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"Blaine, we need to talk."
Kurt sounded so serious that Blaine immediately stopped dancing around the room and sat down on the bed next to Kurt.
"What's going on?" he asked, worried.
"I keep thinking about last week," Kurt answered. "When we... had sex," he added, visibly uncomfortable.
"What about it? Are you – are you regretting it? I knew we should have waited, I knew we weren't ready..." Blaine was feeling awful; he shouldn't have pressured Kurt that much.
"It's not that." Kurt pulled him out of his thoughts. "I was ready, and I don't regret doing it with you. It's just that we did it for all the wrong reasons. You know it's true," he said when Blaine was about to protest. "You were doing it because of what Artie told you, which was a bunch of inappropriate nonsense. And I was doing it not to lose you."
"What? You didn't need to – "
"I know, but you were obviously attracted, or at least intrigued by Sebastian, with all his confidence and his experience. I felt like I had to give you a reason to stay."
"You know I wouldn't – "
"Look, it's not about what you would or wouldn't do; it's about what you want to do. I know you wouldn't cheat on me, but you need to get it out of your system."
"What do you mean?"
"We need to take a break, to figure out what we both want from this relationship. You need to decide if you wanna bail every time a pretty boy wants to get in your pants. And I need to decide if I can bear watching you flirt like this."
Blaine was on the verge of tears.
"Are you saying you wanna break up?"
"Not forever. I love you, and number 200 on my bucket list is still 'grow old with Blaine'. But we need some time apart to figure out some stuff."
"How long?"
"As long as it takes. But we should get together in a month or two, to see how things are."
Blaine nodded. He didn't know what to say. He felt like his whole world had crumbled. He felt Kurt hugging him, but he wasn't able to return the hug. He heard the door close, and he realized Kurt had left. He lay alone on his bed, which now felt incredibly empty. He fell asleep without really meaning to.
He woke up the next day, to the sound of his phone ringing. He noticed he had about a dozen texts, but he answered his call before he checked them.
"Hello?" he answered sleepily.
"Hey there, sleeping beauty!" The cheerful voice of Sebastian sounded so wrong in his ear, yet he couldn't hang up.
"What do you want?"
"I want to know if Facebook is right. Princess changed his status to 'single', and if I'm not mistaken, that means you're available, right?"
Blaine sat up in his bed, suddenly very awake.
"Kurt did what?"
"Oh, you didn't know? Sorry." Sebastian didn't sound sorry at all.
"Well, we decided to take a break, but – "
"Sounds like a breakup to me. So, listen, I'm thinking you need some cheering up, right? What do you say we go out tonight? It's Saturday, let's get plastered and forget all about Kurt."
Blaine almost hung up right there, but again, there was something in Sebastian's voice that made him want to hear more. Maybe Kurt was right, Blaine needed to get it out of his system. And if nothing else, he'd at least have fun instead of moping around.
"Alright, I'm in," he said, sounding way less determined that he intended to."
Sebastian chuckled.
"I'll pick you up at 8."
"Isn't that a bit early?"
"Oh, we're not going to Scandals. We need something more... glamourous."
"So where are we going?"
"The Sapphire, best gay bar in Ohio. And it's two hours away, hence why we're leaving early."
"Alright, I'll text you my address." Blaine was way more excited that he should be – he wondered if Sebastian could hear it in his voice.
"Oh, and Blaine? Lose the bowtie. The schoolboy look is irresistible, but kinda lame for the Sapphire."
Sebastian hung up before Blaine could answer.
Blaine texted his address to Sebastian, then remember all the texts he'd gotten while he was sleeping. Obviously Sebastian wasn't the only one who had been on Facebook. They were almost all from his Warbler friends: "What happened? – Jeff." "Everything okay? – Nick." "*hugs* - Trent." "Courage – Thad". There was also one from Rachel: "I'm deeply sorry, and I hope we can still be friends, even though we were introduced by Kurt. Love, your Maria."
He replied quickly to all of them, before hopping in the shower. He'd slept until noon, but he still had a long time to wait before Sebastian would be there. He decided to do some homework to kill some time, and before he knew it, it was time to get dressed.
He really didn't know what to wear: he owned nothing except for his – okay, he'll admit it – somewhat dorky outfits. If only Kurt was there to help him, he thought before mentally kicking himself. Thinking of Kurt wasn't the best thing to do right now.
He settled for a black dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a pair of jeans, with a skinny tie. He was just finishing tying his knot, when the doorbell rang. He ran down the stairs, trying to make himself look casual instead of eager.
"Looking sexy!" Sebastian let out a long whistle when Blaine opened the door.
Blaine blushed, motioning him to enter.
"Thanks, you do too," he said, looking in the foyer closet for a pair of shoes.
"Hurry up, it's Saturday, we wanna get there before there's a lineup!"
"Help me chose, then."
Sebastian joined him in front of the closet, a bit closer than necessary, and looked at the shoes.
"Those ones," he said, handing him a pair of black oxfords.
Blaine slipped them on before putting on his coat. Sebastian eyed him up and down.
"Nice shoes, wanna fuck?"
Blaine chuckled.
"That is like the worst pick-up line in existence."
"Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?"
"Okay, maybe this one is worse."
"Nice legs, what time do they open?"
"You win, you win!" Blaine laughed. "Ready to go?"
The ride was surprising, to say the least. Sebastian could actually hold an interesting conversation without hitting on Blaine. Of course, there was the occasional innuendo or lustful look, but Blaine found himself really loving it, now that he didn't have to feel guilty about it.
They got there pretty fast – Sebastian wasn't bothered by such common things as speed limits. Before getting out of the car, Sebastian handed a card to Blaine.
"Here, your new ID. The Sapphire doormen aren't gonna be fooled by that crappy thing I got you last time."
"Thanks." He took a look at it. Indeed, it looked more real than the other: the guy on the picture looked like him, he was only 22, and the name (Sam Howell) was at least realistic.
They got in without any problems, the doorman apparently fooled by their Ids. They took a few steps inside and Blaine's eyes widened. The place looked so nice, all modern, with leather couches and a whole wall made of blue lights behind the bar. The place was huge: Blaine noticed a staircase leading to a mezzanine, and the biggest dance floor he'd ever seen.
Sebastian grinned. "You're so cute when you're impressed," he said, taking his hand to lead him towards the bar. "The dance floor is still empty, so we'll sit over there and drink while we wait for the place to fill up."
Blaine nodded while Sebastian leaned over to talk to the barman. Blaine couldn't hear what he was saying, but he saw him pointing at a couch in the corner. Sebastian led him to the couch, sitting really close to him, even though there were room for at least four more people. A waiter came soon after with two drinks.
"Long Island, extra-strong," Sebastian whispered in his ear. "Cheers!"
They clunked their glasses together. Blaine tried to follow Sebastian, but he drank so fast it was hard, and even for Blaine, and soon enough, he was starting to feel tipsy. Drinks kept appearing on the table as soon as they finished them, even though Blaine didn't see Sebastian take out his wallet even once.
For the next round, shots replaced drinks: the waiter placed a whole tray of them on the table. Sebastian must have noticed the confused look on Blaine's face, because he explained.
"They know me here; I told them to keep bringing us drinks, and I'll pay later."
Blaine motioned towards his wallet.
"Do you want me to – "
"No need," Sebastian answered, stopping him with his hand on his wrist. "You need some cheering up, I'm here for that," he added with his most charming smile.
"Thanks, really." Blaine was glad that someone was there for him, and he was having so much fun he was forgetting all about his problems.
"So, shots?" Sebastian asked.
"Bring it."
Sebastian handed him a glass and a lime wedge.
"Give me your hand," he said.
Blaine put his hand in Sebastian's and shivered when he felt him lick a stripe on his wrist, before doing the same to his own.
Sebastian never looked away while he licked or poured salt on it, and Blaine caught himself wishing he could taste that teasing tongue.
"Cheers," Sebastian said again, before he licked the salt and downed the shot, slamming it down on the table as he bit in the lime wedge. Blaine watched him and did the same. He almost choked; the last time he had had tequila was at Rachel's party, and he'd forgotten how strong it was.
Sebastian grinned, handing him another glass.
"The first one's always the worst."
They took a few more shots, and Sebastian was right: either Blaine was getting used to it, or he was too drunk to notice the burn as the alcohol poured down his throat.
"Let's shake things up a bit," Sebastian whispered in his ear, before licking his neck just below his earlobe.
Blaine had to bite back a moan, and he was glad Sebastian was too busy pouring salt on his neck to notice.
"Hold this in your mouth," he said, handing him a lime wedge.
Blaine did as told, looking at Sebastian in excitement. It all happened pretty fast: Sebastian licked the salt off Blaine's neck – Blaine ached for more – downed a shot and slammed the glass on the table, then bit in the lime wedge.
Their lips touched for a split second, and Blaine could have sworn he'd felt Sebastian's tongue licking the extra juice on his lower lip, but it was all over way too fast, and the lime wedge was soon discarded on the table.
Blaine wanted more, he needed more. He grabbed at the nape of Sebastian's neck to get him closer. He licked a stripe down his neck, and it took all his strength not to bite the warm, salty skin.
"Eager, aren't we?" Sebastian teased, with his usual chuckle.
Blaine just gave him a lime wedge to shut him up, while he poured salt where he'd just licked.
He looked at Sebastian and saw that he wasn't laughing anymore: his eyes were filled with pure want – and maybe a spark of challenge, which pressed Blaine to do it. Tugging at Sebastian's neck again, he licked the salt before downing the shot of tequila. He almost didn't feel the burn anymore; he couldn't think of anything other than the way Sebastian looked at him. He slammed the glass down on the table, before taking Sebastian's face in his hands, leaning in to bite in the lime. Juice drops fell all over their chins, because he was so eager to kiss him that he kinda forgot what he was actually supposed to do.
Seeing that the lime wedge really had no utility whatsoever now, Sebastian spit it back on the table, and soon enough, his lips were back on Blaine's. They had waited so long for this moment; there was so much built-up desire between them that they just went for it. Lips crashed against each other, teeth scraped on tongues, and eager hands fumbled to find skin under layers of fabric.
Before he knew it, Blaine was sitting in Sebastian's lap, straddling him. He could feel how hard Sebastian was for him, and he realized he was hard himself. Sebastian had his hands on Blaine's ass, pressing him closer, and Blaine couldn't help it, he started rutting against him. Sebastian was panting in his mouth, and it was the hottest thing Blaine had ever seen.
Sebastian pulled away, pushing Blaine back on the seat next to him. The loss of contact made Blaine moan whiningly.
"Sorry," Sebastian chuckled again. "But as much as I want to fuck you right here on this couch, in front of everybody – "
The way he whispered this in Blaine's ear was almost enough to make Blaine come on the spot, and he missed the last part of the sentence, which was something about them getting thrown out of the club.
Sebastian got up, pulling on Blaine's hand to make him snap out of his thoughts and follow him.
"Come on, let's dance," he said before downing one of the last two shots without any salt or lime.
Blaine did the same – coughing at the strong taste – and followed him to the dance floor.
The place was now so crowded that they had to dance really close to each other, of which Sebastian fully took advantage. He pulled Blaine even closer, with both hands on his ass. They were grinding their hips together, following the rhythm of the bass pounding in their ears.
Blaine's arms were around Sebastian's neck so he could pull him in for a heated kiss once in a while. After a few songs, Blaine whispered in Sebastian's ear:
"If you keep grinding against me like that, I won't last much longer."
Sebastian flashed him a big grin and tugged at Blaine's hip to make him turn around.
Blaine's back was pressed against Sebastian, who swayed with his hands on Blaine's hips. He was grinding hard against Blaine's ass, and while it still turned him on like mad, at least there wasn't any direct stimulation on his dick now, so he could still hold on a while.
He nodded in answer to Sebastian's question, but he never knew if he actually noticed, because his nose was now buried in Blaine's neck. Blaine could feel his breath on his skin, and it was driving him crazy, which Sebastian seemed to notice, because he started licking at his earlobe.
Blaine bit back a moan and lifted a hand to Sebastian's neck, to hold him there so he'd never stop. Sebastian was still swaying, which was a good thing, because Blaine was so lost in him that he forgot they were supposed to be dancing. He forgot they were in a crowd, he forgot about the music; the only thing he could hear was Sebastian whispers in his ear.
"You like that, don't you? Look at you, just begging me to touch you. I could just take you right here on this dance floor and you'd just ask for more."
Blaine couldn't resist anymore. He turned around to take Sebastian's mouth in a deep kiss. He pressed his hips against Sebastian's, hoping to get some friction, but it wasn't enough. He wanted him, all of him, now.
Sebastian seemed to read his mind because he grabbed his hand and made his way through the crowd. Blaine didn't know where he was being taken, but soon they were out of the crowd and Sebastian was leading him down a staircase and into a room. Blaine realized when Sebastian pushed him in a stall that they were in the bathroom. Sebastian locked the door of the stall, pressing Blaine against it before unbuttoning his shirt.
Blaine could feel Sebastian fingers brush against his skin and he couldn't suppress a whimper. He knew he sounded needy, but he just wanted to be touched; he couldn't bear waiting anymore. Sebastian was now at the last button, and he shot Blaine a lustful look before dropping to his knees.
Blaine gasped when he realized what was about to happen. Sebastian was undoing his belt buckle and his pants, dropping them to Blaine's feet in one swift move. He took a moment to appreciate the view before getting Blaine's briefs out of the way too.
He took Blaine's cock in his hand, giving it a quick pump before licking at the tip, tasting the precome. He kept his eyes fixed on Blaine's all the way through, which was quite mesmerizing, as Blaine could see how much he wanted him.
He wove his hands through Sebastian's hair, pulling a little to let him know he needed more. Sebastian opened his mouth wide, taking in as much as he could, his eyes still staring right at Blaine's. Blaine couldn't help it; his hips bucked and he hit the back of Sebastian's throat.
"Oh, sorry," he said, but Sebastian didn't look phased at all, just humming around his cock.
Blaine felt Sebastian throat relaxing around his cock, then taking him even deeper. Blaine bit back a groan, tightening his grasp on his head.
The warmth of his mouth, the way his tongue was still trying to lick the length even though it was halfway down his throat, the way he was gripping Blaine's ass to keep him closer, and most of all, the way he was still looking deep into Blaine's eyes, it was all too much for Blaine.
"I'm – I'm gonna – " he tried to say, pulling on Sebastian's hair to warn him.
Sebastian quickly stopped, standing up again. He pressed Blaine hard against the door, whispering in his ear.
"Not yet, you won't."
Sebastian threw his own shirt on the ground and retrieved a small packet of lube from his back pocket. He coated two of his fingers in it and motioned Blaine to turn around. Pressing him against the door, he quickly prepared him.
Blaine couldn't stand it anymore. He needed Sebastian in him now.
"Quit fooling around," he said. "Get in me. Now."
He tried to sound confident and dominant, but his breath was hitching, and he might as well have just begged for it.
Sebastian chuckled. "I like it when you try to take control. It's cute."
Blaine couldn't suppress a whimper when Sebastian pulled out his fingers to get a condom. The loss was unbearable, he needed to be full of Sebastian.
Sebastian was back behind him, guiding his hard cock towards Blaine's entrance. Blaine gasped as he felt the head entering him, and he barely had time to get used to it before Sebastian slammed hard, plunging his whole length inside of Blaine.
Blaine screamed, but soon the pain faded into pleasure.
"More, please, harder..."
Sebastian gripped both of his hips, pulling out faster and pushing back in even harder. Blaine let out a cry each time he felt Sebastian slam deeper inside of him.
"You like it, don't you?" Sebastian growled. "I'm completely filling you and you still want more..."
"Yes, please, I'm gonna – "
"Come with me, baby," Sebastian whispered in his ear.
Gripping harder at his hips, Sebastian slammed in a few more times before coming hard inside of Blaine. As he climaxed, he bit hard on Blaine's shoulder. The sharp pain triggered Blaine's own release, and his come splattered all over the stall door.
Blaine's legs couldn't hold him up any longer; he collapsed on the pile of clothes they'd shed on the floor. Sebastian helped him up.
"Come on, get dressed. My place, round two."
Blaine got dressed faster than ever before.


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Dodge BallMature
My head felt heavy as I lifted it off the cold, faux wood desk, only to find that a page from my binder had stuck to my face, glued there from the drooling I'd done down my cheek. Instantly I felt a blush rise to my cheeks and without thinking, I ripped it from my cheek painlessly. I glanced around the dark classroom behind me to make sure that no one had noticed the display of humiliation that I'd unconvered from myself. As my gaze drifted I noted that hunched over next to me on that same desk, was Michael, also asleep and snoring just loudly enough for me to hear. A small giggle escaped my throat; unable to stifle it and a tender smile spread liquid-like across my face. When I finally turned forward once again to regain a concious idea of the class's purpose, I found a large pair of weathered hands on our happy, little bed - I mean desk.
Following the arms up to their owner, I found Mr. Samson leaning over the table. His eyes dark like, an owl's and just as wise were glaring down at us and then they wandered over the hump of clothing next to me that was rising and falling in a silent snore. I hissed at Michael to wake him up without any movement, but when that didn't work -as hard as I could- I kicked his calf with the toe of my sneakers.
Michael's eyes flew open with a blast of the ocean colored glare and he twisted in his seat and squeezed out a slight snarl in my direction before he finally clued into the dark figure haning over the table, he gave me a little hopeless grin and then an overdramatic shrug and looked up at the teacher. Restraining myself from laughing, I watched as Michael turned his full attention from me to Mr. Samson, obviously he hadn't been any more aware that he'd fallen asleep than I had.
This could be bad.
Slowly, Michael's glare faded and he turned his head to see Mr. S standing before us. A grim look seemed to seep into Michael's eyes at first - just as it always did before he decided to use his 'charm' to help him out of the situation - but it subsided into a look of amusement. "Hello Mr. S." Michael sounded casual as always. This time I smirked, failing to hide it.
Mr. S shook his head and pulled his hands off the table as the bell went. I coudl tell that he wanted to stop and yell at the two of us for sleeping through 'Bowling for Columbine', but it never happened and he watched as Michael and I packed up our things and prepared to move to our next class. We moved pretty quickly considering he wasn't the only one watching us as we scrambled to gather our things and make a mad dash to a less boring class.
I glanced at Michael, his hands slipping over his binder and shoved it into his onyx backpack. His face was cast downward as dark locks of hair curled around his face, making his eyes pop with a dull glow. I had always known him to be handsome, but I wasn't the only one who thought so. Girls flocked to Michael, his good looks and ridiculous sense of humor a large attraction. But he'd turned many of them down. It was getting to the point that I thought he might be gay.
"What are you staring at? Is there a zit on my nose the size of France?" Michael gave me a wry glance.
"No. I was just thinking about something." I tilted my head playfully with a smile, Michael responded with a twitch of his left eyebrow.
"Some days I wish I could read minds. Others, when I see my Mom giving my Dad 'the look' across the supper table, I really don't want to know."
"No kidding?" Of course my tone was licked with sarcasm. I bet even 'the look' between your parents would send you dodging for the bathroom.
The bell went and Michael cast a look towards the ceiling. It was a pale white and had cases of lights strategically place along it, but it was normal and boring. We slipped into the hallway and said a silent farewell as we separated.
He had Pre-Calc at that moment on the main floor just by the office. So I lied, my next class was fun. While his was.... well.... math. I had Art at the far end of the collegiate on the main floor. It was quite the walk, but I really didn't mind.
Ms. Riley had taken a liking to me on the first day I had arrived in Grade 10, moving to the small town from Vancouver. It was a large change- not meant to be literal considering this school was SO much smaller - but my Mother had told me it was necessary, for what reason she never mentioned.
Walking from one part of the school to the next was always a surprise, going down the south stairs there were murals splashed on the left-hand side wall and directly in front of you. Both were filled with colors and had intricate stories behind them, one that I never seemed to see.
Many of the walls had murals on them, from Senior Art classes years passed. They were all different and brightened the black and white spattered tile hallways. Something that never changed was how crowded the halls were; most of the younger grades got pushed and shoved, just because of their status.
I, myself, was no exception; I hated the ninth graders, but acted as if they didn't exist. Most of them were dressed like strippers and normally hung all over their senior boyfriends, their tight pants and bleach blonde hair marking them for their high school cliques. Many of them thought they ran the school and flaunted their parents' money, making other students tense and glare. I personally didn't have anything to flaunt, not a lot of money or a nice fancy sports car to rev up and speed away in - not that this school had many of those - but I did have one thing and that made me happy enough. I was practically the only one in the school who had the power of invisibility.
Making the transition between the North end of the school and the south end was painfully humid in the September heat, most of which still hung around even though the summer months were long pased, the smell of autumn was right around the corner. The two ends separated the air-conditioned rooms, here: body odor hung in the air like a bad clean scent and damp, clammy shirts clung to skin. Some kids looked like they'd been outside running the rocky track, the one thing I was grateful for in their high school. They only had to run the beep test in the air-conditioned gym, but still it was running and mandatory.
Past the bathrooms with the neon orange doors and the Home Ec. room that always smelled of baked goods, and the library and the Band room positioned across from each other did I take-up my locker.
It was across from the physics room where I also had Biology with Mr. Dyck. Twisting the black knob with the faded white etched numbers on the silver lock, I recalled the combination. The numbers were easy enough to remember.
I heard it click and it fell loosely into my pale hand. In the locker, I pulled out my thick sketchbook and replaced my English binder with it pages. Its weight somehow brought me comfort and with that and the slamming of my locker, I stalked down to the end of the hallway into the cover of the Art Room.
Ms. Riley looked up from her desk and smiled at me - she seemed to be able to see through my invisibility cloak no problem, it made my wonder if she had some sort of Superman power of her own. Most of my classmates were already there, talking amongst themselves - loudly might I add however, they never reached out to include me. It didn't hurt. I was alien to them, but it was to be expected. I took up a seat at a vacant table on the far side of the room away from the chattering group.
I tucked a strand of platinum blonde hair behind my ear; exposing the five piercings I'd begged my Mother for, since I'd turned 10. My Mother had pierced my ears when I was born, giving me, my first set of shiny studs when I was just a year-old. My Mother had one ear, pierced several times and I had always wanted that edgy look. So year after year I'd gotten another piercing or a lecture about my body. But it never stopped me.
"When did you get that bar put in?"
I looked up to find one of my classmates inspecting the silver bar that went through the cartilage part of my ear twice. The girl had brown, hazel like eyes, with golden flecks closer to the pupil, black hair spiked up at the back of her head and hung straight in the front, cut extremely short fitting her round face perfectly. She wasn't unusually pale considering the amount of sunshine they actually got here on the prairies, but the under tone of her skin was a little gray. I wonder if she's sick or something?
"For my sixteenth birthday." I answered.
The girl who stood across from me beamed, as if she wasn't expecting me to answer. "Awesome. Where?"
"A tattoo shop in Vancouver."
"Oh." Now she just seemed disappointed and her face dropped a little. Just as quickly though, she piped back up. "I want to get it done, but I don't know where to go."
I grinned, tediously stepping over words that made me sound cruel. "Winnipeg?" It really was a question I was searching to get answered. I really hadn't spent that much time out of the little town since I'd moved here and it was killing me.
"Ya. But I'd need my Mother to take me there first." The way she said 'Mother' made me cringe a little, like she was using the word out of hate.
I just nodded in response, but the girl seemed determined to socialize a bit longer. "I don't believe I've ever known your name."
I frowned a little. I don't know your name either and here you are standing in front of me my inspecting my earlobes. As if that's not weird... and now I'm talking to myself. "Olivia Jade." I answered quickly, hoping I hadn't spent too much time conversing with myself.
"Skylar." She winked.
What a pretty name. I blinked hard. And all I got was 'Jade'. I do have to say though, my last name rules. Sommerland.
Skylar's mouth moved but her friends called her back in an apologetic tone, pleading for her forgiveness. She left, leaving me feeling used. I'd get over it.
Class started and Ms. Riley announced our assignment. "Sketch someone you know, without getting them to pose." A wide smile licked at my blue eyes, while the rest of the class moaned and whined. A normal response.
I planned out my assignment; I'd picked Michael just because he was the closest person to me in this strange place and even the thought of drawing my scatter-brained Mother made me flustered. As I finished my planning the buzzer went. My throat swelled. P.E.!
The gym was on the very end of the opposite side of the school down a straight hallway packed with students, which slowed me down, and then I still had to change. Most of the girls wore shirts and brightly colored T's, while I preferred my baggy track pants and my Mother's over-sized shirt that read 'Everything's Bigger In Canada' with a picture of a caribou hovering over a deer. It was comfortable and airy, with room for mobility.
Michael was waiting for me at the risers, grinning like a Cheshire cat and I eyed the baskets by the stage.
Dodge ball? I screamed inside my head. Michael read my expression.
"Dodge ball." With a nod his smile grew wider, exposing perfectly aligned teeth that glistened in the gym's expert lighting. I caught myself staring at him again, thinking about how I was going to capture that smile in black and white.
"Stop staring Ollie." Michael caught my eye. It startled me a bit but only because his eyes were so intense as his body filled with adrenaline.
"Sorry. I was just thinking."
"About?" Michael pressed, honestly interested this time.
"My Art project. And you're going to be my subject."
"Do I have to pose nude?" Michael winked.
"Only if you want." I smirked. We joked around like that all the time, considering we'd only known each other for a year now, since last August in 2005. For some reason it felt like longer, but it hadn't. The entire student body had come back to school only 2 weeks ago after Labor Day for the 2006 – 2007 year to start.
"I think I'll bring a towel, just in case." Michael winked and slung an arm around my shoulders protectively.
"Good idea. Just to be safe, bring your housecoat too."
"Excellent idea." Michael cheered in a fake British accent.
"I do say so." I followed suit and sat in my squad while Michael went to his. Some girls turned to look at me, their faces full of questions. It would appear that I was losing my inhuman ability to stay invisibile. I rolled my eyes a little.
"Are you dating Michael Wiebe?" A red head asked, seeming hurt or disgusted.
I stifled a laugh and brought my knees to my chest, staring back at them with intense blue eyes. "No." My tone was flat, but not one of them looked away.
"Does he have a girlfriend?" The red head persisted.
Feeling more annoyed than anything, I narrowed my eyes and turned away from the girls. I hated when people asked about Michael, as if they were afraid to ask him themselves. It wasn't like he was a hard guy to talk to, though they'd been around him for years, most likely since kindergarten, and I had only known him for one of those.
Just answer them, Ollie. I mean, what could possibly go wrong, besides the fact that they discover you're talking to yourself?
"No, he doesn't. I think he's gay…" They're expressions all seemed to change at once right before me. My eyes grew wide, realizing what I'd just said.
"Are you serious?" The girl with the flaming red hair gasped, her eyes expanding to the size of her fists.
"Well no, I was just kidding." I bit my lower lip, drawing my knees tighter to my chest, begging silently that the girl would just take it as jealousy. But the girl's chattered among themselves, hands flailing and lips moving as their lip gloss wore off. They were obviously talking about Michael, because they kept glancing over at him and then back at me, their noses turned up.
Oh COME ON! I was just kidding. Maybe it's better this way; he wouldn't go out with them anyway.
Five minutes and the class had been divided and the plush balls placed in the center of the gym. The whistle went and people charged towards the middle, grasping at their squishy weapons. Michael and I were on opposing teams, I stood back and watched while he tore forward and flung the balls furiously at my team.
Okay Michael, please don't hit me. That looks like it hurts. I winced as my teammates got pelted.
It wasn't until I opened my eyes did I see the red head from earlier flirting with Michael. Flames shot up in my throat and I picked a yellow orb up off the floor, subconsciously, and pitched it, using all the force I had. What surprised me was that it soared towards the girl like a missile at top speed and hit her in the gut. The red head fell backwards from the blow, coughing and gasping.
Immediately the whistle went and our gym teacher, Ms. Falon jogged towards her in a panic.
"Are you alright?" I heard her ask, but she saw it, the girl was unconscious. She was sprawled on the gym floor by Michael's feet, her chest rising and falling slowly; but not an inch of her other wise, moved.
Michael and another guy on my team walked towards me now, Michael's intense aqua eyes hit me like a giant wave, the water stealing my breath.
"Was that you who threw that?" Michael asked, eyes sparkling.
But I was frozen and didn't know what to say to that question. Had I been the one to throw it? Ollie, you're not even strong enough to move your nightstand, little alone chuck a ball that hard, that far.
"Ollie?" Michael pressed, teasing me with that pet name.
My teammate stared blankly at me, but I sensed a smile tugging at his thin lips.
"That was awesome!" He finally surged.
"Um, I don't even think I threw it." I shrugged.
"I saw you do it." He nodded vigorously.
"Really?" Michael glanced at him in disbelief.
My hands were shaking; I brought them to my face expecting them to look different. But they were still pale with five fingers in slender lines off the palm. "But how?" I muttered.
"Baseball?" My teammate quizzed still ecstatic.
"No. I don't play sports." I shuddered.
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Gold: waiting for breakthrough
Gold price declined to $1,288. On the daily and H4 chart we see that gold price is consolidating within the symmetric triangle – it's now next to the lower border of this formation. The fluctuation of the piece has become shallow. The market will soon reach a point where it will have to break to the either direction. Such breakthrough will be likely followed by a strong directional move. On the weekly chart we see that XAU/USD is under pressure of the thick Ichimoku Cloud and the 55-week MA.
Support is at $1,286, $1,278 and $1,269. Gold may draw support from the safe haven demand on the Ukrainian turmoil. Resistance is at $1,300, $1,305 and $1,310.
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When you stay at Fairfield Inn By Marriott Orlando Airport in Orlando, you'll be near the airport and convenient to Orlando Watersports Complex. This hotel is within the vicinity of Ventura Country Club and Oak Ridge Gun Range.
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Discussion in 'Streetwear and Denim' started by AriGold, Oct 4, 2012.
I like that pattern/color!
I am in the US and I just tried it and it worked. One needs to be logged in and once you enter the code "YSLPRIVATESS17" during checkout, it works.
The SSENSE sales have started, btw.
^^^ very nice sawtooth shirt.
How does these size please ? I'm a 39.5 in chelseas 30 harness boots.
Been wanting them for a while
Need some sizing help, I want to buy the camo bomber but I'm undecided between a 46 and a 48. I'm 5'9" 155 average build and a 37" chest. I normally wear a j crew medium slim, 32-33 waist depending on the brand.
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TOWIE's Tom Pearce and new girlfriend Khloe Evans had an awkward encounter
last night when they bumped into her Bachelor ex Spencer Matthews.
The loved-up couple came face to face with the Made In Chelsea star at the
Very On Ice fashion show at The Tower Of London Ice Rink.
Khloe, 21, and Spencer enjoyed a brief romance when they appeared on The
Bachelor together earlier this year.
They were seen cosying up to each other and kissing on the dating show before
Spencer, 24, eventually picked blonde Khloe as his winner.
But just a week after Khloe became the last woman standing in the contest to
find Spencer a soulmate, she was snapped snogging TOWIE's Tom in a London
At the time a friend of Spencer's was reported as saying: "Spencer was
looking forward to getting to know Khloe properly away from the cameras once
they got back to Britain.
"However, when he saw photos of her all over Tom Pearce on the internet
literally days after the wrap party, he was pretty shocked and surprised to
say the least."
But Khloe suggested that she had never actually had a chance with Spencer,
because he was still in love with his MIC co-star Louise Thompson.
She tweeted: "All am saying #louiseandspencer goodnite :D"
And it seems she was right as not long after Spencer revealed he had rekindled
his romance with 22-year-old Louise.
While Tom, 22, and Khloe revealed they were officially dating just last week.
Spencer was joined at the bash last night by a host of his reality show
co-stars including best pal Jamie Laing, Ollie Locke, Binky
Felstead and Cheska Hull.
While the TOWIE crowd also made an appearance represented by Tom, Lauren Pope,
Ricky Rayment and Joey Essex.
Though the real star of the night, which saw the first ever fashion show on
ice, was X Factor's Ella Henderson.
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In today's media, anti-male sexism is the rule far more than anti-female sexism. Whether it's calling men "idiots," creating smart mom/stupid dad TV shows, publishing books with titles like "Are Men Necessary," our culture is full of what some scholars are calling the "WAW effect," short for Women are Wonderful. These days, it's tough to catch a break if you're an unapologetic male.
What's interesting about the situation is that it's not really that removed from the way things used to be in Western society in which men were the preferred sex. In a fascinating address provocatively titled "Is There Anything Good About Men?" Florida State University professor Roy Baumeister discusses how we've moved from male superiority to male inferiority as well as the reasons behind that shift (h/t Helen Smith):
I said that today most people hold more favorable stereotypes of women than men. It was not always thus. Up until about the 1960s, psychology (like society) tended to see men as the norm and women as the slightly inferior version. During the 1970s, there was a brief period of saying there were no real differences, just stereotypes. Only since about 1980 has the dominant view been that women are better and men are the inferior version.


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WP-Print "displays a printable version of your WordPress blog's post/page." That's what it says on the plugins website, the plugins page on WordPress.org actually points you straight there.
After installation, there are two options: either to add a code snippet to each page where you want the print link to appear, or to use a shortcode print_link on an individual post or page. It adds a link to a /print version of a post, so the post
Would get a print link:
To get this to work I actually had to go to Settings -> Permalinks and re-save the permalink settings, this is something the plugin should do by itself. Clicking the print link takes you to a printer-friendly version of the post, with a print css loaded that'll cleanly print that post for you. I think there should be a third option for this plugin: to automatically add the print link to the end of a post using the
the_content filter. Right now you either have to use the shortcode on each page or go in to your template and fix it, which might be too hard for people.
SEO issues
I don't like the way this plugin works from an SEO perspective at all: it adds a second, duplicate, version of each post on your site and it doesn't even have a canonical on this print version pointing back to the original post, potentially causing big issues. The simple fact that there's a nofollow attribute on the print link doesn't fix that. It loses a full star because of it, it'd get half of it back if it added a canonical back to the original post or page.
I think that a way better way of doing this would actually be to add a decent print CSS to your theme, or even better, a print section in your theme's normal CSS. Of course this would require coding as well. I'm quite certain there are other plugins though that do this in a better, more SEO friendly way.
Code Quality
As is to be expected from a seasoned plugin developer as Lester Chan, the plugin is reasonably well coded. I would rather have it use more specific namespaces though, as well as not have it rely on the fact that the plugin is in the
wp-print subfolder.
In the backend, it doesn't use a nonce for its basic settings, nor does it use the Options API. It does use a nonce for it's uninstall functionality though, and having that uninstall functionality is actually pretty nice.


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Our Destruction
Where are we, why are we here, where are we going.
With evolution, shouldn't we be growing faster and smarter? Why can't we realize we have stopped advancing ourselves and put all the growth into technologies. We have stopped our evaluation. Think of how we could have evolved. Think of what we could have been.


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Rabat, July 7: Two hairdressers aged 23 and 29 in Morocco have found support from many lawyers who are willing to defend the duo's case.
The duo were accused of gross indecency for wearing dresses considered to be provocative. The women were arrested in mid-June while they were walking through a market in dresses..
The women were charged with indecent exposure for which they could face prison for two years.
Meanwhile, over 500 lawyers registered to represent the women. Some lawyers feel that this case could be the opportunity for the country to amend its laws keeping in mind human rights and individual freedom.
Earlier singer and actress Jennifer Lopez had sparked a controversy after she was labelled scantily dressed by the media for a concert in Rabat that was broadcast on public TV.
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THE Westchester County District Attorney's office has handled grisly murders and brutal rapes. But no crime in recent memory has drawn as many outraged letters and e-mails -- 1,000 at last count -- as the case of the five kittens killed at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining in March.
''More letters have come in on this than any other case I can remember,'' said District Attorney Jeanine Pirro.
The gruesome way the kittens died may have brought them as much notice as anything else. Prosecutors say Corrections Sgt. Ronald A. Hunlock discovered a female cat and five kittens in an inmate's cell on March 11 and ordered the inmate to put them into the trash compactor. When the inmate refused, Sergeant Hunlock put the kittens into the compactor and turned it on, crushing them.
If he is convicted, Sergeant Hunlock could become the first person in Westchester and one of the first in the state to serve prison time for aggravated cruelty to animals, which became a felony in 1999 with the passage of the so-called Buster's Law. The law was named for a tabby who was doused with kerosene and burned to death by a teenager in Schenectady in 1997.Continue reading the main story
To cynical observers, the flood of letters about the kittens might suggest that suburbanites have more sympathy for cuddly kittens than for their fellow human beings.
But Ms. Pirro said the letters indicate a ''public recognition that abuse of animals is not given due attention, and I think the public is really crying out for justice in these kinds of cases.'' Ms. Pirro, a self-proclaimed animal lover, owns two Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs that enjoyed a fleeting celebrity during the trial of her husband, Albert, for tax fraud last year, when prosecutors drew attention to an expensive wrought-iron fence the Pirros purchased for the animals.
On May 14 the District Attorney's office charged another Westchester man under Buster's Law after the police accused him of stabbing his dog 30 times with a kitchen knife. The man, Michael F. Johnson of Peekskill, took revenge on the dog after it sided with his girlfriend in a domestic dispute, refusing to leave her side as Mr. Johnson left the apartment, the police said. Infuriated, the man began to punch the dog, said Peekskill's animal control officer, Wendell Bowman.
When the dog bit Mr. Johnson on the hand, he began to slash at it while slamming it on the floor and shouting ''Punk,'' Mr. Bowman said. After Mr. Johnson's girlfriend called the police, veterinarians took the dog to the hospital, where it received 206 stitches.
''It's the worst case of animal abuse I've ever seen,'' said Mr. Bowman, who has been with the city for almost four years. The dog, a pit bull mix named Ali, will be put up for adoption once it recovers, the police said.
Two other Westchester men have been charged under Buster's Law. One pleaded guilty and received probation despite the district attorney's objections, and another has not been sentenced, said Anne Marie Corbalis, a spokeswoman for the District Attorney's office.
Last year Ms. Pirro created an animal abuse unit, hiring a prosecutor who had worked previously at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
''I truly believe there is evidence linking violence against animals to violence against people,'' she said. ''To those convinced we should not use prosecutorial resources for this, I say that sooner or later a human will be a victim of that abuse.'' A 1997 study found that 70 percent of animal abusers had committed at least one other criminal offense, and almost 40 percent had committed violent crimes against people. The study was conducted by the Massachusetts S.P.C.A. and Northeastern University.
In fact, the crime is now taken so seriously that Sergeant Hunlock, who has pleaded not guilty, apparently feared public reprisals after he was charged in the kittens' death. He appeared for a hearing at Ossining village court on April 3 surrounded by a dozen burly correctional officers, who protected him from photographers and a small group of animal rights protesters as he entered and left the courthouse.
''There were only four of us, all women,'' recalled Barbara Stagno, Northeast director of the nonprofit group In Defense of Animals, who organized the protest. One carried a sign that read ''What do Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, David Berkowitz and Ronald Hunlock all have in common? They all abused animals.''
Sergeant Hunlock is free on $25,000 bond. The mother of the kittens, who leaped out of the compactor just before it was turned on, is being held at the A.S.P.C.A. offices in Manhattan, said Ms. Stagno, and will not be returned to the inmate who owned her.
It was the first known case of animal cruelty in a New York State prison, though cats roam freely through many of the state's large maximum and medium security prisons, said James B. Flateau, a spokesman for the state Corrections Department. ''The cats are very useful for rodent control, and inmates often become friendly with them,'' he said.
In the past, cases like these would not have received much attention, Ms. Stagno said. Cruelty to animals was a misdemeanor, and was widely regarded as child's play.
But cruelty to animals is now a felony in 34 states, up from only 9 in 1994. The new laws are mainly a result of lobbying by animal rights activists, who have documented a link between violence against animals and attacks on people.
''The 'boys will be boys' attitude is disappearing; it's now seen as deviant and dangerous behavior,'' said Wayne Pacelle, a senior vice president at the Humane Society of the United States, the largest of more than 4,000 groups in the country devoted to protecting animals.
The shift came partly because of a rise in pet ownership. ''Sixty-five million American households -- over half the nation -- have pets,'' Mr. Pacelle said. ''That's an enormous reservoir of affection and affinity for companion animals.''
Still, making cruelty to animals a felony remains an uphill battle because farmers, hunters and laboratory scientists' groups lobby against the laws, Ms. Stagno said.
The New York law, which animal rights advocates have hailed as one of the strongest, defines ''aggravated cruelty to animals'' as ''conduct which (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or (ii) is done or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner.'' It does not apply to any animal suffering caused by scientific research or by hunting, fishing and trapping.
The law makes it easier to prosecute animal fighting, a large underground business in many states, Mr. Pacelle said.
In addition to state laws against animal cruelty, a federal law bans the sale of animal cruelty videos, which are sold widely throughout the country. Most of the videos, generally known as ''animal crush'' videos, involve a woman wearing high-heel shoes to crush a hamster or other rodent, and are meant to give the viewer a sexual charge, Mr. Pacelle said.Continue reading the main story


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The recent earthquake and subsequent tsunami off the coast of Japan represent an opportunity for risk modelling agencies and reinsurers to push for changes that could prevent such devastating damage and losses from such events in the future.
"An earthquake of this magnitude has not occurred since modern instruments to measure the detailed ground motions have been available. Every event represents a learning curve for the industry but something of this size, especially so. All the data we had before was based on smaller events—now we can see how accurate our extrapolations were for events of this size and, where necessary, refine our models accordingly."
That is how Robert Muir-Wood, chief research officer at Risk Management Solutions (RMS), describes his view on the importance the risk modelling and reinsurance industry must attribute to the recent catastrophe in Japan. "We will collect some very detailed data from this terrible event and there are a lot of areas we can learn from," he says.
The March 11 earthquake, which measured 8.9 on the Richter scale, was the biggest to hit the country since modern seismology was introduced. It ranks as the fourth or fifth-biggest quake to be recorded anywhere since 1900, depending on who you ask. But it also surprised many for its location was not close to Tokyo—where the most dangerous fault zone is generally acknowledged to be—but farther north, in the southern part of the Japan Trench, formed by the collision of the Pacific and Okhotsk plates.
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- 2 medium red bell peppers
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- 2 cloves garlic, sliced
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 medium zucchini, halved lengthwise and sliced 1?4-inch thick
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 10 fresh basil leaves, cut into thin strips
- 1 cup low-sodium vegetable broth
- 1 tsp tomato paste
- ¼ cup plain soy milk
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Fighting Cancer With Trackable Drug-Filled Nanoparticles
The team, which consisted of scientists from Karolinska Institutet (KI) and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, and from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, developed so-called 'theranostic nanoparticles' by combining therapy and diagnostics in one and the same nano material.
"For this study, we produced theranostic nanoparticles able to make pinpoint deliveries of drug payloads to breast cancer cells," says Professor Eva Malmström of the School of Chemical Science and Engineering at KTH. "They are also detectable in an MR scanner and can therefore be used diagnostically. The building blocks that we use are biodegradable and show no signs of toxicity."
The new study has resulted in a method of making such theranostic nanoparticles that spontaneously form themselves out of tailored macromolecules (polymers). The balance between hydrophilic (water attracting) and hydrophobic (water repelling) components are important to the successful outcome of this process, the latter being what makes it possible for the particles to be filled with the drug. A relatively high concentration of the naturally occurring isotope 19F (fluorine) makes the particles show up clearly in high-resolution MR tomograms, and by tracking the theranostic nanoparticles through the body, researchers can learn about how the drug is taken up by the tumour and how efficacious the treatment is.
The researchers filled the nanoparticles with the chemotherapeutic doxorubicin, which is used to treat cancer of the bladder, lungs, ovaries, and breast. They showed through experiments on cultivated cells that the particles, while harmless in themselves, are effective at killing cancer cells when loaded with the drug.
The next step is to develop the system to target brain tumours, pancreatic cancer and drug-resistant breast cancer tumours, which are currently difficult to treat effectively with chemotherapy.
"Adding targeting groups to the surface or by changing the size of or adding ionic groups to our nanoparticles will make it possible to increase the selective uptake of these particles in tumours," says Dr Andreas Nyström, Associate Professor in nanomedicine at the Swedish Medical Nanoscience Center, part of Karolinska Institutet's Department of Neuroscience.
It is hoped that one day this research will lead to tailored chemotherapy treatments that specifically seek out tumour cells. In that the drug, which is toxic to the body, can be delivered more precisely to the tumour, the treatment can be made much more effective with greatly reduced side-effects.
The study was financed through a variety of sources, including a grant each from the Swedish Research Council to Dr Nyström and Professor Malmström, who also are affiliated to Polymer Factory Sweden AB.
Publication:'19F-based Polymer Nanoparticles as Breast Cancer Theranostics', Christian Porsch, Yuning Zhang, Åsa Östlund, Peter Damberg, Cosimo Ducani, Eva Malmström, and Andreas M. Nyström, Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, online first 28 February 2013, DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201300018.
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how do I rescan the network and rebuild the inventory?
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Are you talking about starting over again and trashing all existing inventory and tickets? If so, uninstall and reinstall is the best solution. If you're looking for another method, post back to this thread.
Sep 10, 2007 at 11:10 UTC
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I'm in a similar situation...sort of.
While I don't need to go to the full extreme of rebuilding my complete inventory, I've noticed that when it does a scan every night it's not picking up a few changes in some equipment.
Is there any way other than adding the direct IP address into the network scan to tell it to accurately rescan an item? It doesn't appear that the "rescan this device now" feature works.
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