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believe in love (scyvie) - melody

Summary: A small sentence, “I love you” couldn’t come of Scarlet’s mouth - seems like alcohol would do the job for her on that night. In which Scarlet gets drunk and tells Yvie she loves her. read on ao3/ writing blog/ main blog

A/N: This is kinda of an epilogue for chemistry!scyvie so if you didn’t read (chemistry) you don’t need to - but I’d recommend if you wanna see more of these soft lesbians, and the whole feelings are chemicals!verse if you wanna see a bunch of soft lesbians on general hehe. Also a (late) birthday gift for zyan (@ Thanks to the anon who requested this on tumblr, to my amazing beta @ artificialmeggie, and to zyan for just existing.

The way to Scarlet and Yvie’s apartment was usually short; it was nearby the campus so short walking meant more time snuggling each other and being cheesy together. Yvie was foolishly smiling to Scarlet’s passionate emerald eyes mesmerized by the colors in the sky, even if she gave her zero attention, it was a moment she had with her - Scarlet Envy would never let herself look like a fool for a sunset in front of others, but in front of Yvie she seemed to be more loose, to be herself, to not care about the others and to keep her firm, confident stance all the time - it was like Yvie set her free.

Frequenting the Fashion Institute of Technology could be fancy, splendid - in fancy words like the place - challenging, a unique experience, but most of all it was one thing: exhausting. It was finals week, so all they could do was study to pass their exams and finish their projects. Finally Friday came, and they were walking home before the last exam. On that week the walking home time was basically the only time they had together, since all they could do was to study, cry, and stress over everything.

Even if they lived in the same place, if you entered Scarlet and Yvie’s flat you would see Scarlet’s hair messy all over and her tears trying to learn the damn history of fashion, and her girlfriend probably yelling in their room because of her unfinished project - Scarlet knew what that meant for Yvie. It was funny, even if on some of the past days they got to be fond with each other, it was very marked with the stress - but they could always cuddle at night or walk home together watching the sunset, it was their moment, and Scarlet would kill for having it every day.

All that stress made Scarlet look like Regina George, but the college and gay edition - or even worse, who knows? She knew she was the baddest bitch around, and that she didn’t need that mask to be around others, but in many ways she could only let off her guard with Yvie - it was like her girlfriend had some kind of magic on her. Yvie was magnetic, every time they were together she could feel the undeniable chemistry around them, connecting them like an invisible tie - since they met, and now, they were meant to be.

And they survived finals together, and even if it made Scarlet - probably make a lot of people - want to burst into the sun with her excessive confidence around, it helped her.- She had little difficulty in the exams, and she knew Miss Visage loved the dress she sewed - a new thing in the air, since Miss Visage always hated her designs. All of that also thanks to Yvie, for always being there to walk home with her, or to give her random cuddles at night and quick kisses in the morning, even if she knew she was too worried or didn’t have time for that.

Scarlet and Yvie were in that so-called honeymoon period of the relationship, where they rarely had disagreements and fights - they never fought to say it exactly - but also were an immature couple; immature and in love, but they couldn’t say it to each other because that three little words sentence held them back. Saying ‘’I love you’’ was terrifying, even if they felt it they couldn’t say it. Welcome to the honeymoon.

‘’Home sweet home,’’ Yvie sighed when she finally got to the door of their apartment, looking for her keys. ‘’I can’t believe we are at peace now’’

‘’We are, finally.’’ Scarlet let out a laugh. ‘’Finally alone,’’ she joked, like one of those lines people say when they leave their wedding. ‘’Pick me up bridal style, Yvie. Yvie, pretty please?’’

Suddenly Scarlet was in Yvie’s strong arms, smiling convinced. She knew Yvie would do that - that stupid, ridiculous thing Scarlet joked about, it was so dumb yet so cute. It made butterflies say hello to Scarlet’s stomach, imagining how would it be if Yvie was picking her up as her real bride in their real new place.

Yvie placed her on the couch very delicately, with the touch of a feather. Scarlet couldn’t help looking at her, she loved her; it could not be said - not right now, it was too early, they were too immature for such things.

‘’Here you are, Mrs. Oddly, how are you feeling?’’

Scarlet burst in a laugh: ‘’I’d rather take the name ‘Oddly’ than ‘Bridges,’ even if it’s not your real surname.’’

‘’Well, it’s just the mean name people call me for being weird, Yvie Oddly, and now you are weird too, Scarlet Oddly.’’

‘’…Or you can be Yvie Envy’’

‘’Uh, classy! It makes a funny sound when you say it.’’ She took a seat at Scarlet’s side. ‘’We can be weird and envious.’’

‘’It’s not like we are getting married anyways, bitch, we are poor.’’ Scarlet joked, but it was true. She would love to be Yvie’s wife someday, but they were barely in their first year of college, and money was taboo in that house - as broke college students, they didn’t have it.

‘’True true. Damn, do you think it’s too cheesy to think about marriage when we just started dating?’’

‘’Yes, but it’s with me so it’s allowed because honestly, who wouldn’t want to marry this goddess?’’ Scarlet blinked.

Yvie’s soft sigh indicated that she agreed with Scarlet. She told her multiple times she thought it was cute that she was so confident when she knew how soft she was inside. It was incredible how Yvie was so unique, and told her such little intimate things with only a soft sigh, and her hands in her hair, contemplating the little things they had and the big things they could have in the future. Was it love? Scarlet really felt it, but the words never learned how to come out of her mouth; she wondered if in the future, these words would come.

‘’We haven’t been together like this in a while…’’ Yvie kissed her forehead ‘’I was so stressed, I’m sorry.’’

‘’Yvie, you stupid bitch, I-’’ Damn, she was smiling like a fool and ready to say it. ‘’I… I think you don’t need to be sorry, duh. I mean… W-we were both busy bitches, both stressed.’’ She shuddered, trying to disguise the fact that words almost found their way.

‘’Are you okay, Scar?’’

‘’Yes I am, I just don’t like to see you blaming yourself.’’

‘’You surely liked it when I blamed myself for being so dumb over you when we met

‘’It was different!’’ Scarlet stamped her feet. ‘’I was showing you I liked you all that time, and you were like ‘we are gal pals’ and kissed another girl.’’ She pouted.

Their story was very funny to look at, a true cliché to remember. Yvie was looking for a roommate, and Scarlet was very broke, so she rented her place. Not so far ago, they started to live together and fell in love - both of them had crushes on each other - it was pathetically sweet. Yvie was too blind to realize Scarlet’s signs - the girl always was so energetic and confident, she couldn’t bear Yvie seeming to reject her, even if she was just clueless. In the end, they realized they liked each other, and now they weren’t just ‘gal pals’ as Yvie used to say.

Not so long ago, but it seemed like a while. She felt like she could spend all her eternities with Yvie, so the memories from early times seemed to be on another century. Was time a thing anyway? Yvie taught her how to question, so time was fake when they were together. The damn words wanted to come out again, she couldn’t let them. No matter how incredibly magnetic Yvie was, she couldn’t tell her she loved her with all her heart - even in such a short amount of time being in love together, she was in love with her.

Yvie kissed her pout. ‘’I’m not dumb Yvie anymore I promise.’’ She raised her hand. ‘’I solemnly swear to be very gay for Scarlet Envy and realize she is very gay for me.’’

Scarlet cackled so loud, Yvie always knew how to make her laugh.

‘’What do you wanna do tonight, Scar? We need to celebrate the end of finals.’’

‘’Mmm, I would suggest clubbing.’’

‘’I thought you were like an old lady. Old ladies don’t like clubbing,’’ Yvie mocked.

‘’But I’m still eighteen. Shut up, I want alcohol and to dance with my Yvie Yvie all night.’’ Scarlet crossed her arms, pouting again.

‘’God, you are so perfect I can’t even.’’ Yvie laughed.

‘’Are you sure you wanna see me drunk again, Yvie? Last time was…’’

‘’Yes, don’t drink too much, or get in any cat fights, please. I have to take care of baby don’t I?’’

‘’Bold of you to assume I’m the baby, you’re my baby, and my bitch!’’

Yvie shook her head laughing. ‘’Baby, you’re baby.’’

All that cheesiness would normally make Scarlet want to puke, but it was with Yvie, and somehow all of that became original and unique just as she was.

‘’I’m going to shower, baby.’’ Scarlet realized how sweaty she was - thanks to New York’s burning hot sun - and hopped in the shower first before Yvie, but her girlfriend had other plans.

‘’We can save water.’’ Yvie got her towel in her hands as Scarlet gave her a suggestive smile. ‘’Hey! I’m serious, I swear I didn’t-’’

‘’But I did.’’ She smiled.

‘’Nasty!’’

‘’I am!’’ She pressed Yvie against the bathroom door and kissed her lips softly. ‘’And you’re baby.’’

‘’Damn.’’

‘’And my bitch.’’

Yvie couldn’t help laughing, Scarlet didn’t think it was funny for the moment - but with Yvie it was always like this, sweetly unpredictable.

[…]

‘’Do I always need to say you look stunning?’’ Scarlet commented when Yvie entered the living room in a dark red long sleeve short dress and long leather black boots that matched the beret she had in her head. ‘’I never get tired of saying it, gods.’’

It was true, the shades of night that came from their window made Yvie look like a true goddess. The pale moonlight lighting her glowing black eyes, Scarlet always thought they were so expressive, so beautiful - people vangloried blue and green eyes, but black eyes as Yvie’s were a deep ocean in the dark, a night sky full of stars, Scarlet wanted to get lost in them. Her stance was so beautiful, the way her full perfect lips curved in a smile, that girl could take all her ‘’I love yous’’ if she wanted to.

‘’And I’ll say you and your party dress are prettier than all the wonders in the world or some shit.’’

‘’Shut up. I look good as always, but like a basic ho compared to you.’’ Scarlet looked down to her sparkly silver cocktail dress, and matching stilettos - she was glowing like the moon, but the moon was nothing without her night sky.

‘’Bitch, you look so cute, I can’t even- You got me speechless.’’

‘’Oh, okay if you wanna stop being wrong, our Uber arrived.’’

Of all the Uber drivers they ever got, this one was a tragic character. The girl kept whining about a girl she loved to Scarlet and Yvie, telling them how lucky they were to have each other and that none of them got away. Scarlet’s nosy instinct really wanted to ask what happened, but Yvie scolded her with the eyes - considering that their driver was almost crying, it wasn’t the best of the ideas.

It must be such a painful thing to lose somebody you love and live every day with this on your back - the person in your head, the dreams you used to share in the air… She was scared to tell Yvie she loved her, because like that sad Uber driver, she could lose the love of her life.

But now she had another thing to worry about: alcohol. Scarlet loved to drink, she liked the way she got when she was drunk: loose, free. She was about to run to the bar, but Yvie got on her way.

‘’Poor girl, Alaska, should we give her five stars?’’

‘’She’s trying, I wouldn’t know what to do if I lost you.’’ Scarlet let out, and then realized what she just said and covered her mouth ‘’I mean-’’

‘’Shhh, you won’t. Why would you babes?’’ She patted her shoulder.

‘’Mmm, nevermind.’’ She bit her lip, telling Yvie she loved her in that moment would be very… She didn’t want to end up like Alaska anyways.

Nothing was holding her back now to get her first drink and go to the dancefloor. The club lights accentuated her figure, and Yvie’s as well - she looked like a real goddess on the dancefloor. In one instant it was like there was nobody there: just Scarlet and Yvie, dancing together to the blasting music. Scarlet wasn’t the best dancer, she was - in nice words - awkward. But what were judgmental looks when her girlfriend was looking at her and smiling like a fool?

The moves were invented, awkward, and foolish but she was loving every second of it. Yvie knew how to dance, but she was trying to do Scarlet’s moves no matter how dumb they were - which resulted in a laugh. Scarlet realized on her third or fourth drink that she was kind of drunk.

Numbed by the music, letting her body take them, suddenly they looked like one. The club smelled like alcohol and a mix of perfumes, but all she could smell was Yvie’s sweet roses perfume; the lights were blinding, colorful, and a lot of people were there, but all she could see was Yvie; all she could want was Yvie, and no music was sweeter than Yvie’s laugh to Scarlet awkwardly trying to dance.

‘’Go easy,’’ Yvie said ‘’Don’t drink too much.’’ But it was useless, Scarlet had those words in her guts, the three letter sentence was there since the day started and she thought alcohol would help her to not say it. For one moment, Yvie lost control over her girlfriend, now Scarlet was walking in the club, though the crowd, loud music, annoying mix of fragrances, and blinding colorful lights. People were utterly confused by the drunk girl, but all she wanted to do was to awkwardly dance, and forget her love for Yvie trying to escape from her throat.

By her sixth drink, everything was a blur, and she couldn’t even find where Yvie was. She could only hear her voice in the background, loudly yelling her name, looking for her. Scarlet was incapable of following that voice, she knew that she would tell her she loved her if she did.

‘’I found you! Jesus, I said to go easy.’’ And the blur she saw now was very charming… Yvie.

‘’Yvie I-’’ It was coming, drinking was a terrible idea.

‘’Fuck, I said to not drink this much. I was scared worried about you!’’

‘’Sorry baby I- You’re so beautifuuuuul. I’m a loser, loose loser!’’ Words made no sense right now.

‘’No, no drunk babbling this time.’’

‘’When did you became Miss Del Rio, that’s so funny.’’ Scarlet booped her nose. ‘’Oooooold’’

‘’God, let’s go home!’’

Yvie seemed angry and didn’t say anything in the whole way home. Scarlet had this awful feeling that she disappointed her Her head was spinning but the guilt was still there penetrating her mind.

‘’Sorry,’’ Scarlet mumbled in the car, with her head buried in Yvie’s shoulder, tears in the corner of her eyes.

‘’Shhh shhh, it’s okay. I can’t be mad at you! Sorry for acting like bitchy old lady Miss Del Rio.’’ She kissed her forehead. ‘’I just got so worried, you have no idea.’’

‘’I wonder if Adore has to handle that all the time.’’

‘’A lot, babe, a lot, trust me. She parties a lot and Del Rio is… Old.’’

‘’We partieeed, and celebrateeeed!’’

‘’Damn right we did.’’ Yvie laughed, her laugh was music to Scarlet’s ears in that situation.

The elevator was broken, luckily they lived on the second floor and the stairs weren’t too tricky for drunk Scarlet to trip on them.

‘’Careful, careful, it’s just a few stairs we can do it-’’

‘’Yvie, I think I’ll-’’ And she fell. ‘’Ouch!’’

Yvie facepalmed and picked her up: ‘’Bridal style, remember?’’

Scarlet smiled, and as they got in the front door she started to babble - no surprise. But babble about them, about how Yvie was perfect, and about how happy she was; all of that while Yvie looked for her keys, but she couldn’t eye roll when Scarlet was being so cute.

‘’I love you-’’

It came out so naturally, especially with the alcohol. She wanted to say that since the day started and she saw Yvie’s face when she woke up - grumpy, because last exam was there and she wanted more sleep, but lovely. In fact, it seemed to start in the second she saw Yvie sketching in the hallways of college, or when they started to live together, or even in their dumb gay trajectory to get together… It was love, true love, Scarlet loved her so much that it came out so naturally of her mouth. She loved her flaws, her qualities, she wanted to be better with her, to spend her life with her…

But now she was worried. Worried of Yvie leaving, worried of it being too early, worried of ending up crying and drunk. It could be so awkward, it was too early for Yvie to be in love with her too, and it hurt so much. All of that especially because Yvie remained quiet, trying to process what Scarlet just said.

‘’Fuck, Yvie, I’m so sorry. I wasn’t supposed to say it out loud. Sorry, sorry sorry… I’m so fucking dumb I-’’

‘’…Scarlet’’

It hurt so bad.

‘’Please don’t hurt me too much. Be soft okay?’’

‘’No, no, no! You understood everything wrong! I love you too, why would you even think I would hurt you, or leave, or have any negative feelings towards that?’’ Yvie gave her a fond smile and embraced her.

‘’B-because it’s too early?’’

‘’Yes it is, but we lived together even before we started to date! Do you think we know the meaning of waiting? We were talking about how we would change our names get if we got married! I’m literally not surprised, I wanted to tell you that too but…’’ she sighed ‘’well I guess I had the same fear as you’’

‘’It’s the alcohol, baby! And if you told me that I would cry, but don’t tell anyone that I cry.’

‘’Still think you shouldn’t have drank that much. We need to put you in bed as soon as possible let me just find these dumb keys…’’

‘’I love you, Yvie Yvie! I love you!’’

Yvie laughed. ‘’I love you so much.’’ She kissed her, tenderly, calming.

‘’I can’t wait to say that when I’m not drunk,’’ Scarlet yelled as soon as Yvie unlocked the door, coming inside to their home. ‘’But you’re still my bitch’’

Even drunk, she knew life felt sweeter, more colorful and beautiful now - and it wasn’t because of the alcohol. The only scent Scarlet could smell was that of their home. The lights were off, Yvie’s arms were around her, and her favorite music at the moment was her girlfriend’s heartbeat.

#rpdr fanfiction #scarlet envy #yvie oddly #alaska thunderfuck #scyvie #fluff #lesbian au #college au #roommate au #melody #tw alcohol #concrit welcome #submission

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creativelitlover · 7 years

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Book review

Into the Shadows – a few facts

Author: Marie Jones

Genre: Romance, Mystery, Suspense

Publisher: lulu.com

Published: 23rd December 2015

More from: The Edge – A short story

The building tension and suspense is brilliant!!

Maire Jones has no doubt an amazing talent at hooking you in right from the start! The contrast at the beginning with Lily talking herself in and out of going back to Dingle is pure genius, gripping you in with Lily’s unsure feelings, battling inside her head. The picture painted of Lily inside my own head began developing straight away…..

“I’m not the girl you would secretly admire, dream, envy you were more like.”

I knew right there and then, reading that line, this story, Lily’s journey was going to be motivational, inspiring and emotional…. and believe me, it was that and so much more!! Being written in 1st person, I felt as one with Lily and was with her the whole way though with all the emotions rolling in my own head.

I truly could not put this book down, it gave me a couple of “book hangovers” over the time it took to read it…. my family suffered hehe, not really they are used to me by now! With every turning page, I’d be begging my eyes to stay open….. just one more page! That’s how the plot left me, battling to carry on and find out more.

The characters were so real and very relatable. I enjoyed the conversation between Lily and Nina, Lily’s roommate, when Lily had told Nina why she was dropping everything to go back to Dingle, her reaction was brilliant!! Her ranting away and sarcasm was incredibly funny yet you felt the strong friendship between them. I’d of loved for Nina and Lily to have a bit more time together in the story as I really did love their banter, fantastic!!

The romance!!! Oh, the romance. David, well Lily and David’s first meeting was pure fireworks, although poor Lily getting the hot end of that firework, not that I blame David…. the shock of the photo obviously hurt him, what better way to start a romance though eh?! Plus what better way to bring Lily out of her shell by her being needed, relied on and just having to help this man solve the mystery. Clearly drawing them in closer and building their relationship over the chapters. And that kiss!

Into the Shadows is beautifully written, the descriptions of Dingle and “Inch Beach” really brought the whole story to life! An amazing read that has got me wanting more….. please 🙂

Amazons description:

Awarded FIVE STAR BADGE from ‘READERS FAVOURITE’ and SHORTLISTED for UK NOVEL WRITING COMPETITION 2017 Lily Crossways lives a controlled life, where she ensures she never experiences hurt or disappointment. Until, that is, she returns home from a short holiday in Dingle, where she discovers an eerie image of a desperate woman on one of her photographs. How can that be, when Lily was alone that day on Inch beach? Who is this woman, is she even real, and why has she appeared to Lily? The woman seems to be calling to her, if only Lily can rescue her. Compelled to find her, Lily returns to Dingle and her search leads her to cafe owner David Carson, this missing woman’s brother, and the man who will turn Lily’s life upside down in every way possible. Lily must now convince him to trust in her, taking bold steps to prove herself to him, and together track down his sister before it’s too late. But nothing can prepare Lily for the secrets she uncovers about herself, her own family and how all their lives were destined to become intertwined from a distant childhood visit.

Author interview:

Maire was kind enough to answer some questions for me, especially for my blog book review. I tried to come up with some different questions for Marie, and shes answered them all brilliantly.

What is the first book that made you cry?

It was ‘Little Women’ by Louisa Alcott, the part when Beth dies. Still makes me want to well up now just thinking about it.

Does writing energise you or exhaust you?

Most of the time it energises me, but sometimes when you’ve written an emotional scene it can leave you feeling quite exhausted by the end. I do find though I may feel tired before writing, or more accurately by the thought of sitting down to write when I really just want to be a couch potato, but once I get going I become energised!

What is your writing kryptonite?

My phone – especially when it beeps at me with a message and it’s so tempting to read it immediately, but by doing that I lose concentration and momentum on what I was writing.

What was an early experience where you learned that language had power?

I think loving reading from a very early age, I grew to love how they can transform you to a different world, time, life even that you’ve never lived yourself, nor likely to. It expanded my imagination, and my desire to want to write novels myself.

What’s your favourite under-appreciated novel?

I’ve always preferred ‘Persuasion’ by Jane Austen to ‘Pride and Prejudice’, but its always the lesser known one, the poorer cousin so to speak, which is a real shame. It has a very strong message about following your own heart’s desires, not other peoples desires for you.

What’s your favourite series?

I loved ‘The Night Manager’ that was on TV some time back, based on the book. Also, I’m a huge fan of ‘Poldark’ (though my favourite character is not Poldark himself as you would expect but Dr Enys)

How many hours’s a day do you write?

Not enough! I usually get around 1-2 hours a day around working as a Teaching Assistant in a school, and looking after my own two children after school. I would love to be a full time writer, but that’s currently just a pipedream…

Did you edit a lot out of this book?

I edited out some scenes which I decided took away from the main story of Into The Shadows, but never a great amount overall. However, I do have to do several edits to the point I get word blind!

How do you select the names for your characters?

I play around with different names as I visualise how they look and sound, until I found the one that I feel fits. It’s working on instinct really, like naming your own children when they are born.

What was your hardest scene to write?

I would say the scenes between my two main characters, David and Lily when they are arguing and full of emotion, because I want the scenes to feel real and raw, and my readers to connect with them on an emotional level, to sympathise and understand them.

Do you have a favourite author?

Jane Austen. Also love Kate Morton and Santa Montefiore.

Do you like films adapted from books? …… If so which is your favourite?

I don’t mind films adapted from books as long as it’s not changed too drastically from the original book. The Help was one film that was well adapted, as was War Horse by Michael Morpurgo.

Can you think of a fictional character you wouldn’t get along with? ….. Who? and from which novel?

I can’t name one particular, but a character that was either too fussy and whinging I would struggle to go along with, or one that was very judgemental. But you can’t have all nice, lovely characters – you’ve got to have at least one nasty character in there.

Can you think of a fictional character you would go on a date with? …… Who? and from which novel?

Oh, well I’d quite like to go on a date with my own main male characters – David from Into The Shadows, and now Michael from my new novel I’m writing, The Perfect Storm! I think they are, secretly, my dream kind of men.

Do you have a favourite book cover?

I love Santa Montefiore’s covers to her books. Always really striking.

What do we have to look forward to from you next?

I am working away at my next novel, The Perfect Storm, set in the highlands of Scotland. Here’s a little taster of what the story is about:

When Sophia is unexpectantly visited by her old university friend, Aniella, her friend begs Sophia to stay at Aniella’s flat in Inverness and look after a safe hidden away, telling her that she is in fear of her life and must disappear for a while. Forced to act on her friend’s please, Sophia soon finds herself not only in danger herself but under suspicision from Detective Marcus Armstrong, who has the flat under survellience for reasons he won’t reveal…

Thank you, so much Maire for taking the time to answer my questions and give a little insight to your wonderful mind that created such a gorgeous and gripping story. I look forward to your next novel “The Perfect Storm”, and I truly rate your writing! It’s beautiful.

www.mariejones.yolasite.com

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madisonmaintospain · 7 years

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Spring Break Adventures!

It’s been almost two weeks since I got back from all my travels, and I’m still not caught up on sleep. Haha, well I should be cause that’s all I did pretty much these past weekends. And get caught up on my tv shows :) And I have been very busy with homework. Who knew I’d actually be studying during study abroad? Hmm.

Anyway, let’s travel back in time... (I’m not going to go into crazy detail about each place because my break was like 20 days, and that’s a lot to remember, write and read. So I’ll just blog about the main parts of it. )

The first day of my Spring Break Adventures was the 6th of April. I got up super early and got ready to head to my first stop: Italy!

I stayed with my friend Eleonora and her family. She was a foreign exchange student my senior year of high school, as well as Helene, who is from Norway, who was also staying with El’s family. It was so good to see them after two years! El’s family was super nice and hospitable and I’m so grateful they let me stay there. She lives in between Florence and Pisa, so you can imagine that we had days filled with adventure!

I got to live the Italian lifestyle for almost a week, which meant having pizza for breakfast!!!! Amongst other things of course, but like pizza for breakfast. And NOT breakfast pizza. Like real, amazing, pizza. Let’s just say the food was amazing, and I am still thinking about the mozzarella and the gelato.

I got to meet some of El’s friends, who were awesome, and I’m so glad I got to know them!

They are so nice, and they showed me so many new things and places! I felt like I was a real italian sometimes! I can’t wait to see them all again!

Some of my favorite parts of Italy were...

This beautiful view of Florence at night!

Meeting Willem Dafoe in Lucca, Italy!

Gorgeous views again!

Florence with these beautiful ladies!

Drinking on a terrace in Florence, enjoying the view. The house behind is where Kim and Kanye got married, no big deal.

Drinking wine and watching the sunset on the beach. Doesn’t get much better than this.

Last stop in Pisa before flying to Glasgow!

Had the best time in Italy, now onto Glasgow! After El had to go back to school and before I had to meet my aunts in London, I had a couple days, so I went to visit Devon in Glasgow, where he is studying this semester. It was nice that everyone spoke english, but they drive on the wrong side of the road, so.. ups and downs. :)

First time in the UK, on the WRONG side of the road!

Went to some pretty cool clubs!

Devon’s University - So beautiful!

Seeing a movie at the tallest movie theater in the world! Kong was soo good!

So, yeah! Just explored the city, ate some good food, saw some men in kilts playing the bagpipes! Over all, had a fun time, met some of Devon’s friends who he is studying with, who are very nice! I loved the culture, and I definitely want to go back!

Next stop: London! This is the part of the trip where I met up with my Aunts from California! It was so awesome to see some family, also awesome to stay in nice hotels with nice beds, instead of hostels with strangers!

Here are some highlights from London!!

Loved this geo-filter on snapchat!

Buckingham Palace - There were sooo many people outside the gates that I think it took about 10 minutes just to get a decent photo.

Tower Bridge! Walking across was beautiful, even though the Tymes was nasty.

My aunts surprised me with Kinky Boots tickets on the West End! It was AMAZING! Thanks Michelle and Cristina!

Was on the double decker bus and looked down and saw Leo Howard! If anyone knows him, I’ll be impressed. He’s mainly known for a Disney channel show called “Kickin’ It.” He waved and smiled. I wish I could’ve got off the bus, but I didn’t want to bother him during his meal.

Selfie with Big Ben!

Big Ben once more - gorgeous view from the Double Decker bus!

Inside Shakespeare’s Globe Theater! A little construction going on.. don’t mind it. Our tour guide here was soo funny and such a theatre nerd too!

After the tour of the Globe, we had “High Tea” at the restaurant connected to the theatre. Mini ‘sammies’, cakes, desserts, scones, and of course tea! It was so British and we loved every minute of it! I had a pear ginger tea I think, and my favorite dessert was the shot glass looking thing. It was filled with very tasty mysterious liquids. :)

Statue of Peter Pan in Hyde Park / Kensington Gardens. If anyone has ever seen the movie “Winning London” with Mary Kate and Ashley, you’ll recognize this landmark!

Platform 9 1/3 from Harry Potter in King’s Cross Train Station! The line to take a professional picture with it was way too long, so I just took a picture of it, then boarded a train to Paris! Bonjour!

Bienvenue à Paris!

Celebrated Easter in France the right way! With some gelato and a macaroon!

Where I get my soft smile ~ thx mona

I think I’m funny...

Seriously the Louvre was amazing, but very crowded. And A TON of armed guards walking around. I’m not complaining, but it was a little intimidating.

Hehe :)

This was INSIDE the Eiffel Tower. I have the best life. And yes I ate all those macaroons within the span of like an hour.. :)

Again, amazing view from the TOP of the Eiffel Tower!

And another.. I think I took like 1000 pictures that day..

This was the coolest thing - I saw while on the tour bus. A cookie store called Laura Todd - which are my parent’s names! I wish I could’ve made the bus driver stop but I forgot everything I learned in my two years of French class, désolé, madame.

I rode the Ferris Wheel at sunset in Paris. Seriously what is my life?

And of course can’t forget to put up 1/15643458 pictures I took of the Eiffel Tower at night.. Seriously I’m surprised my phone didn’t crash.

All in all, I absolutely loved Paris. LOVED. Seeing the Eiffel Tower was always on my bucket list, and I’m so happy that I got to check that off!

Now on to our last country: Holland! Where we get to see more family!!! Yay!

Cousin Tom has lived in Holland, for about 15 years now, and it’s took 15 years too long to come and visit! His town, Delft, was so beautiful. He showed us around, made us traditional dutch food, (no I didn’t eat the herring), and we even got to see him play a show! (He has a band - Tom White Band - check them out on iTunes! They are pretty good!)

Here are some of my favorite moments from Delft:

Beautiful canals everywhere!

Cousin Maya will eat the Herring.. Wow. Girl’s got some guts.

I will eat these though - AKA my new fav treat. Stroop Waffles - Traditional dutch treat. I’m bringing some back to the U.S., so if you’d like to try one, hit me up before they are gone! So good!! (I even got stopped at the airport when flying back to Madrid because “Wow, that’s a lot of waffles.” Hahahahah.....

Tom and the band rockin’ it at the Haag!

Saying goodbye to cousin Emma, last time I saw her, wow it was so long I don’t even remember! Glad to see everyone again though! Can’t wait til the next time!

And for our final stop: Amsterdam!

Took a beautiful night cruise on the canal & got to see the gorgeous city at it’s best!

One of my favorite stops: the CHEESE museum! I just stayed and sampled the many different cheeses for as along as I could..

Took this in the Red Light District... that was an experience. Wow. No me gusta.

This is NOT where you get coffee in Amsterdam. Seriously the whole city smelled like weed. It was everywhere! Such a culture shock and not something easy to get used to.

Let's just say with the Red Light District, the people, and all the coffee shops, it kind of overwhelmed me and made me not like Amsterdam as much as I thought I would. I guess I didn’t know what to expect, but it was a bit too crazy for me.

But one of my favorite stops was TFIOS (The Fault in Our Stars) Bench. Of course I recreated the scene from the movie.. It was beautiful there and one of my favorite parts of Amsterdam.

Whew! That’s all folks! If you’ve made it this far, I salute you. I barely did!

To conclude, I am so blessed for the life I get to live. I had an amazing time with my family and friends and I have an infinite amount of gratitude for the people who helped me to get to where I am today, and be able to explore the world like this. I am so happy and I will never forget all the memories I have made, and things I have seen, and I’m so glad I got to experience it with my wonderful aunts, and close friends. Until next time, hasta luego! xx

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