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amethyst-geek · 11 months

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Olympos 12 Next Gen partner-ups- Just Adventure edition

Not too long ago, I speculated on the whereabouts of the rest of the Olympos 12 during the events of Savers and the possibility of the majority of them being partnered up with children of the previous heroes from Adventure and Savers in a hypothetical next Gen story that serves as a crossover between the 1st 6 Anime (and possibly Ghost Game though reps from Ghost Game would be the Ghost Game heroes themselves Ghost Game seems to take place in the not-so-distance future). However, I would like to explore who would be partnered up with the Olympos 12 in a Next Gen Anime that is NOT a crossover and only focuses on the the children of the previous heroes of just 1 anime. As you can probably guess from the opening sentence from this post, I feel that Adventure and Savers/Data Squad are the most likely to have the Olympos 12 in their respective hypothetical Next Gen sequels. I’ll start with Adventure as the the epilogue kids is equal to the Olympos 12 when you don’t count the baby (who’d probably be too young to be a Digidestined during the events of the next gen story anyway). Plus, Adventure is probably the most likely to have a next gen story for 2 reason- 1) Toei generally pays more attention to Adventure than the other Digimon Anime and 2) the aforementioned epilogue means they are already next gen kids to work with. Just to be clear, these would NOT be the same Olympos 12 from Savers as this would not be a crossover with Savers. This would be a a similar scenario to the Royal Knights or the Digimon Sovereigns.

Neptunemon- As I’ve said before, Neptunemon would be partnered up with Jou’s son

Junomon- As I have also said before, Junomon would be partnered with Ken and Miyako’s daughter

Jupitermon- I was thinking he could be partnered with Daisuke’s son would be Jupitermon’s partner. That may seem like a strange choice since Daisuke’s son is canonically partnered with a Chibimon (which I can’t really see digivolving into anything other than V-Mon), but hear me out. Daisuke’s kid’s Chibimon was probably one fo the harder ones to assign an Olympos 12 mega as Chibimon typically evolves into V-mon, which typically has Draconic evolutions, and the only members of the Olympos 12 that would remotely draconic are Bacchusmon and Minervamon. While either of those could work as a V-mon mega (I also considered Dianamon as Chibimon’s mega since Chibimon kinda looks a bunny), I ultimately decided to have Daisuke’s kid be partnered with Jupitermon for a few reasons. Jupitermon is based on well, Jupiter, who (like his Greek Counterpart Zeus) is the head god in Roman Mythology, and if the goggles are anything to go by, Daisuke’s kid would probably be the leader of new generation of Digidestined in a hypothetical next gen series.

Ceresmon- she would digivolve from Mimi’s son’s Tanemon. This one was a no-brainer.

Bacchusmon- he would digivolve from the middle Ichijouji kid’s Minomon.

Minervamon- as stated in the other post, I was torn between Koushirou’s daughter and Iori’s daughter for Minervamon’s partner. After some thinking about it, I settled on Iori’s daughter. Minervamon has a sword, and Iori also studies swordsmanship (specifically Kendo), so if Iori’s daughter also studies Kendo, I think she and Minervamon would make a good match. Also, if you squint, Upamon’s ears kinda look like the wings on Minervamon’s helmet.

Vulcanusmon- Izzy’s daughter

Mercurymon- Yamato and Sora’s son because he has a Tsunomon, and Mercurymon’s mask just screams “I used to be a Garuruumon.”

Venusmon- I know that in my previous post I suggested that Venusmon could be partnered with Matt and Sora’s daughter. However in the context of assigning Olympos 12 partners to all of the 02 epilogue kids (as opposed to only giving half of the kids Olympos partners while assigning the rest of the Olympos 12 to the kids of the Savers characters in a crossover), I would instead assign Venusmon to Hikari’s kid since Venusmon probably makes the most sense as an Olympos mega for Plotmon/Salamon. Normally I love that Hikari’s kid has a Plotmon, but in the context of assigning all of the epilogue kids Olympos 12 partners, it kinda pisses me off. If the epilogue had depicted Hikari’s kid’s partner as still being a Nyaromon, then making Hikari’s kid the partner of Apollomon and assigning Dianamon to Takeru’s son would be a no-brainer (regardless of whether or not you believe Hikari and Takeru married).

Marsmon- as stated in my previous post, I suggested that Marsmon would be partnered with Taichi’s son. But in this context, I will instead assign Marsmon to Takeru’s son. And yes, this is mainly because I wanted the Digimon partners of Hikari and Takeru’s respective kids to be connected to each other.

Apollomon- as stated, I’d be more than happy to assign Apollomon to Hikari’s’ kid if said kid’s partner wasn’t already a Plotmon/Salamon, but since it is, I will instead assign Apollomon to Taichi’s son. I think this still works as Taichi has the crest of courage which looks like the sun, which would make Apollomon a fitting partner for his son. Plus, Koromon and Apollomon are both part he Dragon’s Roar group. There’s one more point that I’ll save for when I explain who Dianamon’s partner is.

Dianamon- Let’s go with Yamato and Sora’s daughter. She has a Yokomon, which has a pink and blue color scheme like Dianamon’s line. Also, Yamato’s Gabumon has the moon show up in some of his evolution sequences, and Dianamon is associated with the moon. But here is the best part- the mega evolutions into Wargraymon and Metalgauruumon were activated by Taichi and Yamato being hit by arrows, something both Diana and Apollo are associated with (and yes, the arrows in question being sent by Angemon and Angewomon is another reason I would have been more than happy to assign Apollomon and Dianamon to Hikari and Takeru’s respective kids if Hikari’s kid’s partner wasn’t already an Salamon).

#digimon #olympos XII #olympos 12 #digimon adventure #Digimon Adventure 02 #02 epilogue #Neptunemon #junomon #jupitermon #ceresmon #bacchusmon #minervamon #mercurymon #merukimon #venusmon #marsmon #Apollomon #dianamon

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mrchalamet-mrstyles · 1 year

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They do not share a PR agency! Timothee is with Relevant and Bad Bunny is with Acoustyle Public Relations. Anyone with an IMBD Pro account can confirm this themselves!

They ARE both with UTA (which is a talent agency, not PR agency), but have different reps.

Thanks for clarifying that for us, anon 💜

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interrogate-hawks · 6 years

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hawks stop destroying your wings otherwise who will be there to be the wingman

They’re insured, so if I’m not dead, I’m still winging

#hawks #bnha #bnha hawks #mha hawks #boku no hero academia #my hero academia #pr rep bunny #mod bunny

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pauldraw12 · 4 years

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Daddy Yankee the boss

#Daddy Yankee the boss #Daddy #The big boss #yankee #pr #puerto rico #rep dom #regueton #bad bunny

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thechaoticgays · 4 years

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And the last one goes to Yelena, and gotta get that Easter theme in here so how about the avengers do an Easter egg hunt and the couple team up and it becomes competitive and it ends with them kissing and it tasting of chocolate. Ps tony or someone (probs tony though lol) makes everyone look the part so maybe Yelena has rabbit ears and face paint (much to her hating it when yn said she looked cute she soften up to it lol) and maybe yn is wearing something chick related? You can decide :) xxx thx

Author: Steph (empyreanwritings)

A/N: this gif has nothing to do with Yelena but cmon, who doesn’t love RDJ in a Easter Bunny costume? it should make anyone smile!

You bit your lip the moment you saw Yelena - to keep yourself from laughing and because she was the cutest bunny you had ever seen. When Tony told you he was going to make her dress up as a bunny for the children, you didn’t think he was actually serious, but there she stood in front of you in her white ears and fluffy white dress, a pink nose painted on her own. She looked adorable.

The egg hunt had been your idea, and Pepper thought it would be a good idea to turn it into a PR event.

“It’s about time we get the Avengers’ rep back where it used be!” She declared before she left you in a hurry to make whatever phone calls she needed to make happen.

Each of you had two children as your partners. The first group to find the most eggs before time ran out got to spend the rest of the day seeing behind the scenes of the compound. You weren’t overly fond of the idea that children would be running around your home, but at least it would be a limited number of them. Plus, it gave you an excuse to be a little competitive.

“You look adorable,” you said to Yelena as she approached you.

She rolled her eyes but a soft smile snuck its way onto her face. “And you look very yellow. What are you supposed to be again?”

“A chick, duh!” You gestured to the paint on beak on your face and the faux eggshell cracked on top of your head. It was a last minute costume idea, and it was better than nothing. You wanted to show you had some Easter spirit.

“You’re the adorable one, ya know.”

“Nope, sorry, that’s all you babe!” You placed several kisses on her lips, careful not to smudge her makeup. “Now, are you ready to get your ass kicked in this egg hunt?”

“You do realize you’re going up against two assassin’s, two super-soldiers, someone who is bribing the kids to cheat, and a witch,” Yelena laughed. “You really think you’re going to win?”

You winked and skipped off towards where your children were waiting for you. “I know I am!”

#quarantine drabbles #yelena belova x you #yelena belova x reader #yelena belova x fem!reader #yelena belova imagine #yelena belova #yelena belova drabble

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bluearrow126 · 5 years

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OTP question meme based on this post

@bihoodnerd and I came up with these back in December but we never posted them lol so here they are:

1. Who is the most affectionate? Trini but doesn't show it in public, she has a rep to maintain.

2. Big spoon/Little spoon? It switches based on what they’re feeling. Trini doesn’t admit it but she’s the little spoon a lot because it makes sense size-wise and she likes being held by Kim but Kim has a lot of days that she doesn’t feeling great where Trini becomes the big spoon.

3. Most common argument? Most common argument: when Kim is reckless and jumps into action with no question and they fight about it constantly and Kim makes it up to Trini with sex.

4. Favorite non-sexual activity? Kim loves to play with Trini’s hair whenever Trini’s lying in her lap and she loves braiding the sides and Trini loves it and she’s fallen asleep because of it before.

5. Who is most likely to carry the other? Kim because she loves giving Trini piggy back rides and Trini hates it because she wants to be the tough gf, but she has bridal style carried Kim during a PR fight and Kim called her her knight in yellow armor.

6. What is their favorite feature of their partner’s? Kim loves Trini’s neck which is why she loves kissing it and nipping at it and leaving as many hickies as she can. Trini loves the little mole at the corner of Kim’s mouth and can’t help but focus on it when Kim smiles.

7. What’s the first thing that changes when they realize they have feelings for the other? They lose sleep. They keep going back and forth to each other's houses through eachothers windows. It gets so bad that Jason sits them down for a le tire and they fall asleep on eachothers. Billy and Jason carry them to one of the many rooms on the space ship and they sleep for a whole day.

8. Nicknames? & if so, how did they originate? Trini calls Kim Princess obviously because of how picky she is with things at times. Kimmy is another one that she uses when teasing Kim. Kimberly just sticks with Trin or T but she promised she’d get back at Trini with a nickname one day. They both know it most likely won’t happen.

9. Who worries the most? Trini worries the most because she's a worrier in general, but also Kim and Zack do the dumbest shit so of course she worries.

10. Who remembers what the other one always orders at a restaurant? Trini. It’s one of the little ways that she shows how much she cares. While Kim likes going all out, Trini remembers stuff like this that has Kimberly blushing wherever they are.

11. Who tops? They’re switches.

12. Who initiates kisses? Kim. She likes to use her height to her advantage and lean down to kiss Trini when she least expects it so she can leave her flustered. Trini initiates kisses in quieter moments when it's just the two of them (like in bed cuddling) and she gets all soft which makes Kim melt.

13. Who reaches for the other’s hand first? Trini, when she's nervous or triggered by something. Kim's touch soothes her and it helps Kim's ranger power radiate calmness to her more easily. But Kim grabs Trinis hand quicker when she sees someone checking either of them out.

14. Who kisses the hardest? Kim. Even if Trini is the one to start It, Kim is alway the one who gets it more heated.

15. Who wakes up first? Trini, Mexican household s have no sleep in days. Always awake by 7 am. Except when Kim gets on a random work out kick and drags Trini up at 4 am.

16. Who wants to stay in bed just a little longer? Kim. Every time Trini wakes up early and starts getting up to make breakfast or something, Kim tries the pulling her back to bed. And Trini struggles to get Kim out of bed.

17. Who says I love you first? One would think it'd be Kim, but it's Trini because Kim didn't want to pressure her. Trini says it one day when she's home sick and Kim brings her soup and takes care of her and they watch a movie. Trini is all snotty and crying from the movie and Kim kisses her and wipes her nose and Trini whispers it. Quickly followed by Kim.

18. Who leaves little notes in the other’s one lunch? (Bonus: what does it usually say?) Kim. Trini doesn’t admit it but she loves it. Some of them are teasing (like about her height) but some are just Kim giving her compliments and pointing out things she loves about Trini because she loves the smile on Trini’s face when she picks up her lunch from the counter before heading out.

19. Who tells their family/friends about their relationship first? Kim because her parents know about her being Bi, it's about a year into the relationship that they tell Trini's parents, but the twins find out early on.

20. What do their family/friends think of their relationship? All their friends are supportive. Kim’s parents and Trini’s brothers are supportive from the start but it takes some time for Trini’s parents to adjust and for Kim to win them over.

21. Who is more likely to start dancing with the other? Kim because Trini is really insecure about dancing. She'll just kinda wiggle when Kim pulls her to dance. Kim finds it funny and charmingly awkward. But one day, Trini comes home and doesn't realize Kim was home. So when Trini blasts the Latinx music while she's cooking, Kim discovers just how much Trini's hips can move.

22. Who cooks more/who is better at cooking? Trini. We all know Kim would be horrible at cooking (all because of that video where Naomi burnt toast lmao). Kim eventually gets the hang of it and Trini starts teaching her to cook but they both know Trini is the better cook out of the two of them.

23. Who comes up with cheesy pick up lines? Kim, she's usually a lot sillier than Trini . She likes really awful puns. Like "wanna get donuts? If you say no, donut hurt my feelings". This also means she makes awful innuendos too. "You ever tasted Indian? Cause this Indian wants to taste you" but then she'd be boggled down by her own technicalities and say "well this half-indian."

24. Who whispers inappropriate things in the other’s ear during inappropriate times? Mostly Kim. She likes to get Trini flustered in public so anytime they’re next to each other when they’re with the boys or even in detention she’ll start whispering things to Trini to make her a mess. Trini turns the tables a few times and does it to Kim who becomes more of a mess that’s Trini because she doesn’t expect it.

25. Who needs more assurance? Both, they both have insecurities that can sometimes get the best of them so they do a lot of reassuring with hugs and kisses and words and notes and even banter during training.

26. What would be their theme song? They probably have a cheesy song that they both started singing along to in the car one day from Kim’s cheerleading playlist that stuck with them but personal headcanon would be Pynk by Janelle Monáe because Kimberly would love singing it to Trini when they both know what the song is about.

27. Who would sing to their child back to sleep? Both, but mostly Trini because she can't say no esp since their kid looks oddly like Kim despite being adopted. She sings a song about a bunny that spent the day playing in the park then goes home for dinner then goes to brush his teeth then hop hips into a nice warm bed to sleep. Kim always stands by the doorway with a smirk. "That's the last time," Trini says every time.

28. What do they do when they’re away from each other? They stay in contact as much as they can because they always really miss each other when they’re apart. A lot of video calls, actual calls and texting. With texting Kim likes to send gifs and emojis and memes to show how much she misses Trini. When Trini is the one away from home she usually sends stuff to Kim like flowers because she’s a softy who won’t admit it.

29. One headcanon about this OTP that breaks your heart Kim as always was reckless in a Ranger fight and Trini jumped in to save her but got really badly injured and knocked unconscious for a few days. Kim spends all those days crying at Trini's bedside. Hoping and hoping that Trini will be okay. Her ranger suit flashes on and off because of how erratic her emotions are and she thinks it's all her fault and she hates herself for letting it happen.

30. One headcanon about this OTP that mends it The boys tried to comfort Kimberly but couldn’t and when Trini wakes up she’s the only one able to comfort her. They fall asleep together on the ship’s medbay bed and the next day Trini wakes up to Kimberly crying into her shirt so she kisses her forward and comforts her again. Kimberly realizes how much Trini means to her, especially with how many close calls they’ve had as rangers over the years and she basically proposes to Trini and promises to buy her a ring eventually because this was another impulsive Kimberly decision but Trini just laughs and says yes.

#long post #trimberly #kimberly hart #trini #power rangers #power rangers movie

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fit-as-fxck · 5 years

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Push update

I moved my push workout to today and I really tried to keep it under an hour and a half. I only warmed up on the rower for 5 minutes before I went into some dynamic movement and mobility work. The bench felt really good even though it was challenging by the 4th set and I had no one there to spot me. I combined chest, shoulders, triceps and some leg in there too. I tried my PR on dumbbell shoulder press and got it up 5 times before I had to drop down in weight. I basically performed it pyramid style - dropping weight as I went and kept going until failure. I really just tried to burn my shoulders out as best I could. I started with 25 lb dumbbells and went down to 20, then 15. Increasing my reps each time till failure while I dropped weight for 4 sets. I did that thing again where I barely ate all damn day and it started to have an effect on me. I performed bench press, one leg hip thrust, skull crushers (pyramid style), weighted decline sit ups, standing military press, Bulgarian split squat, DB shoulder press, cable front delt raise, side lateral raise until failure and then dropping weight and continuing, tricep kick back and hold, single arm tricep press down, and ending with pallof press and some more ab work. I spent 1 hr and 10 minutes. I think I moved rather quickly between sets once I got going. In fact, there were two men lifting in the gym with me and I might have accidentally almost run one of them over. Very unintentional and I really hope he knows I didn't mean to. But he definitely gave me “a look”. No idea what that was though. (awkward)

I’m really trying to eat but its just not happening. I end up fasting almost all day or having a small snack and then panicking and trying to get all my calories in at the end of the day. Oops. I’m really focusing on proper nutrition and I've been keeping a super close eye on it.. but its hard to do when you aren't particularly hungry much. Intermittent fasting made my appetite adapt like crazy. Not that I don't love food, I really do, but jeez. I made breakfast for dinner just trying to get in the calories I need. I’m so scared to screw up my metabolism like I did before. Technically, my metabolism is on fire right now. I want to keep that going.

I was feeling a tad insecure about some of the weight I was lifting and then I saw on Instagram that some fitspo chick sponsored by a clothing company I like was lifting the same amount and then less than me, so it gave me some perspective like snap out of it bitch. But we’re all human, so, it happens. I don't feel so bad because some of my numbers are pretty high, some not so much. Numbers don't matter - they say don't lift with your ego. It’s a good way to fuck up if you lead with that. And considering only about 10% of the female population actually lift weights seriously, I would say I'm not giving myself enough credit lololololol again. I know most women are scared to turn overly muscular but seriously I've put in so much work since I started lifting a few years ago... and its difficult to turn into that without some serious “help”. I remember when I was a cardio bunny and wondering why I kept getting “smaller” but my shape never changed to what I wanted. My legs were chicken legs and I relied completely on what genetics blessed me with. I made the mistake of not supplementing running with proper strength training and that did me in. I still remember the first time I stepped into the weight lifting part of the gym. I had a male friend who invited me to join him and that first day was the best and worst day for me. I looked like a scared chicken but I adapted quickly and it became one of my favorite hobbies. Unfortunately, I based all my information off “bro-science”. Smh @ myself. Not anymore. My first leg day destroyed me and I had to ice my quads and couldn't even walk. I was a pretty beaten down person when I walked in there, but it built something stronger.

Posterior chain is tomorrow and I will force myself to eat before that one because its a rather heavy day for me. Lots of heavy work to do. Saturday will be my cardio/work capacity day and I'll use it as “active recovery”.

#personal #december 2018

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mapleleafstrash · 7 years

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Offbeat - Auston Matthews

Annonymous said: maybe an auston matthews imagine where you somehow ended up being apart of ‘the guys’ with them showing up at your house randomly to pick you up to hangout and go to parties. and puckbunnies both are intimidated by you because youre always around and rude to you because you arent the typical super thin blonde, and get even more jealous of how close you are with auston in particular and then things happen and you n auston finally get together (surprise me with the how?) please and thank you :)

A/N: Hello everyone! Now I know everyone has been patiently waiting for Mason (Part 6), but I have other requests pending, and I find when I write other prompts or stories, it helps me write about other storylines I have going on as well. Creative juices, right?

This was reqested a while ago and I appologize for the wait! I hope it’s similar to your request, and I do believe this will be another multi-part imagine. Let me know what you think!

Requested: Yes/No

Characters: Auston Matthews (Feat. Connor Brown, Morgan Rielly, William Nylander, and Zach Hyman)

Words: 4,691

Warnings: Language and Alcohol Consumption

[Part One] [Part Two] [Part Three] [Part Four] [Part Five] [Part Six] [Part Seven]

Different.

Unconventional.

Contrasting.

Distinct.

Peculiar.

Offbeat.

In your particular situation, those were the words that most described you best. Well, those were the nicer ones anyways.

“Whatcha thinking about?”

Your thoughts were interrupted by the sound of your best friend Connor. He, along with his girlfriend Madison, and your other close friend Morgan, were currently hanging out in your condo’s living room.

You gave him a small, reassuring smile, “Just school,”

He nodded, but pursed his lips.

Connor knew you better than anyone.

The two of you had met when you were six years old. By luck of the draw, you had both been placed onto the same house-league minor hockey team in Etobicoke. You had been given a hard time from the get-go that season, as you were playing with both six, seven, and eight-year old’s due to your division being branched out. It also didn’t help that you were the only girl on the team. Other teams you faced usually had two or three girls but not yours. You were the only one who’d been singled out by the league, forcing you to fend for yourself.

Even though Connor was a year older than you, with age being a usual dividing factor in youth dressing rooms, the two of you had become fast friends, and had been glued to the hip for much of your childhood.

As time went on, you switched to girl’s hockey as it had become more prominent a few years later, and Connor had made the jump to rep. Despite this, you both still went to each other’s games like nothing had changed, and made sure to still have your weekly hangouts at the Brown family’s home. Dan and Anne had even given you a key, that’s how close you were to Connor and his family.

When Connor was drafted by Erie when you were fifteen years old, you were ecstatic. Several times during the season you’d take a Friday off from school and drive down to Erie with the Brown’s to go visit and watch the Otters, and whenever he was around up near the Toronto area, you had to go see him play. And now, just a few short years later, he had just finished his rookie season as a Toronto Maple Leaf, and you couldn’t be more proud.

Through Connor, you’d become close to many of the guys on the team because you frequented games and social events, as requested by your best friend. Madison and him had been off and on until just recently, so when she hadn’t been around, you came to Maple Leaf activities instead in her place.

Inevitably, people, well more like fans of the team or puck bunnies as Connor called them, had discovered you. Thankfully, before the storm became to grave, you made all your social media private, but Connor and even some of the others had tagged you in photos multiple times. You were often seen in the background of multiple Leafs PR photographs or from other Leaf girlfriends Instagram’s. People knew who you were, and unfortunately some of them weren’t afraid to voice their own opinions.

“She’s so fat,”

“How do any of the guys even like her?”

“She just using them for attention,”

“I feel bad for Connor,”

Each comment was like a repeated stab in your gut. You were the first to admit that you weren’t the smallest girl around. Standing at five foot ten, and being a size sixteen, you were a bit bigger than the typical female that professional hockey players were often associated with. But you’d always been bigger. You were curvy, and when you were younger you were teased because of your larger hips but as you’d gotten taller you’d slimmed out. But since you weren’t a buck ten, and you weren’t the model type, people, mainly girls, ate you alive.

Sure, you’d talked to Connor a bit about it, but he was your best friend, not your boyfriend. As much as you loved him, you didn’t want to talk about your insecurities with him. You knew he’d just worry so you held it in. But you knew he was aware of the comments, and he often hovered over you when you’d all go out, just to make sure you were okay and to make sure no one was giving you a hard time.

All his teammates were great though. They all immediately warmed up to you during the season, and you were already particularly close with Zach, William and Kasperi because you’d known them from when Connor was on the Marlies. Of all the Leafs though, Morgan and you had become the closest. You guys clicked right away and you almost hanged out just as much with him then you did with Connor. He was your wing-man and you were his wing-woman as he put it. You almost had a sibling type relationship.

You went out almost once a week during the summer months with a group of the guys. Whoever was still around the GTA often came along and your condo was the meeting spot. Bars and clubs were the main places you went to, and occasionally a few of you would head to a baseball game. It was refreshing to be able to have some fun with everyone, especially when they weren’t as stressed as they normally would be during the season. But by going out, you just got more exposure, and that had led to an increase of hateful comments.

You couldn’t help but notice however, that these comments had skyrocketed after Auston Matthews and you were snapped a few times together one night when you had all headed to one of Toronto’s more popular summer clubs.

He had posted a photo of you, Zach, and William, and had dubbed you an honorary ‘liney.’ Even though he meant no harm by it, the photo had stirred up a lot of interest into who you were and Auston actually had to delete some of the comments and block several people due to their harsh words.

Trying to make it better, he then posted just a nice photo of the both of you, but it had honestly just made it worse. Jealous girls from every angle sought to attack you, so Auston was forced to disable the comments. He had apologized thoroughly but you had just shrugged it off. Even though you wouldn’t admit it, your thick skin was slowly beginning to taper off, and Connor had taken notice.

The part that had hurt the worst about the situation with the Arizona Native though, was the fact that you had been harbouring a massive crush on Auston for the better part of the past season. I mean, who wasn’t crushing on Auston Matthews? The only one who really knew one hundred percent about your feelings was Connor, and Morgan suspected at first, but he later gained confirmation. Thankfully he only teased you about it when it was just the two of you. William was well aware and Zach had clued in as well. It scared you sometimes, realizing any one of them could potentially let the cat out of the bag.

But the world had already decided you had no chance with Auston Matthews, before you could even try.

“Auston’s way out of her league,”

“He looks so uncomfortable,”

“Auston’s weekly bout of charity work I suppose,”

“Who does she think she is?”

When you had read those comments underneath the photo Auston had posted of the two of you, your heart ached. Who did you think you were? I mean, you even knew he was way out of your league.

Lately, you couldn’t help but compare yourself to the girls Auston typically took home with him. You’d been there several times to witness Auston pick his nightly hookup, and each time you watched, your heart sunk more and more. Blonde, average height, larger breasts, but most of all; stick thin. Everything you weren’t.

So later that night, you found yourself sipping on your fizzy vodka cranberry, with a pink umbrella because apparently, it wasn’t complete without one according to Mo. You sat rigid in the groups booth while you watched Auston survey the large crowd around you, obviously on the hunt.

“Cheer up pouty,” Morgan suddenly knocked into you, causing you to jerk forward as he took out your elbow that had been holding you up.

Sending him a quick glare in warning, Zach and William chuckled while they sat across from you. The four of you were currently on your own as Connor and Madison had gone up to the bar, and you had no clue where Mitch and his girlfriend Steph had ran off to.

Auston turned towards you from Zach’s left due to the sound of Morgan’s voice, “you good, Y/N?” He asked, looked towards you concerned.

You gulped, but nodded, looking away, “just peachy,”

Morgan howled in laughter, elbowing you in the side, causing you to yelp. Morgan suddenly winced immediately there after as Zach had kicked him in the shins, defending you. You sent him a grateful smile.

Auston had raised his eyebrows in confusion, “uh, okay,”

William chuckled low, and shook his head. Looking ahead of you, William sent you a wink, and you flushed. Your boys knew you way too well.

“Hey,”

Your eyes flickered up as you watched a tan, leggy blonde, wearing a barely-there type outfit approach the booth, well Auston specifically. You rolled your eyes and promptly looked away when you saw Auston look the girl up and down hungrily, his tongue darting out to lick his lips. Sighing, you caught William’s blue eyes dart towards you, a sympathetic look crossing over his features. You heard the unknown blonde giggle and you knew it, right then and there. Auston was taking her home.

Your thoughts were confirmed when Auston promptly stood from his seat and walked away with his new conquest.

“Does he even try?” I heard Morgan ask incredulously, and I bit my lip.

No, but he didn’t have to.

“Y/N!”

Looking over due to the shrill voice, you watched Madison wobble her way back to the booth, and a concerned looking Connor hot on her heels.

“Madison, slow down!” He called after her, the two drinks in his hands splashing around violently.

“Come dance with me!” Madison slurred, placing both her hands down flat onto the table, causing it to wiggle from her weight.

“You’re drunk Maddie,” you sighed, and she grinned, “no shit, so come have some fun!”

“Madison,” Connor warned, as he took a seat next to Morgan.

His brunette girlfriend then pouted, “please Y/N, Connie won’t come dance with me either,”

Morgan snorted, and Zach laughed, “Connie huh?”

“Shut it,” Connor spat, sending his teammate a glare.

“I’ll come dance with you,” William then piped up, and Connor whipped around towards the blonde, “absolutely not,”

“Oh c'mon Connie, your girlfriend just wants to have some fun,” William snickered and you groaned, knowing where this was going. Everyone was usually fine with William’s flirty personality, except for when another guys’ girlfriend was involved. Not wanting the two to get into it, you sighed, “fine, I’ll go,”

Morgan turned to look at you, and three other pairs of eyes zeroed in at the exact same time. They all looked shocked you had actually agreed, since you’d never once actually gone dancing when you’d been out with the boys.

“Great! Let’s go!” Madison chimed, clapping her hands together and Connor sent you an uneasy glance. Motioning for the boys to scoot, you stood from your seat and were essentially dragged out onto the dance floor by the very intoxicated Madison.

You weren’t concerned by her behaviour due to the fact you knew that not only Connor, but the others guys would be keeping a close eye on the both of you. It was almost nice knowing you had a big group of guys awaiting at your beckon call. It almost felt like you had more freedom since you knew if trouble came about, you’d have lots of backup.

As a new up-beat song played over the speakers of the club, Madison held your hands and began to bounce around. Moving with her, you smiled as she grinned at you, “There you go! Have some fun for once!”

As the alcohol you’d consumed finally started taking its affect, you began to feel warmth spread throughout your body. For a moment, you’d forgotten about your insecurities. You weren’t the bigger girl. You weren’t some leech that many people made you out to be. You were just having fun with your friends. No jealous puck bunnies. No asshole guys. And most of all, you’d forgotten about Auston going off with some girl. Well you had, until you spotted him.

There, about thirty feet away, he was swaying back and forth with the blonde who’d approached your table just a short while ago. With their bodies pressed tight up against one another, and Auston’s large hands gripping her hips tight, the girl was looking towards your friend with a lustful gaze. What irked you more, was the fact that Auston wore the same expression.

“Y/N?”

Flicking your eyes towards Madison, you’d then realized you’d stopped moving. You were standing stiff while bodies all around you continued moving in their alcohol driven motions. Taking a deep breath, and shaking your head free of all your thoughts, you slowly began bopping your head again and swaying your hips. It took every bit of strength within you not to stare back towards Auston.

“I need another drink,” you sighed, and Madison’s eyes brightened from your words, clearly agreeing as she nodded her head enthusiastically.

Walking up to the bar, you both took a seat and waited for the bartender to approach you. Once he got there, Madison ordered two tequila shots, while you ordered four. You downed them all one after the other, causing your best friend’s girlfriend to cheer. When the bartender came back for payment, you sneered out towards Auston, who was still getting up close and personal to his flavour of the night, and you just said to put it on his tab.

Now you were feeling fuzzy. You weren’t thinking clearly, and you were bitter. You were a hot, hazy, jealous mess.

As you turned to head back out onto the dance floor, you bumped into a hard chest. “Hey, hey, Y/N are you okay?”

Looking up, you met Connor’s eyes and you snorted, “what do you think?”

“Don’t do this just because of him, he’s not worth it Y/N,” Connor sighed, placing his hand onto your arm and rubbing it soothingly.

“Yeah well, clearly I’m not worth it either,” you bit out, before you pushed past your friend, and beelined to the washroom, trying to escape him and anyone else’s judgmental eyes.

“Y/N!”

You pushed on, ignoring Connor’s voice. As you travelled by your home booth, you could feel the others staring at you. But none of them dared to chase after you. It wasn’t that they didn’t care, they’d just never dealt with you when you were being over emotional. The only two guys besides Connor that would normally attempt to check in on you would be either Morgan, who honestly wasn’t sure what to do in this particular situation, or Auston, but he was a little preoccupied at the moment.

As you pushed the washroom door open, you walked up to the long sink and slammed your hands down onto the counter. Looking up into the mirror, you wanted to cry. Your face was flushed red, and your once decent makeup had begun flaking due to your sweat. Your hair was a mess, and your eyes had heavy looking bags beneath them. As your eyes trailed down towards your hips you bit your lip as you stared towards your body. You looked awful. Your drunken mind was playing tricks on you, and you were beginning to believe the words the jealous girls would always throw at you.

It was no wonder Auston had never looked at you any other way besides being Connor Brown’s best friend. You were nothing like the other girls.

“Oh no! Is Connor Brown’s little whore upset?”

You turned to your right to see a pair of scantily-clad girls, both of them giving you a devilish smirk. “I bet your fat ass is just upset because Connor finally realized how shitty of a friend you are for using him.”

You took a deep breath, your hands turning into fists as you tried to ignore them.

“Did one of the boys finally tell you no?“

You looked away, not wanting to interact with the two and give them the satisfaction of having an outburst, and you were about to walk away when one of them spoke again, “That or you finally realized you don’t have a chance in hell with any of them.”

“I mean look at you! You’re such a pig! Why would any of them want you!”

Stopping dead on your feet, the anger you were feeling suddenly began bubbling within you. You had finally reached your breaking point.

“Go fuck yourself,” you bit back, feeing your throat turn scratchy. Tears formed tiny beads in the corner of your eyes as you stood your ground. You sent them both a heavy glare, and whipped around on your feet, heading back towards the door. You didn’t want to hear it. They didn’t know what they were talking about.

As you exited the bathroom, you spotted Madison across the room. Walking briskly towards her, she gave you a sympathetic look.

“Y/N,”

“I’m leaving,” you stated, moving past her and towards the front doors of the club.

“Y/N!” Connor’s voice shouted.

Turning your head slightly, you watched your ginger haired friend bound his way up to you. Sighing, you stopped, and crossed your arms.

“Are you okay?”

You snorted, “No, I am not okay Connor,”

“Well, don’t leave alone, let me take you home,” he begged, reaching out to take your hand.

You moved back a bit, keeping him from touching you. He flashed you a look of hurt, “Stay with Madison, you’re here with her, remember?”

“No, I’m here with the both of you, and I’m more concerned about you right now Y/N, you’re not thinking straight.” Connor explained, ��please, just come sit down for a bit and we’ll all leave,”

You shook your head, “I just need to be alone Connor, and I don’t need everyone pitying me. I’ll be fine,”

“Y/N,” Connor pleaded, “if this is about Auston,”

“It’s not!” you spat, your anger and insecurity bubbling over, “it’s not just about him, it’s about me! I just, I can’t keep doing this. I can’t keep pretending that I’m okay Connor.” You cried out, tears now leaking down your cheeks.

“Y/N, I love you, you know that,” Connor sighed, before pulling you into his arms. “I don’t know what I’d do without you,”

You nodded, before wrapping your arms around his torso, and embracing him back. “You’re such a beautiful girl Y/N, and one day, some unworthy idiot is going to realize that too. Those girls, they’re just jealous because they can’t understand why we all love you so much. And I know the boys love you because you’re yourself, your gorgeous, funny, and truthful self. And I love you because you’ve been with me through thick and thin and because you’ve always supported me. Now please, don’t let the people that don’t know you make you destroy yourself.”

You sniffled, and hugged your best friend tighter. Connor always knew how to make you feel better.

“Are you two okay?”

Looking up, you met brown eyes. Connor turned towards his teammate and nodded, “We’re probably going to head out, Y/N’s had a rough night,”

“I can take her home if you want,” Auston said, “it’s no problem,”

The girl on Auston’s arms grimaced before sending you an unimpressed look. You looked down towards your feet, as Connor’s hand remained on your lower back protectively.

“We don’t want to spoil your night Matts,” Connor then replied, but Auston shook his head, “you’re not spoiling anything, I wasn’t getting a good vibe tonight honestly. I was just going to head out by myself anyways,”

You couldn’t help the smirk that appeared on your lips as the leggy blonde from earlier stood back from Auston, her eyes wide in shock, before she rolled her eyes and walked away.

“Uh, alright,” Connor said, “is that okay Y/N?”

You shrugged, “doesn’t matter,”

Connor sighed, before pulling you in for another hug and pressing his lips against your forehead. “Text me when you get home, please,”

“I will,” you promised, before pulling away and walking towards the doors, with Auston following you right behind.

As you pushed the doors open and began waking to your left, you immediately placed your hands in front of your face as several bright flashes blinded you.

Auston muttered something incoherently before you felt him place his hand down onto your back. As he led you away from the group of photographers, who were obviously waiting for someone high-profile to leave the venue, Auston was bombarded by several questions, including his upcoming season, his training regime, and surprisingly, you.

“New girlfriend Auston?” A male’s voice questioned, just as you were about to reach an awaiting taxi.

Deciding not to answer, Auston instead opened the car’s rear door and ushered you inside, his larger body following you behind. As the taxi took off, Auston gave the driver his address, rather than yours, causing you to give him a questioning look.

He sent you a reassuring smile, “it’s fine, some of those guys might follow after us, and I don’t want them knowing where you live,”

You nodded, and turned back to look out the window. You were honestly surprised Auston had even thought of that, and it made you feel warm inside due to him seeming to care about you and your privacy.

As you watched the lit up, downtown core pass you by, you couldn’t help the nervous feeling in your gut as you felt Auston’s hand rest on your thigh. You weren’t sure if he had even noticed he had placed it there when you had gotten into the taxi, but it almost felt like his touch was burning you.

“I just texted Connor, to let him know you’re just coming back with me,” Auston then voiced, and you nodded, “thanks Auston,”

As you reached Auston’s condo complex, you stepped out of the taxi and waited for Auston to pay the driver. He flashed you a small smile when he joined you and led you into his building. Pressing the elevator button, you rode in silence until you reached Auston’s floor.

“I’m just gonna use the washroom and get changed,” the younger boy told you, when you finally walked into his bachelor pad.

You nodded in understanding, and made your way into his living room. Taking a seat onto his long, plush, sofa, you stared out his condo’s window, and stared down at the city below. Even though it was well into the early hours of the morning, the city was still as bright as ever. You had always enjoyed Auston’s condo’s view. He easily had the best view of the city out of any of the other guys’ condo’s.

Your head had begun throbbing due to the alcohol you’d consumed slowly dying down. Sighing, you stood and walked into his kitchen, and began looking for his aspirin. You knew he kept his medication in the cupboard above his fridge, and you honestly didn’t think he’d mind. Grabbing a cold-water bottle from Auston’s fridge, you took a sip before you looked up towards the cupboard. Even though you were quite tall for a girl, you still couldn’t quite reach the handle’s on the twin doors.

Pursing your lips, you placed your hands onto your hips and looked around the room for anything to help you extend your reach. You considered using the broom that was in the crook between the fridge and the kitchen’s wall, but then you spotted one of the bar stools that sat against Auston’s kitchen’s island.

Even though they weren’t the most stable seats, they were tall enough for you to reach the cupboard, so you carried the stool into the kitchen and placed it up against the fridge. At first, you just hopped up onto your knee’s but your height hadn’t increased enough. Sighing, you gripped the top of Auston’s fridge, and shakily stood up onto one leg. Taking a breath, you then shifted your weight and brought your other leg up, leaving you fully standing on the rickety bar stool.

Reaching over, you grinned once you could finally open the cupboard. Spotting Auston’s aspirin, you grabbed the box of tablets and closed the doors promptly. Turning, you crouched down and placed the medicine onto Auston’s counter top. Moving one leg down to rest onto the steel step underneath the stools seat, you gasped when the seat teetered. Your shift in weight had caused the unstable chair to wobble violently. As it came out from underneath you, you suddenly felt another body grab onto you, and pull you into their chest while the seat clattered down onto the tiled floor.

“Are you okay?” Auston asked concerned, his eyes wide.

You flushed once you realized how close the two of you were. With your chests pressed together and Auston’s muscular arms wrapped around you securely, your heart thumped fiercely.

“Uh yeah,” you then got out, and Auston sighed in relief.

“You could’ve gotten hurt Y/N,” Auston then spoke, “why didn’t you come get me?”

You shrugged, pulling away, “I didn’t want to bother you,”

Auston rolled his eyes, “you never bother me Y/N,”

“Sorry about the stool,” you then said, looking down towards the piece of furniture. Auston sighed, “I don’t care about that, I care about you. If I hadn’t come out just now, you could’ve really hurt yourself.”

“Well I’m fine,” you declared, reaching out to grab the aspirin and walking over to lift the bar stool up right. Taking your water, you then made your way back into the living room.

“So what happened tonight?” Auston asked, when he finally joined you on the opposite side of the couch.

“I could ask you the same thing,” you returned, before taking another sip of the cool water.

Auston smirked at your words, and you looked towards him. “I just had a bad night, nothing really went my way,”

Auston nodded, “I can relate to that,”

You cocked your head, “blondie was no good?”

He laughed, “something like that,”

“Well, for the record, I didn’t like her from the second I saw her,” you explained, and Auston chuckled, “you never like them though Y/N,”

“Because they’re never good enough, you deserve way more than some slutty floozy from a bar or club Auston,” you explained.

“Really? Is that so?” Auston questioned, sending you a small smirk.

You rolled your eyes, “yes, any of you boys deserve more, and until you realize it, you’re not going to find what you’re looking for,”

Auston shifted in his seat, turning more towards you, “and what exactly am I looking for Y/N?”

You sighed, and pulled your left leg up into your chest to rest on, “I can’t answer that for you Auston, especially when you don’t even understand the question,”

Auston narrowed his eyes slightly, taking your words in. When realization finally dawned on him, his lips then curved upwards, “you’re good, you know that?”

You smiled towards him, and brought your water bottle back to your lips. Too bad you felt like you weren’t good enough for him.

“What are you looking for then Y/N?”

Blinking in surprise, you placed the bottle back down onto the coffee table beside you and thought before speaking, “I’m not really looking anymore Auston, I think, I think I’m just waiting,”

Auston nodded, “well, I hope you won’t wait for too long,”

You nodded, and looked away,

“me either,”

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PR Gov. Won't Resign Despite Protests: What Happens Now?

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Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans shut down a major highway in San Juan, Puerto Rico, this week in the largest of nearly two weeks of consecutive protests calling for embattled Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to step down. The historic demonstrations follow the release of a private chat on the Telegram app that showed Rosselló and his closest allies denigrating everyone from Hurricane Maria victims to Ricky Martin to political opponents, journalists and members of their party. The "Rickyleaks" backlash has also come amid a political corruption scandal involving allegations of financial fraud by former members of Rosselló's government. All this as Puerto Rico still struggles to recover from the devasation of Hurricane Maria.

In the face of such unrest and calls for his resignation, the governor has apologized several times but vowed he's “more committed than ever to work for Puerto Rico.”

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So far, Rosselló’s only concession has been to resign as president of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party (PNP, in Spanish) and drop his re-election bid for 2020. In an announcement Sunday, he said he’s willing to undergo an impeachment trial by the legislative branch, where his party has the majority.

On Tuesday morning, some of the 11 participants in the leaked chat were ordered to surrender their phones after Puerto Rico’s Justice Department issued a search warrant as part of an investigation. That has raised the possibility of future indictments.

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Here’s a recap on how Puerto Rico got here and possible scenarios on what to expect in the future.

What’s the scandal? Developments have been fast-moving since the arrests of several former members of Rosselló's administration earlier this month, especially after Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, in Spanish) published the 889-page chat that drew attention from news outlets in the United States and worldwide.

On July 10, Puerto Rico’s former education secretary Julia Keleher, former Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration head Ángela Ávila-Marrero and four other people were arrested by the FBI on charges of steering federal funds to politically connected contractors.

The six people arrested in the alleged $15.5 million fraud are facing 32 counts of money laundering and other charges, according to Puerto Rico's U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez.

Federal officials said $13 million was spent inappropriately by the Department of Education and the other $2.5 million by the Health Insurance Administration between 2017 and 2019.

One day later, on July 11, a handful of pages from the private group chat were leaked with rumors that there were many more to come. In these pages, Gov. Rosselló called former New York City Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito, also Puerto Rican, the Spanish word for “whore.” The insult stemmed from Rosselló being upset that Mark-Viverito had criticized DNC chairman Tom Pérez’s support for Puerto Rico’s statehood. Referring to the oversight board that manages the island's finances, Rosselló also wrote, "go f--- yourself."

Weeks before that leak, the son of Puerto Rico’s former treasury secretary, Raúl Maldonado, Jr., had written on Facebook about the existence of a chat where Rosselló behaved as a “corrupt person.” Future disclosures would provide evidence for his case.

Rosselló, who was on a family vacation in France when the first stories broke over the leaks, returned to the island to face the backlash in a news conference at the executive mansion.

“I’m also human and I err,” Rosselló said in his first public appearance asking for forgiveness.

That night, the governor was asked by a CPI journalist if he believed the remainder of the chats rumored to exist should be published. The governor said the messages had been deleted but didn’t remember when and by whom.

Two days later, on July 13, CPI published 889 pages of the chat, “War Room Fortaleza,” that revealed more sexist, homophobic, machista, racist and violent slurs.

The conversations that took place from late November 2018 to January 2019 displayed several efforts from Rosselló and his allies to discredit, harm reputations and remove from their jobs political figures like opposition House Rep. Manuel Natal, opposition Sen. Juan Dalmau’s wife, former head of the statistics institute Mario Marazzi and the federal monitor of the police Arnaldo Claudio.

Sen. Juan Dalmau, from the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP, in Spanish), told NBC “Rosselló’s tenure is over,” and argued the chats show three "very serious" potential crimes.

“There’s evidence of some public official’s interest to get rid of police monitor Arnaldo Claudio who, by the way, was appointed by the federal government. They see him as an inconvenience for their agendas,” Sen. Dalmau said.

He said there was also an exchange about his wife, in which Rosselló and his allies suggest she be replaced by someone in their party. In the discussion, a payroll document of Dalmau’s wife from the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, where she works, is shared and questioned by the governor and his peers. “We should give this position to a member of the PNP,” Rosselló’s former media consultant Carlos Bermúdez said.

Finally, Dalmau said, Rosselló and his colleagues "shared privileged information with private sector officials in the chat for them to benefit from it.”

Dalmau highlighted the three conversations as potential crimes from a list of 18 that was introduced in the House by Rep. Dennis Márquez, from his party, as a first step to begin Rosselló's impeachment. “For me, those three may constitute crimes,” Dalmau said.

In his last news conference to date, Rosselló said, "I have not committed any illegal acts, I only committed improper acts."

Dalmau is convinced that “Rosselló has to go, impeached or not” and that the governor’s party “needs to act firmly because Rosselló lost legitimacy.”

In the infamous group chat, Elías Sánchez-Sifonte, Rosselló’s former campaign manager and right hand, two media consultants and a publicist participated in discussions, made suggestions and gave instructions on how to handle government affairs.

Sánchez-Sifonte, in fact, is the subject of a story published by CPI last Friday that alleges a multi-million dollar corruption network behind the chat conversations.

If the governor doesn't resign, can he be impeached? Yes. Puerto Rico’s constitution establishes not only that a governor can resign, but they can also be impeached.

According to the constitution’s Section 21, Article III, the House has the sole power of initiating an impeachment if two-thirds of its members vote to indict the governor. The Senate would then hold a trial, presided over by Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court chief justice, where the sentence’s only outcome would be the removal of the governor.

The vacant position would then be assumed by the secretary of state which, like 16 other positions in the executive branch, is also vacant right now. Next in line would be the head of the island's justice department.

The House hasn’t started the process, but its speaker Carlos “Johnny” Méndez said three lawyers are analyzing the situation and the documents to see whether an impeachment process should be started. The decision might come as soon as this Wednesday, according to Méndez.

An impeachment “is not a legal procedure, it’s a political procedure, meaning that the same guarantees and procedures from a legal case don’t apply,” Efrén Rivera-Ramos from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law told NBC.

“If there’s evidence to prosecute the public official, that’d be done in a separate legal and ordinary procedure in our courts” since “the sentence (in the impeachment trial) wouldn’t entail anything but only removing the official from their post. It’s not a criminal trial,” Rivera-Ramos said.

For the same reason, in an impeachment trial there’s no need for evidence of a crime per se, Rivera-Ramos explained. “The House can start the process whenever they want.”

In Puerto Rico, no governor has ever stepped down or faced an impeachment trial.

Who is still supporting Ricardo Rosselló? If a massive display of hundreds of thousands of people marching and protesting for the governor’s resignation is not enough, members of Rosselló's party, former governors, internationally-known stars such as singer Ricky Martin, rapper Bad Bunny, rapper Residente, actor and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, members of Congress, Democratic presidential candidates and more have asked him to step down.

The governor, in a rare appearance on Fox News, spoke to Shepard Smith and failed to name someone who supports him. Rosselló mentioned the mayor of San Sebastián, Javier Jiménez, who later told a newspaper he didn’t support the governor. However, there are a few people still supporting him, at least publicly.

House Deputy Speaker Rep. Lourdes Ramos is a fervent advocate of Rosselló. “I trust the governor,” she told NBC last week.

“I know him since he was a kid. I know his family. I know his upbringing. And when he said he regretted everything, I believed him, and no one can tell me what to think. I have that right,” Ramos said.

The lawmaker from Rosselló’s party said last week that “we’re giving the governor the time and space he asked us to evaluate the situation.”

She also believes the chat shows no evidence of criminal activity, so she doesn’t agree with an impeachment process. “I’m not a lawyer, but the caucus consensus is that there are no crimes,” she said back then.

On Sunday, after Rosselló’s announcement to step down as president of the party and drop his re-election bid for 2020, Ramos’ press office sent a written statement.

“The lawmaker, who doesn’t endorse an impeachment process, pointed that several lawyers have commented the inexistence of crimes that link the governor with corruption acts, serious felony or moral deprivation, as the Constitution requires (to impeach a governor),” the statement reads.

However, Ramos, like Speaker Méndez, is waiting for the three lawyers to provide their analysis on whether to pursue an impeachment process.

Would there be votes to impeach Rosselló? House Rep. José “Quiquito” Meléndez, a lawyer and member of the governor’s party, believes “the legislative branch has the votes to impeach the governor.”

Puerto Rico’s House has 51 seats, which means 34 votes are needed to reach the two-thirds required to file a political indictment and start the trial in the Senate.

From the 51 seats, 34 are controlled by the PNP, 15 by the Popular Democratic Party (PPD, in Spanish), one by the PIP and one by an independent candidate.

“There’ll always be three or four people who’ll support the governor,” Meléndez told NBC, referring to some of his peers in the party, like Rep. Ramos.

“The people’s demands are far much bigger and the governor’s announcement on Sunday only fueled the fire even more,” Mélendez said.

Meléndez believes the governor should step down, but if that doesn’t happen, he’s confident the House will proceed to begin the impeachment.

As for the Senate, Dalmau won’t say if they have the votes in favor of impeaching Rosselló because, "I can't speak for my colleagues." But he’s not pleased with how the legislative branch has handled the situation.

“This hasn’t been addressed promptly, as it should have,” Dalmau said.

Out of 30 seats in the Senate, 21 belong to the PNP, seven to the PPD, one to the PIP and one to an independent senator. For a sentence of impeachment to pass, three-quarters or 23 members of the Senate have to vote for it.

Why is all this such a big deal for Puerto Rico? Puerto Rico has been stuck in an economic recession since 2006. In September 2017, the island was obliterated by Hurricane Maria, after also taking a hit from Hurricane Irma. Its government estimated $139 billion would be needed to recover from the disaster.

President Donald Trump has claimed his administration handed Puerto Rico’s government $92 billion for relief, which they have “squandered away or wasted.” The figure the president repeatedly mentions is incorrect. Puerto Rico has received $13 billion so far from $42.5 billion assigned for relief efforts.

The federal government has estimated that $92 billion is the amount the island could be allotted over the next 20 years.

Trump signed a bill last month allocating $19 billion for Puerto Rico and other states battered by natural disasters after a long feud in Congress.

But after the president’s repeated remarks on corruption in the island’s government, the scandal jeopardizes that much needed aid, Dalmau and Meléndez believe.

“Congress has had an anemic attitude to provide relief funds to Puerto Rico and the governor’s actions showed he and his allies tried to profit from that [...] and, naturally, that affects Puerto Rico,” he said.

On top of that, the senator says that because of this situation, “Puerto Rico is being portrayed to the world as an unstable and place of unrest” and it’s causing losses in tourism, which the island desperately needs.

Last week, several cruise ships didn’t anchor in Puerto Rico, resulting in a drop of 15,000 tourists in Old San Juan and an economic hit of around $2.5 million.

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