{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:caitieness","title":"c.","subtitle":"c.","author":{"name":"c."},"link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/caitieness.livejournal.com\/"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/caitieness.livejournal.com\/data\/atom"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"service.feed","type":"application\/x.atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/caitieness.livejournal.com\/data\/atom","title":"c."}}],"updated":"2014-12-27T16:34:16Z","entry":[{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:caitieness:839219","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/caitieness.livejournal.com\/839219.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/caitieness.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=839219"}}],"title":"Top 10 Characters of 2014","published":"2014-12-27T16:22:30Z","updated":"2014-12-27T16:34:16Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"fandom: twilight"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"tv: random"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"tv: himym"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"graphics"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"tv: arrow"}}],"content":"Last year<\/a>, I was really strict and did 5 girls\/5 guys and no two characters from the same fandom. This year, I wanted to be more true to how I felt this year so just picked the 10 characters I loved the most. All the images link to the original tumblr post.



<\/a>
Oliver Queen<\/b>, Arrow<\/i><\/big>

My name is Oliver Queen. After five years in hell, I have come home with only one goal- to save my city. Now others have joined my crusade, to them I’m Oliver Queen. To the rest of Starling City I am someone else. I am something else.<\/blockquote>


<\/a>
Sansa Stark<\/b>, A Song of Ice and Fire\/Game of Thrones<\/i><\/big>

Once she had loved Prince Joffrey with all her heart, and admired and trusted her his mother, the Queen. they had repaid that love and trust with her father’s head. Sansa would never make that mistake again.<\/blockquote>


<\/a>
Felicity Smoak<\/b>, Arrow<\/i><\/big>

If I had accepted my life, I would be a cocktail waitress in Vegas like my mother, and I never would have gone to college, and I never would have moved a thousand miles away to work at Queen Consolidated, and I never would have believed some crazy guy in a hood when he told me I could be more than just some IT girl.<\/blockquote>

<\/a>
Leslie Knope<\/b>, Parks and Recreation<\/i><\/big>

It’s not cool. It’s trespassing, and that is breaking the rules. Cool people make the rules. They don’t break the rules. And if those kids want you to break the rules then they’re not really your friends.<\/blockquote>


<\/a>
Scott McCall<\/b>, Teen Wolf<\/i><\/big>

What if it is just me? What if doing this is actually the best thing that I could do for everyone else? It all started that night, the night I got bitten. You remember the way it was before that? You and me, we were— we were— we were nothing. We weren’t popular. We weren’t good at lacrosse. We weren’t important. We were no one. Maybe I should just be no one again. No one at all.<\/blockquote>


<\/a>
Kira Yukimura<\/b>, Teen Wolf<\/i><\/big>

I wish I could say something to him. I wish I could say something to all of them. But, I don’t know how much space or how much time I’m supposed to give them. And, I know I’m still just the new girl in school.<\/blockquote>

<\/a>
Korra<\/b>, The Legend of Korra<\/i><\/big>

You realize that I’m the Avatar, right? You don’t want to fight me.<\/blockquote>


<\/a>
Jacob Black<\/b>, Twilight<\/i><\/big>

It’s really not so bad. Exciting sometimes, like with this thing tomorrow. But at first it sort of felt like being drafted into a war you didn’t know existed. There was no choice, you know? And it was so final.<\/blockquote>


<\/a>
Bella Swan<\/b>, Twilight<\/i><\/big>

I tried to tell myself that the fear was pointless. I’d already lived through the worst thing possible. In comparison with that, why should anything frighten me now? I should be able to look death in the face and laugh.<\/blockquote>


<\/a>
Ted Mosby<\/b>, How I Met Your Mother<\/i><\/big>

You will be shocked, kids, when you discover how easy it is in life to part ways with people forever. That’s why when you find someone you want to keep around, you do something about it.<\/blockquote>

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Name:<\/b> caitie
Team:<\/b> diamonds
Fandom:<\/b> Twilight
Rating:<\/b> pg
Warning\/Notes:<\/b> canon compliant-ish
Word count:<\/b> 1277 oops
Title used:<\/b> The Pack


Sam Uley's Gang<\/i>

He hates that people call it a gang<\/i>, especially since all they do is help people out. Sam Uley has done more for the reservation in the last six months than anyone has in the last 21 years! So what if sometimes the boys want to let off steam, have some fun. It's hard holding back the strength and speed all the time.

It's also hard that so many of the young boys on the rez hate him so much. Jared and Paul sometimes get a little too intense about the growing pack. They can't wait for Jacob and Quil to join them. Sam can't wait, too, since he hopes Jacob will want to be the Alpha sooner rather than later. But the more of them there are, the easier it will be on everyone. Running patrols with only three wolves is tiresome. And the baggage that comes with being considered a gang isn't helping.

The worst of it comes down on them after the whole Bella situation. You'd think after he saved her life<\/i>, the girl would be a little more forgiving. If only Billy had explained the whole thing to Jacob ... But Billy refused, saying Jake had to learn on his own, that he wouldn't believe in werewolves even if Sam phased right there in front of him. So that meant, Jacob went around complaining about the gang to Bella and she shot her mouth off to her father. Now whenever Sam leaves La Push, Cheif Swan is all but following him in a squad car. (He doesn't leave La Push much in the first place but it's still bothersome, especially when he ends up naked in the woods terrified the Cheif will see him.)

Jared and Paul often think Sam is too serious. Really, he just wants to instill some pride in them. Sam knows deep down into his bones that they will be needed -- especially with the Cullens gone. He needs them to understand how important it all is. They can't lose focus for a minute. Even when he swan dives off the highest cliff above First Beach, Sam's senses tense, ready for anything.

Sam's Pack<\/i>

It seems like half the reservation knows about everything these days. At least, all the teenagers do which is causing some worry for their parents. Now Sam really looks like he runs a gang. Embry's mom even came up to him on the street one day and accused him of hooking her son on drugs. (Poor Ms. Call, who should<\/i> be allowed to know everything. But he can't make exceptions for Embry who might<\/i> be his brother and not for Jared and Paul and Brady and Colin... It was just too dangerous, too much.)

Now they roam like a real pack, always travelling with at least one other person. No wolf could be caught by himself (or herself, Sam corrected bitterly), even inside the boundaries of La Push. He even makes Jacob take a buddy everywhere, which is getting harder and harder because of the Bella situation.

Bella Swan, the vampire magnet, is always causing trouble for Sam and his pack. He can't wait until she marries her leech and disappears into the sunset. He can't wait for Jacob to imprint on anyone<\/i> just to give everyone a break from the misery in his mind.

Sometimes, Sam doesn't think he's a great leader. Sometimes, he can't wait until Jacob is strong enough to bear the burden of being Alpha. Then he can give it all up -- stop phasing, have a bay, grow old. But his pack comes before all his hopes and dreams now.


The Black Pack<\/i>

It was never supposed to be a pack. It was just supposed to be Jake going off on his own, a pack of one. Things never work out for him the way he wants. Jake should know better at this point. Although it wasn't a surprise that Seth followed him. Seth was just waiting for someone to open the door. Leah, on the other hand, came out of anger and self-pity and desperation. Jake hates that he can feel her emotions rumbling under every word she says. He wishes she would just go away (and he hates that she<\/i> can feel that under everything he says. If anyone understands what he's going through, it's Leah).

Even after everything, Jake is surprised that La Push can have two packs of werewolves. But he also knows he'll send them all back to Sam before he leaves for good. He can't have the people he loves in his head wherever he is going. Embry makes it the hardest on him. He acts like Jake is betraying them. At least Seth and Leah and sympathetic. Quil gets it<\/i> of course (every time Jake thinks of Nessie, Quil's thoughts echo with Claire).

Embry doesn't get it. He's not sympathetic. He's angry, he's hurt, he's alone really. (Under every word is longing. They might be brothers<\/i> and he's jumping ship for a half-mutant baby. It stings but Jake lets it go. He has to. He doesn't want to leave on bad terms.)

The Black Pack doesn't last very long, only a couple months. Jake doesn't cry when they leave Forks and La Push. Bella promises they'll go back but he's not sure. Now that he really is a wolf without a pack, he isn't sure why it was something he ever wanted.


The Old Wolf<\/i>

\"Seth, of course,\" Jake says. He had imagined a lot of scenarios on their trek back to Washington and Seth was always the clear choice. But every time he imagined the youngest Clearwater, he saw the fresh-faced boy with more enthusiams than any of them. Jake never for a second<\/i> thought he'd see such an old man in front of him.

\"You look exactly the same,\" Seth tells him, but his voice is deep and gravelly. He's a little hunched and Jake thinks he probably hasn't phased in 20 years if that. His heart sinks. This was a terrible idea. He never should have come back.

\"Anyone else?\" he asks, scared of the answer whatever it is, regretting asking it the moment the words are out of his mouth. Seth's eyes are sad.

\"You missed a lot, Jake.\" There is a long pause. Too long. It's like Seth doesn't want to say the next thing but they both know he's going to. \"You shouldn't have come. It's just me. I can't...\" His voice breaks and he sounds like a little kid for a second. \"I don't think the tribe can handle any young werewolves at the moment.\" He continues when he regains his composure.

Jacob expected this so he has his answer ready. \"I can teach them. I can guide them. It will be different<\/i> this time.\" He's so heated, so passionate, he feels the wolf course through his body. Jake learned to control his emotions a century ago that the feeling is unexpected.

Seth shakes his head. \"You left<\/i>, Jake. You should have stayed gone.\" Both of their hearts were breaking. Jacob doesn't say anything else, just turns and walks back to the glass house in the words on his two human feet. They don't ask him any questions but they are already in Canada by the time the sun sets. (Bella was the only one who unpacked her clothes. Jake caught her crying as she folded up her jeans that afternoon. He wondered if it was harder for her to leave the second time. He never asks.)

They never go back.<\/a>

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Title:<\/b> Step
Theme:<\/b> Beginning
Rating:<\/b> PG
Word Count:<\/b> 114

She didn't get to name him, the baby that she thought she could love despite his father. She didn't get to name him before he was taken away. Another punishment that Esme didn't understand. As she walked to the edge of the cliff, her legs were weak and her heart heavy but she didn't plan on jumping. Just, when she got to the edge and put her toes over the side, it seemed like the only choice. Everything was gone and she couldn't take another trial, another tribulation from God. It was so easy to take that first step -- a step she thought would be the end but was really just the beginning.




Title:<\/b> Garage
Theme:<\/b> OTP
Rating:<\/b> PG
Word Count:<\/b> 128

\"You're being dumb,\" he said, swatting her hand away from the bike he was working on.

\"Hey!\" Bella smacked him back, on the arm, the skin on skin contact making a slapping noise.

\"Did something just hit me?\" he mocked, grinning up at her. \"I thought maybe I felt something.\"

\"I was just trying to help with the bike,\" Bella explained, crossing her arms.

\"You know you aren't very good at this type of thing. You help in other ways.\" Jake raised his eyebrows and wiggled them suggestively.

\"Don't start now.\" But she couldn't help laughin. Jake dropped whatever tool he was using and grabbed Bella by the arm instead, pulling her down on the ground next to her.

\"You're getting grease all over my arm,\" she complained.




Title:<\/b> Gray
Theme:<\/b> Black and White
Rating:<\/b> PG
Word Count:<\/b> 98

Edward Cullen's life was not black and white, no matter how much he wish it to be. He was a monster with a heart. A vampire with a conscious. A killer with a soul. But when dividing the world between the \"good guys\" and the \"bad guys\" Edward couldn't help but feel he landed closer to the bad guy side. It was something that weighed on his mind, especially after Bella. Pure, innocent, white as snow Bella who was so squarely on the \"good guy\" side that Edward couldn't even see her from his side of the line.






Title:<\/b> Unhappily Ever After
Theme:<\/b> Sad
Rating:<\/b> PG
Word Count:<\/b> 98

She didn't burn cold like the others, but the blood rushing through her veins wasn't quite warm enough. There was something off, and as he brushed his fingers against her cheek he could smell it. Even as he pulled her close into his body, it was noticeable. She wasn't quite<\/i> human. Nessie looked small and frail, even now 50 years later. His senses rejected her as something other but his heart ached to be close to her. And despite it all, Jacob desperately wanted to protect her and make her happy -- but those two things were mutually exclusive.

















Title:<\/b> Call of the Nemeton
Theme:<\/b> Crossover
Rating:<\/b> PG
Word Count:<\/b> 165

\"This was stupid. We shouldn't have come,\" Rosalie whispered, fearing someone may be lurking in the woods. Alice pouted.

\"You felt the pull of the Nemeton, Rosalie. We all<\/i> did. We had to come!\" Though she scrunched up her face in concentration -- still trying to see the reason they came here. Beacon Hills was full of all kinds of supernatural creatures she couldn't see. And it stunk<\/i> of the Children of the Moon. Alice danced near the edge of the stump as if she were afraid to touch it. Rosalie could feel the power radiating off it, even from a distance. Between that and the sun filtering through the trees, lighting their skin up like diamonds, Rose had a bad, bad feeling.

\"Someone's watching us,\" she hissed.

\"Someone handsome?\" Alice teased, flitting to her side. \"Don't worry, he's not the Alpha.\"

Derek stepped out from behind the treeline, a slow smile spreading across his face. \"I'm not the Alpha, but I'm still pretty dangerous.\"









Title:<\/b> Saving
Theme:<\/b> Hero
Rating:<\/b> PG
Word Count:<\/b> 114

Damsel in distress was a term she hated but, unfortunately, fit her pretty well over the last couple years. Bella couldn't help but get herself into situations that were over her head. As a human living in a supernatural world that was bound to happen. She just had to make the decision to be the hero of her own story. What better way than to save the only thing that matters to her. Sure, flying to Italy last minute was extreme and would certainly cause a lot of fallout at home. But it was the only option. Bella wouldn't sit by and watch Edward destroy himself. She had to do the saving this time.












Title:<\/b> Alice
Theme:<\/b> Least Favorite
Rating:<\/b> PG
Word Count:<\/b> 143

\"Beautiful,\" Edward said, kissing Alice on both cheeks. She lived for the compliments (in a different way than Rosalie did). Alice was truly in love with high society and formality. The rest of her clan - all having lived through at least some form of it - were not as interested in balls and afternoon tea. Edward humored here though - with cheek kisses and phrases like \"My Lady.\" He even talked about the pretty flush on her face - unlike Emmett who always commented that it was only make-up.

\"Thank you,\" she said with a small curtsy. It was a new dress and Alice was ecstatic he noticed. \"Blue is Jasper's favorite color.\"

Edward's eyes twinkled and Jasper's hands slipped around her waist. Alice swatted him in the head, annoyed that she didn't see him coming. \"Some gentleman you are,\" she pouted.




Title:<\/b> The Beauty of Rosalie Hale
Theme:<\/b> AC
Rating:<\/b> PG-13
Word Count:<\/b> 145

If she was being honest with herself, Rosalie knew she was wanted just for her beauty. As a human, she was beautiful -- as a vampire she was something beyond. She knew this, too, as she looked in the mirror at her porcelain skin and red eyes. But suddenly it mattered to her that her looks was all anyone would see. Now she realized that because she was vapid and shallow and thoughtless, people thought they could take what they wanted from her.

Royce took her beauty when he tore her clothes and ripped into her soft skin. Her beauty bled out onto the street as her vision faded. Then she knew she was worth nothing more than the shape of her face. She is ashamed that her last conscious thought was of her looks -- there will be no pretty corpse for Rosalie Hale.




Title:<\/b> Leaving Forks
Theme:<\/b> AC
Rating:<\/b> pg
Word Count:<\/b> 111

\"It's not fair,\" she said for probably the hundredth time. Instead of carefully folding her clothes to pack them, Rosalie was hurling them across the room at Emmett. But at least she wasn't screaming anymore. \"I didn't do anything. I don't understand why I have to move.\" No matter that for all intents and purposes, Rosalie and Emmett weren't living in Forks anymore. Never mind that they spent the last month in Africa hunting lions. Never mind that this was barely affecting her life at all. Rosalie couldn't let this be about anything other than her. And even though she knew she was being selfish and hurtful, she couldn't stop herself.




Title:<\/b> On the Run
Theme:<\/b> AC
Rating:<\/b> PG
Word Count:<\/b> 124
This was stupid and risky,\" she complains. \"We used a credit card for god's sake! You don't think they are tracking those? We've been here too long already and I will drive across the border and you can just sleep. We need to get out of the US to have any shot at evading my family for any length of time.

\"Evading your family?\" Jake rolls over and looks up at her. \"What are we, in some kind of spy movie? We are just trying to take a vacation. When we reach Mexico I will call Bella and explain it to her.\"

Ness rolls her eyes -- they both know Bella is not just going to let them stay wherever it is they end up.




Title:<\/b> No Choice
Theme:<\/b> AC
Rating:<\/b> PG
Word Count:<\/b> 96
It's surprising what you can get used to after a while: the stark stink of vampires, the absence of voices in your head, blood, cool fingers, snow. He never thought he'd find a place more secluded than Forks. Even the reservation was crowded and bustling compared to the small town where the vampires made a home. But they couldn't stay there forever, not with Renesmee aging so quickly and the Cullens not aging at all. Once again, Jacob was just along for the ride, having no say on their destination and no desire to stay behind.







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Rachel\/Tobias (Animorphs) Drabbles and Graphics



Sunrise.

I watched the sunrise from my back steps. Honestly, I was trying not to think about anything but I was failing miserably. I was thinking about everything<\/i>. Which was why I was still awake after everything that had happened, even though I was exhausted. School started in a couple hours so it was no use going to sleep anyway. My uncle was passed out in the bathroom so I couldn't take a shower. The only thing I could do was sit on my back steps and watch the sun rise over a world so different now because of what I knew.

Hands.

Human comforts have been a mystery to me since my mother left. Needless to say, my aunt and uncle didn't understood the importance of kindness of any variety. Now though, I'm surprised I even feel anything through skin. Blood races to the surface and I know I'm blushing but it's such a foreign feeling that I can't even be embarrassed. Rachel squeezes my fingers again. She's impatient, I realize. I squeeze back, my hand performing the unfamiliar function but my skin tingles nonetheless. Though all emotional response is lost in my expression, she smiles and it makes everything worth it.

Flying.

Sometimes she flies with me. It's not a bird thing, especially because she borrows the body of an eagle, it's just a Rachel and Tobias thing. We have to stay far enough apart to be inconspicuous but with her voice in my head, it feels like she's right next to me. And flying is better than anything in the world. The way I can just relax into the air and know that my wings will keep me safe. For her it's thrilling \u2013 every time like a new experience. For me it's comfortable. Together, with the sun bright, it's perfect.

Missing.

Everything hurts more when I'm human. I don't remember how to move my body. I can feel the emotions surging through me like waves. I look at Rachel and tears are uncontrollable because I don't remember how to hold them back -- something I perfected when I was human all the time. When I'm a hawk, my main feeling is hunger. There are no tears. There is nothing to think about, there is nothing to relearn. I look at Rachel and nothing happens. It's a peaceful nothingness. And yet I find myself morphing more than is necessary. Like I miss it.

Alone.

We didn't know then that she was dying. We didn't know a lot of things back then. Hell, we didn't know anything<\/i>. We only knew that we had to keep fighting. So of course none of us noticed. But I should have. She would sit at the foot of a tree and wait for me to see her and land. She was skinny. She was tired. She wasn't sleeping. Sorry Tobias<\/i>, she said with an awful laugh. I miss you,<\/i> she said not soft enough for me to miss. But I just stared with my intense, yellow eyes and said nothing.<\/td><\/tr><\/table>


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5 drabbles x 15 = 75
2 graphics x 2 = 30
Total = 105 points<\/b>
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Bender & Robot Santa smashing streetlights."},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:caitieness:748262","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/caitieness.livejournal.com\/748262.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/caitieness.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=748262"}}],"title":"movies & books, 2011","published":"2011-10-29T06:01:23Z","updated":"2012-01-01T17:28:58Z","category":[{"@attributes":{"term":"things i love: lists"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"movies"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"scrapbooks"}},{"@attributes":{"term":"things i love: books"}}],"content":"If I'm not back again this time tomorrow, carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matter.<\/big><\/i>

amazing!!!!
great
good, worth it
not the best
not entertaining
* rewatched
<\/small>

001. Life as We Know It
002. Green Hornet
003. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
004. Paycheck
005. The Ugly Truth 1\/2
006. The Bounty Hunter
007. Salt 1\/2
008. The Sorcerer's Apprentice
009. Takers
010. Twilight 1\/2
011. The Town 1\/2
012. New Moon
013. Eclipse
014. Shred Forever After 1\/2
015. Vampires Suck
016. Perfect Stranger 1\/2
017. Dance Flick lol can't believe i watched this?<\/small>
018. Megamind
019. Land Before Time*
020. Inception
021. Faster 1\/2
022. How Do You Know 1\/2
023. Dinner for Schmucks 1\/2
024. Skyline
025. Easy A 1\/2
026. When in Rome
027. X-Men: First Class 1\/2
028. Bridesmaids
029. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
030. I Am Number Four
031. Limitless
032. Battle Los Angeles
033. The Debt
034. Source Code
035. The Adjustment Bureau
036. Tangled
037. Real Steel
038. Trick 'r Treat
039. Twilight*
040. New Moon*
041. Eclipse*
042. Twilight*
043. Eclipse*
044. Bad Teacher
045. Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1
046. The Muppets (2011)
047. Horrible Bosses
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.<\/big><\/i>

best book ever
really enjoyable
good
alright
kill me now
* re-read<\/small>


01. You Remind me of Me by Dan Chaon
02. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
03. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 1\/2
04. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
05. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 1\/2
06. Animorphs #5: The Predator by KA Applegate* 1\/2
07. Animorphs #40: The Other by KA Applegate* 1\/2
08. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
09. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer 1\/2
10. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer 1\/2
11. Gone by Michael Grant
12. Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore
13. The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman 1\/2
14. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 1\/2
15. Love Will Tear Us Apart by Sarah Rainone 1\/2
16. The Song Reader by Lisa Tucker
17. Just Listen by Sarah Dessn* 1\/2
18. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine*
19. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen*
20. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen* 1\/2
21. What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen 1\/2
22. Green by Jay Lake
23. The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
24. You Suck by Christopher Moore
25. George Washington's Socks* by Elvira Woodruff
26. Love, Meg by C. Leigh Purtill
27. The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
28. You Belong to Me by Mary Higgins Clark
29. On the Street Where You Live by Mary Higgins Clark
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He catches me when it\u2019s least suspected, in autumn when the leaves die in the prettiest way. After harshly reflected green and burning heat all summer, I\u2019m one of the first to welcome the fall with its smell of pumpkin pie and cool wind wrapping itself all around me. As someone who has been cold her entire life, fall is a comfortable season \u2013 lightly bundled in thin jackets and sneakers, stepping through crunchy leaves and breathing in newly sharpened pencils and fresh from the store textbooks. But even then, I fall in love with life, not boys as it\u2019s supposed to be. Autumn is my season, not Love\u2019s \u2013 I don\u2019t moon over romantics until the temperature dips to shivering cold levels in December.

Winter keeps me huddled under blankets, gripping a mug of hot chocolate, unwilling to crawl into the day for fear of freezing. In times like that, I imagine warm arms to keep me safe from the harsh wind I picture outside my windows. Pulling myself through the dirty Jersey snow with cold, empty hands has always been one of my biggest struggles. Winter is when I feel the need to fall in love, and quick, unless my blood freezes right there in my veins.

And in all truth, I fell for you not as we spent hot summer nights in your basement, but in the chilly, fluorescent-lit grocery store in early January as we wished for snow. My skin, frozen from years of keeping it away from the natural heat source of others\u2019 bodies, thawed at your accidental touch. I can pin down the exact moment the Lovebug, who has never effectively infected me until this year, jumped from your hands to mine (and I\u2019m sure you can, too). It was January in the baby food aisle and being blasted from freezers on two ends, it was the only time I have purposely slowed my work to make a moment last longer \u2013 and the bite came sometime between opening large cardboard boxes and filling shelves with disgusting full-meal purees for toothless infants.

I infamously cannot stay focused on one thing long enough to appreciate it fully. Instead I fall into quick and dirty obsessions, the kind that consume all of me but burn off just as hot as they started after only a few weeks. This goes for food, movies, books and boys alike. But here I am, more than six months past that frozen day at work and my heart still flutters like a first grader at your touch.

As my favorite season descends on me with its fiery colors, I\u2019m falling in love with life again. My stomach butterflies are motionless as your hands are two hundred miles up the coast and my arms cannot stretch that far. Your voice, though, falls over me like the leaves soon will all over campus and I spend most of my time translating words into feelings instead of, as I\u2019m used to, the other way around. And in just a few more months, I\u2019ll cuddle up to you under heavy blankets, trying to protect my newly vulnerable body and fall in love again every day."}]}