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B-Squared’s Top 10 Games of 2019!

2019 was a year full to the brim of GREAT games, and as is the custom at the end of the year, people love to rank their favorites, so…I’d like to do the same! Of course my own tastes might be different from yours so if you don’t see a thing on here that you liked, chances are I didn’t like it…or more likely, there’s just too many great games out this year, and I couldn’t get to everything. I’d like to stress to that the rankings don’t really matter all that much, especially the farther down we go. Everything on here is an easy recommendation. Without any further ado…let’s take a look at my Top 10 Games of 2019~

#10 - River City Girls

I love action games, but 2D beat-em-ups never really clicked for me. They were largely before my time and I was thinking that it’d be impossible to get me into one in the current era of gaming. And then I saw Marian’s redesign for River City Girls and bought the game. What can I say? Abs are a great sales pitch. But seriously, getting Wayforward on the helm of a beloved classic franchise is already a great way to pique my interest, and while there’s SOME aspects of this game that I don’t quite gel with, it’s a fun, colorful romp through a ridiculous universe that I’d LOVE to see more of down the line. Featuring a role-reversal, with the girlfriends saving the boyfriends this time, River City Girls has gorgeous pixel art, an AMAZING pop-synth soundtrack that’s worth the price alone, and it’s a game that clearly had fun with the concept and that fun rubs off on you. From the stylish animated boss intros, to the co-op fun that can be had with a friend, everything in this game is brimming with charm. Basic NPCs have great designs in their own right, being able to recruit enemies as assists is a neat idea, and it all adds up to a fun, bite-sized adventure with a bit of depth under the hood if you’re willing to give it a look. Can the character designers get a raise for this game, please? And let Megan McDuffie just do all the songs from now on. ALL OF THEM.

#9 - Astral Chain

Most people assumed if we were going to get a Switch exclusive game by Platinum this year, it’d be Bayonetta 3 but instead Nintendo surprised us with Astral Chain, the anime cop action game we didn’t know we wanted. The game boasts great visuals and is probably the most content-rich Platinum game ever made for starters, but for me the true draw is in the combat. Playing as your police officer in tandem with an alien creature known as a Legion, this tag-team action game is unlike pretty much anything else on the market. While the game starts off very simplistic, the Legion itself moving and attacking with no input from the player, over time more and more options unlock and things get considerably more complicated. By game’s end, you’re drowning in options, and once things clicked, combat was always a treat. With plenty of enemies to practice with, Legions to master and a gigantic post-game filled with challenging encounters, I had more fun with the combat in this game than I did with a lot of other games this year. That said, I do feel that Astral Chain could have benefitted from trimming some fat or rethinking its overall structure. For being a new IP with some bold ideas, I’m willing to accept these as kinks that can hopefully be ironed out in a sequel. Oh, and add Lappy to Smash already. You know you want to, Sakurai.

#8 - BABA IS YOU

Puzzle games are hard sells for me, since I don’t like the frustration that often comes from being stuck. You feel dumb, you get embarrassed and turn the game off in shame, or at least that’s my experience. But then sometimes you get a game so clever, so…weird, that you can’t help but be sucked into it. BABA IS YOU is a block-pushing puzzle game, with the twist being that the “rules” of a particular stage are often physically present in levels and are in fact blocks that can be pushed and manipulated by the player. ROCK is PUSH, WALL is STOP, FLAG is WIN and BABA is YOU. But what if you can’t touch the flag because the wall is in the way? Well, make it so WALL is PUSH to move it aside, or maybe make it so that BABA is WIN and you become the win condition itself. As the game goes on, more modifiers and rules are slowly introduced and absorbed into your own internal logic of the game, logic that increasingly has to be broken and remade to suit your needs. It’s a very empowering experience when the solution clicks and the results can often be hilarious and surprising. This game also GOES PLACES the further you go in, and I’d rather not ruin that surprise for anyone who might be looking into the game. Definitely one of the most innovated titles I’ve played in a LONG time. BABA is GOOD.

#7 - Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid

OK, so…hear me out. Power Rangers was a franchise I was obsessed with as a kid, and while I don’t follow it anymore, there’s still some love for it flowing in my veins. So when a small, no-name studio puts out a Power Ranger fighting game that takes the simplified controls of Smash Bros. and the tag-team craziness of Marvel vs. Capcom and slaps it all together for a cool twenty bucks or so? Well you got yourself a purchase and it ended up being WAY more fun than I expected. Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is far from the best looking fighter on the market, it’s single-player content is lacking, and it’s roster, while interesting, isn’t as big as a lot of the competition, but damn if it isn’t fun to play. With characters taken from across the franchise’s long history, from the live-action movie reboot to the comic books, each choice has been inspired and resulted in an incredibly varied cast. With no crazy inputs for special moves, combined with a tagging system that lets you cycle through your three-Ranger team quickly, the game is the best kind of chaotic fun, but true masters can command that chaos and channel it into cool combos that make you want to say “Morphinominal!” Considering it’s a budget title, it’s also received a fair amount of updates throughout the year to pad out the roster with both free and paid DLC fighters, a full story mode and improvements to the netcode and overall presentation., so if you passed on it at launch, it’s much improved now. It’s not gonna be a fighting game on everyone’s radar, but I’d rather support it than the grind-heavy slog Mortal Kombat has become…Now just hurry up and add that monster that baked the Rangers into a pizza!

#6 - New Super Lucky’s Tale

If your name isn’t Mario or Sonic, 3D platformers are effectively dead. That said, there’s been a few up-and-comers in recent years that are trying to revive the genre. Hat Kid from A Hat in Time, the duo of Yooka-Laylee, and now Lucky from the folks at Playful Studios. The cute fox has quite the history, starting from the Oculus Rift title, Lucky’s Tale, to a full-fledged platformer on the Xbox One X, Super Lucky’s Tale and now the enhanced port/reimagining New Super Lucky’s Tale on Switch. Halfway between a full-blown sequel, and enhanced edition, the game takes assets from the Xbox original game, tweaking and refining everything from visuals to controls to level layouts. The result is a game that is incredibly well-polished. It looks great, Lucky is a treat to control as he moves from jumping, burrowing and sliding around fluidly, and the variety on display keeps things interesting. We’ve got full 3D levels, 2D levels, auto-runners, and even some marble maze levels and puzzles thrown in for good measure. It’s not a hard game, but it IS incredibly fun, and well made. We don’t get many 3D platformers these days, so cherish what little comes of the genre. I hope Playful and Nintendo continue to collaborate, as they really seem more at home here. Just…maybe don’t add more words to the title of the next game, guys.

#5 - Katana Zero

There’s no nice way to say it: there’s too many pixel-based, side-scrolling indie games out there, so the ones that DO stand out deserve to be celebrated. Katana Zero has a real ‘80s flair for starters, using bright neon, TV and VCR visual effects, and a synth soundtrack to give it some real style. When a game kicks off with you slowing down time and reflecting a bullet back at an enemy with your katana, you make a good first impression! Add in the trial-and-error that is planning the perfect route through a stage, the satisfying slicing and dicing of enemies, the unique, challenging boss encounters, and you have a game that was on my radar for a while, before I finally got into it at the end of the year. Its storyline is pretty interesting too, with some slight variances in how events unfold depending on your words and actions, though it ending on a bit of a cliffhanger is a bummer. That said, when a game leaves you wanting more, there’s worse problems to have. At the very least, there’s some DLC hinted at that might be interesting, as well as the implications that this is the merely the first in a trilogy, and at this point I’m game for whatever developer Askiisoft has in store.

#4 - Luigi’s Mansion 3

The GameCube was an odd era for Nintendo, as they attempted to innovate and try new ideas rather than rely purely on their old standbys. Case-in-point, rather than launch the console with a new Mario platformer, his second-banana brother Luigi got his first starring role in what would become the Luigi’s Mansion series. While not making QUITE as big of a splash as maybe Nintendo hoped, it’s garnered a decent fanbase, and when a sequel was announced for 3DS, people ate it up. Considering the gap between the first and second games, I think many people were surprised at the relatively quick turn-around for the third installment. I was also surprised at the overall quality and how much I enjoyed digging into it. For starters, Luigi’s Mansion 3 is easily one of the better-looking Switch titles, boasting some great lighting and particle effects, with some fun physics implemented for just about everything in the massive mansion. Luigi and company are animated with a lot of expressiveness that never gets old, and the music sets the tone perfectly too. From a gameplay standpoint, the toolset Luigi gains gives him ample options to poke at every nook and cranny, with the slimy doppelganger Gooigi being the clear stand-out. Some of the floors of the Last Resort hotel that Luigi must ascend are particularly massive and intricate too, some floors feeling like Legend of Zelda-style dungeons. While not a particularly challenging game, it’s still really satisfying to poke and prod at everything in sight, sucking in all the coins, gold bars and stacks of paper bills you can handle, not to mention slamming the ghosts around like the Hulk does to Loki. There’s also multiplayer! That I…haven’t really touched but…hey! More bang for your buck, surely!

#3 – Dragon Quest XI S

I don’t consider myself a huge fan of JRPGs. Or at least that’s what I thought before I tried out the Dragon Quest XI demo on Switch. I ended up falling for the game hard and bought the full release, carrying my demo data over and not stopping until I hit credits. Despite having never touched a Dragon Quest game before, outside of an hour or so of VIII, I was overcome with this feeling of nostalgia when it came to this game. That’s because Dragon Quest is THE quintessential JRPG game, the originator of all that we take for granted today. It was nice to feel right at home with a simple, effective combat system, rather than having to watch games re-invent the wheel in an attempt to stand out from the pack (sorry Xenoblade), and the story itself, while predictable and a little basic at times, was told well and told earnestly. It really nailed the feeling of going on a grand adventure, with enough twists on the formula to keep things interesting. The turn-based combat was elementary, but always presented me with fair challenges and lots of ways to solve the encounters laid before me, with enough quality-of-life features added in to minimize grind and make things more convenient. The Switch version of Dragon Quest XI featured a bunch of new content on top of a game that had more than enough going for it, and it’s clear a lot of work was done to make this port as faithful as could be, and it stands out not just as a great port on a system known for some shoddy ones, but as a title that’s brimming with as much polish and quality to rival first-party Switch titles. Don’t ban Hero in Smash and don’t miss out on this game if you haven’t taken the plunge already!

#2 – Devil May Cry 5

The Devil May Cry franchise has had its share of ups and downs over the years. For every game that’s considered a success, you have another game that doesn’t quite measure up. For years many thought the franchise was dead in the water after the attempted reboot, DMC: Devil May Cry failed to grow its audience, but when Microsoft’s E3 2018 show revealed to us a new installment, fans were ecstatic. Devil May Cry 5 boasts crisp visuals, deep combat and trims the fat, removing the wonky platforming and puzzles of earlier games to create a high-octane action experience that ultimately exceeded fan expectations. Its storyline firmly plants Devil May Cry 4’s Nero as a main character in his own right, wraps up the story of the Sparda brothers neatly, and if this ended up being the last title in the series, I think it’s that rare ending that ends up being totally satisfying. Combat is the real draw here though, the game giving players three distinct characters to learn and master. Nero’s robotic Devil Breaker arms allow him a decent amount of variety, while having a balanced, beginner-friendly combat style for new players. Dante remains the king of variety, having more weapons than ever before combined with his signature style switching, though the game is actually designed with all these options in mind so he doesn’t end up breaking the game like he did in 4. Newcomer V ends up being a breath of fresh air, controlling up to three demonic summons at once, forcing players to really think more strategically. The music is incredible too; Nero’s own theme, Devil Trigger, has been stuck in my head since last year and I don’t see it leaving any time soon. All things considered, Devil May Cry 5 might be the best game in the franchise, and a worthy contender for game of the year personally. Now if only we had a special edition with Vergil and the ladies playable…

#1 - Fire Emblem: Three Houses

I got into the Fire Emblem series with Awakening and really liked it a lot, however Fates, the next installment, left a bad taste in my mouth. I couldn’t really get into Echoes, itself a remake of the second game in the series, and I began to wonder if this franchise was really for me. I was willing to give Three Houses a shot, but I was not prepared for the game to blow past all my expectations. Fire Emblem: Three Houses isn’t just a good game, it’s a game that’s redeemed a franchise that’s stumbled a bit in recent years, and it likely cements Fire Emblem as a core Nintendo franchise for years to come. It has class, depth and real heart...with only minor creepy or pervy elements! Making a grand return to home consoles after more than a decade on handhelds, it goes big and it ultimately paid off, on track to become the best-selling entry in the series. The school setting might seem weird at first, and I wondered how well I’d adjust to it, but being able to instruct your units and influence their growth in battle was worth the learning curve. Things are introduced slowly enough that the flow of the game becomes relatively easy to manage, if a bit time-consuming overall. With four distinct storylines you can explore, TONS of character interactions and some interesting tweaks to the strategic gameplay the series is known for, I’m confident in saying that Three Houses is well-worth a purchase for newcomers to the franchise. Divine Pulse is a great quality-of-life addition that lets you undo mistakes, rather than force you to start over from scratch, and overall the UI and layout of the game gives you enough information to make informed decisions without overwhelming you. Makes me wonder how we survived before the games showed us who enemies would target on their turns before now. Admittedly, some aspects of the progression have some issues, especially at endgame, and visually the game really is not up to par most of the time, but these end up being tiny blemishes in the long run for me. They certainly weren’t bad enough to prevent me from starting a new path the instant I finished my first route. If I have one request…just make Claude a gay option. Give the people what they want, Nintendo!

Honorable Mentions

I’d like to add on some honorable mentions here before we close things out, though most of these are things I didn’t even get a chance to play, but they certainly might have made this list. For one, Resident Evil 2 Remake seems like a high-quality reinterpretation of the survival-horror classic, but I can’t do horror so I’ll likely pass it up. It’s also for that reason that I might not get to Control but I might try jumping out of my comfort zone for that one. The confusion surrounding both The Other Worlds AND The Outer Wilds is funny, but they’re both space-based games I’d be keen on getting to at some point down the line; the former is a great Western RPG by the folks who made the GOOD Fallout games, while the latter is an interesting space-faring puzzler with some interesting mechanics I’d rather not spoil for those not more in-the-know. Indie titles Sayonara Wild Hearts and GRIS definitely caught my attention with their great visuals, and in the case of the former, its soundtrack, even if the gameplay wasn’t quite there for me, and the weird fighting-game-but-kinda-RPG that is Indivisible demands my attention sooner or later. Bloodstained is the Castlevania follow-up I keep forgetting is out, and I hear great things about Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair. The team behind the Yakuza series recently made a spin-off of sorts, Judgment that hit the West this year and while I like the Yakuza series for its quirky tone and fun combat, there’s still six other games I’d have to sift through, so going with Judgment, which is set to possibly begin a new franchise, seems like a good alternative. And how could I forget the likes of Shovel Knight as we finally receive the last expansion that’s been years in the making? I haven’t touched the King of Cards expansion yet, but I have the upmost faith in anything Yacht Club makes, so that’s surely a game of the year contender. 2019 was crazy good! Glad to close the year out with so much quality, and tons of great stuff to add to the ever-growing backlog.

Hope you had some good gaming memories made this year!

-B

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Red ~ Embry Call (Part 4)(final)

A/n: I just wanted to say, what I had the reader do in the last part wasn’t actually okay? Like hurting the people you care about for revenge isn’t excusable and I’m not going to excuse it for that reason. But that was the creative choice I took as a writer because that’s the character I created and the choice I believe they would make. Everyone had flaws. That was theirs. I hope this doesn’t deter you from reading the rest of the series. Also, my lyrics got messed up for some reason? SO I might have repeats- bare with my oops. With Love, your writer.

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But loving him was red. Loving him was red. Touching him was like realizing all you ever wanted was right there in front of you. Memorizing him was as easy as knowing all the words to your old favorite song.

The next few days were, to the say the least, awkward.

Embry and I were both really guilty and kept tip going around the other. I couldn’t remember why I had thought it such a good idea to do what I did, or how I thought hurting Embry so he would understand exactly what he did would make thing better between us. All that happened when he truly understand how I’d felt was tension. Tension like none other I’d ever experienced. He didn’t even want to touch me and sometimes when he looked at me, he had pain in his eyes that was so prominent I could feel it. He beat himself up more than I or anyone else ever would. More than he deserved really.

Finally, I sat him down on the bed in my room. He was hunched over, looking at his hands in his lap, and I looked at him from my standing position across from him. “Embry?” He didn’t respond. “Em.” I sighed and he finally met my gaze. “I... look, we need to move on. From what you, did from what I did. We both had our reasons and we can’t change it. But if we don’t let go and move on our relationship is going to fall apart all over again, okay? I want to make this work, but... we can’t if we can’t start healing.”

He sighed, echoing the sound I’d made earlier. It was just as heavy and as tired. “I hurt you.”

“And I hurt you,” I countered. “Now it’s time to get over it. People make mistakes, Nd we’ve done shitty stuff like this in the past. Just like then, we have to get passed it.”

After a second of pause, he nodded, sitting up. “Do you have a plan?”

I relaxed, taking a seat next to him and placing my hands, one of top of the other, on his leg. “I was thinking we could make some ground rules? Spend some time together and work on just being close again? We can’t date like this...”

He wrapped an arm around me, pulling me close. “What did you have in mind for rules?

Pausing for a second, I thought. “No lying. I mean, surprise parties and gifts and the such. Whatever. But for real things, big things. No lying.”

His head turned, lips ghosting my neck as he hummed. “Anything else?”

Closing my eyes to concentrate, I breathed carefully- even though he could hear my heartbeat. “Um...” His breath was distracting. “Compromise has to be a big thing between us. We’ll have to learn how to balance your wolf responsibilities with us, but I think we would at the very least set a serious one day a week thing. Just you and me. A date or just a night in or cooking dinner together. But it has to be alone and it has to include time spent together.”

“And kissing?”

I smiled. “And kissing,” I agreed. “We also have to be willing to talk to each other. All the time. This might be hard for a while, but communication is going to be huge. And, most importantly, from now on, it’s you and me first before anyone else. No more revenge schemes on my part.” My voice grew quiet.

His hand brushed my fingers and I shivered. “I’ll make sure Sam knows that you come first.”

“Don’t get in trouble because of me,” I scolded seriously. My voice was softened due to how distracted I was by his proximity.

He chuckled, the air raising goosebumps on my arms and legs. “I’ll take my chances with him. He shouldn’t bite... too hard.”

I shoved him. “I’m serious Em, do NOT get in trouble for me!”

His face was in view and now that there was space between us, I could think clearly again. His grin was contagious and I mirrored it, the room warm and lively as it hadn’t been since we’ve last been together. “Okay, okay,” he agreed, holding his hands up in the air to either side of his head to surrender. “You happy?”

Nodding, I chuckled. “Very.”

In small moments like this, when we had heart to hearts or it had been a really good day, we could smile and laugh. He would fiddle with my finger or just hand in general or tap silent beats on my knees. And it was nice. But it wasn’t always like this, like how it used to be. And even in these moments where we were almost back normal, it was still... different. He focused on my hands and the things around us too much, not meeting my eyes for any significant amount of time if at all. He didn’t steal kisses or cuddle with me or HOLD my hand. I knew he was thinking about it. I could see his eyes fall on my lips when I spoke sometimes. I’d notice his fingers line up with mine and then almost slip between before he pulled away. I saw how he still made room for me on couches when he lay down, like at Sam and Emily’s. But I never took that space with my body. I felt like he didn’t want to. One time I tried and he got really tense, so I masked it by sitting in front of him on the floor, moving my attention to Seth and starting a conversation.

Even now, talking about making it better and working things out, he stuck to that line. There was a piece of glass between us. I wanted to kiss him. I wanted to seal our promise of the future with happiness and love. I wanted him to feel how much I loved him and how sorry I was and how much I’d missed him and had forgiven him and wanted him back. Wanted us back.

I felt my smile fall as I settled back. “You don’t look happy,” he noted softly.

Blinking, I slipped my smile back on. This time it was forced but I didn’t want to bring up the awkward barrier between us and have him force something to make me feel better. I wanted it to come down naturally. “Sorry, I’m thinking. How are we going to do this bonding stuff?”

He brought my knuckle to his lips and my stomach twisted, my heart beat picking up. “What if I took you out on a date?” I blushed and his free hand brushed against my cheek, smiling softly as he took in the warm color. “I’ve been meaning to, but it never felt like the right time to ask. I mean, why I would be so nervous to ask my-“ he paused and I felt my heart drop again. “You on a date confuses me as much as the next guy, but I’ve done it now.” He chuckled to cover his blunder but the damage had already been done.

My girlfriend.

He hadn’t said it.

Was that what I was? His girlfriend? Or were we just friends? No, we definitely weren’t just friends. So, what, we were in some weird middle stage? Geez, when would things go back to normal?

Pushing my dark thoughts away, I nodded. “I would love to, Em. What did you have in mind?”

Losing him was blue like I'd never known; Missing him was dark gray all alone; Forgetting him was like trying to know somebody you never met... But loving him was red. Oh red. Burning red!

Biting my lip, I tugged on Embry's hand. "Embry when you said dinner and a movie I thought that's all you meant!"

He chuckled as he turned to me, still dragging em towards the edge of the cliff. "We're not cliff diving," he comforted. "Not here, not today." I calmed a bit but being this close to the edge still made me nervous. "Come on, Beautiful, I wouldn't do that to you right out of the gate, now would I?" The name made me blush. "I just want to watch the sun set." He let go of my hand, sitting on the edge of the cliff with his legs dangling over. I froze in place, gulping loudly. He looked up at me, holding his hand out for me. "Do you trust me?"

I paused. Not because I didn't trust him but because I felt like he was UP to something. I stood tall, raising an eyebrow and he smirked, seeing my eyes digging into his, searching for what he was up to, he smirked. He bounced his hand, as if to remind me it was there, and I took it. "Of course," I finally finished, slowly. H tugged on me, gently, not even hard enough to move. I got the hint though, taking a seat next to him. I immediately felt the awkwardness and I wondered if I should scoot into him Nd cuddle as we watched the sunset, but he made the choice for me.

His hand snaked around my waist. Once he had a grip on me, he pulled me right up against him. I instinctively rested my head on his chest and he rested his cheek on top of my head. "That's better," he whispered. I smiled.

The sunset was gorgeous. It sparked and colored the sky almost majestically. I could see why there were so may pictures and paintings of the sky- it was an actual work of heart. My breath had caught so many times, my chest constricting in awe, that my head was spinning. Neither of us talked for a long time, but his warmth had seeped into me and the silence was comfortable and soothing. When it had grown sufficiently dark and the cold was pushing at the edges of our cocoon, Embry leaned away. I whined and he chuckled. "We still have our movie, and I want some light on our way down. Dinner is waiting..."

Groaning, I let him pull me to my feet and guide me back towards the path leading back to the car. The one neither of us could legally drive... hush, Embry was a fantastic driver. Jake had taught him. Once we were inside the car, I rested my hand on the center consul. He didn't hesitate before taking it and I beamed, turning my face towards the window so he couldn't see. I was so excited for the rest of the night that my foot wouldn't stop tapping against the passenger seat floor.

He stopped in front of the diner and I reached out to open my door. He immediately snagged my wrist, pulling me back so I couldn't grab it. "Hey!" I protested, weakly because I was leaning into him and his lips were touching my neck and I was surprised but not upset about it.

"It's my job to open that, Beautiful," he mumbled against my warm skin. I shivered, giggling, and saddening a bit as he pulled away. He wasn't gone long though as he ran around to my side, opening my door for me and offering his hand. I smiled, taking his offer and hoping onto the ground from my seat in the car. We walked inside and headed straight to a booth. His chest kept bumping into my back he was so close but I wasn't complaining.

After I sat he went to move to the other side of the booth but snagged his wrist and then tugged on it, catching and stopping him. "Sit next to me?"

His smile was wide and made my heart flutter. "If you want," he offered. I scooted over in the booth and he chuckled before taking a seat next to me. The more the night went on; the more time we spent together; the more we talked and laughed and touched, the more the tension and awkwardness and hesitation melted away. It was easy and natural again and I found myself leaning into Embry, his fingers trailing up and down my arm to trace soft, mindless patterns through my shirt.

We figured out what we wanted and then I told him my order. "I have to go to the bathroom. Be right back okay?" He nodded, humming, and then stood to let me out. He sat back down as I heard to do my business. It was on my way back that the night took it's first bump in the road.

I was stopped by a boy with a large smile and shimmering green eyes. His brown hair was messy and curly. Freckles spattered his nose and cheeks, fading before they could cover his forehead. His eyelashes were long and dark and his lips were turned up in a smile. He was a little taller than me. He had a nice face and startling features that added together for a very pretty face. "Oh my gosh, Y/n," he gasped.

My eyes widened and a bolt of anxiety shot through me. "Hey, Nick," I eased thickly. "What brought you here?"

He chuckled, his smile easy and bright but setting me on edge as his beautiful green eyes met mine, searching as always. "I work here nowadays. I haven't heard from you in a while, what have you been up to?"

Looking for a polite way out of this situation, I stalled, knowing where he was aiming with this conversation. "Well, I've ben busy. Connecting with old friends, working on myself and my relationships." I thought of Embry's hesitation to call me his girlfriend earlier and made a note to say friend, just out of respect for him. No sense in rushing things and going public before we ourselves had even got there. I was hesitant to ask the inevitable question, but when the time came I just sagged a bit and offered a, "You?"

Nick's grin grew as he reached the place he'd been trying to. "I've been waiting for you to call me back." He laughed, winking. "Have you been too busy for that date? You did agree to go on one with me."

I winced. "Uh, Nick..." My heart was rising into my throat, choking me, and my heart was racing, ramming against my ribs painfully.

Arms looped around my waist from behind, my back pressing against a firm chest. I tensed, about to lose my mind when I heard, "I was wondering where you had got off to." The sound of Embry's voice calmed me significantly. Not all the way, though, because Nick and Embry meeting made me want to throw up.

Nick looked between the two of us, his smile fading as his lips pressed into a thin line, his intensely colored eyes boring into me. "I see." He stepped back, forcing a fake smile as he became a worker facing two customers. It was a relief to feel the separation between us actually. "Sorry to have kept her, sir, we were just talking. Excuse me while I let you two be. Enjoy your night!" And then he was gone.

Embry pulled away from me after he left and we headed back to our booth, my heart sinking into my stomach. "Embry-"

"Who was that?" He asked softly. Not angry. Maybe in pain. He sat in the same place at the booth but I felt the awkwardness and tension again and took a seat on the other side.

My hands went on top of the table. "He has a crush on me," I sighed. "He kept pestering and pestering and I was never over you but he wouldn't leave me alone. I didn't want to bother Quil or Jake, and then Bella came along and then Jake left and Quil went MIA because he'd just lost both of his best friends and..." I shrugged. "I agreed to go on one date with him to get him off my back but I've been avoiding him like the plague." I bit my lip. "We weren't together."

He nodded. "I'm not mad at you, just curious." He smiled, standing and then moving to the other side of the booth to join me, having me scoot over so he could fit. "We're letting the past go and moving on, right?"

I smiled to myself. "Yeah. Right."

The rest of the meal was peaceful and full of laughter with no further sign of Nick. We went to the movie theatre after and got snapped at three times before we forced ourselves to stop talking altogether. We'd gone to see the latest si-fi movie and were trying to figure out what would happen before the movie revealed it to us, sharing theories and observations and thoughts alike.

By the end of the movie, things were back to normal. Those hours together finally sewed that gap close. On our way out, I dumped our popcorn bucket in the trash can as we giggled wildly at the fourth time the little old lady in front of us had snapped at us to stop our 'chattering'.

A little girl that must have been sitting around us ran up to us, a wide grin on her face. "Are you guys in love?"

My eyes widened and my face went red. "I would say so," I offered after a second. I could feel Embry's eyes on me and I focused on the girl.

She giggled as Embry crouched down to her level after he gave in to her tugging on his shirt. She leaned close, putting her hands around her mouth but speaking loudly in her terrible whispering that I just barely caught it. "Your friend is pretty."

My heart stopped. Friend. Maybe we weren't as healed as I thought if even this child could see it. Embry laughed and I looked at him, trying to decipher what he was thinking. But he didn't give me any room to see anything. Not that I would have a doubt after he spoke, leaning close like she had but not covering his mouth and making absolutely no attempt to lower his voice to a lower volume that was too loud to even be a whisper. "My girlfriend is very pretty," he agreed.

The girl leaned away, her eyes wide with a lovey dovey expression. "I hope one day I'll find someone who loves me like you love her."

Embry's smile softened. "I hope every little lady like you finds someone who loves someone as much as I love her."

Beaming, she nodded. "Do you think you'll get married? And have kids? I bet you'll be a fun papa!"

Embry and my eyes both shot wide, hot red coloring bursting against our skin. A woman rushed up. "Lisa!" she gushed, scooping her daughter - I assumed - up and turning to us with an apologetic smile. "I'm so sorry..."

Embry stood back to his full height, rubbing the back of his neck. "She's fine," I jumped in, smiling reassuringly. "We enjoyed the company. She's adorable."

The woman chuckled lightly. "She's an adorable handful," she mused. "I'm just grateful you two kept her in one place."

"We're happy to be of help," Embry quipped. We parted ways with waves of goodbye, heading back to the car. He reached over as we did so, interlacing our fingers. We were quiet all the way to the car and the way to my house, only talking again when he pulled me short in front of my door, something in his eyes that made me nervous. "I never asked if... if it was okay to call you my girlfriend again."

My eyebrows knit in confusion. "Why wouldn't I think that was okay?"

He shrugged, my previous nervousness manifesting in his body language and expression. "I just... I've been trying to give you your space. Let things happen naturally again. You've seemed kind of... awkward? Distant? And we didn't talk about it, so I didn't know where you were or how you felt..." I busted up laughing. "What?" He asked, startled.

Calming myself, I beamed up at him. "I was being awkward and distant because I didn't know where you stood on this whole thing. When we were in the car, you corrected yourself and called me your friend so I assumed... I thought... well, I know this whole revenge scheme and hurting each other has kind wedged a space between us and I didn't know if you had had time to really forgive me or where we would start after so much time apart."

His face dawned with realization and then he shook his head in disbelief. "We were both tip toeing around the other because we thought the other wasn't ready?" I nodded. "How the hell could you think in a million years I wasn't immediately ready to be exactly like we were before?"

"You haven't even kissed me," I accused. "I don't know I just-"

His arm was around my waist, ripping me almost off my feet as he pulled my chest against his. His free hand went against the side of my face, holding it steady so that our lips could meet. My arms went around his neck immediately, a noise of relief and pleasure sounding in the back of my throat. Our lips worked against each other hard and fast, my one hand moving so the my fingers could tangle in his hair while my other hand held tightly to his shirt.

After a moment, he pulled away and we were both gasping, lips already swollen. "I love you."

My rushed, desperate words made him smile as he placed me firmly on my feet leaning down so our foreheads pressed together. "I love you too."

I was dazed as we said our goodbyes and parted ways. I made my ay to my room, running a hand through my hair as trying to catch my breath as I threw myself onto the bed. Geez...

He was a better kisser than my memory had allowed me to think. My faulty memory with its gaps and holes and faded inaccuracy.

I didn't get to sleep that night for a very long time.

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#embry call #kiowa gordon #wolf pack #twilight #new moon #eclipse #breaking dawn #red #taylor swift #part four #imagine #imagines #x reader

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bluebellsandcamellias · 6 years

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ok so!!! i was tagged by @therebewhaleshere which is just the coolest bc THEY’RE . the coolest and i *admiral* (...admire.) them :’)

Rules: tag ten followers you want to know better!

NAME: elliot!

STAR SIGN: virgo sun scorp moon gemini rising :-)

HEIGHT: 5′3 .. that asian gene, man

WHAT’S YOUR MIDDLE NAME? phoebe! i really like my middle name. u wouldn’t expect someone named phoebe to kick anyone’s ass, but. well. :-) (lol jk, i think it goes well with my first name)

PUT YOUR ITUNES (YT PLAYLIST) ON SHUFFLE. WHAT ARE THE FIRST 4 SONGS THAT POPPED UP? “jupiter” by sleeping at last, “venus” by sleeping at last, “human qualities” by explosions in the sky and then “postcard from 1952" by explosions in the sky. what can i say... i like my indie songs with a dash of existentialism :’)

GRAB THE BOOK NEAREST YOU AND TURN TO PAGE 23. WHAT’S LINE 17? “There are a lot of reasons why we get along. It’s because Meg likes quiet afternoons with coffee and books as much as I do. She’s also one of the only people I know, other than my parents, who understands exactly how wonderful Star Trek really is. The old Star Trek. Not the new movies. Of course I appreciate Chris Pine as much as the next person, but I also appreciate Gene Roddenberry’s vision; the man was a genius.” This is from a really cute YA novel called Meg and Linus by Hanna Nowinski! I’m actually laughing at the fact that this specific paragraph talks so much about Star Trek, seeing as, y’know, it’s a shared obsession!

EVER HAD A POEM OR SONG WRITTEN ABOUT YOU? yeppp.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU PLAYED AIR GUITAR? UHM. PROBABLY LIKE YESTERDAY? i do it very often, very unironically LOL

WHO IS YOUR CELEBRITY CRUSH? i don’t really focus that much on celebrities tbh! probably all of the QE guys, but specifically tan france? he’s like, my man crush, but my celebrity crush crush is probably Lupita N’yongo

WHAT’S A SOUND YOU HATE + SOUND YOU LOVE? a sound i hate is lots of yelling. can’t stand em :’) but a sound i love .. is the sweet sound of an acoustic guitar.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS? AB. SO. LUTELY. i’m OBSESSED with ghosts, otherbeings, etc. do i believe they exist? hell yeah. do i ever want to come in contact with one? maybe once, but ONCE is enough, lol

HOW ABOUT ALIENS? yep!! there’s WAY too much we don’t know about space, it’d be too ... selfish? to think that we’re the only sentient beings on a habitable planet.

DO YOU DRIVE? sometimes! when my parents let me :P

IF SO, HAVE YOU EVER CRASHED? ....... ANYWAY. (lol almost. everyone was yelling at me and i couldn’t concentrate - it was stressful)

WHAT WAS THE LAST BOOK YOU READ? Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. i didn’t like it. :/ the last book i thoroughly enjoyed reading was a poetry book called the princess saves herself in this one by amanda lovelace

DO YOU LIKE THE SMELL OF GASOLINE? eh, not really?

WHAT WAS THE LAST MOVIE YOU SAW? The Darkest Minds. it was soooo good!!! I really really enjoyed it, esp bc the main characters were so diverse.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OBSESSIONS RIGHT NOW?. ..... well. i have quite the obsession with Star Trek, to say the least! like the last time i hyperfixated this bad was for a book series called All For The Game

DO YOU TEND TO HOLD GRUDGES AGAINST PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE YOU WRONG? kind of. i try not to, bc pent up anger and not communicating is so inefficient and counterproductive, but i know myself. the environment i grew up in also plays into the factor with, well, my existing anger issues, but i absolutely try my damndest not to let that control me.

IN A RELATIONSHIP? nope! i realize that i’m not ready for the responsibility of one. and i’m really really okay with myself, lol.

i tag @viparious , @rainbowtubastudios , @kurtwagnermorelikekurtwagnerd , @homosexualspock , @fiafiascoes , @pess-edgeworth , @trojean , @slendermoon , @kepler-lamp-lighter and @hottopicshatterstar

u don’t have to do this if u don’t want to or if u’ve already done it!

#long post #about me #mutuals #tag game #.chatter #thanks again @liss !

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inactive-nowwww · 6 years

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Ohoooo a tag meme

tagged by @rainiepainie :^))))))))) hello

1ST RULE: tag people you want to get to know better: @illuminated-lamp SORRY CHAP i can't really think of any other people to tag at the moment

2ND RULE: BOLD the statements that are true.

APPEARANCE - I am 5'7 or taller - I wear glasses - I have at least one tattoo - I have at least one piercing - I have blonde hair - I have brown eyes - I have short hair - My abs are at least somewhat defined - I have or had braces

PERSONALITY - I love meeting new people - People tell me I am funny (the irl people i know tell me “godd*mn it, Sydney” whenever i do something, as if I’m a sitcom character, so I think that counts. ..also censoring cuss words cuz I was dared to not curse for a few weeks. shhhh) - Helping others with their problems is a big priority of mine - I enjoy physical challenges - I enjoy mental challenges - I am playfully rude to people I know - I started saying something ironically and now I can’t stop saying it - There is something I would change about my personality (i’d really just love to be a bit more open, but that’ll only happen once I get myself some male friends. i’d much rather be quiet around the friends i do have. I'm not unconfident at all, my social anxiety has gone away completely by now, i just prefer to listen rather than to speak. if only i had guy friends, than i’d be way loud.)

ABILITY - I can sing well (in the shower, at least) - I can play an instrument - I can do over 30 pushups without stopping - I am a fast runner (get super tired very quickly though) - I can draw well - I have a good memory (in some cases) - I am good at doing math in my head (when I'm not distracted) - I can hold my breath underwater for over a minute - I have beaten at least 2 people arm wrestling - I can make at least 3 recipes from scratch - I know how to throw a proper punch

HOBBIES - I enjoy sports (i get crushes on athletes but I'm not into sports myself) - I’m on a sports team at my school or somewhere else - I’m in an orchestra or choir at my school or somewhere else - I have learned a new song in the past week (we’re learning a new song in chorus) - I exercise at least once a week - I have gone for runs at least once a week in warmer months - I have drawn something in the past month - I enjoy writing - Fandoms are my #1 priority (I would bold this but... “fandoms” rubs me the wrong way. why can't we just call em communities or something more inclusive?) - I do some form of martial arts

EXPERIENCES - I have had my first kiss - I have had alcohol - I have scored a winning point in a sport - I have watched an entire TV series in one sitting (MOB PSYCHO 100 BABYYYY) - I have been at an overnight event (do sleepovers count) - I have been in a taxi - I have been in the hospital or ER in the past year (wasn’t there myself, just went to visit my dad) - I have beaten a video game in one day - I have visited another country - I have been to one of my favorite bands concerts

MY LIFE - I have one person that I consider to be my Best Friend™ - I live close to my school/work - My parents are still together - I have at least one sibling- I live in the United States - There is snow where I live right now - I have hung out with a friend in the past month - I have a smart phone - I own at least 15 CDs (my mom does, at least) - I share my room with someone

RELATIONSHIPS - I have a crush on a celebrity (I mean, I probably do. can’t remember all my specific crushes at the moment...) - I have a crush on someone I know (i have a few crushes irl rn, actually) - I’ve been in at least 3 relationships - I have never been in a relationship - I have admitted my feelings to a crush - I get crushes easily - I have had a crush for over a year - I have been in a relationship for over a year - I have had feelings for a friend

RANDOM - I have break-danced - I know a person named Jamie (my mom is named Jamie oml) - I have had a teacher that has a name that is hard to pronounce (probably, can’t remember completely) - I have dyed my hair - I’m listening to a song on repeat right now - I have punched someone in the past week - I know someone who has gone to jail - I have broken a bone - I have eaten a waffle today - I know what I want to do in life - I speak at least two languages - I have made a new friend in the past year

#tagged for me #tag meme #beans = toots #sorry I'm typing like a tool today. I'm tired.

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dreadsful · 7 years

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tagged by @roecompany love you boo

rules: answer these 85 statements and tag 20 people

tagging: @fuckyeahspirk and @weneedwhiskey

THE LAST

1. drink: pepsi 2. phone call: deadass corsettis 3. text message: a skype to heidi 4. song you listened to: shot in the dark - within temptation 5. time you cried: uh like last night full blown sobbing because im w e a k 6. dated someone twice: no because ive been dating heidi since fifth grade 7. kissed someone and regretted it: no 8. been cheated on: idk brighten pissed me off for a little while 9. lost someone special: yes my kitty ♥ 10. been depressed: probably yes 11. gotten drunk and thrown up: i did drink two two liters of pepsi in one night and threw up

3 FAVOURITE COLOURS 12. blue 13. orange 14. dark red

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU 15. made new friends: purposefully i have not 16. fallen out of love: maybe with a fandom or two 17. laughed until you cried: “we made her eat a combination of all the expired foods in my fridge. she was still awake and turned over with her ipod light. punched in the back of the head, that one girl last year who slammed into my forehead, “why is that ross from friends”, “ - adding on, the reaper that definitely got possessed mid-game, the people on video chat that recognized eren, the message i got from the porn bot on ps4, every time we almost got separated, ‘you cat pushed down on my vagina’ 18. found out someone was talking about you: uh yes? but mostly from people i’d expect it to be from lol 19. met someone who changed you: literally me and heidi suck each other into fandoms so much it wouldn’t be fair to say anyone else changed me. 20. found out who your friends are: ive happily been in a single committed friendship for like 7 years so i know 21. kissed someone on your facebook list: no thank god

GENERAL 22. how many of your facebook friends do you know in real life: p sure all of them besides some african kid that sent me a friend request 23. do you have any pets: yes, id like to have more tbh another puppy 24. do you want to change your name: yes my name is way too common 25. what did you do for your last birthday: just like- ate cake 26. what time did you wake up: usually around 6:50 if im being honest 27. what were you doing at midnight last night: im not even lying i was deadass crying 28. name something you can’t wait for: friday 29. when was the last time you saw your mom: just now 31. what are you listening to right now: my dog’s ridiculously long nails on the floor 32. have you ever talked to a person named tom: i don’t think so 33. something that is getting on your nerves: the fact that i always have so much shit to do but do none of it instead 34. most visited website: tumblr, youtube, character wiki pages 35. hair colour: naturally brown but i’ve colored it so sometimes its like- more brown/blond or brown/red 36. long or short hair: fairly long 37. do you have a crush on someone: no 38. what do you like about yourself: i honestly- am so good as procrastinating but still getting everything done it’s impressive 39. want any piercings: i would like to have my ears pierced but they always get infected when i do 40. blood type: i think ab something but im not sure 41. nickname: people always call me ‘em’ and it drives me insane i hate it, but i dunno if that really counts as a nickname 42. relationship status: single (thank god) 43. zodiac: gemini 44. pronouns: she/her 45. favourite tv show: bates motel, ahs but really just the freakshow and asylum seasons, used to be game of thrones before they killed off my boy, (tokyo ghoul and snk if animes count), star trek the original series, btas, gotham sometimes i have a love hate relationship with it 46. tattoos: heidi and i should get matching tattoos but i want a small one for my birthday 47. right or left handed: right handed 48. surgery: no, but i did have stitches on my chin & have fucked up my ankle and foot a bunch 49. piercing: none 50. sport: i say horse back riding out of habit but honestly i cry off 30 pounds a day 51. vacation: im supposed to go to florida to see my dad but he also didn’t evacuate for irma so is he even alive idk 52. pair of trainers: are those sneakers?

MORE GENERAL 53. eating: soup 54. drinking: pepsi 55. i’m about to: sit here until i go to the movies 56. waiting for: also to go see IT like damn i liked the original but the remake is more my speed + eddie’s & richie’s jokes are the best 57. want: to get back into fucking platinum in overwatch 58. get married: i sometimes think i want to but then i remember how much i sincerely hate people 59. career: crime scene investigator but im also lazy af

WHICH IS BETTER 60. hugs or kisses: personally i don’t like either but when it comes to characters i have a weakness for the hugs

61. lips or eyes: pfft eyes 62. shorter or taller: tall people are scary tbh 63. older or younger: i hate old people 64. nice arms or nice stomach: both 65. hook up or relationship: uh- for me i don’t even,,, care, but for them otps you know relationships 66. troublemaker or hesitant: there’s such a thing as in between

HAVE YOU EVER 67. kissed a stranger: no 68. drank hard liquor: no 69. lost glasses/contact lenses: i don’t have those lol 70. turned someone down: not technically but when people feel the need to remind me that they’re straight i do stop talking to the, 71. sex on the first date: no 72. broken someone’s heart: uh no 73. had your heart broken: when any favorite character dies 74. been arrested: i should have been 75. cried when someone died: literally any character ever 76. fallen for a friend: 😏😏😏

DO YOU BELIEVE IN 77. yourself: ha 78. miracles: nope 79. love at first sight: not realistically no 80. santa claus: no ? who does anymore? 81. kiss on the first date: its just a kiss 82. angels: heidi is one

OTHER 83. current best friend’s name: heidi ofc 84. eye colour: blue 85. favorite movie: IT is really good, the star trek movies are all good even if some of them are like romantic comedies. avengers, psycho, the dark knight and wonder woman (though i hate the dceu with a burning passion tbh), batman animated movies are literally the best, fucking brother bear and open season my childhood favorites, mad max fury road, honestly so much more i just can’t remember

#tag game

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