"So, she was feeling sick or under the weather or whatever excuse to cover her cold feet about the llama ride and sightseeing. She'll shake off this funk and come right back to her senses once she sees that ring. There's nothing in this world that can ruin their perfect moment now. I guarantee it."

"And what about Melody? You still worried?" "Maybe a little. But I know her. No matter what's going on with her, I know she loves Lukas just as much as he loves her. Maybe more. She'll come to dinner, and I'll pep her up, so when dessert comes and Lukas gets down on one knee she'll have her moment"

"I see what you're saying, but I deserve this. I've been rooting for her happy ending practically my entire life. I deserve to have a front row seat to her special moment. Fair warning, I might cry." "Should I have Kleenex ready?" "No need. My makeup is water resistant. I thought ahead."

Dre trailed off as the circumstances behind that secret weren't particularly savory. "That aside," she cleared her throat, "what matters is now we're on the same page, so we can both help them have the perfect proposal." "You know the perfect proposal would probably just be the two of them."

"Not to mention I kept Cordie's gender reveal a secret from you for weeks ahead of the nursery reveal. Had it been you holding onto that one, I'd have known we were having a daughter the day of the ultrasound." "Not true! I kept my pregnancy with Millie a secret—"

"I can't believe he told you all that way back then, and not me!" "Dre, I love you, but you're kind of awful at keeping secrets. It's probably a good thing he told me and not you." "How am I worse secret keeper than you?" "I'm a great secret keeper. You never guessed when I was going to propose."

"You knew? Wait, how could you possibly have known?" "Saunders and I talked about it once. Ya know, during that couples trip we all went on. He was all gung ho to do it then, but settled for an I love you instead. You know Mel can be gun shy. Didn't wanna scare her off." "He told you about that?"

"It's just—Cam, this is a very delicate thing, so if I tell you—ugh, what does it matter anyway, if it all goes to plan you'll know by the end of dinner anyway." "He's doing it, isn't he?" "Doing it? "Popping the question? Atta boy, can't believe it's finally happening!"

"Absolutely not!" "Andrea—" "Cam, you don't know what's at stake. Things are a little messed up right now, but we can right this train still and ensure it gets to its destination." "You know, I'm no idiot, Dre. You've been talking in metaphors this whole trip. What is this 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 that's at stake?"

"If she were really sick, Saunders would've bailed too. Lukas loves her Cam. Really, really loves her. Would you go out llama riding if you thought I was sick?" "Point taken." Cam agreed. "Well...maybe we should call it then. We'll cancel dinner and all go home. That way whatever Melody's going—"

"Cameron, that's not the point. I know Melody like the back of my own hand. Soemthing like that would not make her bail on our entire day. It's something else." "Well, maybe it's like Saunders said. You know about her feeling a little under the weather." "Mmm, mmm. He's not a good liar."

"And did you see poor Saunders's face? Gosh, I just don't know where her head's at right now!" "Well, didn't you say she was having, umm," Cam cleared his throat, "lady problems?" "Cam, you can say vaginal dryness. I'm a doctor. Nothing shocks me." "Well, as the non-doctor—" He began to protest.

"Oh, yes, absolutely, Cameron. Everything is perfect." Sarcasm dripped over every word. Cam sighed, "I get it. You're still upset." "Upset is an understatement! Cameron, it's their anniversary. Today we were supposed to ride llamas, tour tombs, and make memories ahead of—well, never mind that."

About the only one who wasn't in obvious low spirits about it all was Cam, and that was mostly as an attempt to raise the spirits of his glum companions. A level of glum he saw evolving into abject frustration in his wife as she noisly primped before dinner "Everything, OK, love?" He chanced an ask

At some point waiting for Melody to join them on their foray into town became less of an expectation and more of a giant unridden llama in the room that everyone decided not to acknowledge, which was unfortunate for Saunders, but even more so for Dre who had a specific plan for her BFF's proposal.

I can't believe I left you guys wondering about these two for 2 weeks. Wait, yes I can 😅 Anway....queue returns in like 30 minutes

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And just like that I am now obligated to have the Fletchers own this cottage 🫠

If y'all only knew how often I think about these two 🫠

That's all the bottom bucket spam I have tonight, have a good day and see u l8r !!!!

I know a lot of people are feeling low about the whole EA buyout and are feeling helpless on what do to combat it. We can't do a lot, and there's definitely no stopping the buy out, it's done, but if you wanna do something, there are 3 major things you can do that will have an impact ⬇️

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They really just kind of smacked us in the face with this one before we even got to have our coffees 🥴

so.... I'm gonna need to take a week off from the queue, don't hate me 🫣 The last stretch of these arc will require some storyline weaving and I haven't yet shot a lot of those in between scenes I need to weave the storyline the way I've mapped in my head, but hopefully next weekend I will.

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I don't know what the fuck I did but I somehow accidentally set Lukas's default walkstyle to "T-pose." Dude was T-pose gliding across the floor and I thought he was borked and kept resetting him, but it kept happening to the point where it was clear it was on purpose 😅 He's good now, though 🫠

Cam's always just happy to be here 😌

"When we were together before, I was an ass. I wasn't good for you. But it was never because I wasn't crazy about you." Heath leaned in. "I love you." His breath hit her lips. "Stay with me tonight." His last words came out as a whisper as he proceeded to close their gap.

"You're...drunk. Or high. Or something. You don't—" "Love you? You don't remember after that time we hooked up years ago. I said it then. I meant it then. I still mean it now. Come on Mel. What are the odds we'd run into each other out here if we weren't meant to be?"

"Of course I did. You and I weren't good for each other 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯. But it's like you said. We're both different people now—better people, and I really wanna try again. This time without the ego, the arrogance and ambition, no lies, just you and me and the love that I still have for you."

"You and me, sometimes it feels like fate the way we keep coming back into each other's lives, but this time it feels right." Heath took hold of both of her hands. "Stay with me tonight." "Heath, what are you talking about? Didn't you hear anything that I said."

Things for her had been so good for so long and for the first time since She and Lukas got together she had time to face how good things were and the probability that they wouldn't last. But that didn't have to be their fate. It wasn't too late. "I knew you felt the same way." Heath smiled. "Huh?"

Heath broke their hug, "You're right." He said softly. "Yeah, imagine that." Mel replied almost shocked by her own nuggets of wisdom. Maybe it was the alcohol or drugs, but she managed to stumble upon the exact kind of advice she needed for herself. Letting fear take the wheel was her pattern.

"If there's one thing I know for sure, it's never too late to do what you're meant to do, find your people, do the right thing, be happy. And you're doing it, so just forget the past. I'm willing to bury that if you are. Call our son, mend fences. I'm sure eventually he'll appreciate that."

"You weren't a good guy. But we were young. Two stupid teens who didn't have a good grasp on life. We both made mistakes. You maybe more than me, but maybe this was exactly how it was supposed to work out. We were never right for each other, and we never would've found ourselves if we forced it."

"It's OK. I'll live." "No, not about that. Well, yeah about that, but it's more than that." Heath continued on. "You're right. I was an ass to you and our kid for a long time. I messed a lot of stuff up, and you didn't deserve that. I never should've ditched you the way I did."

But just as surprising as it was to see that he finally found a way to thrive in a positive way, rather than a salute to part ways, he pulled her into a hug. A tight one. "Hey, Heath?" She murmured. "You OK? You're kind of crushing my esophagus a little." "Sorry." He stifled out.

After their chat, Melody was certain that her and Heath would go their separate ways. In a weird way, seeing him here in a time and a place like this was one was reassuring to her that no matter how old you get there can still be so much life ahead of you left to explore. She needed reminding.

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Not in her wildest dreams did she ever see herself in the position where she'd be worried about Heath—at least not again. But there was something about him that seemed different now. He figured his life out a little, reflected, and now he was doing what she always though he was capable of: thriving.

"The talent agency plugs me in wherever there's dead air at bars across the country. Maybe it's not the success I once chased, but it's been good to me." "So, you're OK?" "I'm OK. I make enough that even if this ends, I'll be OK. I'll have somewhere to sleep. Don't waste time worrying about me."

"I'm sure he'd laugh." "Plumbius maximus, Heath, you're still his dad. Even if he'd never say it out loud, he still cares about you. Neither of us wants you to be homeless. I could maybe help you look for a place." "Aw, Mel, forget about it. I'm fine! This gig has me constantly traveling."

"Not like 𝘩𝘦 ever picks up the phone for me anyway." Heath let out a puff of smoke. "The next time you see him, could you maybe just..."He trailed off perhaps not really knowing what to ask for. "I don't mind telling him you asked about him. I'd like to not have to tell him you're homeless."

"Yeah, I know. You're right." Mel was taken aback by Heath's quick relent. "I was never there like I was supposed to be for you or Meems. How is she, er, it's 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 now right?" "No, it's 𝘩𝘪𝘮. And he's Aiden now. Don't ever use that other name for him again. He'll hate you more than he already does."

"You say that as if you wouldn't have slammed a door in my face if I had dared to show up on your front step homeless. I mean, you've kind of done that before for less." A small smile slipped onto his face. "OK, yeah, maybe you're right. But can you blame me? You've kind of always been an ass."

"I guess technically you could say I still am homeless." "What the hell, Heath! Why didn't you say something?" Mel knew Heath lived fast and loose, but she never would've imagined his life would be experiencing this level of ruin.

"But instead we fought a lot because she wanted a level of intimacy I couldn't give. The guys and I would fight about how their focus had shifted to their wives, and Rafe even started having kids. We never practiced, stopped doing gigs, Marien and I got divorced, I was kind of homeless for a while—"

"Marien was.....nice, but she was never really my type. We didn't have much in common. I wasn't attracted to her, so I convinced her to allow our marriage to be open, which in retrospect was probably really hard on her. I think she expected me to fall for her like the guys fell for her friends."

"That's when we got the genius idea to do those marriages of conveniences." "Oh, right, that." How could Mel forget the marriage Heath failed to tell her about right after they'd hooked up. "The new wives helped us make rent. Leon and Rafe even really fell for theirs, but it was different for me."

"But then it became a revolving door of rejections from label after label. Then the bars kept bumping us for younger more up and coming acts with hundreds of thousands of social bunny followers. Then there was so much in fighting between Rafe, Leon, and I. We barely had any money or gigs."