Paper Cut Part 2 | Edmund Pevensie x Reader Soulmate AU

Warnings: Making out/kissing

Time/Era: Modern AU but the Pevensies have been to Narnia. 

Word Count: 2.5k

Summary: Y/N confronts Edmund about the intense injuries she had received in the past. 

A/N: Here’s the second part to paper cut :) If you haven’t read the first part, link below! Please send requests :D Enjoy! 

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“Edmund, I think you have a lot of explaining to do.”

Edmund’s face was unreadable, almost as if it was made of stone. He stayed quiet; the only sounds that filled the air were the shuffling of the barista and the espresso machine. Y/N wished he would just say something. The silence was damning. 

“Edmund?” His gaze didn’t falter at his name but stayed glued to Y/N’s hand. His eyes traveled up her arm, taking mental notes of every scar, bruise, bump, or cut. Edmund stood up without a word, the chair making a painful screeching noise in his path, and walked out of the coffee shop. 

Meeting her soulmate had been completely different in her head; maybe they would fall into each other’s arms in the streets of London. He would sweep her off of her feet after noticing a small scar on her neck and say something disgustingly romantic. “I’ve been waiting for you, Y/N, you’re even more beautiful than I could have ever imagined.” Then, they would fall madly, deeply in love, and adopt a dog. Fall wedding perhaps? Maybe summer? But here Y/N sat, one hand on her stomach, the other gripping a foreign notebook. Before Y/N could process what was happening, Edmund was out of sight and she was left to her own thoughts. 

~

“Y/N! Wake up!” Y/N was startled by Y/B/F/N shaking her awake. “Don’t you have a final in like an hour?” 

That sentence felt like a bucket of ice water. Y/N sprung up from her warm bed and scrambled to get ready. The clock seemed to run dangerously fast and by the time she opened the door of her lecture hall, the test was being passed out. 

“You have three hours and because I’m in such a good mood, you may use your study guide.” The professor continued to pass the packets around the room. They looked thick and time-consuming. Time management had never been Y/N’s strong suit. 

When she was handed her paper, all she could do was take a deep breath. This professor was a harsh grader, so unless her answers were 100% correct, there was no way Y/N would pass. She took the unfamiliar notebook she received from Edmund out of her bag and opened it to his scribbled notes. 

His handwriting was somewhere in between messy and neat; some of the words ran into one another and they were all slanted to the right slightly, yet the letters were beautifully constructed and entirely intelligible. Edmund also took it upon himself to highlight passages he deemed important with a note at the beginning that read: my sister had to take o chem. I asked her what’s important. That was sweet, Y/N thought. 

It seemed as if Edmund knew what he was talking about, too. Each answer was answered completely with further background information to make it easy to understand. Why would you willingly take this? Seems like hell… was written in the margins next to one of the boxes of text. I could say the same about law, sweater boy. 

By the time Y/N had finished her final, the three hours had turned into 10 minutes. She was one of three students left in the classroom and the other two were looking beyond panicked. Most of the class seemed to have either blazed through it like it was an 8-year-old’s math homework or given up halfway through and accepted their loss. Y/N, however, had to pass this class so she triple-checked her answers, took a daydream break, then checked it again. She would be lying if she said her daydreams didn’t consist of Edmund. She wondered if he would ever text her again. 

The young girl hurriedly walked out of the classroom, happy to be done with the semester. She wrapped her jacket tightly around her and braced herself to brave the aggressive weather. 

“Hey,” A voice from her right called out. It was Edmund; he was leaning against the wall lazily. His nose was a bright pink, as were his cheeks, and his hands were pushed into his pockets for warmth.

“Edmund? What are you doing here? You must be freezing!” Y/N walked over to him and looked him once over. A simple long sleeve shirt, vest, and jeans. Y/N slung her wool scarf around his neck. 

“Oh, uh, thanks…” He pushed himself off of the wall with his shoulder. Damn, his shoulders were huge. 

“I’m sorry about the coffee shop, I didn’t mean to jump you like that,” Y/N apologized bashfully. He smiled but it didn’t reach his eyes. 

“No, I get it. I would have the same reaction. That’s, uh, why I’m here.” Edmund was awkward, looking anywhere but her eyes. Instead, he observed her freckles, eyebrows, and cheeks. “I was wondering if we could, uh, talk? Maybe somewhere private? Like my dorm?”

“Oh, so you want to take me, your newly discovered soulmate, back to your dorm?” Y/N had a hint of mischief in her eyes and a teasing smile on her lips. Edmund’s eyes grew wide and he started to sputter. 

“That’s not what I meant! I would never! I mean unless you wanted to, but no! I just meant to talk,” His cheeks are red again, but this time it wasn’t from the cold. 

“I’m just taking the piss, let’s go, vesty.”

~ 

Edmunds dorm was not what she was expecting. One side looked like it was hit by a tornado, but the other was very organized. Even on the floor, there was a distinct division between the two sides. The neat side, which appeared to be Edmund’s, was very plain. His bed was made with a red duvet and black pillows, his desk was blank besides a small pencil cup, and the cork board hanging above his desk had reminders and pictures. 

“Those are my siblings,” Edmund noticed Y/N’s wandering eyes. “They’re practically dying to meet you, Y/N.”

“How did you know my name? I never told you,” She crossed her arms and strained her neck to look back at him. 

“Ah, so I was right, you don’t remember me. We took a few classes together during first and second years. I always thought you were cute, so I guess it stuck.” Now it was Y/N’s turn to blush. 

“You think I’m cute?” Her arms uncrossed and turned so she was facing him head-on. 

“Well, yeah. You are my soulmate, after all, Y/N. Don’t be silly,” Edmund seemed to be growing more and more comfortable. He was enjoying watching her blush because of what he said; it made a sense of pride grow in his stomach. This was his person, and she was standing right in front of him. 

“Speaking of soulmates…” Y/N trailed off and looked towards the floor. Her hands grasp the zipper of her jacket and unzip it, before rolling up the bottom of her shirt. The jagged scar was on full display, a stark contrast against the skin of her abdomen. Edmund eyed it guiltily; he knew the exact pain she had to go through to get that scar. She had to go through that pain because of him. His own hands found the bottom seam of his own clothes and pulled it up to reveal a matching mark. 

“I can explain but you won’t believe me,” His honey-brown eyes met hers. 

“Try me, Pevensie.” 

He led her to sit on her bed and sat next to her. Y/N hastily kicked off her shoes so she could sit with her legs crossed on her bed. Her shoes tumbled to the ground with two thuds. Edmund, on the other hand, just bent one leg and let the other hang off the edge. He took her hands in his. 

“You have to promise me to listen to it all before you ask questions,” Edmund fidgeted nervously with a ring on Y/N’s fingers as they spoke. Y/N didn’t know if this was on purpose or a subconscious action, but it comforted her all the same.  

“Well, when I was young my parents sent my siblings and me to live away from home. When we were there, my little sister Lucy discovered a wardrobe in one of the spare rooms. Well, inside the wardrobe was this beautiful land called Narnia. It was gorgeous and huge! And when I say huge, I mean HUGE!” He caught himself rambling excitedly and reeled it back in. “Well, uh, anyway, there was this woman, we called her the White Witch and she manipulated me into basically selling my siblings out. The entire nation of Narnia got into a huge battle and the White Witch stabbed me.” 

“Did she lock you up somewhere cold?” Y/N asked, disregarding her promise to stay quiet. 

“Um, yeah. She locked me in this big ice cell. It wasn’t fun. I’m pretty sure I almost got frostbite but my body rejected it because I started warming up randomly.”

Y/N smiled. The paper towel. 

“But that scar on your stomach,” He took his hand away from yours and gently touched your stomach. “Is because she stabbed me. But again, my sister Lucy had this special liquid that could heal any injury.” 

Edmund seemed to smile at the memory. “Long story short, my siblings and I got crowned Kings and Queens of Narnia and ruled for a number of years. We then got sent back-”

“Wait, wait, wait, Kings, and Queens? Who are you? Alexander the Great?” Her tone was teasing and unbelieving. 

“Edmund the Just, actually. And I told you to listen!” His smile reached his eyes this time. “Well we came back to earth through the wardrobe and we were kids again! About a year later, we returned to Narnia and met our good friend Caspian. We had to fight Caspian’s home country. In the end, Aslan helped us and Caspian became a king as well.”

“Who’s Aslan?” Y/N was doing her best to keep up and believe the information, but it was quite hard. 

“He’s a big lion, he’s kind of like the ruler of Narnia. I guess you could say a God? I guess…”

“A big lion god? Edmund…”

“I know it sounds crazy, Y/N. I know but you have to believe me! I went one more time with Lucy and my cousin. We were on a big Naval ship with Caspian and we had to find a bunch of swords-”

“Edmund, love, just tell me the truth.” Y/N was sad that right off the bat her soulmate was lying to her. Edmund’s eyes seemed to lose their sparkle. 

“I would never lie to you, Y/N. Here, look.” He took off Y/N’s scarf and gently placed it on the bed before pulling his vest and shirt over his head. On his rips was a beautifully drawn tattoo of a lion that appeared to be roaring. And on his collarbone was a sword. Y/N delicately reached her hand out and ran her fingertips against the drawing of the weapon. It had insane detail and the way it was drawn made it look sharp. Y/N retracted her hand and sat back. 

“That’s one of the swords we found during my third trip. It was gifted to Caspian by the lord who owned it. And this is Aslan. His roar was the most powerful magic in all of Narnia.” Edmund searched Y/N’s face for any emotion she was feeling. Right now, she was staring at the sword with a pondering look on her face. 

“Okay, say you were a king-”

“I am a king.”

“Fine, you’re a king. What exactly did you do, ya know, as a ruler?”

“Well, me and my brother Peter ran the army and trained them for battle. Along with other things like managing trade and creating political policies.”

“So, fighting? You fight?”

“Yeah, I fought in many battles, big and small. I got stabbed, remember.” His smile was cheeky and he pulled his long sleeve back on. “Once I got good, I didn’t even use a shield. I fought with two swords.”

“TWO? Aren’t those things heavy?”

“Well, yes, but when you went through all of the training I did, it gets easier.” Edmund could tell he was starting to believe him. 

“Tell me more.”

~

The two spent the next few hours discussing the ins and outs of Narnia down to the floor plan of Cair Paravel. Y/N had decided that Edmund had way too much detail to be making it up, and even if he did, it was so magical that she wouldn’t even be mad. 

“Okay, vesty, I believe you.” Y/N says after Edmund gave a lengthy explanation about all the gifts his siblings received and what they do. He stopped mid-word and stared at her. 

“You believe me? Really?” 

Y/N smiled and nodded. “Yes, Edmund. I’m going to be spending my life with you, your highness, so I may as well get familiar with it.”

“Please don’t call me that,” Edmund scooted closer to her. “I hated it even when people in Narnia called me that. I don’t need people outside of Narnia calling me it. Especially not you.” 

She turned her head so she was staring right at him. “Why not me?” Y/N’s speech came out as a whisper. They were so close that she didn’t need to speak loudly. 

“Because if I really was your highness, it would be kind of weird for me to do this.”

Edmund placed a hand on Y/N’s jaw and leaned in. His lips barely brushed her lips before pressing firmly against them. Y/N’s eyes closed shut and she happily kissed back. 

When people described kissing their soulmate for the first time, they always explain it as an electric spark igniting throughout their entire body. They explain it as a firework show full of magnificent colors. Kissing Edmund didn’t feel like that. Kissing Edmund felt like home. She felt safe, secure, and loved as if kissing this boy was what she was meant to do for her entire life. The way he tasted, like peppermint and candy, was the best thing she had ever tasted. And they way he held her, one hand on her jaw and the other holding her close to him by her waist, felt like the warmth of a favorite blanket. The way he moved made her knees feel like jelly. 

As their lip lock continued, his fingertips danced across her back until it landed on the other side of her jaw. He pulled away from their kiss, pressing a quick peck against her nose and jaw before leaning against his headboard. 

“I’ve been wanting to do that for my entire life,” Y/N said, her voice gentle and soft. 

“Me too. The thought of kissing you, Y/N L/N, was the only thing that got me through some tough times. I had to make it to be able to feel what it was like.”

Y/N was silent for a long moment. 

“Edmund, love, do you think I will ever go to Narnia?”

Edmund looked at her for a long moment then smiled with half of his mouth. 

“I don’t know, darling, but anything is possible. Especially when it comes to Narnia.” 

It is 6 am. I know that it reads like I’ve never heard of pacing. Trust me, I’m aware. Quite frankly, I am entirely too tired to care. It might not even be as bad as I think it is. It’s possible, I guess, but not likely, I don’t think. I don’t have proofreaders, and it’s probably too edgy or too soon for more edge but you’re along for my ride and I’m sorry. I’ll probably rewrite it at some point, but right now I’m happy I’m even awake right now to post it. My eyes hurt and I'm a little queasy but we are powering through. Having said that, let's torture some fucking teenagers.

Chapter 12

Donatello stares at the small knife intensely.

It is an incredibly boring-looking one. Knowing as little as he does about culinary arts, he does not know the exact use of it, its size and shape giving him very little insight into its use in that environment. He is willing to make an educated guess and assume the blade itself is made of carbon steel, which is not exactly a strange choice for a knife in his opinion. It is not a combat or survival knife. It is hardly sturdy enough to last long in a combat setting. He is tempted to call Mikey to ask him to identify it for a second but thinks better of it.

After all, it fell out of your pocket. Questions would be asked.

He picks it up off the floor, weighing it in his hand. ‘This is a kitchen knife, right?’ He picks your jacket off the floor, folding it neatly and placing it on the back of a chair. ‘Why would she carry around a kitchen knife?’ He rests his head on his arms, holding the offending tool in front of his eyes, continuing to analyze it. ‘To fight? She knows carrying around a knife like this with no combat experience is a bad idea, right? Don’t people usually use pepper spray or something when they want to defend themselves?’

An image flashes into his head. You, standing alone in an alley, pointing this poor excuse of a weapon at a member of The Foot or the Purple Dragon. You, falling back and hitting your head and bleeding out with a knife sticking in your side because you fell on it wrong—‘It’s not even in a sheathe’—and trying to crawl back out into the street, begging to god not to—

He blinks, noticing his knuckles going pale around the handle, mouth weirdly dry.

He swallows. He forces his grip to loosen. ‘That’s dramatic.’ He gets up, slipping the knife back into the pocket of your jacket, hoping he put it in the right one. ‘She’s fine. She’s probably just scared after everything that’s happened. It won’t come to that.’

He sets back down, picking the last gas mask up and turning it over in his hands to give him something to do. He will not have time to properly test whether it works exactly as planned, but he is fairly certain that it and its brothers should allow them to breathe with little difficulty when they need to go into the TCRI building through the elevator shaft. If that is the plan they go with, anyways-- he had elected to stay out of the planning party, seeing as creating explosives strong enough to destroy the portal is enough of a challenge on its own, and he has faith in you and his eldest brother to come up with a good course of action. You guys always did. Bradford was dead after all, a fact that he had been informed made their lives considerably easier. In your words, “Mousers are the fucking worst, and if Bradford had gone off and recruited Stockman, we would have to deal with all of that way sooner.” You had quickly admitted that you did not know how long the peace would last, but you seemed pretty satisfied by the way things were happening overall, despite his accidentally causing the power cell to be stolen—“We’ll have the whole thing under control after this mission, don’t you worry.”

You had also claimed that you had the staking out of Shredder’s lair under control, but that is neither here nor there.

The door to his lab slides open. “Donnie,” you call, “we need to go over the game plan. How’re the explosives coming?”

‘Why is there a knife in your pocket instead of a taser?’ “Theoretically? Well.” He shrugs, getting to his feet. “I can’t really test if they work, but they’re good to go, probably.”

You smile teasingly. “They’re not gonna go off randomly?”

“Probably not.”

“Probably?” Your smile widens.

“No promises.”

“Well,” you grin, “I sure hope they’re good explosives in that case; wouldn’t wanna almost bleed out again.”

His stomach churns. “For sure,” he agrees, crossing the room as you start to “walk” back to the war room/kitchen. “Have you guys decided on anything?”

“Well,” you sigh, “Leo’s bein’ Leo if that’s what you mean. I don’t mind their plan, mind, but it seems a bit silly.” You hold the door open for him. “After you.”

“Dude, totally.” Mikey nods eagerly in agreement to something someone said. “I can get him on board, on prob.”

“Good.” Leonardo taps his finger against the blueprint splayed across the counter. “Now all we need is a big enough box.”

“There should be crates down by the docks.” Raphael looks over at you. “Any stores up top sell ‘em that big?”

“Probably.” You lean against the doorway as Donnie steps past you. “You guys know we don’t know what they’re breathing, right?”

“Yeah. So?” The green-eyed brother gestures to him. “He can figure out letting us breathe.”

“Can and did, but I’m not sure that’s what she’s talking about.” The tall boy crosses his arms across his chest absentmindedly. “If the gases they’re breathing are highly flammable—which, knowing the absurd biology of the Kraang, isn’t out of the question—” You stifle a laugh, covering your mouth, “using explosives in there might blow the roof off the place.”

“That’s good, ain’t it?”

“Not If you don’t want to be pressure cooked, no.”

“Is there some other way to destroy the portal?” Leonardo laced his fingers together, leaning his elbows on the worn island.

“Without knowing the metal they’re using?” He shakes his head. “Even if we did, I’m not sure if I could safely create hydrochloric or nitric acid, especially on such short notice, let alone transport it.”

“Then we’re screwed.” Raph looks off. “Perfect.”

“Unless you feel confident in busting out of that building on a time crunch, we’d need someone to be close enough to the bomb to actually use the detonator. Seeing as we need all hands on deck, we really don’t have anyone that could fit the bill.” Even with his back to you, you notice his tension. “Unless you guys just want to crack a window or something, but that would kinda negate the point of doing the whole stealth thing, setting off an obvious alarm.”

“That’s not true.” Mikey points out the obvious. “Y/N could do it.”

“I’m down,” you shrug, moving your hands to slide in your nonexistent pockets. “You’d need to let me know when to do it so I don’t fry you guys, but I might as well add domestic terrorism to my non-existent rap sheet.” You smile wryly at that.

You think you hear Donnie mutter something before speaking up. “I’m not sure there are any buildings high enough up or close enough to be an effective--”

“Sure there is.” Mikey, again. “There’s that apartment building across that alley. It’s plenty tall.”

“Oh yeah, huh?” Raph smiles sharply. “Even has a fire escape to climb.”

The idea of climbing anything anywhere makes you want to vomit, but the idea of having to deal with whatever goes on with the saving of Leatherhead later is enough to ignore it. ‘Stop being a pussy,’ you reprimand yourself, feeling vertigo already. ‘It’s a fucking ladder. A twenty-story high ladder, yeah, but it's still just a ladder.’

“She can’t use a ladder,” the tallest brother protests. “She can’t use one of her legs.”

“Then she can take the stairs, or we can carry her there before we go.” You take slow, deep, quiet breaths. “It’s no big deal. I’m sure you wouldn’t mind doing it, right?”

You are suddenly incredibly grateful that you are leaning against a doorframe. The idea of being carried over buildings, twenty stories into the air, makes the ground sway underneath you. You subtly dig your fingernails into the walls on impulse, trying to slowly relieve the pressure.

“It’s not about—What are you even talking about?” You barely register his bashful embarrassment, swallowing thickly. “I’m just saying…”

You can barely hear them, shutting your eyes as you feel sticky, warm blood on your fingertips, dripping down in between your digits. You wipe the phantom liquid off on your jeans quickly, thoroughly, opening your eyes to see what you register as the other three ragging on Donnie about something you do not catch. You lock your knees to keep them from shaking as bad as your hands, ignoring the nausea and staring straight ahead. ‘Your folks didn’t raise a wuss. Your hands aren’t wet. Snap out of it.’

You force yourself to focus on counting threads in your sleeves. You get to thirty-five before you feel someone shaking your shoulder.

“Dude, you alright?” Mikey was waving a hand in front of your face, having apparently crossed the room from his seat on the counter. “Hello?”

Your eyes snap up from your wrist to look at him. “Hm? Yeah, totally.” You nod. “Just zoned out is all.”

He put the back of his hand to your forehead as if he knew what he was looking for. “You sure? You look sick.”

You nod again. “Just didn’t sleep well last night. I’m fine.”

“Do you plan on zoning out during the mission?” Raphael smirked. “Don—”

“No,” you cut him off sharply. “I’ll be fine. When are you guys going?”

“A couple of hours.” Donnie is staring holes into you. “The hours listed online say actual people work until then, but the actual building is open for another few hours, so by the time we get far enough down to hopefully not feel the effects of the blast, we won’t have to worry about witnesses or people getting caught up in it.”

“Awesome.” You start out the door, using the walls to limp back to the lab. “Meetcha back here in an hour.”

He runs after you. “Need me to come with you? I can help pick a crate out.” The way his words spill out is not lost on you. “O-or I could drive you there if you want—it’s bad to walk around so much on your leg, especially at night.”

“If you don’t mind vomit in your party-wagon, sure.” You slip through the gap in the door, grabbing your jacket and pulling it on. “Honestly, Donnie, I’m fine.”

“But—”

“I walk home all the time.” You use the chair to roll over to your walker, snapping it open and getting to your feet. “I’m just going to go to a hardware store, buy a couple of the largest boxes they have, grab some dinner, and come back. Besides, you have to worry about getting in, right? I’ll be fine, really.”

He wants to argue. He does not.

“Text me if you need anything while I’m out.” You maneuver past him with a bit of difficulty. “Want me to pick up some pizza while I’m out?”

“… yeah.” He nods, shaking off the feeling sinking into his gut with a bit of difficulty. “If you want some, you’ll have to eat it on your own, though.”

You smile back at him. “I’ll get something else to eat,” you roll your eyes, voice oozing with honey seemingly unintentionally. “Don’t you worry too hard about me, now; your brothers give you a hard enough time as is.”

“Don’t get yourself killed and I’ll think about it,” he jokes, mostly serious.

You laugh. “I’ll try, Dad.”

He has never noticed how loud you walk until today. Maybe it is just that it is unusually loud in comparison to him and his brothers, or maybe it is the sound of it knocking around the concrete walls of the lair bouncing the sound off the walls, but he cannot help but notice it, how easily he can identify where you are just by listening. How has he never noticed that? ‘You could hear her down the street, walking past. Anyone with ears could tell where she is, no problem.’

He feels himself grip onto the door to keep himself from running after you and insisting he come with you. ‘If someone can hear her walking down the street, someone can hear her scream. They’ll call someone. Who would leave a teenage girl to get attacked?’ He does not answer his question.

He shuts the door. ‘And she has a point. I still need to figure out how to get us into TCRI without the cameras catching us.’ He sits back at his workstation to think. ‘It doesn’t have to be too advanced. A remote-controlled dolly wouldn’t take much time to build, and I have the code already.’

It is not an effective distraction, but it is enough to preoccupy him for a solid half an hour.

--

You are back at the time you say you are going to be back. The trip did not take you long, although carrying the boxes and food was an unforeseen challenge, and you bought yourself a burrito and soda, so all is well. You and the guys eat in the kitchen, you do not have another episode and, all in all, you almost forget about the fact you will have to be carried up a twenty-story building.

Standing and staring up at the building they had ended up next to is an easy reminder.

You swallow your dinner back, mouth dry. ‘Commit.’ You fold your walker up, hiding it behind a dumpster and hooking your arms around Donnie’s neck before you can chicken out, shutting your eyes tight, the humming of their van—you had walked—doing nothing to ease your nerves. You hear the others say something before the engine roars back to life, the tires squealing against the asphalt as they drive off.

“I’m not going to drop you,” he promises, barely noticing the extra weight as he hooks one of his arms under your thigh to pull your body flush against his. Your legs immediately tighten into a vice-like grip around his middle, pulling him even closer.

“Fucking better not.” He starts to scale the building with a bit of difficulty, with one arm otherwise preoccupied. “I’ll haunt your ass.”

He smiles at that. He jumps up, grabbing onto the railing of a fire escape and earning a squeak of terror and a quiet string of obscenities from you. He takes longer than usual out of necessity but finds a quiet joy in how hard you cling to him, swallowing laughs drawn out by your swears—his personal favorite is, “Oh fuck me Mother Mary!” which is a result of him overshooting the railing, resulting in both of you violently swinging back and forth for a time.

“Are we on solid ground?” Your voice is pleading.

“We’re on the roof, yeah.”

You let go, sliding down to your knees and lacing your fingers together behind your neck, breathing for the first time in the eternity—two minutes—it had taken to get there. You want to cry, your heart pounding out of your chest as you try to catch your breath.

“Are you okay?”

You nod once, shifting back and putting your head between your knees to regain your head.

‘Did I do something wrong?’ He crouched down in front of you, concerned. “You sure?”

You nod again.

“Are you being honest?”

“I will be in a sec,” you snap shakily.

He backs off, staying in that position.

You give yourself a count of fifteen before looking back up at him. “I’m good.” You take a deep breath, pulling yourself into him again. “Let’s do this shit before I’m not.”

The journey over is painfully silent, other than your guys’ breathing. Balance is the only real problem throughout. Holding you and making sure not to crush you makes the normal measures he would normally use to soften his falls impossible, meaning his jumps cannot be as high or far as normal—the last thing you need on top of everything else is a concussion. The trip might have been rendered shorter had it not been for the need for the Kraang to know nothing of their whereabouts, but he does not think it is too long until he moves to let go of you.

You do not let go of him.

“Y/N?”

Nothing.

“Y/N,” he says again, “we’re here.”

You do not move to let go of you, your heartbeat thundering against his chest.

“I’m going to set you down.” He unhooks your legs, lowering himself and setting you on the floor. “See?” He unlatches your arms, gently pulling you away from him.

Your face is white as a sheet, mind only barely registering the fact you were on solid ground. He would be concerned you were dead had it not been your incredibly fast pulse. You stared straight ahead, eyes unfocused.

You blink, pushing the hair out of your face as you get to your feet. “Sorry,” you mumble. “Zoned out. Tired.”

He hesitantly gives you the detonator. “Alright,” he relents. “You know the plan, right? You remember it still?”

“I’m scared, not dumb.” Your face flushes. “Sorry. That was mean.”

He blinks, confused. “It’s fine,” he shrugs. “Lack of sleep can cause irritability, especially in teenagers.” His voice is soft despite his own anxiety about the whole plan. He hands you your phone. “I’ll come back to pick you up. If I don’t in two hours, text me. If I don’t respond…” he trails off.

Your stomach drops. “You will,” you assure him firmly. “I know you will.”

“If I don’t,” he nods in agreement, if only for your sake, “hell will’ve frozen over anyway.”

You chuckle nervously at that. You reach over, cupping his face in your hands. “Seriously, though,” you make him look at you properly, “kick their asses for me.”

He smiles, his face heating up under your hands. “You got it.” He gets up. “See ya, then.” He smiles tipsily, waves, and runs off.

You watch him bound rooftops, grateful he had seemingly not noticed the violent shaking of your hands as you set the electronics down. You swallow again, dragging yourself and leaning your back against the ledge, crossing your legs in front of you. You lean over, placing the detonator down next to you carefully and picking your phone up. You shakily input the passcode, turn the volume as low as it would go, and press the speaker to your ear, sinking into a song with a slow exhale of breath. While you had refused yourself any illicit substances for the same reason you had gotten rid of your sleeping pills, you saw no issue with relying on music for some stress relief, the familiarity of the slower song letting your heartbeat match its rhythm.

You reach down, pulling your pant leg up and carefully peeling the tape from your good leg, wrapping your fingers around the handle of the paring knife and holding it at your side. Sure, you know, logically, it would do little but hinder you in a fight, but you felt as though you needed something, anything to make you feel less weak. You already feel the embarrassment from clinging onto him so tightly, tears pricking at your eyes. “You’re the literal definition of a damsel in distress,” you mumble, scoffing at yourself. “A young, unmarried woman who is in distress. A crazy damsel in distress at that.” You blink them away. “God, you’re really fucking pathetic, huh?” You chuckle, swallowing again and pressing the phone closer to your ear. “You’re almost a fucking adult and you’re scared of a little height and a little blood. Perspective, Y/N.”

It feels like an hour of sitting, knees now at your chest as you listen to music to take the edge off—‘Like taking ibuprofen for an amputation.’ Regardless of how effective it is, it does something, at least, and that is all you can ask for right now.

You jump out of your skin when your phone buzzes with a text. You fumble with it, pulling it to your face to read Casey asking if you were still free next Tuesday for his stupid fucking game. You text him back that, yes, you are, and hope he stubs his toe for the false alarm.

--

The text comes at eleven-o-three.

You almost drop the phone, the message “NOW” crossing your screen. You pick the device up carefully, craning your neck back to glance at the building across the street, feeling as though you missed something incredibly important despite knowing the contrary. You swallow one more time and slam your hand down on the button.

The sound of the explosion roars in your ears, your eyes widening at the light now illuminating the roof, images of that night burning in your head and squeezing your throat. You drop the detonator, covering your ears as the ground in front of you is seemingly set alight. It barely registers to you that it is a cold autumn night. Why would you care when all you can hear is screaming? Why bother when your heart is begging to be let out of your chest, when your blood is pooling under you and all your scars are open? All you can see as you shudder, shutting your eyes tightly, is that man’s sides slashed with glass, warm red dripping out of him and onto the dashboard.

You look up, choking on your fear.

You remember what you forgot.

The walls of the top three floors of TCRI?

They are made entirely of the glass now showering down on you.

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Chapter 11

Chapter 13

It took me a while to put words on what I feel. I formerly planned to write something when the disbandment news came out. But I backed out because I didn’t want to open my scars. That news hurt me in thousands ways for obvious reason, but the irony was that I discovered about it on the bus on my way to the airport because...I was about to fly to Japan to see Big Bang...Whatever. I must have looked pretty silly to the other passengers but a girl crying while going to the airport is not that strange after all. Anyway. How do I start? Where do I start? Well it should be easy. Because it all started with them. Those 4 amazing and fierce girls. One random summer night 6 years ago, I was chatting with my cousin on the internet (for the older ones, it was on MSN, feel old yet?) and back in that time I knew literally nothing about South Korea. Nothing. I was a J-Pop/J-rock enthusiast. She told me she wanted me to check out a music video. “It’s not Japanese though, it’s Korean, but I’m sure you will like it, it’s totally your style! And it sounds a lot like English when you’re not paying attention.” Ok, shoot. I must admit I was a bit jaded because Korea? But okay, I told her to send me the link and I gave it a try. “I go by the name of CL of 2NE1”, oh okay wow. Totally not what I expected! I mean I was kinda into J-Pop so I lowkey expected cute schoolgirls and stuff but no. Not at all. I had the Street ver. of the Fire MV playing in front of my eyes and W-O-W. Snatched. Blown away. Shookt. You name it. I was hooked. The clothes, the attitude, the choreo, THE SONG. (I mean c’mon, I’m a West-Indian and those girls just delivered a dance-hall-ish song!) Oh-my-God!!!!! I replayed it immediately! I couldn’t believe what I just saw! I let my cousin know how AMAZED I was and she was like “ikr?!!!! I knew you would like it”. Liked it? Little did my cousin and I knew but she has just launched the biggest change in my life. This night I listened to Fire for hours!!! I felt like there was a whole new world I had to discover. The J-Pop and J-Rock worlds were full of codes so I was sure K-Pop had its own too. And judging by the comments under the video there were A LOT. I was confused about everyone making a fuss over that weird guy dancing behind Minzy for like 2 seconds (little did I know that later I’d sell my soul to that weird dude and turn him into my husband ultimate bias). So there I went, because I wanted to know more about 2NE1, who were they? What were their names? Where did they come from? Why are they called the female Big Bang? Who even is Big Bang (LOL)? Who is papa YG? What? I downloaded the mini-album (why mini? why were the Korean codes so different from what I’ve known up until now?) and lost my hair for the 2nd time because of them. Perfect. That album was perfect. A bit of pop, a bit of r’n’b, everything I like!!!!! Those girls were winning my heart at a fast rate! And soon enough I was a 2NE1 fan, a Blackjack, a future YG stan and a full kpop fan in the making. The rest is history. If someone asks what is 2NE1 to me I will ask them if they know about the concept of the butterfly effect. How a small event can lead by some domino reaction to HUGE consequences. Because this is exactly what 2NE1 is to me. Because of them my life made a 180. And the person that I am today, the things that I do, the music I listen to, the food I enjoy, the people who are my friends, the countries that I visit, everything is because of them. Being a kpop fan has changed me and allowed me to do amazing things that I would never have allowed myself to imagine. I met people who lifted me up and allowed me to be a new me, a better me if I may say. And I would not be a kpop fan if I had not discovered 2NE1. They are and will stay my #1 girlsband. Each of them shows me that you gotta do what you gotta do. People will always say something, people will always judge. At the end of the day, what matters is that you feel good with what you decided for yourself. And often, too often, the ones who badmouth you the most are the ones who wish they’d be like you. So just go and chase your dreams. Make mistakes, learn, take some time for yourself and go at it again. One of the thing I’ll be the most bitter (and sad) about is that I will never know what it feels like to attend a 2NE1 concert. It hurts but that’s just how it is. I used the word irony twice already I think, but really that’s just the adjective which would describe a lot of my situations with 2NE1. And I have 2 big examples: They came to France once (in 2012 or 2011), for an annual event about media. They were invited and a French Kpop magazine posted 2 days ago that they would do a fanmeeting for those who can attend. It was sudden, they announced this 2 days before the d-day. It was in the middle of the week, at the opposite side of the country, bad mix. But impossible is nothing. I booked a train ticket and jumped into a night train and travel alone for 8h to a city I’ve never been too. But my girls were there, so I had to be too. I remembered arriving around 9am or something and I waited into a McDonald’s. I was seeing people with their badge for the festival and was envying them so bad. It had nothing to do with kpop itself. It was about media and communication. So most of the people were 30 years old tech guys. It was so unfair. Why would they’d be able to see the girls and not me? Do 2NE1 mean the world to them like they do to me? Did 2NE1 changed their life for the better? I don’t think so. I should get an access badge, not them. Whatever. Around 10am or so I called my part-time job to tell them I misread my schedule and that I actually had a big test that day so I couldn’t come and that I was sooooo sorry. I’m usually a trustable person, so they trusted me and told me it was okay. I felt a little bad for lying when they told me “good luck for your exam” when really I was just at the opposite side of the country to try see 4 girls who had succeeded to have one of the biggest impact on my life. Anyway, the day went by and my heart was beating so fast inside. I tried going around the city, hoping that maybe I would run into them but it never happened (but I discovered later that they did a photoshoot in the streets so :’) ) Time went by and I came outside the venue, saw a few fans and the fan meeting organizer. It was not that bad and I had a little fun. At some point we (the fans) were given bracelets, “you will be attending their showcase”. I thought I was about to die. I was thinking about seeing them, waving at them but seeing an actual showcase?!!!! I tried to calm down but really my mind was in a frenzy. At some point, people started running and screaming. They arrived at the venue. A few girls were crying. I wasn’t fast enough so I didn’t see anyone. 1st disappointment of the day but it was okay, I got the bracelet for the showcase anyway so really it was okay. But now that I was sure that they were inside the venue I couldn’t believe that 2NE1 and I were breathing the same air and that we just had a few walls separating us. How I wanted to run, kicked the guard and go inside the venue. But I had the bracelet for the showcase, it was okay. With the other fans, we waited and sang and danced to 2NE1 songs while waiting. But the official time of the showcase start was getting closer and yet no one was making us go in. Finally one of the “organizer” came to us and dropped the bomb “Sorry, there are too many of you, the security thinks it will be too complicated to handle you so you can’t go attend the showcase anymore”. Honestly I can’t remember how I felt at this moment, but it was like everything was slowing down brutally. I wasn’t expecting the showcase in the 1st place but I was given a fucking bracelet, I got my hopes up for nothing. Not even a compensation. People were screaming and crying, it was chaos. I just wanted to disappear. I hate broken promises. Don’t hype me up. If you’re not sure about something just shut up and wait for when you’re sure. That was the 2nd disappointment of the day. Finally when the showcase ended, we were told that the girls got the news about us being there all day and getting the entry denied so they would improvise some kind of fan event for us. I didn’t want to expect too much but who was I kidding just knowing that the girls were so thoughtful was making me want to cry out of happiness. Ofc they would. We were asked to gather in front of a building and wait for the girls so they would come and wave at us. We were asked to sing, dance and cheer for them. And we did. Cameras were filming us, random by-passers were asking us who we were praising like this. Everytime a representant would come and say that “they’re on their way, just 5 more minutes”. This lasted for like 1h if I remember correctly. “Sing louder, clap your hands, do this, do that”. We did everything wholeheartedly. Only for the same fucking representant to come and tell us after 1h that they wouldn’t come. No explanation. We were asked to leave the area. This was the 3rd disappointment and the last stroke. I was tired and disappointed. And for the 1st time I was mad at the girls. I didn’t know who were responsible but I was mad at the girls because as a fan, a very dedicated fan I felt like my love was looked down upon. I felt disrespected and unloved. And I swear this was the worst feeling ever. Finally we were said that their car would go down the road and that they would wave to us. Not expecting much for the 4th time, I still ran to the barrier and saw the car approaching but it didn’t seem like it was slowing down. But in like 0.02 seconds, the Double Park sisters iconic duo aka Dara & Bom appeared through the car rooftop and smiled and waved at us. It was quick but I screamed as loud as I could. I was thankful, so so so so so so so thankful for the gesture! Thank you my dear unnies for at least acknowledging us peasant i-fans. The car did a u-turn, and I was hoping to see CL (my ult female bias) and Minzy but they didn’t show up. This disappointed me to no end. If 2 out of the 4 did it why not the other 2? Weren’t we good enough for them? Don’t they care about us? Did they realize all the things, all of the sacrifices that some of us did just with the hope to take a glance at them? Later that day I took a train back to my city (yay 8h new hours of night train ride) with confused feelings. But mostly it was pain and disappointment. I was mad at CL the most but I was also mad at myself for being mad at CL. I ranted so much on Twitter! Ah, just thinking about it...I now realized how much I remember from that day and it feels so weird! But well, time heals everything and I calmed down about it. End of the 1st example. 2nd example, it will be shorter loool. Time skip, we’re in 2015 now. 2NE1 is missing from the radar because of the Park Bom situation. And I’m starting to register that I won’t be able to see my OT4 before a while. Anyway, now I’m mainly focusing on Big Bang and EXO. And here come my chance to see both bands at the same event: MAMA 2015. Fun fact, I bought my ticket for MAMA based on my guess because none of BB or EXO had confirmed their attendance. But I had that feeling. 2015 was the MADE era launching, it was impossible for BB to not attend MAMA, I mean they own it!! And SM would never not send EXO to MAMA like please. So I did it, at 4AM, I bought a ticket for the MAMA and went back to sleep like nothing happened because I was in denial. Anyway, that’s not the main point. Later I got the news that CL was attending too so really it was perfect. D-day, here I am enjoying the MAMA 2015 in Hong-Kong, CL just KILLED it with her Hello Bitches! perf and she disappeared. And at this moment for like 0.00002 second I thought “what if?” but before I calm my delulu ass down, Dara unnie appeared...then Minzy...and then...yes, our beloved Bom unnie! Even her was there! Right at this moment I had the very 1st kpop band I knew, loved and stanned, performing the very 1st kpop song I heard. And I lost it, I started crying like a heartbroken girl. It was like all of the frustration, all the longing, all the love, all the resentment, everything was coming crashing down on me. The poor girl who was sitting next to me was so confused, she was looking at me frequently and I know she was hesitating about helping me or not because really I was a mess. You know when you ugly cry and it’s so hard that you have to hold your stomach? Yeah, just like this. The 1st part of Fire was like in a blur but I couldn’t miss this, so I did my best to calm down and enjoyed the show. I don’t know which ancestor I should thank for this amazing gift but being able to see 2NE1 perform at 4...my very first OT4… this was one of the best surprise ever. The highlight of the night. My best HK memory. But it hurts too because there is something very bittersweet in the fact the 1st time I had the chance to see 2NE1 perform was also the last time they would perform as 2NE1 the OT4 at all… And to finish, the little bonus. In March 2016 I went for the 1st time in Korea (to attend EXO’s concert but then again, that’s details here). Only a few hours after I landed, I “ran” to the YG building. This was the 1st place I wanted to go, and that’s what I did. When I arrived in front of the building there like 2 girls only and that’s it. After maybe 10 minutes, a taxi arrived and came to pick someone up. That someone was the one and only Goddess Park Bom unnie. We got closer to the gate and started waving at the taxi and to our surprise, the taxi stopped in front of us and the back window rolled down. Bommie unnie asked the driver to stop to greet us. We didn’t ask for it, and didn’t even try to block the gate or anything, it was her decision. She wanted to greet us, she accepted the gift of one of the girls. I managed to tell her that I wanted her to come back. It only lasted a few seconds but it was intense enough. She might never know the impact of that. But I will never forget this. This really meant a lot. She was the one who asked the driver to stop the car. She saw us and and wanted to greet us. Not many idols would do that (I’m not blaming them), but that’s important, so so important. Unnie, thank you so much. I wish I could protect you from everything, you deserve the world and so much more. What happened to you is so unfair. But it’s about time. You can still make your dream come true not matter how long it takes you. You’re talented. You can achieve anything. Believe in yourself and most of all don’t blame yourself. Minzy, our talented, sweet maknae and dance machine. You hurt me. But I respect your decision. I will still have resentment because that’s just how I am. But I honestly respect and understand your decision. I wish you the best as well. You were the youngest and you’re the one with the most time ahead of her. I wish you success and I hope to hear your new music soon. Dara unnie, our adorable Ssantokki queen. You’ve been through so much already, before 2NE1, during 2NE1 and probably after. I really wish you’d stop thinking you’re untalented because that’s not true. No matter what we do, we will always find people better at doing something than us. What is important is to improve and compare ourselves to ourselves. Tomorrow you will be even better than today. That’s all that counts. Look at you doing great in dramas and TV shows! Thank you for being 2NE1’s most supportive fan and the only real 2NE1 manager haha! CL, my queen, our leader. I hope none of the bullshit people throw at you every single day will reach you. It disgusts me how jealousy can make people ugly. People are mad at you for showing a confident image, fuck’em all. Most of them are just insecure people who wish they were at least 50% of what you are. Since when being confident makes you a bad person? Foh. What’s worst is that that deep down we know that you’re not that confident. You’re strong, so strong though. Thank you for leading 2NE1 with such greatness. No matter what you choose to do, be sure it’s something you enjoy. Screw what people say. Enjoy yourself! 2NE1, thank you. Those words seem so simple but they mean A LOT. A lot. I just don’t know how to sum up those last 6-7 years. You turned my life upside down for the better and the woman that I am today will forever be grateful for that. If I had to do it again, I would like to start this journey with you again. I wouldn’t change anything. I was, I am and I will always be a Blackjack. I will love you forever. Goodbye queens ♥ (It hurts so much)

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Where can I find a CAR RENTER'S INSURANCE that I could use for a week?

Found a cheap rental car- but they require insurance. Need a short short term insurance for renting car- HELP?

""I have a new baby, will I get a auto insurance discount or increase if I tell them?""

My little girl is 10 weeks old, I'm not sure if I have to tell my auto insurance company (AAA). Would it be better to insure that she's covered? Or will it just cost me more?""

How to Find Quickly Best Term Life Insurance Quote?

How to Find Quickly Best Term Life Insurance Quote?

Whats the cheapest car insurance YOU have ever paid?

Whats the cheapest car insurance YOU have ever paid?

How much will it cost to insure a motorbike such as cbr600f if im 23 and just passed my test?

And are there ways of cheapening the cost - I really have no clue of how much motorbikes cost to insure. the cbr600f is group 14,which sounds reasonable. Can i lump the insurance with a car thats group 11? i live in the uk.""

What type of insurance is better: private healthcare insurance or union insurance?

I used to have Kaiser Permanente but now I'm on a union healthcare plan because my mom works at a grocery store. I used to always be able to see a therapist a few times a month no problem when I had Kaiser, but with the union insurance I tried to go and after a few months it sucked up all the money in our insurance and we couldn't go to see any more doctors until the next year. Should I switch back to Kaiser? I'm mostly concerned with being able to see a therapist a few times a month, maybe a dermatologist a few times a year(currently I'm being treated for my acne), and being able to get contacts and a yearly eye exam(which I can do with my current insurance) and also being able to see a good dentist biannually(I can also do this with my current insurance) So pretty much all I'm missing is the mental health care I want! Would Kaiser be able to provide me all of this? Thanks in advance for any helpful input""

How do traffic tickets affect insurance premiums?

So if you get a traffic ticket you generally get: a fine, driving school and it makes your insurance premium worse. Is this always true when it comes to the insurance? Is this a rule defined by the insurance or can something be done to avoid that insurance thing? The state is CA btw.. if that matters..""

What insurance companies allows under 25's to drive any car on fully-comprehensive insurance?

Hi there, I'm 18 and have insurance with Tesco young drivers however that does not cover me to drive every car as under 25's aren't covered. I need to drive my mums car soon and she is abroad on business for 6months so cannot add me on to her insurance either, which leaves me with a problem. I can't find a company anywhere that allows under 25's to drive any car on fully-comprehensive insurance so was wondering if anybody out there did? Thank you""

How much will my car insurance be when I get this car?

well i am 19 years old and I am finna purchase a 2003 blue mustang convertable?

How much should I expect to pay for umbrella insurance?

I'm a landscaping contractor in Southern California. I think I need about $2,000,000 in umbrella insurance. How much should I expect to pay (yearly) for that?""

Car Insurance Yearly Cost.?

I am a 19 year old male, and have had a licence for basically 3 years now, I live in Alberta Canada, and have already completed my Test to get off of my GDL (Graduated Drivers Licence). I have taken, and completed driver training, and I have not made a claim or gotten any driving infractions (tickets or whatever) whatsoever. Without collision on my 2003 honda Civic coupe, what should my yearly insurance payment be? Right not I am paying $1600 and it seems like it is too much.""

California people! who knows about teenage insurance prices?

I am moving from nc to california. i pay $150 every month for my insurance and i am 18. soon to be 19, iv been insured sense Nov 2010 any ideas on how much it would be for me in Cali? thanks :)""

Insurance Question/Calculations?

Insurance Calculations Given a patients remaining deductible (Deductible), co-insurance responsibility percentage (CoInsurance), co-payment (CoPayment), and maximum out-of-pocket (OutOfPocketMax): 1)Use those parameters to write an equation to calculate the estimated patient cost for a $1,000 test. (You can use Excel notation if you want.) * 2)Using the same parameters, write the equation for the insurers expected payment, in the case of a $1,000 test. Calculate the patient's responsibility with the following parameters: 1) Deductible=$100, CoInsurance=15%, CoPayment=0, OutOfPocketMax=$1,000. A patient has a PPO plan with a $250 deductible with none of the deductible met. The plan has a co-insurance of 30% with no co-pay for lab services. 1)Solve for this patient's responsibility Thanks for the help!""

Will average insurance cover this?

i have cherry angiomas it isnt deadly or bad. The only way to remove it is to get it lasered do you think average insurance will cover it. If not how much would it cost to get like 3/4 of an inch circle lasered off my skin

Car Insurance for a 2004 Mustang?

Im about to be 15 and im starting drivers ed next week and I was looking at cars and I really want a 2004 mustang. I live in a small town, im a girl, and my parents have Allstate. About how much would it cost me?""

The best insurance for a student?

I was thinking of getting home contents insurance or something- could anyone recommend me anything?

What do car insurance companies have access to?

my friend was trying to tell me what he did to get him cheaper insurance.... he lied through his teeth so do insurance companies in Canada have access to the following: marriage status medical records where you live if you have kids security on house and car driving records and what other info do they have access to because my friend said he lied about all that and pays cheap insurance now

What is the average cost of health insurance?

I'm doing homework and I need some help. What would be the average cost of health insurance for a 27 year old? The monthly cost would be the most helpful.

Car insurance?

I 've gotton two tickets within four months of each other. What are the chances that my car insurance rate will go up and by how much? i live in california and have Mercury Insurance.

Do I have to use my insurance check to fix my car?

someone hit my car and I received a payment from their insurance. Do I have to get my car fixed or not. It's not major damage it's just a broken light and some scratches and they wanted to charge me like a thousand.

How long is a insurance company required to give before they cancel your insurance?

My insurance called me yesterday and informed me that they would be cancelling my insurance because I have rented my house to a group of students. They gave me two weeks to find new insurance before they cut me off. I'm having trouble finding someone who will insure us. If they cut my insurance, my bank will cancel my mortgage, and I guess that means I'd lose the house. Is this insurance company allowed to drop me in this manner. When we got the insurance two months ago there was nobody living in the house, but it was rental insurance. We never lied or anything, we were completely honest through the whole process.""

Cheap car insurance for a young driver...

is there any insurance company who can give me a good deal on my car insurance? (i am hoping to get insured on my mums grande punto) I am getting ridiculous quotes all the time just because I'm an 20 year old male, and being from liverpool probably doesnt help matters either haha. Thanks in advance""

Looking for a good insurance company?

Im barley getting by as it is so i need an insurance company that can help pay for expensive monthly inhalers, and i need dental insurance. But like i said im barley making it as it is, is there anyone out there that is paying for there on plan and what are you paying? Im 19 my moms 55 and we both need coverage. Any suggestions would be really appreciated.""

How much does auto insurance cost per month?

For a couple under 25 yrs of age With a Ford350 and a Mazda cx9

Will i be double paying for house insurance?

I have had a 3 year personal loan on my house with a balloon payment on the end, and i am Re-financing the house to include my taxes/insurance with a conventional 30 year note. I have already paid my 2010 property Tax, and my 2011 house insurance is due March 21st. I am going to the bank today, will i actually have to pay my insurance come March 21st or is that something the bank does?""

Are Esurance insurance rates cheaper in Texas than New Jersey?

I just moved to Texas and would like to know if my rate will be cheaper monthly here. I have heard from people that it is supposed to be but have no definite proof. I also cannot find anything else online.

Auto Insurance coverage -- How much Liability and Medical?

I got a couple of questions about about auto insurance coverage. Namely, what's the best amount of liability and medical coverage to select. 1) For the liability, I know it's wise to get the best liability that one can afford to cover your assets. But how about if one also gets umbrella coverage. For example, if one gets an umbrella coverage at a $2 million limit and the liability limit for the auto insuarance is $300,000 or $500,000, does it make sense to select the $500,000 or is it better to select the $300,000 limit since the umbrella coverage would kick in? 2) for medical, is this redundant coverage and not needed because wouldn't the liability portion also cover medical expenses? Or is it wise to get this, for example, if a passenger is not insured (no health insurance), so the medical part would help out in that case? Thanks.""

Car insurance help!! UK?

I am 28 and JUST passed my test. I want to get either a BMW 3 series or Audi a4. Will my insurance be ridiculously high? Any ideas of prices? Thank you.

Car insurance advice needed for a 17 year old?

As I said in my previous question. I recently bought a Citroen AX 988cc for 500 and paid 2800 insurance for a year. I thought It was really good as all of my mates had paid well over 3000 for their Fiestas etc. I got alot of answers saying I had been ripped off. I would be so happy if you could tell me of a better deal. I called a total of 46 insurance companies, and used comparison websites on a variety of insurance group 1 cars. And this was the very cheapest I could find. Initially Iwanted a VW Golf. (Not the GTI Version) But I was quoted 9000 a year, not bad but I dont earn that much yet. I have 3 jobs but all are minumum wage. (6-10am, 10am-6pm, 7pm-11.20pm). Could you give me a better deal. Where to go, what other car would be cheaper, and general advice on getting it as cheap as olot of people in my previous question told me they got it. Thanks.""

What would the insurance quote for a Chevy silverado 1500 1995 be?

ive looked at the insurance sites and they want all my information i just need a estimate for my truck please help i dont want to enter all my information

How much does it cost to insure a 2003 hyundai accent 4 door?

How much does it cost to insure a 2003 hyundai accent 4 door?

In California what is traffic school for? Will my insurance still increase?

I am 19 and got a speeding ticket 85 in a 65 this is my FIRST ticket. I take full responsibility and am ready to accept my consequences. I am not one to drive like that but I was late that day. I know there is no excuse. Soon I am getting my own insurance under my own name. If I take traffic school besides not getting a point on my license will this also prevent insurance increases. If I go to get my insurance will this ticket affect me even though I took traffic school? I live in California and this is my first ticket I am 19 and male.

Do all full times jobs give you health insurance?

I just got a full time job. The guy really didnt say anything about health insurance or any kind of insurance since its full time i was wondering if i get it? its about $9.00 an hours. not sure if that helps any tho

Do you buy insurance before buying a motorcycle?

which comes first?

I have a Mazda 6 ... whats the cheapest Car insurance I should get for it? per month?

What's the cheapest car insurance to get on a Mazda 6...2008? Expected Monthly payments, ect. I am currently at 70/month... with Allstate but I wanted to know if there was a cheaper service out there.""

I just got my car but it needs a few things for it to be awesome how much will this cost me?

For my graduation present my dad got me a car! Its pretty cool and it runs well but it needs a few things for it to be to my liking, they arent needs just wants that i plan to pay for but i have no idea how much they would all cost. Ok so i can give u a good image in your head its a green Daewoo, Nubria and its year is 2000 so i hope with this info youll know how to answer my question. 1) Air conditioner. if u look at the inside you would see the air conditioner and u would think that if u turn it on it would work but it doesnt so i need to get that fixed especially in a state like ARIZONA where its always hot lol 2) New radio. I need one installed bcuz the one it has in there doesnt have sound and u need a code to use it. 3)Wheels and Rims. It has wheels but no rims and i kinda want new wheels lol whats a good size wheels for this type of car and what kind of rims should i buy is there rims for this type of car with the daewoo symbol? 4) Paint job. Ok so this is important my car is a dark green like spinach leaves lol i like it but it has white scratches all over the left and right side and the roof looks pretty worn out so i want it to be spray painted you know like in pimp my ride lol idk whats a good reasonable price for that but just write down a good estimate. 5) The front bumper. on your left side of the front bumper you know right below the headlites and the grill its broken and it dangals a little. Its perfect on the right side but scratched up quite a bit. So i want to get this old bumper off and install a new one. how do i go about doing that do i have to order the part or what exactly do i do keep in mind it doesnt have insurance yet but if it did could the insurance company do somehing about that? Ok so thats it thanx for reading and i want this answered in numerical order you know just line them up like this. 1) how much it would cost and a description or extra info i might need to know or consider 2) how much it would cost if i want a new modern radio like the one u can take off and put back on. 3) how much it would cost and all the general info 4) how much it would cost and give your opinion on a cool color to consider for this car 5) how much it would cost and how i would go about doing it Feel free to write as much as you need to on this to get the message across and remember exact prices are great but if u want u can give me estimates. thanx again for taking the time to read this. lol""

Question about Car insurance?

Ok, My husband has a 2000 Ford Ranger and the back drivers side rear window got busted out by a baseball(it was an accident) and he has insurance through Geico, well it says on his comprehension coverage that he has a $500 deductable, so what does that mean? Will we have to pay $500 to get it fixed?""

Do i have to have insurance?

i live with my parents. an my mom told me that our car insurance company says i HAVE to be insured, cause i have access to my parrents cars... can they do that?""

""Wrecked best friends car, no license, I'm uninsured, 18 and terrified! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!!!?""

So, I am 18, and yesterday my cousin was planned to come in from the UK at the Sky Harbor Airport in, Arizona. On my way there I was driving at a close speed limit of 50, speed limit was 45, approaching a red light, I was slowing down, when something abruptly ran across the road, close to the car, causing me to slam on the breaks, losing control of the wheel, and I tumbled 4 times over the street, busting the side window, scraping some paint, and cracking the windshield. Thankfully, I was not hurt, no neck, back, leg, or any body injuries for that matter. The police was near by, so helped me out, firefighters took care of me, to make sure I was okay. And then the report happened. I told them the honest truth, they said that I won't be arrested, or given a ticket, but I do have to go to court to prove I had no insurance. I don't know what to do, I know it was completely idiotic driving without a license, and no permit, with no insurance, but my friend has insurance on the car. I have the police report, and I don't know what I have to do, but I will help him with anything as this is my best friend, and I am not straying away from this situation. Will his insurance cover this? Do I look okay is this situation? PLEASEEEE! Someone help me! I'm desperate for advice, I've definitely learned my lesson, and I have no family here in Arizona as they are all in Georgia, I am here for school at ASU, please tell me his insurance will cover this!""

Would it be cheaper to insure honda civic or honda accord?

I'm talking about general prices for each of them, I'm thinking accord is cheaper because its cheaper and non sporty and a family sedan can anyone tell me how much they pay for their inusrances?""

How much would my tickets be?

I was driving 60 in a 45 and didn't have a copy of my insurance in the car (it was expired). I do have legal insurance but it's at home. So I got two pieces of paper. One for insurance and one for speeding. What can the costs be? I'm 19 and this is the first time I have gotten a ticket/citation (And I get two together, how lucky?). All I need to know is that how much are they worth?""

Average car insurance for new driver?

I'm 16 and I can get my liscence sooon... but I need to pay for car insurance... how much on average will I be paying for a 1996 camry?

Will my insurance increase of I get a body kit.? ?

Im planning on getting a 1.4 pug 106 and I was going to get a DIMMA kit for it and 205 gti alloys. Will my insurance go up..?

About how much would auto insurance be a month for a beginning teen driver?

I know your not going to be able to give an exact price. I just need a legitimate number. I'm 16, and just fully paid for a nice car on CL. So I do fully own it if that helps the price any. Just an estimated number per month please.""

Car insurance?

I 've gotton two tickets within four months of each other. What are the chances that my car insurance rate will go up and by how much? i live in california and have Mercury Insurance.

""For my first car, what engine size and car do you recommend I get?""

What engine size do you recommend I get? Is a 1.4 liter a lot for a first car? Also, I understand the fact the bigger the engine, the higher the insurance will cost, but since I know nothing about cars I do not really know about all this engine size stuff. Also, apart from insurance, I understand about road tax and MOT, can you tell me how often I need to have an MOT and how much it costs? Thanks.""

Classic Car Insurance?

If I bought an 80's car, but my parents were the policy holder for the classic car insurance quote, and I am only 18... would I be able to be a named driver? (because you have to be over 21 to qualify for classic car insurance) Also... is this even legal? Thanks""

How much is car insurance for a teen?

I'm 16,I have a 2002 Camaro SS,I live in Las Vegas,Nevada.(don't stalk me lol).My dad has Geico insurance.What else do you need to know?""

Should the owner keeps the refund on new insurance?

I changed my homeowner insurance and the old company sent me a refund. Should I keep the refund or apply it to the new policy?

Does Obama really believe his comparison between auto insurance and health insurance is legitimate?

Even W sees the holes in that argument. Is Obama trying to fool the least of us ?

Car insurance trying to be cheap on repairs?

I was recently in a car accident. The other driver T boned me and he's at fault. I have my car towed to a certified BMW repair shop. The insurance adjuster assessed my car and approve the repairs.I later found out that they are going to repair my car with piece meal parts from used car from a junk yard. Half a door and part of the frame will be welded. Is this acceptable? BMW said it will not fit there standards but it is what the insurance paid for. Is the insurance trying to cheat me or is this standard practice? Do I have any say on this? Should I get a lawyer?

Esurance insurance question?

Hi, I was looking into getting car insurance, and Esurance gave me a great quote for NYC. Can any one share any experiences with them, I wanna know what kind of company they are, how they deal with claims, and just over all how the company is. Any help would be appreaciated. Ty""

Car insurance question?

if my tires got slashed and i called my insurance company, will they put a point on my record?""

Where can i find cheap auto insurance?

I am 18, almost 19""

Can you have your name on the insurance if you dont live at the same address?

I am looking at car insurance, if i do it under my name it will set me back about 2,000 to 2,500. If its under my mothers name, but I am down as the MAIN driver it will cost me about 700 - 1,000. Can my mum legally be the insurance holder if she lives at a different address? I don't want to commit fraud""

Car insurance for 4 months.?

I'm going to uni in 4 months but my mum is planning to buy a car. I'll be the main driver for the 4 months prior to uni and after that it will be my mum's car and I won't be driving it at all. How would I go about getting insurance for this situation?

Can My brother and I go under the same car insurance?

Can I get my name in his car too? In other words, could we both have our name under the insurance? Would this raise insurance? What would happen if one of us wrecks it?""

""I have taken out car insurance last month,i have found a cheaper insurance,i want to find out if i can cancel ?""

my previous insurance,i took it out on installments""

Cheap auto insurance?

Ok im 18 with a lience and my papa is thinking of giving me his ford f 150. wat is a super cheap insureance i can get? i dont need all the extra ****. and legally do i even need insurance??

How much roughly will it cost me to get insure on a Volkswagen Golf?

I'm a 17 year old boy, just wanting a ROUGH ESTIMATE on how much it will cost me to get insured on a Volkswagen Golf 1.8 litre.""

How much should I be looking for to pay for car insurance?

Its a 98 ford escort with 127,000 miles and it has a salvage title""

Are 100% of Americans insured with medical/dental insurance?

Bet not and do they pay their medical bills? NOOOOOOOOO!!!

""Generally speaking, what's the cheapest auto insurance you could get?""

Generally speaking, what's the cheapest auto insurance you could get?""

How much could be the average insurance for a SMART car?

How much could be the average insurance for a SMART car?

Why does the insurance cost more for a higher litre engine?

I know a higher litre engine can obtain more air and fuel in its cylinders but why does this change the insurance price , is it because faster cars have higher litre engines""

California low cost health insurance?

i need an innsurance with a low cost monthly fee.. i just need it for birth control. i dont want to pay full price it gets pricy please let me know of some good ones that you have experience with

Car insurance help!! UK?

I am 28 and JUST passed my test. I want to get either a BMW 3 series or Audi a4. Will my insurance be ridiculously high? Any ideas of prices? Thank you.

Motorcycle insurance question?

I recently had an accident on my 2003 Harley Davidson. It is essentially totaled. How much on average will my insurance cover. I have relatively good insurance. Just wondering what you thought.

Car insurance by age.?

1. How much is the average payment on car insurance every month for someone who is 21 years of age? 2. Is it cheaper on your insurance to buy an old car or, is it just better to buy a fairly new one?""

If a car audio system is stolen will regular car insurance cover it?

I live in the suburbs of Missouri where i am not very worried about my car audio system being stolen but i was wondering if something was to happen to it would my regular monthly car insurance cover it? Or is there a additional fee? Should i waste 300$ on a alarm? Or do i already have insurance for my system because im paying car insurance? Because my subs box and amp only are 1000$ plus all the other stuff i have. If im not covered is it even worth paying it? How can i prevent it from being stolen like screw it to the floor board? Basically im paranoided about it being stolen! Give me tips! Thanks!

Car insurance?

I 've gotton two tickets within four months of each other. What are the chances that my car insurance rate will go up and by how much? i live in california and have Mercury Insurance.

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Premier League: 10 things to look out for in Boxing Day and holiday fixtures

Leicester hope to party like its 1963, Liverpool must find a way to stop Joe Allen tallying and it is eight years since Phil Browns notorious Hull City team talk

1) Leicester without Vardy aim to defendant like its 1963

Every year for more than half a century kinfolks have been hoping for a repeat of the Boxing Day fun of 1963, when the 10 top-flight fixtures caused a record tally of 66 objectives. We cant get an exact repeat of that this year because half of the teams who were in the First Division back then are now in the lower conferences( although, as it happens, Ipswich and Fulham are meeting in the Championship this Boxing Day so Mick McCarthy could point to progress if his team work better than the 10 -1 demolish that Jackie Milburns side suffered against Fulham in 63 ). But this years Boxing Day fixture roster has thrown up an identical pairing to the 63 planned, as Leicester host Everton. Back then, Everton, rather than Leicester, were the defending champions and they lost 2-0 in what turned out to be the lowest tallying accord on that record-breaking date. Both Leicesters points were scored by Ken Keyworth, who we are going to describe as the Jamie Vardy of his time if we can also stipulates that we are just necessitate he was his crews most prolific striker. Vardy, judgment you, has not been prolific this season but he did score a hat-trick in his last home coincide and would have been hoping to resume where he left off if he had not started and rushed into that undertake on Mame Biram Diouf at Stoke . His expulsion saves Evertons sluggish center apology from having to cope with his hasten, but Shinji Okazaki and Islam Slimani could pose different objections. Leicester could find their other danglings more problematic: the association did not draft adequate defensive comprise in the summer so the absences of Robert Huth and Christian Fuchs generate Everton an opportunity to recover from their Merseyside derby disappointment and retaliate the defeat of 63. PD

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2) The omen are good for Liverpool against Stoke

This is this years other recite of the 1963 Boxing Day planned, or rather it would have been if this years coincide has not been able to been pushed back to 27 December. Fifty-three years ago a 6-1 residence succes over Stoke helped Liverpool on their style to their first top-flight entitlement in more than two decades and, eventually, a splendid period of domestic preeminence. The similarities are obvious. Right? Well, makes witness what Joe Allen has to say about that. The Welshman returns to Anfield in splendid, free-scoring structure and will undoubtedly be instrumental in Stokes attempt to gain their first league acquire at Liverpool since 1959. But Glen Johnson could be even more important, and so too will Bruno Martins Indi, who has become the fulcrum of Stokes defence since to intervene in the fraternity in the summer, especially with Ryan Shawcross still apparently struggling for maximum fitness. Meanwhile, if Daniel Sturridge is capable of lasting 90 times, then he should start for Liverpool in place of Roberto Firmino, who has examined in serious need of a remainder in recent activities. PD

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Daniel Sturridge could return to the Liverpool starting lineup. Photograph: John Powell/ Liverpool FC via Getty Images

3) Arsenal and West Brom hope not to fuel old-fashioned arguments

For a while it looked like this, at last, “wouldve been” the season of goodwill towards Arsne Wenger. But then his team lost two tough away competitors in a row and lo, Arsenal love will again spend Christmas Day bickering about their manager and the direction he plays his version of monopoly. The second half of Wengers reign at Arsenal has not really about property development, there has also been some squad house, but the issues to remains as to whether the manager has laid sturdy enough mental feet. Beating West Bromwich Albion at home would not resolve that debate but it would at least give Arsenal fans the gift of momentary pause from in-fighting. Back in 1963 the squabbling was all in the West Brom camp before their Boxing Day meeting with north London adversaries: their musicians went on impres in the run-up to the game in protest against being told by their manager, Jimmy Hagan, that they were required to qualify for it in shorts despite the freakishly cold weather( it is not clear whether the freezing maladies likewise stopped naked headbutting but Hagan eventually reached an understanding with the players, who went on to draw 4-4 with Spurs ). The most recent past provisions a better arrow for West Broms see to the Emirates, of course. And judging by West Broms approaches to their large-hearted away tournaments so far this season, we can count on Pulis trying to make this a difficult match for Arsenal and a harrowing watch for everyone. PD

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4) Moyes and co could realize life difficult for Manchester United

Let us stop with the 1963 similarities now. In knowledge, let us not mention the past at all, lest we bring a tear to the eye of David Moyes. But if “were supposed to” mention the Scots previous events at Old Trafford, let us concentrate on the winnings he enjoyed there during his 11 years as Everton manager. Eh? Oh well. Tell you what, give us exactly look back to Sunderlands jubilant last coincide, a 1-0 succes over Watford motivated by Adnan Januzaj , who, alas, is ineligible for the forthcoming equal against his parent association. Poor Moyes cannot catch a terminate when Old Trafford is committed. But his occupation is to reach his own luck no matter the feeble side he is dealt, and on Monday that will entail choosing a suitable substitution for Januzaj. Hazards are Moyes will plump for John OShea. Dont laugh! The Irishman did well in a back three when Sunderland prepared life tough for Chelsea a fortnight ago and redeploying that structure seems like Moyess better hazard of inflicting squalor on Manchester United backers, again. PD

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5) Remember of Brown team talk furnish light-footed aid to stern test

It is accurately eight years since Hull satisfied Manchester City on Boxing Day 2008 and Phil Brown memorably extradited his half-time squad talk on the lurch, with his team already 4-0 down. I thought it was nice and cold and I saw I would keep the sons alive since they are searched as if they were dead, he articulated, and the novel move kind of toiled they outlined the second half 1-1, and video games pointed 5-1. City were in the bottom three at the time, while Hull were sixth; by seasons culminate City were 10 th and Hull, who prevailed only one more league recreation, scaped relegation by a extent. Manchester City, who at the time had not finished in the top four since 1978, have just been failed to do so formerly since, when they came fifth in 2010. The knee trauma preserved by Pablo Zabaleta in the win over Arsenal means that no survivors of the 2008 activity will appear in this one Vincent Kompany and Joe Hart also played that day and are still on Citys payroll but Hull may find their enterprise is no less formidable. SB

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6) Carroll could have a whale of a time in Swansea

Swansea have been so ghoulish away no, that is not the right parole s o silly away that it is easy to forget that they have been relatively fearsome in their last-place two dwelling coincides, beating both Crystal Palace and Sunderland. So they are certainly capable of thumping West Ham. But that does not seem likely, as Slaven Bilics side have shown evidence of tightening up in recent activities and, in Andy Carroll, have a forwards who could wreak havoc against the softest central defence in the Premier League( again ). PD

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Andy Carroll readies himself for Swansea City. Image: Avril Husband/ West Ham United via Getty Images

7) When will Contes Chelsea stop winning?

With Diego Costa and NGolo Kant postponed, is the end nigh for Chelseas acquiring loped? Michy Batshuayi hopes not. Costas one-match censor holds the Belgian striker, for whom Chelsea paid 33 m in the summer, an opportunity to prove his worth. It is up to Bournemouth, meanwhile, had demonstrated that without Kants protection Chelseas defence is far more vulnerable. Bournemouth ought to have wobbly on the road so far this season but they prevailed at Stamford Bridge last-place word and Eddie Howe, and fans of a close entitle race, would welcome a repetition of that outcome this year. PD

Conte targets Bakayoko and Sidib after 60 m Oscar windfall Chelsea to rebuff loan volunteers for deputy striker Batshuayi

8) A gather of forestalling finishers at St Marys

Forget about Mauricio Pochettino: what these support team have in common is an infuriating wastefulness. Both create a lot of chances, both tend to miss the majority of members of them. Southampton established signals of improvement in their last parallel, that 3-1 winning at Bournemouth , when they made a sharpness that they had often shortfall. They will probably need to produce that again, and repeat the severity and speeding they depicted at Bournemouth, if they are to foist a third subsequent away defeat on Tottenham Hotspur. PD

Lloris signalings new contract to 2022 taking him to age 35 The changing look of White Hart Lane in envisions

Tottenham Hotspurs Son Heung-min misses an opportunity against Burnley at White Hart Lane. Photo: Ian Kington/ AFP/ Getty Images

9) Palace seek to stop away decompose at Vicarage Road

Three demolishes in their last-place four recreations have looked Watford slip from seventh to 12 th, but if the feeling of uneasily looking over their shoulders is an disagreeable originality to them, it has become regrettably familiar to a Palace side which, after losing eight of their last-place 10 tournament plays( aggregate score 14 -2 4) and sacking Alan Pardew, could drop into the bottom three for the first time since August should they lose at Vicarage Road. Last years 1-0 acquire there called during that part of Pardews tenure when Palace was most impressive away from home it was their 11 th win in 14 away competitions and although they required a second-half sanction to assure it, their supremacy was gently evident throughout. Afterwards Pardew talked happily about how his back were inherently suited to success on their wanders weve get good musicians for an away team because weve get tempo but though they have not forgotten how to sprint, more recently their running away from dwelling has sometimes been of the headless chicken smorgasbord. Discus of scampers, they return on one of two success in their last-place 19 away competitions, and three in the last calendar year. And their away fixtures are not going to get any easier: they have already saw every other member of the bottom seven( they are the only unit yet to have hosted any member of that group ). With Pardew led, the time has come for a return to triumphing aways. SB

Middlesbrough to rival Palace in pursuit of Villas Gestede Palace sack manager Pardew after disastrous operate of results

10) Home consolations clothing Defour as Burnley face big week

Since half-time in the televised 4-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion last month, which he started, Burnley have played 315 hours( plus strikes) of football away from Turf Moor and Steven Defour has been on the pitch for six of them. The Belgian had nevertheless started every home competition he has been available for this season, and is likely to return to the team for the visit of Middlesbrough, the first of two crucial-looking dwelling activities for the Clarets over the holiday period, with Sunderland due on New Years Eve. Thrown that they have won 16 spots at home and precisely one away, it could be argued that Burnley only really play when on their own floor, but in Defours case it is literally true-life. There has furthermore been a statistical decline in his recitals: there used to be three assists and one bright destination in his first five figures, but none of either in his last seven. Sean Dyche has said that Defour is yet to adapt to the English game. Its a different tour through the Premier League. Its physical, its tight, he told the Lancashire Telegraph last week. Ive assured him play at Anderlecht, its a different ball game there. Its slow, its methodical, with pockets of good tempo. The Premier League is hard and fast and the stats is proof that. Its find the appropriate balance to him understanding the americans and understanding the Premier League. Word from Belgium is that the participate is becoming frustrated with life in England, but active involvement in the next weeks two critical fixtures could help induce his a happier brand-new time. SB

Barton back at Burnley and in the last-chance saloon

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Leicester hope to party like its 1963, Liverpool must find a way to stop Joe Allen tallying and it is eight years since Phil Browns notorious Hull City team talk

1) Leicester without Vardy aim to defendant like its 1963

Every year for more than half a century kinfolks have been hoping for a repeat of the Boxing Day fun of 1963, when the 10 top-flight fixtures caused a record tally of 66 objectives. We cant get an exact repeat of that this year because half of the teams who were in the First Division back then are now in the lower conferences( although, as it happens, Ipswich and Fulham are meeting in the Championship this Boxing Day so Mick McCarthy could point to progress if his team work better than the 10 -1 demolish that Jackie Milburns side suffered against Fulham in 63 ). But this years Boxing Day fixture roster has thrown up an identical pairing to the 63 planned, as Leicester host Everton. Back then, Everton, rather than Leicester, were the defending champions and they lost 2-0 in what turned out to be the lowest tallying accord on that record-breaking date. Both Leicesters points were scored by Ken Keyworth, who we are going to describe as the Jamie Vardy of his time if we can also stipulates that we are just necessitate he was his crews most prolific striker. Vardy, judgment you, has not been prolific this season but he did score a hat-trick in his last home coincide and would have been hoping to resume where he left off if he had not started and rushed into that undertake on Mame Biram Diouf at Stoke . His expulsion saves Evertons sluggish center apology from having to cope with his hasten, but Shinji Okazaki and Islam Slimani could pose different objections. Leicester could find their other danglings more problematic: the association did not draft adequate defensive comprise in the summer so the absences of Robert Huth and Christian Fuchs generate Everton an opportunity to recover from their Merseyside derby disappointment and retaliate the defeat of 63. PD

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2) The omen are good for Liverpool against Stoke

This is this years other recite of the 1963 Boxing Day planned, or rather it would have been if this years coincide has not been able to been pushed back to 27 December. Fifty-three years ago a 6-1 residence succes over Stoke helped Liverpool on their style to their first top-flight entitlement in more than two decades and, eventually, a splendid period of domestic preeminence. The similarities are obvious. Right? Well, makes witness what Joe Allen has to say about that. The Welshman returns to Anfield in splendid, free-scoring structure and will undoubtedly be instrumental in Stokes attempt to gain their first league acquire at Liverpool since 1959. But Glen Johnson could be even more important, and so too will Bruno Martins Indi, who has become the fulcrum of Stokes defence since to intervene in the fraternity in the summer, especially with Ryan Shawcross still apparently struggling for maximum fitness. Meanwhile, if Daniel Sturridge is capable of lasting 90 times, then he should start for Liverpool in place of Roberto Firmino, who has examined in serious need of a remainder in recent activities. PD

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Daniel Sturridge could return to the Liverpool starting lineup. Photograph: John Powell/ Liverpool FC via Getty Images

3) Arsenal and West Brom hope not to fuel old-fashioned arguments

For a while it looked like this, at last, “wouldve been” the season of goodwill towards Arsne Wenger. But then his team lost two tough away competitors in a row and lo, Arsenal love will again spend Christmas Day bickering about their manager and the direction he plays his version of monopoly. The second half of Wengers reign at Arsenal has not really about property development, there has also been some squad house, but the issues to remains as to whether the manager has laid sturdy enough mental feet. Beating West Bromwich Albion at home would not resolve that debate but it would at least give Arsenal fans the gift of momentary pause from in-fighting. Back in 1963 the squabbling was all in the West Brom camp before their Boxing Day meeting with north London adversaries: their musicians went on impres in the run-up to the game in protest against being told by their manager, Jimmy Hagan, that they were required to qualify for it in shorts despite the freakishly cold weather( it is not clear whether the freezing maladies likewise stopped naked headbutting but Hagan eventually reached an understanding with the players, who went on to draw 4-4 with Spurs ). The most recent past provisions a better arrow for West Broms see to the Emirates, of course. And judging by West Broms approaches to their large-hearted away tournaments so far this season, we can count on Pulis trying to make this a difficult match for Arsenal and a harrowing watch for everyone. PD

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4) Moyes and co could realize life difficult for Manchester United

Let us stop with the 1963 similarities now. In knowledge, let us not mention the past at all, lest we bring a tear to the eye of David Moyes. But if “were supposed to” mention the Scots previous events at Old Trafford, let us concentrate on the winnings he enjoyed there during his 11 years as Everton manager. Eh? Oh well. Tell you what, give us exactly look back to Sunderlands jubilant last coincide, a 1-0 succes over Watford motivated by Adnan Januzaj , who, alas, is ineligible for the forthcoming equal against his parent association. Poor Moyes cannot catch a terminate when Old Trafford is committed. But his occupation is to reach his own luck no matter the feeble side he is dealt, and on Monday that will entail choosing a suitable substitution for Januzaj. Hazards are Moyes will plump for John OShea. Dont laugh! The Irishman did well in a back three when Sunderland prepared life tough for Chelsea a fortnight ago and redeploying that structure seems like Moyess better hazard of inflicting squalor on Manchester United backers, again. PD

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5) Remember of Brown team talk furnish light-footed aid to stern test

It is accurately eight years since Hull satisfied Manchester City on Boxing Day 2008 and Phil Brown memorably extradited his half-time squad talk on the lurch, with his team already 4-0 down. I thought it was nice and cold and I saw I would keep the sons alive since they are searched as if they were dead, he articulated, and the novel move kind of toiled they outlined the second half 1-1, and video games pointed 5-1. City were in the bottom three at the time, while Hull were sixth; by seasons culminate City were 10 th and Hull, who prevailed only one more league recreation, scaped relegation by a extent. Manchester City, who at the time had not finished in the top four since 1978, have just been failed to do so formerly since, when they came fifth in 2010. The knee trauma preserved by Pablo Zabaleta in the win over Arsenal means that no survivors of the 2008 activity will appear in this one Vincent Kompany and Joe Hart also played that day and are still on Citys payroll but Hull may find their enterprise is no less formidable. SB

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6) Carroll could have a whale of a time in Swansea

Swansea have been so ghoulish away no, that is not the right parole s o silly away that it is easy to forget that they have been relatively fearsome in their last-place two dwelling coincides, beating both Crystal Palace and Sunderland. So they are certainly capable of thumping West Ham. But that does not seem likely, as Slaven Bilics side have shown evidence of tightening up in recent activities and, in Andy Carroll, have a forwards who could wreak havoc against the softest central defence in the Premier League( again ). PD

West Ham do not want to sell units top player Payet, mentions Bilic

Andy Carroll readies himself for Swansea City. Image: Avril Husband/ West Ham United via Getty Images

7) When will Contes Chelsea stop winning?

With Diego Costa and NGolo Kant postponed, is the end nigh for Chelseas acquiring loped? Michy Batshuayi hopes not. Costas one-match censor holds the Belgian striker, for whom Chelsea paid 33 m in the summer, an opportunity to prove his worth. It is up to Bournemouth, meanwhile, had demonstrated that without Kants protection Chelseas defence is far more vulnerable. Bournemouth ought to have wobbly on the road so far this season but they prevailed at Stamford Bridge last-place word and Eddie Howe, and fans of a close entitle race, would welcome a repetition of that outcome this year. PD

Conte targets Bakayoko and Sidib after 60 m Oscar windfall Chelsea to rebuff loan volunteers for deputy striker Batshuayi

8) A gather of forestalling finishers at St Marys

Forget about Mauricio Pochettino: what these support team have in common is an infuriating wastefulness. Both create a lot of chances, both tend to miss the majority of members of them. Southampton established signals of improvement in their last parallel, that 3-1 winning at Bournemouth , when they made a sharpness that they had often shortfall. They will probably need to produce that again, and repeat the severity and speeding they depicted at Bournemouth, if they are to foist a third subsequent away defeat on Tottenham Hotspur. PD

Lloris signalings new contract to 2022 taking him to age 35 The changing look of White Hart Lane in envisions

Tottenham Hotspurs Son Heung-min misses an opportunity against Burnley at White Hart Lane. Photo: Ian Kington/ AFP/ Getty Images

9) Palace seek to stop away decompose at Vicarage Road

Three demolishes in their last-place four recreations have looked Watford slip from seventh to 12 th, but if the feeling of uneasily looking over their shoulders is an disagreeable originality to them, it has become regrettably familiar to a Palace side which, after losing eight of their last-place 10 tournament plays( aggregate score 14 -2 4) and sacking Alan Pardew, could drop into the bottom three for the first time since August should they lose at Vicarage Road. Last years 1-0 acquire there called during that part of Pardews tenure when Palace was most impressive away from home it was their 11 th win in 14 away competitions and although they required a second-half sanction to assure it, their supremacy was gently evident throughout. Afterwards Pardew talked happily about how his back were inherently suited to success on their wanders weve get good musicians for an away team because weve get tempo but though they have not forgotten how to sprint, more recently their running away from dwelling has sometimes been of the headless chicken smorgasbord. Discus of scampers, they return on one of two success in their last-place 19 away competitions, and three in the last calendar year. And their away fixtures are not going to get any easier: they have already saw every other member of the bottom seven( they are the only unit yet to have hosted any member of that group ). With Pardew led, the time has come for a return to triumphing aways. SB

Middlesbrough to rival Palace in pursuit of Villas Gestede Palace sack manager Pardew after disastrous operate of results

10) Home consolations clothing Defour as Burnley face big week

Since half-time in the televised 4-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion last month, which he started, Burnley have played 315 hours( plus strikes) of football away from Turf Moor and Steven Defour has been on the pitch for six of them. The Belgian had nevertheless started every home competition he has been available for this season, and is likely to return to the team for the visit of Middlesbrough, the first of two crucial-looking dwelling activities for the Clarets over the holiday period, with Sunderland due on New Years Eve. Thrown that they have won 16 spots at home and precisely one away, it could be argued that Burnley only really play when on their own floor, but in Defours case it is literally true-life. There has furthermore been a statistical decline in his recitals: there used to be three assists and one bright destination in his first five figures, but none of either in his last seven. Sean Dyche has said that Defour is yet to adapt to the English game. Its a different tour through the Premier League. Its physical, its tight, he told the Lancashire Telegraph last week. Ive assured him play at Anderlecht, its a different ball game there. Its slow, its methodical, with pockets of good tempo. The Premier League is hard and fast and the stats is proof that. Its find the appropriate balance to him understanding the americans and understanding the Premier League. Word from Belgium is that the participate is becoming frustrated with life in England, but active involvement in the next weeks two critical fixtures could help induce his a happier brand-new time. SB

Barton back at Burnley and in the last-chance saloon

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Leicester hope to party like its 1963, Liverpool must find a way to stop Joe Allen tallying and it is eight years since Phil Browns notorious Hull City team talk

1) Leicester without Vardy aim to defendant like its 1963

Every year for more than half a century kinfolks have been hoping for a repeat of the Boxing Day fun of 1963, when the 10 top-flight fixtures caused a record tally of 66 objectives. We cant get an exact repeat of that this year because half of the teams who were in the First Division back then are now in the lower conferences( although, as it happens, Ipswich and Fulham are meeting in the Championship this Boxing Day so Mick McCarthy could point to progress if his team work better than the 10 -1 demolish that Jackie Milburns side suffered against Fulham in 63 ). But this years Boxing Day fixture roster has thrown up an identical pairing to the 63 planned, as Leicester host Everton. Back then, Everton, rather than Leicester, were the defending champions and they lost 2-0 in what turned out to be the lowest tallying accord on that record-breaking date. Both Leicesters points were scored by Ken Keyworth, who we are going to describe as the Jamie Vardy of his time if we can also stipulates that we are just necessitate he was his crews most prolific striker. Vardy, judgment you, has not been prolific this season but he did score a hat-trick in his last home coincide and would have been hoping to resume where he left off if he had not started and rushed into that undertake on Mame Biram Diouf at Stoke . His expulsion saves Evertons sluggish center apology from having to cope with his hasten, but Shinji Okazaki and Islam Slimani could pose different objections. Leicester could find their other danglings more problematic: the association did not draft adequate defensive comprise in the summer so the absences of Robert Huth and Christian Fuchs generate Everton an opportunity to recover from their Merseyside derby disappointment and retaliate the defeat of 63. PD

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2) The omen are good for Liverpool against Stoke

This is this years other recite of the 1963 Boxing Day planned, or rather it would have been if this years coincide has not been able to been pushed back to 27 December. Fifty-three years ago a 6-1 residence succes over Stoke helped Liverpool on their style to their first top-flight entitlement in more than two decades and, eventually, a splendid period of domestic preeminence. The similarities are obvious. Right? Well, makes witness what Joe Allen has to say about that. The Welshman returns to Anfield in splendid, free-scoring structure and will undoubtedly be instrumental in Stokes attempt to gain their first league acquire at Liverpool since 1959. But Glen Johnson could be even more important, and so too will Bruno Martins Indi, who has become the fulcrum of Stokes defence since to intervene in the fraternity in the summer, especially with Ryan Shawcross still apparently struggling for maximum fitness. Meanwhile, if Daniel Sturridge is capable of lasting 90 times, then he should start for Liverpool in place of Roberto Firmino, who has examined in serious need of a remainder in recent activities. PD

Liverpools Man will leader to Gabon with a heavy heart Klopp accolades Sturridge for helping Liverpool to derby succes

Daniel Sturridge could return to the Liverpool starting lineup. Photograph: John Powell/ Liverpool FC via Getty Images

3) Arsenal and West Brom hope not to fuel old-fashioned arguments

For a while it looked like this, at last, “wouldve been” the season of goodwill towards Arsne Wenger. But then his team lost two tough away competitors in a row and lo, Arsenal love will again spend Christmas Day bickering about their manager and the direction he plays his version of monopoly. The second half of Wengers reign at Arsenal has not really about property development, there has also been some squad house, but the issues to remains as to whether the manager has laid sturdy enough mental feet. Beating West Bromwich Albion at home would not resolve that debate but it would at least give Arsenal fans the gift of momentary pause from in-fighting. Back in 1963 the squabbling was all in the West Brom camp before their Boxing Day meeting with north London adversaries: their musicians went on impres in the run-up to the game in protest against being told by their manager, Jimmy Hagan, that they were required to qualify for it in shorts despite the freakishly cold weather( it is not clear whether the freezing maladies likewise stopped naked headbutting but Hagan eventually reached an understanding with the players, who went on to draw 4-4 with Spurs ). The most recent past provisions a better arrow for West Broms see to the Emirates, of course. And judging by West Broms approaches to their large-hearted away tournaments so far this season, we can count on Pulis trying to make this a difficult match for Arsenal and a harrowing watch for everyone. PD

zil acquires owned more than you are able to imagine

4) Moyes and co could realize life difficult for Manchester United

Let us stop with the 1963 similarities now. In knowledge, let us not mention the past at all, lest we bring a tear to the eye of David Moyes. But if “were supposed to” mention the Scots previous events at Old Trafford, let us concentrate on the winnings he enjoyed there during his 11 years as Everton manager. Eh? Oh well. Tell you what, give us exactly look back to Sunderlands jubilant last coincide, a 1-0 succes over Watford motivated by Adnan Januzaj , who, alas, is ineligible for the forthcoming equal against his parent association. Poor Moyes cannot catch a terminate when Old Trafford is committed. But his occupation is to reach his own luck no matter the feeble side he is dealt, and on Monday that will entail choosing a suitable substitution for Januzaj. Hazards are Moyes will plump for John OShea. Dont laugh! The Irishman did well in a back three when Sunderland prepared life tough for Chelsea a fortnight ago and redeploying that structure seems like Moyess better hazard of inflicting squalor on Manchester United backers, again. PD

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5) Remember of Brown team talk furnish light-footed aid to stern test

It is accurately eight years since Hull satisfied Manchester City on Boxing Day 2008 and Phil Brown memorably extradited his half-time squad talk on the lurch, with his team already 4-0 down. I thought it was nice and cold and I saw I would keep the sons alive since they are searched as if they were dead, he articulated, and the novel move kind of toiled they outlined the second half 1-1, and video games pointed 5-1. City were in the bottom three at the time, while Hull were sixth; by seasons culminate City were 10 th and Hull, who prevailed only one more league recreation, scaped relegation by a extent. Manchester City, who at the time had not finished in the top four since 1978, have just been failed to do so formerly since, when they came fifth in 2010. The knee trauma preserved by Pablo Zabaleta in the win over Arsenal means that no survivors of the 2008 activity will appear in this one Vincent Kompany and Joe Hart also played that day and are still on Citys payroll but Hull may find their enterprise is no less formidable. SB

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6) Carroll could have a whale of a time in Swansea

Swansea have been so ghoulish away no, that is not the right parole s o silly away that it is easy to forget that they have been relatively fearsome in their last-place two dwelling coincides, beating both Crystal Palace and Sunderland. So they are certainly capable of thumping West Ham. But that does not seem likely, as Slaven Bilics side have shown evidence of tightening up in recent activities and, in Andy Carroll, have a forwards who could wreak havoc against the softest central defence in the Premier League( again ). PD

West Ham do not want to sell units top player Payet, mentions Bilic

Andy Carroll readies himself for Swansea City. Image: Avril Husband/ West Ham United via Getty Images

7) When will Contes Chelsea stop winning?

With Diego Costa and NGolo Kant postponed, is the end nigh for Chelseas acquiring loped? Michy Batshuayi hopes not. Costas one-match censor holds the Belgian striker, for whom Chelsea paid 33 m in the summer, an opportunity to prove his worth. It is up to Bournemouth, meanwhile, had demonstrated that without Kants protection Chelseas defence is far more vulnerable. Bournemouth ought to have wobbly on the road so far this season but they prevailed at Stamford Bridge last-place word and Eddie Howe, and fans of a close entitle race, would welcome a repetition of that outcome this year. PD

Conte targets Bakayoko and Sidib after 60 m Oscar windfall Chelsea to rebuff loan volunteers for deputy striker Batshuayi

8) A gather of forestalling finishers at St Marys

Forget about Mauricio Pochettino: what these support team have in common is an infuriating wastefulness. Both create a lot of chances, both tend to miss the majority of members of them. Southampton established signals of improvement in their last parallel, that 3-1 winning at Bournemouth , when they made a sharpness that they had often shortfall. They will probably need to produce that again, and repeat the severity and speeding they depicted at Bournemouth, if they are to foist a third subsequent away defeat on Tottenham Hotspur. PD

Lloris signalings new contract to 2022 taking him to age 35 The changing look of White Hart Lane in envisions

Tottenham Hotspurs Son Heung-min misses an opportunity against Burnley at White Hart Lane. Photo: Ian Kington/ AFP/ Getty Images

9) Palace seek to stop away decompose at Vicarage Road

Three demolishes in their last-place four recreations have looked Watford slip from seventh to 12 th, but if the feeling of uneasily looking over their shoulders is an disagreeable originality to them, it has become regrettably familiar to a Palace side which, after losing eight of their last-place 10 tournament plays( aggregate score 14 -2 4) and sacking Alan Pardew, could drop into the bottom three for the first time since August should they lose at Vicarage Road. Last years 1-0 acquire there called during that part of Pardews tenure when Palace was most impressive away from home it was their 11 th win in 14 away competitions and although they required a second-half sanction to assure it, their supremacy was gently evident throughout. Afterwards Pardew talked happily about how his back were inherently suited to success on their wanders weve get good musicians for an away team because weve get tempo but though they have not forgotten how to sprint, more recently their running away from dwelling has sometimes been of the headless chicken smorgasbord. Discus of scampers, they return on one of two success in their last-place 19 away competitions, and three in the last calendar year. And their away fixtures are not going to get any easier: they have already saw every other member of the bottom seven( they are the only unit yet to have hosted any member of that group ). With Pardew led, the time has come for a return to triumphing aways. SB

Middlesbrough to rival Palace in pursuit of Villas Gestede Palace sack manager Pardew after disastrous operate of results

10) Home consolations clothing Defour as Burnley face big week

Since half-time in the televised 4-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion last month, which he started, Burnley have played 315 hours( plus strikes) of football away from Turf Moor and Steven Defour has been on the pitch for six of them. The Belgian had nevertheless started every home competition he has been available for this season, and is likely to return to the team for the visit of Middlesbrough, the first of two crucial-looking dwelling activities for the Clarets over the holiday period, with Sunderland due on New Years Eve. Thrown that they have won 16 spots at home and precisely one away, it could be argued that Burnley only really play when on their own floor, but in Defours case it is literally true-life. There has furthermore been a statistical decline in his recitals: there used to be three assists and one bright destination in his first five figures, but none of either in his last seven. Sean Dyche has said that Defour is yet to adapt to the English game. Its a different tour through the Premier League. Its physical, its tight, he told the Lancashire Telegraph last week. Ive assured him play at Anderlecht, its a different ball game there. Its slow, its methodical, with pockets of good tempo. The Premier League is hard and fast and the stats is proof that. Its find the appropriate balance to him understanding the americans and understanding the Premier League. Word from Belgium is that the participate is becoming frustrated with life in England, but active involvement in the next weeks two critical fixtures could help induce his a happier brand-new time. SB

Barton back at Burnley and in the last-chance saloon

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