The Grand Paradise Hotel

WHO: Brooke Kingman and Max Kingman.
WHEN: Wednesday, April 13th, 2016.
WHERE: Telephone conversation.
SUMMARY: Max calls home to ask his mom for her help to go home, but she convinces him to stay.
WARNINGS: None.

( Have you ever had a feeling, like in the pit of your stomach, where you just know something is wrong? )

WHO: Jack and Izzy
WHAT: Izzy propositions Jack, scandal!
WHEN: 2016
WHERE: the pool
WARNINGS: none really

( How many other girls have you been affiliating with on Hamnet Island? )

WHO: Jack and Wes
WHAT: Wes tells Jack he isn’t going on the trip
WHEN: April 2016
WHERE: the frat house
WARNINGS: language, obvs.

( I’m sure you have work to do somewhere that doesn’t require jello shots and beer pong )

WHO: Sydney Cubb
WHEN: Late May, 2016
WHERE: Pluckley, England
SUMMARY: The funeral of Nicholas Cubb


( A funeral keeps both of us apart. )

WHO Jude and Leila
WHERE Avon, Connecticut. The Blake Residence.
WHEN Leila is 12. Jude is 15.
SUMMARY The first discussion between Jude and Leila about why Jude does the dumb things he does and how Leila feels about being adopted.
WARNINGS Discussion of adoption/parent/birth circumstance issues.

( I don't like it when you and Jer get in trouble. )

WHO: Sydney Cubb and Wes Atwood
WHEN: Following this. Late March. Night time.
WHERE: Syd's room in the Rho Iota Pi house.
SUMMARY: Wes tells Sydney about his Abuelita and that he can't go on the trip.
WARNINGS: PDA. Talk of hospice care/death of a grandparent.

( Jeremiah Blake is a teddy bear. He won’t lead to my downfall. I’d just have the other Rhos bring him cookie baskets to keep him plump and content. )

WHO: Jeremiah Blake, Jude Maraschino, Wes Atwood.
WHEN: Late March; roughly a week before the trip, 2016.
WHERE: Tres Amigos; Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
SUMMARY: Wes explains why he can't go on the trip, the bros have bro time.
WARNINGS: Mention of dying/hospice care for a grandparent. Feels.
( If I stop moving, everything catches up. The work, being tired, worrying about home. If I’m always in motion, nothing changes. But the moment I pause to catch my breath, it’s too much. )

WHO: Sally Rogers & Asher Montgomery
WHEN: 2015; 2016
WHERE: Their individual apartments in Tempe, AZ and Austin, TX
WHAT: Sally and Asher plot three birthday parties in two years for one friend
WARNINGS: none

( Code names should not distract from the mission )

WHO: Mable & Brand Gardner
WHEN: Friday, April 8th 2016
WHERE: Brother's Pizzeria in Queens, NY
SUMMARY: Getting dinner together before May leaves
WARNINGS: Just sibling stuff!

( You know the pizza in California isn't gonna be this good. )

WHO: Randall Bereta and Tessa Callahan
WHEN: Friday, April 8, 2016 around 7:00 PM
WHERE: Ice Cream Jubilee (Washington, D.C.)
SUMMARY: A father/daughter ice cream date, pre-Spring Break trip.
WARNINGS: Probably none

( Tessa Callahan inhaled a deep breath, her expression a study in concentration. The weight of her current predicament lay heavy in the set of her slender shoulders. )

WHO: Teddy Lawson & Asher Montgomery
WHEN: April 10th-16th, 2016
SUMMARY: their last evening together and their texts throughout the week
WARNINGS: sappy and gross until, you know, Teddy dies. also long

( No, but see I’m the dashing hero. I’ll just suddenly know how to fight, because that’s how it works )

WHO: Leila Blake and Andrea Fletcher
WHEN: December 28, 2018 around 11:30 PM
WHERE: Emergency Room, NYC
SUMMARY: "Now that I'm without your kisses, I'll be needing stitches…" (AKA: Leila gets hurt and runs into Andrea for the nth time at the ER)
WARNINGS: injury, implication of reckless behavior, possible suspicion of previous self-harm, drinking

( When she'd been younger and dreaming about moving out on her own, Leila had always thought it would be fun to find that special place where she belonged... )

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