QUESTION OF THE DAY

Q: Pick a lyric from GUTS you CURRENTLY resonate with:

a) "I don't get angry when I'm pissed. I'm the eternal optimist. I scream inside to deal with it"

b) "And I tell someone I love them just as a distraction. They tell me they love me like I'm some tourist attraction"

c) "I got the things I wanted, its just not what I imagined"

d) "Feels like my skin doesn't fit right over my bones"

e) "Said I was too young. I was too soft"

the study session

Disclaimer: This scene doesn't appear in my book

Characters:

Celeste Albus

Riven Markham

Kyton Robertson

Trinity Albus

Celeste Albus:

Scarlett has abandoned me. She has left me in the library to face the clutches of my final exam. I’m slightly irritated at her because it seems her father or her brother has been drawing her attention away a lot lately. This is the fourth time she has canceled on me last minute and I can feel my best friend slipping away.

I’m crammed in a hidden corner of the library with my head buried in a book. Most of those who are in the library are students my age and regularly attend classes with me so the novelty of the heir has worn off. Unfortunately, a select few of the younger years spotted two tables across from me and have been whispering and staring at me all afternoon. Scarlett usually takes the edge off but she's not here so I grit my teeth and sink further into my seat. 

I don’t look up as someone slides across from me but my body reacts faster than my mind does. My warmth reins in as I battle for control of the temperature. Instinctively, I glance up to meet the sharp, fierce eyes of Riven Markham as he slides his books onto the table.

“Riven,” I say curtly, my eyes drawing back to the textbook. 

“Celeste,” he responds, equally curtly. 

Riven Richard Markham. One year, my elder. 

“What do you need?” I sigh, making a note in the book.

“More like, what do you need?” he arches an eyebrow.

“That is the worst pick up line ever,” I let out a laugh.

“Tell that to Ky,” he picks up his books before throwing them aside.

“Kyton Robertson? How are you friends with that kid?” I finally put my book down. 

“You realise he is the son of one of the most powerful members of your council?” Riven asks. “Why are you studying?”

“Final exams,” I explain.

“I did those last year,” he says, picking up his books again. 

“I get it. You’re a year older than me. Stop flaunting it in my face,” I say, not impressed. 

“I’m not flaunting it in your face, I’m stating pure facts,” he says, matter-of-factly. 

I notice half a shadow peering into the library and I recognise her immediately. Its my younger sister, Trinity Albus who loves the library as much as I yearn to be in the forest. Riven turns around and meets her eyes. She immediately scurries out, afraid to speak to him. 

I pick up my pen and I wish to be in the forest.

Teaser

"Despite years of an unbridled flame burning at her core, she could still enjoy the natural warmth"    Celeste Albus 

20 Days: 20 Taylor Swift Songs

Taylor Swift JUST announced Australian dates with the amazing Sabrina Carpenter which gives me permission to post back to back Swift posts. So I'm going to tell you my favourite Taylor Swift song for the past twenty days of June. 

02/06/2023:

The Alcott (feat Taylor Swift).

Technically, this counts because she is featured quite a bit in this song. I saw a tiktok edit of How I Met Your Mother and then the song got stuck in my head.

03/06/2023

Hits Different

"I pictured you with other girls in love... then threw up on the street" - a classic example of unhinged lyrics that you can scream along to.

04/06/2023

Ivy

"so yeah... its a fire... its a goddamn blaze in the dark and you started it... you started it" that whole part lives in my head, rent-free.

05/06/2023

State Of Grace

06/06/2023

Come Back... Be Here

"This is falling in love and you are worlds away" "And I don't wanna need you this away" - every relationship ever.

07/06/2023

If This Was A Movie

08/06/2023

Hey Stephen

I have a strong feeling this song will reach my Spotify Wrapped.

09/06/2023

The Last Time (feat Gary Lightbody)

I was in a mood that day.

10/06/2023

Karma

11/06/2023

The Lucky One

12/06/2023

Dear Reader

Such a good song and deserves more hype

13/06/2023

The Story Of Us

begins my speak now era

14/06/2023

Sparks Fly

this entire bridge

15/06/2023 (also my dad's birthday!)

Haunted

this song will remain one of my favourites till the end of time

16/06/2023

Better Than Revenge

in an angry mood

17/06/2023

I Bet You Think About Me (feat Chris Stapleton)

18/06/2023

All Of The Girls You Loved Before

19/06/2023

Snow On The Beach (feat Lana Del Ray)

this song is ethereal

20/06/2023

Delicate

21/06/2023

Our Song

had this tune in my head playing for the entire day

Taylor Swift Word List: Folklore/Evermore

If anyone has listened to folklore or evermore, they would know the sheer amount of words that Dr Taylor Swift has placed that many don't know the definition of. I'm here to help. 

All definitions are from Oxford Dictionary or Merriam-Webster.

Folklore:

mirrorball:

revellers: a person who is enjoying themselves in a noisy or lively way.

the last great american dynasty:

gauche: unsophisticated and socially awkward

illicit affairs:

illicit: forbidden

clandestine: done secretly

mercurial: subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mind and mood

the lakes:

elegies: a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead

eulogize: praise highly in speech or writing

calamitous: involving calamity; catastrophic or disastrous

evermore:

long story short:

precipice: a very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one

dorothea:

lark: a source or quest for amusement or adventure

ivy:

incandescent: strikingly bright, radiant or clear

champagne problems:

midas touch: the ability to make money out out of anything

gold rush:

contrarian: opposing or rejecting popular culture

evermore:

unmoored: (of a person): insecure, confused, or lacking contact with reality