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AN: Wonderful readers are wonderful, and your support really boosts my inspiration (which has been going a bit up and down with this fic; kind of like the plot in the current arc). But here it is; the continuation you've had to wait so long to get. Alas, I have no shame. But I do have some romantic goodness for you, which I hope you'll enjoy.
Disclaimer: Fairy Tail and its characters belong to Hiro Mashima; I own absolutely nothing. Cover image by Rae.
part XIV.
"I feel like something bad is about to happen."
Gajeel looked down at the kid as she walked next to him, fiddling with the hem of her skirt. There was a furrowed set to her brows that seemed out-of-place on a girl so young, and her eyes looked haunted as they stared ahead at the curving street stretching out before them. Not that Gajeel could blame her, with the shit-storm just waiting on the horizon. Hell, the whole guild was on edge. Around them, the people of the capitol milled along the cobbled streets, chatting and laughing; blissfully oblivious to what lurked behind the grand façade of the magic games. But then, Gajeel figured it was for the best. They didn't fully know what would happen, after all; it was all speculations at this point. It wasn't anything good, that was for damn sure, but alerting anyone outside Fairy Tail at this point would no doubt only make it worse.
The meeting had gone as expected. It had been bad news, more bad news, and Salamander had tried thinking with his gut rather than his head. But they'd developed their strategy and each had gotten their respective assignment. Now all that was missing was for the finale to kick off.
But he agreed with the kid – it felt like something bad was just waiting to happen, and it made him strangely uneasy. He had always trusted his gut, and going by what it was telling him now, he had a feeling the culmination of the games would be more than just a celebration.
And then, of course, there was Levy.
Shoving his hands into the pockets of his trousers, Gajeel set his eyes on the building in the distance that held the infirmary. He had no idea what awaited them at the end of the games, or what would happen with the doomsday time-machine those damn idiots were meddling with, but he knew he wouldn't have felt quite so uneasy if she wasn't still recuperating. Whatever happened, if she would have to get away she had a problem, and he had no way of guaranteeing that he or anyone else from the guild would be with her other than the hag and any other idiots that got themselves hospitalized during the finale. Either way, it wasn't an ideal scenario. Levy was small – getting away wasn't usually a problem, especially not with her wits, but with her feet still in casts and her other healing wounds, she would be hindered. And if she had to fight whilst escaping...
"Are you worried about her?"
He looked down at the kid again, but instead of concern there was a small smile on her face, and he averted his gaze to the row of shops lining the street to their right. He contemplated lying to her, but something told him she wouldn't have believed him if he did.
"Yeah," he said instead.
"Miss Porlyusica will watch out for her."
He snorted. "The hag's a medic, not a fighter."
"But she's strong," the kid argued, and when he looked at her, there was something shining in her eyes that made him remember just who the old hag was. Her dragon's human counterpart, as messed up as that fact was.
She gave him an odd look then; almost mischievous, which looked even more out of place on her face than her previous worry. "Or is it just that anyone but you won't be good enough?"
"Didn't say that."
"But you were thinking it."
He glared down at her, but she squared her shoulders, looking smug, and he scoffed. "And so what? The hell am I supposed to do, leave her in the hands of her lapdogs? Fatty's still walkin' around with a damn cast."
"But they'd protect her with their lives," she countered. "If it came down to it, they would. I don't know what happened when–" she stopped herself, the word on the tip of her tongue, before she changed her mind. "When," she said simply. "But they were injured, too, and it wasn't from running away."
Gajeel didn't say anything to that. Firstly, because she was right, but he wasn't about to admit to it, and secondly because even if they'd tried to protect her, they'd failed. And he had a feeling whatever was awaiting them now was worse than whatever Ivan Dreyar and his band of merry nut-jobs was capable of pulling.
They were silent for the rest of their trek towards the infirmary, but then Gajeel wasn't up for talking, anyway. He wondered what they'd talked about, after he'd left. He'd caught the two of them on his way to the meeting, so he assumed they were still there with her. He wondered what it would take to get them to leave, and if Levy would mind overly much if he threw them out and locked the door in their faces. The thought had a smirk tugging at his lips; so long as Speedy insisted on always taking the bait, he didn't think he'd grow tired of goading him.
Suddenly, the kid stopped; halted in her tracks so quickly he almost thought she'd fall on her face. He quirked a brow at the strange behaviour, but the sudden wide-eyed terror on her face had his smirk dropping in a second, and the panic that crept into her voice when she spoke had the hairs on the back of his neck standing on edge.
"Can you smell that?"
He frowned, but breathed in deeply, wondering what she was on–
She was running even before he was.
Throwing open the main entrance with enough force to tear the doors off their hinges, they took the stairs, and panic surged within him as the scent grew stronger the further in they went. He'd just recently managed to purge the memory of it, sticking to his nose like a searing brand, but now it was all he could smell, and it seemed to cling to the walls and the floors of the winding corridors as they hurtled down them. With his longer strides, he was the quicker, but when they reached the wide-open door to the infirmary, the kid pushed her way past him and into the room, slipping under his arm as his hand grasped the door frame.
The hag seemed to have gotten there just before them, and was shifting Levy's still form, untangling it from the heap it was curled into. The smell of blood slammed against him like a physical wall, and he nearly choked with it, but he pushed his way forward even as the hag snapped at him to stay back. Kneeling beside the older woman, he glared at her when she slapped his hands away. The kid was asking questions, and the hag answered in gruff replies that betrayed a panic she wasn't usually prone to showing.
"Get her on her side!"
"Is it the wound?"
"Looks like it. Damn brat's torn the stitches open," she growled as her blood-stained hand pressed fresh gauze against Levy's bleeding midsection. and Gajeel felt something unfamiliar unfurl within his stomach. She'd done it? To herself?
"Fucking idiot!"
The hag glared at him, the look telling him he clearly wasn't helping but that she didn't necessarily disagree with the remark. "Help me lift her up; I ain't restitching it on the damn floor."
Despite the fact that part of him was seconds away from snapping, Gajeel complied without complaint, slipping his hands beneath the small shape and lifting her up. The hag followed, ushering him towards the bunny girl's old bed once she took in the state of Levy's stained sheets. The kid followed in their wake, movements hurried but controlled as she prepared the necessary equipment.
"Ready, brat?"
Nodding her head, she came to stand beside Gajeel, although she made no suggestion for him to move out of her way. Which was good, because he didn't really know how he'd have reacted. His nerves were on edge, and he bristled with the pent up anger and nauseating fear that clawed its way along his spine. Levy's face was blank and white; the same it had been when he'd pulled her down from her crucifixion. The skin beneath her closed eyes seemed translucent, somehow – thin and sickly, and he had to strain his hearing to hear her draw breath; to make sure she was, in fact, still breathing.
The soft glow of the kid's hands pulled his gaze away from the closed eyes, drawing his attention to the wound. He hadn't seen what the hag had done with it after she'd reshaped it and wrapped it the first time; had only heard about it from the woman herself. He'd thought waiting to tell Shorty had been the right choice; the hag had agreed, but it was clear they'd made the wrong decision. He should have known she'd be too curious to wait, but he hadn't realized how the sight of the wound would affect her. He'd never imagined it would be this bad, or that she'd react so strongly.
But then, even if it had been reshaped into the symbol of their guild, Levy's intelligence wasn't necessary to figure out what it had been before.
"Blood," the hag snapped, and the kid slipped away without a word. Gajeel didn't say anything; just watched as they worked. He hadn't been allowed inside the last time the old woman had patched her up, and he wasn't about to take his chances on pushing his luck now.
Although he'd have liked to see her try and throw him out.
He didn't really know what made him do it. Perhaps the panic that had his hands shaking with the sheer intensity of the feeling, but before he was even aware of it, he'd made a grab for her hand. Limp and covered in blood, and cold, it felt even smaller in his than it usually did. But it didn't feel awkward, this time. Letting the tips of his fingers rest against the underside of her wrist, he focused on her pulse, however weak, and tried to will it to speed up. She didn't respond, though. Didn't even twitch where she lay, small and bloodied against the clean sheets. And he didn't even know what to do other than stand at her side and hold onto her, because he felt that if he didn't, she'd slip away.
Stupid. Fucking. Idiot.
"You can yell at her all you want when she wakes up, but ya keep yer anger in check while I work," the hag growled, her gruff voice pulling him out of his thoughts. The kid had come back, carrying with her a few bags of blood, and got to work without pausing in her step, moving around him where he stood, stubbornly rooted to the spot.
The voices from the doorway drew his gaze away from what was going on before him, and Gajeel watched as the idiots scrambled inside, but before they'd even taken a step, the hag's voice stopped them in their tracks.
"Metal-brat, make yerself useful. She ain't gonna heal any sooner with either of you hanging over her, and I ain't gonna do my work any faster," she growled, turning her sharp eyes on him for just a second, before all her attention was focused back on the midget.
"Levy! Hey, what the–"
"Don't make me repeat myself!" she snapped, and Gajeel threw one last look towards the shape on the bed, before releasing her hand and making for the doorway.
"Out," he growled, grabbing them both by the collars of their shirts and hauling them with him.
"And close the damn door while yer at it!" came the holler, and he slammed it shut behind him as he stepped into the hallway, pulling the protesting mages along with him.
"Get your hands off me!"
He slammed them both against the wall of the corridor, revelling a little in the surge of satisfaction as some of his rage and frustration found an outlet. He'd kept a tight leash on it inside the infirmary, but now it was clawing its way out, tearing at his sanity until he thought he was going to go mad with the myriad of feelings that fought for supremacy within him. But worst of all was the pain – pain that wasn't his. Pain that was so clearly hers, and that lay like a cloying, sticking substance along the inside of his veins. And panic, or the aftershock of it, simmering within him until unfamiliar hysteria threatened to undo him.
"Oye, Gaj–"
"Shaddup!" he snapped, voice coming out as a snarl more than a command, and he could feel Speedy's pulse beneath the hand grasping his collar leap against his skin. For all his protesting, there was no masking the genuine fear that thrummed along the smaller man's form, although whether it was fear of Gajeel or fear for Levy, was hard to tell.
Drawing a deep breath, Gajeel tried to compose himself, to push the foreign sensations away. He felt like physically clawing at his eyes, if only to remove the image of her, curled in on herself in a pool of her own blood.
"Where the hell were you two?" he asked then, fingers tightening against the fabric of their shirts as he held them against the wall. Power surged along his nerves, and he shook with the force of keeping it contained; and keeping from unleashing it all on the two of them.
"We just left her alone for a minute!" Speedy snapped, glaring at him. "And what about you? Where the hell were you when this happened?"
His hands clenched into fists, shaking with the effort not to pound them both into oblivion. He wasn't about to tell them what he'd been doing; that plan was strictly between the teams, and he wasn't about to jeopardize their plan of action just because he felt like defending himself.
And Speedy was right, anyway. He hadn't been there, although there hadn't been a need for anyone to be with her constantly after she'd woken up, anyway. She'd healed fast, and it had all looked like it had been going in the right direction. None of them had predicted she'd react the way she had, and something told him it had to have been more than just the sight of the healing wound, but until she woke up, they were left in the dark.
Now all they had to do was keep from tearing each other to pieces.
Speedy reached a hand up to tug his away then, and Gajeel released him without another word, hands still shaking with the remnants of his anger falling limp against his sides. Neither of the them said anything, but they stared each other down over the chasm of distrust and unsettled debts that lay gaping between them. Seven yawning years rested on his shoulders for his decision to step up as Levy's partner in the exams; a choice that had, in their eyes no doubt, robbed them both of the last moments with her before the island had been destroyed. That they had come back had changed little; there had been no talk of apologies from either end. Instead it had festered between them; a rotting wound that Gajeel doubted even time would heal. Once, that wouldn't have phased him; he'd have carried on with his life as usual. He was used to people hating him just for being who he was, and he'd never needed to justify his actions.
Not before Shorty had come into the picture, anyhow. But it struck him then that even if he'd always felt like he'd wronged her the most, the two before him had been humiliated as well; and though he didn't really give a flying fuck if either of them liked him, Levy did.
And whether he liked it or not, that, if nothing else, mattered to him.
Some of his thoughts must have shown on his face, because something seemed to pass between them then – something he couldn't quite place his finger on. An understanding, almost, foreign as that concept seemed. Speedy's glare dropped, and the animosity seemed to visibly drain out of him, to be replaced with some sort of heavy resolve. "You'll tell us when she wakes up," he said then, and it wasn't a question. Hell, it wasn't even a statement. If he was honest, it almost felt like Speedy was giving him some kind of responsibility. No. Not giving.
Handing over.
Studded brows furrowing beneath his headband, Gajeel searched the man's face. There was a pensive determination there, and it was echoed in the eyes of the fat one beside him. It was a silent relinquishing of the job that had once been theirs, and had Gajeel still been the way he was before he'd joined Fairy Tail, he might have mocked them for losing her to him. He'd have taunted them for being weak, and for being unable to keep her.
But he wasn't like that anymore. And so he simply accepted. With a brusque nod of his head, he welcomed the obligation; the safekeeping of what they held in highest regard. It wasn't something he'd ever considered they'd give him willingly. Hell, he'd been fully prepared to take it, even if they'd liked it or not. But then those damn fairies had to go and pull a fast one on him. Again.
It went to show just how much he still had to learn about the guild he called his own.
There were no other words between them. No 'make sure she's safe', because there didn't need to be. They didn't have to remind him, and he didn't have to assure them. They all knew; they all understood. And along with the understanding came what had been seven years overdue, sharp against his mind like a physical blow to the face.
And Gajeel wasn't even going to pretend it didn't mean shit. He was used to grudges; more so than he was used to mercy. But it wasn't about him, this time. It was about her. It had always been about her. And for her, it meant everything.
He said nothing as he turned back to the closed door of the infirmary; the sound of their retreat in the opposite direction echoing against the walls of the corridor. Pausing with his hand on the handle, fingers twitching against the metal, Gajeel glared at the wooden planks in front of him. Their footfalls rang loudly in his ears; the sound an accusation he couldn't ignore even if he tried.
Oh, damn it all to hell.
"If ya come back in a few hours, the hag'll probably be finished," he said then, more to the door than to the two of them.
He heard them pause in their steps, before Speedy's voice reached his ears. "Yeah?"
Gajeel's fingers tightened around the doorhandle. The hell have you done to me, Levy McGarden?
"I'll make sure she doesn't throw ya back out."
And without another word, he pushed the handle of the door and let himself inside.
Night had fallen when the infirmary had finally cleared out.
Gajeel was sitting beside the bed, mulling over his thoughts and the tournament finale that awaited him once morning rolled around. He thought about Levy, and the shit she kept getting herself into; all connected to him, in one way or another.
When word had gotten out about what had happened, he'd had to deal with the rest of the guild, something he'd had neither the patience for nor the tact. The hag had beaten him to it, though, and had thrown all but Makarov out, dragging them by their ears like children and cursing up a storm. Gajeel, she'd let stay, together with the old man and Levy's boys, although the latter decision had been reluctantly made.
Makarov had looked troubled, but then he was rarely seen without a furrowed brow these days. Between what had happened with Ivan and what lurked at the end of the games, Gajeel didn't envy the man the responsibility. Tenrou had told him enough of what Makarov was willing to sacrifice for his children, and though they'd all gotten out of that fix, it was no doubt still fresh in his mind. So he'd stayed and overseen the hag as she'd patched Levy back up, and then he'd sat at her bedside, silent and contemplative, and even if Gajeel and the rest of Shadow Gear had been in the room no words had been exchanged between them.
Now, it was only him. And her, breathing softly and silently beside him, white as the sheets beneath her, but the soft rise and fall of her chest was enough to let him know she was fine. Not well, but a damn sight better than what he'd walked in on a few hours earlier.
His hands tightened against the arms of his chair, and his brows furrowed as his gaze came to rest on the sheets covering her bandaged stomach. They had been changed, and the room smelled clean again; the sharp and sterile smell of hospital that he had used to hate, once, but that he'd now accept without a thought, so long as it overpowered the scent of her blood.
Her eyes fluttered then, and he sat up in his seat, ears alert for any change to her breathing. It took her a few seconds, but slowly her eyes opened, as though straining against a physical weight, and her hands twitched against her sides. Disorientation showed clear on her face, and then panic, and Gajeel tried to ignore how the sensation seemed to almost leap towards him. Pushing the thought away, he was out of the chair and leaning over before she'd even opened her mouth, and at the sight of him she visibly relaxed. Her bloodshot eyes were wide and dark in her pale face, but her heart-rate slowed down, and even as she was pulling herself out of sleep, her hand fumbled for his.
She blinked her eyes drowsily when his fingers tightened around hers, and tried to smile. "Hey." Then she clamped her eyes shut, and a groan escaped her. "Had 'n awful dream."
He frowned, and she went on, voice a tired murmur in the silent room. "Dreamt...brand on my stomach...lots of blood..." she winced a bit, as though the memories were physically painful to recall. She met his gaze then, a small smile tugging at her lips, but at the sight of the look on his face it vanished just as quickly. "What's wrong?" An edge of hysteria crept into her tone, and he could tell the moment realization dawned on her by the way her eyes seemed to glass over.
"Oye," he rumbled, splaying a palm across her forehead, forcing her eyes to meet his. Her heart-rate had sped up, and panic was welling up within her, but he kept his grip on her forehead, drawing her attention.
"Fuck. Breathe, Levy!"
She did, but it seemed to demand more effort than it should, and when she drew it in a hoarse cough escaped her, shuddering through her small frame, and he reached for the glass of water on her nightstand without a word, holding it to her lips as she drank.
When she was done, she tried to move her head – no doubt to look towards her stomach. "Is..."
"Hag patched ya up," he said gruffly, and she closed her eyes, no doubt recalling what had lead to her needing the new stitches.
"The hell happened, Shorty?"
She shook her head, and tears leaked out of the corners of her eyes, but she made no sound, only kept her eyes tightly shut as she breathed. When she finally opened them, she kept her gaze firmly locked on the ceiling. His hand released its grip on her forehead, sliding through her hair, and she shivered at the touch. "I...don't know. I just...remembered. Everything, all at once. And..." she trailed off, shaking her head as her words failed her.
Finally, she spoke up again, and her voice broke on the final syllable. "I was awake."
He frowned, and she continued, sensing his confusion. "During. I was awake, and...it..." she almost choked on her words, and Gajeel felt his fingers curl into a fist where his hand was tangled in her hair. He wondered briefly if he would ever be rid of the furious regret that he hadn't finished Ivan off when he'd had the chance.
She shook against his hand, tears dripping down her face to pool at her collar and soak the pillow beneath her head. At a loss of what to do, he simply splayed his fingers against her skull, letting them run through her hair. It hadn't struck him, when she'd first woken up, so blinded by the sheer relief that she was awake, that she hadn't properly dealt with the trauma. And he wasn't going to kid himself; he had problems enough dealing with the image of her crucified form, branded as it was to his memory. For her to have experienced it...
It took her some time to calm down, and he didn't move from her side. He had no experience with offering comfort in situations like these. Her teammates would probably have known exactly what to do and say to make her feel better, but Gajeel felt like he was fumbling around blindfolded and with his hands tied behind his back. But they'd entrusted her to him; her well-being and her happiness, and even if he didn't feel at all qualified for the responsibility, it was still his.
So he did the first thing that struck him – something he'd seen the cowgirl do to her brat when she'd been inconsolable. Slipping his hands beneath her, he caught the momentary surprise on her face before he lifted her off the bed with the most care he could summon. The sensation was foreign and awkward, but she said nothing, and made no move to stop him as he sat back down into his chair, keeping her against him as he went. He kept an ear on the sound of her heart-rate, alert to the merest twinge of pain as he shifted her in his arms until she was snug against him. Her head settled in the crook of his neck with a casual ease that should have suggested they'd been doing it for years, but he refused to let his mind linger on the thought as he settled into the chair.
She was silent for so long he wondered if he'd shocked her quite into complete submission, but then she breathed, and it was deep and unobstructed, and she wiggled a little closer, hissing as her stomach came in contact with his ribs. He froze in his seat, his entire form tensing–
"I'm okay – just grazed you," she ground out, before she relaxed against him, and his own tension seemed to melt away at the sensation.
They sat like that for a while in the cramped chair. It had to be well past midnight, and he knew he should have been asleep; he had his orders, come morning. But the sound of her heart against him and the feel of her breath quite wiped those thoughts from his mind.
Finally, after he'd thought she'd gone and fallen back asleep, Levy spoke. "Is it...did she...did she fix it?"
The soft query drew his attention away from his musings, and he looked down to find her peering up at him. Her expression was strangely unreadable, and he wasn't entirely certain what answer she was hoping to hear.
But he wasn't going to lie to her, either way. "Said she patched you up, but I ain't seen how it looks."
She inhaled deeply, and nodded. "Okay."
He frowned down at her, fingers twitching where they cradled her head. "You gonna be able to handle it?"
A rueful smile tugged at her lips. "Do I have a choice?"
He said nothing to that, and she turned her head, so that her cheek was cradled in the palm of his hand. "I'm going to need time."
He smirked. "We've got more than enough of that on our hands," he rumbled, and the morbid joke succeeded in turning her smile just a hint less rueful.
"I hope you won't regret saying that," she murmured wryly.
He grinned. "I ain't a huge believer in this time-machine mumbo jumbo anyways." Unless his future self came back in the flesh, he reserved the right to be sceptical. The entire thing smacked of bad business and just a little too much dark magic. Years ago, he would have kept away from it and minded his own damn business, but it was situations like these that reminded him most vividly of exactly what kind of mage he had become.
And as Levy smiled against his hand, lashes fluttering tiredly against the sallow skin of her cheeks, he found that he couldn't quite regret it. Not any of it. And where that fact had once scared the absolute shit out of him, it didn't seem like such a sacrifice anymore. It didn't feel like he was losing himself, but more that he was, if anything, discovering new sides of himself he hadn't really been aware lurked at the back of his mind.
"Tell me about the future."
He snorted, and rested his cheek against the top of her head. "I ain't a fortune-teller, Shorty."
She slapped a hand against his chest, and though it was a weak gesture, he was surprised when she didn't even twitch with any sign of pain. It looked like her hands were healing well, though she didn't seem to have noticed it herself. "Not like that, you dork. Tell me about what we'll do when this is all over. When we go back to Magnolia." Her voice was a low whisper, but humour had crept into it, and he latched onto the sound. He might be a cynical bastard on the best of days, but even he couldn't turn down that softly murmured request. It didn't even matter if there was no such future for them; being Fairy Tail mages meant they couldn't believe that, even if all evidence pointed towards it. So instead of the morbid reality of their current predicament, he told her not necessarily what she wanted to know, but what he wanted to say. He reminded her of his promise to make her S-class; that he hadn't given up just because the exams had been botched, and he told her about the training she would have to go through once the games ended and they got back to the guild.
She groaned. "No more running," she murmured against him, petulance creeping into her tone. "I hate running. Can't we practice lifting weights instead? That was fun."
Gajeel smirked against her hair. "I still ain't willing to call what you were lifting actual weights."
Her quick fingers found his side, but he shifted away before she could pinch him, a grin on his face. And when she shook against him this time, it wasn't with sobs, and for that one moment, it didn't matter if the finale went straight to hell. It didn't matter what kind of evil those damn suspicious idiots at the palace unleashed on the world. Tomorrow, it would matter. It would be his highest priority to stop it, whatever it was.
But now, his highest priority wasn't the city, or the world, or the past or the future. It was the tiny mage in his arms who packed more of a punch that even she thought she did, and who kept surprising him with how much she could take. She wasn't made of iron like he was, but her will was as unbendable as hard-wrought metal. Unyielding, she kept pushing forward even if she didn't have the physical strength left in her body to do it. He'd always considered himself blessed with unwavering confidence and an adamant will, but he had found his match in the most unlikely little person fate could have possibly thrown in his path.
And if there was ever a reason to fight for the world, it was her.
She didn't ask him to put her back, and so he stayed where he was, keeping her to him even as she drifted off into sleep. Her breathing evened out and her heart settled into a steady 'thump thump' where she rested against his chest, and the sound was a companion in the still night as he was left with his thoughts.
He must have dozed off at some point, because there was a small hand shaking him awake, and when he opened his eyes the infirmary was bright with the light of early morning. The kid stood before him, a secret smile on her face and her lip tugged cheekily between her sharp teeth.
"The First wants to see us downstairs before we begin," she told him, voice low so as not to wake the slumbering shape in his arms, and Gajeel nodded. Without saying anything, he carefully rose from his seat, and kept from wincing at his protesting muscles through will alone. A night in the same position hadn't done him any favours, but he pushed the aches away from his mind as he shifted Levy's sleeping shape in his arms. She was out cold, and drooling charmingly against his shirt, but he kept from snorting as he put her carefully back onto the bed. The kid didn't move from where she stood, and he ignored the curious eyes on his back as he tugged the sheets snugly over the small form.
Giving her a final look, he made up his mind. If everything went to hell, reaching the infirmary would be his main objective. He'd even let Salamander have dibs on whatever enemy he wanted. If his path was clear, he'd use it to get her out, even if he had to go as far as Magnolia to succeed. It wasn't in his orders, but then Makarov wasn't Jose, or Ivan, and insubordination for the sake of someone important to his children had never gotten anyone thrown out of Fairy Tail in the past.
Reaching down, he pressed his forehead against the bandages covering the marred skin of her brow. And before his courage could abandon him completely, drowned by the fumbling awkwardness that sometimes overcame him when she was concerned, Gajeel threw caution quite thoroughly and violently to the wind.
"Love ya, Shorty."
Then he pulled away, and quite blatantly ignored the gaping disbelief on the face of the littlest dragonslayer as he pushed past her towards the open door. Her wide eyes followed him as he went, and he stopped in the doorway to look back at her. "The hell are ya loitering for?" he asked, before a grin stretched across his face.
"We've got a tournament to win."
AN: Those of you who follow 'Mate' will know that I'm fond of the whole dragon-bond concept (which is hugely overused in fanfiction, I know), but I won't be doing the typical biting-on-the-neck thing. This, like 'Mate', will explore the bond as something that's taken root on a more emotional level and that strengthens over time.


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Stefano Pessina, the executive chairman of Alliance Boots, was defiant in the face of criticism yesterday over paying just £2m in corporation tax.
The pharmacy giant posted net consolidated profit up 31 per cent to £971m and underlying profits up 18.5 per cent to £840m for the year to April. However, due to a tax credit, it reported a £2m global corporation tax charge, down from £96m.
Mr Pessina said Alliance shouldn't have to explain itself: "We do not have to justify ourselves because we could not pay more tax. We respect the law in every single country."
He added that it had actually paid £90m of corporation tax in the UK, up £26m on the previous year, and £141m in corporation tax in total – an increase of £27m.
The finance director, George Fairweather, also pointed out that the group had paid around £550m in taxes overall in the UK, such as business rates.
However, the poverty charity War on Want condemned the payment, arguing that £90m tax on UK profits of £900m was an effective tax rate of just 10 per cent. Owen Espley at the charity said: "The public expect a company like Alliance Boots, which makes profits from the taxpayer-funded health service, to be paying their fair share of tax. The Government has the powers to stop this kind of abuse, and yet is failing to act."
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Nomura's Latin America Fixed Income Strategist discusses the current challenges facing Venezuela
After months of delays and weeks of fine tuning, PdVSA was able to encourage an overall 39% participation rate in a debt exchange that extends the 2017 bond maturities an average of two years.
The Citgo equity collateral was the main incentive for what bondholders perceived as a "distressed" debt exchange. There are not many options at this acute phase of cashflow stress with Venezuela exhausting creative sources of financing and already compressing imports an average 75% over the past two years. The oil shock has exposed an extremely fragile economic framework after years of heterodox market intervention and expropriate of the private sector that has systemically reduced production capacity across the manufacturing, oil and electricity sectors and reinforced chronic capital flight. The Maduro Administration refuses to meaningfully alter the economic framework and instead has shifted towards autocratic governance to politically survive the chronic stagflation with two years of consecutive double digit decline in GDP, hyperinflation that is near four digits and a widespread humanitarian crisis.
The bottom line for bondholders is not IF but WHEN is the timing for debt default?
It is difficult to understand the willingness to pay and why Venezuela and PdVSA have preferred to service external debt as opposed to allocate scarce hard currency for essential imports necessary for domestic consumption and investment. It is the widespread shortages of essential imports (food and medicine) that contributes to the scarcity shock with a huge dependence upon imports for the secular destruction of domestic production capacity. We assume the "willingness to pay" external debt reflect the fear of default and the risk of interruption in their oil exports or attachment of their physical assets offshore. Venezuela could theoretically prioritize payment of external debt for several years with annual oil exports near $25bn that still far exceed the annual payments of external debt. This extreme financing strategy requires two pre-conditions: 1.) politically surviving chronic stagflation and 2) ability to defer and restructure fiscal skeletons of China loans, ICSID claims and arrears to oil suppliers.
However, this is not a medium term strategy.
The years of mismanagement and underinvestment is taking its toll on oil production capacity while the country continues to accumulate arrears to oil suppliers and importers. Sooner or later the decreasing petrodollar revenues will be unable to finance the increasing USD liabilities that will either force a hard debt default or, hopefully sooner, a political and then economic transition that allows for a favorable growth/inflation tradeoff that reinforces debt solvency.


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- Title: Sherwood Forest, State Route 5 vicinity, Charles City, Charles City, VA
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- Significance: Home of President John Tyler for the last 20 years of his life. Architecturally, the house is particularly interesting as one of the longest frame dwellings in America. John Tyler bought this 1,200-acre plantation in 1842, when he was still serving as 10th president of the United States, and it was his retirement home from 1845 until his death in 1862. He expanded the original 1780 frame plantation house into one of the longest private residences in Virginia300 feet long but only one room deep. Tyler was the first vice president of the United States to succeed to the presidency and set an important precedent by claiming the full powers of that position. His major goal as president was the annexation of Texas, which occurred shortly after he left office. Expelled from the Whig Party that nominated him, he was the first president threatened with impeachment. He named his plantation Sherwood Forest because he considered himself a political outlawlike Robin Hood. Tyler's additions to the house included a covered hyphen to connect the east wing with an existing kitchen and laundry and a west wing containing an office and ballroom. The ballroom reportedly was designed by Tyler for dancing the Virginia reel. The two wings created a long narrow house with a unified, symmetrical façade. The interior displays ornamental woodwork based on the pattern-book designs of Minard Lefever and fashionable Greek Revival details. Remnants of the terraced gardens and lawns said to have been designed by New York landscape architect Andrew Jackson Downing survive on the 25-acre property. There are also over 80 varieties of trees including a gingko tree given to Tyler by Captain Matthew Perry, when he returned from the Orient in the 1850s.
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Bluma (1900–1988), Russian psychologist. Zeigarnik first described the Zeigarnik effect in her 1927 doctoral thesis.
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Breakfast and lunch were part of our package. My only wish would be more hot foods and protein at breakfast. The service was excellent.
We came for lunch to restaurant Corona and before the lunch we asked about the price. They said 25 Euro per person. In the bill it was 30.
The restaurant staff were very professional and friendly. They made the customer feel important and welcomed. They worked with great efficiency. I was part of a group of 55 and we all received our meals quickly. The food was good quality with plenty of fresh produce locally grown in summer time. I would definitely eat here again.
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Drew Crawford had 20 points and nine rebounds for Northwestern, leading the Wildcats to a thrilling 72-69 overtime victory Saturday night over Illinois State at the South Padre Island Invitational Tournament. After Crawford hit a bucket with 25 seconds left and give Northwestern (6-0) a 3-point lead at 55-52, Tyler Brown came through in the clutch for the Redbirds, nailing a 3-pointer to make it 55-all with 10 seconds to go. In overtime, Brown brought Illinois State (5-1) closer once again, sinking a 3-pointer with 6 seconds left to cut the Wildcats lead to a bucket, 71-69. Crawford hit a free throw after Brown fouled him to make it 72-69 and time expired after Brown turned it over on the ensuing possession. Brown scored 36 points, making 12-of-20 shot attempts including seven 3-point baskets. Jackie Carmichael had a double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds in the loss for Illinois State.
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{Dearest Colthan}Mature
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Dearest Colthan,
I hope they are feeding you well? Tracy tells me you're working on something groundbreaking. I've also heard of the lack of security around the place as of late. Don't let the monsters get in there, you here me boy? Don't let them! Tracy said she saw one - but also said she stole some drugs from St. Clemens. Bad, bad, girl. I hope this letter finds you well, my dear. My bees have supplied me with enough honey now to paint a thousand slices of bread. You did so love the bees, don't you remember?
Don't forget to wash behind your ears.
Write back soon,
PS: What's this about?
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Une maison familiale : confortable, pratique, pour toute la famille
Our neighborhood is very central and local. In ten minutes walk you can be in the Cathedral, in the Old Town, beside ethe sea... And we live two minutes walk from the central train and bus station, from where you can reach any place in the island! It is also next to the historic train to Sóller.
There are many shops around, and many trendy restaurants. We live by the Blanquerna street, a pedestrian area with many terraces and bars to have a "tapa" or enjoy a stroll.
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We all can identify name brands. We see them in grocery stores and shopping malls daily. We associate them with a certain level of quality and satisfaction. However, did you know that you have your own brand? Your personal brand defines who you are — what you're known for and what you want to become.
Building your personal brand is especially important when you are looking for a job. Your brand conveys to potential employers vital characteristics, beyond the skills and experience listed on your resume. It communicates to a prospective employer more about you as a person and the value you would bring to the organization.
The first step in building your personal brand is to decide on the core of your brand: Who you are, what you do and what you have to offer. This process can take time, research and honest self-reflection.
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Once you have these three areas of your "voice" tightly defined, put them together to create your personal branding statement. Keep your statement short and memorable. Make sure it encapsulates what you have outlined, but also make sure it inspires you and compels others to want to learn more about you.
Now that you've perfected your personal brand statement, let's see how you can put it to work as you look for a job.
- Design your resume to reflect your brand. Many times your resume is the first thing a potential employer receives that represents you. As a consequence, your resume is your first (and possibly only) chance to establish and represent your brand. Make sure to point out what you have to offer that directly aligns you with the position you are seeking. Consider including your personal branding statement as part of your objective. Don't make employers look for the information in your resume that would be of interest to them; make it easy to find the most important points on your resume.
- Put social media to work for you. Make sure you are fully utilizing professional social media sites, such as LinkedIn and Plaxo. These sites let you include your personal branding statement in your profile. You should align the information in your profile to support your brand. Request recommendations from contacts who can attest to your work and your brand. Then make sure your profile photo is in line with your branding statement. Remember that social media can also work against you. Look carefully at more personal social media tools such as Facebook and Twitter to make sure your postings and privacy settings are appropriate, especially during your job search process.
- Perfect your pitch. Always be prepared to represent your brand in a conversation or when meeting someone for the first time. A basic pitch includes your name and describes who you are. To make it more effective, you should also include your personal branding statement. Practice your pitch until you are comfortable, confident and able to recite it naturally. Being able to speak confidently about who you are and what you want is a great way to make a positive first impression.
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Georgia and Them There
United States
By: Crystal and Kayla
The short story is about a girl named June who lives in Jamaica with her mother. June loves Jamaica but must move to the Bronx in New York however she despises the US. She has an aunt named Leticia and cousin named Georgia who live there. The story starts off with her aunt Leticia sending June's mom a letter telling her Georgia's visa is coming down. The story later changes to June's point of view which varies between present and past tense.
Main Characters and Theme
June- She is the narrator and lives in Jamaica with her mom and siblings.
Leticia- The aunt who lives in the Bronx in New York.
Georgia- June's cousin who lives with her mom Leticia in New York.
The theme of the novel is sadness, depression and migration. June is sad through the whole story since she is moving away and she thinks that New York is a dull and dirty place.
At the beginning of the short story it starts off with a letter but the rest is in 1st person with June dictating everything she see's and feels.
"They were uncomplimentary words that described a place that could not be complimented: burnt out, dirty, dingy, waste" (pg 139).
"That this thing created out of the imagination of my crazy aunt was what I would have to get accustomed to in the name of my cousin who had been simple yes, but not mad until her mother gave her a chance to 'make it' in the US of A" (pg 140).
The style is in present and past tense. It's also a poetic vocabulary. Some literary devices are simile, metaphor and juxtaposition.
Georgia and Leticia wear wigs which symbolizes things that are not what they seem. There is a lot of emphasis on wigs in the story. It could symbolize how America is not what everyone makes of it. It's not as grand as everyone says it is. Just like how people wear wigs to improve their look.
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Hello Friends, Here comes the X-Reality Engine / Bravia Engine 3 for our android devices. It will boost the rendering of graphics in our android. This normally works great on your gallery and videos. You can take a look at the picture below which tells you more about X-Reality Engine.
Steps to install X-Reality Engine
Requirements :- Your device must be rooted and CWM/TWRP recovery must be installed.
- Download the ZIP file. Download Link
- Open ES File Explorer.
- Go to /system.
- Open build.prop.
- You will find these lines. Delete those lines(If you do not have Bravia Engine 1/2 installed skip this step)
ro.service.swiqi2.supported=true persist.service.swiqi2.enable=1 Or ro.service.swiqi.supported=true persist.service.swiqi.enable=1
- Add these lines in build.prop.
ro.service.swiqi2.supported=true persist.service.swiqi2.enable=1 ro.service.swiqi3.supported=true persist.service.swiqi3.enable=1
- Save build.prop file and reboot in recovery mode and install the ZIP file.
- If you have unlocked bootloader and want X-Reality Engine to work also on videos install this ZIP file. Download Link
- To uninstall X-Reality Engine install this ZIP file. Download Link
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1. Intro
2. Mary Jane
3. You Bring Me Joy
4. Marvin Interlude
5. I'm the Only Woman
6. K. Murray Interlude
7. My Life
8. You Gotta Believe
9. I Never Wanna Live Without You
10. I'm Goin' Down
11. My Life Interlude
12. Be with You
13. Mary's Joint
14. Don't Go
15. I Love You
16. No One Else
17. Be Happy
18. (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman
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Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): MCD11398
Personnel includes: Mary J. Blige, Keith Murray (vocals); Chucky Thompson, Herb Middleton (various instruments); "Bassy" Bob Brockmann (strings, keyboards, programming); Regina Carter, Diane Monroe, Lesa Terry (violin); Eileen Folson (cello); Gloria Agostini (harp); "Prince" Charles Alexander (flute, piccolo, tenor saxophone); Mark "Led" Ledford, Bruce Purse (trumpet); Lenny Underwood (piano); Victor Bailey (bass); Kevin "K-Dog" Johnson (drums); LaTonya J. Blige, Faith Evans, Big Bub (background vocals); JoJo Hailey, K-Ci Hailey.
Producers include: Chucky Thompson, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Nashiem Myrick, Herb Middleton, Mr. Dalvin.
Engineers include: Nashiem Myrick, Tony Maserati, Rich Travali.
Recorded at Sound On Sound Recording Studio, Axis Studios, Daddy's House, The Hit Factory and Clinton Recording Studios, New York, New York.
MY LIFE was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album.
The immediate success of her triple-platinum debut WHAT'S THE 411? put Mary J. Blige in a singular class as a soul-hop visionary, and opened the door for other hip-hop-influenced R&B acts. Yet as the follow-up approached, the nature of her talent began to be questioned, and the strength of her debut became an obstacle.
If Blige heard all those rumors, she must've decided that musical revenge is the best payback of all. Thus, MY LIFE comes across as another ground-breaking venture, linking R&B's new and old schools, filling the airwaves with delightful harmonies AND hip-hop samples. When Blige connects with her music's roots, she doesn't pussy-foot around soul's perimeters searching for eligible influences--so "You Bring Me Joy," "My Life" and "Be Happy" sample such luminaries as Barry White, Roy Ayers and Curtis Mayfield, respectively. The reconstruction of the Mary Jane Girls' "All Night Long" is (Mary Jane) Blige's shout-out to the funky '80s, while "Don't Go" is a feminist retort to Guy's "Goodbye."
Even though much of the album's musical direction is steered by producers Sean "Puffy" Combs and Chucky Thompson, Blige is the dominant songwriter here. And that's the main reason MY LIFE turns out to be such a statement of purpose--a 17-song diary full of Blige's life, love, and struggles in defending her title as the queen of hip-hop soul.
Critic Reviews
Rolling Stone (10/31/02, p.136) - Ranked # 17 in Rolling Stone's "Women in Rock: The 50 Essential Albums" - "...Opaque, seductive..."
Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.74) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."
Spin (9/99, p.156) - Ranked #72 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."
Entertainment Weekly (11/25/94, p.77) - "...more serious than her crossover 1992 debut....[Mary J. Blige] continues soaring to soulful heights over streetwise beats..." - Rating: B
Vibe (12/99, p.160) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
Musician (3/95, p.88) - "As the album's intro makes plain, even Blige's own camp worried whether she could `do it again,' and to be honest, she doesn't--she does it better....She...knows how to work a groove..."
NME (Magazine) (1/7/95, p.34) - 7 (out of 10) - "...In rap, the beats sometimes seem irrelevant compared to the chat: here they reign supreme. Blige is telling her audience she grew up the same way they did, listened to the same things, was influenced by the same situations. That's what makes her so beloved..."
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Importing MTS AVCHD Files to Premiere Elements for Editing Smoothly
To get Adobe Premiere Elements working perfectly with AVCHD .mts files, a best way is to convert MTS to MPEG-2 MPG, something ensuring best results when using .mts files in Premiere Elements 9/10/11/12/13/14. Read on to learn details.
Users who who want to edit MTS videos with Premiere Elements usually run into incompatibility issue. Or can't edit them smoothly after taking some time for importing MTS to Premiere Elements. Why? This is due to that MTS videos, which are already highly compressed by H.264 codec, are very hard to deal with during video editing. The best method to avoid any problems and save time is to [url=]transcode MTS footage into a Premiere Elements[/url] most compatible format like MPEG-2.
If you have problems when using MTS files in Premiere Elements 9/10/11/12/13/14 and want to make a smooth editing, you can read on the article to learn more. Here I will outline how to transcode AVCHD MTS files to MPEG-2 for smoothly importing and editing in Premiere Elements.
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The quick workaround is to use the easy-to-use yet professional app called Brorosft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac (Read the review) which can be used as an AVCHD MTS to Premiere Elements Converter under Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard 10.6, etc. It is free, clean and safe to install and use. With it, you can effortlessly transcode MTS to MPEG-2 for Premiere Elements/Premiere Pro/After Effects, ProRes for Final Cut Pro, DNxHD MOV for Avid MC, etc. and it works well and converts flawlessly. If you running a Windows computer, please turn to the alternative Windows version - MTS Converter. Below is how to do it.
1. Import MTS to the converter
Run the MTS to Premiere Elements converter and click the Add Files button to import the MTS videos to be converted. The converter supports converting multiple files at a time.
2. Choose MPG/MOV as the output format
Click "Format" drop-down bar to select a proper video format. To edit AVCHD videos in Adobe Premiere Elements, then Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MPEG-2 (*.mpg) is the suitable one.
3. Start MTS conversion with a click
Hit the big Convert button on bottom of the main windows and the conversion from MTS to Adobe Premiere Elements will begin immediately.
Tips & Tricks:
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The Mac MTS to Premiere Elements Converter enables users to adjust audio and video settings before transcoding AVCHD files to MPEG-2. Click "Settings" button, then you will enter the following interface, on which you are allowed to customize size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel to your required ones.
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The 2014 MLB Draft takes place Thursday and the Cleveland Indians have three of the first 40 picks. Here is who some draft experts have the Indians have taking:
- Jim Callis of MLB.com: Erick Edde, RHP, Nevada-Las Vegas (No. 21) and A.J. Reed, 1B, Kentucky (No. 31)
Callis says the Indians would prefer a college position player at 21, but could gamble on Fedde. Reed is a 6-foot-4, 240-pound junior who has hit 23 home runs this season while batting .336.
- Keith Law of ESPN.com: Luis Ortiz, RHP, Sanger High School (Calif.) (No. 21)
- John Manuel of Baseball America: Brandon Finnegan, LHP, TCU
In 15 starts for TCU, Finnegan is 8-3 with 122 strikeouts in 91 1/3 innings pitched with an earned run average of 2.07. In 2013, he was 0-8.
- Chris Crawford of MLB Draft Insider: Brandon Finnegan, LHP, TCU (No. 21), Alex Verdugo, LHP, Sauharo High School (Ariz.) (No. 31), A.J. Reed, 1B, Kentucky (No. 38)
According to the website Minor League Ball, Verdugo is the best two-way player in the draft. The left-handed pitcher and right fielder is viewed by most sites as a pitcher.
- My MLB Draft: Casey Gillaspie, 1B, Wichita State (No. 21)
Gillaspie is batting .389 this season for the Shockers with 15 home runs and 50 runs batted in.
- Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com: Kodi Medeiros, LHP, Waiakea High School (Hawaii) (No. 21) and Derek Fisher, OF, Virginia (No. 31)
- Tyler Drenon of MLB Daily Dish: Erick Fedde, RHP, UNLV (No. 21)
- Ryan Fagan of Sporting News: Kyle Schwwarber, C/OF, Indiana (No. 21)


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Jake Gyllenhaal has revealed a new set of abs for his upcoming movie Southpaw, in which he plays a boxer whose life unravels in front of him.
The 34-year-old trained six hours every day, completing 2,000 sit ups a day, just to achieve the right body for the challenging role. And the gains are pretty dramatic!
It's a far cry from his usual weight, adding an extra 15lbs of muscle for the project. He plays a retired boxer who loses custody of his daughter when his wife dies, and has to get back in the ring in a bid to win her back.
The film hits cinemas on July 24 in the UK, and we think it might just be one of his best performances yet.


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Foilyage: The New Hair Colour Trend
- Naturally trendy: Jessica Biel has already tried the foilyage technique
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First balayage, now foilyage! The colouring specialists have once again developed something new: with the current hair highlighting trend, the foil technique expands the proven freehand painting of the balayage method. Find out what it looks like and how it works!
Shortly after the balayage colour trend turned our heads, a new colouration trend appears and wraps us up: foilyage! It too counts on hair with a natural look and a flowing colour gradient without any harsh contrasts. The difference compared to balayage? Foilyage is a touch more refined! But let us start at the beginning.
What Is Balayage?
To better understand the foilyage trend, you should first be familiar with the balayage method. Unlike conventional streaking methods where each strand is treated separately with foils, the colour is applied to the hair freehand with a brush. Hence the name 'balayage'. It comes from the French word 'balayer' meaning to sweep or brush. The result: a soft and natural colour effect.
What Is Foilyage?
Foilyage is an extension of the balayage method and adds extra refinement to the natural colour experience. Unlike balayage however, it does in fact work with foils again – as the name says. The foil highlights make the colouring method truly eye-catching, especially with dark hair. The colouration effect is more intense and creates amazing accents at the ends – yet the look always remains wonderfully natural.
How Does Foilyage Work?
In the foilyage application, the natural balayage look is created and coloured first. That means light colour highlights are brushed onto the lengths of your hair by hand all the way to the ends. The hairline remains largely untouched. Then the outer ends are wrapped in foil in order to increase the colour intensity.
What Do You Have To Watch For?
A great side effect: Since mainly the lower section of hair is coloured, the look only has to be freshened up every three to four months.
Small beauty tip: since the foils can cause additional damage to hair while colouring, regular care is essential. An intensive treatment helps prevent dull, lacklustre hair.


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It'll never happen.
Not a chance in hell.
But why am i still walking towards her?
Why have i just caught her eye and attempted a cheeky smile?
And why is she smiling back?
Oh my god, maybe...
Why are her eyes widening,
and why is her smile sliding down into a frown?
It's because i'm still smiling my fixed smile at her,
like some sort of freaky puppet.
Stop smiling for the love of god!
Right, good, neutral face,
but the damage has been done,
as she now looks at me with eyes of fear.
Just keep on walking past her,
keep on keeping-on.
It'll never happen.


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State Police release more photos of Boylston Street car vandals
BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) -- Mass. State Police released new photos Friday of suspects who flipped a car after the Red Sox won the World Series.
State Police began releasing images of the act of vandalism hours after the Red Sox won the World Series last week. The car was flipped on Boylston Street early in the morning on Oct. 31
Investigators are specifically looking to identify two men seen on the driver's side of the car. One has blonde hair and the other has dark hair.
Anyone with information is asked to call State Police at (617) 727-6780.
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According to a study carried out by Lancaster University and Cambridge University Press, some once-popular English words are fading from use. "Marvellous", "fetch" and "pussy cat" are all words which have fallen from favour, while the new-fangled "awesome", "internet" and "treadmill" are on the up. The previously oft-used "cheerio" has been replaced with "see you later", and "Walkman" has been overtaken by "smartphone". What old-fashioned words or phrases do you use in your day-to-day life? Are there any modern words you insist you won't utter? Tell us about your favourite words – old and new.
It's cheerio to 'marvellous' and toodle-pip to 'fetch', so say boffins. Do you have any spiffing, top-drawer old words you just can't give the heave-ho?


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Preservationists Concerned About Visual Blight from Streetcars
You're probably familiar with Washington D.C.'s ban on tall buildings. Did you know there's an overhead wire ban too? It's now colliding with efforts to return streetcars to the district.
"We happen to think that's what keeps the beautiful character of the monumental core looking as it does," Gene Keller, an urban planner with the Capital Planning Commission, tells the Washington Post.
But top D.C. officials say that aesthetic regulation is getting in the way of the new generation of mass transit. They're ready to repeal the overhead wire ban.


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by Mint - 31 Mar 2016
Good job. Could have been 5 star if not for the miscommunication on the hours between the boss and the worker. She had to work very fast at the end which saw the work not so detail compare to beginning.
by Leong Kai Shuenn - 21 Mar 2016
by Kok Sun - 19 Mar 2016