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niallismymuse · 5 years

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Chapter 1

Niall Horan pops his earpiece out of his ear and allows the roar of the stadium to filter in. He basks in it, grinning widely out at the light-studded crowd. If possible, the chanting and cheering grows louder as his bandmates join him center stage, everyone wrapping an arm around each other’s shoulders. It’s a rush. His adrenaline is soaring; his blood is pumping.

They didn’t cheer quite this loudly when his opener had taken her last bow of the night. Niall isn’t an egotistical man, not entirely, but he tucks that fact away with quiet pride. It could be due to any combination of factors: this is the end of the show and that wasn’t, the song he ended with was a fan favorite, and so on and so forth. But Niall likes to think it’s because, onstage now, it’s just him and his bandmates, and everything they created together.

Arms tightly wound over Louis and Jake’s shoulders, Niall bows deeply before spinning away and grabbing the little bag of guitar picks kept behind the drum set. His mates join him, and they spend a few seconds tossing picks out to the audience. A small frenzy occurs at every site the picks drop at.

Stepping forward, Niall grabs ahold of the microphone tightly for the last time. “I’ll be back soon,” he vows, heart thundering in his chest, “Thank you all for being such supportive fans. The next album will be greater than ever. Drive home safely!”

With one last wave, he departs the stage, practically jogging off. With that, his third solo world tour is done. Tara Cassandro, his personal assistant, joins his side instantly, her smile contagious. “We did it!” She cheers, giddily clapping her hands. It’s been a long tour for all of them – it’s exciting to have completed something so immense. He laughs, but it’s as those words hit him that his mind realizes the truth: he’s done for now. He can go home.

To his wife.

The breath rushes out of Niall’s chest and he stops suddenly and wraps his arms tightly around Tara. She is giddy with excitement; this tour has been his, and therefore everyone’s, best one yet, pulling fans out to shows in droves. She pats his back and pulls away slightly, looking up at him. She’s known, as well as his bandmates, how long he’s been waiting for this day to come. Because while Niall loves going on tour and singing and the whole experience, he loves Ellie more.

“Go home, Niall.” Tara smiles, eyes shining. Normally she would give him shit for it, but he thinks she’s just as thrilled at the idea of getting off the road as he is.

So, he does. He goes home.

Niall’s third and most successful world tour came to a close in West Palm Beach, Florida, the same place his Flicker World Tour had ended. It’s a parallel he pointed out to the crowd, though he’s sure a majority of his fans that attended the Flicker Tour came to this one too.

After grabbing a water, Niall settles into the wide and spacious tour bus, chuckling quietly purely because he doesn’t know what else to do with himself. Now they’ll drive south to Miami and everyone will take flights home from there. This trail of motion has been planned for months, and now he’s finally seeing it through to home.

The airport is a blur, and suddenly Niall is sitting comfortably in a private jet that had arrived. It’s a far cry over the public flights he’s taken. The private jet is a necessity as well as a luxury, though; he is far too well-known to fly publicly. The last time he had tried, he’d been harassed enough that his agent told him never again.

Niall doesn’t mind. He can afford this, well over.

He jokes and laughs with Louis, who’s heading to London too for a bit, as much as he can, trying to make the eight hours plus flow by as quickly as possible. Niall’s anxious to arrive home. Anxious to sit and sleep and existwithout a schedule determining his every movement. The label will be chomping at the bits to get a new album from him, but he’s going to tell them no; just for a little while anyway. He needs to relax. He’s earned it.

He wants to settle down. But while he and Ellie had talked about it a few times before their wedding, they haven’t done so recently. Niall has no idea how she feels about expanding their current family of two.

The flight speeds onward towards London, and in what seems like no time at all, is slowing on the tarmac. It’s hours later, and Niall is blinking sleep from his eyes, but he’s instantly alert, sitting upright in his seat. Louis smirks over at him knowingly. Niall responds with a particularly offensive gesture, sticking his tongue out defiantly.

Niall wonders, briefly, what Ellie will make of the fact that his private and expensive plane is being used for only two people. He’ll gladly take the mild mocking, though, just to see her. He’s already anticipating the teasing, and the teasing he’ll do in return.

He presses his lips together and shifts in his seat, decidedly thinking about boring things like taxes and coffee pots instead. He might be a little too sensitive currently.

As the aircraft taxies off of the runway, Niall stretches his legs out and grunts as he unsnaps his seatbelt. He sits until the plane rolls to a smooth stop, and then he peers out of the window as the crew readies to let him and Louis out.

Perhaps forty feet away, there is a black Range Rover parked on the asphalt. The windows are too dark for him to see inside, and the car is too far away at any rate, but Niall’s heart beat picks up in speed. That’s definitely for him – he can’t go through the airport without getting bombarded, so the airport lets a vehicle come to get him. He lurches to his feet quickly and takes the suitcases the flight attendant passes him. “Thank you, Nancy,” he murmurs as she does the same for Louis, and then the stairs are down and he’s charging down the steep steps with no regard for his safety. If he breaks an ankle, she’s worth it.

Niall starts running towards the Range Rover, yanking the suitcase along behind him. The front passenger’s door flies open, and then a small figure is darting towards him with the ferocity of a lion.

Her face becomes clearer the closer they get to each other, until fuck it, he’s ditching his suitcase on the tarmac because it’s causing drag, and then they’re careening into each other, colliding in an entanglement of arms and legs and faces immediately smooshing together for the briefest of seconds.

Niall puts his hands on her waist, and he’s home. He’s safe. He picks her up and twirls her around, listening as her muffled laughs turn into quiet sobs, and then he’s holding her tight in his arms again. Elise presses her face into his neck, and Niall can feel her lips trembling against his skin, and the wet streaks she leaves behind. Her arms encircle his neck, clinging tightly.

Gently, reverently, Niall places his finger under her chin and lifts her face up. Ellie allows it, a smile curving her full lips upwards until she’s grinning toothily at him, even as tears flow steadily down her cheeks.

Taking his time, he leans down and presses his lips to hers and man, he had thought just touching her was home. That was just the foyer, the entranceway – this is where he belongs. With Ellie, his hand curving over her waist and her fingers tightening in his hair. He almost moans from the simple touch, but there’s plenty of time for that later.

There’s a soft sigh from behind them. “Guess I’ll grab your bag for ya, then,” Louis mutters mostly to himself as he stalks back towards the plane to grab Niall’s abandoned suitcase.

It’s as he’s walking towards the dormitories at Harlaxton College that Niall spots her. Just picks her out of the crowd – lucky, random. He could have been anywhere else, yet by some stroke of fortune, he’s here, and she’s walking by.

She’s with two friends, her arms linked through theirs. They’re giggling, and it is music to his ears in the best way possible. Niall, for a mere nanosecond, considers dropping out of One Direction and applying to go to classes here, just to get the chance to be around her. Second studio album be damned.

Niall watches – while trying not tolook like he’s watching – as she enters the moving crowd of students rushing to and fro. The second before she disappears, she looks back and her brown eyes catch his. The eye contact lasts for a heartbeat, and then she’s swept away by her friends.

A heartbeat.

That was all it took. Niall knows, in that instant, that he’s a goner. His cheeks flush, and the tips of his ears feel red-hot.

Niall kicks at a stone petulantly and shoves his hands inside his pockets, then continues heading slowly towards the dormitories again to visit his friend. His younger friend from Ireland, who had gotten into this college an hour north of London, who Niall had travelled all this way to see. Thomas.

Thomas is suddenly feeling like a lot less of a priority.

Ellie is wearing a soft lilac jumper, and she won’t let go of his hand. These two facts are running continuously through his mind at lightning speed.

It’s silly, but he’s marveling at the feel of her hand in his, in feeling her fingers intertwine with his. She’s listening as Louis babbles about something in the front seat because she’s nice, as if giving him a ride wasn’t nice enough, and there’s a gentle smile curving her lips upwards. Her smile widens as her eyes meet his, but she says nothing, just strokes her thumb along the back of his hand.

It hasn’t been that long since they’ve been together, over a month, but damn, it’s felt like a lifetime. He can’t stop touching her.

Louis takes a break from chatting to breathe, and Ellie leans closer to Niall. He wraps his arm around her shoulder and smiles as she nestles closer. Contentment like nothing he’s ever known settles into his stomach.

I love you, I love you, I love you, he thinks.

“So,” Ellie starts, tilting her head back to catch his gaze, “I might have purchased a little something.”

Niall leans down and pecks her lips, unable to help himself. “What did you buy, love?”

She smiles and kisses his cheek, like she’s feeling the same urge as he is, to keep their skin and lips together as much as possible. “Well, I bought two tickets for a vacation.”

Niall lifts his eyebrow up and tries to fight the urge to groan. He wants to lay down and not move for weeks. He doesn’t want to leave their house unless absolutely necessary. He licks his lips, trying to think of how to properly voice his complaint. “Well, babe…I just got home…”

Elise looks amused, smirking slightly. “I know. We’re not going anywhere for a while. We have four weeks, and then we’re going to Hawaii.”

He’s instantly pleased, though there’s a small part of him left wondering. Normally they plan all of their trips together, hammering out the details until they’re both satisfied with where they’re going and what they’re going to be doing. Instead, she did it all herself. Niall’s not upset, exactly, because he loves Hawaii, but something tightens in his chest nonetheless.

“Alright, that sounds great,” he smiles, trying not to look confused. “That gives me plenty of time to nap.”

Ellie merely laughs at his comment and leans in when Niall kisses her forehead, not bothering to offer up any explanation for why Hawaii, and why now.

Thomas leaves early in the morning for class, while Niall sleeps in and then spends an unimportant amount of time styling his hair into its now-usual blond quiff. Once he’s satisfied with it, he grins at his reflection in the mirror, making a few ‘sexy’ faces before laughing to himself.

He’s worked hard to be content with how he looks. It’s difficult now that he’s a star in a moderately popular boyband. Everyone has something to say. It’s overwhelming, but Niall does his best to stay positive.

He’s been trying to keep Mystery-Girl out of his head, but she keeps popping back to the forefront. Her eyes, in particular. Niall remembers the shock that went through him when they made eye contact…something he had never felt before in his twenty years of life.

But this is a college campus with thousands of students, so he’s likely to never see her again. He pushes Mystery-Girl to the back of his mind and leaves the dorm, his stomach grumbling.

Thomas had told him earlier where the dining hall was, but as Niall walks out of the dormitory, he realizes that he’ll have more difficulty finding it than he thought. He stands there on the sidewalk, gazing around at the different buildings, twiddling his thumbs in his pockets. He has no idea where anything is. Breakfast is going to take longer than he thought.

He’s turning to go back inside the dorm – maybe there’s a map in there of the campus, or some signs – when someone’s shoulder slams into his, and he goes stumbling down the steps of the building, somehow catching himself before he ends up flat on his arse.

“Oh my gosh!” Someone cries, immediately reaching out to steady him. Niall blinks in confusion and then finds that Mystery-Girl, of all people, is staring at him, eyes wide with concern. Her hands flutter nervously as she takes a step closer. “Are…are you okay? Did I hurt you? I’m so sorry. I just wasn’t watching where I was going, you know, there’s hardly anyone ever just standing in front of the doors, because we all have so many places to go. Oh! Not that I’m blaming you, I just…” Cutting herself off, Mystery-Girl presses her lips together hastily.

The first thing he’s realized is that she’s American, which is oddly endearing, though Niall’s not entirely sure why. Maybe it’s just that she’sendearing. She’s a total babbler, which makes him want to grin, though he hides it now.

Then he realizes that he’s been staring at her without saying anything for a solid thirty seconds, and he splutters. “Uh! Sorry, sorry, don’t worry, everything’s good,” Niall says quickly, and straightens, running his fingers through his quiff. “Where were you going in such a hurry?”

She blinks at him. “Um. The dining hall. I have some friends waiting for me, and I slept in late.”

Niall marvels at his good fortune. Whatever he did in a past life has really worked for him. “How funny, I was actually just thinking about how I didn’t know how to get to there when you ran into me.”

Her eyes spark. “Really? Well, how about I show you the way?”

“That would be great,” he says honestly, and, on cue, his stomach growls loudly.

She laughs, and Niall tries not to die of embarrassment. He wants to melt into the pavement, though her laughter isn’t mean, just good-natured. “It’s a good thing I bumped into you now rather than later, then,” she says teasingly, “you might have starved to death.”

Niall chuckles and rubs at the back of his neck, ignoring how hot his face feels. “My name is Niall, what’s yours?” he asks as he holds his hand out, hope beginning to kindle in his chest.

She smiles, taking his hand rather daintily. Her fingers are small, he notices as they shake hands.

“My name is Elise.”

The past three weeks have been pure and utter bliss. Niall has never felt so relaxed in his entire life. He’s hardly left the house, he’s mostly eaten takeout, he’s been binging recordings of the games he’s missed throughout the tour despite already knowing a majority of their outcomes, and his bedroom life...well. Besides the very active sex, he’s basically become sedentary.

The only downside is that Elise has been going to work every day. She has to, in order to leave for their week-and-a-half vacation. Unlike him, she has a set vacation amount, besides the days she automatically gets off for holidays.

Ellie works with a company designed to help non-profits and other start-ups build from the ground up. She meets with the founders and helps with the organizational needs and puts them into contact with others inside and outside of her office that could potentially assist with other issues. She’s a hardworking businesswoman, and Niall is so damn proud.

He privately thinks that she doesn’t need to be so hardworking, but she has already told him how this career gives her a purpose, especially when she’s lonely when he’s away. So, he doesn’t complain, even now as she strides purposefully past him to the doorway, where she had left her heels last night.

Niall sighs despairingly as he watches her, pouting out his bottom lip. “Are you about to head in for work?”

Ellie shakes her head, leaning against the wall to slip the heels on and keep her balance. “I have my yearly at the gynecologist.”

Something nags at the back of his mind, a thought not quite in reach. “Is that where Pete…smears you?”

Ellie throws a pained smile his way as she thumbs the nude heel in her hands. “It’s called a pap smear, babe.”

“Well, whatever it is, they should find it easy. I loosened you up for them.”

The shoe that flies by narrowly misses his face, and he gasps, even as he registers that it was thrown with no real force and she probably missed on purpose. “Ellie!”

She wags a finger at Niall, face beet-red. “Never say those words ever again.”

He bursts into a cackle, doubling over at the sight of her face. She pauses a moment, and then stomps over to grab her shoe, though he can tell she’s just being dramatic. Indeed, when she peeks at him, a half-smile is pulling her lips up. That sets his laughter off anew, and this time she joins him, walking over to peck his lips and perch on his lap.

“That was terribly crass of you,” Ellie informs him, her breathing slightly heavy as she leans in to him a little closer. Niall reaches up and places his hands on her hips, squeezing her softness gently. Her eyes have already darkened.

This – this insatiable need for her, all the time. It drives him absolutely nuts. He can remember so clearly waking up aching for her and being thousands of miles away. Not even aching just for sex – for after, too, when they laugh and kiss and love. He needs her, like a fire needs oxygen to burn. Except he thinks that too much of Ellie won’t smother him. Too much of Ellie isn’t a real problem he’ll ever have.

Niall leans in and brushes his lips against her pulse point in her neck, feels her breathing hitch. He tries not to smile. “What time is your appointment at, love?”

Ellie stutters out, “U-uh, 10:30.”

Niall leans back against the couch. “Well, you better get going then.”

She gapes at him. “What do you mean, ‘get going’?”

He holds it for a second before breaking out into a toothy grin. “I’m kidding! We have time for a quickie,” he mumbles and leans in to capture her lips in a kiss. It lasts a few seconds before Ellie adjusts herself on his lap, hiking her black pencil skirt up.

“Let’s get this show on the road then, baby.”

After a very satisfying bout of morning sex right there on the couch that will definitely make Elise late to her appointment, Niall walks her to the door and pats her bum on the way out. She gives him the finger and a scolding look which makes him laugh, watching as she strides to the car and gets inside. Ellie waves after turning it on and buckling up, then pulls the car through their circular driveway and disappears into the gray sky beyond the open gate.

Niall’s still staring as it closes, blocking the view of the rest of the neighborhood. That thought from earlier is coming back, jostling memories that are only half-there.

He walks back inside the house after closing the front door behind him, and it hits him as he stands there in the foyer. It’s April now, but hadn’t Ellie gone to her yearly back in October? Niall scratches at his head, trying to think and remember. She had complained about it over FaceTime…or had that been a dentist appointment? Perhaps a visit to their family doctor?

Niall mulls it over, but his memory from around that time is shaky. He genuinely can’t remember, which means that he’s most likely overthinking it. Most likely.

Is it even okay to have sex right before a gynecologist appointment? He screws up his nose, deciding not to even really think about that…will they be able to tell?

Not everything has been right since he came home. Niall has noticed differences from when he had last fully lived here in London with his wife. Her cheekbones are more pronounced, and she’s lost weight. She looks more tired, and often tosses and turns for most of the night. He’s pretty sure that she vomited the other day, but she wouldn’t admit it to him.

Niall shakes his head, trying to knock the thoughts out of it. It doesn’t matter. She wouldn’t lie to him. They love each other dearly, after all. And she had vowed to him almost three years ago that they were forever during their wedding. She had cried while speaking, nearly smiling too much to even say the words.

It’s probably stress from work. Yes, just stress, or maybe she’s coming down with the flu. Niall lets out a shaky breath and then continues into the kitchen, turning on the hot water in the sink to wash last night’s dishes.

He doesn’t notice how hot the water is until he scalds his fingers under its blistering stream.

Ellie arrives home a few hours later, neatly slipping her heels off by the door and padding inside with them tucked under her arm. “I’m home!” She calls brightly into the house, and Niall quickly goes to her, pressing a quick peck to her lips.

“How was the appointment?” He asks, watching her reaction carefully.

Her nose scrunches up. “Ugh. Uncomfortable. I hate those things. But then it was over, and I stopped by work for a little while, and now I’m here. Did you know I actually cried a little the first time I had a pap smear done? It sucked.”

There are several things Niall knows about his wife: her favorite color is blue, she’s silly, she has questionable music taste, and she’s a terrible liar. He had watched her face the entire time she spoke, searching for any one of those ticks that showed she was lying, and he saw nothing. Instantly he relaxes and encircles her waist with his arms. “Being a woman must be hard.”

Ellie giggles, pressing a kiss to his cheek and then laying her head on his shoulder. “It’s the worst.”

“Your favorite band is Panic! at the Disco?” Niall can’t keep the scoff out of his voice, but he fights the grin threatening to split his cheeks at the fire in her eyes. She had mentioned a moment ago that they had an album coming out soon, right before telling him this…interesting information.

Ellie glares at him. “Yes, they are. Have you not heard songs like ‘Sarah Smiles’ and ‘Nine in the Afternoon’?” Seated across from him outside at a cafe, a rare London sunshine breaking across her shoulders, she reaches down and grabs her bagel, taking almost an angry bite out of it. She looks like an angel, not that he’s about to tell her.

They’ve been friends for a little while now, and he’s slowly learning facts about her. They’re like little precious stones coming from a treasure chest and he’s eager to collect more. Ellie is 18 years old. She’s from California, and she was accepted into a program that allowed her to start college early while she was in her senior year of high school. This allowed her to gather information on studying abroad, and here she is. While in England, she’s researching how nonprofits are run, and plans on comparing them to ones in the United States for some sort of research of efficiency. Ellie is, quite simply, brilliant.

“I have,” Niall admits, “and they’re not bad songs.” In fact, ‘Sarah Smiles’ is a secret favorite of his, only because he’s a hopeless romantic. He’s always wanted to write a song for his girl. Maybe someday he’ll write one for the girl across from him, even though she’s definitely not his. He can dream, though. “But I don’t think that’s a band worthy of being your favorite.”

She wrinkles her nose up at him. “Tell that to thousands of other sinners.” Niall chokes on a laugh at the fanbase name, because the girl across from his is anything but a sinner, it seems, and Ellie sticks her tongue out at him. “You’re just jealous that you’re not my favorite band.”

Niall almost agrees but cuts himself off before he even starts. He’s not a band – he’s 1/5 of a band. It’s not his band. It’s Liam, Harry, Zayn, Louis and his band. “No, I’m not jealous of that,” he responds quietly, then quickly changes the subject, “how are you liking London?”

After talking for a few weeks after they originally met, Ellie had told him that she was coming to London for the weekend. She wanted to see the great city, as she had referred to it. Niall, like the gentleman that he was, had offered to give her a tour.

“I love it here,” she smiles a little sadly. “I can’t believe I might ever go home after this.”

Because this isn’t her home. Niall tries not to think about it too much, that she’ll be leaving here to go home in a few weeks’ time. “Well, Ellie,” he smirks as she rolls her eyes at the pet name he had almost immediately given her, “don’t go home then. Make this your home.”

Her eyes spark at the challenge. “Maybe I will.”

They decide to go out for dinner the night before their flight to Hawaii, something they haven’t done in months. The past few weeks Niall has been ordering from his favorite takeout places for dinner and eating the leftovers for breakfast when there’s been some. He hasn’t taken his wife out yet, which Niall thinks makes him a bit of a dick, so he asks, and she says yes readily.

Ellie steps out of the bedroom in a red number that has him grinning. “You look beautiful,” he murmurs, leaning down to press a kiss to her cheek. “Like you always do.”

She grins in a pleased way and flushes at his compliment. “Mmm, thank you baby. Are you ready to go?”

Niall nods his head and makes sure he has his wallet and keys, and then takes Ellie’s arm and leads her outside to the car. It’s chilly out, so he hurries them both to the car. It’s warmer inside, something they both relish in, smiling at each other. He starts the car and heads out.

The traffic takes some time to get through, but they have reservations – he is, after all, Niall Horan – so once they’re at the restaurant, everything proceeds smoothly.

It’s as he’s looking through the beers that they serve that he brings it up. “So,” Niall starts, eyes lingering on the middle section of the page. He’s not really reading. It just gives him something to look at instead of her, because he’s trying to be casual, not accusing. “There’s a Panic! concert tonight. You didn’t say anything about it, love…I bet I could still get us in, though.”

Then he does look up, to see Ellie taking a quick sip of the water that was served earlier. “I know,” she says with a tinge of regret, a frown turning the corners of her lips down. “I didn’t see the tour dates until after I had set everything up for Hawaii. I don’t want us to be exhausted tomorrow.”

This is weird. Niall occasionally thinks that Ellie would die for Brendon Urie. She’s never missed a concert here in London, and he doesn’t think she missed one when she lived in California. She sat in the best seats she could afford back then – and consequently, the shittiest – and had the time of her life. It’s not like her to miss one.

He’s gone with her to every concert they’ve had here since she moved to London permanently. Niall can say genuinely that he respects the band and admires Brendon’s vocals, though the music still isn’t his style. That’s how often he’s seen Panic! At the Disco live. Enough to break down his initial reservations towards them.

Privately, Niall has been considering trying to pull some strings within the industry to get Ellie to meet her all-time favorite band (or, really, Brendon at this point). Maybe for her birthday.

Ellie sets her water glass down, looking almost shyly at him across the table. “Besides, I know you don’t care for them much,” she adds, biting her lip. “And I would rather spend this time with you, completely.” She smirks then. “Not with you and my other boyfriend.”

Niall scoffs and tosses a butter packet at her from the bread basket in the center of the table. She dodges it, laughing. Her laugh is infectious, so then they’re both laughing with each other over it. “You wanker,” she teases, speaking the term in a mock-British accent.

He smirks. “I love it when you talk British to me.”

She throws the butter package back at him.

The next day, they’re up with the watery London sun. Niall doesn’t complain about it – it’s not like he’s never gotten up early before – and besides, there’s plenty of time to sleep on the plane. Ellie is quiet too, looking oddly somber in the pale light of dawn.

“You look like you’re getting ready for a funeral, not a dream vacation,” he tells her, and her lips twitch.

She pauses in the middle of pulling on a jumper, eyes catching his. “Sorry, I just had a weird dream,” Ellie replies, forcing a smile. He reaches over and brushes his thumb across her lips, making it into a real one.

“Want to talk about it?”

She shakes her head. “Can’t remember much of it. It just left me feeling weird.”

They eat a quick breakfast consisting of some oatmeal and Ellie’s leftovers from the night before. She had taken most of her dinner home with her, but Niall isn’t complaining now as he eats cold prime rib out of a takeout container. Ellie steals a bite here and there, but mostly lets him finish it off. She sticks with the oatmeal, adding brown sugar and some dark chocolate chips to it.

The drive to the airport is quiet. The kind of quiet that comes with being up early in the morning when you’re not used to it. It’s a contemplative kind of quiet; Niall’s eyes are sticking slightly when he blinks, which is a problem since he’s the one driving.

They arrive without incident and get on the plane that Ellie had had set up for this trip. It’s a private one – he doesn’t own a plane, after all, just occasionally uses one when needed. What would he do with his own private plane? – like usual. It’s just the two of them and the flight crew. Their luggage is stowed away, and then Niall is sitting next to his wife in a wide, comfortable chair that leans back almost completely. He’s asleep before they’re in the air.

Hours later, he wakes up, blinking the sleep out of his eyes. There’s light streaming in from the circular window, and when he leans closer to look out of one, he can see that the gray Atlantic Ocean is far below. This flight is almost a day long, so Niall settles back to relax. He glances over at Ellie, in the seat next to him, only to see that her eyes are closed, and her earplugs are in. She’s not asleep though; her lips are mouthing along, only half-forming the words of the song.

“What are you listening to?” Niall asks, watching her eyes flutter open. He already knows by the blissed-out look on her face. He just wants to hear her say it. There’s a feeling growing in his chest, a warmth that makes him want to soar. It’s love. God, he loves her so much. He’s so lucky. Now that he’s gotten used to the idea, he can’t wait to arrive at Hawaii and spend time with her in the sunshine. He can’t wait to swim with her in the crystal-clear oceans, or hike in the lush greenery. This might be the best vacation of their lives – besides their honeymoon, of course.

“You know,” Ellie answers, smiling a soft, secret smile only he gets to see. Her eyes are shining. “The song you wrote me. As a wedding gift.”

“’Elise’,” he replies, naming the song, the gift he had written for her for their wedding. It’s a song very few people know about. He wrote it in secret, and never turned it over for an album. And then Niall had sung it for her after their wedding, just the two of them and a piano. He officially recorded it when they got home from Paris, and she’s kept the recording close ever since.

She nods, still smiling, before leaning closer to him and kissing his cheek. She tucks her head into his shoulder, falling back into the song.

Niall merely looks down at her and presses his lips to her forehead.

He’s so lucky.

“I applied to attend in the spring, and I was accepted.”

Niall turns quickly to face Ellie, spinning abruptly on his heel, nearly falling over. The wind is ripping currently, tearing at his clothes like greedy hands. Ellie is clad in a pink jumper and jeans, trying to stay warm in the cool temperature.

“What?” he breathes out, hope beginning to flutter in his chest. Ellie’s looking at him, face alight with glee. Her pink lips are pressed together in a small smile, though he can see that she’s struggling to contain herself. “Say that again.”

She takes a single step closer. “I applied to Harlaxton College for the spring semester, and they accepted. I applied a month or so again, but I kept quiet, because I wasn’t sure I would get in.”

Niall rushes closer and throws his arms around her, squeezing her tightly. “You’re brilliant,” he laughs, “absolutely brilliant.”

Ellie hugs him back tightly, and that odd feeling in his stomach comes back. It’s something he’s been feeling more and more around her – the weird feeling in his stomach, the shyness, the need to never let her go. He’s been violently repressing it, because he never imagined that anything would ever work out between them, much less that she would ever like him back.

Niall still doesn’t know if she likes him back, but this…this is a step in the right direction.

He releases her and takes a step back, nervously scratching at the back of his head. Ellie is still smiling, folding her hands together in front of her. “I know.”

“So, you’re coming back then.” Niall states, like it’s easy, because she was accepted. Obviously, this is the next course of action.

His words make her deflate, and suddenly there’s panic in her eyes. “I…I have so much to do. I have to…actually take my classes, and then transfer all of my credits…I have to find somewhere to live. I need money. I need…a visa again, and…my parents, good god, my parents…” Ellie swallows hard. Her hands are trembling, even locked together as they are.

Niall reaches out and grabs her hands, because it’s the first thing that came to his mind to do. “I’ll help you, Ellie,” he says steadily. “I’ll help you as much as I can.” Then he cracks a grin at her. “The parent thing…not sure how much I can help with that.”

She laughs, albeit shakily. “They won’t be happy…they won’t want me to leave. They hardly wanted me to come here. But they’ll have to get over it. London may not be the city that raised me, but it’s the city that has my heart.”

Niall smiles, because that’s something he understands. Mullingar was home, and it still is in some ways – the ways that you always recognize your hometown – but London is the place he calls home now. He can’t imagine not living here in the hustle and bustle, in the cloudy and weepy skies. It’s not for everyone, but it is for him.

And for Ellie.

“I’ll help you,” he swears. He’s still holding her hands, something they realize at the same time. Neither let’s go.

A mere week later, they say their goodbyes at the airport. Niall stays there until her plane is in the sky, flying off to the other side of the world, taking Ellie with it. He’s missing her already, and he still has months to go before seeing her again. Not only that, he has a world tour starting in February that concludes in November. This time next year, he’ll be touring nonstop. He’ll hardly get to see her, much less help her with settling in. She won’t be in London, either – Harlaxton College is an hour away, which isn’t much, but it’s enough to make things slightly harder.

But that’s a problem for future Niall. For now, he has press to do, and a label to please.

The plane disappears in the sky, and Niall leaves after staring momentarily into the empty space where it used to be. He has work to do.

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mastermind; chapter 2

"Every character in a book serves a purpose." My creative writing professor covered that with us today. "We may not think much of their existence but at the very least, they leave our main character with an idea or a thought that could alter their path."

Next to Julia, I never really felt like the main protagonist of my own story. I was the sidekick, the supporting actress. I was the character who's existence was overlooked, but I played a major part in helping the main character. I don't know if I minded it very much. I don't want to call attention to myself, but introverts also deserve to be the main character in their stories, right?

Maybe.

But the story I wanted to live in right now, unfortunately was not mine. It was Julia Tate's and Harry Styles'. They were meant to be. They were like the type of characters you took years to write and develop so they can come to their happy ending and the world would tear up in joy. They were like the couple who the entire theatre stood up to clap for when they finally kissed.

Who was I to stand in the way of that? Not to mention, that was my own best friend's boyfriend.

You saw him first though. The jealous voice inside my head spoke.

But this isn't kindergarten. I would reply back. Those aren't the rules to the real world.

Sadly, the real rules in this world stopped me from even getting close to Harry. In another world, Harry and I easily could be best friends, something about him drew me to him and it's hard even in this world to keep us apart. But I need to keep us apart because Harry and I getting close would never lead to anything good for as long as I was friends with Julia.

"I'm home!" Julia's cheerful voice rings out as she steps in. The door to our apartment closes shut and she stands by the kitchen, grinning. I notice the copious amounts of shopping bags in her hands.

"Daddy sent you more money?" I ask bringing my coffee mug up to my face to hide my smirk.

"Oh, shut up," she grins wider, setting her bags down and opening the fridge door.

"What happened this time?"

Since Julia's parents divorced, she had been staying with her mother which meant she didn't see her father as much. She saw both of them even less since her and I moved out for university. Her father was really rich. And because he hardly heard from her, anytime she called him upset, he was quick to send his personal assistant with gifts for her or money.

He was actually the one who got us this apartment. It was in the nicer part of town and had a concierge and 24-hour security. The apartment itself was not too big though. The front door opens up to our kitchen on the right, and the living room straight ahead. If you go past the kitchen, on the right theres a very short hallway that leads straight to the bathroom, with my room on the left and Julia's on the right. Her mother had to fight her father to not get a bigger apartment because while her father was actively trying to buy her love, her mother was actively trying to keep her from getting more spoiled that she already was.

My parents on the other hand, were very grateful that Mr. Tate allowed me to stay with her and offered to pay rent but he dismissed the idea, saying I was like his own daughter. (I don't know how that works since he probably doesn't know how tall his real daughter is, much less what I look like, but I'll take it.) But I told him I wanted to pay, so he let me saying that learning how to manage your money is very important. Living with Julia was like being married. She shared her money a lot and paid for small things so I didn't have to. She had always been very cool with spending her money on me, ever since we were kids, it's just something I'll be forever indebted to her for.

"I told him I'm stressing about failing my midterms," she says, fishing out a slice of cheesecake from the fridge.

"That's all it took?" I ask in shock. If I called my father and told him I was stressed about failing my midterms he'd tell me to hang up and go study.

"I may have cried a bit."

I roll my eyes at her.

"Hey!" she exclaims, "I am stressed! I needed that money to go shopping and de-stress."

"And did you?" I smirk, knowing Julia was insatiable.

"Partially. I'm meeting up with Harry tonight, that should help loads," she says giving me a knowing look.

My gut wrenches. They've been going out for nearly two years and still, my gut wrenches.

"I'm going to go over to his, you wanna come?" she asks subtly, but it's not lost on me. Harry lives with his friends, Louis and Niall. Julia is under the impression that I have a crush on Louis and her and Harry have been trying to set us up since the semester started.

"Don't think so. I really should finish my sculpture prototype," I reply.

"Aw, come on! Louis is going to be there."

"Well, obviously. He lives there."

"It's gonna be fun! We can play a board game—"

"I thought you were gonna be fucking your boyfriend," I mutter.

"I will! After I get you and Louis talking," she says casually and digs into her cheesecake.

I shake my head and start walking back to my room.

"Wait no, don't leave! I need help," she pleads. I sigh deeply and turn back around, resting my arms on the counter. "It's Harry and I's second anniversary next week."

I know.

"I don't know what to get him," she pouts.

I know that, too.

"He always gets me such nice things, even on random days! I want to do the same for him."

I look into her sad eyes, and sigh again.

"I'll think of something," I say quietly. Julia was the worst at keeping relationships. I wasn't, and as her best friend I was obligated to help her out when she began dating. Except, "helping her out" turned to a way bigger thing with Harry. No longer was I telling Julia what she should do. Now, I just did whatever I could get away with, without Harry finding out it was me. Julia was grateful for my help and I couldn't lie and say I hated knowing I contributed to Harry's happiness in some way.

"Ah, Thank you!" Julia exclaims, running to hug me. "You're the best."

***

"Hmm, can you hold up the green one again?" I ask the lady at the gift wrapping station. She puts the bronze ribbon back and brings the green one to the light brown box. As cheesy as it sounds, the green colour reminded me strongly of Harry's eyes. I guess it's a good thing I won't be the one giving it to him. "Yeah, I think I'll go with the green one."

"I have these silver artificial flower decorations, do you want me tie it in with the ribbon?" she asks.

"Yeah, sure, that'd be nice," I say after thinking on it for a bit. They seemed a bit girly, but I knew it was something Harry would like.

She finishes wrapping the gift while I open Julia's text messages. Her last class of the day finished half an hour ago so she was home.

I'm hungry, she texts.

I'm on my way home, do u wanna order take out? I reply.

chinese?

sure.

I enjoy cooking if I'm not busy, but I've been out all day so I wasn't able to make anything. And the most Julia can cook is a box of mac and cheese, so I'm assuming we're out of that which is why she's hungry.

The lady hands me the gift in a brown paper bag and I thank her, trying to catch a bus before rush hour hits. I check the bus app and see that it's going to arrive at 5:25, so about twenty minutes. Great. Twenty minutes in the chilly fall air, with nothing but a thin jacket. I didn't realize it would be so cold today or I would have at least brought a scarf.

I start pacing and shuffling to keep my self warm. My hands are stuffed in my pockets with the bag hanging from one of my wrists. I shouldn't be here right now. I'm supposed to be working on my cardboard sculpture prototype, so I can get it done and make notes for my history seminar, and then start on my calligraphy prints. At least it was Monday which means I don't have to go to work until the weekend.

Just as I continue cursing the bus for taking so fucking long, another gust of cold wind blows in my face. My jaw locks in anger. I hate everything about this moment.

Next thing I know, a black Range Rover car pulls to a stop in front of me. I freeze in shock as the window rolls down.

"Aria?" Harry smiles at me. "What are you doing out there?"

"Freezing my tits off," I mumble quietly. Can't he see I'm waiting for the bus?

I'm not sure if he hears me or not but he chuckles and leans forward to open the passenger door.

"Get in," he says. I immediately start feeling bad.

"No, it's okay! My bus is," I check my phone for the time, 5:11, "two minutes away!"

"Don't be silly, I can't leave you out here!" he shakes his head. "I'm going to your place anyway."

Hesitantly, I step forward and get in his car. The second I shut the door, I feel the warm air from his heater surround me. I glance at Harry who gives me a small smile before driving.

It's silent between us.

For the past two years, I've tried not to let Harry get too close to me. It would be detrimental in my plans to keep him and Julia together if we became friends and he were to suddenly realize I played a bigger part in their relationship then Julia herself sometimes. I've tried countless things to shake him off. I've pretended to be super shy and quiet to get him to leave me alone, but he was simply gentler and constantly made sure I felt comfortable around him. I've tried pretending to be weirdly obsessed with odd things, but he actually found interest in the fact that male giraffes drink a female giraffes urine to ensure she's ready for mating. I've tried being a downright bitch to him, that even made Julia intervene, but he made excuses for me saying that I was just going through another phase. Nothing worked because Harry was the kindest and sweetest soul there ever was which made me sadder than it made me mad.

"What's in the bag?" he says suddenly. I stiffen for a moment.

"Uh, just some things I need for my sculpture," I answer shakily. Immediately I knew that wasn't the right answer because for some reason my art fascinated Harry.

"That's cool, can I see it?" he asks eagerly and even reaches over to peek into the bag. I slap his hand away quickly.

"No!"

"Why not?" he looks at me sadly.

"It... it can't be exposed. It's special... clay. And if it touches air it'll be ruined. I just don't want to risk it," I lie.

"Oh, ok I get it."

I lightly exhale in relief.

"Wait," he says suddenly. "Then how do you use it? If it can't touch the air?"

Fuck.

"Um..." I start sweating. "You need to work with it in a special room."

"Like a dark room?"

Not at all.

"Yes."

He nods and the conversation dies. Thank fuck Harry is a business major and has no knowledge of anything art related. He doesn't question me again until we get to the apartment.

"Harry?" Julia asks, when we walk in. "What are you doing here?"

"I missed you," he says giving her a peck on the lips. Her arms wrap around his neck. I look away and grab a plate to take some food out for myself. "Is that Chinese food?!"

"Yeah it just arrived, you want some?" I hear Julia say as I make a beeline for my room with my plate in hand.

"I'm going to be in my room," I call out and shut the door before any of them can respond. I hear Julia's loud giggling from the living room and sigh deeply before pulling my headphones over my head and blasting music.

Harry leaves a few hours later and Julia barges into my room without knocking. If it was anyone else I would have thrown a fit about my privacy, but there's nothing in my room I need to hide from Julia, and I'm used to her ways.

Julia slumps down on my bed with her head facing me. I turn around from my desk in my swivel chair and look at her expectantly.

"I have so much shit to do," she states.

"Then why are you here?" Now that I know it's nothing serious, I take this moment to unlock my phone and check my social media.

"Let's watch a movie."

"Julia, I'm busy."

"You're on your phone."

"'Cause I'm hoping you'll get the hint that I don't want to talk to you."

She throws a pillow at me and I laugh.

"Go do your work," I tell her.

"Okay, but in exactly one hour I'm dragging your ass to the living room and we're watching a movie. I don't care how much work you have to do. We need to relax."

"Fine, fine," I say waving my hand to shoo her away. She makes it just out the door before I remember. "Wait!"

I roll my chair over to my closet and fish out Harry's gift.

"Here," I say, handing it to her.

"Aria, thank you so much! I owe you!" Julia says gratefully and comes over to hug me.

"You don't, I used your card to pay for everything."

"Not that! You went out of your way to get this for me! Let's go for lunch tomorrow, I'll pay."

"You know you don't have to," I assure her. Besides, I'd gotten Harry plenty of gifts on Julia's behalf.

"No, we're going. It'll be fun!" she smiles eagerly so I nod. Julia lightly shakes the box. "The wrapping is absolutely gorgeous. Even prettier then the one you got for his birthday... what's in it?"

"Uh, a Tom Ford cologne... it's something a little new but still similar to the scents he goes for," I start but then realize what I said and look up at Julia, "... I think." She doesn't seem fazed, so I continue. "A framed photo of you two and his favourite chocolates."

"Wow, that sounds amazing... thank you again, Aria, you're a really good friend," she says sincerely. I smile shyly at her. "I might have to take you out for dinner, too," she teases.

"Okay, but only if it's that new Italian restaurant."

She nods excitedly. Then she pauses, "Can I ask you something?"

I freeze for a second, dreading the worst.

"Sure."

"Why do you avoid Harry so much? I think you two would get along so well."

"I don't avoid him," I say dismissively.

"You do!" she insisted. "Look, I'm not mad at you, it's just that... I think it's hurting his feelings."

"Really?" I ask quietly. My insides feel like lead. I hurt his feelings? All these years I put him through my stupid phases to shake him off me to protect (mainly) myself, and not once did I think about what he would feel like.

"He hides it pretty well, but I see him looking at your door sometimes, wondering why you never hang out with us," she says.

"Okay, wait—I'm not gonna sit there and watch you guys make out like a third wheel in my own home," I argue.

"We wouldn't make out if you were there," she rolls her eyes. "And not only that, you always run to your room when he's here. And he told me about your conversation on the way here. He senses that you don't want to talk to him."

I sighed heavily. The last thing I wanted was for Harry to feel bad. I don't care if I felt bad because I was the bad one for loving my best friend's boyfriend, he was completely innocent. But Harry is also a grown ass man and there's only so much I can do. I hate to think this, but he's going to have to deal with my cold behaviour because I clearly drew the short stick in this situation.

"Can you just at least try to make an effort to be friendlier to him?" Julia pleads. "Please? It would mean the world." I look at her forlornly. "I just want to know that my best friend and boyfriend get along! I mean we're about to celebrate our third anniversary! He means a lot to me."

I shouldn't be surprised, I really shouldn't. They'd been dating for two years and Julia has never stayed with any guy for more than a few months. And from what I heard about Harry, he hadn't either until he met Julia. They belong together. But that doesn't make it any easier for me.

I choose my next words carefully.

"The world doesn't revolve around Harry," I say simply. "I'm sorry if his feelings got hurt, but I can't cater to everyone's needs. Sometimes I just have to do what I do."

"I understand," she whispers sadly. "Thank you."

"I do get along with him, though!" I say, feeling bad. It was tough enough seeing him in love with her, and being the one to tell Julia how to love him—I didn't need to add being his friend to the list.

For fuck's sake, when am I going to catch a break?

"Okay, I can try to be nicer, but don't hold me to it if I can't. And certainly don't tell Harry about this. I don't want him to get worked up over my actions, you know how unpredictable I can be," I say eventually.

"Yes! Oh, thank you thank you thank you! I won't tell him, and I won't hold you to anything. All I'm asking for is for you to try!"

***

"Aria."

I nearly jump at the sound. It was way too early in the morning to deal with Harry, who was apparently behind me in the line at Starbucks.

"Harry," I turn around and greet him with a tight smile.

"Julia told me that she talked to you about being nicer to me," he says and I inwardly roll my eyes at Julia for doing exactly what I asked her not to.

"Harry—"

"I just want you to know that I didn't ask her to say any of that! I-I know you probably don't like me very much, but it's not something I'm holding against you. I like Julia a lot. And you're her best friend, I'm always gonna try to be friends with you, but I don't want to pressure you into anything. I don't want to cause any trouble," he says with the cutest frown on his face. He looks so adorable with his slightly ruffled hair and tired eyes. I want to wash away all signs of uncertainty from his face and have him smiling again.

"I do like you," I manage to say. "You're a really good guy, Harry, and Julia is very lucky to have you."

He stares at me intently and I have to force myself to not melt under his gaze. How does Julia handle this? I've never stared into his eyes this long and I think I'm already developing some sort of breathing issues. But he continues to stare at me, waiting for an answer. I decide I can't stand to see him displeased.

"I'm a very reserved person, I'm sure you've noticed." He nods, eager to get me to open up to him. I move up a spot in the line up. "I just have some difficulties showing my kindness sometimes, and it's something I'm trying to work on. I really didn't mean to hurt your feelings or anything—if I did."

He shrugs and grins.

"It's okay," he mumbles. I feel like shit at the fact that he didn't deny me ever hurting his feelings.

"I'm sorry for being so difficult. I do want us to be friends," I say. He smiles wider now.

"Don't apologize for being the way you are. I don't mind. I'm just glad you don't hate me," he chuckles and I shake my head. Hate him? Boy, does he have it wrong.

It's my turn to order so I walk up to the register. After I tell the girl my order, I look back at Harry and wave him over. He immediately walks up to me and reaches for his wallet.

"Everything okay?" he asks.

"Yeah! I was just gonna ask what you're getting," I say. I can't help the smile that spreads across my face because he's standing centimetres away from me and he smells so good.

"Oh, you don't have to–"

"I insist," I say. He looks at me for a while, biting his lip. "I'm trying to be friendlier, remember?"

"Alright," he gives in, turning to the lady. "Could I please get a Skinny Cinnamon Dolce latte?"

I have to fight Harry to pay for the drinks because he keeps insisting that he can't let me pay. I press my hands to his side and push him away but he pushes me back with his hip and hands the girl his money. While she gets his change back, I give him my meanest glare.

"Stop that, you're not scaring me," he chuckles.

"I'm not?" I question, glaring harder.

"No, because you just told me you like me," he smirks.

My heart jolts. I don't know why. Maybe it's because of the way he talks about me "liking him" so casually that it lets me pretend for a moment that we're in a relationship.

Ugh, Aria, you're so pathetic.

Nonetheless, my expression shifts slightly and Harry notices.

"I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable, I'm sorry! I only said that because you said—"

I roll my eyes at him.

"Relax, Harry, I'm okay," I say. He breathes relieved and I take a moment to think about how happy he'll be when he learns that I'm way more easy going and chill than I let him believe I was for years.

We grab our drinks and leave, I try not to think about us parting soon because this run in has brightened my mood so much.

"A frappuccino?" Harry asks in disbelief when he notices the iced drink in my hand. "In this weather?"

"What? It's delicious," I argue.

"You'll get sick."

"No, I won't."

"Yes, you will."

"No, I won't."

"Whatever, it's your problem. Though you can count on me to have a nice laugh when you do get sick," he smirks.

I grin and push him off the sidewalk. "Go to your class, Harry! I've had enough of you for today and it's not even eight yet."

Harry bursts into laughter and yells out a goodbye before walking away. My smile grows wider as I make my way towards my class. This has been a wonderful morning so far, I really hope the rest of the day goes by just as nice.

***

"Quick! Which dress?!" Julia yells the second I step into our apartment. She's holding up a navy blue, maxi dress and a light pink, off the shoulder, knee length dress.

"Pink!" I choose quickly.

"Okay, good, I like that one too."

"What's it for?" I ask, properly stepping in and putting my keys away.

"My anniversary date with Harry obviously," she says absent-mindedly, stripping in the middle of the living room to change into her dress. I mentally slap myself. I completely forgotten that was today. My morning with Harry distracted me from remembering what today was. "Can you zip me?"

I walk over to zip up her dress. Julia lets her long, curled hair fall down her back. She turns around and I inspect her flawless makeup. She looks beautiful.

"You look amazing," I say.

"Thank you!" she kisses my cheek and then picks up her clothes to take to her room. I sit down and watch as she fiddles around with the straps of her shoes, then triple checks that she has everything she needs in her purse. She checks her phone about four times to ensure she hasn't missed a text from Harry. The fact that she's been on countless dates with Harry and she still gets nervous before she sees him only proves how much she loves him.

I have to admit, when she first started dating Harry in first year, I hoped it wouldn't last long like all her other relationships have. I hoped that they wouldn't click and would break up and I'd wait the respectable amount of time before seeing if it was okay with Julia if I started talking to Harry. I was so stupid in first year. Why did I think I even mattered when it came to them? They were the main characters, I was the secondary. Nothing I wanted would matter in regards to their relationship, and if they ever were to break up Harry would never move on to me. Not after Julia. Julia was gorgeous, she exuded perfection through every pore in her body. And me? I was plain. Plain brown hair, plain brown eyes, plain clothes, plain personality. I didn't stand out in any way.

I wished one day to be able to walk in Julia's shoes. Just to see what it's like. To have people look at you like you're the prettiest person they've ever seen, or to bump into you simply so they can talk to you.

God, Aria, stop being so pathetic.

I shake my head to get rid of those thoughts. There were more important issues in everyone's lives than my selfish desires for being more attractive.

"Okay, I'm all ready. He should be here soon," Julia starts tapping her foot impatiently. "What do I say to him when I give him the present?"

"Say the cologne reminded you of him," I start. "The picture is of you two at your nineteenth birthday, say that was one of the happiest nights of your life—because he was with you." She's listening attentively and nodding along. "If you want to get corny, tell him you chose the green ribbon on the box because they reminded you of his eyes."

"Okay, thank you," she breathes. I grab her hand and squeeze it.

"You'll be okay, why are you so worried?" I ask.

"I don't know, I just don't want anything to go wrong," she looks into my eyes. "I really, really, like him. I don't want anything to go wrong, I don't want to lose him."

I gulp.

"You won't," my voice comes out croaky. "He loves you."

She takes a deep breath and nods again. "You're right. Thank you so much. Aria, I seriously have no idea what I'd do without you. I just get so nervous with him sometimes... You'll have your phone on you, right? So I can text you?"

"Of course."

"Good."

***

I'm in bed. I've finished my calligraphy prints and even had time to make extra ones. I've watched everyone's stories on Instagram and Snapchat. There was only one that I cared about—Julia's. Harry doesn't post much so she was all I had to clue in on their date.

How was it going? Was Julia saying the right things? Did Harry like the gifts? What did he get her? Did she at least pretend to like it?

Pfft. Of course she liked it. Harry knew Julia well enough to know what she wanted before she even knew.

My phone buzzed in my hand and I quickly unlocked it to check the message.

aria. he keeps choking up and tearing a little, i dont know what to do, im nervous

I paused for a moment. Choking up and tearing? Was he emotional or did he hate everything?

is it good choking and tearing or bad choking and tearing??

i dont know!!!!!!

does he keep staring at you, like, intensely??

yea, he keeps looking into my eyes

where is he right now?

bathroom

ok i think hes just getting really emotional

good emotional

nothing to worry about he just loves u a lot

what do i do?

if he's getting really emotional, he probably doesn't want to be out in public anymore. suggest that you guys leave to go home or anywhere else im sure he just wants to be with you alone

ok, will do. thanks!!

g2g hes coming

I lock my phone again and leave it on my bedside table. Things were going good, I can breathe again. Tomorrow Julia will tell me everything about their date, for now I'm going to sleep.

***

Thanks for reading!

I updated this one cause i made a lil mistake, but also if there are random "_" in the text thats from when I italicized words and the website I wrote it in left them when I copied it over here, it's so annoying. I thought I got all of them out, sorry if there's any I missed!

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August 5/2020. Riddle #81

Kate mask……………

Catherine was seen wearing a lovely Amelia Wickstead dress, very floral and lovely on her! She was also wearing a lovely mask with a floral print. Now that it seems this is going to be our new normal. I love they are making masks that are not just utilitarian but also that are pretty. My sister has gotten me some and I’ve ordered some online and they’re quite nice. But one doesn’t realize all the detail to make a mask. How to make it comfortable, to make it fit properly that’s quite a technical feet to make a safe effective a comfortable mask and yet to know what fabrication to make it out of.Sorry kids I got the dress mixed up I know she was wearing that floral dress which she was William now she’s wearing what I would call spectator dress. Any of you people old enough to remember spectator pumps? Oh man I had a pair they were so popular during the 1940s they were pumps or court shoes as they’re called in the UK. They were black and white usually,the tips were black and the heels were white or variations thereof they were very smart looking shoes in that dress she was wearing reminded me of that. Oh she looks stunning! From the BBC now, The Duchess of Cambridge has revealed stories of families struggling during lockdown have moved her to tears.Catherine was seen wearing a mask for the first time as she visited a Sheffield baby bank, which offers essential supplies to mothers in need.She said she wept at the “bravery” shown by parents after an earlier visit to a similar project.Previously during the pandemic, the duchess has usually attended engagements outdoors or via video call.

Her appearance in a floral fabric face mask comes after the Duchess of Cornwall wore a face covering during a visit to the National Gallery in London.

Louis £12 shirt ………… I just Love that despite all the money they possess in the world Catherine has this down to earth fashion sense of where to spend money and how do use it appropriately and also how to reuse close. We’ve seen that with herself where she wears her dresses on several locations or sometimes even has them altered to look a little different. We’ve also seen little Louis wearing clothes George has worn before. I just find her amazing yes I am biased but I love the Cambridges so hate me😋😛😛😛😝😝😝😜😜🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂! Prince Louis wears adorable £12 shirt from Sainsbury’s in his new birthday portraits. Kensington Palace released new pictures of Prince Louis to mark his second birthday on 23 April - doesn’t he look so adorable? The sweet photographs show the toddler having fun painting a rainbow picture, in a set of new snaps taken by mum the Duchess of Cambridge at Anmer Hall. And since royal fans are often keen to learn which clothes Kate dresses the children in, we’ve tracked down Louis’ super-cute blue shirt! Little Louis is wearing a smart navy blue checked shirt from Tu Clothing at Sainsbury's - it costs £12 as part of a dungarees set and is luckily still available to buy online. In fact, it could well be the same top the young royal wore underneath his jumper for the Cambridges’ Clap for our Carers video in March - when many fans noticed similarities between the boys clothes.

granite city…………

Aberdeen is called the granite city. Everything is in Scotland and it’s very near to Balmoral Castle in case you didn’t know.If you’ve ever been there it’s just beautiful and yes I am biased it is beautiful. The buildings are all made of stone everything, everything is made of stone. Granite stone. One would think that would be rather austere and boring, but it’s not. Whoever designed all those buildings and put them together, they’re just standing just absolutely stunning! I went to attend a wedding, on one occasion,at King’s College at the chapel there. That was so beautiful in the wedding rehearsal I was part of the party, so we had to go a day before I think, for the rehearsal and that was totally new for me it was just I’ve never ever ever been in a church that old. The whole experience was amazing! If you’ve never been to a Scottish wedding and you get a chance, I highly recommend it. If you’ve never been to a cieliedh, pronounced kaylee, l highly recommend it! So Aberdeen is now on lockdown because of Covid. Just yesterday her Majesty flew there to get to the Balmoral Castle. Oh that’s frightening that’s frightening! If that had been the case yesterday when she arrived, she would’ve had a helicopter waiting right at the airport to take her right to Balmoral Castle she would not have had to be anywhere near this in the city in the airport isn’t really right in the city with the one that’s up on in and out of many times. my thoughts and prayers are with everyone there who’s been affected now.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Bridesmaid on Island😱😱………………

I just soooooo wish none of this would ever have happened. I wish none of us would have to be hearing this filth that’s 20 or 30or 40 years old oh yuck!DM…Bridesmaid for Princess Diana was guest on Epstein island: Clemmie Hambro who took two trips on paedophile’s private jet says ‘I was young, naive and lucky to escape’.Clemmie Hambro revealed as guest on JE’s private island.She also took two flights to Little St James on one of the paedophile’s jets.Travel logs were released as part of court proceedings for GM.Now married mother of four said she did not suffer or witness any abuse.

these BOOTS are made for walking …………

BOOTS has revealed plans to temporarily close 60 stores that have taken a hit due to coronavirus.The pharmacy chain says it’s made the decision due to a lack of footfall in some stores, particularly those in airports, train stations, and city centres. Pharmacists have been redeployed to busier nearby Boots shops.It has around 2,400 stores across the UK and says some local community pharmacies are seeing more than double the number of people requiring prescriptions.Boots adds that it’s looking to redeploy other staff but says some could be sent home.The Sun April.BBC More than 200 Boots stores across the UK could be closed by its American owners Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) in a bid to cut costs.The shops - which are in areas where Boots has more than one store - are under review for possible closure.It is understood the review will take place over the next 12 to 18 months.

Boots said it did not have “a major programme envisaged” but was always reviewing “underperforming stores and opportunities for consolidation”.“We are being realistic about the future and that we will need to be agile to adapt to the changing landscape,” it added.The chain has 2,485 stores across the UK, employing about 56,000 staff. So to use the clue, BOOTS has sent many people walking looking for new jobs and I’m sure they’re not singing the song ‘these boots are made for walking’while they’re trying to find a job in this in this current world situation.

five silent ……………

All this money being spent on court costs and she’s not even there. I find that so bizarre. What’s even worse is harass her flagrant lack of respect for the judicial system in the United Kingdom! The judge has been more than patient with her and more than kind. Reminds me of the Bard’s “more kin then kind”.ha ha Identities of five of Madam’s ‘friends’ who briefed People magazine about her relationship with her father will remain a secret ‘for the time being’, judge rules.Mr Justice Warby upholds application by Madam’s team that five friends’ identities should remain secret, FOR NOW!!! Women named as sources of People article in 2019 in legal papers submitted by Duchess to High Court. But their names were not made public and it is not clear whether any of them will be called as witnesses.Madam maintains she didn’t know any friends had spoken to People until after article was published.🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥 Well I maintain that I am the the fairest of them all with my magic mirror and I maintain that I have $1 billion right here in my bedroom and I maintain that I could fly even though I don’t have wings. She can maintain anything she wants to she can maintain that she can ride a donkey halfway across the desert. Those are all lies! Mr. Justice Warby is going to see through her, he’s already has done!

54 million!!!………

DM …. Land Rovers targeted in £54million rural theft spree as countryside crime rises to an eight-year high.Figures show thefts of the 4x4 rose by more than a third in the year to April 2020.2020 Rural Crime Report found tractors, quad bikes and live stock were targeted.Thefts likely to have been fuelled by overseas demand for farming equipment.Well this is what a world of people wasting their lives. There’s so much good to be done in the world and yet there’s just a continuous criminal activity. I suppose it’s always been there we just hear about it more now that we have global media 24 hours a day.

The pain in Spain…………

Second wave strikes Europe: Spain reintroduces lockdown, Greece sees a worrying rise in cases and virus is 'more active’ in Germany amid warnings France 'could lose control at any moment’.The head of Germany’s doctors’ union has said that the country is already in the midst of its second wave because people have flouted social distancing rules.France says it stands on precipice and 'could at any moment tip’ out of control.Two towns north of Madrid, Spain, have been put under strict lockdown.

Greece recorded 121 new cases Tuesday - the highest daily tally since April 22.Italy has quarantined two infected cruise ships at Civitavecchia port in Rome.

Epipen tragedy …………

Everybody and I mean everybody, who has a serious allergy to anything should have an EpiPen with them at all times. Their family members and their friends I don’t care what age should know the symptoms and they should know the exact way to use an EpiPen!

DM this is terrible. Schoolboy, 14, with severe dairy allergy died after eating popcorn while watching movie at Odeon Cinema with his parents - having left his life-saving EpiPen at home, inquest hears.Ruben Bousquet died after eating sweet popcorn while at an Odeon Cinema. Ruben was a promising player in the London Knightz ice hockey team.The boy, aged 14, was allergic to cow’s milk, raw egg and soya. Such a simple thing, but we all forget things right. My Sincerest condolences go out to his family and friends this is so very sad.

the Spitting Image …………

I just knew this was going to be in the riddle today! I just knew it when I read part of the article! Disclosure documents now accuse prince Andrew of using the puppet of himself that was used by the television show, Spitting Image, from years ago.Now accused of using that list with two women in sexual ways. In New York. If you do not know spitting image, just go to YouTube and Google it. It was a very much satire and they were they went hard hard mocking the royal family. All was just the puppets. It was just very exaggerated and that’s the skits they would do the things he would talk about or just absolutely over the top!DM…slightly altered by me. Prince Andrew in sunglasses as he emerges from Windsor after court documents claimed he used Spitting Image puppet of himself to grope Virginia Roberts and another woman at Jeffrey Epstein’s New York home.Duke of York is accused of using latex puppet of himself to grope the women.VRG made the claim in a manuscript a judge has ordered released.It states that Andrew groped Roberts and another woman in front of Epstein.Prince Andrew has always strenuously denied any allegations of wrongdoing.

is statue on my toe…………

OOPSIE! I ‘toed’ you not to take that picture🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂. Get it, bad pun ‘toed’= told. Sorry my bad humour.

A quick snap! Tourist accidentally breaks the toes off a 200-year-old sculpture at Italian museum while lying on it for a selfie.I tell you kids, people walk into water fountains, there’s taking selfies they walk into it a little pond they walk into traffic it’s just ridiculous! The tourist leaned on the ‘Paolina Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix’ artwork.He accidentally broke off three of the toes of the 200-year-old sculpture.Police say they have identified the man as a 50-year-old Austrian tourist. Well I will certainly hope he got the best selfie of all time. I wish him a speedy recovery. I shouldn’t joke about it, that wasn’t good. I hope he can recover and we can use of his toys in his foot.🙏🏻🙏🏻

Italian migrants!!!………

Is bad and difficult as things are in the UK people are still fleeing other countries to come there.DM Another 120 migrants on eight boats stream into Dover in a day as people smugglers urge hundreds to make Channel crossing now before Brexit 'closes the door’. This human trafficking business, I mean this is like an industry just ‘helping’people escape and then taking them to different places and then they charge an exorbitant amount of money to do that. That is human trafficking as well shuffling them from one place to another it’s just dreadful! Pictures show men wearing masks and lifejackets while arriving at Dover, Kent.Border Force sent out vessels Seeker and Hunter from Dover earlier this morning.Figures making perilous journey have spiked recently during favourable weather.So far this year, 3,510 migrants have crossed illegally, compared to 1,850 in 2019.

KP deepcleaned.

As usual MM Anon you leave me with one clue that doesn’t doesn’t cooperate for lack of a better word it doesn’t cooperate with me ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. This could refer her to carpet cleaning or washing the walls are doing a deep thorough clean. I am certain that that all will be down done it will be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before they arrive there.FULL STOP!!! NO DOUBT!!First thing that came to my mind when I read the phrase deep clean,it was security issues that must be with this family.My mind went right to looking for bugs are looking for things cameras planted or anything like that. They are currently at Anmer Hall. I’m sure they’re getting Kensington Palace ready for when they return to London. As the plan is that school will resume in the fall and I’ve heard or read nothing that George and Charlotte will not return to Battersea. Time will tell what happens there but it is the first week in August and the summer is coming to an end. And we can know that just by looking at Catherine’s she’s had some lovely highlight quite lovely. Reminiscent of the way her hair was last item when she in William George in Charlotte to school and Charlotte was her birthday and her hair was trending top worldwide. Oh I just love that! It must have just got Madam’s 🐐 goat!!I’m still laughing at that at that. I wish them all well good health and safety. I pray for them all every day.

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82. Aug 6

MM ANON …… Harry gossip………President Macwrong ………MM moving????…………… desertion of the theatre charity …………… Brexit&Coronavirus tanks economy ……… structural changes???? ……………… negative interest rates !!……………… pregnant migrant…………… mother hit by Flack…………… 50 million for duff masks😱😱…………………… Ireland hits 1.8………… elite athletes only!!

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August 6/2020. Riddle #82

…… Harry gossip………

I posted this on my blog this morning and I don’t know I haven’t checked this evening but it sure got a lot of feedback. I am just furious about this this is this is the from the daily mail.

“Prince Harry’s biographer Angela Levin claims he’s become ‘a shadow of his former self’ after losing some of his ‘mischievous charm and royal stardust’ and only focusing on negativity. Prince Harry has become a 'shadow of his former self’, claims royal biographer.London-based Angela Levin made the remarks on ITV’s Royal Rota last Friday.Harry is currently living with Meghan Markle and their son Archie, one, in LA.” I’ll repeat what I said this morning this woman knows absolutely nothing about where Harry is, what he’s doing, how he’s feeling, what he is thinking, how he is coping, what his issues are etc. etc.! She has absolutely no inside information or any direct contact with him at all!! She has no business putting her nose into this. The only reason she is doing is to get some publicity for herself!Apparently she’s been in the past have made comments and then forced to retract them. She is a piece of work trying to get her slice of the Harry pie pardon the pun oh my..

President Macwrong ………

French president macron visited the disaster site today in Beirut. I’m gonna cry here in a minute, Lebanon is the former territory to France.In colonial times when France possessed other nations as other European countries did, France was a colonial power over Lebanon. So he has sent I believe I don’t know how many jetsPlanes full of aid food medicine anything to Lebanon. I read three here in this BBC article but there may be more by now. He walked the streets amongst the people and they were, I’m sorry I’m crying, they were pleading for help pleading pleading him for help help them help them!Truth be known their government is so corrupt it ineffective people are crying for a new government and I don’t think they have the option. Macron said what they need is a “new political order”. What does that sound like kids??? A member of the EU talking about a “new political order“. I’ll let you think on that for a minute. The balance of this paragraph is from the BBC.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has called for “profound change” from Lebanon’s leadership following Tuesday’s huge explosion in Beirut.

Visiting the devastated city, he called for an international investigation.Many Lebanese say government corruption, neglect and mismanagement led to the explosion.It killed at least 137 people and injured about 5,000 others, while dozens are still missing. A two-week state of emergency has begun.Lebanese President Michel Aoun says it was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored unsafely in a warehouse.The state news agency says 16 people have been taken into custody as part of the investigation.

Judge Fadi Akiki, a government representative at the military court, said more than 18 port and customs officials and maintenance workers at the warehouse had been questioned. What did Macron say?The first world leader to visit since the explosion, Mr Macron described it as a “metaphor for Lebanon’s current crisis” and said a “new political order” was needed. Funding was available for the country but its leaders had to implement reforms first, he said.

MM moving????……………

'Cooped up’ Meghan wants to leave her $18M sprawling mega-mansion to celebrate her August birthday - and will make guests get tested for Covid-19 beforehand.Madam wants to celebrate her birthday outside of Los Angeles, as she and Prince Harry are feeling 'cooped up’, .The friend explained Madam thinks a change of scenery would be nice and is eyeing up Montecito, outside of Santa Barbara, where friend Oprah. Madam said it will be low-key. She said she doesn’t want to come across as being careless and irresponsible. How anybody could feel cooped up in an $18 million mansion is beyond me but then she is beyond me she’s beyond all of us! Now this article Was put into the press before her birthday. And as we know she puts things into the press that are not real but things that she’s demanding or wanting from somebody. So she Wanted to celebrate her birthday because she was being kicked out of Tyler Perry’s mansion, if she ever was there,so she put out in the PR where she wants to go and she’s listed 0W she wants a quieter place simpler place .Yeah right yeah if you believe that again I still have that bridge in the Sahara desert I want to sell to you.

desertion of the theatre charity ……………

There’s an article in the paper today regarding the patronage of the national theatre which her Majesty the Queen so generously gave to Madam. We all know that the COVID-19 virus has affected many many things and it has all the decimated the theatre industry which was huge in England especially London. People travel from all over the world to attend the theatre on the West End that’s legendary and I told you before my sister used to make regular trips to go see usually three different plays or productions. The national theatre Society no association I think whatever the patronage that she was given is saying publicly now that they feel abandoned by her. They have gone public and that has to be absolutely has to be with the approval of her Majesty the Queen. That is pretty major for an Royal patronage organization to come out and criticize her like that. Is this the beginning of more of her patronages coming out and voicing the same opinion? Madam “has been attacked for what has been seen as abandoning her patronage to the National Theatre when she stepped down as a senior royal, especially because the theatre industry is struggling so much amid the coronavirus pandemic.16” Daily Express. For some reason and I do not know why the national express your daily express I can get to the homepage and I can read some articles but not all. And I know I read this one in the morning and now it won’t load for me completely so I’m going to put the link in here and I hope it works for you guys. And if anyone else knows why this is happening or how I can fix it would you let me know please I’ve tried shutting off my iPad cleaning my cookies and all that kind of stuff and nothing works. https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1319467/meghan-markle-news-prince-harry-national-theatre-patron-royal-family-duchess-sussex-spt

Brexit&Coronavirus tanks economy ………

Around the globe everybody is feeling the effects of the coronavirus but in the UK that is compounded by the issues surrounding Brexit. The Bank of England warns some parts of the economy might NEVER recover from coronavirus with a million jobs set to go this year as GDP plunges 9.5% - but the slump might only be the worst in a CENTURY rather than 300 years.The Bank of England has published its latest quarterly Monetary Policy report with views on the UK economy.It predicts that GDP will be down 9.5 per cent this year, lower than previously estimates of around 14 per cent.Unemployment rate could rise from 3.9 per cent to 7.4 per cent by the end of 2020 as a swathe of jobs go. This is actually a fantastic article if you’re into the graph into reading graphs and understanding what’s happening I’m going to put the link here because I’m a visual person and when I see a graph that makes it much more clear in my head than reading a bunch of flat statistics on a paper. So I’m just going to put the link here just for those of you who are interested. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8599039/Bank-England-says-unemployment-hit-7-4-cent-year.html. There will no extension of the Brexit transition period beyond December 31, 2020, meaning that the European Union and the UK will have to strike a deal in just six months to avoid Britain crashing out of the bloc without one.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed on Monday not to extend the transition, which currently preserves much of the UK-EU relationship from before the UK left in January.https://www.euronews.com/2020/06/15/brexit-boris-johnson-and-ursula-von-der-leyen-to-hold-high-level-talks-next-week

structural changes???? ………………

I knew what this was the moment I read the clue. COVID-19 is as lightly as some people are affected by it and it can be lethal as we have seen thousands and thousands of people die from it. But what they are learning now is that there are long-term effects and changes in the body that happened I read one lady her hair was falling out in clumps so she just ended up shaving her head. Other people their sense of smell and the taste since has not returned. Other people are having long-term effects on their lungs with fluid in their lungs. Even long after that they don’t have the virus present in their body. This is a little nasty piece of work, That this virus is. Hi I almost wonder I don’t know I almost wonder if it wasn’t a man-made thing and released by accident or on purpose. Because it seems to be really acting in a very aggressive way in a long term way. We are not even at the end of this yet we don’t even know when it will end. Right now it’s increasing in so many places however I’ll stop talking I’ll let the professionals do the explaining. There’s a very highly regarded in the medical community for lack of a better word magazine it’s called the Lancet. And they have published some information recently which I’ll share here. and if you don’t wear a face mask wash your hands and use hand sanitizer after reading this and learn and learning about this well then I will say no more. From The Lancet Cerebral Micro-Structural Changes in COVID-19 Patients – An MRI-based 3-month Follow-up Study. Background Increasing evidence supported the possible neuro-invasion potential of SARS-CoV-2. However, no studies were conducted to explore the existence of the micro-structural changes in the central nervous system after infection. We aimed to identify the existence of potential brain micro-structural changes related to SARS-CoV-2. Findings

In this follow-up stage, neurological symptoms were presented in 55% COVID-19 patients. COVID-19 patients had statistically significantly higher bilateral gray matter volumes (GMV) in olfactory cortices, hippocampi, insulas, left Rolandic operculum, left Heschl’s gyrus and right cingulate gyrus and a general decline of MD, AD, RD accompanied with an increase of FA in white matter, especially AD in the right CR, EC and SFF, and MD in SFF compared with non-COVID-19 volunteers (corrected p value <0.05). Global GMV, GMVs in left Rolandic operculum, right cingulate, bilateral hippocampi, left Heschl’s gyrus, and Global MD of WM were found to correlate with memory loss (p value <0.05). GMVs in the right cingulate gyrus and left hippocampus were related to smell loss (p value <0.05). MD-GM score, global GMV, and GMV in right cingulate gyrus were correlated with LDH level (p value <0.05). Me😁. I realize that this is written for the medical community but you can get the gist of what they’re saying. Changes structural changes are happening because of this little viral monster. I pray so much that I don’t get it and no one I love does.

negative interest rates !!……………… The governor of the Bank of England has refused to rule out introducing negative interest rates in the UK. Andrew Bailey told MPs that his views have changed in the light of the coronavirus pandemic - the BoE is reassessing all its tools, as it tries to fight the worst downturn in centuries.Bailey was speaking shortly after the UK sold government debt at negative yield for the first time. Investors effectively paid for the chance to lend to Britain — perhaps partly because the BoE has pledged to buy the gilts under its stimulus programme. The pandemic is pushing inflation down across the globe. In the UK, the Consumer Price Index dropped to just 0.8% last month, down from 1.5% in April - with fuel and clothing prices dropping last month.Eurozone inflation fell to 0.3%, while in Canada the inflation rate turned negative for the first time since 2009.The WTO warned that world trade in goods has fallen dramatically this year, as the economy contracts.Despite this concern, global stock markets have risen today on hopes of economic recovery later this year. I am the last want to talk about finances and percentages and all that stuff that stuff is all over my head so I’ll just leave it here this is from the professionals it those of you who understand it I take my hat off to you and for those of you like me who don’t you can just scroll on by ha ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!

pregnant migrant……………

There are so many people, the world over, in such war torn poor countries that they’re willing to risk life and limb in fact they’re very own life so that they can get their children to a safe country. If you live in a in a first world country and I live in Canada I am so blessed and I thank God every day for how I am blessed.DM 😁A newborn baby, a heavily-pregnant woman and children are among 120 migrants to land in Kent today bringing total crossing the Channel in 2020 to DOUBLE the figure for last year.The group of around 16 refugees landed on Dungeness beach,Kent, at 8.30am.It comes just a day after 13 migrants were picked up yesterday morning in Kent.It means 3,643 migrants have made the life-risking Channel crossing this year. Me😁We have many people in Canada they have migrated here. Legally. But we’re starting to see more and more and more people smuggle or sneak across the border. The border between Canada and the United States is the longest unprotected border in the world we have many many official crossings but there’s miles and miles and miles or people can just find a way in. In fact back in the 1930s Al Capone used to to smuggle booze from a place I know very well and he had a place there where he would hide.In some border towns people are quite afraid. Some have started to leave clothes and shoes and blankets and nonperishable foods just outside their house or in the bushes or just to help these people. Canada has always been a welcome place to immigrants. Where I live we have thousands of immigrants thousands in our culture has been vastly expanded because of it. In fact, all I won’t have my personal stuff there but oh it’s it’s just been marvelous.

mother hit by Flack……………

This is such an exceedingly sad story when it happened and now that the inquest has been going on been reading about it day after day after day in the daily mail. I don’t believe her mother was actually physically hit by her I think she was emotionally hit by the suicide and by the charges that her daughter was facing. There was so much question about whether she should have been charged at all for domestic assault on her boyfriend and that was the last straw for her and she hung herself. She had so much going for her she was so famous and so beautiful so so beautiful. It’s just goes to show you if you don’t have your health and your mental health nothing else matters. For those of you who haven’t been following this or are not aware Caroline Flack was the host of the X factor in the UK and she also was on a show called love island. They’ve done a love island America I think it is basically they send all these couples on to an island and then they kind of vote each other off and it’s a reality show. I have never seen the show. Anyways she obviously had some mental health issues and there is some relationship issues thrown in there as well. And as anybody in a passionate relationship knows there’s good passion bad passion and I guess things got physical and she was just charged with assault assaulting her her boyfriend. Not long after that she hung her self. And the inquest is now going on I’m gonna put a little little bit from the bit from today’s paper in here. DM Caroline Flack star’s tearful mother blasts CPS for 'show trial’ - but inquest hears how POLICE pushed for tragic Love Island star to be charged over 'lamp attack’ on boyfriend.The 40-year-old, known for hosting Love Island, found hanged at her home in Stoke Newington on February 15.

The Presenter had been due to stand trial for assaulting her boyfriend, Lewis Burton, after police called to home.Today CPS said it had considered Flack’s mental health in its decision making but decided the risk was 'low’.Said prosecutors recommended a caution but police pushed for charge because of alleged domestic violence.

50 million for duff masks😱😱……………………

From new scientist.com Covid-19 news: NHS unable to use 50 million masks due to safety fears. The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the COVID-19 pandemic. Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 6 August

Safety issue means 50 million medical face masks won’t be used by NHS England workers50 million medical face masks purchased by the government in April won’t be used by NHS England due to safety concerns, according to legal papers seen by the BBC. The masks use ear-loop fastenings rather than loops that go around the head, so may not fit tightly enough. Alan Murray, chief executive of the British Safety Industry Federation told the BBC: “The face fit is either a pass or a fail and there are more fails on products with ear loops than there are on products with head harnesses.” The FFP2 respirator masks were bought as part of a £252 million contract from supplier Ayanda Capital. It isn’t clear what will happen to the masks. Now me 😁Well they should obviously be burned if they’re not safe to use. Why keep them around good gracious!. Kids do you ever feel like the monkeys are running the zoo sometimes these days? Because it sure does to me. So many things that are so basic and so bloody simple like making masks and making masks that are appropriate for medical use! I mean we’re not in the 1800s in the Civil War here I mean we are in the 21st-century! We have groundbreaking things,we have wireless everything and they cannot make bloody mask that are safe. Sorry I sound like Prince Philip, but I this is really upsetting to me as a former nurse oh my goodness! This shows you the modern value of hard work and what happens when when you Outsource things to China or some of these third world countries where they are not paid enough and they’re not given the proper working environment. I don’t know where these masks were made but I’m guessing whoever did them was not given the correct directions on what to do. Or whoever designed them did not design them properly which is quite frightening because you think that be a specialty somebody in graphic design or whatever that title would be called would know how to design a facemask that was proper for medical use! This is absolutely asinine! Madam if you’re reading this, you have to go and look in the dictionary for some of these words. I know they’re awful big words but you know, you can go on Mr. googly, actually if you go on Mr. googly and type in the word you will find out what it means. Ha we know Madam reads here we know she does! Mind she probably only reads things about herself.

Ireland hits 1.8…………

Evening Standard. Coronavirus R rate in Northern Ireland ‘could be as high as 1.8’Reported uptick in the R rate comes as Northern Ireland records 43 more coronavirus infections in the region. The regional government’s health department said on Thursday that the rate had risen from between 0.5 to 1 last week to between 0.8 and 1.8 this week.

R represents the number of individuals who, on average, will be infected by a person with the virus.A spokeswoman for the Department of Health said while community transmission remains low in Northern Ireland, the number of positive tests per day has increased three-fold from early July. Why happening to so many places around the globe? Why is it that the number of cases exploding in so many places? Is it just due to people becoming complacent and not complying with social distancing and handwashing in and hand sanitizer? Or is there something more sinister going on? Is this virus more than we even thought it was?

elite athletes only!!

Well isn’t that special? Only the best of the best will be allowed isn’t that special? The rest of you who usually run in the marathon, you really don’t matter but in the elite athletes who that is their job to train for running marathons, they will let them go ahead. They can do it and earn their money and let the sponsors and their money. Well I think it’s a good thing because maybe it’ll bring some money in for something.BBC London Marathon: 2020 edition to be elite-only race, with mass event cancelled. The 2020 London Marathon will involve only elite athletes, with 45,000 'mass-event’ runners unable to take part because of coronavirus concerns.The much-anticipated contest between Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge and Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele will take place on a bio-secure closed course.Reduced fields of 30-40 athletes will also compete for the elite women’s and wheelchair titles on 4 October.The 2021 race, meanwhile, will be on 3 October rather than a date in April.That calendar shift from the traditional date is designed to maximise the chances of all runners being able to take part in next year’s race.

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83. Aug 7

MM ANON …🎼O I do like to be BESIDE the seaside🎼…………Air India ………… 4000 crossing ………………4000 BA lost……………… the cost of lockdown 😱😱😱38.000 excess death …………… PRESS-ton…………… SM. a fire of hate…………… Palmerston quits🐱…………………A WOC veep…………nudist legs it……………… Catharine unbeatable!!

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Aug 7/20

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August 7/2020. Riddle #83

🎼O I do like to be BESIDE the seaside🎼…………

The UK is experiencing unprecedented hot weather. It is called the Sahara Blowtorch or something like that.. Some places were to see 38°C today the weekend is supposed to continue very hot. Do you see the pictures of the people on the beach? Like they are crammed together like sardines in a can! No social distancing and I don’t think any of them were wearing a mask. Beside myself and many people are beside themselves that what the public is doing. The risk of spread the close quarters it’s just all so dangerous!DM ‘Have we forgotten social distancing?’ Critics accuse beach crowds of ‘undoing the hard work of lockdown’ during dash to the seaside on hottest August day in 17 years as staycation stampede leaves roads gridlocked.Temperatures hit 97.5F (36.4C) at Kew Gardens in West London at 4pm Friday and may soar further tomorrow.Heathrow matched Kew and the temperature makes it the hottest August day on record since 2003.Met Office issues level-three heat health alert warning Britons to look out for the elderly and young children.Councils fear tourists flocking to coasts will ignore social distancing rules and cram on to packed seafronts.😁Me. Listen, most of us in North America, we all have central air conditioning or window units or something like that. They don’t have that in the UK, nobody has air-conditioning there nobody that I know. And even on the West Coast in Canada they don’t have air-conditioning and when it gets so hot it’s unbearable. Oh I feel for them oh my my my my life. All those people at the beach are going to be so sunburned and there’s going to be people with heat stroke. When I just looked at the paper now everybody’s in the bars because the bars are open. So they will be drunk and back on the beach tomorrow and repeat the whole thing over again. Why don’t you just shut the bars down I don’t get it?

Air India …………

There is a most horrific air crash this morning in India. DM… At least 17 dead, including both pilots, and 123 injured as Air India flight from Dubai with 191 people onboard splits in two as it crash-lands on runway in Kerala.The Air India flight left from Dubai and overshot the runway in Calicut, Kerala.The pilot is among fourteen people who were killed in the crash earlier today.Images on social media show aircraft torn in two with people gathered around.Police reports say two pilots and 13 other individuals were killed in the disaster.Another 123 people were injured in the crash with 191 passengers onboard.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

4000 crossing ………………

The migrant crisis is increasing and increasing. Today there was a,oh my don’t know what motor way it was, but there is a long queue the police have stopped a lorry and the driver remember where he was from but he had the whole back of the Lorry loaded with people that he was trafficking. Oh I hate that human trafficking!These people that are crossing the channel in these rubber boats there risking their lives their children’s lives and their unborn children’s lives because the home they know it’s so terrible that the unknown no matter what the baby is a better safer option to them. Now those of us in the lap of luxury in first world countries just just take a minute to sinking what a mistake for a pregnant woman and her little children it’s just it’s it’s just heartbreaking. Heartbreaking. DM….

FOUR THOUSAND migrants have crossed the channel this year: Toddlers and a baby in a gym bag are among at least 130 migrants landing in UK today on 13 boats as ministers threaten to send in the Navy to turn back the ‘tide’.Nearly 4,000 migrants made the crossing in boats in the first 219 days of 2020.Up to 235 migrants crossed the channel on Thursday, the highest ever daily total.One group had 12 men in their 20s intercepted by Border Force Friday morning.Home Secretary’s spokesman said the 'fantastic weather’ was behind the surge.

4000 BA lost………………

British Airways is sinking and they’ve been in tight agreements with their cabin staff. And I heard a woman speaking on the BBC this morning and she was saying she’s been with BA for 25 years and does not want to leave however she took redundancy because what they would be having would be just untenable. First of all menu will be losing their jobs so thousands have already taken redundancy to just avoid that. But those that remain that are given a job their salaries their take-home pay will be reduced by 40 to 50%. Kids just graspthat the same work the same stress but have to pay wow!BBC Some British Airways staff who have accepted voluntary redundancy say they had felt “forced” into it.BA wants to cut 12,000 job roles and says 6,000 staff have volunteered.Carol - not her real name - said BA had told her if she did not accept the offer of voluntary redundancy she would have to apply for a job and if she did not get it she would only receive a statutory redundancy payout.She says the airline’s conduct was “a slap in the face”.Carol, who had worked for BA for 23 years, told the BBC: “They [BA] said 'If you don’t take the offer, you’ll go into the fire-and-rehire phase’, but if we aren’t hired, we’ll get only statutory redundancy.”

Those BA cabin crew who did reapply for their jobs on a new contract are expected to find out later on Friday whether or not they lose their jobs.Carol, who worked on the long-haul fleet, said it was a foregone conclusion that the airline would not re-hire older cabin crew members.“Even before I had accepted the voluntary redundancy offer, I had a message on my roster from BA: 'Thank you for your service. Good luck’. That is all I got from them after 23 years.“It’s a slap in the face, but it shows they knew who they were getting rid of,” she said. She says she will be forced to sell her home since her redundancy payment won’t cover her mortgage.

“It’s actually age discrimination, we were forced out

the cost of lockdown 😱😱😱 38.000 excess death ……………

There’s been a lot of people talking about this and I know a lot of these clues because l have been paying attention to these things. During the lockdown and the whole Covid thing that never ends there have been many many many people that have died not of Covid. People that I’ve had a heart attacks people that have had cancer people that have not gone to emergency because of Covid they didn’t want to go. Thousands and thousands and thousands of people have died. I dare say some of those may be domestic violence related although I don’t have the stats to prove that. And I also do think with the tremendous loss of income and loss of job there may be well some suicides in there I have no doubt of that.DM….The full health cost of lockdown: Doctors warn of a devastating toll on non-virus patients who still face delays in diagnosis and care.Cancer, stroke, diabetes and heart condition patients among the worst affected.Doctors still face delays when referring patients for cancer or cardiology tests.Coronavirus deaths have now fallen to their lowest level since before lockdown.

PRESS-ton……………

Coronavirus: Stricter measures introduced in Preston. Lockdown measures are being reintroduced in Preston from midnight after a rise in Covid-19 cases.Residents in the Lancashire city are facing stricter restrictions, which include banning separate households from meeting each other at home.The council had already asked residents to follow extra precautions in a bid to halt the spread of the virus.The move brings Preston in line with measures in east Lancashire, Greater Manchester and parts of west Yorkshire.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed the restrictions in these areas would remain in place “as the data does not yet show a decrease in the transmission of this terrible virus”.

Any changes to the measures will be announced by 14 August following a review next week, he added.He said the decision to extend the restrictions to Preston was “at the request of the local area”.Almost half of the cases reported in Preston were among people aged 30 and younger, Lancashire’s director of public health, Dr Sakthi Karunanithi, said.As Preston has been designated an “area of intervention” by the government, the city will be able to access additional support to tackle the spread of coronavirus.BBC

SM. a fire of hate……………

No one has to be very careful in this situation. Unless I see him, Prince Harry, standing next to William and Catherine actually saying these words publicly before reporters I believe nothing. Madam is hard at work with her PR hard at work and she’s the one stoking anything if they’re stoking being done. DM…..Prince Harry says social media is stoking a 'crisis of hate’ as he reveals he and Madam have been calling business leaders for the last month to ask them to stop funding the sites in column for US business magazine.ME yeah right she’s she’s the one that’s been calling business is desperate for a job and putting out PR that she wants $200,000 from somebody. OK back to the DM….In an opinion piece for U.S. business magazine Fast Company, Prince Harry said that social media, in its current state, is ‘unwell’ and in desperate need of fixing.The former senior royal said he and madam , have spent the past few weeks working with business leaders to enact positive change. The Duke of Sussex called for online communities to be 'defined more by compassion than hate; by truth instead of misinformation’.Harry said he and Madam started their social media reform campaign at the same time as the launch of the Stop Hate for Profit movement in June. Me. OK kids you know that saying take a take things with a grain of salt? Will take this with 10 pounds of salt! She knows that she is in quicksand and that she is sinking. She is desperate and she is trying anything and everything to get whatever she thinks that she needs or wants. Even if it’s just her picture in the paper she’s just happy about that. I can hardly wait Skippy till your page turns emerald green I can hardly wait!!!!

Palmerston quits🐱…………………

I knew this was gonna be here I knew it I knew it I knew it I knew it I knew it when I sought on the news I knew it was gonna be here!! It is the cutest black and white cat he’s been on duty in the secretary of defence office for years. And he’s been meeting and greeting everybody that comes in and out of that office. But a memo with the circulated yesterday that Palmer’s den was going to retire and live in the country and accompanying this memo was a picture of Palmerston next to a tree and it said it was him by his favourite tree. We wish him all of very happy retirement! I knew this was gonna be in the riddle I knew it new it I knew it I knew it I knew it I knew it!I’m going to put his picture in here but it like always it won’t be right here when it gets posted they’ll be a big blank space but the picture will be at the very top of the interpretation but you have to see this cute little guy oh my goodness I’m gonna give you some less emotional comments from the BBC I just knew this was going to be in the riddle I’m so excited.. BBC Foreign Office cat Palmerston retires to countryside. Palmerston, the Foreign Office’s resident cat, has retired from mousing duties to “spend more time relaxing away from the limelight”.In a “letter”, he says he has moved away from Whitehall and is now climbing trees rather than “overhearing all the foreign dignitaries’ conversations”.The black-and-white rescue cat, who has more than 105,000 Twitter followers, arrived from Battersea in 2016.He has been known to clash with Larry, Number 10’s main mouse-catcher.Their decidedly undiplomatic disputes - which have included several hissy fits and a stand-off in full view of the press in Downing Street - are not thought to have hastened his departure.

A WOC veep…………

Well they said today on the news that Joe Biden has his choice narrowed down to two women earlier in the week it was for but now it’s two women and I think it’s either Kamala Harris or Susan Rice I believe was her name. Either way he will be picking a woman of colour for vice president that’s a given! And if one were so inclined to have that party win the election that would be fantastic fantastic achievement to have a woman of colour in the vice presidents chair. Oh for those of you who don’t know veep veep is a slang word for vice president is also a cheesy show on HBO or one of those one of those channels you got a pay an arm and a leg for.

nudist legs it………………

In Ukraine today there was a man stark naked blocking traffic. I don’t know what his problem was or what his issue was. It was solved rather quickly though when I guy got out of his car and he was a big guy he took his fist and he clocked him and he knocked him cold out and got back in his car and drove away. You can see the video look on the daily mail. Or this from the DM….

The bare cheek of it! Naked man is forced to chase a wild boar after it snatched his laptop at a naturist hotspot in Germany.The unnamed man had been sunbathing at Teufelssee, a lake west of Berlin.Tenacious wild boar snatched a yellow bag which contained the man’s laptop.He chased after the boar as dozens of bemused families watched the pursuit.

Catharine unbeatable!!

The Duchess of Cambridge remains the biggest royal influencer: The Duchess of Cambridge’s 'premium’ lockdown looks have proved more popular than Madam’s 'relaxed style’ - and are THREE times more likely to sell out. She overtook Madam as biggest royal influencer in March.Research shows she has maintained title throughout the coronavirus lockdown.

The Duchess of Cambridge’s looks three times more likely to sell out than Madam’s.Favourite look of hers was Blue floral wrap midi dress by Boden for Zoom call. She opted for dresses, Madam went for a more relaxed, down-to-earth look ( filthy, ratty, messy, wrinkled, ill fitting..shall l go on?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂)Catherine’s 16 outfits cost a total of £6,305 while Madam’s six ensembles cost £1,105. Yes because she hasn’t done anything as a royal! Catherine says she’s 'in awe’ of frontline staff as she and Prince William pledge £1.8 million from their charity to support emergency workers and mental health amid the coronavirus pandemic. Catherine and William have pledged £1.8 million to support frontline workers after crisis.The grants have been made to ten leading charities at the heart of mental health and frontline support.

Earlier this week, the Duke and Duchess spoke to representatives from organisations to benefit from the fund. She said she has been 'in awe’ of workers, but 'knows pandemic will have a lasting impact on mental health’.

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84. Aug 10

MM ANON … Bela-rouse……… 🎼roaming in the 🎼gloamin:………………Simple Simon…………Spill…………Karen ain’t a happy embryo …………”erotic podcast??? ………… sheepish microdot. …………… muggy, tuegy,Wegy ………red bullish………… beach barney……………… education not saturation ……………… getting ready for school Charlotte?????

Aug 9/20

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August 10/2020. Riddle #84

I’m sorry it’s a day late.💜😊💜

I am so so sorry that there’s two clues here that I just cannot solve to my satisfaction. I truly am sorry I have researched for a couple hours now I just can’t I just can’t figure them out. I apologize for letting you all down but I really have done my best.💜💜💜💜💜PG💜💜💜💜💜

Bela-rouse………

Just to give you a little history of the country, Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe.It is bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest.

The people of Belarus are very angry. That’s exactly what the word rouse means. Protesters clashed with riot police as ‘Europe’s last dictator’ secures another landslide in Belarus despite fury over his dismissal of Covid-19 as ‘psychosis’. Clashes came after President Alexander Lukashenko’s landslide victory.Lukashenko, 65, has held office since 1994 and dismissed Covid as ��psychosis’.Outraged opposition supporters came out in their thousands to demonstrate in disbelief that the repressive strongman had secured 79.7 per cent of the vote. Many hours after that, one lone protester faced off against an army of armoured vehicles in Belarus. 3,000 were arrested and one killed in clashes over ‘rigged’ re-election of Europe’s last dictator Alexander Lukanhesko.Scene emerged amid clashes over apparent re-election of President Lukanhesko.He’s known as Europe’s 'last dictator’ as Belarusian police detained 3,000 people.Election officials said he won his 6th consecutive term with over 80% of the 🗳 vote. Those of us who live in countries where you actually can vote freely are so blessed! So many countries that purport to have “fair elections“ but in fact or actually dictatorships or autocracies. My heart goes out to these people. Long protester remind me back call me what was the year in red Square where the tank drove over that one brave I don’t know if it was a man or woman that was protesting that gave their life for it.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻What are the people of Belarus.DM and me.

🎼roaming in the 🎼gloamin:………………

There was a movie maybe 20 years ago called, in the gloaming, did anybody see that? I did not, however the definition of gloaming will tell you something. I will share it with you. A poetic word for “twilight,” or the time of day immediately after the sun sets, is gloaming. This is a word with a strong Scottish heritage, adopted from Scottish dialect during the Middle Ages and rooted in the Old English word for “twilight,” glōm.WIKI Yesterday we saw some lovely pictures of Her Majesty. She was out for a lovely walk amongst the grounds of Balmoral. There was a woman with her at a safe distance and the paper I read didn’t identify who that was. But they looked like they were just having a lovely time enjoying being outdoors. Prince Edward and Sophie and their children arrived, so I imagine they probably had 🧺 with them as well. so as they say they were out for a good long walk, that clears your lungs, spending time together outside which is what they all love doing!! It is also something they can do safely in this time of COVID-19. In Scotland you would call that roaming in the gloaming!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Definition wiki, the rest me.

Simple Simon

Simon Cowell is one lucky man! He could have been paralyzed or worse in this accident!‘The impact missed his spinal cord by a centimetre’: Simon Cowell 'could have been PARALYSED’ when he fell from his electric bike… as star recovers from six-hour surgery on his broken back.The 60-year-old was rushed to hospital on Saturday when he fell from his new electric bicycle whilst taking it for a test drive at his house in Malibu.He had surgery after breaking his back in a number of places and is recovering well from the six-hour long operation which saw a metal rod placed in his back.A source later revealed that doctors told Simon his injury could 'have been a lot, lot more serious’ and 'the impact missed his spinal cord by about a centimetre’.Speaking on Sunday, a family friend told MailOnline that Simon is 'doing well’ now but was in ‘shock and massive amounts of pain’ after the accident.The music mogul's girlfriend Lauren Silverman, 43 - with whom he shares son Eric, 6 - was spotted riding her own bike on Saturday.Simon was at his Malibu home with Lauren and their six-year-old son Eric when the accident happened. The father-of-one is due to return to America’s Got Talent next week, with the first live show set to air on Tuesday August 11.Simon’s other hit show Britain’s Got Talent is due to film in the autumn, with the mogul scheduled to be in the UK for the live final in October. He was previously hospitalised in October 2017 after falling down the stairs at his London home - prompting him to embark on a healthier lifestyle.'Back on his feet in three weeks’: Simon Cowell’s new 'family-friendly’ lifestyle and four-stone weight loss could mean he’ll recover faster from e-bike fall that’s left him with metal rod in his back after he missed breaking his spine 'by just 1cm!! DM and me.

Spill…………

Mystery as devastating chemical spill kills tens of thousands of fish along stretch of pristine river in rural Wales leaving trout gasping for air amid sea of toxic foam. Mother-of-three witnesses a river pollution spill so toxic it wiped out all the fish.Emily Tilling, 47, walks her dogs along the shady banks of the River Llynfi, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales. Ms Tiling says the event 'was like something out from [TV drama] Chernobyl’.As Emily Tilling walks her dogs along the shady banks of the River Llynfi, her eye will often be caught by the splash of a leaping wild brown trout or the iridescent flash of a kingfisher.But during an evening stroll last weekend, she witnessed an ecological catastrophe that has almost completely destroyed the wildlife at the river in mid-Wales.Amid putrid foam and an overwhelming stench of chemicals, trout flailed around in the shallows gasping for air as desperate crayfish attempted to scrabble out of the water. DM and me.

Karen ain’t a happy embryo …………

Something I just heard recently and I do not know if you kids are aware of it. I read online somewhere and am actually quite confused. Apparently some people of other races, call all women who are white, Karen, as an insulting him term. I do not know how that came about.BBC Until last week, if you had asked the BBC to nominate the most reviled species on the planet, the answer would have been obvious: middle-aged white men, of course, the necrotic heart of the evil patriarchy (so long, Andrew Neil et al).But not any more, it seems. For Auntie has a new enemy in her sights: Karen.A Karen, in case you didn’t know, is a term used on social media to denote a middle-aged woman who is unaware of her ‘white privilege’. Yeah I know as of the fancy baby shower in New York City the baby ha ha whatever it was supposed to be a girl. The royal family swept out away from her and turned around it was a boy. So I can I can’t find I don’t know what this clue is meaning beyond that I just don’t and I’ve looked and looked and looked I don’t know and I’m frustrated!💜💜💜💜 usually every riddle has at least one clue that drives me batty and then in the end I get it but this riddle has to. I researched and looked and read high and low. I just cannot solve this clue. I feel upset about this. Extremely frustrated! And worst of all I’m so sorry to disappoint you all. I just don’t know where to go from here I just don’t know.💜💜💜💜💜💜

“erotic podcast??? …………

Demi Moore stars in scripted podcast Dirty Diana that focuses on couple trying to reconnect amid their failing marriage.

Demi Moore stars and is the executive producer of a new scripted podcast series called Dirty Diana.The new audio drama circles around a couple that face a dying marriage as they lose touch with their intimacy.Demi stars alongside Claes Bang, as two partners who try to work on their marriage and intimacy, as heard in the first trailer that dropped via People. Dirty Diana begins on Monday, July 13 via podcast; it is a six part fictional series from QCODE. The podcast also focuses on female erotica, with the trailer starting with a woman being heard telling Demi’s character that she wants to pleasure herself. But why do they have use the name Diana? there’s a part of me that wonders if this isn’t a potential revenue earnest for Madam? How do people find these podcasts? How do people find all this porn and garbage that’s on the Internet? I don’t understand I wouldn’t have a clue where to begin to look to find anything anything remotely like this never mind if you don’t even know the title of it or if it even existed? Oh my stars! Demi Moore have you no shame? Have you no shame? Obviously she doesn’t! One would think she would be a multi multi millionnaire after all the movies she has made. But she is start to get old, according to Hollywood standard,and she wants to stay relevant. So what is the best, easiest revenue earner? Selling your body disgusting! she has adult children and probably grandchildren too! I have no no doubt that if Madam thought she could earn money doing this, oh you bet, in a heartbeat she would be in there like a fish in water! Pardon the pun she’s used to doing this kind of stuff around water Ha Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂. I want to get that only because of her but the whole issue was very serious and very shady!DM and me.

sheepish microdot. ……………

Let’s start with the definition of microdots. A microdot is text or an image substantially reduced in size to prevent detection by unintended recipients. Microdots are normally circular and around one millimetre in diameter but can be made into different shapes and sizes and made from various materials such as polyester or metal. The name comes from the fact that the microdots have often been about the size and shape of a typographical dot, such as a period or the tittle of a lowercase i or j. Microdots are, fundamentally, a steganographicapproach to message protection. Bear with me now let’s find the definition of sheepish.adjective (of a person or expression) showing embarrassment from shame or a lack of self-confidence. So somebody sent something via microdot that they are ashamed of or embarrassed by. This is another clue I’ve looked and looked and stretch my brain I I cannot figure out what this means! It’s usually one clue that really drives me batty but eventually I can Kinda sorta get some thing but this one there’s two honestly I’ve looked at looked and read and searched and every permutation I I just cannot find what your meaning by this MM Anon.💜💜💜💜 I am so so so so sorry I just cannot solve this clue! I really apologize for letting you guys down I am quite upset about this. Forgive me.💜💜💜💜

muggy, tuegy,Wegy ………

One thing I find so but funny about the UK is that everything has to have a slang term or almost every word has to be twisted and said in a funny way. I do not know why that is but I just find that so funny.😊😊😊This reminds me of a child learning to speak the days of the week. How does my head go, I wonder if these are the days when little Louis will be going to preschool, and he is learning to say the names of the days of the week. That is just a thought I’ll I get back to this. This has nothing to do with school it has all to do with the weather. Due to the Sahara Blowtorch, as it was called,the UK was subjected to unprecedented heat over the actually, the whole weekend Friday Saturday and Sunday. As the front is passing, coming behind it is muggy weather. Muggy is where the air is very sticky and the humidity is very high. What is going to be happening today is you will be feeling the muggy weather but then the rain is coming and it is going to be torrential ☔️rain. So we have Monday will be Muggy, Tuesday will be sort of humid and some rain, hence Tuegy. Wednesday will be Wegy, lots and lots of rain, possibly even torrential amounts of rain! Me and weather knowledge.

red bullish…………

A leaked 'racist’ map of the world 'according to Americans’ shown at Red Bull conference that led to the firing of three execs who called for company to make a statement in support of BLM.Three Red Bull execs have lost their jobs in a row over a leaked map of the world that was shown at meeting.Florian Klaass was global head of music, entertainment, and culture marketing at the energy drink giant.In February he made a presentation in Detroit with an offensive map of the world that he was advised not to.North America CEO Stefan Kozak, chief marketing officer Amy Taylor also let go after lobbying for BLM suport.The pair were fired after being vocal about attempts to make Red Bull inclusive in wake of BLM protests.DM

beach barney………………

It’s heartbreak after their son, 17, died in a horror car crash - as police continue investigation into what caused P-plate driver to veer into a fence.Family of young man tragically killed in horror smash pay tribute to 'adored’ teen.Barney Wakes-Miller, 17, died when the vehicle his mate was driving crashed.There were six young people travelling in an overloaded Holden Commodore.NSW Police say no arrests or changes have been made but inquiries are ongoing.Tributes have poured in for an 'adored’ teenager who was tragically killed in a horror car crash on Sydney’s northern beaches.Barney Wakes-Miller, 17, died when the vehicle his mate was driving came off the road and slammed into a sandstone and wrought iron fence at Elanora Heights on Saturday at about 11.20pm.Family of the young man said he was their 'rainbow’ and a 'real treasure’ in their lives.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻for all his family and friends. DM and me.

education not saturation ………………

(Early) Signs of (Modest) Online Saturation

Does a small decline in the share of all academic programs that are delivered at a distance suggest that online has peaked?

Bold pronouncements about trends in the fast-moving, and somewhat data-poor, landscape of online learning should be approached with great skepticism.What it is is a high-level view of some data in an analysis published by Public Insight, which collects and makes available public data in accessible formats. The blog post by the company’s CEO, Dan Quigg, carried the provocative title of “Has Distance Education Hit Its Peak?” – a question inspired by federal data showing that the proportion of all academic programs that were offered via distance education.It was the first such decline since the federal government’s main higher education database, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, began collecting data on online education in 2013.”It appears that the original lure of distance education seems to have worn off somewhat and whatever works, works well,“ Quigg wrote. “Whatever is not working is being phased out."Quigg admits he is no expert on online education, and that his analysis is at a surface level, prompted by one data point surfaced from among the millions his company processes.

But the assertion sparked our curiosity here at "Inside Digital Learning,” especially in the face of other federal data showing that online enrollments continue to grow. So we did a bit more analysis on the data Quigg produced and asked a couple of people better versed in online education for their takes on the question. Now this research article appeal applies to higher learning, but I think we can extrapolate that down to our school-age children and their learning experience. So does this mean all the online education being thrown out to children via digital means, while at home due to Covid, and all the various assignments etc. are not equivalent to an in person learning? Of course there are not! They miss the whole atmosphere, the milieu, the whole being with your peers and interacting learning social skills. A school milieu enables learning from other people, learning from your peers, learning from different teachers who have different ways of speaking. It also teaches structure and how one spends their days.There are all these basic life skills that children need in order to function later in life.Just learning in the whole environment! Not being in your home environment, where they are used to playing, having fun, and time with your family. It is dramatically different thing. So the saturation, was just throwing all this data at the children they cannot possibly learn in the same way. I’m not a statistician. I’m not a researcher, but I do have common sense. And it’s just if you’re not in the milieu at school there’s so many non-verbal and experiential things that you are missing experiences and learning from them. I found this article and thought it was very applicable to the clue. I’m not sure, MM Anon if you were talking about rain and weather and all that but I just thought this was very applicable. This is something that’s everybody is wrestling with, whether you have children or not. I just feel for parents. I feel for the children. I feel for the teachers. It is just such a different world isn’t it? There used to be a phrase we really used a lot at work, when a patient had would be admitted and they would have all this information thrown at them, hospital policy, their diagnosis, new medications lots of teaching. It was called sensory overload! That means so much coming at you that your brain is overloaded. Your brain cannot process any of it because it is just too much information coming at you at once. I think that is what is happening to many children. Insidehighered.com

getting ready for school Charlotte?????

It is a very small world in the aristocratic circles of London. Princess Charlotte’s teacher married her godfather isn’t that something! The Cambridges, said back in June I believe it was, that she would not return to school unless George was in school. Now with Covid and things going up and down and up more on the up and down, I am not sure what they are going to do. I wonder if they know what they are going to do. I personally, I do not have children, but if I did have children and two of them are in very high line of succession to the throne, I would keep them at home and school them at home. But that is just my opinion. I think that is what all the?’s are about . Should they shouldn’t they should, they shouldn’t they, they are weighing the options the pros and cons. I guess until the time comes we will not know. But I do pray for them and I pray for their health and I pray that they make the right decision. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻Me.

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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85. Aug 14

MM ANON ……… “ we have 4 hours to get a ring of garlic “ ……… I dispute my results ……… poor maintenance!! ………… first responders warm to Charles …… 7 million mortgage 🤣🤣🤣…………… £3000 !!!…………” I shan’t be buying any Tuna on rye” ………… staycation on the up…………” it arrived in a crate!!!!” …………… algorithm and blues…………” not eligible to serve”.

Aug 14/20

😊😊😊😊💜💜💜💜Thank you MM Anon💜💜💜💜💜💜😊😊😊😊

Riddle #85. August 14/2020

THESE ARE HARD EXTREMELY OBSCURE CLUES😁🥺🥺😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩OBSCURITY HAS MET WITH TENACITY AKAPG ME!! TODAY MM ANON!!!! I SAY, CHECK MATE😁😁😁😁😁

“ we have 4 hours to get a ring of garlic “ ………

What the heck is a ring of garlic? Here it’s called a head of garlic. Who wants a ring made of garlic? I don’t understand this clue at all! I think I’ve lost my mojo because I just makes absolutely no sense to me. OK I have searched, now a ring of garlic is not actually a ring nor is it garlic, it is oh thing of sausage a great big long whatever you call it in the in the tube I guess I don’t know if it’s in the casing that’s what it’s called casing casing. Why do you only have four hours to buy meat? I know this is not it but it is awfully gross. A disgusting video shows the moment a mother cuts into her sausages and finds a ‘rubber glove’ inside.Shona Barton, from Sandy, Bedfordshire, was horrified to discover the foreign object inside the £3 Jolly Hog sausages, which she purchased from a Sainsbury’s store.

The 37-year-old sat down to dinner on July 27 with husband Jamie, 37, and their daughter Ellie, 6, before she made the grim discovery.DM. Well this must have something to do with the closing of travel ban I don’t know but you certainly could be able to buy garlic sausages in the UK. I don’t understand this clue it just makes no sense to me.

Is Nicola Sturgeon running Britain? Scottish First Minister causes holiday chaos for thousands by demanding France is put on quarantine list by 4am tomorrow rather than Sunday amid fears GREECE will be next.The UK Government has placed quarantine on arrivals from France, the rules set to come in at 4am Saturday.It has triggered scramble among hundreds of thousands of Britons in France as they try and rush home today.

Many are desperately trying to return home today to avoid having to quarantine for 14 days from tomorrow.Demand for the Eurostar has soared, while a BA flight from Paris to London has increased from £66 to £452.There are fears Greece could be the next country added to the infection list after a spike in its daily cases. I RESEARCHED GARLIC AND RYE ENDLESSLY! This closure must affect wherever this fancy meat comes from in the EU. DM

I dispute my results ………

The UK’s under-fire education secretary Gavin Williamson has said that the government would cover the appeal costs to ensure that head teachers are not put off from making appeals by the cost. The government is facing a storm after nearly 40 per cent of results were downgraded by the computer model deployed when exams had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis. Around the same proportion of GCSEs as A-levels are expected to be downgraded when results come out next week. Meanwhile, students face being forced to take a gap year after Oxford, Cambridge and other universities said they may not have room for them – even if they successfully challenge their A-level grades. Lucy Lipfriend missed out on a place at Cambridge University after her grades were downgraded, which she thinks could be due to her poor performance in A-level exams last year - which she took when her mother Tina had been diagnosed with breast cancer - being taken into account. Bottom: Students protest outside Whitehall

poor maintenance!! …………

KINSHASA, Aug 14 (Reuters) - A plane carrying four passengers crashed late on Thursday in dense forest in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said.

The plane, thought to be one of two small cargo planes owned by Agefreco, went down during a flight from Kalima in Maniema province to Bukavu in South Kivu province, said Theo Kasi, governor of South Kivu.”The investigation will determine the cause of the accident. I share the pain with the grieving families and offer my deepest condolences,” Kasi said on Twitter. The wreckage has not been located, but the suspected crash zone is a vast dense forest, said Desiree Kyakwima, a spokesperson for South Kivu administration.”The airport services who informed the governor of the crash told him that, while trying to locate the wreckage of the plane, there is no chance of finding any survivors,” Kyakwima said.Air accidents are relatively common in Congo because of lax safety standards and poor maintenance. All Congolese commercial carriers are banned from operating in the European Union. (Reporting by Stanis Bujakera and Fiston Maham Editing by Gareth Jones).

13th August

Housing group under fire over ‘poor’ maintenance of open spaces in Castle Mead. CAMPAIGNERS on the Castle Mead estate in Trowbridge say housing provider GreenSquare’s maintenance of open spaces is not up to scratch.

They say litter is not picked up and grassy areas are not weeded.

Wendy Evans said: “We just want a fair deal. I fully support Castle Mead residents’ objections as we too understand the frustration of being denied a fair go.

“We, too, have become increasingly aware that work done is at a bare minimum, leaving many disgruntled by the shabbiness of the central garden and surrounds. “The lawn is cut regularly during the summer, however litter pickup, weeding and plant management is virtually absent.”The 67-year-old says 79 residents in the Union Street area are collectively paying £12,000 a year in fees for a poor service.

first responders warm to Charles ……

Prince Charles Thanks First Responders at the Site of a Deadly Train Crash in Scotland

Queen Elizabeth said in a message of condolence, “Our thanks go out to the Emergency Services for their response and dedication”Prince Charles paid tribute to those who died and showed his support for the emergency services who rushed to a tragic train crash in Scotland this week.The 71-year-old royal headed to Stonehaven early Friday to visit the site of the train derailment and speak with first responders who aided the injured and helped at the scene on Wednesday.The 06:38 Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street ScotRail train service derailed in the area of north eastern Scotland, and local transport police have confirmed that three people died, including the ScotRail driver and conductor. Several other people were injured and taken to hospital. Charles arrived just after 11 a.m. local time and surveyed the scene from high up on a bank. He then chatted to some of the emergency crews who have been on site following the crash.It’s believed that the derailment was caused by a landslip following heavy rain, the BBC reported. On Wednesday evening, Queen Elizabeth sent a message of condolence to the Lord-Lieutenant of Kincardineshire expressing her “great sadness.”“The Duke of Edinburgh, and the entire Royal Family, join me in sending our thoughts and prayers to the families of those who have died and those who have been injured,” she wrote. “Our thanks go out to the Emergency Services for their response and dedication.“People.com

7 million mortgage 🤣🤣🤣……………The Sun

Prince Harry( nope she is lying!!) and SEAHAG are believed to have taken out a massive £7.25m mortgage on their lavish nine bedroom, 16 bathroom estate - which they are calling their "sanctuary”.The couple reportedly moved into the luxurious £11.1 million mansion which boasts a pool, theatre, arcade and guest house in Montecito, California, back in July. Pictures from a previous listing of the huge 14,563 square foot property on five acres of land show it appears to have a stripper pole installed in its gym.🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥It is not known if the quirky feature has since been removed. The huge pad also has its own kids playground.🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥Despite the hefty price tag, it looks like the couple got themselves a bargain as the estate is actually valued at a whopping £20m ($27m).

Deeds, obtained by The Sun, show the buyers for the property took out a £7.25m ($9.5m) mortgage to be paid back plus interest by the year 2050 - indicating they put down a deposit of £3.8m ($5m).They will also have to pay a whopping yearly property tax of £220,000.The records show the property was bought by a mysterious company called the Residential Real Estate Trust.🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥While there are no names listed for the mysterious trust, it matches that of a previous LLC set up by Meghan called Frim Fram Inc.A source close to SEAHAG and NOT!! Harry says the couple are calling the luxury mansion their “sanctuary”.🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥“NOT Harry and SEAHAG have settled into their new home and say they are still figuring things out, they hope when Covid lets up their lives will become easier,” a source said.🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥

£3000 !!!…………

Here’s another one £3000 what like what what where do you like are you doing this on purpose making these ridiculously obscure clues? but I don’t give up!Excess baggage: Average traveller packs £3,000 worth of clothes, gadgets and toiletries (three times the cost of holiday) When it comes to packing, everything but the kitchen sink appears to be the order of the day for most holidaymakers. The concept of travelling light seems to be as foreign as their destinations. For it emerged yesterday that the average British holidaymaking family crams £3,000 worth of clothes, gadgets and toiletries into their luggage – worth almost three times as much as their holiday.DM. This is just absolutely ridiculous! I retract any sympathy I had for anybody who Mr. vacation or who got stuck or had to be quarantine. If you have that much money on stuff that you’re toting along with you and then the cost of your holiday I got no pity for you no pity at all!😁ME I have not been on holiday since my last trip to Scotland in 2005!! Any sympathy for me?!😁🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

“ I shan’t be buying any Tuna on rye” …………

Well I would never buy tuna on Rye because I hate fish and seafood of all kinds. This is in quotation marks but if I search it as such nothing shows up. I hate these clues! Wall Street Journals Coronavirus Has people Hooked on Canned Tuna, and Producers Are Playing Catch-Up.People have been buying more canned tuna during the economic downturn, in part because it’s a cheap protein. Tuna fish has surged in popularity thanks to pantry loading during the coronavirus pandemic, but producers of the canned fish are dealing with higher prices and other challenges that are making it difficult to keep up with the increased demand.

staycation on the up…………

Fully booked! Scramble for staycation spots after Cornwall and Dorset’s top camping areas reach capacity - with some booked up until the end of SEPTEMBER - and there’s hardly a hotel room or cottage to be found.None of the top 20 campsites in Cornwall have any availability for a week’s stay for two adults from tomorrow.Parks and campsites across Britain are seeing a boom in bookings as Britons give up on planning trips abroad.Haven, Butlin’s, Center Parcs and Hoseasons are being inundated while cottage bookings are being swept up.Officials in St Ives, famed for narrow streets, introduce a ‘keep to the left’ policy amid soaring visitor numbers. DM

“it arrived in a crate!!!!” ……………

UPDATE: Call of Duty publisher Activision has revealed plans to unveil the new game on August 14.According to influencer NoahJ456, the next Call of Duty 2020 teaser will go live at 5pm BST on August 14. That’s based on clues uncovered from the mysterious Call of Duty crates, as well as the discovery of a new teaser site.

“I just heard directly from Activision. What we solved today was just the FIRST step of the Call of Duty 2020 reveal. What comes out on Friday at 12 EST is just the next part. We go again.”

ORIGINAL: Call of Duty publisher Activision is finally ready to reveal the 2020 release, titled Black Ops: Cold War.

After months of waiting, fans will get a glimpse of the new game during a reveal planned for 5pm BST on August 10.

The extent of the reveal is yet to be confirmed, but fans will be hoping for more than just a cinematic trailer or logo.

After such a lengthy wait for any kind of information, fans want a release date and extensive gameplay footage, or maybe even a look at next-gen upgrades.

The timing of the reveal was confirmed by COD influencers such as CharlieIntel, who recently received a mysterious Call of Duty crate.The locked crate can only be opened when Activision sends out a code at 5pm later today.Elsewhere, Activision has started dropping hints about the upcoming release in Call ofDuty’s Battle Royale spinoff Warzone.Visual glitches featuring the message, “know your history”, started appearing in Warzone late last week. This was followed by the appearance of mysterious gas cannisters scattered throughout the Warzone map. Other leaks suggest the reveal will take place in the Gulag.

THE EXPRESS

algorithm and blues…………

Where I live the COVID-19 cases are increasing. They’ve been steadily increasing each day and today they’re at the highest level that they were April 2. I don’t think we are even done the first wave yet and wait till the kids go back to school and flu season comes I am already stocking up and still have a stock pile but I’m continuing to have a stockpile.DM Britain records 1,441 Covid-19 cases in biggest daily jump for two months as officials announce another 11 deaths - but separate statistics show the crisis IS under control with the outbreak definitely shrinking each day and the R rate stable.Department of Health statistics show the daily spike in cases is the largest 24-hour jump since June 14 (1,514).The rising numbers of positive tests have ignited fears that the virus is rebounding and sliding out of control.But prevalence of the coronavirus in England is mostly unchanged since last week, official statistics show.Office for National Statistics report estimates 0.05 per cent of population are currently infected with Covid-19.Official daily cases are rising but this is likely because testing is better targeted and finding cases well.SAGE today revealed Britain’s Covid-19 R rate remains between 0.8 and 1.0 - the same as last week’s estimate.And it said that the outbreak is shrinking and cases are fall. Algorithm referred in the clue is the algorithm used to calculate the R rate etc. The blues is obviously the death and disease.

“not eligible to serve”…

CAVEAT HERE THIS IS NOT! I REPEAT NOT! MY OPINION

President Trump said he heard that Ms. Harris, the presumptive Democratic vice-presidential nominee born in California, was not eligible for the ticket, repeating a theory that is rampant among his followers. Constitutional scholars quickly called his words false and irresponsible. WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday encouraged a racist conspiracy theory that is rampant among some of his followers: that Senator Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic vice-presidential nominee born in California, was not eligible for the vice presidency or presidency because her parents were immigrants.

That assertion is false. Ms. Harris is eligible to serve.

Mr. Trump, speaking to reporters on Thursday, nevertheless pushed forward with the attack, reminiscent of the lie he perpetrated for years that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya.“I heard it today that she doesn’t meet the requirements,” Mr. Trump said of Ms. Harris.“I have no idea if that’s right,” he added. “I would have thought, I would have assumed, that the Democrats would have checked that out before she gets chosen to run for vice president.”Mr. Trump appeared to be referring to a widely discredited op-ed article published in Newsweek by John C. Eastman, a conservative lawyer who has long argued that the United States Constitution does not grant birthright citizenship. Ms. Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, was born in 1964 in Oakland, Calif., several years after her parents arrived in the United States. The New York Times

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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86. Aug 17

MM ANON …… redundant coal……… I’m a penguin , officer !! ……… 🎼stormy weather🎼………… property boom??……… don’t stamp on my duty!! ………… still her own women at 70. …………… ask your father for 7 million ………… “ there giving me 50 million if I play spider woman “……… vaccine vaccine Ivan!!………… Shambolic!!

Mon Aug 17/20. Riddle #86

💜💜💜💜😊😊😊😊Thank you dear MM Anon 😊😊😊😊💜💜💜💜💜

August 17/2020

redundant coal………

The Sun…. COAL SCUTTLED England’s last coal mine shuts next week marking the end of a tradition dating back to Roman times. ENGLAND’S last coal mine shuts next week, marking the end of a tradition dating back to Roman times.Banks Mining’s open cast site near Dipton, Co Durham, will extract its last coal on Monday. The 250 workers will be made redundant — victims of falling demand and concerns over the environmental damage caused by burning fossil fuels.It means there will be no working mine left in England — although there are a handful of sites still operating in Wales and Scotland.Coal has been a vital resource since Roman times and powered the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries.At its height, the mining industry employed one million people in the UK.The last deep mine in the UK closed in 2015 and all coal-fired power stations will close by 2025.Banks insists five million tons of coal is still needed in Britain for the steel and cement industries.But most of it is imported from Russia while potential sites in the UK remained untapped. More and more redundancies.. Clean the millions of jobs lost to Covid and this and so many other industries our world is looking very grim for millions and millions of people possibly billions! My heart goes out to all those people that have lost their job. Not only do they have the physical health effects of having worked in the coal mine now they’ve got a find work when there is no work.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I’m a penguin , officer !! ………

BBC ……. Penguin 🐧 waddling in Broxtowe picked up by police.A penguin 🐧waddling through a village has been picked up by police officers on a routine patrol.They were on patrol in Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, when they spotted the Humboldt penguin in a village street in the early hours of Sunday.The bird, nicknamed Po-Po, that’s hilarious because that’s a slang term for the police 👮‍♀️,Po Po 🤣🤣😂😂😂,had escaped from a farm enclosure in Strelley and then managed to waddle a mile up the road.Police stuck their beak in and the 🐧 was returned to its owner.PC Gareth Philp said they nicknamed the penguin 🐧 Po-Po after “he posed for some pictures with us and he was very friendly with our officers”.Last year a pair of stolen penguins were rescued by officers in Strelley. In January 2019,Police acted on a chip and rescued the two penguins. 🐧 🐧

🎼stormy weather🎼…………

Great song sung by the unbelievably gorgeous and talented Miss Lena Horne from the film 🎞 of the same name. The Evening Standard…… UK weather forecast: Storm Kyle aftermath set to hit Britain as Met Office warns of strong winds and torrential rain. Forecasters say weather will turn "autumnal" this week. Large parts of Britain are likely to face “heavy storms” and further torrential downpours this week as the aftermath of Storm Kyle hits the UK, forecasters say.

Flash flooding has already caused disruption to parts of England after storms and driving rain followed a scorching week where the mercury topped 30C for five consecutive days.

A yellow thunderstorm warning covering the whole of Wales, southern England and parts of the north is in place until 9pm Monday, with the same warning in place for a large area of Scotland on Tuesday afternoon. Up to 1.6in (40mm) is likely to fall within an hour in some areas. Other parts of the country are likely to see “heavy storms” on Tuesday as the “dregs” of Storm Kyle hit the country, followed by windy and showery conditions later in the week.Rainfall is expected to be more sustained, with the potential for 0.8in (20mm) falling over six hours, the Met Office has said. Please stay safe everybody!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

property boom??……… SKY News…… Coronavirus: UK’s £37bn July house-buying boom sees busiest month of sales in a decade.Record-breaking transactions coincide with the country going into recession and the suspension of stamp duty. More than £37bn worth of property sales were agreed in July - the busiest month for home buying for 10 years, according to property website Rightmove.The spike follows a suspension of the housing market during the coronavirus lockdown, but also coincides with the UK plunging into a recession. The chancellor also cut stamp duty in July, in an effort to encourage more people to get on the housing ladder. By comparison, £25bn worth of sales were made in July 2019, .Rightmove said the average asking price for a house in the UK in August stood at £319,497, down by around 0.2% from July’s £320,265 - which was a record high.However, in Scotland, Wales, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England, the East Midlands, West Midlands and the East of England all recorded new highs in August. It was London that pulled the national asking price down, with average prices falling by around 2%.

don’t stamp on my duty!! …………

FTADVISER.COM…… for those of you like me who don’t have a clue about financial matters or what on earth stamp duty is I have found a definition before we go any further. You usually pay Stamp Duty Land Tax ( SDLT ) on increasing portions of the property price above £125,000 when you buy residential property, for example a house or flat. There are different rules if you’re buying your first home and the purchase price is £500,000 or less. The chancellor cut the stamp duty in July, in an effort to encourage more people to get on the housing ladder. Investors want support beyond stamp duty cut.The government is not doing enough to support the housing market despite its generous nine-month stamp duty holiday, according to a survey of investors.A survey from FJP Investment, carried out in August, found 42 per cent believed the government needed to offer more support to homebuyers and property investors beyond its temporary stamp duty relief on £500,000 of the purchase price.More than half (54 per cent) were in favour of extending mortgage payment deferrals beyond October 31, the date when applications for a deferral are due to end for borrowers who have not yet taken one.

At the same time a quarter (24 per cent) of investors were planning to purchase one or more properties to take advantage of the temporary stamp duty cut, with the figure rising to 43 per cent for those aged between 18 and 34.Last month the Financial Conduct Authority issued a call for input on how firms should treat consumers who are coming to the end of their second mortgage payment deferral, as it considers extending its current guidance beyond October.However, the research also found more than half (54 per cent) of investors had lost confidence in the government based on how it handled the coronavirus pandemic, with almost six in 10 (57 per cent) believing more financial relief was needed to support UK businesses affected by the coronavirus.

still her own women at 70. ……………

Happy Birthday, your Royal Highness! 🎂 Happy birthday HRH! Royal family releases three new portraits of Princess Anne resplendent in evening gowns and relaxing in the grounds of Gatcombe Park to celebrate her 70th.The Princess Royal’s 70th birthday has been marked with the release of three official photographs taken in February before the lockdown to celebrate the milestone.Princess Anne is known for her no-nonsense approach to life and tenacious attitude, but in the images she is pictured smiling and looking relaxed at her Gatcombe Park home in Gloucestershire.

Wearing a Maureen Baker evening dress and Sue Palmer bolero jacket, the Queen’s only daughter looks stylish as she poses for celebrated photographer John Swannell and smiles broadly while sat in a chair. In another picture the princess looks directly at the camera, with a hint of a smile on her lips, wearing a Sue Palmer emerald green dress and a gold ribbon knot brooch, set with 12 diamonds.The images were taken in late February a few weeks before the coronavirus lockdown, and in the final picture Anne is dressed more causally for the outdoor setting, where she poses under a tree.Anne celebrates her 70th birthday on Saturday and her son-in-law Mike Tindall has already revealed Covid-19 and the recent spike of cases in Aberdeen have meant plans to mark the day have been scaled back.DM ITV did a fabulous documentary called Anne: the Princess Royale at 70. If you have not seen that, I highly recommend seeing it. It’s probably been pulled off of YouTube by now for copyright infringement but I am sure it will air on some other channels sometime in the future. It was so well done! She is so natural, down to earth, being in a ball gown to holding the chin of a cow who wants to cuddle. She said there’s lots of Gatcombe Park to keep her busy during Covid, but there’s so much work that’s being missed. That was bothering her. She’s outstanding, she is just outstanding! I’m going to include a picture, but again the way things get posted, it will be at the very top of the riddle but I will include one of the special portraits that were taken for the special birthday.

ask your father for 7 million …………

The Sun….. Prince Harry and Madam are believed to have taken out a massive £7.25m mortgage on their lavish nine bedroom, 16 bathroom estate - which they are calling their “sanctuary”.

The couple reportedly moved into the luxurious £11.1 million mansion which boasts a pool, theatre, arcade and guest house in Montecito, California, back in July. Now I think all you kids know by now what side of the fence I am on. There is no house purchase done. Harry is not with her. She is flea bagging it at the Soho in West Hollywood. This is another PR lie saying that Harry’s going to ask Prince Charles to pay their $7 million mortgage! Don’t believe it! Harry is not with her! Archie is not with her! They are not a family! If they were, she would be just as she was trumping up and down in front of the daily mail in her rubber wellies trying to get noticed, if they were together she would have them marching up and down every single street in west Hollywood, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Timbuktu to everywhere! She lies she lies she lies she lies! 🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥Satan is the father of lies and she has learned from the worst she lives she lives she lives she lives she lies she lies she lies! Get it? Got it? Good!!!!🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥

“ there giving me 50 million if I play spider woman “………

Huzslers yikes that’s a bad website news name.

Mother is Suing Marvel For $50 Million Dollars After Son Died Jumping Out 6th Story Window After Waching ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’. PHILADELPHIA – Aaron Clinton, a 12 year old boy who was “obsessed with Spider-Man” died earlier today after jumping out his 6th story apartment window. His Mother, Cheryl Clinton is suing Marvel, the company that owns Spider-Man, for $50 Million Dollars.Aaron’s Mother blames Spider-Man for her son’s death. “After seeing that movie yesterday, he became obsessed with Spider-Man and has been only talking about him since he saw the movie, It’s all Marvel’s fault for making kids think they can be superheroes. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻☹️☹️☹️I think Madam is going to extrapolate that and put it out there that she’ll be getting $50 million to play spider woman. And we all know when she throws a number out in PR that’s the amount of money that she wants from somebody. So who does she want $50 million from? And who would be giving her $50 million? That’s the even more interesting question doesn’t it!. Back in February, Marvel and Sony just announced that they will be releasing a new movie in October of 2021 and inside sources say that this movie is going to be Spider-Woman! Well that’s far an actress has not been announced. So naturally Madame assumes she will throw out the number and they’ll throw the 50 million to her and Bob’s your uncle!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

vaccine vaccine Ivan!!…………

The United States Canada and the UK are all working with a number of pharmaceutical corporations on several different vaccines for COVID-19. They’re actually working on vaccines and therapeutics. Basically that means they’re working on finding a treatment for us and a vaccine to prevent it.. Some of the vaccines are in stage III clinical trials which is basically meaning they are being tested on human beings many many human beings. Both China and Russia have attempted hacking to the database of these pharmaceutical companies as well as the teaching hospitals or medical centres that are working on the study and doing the clinical trials. Yes they would rather steal the information and then possibly work on it themselves.But that’s been their modus operandi since I don’t know my whole life probably much longer than that!NEWSWEEK….

Bill Gates-Backed Vaccine CEO Calls on Russia to Release Data.If Russian President Vladimir Putin has found an effective COVID-19 vaccine, then the data showing its safety and effectiveness should be released, the head of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance says.In an exclusive wide-ranging interview with Newsweek International, Dr. Seth Berkley said that he had yet to see any efficacy data showing that President Putin had a safe vaccine.He said: “We don’t have public, published information on efficacy or safety of this product.“It may be that there’s some data we don’t know about but in general what’s very important is that vaccines go through a well-oiled and recognized process for evaluation and safety and ultimately registration. "My understanding from the media is that they [Russia] are starting an efficacy trial now so it hasn’t been through an efficacy trial and normally that would not allow a stringent regulatory authority to approve it.”If there is some efficacy data we don’t know about, we’d love to see it."GAVI is a public-private global health partnership that aims to increase access to immunization in poor countries, with The Gates Foundation the organization’s single biggest supporter, donating $4.1m since its formation in 2000.President Putin had announced last week that a locally developed vaccine for the COVID-19 virus that has killed over 770,000 people worldwide, had been given regulatory approval.CNBC……Russia’s vaccine chief claims the West is trying to ‘lure’ away its scientists. The head of Russia’s vaccine-developing body has claimed that Western research institutions are seeking to “lure” its scientists away to work for them.Gintsburg heads the institute that developed Russia’s coronavirus vaccine that was given regulatory approval last week.News of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine was greeted with skepticism in the West.

Shambolic!!

Top scientist slams ‘shroud of secrecy’ around 'shambolic’ government coronavirus decisions as ministers try to get UK moving with eat-out discount launch and return to work - despite rising cases, lockdown fears and civil service revolt.Sir Paul Nurse hit at 'shroud of secrecy’ on government coronavirus decisions.Francis Crick Institute chief said some of the key policies had been 'shambolic’.Civil servants rebelling over Boris Johnson’s call for people to return to offices. Sir Paul Nurse, chief of the Francis Crick Institute, raised concerns that crucial choices seemed to be made by a 'black box’ in Whitehall with the results sometimes 'shambolic’. He insisted more transparency and scrutiny was needed to get the 'best results’.The intervention came as the government faces a fresh backlash about mixed messaging. Treasury subsidies for eating out at restaurants are launched today, and advice that everyone should work from home is being downgraded.

However, there are also mounting rumours about tightening coronavirus rules in some areas, with fears of a looming second wave.Civil servants have complained they are being used as guinea pigs for the return to offices, with claims of more cases at the heart of government over the past fortnight.DM

Shambolic in the slips: Close-in catching continues to haunt England. England’s nightmare is not new. They have been dropping catches again and again and again in the slip cordon. England vs Pakistan, England badly let themselves down at the start of Day 1 of the 2nd Test vs Pakistan at Ageas Bowl, Southampton on Thursday. Right from the beginning of the first session, the English slip cordon comprising Dom Sibley, Rory Burns, and skipper Joe Root looked all at sea whenever an edge came flying at them. James Anderson had trapped Shan Masood lbw off the 14th ball of the innings to leave Pakistan on 6/1 and under real pressure in the opening session, but the abysmal performance in the slips let them off the hook. The Indian Times.

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