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sharperthewriter · 2 years

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Chapter 2 of the 16th Annual Kim Possible Fannies Awards

Chapter 2 – The Trip

(September 15, 2020, 3:45am)

Kim, Rufus, and Ron were getting ready to go to the Denver International Airport. They had bought tickets a couple weeks prior for their flight to Berlin for Dementor's retirement party. Since their flight was set to leave at six-thirty that morning, they had to leave the house early in anticipation of the long lines plus security.

The couple came out of the house with four suitcases. Ron was wearing a blue button-down shirt, jeans with a belt, and sneakers. Kim was wearing a green button-down blouse with a couple of the top buttons undone, demin Club Banana flare overalls with the left strap hooked, the right strap undone and dangling behind her back with the bib partially flopping, and brown boots. She accessorized the outfit with giant gold hoop earrings, a gold statement necklace with a K initial, two silver necklaces, the CB charm heart bracelet on her left hand and the CB gold ladies watch on her right, and four rings: two on her left hand and two on her right, including the wedding band.

"KPS, you always blend decades nicely!" Ron complimented her attire.

"Why do you say that, Ron?" Kim asked.

"The one strap thing on your flare overalls! It's like...what goes with the 70s and 90s?" Ron said of Kim's fashion creation.

"Like a grunge party at a disco?" Kim guessed right off the bat.

"Yeah, something like that, Kim!" Ron replied. "Is the babysitter going to be here soon?"

Kim looked at her watch.

"She should be here right about now, Ron!"

A blue four-door sedan pulled up to the Possible-Stoppable residence. And when it parked, none other than Liz Apple emerged.

Liz was the only former Mad Dog cheerleader who was not currently in a romantic relationship. To this point, she had had three boyfriends since high school whom she broke up with due to the fact that they were jerks. Liz was working as a regional assistant to most of the Smarty Marts in the Denver area. Even though the job paid $35,000 a year, she had barely enough to pay the rent in her apartment plus all the utilities and expenses. She had served as an emergency babysitter to the Possible-Stoppables ever since the last babysitter was scared off by Justin's Mystical Monkey Powers which he inherited from his dad.

"Hey, Liz! Glad that you made it!" Kim exclaimed, hugging her.

"Heya, Liz!" Ron exclaimed, waving to her.

"Heya, K. Hey Ron! How’ve you two been?” Liz asked brightly, shaking Ron’s hand.

“Everything’s spankin'!” Kim replied. “Ron and I are about to head off to the airport.”

“So how long you two are going to be in Berlin?” Liz asked.

“We’re making a vacation of it. Five days,” Kim said. “The retirement party is on the final day of the trip.”

“Good luck! And have a safe flight,” Liz exclaimed.

The two of them got into the Sloth and began the long drive.

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(Denver International Airport, 4:50am)

Kim and Ron parked the Sloth in the airport’s parking lot and locked the doors.

“You got the luggage?” Kim asked.

“I got it, KPS!” Ron replied, grunting as he grabbed the two suitcases from the SUV. Ron's suitcase, obviously, was much lighter than that of Kim's. Luckily for him, the suitcases had wheels on them.

After the trek inside, acquiring their boarding passes, and checking their bags, Kim and Ron then went to the nearby TSA checkpoint.

“Okay, Ron. You know the drill! We give the TSA agents our drivers licenses, empty our pockets, pass through the scanner, and we'll be on our way!” Kim reminded her husband.

“Rufus won't be bothered at all! They usually love him!” Ron replied.

Rufus nodded his head in agreement as they reached the front of the line.

The female TSA agent scanned their driver’s licenses and passes and nodded them through. “Please remove all valuables and metallic objects and place them in the tray!”

Kim and Ron did so, emptying their pockets of loose change and setting that with Kim’s handbag in a tray while their carry-on bags went down the conveyer.

“What about Rufus?” Ron asked, reaching in his pocket for the naked mole-rat.

“He can pass through without incident, Mr. Possible-Stoppable,” a male TSA agent said.

Ron found his pocket empty, and after looking around spotted Rufus in the tray on the conveyor belt next to Kim’s purse. The female TSA agent saw the skeleton of Rufus through the X-Ray machine as the tray passed through.

Ron shrugged guiltily as Kim stepped ahead of him into the scanner and raised her arms as instructed. She was waved through by the male agent without incident, and then Ron stepped into the scanner.

“Sir, do you have anything in your pockets?” the agent asked as the scanner beeped.

Ron checked again, turning his pockets out as Rufus hopped to Kim’s shoulder where she waited sans shoes. They made confused eye contact, as Ron’s pockets were empty.

“Any metal on your clothing?” the agent asked.

“Oh!”

Ron began removing his titanium belt, but the moment it was done his pants fell down to his ankles, revealing his pink heart boxers.

“Ron...” Kim groaned, “...really?”

“Don't blame me for wearing a comfier pants’ size, KPS!” Ron replied. “It’s not like I was gonna wear my tailored party pants on the plane.”

The belt was placed back on the conveyer by another agent, and Ron attempted to go through the metal detector again, shuffling with his pants over his feet. But the scanner still beeped.

“Mrs. Possible-Stoppable, I’m afraid we’ll need to take your husband for further examination,” the TSA agent said.

“Umm...okay...” Kim replied in confusion.

“Oh no, it’s like that nightmare! Please be gentle...” Ron pleaded.

A pair of agents began escorting Ron to a private room, and he cast a worried glance back over his shoulder before tripping over his pants and falling to the floor. Kim and Rufus exchanged a roll of their eyes before Kim collected their belongings and sat down to wait.

(10 minutes later)

Kim stood up, her brow still furrowed in worry as Ron came back with the two agents, holding up his pants.

“KPS, I will never fear a trip to the proctologist ever again!” Ron whimpered.

“We think we found the culpirt,” the female TSA agent replied. She held a plastic bag that contained what appeared to be melted bubblegum half inside its wrapper, and a tiny gold chain with a golden dollar sign pendant. “This was stuck to his pants pocket.”

“That explains the detector constantly beeping…” Kim replied.

Rufus looked down guiltily. “Ohho, sorry,” the mole-rat squeaked softly.

“You and Mr. Possible-Stoppable should be good to go now!” the male TSA agent said.

“Please and thank you!” Kim replied as she grabbed their belongings, setting an arm around Ron who was struggling to replace his belt as he glared at Rufus who was hiding behind Kim’s hair.

“Our gate is close,” Kim said encouragingly.

(40 minutes of waiting later)

“Calling for first class for flight 2833 nonstop from Denver to Berlin! Rows 1-19,” spoke a voice over the intercom.

Kim and Ron looked at both of their boarding passes. They were being seated in seats 8-B and 8-C.

“That should be us, Ron!” Kim said, grabbing her bags.

“I'm with ya, KPS! You can taste the bratwurst and sauerkraut from here!” Ron laughed, his good humor returned. Rufus picked up his tiny briefcase and stood proudly atop Ron’s shoulder as well as they all went in line to get their boarding passes scanned.

Before long they had entered the hot, stuffy tube that was the airplane and stowed their carry-on bags, Kim looking around to assess their seating arrangements.

“Ah, boo-yah! I get a window view!” Ron exclaimed. Kim however was stuck in the middle seat.

“Well...I just guess it can't be all that bad,” Kim said. “Not like we haven’t flown commercially countless times before.”

A woman with an infant baby sat down next to her in 8-A. The newborn was already beginning to cry.

Kim smiled and was about to congratulate the mother on her child, when a mom and dad with a set of crying twin babies sat down in front of them in 7-A and 7-B, and a single mom with toddlers appearing around ages four and two shuffled into the seats behind them in 9-A, 9-B, and 9-C. The two childiren immediately began kicking Kim’s and Ron's seats.

“KPS, we're surrounded by a lot of noise!” Ron yelled to be heard over the din, covering his ears as the babies wailed louder.

“And I picked a bad day to not bring our noise-cancelling headphones!” Kim complained, also covering up her ears.

They strained to hear just then when a male voice spoke over the intercom.

“This is your captain speaking for International Airlines Flight 2833 flying nonstop from Denver to Berlin, Germany. We are experincing a minor delay in takeoff, but our weather should be clear. So sit back, relax, and enjoy your twelve and a half hour flight.”

“This is going to be so the drama...” Kim groaned.

She’d spoken too soon, her eyes widening and Ron gasping in unison with her as they saw the infant next to Kim showing the signs they were all-too familiar with that its food was about to come up. Before she could even think of unbuckling her seatbelt, her Country Club Banana overalls were covered in the thick white puke. Before either could react, Ron felt a toddler crash against the back of his seat with a shout of “gimme!” in the split second before a sippy cup of chocolate milk burst over the blond man’s head.

Kim and Ron looked at each other.

“AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!”

Their screams joined the rest of the chaos in first class.

(French Narrator: One torturous 12-hour flight to Berlin later)

At the Berlin Brandenburg Airport, Dr. Betty Director stood near baggage claim holding up a large sign that said: “DEMENTOR RETIREMENT PARTY.” Her brow rose when the familiar duo of Team Possible looked decidedly not themselves as they stood slumped on the descending escalator, their faces downcast, exhausted, and fairly traumatized.

The right sleeve of Ron’s button-up shirt ripped off, which was balanced by the matching loss of the left leg of his jeans. The zipper to his jeans was broken, showing a peek of his pink heart boxers beneath. One of his sneakers was also missing. His hair was scarcely recognizable, containing a wad of bubblegum, baby formula, and caked chocolate milk, while the rest of him was damp with other rancid-smelling liquids. A barf bag hung from his trembling fingers.

As for Kim, the metal clasps on the buckles of her flare overalls were damaged and she had been forced to tie the straps together through the beltloops to prevent her having a Ron moment. Her left hoop earring was missing and both sleeves of her plaid shirt were torn and barely on her arms. Her hair looked as though it had gone a week without brushing and her left boot was absent.

Rufus was clinging to Ron’s shoulder, nearly comatose with a look of trauma haunting his expressive features.

“What happened to you two!?” Betty asked as she rushed forward to meet the pair.

“Don't…don’t ask...” Ron said, shaking his head in horror.

“Transatlantic flight from H. E. double hockey sticks....” Kim muttered before the both of them collapsed to a bench.

Ron lifted the barf bag to his lips and hurled.

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bookgeekgrrl · 2 years

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My media this week (12-18 Dec 2021)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🥰 Itsy Bitsy Yoga (wearing_tearing) - 59K, Stucky AU - single dad Steve takes his toddler to a yoga class taught by Bucky - warm, fluffy goodness

😍 I'll Light Your Way Home series (BeaArthurPendragon) - Stucky, 61K (series) - "Two lost Vietnam vets find each other in a Hell's Kitchen gay bar one hot September night. This is how they find their way home." - stunning series set in 1969/1970 - reread with newest holiday installment

🥰👂 Wanted, A Gentleman (K.J. Charles, author; Greg Patmore, narrator)

😍 sundown starts at half-past six (halfdesertedstreets) - 62K, the Check Please/PB&J Practical Magic AU - I'm not a KP fan so it took me a while to read this and MORE FOOL ME because it was INCREDIBLE.

😊 All I Want For Christmas (Is For You To Stop Talking) (Femme (femmequixotic), noeon (noe)) - 162K, Drarry xmas kidfic that embodies the 'less of a slow burn and more two dumbasses standing around on fire" (affectionately). for me the tropes/things I liked outweighed the things I didn't; I suspect this is a YMMV story

🙂 There Arose Such A Clatter: Tales From The Naughty List (C.M. Nascosta) - monsterfucking PWP with Krampus

😐 The Prince and His Bodyguard: A Queer Fantasy Erotic Romance Short (Surra City Siege Book 1) (Mika Lark)

💖 +228K of shorter fic so shorter work shout out 💖

Gravity and Time (AidaRonan) - MCU: Stucky, 8K - had to reread last year's Marvel Trumps Hate auction gift; I fall in love more each time I read it.

[Podfic] Workplace Hazards (quietnight) - MCU: Stucky, 33K - great podfic of a great series where awkward Peter Parker joins the Avengers just in time to witness Steve & Bucky working through their relationship issues

[Podfic] Fluff (quietnight) - MCU: Stucky, 15K - another forever fave wherein my two fave dumbass emotionally constipated supersoldiers get over themselves with some help from a tribble-like Asgardian mammal that basically exudes xanax

[Podfic] Drive It Like You Stole It: A Bodyswap (quietnight) - MCU: Stucky, 28K - aka Peter Parker's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Roadtrip - always hilarious

Binomial Coefficients (DevilDoll) - Teen Wolf: Sterek, 20K - a forever fave classic HS AU

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Station 19 - s3, e16

Station 19 - s4, e1-16

Greys Anatomy - s17, e1-2; e6-7 (Station 19 crossovers)

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Shedunnit - The Dispenser

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Post Office Bay

Strong Songs - "Babylon Sisters" by Steely Dan

Shedunnit - The Hay Poisoner

Richmond Til We Die: A Ted Lasso Podcast - Ted Lasso S2E3: We're A Team Ain't We?

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Naica Cave

Strong Songs - "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap

Shedunnit - Bedside Manner

Shedunnit - The Collectors

99% Invisible #470 - The Three Santas of Slovenia

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Shipwrecked Doritos

Shedunnit - Cui Bono?

Shedunnit - Dorothy’s Secret

Shedunnit - Mary Westmacott

Howl's Moving Castle [BBC Full-Cast Dramatization] (available until 23 Jan 2022)

Shedunnit - E.C.R. Lorac

Shedunnit - Murder On Holiday

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Happy Holidays from the Atlas Obscura Team

Song Exploder - Danny Elfman "What’s This?" (from “The Nightmare Before Christmas”)

Shedunnit - A Room Of One’s Own

Shedunnit - The Detection Club

Shedunnit - The Lifelong Fan

Shedunnit - Locked Room

Shedunnit - The Telephone Call

Fireside Mystery Theatre - Yours Truly: Prologue

Fireside Mystery Theatre - Yours Truly: "The Archives of H.A.N.D. — The Liz B. Situation"

Shedunnit - The Psychology of Anthony Berkeley

Shedunnit - The Butler Did It

Shedunnit - Peace At Last

Shedunnit - Death Sets Sail On The Nile

Shedunnit - Spoiler Warning

Shedunnit - The Christie Completists

Shedunnit - A Christie For Christmas

Shedunnit - Poison Pen

Shedunnit - The People’s Pathologist

Shedunnit - The First Whodunnit

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Chill Mix #2

Strong Songs playlist

Ultimate Collection

My Mix #3

My Christmas playlist

All I Want for Christmas Is Pop!

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mercuryonparklane · 3 years

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An attempt at objectivity on the topic of Tayliz/a summary: Part 2

(Kind of...)

I’ve been busy with irl stuff the last week, so I haven’t been posting much lately. I finally have a day where I have nothing else to do and I’ve been considering making a post about where I currently stand on Tayliz/Gaylor in general for a while, so I thought now would be a good time to do that.

Disclaimer: I don’t know any of these people personally and this is all my own interpretation of publicly available information. I apologize for the length of this post...

I’ve been a Taylor fan since 2006 and a Gaylor since at least early 2009 when I was posting fanfics on LiveJournal (I stopped writing rpf a long time ago, btw). I’ve been in and out of the Gaylor fandom since then. I’ve created and deleted multiple blogs/accounts in the past 12+ years. I was mostly active between 2009 and 2015, but I did a lot of lurking during that time and only engaged when I felt I had something to contribute. 2015/2016 was a crazy time and I was going through some of my own stuff, so I stopped following Gaylor as closely for a while. I listened to reputation and Lover, I read the Gaylor theories, made a couple comments, and moved along. When folklore was released it drew me back in.

I created this blog in September 2020, before I even had an inkling that Liz might be more than just another name that has been thrown into the potential exes list, along with Claire C. and Kellie (I don’t believe either of those two had anything beyond friendship with Taylor). I had never looked into it too much because it seemed like there was not as much information as there was for the main 3 (Emily, Dianna, and Karlie). Now, after researching Tayliz for 5 months, I believe there is at least as much, if not more, to go on as there is for the main 3.

As for Taymily, I believe that, at the very least, Taylor had a massive crush on Emily. I don’t like to get too in-depth about that because there is a very suspect age gap. I’m not saying that those things don’t happen, but I will reiterate my statement from an earlier post that I am not comfortable essentially accusing someone of committing a crime when all that can be deciphered is that Taylor seemed to really care about her. I do think there are multiple songs about Emily.

I also believe that Taylor did date Dianna and possibly had some kind of relationship with Karlie. I think both of these possible relationships are long over at this point. Taylor may have been looking back on those relationships (along with others) in her last few albums.

I still personally think it is possible that Taylor is a lesbian, but there are reasons to think she might be bi and I understand why people think that she is. I don’t really talk about the guys Taylor may have dated, but I will say that, to me, all of the boyfriends she had after high school seem like beards. I could be wrong, of course. There are way too many signs that she is queer for me to not think that she is at least bi.

There have always been sapphic themes in Taylor’s music, even in early songs like “Me And Britney” and “Angelina”. Her entire discography is littered with sapphic themes. In recent years, she has seemed to hint at being some form of queer in other ways as well. This has all been examined by others, so I won’t get into that in this post.

Anyway, on to Tayliz…

There is some compelling “circumstantial evidence” suggesting that there may have been something beyond friendship between Tayliz (a lot of this was covered in my first post and all of the information has been mentioned at some point on my blog):

They met multiple times between December 2006 and February 2009, when Liz first performed with Taylor, but it is hard to tell how well they knew each other at that time. Based on the information available, I actually think they might have even been close, or at least friendly, before Liz was hired, but I could be wrong.

The “official” story is that Liz met Taylor at a meet and greet in December 2006 and again in July 2007. She asked if she could sing for Taylor and Taylor gave her advice, including suggesting that she enter a talent contest and that she should move to Nashville. Some accounts say that Liz sang for Taylor in her dressing room, but I have never found a source for this part of the story.

Taylor wrote the following sentence about Liz in her blog on February 5, 2008, after performing on the competition show that Liz was a contestant on: “It sounds strange, but there was always something different about her that stuck out in my mind”. That is super suspect to me...

Taylor was the only musician to perform on the show, btw (although they did have the touring cast of HSM on the next week). Taylor allegedly said, during the interview portion of her appearance, that she knew Liz and that Liz had gone to “all” of her shows and meet and greets… whatever that means.

According to Liz, she moved to Nashville in June 2008 and sometime within the next 6 months she received a call to audition as a backup singer, but did not know for which artist she was auditioning. I feel like it would be an incredible coincidence that Taylor suggested she move to Nashville two years earlier, they met multiple times after that, and randomly Liz got a call to audition for Taylor without knowing it was for her within 6 months of moving there. I don’t know, maybe I’m being too skeptical, but it seems almost more of a reach to say that Taylor didn’t somehow have a hand in her getting that audition.

Liz already seemed very comfortable around Taylor in that picture with George Strait taken on the day of her first show with the band in February 2009.

At the one-off shows after Liz joined the band, there was a little skit between Taylor, Liz, and Grant during YBWM, where Grant played the love interest and Liz played the “Cheer Captain”. There was even a talking bit. During the Australia one-off shows, there was a talking bit before F&A where Taylor introduced Liz and they had a little conversation that ended similarly to the one Taylor has with the interviewer during the Fearless Tour. After this, they rarely interacted on stage.

Taylor seemed to allow Liz’s input during the auditions for the Fearless Tour dancers, two months after she joined the band, and Taylor ended up hiring two of her friends.

Liz went with Taylor to visit Abigail at her university in Kansas two months after joining the band.

Taylor took Liz with her to see Britney Spears’ Circus Tour show in Chicago right after the Kansas trip.

Taylor said in an interview for Oprah’s website, released in May 2009, that Australia and Lawrence, KS were her two favorite places to visit, which just so happen to be two of the places she had recently been with Liz.

The fact that they shared a hotel room in London a few months after Liz joined the band. Caitlin, who had been in the band for a while at that point, and her mom were both there for that trip. Maybe Taylor was just happy to be able to hang out with another woman around her age. It seems strange, but it could be a completely platonic situation.

Taylor and the band, including Liz, recorded a cover of “American Girl” by Tom Petty (one of Liz’s favorite artists) in front of the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon in May 2009. The secret message for “Sparks Fly” is “Portland, Oregon” and she mentions the Rose Garden in “The Lucky One”.

Taylor mentions going to dinner with Liz, seemingly just the two of them, in her vlog from May 29, 2009, which was around Liz’s birthday (May 27).

The amount of Liz content in the vlogs. Plus, the choice to put the line “I like where you sleep, when you sleep next to me” right before showing Liz sleeping on a couch (this was the trip where they shared a hotel room, which does make that fact more suspect, imo) and including the song “She (For Liz)” in another vlog, in which she dedicates a whole section to Liz’s habit of falling asleep “All. The. Time.”

In fact, in both of those vlogs, which were posted a year apart from each other (May 2009 and April 2010), Taylor wears a black dot shirt, in clips that include only her and Liz, that is similar to the one she wore in the IKYWT mv.

Honestly, just go watch the video she made for Emily and then watch the vlogs after Liz joined the band… I just get a similar vibe in the clips she chose to include of both women.

They went to a Paramore concert together the weekend before Taylor hosted SNL in November 2009. At the concert, they were filmed by other attendees dancing next to each other on the balcony. One of the songs they were filmed dancing to is “That’s What You Get” and Taylor asked Hayley to perform that song with her (and the band, including Liz) at one of the Nashville shows on the SN Tour in 2011. In November 2019, Liz released her own song called “That’s What You Get” that sounds like it could be the opposite side of the relationship much of Red is about (and a couple other Taylor songs from other albums).

In Taylor’s Glamour interview published on 10/5/2010, she mentions that she designed the two guest rooms at her Nashville condo with Caitlin and Liz in mind.

After tweeting about attending the Katy P. concert in Dublin with Taylor (and Grant and Caitlin) someone asked Liz what her favorite KP song was and she responded “Thinking Of You”. This is suspect because at the time Liz did have a bf, but she may have just liked the song and didn’t necessarily relate to it personally.

There are tweets from people who are either not really well-known or aren’t in the industry at all that mention Taylor and Liz hanging out outside of touring. They are mentioned together in quite a few tweets actually. They seemed to have a good number of mutual friends during that time (spring/summer 2009-fall 2012). After Liz left the band, Taylor stopped hanging out with most of those people, while Liz continues to maintain some of those friendships to this day. This could be explained by the fact that Taylor began spending less time in Nashville.

One such friend is the photographer who Taylor hired for Red. She is actually a longtime friend of Liz. Supposedly she took some photos of Liz that Taylor saw and Taylor hired her after that. There are some pictures from Taylor’s Red photoshoot that are similar to Liz’s photos.

There are rumors that Liz was fired, but the “official” story is that she left to pursue her own music.

Liz did not wish Taylor a happy birthday on twitter in 2012, which she had done in previous years. She did not tweet @ or mention Taylor for almost a year. Taylor didn’t respond to any of her tweets or mention her until October 2014.

Some of the songs Liz released in late 2012/early 2013 have similar lyrics/themes to Taylor’s music and may be about Taylor.

The lyric video for Liz’s song STFU&HM includes polaroid pictures with the song’s lyrics written on them and neon signs, which is basically the 1989 aesthetic. The actual mv has some potential parallels to the IKYWT mv. (side note: Liz specified in an interview that the kind of “sour candy” she is singing about in the song is Watermelon Sour Patch, which Taylor mentioned in the June 2008 issue of Teen Vogue was something that she “couldn’t live without”)

The love interest wears a key necklace in the STFU&HM mv and Taylor wears one in the IKYWT mv.

The bridge of IKYWT is very similar to lyrics from a song by Patty Griffin called “Nobody’s Crying”. Liz once said that Patty is her favorite singer (this was when she was still in Taylor’s band) and has mentioned her and that particular song multiple times over the years. Side note: Taylor mentioned last year that another one of Patty’s songs was the inspiration for “betty”.

Liz played the other woman in the mv for TSOU and in the photoshoot for SN. At the end of the mv for her song “H8U”, Liz interrupts her love interest’s wedding and kisses his tall, blonde, curly haired bride.

This one could be a crazy coincidence, but Liz recorded the backing vocals on a song called “Dear John” that was written by the backup dancer who came out to Taylor during the Fearless Tour. Btw, by no means am I saying DJ is about Liz because that would make zero sense.

Liz’s birthday is on one of the board games in the “Lover” mv that reference “Cruel Summer”. Most people think CS is about Karlie and that makes sense, but it also seems to reference “Love Story”, which was potentially written sometime around when Taylor performed on the show Liz was a contestant on. I don’t know if LS is about Liz and I am not trying to claim that, but it is interesting. Even if it’s not, they performed that song together a lot and Liz helped out with the onstage costume change during that song. CS could be about her experiences with both Liz and Karlie. Or it could just be about Karlie and the date in the “Lover” mv has nothing to do with Liz’s birthday.

In “the 1” and “dorothea”, Taylor potentially references Liz’s song “Never Know” and by reference, I mean that she essentially uses the exact same lyrics: “I guess you never know, you never know” = “I guess you never know, never know” and “I guess I’ll never know” = literally just the same line. Not to mention in “dorothea” Taylor also sings “Do you ever stop and think about me?” and in NK Liz sings “I wonder if you think about me” right before the line “I guess I’ll never know”. I am not saying that either of those songs are about Liz, but it is interesting, especially since Liz tweeted about “the 1”, which was the thing that really sent me on my deep dive into Tayliz.

The “cardigan” looks like the cardigan she wears in the first vlog she included Liz in. It could be nothing, but it is interesting because I have a theory that Liz is the first woman she had a “relationship” with and that “cardigan” is about Liz, Dianna, Karlie, and possibly some other women she might have dated/been with.

These are just some of the highlights and are more focused on the facts as opposed to some of my more tinfoil hat, fun, crack theory stuff or just some of the things that are loosely related to Liz or might involve a little (or a lot of) reaching to connect them to her.

Everything I have mentioned could just be a series of strange coincidences, even though there appears to be quite a few of them. Whether anything ever happened between them or it was just one of those intense, romantic friendships that some women tend to have, I don’t really know. Based on what I have seen, I tend to think there was something going on there beyond friendship, but possibly it was never anything official.

Liz seemed to have a boyfriend most of the time that Tayliz were working together/hanging out, which is one of the main things that makes me question my own theory. Of course, it is always possible that she had something with Taylor, while she also had a boyfriend. There are many reasons for that (poly, closeted, etc.), so that does not exclude the idea that she may have actually been involved with two people at one time and one of those people could have been Taylor.

If they were together in some capacity, while Liz also had a boyfriend, it could explain the messy relationship that Taylor seemed to write about during that time. I think it is possible that Emily was just a crush and Liz was her first actual experience with another woman where the feelings were reciprocated to some degree. OR they could have just been really good friends and I am utterly, completely wrong.

Maybe Taylor is just a straight girl, who doesn’t realize that she’s been sending signals that she is queer for years. Whenever that thought crosses my mind, I think about all of the things she has said and done that imply she may not be straight and I just can’t help thinking that it is intentional. I don’t think she is queerbaiting or unintentionally signaling that she might be queer. I think she is queer and has dropped multiple hints to suggest that over the years.

Anyway… Liz has a bf right now and seems to be in a good place, so let’s let her be, please. I hope we get some more new music from her soon.

As far as researching Tayliz goes, I’ll probably keep looking into it when I have time, but at this point I think I have seen pretty much all there is to see (of the content available online currently). I’ll be waiting for the songs from Taylor’s “vault” to drop to see if there are any potential connections there (at least in the “vault” songs for Fearless, Speak Now, and Red).

In conclusion (TL;DR)...

My personal opinion is that there is enough “circumstantial evidence” to include Liz on the list of Taylor potential exes. For me the Gaylor timeline looks something like this:

(Fair Warning: this is all total speculation based on song lyrics and other information that is publicly available)

Summer 2006-December 2007: Taylor develops a crush on Emily. Emily possibly finds out somehow and it doesn’t go over well (OR it does). She is fired from the band AND maybe she is paid off to pursue other interests…

2008/2009- Spring (Summer? Fall?) 2012: Taylor has an on/off relationship with Liz, while Liz also dates men. The relationship may have even started developing as early as the first time they supposedly met back in December 2006, but Taylor definitely was feeling something by the time she posted that blog in February 2008. It’s complicated and non-exclusive. Maybe Taylor wanted more of a commitment and maybe there were promises made that things could/would change, but they never did. By the time she started hanging out with Dianna she was ready to move on. So, she ended things in March/April… but still met up with Liz a couple times after (possibly as friends).

Taylor may have also dated Julianne H. at some point in 2008/2009.

Spring 2012-Fall 2013 (?): Taylor has an on/off relationship with Dianna that may have ended, in part, due to interference from Taylor’s team. Maybe it is the one relationship with a woman that could have actually developed into something more concrete, but maybe that also scared Taylor a bit.

Winter 2013/Early 2014-Fall 2016: Taylor has an on/off relationship with Karlie, while Karlie is also involved with Josh (hence my comment about how CS could be about her experiences with both Liz and Karlie because they may have been similar circumstances, where sometimes they were single and other times they had a serious bf).

Fall 2016-Present: There are at least a couple potential girlfriends within this timeframe. I lean towards Tily being a thing from at least fall 2016-Summer 2019. I am open to Zaylor and I do find it interesting, but I’m not as sold on that one. I personally do not think Taylor is with Joe nor do I think that Joe is WB.

The straight explanation could be that Taylor gets into really, intensely close friendships with other women and eventually they grow apart and move on with their lives.

The funny thing is that I remember Taylor once saying something about how after a breakup, she completely cuts that person off. That fits with her relationships (whatever the nature) with Liz, Dianna, and Karlie. With each of these women, Taylor shared a friend group with them, but Taylor seemed most interested in them. She has had a few friendly/cordial interactions with them, but she seems to have completely separated her life from them after their “friendships” ended. In fact, she moved to entirely different cities on opposite sides of the country (and in one case a different country, with a whole ocean in between) after she stopped hanging out with them.

That’s where I stand and it’s not really much different from where I was back in October when I posted my first summary on Tayliz.

Although, I do have more information now than I did then that leads me to think something was going on. 70% of the time I am convinced they had a relationship beyond friendship and 30% of the time I think they were only ever friends. 99.9% of the time I think I am a clown.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I am inclined to believe that Tayliz is more likely to have had some sort of relationship than Taymily and is slightly less likely to have happened than Swiftgron and Kaylor. Other Gaylors might think they were only coworkers or friends. I’m not out to convince anyone. I am just presenting the information I have found and I don’t mind a friendly discussion/debate if anyone wants to talk about it.

#tayliz #random tayliz thoughts #random gaylor thoughts

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rosalie-starfall · 3 years

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I’m bored so I’ll just answer all of these

1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans? Coffee Mugs

2. chocolate bars or lollipops? Chocolate

3. bubblegum or cotton candy? Neither

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you? literally a conversation I had with my 2nd Grade Teacher

Teacher “Kayla, you talk back to much”

Kayla “I do not Talk Back!”

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups? Soda Bottles

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear? Tomboy Preppy Boho Goth?

7. earbuds or headphones? Earbuds

8. movies or tv shows? Both

9. favorite smell in the summer?

10. game you were best at in p.e.? Dance

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day? Coffee and cereal or a granola bar or toast

12. name of your favorite playlist? The Witching Hour, or my Island Life Playlist

13. lanyard or key ring? Lanyard

14. favorite non-chocolate candy? Twizzles or Red Vines

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment? Of Mice and Men

16. most comfortable position to sit in? With my legs to the side or crossed under me

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes? My sketchers

18. ideal weather? Overcast but warm with no wind or snow maybe a tiny bit of rain and some fog!

19. sleeping position? on my stomach

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)? PC

21. obsession from childhood? I Dream of Jeannie and The Nanny

22. role model? Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Carol Burnett, Carrie Fisher,

23. strange habits? None that I can think of.

24. favorite crystal? Rose Quartz and Onyx

25. first song you remember hearing? Walkin on Broken Glass

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather? Drink at a patio bar

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather? Drink by a fire

28. five songs to describe you? Different Drum by the stone ponies

29. best way to bond with you? Over Middle Aged Actresses and Fictional Characters

30. places that you find sacred? My Grandma’s Rose Garden Growing up, Disneyland

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names? Dock Martins, Dark Blue Jeans, Black Off the Shoulder loose fit Tee

32. top five favorite vines? Red?

33. most used phrase in your phone? IDK literally

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head? Thankfully I don’t have any

35. average time you fall asleep? Around Midnight

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing? I honestly have no clue. Maybe the Star trek Engage photo?

37. suitcase or duffel bag? Suitcase (But it really depends on the trip)

38. lemonade or tea? Both Arnold Palmer!!!

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie? Lemon Cake

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school? It was so long ago I really can’t remember anything weird happening to me

41. last person you texted? My Dad

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets? Pant Pockets

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket? Fake Leather Jacket

44. favorite scent for soap? Pumpkin

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero? If It’s Comedic I’ll Love whatever

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in? Birthday suit

47. favorite type of cheese? Colby Jack?

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be? I have no Idea but Apples are my favorite so I’ll go with that

49. what saying or quote do you live by? If you don’t like something do something about it

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have? My mom’s Flip Flop breaking at the movie theater and her trying to get out to the car. OMG even just that little summer I’m crying from laughing at the memory

51. current stresses? Money, Covid, Politics, the world, anything and everything

52. favorite font? Open Dyslexic

53. what is the current state of your hands? Sad, dry, Scratched

54. what did you learn from your first job? you might get free food sometimes

55. favorite fairy tale?

56. favorite tradition? watching shows with my family on Wednesdays

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome? I don’t think I’ve overcome anything

58. four talents you’re proud of having? I’m really good at cutting men’s hair, I think I’m quite good at making gifs, I think I’m pretty good at writing (it’s something I’m working on) I can Quote Both Addams Family movies in their entirety just from hearing the musical score

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be? Tits

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be? Like Sailor Moon?

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.? “Ain’t no bitches gonna hunt no ghosts”

62. seven characters you relate to? Liz Lemon, Elaine Benes, Lavinia Dickinson, Zelda Spellman, Barbara Minerva, Shirley Feeney, Jillian Holtzmann

63. five songs that would play in your club? My heart will go on (Remix by the Math Club), Dreams by deep Dish Feat Stevie Nicks, Doin it right by Daft Punk, Shake Senora Feat T-Pain & Sean Paul, April Showers By Proleter

64. favorite website from your childhood? Pixie Hollow (online game) BTW “Website from my childhood” Is very limited we didn’t have internet until I was like 10ish

65. any permanent scars? I have a scar under my right eyebrow from Chicken Pox

66. favorite flower(s)? Poppies and Roses

67. good luck charms? I don’t have any

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried? I hate fish but also just meat in general

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned? Carley Simon had terrible stage fright and couldn’t preform in front of audiences. I’m pretty sure that’s a true statement.

70. left or right handed? Right

71. least favorite pattern? Abuse?

72. worst subject? Men and Hetero Shit

73. favorite weird flavor combo? I’m not one for weird Flavor Combos

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen? 2... I don’t fuck around. I try and get ahead of the pain

75. when did you lose your first tooth? I have no Idea

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)? Fries, Skillet, and Whorehouse

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill? succulent?

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store? Coffee from the Gas station

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo? School ID

80. earth tones or jewel tones? Earth Tones

81. fireflies or lightning bugs? Lightning Bugs

82. pc or console? PC

83. writing or drawing? Writing

84. podcasts or talk radio? Podcasts

84. barbie or polly pocket? Polly Pocket

85. fairy tales or mythology? Mythology

86. cookies or cupcakes? Cookies

87. your greatest fear? Caves, Mines, and the Ocean

88. your greatest wish? To be a writer

89. who would you put before everyone else? My siblings

90. luckiest mistake? Quitting Homeadvisor

91. boxes or bags? Boxes

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights? Fairy Lights

93. nicknames? Punkin, Kayla Bean, KP, Pain

94. favorite season? Autumn

95. favorite app on your phone? Tumblr and Instagram

96. desktop background?

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized? 2 (My mom’s and my dad’s)

98. favorite historical era? 1930s and 1940s

#me #my life #getting to know me #because i'm bored

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snarkytiara · 4 years

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A loooong post, and I know long essays can be annoying, so putting behind a cut, but I have some Thoughts when I see a post like this by @willandkate

- First: I’m not sure who you are trying to convince with your post? Also, you start with William’s 2016 statement, but then the rest of your post tries to make a case for why statements are not the BRF thing and that other gestures were made. The statement from William shows there is precedent for statements supporting Harry and Meghan, so your argument isn’t very strong.

- Small gestures were not going to cut it! The response to Meghan is on a whole other level, and that should have necessitated other measures IMO. If you are having to sum up all the small moments for fellow royal watchers, who pay attention to this stuff, how is anybody else even going to notice?

- Stop normalizing the press abuse of royal women. If your response to the abuse Meghan gets, is to sum up what other royal women dealt with in the past, you’ve lost the argument. The amount of abuse any of these women got is not ok, and you going straight to mentioning that abuse is a means to deflect from talking in depth about all the facets of what Meghan has been dealing with. A big issue in the royal fandom is still the amount of people unwilling to talk about and understand what only Meghan deals with within the BRF (racism and xenophobia). It makes some people uncomfortable to talk about it and it’s fucking sad. The BRF wasn’t ready for growth, but neither were some people in the royal fandom. It’s a big problem to continue to see this conflating of Meghan’s treatment with the treatment of other royal women in the BRF.

- The abuse Meghan gets is contributing to a national (and international lbr) debate about racism in the UK. POC in commonwealth countries are looking at this and it reflects badly on the BRF. This is a huge added element to the treatment of Meghan, that is not present in abuse that other royal women got in the past. That Kate got called ‘Waity Katy’ by the press, dit not lead to the possibility of negative sentiment in CW countries towards the monarchy. This was said last month:

“This week a senior Commonwealth figure told me that the tabloid treatment of Meghan – so clearly racist to observers in other parts of the world, while large parts of the British public remain in denial – is having a knock-on effect in making it harder for him to promote Britain abroad.” - Afua Hirsch, The Guardian

- You summing up all these perceived gestures, does not say anything about how Meghan (and Harry) experienced that ‘support’. Are you deciding for Harry and Meghan that it was enough? Did you really expect them to say otherwise during the engagement interview? And those small moments William and Kate spoke about them, what else were they going to say? On the surface, a show of support, but tells us absolutely nothing about how things are behind closed doors. Your post decidedly ignores that.

- After all this supposed support, Harry and Meghan still left. Fact. Is that all on them? The warm embrace of the Cambridges must have felt a bit too warm for them I guess. They couldn’t handle all the love. Your post lacks analysis into the possible reasons for Harry and Meghan and the shared blame of different parties in things coming to a head in this way.

- I also have the following question: if you are going to call out the Sussexes for overshadowing other royals, you have to be fair. What did you think of Kate launching her 5 question survey on the same day as Charles’ big speech in Davos? Is that not overshadowing him? Kate had been working on this for two years, but she just has to launch on the same day as a big Charles speech, that is important to him? Genuinely curious how you view that. And if a promo for Harry and Meghan’s documentary overshadows a Cambridge tour, seems to me that is a Cambridge problem. Harry and Meghan have no say over when ITV airs a promo.

- Harry and Meghan didn’t deserve a statement of support, because they made the announcement that they were leaving, without consent? Weird take, as it’s odd to say in retrospect that they didn’t deserve a statement earlier in 2019, when things were at their worst, because at the start of 2020 they made an announcement. That’s after the fact. The BRF knew about Harry and Meghan entertaining the possibility of stepping back. Fact. There was a reason they felt the need to go public with it now, as it has been mentioned they were halted and sent away by courtiers when they were trying to discuss things with the queen and Charles. Your post doesn’t explore the reason for why Harry and Meghan may have done what they did and incorrectly places all of the blame on them.

- I don’t know if you watched Harry and Meghan’s documentary? A couple obviously struggling, and Meghan’s hard time as a royal is not going to be made better simply by a pat on the back from Kate after Serena lost at Wimbledon. It’s wild that you, and others, think that is doing enough to show support.

- None of what you’ve said takes into account the KP press approach over the past couple of years. For example, any small gesture of support from Kate to Meghan gets severely undermined when KP is completely fine with a press narrative meant to embiggen Kate, at Meghan’s expense. It’s naive to believe that KP has had no part in that and I’ve yet to see a Kate/Cambridge fan accept that reality and own that it’s been happening. The reality has always been that the BRF are fine throwing each other under the bus. PR and actually thinking about how that makes them look has never been the strong suit of this family.

- You know what else undermines any small gesture of support for Meghan? The seemingly huge gestures of support from the queen to Andrew! If Liz keeps taking Andrew out and about, I sure as fuck am not still giving her kudos for taking Meg on an engagement back in June of 2018! And sure, it would’ve been smart optics for Harry and Meghan to visit Balmoral, and I would have advised them of that if I worked for them, but also; should they have visited before or after the queen was seen going to church with a smiling Andrew the day after Epstein died? Effectively showing she doesn’t give a fuck about her own image either. You could argue that isn’t a great advertisement for wanting to visit the queen.. Plus Harry and Meghan live(d) in Windsor, where they queen spends most of her time anyway.

- Speaking of the Queen, it is so often ignored how much influence she does have over the press. I’m sure over the years there has been many a time where she has intervened on behalf of the likes of Andrew. Why is it that Meghan has to have the stiff upper lip? Because this is what all royal women just have to face?

- I find it odd that you are only blaming Harry and Meghan for possibly feeling isolated. A struggling couple, dealing with a lot, should receive most of that blame? That darn Harry and Meghan are just being so difficult because they didn’t feel that William and Kate standing near them that time in Westminster Abbey was enough!1! They are so ungrateful.

- Harry and Meghan leaving looks bad for the BRF, however you slice it. It reflects badly on them. Even if you don’t believe that, I’m sure you still feel that all this drama should have been prevented, for the sake of your faves? If this has been a topic of conversation with Harry and Meghan since last year, then why not also make it a topic of conversation how the rest of the BRF could and should have done more to prevent them choosing to leave?

All in all, your post on this is very superficial and lacks nuance, but that tracks with what I’ve seen from most Cambridge fans. I know there is no point convincing you, and others, just like there is no point in your post trying to convince Sussex fans. But this had to be said and honestly I’ve been sitting on this since after the documentary aired.

#duchess of sussex #meghan markle #duchess of cambridge #kate middleton #british royal family #i'm in a bitchy mood and I'm done

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duchessanon · 4 years

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Finding freedom final thoughts

First off I gotta say if Omid has never climbed into a club bathroom window to be in the same place as Henri then he’s not a true royal author (kt nicholl still reigns for that reason alone). *I retract this! KT did climb through a window to mingle with celebs and did meet Henri at a club AND hung around Boujis so she could bump into them but didn’t climb to find henri*

So was it good?

If ur a casual watcher of this whole saga then it’s fine. It’s not badly written and is easy to read. It has all the facts in there. It’s just rly cheesy in parts and has a lot of quotes from other people about how great they are, which is to be expected. For anyone who watched it all go down, it’s a bit of a drag. Apart from the funny anecdotes eg pippas seating plan, there wasn’t much new.

Megri’s involvement

My opinion on this is that there was no Diana tapes situation here or any interview with them. But it’s pretty obvious they were involved through the other sources and what they allowed to be said. The details are too precise and the angle of the book too particular, case in point...

Liz

Ur gonna be disappointed if u wanted this to be a liz and co call out. Liz is portrayed as understanding, loved and respected at all times. And I even got a “she don’t rly give a fuck about all this” kinda vibe too. I would not be shocked if it was pressed into the authors to not blame Liz for any of this. Even chuck gets off scot free. Even when Henri released that first statement during chucks tour, he is portrayed as being understanding. Someone out there doesn’t want the “Chuck is jealous” narrative to return.

Willy and k8

I expected way more on Willy and for him to take the fall in this book but it was not to be. All we got was that they got mad/hurt by each other and were on and off in their brotherly relationship. There were a couple of anecdotes about willy supporting Henri in setting up on his own. The worst willy did was the “this girl” thing and Henris belief that willys team were leaking/not helping. And even then the tone of it was more like Henri was paranoid. The impression I got of k8 here was that she doesn’t give a fuck and wants to stay out of it and go grow potatoes or whatever she does with the kids. I’ve seen a review and a few people in the fandom talk about Meg’s obsession with k8/k8 being unwelcoming but I didn’t see that. All it rly said is that they were never close and Meg might’ve wanted more support. But it also says k8 told her to contact her when she wanted support. If anything, the book gave k8s side a lot.

The irrelevant details

If ur a meg fan then I guess you’d be interested in these. But lord surely they’ll even be bored of the EXACT descriptions of what’s on their plates, the fact their Range Rover is navy blue (2 mentions!) and the complete history of the rooms they went on dates in.

Charity

Ok there was SO FUCKING MUCH about their charity work. I had to skim so much bc it was multiple paragraphs on each cause and the history of how they’ve supported it. I know Omid talks a lot about that in general but how did this all get past the editing stage?! My unsubstantiated theory is that in return for access, Omid had to write all of that. Or maybe they needed page fillers. As dull as one of k8s potatoes.

Misha Nonoo

We have to talk about Misha. What the fuuuuck was going on there. She has to be a main source for this book right?! They could literally rename it finding misha with all the ass kissing and life and property history of her in this book. I don’t even know what this woman looks like but I can tell you she’s smart AND pretty AND talented. Jessica Mulroney is for sure another source with all the info about them hanging out.

Henri and Meg impressions

My opinion of meg hasn’t changed at all after this. Other than even more respect for marrying Henri.

Henri however comes across as a annoying af. Constantly losing his shit and being corny. Like sure he’s devoted to his fam, but he reminds me of those kids at school who get their first bf/gf and only refer to them as “my gf/bf” in a rly serious way. No wonder skippy was pissed off.

Missing bits

No mention of “what meg wants...” quote :(

Nothing on the birth announcement mess

Who’s the baddie?

I didn’t come away from this book knowing who was wrong. There’s A LOT of references to “aides” getting in between the Sussexes and the rest of the fam. But there’s no info on whose aides. Occasionally it would reference KP but it was rly vague about who was the issue. Bc Omid for sure steered away from blaming the rf themselves.

Was it the “definitive story” of Megri?

No, it was told from their side. They did make effort to get quotes from the palaces who were pissed off. But for it to be definitive, it should include their words, which Omid denies having soooo yeh.

The end!

#finding carolyn #finding freedom #meghan markle #prince harry #kate middleton #prince william

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theunexpectedhappened · 7 years

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Chapter Ninety-three

First of all a Happy new year to all you guys and that the year may bring all that you wish for.

We drove into the underground airport as we arrived at my old apartment. “you want to take Nathan with us or not?” Harry asked, looking at me as we rode up the elevator. “I guess we could.” I shrugged my shoulders. “You want to take him with us?” I asked, turning my head at him. “Wil we be able to keep him here that is the question?” Harry chuckled.

“fair question.” I chuckled. “I can drive one of the two cars.” I nodded my head. I unlocked the door and walked in to a full house, even Mark, Rina and his kids were here, I guessed they were more here than at their own place.

“What’s this? Full house?” I asked, it was already 5.30 the lunch at tea of our engagement having run out and me having arrived late wanted to stay a bit longer out of respect. “you could say that?” Daphne chuckled, swinging a pot around and putting it on the table, shaking my head in amusement at the scene. “Autie Liv, Uncle Harry;” Charlotte yelled from behind us. “hey sweetie.” Harry said, picking her up and throwing her in the air a couple of times.

“is George okay?” she asked, looking between me and Harry. “yea, we’re going to go and visit him.” Harry told her. “how is he?” Pippa asked. “didn’t Kate call you?” I chuckled. “yea, she said he’d just gotten to the room and he was sleeping.” Pippa explained, looking at me. “He’s still doing the same. Kate said on the phone over here.” I told her, walking to the fridge and pulling out a water bottle. “Harry?” I asked, sticking my head around the door of the fridge. “yea.” He smiled.

“so how was the Irish guards?” Mia asked. “good, had a lot of fun actually.” I chuckled. “you guys want to eat something?” Danny asked. “I think Joseph is making dinner for us.” I explained, with a yawn.

“tired?” Jens asked. “yea, it was an unexpected early morning and it hasn’t slowed down yet.” I explained. “Will you be taking over Kate’s engagement tomorrow?” Liz asked me. “I don’t know. If she wants me to, I will.” I told her.

“Miguel isn’t really happy you send Will back to St. Mary’s and you did the lunch and greeting alone.” She smirked at me. “he knows where to find me.” I shrugged my shoulders, to which everyone laughed. “what?” I chuckled.

“don’t you know her by now?” Harry pointed out. “we do.” Everyone agreed. “where’s Nathan?” I asked. “up playing with Cameron, but he’s been asking about George since he got of school.” Glen pointed out. “thanks for today.” I smiled at Mia, glen, Danny and Jens. I knew they had picked up Nathan from school and had watched Charlotte, she only started school in September.

“don’t mention it.” Danny smiled. “we had a lot of fun, didn’t we?” he high fived Charlotte in Harry’s arms. “so do you want to take him with us?” Harry asked. “I don’t know, if he’s playing upstairs. It’s not like George will be awake yet. I could always take to see him tomorrow.” I concluded.

“I’ll go and ask him.” I said, pushing myself from leaning against the couch and walking to the hall. “ooh and liz. Did you give them the tickets to the horseshow in May?” I asked, stopping in the doorway. “no, we haven’t got them.” she said. “Gabby said, they were given to you and Rebecca.” I told her. “I’ll check my office tomorrow.” She said, as I walked out, hearing the questions about them. we’d arranged that all of our friends and family would be able to attend the horse show in Windsor in May, it would be super special in commemoration of the platinum jubilee. A preview of the real concert to come in June.

They would be sitting in the box next to the Royals. I explained to Nathan that George would still be asleep but he would have none of it and wanted to come. So I came back down him trailing behind me.

“he wants to see George.” I pointed out. “so why didn’t you tell us about the surprise?” Mia chuckled. “because it was a surprise.” I laughed, looking at Harry. “I got the same.” He chuckled, holding his free hand up. “be happy you’re invited;” I teased.

“oh believe me we are, we just figured after the tickets were sold out.” Daphne assumed. “well, it’s our thanks for being there for me and for us during the last year.” I explained, smiling at each and every one of them. “but the concert and the gala this in June?” Rine objected. “that wasn’t us.” I chuckled, looking at Harry. “what do you mean?” Mark asked, looking at us questioningly. “who did the invitation come from?” Harry chuckled, looking at me.

“The Lord Chamberlain, but we assumed it was you guys.” Jens commented. “no, it was gran who asked if we’d like to have our friends there.” Harry explained. “so we are invited by The Queen.” Mia asked, her eyes bulging. “yea, she wouldn’t have given the invitation, if she didn’t want you there, she needed to agree for the horse show as well.” I commented.

“but that was our request, Kate, Will, Liv and mine’s. June was all Gran.” Harry laughed. “what are we supposed to wear?” Rina asked. “didn’t the invitation say?” I asked, normally the dress code was always mentioned on the invitations.

“Black Tie.” Mia noted. “what would that mean?” I chuckled. “Evening gowns and tux.” Jens groaned, making Harry and me laugh. “be happy she isn’t making you wear a tux to the horseshow.” Harry threatened. “for once I don’t have to ‘dress up’” I teased. “yea, yea.” He protested. “I swear, sometimes gran does that to torture us.” Harry pointed out.

“what will you be wearing?” Daphne asked, I was surprised Liz hadn’t been questioned yet like this, she knew the procedures as well. “who?” I asked, “the royals?” Jens pointed out. “oh, we are pulling out all the stuff.” Harry chuckled. “which means?” Glen chuckled. “Tiara’s, sashes, orders, the whole shebang. We are sitting on a side table, but there will be a table in the other direction where all the attending royals will be sitting, nearly every country will be represented by a president or Royal.” Liz explained.

And by now nearly of their mouths were hanging on the ground to our amusements. “Welcome to our life;” Harry and I teased.

“guess we’ll get a taste of what your life now is be like.” Jens concluded. “you will.” Harry and I agreed. We stayed for a bit longer talking and catching up, before we headed to the hospital. I drove the car towards St. Mary. “do we take the back entrance or the front?” I asked when we neared the hospital. “Jim said to ride to the gate at the front.” Harry looked at me, rubbing his thumb on the back of my hand.

The police stationed at the entrance let us through the flashes of the camera lighting up the darkened streets. “come on bud.” I said, opening the back door as Harry did the same on the other side, taking Charlotte in his arms.

Making sure I had the bear the Irish Guards had given me I closed the door and locked the door. We smiled at the people we passed on our way up. “hey Christophe, Luc.” I smiled at their RPO’s waiting by the door on a chair.

Liam and Jim would be taking over so they could go down for a sec and get some fresh air as we headed inside to see a very looking Kate and Will sitting on the couch by the window looking at George’s bed. “hey guys.” I said, sticking my head around the corner.

“hey.” They smiled, as we headed into the room. “Mummy, Daddy.” Charlotte said, getting restless in Harry’s arms so he put her on the ground with a chuckle. Nathan first gave Will and Kate a kiss before checking on his best friend.

“I promised to give you this.” I chuckled, holding up the teddy bear. “thanks.” Kate smiled. “not only for this, but for today.” She smiled, giving me a hug. “Don’t worry. We’re family now. That’s what we do.” I assured her, rubbing her back in a comforting manner. Before I moved on to Will.

“thanks, for today. You don’t know how much it means to us.” he whispered as he hugged me. “really it was done with pleasure. I’m here if you need me to fall in for the coming days as well” I assured them. “me too, everything you need, name it.” Harry assured them.

“Well, we normally have a separate engagement.” Will looked between us two, snuggling Charlotte close to him. “would you guys mind taking over for us?” Kate finished “or stay here with George while we go.” Will suggested.

I looked over at Harry and we didn’t need words to know each other’s decision we’d do the engagement so they could stay with George. “We’ll go in your place. Just tell us what It’s about,” Harry told them. “thanks.” They smiled.

So for the half an hour they informed us about their engagements. They asked a hundred times if I were okay to do it by myself, and I was. Kate recorded her speech on video as did Will so they would still be there in some way, supporting their causes.

We didn’t stay much longer. Danny had really worn out Charlotte with playing, so we headed home with a cranky Charlotte and disappointed Nathan who hadn’t seen George awake.

We waved as we passed the press and drove in the direction in KP.

***

“God I’m exhausted” I stated, falling down on the couch, the day finally catching up with me. Charlotte and Nathan had been put to bed. Harry and I had divided the bedtime routine’s; it was like a preview of how our lives would be when we were parents ourselves.

“you were brilliant today.” Harry whispered, turning his head towards me where it was resting against the backrest. “I just did what I was supposed to do.” I shrugged my shoulders, moving closer towards him. Snuggling into his side.

“that doesn’t take away that you were brilliant today. Remarkable even. I can’t say how proud I am of you.” he said, his breath warming my face. “I’m just happy that Kate and will could be with George.” I smiled, leaning up to kiss his lips.

“you know I have an idea, meet me upstairs in 10 minutes.” Harry announced, jumping up, throwing a smirk over his shoulder as he disappeared in the hallway. ‘what is he up to now’ I thought to myself.

I followed up after him after ten minutes and entered our bedroom. “Harry?” I yelled when I didn’t see where he was.

“bathroom” I heard his voice echo from the bathroom. “Harry.” I gasped when I saw what he’d done, the bath was run foam overflowing. Candles are around the room with a flower scent.

“you deserve it, get undressed and in the bath, I’m going to get something downstairs.” He told me as he walked up to me, kissing my lips as he met me in the doorway. “won’t you join me?” I whispered. “I will in a second.” He smiled, kissing my lips before walking out, with a sigh I walked towards our huge bath and started undressing, feeling the water just before I got in.

with a moan of contentment, I leant my head back as the hot water eased my body. “don’t fall asleep Merida.” Harry announced his come back with a chuckle. “I’m not, I’m just relaxing.” I replied, lifting my head and opening my eyes.

“you still want me to join you?” he asked with a chuckle, placing two glasses of wine on the edge of the bath. “yea.” I told him, so he stripped his clothes and got in behind me, running his fingers up and down my leg underneath the water.

“no matter how tired I am and how things got today, I quite enjoyed myself.” I admitted, feeling bad cause if George hadn’t gotten sick I wouldn’t have handed out the shamrocks and wouldn’t have been left alone to prove myself.

“why doesn’t that surprise me?” he chuckled. “but honestly I couldn’t be prouder of you, flying solo and doing a damn good job at it. taking charge.” He summed. “I think you sometimes forget that that was my job one day, taking the lead and doing things alone in the meantime as a guide and then I was the CEO of a company. I think I quite know how to handle myself.” I chuckled, leaning to the side so I could look up at him.

“still, there’s a difference to being a tour guide and doing this. You’re great at this and in a sense it shouldn’t have surprised me.” He chuckled, admitting the fact.

“and tomorrow another solo engagement, quite unexpectedly.” He stated. “It is, but I don’t really mind.” I admitted, I won’t be speeching yet, the video message of Kate will be shown.” I noted, not really seeing the problem. “you’ll do great.” He assured me, rubbing his fingers up and down softly against the skin of my arm.

“would you mind if we went to see gran and gramps this weekend, I’d like to give them their tickets to the horse show themselves and I’d like to see them, I haven’t seen them in two weeks.” I admitted, looking up at Harry.

“Of course, you don’t need to ask that love.” Harry smiled, kissing my lips. We stayed in the bath for a bit longer, finishing our glasses of wine, the water getting cold as we got out. “I’m just going to check on charlotte and Nathan.” I said, when Harry crawled under the sheets.

“You want me to join you?” he asked. “no, I’ll be back in a sec.” I told him, blowing him a kiss as I slipped out of the room and to the door opposite of our where Charlotte was sleeping. She was sleeping soundly, her snuggle blanket pulled close to her, the sheets snuggled around and tucked in around her. I walked over to her and kissed the top of her head.

When I was confident everything was alright, I went to check in Nathan’s room and saw he’d drunk his glass on his night stand so I refilled it in his bathroom and put it back on the nightstand.

Giving him a kiss on the head I slipped out of his room and got back to my own where Harry was sitting up, waiting for my return. “are they asleep?” Harry asked. “yea, sound asleep.” I smiled, crawling in bed and snuggling in Harry’s side.

“I love you merida” he said, kissing the top of my head. “I love you to love.” I muttered, half asleep already.

***

it was an early morning for Harry he’d be taking over for Will this morning, I would be doing this afternoon’s engagement. Harry had left me to sleep in, but not long after he’d come to kiss me goodbye our bedroom door opened and in came Nathan followed by Charlotte. “can we get in bed with you?” Nathan asked, holding Charlotte’s hand. “Of course. I smiled, holding the sheets open on either side for them to crawl in bed.

“Can we go and see George again?” Charlotte asked, looking up at me. “not right now, but tonight uncle Harry and I will take you to see him, maybe auntie Pip and Uncle Jens will come and pick you up to go and see him.” I explained.

“good.” She snuggled into my side. I think I fell asleep again together with Nathan and Charlotte, cause next thing I knew Nathan was shaking me awake and announced he was hungry. “How about we go and make some breakfast then” I chuckled, sitting up.

I helped Charlotte get dressed, Nathan capable of doing it himself. But by the time I had gotten quite an unexpected text, I knew we’d talked about meeting in London, both of us living here and having it hit off from the moment we met.

First I called Kate if it was alright if I took Charlotte out to a breakfast café near the palace to meet up with her, Kate and will didn’t see a problem with it so I told the kids to get there coats while I called the PO’s.

“where are we going?” Nathan asked, looking up at me. “we’re meeting a friend of mine in the park and then we’re going to go and eat pancakes.” I told them, which seemed to satisfy for now.

***

“hey long time no see?” Madeline chuckled as we met each other in the park. “yea, we’ve been awfully busy and now with George” I explained. “how is the little guy doing?” she asked. “well from what Kate told me, he discovered the buttons to convert his bed.” I chuckled to which she laughed.

“No Neil?” I asked. “no, he’s in New York on a business trip and our dinner was well overdue.” She chuckled. “that it was, I’m glad to see you.” I smiled. “Charlotte, Nathan. This is Madeline and Leonore and Nicolas.” I introduced them “Madeline this is my little brother Nathan and Charlotte.” I said.

“how do you my sister?” Nathan asked. “Nathan.” I scolded. “no it’s fine. Don’t worry. I know curious kids.” Madeline chuckled, nodding her head to her kids at her legs. “I met her when she came to see my sister in Sweden.” Madeline explained. “So you’re a princess as well?” Nathan assumed. “I am.” Madeline chuckled. “but you can call me maddy.” She leaned down, like she was telling him a big secret. “okay.” He and Charlotte said.

We ended up going to a small and intimate breakfast café, which to my opinion served one of the best pancakes in London. “so have you heard of my sister?” she asked when the kids food was cut and they were eating and talking away, leaving me and Madeline some time to catch up.

“yea, we texted only two days ago on Tuesday.” I told her. “I’m looking forward for her to come here.” She smiled. “I can imagine. She’ll be staying at your place that week, before we leave right?” I asked. “yea, she will.” She nodded her head, we ended up talking for nearly two hours, but I had to go back to KP to get ready for Kate’s engagement I was taken over, with a promise to meet for dinner when her husband was back in town we made our way back to KP.

Liz would be watching the kids until Harry arrived and Lauren quickly helped me. “you sure you want to watch the kids?” I asked, looking at Liz as she walked into my walk-in- wardrobe.

“yea I’m sure, apparently you already went out on a walk.” She chuckled, sitting down on my vanity table. “yea, Maddy send me text asking to meet up for breakfast, Kate was okay with it, so we went out.” I told her, getting up and pulling my dress off the hanger and stepping into the dress. “Zip me up?” I asked, turning my back to my sister.

“it seemed like you had a great time.” She chuckled, doing up my zipper. “what do you mean?” I asked, turning around to face her. “Well some paps caught you.” she pointed out. “great.” I muttered, pulling on my coat and shoes.

“Don’t worry they didn’t say anything bad.” She told me. “for now.” She added with a snort. “thanks.” I muttered, as I made my way out of the room and down the stairs. “Liam.” I greeted, waiting below the stairs. “Harry should be here in an hour, so you won’t have to watch them for long.” I told her.

I said goodbye and made my way to the helicopter patch. “how long is the flight?” I asked, greeting the pilots. “about 30 minutes, Ma’am.” they informed me. “thanks.” I smiled. I read the summary Rebecca had send me earlier today.

When we nearly arrived in Portsmouth I received a call from Harry: “hey how was the engagement?” I asked a smile growing on my face as I heard his voice. “an engagement.” He chuckled. “are you on the way to Portsmouth?” he asked. “yea, we’re nearly there.” I said, looking out the window. “mhm.” He muttered.

“how was breakfast?” he chuckled. “great, seems like we have another dinner coming up.” I chuckled. “with Princess Madeline?” he asked. “yep and her husband, remember I told you we’d talked about meeting up Sweden.” I reminded him. “I did. Guess we have a lot of dinners coming up.” he chuckled over the phone.

“we have.” I agreed. “Liz is watching the kids for now, maybe you co”uld do something with them this afternoon and remember to walk Spot and Clover as well.” I told him. “great, I’ll take them with me on the walk.” He told me, as I heard him smile over the line.

“seems like you’ll be having fun.” I chuckled. “We’re almost there. I’ll call you when I leave again.” I told him. “good, I love you Merida.” He said. “I love you to hun;” I replied, before ending the call.

***

two minutes later I felt the helicopter descending. I saw the Range Rover waiting on me from the window I was looking through. “Liv.” Liam said, getting my attention as the door to the helicopter opened, Liam got in the front seat after he’d opened my door.

The ride to where the 1851 trust, Kate’s organisation was, was only a short drive.

“thanks.” I whispered when Liam opened my door. Walking up to the pair. “Your Royal Highness, it’s an honour to welcome you.” the women said, bowing to me. “the honour is all mine; Catherine sends her apologies for not being able to come.” I told the women and the man after the man had bowed to me as well.

“We totally understand, if it were my son I’d want to be with him as well.” The woman agreed, motioning her hand for me to go inside. “exactly” I nodded my head. I was shown around the facility for sailing training.

Took a couple of equipment to use, looked out over the view from the top of the tower, before we headed back downstairs where I’d do the short speech and show the video Kate had recorded last night.

“ being shown around the facility in the last couple of hours made me see why Catherine is devoted and passionate about this organisation. Catherine of course sends her biggest apologies to the people expecting and wanting to see her, but at the moment she’s at George’s side, where she’s supposed to be as mother and William as a father, but that doesn’t take away she forgot about you.

in fact last night when I visited the hospital we recorded a short video will be showing.” I finished, looking at the screen behind me where the video started in a hospital room of St. Mary’s you could see the edge of George’s bed and although Will and Harry had tried to keep Nathan and Charlotte quite, you could hear them in the background as Kate send her apologies and told the people in the room why she was so committed to this organisation.

When the video finished in continued. “So I hope that being here hasn’t disappointed any people that hoped to see Catherine. I’d like to give the people who worked on the facility big congratulations on the work and commitment that went into creating this facility.

I hope my short training upstairs prepared me a little for the big work now.” I ended with a chuckle as I stepped down the small stage as I unveiled the plaque with Kate’s title and official name together with sailing legend Ben Ainslee.

We posed for a picture with the crew of the facility before I was led to a room where I could change to and sail with the team of Ben Ainslee.

I changed into the plastic pants and jacket above my leggings and sweater, pulled on my running shoes and moved outside, where the team was waiting on me. “have you ever sailed ma’am?” Ben asked. “No, I’ve done my fair share of water sports, but sailing is sadly one thing I haven’t been able to do, it’s on my bucket list and it seems I’ll be ticking that box of.” I finished with a laugh.

“it seems like that.” He agreed with a laugh as we made our way to the boat. “May I say that you did a very good job in Australia with the Iron man competition” he pointed out, looking back at me. “you may.” I chuckled. “I really enjoyed myself that day.” I stared head a bit thinking back of it, thinking of our tour, that felt had been months ago, it only ended last month.

They helped me on the boat and explained to me the workings of the boat and instructed me what I could do and then we set sail for the oceans, for one thing I was happy, it was an easy sea so I meant we were bouncing to much, not that I wouldn’t have liked it, but the water wasn’t to warm yet so, I’d rather have stayed dry.

I helped adjust the ropes, before sitting back down on the seats and enjoyed the thrill of being at the mercy of the wind and currents, the wind blowing in my face and it was times like these that I really enjoyed, sometimes being a Duchess meant you could do things, no one would get a chance to do, and I enjoyed that the most, but secondly I enjoyed the freedom that came with it. I had no PO’s with me, don’t get me wrong I liked them a lot, gotten quite close to them, but it was nice to not be followed for once and just enjoy doing this.

When we got back to shore I was hyped up from the feeling the sail had given me, stepping of the boat with an extra bounce in my step. We walked back to the room with the changing rooms, pulling of the protective plastic pants and jacket. Keeping the legging and sweater on as I walked into the room to say goodbye to everyone.

They had also presented me with a small gift for George which I accepted gladly. Not long after I got back in the Range Rover and towards the helicopter. If I was lucky I would be in London in 45 minutes, around 5, 5.15 which meant we could have dinner and go with Charlotte and Nathan to the hospital.

***

an hour later I arrived on the helicopter patch in KP, thanked Liam and send him off, Aidan would be joining us to the hospital later in the evening. “Harry?” I yelled walking into the house. “Living room.” Harry yelled, so I followed his voice and discovered Harry lying on the couch, Nathan on one side, Charlotte on the other whilst Frozen was on. “hey love.” I said, leaning behind the backrest as Harry leaned his head back.

“hey Merida, I heard you did amazing.” He said, looking up at me. “I wouldn’t know.” I chuckled. “but I definitely enjoyed myself.” I added, leaning down to peck his lips. “that’s the important thing.” He stated, I was glad he wasn’t pushing through with telling me how well I was doing, I was just tired of hearing it for just doing my job now.

“mhm.” I muttered, before kissing the top of Nathan and Charlotte’s head. “did Joseph make dinner or do I need to make dinner?” I asked, looking in the kitchen and not seeing anything. “he did, it’s in the oven, you just need to put the oven on and the salad is in the fridge.” Harry informed so I started walking around the couch and joined them on the couch.

“lasagne?” I asked. “yep.” Harry chuckled, leaning over Nathan’s head and pecking my lips, adjusting his arm so it was resting on my shoulder, pulling me a little against him, without squashing Nathan in the middle.

Finishing the movie, I put the oven on whilst we went up and bathed Charlotte and Nathan separately. Dressing them so they could go and see George after dinner. In the end I was the only one having to shower after dinner and after that we took the car and drove to St. Mary’s to see Pippa and Jens already in the room when we arrived.

“sorry.” I apologized entering the room first. “don’t worry” kate smiled, motioning her hand for us to continue walking in. “aunty Liv, Uncle Harry.” George yelled from his bed, almost jumping up, but settled back down with a small wince. “hey bud.” I smiled, walking up to his bed.

“how are you?” I asked. “better,.” He smiled as I gave him a hug, Harry following after me. “charlotte.” He sighed, sibling when they were together they could kill each other, but now they both had tears in their eyes when they saw each other. “Nathan, George.” Was heard at the same time as Nathan jumped on his bed, where George was soon showing him and Charlotte what the buttons on his bed were for, to the amusement of the adults in the room.

The six of us talked for a bit about random things, before Kate asked me to join her to the roof to catch some fresh air. “So how was the engagement?” she asked. “great, had a lot of fun, the people understood why you weren’t there.” I assured her. “thanks for falling in twice now.” She smiled as the elevator to the roof opened and we were looking over London’s Skyline.

“of course, you’d do the same for me. Don’t worry about it, how has George been doing?” I asked, settling on the small bench. “great, the doctor said he can go home tomorrow noon, I’m glad we’ll finally be able to go home.” She smiled. “I can understand why.” I chucked. “mmm.” She muttered, resting her head against the wall with a tired sigh.

“tired?” I asked, looking at her. “like you wouldn’t believe, hospital bed and chairs aren’t the most comfortable. “you want me to stay the night, you could go home with Will, rest for the night.” I suggested.

“no.” she smiled, opening her eyes and lifting her head from against the wall. “it’s very sweet, but this is where I need to be, although I do miss Charlotte.” She admitted, sheepishly. “know that the offer still counts.” I assured her, smiling at her.

“thanks, you’ve already done so much the last two days” she stated. “my pleasure, that’s what family is for” I told her. “yea,” she smiled sweetly. We talked for a bit longer, discussing Pippa’s Hen party and apparently Jens and Pippa had agreed to have it in the same country but on different parts. We were going to the Bahama’s for the occasion, a week long holiday, which three days we’d be spending separately.

“you know I think we’ll be able to use it with the busy summer.” I admitted with a chuckle. “I can’t argue that” Kate agreed. “where will George and Charlotte go?” I asked. “mom and dad agreed to take them.” she told me.

“Nathan?” she asked. “well seeing as my ex house mates are all joining us. “gran and gramps.” I told her. We talked for a bit longer, I think Kate was happy to catch some fresh air, before we headed back inside.

“Nathan?” I scolded when I walked into the room of George to see the bed completely messed up, the leg part was pulled up, the head as well, George, Nathan and Charlotte nearly sandwiched between both side, “we’ve adjusted the bed at least ten times.” Harry and Will explained, when Kate walked over to the bed and adjusted it. “seems like George is feeling much better.” Pippa chuckled.

“does seem like it.” Kate Muttered, before scolding them. we stayed for a bit longer, the kids after getting another scolding hadn’t tried to break the bed anymore.

“seems like George is ready to go home.” Harry chuckled as I drove out of the front entrance gate, the flashes of the camera’s nearly blinding me. “god they really need to learn not to do that when someone’s driving” I muttered under my breath.

“they should, doesn’t mean they want to know.” Harry explained, taking my hand in his and kissing the back of it. sighing I continued looking at the road, the skies having turned dark now. “and it seemed like George is getting better, he’s young, they are more resilient against all that.” I commented. “mhm.” He confirmed. “they do say that.” He replied.

“and he’s living proof of it, wouldn’t be surprised if he were to walk out of the hospital tomorrow.” Harry pointed out with a chuckle. “Probably not.” I agreed, looking in the rear view mirror. “We have a sleeping duo.” I announced, smiling at the sweet scene on the backseats. Charlotte had fallen to the side with her head on Nathan’s shoulder and Nathan’s head was resting on top of Charlotte’s.

when we arrived back at KP, I carried Charlotte upstairs and changed her in her Pyjama’s, whilst Harry did the same to Nathan in the other room, making sure she was tucked in completely, her cuddling blanket next to her head, glass of water on the nightstand I made my way out, to meet Harry in the hallway, coming out of the next doors room.

“finally.” I breathed with a chuckle, walking up to Harry and wrapping my arm around his middle. “yea.” He smiled, kissing the side of my head. “you know we should see it as practice” Harry pointed out with a chuckle, walking us to our bedroom.

“Sure, but I think I have had enough practise over the last years. Don’t get me wrong I love them to pieces, and I love watching them. but it’s nice to have some piece and quite as well.” I admitted with a chuckle. “I agree.” Harry smiled, wrapping his arms around me.

“You know Miguel and I were watching your speech live in the office.” Harry started. “really, didn’t know I needed checking up on.” I commented, looking up at him. “It wasn’t like that and you know it.” he assured me with a sweet smile on his face. “mm.” I muttered. “Guess I’ll have to take your word for it.” I added.

“Miguel was surprised to see you did a speech, it was planned to show the video of Kate” Harry pointed out. “I just couldn’t sit there whilst the video played, it was a last second decision, but how did you guys know?” I asked. “when are you going to learn that the press knows everything, they got wind of it apparently.” Harry smiled. “Mm.” I nodded my head.

“So how did I do?” I smirked, looking up at him through my eyelashes. “Brilliant, you’re a natural. I know I’ve said it a million times and that you’re tired to hear me say it, but I’m incredibly proud of how well you’re doing all of this. Even if it’s your job now.” Harry declared, leaning his head a tiny bit lower with each word, our lips just not touching.

“mm. so I did good?” I asked. “yea, a you know it.” he chuckled, his breath heating my face. “would it surprise you if I told you I hadn’t written down anything” I chuckled as I saw his surprised face. “Merida.” He started. “you didn’t write anything down?” he asked. “no. I never do, not back in school when we had to present something, not as a guide and not now. Why would I start now. I know from experience that if I plan out my words, I keep myself to it for the first five words and it’s gone after that. Ask Mia, Autumn, Jens and Daphne I was nightmare to do school projects with, I never held me to my text, but you know what.” I paused looking up.

as he nodded his head and nudged my nose, stealing a kiss I continued. “it’s better that way, it comes from the heart and it isn’t stiff or influent. If you come up with the words then and there, sure you’ll pause a few times to think of the write words, but it comes over way better.” I finished.

“but still, love.” He started, placing my finger against his lips I questioned: “You said I did great, right?” “of course you did, definitely now I know you hadn’t planned anything.” He told me. “then don’t worry. This is how I work. If you’re worried I’ll forget something in the future, I won’t. ask the bunch about how good I was at it in the past and then I hadn’t the confidence to talk in public like I have now. If you know your organisation well and your heart is in it, you don’t need prepared words to tell the people why you’re there. Your heart will know and you let your heart speak.” I finished, running my hands from on his waist around his neck.

“have a little faith in me” I chucked. “oh, I have Merida. More then you’ll ever know. I have faith in you as my Wife, as my Duchess, Princess, future Queen Consort. I believe in you” he ended in a whisper as he closed the gap between our lips.

“Let me show you how proud I am.” he whispered, leaving butterfly kisses in his wake as he made a trail to my ear and down my neck. Nodding my head, he lifted me up by my bum.

***

when I woke up the next morning, I discovered I was alone in bed. Getting out of bed I got some comfortable legging and sweater from my closet and went to brush my teeth and get ready for the day. I only realised it was nearly eleven in the morning when I picked my phone from my nightstand.

“thanks for letting me sleep in.” I whispered in Harry’s ear, wrapping my arms around him from behind. “Your welcome, Merida.” He whispered, leaning his head to the side so I could kiss his lips. “but to be honest, I haven’t been awake that long either. They slept in as well,” he nodded his head at Charlotte and Nathan at the dining table.

“still. Thanks.” I whispered against his lips. We settled around the table, eating the eggs Harry had prepared. “When’s George coming home?” Charlotte asked, looking up at me. “Not to long now.” I told her, pushing her hair back and I knew immediately that Harry hadn’t helped her comb her hair, she was blessed with her mother’s hairs and for a almost four year old she had quite a lot of hair.

So after breakfast was done, Harry and Nathan would put away the mess as I combed Charlotte’s hair and when I finished my phone lit up. “Hey Kate” I answered “hey, how is Charlotte doing?” she immediately asked. “great, she’s with me now, Uncle harry forgot to brush her hair.” I said, pulling a face at her. “ooh, I can imagine.” I heard her chuckle over the line. “How’s George?” I asked, seeing Charlotte holding her hand out to get the phone.

“great, monkey has been given the green light, we’re just packing up the stuff. we should be home in an hour.” She told me and I heard the relief in her voice. “that’s great.” I claimed, happy they wouldn’t have to spend another night in the hospital.

“yea, it is.” She said. “so I’ll see you soon.” She added, I handed Charlotte my phone, whilst I went down to inform Harry who was relieved that George was coming home.

45 minutes later The Cambridge’s left the hospital, not waiting to get a photo opp. Will carrying George to the car for all the world to see though and you could see the tiredness and exhaustion in both their eyes as they faced the world and drove off.

we offered to watch George and Charlotte in the afternoon, so they could rest. But they would have none of it, being happy to be home and have both their kids with them. they’d even taken Nathan with them, with the hope that if the three of them settled down for a movie, they would be able to keep George a bit calm and less restless, he was thinking that going home meant, he could play outside and kick a ball and climb trees.

Kate’s idea had worked marvellously as the three of them hadn’t moved from the couch and watched several cartoons, while Harry and I update Kate on yesterday’s engagement we had taken over. Sure we’d told them yesterday the basics, but now it was a full report, so if they went back in the future, they’d know all they could.

liz would take Nathan of their hands tonight as we left and went to prepare for our dinner with the guys of the expedition that had brought Harry and I together.

“I’m looking forward to seeing them again.” Harry stated, from his closet. “me to.” I admitted, we’d grown quite close with them over the years and Harry was already close with them, some of them from the previous expeditions and he’d served with one of them in Afghanistan.

It had been since the wedding we had gotten the chance to really sit down and talk to them, unless you count quick phonecalls and messages as catching up. “Merida? You ready?” I heard him say impatiently from our bedroom, securing my earring, I checked myself in the mirror and walked out of the closet. “You look beautiful.” Harry smiled, walking over to me and wrapping his arm around my waist, kissing the side of my head.

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