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mister-supernova · 3 years

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If I Saw You on the Street

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Pairing: Hope Mikaelson x Reader - Platonic Josie Saltzman x Reader

After Malivore

For as long as you could remember, summer vacation was your absolute favorite time of the year. To your surprise, it’s actually been a huge drag for you this year. It wasn’t like this was the worst summer ever--you could think of a few others that could take that spot--but there was definitely something off that you couldn’t piece together.

For instance, no one has any idea as to how Landon destroyed Malivore, not even Landon himself. That whole day seemed to be a huge blur to all of the students. You remembered the bigger events like the school defeating Triad, but everyone seems to struggle when it comes to the smaller details.

In order to keep yourself busy, you decided to stay at the school and take a summer job at the Mystic Grill. Besides the fact that everyone else was back home with their families, the whole school had this off-putting sense of emptiness. The place has magic in the walls for crying out loud, you usually feel some sense of liveliness.

There was this one room in particular that you felt strangely drawn to. You had no idea why since you knew that no one stayed in that room this past year. At least, no one you knew anyways.

One day out of pure curiosity, you picked the lock to that room to see what was special about it.

Just as you expected, it was just a regular empty dorm that was probably going to be taken up by a new student during the fall. It looked like every other bedroom at the school, but this one felt familiar.

Something that caught you off guard was the scent that faintly lingered in the room. The best way you could describe it was something floral with a hint of sweetness and spice--vanilla and cinnamon maybe--and it wasn’t like anything else you had smelled in the school before.

As much as you wanted to, you couldn’t bring yourself to leave for the longest time. The urge to stay and wander trumped over the obvious choice that was to walk away.

Something happened here, you thought.

A few small drops of pastel blue paint chips stained the wooden floorboards and you wondered how the hell they got there given the rooms have white walls.

Instead of questioning it any deeper, you just assumed that a student who had this room before must’ve gotten the paint on the floor and the janitors hadn’t noticed it.

But how could they have missed that?

You stood there for what felt like hours, trying to piece together what it was that made this place have this unexplainable affect on you. You could’ve stayed there for the rest of the day digging through your brain for an answer that would never come.

At the end of the day, you knew nothing would come to mind no matter how hard you tried. It was like the answer was at the tip of your tongue, but your mind was radio silent.

Frustrated and defeated, you had to force yourself to leave the strange room. After that, you made yourself forget about that place completely for the rest of the summer and refused to ever return to it.

Whenever you weren’t at work, you spent time with Landon, Josie, and a wolfed-out Rafael which was fine in the beginning. Dorian gave you permission to shift in the woods on full moons for the summer so that Raf could talk to somebody and you guys could possibly get information on how to help him.

He definitely appreciated the company that you could provide, but alas he had no idea on how he could be turned back.

The happier times were the nights you four had weekly movie nights by the Old Mill. You all would alternate who would pick the movie to watch and Landon absolutely hated that you chose a horror movie every single time, but you loved hearing the phoenix boy screech with terror. Josie would get a good kick out of it, too and you were positive that you’d see Raf wag his tail every time Landon screamed.

During those small moments, things felt like they could possibly get back to normal, but once you stepped foot back in the school, you were lost again.

Your thoughts were much louder through the night. It would get so bad that you could barely get any sleep and the times that you would, you’d wake up screaming from a night terror.

There was one night when you were tossing and turning, you knocked on Josie’s door to ask if she knew some kind of incantation to get you to fall asleep. You were up for anything at that point, even letting her swing a frying pan over your head to knock you out.

Not wanting to hurt you or possibly kill you, Josie made you some sleepytime tea instead which actually helped a lot. It didn’t help so much with the vivid dreams you’ve been having, but you thought that it was better than getting no sleep at all.

Everything felt like it was going decently well until Raf decided to bow out once Josie and Landon started getting close. You wanted to curse at him for making you the third wheel, but you understood that he couldn’t wait here forever for some solution that could help him become human again. He had to move on somehow, especially seeing that his best friend seemed to be moving on, too.

Regardless, you started feeling awkward hanging out with just the two of them. They wanted to include you during their weekly movie nights, but you’d just make up some excuse that you had to be up early for work the next morning.

Landon--damn him for knowing your work schedule--could tell that you were bullshitting, but he didn’t want to force you into doing something you didn’t want to do.

You tried busying yourself with other activities like running through the woods, canoeing in the lake, taking extra shifts at work, binge eating all the good snacks in the kitchen; you even got yourself into drawing and painting for some weird reason, but no matter what you did, there was still something missing.

Towards the end of the summer, you didn’t feel like your usual jokester self. Sure, you’d throw out a line of sarcasm or make a witty comment here and there, but most of it would sound forced. You’d mainly do it so that Josie and Landon wouldn’t worry about you so much, but Josie quickly picked up on your facade.

They really wanted to help you figure out what was making you feel this way, but as much as you appreciate their help, there was nothing they could do. How could they figure out what was wrong if you didn’t even know for yourself?

One day after your shift at work, you decided to do something you never in your wildest dreams thought you would ever do.

You started cleaning your room.

Josie volunteered to help even though you assured her you’d be fine doing it alone. She bribed you by saying she’d buy you a milkshake if you let her help, so without another word, you agreed to let her stay and assist.

“Gosh, do you throw out any of your old assignments?” Josie asks as she rummages through your desk drawers, “This is an algebra one paper from three years ago, Y/n,” she says, flashing your old homework assignment with a huge F circled in the front.

“Hey, less judging and more cleaning.” You say, digging through your dresser for clothes you don’t wear anymore.

“Did you try writing a reminder for a history test or something?”

You furrow your eyebrows before turning to look at Jo, “What do you mean?”

“You have this post-it note that says “Don’t forget H”, but that’s all that’s written,” she holds up the note and from the other side of your bed, you read exactly what she had said.

It definitely looked like you tried scribbling another letter after the H, but it ended up being a long messy squiggle, “Uh, I don’t know,” you shrug, “Probably. I must’ve been half asleep when I wrote it though because I have no clue when I did that.”

Josie puffs her lip out in confusion, “Well. I would be surprised by that, but judging by the ten cans of energy drinks I just tossed out, it’s not so surprising to hear that your memory is a little fuzzy.”

You drop your jaw in shock, “Is today Judge Y/n Day and I wasn’t made aware of it? You asked to help clean my room Jo, now save your judgments for another day please.”

Josie playfully rolls her eyes at you, followed by a small chuckle, “Toss?” She asks, ready to crumple the piece of paper up. You take a second to answer back, wondering whether or not if you did forget some history assignment or maybe something even bigger than that.

“Sure,” you feel your stomach churn seeing her throw the note in the trash bag, but there was no taking it back now.

Another few minutes of silence pass until Josie speaks up, “Since when do you draw?”

You look back up from your clothes to see Jo now holding up a sketchbook you snagged at the lost and found a few weeks ago. It was brand new and untouched, so you thought to yourself “why not?”.

After explaining that to Josie, she flipped through some of the first few pages. You were no Leonardo DiCaprio--or whatever that painter guy’s name was--but you thought you were decent with your sketches.

“These are really good, Y/n. Did you just think of these by yourself?” She asks, talking about the drawings you had of a girl you’ve been seeing in your dreams.

You could only see parts of the girl’s face. Mostly you’ve only been able to clearly see features like her eyes and hair, so most of the pages were taken up by a pair of blue eyes and waves of auburn hair.

“Not really. I’ve been having these really vivid dreams lately.” You tell Josie.

“This is who you see?” She looks down at the pages again, “Who is that? She doesn't look like anyone we know.”

“Yeah, I don’t know either. She’s all I’ve been seeing, though.”

“Well, it looks like you’ve found yourself a hidden talent.” Josie smiles, gently setting the book back down on the desk, “And maybe she’s your soulmate,” she teases.

You just roll your eyes with a small smile and get back to your tasks.

Like a girl that beautiful could even exist let alone talk to me, you think to yourself.

As you continue sorting through your clothes, you notice a pair of sweats that look almost smaller than half your size.

“Uh, Jo?” She turns to your attention, “These aren’t yours, are they?”

She raises an eyebrow at you, “How short do you think I am? I think my legs are a little longer than whoever those are.”

“Well, they’re not mine, obviously. How’d they get into my drawer?”

“Maybe they belonged to whoever lived in this dorm before you?” Josie shrugs.

“But the dresser was completely empty when I moved in,” you think for a moment, now questioning everything, “At least, I thought it was. I would think that I would’ve taken these out if they were here. Why would I keep a pair of sweatpants that I don’t fit in?”

“You do a lot of questionable things, you know. Like that one time you jumped through a bonfire wondering how hot it really was or when you tried to do a backflip off the roof of the school and into the pool or the time you “drank” a beer through your-”

You raise your hands in surrender and cut her off before she could finish, “Okay, I get it! I do stupid shit. The sweatpants belonged to whoever lived in here before I moved in and I didn’t take them out of the drawer. Case closed. Swiftly moving on.”

You were positive they weren’t there when you moved in, but there weren’t any other reasons you could think of as to how they got into your dresser.

Seconds before you tossed it back into the bottom of your drawer, your nose barely caught the same sweet and spicy floral scent that you recalled smelling in the strange room. Breathing it in again brought back that memory of being mentally lost in that room, but oddly enough this time it made you feel calm.

After another hour passed you and Josie ended up filling three bags of trash, one of them recycled trash, and one large donation box of clothes.

You didn’t waste any time reminding her that she owed you a milkshake. She kind of hoped that you would’ve forgotten about your deal, but she was a woman of her word.

You made a “compromise” to take your box of clothes over to the donating center on the other side of the town square while Josie bought the milkshakes.

Your task was a lot quicker than Josie’s since it was pretty much rush hour at the Grill right now, so you waited for her on one of the benches in the square.

Sitting by yourself with nothing else to do but wait, you couldn’t help but feel that empty feeling return. The emptiness never hit you all at once, but it definitely drained the hell out of you.

Again, you felt stumped. Like there’s somewhere you should be or something you should be doing or someone you should be with. You knew Josie was going to be back any minute, but that wasn’t what was missing.

You anxiously looked toward the Mystic Grill, feeling your breaths becoming more and more shallow as every second passes. You started wishing Josie would walk out so that all your worries could just go away.

Then--almost like you knew right where to look--your gaze stopped when you noticed someone looking at you from where you just came from on the other side of the town square.

You couldn’t make out her facial features from so far away, but it was the auburn color of her hair that stuck out to you more than anything. For a moment--and just for a moment--all the weight that had been weighing on your shoulders this summer felt much lighter and everything felt okay again.

“One cookies and cream milkshake,” Josie’s voice startles you and you face her abruptly, “Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you,” she chuckles, lending you your milkshake.

“No, you’re good. I was just…” you look back to the spot you saw the girl only to find that she was gone, “I was just lost in thought.”

You had no idea what just happened or how you seemed to have possibly seen the girl from your dreams, but just a glimpse of her made you feel more emotions than you have all summer long. Because of that, a huge part of you hoped that you would see her again.

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*also the title was inspired by the song Dreams Tonite by Alvvays in case you were curious ;)*

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How to Nail Eco-Glam, Carbon-Neutral Travel That Leo DiCaprio Would Approve

The travel bug bit me relatively late in life. I used to think traveling was just *okay* until my first trip to Paris in 2014–and since then, I’ve realized that while I am still definitely a homebody, there are places you’ll visit for the first time and feel like you’ve come home.

Right now, I’m in full travel planning mode for my upcoming trip to Amsterdam and Norway to celebrate a big milestone–my 30th birthday! But this time around, I have something else in mind, in addition to booking accommodations and researching sights and restaurants: how to make my trip eco-friendly, and carbon-neutral if that’s possible.

This is nothing new, per se. An astonishing 6 billion “eco-tourists” travel the world every year; eco-tourism is a big business. Lately, a lot of outrageously glamorous eco-resorts have popped up in the most secluded places in the world, presumably running on raindrops and sunshine alone.

For example, months ago I read about Leo DiCaprio’s own birthday trip to Tetiaroa, a private island in French Polynesia. Its website explains in a calm and ethereal manner how the resort is all LEED certified, carbon-neutral, and run in a way that respects the island’s people, flora, fauna, traditions, earth, sky, and the moon. Seriously, nothing was left out of its respect, and I was kind of turned on. But I googled the island and discovered how far away it is from everything–if your two closest neighbors are New Zealand and Peru, you know you’re in the middle of nowhere. You have to take a private plane there–which means a ton of fuel burned just for Leo and the gang.

Got $ 5,000 to burn? You could shower like Leo in this breathtaking bathroom! (Oh that’s $ 5,000 a night, mind).

…But it’ll be worth it when you can have a view like *this*!

This brings us to the question of eco-friendly travel. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that environmentally conscious traveling is more than just a matter of choosing a green hotel/resort (although don’t let that discourage you from going to one!). You have to look at the whole impact of your travel. I turned to Irina Vishnevskaya, the founder and CEO of Alle Travel, for advice on how to see the world without leaving a mark on the Earth (or your conscience).

1. Think South of the border: – “Costa Rica is historically the leader as far as eco-friendly destinations go. The country plans to go completely carbon-neutral by 2021, and they are well on their way already, with officials saying the country is now at 81% of their goal,” Irina points out. It’s also a nature lover’s paradise with gorgeous and varied ecosystems and a ton of fresh fruits and veggies. (Here’s our coverage of vegan traveling in Costa Rica.)

-“Belize is also starting to be a leader in environmentally conscientious and sustainable tourism, and they’ve committed to the 10-island challenge, with the goal of eventually becoming 100% reliable on renewable energy.” 10 Island Challenge is an initiative begun by Carbon War Room, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting climate change. (As an aside, I fully approve of the name “war room”–that war is totally Peaceful Dumpling-approved).

Coincidentally, Leo DiCaprio is also investing in a new eco resort called Blackadore Caye in Belize that seeks to protect and preserve its unique ecosystem, that’s set to open in 2018. It’s supposed to allocate 1/2 of the space as a wildlife preserve, use 100% renewable energy, and serve as a model of sustainability. (I know I sounded a wee critical of Leo earlier, but I think his heart is basically pure, come on).

-“Uruguay is leading the way as far as renewable energy (94.5% of its electricity), and the country was named as a Green Energy Leader by the World Wildlife Fund.”

– Irina notes that for US travelers, these destinations are also relatively close, meaning that the carbon footprint of your flight will be less than other places in the world. This is a good rule of thumb for travelers anywhere in the world–think, is this in my hemisphere? If you have to take 3 planes over 16 hours, it’s going to leave some serious environmental impact.

2. Not just where, but *how* you travel matters.

– Eat Local: “One of the best things you can do when traveling is to eat food that is as local as possible–everything that needs to be imported to suit your foreign palate leaves a carbon footprint. And this applies to drinking, too–please don’t order French wine at a restaurant in Costa Rica,” recommends Irina.

Eat like a local.

Say No to Pools: Ever look at the pictures of those infinity pools right next to the beach and wonder, “Is that really necessary?” Your instincts would be correct–pools come with a huge energy and water wastage. So choose a hotel without one and enjoy the sea or ocean wherever you are–just like nature intended!

So much better than a pool.

– Respect wildlife: “Sadly, animals are often abused to please tourists in search of new Facebook profile pictures. Please don’t ride an elephant. Ever. There’s no “pain-free” way to do so; if you want to hang out with elephants, choose instead an elephant sanctuary (like this one). Taking pictures hanging out with a tiger is a big no-no (they are drugged) and same goes for swimming with dolphins,” says Irina.

– Blue Flag beaches: If you’re looking for sun and sand, go to Blue Flag Beaches. Not only are these often cleaner and more well-maintained, they pass stringent standards for water quality and safety, as well as general environmental management criteria.

– Green Key Hotels: This is a hotel program that aims to reduce utility consumption, waste, and emissions.

– Think sensible: bring your reusable water bottle. This sounds too simple to be listed here, but recently a friend who traveled to Thailand reported being shocked at how many millions (billions?!) of water bottles the tourists generated there–and there were ZERO recycling bins around. No surprise that Thailand is one of 5 countries that dump more plastic into the oceans than the rest of the world combined… Don’t be that tourist who dumps plastic water bottles. It’s terrible anywhere in the world.

3. Offset your carbon footprint before you take off on your trip. While incorporating Irina’s tips, I’m also going to reduce my carbon emissions before leaving. I used a carbon calculator to gauge my trip’s impact (mostly due to the transatlantic flight) and will change my daily habits to earn “points.” Since I’m vegan, ride the subway daily, compost, don’t even do laundry that often (:D), hate bright lights (mmm all about dim), and don’t own an air conditioner, I’m doing pretty good–but not super excellent. My challenge is to reduce plastic waste: although I recycle, any sort of thing that needs to be processed takes water and energy (no brainer). So that means fewer delicious pre-packaged beverages for me! Actually, a sort of mindfulness about my food and not just eating because it’s fun would be beneficial since food production naturally has a ton of environmental impact. I also plan on not buying new clothes or accessories until my trip, since fashion is the second most polluting industry in the world.

Have you taken a deliberately eco-friendly, carbon-neutral trip?

Related: Here’s How to *Actually* Do Tulum, Mexico Like A Green Traveler

How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint While Travelling

How To Take A Wildly Enchanting (& Sustainable) Trip To New Orleans

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Photo: Tetiaroa; Aubrey Gates King; Unsplash

Originally from Portland, Oregon, Juhea now lives in NYC with her Oreo cookie cat, Zeus. When she is not writing, she enjoys running in Central Park, yoga, and teaching Barre classes. Follow Juhea on Instagram @peacefuldumpling, Google+ and Pinterest.

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