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blueberry-lemon · 9 months

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Shouting into the Void about Palia, which has begun its open beta.

Palia is a "cozy sim MMO set in a fantasy world", as pitched by the developers at Singularity Six. If I had to set it up in one sentence, I would pitch it as something like "what if an MMO didn't need to have combat?"

Which is something I'm really excited about.

To clarify, I think the MMO term is slightly misleading. When you log on, you're sent to an instance of around 25 players or so, similar to how Sea of Thieves works. For what it's worth, I think this is actually a preferable experience versus being a "true MMO" with hundreds of people crowding around the town area. I think they made the right call.

Although I have some small critiques and some reservations about recommending Palia during its open beta state, I'm having a really fun, relaxing time and I'm really looking forward to how the game grows. Full thoughts below.

--- I'm sure people will be quick to compare Palia to Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing. This is valid, and probably something the developer wants you to do. Like those games, Palia is about relaxing and having a good time in a simple town with charming NPCs.

That said, I think the closest analogs to how Palia works are actually Disney Dreamlight Valley and Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles. Dreamlight Valley I think is the most direct competition, so to speak. It's funny to see that another developer got to the multiplayer pie before Disney's teams were able to fully add multiplayer, lol.

In Palia, you dress up your character and you customize your home. I think the art is really great, and the animation has really impressed me. There's a great variety of outfits (although to be clear, 30% of clothing options are available from the start and the other 70% is, for now, premium currency only.) There's unfortunately only 2 choices of body type in the Open Beta, although the devs claim that more are coming.

There's a shocking amount of customization for your house and your lawn. At least, picture Animal Crossing: New Horizons but with better controls for dragging and dropping where you want everything. People who like setting up their plot of land will have a good time. You can even expand your property to make it larger.

The core of Palia's loop involves you hopping around between progressing the Main Story and progressing 8 different skills: Cooking, Hunting, Bug Catching, Gardening, Foraging, Fishing, Furniture Making, and Mining. In addition to this, you're progressing your friendship meter with the different NPCs and, if you'd like, selecting one to Romance.

There's some really smart innovations in Palia that I like.

For example, your Mining skill only increases when you PICK UP the ore loot that drops from destroying a vein of ore. Why is that? Because you're supposed to work together with friends and strangers. If the skill increased for each time your pickaxe struck the vein, then you'd get annoyed if your friend helped you, because working together would destroy the vein in less strikes. If the skill increased for destroying a vein, then only the person who got the "last hit" would reap the exp reward. In Palia, so long as a player strikes the vein at least once, the loot will drop for them when it's destroyed. This way, anyone around you can "get their hand on that ball" by helping strike the vein at least once. This encourages working together, sharing the loot, etc. The same goes for chopping trees: anyone who contributes at all will get the wood that drops. This naturally encourages people to work together. There's no reason not to, because you're not "stealing" the loot from anyone else or "stealing" the exp.

Cooking is the most fleshed out co-op experience from what I've seen. Recipes require ingredients and a stove or prep station. Then, when you start the recipe, you do minigames to chop ingredients and stir them. So long as any player contributes an ingredient or does one of the minigames, they get the full exp and the finished dishes from cooking, even if that contributing player doesn't have the recipe. So if your friend loves cooking, and has a bunch of recipes, they can initiate the cooking and then you can bring the mushrooms and do the chopping. Then you all get to level up and get the dishes.

Even activities like Fishing are more fun to do together. If you fish near someone else who's fishing, you'll both get a buff that makes the fish bite your hooks much sooner. It stacks higher the more you fish together.

Another smart innovation: a rework of the infamous "stamina meter." This time, it's a Focus Meter. If your Focus Meter drops to 0, nothing happens. You don't pass out, you don't starve, nothing. However, if you DO have Focus, you get a Exp Gain Multiplier. This encourages you eating dishes to stay well-fed without punishing you too strongly if you ignore it.

And then, lastly, the core conceit of the game: there's no combat or danger. Although there is a Hunting Mechanic, it's completely one-sided, like hunting deer (which the game is quick to tell you are overpopulated in the area.) You can't die, you can't get hurt, you don't take fall damage, you don't even have health, period. I think this is great at trimming the unnecessary parts of a game like this and keeping it truly relaxing.

Although I'm having a fun time, I can't wholly recommend the open beta of Palia for everyone. The game is still early in its life and is missing a lot of important UI/UX and central features. The Pause and Settings menus are pretty sparse. You can only have 1 character so far, there aren't multiple character slots. You can't even change your characters name once you've made it, so choose carefully. In addition, you might feel like there "isn't enough to do together" if you play with friends, which is similar to a complaint I have about Animal Crossing multiplayer. It's mostly a chill hangout game about fishing next to each other.

There are a lot of things in the game that still need to be fleshed out, but I'm really happy with the core structure they've set up. Once this game leaves Open Beta, I think it'll be an easier recommendation, especially for folks who have enjoyed Disney Dreamlight Valley. I think these devs are smart about how they're handling the core desire here: wanting to play a game like Final Fantasy XIV or Stardew Valley without having to worry about combat or stamina.

My partner and I love to play these relaxing zone-out types of games. While trying Atelier Ryza recently, my partner said: "I just want a game where you zone-out and pick stuff up off the ground." My friends, we finally found it. It's called Palia.

You can find the Palia Open Beta on PC, and the game is slated to release on Nintendo Switch.

#Palia #Palia game #Disney Dreamlight Valley #shouting into the void #sitv #blogofkylelab

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magicaltrash · 6 months

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The reimagining of Disneyland Resort's Downtown Disney District introduced Parkside Market into the area. As described by the Disney Parks Blog, this is a "new stage and lawn for special events, activities, musical entertainment and more on the west end of the district. In this brand-new area, you’ll also be able to see a soaring new sculptural tower designed by Nikkolas Smith. This new tower will pay tribute to the sublime work of pioneering architects of color in Southern California during the mid-20th century with unique geometric patterns in the sculpture, evoking the famed mid-century buildings they created."

What that really means is that new trash cans with a mid-century design on the side! These silver cans featuring a line and circle patterns on the side, with select colored circles creating Mickey heads in the pattern. Both trash and recycling versions have been spotted at Downtown Disney, complete the Environmentality Tree Recycling Icon. Sharp looking design! // Disneyland Resort, Downtown Disney, Parkside Market, 2023 [Source: MiceChat. Used by Permission.]

#Disney #Magical Trash #Disney Trash Can #Trash Can #2023 #Recycling #Anaheim #Environmentality Tree Recycling Icon #Disneyland #Disneyland Resort #DLR #DL #Downtown Disney #Parkside Market

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rhoorl · 7 months

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Taking a mental health day today, which includes looking at updating some Halloween decor. I know you’ve answered about the TF boy’s Halloween costumes, but what’s Halloween like on Mulefalls Court?

Like, how do they decorate? Whose front yard is decorated with all theatrics, who gives the best candy and whose house gets bitched about most on the Neighbourhood Watch Group Chat™️ 🎃👻

Betty!! Not only did you grace my day with an amazing Autumnal Offering this morning (plug for anyone who sees this to read that!!), but you sent me a great ask on top of that!

Also yay for mental health days - those are so needed! I hope you feel refreshed and I’m glad you are taking some time for you!

As for this question … oh do I have thoughts. Did I write almost 900 words about this and scribble notes to myself throughout the day? Yes, yes I did.

It should come as no surprise to those reading DL, that David and Ty (but let’s be honest, it’s really David), go ALL OUT for Halloween. Each year, the other members of the Neighborhood Watch groan when David pops a message into the group chat asking about themes for their decorations. He starts this nonsense in like July when they’re all focused on summer activities. Bless him, he tries to get a cohesive theme together for the street every year, but everyone always ends up doing their own thing.

Mule Fall Court goes all in on Halloween. The entire Torrey Hills development is quickly becoming known as the spot to go to see Halloween decorations or to go trick-or-treating. (Like people will drive specifically to this neighborhood for Halloween). As a result, all of the streets in the development vie for who has the best decorations or the best trick-or-treat snacks/ambiance. Mule Fall Court has a storied legacy, with members from its street winning at least one award each of the last several years.

Being professional party planners, David and Ty have the best connections for decor from around the Greater Tampa area, even going into Orlando for things. They’ve decorated their front lawn in a bunch of different ways over the years, but here are some of their recent award-winning themes. Have I mentioned before that they’re big Disney fans? If not, well, they are.

The Haunted Mansion - I have specific costumes in mind for them but it’s super niche to the ride lol

Hocus Pocus. They each dressed up like a Sanderson sister and asked a friend of theirs who is a well-known local drag queen to come on Halloween night to help them pass out candy

The Nightmare Before Christmas. Ty was Jack and David was Sally. Their cat was begrudgingly dressed as Zero.

Everyone else keeps things fun, but tame compared to David and Ty. Since he was little, Connor would go to Lucille’s house to carve pumpkins. Lucille would display those outside of her house and Julio would put some cobwebs and spiders in her bushes.

David has a one-sided feud with a family who lives a few streets over who are always up there in the voting for best decorations. He may or may not do some covert drivebys early on in the season to see what they’re up to.

Megan used to decorate with inflatables when Connor was younger because he thought they were fun. She’s passed along those decorations to Olivia since she has the youngest kids. Olivia’s house is always the cute, fun one since she has littles. In recent years, Megan just has done a simple setup with a few pumpkins, her pride and joy really being the Halloween wreath she and Lulu made years ago.

Melissa and Danny are big horror and Halloween fans. They’re still relatively new to the neighborhood, so they haven’t gone through too many Halloween seasons. They did a Trick ‘r Treat theme last year.

This is Katie’s first Halloween on the street, so our Pinterest queen is sure to have some ideas and because it’s Katie she’s probably going to want to build something and go all out.

When it comes to the best candy/treats. We’ve established in Chapter 1 that Megan is a baker. So what she may lack in outdoor decor, she makes up for in spades with her Halloween treats. She and Connor set up a couple of tables at the foot of their driveway with all of her creations for the trick-or-treaters. If you search “Halloween treats” on Pinterest, chances are Megan has made it. I have a feeling Katie is going to give her a run for her money this season, though.

Melissa and Danny leave candy (the variety packages from Costco) in a couple of cauldrons at the foot of their driveway so they can go to David and Ty’s to help them pass out candy (and drink whatever concoction Ty has cooked up - in the theme of course). David and Ty do not skimp and pass out full-sized candy bars because they’re extra and know it buys them brownie points in the judging for best decorations.

When Julio was alive, he and Lucille would sit on their porch and admire all of the kids in their costumes. They would ask each one of the kids about their costumes and have them to do a spin so they could see. This year will be Lucille’s first without Julio, so we’ll see where she ends up.

Olivia is such a mom and she makes little individual bags for all of the trick-or-treaters complete with fruit snacks and pretzels. Her husband always rolls her eyes but she counters that parents love their house because it gives their kids a break from all of the sweets.

I’m a little bummed that we aren’t going to celebrate Halloween in real-time with the neighborhood this year … I have so much story to still get through and Halloween 2023 is a few weeks away. With that being said, be prepared to celebrate Halloween with our crew + the boys (and assorted guests?) in probably February at this point based on how I’m plotting things out/the speed I’m writing.

Thank you for this ask and the excuse to go down a rabbit hole with my favorite neighbors.

#rhoorl asks #delta landscaping thots #delta landscaping #delta landscaping extended universe

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twdmusicboxmystery · 2 years

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Emily’s New Job

Okay, I’m a bit behind here, but I want to talk about the play Emily is doing, why it doesn’t worry us, and then some suspicious things she’s been posting that we think are hints.

First, everyone always gets really nervous when she gets a new job. You shouldn’t. By now, it’s obvious that AMC, ABC, and plenty of other entities (Disney and Marvel for Danai, Emily’s music career, etc.) all coordinate together. She’s not going to take a gig that would compromise what she already has set up with AMC.

So first, here’s a short convo we all had when the news of her new play broke. Just giving you this so you can hear our thoughts on why y’all shouldn’t be so worried about this. Then we’ll get into the suspicious TD clues.

@wdway:

Emily got a role in a play. Looks like this is a wonderful opportunity for her. Now the little sad response face and tears are starting, and I foresee people losing their shit over this announcement. Why does everything have to be either blazing hot or freezing cold? She got a job. I'm so happy for her. Why does the majority of people on an instant are ready to jump off the cliff about something like this? Why can't people look at that and think that probably anything that Emily is tied to with TWD would not be affected at all?

The fact that she had several weeks missing earlier this summer where she could have been filming, plus she was in Atlanta, Georgia back in the spring for a comic convention, it seemed that she was there a lot longer than need be and it was also during this time that Andy was seen in the area. How quickly people want to forget the good possibilities and go directly to the bad ones.

After all these years they are obviously wanting to keep Beth being alive as a major series reveal and if that's true, then any filming would have already been done for s11 and Daryl's spin-off. Something else I had thought about while watching the first episode of Tales: I don't remember hearing anything about their filming. It is obvious that Tales was filmed this past winter, early spring according to the clothing choices and the trees starting to bud. There were some locations that looked very familiar, so I imagine they were in Georgia on the down low filming at the same time that the regular TWD was filming. TWD has proven over the years that they can film things without the public being aware of it.

@twdmusicboxmystery:

For sure! I totally agree about Emily. I’ve been saying that for years. EVERY time she gets a job people freak out and decide TD is wrong. But I think by the time she is revealed, she’ll already have filmed all the scenes she will have needed for that set. And the fact that they’re making the point to announce it is a distraction.

@wdway:

As far as I'm concerned nothing has changed for her TWD return. TWD s11 is in the can and Daryl's spin-off is 6 episodes and won't air until sometime next summer. No real date on when filming, that is the filming in France being done publicly for promotional buzz will start. Good for Emily to have a part in a play instead of just hanging out. An actress needs to act.

@twdmusicboxmystery:

She has plenty of time for filming and I also always thought it was suspicious that they made such a show of taking down the Alexandria set, cutting the lawn, selling off parts of the property. I get that they really won’t be filming there moving forward. But the AMC lot is like 15 acres. (Or maybe it’s more like 40? I don’t remember, but it’s huge, and most of that is just woods.) They’re trying really hard to make people think they aren’t filming anything there at all.

@wdway:

Public seeing no filming=public believing no filming is being done.

I don't really believe there's anything at that Studio going on right now but my understanding is that Fear is supposed to be starting filming in the Savannah area soon so I could see them possibly using the TWD studio and properties for different TWDU projects it makes sense that they would.

@galadrieljones:

Hey guys! I totally agree with everything you’re saying. Maybe it’s because I’m somewhat of a newbie but this stuff completely skips my radar lol. Emily lives in LA and has a whole private calendar that exists beyond her Instagram acct. I think social media fools some ppl into thinking they can track a person’s every move. But she doesn’t post that much, tbh!

And unless you hired a private detective to follow her 24/7 there’s no way to know if she’s on a plane to Atlanta. It’s not like she’s Johnny Depp. She can easily fly under the radar if that’s what tptb want her to do. The fact she was publicly in Atlanta at all during the final weeks of filming was insane to me all by itself. Could mean nothing, could mean everything. But yeah, I think it’s a waste of time to get bummed out about her being in a play lol. Like, go her!

Also, I get the sense that over the last several years, AMC has been tighter lipped with filming because spoilers have become such a major threat to the entertainment landscape. Leaked footage has completely ruined some major video game releases over the past two years, and I can only imagine how hard it is to deal with TV, because like you need boots on the ground, and there are sets and many different famous ppl to coordinate at once.

I imagine, this being the final season, they are doing absolutely everything they can to keep things as secretive as possible. So, things like filming, especially for high profile scenes and characters, are going to be tightly controlled and probably offset with other news and things for purposes of subterfuge. Like this spoiler photos that came out were JUST interesting enough to get ppl talking for 48 hours but they really revealed zero real information about what to come, and that makes me feel they were probably coordinated by tptb themselves to satiate the masses and let them think they’re in control. So….yeah. No worries over here!! Lol.

Okay, so in my mind, that is that. Then, a few days later, Emily posted something that really raised my eyebrows. Over the past few weeks, she’s posted notes from scripts and such. I’ve been posting about how suspicious that is, because whatever project it was for hadn’t been announced, and there are other things that qualify as TD clues, so maybe it’s TWD she’s learning lines for.

I think the idea is that they want us to believe she was learning lines for this play. And maybe she was. This play is a real thing and obviously she would need to learn her lines. But notice how she hasn’t posted these kinds of things for other projects she’s had. Maybe a few things here and there, but not to this extent. It’s like they REALLY want us to believe this is all she’s doing right now. And if they are trying to hard to make us believe that, it’s because they’re distracting from something else.

So, a few days after news of her play broke, Emily posted this:

It was actually a short video, panning over all the comments on this script. I just got a couple of screenshots that show most of them.

She writes, "found this in my script" as though someone left these kind notes for her. But, I kinda think Emily herself wrote them. I don't mean that in a weird, narcissistic way. Rather, maybe she was doodling this some time ago and just found it again. I found another example of her handwriting, posted on her account a while back, and they look the same to me.

So, we have the dinosaur doodle again. I say again, because she draws this fairly often, as though it's almost a signature or nick name. In fact, just a few days before, she posted this one:

But because of the dinosaur TD stuff, I kind of think that's why she does it. so we see it again. Even the I 💖 U, dinosaur. And then she zeroes in on one comment that says it was the best acting I've ever "scene," which she corrects to "seen."

Not exactly a TD smoking gun. Just feels like she's emphasizing the seen/seeing/eye stuff. I like to think that she wants us to think this is the script to the play she's working on, but maybe it's something else. The script to something linked to the dinosaur symbolism, perhaps? 😉

@wdway:

I love the dinosaur but the thing that really stands out to me is the phrase, drink lots of water. First of all, water! The other thing is that's what Daryl told Beth about drinking alcohol, drink a lot of water. Also the big black heart on white paper that is very much in the shape of a V.

So yeah. That’s pretty much it. We just wanted to point this out. Thoughts?

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Our long-held threshold of under $100 million has increased significantly, with the most expensive homes in LA now reaching at over $150 million. Several gigantic mansions (between 60,000 and 70,000 square feet) are currently being built as well; should they ever go on the market, they would probably even be larger. Another significant point is that, compared to last year, the number of houses that sold for above $20 million this year alone has more than doubled. Similar records have also been observed in our lower price ranges, such as the price categories from $1M to $5M and $10M, albeit perhaps not as dramatically. Recent significant sales include the "Fleur de Lys" home, which went for $88 Million after spending more than 5 years on the market, and "Carolwood," the former estate of Walt Disney, which went for $74 Million.

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July 15 2022 4:00p-5:30p

Awake activity: just finished zoom conference. Several small wanks before that. One banana eaten after a sleepless night.

Dream content:

My car was driving itself but sideways. I take over.

When I get to my destination I park and walk through the massive garden on somebody’s front lawn.

There are small little lemur looking creatures everywhere. I catch one and hold onto it. I enter the house with the creature.

I travel all the way through the house (it’s a long house) to the back. The back of the house is the living room of my house where I can look through the back sliding glass door to see my hammock .

But somebody strange is laying in my hammock. I put the creature down and ATTACK The person in the hammock.

He is alarmed and disoriented.

I gesticulate wildly “ WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY HAMMOCK” he irritatedly corrects me that this is HIS hammock. I suddenly realize that he is right.

He talks at me while I am trying to collect my creature. While he is complaining to me about my intrusion, he reveals that he has been sad and lonely for the past few days. The creature is hard to collect because there are several others in the screen didn’t enclosure where we are.

He tells me that creatures are hard to catch. I asked him if he wouldn’t mind another creature running about his screen dang closure. He says that’s fine.

I also give him my number and tell him he can call me anytime within the next week if he wants to talk about how sad he is. He seems cautiously thankful.

I try to leave through his house, but every time I get to the front door, I realize I forgot something and I have to run all the way back to him in the back screen enclosure. This happens roughy four times.

When I finally get all my stuff and leave, his whole household is watching me as I leave through the front door.

When I get on the front lawn, it is night time outside. I consider getting a new lemur creature, but can see none. Instead, there are all types of birds walking around the ground of the garden.

One massive brown owl is somehow wearing driving gloves, and holding a small golf club, which I assume he got somewhere else in the garden. He is hitting bushes with the club trying to release the worms inside.

I reached down and pet this owl, he’s fluffy, very soft. But then he tries to steal my phone with his little beak, so I leave him alone.

I decide to explore the garden a bit since there are a massive amount of animals walking around it now in the dark.

Somehow the garden becomes that of a new Disney theme park. I wander around and find myself inside a brand-new state of the art Snow White ride.

At some point I accidentally activate the Snow White ride, during which it starts to play a massive sound and show chaotic visuals and animatronics everywhere.

These visuals and animatronics eventually turn into fiery collapse while I think to myself “man that’s a pretty dangerous narrative, what if a fire really broke out during the animatronic show“.

As I leave the building quickly in case attention is drawn to where I was, I see smoke leave the building and realize that the show is indeed on fire.

I am on rollerskates now skating around looking for my car. I see a group of children selling lemonade in the middle of the night and playing corn hole and working on their motorcycles.

I try to blend in with them, but I realize I am an adult and I’m not successfully doing so. One of the children threatens me to dissuade me from attaining the attention of a beautiful tenant in the area. The child looks angry. So I go off and find a job in a nearby factory.

As I get the job, I see police cars driving into the snow white ride. I begin to panic as low resolution videos and photographs of me in roller-skates get passed around as they try to find the culprit. lucky for me, everyone in this dream appears to be stupid.

A Factory friend suggests a lose the roller skates.

The method in which he suggests is that I pretend to destroy a piece of equipment in the factory and then I go out and buy new shoes when I try to replace the equipment.

The equipment I choose to destroy is an inflatable tall, fabric, rectangle. My means of destruction is one of the children’s darts. My foreman orders me to seek a replacement from the storage room and start inflating it.

While inflating the replacement rectangle I procure from storage, I catch the eye of the beautiful tenant (the one a previous child warned me about).

The tenant somehow turns the rectangle into a cartoonish heart shaped bed and gestures towards it. What she wants is not sexual in nature, she wants to relax and get to know my personality. However another factory worker sits on the bed.

This appears to enrage her.

She rips the bed out from underneath him and stabs him with the heel of her shoe.

While she is doing this, I have left to see how far the police have come in their hunt for me.

I find a candy shop that has been partially destroyed in the fire. I begin eating pieces of molded chocolate off the ground.

Doing this I hear the shopkeeper being yelled at by his supervisor. It appears that the chocolates I ate unknowingly invalidated their inventory. thus effectively ruining the shopkeepers life.

#dream journal

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Three Times Patton Got Lost in a Market

Thomas was walking through the old store with his mom, careful to hold her hand while they shopped.

“Oh, look! There’s a wind chime! It’s just like the nice neighbor lady!” Patton said.

Thomas stopped to look, and his mom stopped too, looking at something else across the aisle.

“It isn’t exactly the same,” Logan said. “Hers has a hummingbird on top, but this one has a butterfly.”

“And anyway, this one has prettier colors when the light hits it,” Roman added.

“Oooh, the red really is pretty, Roman!” Patton said excitedly. “And the purple, and the yellow!”

“It’s exactly the colors of the most beautiful rainbow reflecting back from a pot of gold,” Roman said dreamily.

“Mom!” Virgil suddenly shrieked, alerting them all to the fact that Thomas’s mom was no longer beside them.

Instantly, there was a pandemonium of overlapping voices, all very confusing, and Virgil at the front screaming.

“Quiet!” Patton yelled, as loud as he could, and then felt a little like crying. He didn’t like yelling, but this was important!

“But we have to find Mom!”

“We should run after her!”

“If we yell someone will hear!”

“Listen to me!” Patton yelled again. “Remember what Mom said? If we get lost in the store we stay put, and if we see an employee then we ask them to call mom for us.”

Virgil bit down hard on his sleeves, and Patton took his silence for agreement.

“That is indeed what Thomas was told,” Logan admitted.

“I still think we should go find her!” Roman protested, though less pointedly than before.

Thomas plopped down on the floor.

“Ok. That settles it, we’re waiting for mom,” Patton said. “Let’s look for more pretty things while she comes to get us. Roman, what else can you see around us that looks like a rainbow?”

Roman grumpily crossed his arms. “There’s a rainbow on the lawn decoration.”

“Very good!” Patton said. “Logan, can you see anything that’s science-accurate?”

“Science-accurate is a very vague phrase, but I suppose you could be intending to direct me to the collection of decorative barometers.”

“Oooh~ yes, the water swan neck thingies~” Roman said.

Logan launched into an explanation of barometers, most of which Patton didn’t understand.

He checked on Virgil, who was scanning the aisle they were in over and over again, and chewing holes in his poor sleeves.

“She’ll be here in just a minute, don’t worry,” Patton said gently.

Virgil nodded slightly, but didn’t stop checking the ends of the aisle and staring down each person that passed.

And then his eyes went wide. Patton turned to look.

“Mom!”

“Thomas, I thought I lost you for a minute there! Stay close, ok?”

Thomas took his mother’s hand and nodded.

Patton let out a sigh of relief. They weren’t lost anymore.

••^*^••

Thomas was a bit worried about high school, and especially the test coming up, and Logan and Virgil were mostly helping him with that. But now he had to go to the store for groceries. And Roman was exhausted after being all excited over the play and was sound asleep.

So Patton was helping shop!

He smiled confidently, prompting Thomas to look at the list again. He needed to get the ingredients for tacos, and some bread, milk, eggs, and ice cream. Yum!

Now what all went into tacos?

There was meat, and sour cream, and little shredded lettuce, and cheese, and taco shells, or was he supposed to get soft tortillas?

Patton considered, wandering into the store towards the food. Maybe both? Yeah. Both. Oh! And there was the bread! That would probably have tortillas near it!

Patton hummed happily, finding the bread that looked the same as what mom had been getting, noting the brand name. Nature’s Own. Huh.

Now tortillas… what kind did they normally get?

He finally just picked the one that had blue on the label.

Virgil popped up, startling him for a moment, especially with his intense frown. “People are staring. We’re taking too long near the bread, and your humming is gonna make people think Thomas is weird.”

“Oh, it’s alright!” Patton said cheerfully, glad he hadn’t dropped the tortillas. “I didn’t get in anyone’s way, and they haven’t said anything yet about thinking Thomas is weird.”

“Yeah…” Virgil glared at the people milling around and shopping. “Well they could. Just… keep it quiet.”

“Will do!” Patton grinned, and Virgil sunk back out.

Next he had to find… well, next he had to find the next thing. Should he keep walking and hope to see them, or should he seek each one out? He’d stumbled upon the bread, surely he would stumble across the rest.

Patton hummed happily and kept walking, skipping along beside the cart as Thomas pushed it. Thomas must really be out of it, poor guy. But Patton could help him cheer up!

Pretty soon, they had almost everything! Except for taco seasoning. And Patton wasn’t sure if they were supposed to get the kind that was in packets, or the actual spices. And he also wasn’t sure whether he should look in the spices area or the Mexican food area. Or where those areas were.

Surely they’d passed those special Mexican drinks a while back. But where?

Patton encouraged Thomas to turn around and go back, but after several aisles he still couldn’t find anything he was looking for. He turned back around, and then again.

“Perhaps… I need to go from one end all the way to the other…”

Virgil popped up again, rather grumpy looking, but not as much as earlier. “That’s gonna take too long. We’re already late, and Mom is gonna need Thomas home son so she can make dinner.”

Patton sighed. “Ok. Logan, help please, I’m lost.”

Logan popped up, looked around, and then pointed. “That aisle.”

“But how do you know?” Patton asked.

“There’s a sign above it.”

Patton looked up. “Oh. Yeah.” He chuckled. “I should’ve thought to look for signs. Thanks, Logan!”

“You’re welcome. However I do suggest we attempt to make our trip home expedient. I’ll need Virgil’s full attention and assistance to prepare adequately for the test.”

“Will do!” Patton said, already spurring Thomas towards the aisle.

••^*^••

“I have created the ultimate maze!” Roman said excitedly. “It is called Infinite IKEA!”

Patton clapped excitedly, and even Logan gave a single clap.

“I really don’t see the point—“

“The point is a race, Emo Nightmare, and the winner gets to pick which old reruns Thomas watches tonight.”

Virgil tried to pretend he was still disinterested, but Patton could tell he was excited. “So what would we have to do to win the race?”

Roman grinned. “I’ve hidden a copy of each of our logos in the store somewhere, except for mine, which Logan hid by sinking in and placing it in a random place, so he doesn’t know the layout of the store yet. You have to find your own logo, and then exit the store!”

Oh, so that was why Logan had a bump on his head. He’d probably tried to rise up too close to a shelf. Ouch.

“Everybody ready! Set! Go!”

They all rushed into the store. Patton looked around excitedly, getting more excited to see that the store was full of items that came from houses where Thomas had lived or visited. He ran to the section of beds and flopped onto the biggest one.

He let out a comfy sigh, looking up at the roof which, rather than being metal supports and too-bright lights, was intricately painted with something that glowed.

It was amazing.

“You did a really great job, Roman,” Patton said, even though Roman was probably running ahead to win the race— oh! This was a race!

He jumped up and started walking, looking around for his heart with glasses.

After the bed section, where he wished he could stay and flip onto each one, he wandered into the lamps and chandeliers section. That was beautiful. He was still dazzled and in awe walking out. It even had that massive one Thomas had seen in the one hotel once.

And then came books, where Logan was!

“Hi, Logan!”

“Ah, greetings Patton.” Logan was looking through the books, just as captivated as Patton had been by the beds.

“Find your logo yet?”

“Not yet. I’m not overly concerned with winning, and Roman has certainly made this an interesting place to browse.”

“Mhmm!” Patton looked around. “Where are the kids books, I want to see if the Winnie the Pooh book is still chewed on or if Roman made it brand new.”

“That way, two shelves down,” Logan said, rather distracted by a book he’d picked off of the shelf.

“Thank you!”

Patton found the children’s section, and then found the book. It was still chewed on the corners. He smiled, and flipped through the thick cardboard pages. Thomas had loved this book.

And then, when he opened the last page, his logo fell out.

“Awww, look!” He picked it up, and found that it was a sticker. He promptly stuck the sticker to his chest and put the book back. Now all he had to do was find his way out!

He wandered into the next section, which was all dark and purples and blues and blacks and everything cozily packed together.

There was even a sign warning him away from certain aisles, because there would be spiders, and Patton was very glad Roman had thought of that.

And then he remembered the sunglasses stand sitting at the beginning of the lights aisle. That was probably for Virgil. Roman had been so thoughtful in building this! Patton hoped Roman would win. He certainly deserved the prize after putting all this together.

There was a whole section of Disney, all the movies, and posters, and any Disney themed toys and figurines, and even cardboard cut outs! It was lovely and chaotic and colorful, and it bridged Virgil’s section with Roman’s very well.

Roman had every single picture Thomas had ever seen, which was so many pictures!! Patton looked in awe until he realized that the paintbrushes weren’t just for show, some of them had been used. There was a little black cat in the corner of one painting, and a little V, and the paintbrush was in a cup of black water.

Patton found a picture of a field of flowers, and picked up the paintbrush, dabbing a bit of pink onto the picture. It turned instead into exactly the kind of flower Patton had been envisioning! He smiled wide and painted another, and another, and another, and each one turned out beautiful!

He ran to another painting and gave a little boy in the background a balloon and a smile. And then he gave the lady sitting in a rocking chair a baby to hold.

He finally had to stop himself. He could stay here forever, but he probably should get to the end of the store so he wouldn’t worry the others.

He got to the end of Roman’s section, only to find a massive blanket fort. He kept himself from exploring, and passed through, coming out at… the beds again?

Ohhhhh, right. It was a race and a maze.

Patton flopped down on the bed Thomas had grown up with, wrapping up in the blanket. He let out a happy sigh.

“Logan! Roman! Virgil! I’m lost! But I’m also gonna stay lost!”

Roman rose up and leaned against the footboard, a pleased smile on his face. “Enjoying the store?”

“I’m loving it!” Patton said happily, sitting up. “You did a really good job!”

Roman glowed. “I guess I’ll have to leave it up for you to wander in then. Once Virgil finds the exit I’ll put it somewhere more obvious so you can get out once you’re done.”

“Oh, did you and Logan already get out? Who won?”

“Logan, but only by a few minutes. He hid my logo in a hard place! How was I supposed to guess he’d put it under the makeup stash?”

Patton chuckled. “Wait, I didn’t see that.”

“It’s in Virgil’s section, in one of the spider aisles. I can un-spider it for you if you want.”

“Well, let Virgil have his fun first, but I’d really like that.” Patton smiled. He could have fun in here for a long time. “You did an amazing job with the paintings too! I loved those!”

Roman puffed up happily. “I did, didn’t I?”

There was a distant, triumphant, “Ha! I made it! Wait, Princey beat me? Aww.”

Patton giggled.

Roman patted his shoulder. “Have fun.”

“I will!” Patton said happily, eyeing the blanket fort which he now had time to explore.

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collecting-stories · 4 years

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Bake-off - JJ (Outer Banks)

Request: can you write something with jj where the reader bakes a lot :) i understand if not, but i bake a lot (especially pies, i’m rambling sorry!) and thought this would be cute

A/N: So, since it’s JJ the baking had to include weed. 😛

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The tray of banana nut muffins sat on John B’s table, half eaten. It was long before Big John died that there was ever even a homemade birthday cake in the house, neither men having much luck in the kitchen. But the muffins didn’t belong to John B anyway, they were JJ’s, which was even more peculiar, according to Kiara. If the Routledge men were shit at baking than the Maybank’s had never even turned on an oven.

“They’re a gift.” JJ shrugged, laying across the laz-e-boy on the porch and munching on one.

“A gift?” That was more shocking than their existence. JJ didn’t really get gifts and definitely not baked goods.

“Did you mow someone’s lawn?” Pope asked, reaching for the muffin only to have JJ Flop away from him at the last second.

“You could say that.” He grinned, attempting and failing a wink.

“Ew, JJ.” Kiara groaned and walked back into the living room, emerging a moment later with one, “oh my god they’re edibles.”

“What?” Pope asked.

“There’s weed in them.”

“Yes there is.” JJ grinned, “I ate two last night and was cooked. It’s some good shit.”

“Is it your shit?” Kiara asked, taking a bite.

“Obviously, I said it was good didn’t I? I got the best shit on the island Kie.” He replied.

“I know you didn’t make them so who made them for you?”

JJ was a purest, as he dramatically referred to it. He rolled his own joints, dried his own weed for vaping, and he didn’t do edibles. At least he didn’t until one of the guys in the kitchen at the hotel turned 21. A box of cookies sat on the counter in the kitchen, marked Andrew. Double chocolate-chocolate chip, according to Andrew, and packed with a enough weed to “have you cooked after half of it”.

“They’re delicious man, you gotta try one.” Andrew had insisted.

“I don’t do edibles.”

“You’ll regret it.”

And naturally, being told that there was the possibility for regret was a guaranteed way to ensure JJ did something. His bizarre fear of missing out dictated that he have no regrets and so he took one and ate the whole thing right there in the kitchen. And it was good...it was so good it didn’t even taste like weed and he was two seconds from telling Andrew he’d been dupped when he felt the familiar ease settle over him.

“Where’d you get these?” He asked, slipping three into a plastic bag and dropping them in his backpack.

“That girl that works in the kids area.” Andrew shrugged.

You were a glorified babysitter, in charge of occupying people’s toddlers while they went out to play golf or shop or go to the spa. Not the greatest job in the world but the kids were usually easily contained and the parents always tipped well.

JJ knew you to see you, always wandering around with some kid or another attached to your hip, talking about Frozen or Descendants...he’d heard you duet a song from some Disney Channel movie with one of the little girls just last week. It made you seem a bit green honestly. He couldn’t imagine you doing anything less than innocent, especially making your own edibles.

He waited until after his shift to look for you, still wearing his white button up and vest but with his cargo shorts back on. You were outside supervising and participating in a game of soccer with a handful of eight year olds.

“Hey,” he called, waving to you as he walked up. You tossed the soccer ball back into the makeshift field and turned toward JJ, “Andrew said you made him those cookies, for his birthday.”

“Oh yeah,” you nodded, “I know he doesn’t like to smoke so...”

“Could you make me some?”

“Sure, what flavor?” You turned away for a moment to make sure all five of your children were still actively playing soccer and JJ took the opportunity to check you out. Your t-shirt advertised the hotel and hung loose on you. Shorts and a pair of running shoes completed the look and he was appreciative for the view of your legs.

“Chocolate peanut butter.” JJ decided.

Chocolate peanut butter cookies, snickerdoodles, brownies, blondies, coffee cake, you and JJ had slowly formed a friendship built on experimental edible recipes. He supplied the weed and you made him whatever baked goods he could think up. He had even downloaded the Tasty app and Pinterest for the sake of finding new desserts for you to tackle.

“So this girl just makes you whatever you want?” Kiara asked the next time a container of cookies appeared at John B’s house. Sugar cookies, with piped on icing that made them look like beach balls.

“It’s business Kie. I supply the weed from my cousin, she makes the edibles. We sell them too, it’s a very lucrative business.” JJ replied, eyes closed, laying in the hammock outside John B’s while he smoked.

Kiara was munching on a sugar cookie. She wasn’t really complaining about the edibles, her mom had been on her lately about the possibility of her smoking and the edibles were easier to hide. Especially because yours didn’t smell half as bad as some she’d had in the past. Mostly she was just curious about this girl that JJ was spending time with. He acted like it was casual but Kiara had known him for a long time and she knew JJ lacked the ability to hang out with a girl casually. Even they toed the line sometimes.

“So when can we meet your esteemed business partner?” Kiara asked.

“What?” JJ rolled his head to the side to look over at her, pushing his sunglasses down his nose. “Why do you wanna meet her?”

“Why don’t you want us to meet her?” She countered.

“I don’t care. You can meet her.” JJ replied, trying to act nonchalant about the whole thing. He couldn’t fool Kiara and he knew that but that didn’t stop him from trying. He didn’t want you to meet his friends, mainly because he liked having you all to himself. It meant your attention wasn’t divided four ways.

“These are burnt on the bottom.” You commented, sitting on the kitchen island beside a cooling rack of peanut butter cookies. The peanut butter was JJ’s favorite though you usually didn’t make them because of allergies.

“They’re fine.” JJ replied, munching on a cookie while he scrolled through tiktok. You rolled your eyes at him and held one up, turning it over to inspect the nearly black bottom of the cookie. JJ had sworn that he would keep an eye on them while you left to talk to your mom on the phone but he’d let the buzzer go two minutes before he finally took it out.

“At least you’re the only one eating them.” You remarked, taking a bite of the one in your hands. You scrunched up your nose at the taste of burnt cookie, “the high better be worth it.”

JJ put his phone down, pushing off the counter so that he could come over and stand in front of you. You raised an eyebrow as JJ moved your knees apart so that he could stand between your legs. He opened his mouth, letting out an ‘ahh’ and you rolled your eyes at him as you placed the burnt peanut butter cookie in his mouth.

“It’s burnt.” You reiterated, watching him chew the cookie. You had discovered that JJ could pace himself far better with a blunt than he could a batch of cookies. He’d eat three in a row and get cooked, an unusual occurrence for him. You ran a hand through his hair, brushing it out of his eyes. “Your hair is so greasy it literally stands up on its own.” You teased.

“I washed it!”

“The last time you went in the ocean does not count as a bath.” You replied. You continued to play with his hair as he leaned closer to you, eyes fluttering shut for a moment.

“You have off tomorrow?” JJ asked, still munching on his cookie.

“Yeah but my mom’s home all day.” You replied.

The experimental creating of edibles had led to a friendship and then a something in between. You weren’t quite ready to call JJ your boyfriend but you certainly weren’t entertaining the idea of anyone else. He spent all his time at your house when he wasn’t with his friends or working. Even when your mom was home and there was no baking, he hung around. At work he sought you out throughout the day, more than once crashing whatever activity you were doing with your kids.

“I was thinking you could come out on the boat with us.” JJ said. He was determined, now that he’d told Kiara he would, to introduce you to everyone. It certainly didn’t mean that he was planning on giving up his alone time with you but he’d concede to Kiara this time. “My friends wanna meet you.”

“Okay, I’d like that.” You replied, smiling at the implication that he was introducing you to his friends, “but I’m making them better cookies cause these are burnt.”

“There’s nothing wrong with them.”

“No but there’s something wrong with me for trusting you to watch the oven.” You said.

His eyes opened and he pouted at you. “I’m very responsible.”

“I know babe.”

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Past Haunts- A Revisit

A/N: Let’s take a look inside the Winchester/Quentin household and see how everyone is getting along. Also look for the 2nd author’s note after this story.

It's been six months today. Six months since my daughter and I were getting ready for work and school when a simple knock on the front door changed everything. Changed it all, for the better.

To be able to watch from the sidelines as Whitney got to finally know the man who was her father; to finally experience having a male figure in her life was indescribable.

Those two were like two peas in a pod, though. Similar likes, the same dislikes, an identical warped sense of humor. Once Dean had gotten over- no, that isn't the right wording-since Dean had come to terms with Sam being locked in a cage in Hell, he had jumped right into being a parent, a daddy. And he was killing it!

I hadn't expected to find him in the kitchen every morning, cooking breakfast for us before sending us both off with a kiss and I definitely never dreamed of coming home to a clean house, mowed lawn and that pesky back porch light repaired but during the first whole week of loving with us, Dean had picked up the slack. I was amazed and very grateful.

Dean and I have slept in the same bed every night since his return but have yet to put a label on what we are. Although, Whitney happily tells anyone and everyone that her parents are together, I'm just unsure. And yes, we've had sex but then again what woman in her right mind could look at him, cuddle up to him and NOT want to have sex with him?

He had gotten a job at a local garage after the first month of being 'home' and had quickly impressed the boss with his knowledge of older vehicles. It seemed as though the mechanics nowadays depended on the little computers installed in the newer models to alert them to whatever was wrong, so when older vehicles came across their rack, these young boys were stumped.

During the week after Thanksgiving, the city of Fairfax Indiana got its first snowfall. Everything looked so clean and fresh with the white blanket covering all the blemishes and eyesores around town. And that's the day we found out Dean Winchester doesn't like the cold.

"It's just-" Dean grumbled as he drank his coffee at the head of the table. "-so ridiculous. You have to wear extra layers, watch out for other idiots on the road. Watch where you step. And it's just so cold." He finishes his groaning with a full body shiver.

"Dad you sound like a whiny brat," Whitney banters as she eats her eggs and bacon. "It's wonderful! Everything looks so bright and shiny."

"I need sun and warmth, missy," Dean shoots back with a wink. He suddenly sits up straight and looks at me. "Babe, how many days of school until our little girl is on holiday?"

Whitney hmphs at being called a little girl, even though she knows Dean only does it to get a rise out of her. The smirk on his face tells me that is exactly the response he expected.

"Uh, nine. I think."

"Eight and a half," Whitney corrects me, standing up to take her plate to the sink. "And the half day is going to be mostly watching movies and not much else."

I look at Dean to see his mind whirling. I could tell he was trying to work something out in his head. I raise an eyebrow in question but only get a smile in response. I shake my head at his antics and stand up to go finish getting ready for work.

Christmas in Florida is distinctly opposite of Christmas in the North. For one, there is no snow for the lights to mirror. The lights are pretty but seem so dull without the reflection. And instead of coats and gloves and hats, people are in swimsuits and shorts, tank tops and flip-flops. A total 180 from what I'm used to in mid-December. I ponder the difference between the two as I lounge on the long beach chair beside Dean's as we watch Whitney frolic in the cool water.

Dean hasn't fully embraced the warmer temperatures as he is still in jeans and his usually two-shirt ensemble. The only thing missing is the heavy work boots he usually dons; his feet are bare. The sunglasses on his face does little to hide the freckles that have made an appearance the darker his skin tans. I've laid in bed recently, counting the cute little misshapen dots. He is all smiles and happy. I love him so much!

When Dean had first suggested taking a trip down south for Christmas break I was astonished, Whitney was ecstatic. In her 13 year existence, this is the first full-fledged vacation we have ever taken so she was excited and enthusiastic about the chance to take a trip. And when she found out the destination, I didn't think she would survive the 17-hour trip without spending the whole time exploding with glee. Whitney and I spent my whole payday on a new wardrobe for the both of us, getting weird and bizarre looks from other shoppers as we tried to find t-shirts and shorts, bathing suits and sunscreen; during December in Indiana those items were few and far between. I also took a secret trip to the courthouse, getting the paperwork to officially make Whitney a Winchester. All it needs is information and signatures from both parents. I plan to surprise Dean with them Christmas morning.

So far, this vacation has been fantastic. We have spent time as a family doing little things, like walking along the beach at sunset searching for seashells, playing mini-golf, spending the day in our hotel room watching old movies and cartoons when the weather took a turn for the worse. It has been a dream come true, something I had never in a million years thought would ever happen.

Spending time with him and our daughter in what I dubbed as the most magical place on Earth. So what if we're not at Disney World, to me this is the most fascinating time and place; a week spent with my daughter and her father, the love of my life. Life couldn't get any better than this.

I am shaken from my daydreams as I hear Dean growl and begin throwing fictitious daggers with his eyes in the direction of the pool. I turn my head to see a group of teenage boys all surrounding Whitney, who is all smiles at the attention.

"Calm down honey," I cajole. "We knew this would eventually happen. We can't expect her to be a nun."

"Those boys are too old for her," he defends. "They see an innocent, young girl like her and there's only one thing on their mind." He goes to get up and I reach over to place my hand on his arm, stopping him.

"Give it a minute," I tell him. "I've taught Whitney to take care of herself."

As Dean and I sit there I keep our daughter in my peripheral, just in case one of us needs to step in. Suddenly, Whitney yells out "Jerk!" and slaps the boy who looks to be the protagonist of the crew. I smile as I watch her climb out of the pool and walk toward us. She sits at my feet and wraps her towel around her shoulders.

"You okay darlin'?" her dad asks, his eyes still trained on the gang of boys. They just don't know how many different ways Dean Winchester could murder them and make them all disappear.

"Y-yea," she answers but I can tell she's lying. "They just said some things that weren't nice."

Dean finally turned his eyes toward his daughter, the dangerous glint replaced by concern. "Baby girl, I can go have a talk with them, if you-"

"No Dean!" she says, standing up. "I don't need my father taking up for me. I'm not a baby!" As Whitney storms out of the pool area, Dean looks at me, at a loss.

"What did I do?"

I stand up and wrap the sarong around my bikini-clad body. "Just let me go talk to her, okay?" I have an idea what is going on and I know having her dad there I'd never get Whitney to open up. I lean down and kiss him and head in the direction our daughter had stomped off.

In the room, Whitney has thrown herself across her bed and is crying into the pillow.

"Honey, what's wrong?" I ask gently because if my suspicions were true, anything could cause her to fly off the handle.

"I don't know," she whines. "I was feeling okay and then all of a sudden, it's like my energy zapped. So I was just floating in the pool, hoping the ache would go away and then those boys came up and started talking to me. And I liked it," she explains as she sits up on the bed. "But then Kyle said something about me being pure and innocent when I told them how old I was and I just lost it. And then I jumped down Dad's throat and he probably hates me now!" She begins crying again and I join her on the bed, wrapping my arm around her shoulders and she places her head on my shoulder.

"Oh baby," I console. "I think it's becoming that time. You're getting ready to start your first period."

She jerks her head up and looks at me. "Really?"

"Yea, we need to go get you some pads and Midol. You're going to start bleeding anytime."

"God, did I just ruin our first vacation?"

"No!" I claim. "You didn't ruin vacation at all, baby. Now, let's get cleaned up and run down the street to the store."

"Moooom! I can't leave the room! What if it starts before we get back?" I chuckle at her wide-eyed expression.

"Okay, okay." I reach over and grab my phone texting Dean to come up to the room. I roll my eyes as I remember the discussion he and I had almost 2 years ago. Never in a million years did I think I would actually be asking this of him but I can't leave my baby.

The look on his face was comical as I whispered my request. He looked terrified and afflicted at the thought of having to buy feminine products. I take screenshots of exactly what he needs to buy and send him on his way, but not before he insists that I remember promising him he would never have to do this particular task.

The rest of the vacation goes off without a hitch. Whitney does begin her first period and requests to spend the rest of our time in Florida in the hotel room, only going out to eat. Dean and I trust her enough to leave her in the room while we go out, exploring not only the beach but the little town we are in.

Christmas morning comes and Whitney wakes us up with squeals of delight at the massive amount of presents placed under the decorated fake palm tree in our room.

Dean and I sit on the sofa, drinking coffee and enjoying the look of awe on our daughter's face as she opens her presents. Once finished, she winks at her dad and goes to her bag where she pulls a box from inside. Handing it to him, Whitney steps back as Dean slides off to the floor, getting on one knee.

My hand slaps over my mouth as he clears his throat. I have no idea what he says because my inner voice is chanting 'Oh my god! This can't be happening!' Finally my ears take over and I hear him ask, "Becks, will you marry me?" I nod through the tears and watch as he slips the ring onto my finger. He climbs back onto the couch and wraps his arms around me, only moving one around Whitney when she dog-piles on top of us in excitement.

None of us know though, that when we return to Indiana the past is going to come back to haunt us, in the form of Sam Winchester back from Hell.

A/N2: Another announcement! Another story! Remember how I promised a sequel to this story? A look into the years these two spent apart? Well I began it and then life happened (along with a stroke) so I just now am finishing it up. Look for Wounded Hearts to begin in March!!! I’m excited to share it with you. I will keep those of you that were on the PH taglist unless you tell me different. Love to you all.

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