasia said with a smile and put her hands contentedly on her hips. “I love it.”

“You just got paint on your overalls.” The monotone statement came from Gavin.

A look crossed Fantasia’s face like she was dying inside. “I did.”

“Are they ruined?” Gavin asked.

Carl answered, “Oh yeah.”

Fantasia nodded her head and closed her eyes in resignation. “Yeah,” She echoed.

#We've Got Soul #Markus x oc #dbh #detroit become human #Markus #Gavin Reed #dbh Markus #dbh Gavin #detroid become human #RK200 #Gavin Reed x oc #slow burn

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America’s Got Talent: Season 14 - Auditions 4

Terry’s really establishing his presence on the show now! It’s early to call, but he might go on to be the best host of this show to date!

He’s making such an impression that a man played the flute AND stripped! It’s like he came SPECIFICALLY with the intention of baiting the host to join him and combine his two most well-known talents!

Anyway, enough about the obligatory weekly joke act, because boy do we have quite a few quality acts to talk about for THIS week!

10: Ansley Burns. Once again, the bottom entry is a generally solid singer...But she’s pretty much more or less at the same level of Angelica Hale (right down to having the same monkey ears!) I guess give her props for performing an upbeat and fun song, not to mention an Aretha song that ISN’T “Natural Woman”! (She’s allowed to be remembered for other songs! GRAMMYS!!!) I suppose I could complain about Simon doing that “Stop! Redo!“ thing again, but I think he had a good enough excuse this time, as the track WAS drowning her out, and it’s not like he made her perform a different song...It’s just that we’ve seen dozens of young girls sing at this level on the show by now, and in an ideal world, that girl from last week (who was ALSO infatuated with Simon) will outlast this one...

9: Dominguez Poodles. I will admit, when I watched the preview videos for this episode, I wasn’t exactly optimistic since they usually preview some of the highlights, and neither of the two acts previewed really excited me...But they ended up being the bottom two entries of this list anyway, and I certainly didn’t dislike either of them...It’s just that aside from putting the little girl in that cute little costume, this didn’t do anything that I haven’t seen from every other dog act to date...Extra points off for the dab! But maybe they’ll find something new with this act for future performances...I just stifled a laugh...

8: Cirque de Sewer. Yup...I’m putting the rat act over the dog act...What of it!? It’s mostly an amusing little party act, but it entertained me...And I guess pervs got a good look at the lady’s underpants as the rat crawled across them, something that would evoke a blood-curdling scream from most women if it was them in her place, so extra points for that...(Perhaps the rat SHOULD be named Hentai as some Youtube commenters mistook to hearing...)

7: Sos. So...did he steal his name from his dad, or is he Sos Junior or something? I’m confused...Anyway, while he does already have more to offer than his parents ever did, I was mostly pretty bored with the performance...Nothing super surprising or anything...Maybe he will improve in later rounds, but for now, it felt generic and kinda empty...

6: Detroit Youth Choir. I suppose this is the weakest Golden Buzzer of a host since the stripping grandma, but I’ll let Terry have this one since they clearly hit the big guy in the feels...(All I could think of is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsAyiElQKtM) Choirs are a hard sell for me, but when they manage to be entertaining enough, they can stand out...In terms of entertainment, I’d place this performance as weaker than Angel City Chorale’s first two performances last year, but stronger than their later two...While I definitely would have preferred someone else...Meh, I’ll take them! (PS, that wide-eyed kid peeking in from the back killed me!)

5: Voices of Service. Everything about this act just screams, “GIVE US A GOLDEN BUZZER!!!” Perhaps they will get it at the Judge Cuts...In fact, I won’t be surprised if they intentionally schedule them for the one where Brad Paisley’s the guest judge...But I do really like their harmonies, and the token female alone just commands the stage! Honestly...I’m kinda rooting for them! Sure it’s pandering like nobody’s business, but they’re talented enough that they can kinda get away with it...

4: Andy Rowell. Well, I think it’s pretty obvious that this man takes a lot of inspiration from a certain other late comedian named Andy, and while this may not even approach the brilliance that is the “Mighty Mouse” routine, it was still great seeing someone recapture the spirit of it! (What next? Is he gonna impersonate Elvis? Wrestle women? Spend five minutes on stage eating ice cream?) But like that comedic contortionist from a few weeks back, he will probably end up being pigeonholed as “The Karaoke Guy”, no matter how funny his later performances are, and it will probably hurt him in the long run...Still, this is an audition I will remember, and on a less excellent night, would easily make the Top 2 or 3...

3: ADEM Dance Crew. Ranking the Top 3 of this episode will not be easy, as they are all VERY close together and are among my favorite auditions of the season so far! I’m almost inclined to tie them all! But I guess at the end of the day, this was, by a VERY tiny margin, the least unique of the bunch...Saying that about a bunch of dudes dressed like bootleg “Mortal Kombat” characters is a testament to the two acts that beat them...But the body-popping was at a whole new level from what I’ve seen in the past, and how Not-Sub-Zero managed to keep himself in that position in the end is insane! If it was a lesser man, it would FINISH HIM! This whole performance was a FLAWLESS VICTORY! And like Julie said, they slayed everyone! FATALITY!!!

2: Berywam. I just didn’t want this to stop! Just listening to these guys makes me want to get up and dance with them! As much as I love Pentatonix, they got NOTHING on this group!

1: Marcin Patrzalek. Here’s one pretty-boy with acoustic guitar who I want to go all the way in this game! And as long as he has both the horny ladies AND variety voters backing him, he could very well do so! One of my favorite talents on this show is taking a rather mundane instrument and doing something extreme and different with it, and that is exactly what he did with an instrument usually associated with the most trite and boring AGT contestants...This might be my favorite act of the season so far!

Now THIS was a show! Hands down the best of the season so far!

It looks like next week will be the final audition, so we’ll just see what kind of act Julie picks to stamp her endorsement all over throughout the season...I might already have an idea what form this act will come in (as may you if you’ve watched the early promos), though I don’t know yet what the talent is...But they’re hyping it up quite a bit, and I even remember Howie saying somewhere that one of the GBs will make your jaw drop...None of the other ones so far have exactly done that, so I’m preparing for something crazy...

Kodi Lee’s still looking like the star player of this season so far (which translates to biggest front-runner), but we’ll see if that changes next week...

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Love Story - Sirius Black

sirius black x reader

masterlist - prompts (request open)

a/n : i have slowly been adding to this work for some time and i loved the outcome, hope you enjoy it just as much as i did !

word count: 4400

We were both young when I first saw you

I close my eyes and the flashback starts

I'm standing there on a balcony in summer air

My fingers gripped the picture book as I made my way towards the couch, the leather book feeling heavy as I took in the picture at the front cover.

It was Sirius and I, dressed in our most formal attire and the roses from the garden in the background as the fireflies moved around in the picture.

A soft sigh left my lips and I let my eyes close, recalling the first time I ever properly saw him.

“(Y/N) straighten your back, you’re slouching. It’s your first time being introduced to the Sacred 28 and we need you on your best behavior.”

I sighed quietly and straightened my back, drawing myself to my full height as I fluffed out the large ball gown they had put me in.

I took in my surroundings and took the ballroom in, it was littered in lights and the high ceilings appeared to make the room look even fancier.

My eyes darted across the room and there were a few people that looked my age, they were in a small group and they gave an aura of confidence and that made my nerves increase rapidly. As my eyes continued to scan the room they landed on a tall and broad shouldered raven-haired boy, a drink in hand as he glared at nothing.

A large part of me wondered why he looked so angry and I nervously bit down on my lip as the side of his face came into view. He was very attractive and I could feel a small flush coat my cheeks as my parents began greeting all of their old friends from school. The usual conversation came up and I realized they must of all run in the same circle and had the same ideals as my parents. My eyes quickly averted to the nicely dressed male I had spotted not long ago, drawing out the conversation of blood purity, my mood slightly dropping as the thought that the handsome stranger must have shared the same ideals as everyone else in this room. We continued the small talk and me faking the blush that littered my cheeks as my parents old schoolmates complimented me.

After some time my parents ushered me to the group of people that looked my age, ordering me to introduce myself.

I could feel the nerves wracking up inside me but before I could make it to them I bumped into someone.

“Oh-I am so sorry!”

My eyes clashed with piercing grey ones, his eyes observing my face and before I could properly introduce myself another boy, one of the ones that had been in the group quickly pulled me away. The only things I picked up were to stay away from him and that he was a filthy blood traitor.

I moved my eyes back to where I was stood and I sent him a small sympathetic smile, growing slightly flustered when he smiled back.

See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns

See you make your way through the crowd

And say hello

These formal parties became a frequent thing as my family adjusted back to being in Britain. Our family ingrained back into the Sacred 28 society once more and it unfortunately meant dealing with the same stuck up bunch that were soon going to be my school mates. None of which appeared to be the very handsome one I had yet to meet. He hadn’t attended the last few balls and I could feel my mood dropping.

I hadn’t been able to speak to him, or even known his name, but he defiantly brought some light to these dull parties. He radiated mischief and for me, a person who was always taught to be proper and never show any type of emotion, I desperately clung onto the idea of him. A pure blooded, sacred 28 lad who didn’t agree with what anyone in the room believed. He was right up my alley and I intended to meet him.

As I was playing with the food on my plate, another family had walked in, they were greeting everyone and once again, the one that was left alone the other ball just received snarls and looks of absolute disgust. I could feel a burning sensation build up inside me. Why were people so vile? He was just a boy and his parents seemed to do nothing to stop it, they appeared to be encouraging it.

He took off towards the deserted part of the room and I quickly excused myself from my parents, finally making my way towards him.

Little did I know

That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles

And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"

I had learned his name was Sirius and that unlike what everyone thought in this room he was extremely kind and insanely intelligent. He kept me entertained the whole night and it was the first time in a while that I hadn’t regretted my parents decision of moving us from France back to Britain.

He was extremely charming and funny, and the bonus factor was that he was extremely handsome.

“When I first saw you, you looked really angry. If you don’t mind me asking, why was that?”

He sighed quietly and he nervously began playing with the ring of his cup, “I left my home. Couldn’t stand the way they thought, but I decided to go back for my younger brother.”

He pointed at Regulus, he was the only one I actually liked from the bunch and I noticed the whole group was staring at us; I quickly averted my eyes back to Sirius.

“He also doesn’t agree with them either but he’s just way better at hiding it.”

I nodded and I began to feel bad for them, especially Sirius. He sighed quietly but his eyes locked onto mine, he flushed when he realized I had been staring at him.

Before I could engage him into another conversation a firm hand gripped my forearm and pulled me straight out of my seat, it was my father.

He pointed a finger straight into Sirius’ chest, “I know about you, stay away. I’ve been told you were the disgrace in your family and I don’t intend you infiltrating my daughters mind with your ideas.”

I took in a sharp breath and my eyes locked onto Sirius, his eyes had hardened and as my father dragged me away I tried catching his attention. Wanting more than anything to apologize.

So I sneak out to the garden to see you

We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew

So close your eyes, escape this town for a little while

My punishment was staying home for the next two months. I was not allowed outside of the range of the garden and was most certainly not allowed to any of the balls and formal parties that the Sacred 28 was throwing.

Little did my parents know that I was quite happy to not attend such boring parties, but I still wanted to see Sirius.

To apologize for the way my father had treated him and assure him that I was nothing like my father.

The loud pecking on my window startled me and an owl that I could not recognize was outside of my window, a letter tied to its claws.

I quickly let the owl in and as soon as it set itself onto my desk it began to cuddle its head into my palm. I quickly detached the letter and set a pile of treats for the owl to snack on.

‘To: Ms. (Y/N) (Y/L/N)

The prettiest maiden of the night’

My cheeks colored profusely and I opened the envelope, only to be even more delighted by whom it was from.

‘I reckon our conversation ended abruptly and I quite enjoyed your presence. Is there anyway to meet you sometime soon? - Sirius Black

ps. I await your response with a great deal of nervousness and excitement’

I quickly got my quill and flipped the letter over,

‘Can you apparate? You look of age, if so I’ll be waiting in my garden half past 10. Do you remember the first ball that was taken place this summer? That’s where I live.

(Y/N) (Y/L/N)

ps. I await your arrival with a great deal of nervousness and excitement’

I dotted a small smiley face to the end of my letter and sent the owl off, the nerves bubbling in the pit of my stomach as I waited for time to pass by.

It had reached 10:20 and I was assured everyone but the house elves were asleep. Not that it would make much difference if they were asleep, they’d always cover for me. Even then I quietly made my way outside of the manor, not wanting to be seen for if I was caught they wouldn’t be subjected to punishment.

Once I made it to the front of the garden I made a run for it. Walking towards the end where the wards cut off as I waited anxiously. The minutes were ticking off slowly as I continued to wait, playing with the grass. There was rustling by the trees and a large grunt; I bit down on my lip to stop myself from laughing as a disheveled looking Sirius emerged.

“I’ve been doing that for a good 2 months and I still hate it every time.”

I quickly removed the wards and let him in, growing more nervous under his stare.

“I’d just like to apologize for the way my father treated you. I can assure you he does not speak for me and that I certainly don’t view you the way he does.”

The boyish smile never left his face as his hand reached out to move some hair the wind had blown into my face. “Is that the only reason you called me here?”

His smile quickly turned smug as my cheeks flared up, “Not the only reason, no. However it certainly was an important factor in inviting you here.”

“And the other reasons being?”

I huffed quietly as he grew more comfortable and his naturally flirty side came out.

“Honestly?”

He hummed a yes as we walked ourselves deeper into the center of the garden. “I wanted to see you again. Keep talking to you. You’re the only person that I think is like me in those bloody parties and I wasn’t quite ready to leave you when I was made to.”

His cheeks were burning and he coughed to hide it, turning his eyes from mine as I watched him.

“Well good, because I know I wasn’t ready to stop talking to you either.”

And I said Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone

I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run

After that night Sirius made visiting me an every night thing. Half past ten I’d be waiting for him and he would always show up. The whole two months were a blur and he quickly became the only thing I looked forward to everyday.

Today was different though, the two months were up and I was finally allowed back into the graces of the Sacred 28 parties.

I sighed quietly as my father apparated the four of us to the next manor it would be taking place in.

As soon as we got there my brother and I were whisked away to the small group of people our age. My eyes scanned the room, looking for Sirius but with no luck.

I heard a clearing of the throat and my eyes locked with Regulus. His hand extended out to me and he made a motion to the ballroom where many people were dancing.

Feeling everyone’s eyes on me within the group I smiled politely and took his hand in mine.

As soon as his hand landed on my waist his stoic composure quickly wiped away and he visibly relaxed.

“You we’re looking for my brother? Didn’t he get you in trouble the last time?”

“More like I got him in trouble.”

A laugh left Regulus quietly and he continued to move us with the music. “Nothing Sirius isn’t used to, you mustn’t feel too bad. He’s here, but no one knows. My parents forbid him from attending these parties anymore but he wanted to get you away if he could.”

My eyes moved up towards Regulus, he was looking in the direction of my parents and he motioned me over there, pushing me along.

“Mother, Regulus and I are going to walk along the manor.”

The small pride the flittered through my fathers’ eyes was quickly sent to the back of my mind as Regulus pulled me along once more after the permission was granted.

“Sirius is helping me see who I want so I’m helping him with the same thing.”

“Thank you Regulus.”

I smiled up at him and walked towards the double doors, “Another thing, (Y/N).”

I turned to him, letting him continue, “Sirius is intimidated by you, he’s never known someone like you and if you like him I’d tell you to make the first move, he’s too scared to do it but he does like you.”

My cheeks flared up but I nodded nonetheless, quickly walking away from him.

As soon as I entered the room I could see the silhouette of Sirius and I quickly made my way towards him, the adrenaline of what Regulus had told me motivating me for what I was about to do next.

The clicking of my heels had Sirius turning directly to me, as soon as I was in arms reach of him I quickly wrapped my arms around his neck and pressed my lips to his softly.

I could hear the gasp that left him, and then it slowly followed by a laugh that left his throat. One of his hands wrapped around my waist as the other tangled itself into my hair.

After a while we pulled away and both of our faces were flushed, my lips were slightly numb and I pressed my lips to his once more quickly. “Let’s go back to my manor? No ones home and Merlin knows I much rather be there than here.”

He nodded quickly as his arm enclosed around my waist and he apparated the two of us away.

The night was spent sharing kisses and taking pictures on a bewitched muggle camera that Sirius had brought along. My lips were pressed to his once more and the time of peace with him was shattered in an instant.

From the front of the garden I could hear my parents, “(Y/N)! Are you here?” “Regulus said you weren’t feeling well and that you came home.”

I grabbed Sirius’ hand as the panic began to grow; I quickly pushed us farther into the garden, making my way to the end of it to get him out.

I could hear the laughter he was trying to bite back as we moved deeper into it, just as we were nearing the end of it he pulled to a stop and spun me quickly into him, his hands enclosing around my face quickly as he pressed his lips firmly to mine.

He softly bit down and I let him pull me flush against his chest. When he pulled away I could hear my parents becoming more frantic. His nose brushed against mine, “I wish I could leave with you.”

His gaze grew heavy as his thumb traced my jaw softly, “School’s starting soon, and we wont have to sneak away anymore. Trust me when I say I wish I could take you with me too.”

I nodded and pressed my lips to his once more quickly, “Go before I get caught and they send me back to France.”

He nodded but he lingered back for a while, the two of us just holding onto each other. He sighed quietly but as soon as he made it outside of the wards he apparated away.

I made my way back into the center of the garden, and as I heard the footsteps approaching I once again panicked and did what I thought the most rational. I laid on the floor and feigned sleep, I kept my eyes shut tightly and only opening them when I was shaken ‘awake’.

Romeo save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel This love is difficult, but it's real Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess

Me being sorted into Slytherin was really no question; I had always been extremely ambitious and strived to do better. The shock that came from it was just how close-knit the 7th and 6th year Slytherins were. It was of great importance to never step a toe out of line and once again, seeing Sirius was hidden. I’d basically be exiled from them and it was already a huge struggle being the newest addition to the snake pit besides the 1st years.

The only reason I had any free time was because there was quidditch practice and most of the older students went for moral support, the parchment clutched to my chest had left a bitter taste.

My younger brother had made his way over to me, a solemn expression on his face and I knew my parents had written to him too.

“What are you going to do?”

Even then being family, he always got the weirdest of stares when he sat himself in the Slytherin table. A rather foolish and unspoken rule was that most of the houses didn’t associate with us, especially not those who sported scarlet and gold ties.

I shrugged my shoulders softly as he snatched the parchment from my hands, his eyes rapidly reading over it as he slouched in his seat.

“They want you to m-”

“Don’t say it.”

His lips shut tightly as he reached out for my hand, “We have to do something, you can’t possibly be thinking of going through with it?”

“You have yet to understand that you have a choice simply because you are a man. The Sacred 28 has very backwards ideas when it comes to its women. I simply may not have that choice.”

It was one of the few times I had ever seen him so angry, “Well I can assure you I wont let mother or father go through with it!”

He was gone just as quickly as he had appeared and I decided it was time to head back to my common room, the conversation draining me of the little energy I had since the letter.

I had avoided Sirius for a few days after the letter, not really knowing what to say regarding it. As I was making my way towards the black lake I could feel something being draped over me, and seeing as it had happened before I turned to see Sirius, his boyish smile ever present as he pressed his lips to mine quickly.

“I have a feeling you’ve been avoiding me.”

I huffed quietly and just wrapped myself around him, the invisibility cloak hanging heavily on the both of us because he let it go to wrap his arms around me, “You okay?”

“I will be in a little, Merlin I’ve missed you.”

He quickly tangled his fingers with mine, using the other hand to keep the cloak up as he moved us towards the Gryffindor common room. He popped his head out and mumbled the password and we were both under the cloak and walking quickly into his dormitory.

As soon as the doors closed I removed my tie and shoes, laying myself on his bed as he did the same.

“What has you so stressed, love?”

I made space for him and lay my head on his shoulder; he moved his fingers to let my hair down and massaged my head softly.

“I got a letter the other day.”

He hummed quietly, “My parents are looking for suitors. Think its best I start looking for a husband since school is ending within the next few months.”

His hand stilled and I simply couldn’t bring myself to look up at him, “How do you feel about that?”

“I feel like it doesn’t matter what I say. I’m their daughter and they simply want to ship me off so they can have a strong bond with another influential family. They don’t even care and they expect me to be okay with how they’re trying to dictate my life. It isn’t fair!”

It was the first night I stayed with Sirius. We talked about life and our future, simply choosing to ignore the fact we had class tomorrow.

As my eyes grew heavy he pressed his lips to my temple, “I hope you know I am not letting you go that easily and that your parents are going to have to try a lot harder to get you away from me.”

I got tired of waiting Wondering if you were ever coming around My faith in you was fading

The months left at hogwarts flew by in the blink of an eye. We were officially graduates and the future ahead of us was so uncertain. We were only children and forced to pick our future so young.

I had hid behind the pillars and waited for Sirius to get here. A pair of strong arms wrapped themselves around my waist and Sirius’ scent engulfed me.

As soon as I was facing him, he pressed his lips onto mine, letting the kiss deepen until snickers were heard from behind us, causing us to pull away.

Remus, James, Lily, and Peter were laughing and teasing the two of us. “Pads let the poor girl breathe.”

The six of us spent our last few minutes as students together, enjoying each other’s company before we walked out of the doors and no longer step back in as students.

“Are you sure about tonight?”

My eyes locked with Sirius, “I am, are you?”

“I’ve been ready since you kissed me that night in Avery’s manor.”

I pressed my lips to his once more, “I’ll see you later, love.”

It was half past 12 when the sinking feeling began to settle into me, he wasn’t ready and he wasn’t going to come.

I let the minutes tick by and he had yet to show up, my bags were packed and ready to leave but the thought was quickly fleeting as he didn’t show.

It was 15 minutes past 1 and I had told myself that I waited long enough, my motions stilling as I heard a quite pop just outside the garden.

There he was, a sheepish smile as he grabbed my bags from me, his arms wrapping around me as he pulled me into him.

“I’m sorry for taking so long, but just listen to me.”

I nodded and I could feel my stomach dropping as he quickly kneeled down, his eyes locked onto mine; his foot extended out, tying his lace as he laughed quietly.

“You arsehead! I thought you were proposing.”

The boyish laughter left his throat and he grabbed my left hand, pressing a soft kiss to the back of my hand, “Oh I am, just got a little nervous, love.”

His eyes locked onto mine again, “We’ve known each other for barley a year and I always swore that marriage was pointless, but not with you. I’ve had the time of my life with you and I no longer want you to be alone, all I really know is that I am so completely in love with you and I am asking you to marry me? I also know that as much as you deny it you want your parents approval and I’ve spoken to both of them. With the help of your brother, Regulus, and the boys I convinced your parents to let you go with me. That is of course if you want to.”

“No.”

“What?”

The laughter left my throat and I pressed my lips to his once again, “Only kidding, babe. Of course I’d marry you and of course I’ll go with you, I’d go anywhere as long as you’re by my side.”

He huffed quietly but pulled me to him, he gently put the ring on my finger and pressed his lips to mine softly, “I love you.”

“I love you too, Pads.”

Cause we were both young when I first saw you.

I quickly closed the picture book; out of habit my fingers went to feel the engagement and wedding ring on my finger. The swell of my stomach feeling heavier as I anxiously waited in the living room. Lily made her way into the room as well with the two year old wobbling besides her.

“Sometimes I feel like were never going to see them again. I know we aren’t in as trying times as when Voldemort was in power but them being Auror’s is still highly dangerous.”

Remus walked in followed by Alice and Frank and their two year old, Neville, had my heart racing faster.

Lily’s hand wrapped around my wrist softly, getting my attention back to her “(Y/N) this mission wasn’t too dangerous, they’re just rounding the last death eaters, and the death eaters that were of Voldemort’s lowest rank at that.”

“They’ve been gone for too long, I just miss him.”

Remus laughed quietly as he pressed his hand to my stomach, “I think she’s taking a toll on you as well because they’ve been gone for much much longer.”

I huffed quietly, which only made them all laugh. Both Harry and Neville made their way and began patting my stomach as they talked amongst each other.

Time passed by and before we knew it the door opened quickly and the former schoolmates walked in, only looking a bit scruffy and slightly more disheveled than usual.

Sirius bid hello to everyone before quickly making his way to me, his lips pressing to mine in a searing kiss. “How have my two favorite girls been?”

“We are never letting you leave again.”

The night continued with occasional kisses and Sirius’ hand permanently rubbing circles along my stomach.

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DAY 79

It’s been a minute! I have an interview for a blog place so I’m SUPER stoked about that and my DMV appointment is coming so soon! I am really happy and today I work with my friend and only have one class. WOO! It is also super hot and day drink weather...will I drink prob not, but maybe I will do something else outside. I dunno I’m just spitballing.

Not a whole ton has happened tbh and honestly I’m not mad. I was having a few bad days but not for any reason, I just get tested I feel every now and then by whatever is controlling all of us, seeing if I am still doing what I can to grow the way I want to, and doing the work, which I definitely fell off the wagon for a second. It took toxic people coming back into my life to wake me up and say hello this isn’t the path we are heading down!

The story I am about to tell requires some back story and I’m not sure if I told this or not, ( I don’t think I did) but here we go.

Since high school I have had this friend Jake and he is a year older and we have been good friends since I was like 14 or 15. He is the type of guy that always needs a girlfriend or sone type of girl situation, but has wondering eyes. Commitment doesn’t seem to phase him. He has tried hooking up with me multiple times and I was like uhhh no. Anyway, so he found this girl Emily on a dating site who I really love. Sweet as candy and is very easy to get along with. They had been dating since early fall, and I’d say the story I am about to tell takes place in February. I can’t quite remember. If you have a calendar or just a date near you check that before going on, you know, just put a pin in that.

My best friend Goose has been my best friend for about 10 years and we’ve known each other since we were 2. That is 22 years of friendship. (There of course is a story there but a story for another day). So somehow Goose and Jake have never met until this summer (while he was single) and he was instantly enamored with her. He was like love at first sight and Goose...she didn’t feel the same way to say the least. She told me that she COULD HAVE been interested but his persistence with asking her out was unattractive and him not taking no for an answer wasn’t attractive either. After saying no to going on a date MULTIPLE TIMES she tried a different method of just saying that she doesn't go to school close by or even in the country so starting something wouldn’t be smart and THAT was when he backed off a bit. Interesting I know **sarcasm**. Here and there after she went back to school he’d hit her up and she answered maybe twice, once when she was drunk and clearly not using her brain. She even admit that she wasn’t using her brain lmao.

Fast forward to I don’t know, but sometime during the late fall heading into winter, he meets Emily and to fast pace this crap they obviously start dating. I meet her over FaceTime and I LOVE HER. She is sweet as fuck and I literally think she’s great. I don’t wanna go on and on about her but just note that she’s fucking awesome. Anyway, so Goose comes back to the US and she delays as much as possible letting him know that she’s back but obviously it somehow comes out that she’s in town...I don’t know how tbh. But he is telling me he still has feelings for her and XYZ. He still is obsessed with her and 100% is using me to hang with her because he know she won’t want to chill with him alone. Whenever we would all chill he’d flirt with her and so one day I told him his behavior saying hey dude like you were flirting with Goose maybe lay off you got Emily. He denied it and said he wasn’t doing anything wrong. Not like I was right there or anything but whatever. After I brought it up he would do it but when I left the room to go to the bathroom. Obviously Goose told me and so we had a conversation after he left (she slept over) saying that she was going to text him tell him enough is enough he has a girlfriend and that they couldn’t talk anymore. In these texts he told her that he would break up with Emily for her and that he wanted Goose and not Emily. Goose screenshot them all and sent them to Emily and they wound up staying together. The reason this all angers me is because I was caught in the middle of it all. I knew everything and didn’t want to sit on the shit I had on him, but I wanted to give him the chance to tell her and be a good guy. I told him I won’t say anything but tell her, and then when I found out even more shit I told him again like it’s now or never I don’t want to sit on this anymore, but then after Goose and I talked she said she’f send the texts to Emily. Also, not for nothing, I was used to get to not only Goose but a bunch of my other girlfriends too. This disrespect is too much. I am the first one to admit that my friends are hot. I really am I’m their biggest hype man, so i don’t care if you wanna flirt or whatever with them, but like don’t flirt when you have a girlfriend and don’t use me to get to them. That’s when I get annoyed because he wasn’t even discrete about it.

Here and there after that all happened he’d message me and send me texts or whatever and I wouldn’t respond. I had no interest in speaking to someone who can treat people that way. Yesterday, (again mind the date) he sent me an apology for everything he did involving me. He was saying that he is sorry and understands why I’m upset and he doesn’t want to lose our friendship. I answered saying I appreciate the apology but I’m angry with him and I don’t accept it. We are supposed to meet up tomorrow to talk about it all and I have a lot of shit to say and I’m not going to hold back, if he tries to talk over me I am going to leave, like I’m not dealing with this. I told him I have a lot to say and he acknowledged it so I hope he knows what he’s in for. I’m going to leave it here and I’ll write when I get back from meeting with him and let yall know what happens.

Ps sorry if there are typos I don’t have the energy to read over all of this lol

#im happy now #self love #self improvement #self healing #toxic people

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Powershell Sripts with Task Scheduler

In today's show, we wan na how save our powershell script to a file and then we're gon na run that file using a Windows scheduled task. So that way you can get an automated solution right. You want to play hooky, but still get your powershell scripts to run. This is the video for you, but first here's our intro [ Applause, ], [, Music, ] hi. My name is Shane Young with bold zebras. Those guys in today's show is all about taking your powershell scripts and saving them to a file. So then that way we can run them by a schedule task, so we'll walk through saving a file and then we're going to take and make that a scheduled task. We'Ll make it run every 5 minutes just so we can see it run, but it should give you all the mechanics that you need, so you can make more automated solutions right back when I was a full-time administrator where I was all about. How do I automate solutions? So it does the work for me. So I could you know work on my golf game played more solitaire. Look at funny cat videos on their net. Whatever it is you want to do.

I want to help you do it more with PowerShell and this video comes to us thanks to Kenny. I don't want to give Kenny's last name and where he's from, because I haven't heard back from if he wants to plug, but either way mystery Kenny. If you're out there as videos for you alright, this is a reminder that do you guys have questions leave me comments. Send me emails tweets that type of stuff Kenny asked just a great question. I was like man that'd, be a good topic for video, so I was like give me a day I'll pop the sales video for you, real, quick, not actually for him. I might undo his job, but I'm gon na show him all the foundational stuff I'm gon na show you guys at the same time, so leave me the stuff below and we can always hook up where it makes sense.

All right. That'S enough! Jibber-Jabber, let's just dive in by switching over here to my desktop and so on. My desktop I've just opened up the PowerShell ISE and I've just got a couple of quick lines that I wrote nothing complicated here right. You could do any script you want, but I just want to do something that would produce some output, so we could take a look at it. What did I do here? So I said git date and then write that out to a file named e colon demo. We'Ll call this log for video right, we'll rename it log for video text and append. So this going to get the current system date and then output it to a file called log for video in the second line, get PS Drive, says: kids, all the drives. All the file system drives on a machine and then it takes those, and it only gives us the ones that are the file system provided right.

Let'S run this real quick same seat, it looks like so highlight just that hit run, and so you can see it's like right. Your C Drive. You got a hundred six gigs free, your D Drive. You'Ve got almost nothing free e F, so it just runs the different system files. Now I could then take that and I kind of mess with so earlier. I ran out of time, but you could pipe this over to select and only select the particular properties you want or reality. If you're gon na make this, I try log it to an Excel workbook right via a CSV and we've covered all of those topics before in other videos, so check this out. If you're like yeah, that's what I want to do. Don'T worry. I'Ve covered how to write to CSV file, and I you know, format that you can control and uh translate from this.

So anyway, we're gon na take that output. We'Re gon na write that to log for video, also, okay, so append that so, let's run this whole thing one time and see what it should happen so say, run our script and we'll go over here and so there's a log for video just create us a File, if we double click on that, I'm gon na see that it walks Saturday February 10. That'S right dedication here, I'm making this video on a Saturday cuz, well dinners, not ready, and I had a few minutes. So I thought I'd make you video, but anyway, and then you can see, then it followed up here, and so, if we run it a second time when it would close, this run the script again boom. It ran again we'll double click on it, and so then now you can see there's another entry right. This was at 6:09 p.m. in 25 seconds. It took me 24 seconds to get around running in a second time and then there's all the same information. Anyway. We don't really care right.

This video is not about that simple little script. What this video is about is now that we've figured out the power shell that we want to run on a daily weekly hourly by minute basis. How are we going to take and automate that so the first step is we're going to take all this and we're gon na say, save and I've already saved this almost of a save as this time. But I must say this: the ecole and demo and I'm gon na call this video PS right, video, powershell, terrible name, but it works. Cuz i'll know what it was, you probably wouldn't say, save okay, so that was step one. We saved this PowerShell into a ps1 file. So if we look over here, there is a file, video PS and dot ps1. If I didn't type it and I should've, and so that type of file power show can run, writes PowerShell script file.

So, let's minimize this, let's minimize this and now, let's type in start aimless, do with spell tasks correctly. Let'S run the task scheduler now I will make this a little bit bigger. So I am NOT a task schedule guru, so I'm not going to try and tell you the intricacies of all the cool things you can do here. There'S a lot you can do here. What I'm more of the style of is, let's create a basic task. My basic kind of guy so we're going to create a basic task. Click a little link over here, we're gon na, give it a name and call it video automation. We could give it a description. Shane made.

This you'd probably want to make your description a little more descriptive, we'll say next, what's our trigger? How often do I want to run this? I want to do it daily, so we'll say next and then do you want recur every day. You know you can kind of get into really make these schedules anything you want, but we're just gon na go the simple recurs every day and we will do it in a six twelve, thirty, eight, alright, so one minute from now. Hopefully I get this done in one minute, so we'll say next what actions I want. I want to start a program so hit next so for program here. What you need to type in is PowerShell right and so PowerShell dot exe is in the system path. So it's just automatically gon na run, PowerShell dot, exe and then what we're going to do is we're going to pass the PowerShell dot exe de demo. What did I even name, this file? Eco land demo, video PS, PS, one video, PS, PS one.

So that says pirate PowerShell with that parameter which will run that script. Let me say next, it's like hey. Are you happy with all this? I am so we'll say finish now. It took me a minute earlier to figure out where they were hiding these right back to I'm not a PowerShell task edge or MVP, but if we double click on this guy, we then click on the task. Scheduler library in here you'll see my video automation script right, so we run at 6:12. Oh looks like it next run time: six, twelve, thirty, eight, alright! So it's coming got ta go faster, but if yours isn't showing up, I had this problem earlier today. Right, quick right here and then do a refresh and then you should absolutely see what you created right. Well, protip! I do know some things about task scheduler. So now, if we minimize this - and we wait just a few seconds - let's see six twelve.

Oh, it looks like it might array: let's double click on it, so there's our six: nine, six, nine six, twelve thirty eight boom. It'S logged right! So now, tomorrow, at six twelve thirty, eight it's gon na run and put that in there and that's really all you need to know right now. We'Ve got a PowerShell script that is running on a scheduled task that we've set up. You can get into scheduled tasks right if we go back over here to task scheduler and you can right click on this guy and go to properties. And so then you can see there's a whole bunch of stuff. You can do here right. So if you need to do more complex things, but I'm not the right guy teaches and I can bother, but I've gotten you to a PowerShell script that will execute on a scheduled tasks.

I feel like my work is done, I'm starting to smell dinner. So hopefully this was the answer that Kenny was looking for and hopefully the answer you were looking for so Cammy other ideas down below you never know when your idea might turn into these videos so thanks and have a great day hey. It'S me again just a reminder, if you don't mind, click the old subscribe button over here. That always helps me out or if you want to work together, you can always hit me up through the bold zebras or, if really, what you want is some more of these power app videos which is probably what you want. Then the playlist is somewhere on the screen here. Alright, thanks have a great day.

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Belated thoughts on The Doctor Falls

(Spoilers, obviously)

A late “review” owing to me being out of down and offline for the Canada Day long weekend. Now to make up for lost time...

I make no secret of nor do I apologize for the fact I was very disappointed with Series 10 as a whole. I stand by my opinion that it is - taken as a whole - the weakest season of 10 we’ve had since the series returned. BUT, in the 9th inning, Steven Moffat managed to score a home run, even though it was more of the “players fumbling to catch the ball” inside-the-park homer than a “knock it out of the park” blockbuster. It ranks a solid 3rd behind The Name of the Doctor and Hell Bent among Modern Era finale episodes and for the most part left me smiling (albeit a sad smile).

More thoughts after the break:

I��m going to get the negative stuff out of the way first.

I have mixed feelings about how Bill’s fate was handled (not the fate itself). I love the fact that Moffat managed to come up with a way to get Bill out of her dilemma and reunite her with Heather in such a way that promises future adventures (Big Finish and Chris Chibnall take note). It’s great that we finally got a pair of Moffat companions (including Nardole, though more on him in a moment) who basically survived their time with the Doctor. However, I wish Moffat hadn’t copied what he did with Clara and Ashildr in Hell Bent: making the companion immortal and sending her off on adventures with an immortal companion of her own (only difference being the romance direction: with Clara it was separation from her OTP; with Bill it was reunion with her OTP). I spoke to a few friends who watched it on Saturday and they were very upset by this. Not because they were Clara fans (believe me, they aren’t - in fact they pretty much hated Series 8 and 9) but because it was so similar to what happened last season. And I am annoyed at people saying that this is setting up the spinoff everyone wants, when that’s exactly the same thing they said with Clara and Ashildr in 2015! (That said, I agree with everyone who says getting the four together would kick ass. Big Finish, again take note.)

I also wish Heather had been referenced more during the season. If she was supposed to be Bill’s OTP, why was she basically forgotten for 10 episodes? As a result, while it was great to see Heather return, it still had a feeling of deus ex machina about it that was unfortunate. And any viewers who missed The Pilot and jumped on late - they were screwed figuring out what the heck that was all about with the woman made of water.

One last negative was the fact we were left with no real resolution for Nardole. We saw him setting off with a bunch of kids and a girlfriend(!) but the impression given is they were still dead because they’d be spending their time moving up the ship and eventually the Cybermen would regroup and get ‘em. I hope Moffat plans to resolve this at Christmas because I felt the story wasn’t completed. This one I’d hate to have to leave to Big Finish to flesh out but perhaps they’ll have to.

OK - negative stuff over. Time for the positives.

Despite the fact I disliked World Enough and Time on the whole, I said I loved the opening and the closing minutes of that episode. Well, The Doctor Falls was basically all “opening and closing minutes,” (you can take that literally as virtually every scene felt like a teaser or cliffhanger and the longer running time flew by) and it was great and exactly the type of episode I was starved for this series. Had Series 10 had more of these I might have even joined the chorus of those calling Series 10 the best, even without Clara.

Despite the criticism I just stated, I loved how Bill and Heather were reunited (read my complaint again and the bottom line is I wanted there to be more of them) and Pearl Mackie gave her best performance ever as Bill. The character had a shaky start in my opinion, but Mackie was exemplary and Bill stands proud with the other iconic companions because of it. She’ll go far.

And Matt Lucas was great as always, and in some respects I’m going to miss Nardole more than Bill (ironic since I hated Nardole in the 2015 Christmas special). That’s nothing against Bill or Pearl Mackie, but even though he was shoehorned in to a good chunk of the season, Lucas just felt right once it was decided to make him a proper companion, and that was something that occurred to me way back in Return of Doctor Mysterio. I’d say Lucas would go fear but the guy’s already gone far. So I’ll just say he’ll go farther.

The Master Twins were amazing and had terrific chemistry and while I don’t believe for one second that this is the end for the Master (the Missy incarnation, perhaps), it was a unique resolution to Missy’s arc that I’m sure had many going “why hadn’t we thought of that?” I also found it fascinating to see how the Saxon Master reacted to having a female incarnation (despite the Doctor’s comments last week, Saxon seemed to suggest Missy was his first/only female version). He wasn’t that thrilled about it, really, which caught me by surprise. It added an unexpected depth to their meeting. I only wish we saw Simm regenerate into Gomez but then maybe that opens the door for another incarnation, if Missy is truly the final Master. I kind of hope she is, because it would be great to think that in the end, after teasing the concept for 46 years, the show finally made good on the promise of redeeming the Master. Plus, let’s be honest, male or female, who could follow Michelle Gomez?

And then there was Peter. What can I say? I mean, his speech about kindness is one they’re going to be quoting for years. And I hope the other Doctor actors are ready because just as with the Pandorica speech and the Zygon Inversion speech, they’re going to be asked to recite it forever. I’ve given up on awards, but Peter Capaldi is in my opinion the best actor to ever pilot the TARDIS, and I’m not just saying that because he’s the incumbent and I liked Whouffaldi. No - all the actors who have played the Doctor were amazing (yes, even him - whoever you want “him” to be). But Capaldi is the best. And I am including Sir John Hurt as I say that, with no disrespect intended to the late legend (or any of the others).

The regeneration - I mean, wow. And to see him repress it. That’s new and will make the Christmas special absolutely fascinating to watch from a performance perspective, alone.

David Bradley as the First Doctor? I don’t know about that. This isn’t 1983 when Richard Hurndall could step into William Hartnell’s shoes because no one had DVDs of any of Bill’s episodes. Apparently we’ve already had some viewers state confusion on Twitter over who this old guy is. I’ve no doubt that David Bradley will do a good job, but recasting an earlier Doctor, especially one with such a different acting style... jury is out. Much as I like Bradley I actually would have been more in favour of Sean Pertwee appearing as his dad. Ask me again on December 26.

Finally, of course, me being a Whouffaldi fan I cannot end this without mentioning the Clara flashback. I can’t begin to express how important this was. For her to have been omitted ... while it might have worked from the memory block perspective, it would have made the sequence feel incomplete. Does it mean the Doctor remembers Clara? Actually, we know that he does to a degree already - he says so to Clara herself in Hell Bent that he remembers their adventure together and has been able to piece together a lot about Clara, and at the end of the episode he sees Rigsy’s portrait of her, so he now remembers her face and, thanks to the diner, her voice. But then again - he would remember her face and voice from the diner if it was a “fresh” memory, right? Instead, he remembers her as she was in Last Christmas. So is it possible that Bill’s tears did more than give Twelve a stay of execution? That they - or the fact the Doctor is mid-regeneration - have undone it. Time will tell. I’m aware of certain tabloid reports today (also mentioned on the BBC) and I refuse to get my hopes up. But maybe it was foreshadowing. Or Moffat simply realized that to leave Clara out of a roll-call of every Modern Era companion would have made him look like a dick. Either way, we got a final direct reference to Clara to end the season on. (And River fans got one too, so everyone’s happy.)

One of these days I’ll do a proper postmortem on Series 10, going into detail as to why I didn’t care for it as a whole. But for me the finale hit all the right notes and leaves me looking forward to Christmas, even though a sad milestone awaits.

PS: Because there seems to be a lot of people harping online about Clara’s appearing in the flashback and the potential for her to appear at Christmas (of the “don’t bring her back ever” variety) let me state for the record that as far as I am concerned Bill Potts and Nardole are welcome to reappear or be referenced any time. Hopefully they’ll get a nod at Christmas.

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thiswasasuperterribleidea · 5 years

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I’m baaack!

And I know I’ve said this before, but this time I am “back back” like, “big mad”…but “big back”, so I am “BIG mad, and BIG back”.

The only reason I ever took my little blogging hiatus was because some stuff went down, and I promised Darren I wouldn’t let strangers in on his life choices and share and blog about it…. But then I opened my big ass mouth, broke my promise and told actual real life humans what was going on… and now he hates me for a handful of reasons soooo FUCK IT, HERE’S THE TEA!!!! (PS-Sorry for acting as if you aren’t real life humans…. You know you’re my virtual fam for life)

So while you were all out enjoying your holidays, and I was remaining silent.. I was busy having really, REALLY hot breakup sex. The kind where you can barely make it up the stairs without ripping eachother’s clothes off, driving 30 minutes away at midnight for a quickie, and fucking in the kitchen before making it to the couch or bed..,. yeah it was THAT hot.

And yet here I am, after all that hot and dying for more sex… currently eternally blocked… for the second and fair enough… probably final time… I’m calling it my third breakup…. WITH THE SAME DUDE.

So of course me and Darren have broken up way more than 3 times. But here’s the logic I have recently created. (Which is obviously very illogical, along with almost all of my thoughts). I never once accepted our breaking up. Legit until about a month ago when he brought some new broad around in public and I had to watch them check into a hotel room directly next to mine, and black out and sleep with a pillow over my ears so I didn’t hear them fucking through the hotels paper thin walls…. *takes massive gasp for air after that run on sentence * That did it for me TBH. I think that would do it for anyone TBH. But I like to think that I almost accepted him breaking up with me one time prior... Back in May –ish when I was essentially kicked out on the mean streets and living with my Nonny, Darren dumped me for what iiiii personally consider to be the first time. (He’ll for sure say it was probably the 50th time). I was so devastated, I decided I’d go out and buy a Louis Vuitton bag cause it made me feel like a boss ass bitch. It legit made me feel sooo good though. Like I was still shopping around the mall after, and store employees and other shoppers were having me unpack the bag and pose with the bag showing them which one I got. I was strutting around Nordstrom like the boujee girl that I am while everyone “oooed and ah-ed”. It was as close as I was to being famous before this blog. (Still not close to being famous lol) Thennnn, the other day I decided no break up can be deemed a breakup until a new Louis Vuitton is purchased. SO. Here we are, the first step in recovery… ACCEPTANCE. While I bought hundreds of other things when Darren broke up with me at the end of August, I didn’t buy a Louis. So now that I’m making dumb money at my job, I decided I’d backtrack and make all these breakups official. So in May I bought my first child.. and today I bought my second and third. So I had bought brown leather in May, so now it’s time for a white bag to make up for the August break up. But let’s be real. We broke up in August, but it was NOT cold turkey. Darren loves telling me “WE BROKE UP 6 MONTHS AGO YOU OBSESSIVE FUCKING WEIRDO” But let me just say, breaking up 6 months ago and having breakup sex on Christmas is not exactly a 6 month old breakup…SO third breakup is right now, present day, and I of course think I deserve another bag for that too! So I bought myself a Louis clutch as well. (Which is really the only thing I intended to buy in the first place… but I’ve been listening to my girl Ariana Grande too much lately, and 7 Rings is a verrrry dangerous song . SO therefore I was over inspired to buy them both). And now. I have accepted my three breakups, the third of which I completely created on my own to justify retail therapy, and now just like that…I have a realistic mind set on where I’m at.

So let me stop rambling, and explain what you’re actually looking to hear. This part isn’t going to be long. Or funny. Because it’s something I want out of my head, not to talk about but I want you guys to be able to follow my mind. Darren teased me with the idea of trying again. He was very open and honest, and the whole thing was my idea.. but he agreed that if we were to continue hooking up and talk a little here and there, that we could potentially try again. Now he did let me know he was also talking to someone else, that he did have feelings for them, and that he did not have feelings for me. Dope. So my dumbass went forward with opening my legs, and arguing with him over time he spent fucking me but not talking to me. GUYS- we all know go with the flow is not my fucking thing. But the sex was toooo good. Still too good. Like better than any other sex I have had. I’m thinking it hasss to be in my head now. Like I must be ruining other experiences for myself just comparing penises… anyway besides the point. I ruined it by insecure arguing over who he was spending time with instead of me. And now I have no hot breakup sex, or communication with Darren.

But the thing is. I don’t get me... I am doing well. Really well. It’s not a front. It’s not me tricking myself. I do positive things for myself and my mind all of the time and I feel good about them and I am happy. I feel good about myself, my life, where I’m at. But for some reason… I can’t control my other thoughts. It’s like whenever I talk to Darren, (WHICH I SHOULDN’T EVER BE DOING) my mind screams out, “TELL HIM HOW SAD YOU ARE, LET YOUR DESPARTE OUT, TELL HIM HOW IN LOVE WITH HIM YOU ARE” As if my mind thinks that’s doing myself a favor, or telling him what he wants to hear.. when I know it isn’t. So let me brag to all of you people, and maybe it’ll help you guys. So here’s some more classic advice from your emotionally unstable girl.

I meditate before going to bed, and first thing in the morning. Instead of waking up and texting Darren to see if I am unblocked, or to continue an argument…. I do a 5 minute meditation. Insecurity was always something I struggled with, so I wake up and tell myself things I like about myself. It doesn’t matter if anyone else likes them about me, because what I’ve been working on is falling in love with myself. Sometimes it’s my appearance.. like my eyebrows are on fucking point. Or …my life may not be perfect, buy my eyelashes always are!!! Or I remind myself of the freckles on my nose that I always make sure I don’t cover up with my concealer. Or my smile with my big white teeth, and disappearing top lip. I make sure to look in the mirror and be happy with what I have and to not get down on myself and pick out everything I see is wrong. Darren was a pro at comparing me to anyone else. Like how this new girl is a dime, and I am just kind of cute and that’s all I’ll ever be. What the fuck, right??? Sometimes it’s not my appearance at all… it’s how big my heart is. How despite what people have put me through, I still try to see the best in them and not let their nasty traits or actions be what I judge them for. It’s my vulnerability, that makes me a good human. Or the fact that I am good at my job. Dwight was a good mentor to me, Darren helped me from time to time. But now this is me. Or even the little details about me like how I close my eyes and lift my feet and make wishes over railroad tracks. (I NEED AT LEAST ONE OF YOU TO TELL ME YOU’VE HEARD OF THAT BEFORE BY THE WAY). I am a hopeless romantic and I love it. I am an awesome fucking person.

I started karate classes again! (I know weird flex, right?)

Well I did karate when I was a kid. Like 5 year old kid. I quit when I was 10. I did it with my family friend Zach. I would cry every time I had to go to class. It was because once I reached a certain age, we had to spar . Like put on full head pieces, equipment and fight for points. I was the only girl and I would always spar against Zach who I had a massive little kid crush on because he was like… the only boy I even knew lol. And one night sparing, he punched me in the area of what I still to this day call my non-existent boob. I was so humiliated so I went home cried and quit.

BUT NOWWW . I’m ready to get my black belt bitches. My Sensai and I did the math the other night. I haven’t been to classes in 14 years. 14 FUCKING YEARS, IT’S DAY 1 AND THIS GUY IS WORKING ME LIKE I’M STILL A PURPLE BELT AND CAN REMEMBER SHIT FROM BACK IN THE DAY WHEN I CAN BARELY EVEN REMEMBER WHAT CAR I DROVE HOME TONIGHT. It’s wild. But it’s so good for stress and honestly guys are such perverts that being single I deff need to know self defense on how to fuck a dude up. I’ve has some scary uber drivers.

Uhm uhm uhm what else do I have to report…

I have been talking to this kid. We’ve been out a bunch. He makes me really happy. He listens to me, always is so interested in my day, and is golden retriever innocent. But I’ve been trying to force it more than I should. He’s so sweet and so fun to talk to and hang out with which I love. But I just don’t feel the right sexual chemistry (ironic because he’s a science teacher ) . But like that is such a huge deal to me. Let’s be real … not all girls are comfortable saying they love sex.. But I LOVEEEE sex. No shame. It’s natural. But I am also very cautious of who I am sleeping with. I’ve told you my 3 time rule. Anyway, the chemistry wasn’t right. And while this 2019 dating world is not something I have really ANY experience with… I decided the next move was “ghosting” . Kind of fucked up huh? I would hate that happening to me. I am such a talker, I need answers so bad. But I mean he wasn’t my boyfriend, we were just talking for a few months, I didn’t have the energy to explain myself and it was so causal like I just didn’t think I needed to. BUT THEN I MADE A ROOKIE MISTAKE. I planned to leave that night and never respond again. But as soon as I got in my car to drive home… I realized I was missing one of my hoop earrings. Mind you this was not just my 17 dollar cheap sterling silver hoop earrings…. This was my SOLID GOLD FAVORITE HOOP EARRING EVER. I was so mad at myself. Girls literally do shit like this on purpose. They’ll leave earrings , or underwear fucking anything to prove they were there. Whether it be to make sure they have another excuse to talk to the guy again or to show any other girl that there’s someone else in his life too, it’s all an evil plot. BUT NOT ME. How could something like that happen to me by accident?!?! Just my damn luck. So I texted him and asked him to put the earring in his mailbox that way I don’t have to do a walk of shame back to my earring, and he can hopefully take the hint that was that. But no. The hint was not taken. I had to hit him with the classic Dwight line, “It’s not you, and it’s not me”. Lmao I am a bitch. It’s nothing I’m proud of honestly. But I am just truly done looking for anyone. I’m just waiting for my future husband to walk into my branch and rent a car, someone to just fall into my life. I am not searching, and I am not trying. I like being alone anyway. The only thing that I wish I had was someone to just lay with at the end of the night when I’m lonely to talk to about my day. Someone to wake up next to in the morning with their hands all over me making me late for work… Other than that I’m so busy Monday- Friday that I don’t even have time for a boyfriend. I’m finally content.

The only real problem I have is that my mind still races about blowing it with Darren. I have accepted it’s over, but I haven’t been able to cope well with the fact that I completely fucked up the only thing I wanted, which was him. But I have to be careful cause I haven’t calmed down enough for those restraining order threats to stop yet… and I don’t think they are threats any more. I have to get better control over my emotions.

But now you guys are completely all caught up on my crazy ass life. I hope I didn’t get too boring on y’all. I’ll be back to posting regularly as soon as the next fucked up shit happens. Cause you knowwww there will be something.

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Welcome to AHLN &Co

I am launching this blog AHLN&Co as a way to help myself brainstorm and navigate through these "muddy waters" we call life; as well as, to share personal Canadian experiences with an online community in hopes to create positivity and perspective on various aspects of living with a focus on health and wellness.

Although 2018 was a strangely unique and exciting year, first full year post graduation, first full year living on my own in a new town, single, with practically 1 or 2 friends and no family out here, there were a lot of highs and lows this year, and things I hope to change for next year!

Highlights for 2018:

-Started and ended my first ever 3 month online relationship

-Started and ended my first ever network marketing company while meeting multi-million dollar mentors in Memphis, Tennessee

-Successfully went to the gym almost daily and am finally able to 3 chin ups and 10 push ups and run for 10 minutes straight

-Went on my first full family vacation in the last five years to Dallas, Texas for my cousin's wedding

-Started in my first ever musical production of Rodger and Hammerstein's Cinderella

-Started Piano Lessons and had my first piano recital

-Went to Vancouver, British Columbia to celebrate one of my best friends wedding with a group of my besties

-Went to Winnipeg, Manitoba to run Mud Hero 2018

-Wrote the MCAT on my Birthday that I started to study 1.5 months before and epically failed (30th Percentile)

-Rode a Pontoon for the first time and got to go tubing for the first time and participated in my first ever boat parade

-Went to Niverville, Manitoba to celebrate another one of my best friend's wedding

-Visited home for many weekend trips and reconnected with friends and celebrated birthdays

My Top 2018 Moment

- was Vancouver, British Columbia- it was truly a relaxing Vacation with absolutely amazing company, started out with walking around downtown Vancouver, riding a ferry, eating food, hikes up through Lynn Canyon, Whitewater rafting in Squamish ,British Columbia, learning Black Pink's Boombyah Dance ,hitting The Red Room a nightclub in downtown Vancouver, making a day trip to Seattle and checking out the Public Market Centre, harbor and riding the Ferris wheel, then getting lost getting back to downtown Vancouver and just missing the Vancouver night market, but finding an amazing late night Asian food place that had super cheap food, having late night heart to hearts, then taking morning runs through Kitslano and up and down Jericho Beach, and experiencing the first of my immediate friends getting married with an amazing reception, with the drunk after effects of my friends as well, then spending an amazing day with friends exploring downtown Vancouver, and a day at the pool and an amazing night in where we got 100$ of free food due to an order mishap, honestly one of the best trips ever!

My Worst 2018 Moment

-was probably my Birthday, the day before I was a wreck stressed about the MCAT cause I still had 60 percent of materials to cover and failed a bunch of the practice questions, was scared I was going to be debilitated by the difficulty of the MCAT, so much so I could no longer study, then was stressed out visited my sister and played games and ate fried chicken all night, then MCAT day honestly it wasn't as bad as I thought, I just didn't know my stuff well enough, then after all the excitement of the test, the rest of the day felt mediocre but got to spend it with family so that was nice...to be honest it wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either it would have been really nice to go dancing or karaoke or even spend the night with friends, cause that night I realized my family had out grown me, being a single mid 20s new grad, I am extremely single and ready to mingle whilst being the youngest in my family, despite my niece and nephew, it is very easy to feel left out, but I was glad I had them at least!

Overall though, I don't want to seem ungrateful, but 2018 was a great year looking back, but as I lay here writing and reflecting about moving 6 hours away from home and making my first 6 figure salary, half which went away in taxes( fyi joys of being Canadian) and the other quarter went back to payoff my line of credit for school, which I am officially one paycheck away from paying off (another joy to being Canadian, living at home and going to school, lower student debt), then a chunk going to car payments, rent, and insurances, does leave a fair bit amount for travel and shopping compared to someone making less, by moving to a new town with less to do and eat, I should be able to save money, but with less than 700$ in the bank, and not enough days to visit family, travel, explore, experience and gain new skills, I really want to go back to school to become a doctor, the perks of being a doctor in Canada, their high fee for service pay, and the lack of physicians in rural areas, the diverse nature of the field with a lot of growing potential, and the flexibility of hours depending on the field of medicine, disadvantages to being a physician may be the hours, the patients that don't really care about themselves, you work alone, and you don't get paid vacations or benefits, or pension. Currently, I work a steady Monday to Friday job 8 am to 415pm, I get 4 weeks of vacation, 2 travel days, benefits and pension, and make a six figure salary but after taxes it definitely 5 figures, I live six hours away from home, and if I moved back home the job market is severely lacking, would be making less meanwhile going back to a higher stress and more competitive job market!

To someone that end up reading this, I apologized, as this post if it was visually perceived my life would seem interesting and great and to be honest, I think I would be okay if I wasn't single, possibly married and had kids, because my life right now has a sense of balance. But as I lay having only been kissed once, single af, in a rural community, that has limited opportunity for me to pursue my interests such as Kpop dance classes, or classes for haikaido, and limited opportunities to meet people, meanwhile being so far away from my close friends and not being able to implusively go on road trips for the long weekends with friends and family. I need to move back to the city, but logically I can't if the job market means me having to work harder for less, so switching careers is the way to go!

Being a student has its perks, yes school is hard and you are constantly stressed by studying, and life passes by, but with 3 months of summer to catch up on or work, I call that balance and you are working towards self improvement and a finite goal! Although being a physician in my opinion has one of the best payoffs as a degree, there is a downside to my dream, my grades are mediocre for medicine, so I have to almost perfect the MCAT in order to be eligible, if I'm serious about this career move I may need to go back to school to boost my gpa, which means more money!

But that is the reality, as a Pharmacist, yes I may be able to learn the stuff a physician knows and apply it to an extent, but I will never have the full rights to use my knowledge, and unless I own my own pharmacy I will never truly be able to dictate my own hours, that is why becoming a physician is my goal. Becoming a physician is such an challenging process as they work for the right to apply their knowledge and provide direct care for patients as primary providers, meanwhile until the public is aware of allied health and the other health care providers there will always be a shortage of physicians and a demand for them! Same thing to any profession though, you are vetted and tested, such that you may have the right to supply information knowledge or care, but physicians are one of the few that can be incorporated.

As I continue this post by airing out my thoughts, my goal for 2019:

-ace the MCAT

-lose weight and reach my goal of 180lbs (currently, 196lbs to 198)

-get abs and be able to do 10 chin ups, 20 push ups, and run for 20 minutes straight

-apply for medicine (goal is to get an interview)

-save at least 20-25% of my income (redirecting the money I would have spent paying student loans)

- consistent posting on this blog, if not daily, weekly, so by the end of 2019, I can see my year in review and track my progress!

When I think about it, people are going to hate me and hate this Tumblr cause it is literally first world problems, but when people say TIME IS MONEY it literally is! We all have the same 24 hours in a day, and it is up to you how you choose to spend it, and hopefully I spend mine wisely! #Self-Care #Self-Improvement

Ps. Physicians if they worked full time in a northern community they could make 3-6x more than a Pharmacist, just saying (perks of being Canadian) but the goal is work less get paid more so... Work one-third of the year for the same amount of pay! #TenYearGoal

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what is the most reasonable costing health insurance in southern california? I saw a few with low premiums, high deductables(common), but very few office visits covered, other than paying up to deductable. I need, for my family, high deductable, low premium, low priced generic prescriptions, and preferably unlimited office visits at a set rate ($20-$35) per visit. having alot of trouble finding all that. Anthem had almost all, except barely any office visits unless you pay an ultra high monthly. any suggestions?? thanks!!!!""

Can i use other family members cars on my insurance?

Hi all, i have full comprehensive insurance with the cooperative but im a young driver, so i have a smartbox in my car. Will i still be able to driver another family members car on third party only, or am i not allowed as i drive with a smart box? Thank You""

""Looking for a fast, reliable, good quality and low insurance group hatchback.?""

I'm 24 and at the moment have a fairly low Saxo VTR with a couple of other performance mods, it handles like a dream on nice roads and has good acceleration. It's starting to fall apart with things going wrong left, right and centre, due to French engineering I presume? I have a DR10 on my licence from 4-5 years ago, so my insurance is a bit pricey. I just paid for a year so I can swap it straight over. I'm looking for something as fun to drive as standard and NOT French. Thanks Oh and please spare me the lectures, speed is for safe overtaking and I'm not driving too fast, you're driving too slow!""

Can you not just pay liability instead of the full coverage car insurance if your car is not paid off?

Can you not just pay liability instead of the full coverage car insurance if your car is not paid off? I am confused, I just want liability on my car, because full coverage car insurance is too much for me to pay? Is there no way around not paying for full coverage? People who just have liability, is there car paid off and they are not making payments?? I am very young so I do not know much about this kind of stuff!""

""In Texas, if you sign to buy a life insurance but change your mind, can you get your money in full amount?""

Last night insurance agents are able to pressure us into buying equity index universal life insurance, this morning we realize that it is too expensive and we'd rather have term life, what can we do? It is from World Financial Group agent.""

Health Insurance in RI?

Im 25, married, with a 1 year old baby.Im trying to find a family health insurance plan for my family.The company that I work for offers health insurance but the rates are very high, I can not afford what they offer, however it is hard to find Health Insurance elsewhere because my employer does offer it.What are my options?(I live in RI.)""

What's the cheapest way of getting hire car insurance?

I don't really want to pay $25 a day for insurance excess reduction!!

No proof of insurance?

I have legal insurance, but my policy was just renewed so I need my new cards that prove i'm insured. They are in the mail I assume, but they won't get here in time before I have to leave on a trip to NV. I tried to go online and just print the cards, but their site has been down for many days and I can't get on to print my cards. So my question is: If for some reason I get pulled over (not saying I have a reason to get pulled over) and I don't have those cards, since I do have insurance does the fine get dismissed? Also, since I cant technically prove I have insurance do they have to take my plate?""

Are there any well known and reliable insurance companies in Florida that provide homeowner's insurance?

Seems that every insurance company is leaving Florida.

How much is motorcycle insurance on average?

I'm looking at a 2013 Victory Boardwalk. My parents are going to make me pay the insurance for it but I don't know how much it's going to be. It's Progressive Insurance by the way.

Morning after pill in USA WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE?

I had unprotectedddd sex last night and am recently new to the united states and do not have health care insurance but i need the morning after pill!! CAN I GET IT I NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE

When do car insurance rates drop?

At what age do car insurance rates drop? Currently I am a 20 year old male living in Kansas. Also what else will cause insurance to go down. If you get married, have kids, etc....? Thanks.""

""Free health insurance near Brandon, FL?""

Is there any way to apply or receive FREE health insurance in or near Brandon, Florida. I am a college student here and don't want to pay for health insurance b/c its expensive. I used to live in New York and know that there there are many companies that give free health insurance for low income people. Any help?""

What do i do for auto insurance?

so i live in Calgary and i'm buying a car in Airdre. i have to drive it back to Calgary. but i need all the information to pay for insurance and registration. and a licence plate that matches the car.. what should i do??? i have a licence plate but its on a kia and im buying a toyota.. HELP!!!!!

How much is car insurance for a 16 year old girl in texas?

I'm going to be driving a ford I think f150 the year is no later than 2004. I know they have discounts for students with good grades. My gpa is above a 4.650. I need the cheapest I can get. Because aside from managing insurance on this vehicle. I will need to put money aside to purchase a different vehicle. (I'm borrowing the truck, but must pay my own insurance.) And battle school. I won't make a lot of money, so I have to try with what I will have.""

Integra 2 Door VS 4 Door Insurance?

I know it has multiple factors, but how much would this change it? I'll be under my dad's name who has had a clean record for over 10 years. I'm 16 and live in an extremely low-crime city in California.""

""I am trying to find dental insurance that will pay for braces, Does anyone know of an insurance that will cove""

I am trying to find dental insurance that will pay for braces, Does anyone know of any insurance companies that pay for insurance and dont have a waiting period? If theres a waiting period then how long? I have delta dental and they only cover up to 1000.00""

How much is the average price of veneer on your teeth ( average price)?

Only done to the front two teeth.

Insurance for a Kit Car?

I am sixteen. I have just got my licence (around a week ago). I have a kit car. It is a lamborghini kit car. What type of insurance would i have to get. Do i have to pay a lamborghini kit car insurance, or do i have to pay a kit car insurance. My kit car was made to be as close to the real lamborghini as possible (just in case that makes a difference). BTW, I am in USA... I noticed that some people were in UK, and that doesn't help me much :(. My main questions - What type of insurance would i have to get? What would be the best company for that insurance? What would the pricing be like? Thanks Anyways""

Does anyone else have USAA insurance?

When do I get my insurance card

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""I'm 17, is there any way I can get my own car insurance?""

I live in Sacramento, California. The reason i'm asking if i can get my own car insurance is because my mom is afraid if she puts me on her insurance & I get into an accident, she can lose her house. So her putting me on her insurance is out of the question.. Someone please help me find a car insurance company that will cover me?? Thank you""

""If I get a ticket, does my insurance rate go up?""

As a new driver I am unsure about ticket and insurance policy. Also, will I get points off. What are points?""

How does car insurance work?

I got my driver's license last January when I turned 16. Our family only drives one car. My dad has insurance for our car under his name. Do I need insurance under MY name to drive the car too?

Car insurance?

do you need car insurance in the philippines

The Best Health Insurance ..?

Hi there folks, I am new in this health insurance business and we are shopping for one. We live in Texas. Im looking for a plan for me and my wife. What's the best plan you guys have that affordable plan with the best coverage for 2 people.What do you have and what would you recommend? And whats the best health insurance plan that is affordable and also covers pregnancy? Please do let us know , I would really appreciate your responses. Camry Lover""

Does anyone know where I can find Ensure for cheap?

My step dad is going through treatments for pancreatic cancer and his doctor wants him to drink 3 bottles of Ensure a day. This is really starting to push on them financially what with his treatments, hospital bills, medication, ect. So my mom is looking to see if she can find it cheaper somewhere online or in a store or something. Anyone have any suggestions or ideas? Thanks""

How much will my insurance go up after a DUI??

I got a D.U.I. and i am going to get my license back soon and i am wondering how much my insurance will be compared to before.

How to get Insurance on a permit and without owing a car?

how to get Insurance on a permit and without owing a car and 25 years old in north Carolina

""Where can I find affordable dental insurance, that I can use immediatleywith no waiting period?

Im in the state of VIRGINIA :)

How much is the avg car insurance for a 17 year old living in Toronto?

that's with driving school under my belt and having an average over 70% in school (cause apparently that cuts your rates) i dont need an exact number cause everyone is diff, and i don't need a link to one of those things taht calculate it for you cause i don't have the patience lol.""

How much is non owners SR22 insurance in Florida?

My license is suspended because of 12 points in 12 months. I am required to have SR22 non owners insurance and i do not have a vehicle. I don't even know where to begin with all of this. Are there special insurace companies that deal with this sort of thing? Please help!

How much do you pay for car insurance and on what company?

Im tryign to find the cheapest.

How much commission can I make selling car and homeowners insurance?

How much will my moped insurance be?

if i buy a cheap moped (under 400), use it for only social purposes and keep it locked away in a garage at night, how much do you think it will cosT?""

Can i sign up 2 cars with the same policy? for car insurance or it has to be separate?

i have 2 cars and i have 4 years no bonus claim, and it was fine and everything, today the insurance company phoned me and said i can only use my 4 years claim on one car only and if i try insuring the other car it would be like no claim so it's like you just received your license with no experience. do you think i could sign one car with an insurance company and the other car with another insurance company?""

Why do we need auto insurance?

Price for motorcycle insurance?

So my parents just bought my brother a brand new car and just told me that I wont be getting it til 3-4 years from now . and I'll be 20 something by then! I'm 16 turning 17 this year by the way. and it sucks even more because my other brother had received his car when he was 18, which is totally unfair because I have achieved more things than him, academic and community wise. So anyways, I've been wanting a motorcycle since I was a little girl and since I will be working this summer and winter, I was hoping on buying a used motorcycle, specifically any Kawasaki Ninja, at the beginning of 2010. Insurance price please? I know it ranges from age, experience, accidents, and etc. I'm a 16 year old female that will be getting her regular permit in June and after 6 months, I will be getting my motorcycle license. Won't be driving a car anytime soon, obviously. Oh and I'm in the bay area of California if that changes anything? Thanks for the help, just need to know how much to save. Oh and if your wondering why I wont just buy a car, because I only wanna save 5 grand max and that will only get me a wack car.""

At what age should you get life insurance?

Healthy 24yr Female no kids. Just wondering when should I invest in a good life insurance.

Rental car insurance -- what does it cover?

We are going to Vegas in a few days and are renting a car. Since this car is going to be in and out of parking garages, I think it's a good idea to buy the rental car insurance @ $ 10.99 a day. Say while the car is in the parking garage and someone scratches or dings the door, would this insurance cover it? That's all I'm really worried about.""

Car insurance for a 21 year old?

I'd like to know (roughly) how much it would cost to insure a 2001 NISSAN MICRA 1.0 SE 3dr Auto Hatchback for a year? I'm 21 female Have a brand new license (never had a car nor been insured ever before) How much would it cost if i wanted a temp licence for a month? I know all companies are different so just a rough quote please from anyone who knows abt car insurance, thanks.""

I was in a car wreck how much should i ask for from insurance company?

i had to go to the hospital for whiplash very painfull also missed over a week of work they are paying for the repairs top my car but what about me .........i was sitting at a red light and this chick crashed in to me from behind

Insurance?

If Im 17 and have my license, can I drive my friends car with insurance? or do I have to also have it?""

""SWINE FLU, BUT NOOOO INSURANCE! SOS!?""

my sister is REALLY sick. she has a really bad cold and cough and not getting better! she doesn't have insurance or money to pay for a dr.'s visit. would anyone be able to help me help her find somewhere she can go to get checked? i live in orange county, california.""

What's the average price of homeowner's insurance in Las Vegas?

I know this is a vague question but what are some estimate homeowners insurance prices in Las Vegas? The house is worth 180k, its brand new (built 2008). No pets or children, three bedrooms, 1700 sq ft. My fiance and I are first time homebuyers and we have excellent credit. I just wanted to know if anybody had any ballpark numbers (I plan on contacting my current auto insurance provider soon, but I want to hear what other locals are paying so I know if I'm getting a good rate)... Thanks!""

Do I need to buy auto insurance when I rent a car?

I presently have comprehensive insurance on my own car

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Cheapest Car Insurance And Best car to get at 17?

Hello Guys, ive just passed my dirveing Test :D I Got a Pass Plus Witch aprently makes Insurance Alot cheaper. Anways, ive been on all the big sites such as Confused, moneysupermarket ect. And they are offering me around 8Grand for a 0.9l Fiat Cinnequento I dont want that car i just tested to see how much. I really need somewhere cheaper. so could you guys give me best car to try get insured on and where?""

Auto insurance question?

My car was hit while it was parked in my own driveway 4 days ago (in NY state). The police came and filed a report. I asked them for the other drivers insurance info, but they said I would have to wait for the police report and it would include that information. They advised it would be available after 5 business days at a cost of $5.00. I think the information should have been made available immediately so I could have filed a claim with the other person's insurance company. I don't suspect they will get rich by charging $5.00, so I don't know why I have to wait for the info. I am concerned that the other person's insurance will question the delay in filing the claim. Is this normal? I would really like to get my car fixed as soon as possible and am frustrated that I have to wait to get information that I think should have been immediately available. The driver that hit my car admitted to being on heavy duty prescription drugs at the time of the accident, but said that wasn't the cause of the accident. They said they had a seizure and had a documented history of seizures (which makes me think they shouldn't have a valid license anymore). The police seemed suspicious, but said they wouldn't issue any tickets as long as the person agreed to go to the hospital for treatment of seizures. There were no injuries, but there was significant damage to several parked vehicles, and minor damage to several homes and other property that was hit . Thank you to all that answer.""

How can i find good affordable insurance?

""When i buy my first car (before taking test), i want to practise with sumeone, how do i go about insurance?

i know i just get insurance but for a provisonal licence holder only.. when i pass (hopefully) do i just phone the insurance company and 'upgrade' my existing insurance or do i just get altogether new insurance? and How long did it take you to pass.. from first lesson to passing? Cheers! 10 points for best answer =D

Whats the best car to get to make your insurance cheap as possible?

I turn 17 next month and start my job this month, so i'll have money spare, so i'm thinking of getting a car, but i know insurance can be really expensive, so i was wondering what car is best to keep the cost of insurance down? Thanks for answers :)""

What penalities will I get having invalid car insurance?

Two nights ago police stopped me when I was delivering food and checked my insurance details. I had insurance for social purpose only. They told me to change my insurance to business insurance and they let me go with warning. Last night same guys stopped me again and again they checked my car and found me delivering food. Luckily they let me go again but they reported of the offense. What will happen now? will I get points or fine or what?

Why didn't GW make an effort toward affordable health insurance for the Americans w/o any?

How much will my insurance go up after dui in ny?

OK so i recently was caught for a DUI in NY state , i am under my sister's insurance (geico) and the car is in my name....i want to know how much will the insurance go up even though my sister never had a claim and i am under her...""

Insurance deposit for an auto insurance?

I received a quote for an auto insurance and they require a deposit and then the first premium payment..Will the deposit be refundable? Why is there a deposit? Thank you!

Why do we have to pay car insurance?

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Car insurance help?!?

Can I purchase car insurance and not own a vehicle? The reason I ask is because lately I've been renting vehicles and they charge for insurance, by request. I figure since I use rental service often that I could go ahead and get low price insurance. Any ideas?""

Do I need a California driver's license to deliver pizzas in California? (Domino's)?

Just interviewed at Domino's and everything seemed to go well, but afterwards I realized my current driver's license is in the state of Nevada and not California (since I am just here attending college). I anyone aware if this will be a problem for insurance issues or something?""

I have full coverage towards my car insurance. Can my friend drive my car too? ?

Short-term car insurance?

Im looking for a company that will do short-term (preferably 3 weeks but a month is fine) car insurance for a 17 year old male with a provisional licence, can anyone recommend one?""

How much will a porsche 944 be in 4 years time and what will the insurance be if I'm 18?

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How much will it cost....?

I live in Hemet , Southern California. I have a 9 month old son. He will be nursed until 24 months, However, he does eat some solid foods. I my boyfriend and I rent an appartment for $750- How much would our monthly income need to be to support our family? How much is utilities in my area? How much do you spend on gas? How much is car insurance? How much is it to get my car smoged? How much are monthly groceries? What other bills am I missing? Please help!""

Car insurance is soooo expensive is there an alternative???!!?

i am 17, i have a toyota carolla, and my dad tells me i have to pay him $200 a month for our unsurance which is carnall insurance. This is way too much for me too be paying, im not even 18, is there an alternative cheaper car insurance i live in the state of CT. Thanks.""

Insurance on this car?

I saw it and it looked nice for the price, but do you think something is wrong with it or its just a good deal, and what do you think the insurance would be for me when I turn 16, would it make a difference with all the extra things on it or what.""

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I'm thinking about purchasing this car used for my 18th birthday. I have to wait until i'm 18 so I can be on my own insurance. But I have taken drivers ed, and I will be buying this car full payment in cash. So I'm curious to know what the insurance could be! I have tried to get quotes online. You have to already be insured and own the car...I have tried so many. I also am a female, so my insurance will be a little lower. I just really need to find out what it would be! I was also thinking of purchasing a 2002 Jeep Liberty, any insurance guess on that? Ford Escape is a better car, but i'm just seeing what insurance could be for both. Thank you so much!""

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Car insurance?

got 12 months car ins due renewel in one month letter came thought door and it said ins cancelled 5 months ago but i did not cancel so really i been driving with no ins can i get full refund when i rang ins they said it was not cancelled but say so on letter the woman on phone said it was cancelled 1 month ago i said not bye me she also said the same to me and the manger going to look into it and ring back to day has not done so also they are trying to charge me 20 for cancellation and i think it should be void can i get a refund or sue them

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Trying my best to buy an old V12 Mercedes from Craigslist. via /r/cars

Trying my best to buy an old V12 Mercedes from Craigslist.

Starts with vague and evasive responses. Ends with accusations and threats of legal action. In between: - Seller is driving an uninsured car (illegal in BC), unregistered with white duct tape over the tags on the license plate. - refuses to give the VIN prior to meeting me in person - refuses to give the name of the legal owner

<Myfriend> looked at the car in person for me, and realized the seller had been fired from his dealership after only 4 days. He also snapped a photo of the "customized" license plate and noted the engine bay is covered in grease pencil, indicating accident repair or junkyard parts. The brake pedal also went right to the floor with no effort. The seller insisted this was a Mercedes feature, not a problem.

The seller is not ESL as I thought btw.

Subject: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

Hello - I'm interested in your CL600.

What is the milage? Any issues?

What maintenance has been done recently?

Any issues?

Do you have service records, and for how long?

Is this a Japanese import? How is the clearcoat?

Thanks,

xxxx

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Hello

104888 km Clear coat is good Nose is chipped a little Euro model LHD Japanese import She is going in for an oil change and check over (possibly today) More likely tomorrow (Tuesday)

Will update you after the inspection

Thanks Michael

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Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

Thanks. I'm in xxxxx so I would have a friend look at and give you a deposit before I come down myself.

-xxxx

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Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

I had a slight smell and wanted an oil change

"Hello Michael, I founded fuel leak. Need change fuel pressure regulator. I have in stock"

Can safety and show or show and safety after Tuesday

Tomorrow taking my mom to Sechelt for B day fish and chipsl

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Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

Also, I noticed there is an aftermarket radio installed - can you tell me about how it is wired into the speaker system and does the OEM A/V system work, and if so, is it in Japanese?

Thanks,

xxxx

Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

Japanese Alpine wired into stock head

North American version on Vancouver CL Auto Parts right now

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

I also noticed you updated your price from $6,000 to $7,250 this morning after getting my email...

Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

I am a strait up dude

That car was posted at $8550 It was also posted at $7250

The post that you replied on showed $7250 on the reply / Whistler post was changed to $6K: I did not change the post that you replied on

It was posted with photos showing obvious Manitoba plates and an explanation as to the status etc in the post

The $6K post never stated "ready to transfer"

The $7250 and $8550 posts said "BC safetied"

I brought that it needed safety to your attention

My mechanic got me off the hook for the safety being expensivr by doing the simple and relatively inexpensive repair and service that it needed today

I would honour the $6K to you (including passing BC safety)

I honestly do not care a huge amount if this sells @ $6K or not With BC plates and recent safety it could easily fetch more cash than $6K

I get replies all the time: I am busy and I ignore most of them.... Too many questions / Too much work.....

Yours said "Very Interested" "Friend can view and leave a deposit"

That is why you heard from me

Selling it this week and not transferring to BC insurance is of benefit to me

I am not out to screw you

Its a car That is all Very nice car, however; Still a car....

I am out for a fair and simple exchange

I have been strait up with you and strait up with my postings

Trusting that you are seriously interested and this can be an easy proposition

Please get back to me

I am away in the Sunshine Coast taking my mom for a day cruise and lunch Tuesday

-Will be mostly available to show / sell Wednesday forward

Please inform

Thanks Michael

PS May head off camping for 2-3 days over the next 10 days at some point

Thanks again Michael

Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

When and where do you want to meet?

-xxxx

Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

My # is xxxxxxx

Give your friend my #

Schedule is flexible Easy to arrange a meeting Based out of New West

On the road a fair bit

Thanks Michael

Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

Hi - <myfriend> says the car is still in the shop. What shop is it? Can I call the mechanic and pay him for a PPI?

Then I can meet up with you on Monday. - xxxx

Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

If it is important for you to view video: Please forward your e-mail address

Basically it shows all warning lights come on Car starts and runs like a dream All warning lights go out after she starts

She is so awesome to drive!

I am busy most of the morning I texted <myfriend> that we could meet today

-will get provincial safety done today or Saturday

Thanks Michael

Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

Will the car be ready for me to see on Monday?

-xxxx

Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

<myfriend> is viewing today

I have an appointment tomorrow for the provincial safety inspection

We can walk into ICBC on Monday and register it to you

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Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

Before I come down to Vancouver, I'd like to get the VIN# of the car so I can do a back ground check.

Thanks,

xxxx

Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

What is the vin? erial # Vehicle information #

Same

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Subject: Re: CL 600 v.i.n.

The long number and letter sequence on the tag at the bottom of the windscreen starts with W

Sent from my iPhone If <myfriend> did not get a photo of the factory V.I.N. I can shoot you a photo of it

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Subject: Re: CL 600 v.i.n.

Please do so. I will also do a title search. Is your name on the title/registration?

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Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

I am away from the car

Will shoot you the photo when I get back

The title will show: "As attached"

All documents are prepared for transfer "pending provincial inspection pass"

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Subject: Re: CL 600 v.i.n.

Who is the legal owner of the car?

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Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

Safety is costing me another bunch of cash

Tires were not properly rated

Otherwise it passed as I anticipated

After this expence and transferring the car into BC registration in my name... I need a few hours to think if I am still OK with $6K

Thanks Michael

Subject: Re: CL 600 v.i.n. / Safety

How about the brakes? <myfriend> said the pedal was dangerously soft. Have you had that addressed? I don't mind a bit of a project but any problems have to be reflected in the price. What brand of tires did you put on?

Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

On Aug 4, 2017, at 16:10, craigslist 6192498677 <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

I drove 1 1/2 hours so <myfriend> could see and drive for 5 minutes

How could it have passed safety with bad brakes

It is posted openly and clearly on Craigslist It is one of a few hundred at most CL 600 that year in North America How can that be a scam?

I worked with <myfriend> at <cardealer> and left because of scams.

If I worked there I am real with a family social insurance # and at one point a car sales lisence

I explained how S Class brakes work to <myfriend> (which is what CL was based on I answered all your questions and concerns I offered to take it for a pre sale inspection for you

It is Friday afternoon and my day and a bunch of cash was spent on the safety (Proving car is legit and safe.....)

I said if this was easy I would do 6K $

This is not easy

Repeating myself and unclear communications are old

Sorry Not available

Thanks anyhow

Have a great weekend

Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE

You drove it without insurance, you are selling a car that is not in your name, and you panic because I'm trying to get information before I spend $500 to fly down for a day and see it.

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Subject: Re: Gorgeous BENZ '99 V12 Hardtop Coupe NICE EXAMPLE On Aug 4, 2017, at 16:33, craigslist 6192498677 [email protected] wrote:

If I was un a panic Whay would I tell you to go bye bye

It is unsured on Manitoba plates (Again another repetition)

It will be in my name witgin a day or so I do not take stupid chances

Why assume I an stupid

I have been clear

You dint get it

That is OK

My Opinion You should go buy a Kia on bi weeklies

You do not seem prepared to own a Supercar Classic Good day

Please I request no more of your contact

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

I am in no way concerned about proof of insurance or registratiin

I am ci concerned about you harrassing me

Your claims of anything less than honest and fair representation on my behalf are baseless

You are helping me build a legit harrassment charge against you

This is tge 3rd time you harrass me after officially requesting no further contact

You are also adding threats to your repitoir

Please just focus on sometging important

This is not

You are way off Car and I are clean

I can not say you have a coke problem I can not assume that you even do coke I had similar experiences with coke heads thinking that they know better than fact Often their minds are closed and their egos inflated......

In the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary: Believe what you will

Live how you live

Just leave me alone

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Hi, I’m Matt Bertulli and I’m an entrepreneur, angel investor, and now author. I like building sustainable businesses and working with good people.And while my entrepreneurial journey is far from over, I thought the 9 year mark was as good a time as any to share my story and hopefully some lessons that can help you on your journey. I’ll link to a few things below so you can see that I’m a real boy but there’s no hidden agenda in the links (read: I have no course to sell you!).What I’m building (right now):item 1 - In 2008 I started (and still run) Demac Media, an 8-figure business with close to 100 full time employeesitem 2 - I am the co-founder of Pela Case, a 6-figure, soon to be 7-figure eCommerce brand.item 3 - I’ve made a handful of angel investments over the years into various industries, including eCommerce brands, an alcohol brand (Qui Tequila), and a night club.item 4 - I’ve also decided to do one of the scariest things I’ve ever done—write my first book called Anything, Anywhere.It’s a weird thing putting your thoughts down in a permanent place (especially something as permanent as an actual book) but while I was spending all that time writing, I started to reflect on how I’ve gotten to where I am today. A friend of mine suggested that I write a post like this and I had run out of reasons not to!Also, since I started putting myself "out there" (speaking gigs, medium essays etc) I’ve been getting questions from all corners of the interwebs and I needed to centralize this stuff so I can point people to one location. So why not reddit?PS: I will monitor this thread and answer any questions you might have. So please, ask away!I’ve tried to structure this post into one part story, one part lessons learned, and one part common questions with my usual answers (get asked these a lot).This post is ~5,400 words and my team has told me it’s about a 30 minute read...to set your expectations.The BeginningI started my career as a self-taught software developer. This was in the mid-90’s (I’m 36 now) and to say things were different then would be…well, obvious. I am grateful for having learned to code in the 90’s as it gives me great appreciation for how low the barriers have come to get into the craft. Like most, I worked a bunch of different jobs from 1999 until 2008 before deciding to break out on my own entrepreneurial journey and start Demac Media.Finding the GapI had no business plan. Just a rough idea of what I wanted to do. I was working at Netsuite at the time and saw how much business we referred out to service partners and thought that I’d rather be the guy getting referrals than the guy giving them. It was that simple. I sort of knew that I wanted to focus on eCommerce since I grew up in a multi-generation retail family (selling furniture) and knew the space very well. There was also a serious lack of competition in the Canadian market in 2008 as eCommerce had yet to really gain steam with our larger retailers/brands. That’s one of the keys to our success, we were early. Probably too early when I look back. But none the less, we don’t take it for granted that timing was certainly on our side.The Accidental Big BusinessI also never intended on things getting to this point. After Netsuite I really just wanted something small that made me a decent living and I could call it my own. I just wanted to have fun with work again, so I made the leap and started Demac Media. Many of my first hires will laugh when they read this because I was famous for saying we’d never have more than 15-20 employees…whoops!As you can tell from the title of this post, it has taken almost a decade to get to where we are. I didn’t do it alone, far from it (more on that below). I’ve had so many helping hands in the form of mentors, partners, friends and customers to count. I learned a great deal of patience over these years and if I could tell my 27 year old self 1 thing it would be this:** Be patient and always assume you don’t know shit…cause you don’t. **Continuous LearningI’m highly skeptical of most of what I read or hear when it comes to “top X ways to build a million dollar business in 12 months or less”. In my experience there are simply too many variables at play for someone to prescribe one way of doing things as THE way to build a great business.However, I do find other entrepreneurs stories incredibly helpful. I have done especially well with studying a wide variety of industries and stories from within those industries and then applying these lessons to my narrow-focused businesses (eCommerce). I can spend hours a day just reading.In other words, I go wide in my learning and narrow in my practice.Let’s dig into my biggest lessons learned and I’ll sprinkle in more back story as we go.Lesson 1 - Your network is your net-worth (thank you Jayson Gaignard from Mastermind Talks)I was fortunate enough to have a pretty decent network early on when we were starting Demac. I give a lot of credit to, and received a lot of value from the early days of Lean Coffee Toronto, a group I was one of the founding members of with the guys from TWG, Bnotions, Jet Cooper and others. We’d meet weekly to talk about all things “Lean Startups” and how they applied to our businesses. Most of us had less than 5 employees at the time, but that peer to peer learning was foundational.I was new to downtown Toronto when I started Demac so I invested a lot of time into getting involved with the local tech and startup community. While exhausting I met a lot of great friends and even some mentors / advisors through these years of networking marathons. I went into all of this just wanting to find my “people” and didn’t realize just how much value would come from these relationships over time.Another big “network” win for me was getting invited to Mastermind Talks (MMT) in Napa. This is a world class event because the people in attendance are world class. They are some of the most kind and generous humans I’ve ever encountered and I can honestly say I’m a better entrepreneur and better all around person because of the decision to attend and dig-in/participate.Through MMT I met an amazing entrepreneur that had a shared passion for mountain biking. He was the one to convince me to join EO (Entrepreneur Network) in 2016 by inviting me to meet his forum members (all guy with businesses over 10-15M) in Toronto while they were having their quarterly meeting. Joining this forum turned out to be another major win in equipping me with the tools I need to continue to build and grow businesses.It was being at MMT that also gave me the kick in the ass I needed to write my book. Meeting so many others that had taken the plunge and were still standing was encouraging. I was scared shitless of putting my name out there in the form of something more permanent (ugh, a book) and while this path has had its own twists and turns I know it was the right one.My only regret was not investing more aggressively in my network earlier, especially during those early years of starting Demac Media.TL;DR - Nobody does this shit alone. We all need help and lots of it. Investing in your network is one of the best things you can do if you truly want to build a good business.Lesson 2 - Build a good business first. Ignore people telling you to dream bigger.In the early days of Demac we experimented with a bunch of different niches and technologies before settling in on Magento (an eCommerce software platform) and going all-in on eCommerce. One of the best moves we made was formally partnering up with Magento and investing in the platform. Not only did we get to associate our relatively unknown brand with their very well known brand, we also didn’t have to worry about building software from scratch and could instead focus on servicing our customers by building on something already established.I can’t stress enough how important that singular focus on one platform was early on. Once we stopped screwing around trying to be everything to everyone, the sales and marketing engine started to really work. I’m now firmly in the differentiate-or-die camp. Services businesses, especially agencies, need to learn this and apply it. If you stand for everything, you stand for nothing.Targeting a niche definitely narrows your addressable market, but the benefits far outweigh this downside. Doing this likely means you aren’t going to build a gigantic company, but who the hell really wants that anyway? Most of us just want a great business that makes profits and affords us the life we desire/design.I’m a huge supporter of service based businesses. Most will tell you there are lots of reasons these businesses suck, but dig a little deeper and the real reason people speak poorly of service businesses is because “they don’t scale”. That’s not entirely true. They most certainly don’t scale the same way that software/product companies do, but to say something doesn’t scale is too narrow a statement. Service businesses just scale linearly, largely based on human effort (hours). You can still build a very good business within the constraints of service based business models, so if this is appealing to you go for it. Ignore the people/media/whomever telling you that you have to build something that “scales”.Lesson 3 - Something about Yoda and becoming a master of something...I also invested a lot of time early on into learning my industry. I’m a little obsessive when it comes to needing to read everything. It drives my wife nuts in our non-business lives since I can go down the rabbit hole on things that sometimes don’t matter much. However, in business this has served me well since I’m able to keep up with a rapidly changing retail landscape. I was spending easily 4-6 hours a day in addition to my “job” just reading and making sense of everything I could get my hands on.Side Note: Identifying that I had a unique ability early on was really important in our hiring strategy. I had received advice from some mentors that I should focus on what I’m uniquely qualified to do and hire people to do the rest. Massive productivity win for people trying to scale human-intensive businesses.I continue to study retail. When people ask me what I do I sometimes tell them I’m a student of retail, since that’s what I feel like most days. While I’ve been building Demac Media for 8 years, I’ve spent my entire life in retail in some form or another. It still feels like home to me and even if I weren’t running Demac I’d probably keep building retail focused businesses as I get tremendous satisfaction out of helping merchants succeed.Going narrow and becoming a master of one thing early on can feel really restrictive. I get that. I still think this approach has much higher chances of success than trying to create lots of business or revenue streams or whatever other bullshit [insert cheesy internet marketer here] is selling.Lesson 4 - The right customers are always right, the rest are…meh.Key Points:item 1 - Listen to your great customers. They provide you invaluable feedback.item 2 - Shitty customers are just that, shitty. Life’s too short to work with assholes and assholes typically don't bring value to the table.item 3 - Our customers hire us for our expertise. Instead of asking our customers what they want us to do, we recommend what should be done. We’re the expert, not the customer.Some of my earliest customers ended up being some of our best customers. I think we got lucky here. I even count a few as personal friends of mine and regularly see these people outside of business. This is something I’m particularly grateful for. I got to sit side by side with some amazing entrepreneurs that have grown retail/eCommerce companies from $0 to mid-8 figures and more. I have experienced almost every aspect of a retail business from the warehouse to customer service and everything in between. This has taken time, but it is paying dividends now (literally and figuratively). Committing to learning a lot about an industry without any immediate return is very, very valuable.For these customers, I’ve given up huge amounts of my own time ensuring they get what they need from myself and my team to ensure they are successful. When things are working, we push, when things aren’t working, we push. These types of customers are the ones you build great businesses with.We’ve also had some duds as customers. All the bitching and moaning about clients you typically hear from service business owners is true, by on a case by case basis. I feel like I’ve experienced it all, but know that I probably haven’t. Everything from the high profile entrepreneur who changes his mind weekly based on what he reads or hears on a podcast, to the high power CEO who “wants a partner” when really just wants a whipping boy to agree with him. Luckily these experiences are not the norm. Most customers we’ve had just want help with things they don’t understand. The very best customers know what they don’t know and are experienced enough to trust others to fill in the gaps.Lesson 5 - Premature action can destroy you.As we grew the company from 3 of us in my basement to 100 we had to learn all sorts of things we never thought would matter. One of the biggest lessons was around the incalculable value that a great culture adds to a business. In ~9 years we’ve managed to have a less than 15% employee attrition rate…including people we’ve had to let go.The other more difficult lesson that stands out was not being able to keep everyone happy all the time. Both customers and employees. Most mistakes that lead to people being unhappy have to do with doing the right things at the wrong time.I outline a specific example in Lesson 6 below of the outbound sales machine failures, but there have been countless other instances where we tried to do something before we were ready. Opening in new territories, hiring people too soon (luckily not too many), looking at the wrong data at the wrong time, creating too much process too early and on and on. I feel wiser for it, but this is the shit nobody teaches you that you just wind up having to figure out. There’s no 10-step program for this stuff.Honestly when I think about it, the mistakes we’ve made could easily fill a book. I’m sure most other entrepreneurs that have been at this a long time would probably say the same thing. Not all mistakes are good so don’t set out to “fail”. The best mistakes I ever learned from were someone else's!Lesson 6 - Creating multiple, strong sales channels is how you build leverage, which is a critical component in sustainable growth.Once we were out of the gate and saw we had a sustainable business I decided to focus on adding in additional sales channels that would help create a little more stability. Depending on one channel to bring in all your revenue is a little scary once that channel gets larger (all eggs, meet 1 basket).Our partnership with Magento was something I owned and invested a lot of time into. Every time we got a new “partner manager” at Magento I would spend time getting to know them and building that relationship. Now we have a partner (aka - Channel) team that handles these relationships and all of the activities around managing a strong multi-channel business. This investment into a strong channel early on gave us the sales and revenue to invest into other channels that we acquired customers through.~3 years into the business we started to focus heavily on this new thing that people were calling Inbound Marketing. Shit, we even bought the software (Hubspot) to go along with the buzzword! To date we’ve published more than 1,100 articles and this is still a major pillar in our marketing engine as our Demac blog gets upwards of 50-60k visitors / mo. Most of that traffic is just coming to us to learn, but it has helped us establish some thought leadership in our industry and that in turn helps us acquire and convert business.We’re now using our partnerships and inbound channels as leverage to create an outbound sales team that goes after our dream list of customers. We have had some failed attempts at creating an outbound team / machine and now that I’m looking back we were simply too early in chasing these. We believe we’re ready now, but who knows, maybe I’ll be doing another reddit post in a few years about how we failed here again. (God I hope not)Lesson 7 - Compounded, steady growth is sanity.You can double your business by growing 25% / year for 3 years. My desired growth of 25-30% per year seemed painfully slow at first, but compounded over time it made for some pretty significant gains in years 4 through 7.One of the things I was repeatedly told by my parents and grandparents as they ran their stores was that cash flow was king. This translated into a bunch of different thought tracks for me, but mostly it meant that if I wanted to grow my company I’d have to do so very tactically, which meant calculated growth that wasn’t too slow and wasn’t too fast so that we best used our cash and didn’t run out. We managed to mostly pull this off, with only 2 years in 8 where we went too far in one direction or the other for a variety of reasons. We targeted somewhere in the 25-30% YoY growth range and usually fell into it.Having grown up in a small family business (our family sold furniture retail) I was no stranger to the ups and downs of this life. I knew there would be tough times. I knew it would take its toll on my family (still does). However, even knowing this and going into it eyes wide open there were still times where I got the wind knocked out of me. Shit, I still have days and sometimes weeks where I ask myself what the fuck I’m doing with my life. Thankfully I mostly enjoy what I do for a whole variety of reasons and when I spend time thinking about the alternatives I quickly regain focus.Lesson 8 - Adopt an Operating SystemAbout 1.5 years ago we started to adopt Traction / EOS (look it up) and it has been a game changer in helping us achieve operational scale to match our sales and revenue scale. This is another thing I would stress to my younger self. Sheer force-of-will is what got the company to 5M+. Having an operating system that everyone in the business is using is what is taking us further.Around the same time (2 years ago) we also started to invest in what buzzword business folks like to call “senior leadership”. There were a number of reasons for this, but mostly it had to do with me needing to focus on wearing 1 hat instead of 5. I couldn’t effectively lead/steer the ship if I was stuck in the weeds and I needed help if I was going to get out. We formalized an exec team at this point and they are the fine folks who run the company day to day now while I focus on where the group of companies is going.Implementing EOS/Traction with the team in place was painful but ultimately I think it will be one of our best moves yet. Having our entire company learn this new operating system together is allowing us to all to support one another, even though it sometimes feels a little pointless.Part of EOS/Traction is having what is called a Vision-Traction Organizer (VTO). The basic idea is that it is a one page document that helps clarify your 3 year vision for your business. It is a great tool to help you achieve alignment in your teams. Ours has us continuing to grow Demac while also building out some additional products and business lines. As long as we can we will continue to help commerce evolve, that’s our purpose. I suspect that the companies are going to go through a lot of changes in the coming 3-5 years as the retail landscape is just full of change right now and there’s no way we position ourselves perfectly all the time.Lesson 9 - Never stop laying foundation. It’s the hard work, the uncomfortable work, but the right kind of work.Along the way I learned that I love 'thoroughbred’ businesses, a term that I’ve lovingly adopted from my friend Andrew Wilkinson over at Meta. There are too many reasons to list in this post as to why I think everyone needs to bootstrap and build businesses so all I’d recommend you do is read material from 37 Signals/Basecamp as a good starting point. Demac Media and Pela Case are 100% bootstrapped / self funded. We are focused on being good businesses, not big businesses.As I’ve gotten older, and especially as I’ve become a father (daughter, she’s 2), I care a lot less about how “sexy” something is in business and care far more about doing things that support a lifestyle that I’ve yet to figure out entirely (not sure I will). Relationships are the key to almost all definitions of success and I’m still trying to figure out what that means as my wife and I figure out how we want to live…hence the lifestyle comment.In late 2015 I struck a deal with a fellow named Jeremy Lang to acquire 45% of Pela Case, which at the time was an idea he had been perfecting to make compostable iPhone cases. I didn’t so much care about building a phone case company as I did about creating a better kind of product company, one that left little to no footprint. This decision was not just good business but also satisfied a personal need to start helping commerce evolve to a better place, and to me that meant commerce/retail needed to get a lot less wasteful. I won’t go into it too much, but you can only help sell so much garbage (most product people buy is landfill bound) before it starts to weigh on you. I’m determined to help change this global retail machine into something that we can be proud of leaving to future generations.In the middle of 2016 we created a program at Demac Media we called Merchant in Residence. The program was modelled after the Entrepreneur in Residence found at my Venture Capitalists, with the basic idea being that we’d hire a young entrepreneur to be and give them a brand to build with the backing of Demac Media’s resources. Enter Sunta, our first MIR and the driving force behind Pela Case growing into a 6 figure business within 6 months and is well on its way to being a 7 figure business by the end of 2017.FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSQ: How are you growing Pela?I get some version of this question a lot, especially since Demac has worked with hundreds of merchants in various stages of growth/scale. Everyone wants to know what the secret to building an eCommerce business is and mostly that means they want the silver bullet or tactic that gets them tons of qualified, money-in-hand traffic.Truth is, there is no easy answer here and it makes me a little sick trying to think about writing down every little thing I know about this subject. Here are some of my favourite responses / points that I share whenever I get asked...1) Focus on one major channel and master it. There’s only so many online channels that have meaningful scale and the tools to let you test lots of shit to see what works. The big 4 (Google, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest) are where 99% of us need to start and I like to pick one to go all in on before trying to master others. For Pela we’ve been heavy into Facebook/Insta (same ad tool) from day 1 and are only now moving on to Google.2) Do things manually before trying to automate. You won’t know what to automate until you’ve done the grunt work. For example, do manual influencer outreach before you go and get a service/system to do it for you. Your ROI will be an order of magnitude higher.3) Largely ignore all the “How to build a 7 figure eCommerce business” people out there. Most are just telling you to find a product on Alibaba, knock it off (white/private label it) and sell it on Amazon. This is hardly the path to what I would call a good business. Its not sustainable and it certainly isn’t teaching you shit about what its like to really build a brand/business.4) Don’t buy every fucking app for your Shopify store. You don’t need them all at the start and you likely won’t need most of them for a very long time. Get the essentials first, and by essentials I mean whatever you require to support that first major channel you are going to focus on. Start adding in additional apps like referral programs, loyalty, complex email flows, and other stuff only once you have a foundation.5) Ecommerce costs money. Why? Because inventory. When you enter the world of physical stuff, there’s a natural overhead that comes with it and it's very different from its digital cousins. This is a very hard industry to get into without some seed capital. Pela has taken $100k of investment (in straight cash, not time) to get the business growing 15-25% per month.6) There’s only two ways to scale an eCommerce company. Slowly and profitably or fast and unprofitably. Don’t believe me, do a google search for failed eCommerce startups and tell me how many you find that achieved massive scale and are still around today and/or are in good shape. If you trust me, save yourself the google search and let me tell you its a very short list. You’re far more likely to succeed in eCommerce if you aim to build a small, very profitable business slowly than trying to scale quickly.7) This is Amazon’s world and we know it. We are starting to use Amazon as a channel to help us get volume leverage, but that’s about all we use Amazon for. Our intent is to build Pela into a great, global brand and the way to do that isn’t by allowing Amazon to keep all those customer relationships behind their walls. We are only now (Q3 2017) looking to add Amazon Marketplace on as a channel for Pela and we won’t even be putting all of our products on it as we want to create awareness and leverage back to pelacase.com main site.Q: What’s the most difficult thing about running a company this size? Or multiple companies for that matter?Balance. Growing businesses require a lot of nurturing. The people, the customers, the processes, everything really. I believe balance is bullshit, but its the only term that everyone seems to understand when I answer this question. My goal is to operate in a state of flow. I can tell when I’m out of it as everything I do feels harder, professionally, spiritually, emotionally, all of it. The ups and downs of building a business has got to be one of the most consistent methods of knocking you out of flow.Managing large teams is really difficult (next question will dig in to this). The best businesses I’ve seen have very simple operating models. The main challenge with Demac Media is that being a service business with more than 1 service offering is that it is complex and therefor requires more management overhead to scale. The relationship between scale & complexity is something I think about a lot. Adding in multiple companies just makes my work more complex but I try and keep the individual businesses fairly isolated so they don’t create complexity for each other (this is also hard when under the same physical roof).Q: Do you like having so many employees?Most of the time, yes. Sometimes, no. That’s the honest answer. I’ve never met an entrepreneur who loves having a lot of employees all of the time. There are days where I really enjoy seeing so many people helping me on this journey. Then there are days where I think that the best business is the one without customers or employees (not rational, but honest). I often have to remind myself that people are messy. Relationships of any kind are messy.To expect the people side of any part of your life to be sunshine and roses at all times seems a little foolish. Business is no different.One of the biggest challenges in scaling teams is communication. It is very easy for things to get lost in translation with lots of people in a company.As I mentioned above, it’s hard keeping everyone happy all the time. As the leader this is really hard on me emotionally. I don’t like it when anyone is unhappy as a result of a decision I’ve had to make. Sometimes I wish I was a bit more thick skinned but after almost a decade of doing this I don’t think I’ll ever be ok making decisions that will result in someone not getting what they want/need. Trade offs suck, especially with people.Q: What’s my definition of success?First, this is totally subjective. Regardless of your definition, success and failure sit on a spectrum so it’s good to recognize this and not get too obsessive with an absolute definition of one or the other. To me success has more to do with freedom of choice combined with some positive impact. I want the freedom to choose how I spend my time and I get joy from having impact.That said, I’m really careful and somewhat protective of my time now. It’s the only thing I’m 100% confident in not being able to make more of. This is probably the one thing I’d tell my 25 year old self to think more about if I could. Having the freedom to choose how you spend your time should also mean taking the time to figure out what charges you up and gives you purpose.Q: What’s your exit strategy (hate this one)?I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been asked this question over the years. I never set out to sell Demac and don’t have any immediate plans to do so. I’ve always said that for me to sell it would need to be a life-changing deal. I know that selling a company successfully is a very rare thing so I focus on building a good business first and believe that if I do that there will be opportunities to exit along the way.I also think that there are many forms of an “exit”. They don’t all mean selling or IPO. There are very large companies where the founders are no longer operational but rather shareholders and stewards of the business. I don’t have an opinion on which type of exit is better because I haven’t put a lot of thought into it.My last comment on this. A few years ago I was listening to a podcast (forget which) where some entrepreneur was talking about how every business he’s started he knew the exit strategy from day 1. It always struck me as kind of odd that you’d build a business to leave it as quickly as possible…that didn’t feel right.Digital Me -> LinkedIn, Twitter: @mbertulli, Medium

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