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Jan 12, 2018 06:26AM

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No questions about who some of them are? :p


I remember back in high school I took a college-level course to prepare myself for actual college classes but I ended up having to drop it because the work load was far too overwhelming for me. If I can't handle ONE class like that, how am I going to handle several?! I keep asking people what to do and all they do is tell me I'll have no time for myself, I'll never be social or eat or sleep ever again because my entire life will be devoted to doing homework.
I asked my mom what I should do if I can't handle all my classes like in high school and she just laughed at me and said I can just not go to college, and we both know that's not an option.
Yet every one else in college is getting support and help and encouragement when they need it. Why am I any different? I'm even more scared of going to college than I was when I graduated because people have been so unhelpful in preparing me for it.
I'm not even asking for people to lie and say it's easy or whatever, because I know it's not. I just need some encouragement so I have a better mindset towards the whole thing.

College is different for lots of people. For me, I just like to complain about it because I end up working at the last second. It only sounds hard because lots of people complain about it. In high school, you dropped it because you had lots of other homework too. It's not nearly as much by itself.


And you're older now, maybe you just weren't ready for it. Now, maybe you're ready.





Like what on earth do you want me to say to you Mom



'I have a list if you want?'
'what no. is Lithuania your bicycle or something?'
'He's not my bicycle, he's the world's bicycle'

You could see the vomit too

Samantha Harcourt: Seventeen years old. Honey blonde hair that's wavy and falls to her bottom that is usually tied up in a braid and crimson eyes. She's 5'6. Adventurous and loud, but not rebellious. She loves seeking out new adventures and learning new things about anything she can. She sees it as a personal duty to get Joanne to experience more about life. She currently goes to Preston Academy and is in Crimson House and is best at all of her studies. Her father is proud of her. She's best friends with Elizabeth and Anneliese.(Edward and Clayton's sisters)
Duke and Duchess Harcourt: The siblings' parents. Duke Harcourt is a very proud and traditional man who dotes on his daughters but is always looking down on Joanne for being such a bad example. He wants a strong assertive son to inherit his fortune and believes Joanne is just not that. Duchess Harcourt is very much the same and is always pushing Samantha and Joanne to represent the proud family title at their schools respectfully. She likes luxury.
Duke Adam: Anastasia's fiance. He's happy he has such a pretty and obedient bride and is excited to marry her. He likes going on adventures as well and treats Joanne like a little brother, much to Joanne's annoyance and embarrassment.
The Princess of Ireland: Her and her brother are deeply indebted to Joanne once he prevents her from almost drowning while she's in her disguise on the Campania. She's very kind and helpful, always looking for people in need. She often disguises herself as a lower-class British citizen in order to get a better idea of what people are going through. However, that idea often backfires on her when people refuse to get her out of trouble because they believe her to be a peasant.
The Prince of Ireland: The Princess' twin brother. After Joanne saves her life on the Campania, her brother is indebted and promises to keep an eye on Joanne after he starts attending Weston.
Joanne Harcourt: Fourteen years old. Has wavy blonde hair that falls to his shoulders and crimson eyes, is 5'2. Very shy and timid and doesn't like standing up for himself, thus becoming an easy target for bullies. However, his mind is always working and he's easily one of the most intelligent students at Weston. He's observant and keeps track of everything he sees, but can also seem clueless. A lot of people think his parents wanted a third daughter. Despite how important and wealthy his family title is, older students push him around. He wants to become more assertive and prove to his family and friends he truly can be more than just a pushover and a pretty face.



I haven't since 2014 or 15



Once they were cleaned up, Natalya had stepped out of the bath with him and got redressed. It was then that she walked to their own guest bedroom, where this time Elena had been on the bed waiting for them due to having a bad dream, “What’s wrong?” Natalya asked as she approached her.
Toris got dressed in his pajamas too and walked into the bedroom, finding Elena on their bed. "What is it?" He echoed, sitting next to her. Instantly Elena clung onto him tightly. "Papa!!! I had a bad nightmare!!!" She cried.
Natalya looked at Elena and poured her a glass of water and grabbed a handkerchief before bringing it to her, “Calm down, here.” She stated and helped her drink the water, “Deep breaths. Do you want to tell us what your dream was?”
Elena drank the water really fast, hiccuping. "I was being chased by a big scary monster!" She buried her face in Toris' shirt while he gently rubbed her back. "It's alright, there's no monsters here. You're probably just worn-out from the trip here,"
Natalya nodded in agreement with Toris before she thought and took a deep breath, “Would you feel better sleeping here with papa and mama?”
Elena immediately perked up and nodded. "Yes please, Mama! I want to sleep next to Papa!" She stood up and bounced up and down on the bed.
Natalya looked over at Toris, “Well you heard the princess.” She chuckled before she crawled into bed and began making herself comfortable.
Toris rolled his eyes slightly and crawled into bed, snuggling tightly with Elena. "Do you have your doll?" He asked her softly, and she nodded and held it up to show him.
Natalya chuckled softly, “There, your doll is going to protect you too, Okay?” She stated and leaned over to kiss her cheek, along with kiss Toris before she went to sleep.
Toris blushed at Natalya's kiss and smiled back at her. "Sorry about this," He whispered to her once they blew the candle out. "I know you wanted to snuggle with me instead,"
“It’s okay. Elena’s more important than my needs.” Natalya whispered before closing her eyes and going to sleep.
The next morning of course, Natalya had woken up before anyone and decided to spend the early morning reading near the window in silence.
Toris and the girls remained asleep, but Jonas woke up early and nervously went to go find Natalya, pulling on her skirt when he did. "Mama! I wet the bed!" He cried, trying to keep his voice down. "They're going to be mad at me!"
When Jonas came up to her, Natalya looked at him and picked him up, wiping his tears, “Shhh... shhh, it’s okay. Accidents happen. Come on, let’s clean it up, okay?” She stated, going to the bedroom to change the sheets.
He nodded and followed after her, pulling the blanket off the bed since he wanted to be helpful too. "I bet Papa wet the bed again," He said quietly.
Natalya looked at Jonas and shrugged, “Probably. Who knows.” She stated and kissed his cheek to thank him before she changed the sheets fully, “How about we get some breakfast after you’re cleaned up, hm? A mama and Jonas date?”
He perked up and nodded happily. "Yes Mama! Can we have pancakes for breakfast? With chocolate chips in them?"
“Pancakes, hm?” Natalya smiled as she helped him get dressed into some clean clothing, “I don’t see why not.”
Jonas put his usual red clothes on and ran over to the bedroom door. "Will the cook here make it for us though? He wasn't very nice the other day,"
“I’ll cook it. Don’t worry.” Natalya reassured him before she kissed his cheek and walked to the kitchen with him.
He giggled and followed her into the kitchen. "Will they let you though?" Meanwhile Toris woke up and stretched, noticing Natalya was gone. "Where is she?" He wondered, getting out of bed and using the chamber pot.
“Well, there’s no one here, so I can.” Natalya chuckled before she gathered up the ingredients to make pancakes and let Jonas help her prepare them by letting him mix the bowl or crack the eggs.
Jonas eagerly helped whenever he could, smiling. Toris got dressed in regular clothes and gently woke Elena and Anastasia up. "Time to wake up," He smiled. Anastasia pouted and glared at him, while Elena got out of bed. "Can we have breakfast?"
After they mixed together the batter, Natalya began to prepare the pancakes, "Why don't you get your father and siblings to come and eat, hm?" She asked as she flipped the first round of pancakes.
Jonas nodded. "Okay Mama!" He ran back to their bedroom. "Papa! Mama wants you to eat breakfast with her! And Elena and Anastasia too!" "What's for breakfast?" Elena asked. "Pancakes with chocolate!" "But I hate pancakes!" Elena whined.
Natalya of course knew that Elena hated pancakes, so she made her some eggs, a chocolate muffin, and cut up some peaches before she began making the plates of food for everyone.
"I want pancakes!" Anastasia announced and walked out of the room, making Toris chase after her. "I got them!" Jonas said happily, walking back into the kitchen.
"Good job, Jonas. The food is ready too," Natalya stated and was preparing the chocolate milk for the children and Toris, "Did you all sleep well?"
Toris nodded. "I did! Even though you weren't snuggling with me," He teased. "No," Anastasia huffed, crawling into a chair and starting to eat her food.
"I'm glad to hear," Natalya responded to Toris before she looked at Anastasia and kissed her forehead, "Hey, look what I found," She stated, before holding out the pacifier in her hands, "But you can only have it tonight, got it?" she stated, not telling her that she had it all along but didn't want to give it to her that night.
Toris sat down and started to eat his breakfast too. Anastasia simply glared at Natalya, still upset about the other night. "No fair! I want a pacifier too!" Elena whined.
Natalya put the pacifier away before she looked over at Elena, "Elena, does that mean you're still a baby too?" She asked as she sat down and took a bite out of her food.
"Yes! I'm still a baby! I'm just a big baby!" She said proudly, eating her peaches. Jonas sat down and started eating too.
"Oh, okay, if that's the case," Natalya chuckled, "If you're a baby, then I guess you have to start nursing, wearing a diaper again and having to take daily naps."
Elena quickly shook her head. "No! I don't want to take naps again!" She looked at her siblings' pancakes and pouted. "I wanted chocolate too!"
Natalya looked at Elena and stated, putting a chocolate pancake on her plate, "I thought you didn't like pancakes, Elena."
"They're okay when they have chocolate in them," She quickly started eating hers. "Did you see Olga's baby yet?" Toris asked Natalya. "I know you visited her last night,"
"I did," Natalya nodded as she looked at Toris, "The baby's name is Sofia. She told me that she hates being around strangers and is very shy." She chuckled, "Just like Anastasia when she was a baby."
"You mean Anastasia now?" He teased. "She sounds adorable. I hope I can meet her too at the party tonight,"
Natalya chuckled, "I mean, I suppose so," She stated before she nodded, "You will. We'll get to meet a lot of other royal families too,"
Toris' face fell slightly. "Oh....I'm sure most of them are annoyed with me. I pretty much only have their kids in my nursery for diplomatic reasons,"
Natalya sighed heavily and shrugged, "Who knows, maybe too we can find a husband for Elena," She joked, looking at the lighter side of things as she smirked.
"Because that went so well the last time," He continued to tease, finishing up his food. "Can we go see the animals now, Mama?" Jonas asked. "Are there even animals here?"
Natalya finished her food and nodded, "Mhm, Olga told me that there are chickens and cows here," She stated, "Finish up your meals and put it into the sink, then we'll be able to go, okay?"
Jonas smiled widely and nodded, continuing to eat his food. "Is there anything for me to do? I think I'm going to stay away from chickens for a while, they don't seem to like me very much," Toris asked, standing up.
"Maybe you can go try and find Olga's husband for a drink," Natalya shrugged, "Though I don't know if he's here since Olga told me he's out today doing stuff for the ball as preparations. Maybe you can set out my dress and the children's clothes for tonight?"
Toris nodded. "Alright...I'm just going to go with the fanciest thing you packed though," "Can we go now?" Elena asked, tugging on Natalya's sleeve. "I want to see the chickens!"
"Thank you," Natalya nodded at Toris before she looked at Elena, before glancing over at her place, "Well, did you finish eating all your food?"
Elena nodded and held out her empty plate. “Yes I did, Mama!” She then jumped off her chair. “You’re welcome,” Tori’s kissed Natalya’s cheek and went back to the guest room to look for their outfits.
((Sorry for the late response I could only now get on FaceBook))
"Good girl." Natalya patted Elena's head before she resumed eating her food. Once she did finish, she brought her plate to the cart that it came on before returning to the children to clean them all up.
Elena beamed happily and followed Natalya, washing her face off. "Can we please see the chickens now?" Jonas asked nicely, already having washed his face and hands. Meanwhile Toris looked around the palace for Petyer to see if he needed his help with anything.
"Mhm, yes, of course," Natalya stated and finished rinsing their faces and hands, before standing up, "Go get dressed and put something warm on, okay?" She began, before picking up Anastasia and walking back to the room with them to dress them for the day.
"But we're already dressed warmly!" Elena pouted, crossing her arms in front of her chest. "Yes Mama!" Jonas smiled and ran back to their bedroom to get dressed. Luckily, Toris remembered to leave out the clothes they were going to wear for the party that night on their beds.

Sofia simply stared at Natalya while she nursed, wondering who she was. "She's been shy with strangers though," Olga continued to explain. "She has a nanny, but she hates being held by her,"
“Oh Anastasia is the same thing. She hates being with a nanny and is very shy.” Natalya chuckled before she took a step back, “I’ll let you finish up with her. Good night.” She stated before leaving and heading back to the bedroom to put the children down to sleep.
"Good night," Olga said to her and returned to nursing Sofia. Toris was in the middle of putting the children to bed, reading them a bedtime story. "Mama!" Anastasia said happily when she noticed Natalya in the doorway, running over to her.
When Natalya entered the room, she smiled at Anastasia and picked her up, kissing her cheek, “Were you waiting for me?” She asked before bringing her over to her bed, staying quiet so she wouldn’t interrupt Toris’ story to Elena and Jonas.
She nodded. "Papa's story is stupid," "You're stupid!" Elena snapped back at her, since she was enjoying it.
“Oh stop it and shush.” Natalya shushed them before she laid Anastasia down, but of course noticed that she wouldn’t let go and was clingy, “Not sleepy?” She asked Anastasia before running her fingers through her hair.
Anastasia shook her head and kept a tight grip on Natalya. Toris noticed that and finished telling the story, tucking Elena and Jonas in. "She might be homesick, this is her first time sleeping in a new place that's not Katya and Ivan's house," He said to Natalya quietly.
Natalya nodded in agreement before she stood up while carrying Anastasia, “Probably. I’ll get her to sleep though, she just needs comfort. Don’t worry.” She stated before reaching over for a warm blanket and a toy, and going to sit down in a rocking chair to try and rock Anastasia to sleep.
Toris watched for a while before getting up."I'm going to take a bath," He stated, going into the bathroom and making a warm bubble bath. Anastasia kept clinging to Natalya, sucking her thumb and refusing to go to bed.
“I’ll join you in a bit.” Natalya whispered in response before she looked at Anastasia, continuing to rock her gently before sighing for a moment and looking at her, “What will help you sleep, hm?” She asked, continuing to run her fingers soothingly though Anastasia’s hair, “A warm blanket? Laying down with mama? Milk?” She asked, continuing to rock back and forth.
"I want milk!" Anastasia instantly answered, sitting up. "Chocolate milk! That's warm," She held the doll Natalya brought out for her very close to her.
Natalya laughed softly when hearing that, “Chocolate milk has sugar, silly. And you know what sugar is going to make you do?”
Anastasia pouted. "But I like chocolate milk, especially when Papa makes it!"
“Your papa isn’t going to allow that, silly.” Natalya continued to rock her, “How about for now I let you have the milk I have, and in the morning papa can make you a big glass of chocolate milk. Deal?”
She pouted and gave Natalya a dirty look, but finally looked away. "....Okay Mama,"
“Thank you.” Natalya kissed her cheek before she placed Anastasia down into the chair and stood up, walking over to a bag and taking out a bottle before pumping her own milk into it. It was afterwards that she brought the bottle over to Anastasia, handed it over to her and picked her up, sitting in the rocking chair and rocking her again, “There, drink.”
Anastasia sat up and kept hugging the doll, taking the bottle from Natalya and drinking it really fast, looking at her as she did so.
Natalya looked down at her and smiled, continuing to rock her slowly, “There we go... Try to close your eyes and sleep.” She stated before humming a soft lullaby to her.
Anastasia finished drinking the milk and threw the bottle on the floor, curling up in Natalya's lap gain. "I want my pacifier," She pulled on Natalya's blouse.
Natalya looked at the bottle and sighed heavily, before she looked at Anastasia, “I didn’t bring your pacifier, baby...” she whispered, “I’m sorry... But I can get you one tomorrow, okay?”
She glared at Natalya and rolled around so her back was to her, feeling really upset now. "....Mama's stupid," She whispered.
Natalya sighed heavily and stood up, carrying Anastasia and sighing, “Is there anything that’ll make you happy? I promise I’ll get a brand new one, or even send a guard to go get your pacifier for you tomorrow, Okay?”
Anastasia kept glaring at her, but before she could say anything else, she yawned and fell asleep, curling up in Natalya's lap.
Natalya couldn’t help but to sigh in relief when Anastasia went to sleep, going to tuck her in before kissing her cheeks along with Elena and Jonas. Afterwards, she went to the bathroom where Toris was and undressed, joining him in the bath and sighing in relief.
Toris was in the middle of washing his hair when Natalya got in the bath, making the water move around slightly. He opened his eyes and blushed. "That was quicker than I thought,"
“It was hard, but I told you I’d do it.” Natalya stated before she sunk into the water more, “She wanted chocolate milk and her pacifier, but I said no and you can imagine how that went down.”
He giggled slightly. "At least she's not Elena, she'd still be awake and crying," He finished washing his hair and dived underwater to rinse it out.
“That’s true. But I guess her being angry tired her out enough to pass her out.” She shrugged before reaching for the soap and kneeling up in the bath, revealing her body to Toris as she rubbed the soap onto her body.
He blushed heavily and quickly looked away from Natalya, gathering some bubbles over to his side and sinking into the water.
Once Natalya was finished, she sat in the water again to rinse herself before she couldn’t help but to move herself to Toris, sitting in front of him, “How long has it been since we took a bath together?”
Toris shrugged. "I can't remember...a few months ago maybe? It hasn't been THAT long," He swam back over to her. "I do miss our giant tub at home though,"
“That’s true...” Natalya chuckled in response when hearing Toris’ response, “Because there was so much space... Though then again, even if there was space I still was like this.” She stated and crawled into his lap, sitting down and resting her forehead against his.
Toris blushed even more and gently placed his hand on her back. "True...." He kissed her lips. "You're covered in bubbles,"
Natalya leaned in and kissed him back gently, before she rested her head against his shoulder and relaxed, “Is that a bad or good thing?” She snorted, referring to the bubbles.
"Depends on how you feel about it," He started to gently rub her back, spreading the bubbles around. "Besides, they do a good job of covering you up,"
“Covering me up, hm? You’re my husband, I thought you didn’t want to see me covered up.” She joked before leaning in to give him another small kiss.
"When we're at my palace, but this is unfamiliar territory. I don't know who I'm going to have to fight off," He continued to tease, kissing her back. He then started to tongue-kiss her.
((I'm going to get lunch, I'll be back in an hour or so, maybe sooner))
[[ Alright. ]]
Natalya couldn’t help but to laugh, “Yeah, the most you’ll probably have to fight off is if one of our kids come in here crying or something.” She snickered before going silent when he kissed her; returning the gesture while she kept her legs wrapped around his waist and arms around his neck.

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