EIGHT

"Did you think we'd come back from this place? / Once we had a taste / But you can get whatever you want, You can get whatever you want / But you're holdin' back from somethin' / You can get whatever you want, but you're holding back from somethin'." -Cubicolor

-X-

"I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord / When the rhythm hits, I'm not afraid to die / There's just way too many temptations, oh lord / oh lord / oh lord." -MiC LOWRY

-X-

"Go ahead and cry little girl / Nobody does it like you do, I know how much it matters to you / I know that you got daddy issues / And if you were my little girl, I'd do whatever I could do / I'd run away and hide with you / I love that you got daddy issues, and I do too." -The Neighbourhood

Peanut butter and pine.

That familiar aroma was strongly present as almond eyes pulled themselves open. The temperature beneath the sheets were warm and skin against skin could be felt. Shifting slightly a twenty-four year old woman lifted her head, turning backwards to find a certain someone with their forehead pressing into her back. It was then that she noticed that his arms were wrapped around her, one underneath her body that looked to be as if it were crushed from underneath her sleeping body and the other gently resting against the bare of her belly. Frowning she peered around herself some more taking in the rest of the surroundings around her, the room was decorated in black and white. Medium size length, white walls, a large window to the left that welcomed in a lot of light, flat screen mounted to the wall adjacent from the oh so comfortable bed that was draped in black sheets.

Groaning brought her out of her wandering eyes along with a pelvis brushing up against her backside. A minor twitch in her eyes expanded at the feeling, the man's chin pressing into her shoulder blade before he placed a kiss there mumbling, "Morning Ren."

Korinna Rokos stared into green eyes. Carl's eyes were usually her many favorite things to wake up to, they were always bright and green whenever he first woke up. Throughout the day they would get darker filling in the green with blue waves. Korinna continued staring at Carl who looked as if he were about to fall back to sleep but when he didn't receive a response, his hand that rested on her belly moved towards her left hand, his fingertips brushing against a certain object. With even wider eyes Korinna pulled her gaze from Carl's to what appeared to be an engagement ring that shined on her bronze skin.

Abruptly Korinna sat up straight, Carl's face falling forward on the mattress as Korinna held her hand out to stare at the piece of jewelry. Even with some turns the ring glistened in the light but it also helped that the room was already bright as fuck as it is. The ring fit perfectly on her finger, snug but not too tight so that it didn't slide off. The ring was curved almost like a slight figure-eight, it was sliver and had a big diamond right in the center along with smaller ones encrusted down the sides. It was pure art.

"Yeah I know, I did good cause it's still got you shook and we've been engaged for a few months now." Carl mumbled in his thick morning voice, now laying on his back with his arms behind his head grinning down at Korinna.

Months?

"What the fuck?" Korinna ran her hands over her face and pushed the covers back; her feet hitting the cool wood floor.

Carl used his knuckle to rub at his eye, "What's wrong with you? Come back to bed."

Korinna looked around the room again, her eyes going to the night stand right beside her side of the bed. She noticed a notepad resting there scribbled with something, a glass of water, a pair of glasses, and a cell phone. Picking up the pear shaped device she unlocked the phone, without a second thought and read that it was: Saturday, May 2023 - 8:56 am

"2023? Are you shitting me?" Korinna dead-panted.

Carl licked his lips as he propped himself up on the bed with his elbow, "I know you're better at math than me but yeah that's the year we've been living in. Was the head that good that I made you forget the year we're in?"

"Oh shut up." Korinna didn't hesitate to roll her eyes as she placed the phone back on the side table turning to Carl.

Carl smiled at he patted the bed, "Bed."

Cautiously Korinna moved back to sit in the bed, Carl helping her and throwing the covers back over her body. Wrapping his bare arms around her, he placed his head against her clothed torso snuggling himself closer to her body. She peeped the geometric lion inked on his shoulder and the muscle definition in his bicep. Quirking up she trailed her black coffee colored eyes down his arm to his hand finding a ring of his own on his finger, the circular silver was dark almost black with encrusted diamonds in the center. Then it all hit her in waves.

A milk chocolate haired Korinna entered a jewelry shop in the cold of December. Her finding the ring from a jeweler with Fiona, Debbie, and V standing beside her nodding their heads with wide smiles. New Years arrived with Korinna and Carl walking through their new hometown of Colorado. Carl didn't suspect a thing. It was their usual hangout time together, they went to see a movie and dinner until Korinna thought it would be okay to pull a small prank on Carl. After dinner she told Carl that her stomach was bothering her and that she needed to use the restroom, she reassured him that it was probably just her monthly gift and not from the dinner since they ate there at least twice a month. Carl paid for the dinner and waited for Korinna for over thirty minutes. Just to find that she was missing from the restaurant. He questioned the staff and went into panic mode until the manager handed Carl a envelope.

Korinna had a thing for handwritten notes for as long as Carl could remember. Inside the envelope were rhymes that Carl had to figure out and go to those locations. After wandering around their new home, the third clue was held by fourteen year old Liam which sparked a lot of questions because what was Liam doing here and who was he with? Debbie, Fiona, V, and Ian went back home two weeks before so? He hoped to god that Frank didn't manage to get here as well asking for something that Carl wouldn't give him. The two wandered together without Liam giving Carl any information, which was nerve-wrecking but Carl continued on with this; finding each of his siblings at different locations. Finally reaching the famous lake there Korinna stood with her back to him. When she turned around she had a jar in her hand, the same jar they had back in Chicago that she used to keep underneath her bed filled with all of their notes. Silently she handed it over to Carl who took it, not really knowing what he were supposed to do. Impatiently Korinna watched as Carl unscrewed the lid picking out the notes. He seemed to be going too slow for Korinna's liking so she pulled the jar from his hands just to smash it onto the pavement. The wind blowing some of the folded pieces of old paper away until Carl found one note written in Korinna's hand writing. One that admitted to her liking Carl along with the date - years ago. Inside of that note was a ring.

When Carl lifted his eyes, Korinna didn't crack a smile as she stared at him with so much intensity. "Will you marry me Carl?"

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Korinna wandered her supposedly home. Hours later she managed to pull herself from Carl and search the house, simple objects filling her brain with the history beyond it. This was her life. Her and Carl were engaged, They lived in their own apartment in a small town called Silverton Colorado, the people were friendly and so open. The views and atmosphere made all your worries vanish as you stared out into the mountains. It seemed as if the two were well established for themselves, Carl is ex-military and trained for the bomb squad and hazardous devices unit, and Korinna worked down at the orphanage. Both of two were also heavily involved in two different organizations - Carl leaned towards an organization that worked together to put an end to cancer while Korinna worked for a smaller organization that provided clean water to families in different countries allowing her to travel the world. It only get's better from there, they also owned a gray great Dane who went by the name of Baxter.

This life was much better than the life in Chicago, but the two would never forget where they came from. Ever.

"Hey." Carl greeted, his voice even deeper than Korinna remembered.

Korinna hummed pulling her eyes away from the years of photos as Carl pressed a kiss to her temple, moving to sit on the opposite side of the small white dining table.

"Going through the photos again?" Carl summarized, crunching on an apple.

Korinna took in this time to take in Carl's growth. He had grown his hair back out again, just enough that it stopped at the nape of his neck. He hit a growth spurt now standing at 5'10, facial hair groomed on his chin, broader shoulders, more muscle, - puberty hit him hard.

"I know I'm fine as hell baby, but this whole staring off into space thing is kinda tripping me out? You sure you're okay?" Carl questioned, running his free hand over the back of Korinna's hand.

"That you are," Korinna bluntly replied amusement written in her dark eyes, "I'm...fine. Just trying to...let all of this sink in."

Carl grinned, "I appreciate you agreeing with with me," He then winked, "This is the real thing. It's as real as it gets, I can promise you that."

"Can you?" Korinna tilted her head.

Carl frowned as he chewed, leaning back to toss the finished apple into the trash causing Baxter to bark from his resting spot. Carl whistled at the dog who immediately became quiet.

"You and I have been together since we were teens. If we're still together now, I'm pretty sure the both of us aren't going anywhere." Carl smiled a bit, staring at the ring on his own finger.

Korinna nodded, "But that's the scary thing about people, they change. Anyone can wake up and just up and decide that they don't want to be with someone. Look at us, we just up and decided to leave Chicago. We didn't even know where we wanted to go at first, we decided where we wanted to move based on a blind test - throwing darts at a map."

Carl smiled at that remembering the day. It was the day after his birthday, he had just came back from war on a serious injury and was home for months trying to cope that he was no longer going to be out there fighting for his country. Korinna kept him sane. They celebrated his birthday (not at the his home like all of his years growing up), Korinna decided that they were going to do something different. Which included a road trip to Wisconsin (the pair stayed almost for a week) where the two did things that they never thought they would do on their visit there. Both were drunk and stole a map from a local bar, pinning it to their motel wall and both threw darts knowing that the two were going to make it out of the south side. Korinna's dart landed on Montana and Carl's landed on Texas, to solve their decision Korinna took a marker and drew it to the middle which happened to be: Colorado.

"Well I know for one, that sitting across from you right now. I'm not leaving you, ever again." Carl voiced staring into Korinna's eyes and grasped her hands, "I need to know that you're not gonna leave me hanging at the alter or for the rest of this life-time either."

Korinna sighed, "I'd have to die for that to happen."

"Ride or die." Carl stated, holding his hand out for the two do to their famous handshake.

Carl leaned back in the chair, "Now that we got that over with, enough with the sappy shit. Let's go!"

"Where are we going, exactly?"

Carl had a twinkle in eye as he held his hand out, "Never question just follow, remember?"

"Lucky I trust you Gallagher," Korinna jabbed.

Carl nodded, "It's a good thing 'cause maybe if you didn't you wouldn't have asked me to be your man for the rest of your natural born life."

'He was certainly right about that,' Korinna thought as she placed her hands in his taking a leap without any care.

Carl wasn't a morning person but he was learning that being here, he had to be.

He had to be up at 0500 hours every single day and that was exactly where his day began. Military school was no walk in the park and it's not that he thought it would be, it's just an adjustment he had to deal with just like in juvie. Carl was going to do this, he was going to toughen it out. So far there hadn't been any hazing towards him, after he knocked one dude out that tried to test him. Carl had heard stories from others in the bunk room and in the halls on his way to classes.

It was week two where the real direction would take place. Everyone's mentor was their Drill Sergeant who was currently taking them out into the field. Carl stood along with his fellow teammates listening to his Drill Sergeant go on and on about testing their physical and mental endurance, pointing out the obstacles behind him. Carl had his eyes wide open as the Drill Sergeant continued explaining what the task at hand entailed.

"Each student will be timed. Each student will be expected to complete their first day of basic training, if you fail you fail for the day and will be expected to do twice as much the next day. Do I make myself clear?!" He yelled, his arms sharply held behind his back.

Carl licked his lips as he stood up taller yelling back with his teammates, "Sir, yes sir!"

The Drill Sergeant dipped his head, his eyes surveying those around him. "Alright. Line up!"

Carl glanced to his left spotting the same chubby kid with braces standing beside him smiling. He was one of the kids that faced the hazing here, people here thought it was easier to target the chubbier kid but he always kept a smile on his face and he talked a lot in the bunks while majority everyone ignored him.

"This is gonna be sick!" He cheered.

Carl kept a straight face, "If you say so."

The Drill Sergeant blew his whistle and Carl kept his head forward following those in front of him. He could see the end of the line and that's all he was focusing on and not how early it was and wondering what they were going to serve for breakfast this morning. Two hours + a shower and a nap later Carl was pilling his tray with food. After getting his tray he walked the dinning hall in search of a seat, after the first week you don't make it a big deal for searching for seats - you just blend in and plop down. Nobody happened to be real friends just yet so it was time for you to do so or not.

Plopping down beside this kid named Hayes, Carl began to dig into his food. During his third bite he turned to the bright blue eyed kid behind him who probed, "What do you think? Uh it's Gallagher right?"

"Think about what?" Carl mumbled, his mouth full as he stared at the guy beside him.

That's when he noticed two other guys awaiting his answer as well.

"Have you been listening to anything?" A guy with dark hair who Carl believed to be named Aaron or something like that picked at his brain.

Carl blinked as he chewed, "No. Not really."

Hayes sipped his drink and swallowed as he leaned towards Carl, "We're making a bet on which one of us can actually get with one of the girl's here."

"Okay?" Carl pressed not interested on what Hayes was implying.

Hayes stared at the two other guys across from them and let out a laugh.

"Look man you're supposed to get in on the bet. We're gonna be here for awhile so we might as well get our claim on with certain females here. Am I right?" Hayes laughed holding his hand out for Aaron and another kid of Indian decent to dap him up.

Again Carl blinked and returned back to his meal, he took his time swallowed and turned to the group around him, "I'm not here for any of the girl's. I'm here to be a man and get my shit together, it looks like you need to do the same."

Hayes hyped the situation up letting out a string of "OOOO's"

"Are you gay? I mean it's cool if you are. Just wondering?" Aaron spoke.

Hayes snorted.

"No. I'm not gay. I got a girlfriend back at home. Like I said I don't give a shit about your bet, there's barely any time to sleep and do homework here so how can you guys possibly think about banging girls?" Carl muttered.

The Indian kid said, "How can you not? We're growing boys and have to take care of our needs!"

Hayes rolled his eyes, "Excuse Karan here he's clearly a virgin and wants to fulfill his wish of getting laid before his eighteenth birthday."

"Keep it down!" Karan whisper-yelled glancing back at the table behind them.

Hayes beamed at the table behind them, "Looks like we know which girl Karan's going for."

Karan tried to erase the blush appearing in his russet skintone, turning his attention back to his food.

After a few seconds of what silence Carl was enjoying Aaron whipped his head back around quickly to get the three boy's attention. "Here she comes, here she comes!"

"What? Do I look okay?" Karan quipped, smoothing down his hair.

Hayes scoffed, "Please she won't even spare you a second glance. Watch and learn fellas."

Carl frowned wondering what had these guys around him so shook. Carl continued scooping up some corn onto his fork, eyeing the hall in search of who they could possibly be talking about. From the corner of his eye he saw a figure walk down their aisle towards the line but was stopped as Hayes swung his feet around and dropped them around on the floor leaving a loud tap.

"Blaine it's a pleasure to see you here," Hayes started.

The said girl molded her very plump lips, "Hm...can't relate."

Karan and Aaron erupted in laughter and Carl couldn't lie that a small smile found it's way onto his face as he kept his attention on his plate.

Hayes took it upon himself to rest his hand on her waist and slightly tug her towards her, "Oh come on baby don't be like that, I can show you a good time."

The girl rested one palm on his shoulder blade while the other reached behind him. Hayes seemed to think that his tricks were working as the girl placed herself in between his legs knowing that the sergeants were possibly watching and had yet to intervene.

"I can show you one too, you know what I would do?" She whispered reaching for a utensil on Hayes tray.

Hayes nodded his head in pure ecstasy, "Tell me baby."

Blaine stared Hayes in his eyes flashing him her straight white teeth and went to jam the utensil downwards causing the three boys behind them to scream out a warning. Hayes spread his legs just in time to see a fork jammed in the seat right underneath them. Hayes gulped as he lifted his ice blue eyes upwards to see Blaine still smiling at him. "Keep calling me baby, grabbing on me, and I won't miss next time. Got that, asshole?"

That smile did not once leave her face as she stood up straight.

"Is there a problem here, Zhao?"

Blaine stiffly turned to the man, "No sir. Everything's peachy. Sir."

The man eyed the boys next to him with knowing glances before dipping his head, "On your way Zhao."

"Sir, yes sir." She saluted walking around the man.

Gazing over her shoulder she saw the four boys watching after her, with a smile and her tongue pressed behind her teeth she made a gun and a cutting throat version at them. Easily that made Karan and Aaron turn their attention back to their plates while Carl smirked and Hayes scowled.

Sergeant yanked on Hayes head, "Listen to me boy. You're not here for whatever you think you're here for, I can promise you that. Make sure you see the barb for a appointment since you're looking shabby."

"Sir, yes sir." Hayes winced at the pressure applied to his neck before the Sergeant roughly pushed his head forward and continued on his way.

Hayes grumbled as he rubbed at his neck, "Yo why didn't you guys tell me Blaine's fuckin' father was around?"

"Father?" Carl inquired.

Karan held his hands up, "Sorry dude we were too busy trying to help you not get your penis stabbed with a fork."

"You should have known not to mess with Blaine. She's top of the class here." Aaron said.

Hayes shrugged his shoulders angrily biting into his bread, "Exactly. If we get together, I can be the top of the class. But I'm trying to get her on top of me, ya know what I'm sayin'?"

Aaron shook his head, "No man. That was enough of a warning. After she's done killing you, she'll then kill us with that perfect smile on her face. And you know it!"

"She's hot as fuck. I'm not stopping anything, I can take a challenge." Hayes denied.

Karan dismissed, "It's your penis."

"Who is she, what's her story?" Carl finally asked.

Hayes licked his lips, "Blaine Zhao. A baddie, daughter of our beloved Drill Sergeant. Junior, rumor has it she got kicked out of two other academy's previous to this one - the first one was a all girl's school - also heard she's bisexual which I'm so down for - and the second one was a marine academy but her precious daddy got her here. They're rich as hell too, she's got a older sister that was adopted, heard she was hot too."

"Not only that she's intelligent too. We take lab together." Karan added.

Aaron leaned against the table, "I think she's a Gemini and she loves the weeknd that should say enough."

Hayes rested his arm across Carl's shoulders must to his dismay, "Basically homie she's forbidden fruit."

Carl shoved Hayes' hand from his shoulder, "Not your homie but what you're saying is that she's bad ass."

"Yeah." They all answered.

Carl let his gaze fall back over to Blaine Zhao who had just sat down and had her head turned to another girl and was laughing with her head thrown back. She was pretty from what Carl could see, she wore her dark hair tied back into a bun with two strands framing her face in the front, very pink plump lips, freckles sprinkled across upper cheeks and nose, low-set dark eyes with a set of long eyelashes. Just then it was as if Blaine could feel eyes on her and turned to find Carl's eyes locked on her. Blaine licked her lips, her eyes looking Carl up and down as if she were reading him and knew his story just like that. She chewed on her food, swallowed and then flashed him a smile before turning back to the girls around her.

Facing his empty tray Carl cleared his throat and stood up.

"Where you going man?" Hayes asked.

"Back to the bunks to get ready for class, why you want to hold my hand?" Carl bit.

Hayes held his middle finger up, "Whatever pretty boy. See you in Geometry."

Carl emptied his tray taking a chance to look back at Blaine who had his attention. She was currently sucking on her thumb which made Carl put a bigger pep in his step. At the end of the hall he told the sergeants he was going back to the bunks who allowed it since groups were allowed to leave if they finished early. Once Carl got back to the bunks he sat on the edge of his bunk pressing his elbows into his knees. Thinking over if he should write a letter or call Korinna back home. That was one girl that would never get off his mind, no matter where he was.

How could he? Especially with the memory of what happened the night before he left. Laying back on his bunk Carl closed his eyes and bit down on his lip loving that memory. He definitely missed Korinna and although he was all for this separation for the both of them to find themselves he couldn't deny that he needed to know that she were thinking of him too.

64%

Precipitously Korinna sat up to find that she was resting on a bed. Kicking the quilt from her bottom half Korinna sat up feeling lighter and relaxed. She stretched and glimpsed around the room spotting her dollhouse resting on an old rocking chair. Padding against the rug Korinna walked over to her dollhouse but stopped to see a large window. Deciding to head that way she peered out the glass seeing that she appeared to be on a farm. Nothing but hills and corn fields were in her view. The sound of a door creaking brought her attention away from the scenery to see a man holding a cup of tea in his hands.

"That for me?" Korinna asked.

The tanned man stepped into the room, his weight applied to the floor adding a creak to the floorboards. Korinna watched as the man gently placed the tea cup on the bed-side table. He stood up straight and carefully walked over to her, stopping a few inches before her with his head slightly dipped and his hands clasped behind his back.

"Korinna it's an honor to finally meet you." The man spoke.

A frown appeared in between her brows as she took in his apperance. He was olive-skinned, tall, deep-set dark eyes, thick facial hair all along his jawline, chin, and lips. And that smile was so wide that you could see his gums. If Korinna weren't so relaxed right now she would find it creepy and not sorta attractive at the moment.

"And who exactly are you? Where's Dacey?" Korinna's head titled a bit to glance at the ajar door behind them.

The man placed his hand on his chest, "My apologies I'm Ruben."

Korinna sat on the edge of the bed staring up at Ruben, "Did you convince Dacey to bring me here?"

"Yes I did." Ruben replied.

"Why?"

Ruben inhaled as another wide grin appeared, "I believe in people. I believe in their potential and you Korinna have potential. I think you would fit in just well here. It took some time for Dacey to get adjusted here but I can still see that he's lacking something and that someone is you. You are his family."

"Am I?" Korinna challenged, "'Cause you don't screw over your family."

"Of course." Ruben exclaimed.

This guy definitely took a drama course, Korinna thought to herself.

"I assume you are aware of the shit that Dace and I have been through, or you at least gotten his side of the novel." Korinna started watching the man nod, "Then why the hell did you think me being here would be a good idea?"

Ruben shrugged his shoulders, "You're here aren't you? I didn't pressure you to get into the car with your brother. I wasn't there but something inside of your soul encouraged you to get into the car and come here."

"I don't even remember how I got here! What is this place?" Korinna exasperated, getting to her feet and spinning a bit to find nothing but wood and a high ceiling as if she were in an attic.

Ruben hummed at her actions and held his hand out, "Have some tea."

"Nah I'm good. Where's Dacey? I actually want to give him a peace of my mind." Korinna softly said, her body still relaxed.

Ruben emerged from his spot to the dark haired teen, "And you will get that chance, Korinna. I will allow as much time as you need with your brother, hopefully with my assistance I can channel out all of that bad energy that the two of you consist of. Then you can truly become apart of my family, do you think you'd like that? A place where you can actually soar as the person you're destined to be."

Ruben sat Korinna back onto the bed and moved to grab the tea just so he can crouch down in front of her, "I know how hard life can be sometimes. Ever since I came to this place, all my concerns have vanished. I have bettered myself, Dacey has bettered himself along with the rest of my family. We have become a family. I know you think you know something about us but if you're open to learning...we I can make life so much easier for you."

Imagine that? A life with no worries? A life much better than what Korinna was struggling to find. Dacey seemed better, he did even if it was a little off but he's been off his rocker the moment he came back from jail but Korinna didn't know if Dacey were truly happy. She didn't know everything that he's been through she's only known half. She said she was done with him before but she felt a sense of carelessness getting in the car with him and nothing after that made sense. Korinna Rokos was just dreaming about her future for once. That all happened the moment she opened up the gate a bit and trusted Dacey to take her to this place she knew something about. Korinna never thought about her future or dreamed about it before in such vivid detail and somehow Dacey and this Ruben guy provided that. How? She had no idea but there was something about having a sense of what direction you could go if you just take a chance.

So Korinna swallowed the tea with her impulses sitting again upon her shoulders. She wanted to ask what kind of tea this was and why it immediately made her insides feel like she were sleeping in sunflower fields. Korinna wouldn't drink the entire tea creating the illusion that she was as Ruben remained crouched down in front of her.

"Before I get Dacey," Ruben began allowing Korinna to pick up an accent as he folded his hands, "Let's discuss your issues with your father, yeah?"

Some may say the dark haired teen whose only wish in this lifetime was to have an adventure to remember; was now becoming the biggest fool in the parade and if one were to tell her this she'd look you dead in the eye just to tell you that she couldn't live like this forever and that it was time for her to live really live for herself. If that meant branching out and doing things that didn't make the smallest bit of sense then you could put Korinna Rokos at the front of the line, things were changing and time was running out.

A/N: Oh gosh I don't know what this is. It's three in the morning! This story is showing you the true difficulties of Korinna's character, she's only getting more complicated as it goes. She's very contradicting and she's honestly making me mad, personally I feel like this isn't a good step for her to take but it has to happen for her character because how else do you learn? She's trying to figure herself out her own way and she has yet to learn how Dacey came across Ruben and his society in the countryside. Hope that's clearing up somethings for you guys lol. Impulses should be Korinna's middle name instead of Olivia ya know? ^_^

But anyways hope you liked the little "Future preview" I wrote for you in the beginning, it's nice to dream about future Carlinna and since we can't really have them together at the moment at least we know that the both of them are thinking of each other ;p I wish they would show Carl in military some since I had a better feel but it was fun to be a little creative for that part. ALSO I know very little about military school so sorry if that wasn't really realistic enough for you. We will find out more on Ruben and Dacey of course in the next chapter. Any thoughts currently? I just want to say that I really loved episode eight it felt like a old previous season of shameless again it was refreshing although I missed seeing Carl it was really exciting to watch believe it or not. They're finally giving cute little bean Liam a storyline. One minute I hate Lip and the next I feel sorry for him. All I have to say for Debbie is that I'm annoyed that Derek's family wants to get involved but didn't want shit to do with her while she was pregnant?! Although I don't agree with Debbie trapping Derek with a baby I just hate how all of a sudden Derek's family wants to get involved now like be gone. I also haven't watched last night's episode because I've been busy as hell lately since it's still holiday weekend and blah blah blah but I really loved the episode I'll shut up now.

One more note...lol...I finally posted the playlist on 8tracks. It's the first playlist on my account under the username velvet_veins called "I need a distraction" so if you're in a music mood give it a listen to get another feel for this season for Korinna. There's only four more episoides/ possibly chapters left to write for.

New casting...

Blaine Zhao played by babymeia via instagram

Ruben played by Sean Teale

Thanks for reading and for reviewing :]

-ALES