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Samantha Allan Park Ch. #46

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Chapter #46

Saturday July 4th, 2015. Church, 12p.m.

The turtles were now making their way up towards the top pews of the church. April, Kris, and Irma had all lead the boys in through a back entrance so that no one would see them. As April guided them upstairs she had instructed them that one of them (or Casey once he arrived later on) would provide further instructions, but for now they would just be chilling out in the top pews. There was one way glass that had been built in so that viewers from the top pews would not be a distraction, and it was also a safety feature.

The turtles watched as people in all sorts of fancy clothes continued to enter the church. Mikey frowned as he looked at the people down below. “Where’s Sam at? Is she running late?” he asked. “Don’t worry. She’s taking forever to get ready since she can’t do her own hair and make-up, but Kris said she’s in the building” Donnie reassured. “Then where is she?” Raph asked as he also looked throughout the crowd below. “She’s in the bridal party. Based on tradition, that means she will not enter our sights until the precession has begun.” “Is that why the music’s playing?” Mikey asked as loud organs began to ring throughout the church. “It should be” Donnie said with a smile. “You texted him right?” Leo asked. “Yesssssss, don’t worry!” Mikey stated as he made his hand form an ‘o.k.’ symbol. Jay had instructed the boys ahead of time to send him a text as to when they arrived at the church. None of them were exactly sure why they needed to do this, and even Sam was dumbfounded (or so she pretended to be) as to knowing why her brother had instructed the turtles to do this. “Oh hey, the chief is here” Raph stated as he pointed to the woman who was taking a seat with some officers who were dressed in their uniforms. “I wish she would get back to us about the information we sent her. It’s freaking me out that we sent her that recording and she hasn’t replied to us in any way yet” Donnie slightly frantically stated.

A couple of weeks previous, the turtles had sat down with Sam and recorded everything that she had to say in regards to what happened when they were all on the Technodrome. Each turtle contributed in explaining all that had happened, but the turtles were shocked to hear Sam mention what happened at the very end of the battle. According to Sam, a group of small ‘humans with pointy ears and bright spikey colored hair’ that had shrunk themselves down where you could only see and hear them if they were right in front of your eyes and ears had provided Sam with a mutagen that would allow her to read Krangs mind for literally 10 seconds. This was what Sam had used in order to jab her hand into the tentacles that were located in the back of his head. Obviously Sam could not learn everything in 10 seconds, but she learned that he was the leader of an army of other small Krang, and also of some environmental beings such as rock soldiers. She had learned that Krang had taken over multiple other planets throughout what was apparently an incredibly huge galaxy and that although him and his ship were damaged pretty badly, he was far from being done with Earth and with the turtles. Sam had stated that the weird looking people that gave her the chemicals to learn all this by connecting her nerves with Krangs were known as the Neutrinos, but the oldest brothers still weren’t sure how true all this was. What was currently upsetting Donnie was that they had sent this recording to Vincent, but she had yet to say anything back. For whatever reason this just left him with a bad feeling.

Donnie then felt someone nudge his arm. He turned to his left to see Leo staring at him with concerned features. “Hey, don’t worry about it for now. Right now we’re here for our family. If Vincent is planning something, then we’re not going to worry about it for this one day.” Donnie nodded with a smile. “Ohhhhh I think it’s starting!” Mikey screamed into a whisper. The four brothers looked forward as they saw the groomsmen and the bridesmaids enter the church in pairs of two. The men were all wearing sharp black tuxes, and the women that all came in were wearing gorgeous pastel colored dresses. They came in wearing purple, orange, yellow, pink, and blue pastel colors, and each woman looked stunning in their color, as if the pastel shade was created for them to wear themselves. “Not to sound totally rude, by why are they all Asian?” Raph asked. “Jay’s family grew up in a community that consisted of mostly Asian American citizens, and since Sam’s family was so close to them, they practically got to know everyone in their neighborhood. These are the people that Jay and Brenda have practically known since birth, hence Sam being friends with all their younger brothers” Mikey stated aloud. The other three brothers then looked over towards their youngest with curiosity. “And you know this, how?” Leo asked. Mikey shrugged. “I asked questions when she showed me pictures of rehearsals, she answered my questions” he said bluntly. “Whoa” Raph muttered. The rest of the boys looked forward and now they knew why Raph had made his comment. Walking in now was Sam, but this was a new Sam.

This Sam’s hair had been straightened and slightly curled inwards at the ends. This Sam had eyeliner that made her usually dark brown eyes look as if they were bright colored orbs. This Sam had long lashes and hints of green eye shadow that matched perfectly to the light red blush on her cheeks. This Sam had just the perfect touch of light pink that was only hints away from being a more skin toned lip gloss that made her lips shine and look smooth and luscious. This Sam had obviously used lotions that made her skin glow in a way that no one had ever seen before. This Sam was wearing white heals that emphasized how long her legs truly were, and how slim and fit they were and that showed off her painted tone nails. She wore a long pastel green a line dress (something that would make the tomboy feel comfortable while also meeting the quota of being ‘dressed appropriately for a wedding’).

The boys all stared in amazement. In the little over a year they had known the girl they had only ever seen her wear jeggings, sweatpants, or co-ed sporty shorts, so seeing her in a dress, and in heels, and with make-up on…it was a lot to take in.

“Wow” Donnie muttered, “I knew she was gonna have to clean up for this, but Sam looks beautiful.” He looked down at the girl with slightly widened eyes. He was so used to seeing her nerdy side, since the two nerded out together every time they hung out, so seeing Sam look like a typical girl and not her tomboy sporty self was astonishing. The transformation was so beautifully surreal.

Leo was staring at her the same way, but with a small smile. While he agreed that Sam looked gorgeous, more than anything he was happy to see that Sam was walking straight and was keeping calm. Knowing her, she had to be mentally freaking out dressed that way. She wouldn’t care that all eyes were on her, she was used to that, she was worried about being dressed the way she was. “She’s doing well so far. She hasn’t stumbled or frozen up.”

“When did she learn how to walk in heels? She literally told me she falls every time she even tries them on” Raph chuckled. He didn’t want to be rude, but he never expected Sam to look like the girl that he was looking at right now. As he thought this he thought back to his conversation with Sam when she learned he was holding Chuck’s old nunchuk and how she didn’t want people to think differently of her because she was a girl, or because of her past. He mentally swore to himself that he wouldn’t go overboard in telling her how beautiful she was (even though she truly was a remarkable sight to look upon) in order to protect her feelings.

Mikey felt the same way as Raph to certain extents, but as he stared down with wide eyes at his best friend he also felt disappointment rise up within him. Mikey knew that Sam was cute, and he knew that she had an attractive build from being physically fit, but he had never viewed her the same way that he was now. Why hadn’t he ever thought of her as the beautiful being that he was staring at right now? Of course, he knew that the Sam down below was an illusion, and he knew that this may literally be the only time he ever saw Sam dressed this way, so that had played a major role in why he had never expected her to look as stunning as she did now…but he felt ashamed in realizing that it wasn’t until he saw her this way for him to see how much true and natural beauty she truly carried within her. He should have realized how beautiful she was from the beginning. He should have recognized her beauty when she had her sweaty hair pulled back in a ponytail during training, not now when it was straightened so that not one fly away lay on her head. He should have recognized that Sam had curves just like any woman and not just noticed her figure now while she wore a dress that comfortably hugged her body. He should have realized that Sam would have rocked a pair of heels even though all he had ever seen he wear were sporty or skater shoes. Was it because she was like his sister, or because since day one she had expressed her tomboy-isms that he had never imagined her to look the way she did now? He mentally vowed that when he met up with his friend again that he wouldn’t gush over her like he was in his mind just now, but instead would mentally remind himself that Sam was still a girl and that being a tomboy didn’t mean he should ignore everything that she was and could be in every way. He would still treat her the same, but in certain ways he would make sure to show more respect towards her. That’s what a best friend should do.

“Heh, I bet Kris is happy right now” Leo said with a smirk. “Does she still like him?” Raph asked. “I know she’s mentioned that in the past they were inseparable.” “She’s never mentioned anything about it if she does” Mikey stated. “Oh he’s definitely happy though, look there and you can see his face” Donnie said as he pointed to a piece of glass from the window of the church. As Kris and Sam continued to walk down the aisle a chunk of the glass revealed Kris’s face, and he was smiling as if today was the greatest day of his life. Granted, his older sister was getting married today, but the boys also had a feeling that it was because of the beautiful girl that was holding onto his arm as they walked down the aisle together. “He’s smiling more than she is though” Leo noticed. “She’s probably just better at staying calm” Donnie teased. “Ohhh there’s Brenda!” Mikey stated aloud. Everyone throughout the church rose from their seats as Brenda entered the church and slowly began to walk down the aisle. Since Brenda had lost her father years before her family was forced into the Foot, Irma, Brenda’s mother, did the honors of walking her daughter down the aisle towards her fiancée. “I wonder what her face looks like, since Jay is beaming” Mikey wondered aloud as he stared at his brother figure who couldn’t wipe the smile off his face even if he wanted to.

Finally Brenda had reached the front of the room and was now standing across from her soon to be husband. The turtles couldn’t make out what she was whispering to Jay, but they saw the two smiling and then saw Jay turn towards everyone in the pews.

“Before we begin our ceremony, many of you know that we have some special guests with us today. None of us can see them, but Brenda and I are grateful they were able to make it today. We both would like to thank them, because without their help, this marriage would never have had the chance to become official. And not only have I and my fiancée been affected by these four, but almost everyone in this room is able to live their lives freely because of the four heroes that joined us the day we broke free from the Foot’s hold. Although we cannot see you, the people in this room have been waiting for the moment where they can formally thank you for everything you have given back to them. So, shadows in the night, we thank you.” As Jay said these final words, he and Brenda then bowed forward as they faced the non-see through glass high up-above. The four brothers were shocked since they had no idea that this was happening, and even though none of them but Mikey would have ever admitted it, but each of them felt as if they might cry as every single person in the church stood up, turned around, and then slightly bowed forward in the direction the turtles were standing in from up above. The brothers looked down and saw faces, young and old, faces of all colors coming from different backgrounds, all types of people that were bowing with huge smiles on their faces. They even saw a few young hands waving upwards as if they personally saw who was behind the glass. “This is incredible” Donnie muttered with a smile. “Guys, we have the best human family ever” Mikey sniffed. Leo nodded. “We do, we really do.” “Even now he’s still protecting us, they all are” Raph said as he saw April and Sam stand up straight as they looked upwards with beaming smiles.

Soon everyone was standing and sitting in their proper stances, and the wedding continued on. The turtles had only seen wedding ceremonies on television, so it was a true honor to actually witness something so beautiful up close and in person. The scenery, the filled church with friends and loved ones, the words from the vows being shared that demonstrated how much these two cared for each other. The manliest of men couldn’t deny how incredible it was to be a part of this event.

Finally the couple had reached the final step in the ceremony: the kiss that binded them as husband and wife. Of course Mikey was in tears because this was such a magical moment. Raph was keeping it together, but holy shit he was so close to crying as well because of how beautiful the vows alone were. He tried to calm himself by starting conversation. “So what do we do now?” he asked. “Well, the instructions were to wait for further instructions, so we do that” Donnie said as he rubbed his brother’s shoulders, sensing that his older macho brother was fighting back tears. Just on time, April entered the space. “Hey guys, and Mikey these are for you” she said with a smile as he handed him a full box of tissues. “April you’re the best” he wailed as more tears began to fall. “So what’s the plan?” Leo asked. “So once it’s clear I’m going to lead you to the upper rafts of the back room where the reception is being held. That area has lights and all different mechanics for shows and dances and stuff, so they have these rafts that you can walk across almost like it’s a movie set. You guys are gonna camp out up there and people are going to keep coming up and checking on you.” April looked down at her phone. “Alright Casey says the main guests have left. The only ones left in the church are family members of the bridal party who want to take pictures. Now’s the time to move.”

And just like April said, the boys were now relocated to the walkways above what was being used as the reception hall. The hall was decorated to look just as gorgeous as the church had. The centerpieces contained pictures of the bride and groom from childhood all the way up until when Jay had proposed. A slideshow of all these pictures was also playing in the front of the hall. The table cloths were all pastel colors, which seemed to be the color scheme of this wedding, and there were vases of beautiful pastel shaded roses all throughout the room. The guests were all participating in some fun games and activities that were scattered throughout the room until finally everyone in the bridal party had arrived.

The bride and groom had their first dance, Kris and Sam both read their heartwarming speeches that they had written, Irma had made a lovely toast, and then everyone began to eat and mingle.

Then came the next unique portion of the night, the group dances. Right before the dances began, the four boys got a message from April that read ‘if you tease Sam about what happens next, she said she will literally ignore you for a year.’ The boys all looked down towards where Sam was sitting at the head table right next to Brenda, wondering what the hell was about to happen that she would be so embarrassed by it. That’s when the music began to play. “Is…is this from High School Musical?” Raph asked. Leo raised a brow as he smiled at his brother. “And you know that how?” “And you know I’m right, how?” Raph grunted with an irked expression. “It is!” Mikey announced as he held his hands together. “Guys, it was all our childhood, as men we can admit that we all saw those movies. Don’t make it weird” Donnie said as he nudged his older brothers. As ‘Can I Have This Dance?’ came on and played throughout the room, the boys watched as each groomsmen took the hand of a bridesmaid and walked out towards the dance floor where the bride and groom were already standing together and beginning their portion of the dance. Of course Sam was paired with Kris and the two were now dancing hand in hand. While some of the other pairings were giggling and even making other guests watching laugh playfully because they accidentally miss-stepped or maybe were a bit goofy because someone in the duo was overly confident or a bit more shy than the other, Sam and Kris being the dancers they were, were in sync throughout the entire performance.

Mikey felt weird as the first chorus ended and Kris and Sam now parted ways and then joined up with others in the group. After the first chorus all the pairs ended up splitting up and dancing with others in the group. The turtles tried to remember who the faces were of the men that Sam was now dancing with since she had shown them so many pictures of people she and Jay were friends with. Mikey (and the other brothers) watched as Sam moved on to dance with Ryan (Kevin’s older brother) as their hands connected and the two twirled towards the next pair where Sam was passed on to Jason, and then not long after to Eric (both being Key’s older brothers). She was then guided towards Henry (Ken’s older brother) and then finally towards a man named Justin who didn’t have any siblings who were Sam’s age, but who had still grown up being close friends with Jay. Mikey felt weird for being happier to see Sam dance with these other men than when she was dancing with Kris. He lightly shook his head, not wanting to concern his brothers, as he tried to shake these thoughts from his mind. Why would he ever think that? He was Sam’s best friend, he should be happy when she was happy, yet these weird feelings came back as Sam reunited with Kris on the dance floor.

All the women were then lifted up into the air as the men spun around and continued on with the motion of the dance. Then it happened again and Mikey felt his chest begin to hurt. ‘Man it must be hot up here or something’ he thought to himself, ‘that’s gotta be it.’ He then watched as Sam was dipped by Kris and how she clung to him so that she wouldn’t fall. He then saw for the first time the smile on her face that now matched the smile on her partner’s face.

“Awwww look how happy she is” Leo stated genuinely. “Can I tease her about that?” Raph said with a devilish grin. “Heh, yeah. If you have a death wish” Donnie teased. While the other brothers were enjoying the dance and were thrilled to see Sam so happy, Mikey just felt…weird. As much as he loved to see Sam dance and be happy, he just felt…not like himself. The boys then watched as Kris lifted Sam up in a move where he held her from behind. One of Sam’s arms was wrapped around Kris while the other was thrust into the air, while her body was leaned back and curled as Kris spun them around. ‘They look like their meant for each other…I have to get used to this’ Mikey thought to himself. He then concluded that this feeling was brotherly instinct, because of course he wanted Sam to be happy just like his brothers had been commenting on seconds ago, but seeing her with Kris just didn’t feel right. It had to be his brotherly intuition of not wanting her to get her heartbroken.

Somehow this had helped put Mikey at ease as the dance number concluded. He also assumed this was the case because as the song repeated (it had been edited so that it was much longer than the original) his weird feelings went away as Sam began to dance with other guys. Each member of the wedding party was now branching out and pulling spectating guests out onto the dance floor to dance with them (although this was already rehearsed). Sam went down the line of pulling the rest of the members of the ‘5K’ out onto the dance floor. First she danced with Key, then Kyle, then Kevin, and then Ken. The final person she had pulled out onto the dance floor was Casey. It was perfect that he ended up attending and agreeing to participate since they were outnumbered during planning, so Casey was part of the final group to be pulled onto the dance floor and soon after was paired up with April.

At this point Sam was now dancing with Jay while Kris was now dancing with Brenda, the two couple of siblings in the middle of the dance floor while everyone else paused and watched. This was when Mikey knew that his feelings were just brotherly and nothing more. He hadn’t felt weird as he watched Sam dance with the other men in the wedding party, and he didn’t feel weird as he watched Sam dance with the rest of her guy friends. This had to be proof that his feelings were just of brotherly worry because he knew that Sam had a crush on Kris in the past and he assumed she still had those feelings now that her human childhood friend had now reconnected with her once everything about them being tied to the Foot had been revealed.

None of the brothers would admit this to the others, but they all felt a strange feeling as they watched Sam dance with Kris. They were all so used to Sam being her dorky tomboy self that they had never considered picturing her with other guys. They didn’t care that she had other guy friends, and they all knew that she would obviously attract someone someday, but since she was their sister they all worried about her getting hurt. And based on everything she had told them, they all knew that her and Kris’s friendship was a unique case because of their ties to the Foot. They all wanted nothing more than for her to be happy and to be with someone that treated her right. Oh god if she ever dated a guy that wronged her, he would be a deformed bloody pulp in mere seconds. They were her brothers now and they were always going to worry about her, so of course it was only natural for their protective instincts to kick in. They would never tell Casey, but they had told April that they were keeping their eyes on Casey as well. So far he had been checking out and they could sense he was a good guy (Raph had especially grown closer to the man in the same way that Leo had grown personally closer to Jay), but they were continuously going to keep an extra close eye on him simply because they could sense that the two had a connection, and again, if anyone ever hurt April, well let’s just say they would regret it for the rest of their life.

The humans down below continued on with their group routines as all the women danced (and kicked ass while doing so) to CL’s Baddest Female, and the guys looked…interesting as they danced to Enrique Iglesias’s “Finally Found You.” There were multiple other dance routines that went on, some that were surprises and some that were even spontaneous. The choreographed dancing ended with Jay and Brenda dancing together to a faster paced and then a slow song. All the turtles cared about the entire time they watched these fancy and comical routines was that Sam had the hugest smile on her face the entire time. Leo shook his head. “Can you believe she was going to turn herself in and throw all of this away?” he asked in a saddened tone. “We’ll never let her do that” Donnie said as he looked over at his brother, “we’re gonna make sure she looks like that for the rest of her life” he said as he pointed to Sam who was now happily dancing with her female friends now that everyone was dancing freely. “Do you think we can do that?” Raph asked. The brothers all looked at him funny. “What do you mean?” Donnie asked. “Well look at her, she’s with people and she’s smiling like crazy.” “She smiles with us” Mikey stated defensively. “Well yeah, but with people, it has to be different. She deserves moments like that down there, and she can’t have that if she’s always with us-” “And we won’t let that happen either” Leo cut in. “What?” Mikey asked, astounded at hearing his brother hear that they would keep Sam away from them. “Not like that” Leo stated, “but we’ll make sure she lives her life to the fullest and doesn’t purposefully stay behind to wait for us. Obviously we want to spend time with her, she’s our sister now, but we also have to push her towards hanging out with people like she is now. She deserves those happy moments as well.” “It’s like when she told us which university she was going to” Donnie added. “We made her literally write us a list of reasons why she wanted to attend Blair in order to prove that she wasn’t attending just to stay near us and keep us happy rather than travel somewhere further away and explore the world.” Mikey nodded his head, now he understood and he agreed. “Now I get you, and I agree. We will take care of our sis and protect her, but we also need to encourage her to live her life and not always worry about us. That’s what real friends, real brothers would do” he said confidently. “Yeah, but we have to keep an eye out on that” Raph scoffed as he pointed down at Kris who now playfully wrapped his arm around Sam’s waist as she then threw her arm over his shoulder in return. “Oh for sure!” Mikey exclaimed as he formed O’s with his hands and brought them towards his eyes as if looking through binoculars. Donnie and Leo just laughed at the other two. “Guys, we’ll obviously keep an eye on him, but he’s been a good guy so far. He’s level headed and family oriented and he’s been nothing but respectful and caring whenever we met him” Leo reassured. “Ehhhh I don’t know, he just seems fishy” Mikey said as he rubbed his chin. “Yeah, and he upset her when she lost her family” Raph added with a grunt. Donnie sighed. “Unfortunately that’s true, but it was with best intentions. He was trying to protect her-” “And he hurt her even more instead” Raph huffed. “Well her own brother kept secrets from her as well, does that mean she shouldn’t be close to him anymore either?” Leo questioned. Raph and Mikey looked at each other and sighed. “He has a point” Mikey said glumly. “Tch, Leo always makes a good point, especially when Donnie is on his side.” “Point for leader and brains” Donnie said enthusiastically as he and his oldest brother high fived.

Not long after, April and Casey brought food up to the guys and the two kept the four company for about an hour as people down below continued to mingle. April stared down through the openings along the ceiling and watched Sam as she was currently jamming out with her friends. April laughed as she shook her head. “That girl is definitely something else.” Raph peeked down and noticed that Sam was now adding a lot more hip into her dancing. “Something else is right” he said as he looked away. “Awwww you guys don’t like seeing Sam dance like a lady” Casey teased as he saw the way the guys were watching over her as she added hips and ass to her dancing. “We did enjoy seeing you dance” Leo teased. As he raised his glass to drink he sent a mocking glare towards Casey as he looked over the edge of the glass. “Hey I rocked that routine, don’t hate on it!” Casey laughed. “Well you should have, that was super easy!” Mikey said as he waved his hand forward. “Psh, I wanna see you do better” Casey teased. Mikey just laughed in response, but in his head he wanted to tell the group that he could do better because he had helped Sam come up with a routine that was ten times better, but for whatever reason the routine that had been performed had been dumbed down by a lot! “So, I’ve been instructed to inform you guys that Sam will not be visiting you tonight” April said in a depressed yet gentle tone. Donnie nodded his head. “Well that makes sense.” April tilted her head to the side. “It does?” “Well yeah, she’s embarrassed for us to see her dressed the way she is. She’s told us before that peoples thoughts of her in her dress and makeup was her biggest worry about the wedding.” April nodded. “Besides, she’s happy down there. We don’t want to disrupt that” Leo said genuinely. April shot him and the rest of the brothers an odd look. “You…you guys know she’s the happiest when she’s with you, right?” The guys shrugged. “Well yeah,” Raph started, “but obviously she can’t hang out with us the way she’s hanging out with those people down there.” “Okay no!” April announced, waving her hand in front of her to deny what Raph said, “that specific situation down below doesn’t count because those are females. She wouldn’t dance that way with any guy ever in general.” ‘Ahhhh so Sam sees me as a fellow female companion. I guess that’s fair, I have been seeing her as one of the guys all this time’ Mikey thought to himself as he recalled moments where he and Sam had jokingly danced the same way together as she was now with her ‘girlfriends.’ He thought this as he continued to watch over her, unlike his brothers who would break their gaze in order to turn and talk to April and Casey. “Don’t worry April” Leo stated, “we know we’re important to Sam, but we also just want to make sure she’s living her life to the fullest and not holding back for us” Leo kindly reassured. “Jay must be so happy to have you guys in his life” Casey said as he threw an arm around Raph’s shoulder as a means to tease his new favorite mutant friend.

The group continued to talk for a while longer and then the two humans returned to the event being held down below. The reception lasted for a few more hours and then guests began to make their leave. Sam headed home with a few friends so that she could go change at her apartment and get into comfy clothes. Jay and Brenda were about to leave for their honeymoon, but they wanted to greet and thank their green friends before they disappeared for the next two weeks. April and Casey guided the boys towards an alley behind the church and soon after they arrived, the bride and groom met up with them. A thrilled Brenda ran up and gave each brother a huge hug, and Jay being the big dork he was followed in her footsteps. “Congratulations you guys, you definitely go well together” Leo teased as the goofy man caught up to his silly wife. “Thanks man. It’s crazy because we’ve always been together, but making things official is the greatest feeling in the world” Jay said as he kept his arms wrapped around his wife. “So cute… you’re giving me cavities” Mikey said as he pretended to faint. “Ahhhh I just wish Sam was here. I’m so sorry about her behavior you guys.” “What are you talking about?” Raph questioned. “She didn’t visit you guys or anything! Like you’re her best friends and her family!” “And that’s why we get it” Mikey stated. “She didn’t want us to gush over her, which I’m sure TONS of people did that today.” He said this last part with a raised brow, questioning Jay as to whether this was the case or not. The man sighed. “You’ve got a point. I just don’t want you guys to get the wrong idea as to why she didn’t come up to visit you.” “Hey, don’t worry about it. We know her well enough to know where her head’s at” Leo said as he pat the man on the shoulder. Jay couldn’t help but smile. “Thanks Leo, I’m so glad she has the four of you. Oh! Sam also told me she is going to visit you guys tonight, but to give her some time to get herself cleaned up since she has to wash away tons of makeup and hair product.” “What? She gets an apartment to herself for two weeks and she’s gonna come down and hangout with us?” Raph teased. “Well someone has to babysit her” Jay replied. “Besides, her new roommate hasn’t moved in yet so she’ll be lonely.” “Oh, who’s her new roommate?” Donnie asked. Brenda rolled her eyes. “I love her, but wow she sucks at telling you guy’s new news. My brother will be moving in once we officially move all of Jay’s stuff out. It’s close to his university, so he’s going to live with her so it’s easier for him to commute to campus. Plus that way he sort of can get a taste of what it’ll be like to be independent, even though the two of us and my mom still will live nearby” she chuckled. All four boys eyes widened some and Jay picked up on this. “Oh, do you four disapprove?” Jay teased. “Aren’t they like a couple?” Raph asked. Jay looked down at the ground for a few seconds before looking back up and answering the question. “Their situation…it’s a bit odd. If life had played out the way we all thought it would, then honestly yes those two would probably be a couple by now, but things didn’t go according to plan. They’ve reconnected and are great friends again, but it’s hard to say if they’ll ever go back to the same type of extremely close friendship that could lead to more than that, you know?” Raph nodded his head. “Alright, just checking.” Once again, Jay couldn’t help but smile at this turtle, and then at all the turtles protective expressions as they nodded their heads in approval of what they had just heard.

The group continued to chat for a bit and then said their goodbyes. Casey drove April home, so the boys decided to head back down to the lair since there was a manhole cover in the alley where they all had been talking. Everyone went their separate ways and decided to kick back and relax after being in a setting of loud chatter and blaring music. Mikey was looking at the clock and waiting for two hours to go by. That’s when it would be dark outside and he could go check up on Sam, who still had yet to come down to the lair. Mikey didn’t bother to send a message to his brothers about where he was heading because he knew that if they were against him going to check on Sam then they would have stopped him before he had left the lair.

About 5 minutes later he was knocking on Sam’s window. The blinds were closed, so he wasn’t sure if she still had company over. He told himself that he would wait for 5 minutes and then would head home, but within 5 seconds the blinds opened and a smiling Sam quickly opened up the window. “Hey, sorry” she said through gritted teeth, showing how awkward she felt. Sam waved Mikey in and he carefully made his way into the familiar bedroom. “What are you apologizing for?” he asked cautiously. “Because I told Jay to tell you that I would head down to your place soon, and yet here I am still getting ready. I was so exhausted that I crashed as soon as I got home and literally just got out of the shower like 20 minutes ago.” Mikey chuckled. “Sam, you were kicking major ass on the dance floor. A dancer NEVER apologizes for that!” he said with a smirk. Her playful smile then turned into a flat lined expression as her tone became more serious. “I also have something else to apologize for, I-” “NO!” Mikey said as he threw his arm out and held his hand out as to say ‘stop.’ “Do NOT apologize for not coming to see us!” Sam pursed her lips. “But!-” “HUSH CHILD! There is no need! We know you well enough to know why you didn’t come up and visit us. You were having fun with your people…well, people-people! Human beings, and we get that. We also know you were embarrassed because of your attire.” Sam’s face began to turn red as she looked away when he mentioned how she was dressed. “Sooooooo you hungry? You can grab whatever you want from the kitchen while I finish getting everything I need.” “How much stuff do you need for one sleepover?” Mikey asked, taking mental note as to how Sam was avoiding talking about how she was dressed for the wedding. Sam laughed out loud. “One? Oh no, you’re stuck with me for 2 weeks” she said with a devilish grin. Mikey looked like he had just won the lottery because of how excited he was. “What?! Do the guys know?!” “Not until I tell them” Sam said with a smirk. “Ohhhhh it’s going to be a fun two weeks my friend!” Mikey said. “Oh! How come you guys changed the dance?” he asked. Sam paused as she tried to understand what he was talking about, then the light bulb went off. “Oh! The group dance? Unfortunately the dresses we were wearing weren’t flexible enough to handle the routine you and I came up with. Trust me I get why you’re upset, our routine was wayyyyy more fun and intricate than the final product” she said with a pouty face. “Oh I’m not upset! I just thought that maybe you took other people’s input and didn’t want mine AND THAT’S FINE!” he announced as he saw Sam turn towards him defensively as if she was about to start rambling on about how that wasn’t true. “But I would never do that to you” Sam said softly. “So it’s not fine. Trust me if I had more of a say than everyone would have been doing our routine. Although, to a certain extent I’m kind of glad that I didn’t dance our routine, I mean it is ours for a reason.” Mikey was confused. “Wait, what?” “Well the two of us came up with the original routine. I don’t think I could perfectly pull off what we came up with unless I was dancing with you” she said as her back was turned towards Mikey as she was folding some clothes into a larger overnight duffle bag. Mikey was glad that Sam couldn’t see his face or else she would see the heartwarming smile that he was currently displaying. Something that only she and he could do together, something about that just sounded nice and made him feel very happy. He didn’t want her to see his dorkily-happy expression, so he excused himself and thought of a reason to leave the room. “I’ll be back in just a minute” he said as he walked out of the room and headed towards the kitchen to get some snacks.

Sam smiled as she went back to packing her bag. ‘Phew!’ she thought to herself, ‘I’m so glad he caught the hint and dropped the topic. I hate when guys tell me I’m beautiful only because I looked feminine for a day, and then don’t compliment me like that anymore. I hate false compliments, and I’ll especially hate that from him, my best friend. I just hope his brothers catch on and react the same way’ she thought to herself.

Lucky for her, Sam had the best brothers any girl could ask for. They never said anything about her dress…but the oldest three did tease her about Kris. It was definitely a fun 2 weeks.

#tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt 2016 #tmnt out of the shadows #leonardo #raphael #donatello #michelangelo #april o'neil #casey jones #tmntoc #wedding #dancing #samantha allan park #chapter 46

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sephirothisaslut · 4 years

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Misunderstandings

(A oneshot featuring Immortal!Cloud and Seph, confused neighbors, kids, and horny parents...Oh and they think Seph and Cloud are vampires. Hi-jinks ensue)

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Timmy isn’t a smart boy. Neither are his friends. Well maybe except Louis, but that’s besides the point.

The big kids told Samantha about this creepy mansion up in the mountains. And she somehow convinced the rest of them to accompany her to check it out. Of course, Timmy told them it was a bad idea. It was creepy. And besides, mom told them to be home by 5.

But then John just had to call him a wuss. Then when Samantha and Andy joined in, he slightly got mad but still protested their plans. And when Louis asked him if he’s scared, he just had to prove he’s not scared and he wasn’t a wuss.

So armed with nothing but flashlights, some sandwiches, water, and their backpacks to carry those things (Louis brought a camera, he’s so smart), Timmy, Samantha, John, Andy, and Louis went on an adventure to check the haunted mansion up in the mountains.

To call it a mountain is an exaggeration. It was more like a small hill. But it was covered in a dense forest. It was kinda steep, but there’s a stone staircase, so it was OK. The mansion itself was not that far from the street, but it can’t easily be seen with all the trees covering it and it was pretty high up.

Timmy gulped as he saw the Mansion come into view. It looked much scarier up close. “G-Guys, we should go. We already saw it”

“Why? You chicken?” John snickered at his friend.

“N-No I’m not! It’s just that it’s dark and mom said-”

“Oh come one Tim! It’ll be fun!” Samantha, ever the adventurous one, exclaimed.

“Yeah and we can show the big kids we actually did it!” Andy pumped.

“I wanna make a cool video!” Louis brought out his camera, and started recording, “Don’t you wanna be in it?”

Timmy only stammered, and very reluctantly said “Fine! But only for a bit”

Samantha happily led the charge. Stepping unto the front porch and trying to open the door. But it seemed to be locked. So John suggested they try the windows. They circled the house then found a small window from what looks like a library.

“It’s called a study” Louis whispered. “It’s where you do stuff”

“Like study?” TImmy asked.

“No duh” John said, trying to fit into the window. But finding he can’t fit.

“Timmy, you try” Andy suggested.

“W-why me?”

“Cuz you’re the smallest, duh” Samantha deadpanned.

And so, Timmy found himself squeezing into a window. Landing on his face and groaning.

“Open the door for us” John hissed.

Timmy scrambled to find the front entrance in the darkness, thankful that he brought a flashlight. When he opened the door for his friends, they immediately looked around the obviously lavish house. Timmy, closing the door behind them.

“Woah, whoever lived here must be rich!” John quietly exclaimed.

“How much do you think this is?” Andy said, lifting a heavy vase.

“Can I see?” Samantha asked. But the vase slipped out of her grip, and fell.

CRASH!

The sound of braking filled the whole Mansion. The group stopped, surprised by the sound. Then froze when they heard footsteps from the second floor.

“Hide” Louis hissed.

Everyone scrambled to find a hiding place, except before they can, something grabbed Timmy’s arm. Timmy squeaked and flailed.

“Well well well” A tall figure with green glowing eyes looked down on Timmy. His eyes had slits for pupils, and pulsed like a snake.

Timmy nearly screamed.

Then light flooded the room.

“Sephiroth, you’re scaring the kid.” A blond man said, leaning near the light switch.

“Good” The man grasping Timmy was tall. He had silver hair, and he looked handsome. He looked like a vampire.

“Why are you here child? Where are your parents?” The taller man interrogated Timmy.

Timmy couldn’t make any response, still caught in the shock.

“We’re sorry sir!” Louis hurriedly explained. “We thought this place was haunted and we just came to check it out!”

The blond man snorted. “Nothing new there”

The man came closer, and placed his palm on top of the hand grasping Timmy.

“I’ll handle this” He tenderly said.

He then crouched to the ground, and kindly said “My name is Cloud. Now we don’t appreciate you guys breaking and entering, but we won’t do anything bad. I promise”

Timmy nodded shyly. “S-Sorry...” he timidly said.

“Lets get you to your parents yeah?” Cloud warmly smiled at the five kids.

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Laura wasn’t a good mother. But that doesn’t mean she didn’t try. After her husband left her with their child, she grew bitter. But how could she abandon her sweet Timmy. So she steeled herself, got herself a new house, a new job, and a new life.

She thought she saw everything by now. After all working in retail, even as a manager, was bound to expose you to some unbelievable stuff. But when two absolutely gorgeous strangers knocked on her door, she nearly had a nosebleed.

“Excuse me, are these your children?” A tall man with flowing silver hair coolly asked her. His white blouse shirt, unbuttoned till his pecks, fit him perfectly. And oh God those sinful pants.

“Excuse me ma’am?” Another man beside the door frame called. He was shorter, and blond. Wearing a black sleeveless shirt highlighting his abs pretty well, exposing his finely toned arms. And where do these guys buy their pants, holy shit.

“M-Mom?” Timmy interrupted his mother’s thoughts.

“TImmy! Where have you been? I’ve been worried sick!” Laura hid her blush in her concern.

“We caught them breaking into our home” The silver-haired man snapped.

“I am so sorry! Did they break anything? I can pay for-”

“No, that’s ok ma’am. They’re just kids.” The blond one reassured her. And Gods, Laura felt his smile pierce her heart.

“A-are you sure? I mean-”

“Please, ma’am. It’s fine. I’m Cloud by the way” The man, Cloud, extended his arm for a handshake that Laura accepted with vigor. “This grump here is Sephiroth”

Sephiroth extended his own hand, only nodding as Laura accepted.

“Oh! Would you like to come in for tea? I’m sure you’re tired”

“No thank you. It’s dark, and we must return home” Sephiroth rejected.

As Cloud and Sephiroth bid their goodbyes, Laura took a good hard look at the five children.

She looked at them sternly and just sighed. This was a mess. Well at least she got to meet the two hottest men she’s ever seen.

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The rumor mill was spinning as fast as a helicopter blade. One of the older women saw the mysterious pair of men herding five children to Laura’s house. The woman, Gertrude, was very prone to gossip. Thankfully, what she told the others was mostly truth, in part thanks to the children’s own accounts.

Soon, the community was buzzing about these two new mysterious men. They were spotted by Joe, the butcher, in the wet market earlier this week. Then Allan the 7 Eleven cashier the next day. Then Gertrude herself in the park.

Everyone described them as absolutely, almost devilishly hot.

Laura is now sitting at a community barbecue, listening to the rest of the adults share their gossip.

“Have you seen the blond? Cloud? I hear he’s single”

“I thought they were married?”

“Ha! They had no rings I checked”

“Wow Bob, don’t you have a wife”

“Hey, I can’t order but I can still look at the menu”

“Robert told me that the taller one-”

“Sephiroth”

“Yes Sephiroth, works for the WRO!”

“Wow he must be one of those monster hunters then!”

“I think both of them do”

“I heard they built the old Mansion”

“That’s bullcrap, that thing’s at least 70 years old”

“Yeah but I heard it from Cloud himself!”

Laura just continued to sip her coke. She had to admit, she wanted a piece of them too. But she had only one love, and he left her. So she really isn’t too keen on taking some action.

“Laura, you know them right?”

“Yeah! Weren’t they at your house?”

“Tell us, are they single?”

All eyes landed on her.

“Er, well I don’t know” Laura nervously replied.

“Aww” The group’s shoulders sagged.

“Guess we’ll never know-”

“But I-I invited them to the barbecue!” Laura quickly amended.

At this, the entire adult community screeched. Voices with sounds like “WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL US” and “I DIDN’T EVEN DRESS UP” and “HOW’S MY MAKEUP” were heard all over. Even Bob, who was already married to Jane, was fretting over the state of his sauce stained sweater.

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Timmy and the others were watching their parents freak out.

“Hey what do you think they’re talking ‘bout?” TImmy asked Louis.

“I don’t know. Adults are weird” Louis responded.

“I bet it’s those vampires” Samantha whispered.

“Vampires?” Andy tilted her head.

“You know. The two dudes we saw in the haunted mansion”

“Yeah, totally vampires” John agreed. “Did you guys see their eyes? They glow!”

“But don’t vampires have red-eyes?” Timmy pointed out.

“Yeah, but how else are you gonna explain that” John huffed. “And besides, I heard from mom who heard from Old Man Jim, that they said they’ve been staying in the Mansion since it was made.”

“Yeah? And?” Louis raised his brow, “They’re older than us, big deal”

“Yeah but Old Man Jim said the Mansion was built before he was born!”

The group sucked a breath. Old Man Jim was probably the oldest guy in the block, maybe even in the town.

“But Old Man Jim might just be joking” Timmy shyly said, “He’s kinda old”

“..Maybe” John only grumbled as he ate his barbecue.

“I heard from Papa that Timmy’s mom invited them to the barbecue” Andy offered, “Vampires can’t walk under the sun, right? So if they come, then they’re not vampires. But if they don’t then they are!” She happily exclaimed.

The group only nodded at this plan. If they were vampires, then they will have to take thing into their own hands.

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Laura continued to watch the others freak out. Several of them tidying the place, the others tidying themselves. And the few childless adults and couples left shortly to freshen themselves in the bathroom.

After a few minutes, most of them managed to calm down. Now sitting once more in a broken circle.

“But what if they don’t come?”

“Shit, then I fixed up for nothing.”

“I’m sure it’ll be fine. As long as we have fun.”

“Jane, we all know you want ‘em too” Jane just blushed.

“Gods, Laura. Warn us next time, please”

“Joseph calm down.”

“Oh Shit they’re here!”

And true enough, a pair of people can be seen in the distance. One silver, one gold.

“Fuck” Bob cursed.

Everyone waited in anticipation.

And as the pair walked closer to the barbecue, their features slowly came into detail.

Cloud was wearing a thin white shirt, lifting up and exposing his abs as he waved to the group. Sephiroth, on the other hand, was wearing a black blouse, unbuttoned till below his pecks. Both carrying plastic bags full of sodas, and chips. And both wearing black pants that just hug their legs the right way.

“Hey! Sorry we were late. Seph forgot to buy snacks the day before” Cloud apologized.

“Apologies” Sephiroth merely bowed his head slightly.

“That’s uh. That’s alright. As long as you made it” Jane gulped.

“You can set them down here” Joseph said, taking a few bags from both, lightly touching their hands. This action didn’t go unnoticed by the rest of the adults. Some just glaring at Joseph’s smug smile.

That day, Cloud and Sephiroth were properly welcomed into the neighborhood.

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As the day progressed, Cloud and Sephiroth were finally left alone by the adults.

Timmy and his friends finally found their chance.

“Come on! Go ask them” John whispered.

“Why don’t you go? I don’t wanna” Timmy huffed.

“You chicken?” John elbowed Timmy.

“I-I’m not!”

“Then go ask them” John deadpanned.

“I’ll go with you” Louis offered.

“Th-Thanks” Timmy stuttered.

They sauntered up to the pair, and cleared their throat slightly.

“Excuse me? Mr.?” Louis asked first.

When the pair turned to them, they had a clear view of their eyes. They were glowing slightly, but they weren’t red. Neither do any of them have slit pupils like they saw that night. Must be a trick of the light, yeah.

“A-are you vampires?” Timmy timidly asked.

The pair could only look at them in bafflement. Then surprisingly, Sephiroth let out a burst of laughter. Cloud following with his own chuckle.

“What made you say that?” Cloud snorted.

“We- We thought- Your eyes-” TImmy tried to form coherent sentences.

“Oh, our eyes glow because of Mako” Sephiroth explained.

“M-Mako? But isn’t that acid?” Louis asked with wide eyes.

“Not really, no. You learned Mako can mutate things right?” Cloud continued, “And basically it gave us glowing eyes.”

“Oh!” Louis’ eyes widened in recognition “ Uncle Robert told me you work for the WRO!”

Cloud and Sephritoh could only raise their brows. Timmy looked at his friend for clarification.

“They’re the monster hunting group! They basically fight monsters!”

“Including Mako mutated ones. Though they’re scarce now a days” Sephiroth nodded.

“Really? That’s so cool!” TImmy looked up to them. Wow, they fought monsters!

“We gotta tell the others!” Louis bounced.

“Yeah!”

The pair of children soon bounded to share with their findings with their friends.

Cloud looked at Sephiroth. “If they think we’re vampires, wait till they see Vincent”

Sephiroth rolled his eyes, then leaned in for a kiss.

Several hearts were broken that day.

#sefikura #Sephiroth #sephiroth x cloud #sephcloud #cloud #cloud strife #ff7 #ff7 remake #Final Fantasy #fanfic #oneshot #immortal cloud #immortal sephiroth #kids are weird #small drabble

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starlingsrps · 4 years

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perry hammond

BASIC INFORMATION

FULL NAME: peregrine samantha hammond REASONING: bird names. her parents chose bird names. NICKNAME(S): perry PREFERRED NAME: perry, perry only. BIRTH DATE: march 31, 1999 AGE: twenty GENDER: female PRONOUNS: she/her ROMANTIC/SEXUAL ORIENTATION: heterosexual NATIONALITY: american ETHNICITY: caucasian CURRENT LOCATION: [mlem[ LIVING CONDITIONS: cute room that she shares with one of her sorority sisters. TITLE(S): vice president of her delta zeta chapter

BACKGROUND

BIRTH PLACE: new rochelle, ny HOMETOWN: same SOCIAL CLASS: upper middle EDUCATION LEVEL: junior in college FATHER: brian hammond, 49, day trader MOTHER: kelly hammond, 49, housewife SIBLING(S): lark, 23; robin, 16 BIRTH ORDER: middle CHILDREN: noooooope. PET(S): the hammonds have a pair of extremely stupid golden retrievers named lola and mason back home but she's got none of her own. OTHER IMPORTANT RELATIVES: lark is engaged to a nice dude named mason. it's very confusing with the dog. PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: she's recently been broken up with and brady mccallister remains the love of her life and she WILL get him back CURRENT RELATIONSHIP: not a real one.

OCCUPATION & INCOME PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: her parents. fully. CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: it's supposed to take the stress of having a job while going to school off her shoulders but she kind of feels like a spoiled freeloader when she lets herself think about it. PAST JOB(S): nope. SPENDING HABITS: not super bad but she's very self indulgent when she's sad. MOST VALUABLE POSSESSION: honestly, she owns a great many things but she has no idea what she would grab if the house was on fire.

SKILLS & ABILITIES PHYSICAL STRENGTH: nope. DEFENSE: freezing. SPEED: she's little and speedy. INTELLIGENCE: p smart - she's in school of her own merits and keeping up well in her program ACCURACY: she's a craftsman with a glue gun AGILITY: nimble STAMINA: endless TEAMWORK: excellent TALENTS: perry is good at making people feel important. if you've got her attention, you've got it completely. SHORTCOMINGS: kind of a spoiled brat, ngl LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: english DRIVE?: yep JUMP-STAR A CAR?: no CHANGE A FLAT TIRE?: no RIDE A BICYCLE?: yep SWIM?: yep PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?: nah. PLAY CHESS?: no BRAID HAIR?: gloriously yes. all the intricate braids. TIE A TIE?: no PICK A LOCK?: no

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE & CHARACTERISTICS FACE CLAIM: freya allan EYE COLOR: blue HAIR COLOR: blonde HAIR TYPE/STYLE: long and straight, always styled with big waves or braids. GLASSES/CONTACTS?: contact DOMINANT HAND: right HEIGHT: 5'3 BUILD: little EXERCISE HABITS: she goes to the gym every day except weekends but it's verrrry low intensity. SKIN TONE: fair TATTOOS: nope. PIERCINGS: ears. USUAL EXPRESSION: cheerful CLOTHING STYLE: cute and stylin JEWELRY: whatever suits at the time. ALLERGIES: nah DIET: hyper healthy PHYSICAL AILMENTS: nah.

PSYCHOLOGY ENNEAGRAM TYPE: 3 - the achiever MORAL ALIGNMENT: true good TEMPERAMENT: sanguine MBTI: ENTJ MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: light anxiety and imposter syndrom SOCIABILITY: extrovert EMOTIONAL STABILITY: high-highs, low-lows PHOBIA(S): eh, nothing too life altering? ADDICTION(S): nah DRUG USE: nah ALCOHOL USE: not legally, wink wink nudge nudge PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: not at all

MANNERISMS SPEECH STYLE: neutral, bright ACCENT: nah HOBBIES: crafts, shopping, studying NERVOUS TICKS: smoothing her eyebrows DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: figuring her shit out FEARS: sharks? POSITIVE TRAITS: well meaning, generous, sweet, loyal, ambitious, gentle NEGATIVE TRAITS: impractical, selfish, sensitive, spontaneous SENSE OF HUMOR: silly DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: not too much

FAVORITES WEATHER: fall! ACTIVITY: honestly, she loves getting ready for anything. like she's a primper and she loooooooves taking the time to do really work at getting ready, regardless of destination. ANIMAL: otters BEVERAGE: iced coffee BOOK: she's a psych student and she really does love abnormal psychology, even if it freaks her out a little bit. COLOR: pink DESIGNER: madewell FOOD: eggs FLOWER: roses GEM: diamonds HOLIDAY: halloween MODE OF TRANSPORTATION: walking or driving MOVIE: legally blonde MUSICAL ARTIST: taylor swift SONG: “lover" SCENERY: snowy scenes SCENT: flowers, fresh cut grass TELEVISION SHOW: parks and recreation VACATION DESTINATION: rustic

ATTITUDES GREATEST DREAM: she genuinely wants to help people. her goal is to be a social worker GREATEST FEAR: failing, never becoming anything worthwhile. MOST AT EASE WHEN: with friends and having fun LEAST AT EASE WHEN: the little dark cloud of discontent pops up BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: she's a baby. she hasn't done much yet. BIGGEST REGRET: eh!!! BIGGEST SECRET: nah. bad at this still!!!! TOP PRIORITIES: having fun, figuring her shit out

#c: perry hammond

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mwf?

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#blue #mwf.#talvez tenha algumas repetidas

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sky1news · 3 years

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TV Movie Guide: 23 – 29 November | Movie News

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FOR SBS WORLD MOVIES HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:

Closed Captions (CC) available for Destroyer, Her Smell and Final Portrait Audio Description (AD) available for Destroyer and Annie Hall

MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER

The Work 1:00pm, NITV (repeats Saturday 28 November, 8:35pm)

PG USA, 2017 Genre: Documentary Language: English Director: Jairus McLeary, Gethin Aldous What’s it about? Set entirely inside Folsom Prison, this acclaimed fly-on-the-wall documentary follows three men during four days of intensive group therapy with convicts, revealing an intimate and powerful portrait of authentic human transformation that transcends what we think of as rehabilitation.

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TUESDAY 24 NOVEMBER

The Editor 12:35am, SBS VICELAND

MA15+ Canada, 2015 Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery Language: English Director: Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy Starring: Adam Brooks, Udo Kier, Paz de la Huerta, Conor Sweeney What’s it about? Rey Ciso (Brooks) was once the greatest editor the world had ever seen. Since a horrific accident left him with four wooden fingers on his right hand, he’s had to resort to cutting pulp films and trash pictures. When the lead actors from the film he’s been editing turn up murdered at the studio, Rey is fingered as the number one suspect.

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WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER

Her Smell 8:30pm, SBS VICELAND

M, CC USA, 2018 Genre: Drama, Music Language: English Director: Alex Ross Perry Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens, Amber Heard, Agyness Deyn What’s it about? A self-destructive punk rocker (Moss) struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success. From writer-director Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up Phillip, Queen of Earth).

Faces of Harassment 8:30pm, NITV

MA15+ Brazil, 2016 Genre: Documentary Language: Portuguese, International Director: Paula Sacchetta What’s it about? On Women’s Week, a studio-van was parked in locations across rich and poor areas of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The studio-van was made available to any woman who felt like sharing her story. The film, which is part of a transmedia project, is comprised of a significant number of testimonies, and reflects upon an important part of the filming process: how did these women feel when they were telling their stories?

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Pariah 10:55pm, SBS VICELAND

M USA, 2011 Genre: Drama Language: English Director: Dee Rees Starring: Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis, Kim Wayans What’s it about? A Brooklyn teenager (Oduye) juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression. The acclaimed directorial debut of Dee Rees, director of 2016’s Mudbound.

Final Portrait 11:50pm, SBS

M, CC UK, 2017 Genre: Drama, Comedy, Biography Language: English, French, Italian Director: Stanley Tucci Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer, Clemence Poesy, Tony Shalhoub, Sylvie Testud What’s it about? In 1964, while on a short trip to Paris, the American writer and art-lover James Lord (Hammer) is asked by his friend, the world-renowned artist Alberto Giacometti (Rush), to sit for a portrait. The process, Giacometti assures Lord, will take only a few days. Flattered and intrigued, Lord agrees. So begins a touching story of friendship and a uniquely revealing insight into the beauty, frustration, profundity and, at times, downright chaos of the artistic process.

The Last Days of Disco 12:30am, SBS VICELAND

M USA, 1998 Genre: Drama, Comedy Language: English Director: Whit Stilman Starring: Chloë Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Matt Ross, Jennifer Beals, Chris Eigeman What’s it about? Charlotte (Beckinsale) and Alice (Sevigny) are friends and roommates who must deal with the changing dynamics of their social group at the end of the disco era. From Whit Stilman, writer-director of Love & Friendship and Metropolitan.

NOTE: No Catch-up at SBS On Demand

THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER

Twelve Canoes 12:20pm, NITV

PG Australia, 2009 Genre: Drama, Omnibus Film Language: English Director: Rolf de Heer, Molly Reynolds What’s it about? A series of short films that paint a compelling portrait of the people, history, culture and place of the Yolngu people whose homeland is the Arafura Swamp of north-central Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

Once Were Warriors 9:30pm, NITV

MA15+ New Zealand, 1994 Genre: Drama Language: English, Maori Director: Lee Tamahori Starring: Temuera Morrison, Rena Owen, Cliff Curtis What’s it about? A family descended from Maori warriors is bedevilled by a violent father (Morrison) and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts. This 1994 drama opened the eyes of audiences world-wide to the reality of life for a small section of New Zealand, broke domestic box office records, and was followed by the 1999 sequel What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?.

FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER

The Panther Within 11:00am, NITV

G Australia, 2016 Genre: Documentary Language: English Director: Allan Collins, Edoardo Crismani What’s it about? A family’s quest to unravel the mystery of Joe Murray, an Aboriginal boxer and vaudevillian known as, ‘The Black Panther’.

Sunny and the Dark Horse 12:00pm, NITV

PG Australia, 1987 Genre: Documentary Language: English Director: David MacDougall, Judith MacDougall What’s it about? The story of an Aboriginal stockman, Sunny Bancroft, and his family at Collum Collum and their growing enthusiasm for “picnic races” on bush tracks in New South Wales. The film follows Sunny and his wife Liz, in their search for a winning horse to triumph on the local picnic racing circuit – but things don’t always go their way.

Mosley 8:00pm, NITV (repeats Saturday 28 November, 10:00am)

PG China, New Zealand, 2019 Genre: Animation, Family, Adventure Language: English Director: Kirby Atkins Starring: Lucy Lawless, John Rhys-Davies, Temuera Morrison, Rhys Darby, Kirby Atkins What’s it about? Tells the story of Mosley, a “thoriphant” who rebels against his life of servitude and embarks on a treacherous journey with his father to find the fabled city of Uprights.

The Claim 12:10am, SBS VICELAND

M USA, 2000 Genre: Drama, Romance, Western Language: English Director: Michael Winterbottom Starring: Peter Mullan, Wes Bentley, Sarah Polley, Milla Jovovich, Nastassja Kinski What’s it about? Dillon (Mullan) is a pioneer who defied the harsh winter in search of rumoured gold. Having amassed unimaginable riches, he runs a thriving mining town called Kingdom Come. But the blind ambition and greed that drove him to succeed finally catch up to him with the arrival of three strangers. Based on Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge, and directed by Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People, Code 46).

NOTE: No Catch-up at SBS On Demand

SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER

Annie Hall 12:00pm, SBS VICELAND

PG, AD USA, 1977 Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance Language: English, German Director: Woody Allen Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Shelley Duvall What’s it about? This landmark romantic comedy (and Best Picture Oscar winner) stars Woody Allen as a neurotic, New York comedian who falls for a quirky midwestern girl (Keaton) in an on-again, off-again romance.

NOTE: No catch-up at SBS On Demand

Destroyer 9:30pm, SBS

MA15+, CC, AD USA, 2018 Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action Language: English Director: Karyn Kusama Starring: Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan, Tatiana Maslany, Bradley Whitford, Toby Kebbell What’s it about? Erin Bell (Kidman) is an LAPD detective who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader (Kebbell) of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past. Directed by Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, The Invitation).

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Do the Right Thing 10:10pm, NITV

MA15+ USA, 1989 Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime Language: English Director: Spike Lee Starring: Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito What’s it about? This award-winning and critically acclaimed drama, written and directed by Spike Lee (who earned a 1990 Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay) takes place on the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. Everyone’s hate and bigotry smoulders and builds until it explodes into violence.

ORIGINAL MOVIE SHOW REVIEW

Code 46 12:10am, SBS VICELAND

MA15+ UK, 2003 Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller Language: English Director: Michael Winterbottom Starring: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Togo Igawa, Om Puri, Jeanne Balibar What’s it about? In a futuristic world, an insurance investigator (Robbins) embarks on a brief but dangerous affair with a woman (Morton) wanted for holding a fake DNA identity and passport. He overlooks her crime but soon finds out that she stands accused of violating a reproductive code. From director Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People, The Trip).

NOTE: No catch-up at SBS On Demand

SUNDAY 29 NOVEMBER

Invaders from Mars 4:10pm, SBS VICELAND

PG USA, 1986 Genre: Horror, Science Fiction Language: English Director: Tobe Hooper Starring: Karen Black, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Bud Cort, Louise Fletcher What’s it about? This space-age creature feature from director Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist) is crawling with horrifying hordes of Martians hell-bent on stealing your soul – as well as your planet. Little David Gardner’s starry-eyed dreams turn into an out-of-this-world nightmare when invaders from the red planet land in his backyard and unleash their hostilities on unsuspecting earthlings.

NOTE: No catch-up at SBS On Demand

Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn 8:35pm, NITV

M USA, 2020 Genre: Documentary Language: English Director: Muta’Ali Muhammad Starring: Yusuf Hawkin, Joseph Fama, Keith Mondello, Al Sharpton What’s it about? The 30-year legacy of the murder of black teenager Yusuf Hawkins by a group of young white men in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, as his family and friends reflect on the tragedy and the subsequent fight for justice that inspired and divided New York City.

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Hard Eight 12:30am, SBS VICELAND

MA15+ USA, 1996 Genre: Drama, Thriller Language: English Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Starring: Philip Baker Hall, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. Reilly, Samuel L. Jackson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Melora Walters What’s it about? Veteran gambler, Sydney (Hall), befriends John (Reilly) and proceeds to tutor him in the art of making a living as a gambler. Sydney also takes an interest in Clementine (Paltrow), a cocktail waitress and sex worker. One night, Sydney is called to a dark hotel by John and Clementine who have bound and beaten one of her ‘Johns’ for non-payment of services – Sydney engineers their escape. The directorial debut for Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood, Phantom Thread).

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Tag de la A a la Z 🌻⁣ ⁣ Estos días parece que sólo he estado pegada a la laptop, pero bueno, no queda más que seguir 📚. @anniesplaceblog me nominó hace unos días para este tag en el que debo completar el abecedario con títulos de libros leídos y sí que estuvo divertido. Gracias San @goodreads por mantener mis lecturas en orden 🤭😜 ⁣ ⁣ A: Amanecer Rojo, de Pierce Brown⁣ B: Be my Hero, de Linda Kage⁣ C: Cumbres Borrascosas, de Emily Bronte⁣ D: Del amor y otros demonios, de Gabriel García Márquez ⁣ E: Eleanor & Park, de Rainbow Rowell⁣ F: Flores para Algernón, de Daniel Keyes⁣ G: Ghosts of the Shadow Market, de Cassandra Clare y otros.⁣ H: Hamlet, de William Shakespeare ⁣ I: Illuminae, de Amie Kaufman y Jay Kristoff⁣ J: -⁣ K: Kings Rising, de C.S. Pacat⁣ L: Lady Midnight, de Cassandra Clare⁣ M: Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer, de Katie Alender⁣ N: Neighbor Dearest, de Penelope Ward⁣ O: One King’s Way, de Samantha Young⁣ P: Pandemonium, de Lauren Oliver⁣ Q: -⁣ R: Relatos Cómicos, de Edgar Allan Poe⁣ S: Seis de Cuervos, Leigh Bardugo⁣ T: Tal vez mañana, de Colleen Hoover⁣ U: Un monstruo viene a verme, de Patrick Ness⁣ V: V is for Virgin, de Kelly Oram⁣ W: Wolfsong, de T.J. Klune⁣ X: -⁣ Y: Y azul: La extraña historia de Meg Sanders, de Christophe Paul⁣ Z: Zorro, de Isabel Allende⁣ ⁣ Llené las consignas con libros que recomiendo de distintos géneros para variar un poco, pero me faltaron tres letras. ¿Qué libros leyeron que puede completarlas ✨?⁣ ⁣ —Nomino a @crytalbooksuy @leerparavivir @elbuhitolector y a quien quiera hacerlo 💫 ¿Coincidimos en alguna? https://www.instagram.com/p/CA24O4uFJHV/?igshid=c26csue83hol

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This is a mostly complete list of non-fiction books I have read about WWII, semi-categorized. A lot of these are first person accounts, but not all. I recommend them all, though a couple with a bit of caution (namely, these being real accounts of real people, some situations and discussions deal with some unpleasant topics - and I mean beyond the obvious warfare and Holocaust ones) - if anyone wants details or has questions, please ask and I will answer as best as memory serves.

This is by no means a complete list of books you should read if you are interested in the subject, but merely a list of ones I have read and think worth a mention. Also, although I have categorized as best I can, a lot of the books have overlap in more than one category, and some books maybe categorized under one subheading for lack of a more specific one.

This post will be frequently edited (I currently have two WWII books out from the library and one or two more I recently purchased). Asterisks indicate cross-posting between categories.

Resistance Work: Code Name Christine Clouet by Claire Chevrillion An American Heroine in the French Resistance: the Diary and Memoir of Virginia d’Albert-Lake by Virginia d’Albert-Lake For Freedom by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Sky by Hanneke Ippisch The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club by Philip Hoose Things We Couldn’t Say by Diet Eman and James Schaap Hitler’s Savage Canary by David Lampe A Train in Winter by Caroline Moorehead The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman

Intelligence Work: The Spies Who Never Were by Hervie Haufler A Man Called Intrepid by William Stevenson The Debs of Bletchley Park by Michael Smith American Agent by Mark Gayn and John Caldwell*

The Holocaust: We Are Witnesses by Jacob Boas I Remember Nothing More by Adina Blady Szwajger Life and Loss in the Shadow of the Holocaust by Rebecca Boehling and Uta Larkey Until We Meet Again by Michal Korenblit and Kathleen Janger The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom* Night by Elie Wiesel Irena’s Children by Tilar J. Mazzeo The Fragility of Goodness by Tzvetan Toderov I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree by by Laura Hillman Elly: My True Story of the Holocaust by Elly Berkovits Gross The Blessed Abyss by Nanda Herbermann* Conscience & Courage by Eva Fogelman Heroes of the Holocaust: True Stories of Rescues by Teens by Allan Zullo and Mara Bovsun The Inextinguishable Symphony by Martin Goldsmith The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson

Hidden Accounts: The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss Clara’s War by Clara Kramer The Nazi Officer’s Wife by Edith Hahn Beer* Hidden Children of the Holocaust by Suzanne Vromen The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom* Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop

Germany: The Nazi Officer’s Wife by Edith Hahn Beer* When I was a German by Christabel Bielenberg Berlin Diaries, 1940-1945 by Marie Vassilitchikov The Blessed Abyss by Nanda Herbermann* A Higher Call by Adam Makos* I Lived Under Hitler by Sybil Bannister

Non-US Military: Dance with Death by Anne Noggle Victory Harvest by Marion Kelsey* A Higher Call by Adam Makos* Wings, Women, & War by Reina Pennington Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Solder in Hitler’s Army by Georg Rauch Women in the Second World War by Neil R. Storey and Molly Housego*

US Military: A Higher Call by Adam Makos* Code Talker Stories by Laura Tohe Honoring Sergeant Carter by Allene G. Carter and Robert L. Allen Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff The Boys of Winter by Charles J. Sanders Frozen in Time by Mitchell Zuckoff Mayhem was Our Business by Sabine R. Ulibarri The Secret Rescue by Cate Lineberry* Medic! by Robert J. Franklin Ghosts in the Fog by Samantha Seiple* Battle Station Sick Bay: Navy Medicine in World War II by Jan K. Herman* Letters from the Pacific by Russell Cartwright Stroup The Raft by Robert Trumball and Harold Dixon Letters Home, edited by Mina Curtiss The 52 Days by W. W. Chaplin An Artist at War: The Journal of John Gaitha Browning by John Gaitha Browning, ed. by Oleta Stewart Toliver Artist at War by George Biddle

Women in the US Military (includes WASPs): Thank You, Uncle Sam by Eugenia M. Kierar One Woman’s World War II by Violet A. Kochendoerfer They Also Served by Olga Gruhitz-Hoyt Navy WAVE: Memories of World War II by Lt. Helen Clifford Gunter Winning My Wings by Marion Stegeman Hodgson An Officer and a Lady by Lt. Col. Betty Bandel Mother was a Gunner’s Mate by Josette Dermody Wingo One Women’s War by Anne Bosanko Green Army in Skirts by Frances DeBra Brown Daughter of the Air: The Brief Soaring Life of Cornelia Fort by Rob Simbeck To Serve My Country, to Serve My Race by Brenda L. Moore Women Marines by Peter A. Sodebergh Stateside Soldier by Aileen Kilgore Henderson Fly Girls by P. O’Connell Pearson

Nurses in the US Military: The Secret Rescue by Cate Lineberry* We Band of Angels by Elizabeth M. Norman American Nightingale: The Story of Frances Slanger, Forgotten Heroine of Normandy by Bob Welch And If I Perish by Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee No Time for Fear by Diane Burke Fessler Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific by Mary Cronk Farrell Battle Station Sick Bay: Navy Medicine in World War II by Jan K. Herman* I was on Corregidor by Amea Willoughby* [account of Navy officer’s wife] I Served on Bataan by Juanita Redmond

US Internments: Making Home From War by Brian Komei Dempster The Aleut Internments of World War II: Islanders Removed from Their Homes by Japan and the United States by Russell W. Estlack* Heart Mountain by Mike Mackay

Women in Non-Military Work: The Women Who Wrote the War by Nancy Caldwell Sorel American Women in a World at War - Ed. by Judy Litoff and David Smith The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan Victory Harvest by Marion Kelsey* I was on Corregidor by Amea Willoughby* [account of Navy officer’s wife] Last Letters from Attu by Mary Brew* Women in the Second World War by Neil R. Storey and Molly Housego*

Japan: The Aleut Internments of World War II: Islanders Removed from Their Homes by Japan and the United States by Russell W. Estlack* The Girl with the White Flag by Tomiko Higa Ghosts in the Fog by Samantha Seiple* Attu Boy by Nick Golodoff Last Letters from Attu by Mary Brew*

Miscellaneous: Wrong Passport by Ralph Brewster Journey for Margaret by W. L. White

Honorable Mentions (stories not specifically about WWII but with with parts covering them): The Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp The Flying Scotsman by Sally Magnusson The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America’s Enemies by Jason Fagone War Letters edited by Andrew Carroll

*Cross-posted between categories (Last edited 12/17/2021)

#WWII #history #book recommendation #books #This is partly for my own record and partly for a couple of folks who have asked/may be interested

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Audios

Amélie - 05/05/2017 - Broadway - whenyourhome's master- Philipa Soo (Amélie), Adam Chandler-Berat (Nino), Savvy Crawford (Young Amélie), Tony Sheldon (Dufayal/Collignon), Alison Cimmet (Amandine/Philomene), Manoel Feliciano (Raphael/Bretodeaux), Maria-Christina Oliveras (Suzanne), Randy Blair (Hipoloto), Alyse Ann Louis (Georgette), Harriet D. Foy (Gina), David Andino (Blind Beggar/Garden Gnome), Paul Whitty (Joseph), Heath Calvert (Lucien). Notes: Crystal clear audio taken from the balcony on an iPhone 6s with an Apple headphone mic. Recorded the day after the closing notice for the show went out. [Limited Trades]

Anastasia - 03/23/2017 - Broadway - Christy Altomare (Anya), Derek Klena (Dmitry), John Bolton (Vlad Popov), Ramin Karimloo (Gleb), Caroline O'Connor (Lily), Mary Beth Peil (Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna) Notes: First Broadway Preview, Christy drops the music box in Once Upon a December

Anastasia - 03/30/2017 - Broadway - Christy Altomare (Anya), Derek Klena (Dmitry), John Bolton (Vlad Popov), Ramin Karimloo (Gleb), Caroline O'Connor (Lily), Mary Beth Peil (Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna)

Anastasia - 04/13/2017 - Broadway - Christy Altomare (Anya), Derek Klena (Dmitry), Mary Beth Peil (Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna), Ramin Karimloo (Gleb), John Bolton (Vlad Popov), Caroline O'Connor (Lily) Notes: There are technical difficulties in the middle of act one when the train couldn't leave the stage. The show was stopped for a few minutes, and they started the show from the beginning of the previous scene, Ramin Karimloo breaks character once he sings the lyric "a temporary set back..." once he realizes how applicable it is to the situation. Act 2 starts starts right after the lyrics “and soon all Paris will be singing to you” at the beginning of “Paris Holds the Key (To Your Heart)”. This show also has the new version of “Paris Holds the Key (To Your Heart)” as well as the lyric changes to “Crossing A Bridge”.

Finding Neverland - 02/21/2017 - Tour - Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles - Billy Harrigan Tighe (J.M. Barrie), Christine Dwyer (Sylvia Llewelyn Davies), Tom Hewitt (Charles Frohman), Karen Murphy (Mrs. Du Maurier), Crystal Kellogg (Mary Barrie), Ben Krieger (Peter Llewelyn Davies), Finn Faulconer (George Llewelyn Davies), Mitchell Wray (Jack Llewelyn Davies), Jordan Cole (Michael Llewelyn Davies), Dwelvan David (Mr. Henshaw), Matt Wolpe (Mr. Cromer), Lael Van Keuren (Miss Jones), Victoria Huston-Elem (Miss Bassett), Corey Rives (Albert), Noah Plomgren (Lord Cannan), Thomas Miller (Elliott), Dee Tomasetta (Peter Pan). (First Preview)

Wicked - 11/29/2014 - Tour - Emmy Raver-Lampman (s/b Elphaba), Chandra Lee Schwartz (Glinda), Kyle Brown (u/s Fiyero), Etai Benshlomo (Boq), Jenny Florkowski (Nessarose), Kim Zimmer (Madame Morrible), Tim Kazurinsky (The Wizard), Tom Flynn (Dr. Dillamond), Kevin McMahon (Witch’s Father), Marina Lazzaretto (Witch’s Mother), Tess Ferrell (swing Midwife), Raymond Joel Matsamura (Chistery), Dina Bennett, Lauren Boyd, Nirine S. Brown, Rick Desloge, Timothy A. Fitz-Gerald, Sheila Karls, Trevor Ryan Krahl, Jonathan McGill, Kevin McMahon, Shanon Mari Mills, Cassie Okenka, Adam Perry, Daniel Switzer, Stephanie Torns.

Hamilton Chicago - 04/20/2017 - Miguel Cervantes (Alexander Hamilton), Samantha Marie Ware (u/s Eliza Hamilton), Daniel Breaker (Aaron Burr), Karen Olivo (Angelica Schuyler), Jonathan Kirkland (George Washington), Chris De'Sean Lee (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Wallace Smith (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Jose Ramos (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Aubin Wise (u/s Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Alexander Gemignani (King George III), Yossi Chaikin (u/s Philip Schuyler/James Reynolds/Doctor), Jose Amor (Samuel Seabury), Robert Walters (Charles Lee), Malik Shabazz Kitchen (u/s George Eacker) notes: Samantha's first performance as Eliza. First known audio of Daniel Breaker. Another audio of the above show, .flac format (playable with .vlc player). Includes Playbill scans, encore photos and more. Small line flub during 'Wait For It' - at the beginning of the song, instead of singing 'we laugh and we cry and we break...', Daniel sings 'we rise and we cry....' [Limited Trades]

Hamilton Broadway - 04/25/2017 - Jevon McFerrin (s/b Alexander Hamilton), Lexi Lawson (Eliza Hamilton), Nik Walker (u/s Aaron Burr), Syndee Winters (s/b Angelica Schuyler) ,Bryan Terrell Clark (George Washington), James Monroe Iglehart (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), J. Quinton Johnson (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Anthony Lee Medina (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Alysha Deslorieux (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Brian D'Arcy James (King George) [Limited Trades]

Videos

Phantom of The Opera - 08/12/2015 - Tour - Chris Mann, Katie Travis, Storm Lineberger, Jacquelynne Fontaine, Edward Staudenmayer, David Benoit, Anne Kanengeiser, Frank Viveros, Morgan Cowling, Mark Emerson, Eric Ruiz, Edward Juvier, Dan Debenport, David Foley Jr, Allan Snyder, Christy Morton. VOB

Sunday In The Park With George - 10/26/2016 - Encores! - Jake Gyllenhaal, Annaleigh Ashford, Brooks Ashmanskas, Phillip Boykin, Carmen Cusack, Gabriel Ebert, Claybourne Elder, Jordan Gelber, Lisa Howard, Zachary Levi, Liz McCartney, Ruthie Ann Miles, Solea Pfeiffer, Gabriella Pizzolo, Phylicia Rashad, Lauren Worsham, Max Chernin, Michael McElroy, Stephanie Jae Park, Jaime Rosenstein. VOB

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June 19, 2019: In other news

WCC announces spring

2019 Semester President’s and Dean’s Lists

Wilkes Community College recognizes outstanding academic achievement of students through the President’s List and the Dean’s List each fall and spring semester. The students on the spring 2019 semester President’s and Dean’s lists are grouped by home county.

To qualify for the President’s List, full-time students must achieve a 4.0 grade point average, complete 12 or more semester hours of college-level courses (excluding credit by examination) and be awarded all “A’s.”

To qualify for the Dean’s List, full-time students must complete 12 or more semester hours of college-level courses (excluding credit by examination) and have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, with no grade below a “B.”

Alexander County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Bradley Peyton Anderson, Hiddenite; Tiffany Brooke Austin, Taylorsville;

Benjamin Carroll Bradburn, Hiddenite; Colt Lane Cline, Hiddenite; Casey Elaine Hefner, Taylorsville; Tanya Patricia Link, Taylorsville; Erin Faith Pinnix, Hiddenite; Ethan Ryan Sprinkle, Taylorsville; Savana Nhiawa Vang, Taylorsville.

Dean’s List: Summer Leann Adams, Hiddenite; Lillianna Gabrielle Carrigan, Taylorsville;

Kayla Craig, Taylorsville; Holden Kelley Fox, Taylorsville; Kasey Elizabeth Gwaltney, Taylorsville; Amanda Hallman, Taylorsville; Noah Jacob Hudler, Taylorsville; Archie Neal Johnson, Taylorsville; Alexis Marie Lingle, Taylorsville; Zackary Gordon Pearson, Taylorsville;

Aven Maverick Sheppard, Taylorsville; Madison Victoria Walker, Taylorsville.

Alleghany County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Katelyn Davis, Sparta; Christopher Mark Johnson, Sparta; Sharon Blevins Lyons, Sparta; Joshua Grayson Moxley, Sparta; James Paul Phillips, Sparta; Samantha Roten, Sparta; Dania Brown Ruppard, Glade Valley; Holly Alexis Watkins, Sparta.

Dean’s List: Logan Patrick Billings, Sparta; Aaron Casey Brown, Piney Creek; Ashley Lynn Cornett , Sparta; Ryan Edward Dowell, Piney Creek; Morgan Elizabeth Jasso, Ennice; Keeli Malaya Moxley, Sparta; Jennifer Brooke Tracy, Glade Valley.

Ashe County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Kaylee Madison Campbell , West Jefferson; Bethany Frances Council, Laurel Springs; Elizabeth Marie Goodman, West Jefferson; Kelsie Ann Goodman ,West Jefferson; Caleb Allen Harless, West Jefferson; Zachary James Holman, Warrensville; Sarah Elizabeth Houck, West Jefferson; Allison Johnson Keppel, Jefferson; Joshua Ryan Knapp, Lansing; Jacob Tyler Milam, Creston; Brandi Parrish, West Jefferson; Alec Chase Roland, West Jefferson; Tonya Sizemore Sheets, West Jefferson; Devin Ray Sullins, Jefferson; Elva Jacqulyn Swibold, West Jefferson; Kellie Jourdan Taylor, Jefferson; Mackenzie Kathleen Watson, Fleetwood.

Dean’s List: Hannah Sue Barker, Glendale Springs; Ethan Lane Cox, West Jefferson; Molly Mae Dawes, Jefferson; Christy Greene Denny, West Jefferson; Arianne Leigh Dillard, West Jefferson; Melissa Brown Edwards, West Jefferson; Hollie Michelle Harris, Jefferson; Wendy Rubi Hernandez, Warrensville; Samantha Paige Johnson, Creston; Jordan Ross Miller, Fleetwood; Amy Sienna Patrick, Creston; Karina Leal Rash, West Jefferson; John Clark Reavis, Fleetwood; Allison Diamond Roten, West Jefferson; Ethan Shrader, West Jefferson; Michelle Slaton, Lansing; Caroline Melina Trent, West Jefferson; Carolina Jennette Weinberger, West Jefferson; Bailey Laurell Witherspoon, Fleetwood; Kaitlyn Woods, Jefferson.

Burke County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Jonathon Charles McManus, Morganton; Justin Ray Williams, Hildebran.

Dean’s List: Justin Lee Spurlin, Rutherford College.

Caldwell County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Janie Nichole Coffey, Lenoir; Alana Grace Hamby, Lenoir.

Dean’s List: William Everett McRary, Lenoir; Dillon Andrew Don Norwood, Lenoir; Elijah Christian Smith, Lenoir; David William White, Lenoir.

Catawba County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Graham Franklin Huffman , Conover; Adreanna White, Catawba.

Dean’s List: Sydney Grace Arnett, Hickory; Karter Michael Peek, Hickory.

Iredell County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: James Robert Alkema, Statesville; Nicole Lindsey Beltrami, Stony Point;

William Henry Chapman, Statesville; Robert Curtis Fox, Olin; Kacie Lian Greer, Statesville;

Edward Todd Johnson , Statesville; Timothy Jacob Williams, Statesville.

Dean’s List: Christina Hope Beltrami, Stony Point; Morgan Nicole Blevins, Statesville; Krista Danielle Childress, Statesville; Amy Rena Harmon, Union Grove; Brian Christopher Pekarek, Statesville; Jadyn Leigh Summers, Statesville; David James Williams, Union Grove; Austin Thomas Wooten, Statesville.

New Hanover County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Lillieanne Bailey Eby, Castle Hayne.

Surry County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: James Harrison Burcham, State Road; Hannah Faith Gentry, Elkin; Bryson Alexander Davis Key, Ararat; Kourtney Danielle Merkel, State Road.

Dean’s List: Kyla Danyelle Anderson, Elkin; Matthew Paul Giuffre, Ararat; Abriella Michelle Jarvis, Elkin; Emily Hope Jones, State Road; Justin N. Leonard, Pilot Mountain; Anayeli Loa, Elkin; Brandon James McGrady, Elkin; Corbin M. Soots, Mount Airy; Michelle Kathleen Teague, Elkin; Cassidi Rae Wood, Elkin.

Watauga County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Barry Craig Adams, Deep Gap; Hattie Cox, Deep Gap.

Dean’s List: Serlina Morales Francisco, Deep Gap; Carlos Sandoval, Boone.

Wilkes County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Maghan Katrice Adams, Hays; Logan George Anderson, North Wilkesboro;

Scott Bryan Anderson, Wilkesboro; Ashley Lynn Bauguess, Millers Creek; Oliver Dean Bentley, Wilkesboro; Jarrett Reid Blevins, Millers Creek; Kaycee Danielle Brown, Millers Creek; Victoria Lane-Kaye Bullis, Wilkesboro; Dillon John Carlton, North Wilkesboro; Aidan Quinn Cecile, Wilkesboro; Jacob Hunter Chipman, Roaring River; Cassidy Noah Clack, North Wilkesboro; Jodie Lynn Coffey, Ferguson; Ruth Noel Crawford, Purlear; Victoria Beth Dockery, Millers Creek; Katie Gorich Duncan, Wilkesboro; Kristen Emily Farrington, North Wilkesboro;

Brian Keith Foster, Hays; Amanda Lynn Goforth, North Wilkesboro; Gabriel Griffin, Millers Creek; Keith Wayne Haynes, North Wilkesboro; Sara Elizabeth Jarvis, North Wilkesboro; Kacee Leann Johnson, North Wilkesboro; Kayla Leigh Johnson, McGrady; Amanda Lyn Jordan, Wilkesboro; James Allen Kerr, Moravian Falls; James Thomas King, Wilkesboro; Eric Karl Kohlmeier, Wilkesboro; Breanna Nichole Laws, North Wilkesboro; Ilse Limon-Garcia,

Moravian Falls; Eric Kent Lunsford, Boomer; Rebecca Bounds Matherly, Ferguson; Tonya Deneese McNeil, Traphill; Shabrina Denise McPherson, North Wilkesboro; Jessicah Ellen Mesa,

North Wilkesboro; Lisa Gail Mikeal, Wilkesboro; Zachary Nolan Miller, North Wilkesboro; Ashley Lynn Minton, Millers Creek; Jacob Benjamin Muller, Moravian Falls; Marchella Campbell Nance, Ronda; Sierra Nicole Nance, Wilkesboro; Nhung Thi Nguyen, North Wilkesboro; Sapphire Renee Nichols, North Wilkesboro; Samantha Amber Nickelson, Wilkesboro; Staley Elizabeth Parks, Wilkesboro; Haley Perez, Wilkesboro; Roger

Dale Queen, Millers Creek; Jason Orion Redding, Roaring River; Paiton Elise Roberts, North Wilkesboro; Brittany Eller Rutherford, North Wilkesboro; Janine Diane Severt, Wilkesboro;

Cassie Marie Shepard, North Wilkesboro; Amy L. Talley, North Wilkesboro; Trenton Grant Teague, North Wilkesboro; Jared Allan Vice, North Wilkesboro; Trendon Seth Wagoner, North Wilkesboro; Rachel Elizabeth Watkins, North Wilkesboro; Ashley Christine Watson, Ferguson;

Logan Avery Whisnant, Wilkesboro; Lexey Makayla Williams, Moravian Falls; Catherine Christine Yates, North Wilkesboro; Christopher Richard Zeidner, Wilkesboro.

Dean’s List: Brittany Nicole Anderson, North Wilkesboro; Karson Shae Anderson, Moravian Falls; Olivia Faith Anderson, Moravian Falls; Ryan Richardson Barrett, Wilkesboro; Megan Billings, Ferguson; Samuel Richard Blevins, North Wilkesboro; Charles Bryson Bowers, Millers Creek; Jesse Brown, Millers Creek; Dennis Wayne Buchler, North Wilkesboro; Caleb Allen Byrd, North Wilkesboro; Candace Leigh Call, North Wilkesboro; Kacie L. Cardwell, Millers Creek; Melissa Grace Cleary, North Wilkesboro; Tonya Golden Combs, Purlear; Devin Owen Courtner, North Wilkesboro; Brookelen Mercedes Cox, North Wilkesboro; Alexandria Taylor Cress, Wilkesboro; Breanna Lynn Dancy, North Wilkesboro; Hope Colette Davis, Wilkesboro;

Christopher Volant Dodd, North Wilkesboro; Gralan Brock Durham, Roaring River; Cole Grayson Elledge, North Wilkesboro; Lauren Alise Eller, North Wilkesboro; Nicole E. Eller, Wilkesboro; Hannah Dawn Ellis, Millers Creek; Charles Alexander Erhardt, North Wilkesboro; Lauren Renee Gaines, Wilkesboro; Raegan Leann Gragg, Millers Creek; Lola Mae Griffith, Ferguson; Mason Andrew Hartley, Wilkesboro; Tambrey C. Hauser, Wilkesboro; Aaron Matthew Haymore, North Wilkesboro; Andrew Dylan Holder-Walker, North Wilkesboro; Dustin Dean Holliman, Ferguson; Jonah Mark Horton, Wilkesboro; Madison Faith Huffman, Millers Creek; Madison Grace Jarvis, Purlear; Olivia Rebecca Jarvis, North Wilkesboro; Winston Blake Johnson, North Wilkesboro; Courtney Paige Key, Millers Creek; Noah Lee Krause, Wilkesboro; Thomas Jeffrey Lambert, North Wilkesboro; Tifanie Nicole Lamm, Roaring River; Sara Mari Lopez, Thurmond; David Trent Love, North Wilkesboro; Taylor Nicole Lowe, Moravian Falls; Jonathan Lugo-Parra, North Wilkesboro; Cynthia Esmeralda Maciel, North Wilkesboro; Devany Nataly Maldonado Garcia, Millers Creek; Keelee Jade McGlamery, Hays; Katheryn Nicole McGuire, North Wilkesboro; Ahlivia Shauntrisha McMillan, North Wilkesboro; Jason Allen McQuinn, Wilkesboro; Tanner Ian Medley, North Wilkesboro; Luis Carlos Mora, North Wilkesboro; Ashley Nichole Mullis, Roaring River; Bo Kimbol Mullis, Roaring River; Macy Taya Murphy, Moravian Falls; Emaleth Violet Myers, Boomer; Christopher Stephen Nardini, North Wilkesboro; Autumn Faith Nichols, North Wilkesboro; Matthew John Nielsen, North Wilkesboro; Alex Joe Parker, Wilkesboro; Timothy Ryan Pettyjohn, Ronda; Billy Jack Plowman, Millers Creek; Rosalee Joy Reavis, North Wilkesboro; Madison Elizabeth Faye Reeves, Millers Creek; Madeline Reese Roberts, North Wilkesboro ; Jacob Darren Roe, Wilkesboro; Rebekka Jonel Rollison, Moravian Falls; Neil Jacob Rotsheck, Millers Creek; Sara Stephanie Shinaman, Moravian Falls; Adam Paul Shoemaker, North Wilkesboro; Destiny Storm Smith, North Wilkesboro; Anna Maria Sotelo, Wilkesboro; Antonio Torres-De la Paz, Wilkesboro; Joshua Townsend, Ferguson; Karen Trinidad-Meza, North Wilkesboro; Mary Jane Boiser Vawter, McGrady; Emilee Michelle Waddell, Roaring River; Ronnie Easton Wagoner,

Roaring River; Caroline Elizabeth Walker, Moravian Falls; Jordan Mitchell Walker, North Wilkesboro; Harrison Wall, Wilkesboro; Travis Remington Wall, Wilkesboro; Kimberly Dawn

Watson Staley, Millers Creek; Samantha Jo Welborn, Ronda; Nicholas Ryan Whitley, Hays; Elizabeth Pearl Williams, Wilkesboro; Jacob Lee Wood, North Wilkesboro; Matthew Allen Woodie, Wilkesboro; Dustin Dean Holliman, Ferguson.

Yadkin County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

President’s List: Amanda D. Ford, Hamptonville; Austin Martin Gentle, Hamptonville; Shannon Jeanne Holden, Yadkinville; Jessica Lauren Rakes , Hamptonville ; Jeremy Ronald Salmons, Yadkinville.

Dean’s List: Brittany Melton Allred, Yadkinville; Kendra Nicole Davis, Jonesville; Victoria Marie Johnson , Boonville; Ryan Parks, Yadkinville.

Carroll County students qualifying for the spring 2019 semester

Dean’s List: Gabrielle Rose Ziems, Galax, Virginia.

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Samantha Allan Park Ch. 52

Chapter #52

Saturday, March 19th, 2016. Last day of family vacation

All throughout the week the women had been swimming/boogie boarding/jet skiing in the ocean, jumping on trampolines, climbing rock walls, working out in the gym, sliding down water slides, playing various sports, having dance parties, playing video games (some of which were very interactive) and so much more throughout the week. After spending a week completing multiple physical activities, the ladies in the group wanted one night where they could all just kick back and relax by themselves. They were outnumbered after all. There were 4 women and there were 9 guys (not including the children) so they had been keeping up with all the active men in the group, so they needed a break. Even Sam agreed that a nice relaxing girls night was needed, so the women decided to get comfortable in their bathing suits and hangout in one of the vacant rooms.

It was the last night that everyone was on vacation, so the ladies wanted to hang out in one of the hot tubs in one of the vacant rooms where they could all be alone. All the guys had had their boy’s night the previous night, and there were multiple times where it had happened to just be groups of guys all throughout the trip, so the men agreed to babysit and hangout where they wouldn’t interfere with the women’s night off.

Of course, new mother Brenda was constantly worrying about her children. “Should I call and see how they’re doing?” she asked as she eyed her phone from afar. “Honey, your husband is amazing, and he is surrounded by men who are also amazing. The kids are perfectly fine. I just know it” Irma reassured. “Still-” “Oh my god mom sit back and relax!” Sam teased her sister in law. “I thought I was your mom” April teased. “You’re both my mom. You’re secret lesbian lovers and you both raise me behind Jay’s back. Although, Casey has been playing an older brother role. Never mind, April you’re my older sister and Casey’s my brother in law, which means Brenda’s my step mom” Sam said through a wide smile. “Guess that still makes me grammy” Irma said. Each woman had a mixed drink in their hand (though they weren’t going to tell the guys that Sam was drinking underage) and they were having a hell of a good time joking and holding conversations they could never have when the guys were around.

“So grammy” Brenda teased, “how are things between you and lover boy?” she asked as she took a sip of her drink. “Stopppppp” she said as she gently nudged her daughter. “He’s sweet, but he has no idea how I feel.” “Then tell him” Sam said bluntly. “Pshh, you’re one to talk” Irma said with her hand on her hip. Sam shot the woman a funny yet confused look while she was drinking her own mixed drink. “I’m sorry, but what the hell are you talking about?” Sam said, sassily moving her body as she asked her question. “Well you haven’t told Kris how you feel, so how do you have any right telling me how to handle my love life?” Irma asked with a laugh. “Oh Sam doesn’t like Kris” April cut in. Irma and Brenda both turned towards each other and shot each other evil grins. “Oh really?” Brenda asked. “And why not?” “Really? We’re gonna dip into the dark past that we all already know about?” Sam asked. “Man, I shipped the hell out of you two” Irma said, playfully pouting in the corner of the hot tub. “Are you sure that’s the only reason why you don’t like Kris anymore?” Brenda asked. “Okay what’s happening? And ew stop looking at me like that” Sam said as she saw the weirdly wicked smiles on the two Asian women’s faces. She then turned and saw that April had the same smile on her face. “Okay you people need to start talking! I’m utterly confused.” “You like one of the turtle boys” Brenda said bluntly. Sam leaned forward awkwardly as if asking ‘what the fuck.’ “I’m sorry, but I think I misheard you. You did not just state that I like one of MY BROTHERS” she emphasized. “Oh come on! The way you are with each of them, you have to have a crush on one of them. There’s no way you don’t at least like one of them!” Irma stated. “Wow Irma, tell us how you really feel” Sam said, resting her chin on her hand as her elbow rested on her knee. “She’s not the only one who thinks that” April said, looking off in the distance as she stirred her straw in her drink. “You’ve gotta be kidding me. Not you to! Come on April you know me and the guys are like family!” “Hey I’m not the one you need to convince” April said, biting her lip, knowing that her comment was going to get the teen riled up. “Okay. I need reasons. Key details here people. What the hell has happened that I MUST be in love with ONE. OF. MY. BROTHERS” Sam emphasized, throwing her hands out in front of her (in a ‘what are those type stance) as she stated each word at the end of her sentence. “Well ladies, who would like to go first?” April asked. “Meeeee!” Brenda stated as she raised her hand up. “So I think you and Donnie have a connection.” “How? Just, how?” Sam groaned, sliding down some and leaning her back along the side of the hot tub. “Because you two were literally cuddling the other night.” “What?” Sam asked as she sat up some. “He was laying in the hammock and you were literally cuddled up with him. His arm was around you and everything! And you looked very comfortable snuggled up next to him as well. Explain yourself” Irma stated sternly, although it was obvious that she was teasing the younger woman. Sam just sat there for a few seconds, speechless. “Is…is that not normal?” she asked honestly. “NO!” Irma stated. “I second that no” Brenda said. “But, that’s just like, what I do with all of them.” Now all three women were staring at Sam with wide eyes. “What? They’re like brothers but they’re also just guy friends. Like every once in a while that just happens. They’re literally my best friends, I feel comfortable with all of them. They wouldn’t do anything inappropriate” Sam said with a genuine and innocent smile. “Girl that’s not the point! You can’t just cuddle with all the guys you know!” Brenda announced. “But I only do that with the four of them. It’s usually only when I have nightmares, and that’s usually because the nightmares are about them.” “Really? What happens?” Irma asked. “Ummmmm I’ve followed through with killing Raph, I have-” Irma then literally spit her drink. “WHAT?! Followed through?! When did you try to kill him?” “Remember? When I went all depressed once the turtles learned I was in the Foot? And then Raph when berserk and that made me go hulk times ten on his ass?” “Ahhhh right. Continue” Irma waved on. “Um, I have nightmares that Raph fights back and hurts me, I have nightmares where the others get revenge because I hurt Raph, I have nightmares where I hurt all of them, things like that. But they’re all really understanding whenever they happen. All four of them are just really great supportive guys.” “Yet you like none of them” Brenda sneered. “Nope” Sam said with the click of her tongue. “So that’s really the only reason you think I like Donnie?” “You tease him a lot” Brenda added. “I tease them all a lot.” “She does” April nodded. “What about Raph?” Irma asked. “I’m tied between whether or not you like him or Leo.” “What the hell how?!” Sam laughed as she slumped back once again. “Because he’s like, calmer around you. Like obviously now we all know that he’s really a good guy, but he’s scary when you first meet him. Granted he also knows that and once he gets to know people and once people get to know him in return, he is a sweet and fun guy. But he’s like, different with you.” “Because I’m a cold bitch who will put him in his place. April does the same thing and he respected her way before I came around.” “That’s true to” April said, tilting and nodding her head. “Which is something I’m now just realizing.” “What?” Sam asked. “He treats women respectfully regardless, but he’s tougher on women with strength of some sort who aren’t afraid of him. Then when those women prove how tough they really are, he changes and respects them quickly. He was kind of nasty with me when I first met the guys on that roof top and snapped their picture. I displayed myself as a woman who wasn’t afraid to go snooping to get information for my news reports and he made it clear he didn’t like that. If they had saved me from a robber then knowing him he would have reacted to me in a way that was the opposite of how he actually reacted. Like he just wanted to get the heck out of there and leave me there by myself, but once I proved that I cared about them and would fight to help them out, he completely changed.” “Buttttt that doesn’t mean you’re in love with him!” Sam said, taking a huge gulp of her drink and placing the empty cup to the side. “Dang slow down. Youngest one of us to” Brenda teased. “Oh I’m gonna need more than that to get through this conversation. And we’re only two brothers in.” “Leo’s turn!” Brenda announced. “Go for it. Enlighten me.” “He’s nice to you” Irma said. “You say that a lot when you’re tipsy” Sam said, the sass emanating from the way she blinked her eyes. “But you have to know what I mean! Like he’s soft with you.” “Yeah, like at their birthday dinner last year. He got upset over something and of course after talking with you for a while, he returned, good as new. As if he was never upset in the first place” Brenda added. “Gee, sounds like something, I dunno, a sister might do” Sam replied with wide and annoyed eyes. “But it happens so often. Oh but that happens with you and Raph to!” Brenda added, her tipsiness adding to her random bursts of excitement. “Because they know they can trust me! They each have literally told me that they can confide in each other when they’re really upset about something, but minor things they talk to me about. You know, the whole stereotypical thing about guys not talking to guys about their problems unless they’re THAT upset about something and it’s literally mentally killing them.” “See it’s tough to narrow it down!” Irma exclaimed. “They all talk to you like you’re ‘one of the guys’ and tease you and wrestle and stuff like you’re a guy. But then I’ve heard them be kind and gentle with you as well. They help you when you need it, but they prank you as well. Ughhhh maybe you’re just dating all of them” Brenda sighed. “Yup. I just love mutants so much that I can’t keep my hands off of them” Sam said, throwing her head back and taking another long sip of a wine cooler. “Alright, who’s gonna tell me why I like Mikey?” Sam asked, beginning to feel tipsy herself. “Oh let me guess, because he’s my partner in crime, right? Because he’s my best friend and the reason I’m still alive? Literally, since he knew the word to trigger the mutagen to enter my body. Oh! Or because he was the only one that defended me when everyone else turned on me, although that wasn’t their fault. I did almost destroy Raph’s face. Oh and there’s the fact that-” “You were holding hands with him when you came back to life” April softly cut in.

Sam froze, staring down at the water in front of her. In the corner of her eye she could see Brenda and Irma pursing their lips as they heard the new information. “Well. That one was unexpected” Sam stated bluntly. “I didn’t realize anyone had even noticed that” Sam said as she slowly turned her head towards April. “Guess you’ve been holding onto that information for a while now, huh?” Sam asked. April nodded her head. “I was the only one who didn’t join the group hug, so I happened to see it from afar. I never said anything because I didn’t want to make things awkward…and I was interested to see what resulted afterwards” April said, taking a small sip of her drink. “EXPLAIN NOW!” Brenda said with a wide smile. “What’s to explain? My best friend had saved me for what felt like the millionth time that night! I was happy to be alive and I was grateful for what he had done for me.” “What were the other ways that he had saved you?” Irma asked, genuinely interested in the details that she did not fully know about. “Well…” Sam paused, recollecting everything from what now would have been just under 2 years ago. “He put his trust in me and I was able to prevent Karai from hurting them and then myself as I launched a whip at him but then froze it in time and OH that’s also a nightmare! That that tactic failed. Uh, he jumped in front of me when a bunch of purple dragons started shooting at me. He helped me walk to safety when I was standing on a tiny little rail. And then he was the only one who knew how to bring me back to life, and then he had the guts to try and calm me down when the mutagen first entered my body…why are you all looking at me like that?” Sam asked in an annoyed tone. “He likes you” Brenda said with menacing eyes. “He’s my best friend! He cares about me the same way that the others do! They all treat me the same way. I can list examples where I’ve had emotional talks with all four of them, when I’ve teased all four of them, when I’ve argued with all four of them. You all are fighting for details that are not there! Like I could literally ask all four of them to marry me and they would all say no” Sam said, smiling in frustration as she shook her head. The other three women were smiling as a tempting idea swirled inside their minds. “Why don’t we put this to the test then?” April asked. “Hm?” Sam asked, raising her brows at the woman. “Let’s call each of them up here, one at a time, and ask them to marry you. Right here on the spot” April asked. “Oh they’re never going to let us have a girl’s night ever again” Sam groaned. “That’s a yes!” Brenda cheered as she grabbed her phone from a side table and texted Leo to come to their room.

A couple minutes later, the leader in blue appeared. “Everything okay?” “Nope” Sam groaned. Leo looked confused, and then looked very worried when he saw the look on Brenda’s and Irma’s faces. “Ask the question Samantha” Brenda said in a coy tone. “sigh Hey Leo let’s get married. Like tomorrow. What do you say?” Sam asked. Leo narrowed his eyes at the women. “Are you all drunk?” “Answer the question” Brenda stated. “That’s a yes” Sam stated. “Okay. So why are exactly are we getting married?” “Because I just love you so much. Can’t you see that?” Sam said with a very blank, emotionless expression. Leo smiled and shook his head. “In all due respect, I’d rather not get married. You’re not quite my type” Leo stated, a bit of amusement in his voice since he was not expecting to have this conversation ever. “Dually noted and youuuu have a type?” Sam asked, her tone changing from annoyed to curious very quickly as she went from avoiding the turtles gaze to looking him straight in the eye and crossing her arms on the side of the hot tub. “Have a nice night ladies” Leo said as he smiled and began to walk away. “We’re having this conversation later!” Sam called after her friend. “SEND RAPH!” Irma shouted after him. “Oh I will” Leo said. He was very interested to hear from his younger brother after he had his turn dealing with the tipsy bunch.

A couple minutes later, Raph entered the room. “Why am I here?” he groaned. “Hey Raph!” Sam announced, an annoyed smile displayed on her face. “Wanna get married?” “Why?” he asked sourly. “Because we’re meant to be” Sam said, blinking her eyes. “No” he groaned. “Jay know you’ve been drinking?” “They made me do it!” Sam pointed to the women sitting across from her. “Cool. Can I go now?” “Man! No one wants to marry you Sam. My heart hurts” Brenda said as she pouted and slumped back some. “Ahh, so that explains Leo’s smirking face. Jerk” Raph mumbled with a frown, annoyed that his brother knew what was in store for him and decided not to tell him a damn thing. “So why don’t you want to marry Sam, Raph” Brenda asked with a coy smile. “Oh here we go” Sam said as she rolled her eyes. Raph shrugged. “She’s cool, but she’s not my type.” “What the hell?! You have a type to?!” Sam announced, splashing her hands in the water. “Heh, we can’t tell you everything. Anyway, I’m out. I’ll send Donnie” Raph said as he left the room.

“Dude, this sucks! I didn’t know they had types! The only one I know has a type is Mikey and that’s because he’s made his type extremely clear!” “So what’s his type then?” April asked curiously. “Obviously curvy women that are outgoing and wear little to nothing” Sam said with a chuckle. “And how do you know this?” April asked, crossing her arms in front of her. “Because he’s a total flirt. He flirts with you every time he sees you. That’s why…” Sam trailed off, realizing she just started a conversation she did not want to have. “FINISH. THE. STATEMENT” Brenda demanded. Sam pursed her lips. “Do I have to?” Brenda calmed herself when she saw how truly uneasy this made Sam feel. “No. Of course not. I’m sorry Sam.” Sam sighed. “Can I trust that you guys will act normal if I tell you?” “Of course” Irma said. “What’s bothering you.” “Well…there was this time when I entered the lair and Mikey was flirting it up with April and he was telling you something” she said as she turned towards April “and I could just sense the change in his expression when he saw me and knew that he had to end the conversation so that he could spend time with me, since knowing him, he would have thought it was rude to ignore me and continue to flirt. So, because of that, I purposefully kinda leave the room when I sense he’s getting flirty with you so that I don’t get in his way. Like he’s literally told me that he knows you’re like a sister and he would never go overboard and be rude, but he’s also teased that it’s just in his nature.” “Why have you never told me this?” April asked, truly upset that Sam had hid this information from her for so long. Sam shrugged. “It just wasn’t important. I mean I know it’s just who he is-” “But he did something that upset you. Does he even know?” April asked. “No!” Sam responded within a second of the question being asked. “You can’t tell ANY OF THEM that I just told you all that! That stays between the four of us. Please don’t tell anyone” Sam said. This was the first time the women could sense that Sam was really upset with something that had been discussed that night, and they knew that this was something that truly bothered her. “We won’t tell a soul sweetie. We’ll take it to the grave” Brenda said soothingly. “But, don’t you think he would want to know?” April asked. “I’m sure he didn’t mean to hurt you.” Sam sent her a sad smile. “I know he would never mean to hurt me, and knowing him he didn’t realize what he did or how I felt when it happened. But I feel like it would make things weird between the two of us, and I don’t want him getting any wrong ideas. And I mean he’s allowed to be flirty and playful. Who am I to say something that would make him change who he is? That’s not fair-”

Sam stopped talking once the door opened. Donnie entered the room very awkwardly. “I’ve been informed this will be an awkward encounter” he stated as he slowly swung his arms back and forth. “Yup! We’re getting married. That cool with you?” Sam asked bluntly. Donnie shook his head in confusion. “I’m sorry, what?” “I love you, so love me back!” Sam stated. “How drunk are you?” he asked with a laugh. “Geez, I ask men to marry me and they all accuse me of being drunk. Such compliments” she said as she stuck her tongue out at him. “This isn’t a real proposal…right?” he asked. “Of course not! These drunk ditz’s made me ask” Sam said as she rolled her eyes. “And I swear if you say you have a ‘type’ that you haven’t told me about then I’m going to kick your ass along with your older brothers.” “Well, I’ll sleep with one eye open then” Donnie said with a smile. “Motherfucker” Sam mumbled. “Is that all the random for the day?” Donnie asked. “Yup! Send the baby brother in!” Brenda said. Donnie sighed and left the room, feeling more comfortable now that that question was out of the way.

“So back to what you were saying” Brenda stated. “Do you really think it would be that bad if you told him of something that happened once?” she asked. “Well, he made that face once…but that’s because I’ve prevented myself from being put in a situation like that again, hehe.” “Sam…” April started, “is there anything I can do to help?” Sam tilted her head to the side. “Help with what?” “You know, your crush on Mikey” April stated. “No, no-no. There is no crush. Just not wanting to get in a guy friends way. That’s all” Sam stated quickly. “Sam-” “Look, it’s not a romantic thing, it’s just one of those odd situations that come up when having guy friends. It’s happened to me back in the day as kids as well. There’s obviously times where the guys are going to talk about how much they like the pretty girls that are the opposite of me, and usually I talk to the guys about it as well because I’m cool like that. I don’t mind hearing guys share their feelings about women, and usually I add my input and advice to give to them as well. It’s just odd when you’re in the way of them flirting. Like, it’s one of those things where as the female friend you have to know when to respect the guys needs and feelings and stuff, you know?” “Are you sure? You can be honest here sweetie. You have our support” April reassured, with Brenda and Irma nodding in unison to these claims. Sam smiled. “Thank you. But I swear it’s just one of those situations. I know that’s who he is and as his best friend I respect those boundaries. Hell, I’d bet money that the first thing he does when he gets here is compliment everyone in some way and he’ll come in here all energetic unlike the other three. That’s just who he is.”

And right on cue, Mikey entered. “Wassup ladies? I must say you all look lovely tonight” he said, strutting into the room and sitting on the edge of the tub so that he could place his feet in (he made sure to inform them that his feet were clean before doing so). “4th times a charm” Sam mumbled to herself, “Michelangelo, will you marry me?” she asked with literally no emotion as she continued to face the women in the hot tub rather than turn and face the man in the room. Mikey sensed this and was confused as to what was happening, but shrugged and answered honestly with an “okay.” Sam paused. “What?” she asked. She squinted her eyes in confusion, but she was sitting at an angle where as she faced the rest of the women in the hot tub, Mikey couldn’t see her expression, so he continued to answer honestly. “I mean hey if you’re asking, I’m not gonna say no.” “Explain!” Brenda stated, crossing her arms. ‘Heh, women are interesting when they’re tipsy in packs’ Mikey thought to himself. “Well” he began, “Sam and I have a lot of similar interests. She actually listens to me unlike my brothers” he said as he rolled his eyes. “Sam trusts me, she knows I’m not actually a ditz…yeah I’d pull a Phoebe and Joey and marry her in the future. But I’m confused as to why I’m being asked this when Sam can date literally anyone.” “Okay first, what does Phoebe and Joey mean?” April asked. “Okay so there’s this episode of Friends where they talk about how if they reach a certain age and they’re not married then Phoebe and Joey would get married…oh right she said she would marry Ross to” he said, looking upwards as he tried to remember how the episode played out. “What do you mean I can date literally anyone?” Sam cut in rather harshly, now turning towards Mikey as she spoke. “Ugh, we have to have this conversation again?” he groaned. “You’re obviously pretty Sam. Tomboy’s have attractive qualities to. Have some confidence in yourself” he said as he turned to leave the room. “Well, I hope you all continue to have a fun night ladies” he said with a wink, “I’m gonna head back down to the dance party we were holding downstairs.” He then shut the door behind him and the room grew silent.

“We have a winner” Brenda whispered into her glass. “You okay?” April asked in concern. Sam chuckled. “I’d also bet money that he thinks all his brothers answered that question in a similar way that he just did. If he knew his brothers answered differently, then he wouldn’t have said what he just did. “But he spoke honestly and he said yes” Irma said softly. “Are you okay with that?” “He’s a flirt, so that literally meant nothing. Am I allowed to explain to them later why we asked them that question?” Sam asked. The women nodded. It was only fair that the boys knew why they had just been teased the way they had been. “SO let’s talk about Casey Jones” Sam said, hoping that the conversation would leave her and that the spotlight would move onto anyone else. Especially since she wasn’t sure what she would say if she was to continue on with the interrogation.

‘Why the hell did he say yes?’ Sam thought to herself. ‘He doesn’t like women like me! I don’t wear booty shorts, I don’t have big boobs, I don’t wear make-up. He’s never been attracted to me and he only said that to be nice. He’s never complimented my looks before. The guys probably told him what we were going to ask him. That has to be it! This was his way of getting back at me for allowing us to get at him! Well, in that case his surprise answer was definitely a shock and I deserved it. I’ll have to make sure I apologize to him later today’ she thought.

And that’s exactly what she did. Later that night/into the early morning, the turtles were enjoying the sauna on the second floor for the last time since later that evening they would be heading home. This was when Sam joined the guys and informed them of the tipsy women that insisted she must be in love with one of them, hence having to ask each of them about marriage. “Well, twas an interesting experience” Donnie teased. “Hopefully none of us offended or upset you” he said, a look of guilt on his face. Sam clapped her hands together. “What?” she asked. “Well I’m sure we all answered the same way” Raph stated. “You know we all care about you, but I can’t imagine any of us saying yes. No offense or anything” he said, also now feeling a little guilty because of how he responded earlier. Sam could sense Mikey looking away in a panic, now realizing he was the only idiot that said yes. Sam smiled. “Guys, I knew each of you was going to say no. In all due respect, I would have responded the same way if I was randomly asked the same question. I’ve told you all before that you have attractive qualities, but that doesn’t mean I want to marry any of you.” “So you’re sure you’re not upset about anything?” Leo asked. “Swear on my life I’m fine” she said. The three older brothers sighed in relief. “Well if that’s all settled then, I’m gonna head up” Leo said as he stood up and got out of the water. “Same” Raph said rolling his shoulders. “You staying?” Donnie asked. Sam nodded. “I don’t relax like this often, so I’m gonna stay a little bit longer.” “Same” Mikey stated smoothly. “Besides, two people means the other can’t fall asleep.” “Good call” Sam said with a nod. “Alright, see you both in the morning then” Leo said, and the three brothers exited the room, leaving Sam and Mikey alone in the sauna together.

“Uh, hehe, thanks for lying for me back there” Mikey said, rubbing the back of his head as he looked down at the water. Sam smiled. “Of course, you know I always have your back. Plus, I know it was random and on the spot which I’m sure played into your answer” she said as she nudged his arm. “What do you mean?” he asked. “Well if you knew what your brothers had said then I know you wouldn’t have responded the way you did. You were just being nice because that’s the kind of guy you are. I know you would never intentionally do anything to hurt me, so I know you said yes because you would have felt bad to turn me down so suddenly. If you had time to think about what was asked then I know you would have responded in a different way” she said with a genuine and reassuring smile. “Yeah of course” he stated, “I just didn’t want to offend you or anything. I wasn’t lying about the pretty part though, you do need to be more self-confident” he stated, trying to make the girl laugh and help her maintain this comfortable aura between the two of them. “Thanks, and I know. Ugh this got hotter way faster than I thought” Sam groaned. “Wait, what?” Mikey asked nervously. “The sauna. I know it’s supposed to hot, but this is getting unbearable. Wanna head over to the indoor pool instead? The water is nice and warm since it’s indoors” she stated. “Race you to the slide” she said with a wicked grin. “It’s ON!” Mikey shouted as he leapt up from his seat and dashed towards the door.

The two then spent the rest of the early morning swimming in the pool, teasing each other and talking as if the awkward situation had never happened. And that’s how it would stay for a while, since this situation made it clear that neither of the two was interested in the other. The other three women, however, weren’t so sure that nothing was there, but they promised to keep everything witnessed and heard in that room that night a secret, and decided that they too would ‘play ninja’ and observe what would unfold from the shadows.

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