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Unruly Confessions Ep 13 – Everyone Loves Candy

Arabella: 0:03

The following podcast contains adult themes, graphic sexual content, strong language, alcohol and drug references, and some infrequent violence. Everything you need for a wild ride.

Nicole: 0:05

The Band we have created for the podcast was inspired by many of our favourite bands, but they are all made up and fictional and most of the events are fictional too. Some of the events are inspired by things Bella and I have experienced, but the story as a whole is fictional.(Podcast theme music plays – Rat Head by Big Mouse Tree House) Welcome back to Unruly Confessions. My name's Nicole, as you should know by now, and this is

Arabella: 0:10

Arabella. Hi guys, Nice to have you back.

Nicole: 0:12

Yeah, it's really good to be back. Bella and I are in a strange mood today. We can't figure out why.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 0:15

Ooooh, are we ever! I mean, it has been woohoo, (she mumbles something else that is unintelligible in her loopyness and then laughs)

Nicole: 0:17

It has been very strange here today, but we'd love to share that with you all, and I have, maybe it has something to do, Bella, with the fact that this episode is called Everyone Loves Candy(Nicole laughs and Arabella makes a strange noise that she is caught off guard by and then mumbles once again intelligibly along the line of ‘what the fuck is wrong with me?’) And our brains have apparently taken candy as code for MDMA and just like, made something.

Arabella: 0:21

Yes

Nicole: 0:23

We promise you we're not high, but we sound like we are.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 0:26

We really not, we’re really not

Nicole: 0:28

And we kind of feel like we are.

Arabella: 0:30

But honestly, it's taken us three takes just to say welcome back to Unruly Confessions.

Nicole: 0:32

It really has.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 0:35

It’s, it’s, you guys will find this. We'll probably put some of it in the gag reel coming up.

Nicole: 0:37

Oh, for sure,

Arabella: 0:39

But oh my god

Nicole: 0:41

Yeah,

Arabella: 0:43

Oh, my days

Nicole: 0:45

Look out for the gag reel for this, because it's going to be full of gags.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 0:48

Oh my God. So much.

Nicole: 0:50

So, what have we got to say Bella about today, except, you know, just getting right into it? Like,

Arabella: 0:52

Yes, so

Nicole: 0:54

Last week was epic. We were so happy to be back.

Arabella: 0:56

Last week was fun. We really were.

Nicole: 0:58

We hope you guys are so psyched that the second part of the first season is finally happening.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 1:01

We're bloody psyched!

Nicole: 1:03

We are

Arabella: 1:05

We've been waiting for this.

Nicole: 1:07

We are so psyched.

Arabella: 1:09

We're having so much fun, it's great.

Nicole: 1:11

We are always a little bit psyched, to be fair.(Nicole laughs) So, before we take on Episode 13, Everybody Loves Candy.(Arabella makes a weird ‘Ooo, Ooo’ noise) and it's actually, ‘Everyone Loves Candy’, not ‘everybody’. Everyone Loves Candy.

Arabella: 1:17

It's not everybody at all. I told you guys,

Nicole: 1:19

Bella,

Arabella: 1:21

We've kind of lost the plot.

Nicole: 1:23

Yes, Bella is going to do the recap for

Arabella: 1:25

I am!

Nicole: 1:27

Episode 12, Sticky!

Arabella: 1:29

Sticky! So last week was all from my perspective. I think this week is possibly all from your perspective. I'm not quite sure, I forgot to read it all the way through(Nicole bursts out laughing) since the time we edited it. Hooohooo.

Nicole: 1:34

Yeah, this is how we do it.

Arabella: 1:36

So, we shall see. Well, this is how we forget what's going on and get to have genuine reactions, because we forget. It’s harmless.

Nicole: 1:38

Yes, and that's it. And because we've been working on this story for so long. So, it's all, when I say working, we've just been living with the story for so long that it's all blended together now

Arabella: 1:41

And it's all kind of jumbled and we know things happen, but we can't figure out when those things are.

Nicole: 1:43

Exactly.

Arabella: 1:45

And then we get to it. We're like, oh yeah, oh my god I forgot about that.

Nicole: 1:47

Oh, this happened. And because sometimes we forget where we are in the story and we, we in the recordings we start giving stuff away, that's happening like many episodes in the future and we're like, oh wait, hang on, we can't put that in.

Arabella: 1:49

Oh wait, oh no lets rewind, rewind!

Nicole: 1:51

Anyway, here we go.

Arabella: 1:53

That hasn't happened yet. Okay, here we go with the recap. So last week, on Unruly Confessions – Sticky! We started with Mike being angry at Nicky once again. I tried to reason with him and then he gave me his card, his debit card, and told us to go shopping. That's a choice, that's a strong choice right there.(Nicole laughs) But apparently it worked, you know. The news of our plans dismayed Nicky, as I anticipated, and out of my bag of tricks to distract her, because you have to really, she fucking hates shopping! (Nicole chuckles) I pulled Billy's car keys. I've got to reel her in with something you see.

Nicole: 2:02

In this case it's you get to drive the very beautiful Mercedes that…

Arabella: 2:04

Yes

Nicole: 2:06

That you would never have a chance to drive.

Arabella: 2:08

Exactly Nice car to drive. I heavily implied that Mike said we'd BOTH be in big trouble if we scratched the car, although he really only said she would be. But I did it, knowing it would tame the brat a little bit more. You've got to know how to handle a Nicky.(Nicole chortles) It's a very specific creature.

Nicole: 2:13

Yes

Arabella: 2:15

You gotta, you know, bag of tricks, distract over here, whaaaa

Nicole: 2:17

Dazzle over here

Arabella: 2:19

Ta-da. Exactly, and it works. We went to many shops and bought many things, while Nicky moaned about the shopping and the rules that she agreed to and continues to agree to, and then not follow through on,(Nicole makes a slightly disgruntled hmmm) the whole time until I took her lunch. I mean, I did moan a little myself, but because of the sexual frustration. But who wouldn't Like, come on, Zander, give it to me.(Nicole laughs) it's time.

Nicole: 2:26

Or anyone for that matter, but Zander in particular.

Arabella: 2:28

Yes, anyone frankly, in The Band. I'm quite happy.

Nicole: 2:30

Oh yeah, I meant, obviously, when we say anyone, we mean

Arabella: 2:32

We mean in the band

Nicole: 2:34

Anyone in a specific selection of people.

Arabella: 2:36

We were at the gig. Mike was grumpy. The Band was amazing, Nicky and I were creepy with our knowledge of them, and I was sweaty after dancing.

Nicole: 2:38

Mmmhmm

Arabella: 2:40

Arriving back at the hotel, Mike was still grumpy and went to bed early, while the rest of us went to go play games in Zander and Jay's room, but not before the sometimes good submissive, aka Nicole, went to check on her Dom, aka Mike, because that's important too. It's a two-way street with this caring sharing bit.

Nicole: 2:42

Mmmhmm

Arabella: 2:44

Now for Episode 13.

Nicole: 2:46

Everyone Loves Candy.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 2:49

Wooohooooooo(Podcast theme music plays – Rat Head by Big Mouse Tree House)

Nicole: 2:52

I walked into the suite feeling very much the same as I did the night I met him, crapping myself. I found (Nicole wheezes this into a laugh joined by Arabella) Yeah, well…

Arabella: 2:56

Yeah, yep

Nicole: 2:58

That's correct. I found the sitting room empty. When I walked into the bedroom, I found Mike laying on the bed in the same clothes he performed in. He gave me a pointedly, nonchalant look. “What are you doing here?”“I left my toothbrush here the other night”. Oh, my baby,(Nicole laughs and Arabella awws) Why did I, why did I say that? I could’ve just said

Arabella: 3:07

Why are you making up lies?

Nicole: 3:09

Well, it's not a lie,

Arabella: 3:11

I came to check on you

Nicole: 3:13

My toothbrush is there. I did leave it there. I’m just, I just wonder why I said that instead of ‘I um care about you, dude’.

Arabella: 3:15

Yeah

Nicole: 3:17

Why didn't I say that?

Arabella: 3:19

Because you're a moose

Nicole: 3:21

Yes.“I left my toothbrush here the other night”. It was true but it wasn’t the real reason I was there.“You bought more than I thought you would today- ““It was Bella”, I replied. “I was her doll”.(Arabella chuckles quietly in the background)“You changed your clothes”, he noted.“Yeah, we’re going to play games in Zander and Jay’s suite”, I told him. “You don’t want to play?”“Nah—thank you”. I walked into the bathroom and brushed my teeth.“Who are you trying to impress?” he called from the bedroom.“No one”, I replied, muffled through the brushing. I walked into the bedroom with the toothbrush in my mouth and spoke through the foam. “You’ve got those rules”.(Both laugh) I returned to the bathroom and spat out the residue. “Plus no one would look at me twice wearing this!” I walked back into the room and pointed out my sweatpants and Protest The Hero t-shirt.(Nicole chuckles and Arabella Awws)“It’s pretty cute actually”.“Thank you”.(Arabella does a big Awwwww) I did a pirouette.(Nicole laughs) I did a pirouette?

Arabella: 3:43

Did you? Did you? ‘Cause I know it's not what. It's one thing you're not very good at.

Nicole: 3:45

No, I'm pretty sure I didn't do a pirouette. What I think I did was I turned into a, I turned in a star, in a circle with a lot of style.(Nicole laughs again)

Arabella: 3:48

Yes, you attempted a pirouette.

Nicole: 3:50

But no, by no means was it a pirouette.(More laughter)

Arabella: 3:53

No, no.

Nicole: 3:55

“Why are you really here?” he asked, “and don’t bull-shit me”.“I wanted to make sure that you were okay-““I’m okay”, he smiled. “I’m just tired and we have another show tomorrow night. I’m saving my voice”.“Responsible”, I commented. “Would you like a hug?” He laughed. “Nah, thank you”.“Blow-job?”“Okay,”(Both burst out laughing)

Arabella: 4:04

Ever the optimist. Cheeky Blowjob?

Nicole: 4:06

No hug. Blowjob, though, could persuade.(Both keep laughing)

Arabella: 4:09

Yes, you never know.

Nicole: 4:11

To be fair.

Arabella: 4:13

To be fair. Yeah.

Nicole: 4:15

You know what I mean. Like he's definitely gonna think a bit more about the second one.(Nicole chuckles)

Arabella: 4:19

Oh yeah, big time.

Nicole: 4:21

And maybe, maybe this is not the case for every guy, but we've known this man by now, we've learnt a thing.

Arabella: 4:23

Blowjobs are always yes please.

Nicole: 4:25

Blowjobs are hard to refuse.(Nicole laughs again)

Arabella: 4:28

Exactly, unless it's right before a show and he doesn't have time

Nicole: 4:29

. Yes

Arabella: 4:32

And has been running around for an hour with a hard-on.

Nicole: 4:34

Yes, except for those moments.(Both still laughing a little)“Would you like a hug?” He laughed. “No, thank you”.“Blow-job?”“Okay, but make it a quick one”.(Both burst out laughing again)

Arabella: 4:42

But don't take your time about it, okay, I want it spiffy. Nice and quick.

Nicole: 4:44

If he didn't say anything, I wouldn't have, but because he said a thing.(Both laughing still)

Arabella: 4:47

Yeah. You're going to be like I'm going to take my sweet ass time.

Nicole: 4:49

I'm just going to lick the tip for like a good five minutes.(Arabella makes a blublblblbblb kind of noise as Nicole cracks up) Just the tip. No. Okay, relax, everybody relax. It was a quick one.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 4:56

We're okay. We're not okay. Somebody help us. We are not okay.

Nicole: 4:58

What drugs? Honestly, guys, we promise you there are no drugs.(More laughter of despair)

Arabella: 5:01

There are no drugs,

Nicole: 5:03

There are no drugs, unless you count hormones

Arabella: 5:05

My, and my many prescriptions.

Nicole: 5:07

And Bella's many prescriptions, that she, that she has.

Arabella: 5:09

But they, but they don't usually do this.

Nicole: 5:11

They don't, they don’t normally do this.(Nicole sighs)

Arabella: 5:14

But they never do this.

Nicole: 5:16

No, they don't.

Arabella: 5:18

I do this.

Nicole: 5:20

Yes. I went to Zander and Jason’s suite and found Bella was already there.

Arabella: 5:23

That's because you took your sweet ass time with the blowjob.(Nicole laughs suggestively joined by Arabella)

Nicole: 5:26

Well, you probably, think about it. Even if the blowjob was, even if I took my time, you would be there before me, because how long does it take you to change versus a blowjob?

Arabella: 5:28

Exactly

Nicole: 5:30

So

Arabella: 5:32

Exactly.

Nicole: 5:34

Wait, what are you saying? I'm confused. You say I take longer giving the blowjob or longer you getting changed.

Arabella: 5:36

You give longer blowjobs.

Nicole: 5:38

Yes!(Nicole laughs) I was like what is she trying to dispute?

Arabella: 5:42

I,(Arabella laughs) That's why I said exactly.

Nicole: 5:46

Oh, I thought you were being sarcastic.

Arabella: 5:48

I’m in agreement. No

Nicole: 5:50

Ohhhh. Sorry.

Arabella: 5:52

I was agreeing with you, you moose.

Nicole: 5:54

Sorry for moosing. I went to Zander and Jason’s suite and found Bella was already there. Noah, Zander, Carter, and Bella were sitting on the floor with drinks and cards. Jason was playing ‘I gotta feeling’ on the piano.(Nicole laughs) Wow, is there no end to this man? It was better than the original, also very different. I would say that. I would say that.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 6:03

Yes

Nicole: 6:05

I mean, I'm sure it was.(Nicole keeps laughing)

Arabella: 6:08

You said it was, so it shall be.

Nicole: 6:10

Yes“Hello, guys”, I said. “What’s occurring?”(Arabella laughs)

Arabella: 6:14

Are you suddenly Welsh?

Nicole: 6:16

What's occurring?

Arabella: 6:18

What's occurring?

Nicole: 6:20

Apparently, I am.

Arabella: 6:22

“It took you a while to check on Mike, didn’t it?”

Nicole: 6:24

“I had to tame the beast-“ Everybody laughed with the exception of Jason who was very much in his own world on the piano. He started playing ‘Don’t stop believing’. Oh, my lord.“Jay!” Zander called. “Come and play with us”. I was a little disappointed when Jason stopped playing but happy that he joined us.

Arabella: 6:31

Oh, baby

Nicole: 6:33

I know“Did you speak to him?” Noah asked.

Arabella: 6:36

“What do you think tame the beast means?”

Nicole: 6:38

He frowned. “Do you need to talk to tame the beast?”“Not really”, I blushed.(Both burst out laughing)

Arabella: 6:42

Oh Noah.

Nicole: 6:44

“Sit down”, Zander said impatiently, “we’ve been waiting for ages”.

Arabella: 6:46

“Did Mike give you an idea of what’s wrong?”

Nicole: 6:48

“He said that he’s tired and saving his voice for tomorrow-“

Arabella: 6:50

“That seems fair enough”,

Nicole: 6:52

“Where are the Miller’s?” I asked, looking around.“They went home with some girls after the show”, Carter informed us. We played King Cup. Why!?(Nicole laughs) Why, why did we play King Cup?

Arabella: 6:59

Or otherwise known as Ring of Fire

Nicole: 7:01

Otherwise known as Ring of Fire. But why are we doing this with men who can drink us under the table Bella?

Arabella: 7:03

Because it’s hilarious…

Nicole: 7:05

We're going to die.

Arabella: 7:07

And ridiculous. And why the fuck not?

Nicole: 7:09

Also, can I just quickly point out I feel like it's my job as a musician to just set the record straight. We can tell right now this is fiction, because these guys are 40 years old.

Arabella: 7:11

Yeah

Nicole: 7:13

They just did a show.

Arabella: 7:15

They’re probably not playing it.

Nicole: 7:17

And now they're playing this game for hours? Nahhh, that's not how a headlining tour goes, I could promise you that.

Arabella: 7:19

I'm pretty sure that's not how it goes,

Nicole: 7:21

But the purpose of a very good, very dramatic, smutty story. This is what happens.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 7:24

Yes

Nicole: 7:26

So, we played.

Arabella: 7:28

The smuttiness can come out and cheekiness and all sorts of stories. Ahahahaaa.

Nicole: 7:30

We played King Cup. In that case It involved lots of cards. Each card had a function. In the middle of the circle was a huge cup which someone would have to drink if they broke the chain of cards or pulled the last King. Around the cup were the deck of cards, shuffled and face-down. We had to pick cards going around the circle clockwise.“Clockwise, dammit”, Carter(Both laugh a little as Nicole tries to speak) said to me for the third time. “Right, I think you need to drink the King cup”.“There’s nothing in it yet-““Well, for fuck’s sake”, he laughed, “stop forgetting the rule”.“Sorry-“(Nicole laughs) Sorry

Arabella: 7:42

Sounds about right

Nicole: 7:44

I pulled the card. It does. It does sound right.(Nicole laughs some more) I pulled the card. “It’s a ten”.“Categories”, Zander said, “you have to name a category and everyone else needs to say things in that category, the person who makes a mistake or can’t think of anything, drinks”.“Right- “I said, “pets”.

Arabella: 7:51

“Dog”,

Nicole: 7:53

“Mouse”. Zander.“Chinchilla”. Jason.“Turtle”. Noah.“Bear” Carter said, “fuck’s sake”.(Nicole laughs hard)

Arabella: 7:59

“Yeah, not a pet unless you’re Alex the Terrible, Drink”.

Nicole: 8:01

Alex the Terrible is a vocalist for a band called Slaughter to Prevail, that's it. That's all we're gonna say, moving on.

Arabella: 8:03

Ooo and he's Russian,

Nicole: 8:05

And he's, okay apparently, we're also gonna say he's Russian, oh, and we've seen him, them live and he takes a microphone and beats himself in the skull with it.

Arabella: 8:07

Until he bleeds.

Nicole: 8:09

Like literally

Arabella: 8:11

And he does this every performance.

Nicole: 8:13

Yeah

Arabella: 8:15

He's nuts, it's hilarious,

Nicole: 8:17

He's completely nuts, but he's like the sweetest, like when you actually hear him speak, he's like such a like soft person really.

Arabella: 8:19

He's a bit of a teddy bear.

Nicole: 8:21

He's a teddy bear

Arabella: 8:23

But he is, he is, he is the size of a bear.

Nicole: 8:25

And he looks like a psycho.

Arabella: 8:27

And he did have a bear as a pet for a while.

Nicole: 8:29

That's true

Arabella: 8:31

I think

Nicole: 8:33

He isn't a psycho, he looks like a psycho. Sorry, Alex, don't come for us. It's okay, it's fine.(Nicole wheezes a laugh)

Arabella: 8:36

We love you.

Nicole: 8:38

Bella pulled a seven. Everyone had to point to the celling, but I absolutely wasn’t paying attention, pointed last and had to drink. Zander

Arabella: 8:41

HA!(Nicole huffs a laugh)

Nicole: 8:44

Yep

Arabella: 8:46

Every time.

Nicole: 8:48

That’s, sounds about right.(Nicole sounds like she’s been momentarily chocked by something)

Arabella: 8:51

It's always. She’s always last.

Nicole: 8:53

Zander pulled a king and poured some whiskey into the cup. Oh god Jason pulled a Jack and dared Bella to lick the top of Noah’s foot. Wow

Arabella: 8:58

“What the fuck—why? I thought you liked me, Jay-“

Nicole: 9:00

He laughed. “Stop it—you’ll hurt Noah’s feelings”.(Nicole chuckles)“No, dude—I know my feet reek”, Noah smiled. “Good luck, Bella”.

Arabella: 9:04

“What happens if I won’t do it?”

Nicole: 9:06

“Then you flip for a chance on a forfeit”, Zander answered, “that could make it even worse or bring it down to just a drink”.

Arabella: 9:08

“No offense, but I think I’ll take a chance on the flip”.

Nicole: 9:10

She flipped the coin, saying ‘tails’ and it landed on tails. She took a drink.

Arabella: 9:12

Happy days for me!

Nicole: 9:14

Happy days! As much as I love Noah, I'm not sure I want to drink his foot. Drink his foot?(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 9:17

Especially. Yes, drink his foot, because that's yeah.

Nicole: 9:19

Lick

Arabella: 9:21

Especially after a gig.

Nicole: 9:23

That's what I was thinking. We were talking about how their ball sacks are sweaty. Imagine their feet. Ew

Arabella: 9:25

Yes. Blugh, blugh, blugh, blugh, blugh

Nicole: 9:27

(Nicole gags) Unless that, whoa, no kink shaming, no kink shaming!

Arabella: 9:30

No.

Nicole: 9:32

Unless that's your thing, in which case you lick that foot!

Arabella: 9:34

And that’s perfectly cool

Nicole: 9:36

Lick it good!

Arabella: 9:38

Yes. It is just not our thing.

Nicole: 9:40

It is not. Sweaty feet are not my thing, I'm afraid.

Arabella: 9:42

Definitely not my thing either.

Nicole: 9:44

But if it's your thing, have at it so hard, do it for all of us.

Arabella: 9:46

Exactly, I've had partners in the past that have had a foot thing.

Nicole: 9:48

Yep same

Arabella: 9:50

But not a sweaty foot thing.

Nicole: 9:52

I know people who have, it's called um, it's called, what is it called? Odour? Scent! It's called scent play. If you enjoy the scents

Arabella: 9:54

Yes, I know people who like. I know people who like scent play, but not specifically feet.

Nicole: 9:56

It does go part with it often.

Arabella: 9:58

Okay, there you go.

Nicole: 10:00

I had a I had a I had a partner. I had a partner I played with who, um, really enjoyed my feet in her face, but, and especially, just to be clear, especially when they were smelly, and I was like

Arabella: 10:02

Well, there you go

Nicole: 10:04

Ah ha, not my thing, but I'll do it to you if you want.

Arabella: 10:06

Yeah

Nicole: 10:08

Yeah, she loved it. I loved her loving it.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 10:11

Yes, that's yeah, yeah

Nicole: 10:13

Anyway, you know

Arabella: 10:15

That's usually where I am with a lot of other people's fetishes that I don't have. I don't mind doing things for them because,

Nicole: 10:17

Yeah,

Arabella: 10:19

As long as I don't have to partake of it.

Nicole: 10:21

Yes, not in the same way.

Arabella: 10:23

I'm happy to do it for.

Nicole: 10:25

Yes, exactly. So,

Arabella: 10:27

If it makes them happy, that makes me happy.

Nicole: 10:29

We will not be licking Noah's feet,

Arabella: 10:31

We will not, we will be drinking instead, because yes.

Nicole: 10:33

Yes

Arabella: 10:35

Yes

Nicole: 10:37

Noah pulled a three and took two drinks himself. Carter pulled a six and all the guys had to drink. That was round one done. Oh shit, we're gonna die.

Arabella: 10:42

Bada boom, bada boom.

Nicole: 10:44

Four rounds later,

Arabella: 10:46

Oh no

Nicole: 10:48

Four rounds later!

Arabella: 10:50

Jesus

Nicole: 10:52

Everyone was starting to feel a little tipsy Only tipsy after four rounds? I suppose it does.

Arabella: 10:55

Well,

Nicole: 10:57

Yeah, it makes sense

Arabella: 10:59

With people who can drink

Nicole: 11:01

That. And also,

Arabella: 11:03

You will be flying high.(Nicole stifles a laugh)

Nicole: 11:06

Yes, because I, I never

Arabella: 11:08

Me if I

Nicole: 11:10

I very rarely drink, so

Arabella: 11:12

No. Me if I was at my old tolerance,

Nicole: 11:14

Yeah, but even.

Arabella: 11:16

I’d be alright

Nicole: 11:18

But now you would also be shit, shit faced(Nicole cracks up)

Arabella: 11:21

Now, now, but that goes hand in hand with the health things and I don't have the health things in this

Nicole: 11:23

That's true

Arabella: 11:25

Because I am living my fantasy life

Nicole: 11:27

Yes, so

Arabella: 11:29

That I didn't get because my health things.

Nicole: 11:31

Four rounds later, everyone was starting to feel a little tipsy and everyone was a little more daring. Oh no

Arabella: 11:34

Woo-hoo

Nicole: 11:36

I was giggling and whispering with Bella when we heard Carter call my name.“Nicole”, Carter said and flashed a wicked smile my way.“What do you want?”“Noah dared him to kiss you” Zander informed me.“Why the hell would you do that?” I asked Noah.(Arabella bursts out laughing)

Arabella: 11:43

Why are you suddenly American?

Nicole: 11:45

Oh, my apologies, I don't know.“Why the hell would you do that?” I asked Noah. He shrugged. “Makes the game interesting”.“Easy—I’ll just drink”, I told them.“It’s not your dare”, Zander pointed out.“No, hang on—that’s sick”, I said, “I have to agree-““Come on, don’t be a spoilsport”, Noah said.

Arabella: 11:53

Ooooooooooo“No to the coercion, If she doesn’t want to—she doesn’t want to”.

Nicole: 11:56

“But—Mike will be pissed-““It’s a kiss—not sodomy”, Carter laughed.“Wow”(Nicole bursts out laughing) Arabella“Wow” Bella and I said, shocked. It’s also written there

Arabella: 12:07

(Half laughing half bewildered) Yes

Nicole: 12:10

But we also said it like wwww, It’s not a, it's a kiss, not sodomy. I mean, okay, that's where your mind goes.(Nicole carries on laughing)

Arabella: 12:13

Okay, wow, okay, yeah, okay, mmmmm

Nicole: 12:15

“The game is meant to make you feel uncomfortable”, Jason attempted to console gently.“I don’t need him to kiss me to achieve that”, I told him. “I already feel it most of the time anyway.”

Arabella: 12:18

Oh, baby!

Nicole: 12:20

It went really quiet.“What are you so afraid of?” Jason asked me. “That you might actually like it?”“No—" Yes!(Nicole laughs) Yes.

Arabella: 12:27

Yes. Absolutely yes.

Nicole: 12:29

Jason. Jason sees all

Arabella: 12:31

This is playing with fucking fire people

Nicole: 12:33

Exactly, that’s.

Arabella: 12:35

Fucking fire

Nicole: 12:37

“No—"

Arabella: 12:39

Once you get a taste. Oooof(Nicole whistles)

Nicole: 12:42

“No—it’s just weird with the whole-“

Arabella: 12:44

“Like you’ve not wanted to kiss Carter your whole life-“

Nicole: 12:46

Bella blurted out to which everyone laughed.“Okay—fine, just do it quickly”. Wow, that didn't hold up very long.(Arabella bursts out laughing) That didn't hold up very long at all.

Arabella: 12:52

Nope! Literally, whoap bom done.

Nicole: 12:55

Yes. Carter walked over, bent down and planted a gentle kiss on my lips.

Arabella: 12:58

Aww, sweetie.

Nicole: 13:00

Aww, at least he was cool about it.

Arabella: 13:02

Yeah

Nicole: 13:04

I saw a flash before Carter pulled away.“Right”, I said, looking around. “Who took a photo?”

Arabella: 13:07

“Me”

Nicole: 13:09

“What the hell for?”

Arabella: 13:11

“My own personal collection, and yours...when you’re sixty and you look back and go oh, yeah I kissed Carter”.“Is that okay, Carter?”

Nicole: 13:14

“Sure-whatever-just don’t put it on Insta”. Would he say Insta as a 40-year-old man?

Arabella: 13:17

Yeah, he's Californian

Nicole: 13:19

That's true.(Nicole laughs) Alright I pulled the last Jack of the game and got dared by Carter to make-out with Jason, to my horror.(Arabella does a weird high-pitched laugh)“Carter, really?” I demanded of him.

Arabella: 13:26

“Yeah, I’m not sure this is the best idea-“

Nicole: 13:28

“Those are the rules-“ Zander reminded us.

Arabella: 13:30

“Zander-“

Nicole: 13:32

(Nicole laughs) Bella looked at him seriously.“Um-can I go check on-?” I started.“Mike’s fine-“ Jason and Zander said at the same time. I sighed. “Are you okay with this?” I asked Jason.“It’s just a game,” He frowned.

Arabella: 13:39

“Are you sure, Nicky?”

Nicole: 13:41

Bella whispered to me. I shook my head.“It’s weird that everyone’s making a big deal out of this-“ Jason said.“I want to flip”, I told them.“Okay, but fucking hell, you’re being difficult”,(Nicole laughs) Carter told me. Wow! Excuse me

Arabella: 13:50

Wow I mean he's not wrong, but at the same time, you're not wrong because

Nicole: 13:53

No one's wrong

Arabella: 13:55

You're trying to stop all the fires here

Nicole: 13:57

I am, I'm taking no more fire

Arabella: 13:59

The many fires in your pants

Nicole: 14:01

Exactly, because all of them, no matter what you ask me to do, if it's with any one of these guys, there's gonna be fire.

Arabella: 14:03

Yeah

Nicole: 14:05

So please have, have, have some grace,

Arabella: 14:07

Have mercy,

Nicole: 14:09

Yes mercy!

Arabella: 14:11

Mercy

Nicole: 14:13

Mercy, please?“Okay, but fucking hell, you’re being difficult”,“Just flip the coin before I smother you”, I told him light-heartedly.(Both laugh)“With what?” Carter asked cheekily.

Arabella: 14:19

“Her boobs!”

Nicole: 14:21

(Nicole stifles a laugh)“What a way to die”, he grinned. We're all drunk, okay, we're a little drunk.

Arabella: 14:26

Yeah“What’ll it be, Sticky?” Carter asked me, raising his eyebrows.“Heads”, I told him, “no tails, no heads”.(Nicole laughs followed swiftly by Arabella)“Heads it is”, he said, and flipped the coin. “Ah, and it’s tails”.“No, no I said tails!” I complained.(Both laugh again)“You said heads last”, Carter smiled, smugly, “that’s what it is”.“Don’t make me fuck Jason in front of everyone!” I shouted with zero self-control.(Arabella can barely contain herself) Bloody hell, Nicole, bloody hell. Jesus Christ, I love you, I do

Nicole: 14:40

I know, but dang.“Uh--how the hell do you girls play this game?” Carter asked, shocked.(Nicole starts to laugh joined by Arabella as the both loose it whilst trying to speak) Yeah, we sound a bit too hardcore, I know“Clearly so much more hardcore than us”, Zander said, sounding impressed. Bella and I looked at each other and burst out laughing.(Which they do indeed again)

Arabella: 14:49

Yes, we would(Arabella continues to laugh)

Nicole: 14:52

“Psychos”, Carter breathed, “all right, your forfeit is...ten minutes in heaven—with Jay”. Oh, that's what happened.

Arabella: 14:55

Yeah

Nicole: 14:57

I forgot what happened. I was like how did this escalate?

Arabella: 14:59

Yes

Nicole: 15:01

“That’s so juvenile, Carter”, I complained.(Arabella scoffs a laugh) I really wanted him to just make me do something really gross in front of everyone.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 15:06

Yes, yes. You did.

Nicole: 15:08

So now that we just have to go sit in a closet, I'm like, ohhhhhhh childish!

Arabella: 15:10

Ohhh like, come on, at least give me a good one.

Nicole: 15:12

Yeah,

Arabella: 15:14

Let me suck his cock, or something!(Nicole laughs harder)

Nicole: 15:17

Yeah. Wow! Yeah. Wow, but, yeah.“Hey, be thankful I’m going for something soft—especially after your suggestion--”

Arabella: 15:20

“Fair, fair--he may have a point there”.

Nicole: 15:22

“Come on, you two”, Zander pressed the button on his watch. “Time starts now”.(Both start to laugh again) This

Arabella: 15:26

Wow, we do just go from zero to fucking ten thousand percent

Nicole: 15:28

Yeah, make out with Jason, fuck Jason in front of everyone(Both laughing) Whoa

Arabella: 15:32

Wheyey

Nicole: 15:34

Please calm down, um it's like please don't make me,

Arabella: 15:36

Don’t make me do it.

Nicole: 15:38

But make me do it please.

Arabella: 15:40

Make me do it.

Nicole: 15:42

It was hopeful

Arabella: 15:44

So hopeful.(Still laughing)

Nicole: 15:47

And also, wow. It's very wow.

Arabella: 15:49

Yes

Nicole: 15:51

But at the same time that’s also, that’s, there's kinks all over this, you know.

Arabella: 15:53

Oh yeah. Ohhh yeah.

Nicole: 15:55

This is that, this is that lovely public, public sex kink, or um, you could even, it could, it depends, depending on what were to happen in the scene, it could also be like humiliating. You know probably a little bit anyway.

Arabella: 15:57

Which works for you too.

Nicole: 15:59

Exactly. So,

Arabella: 16:01

All of these things work for you

Nicole: 16:03

It would. Right.

Arabella: 16:06

Happy days.

Nicole: 16:08

Happy days (Nicole sings this like it was a hallelujah chorus) But something tells me we play more hardcore than them.(Nicole starts laughing)

Arabella: 16:12

Ohhhhhhh yeah

Nicole: 16:14

Right

Arabella: 16:16

I mean some of the times that we played back at, back at uni. Ohhh my God.

Nicole: 16:18

Oh gosh, this game. Bad things have always happened during this game. Bad, good things.

Arabella: 16:20

Hilarious.

Nicole: 16:22

But things,

Arabella: 16:24

Yes

Nicole: 16:26

Things were happening.

Arabella: 16:28

I was always, I was always the dare master becau, or the forfeit master, let's say, because I came up with some ooooohoohoohoooooo

Nicole: 16:30

True

Arabella: 16:32

Some doozies

Nicole: 16:34

Very true.(Nicole starts laughing again)

Arabella: 16:37

I did, I did

Nicole: 16:39

You did. Jason and I walked into the closet. My heart pounded in my chest while I stood rigidly against the wall of the relatively spacious dark closet.(Arabella scoffs a little) Jason hit I know I'm like, oh, coward. Cowering.(Both laughing slightly) Jason hit the light switch and a dimmish light allowed us to see a little clearer. He was standing a metre away from me, and I was trying to stand as far away from him as the closet would allow.

Arabella: 16:47

What are these hotels with these massive closets with lights on in?

Nicole: 16:49

Well, they are made up hotels.

Arabella: 16:51

There for dramatic purposes.

Nicole: 16:53

They are made up hotels very obviously,

Arabella: 16:55

Like the way that we can just walk into each other's hotel rooms without keys or cards or things.

Nicole: 16:57

All the time. No, we do.

Arabella: 16:59

All the time.

Nicole: 17:01

No, no bullshit, we have the key cards. We don't just, we don’t always explain it because if it's not part of the story, it's unnecessary to explain. And I took the key card off X person. Ugh Boring.

Arabella: 17:03

Maybe that's true.

Nicole: 17:05

It is true, I know because I, I wrote it.(Nicole laughs followed by Arabella scoffing) The key cards are there.

Arabella: 17:09

That’s a thing you don’t know though. (I think that’s what I said or something like it.)

Nicole: 17:11

They're there.

Arabella: 17:13

We all have everybody's at all times!

Nicole: 17:15

Yes, or we ask for them.(Nicole huffs another laugh)“Relax”, he laughed, casting his eyes over me, “I won’t touch you”. Aww. Well, that's part of the problem Jay.

Arabella: 17:20

Aww

Nicole: 17:22

No, I'm kidding.(Arabella does a weird laugh) I’m sorry”, I dropped my shoulders. I felt disappointed but it was for the best.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 17:27

Right. Right there. Right there

Nicole: 17:29

“Stop apologising”. He sat down against the opposite wall of the closet dramatically.(Arabella scoffs a laugh) All his movements always seemed so intense.

Arabella: 17:34

That's because he's like 80 foot tall.

Nicole: 17:36

(Nicole starts to laugh as she wheezes out the words) 80 foot(Arabella joins in the laughter) It is partly because he's humongously tall, but it's also just who Jay is as a person though

Arabella: 17:41

He's, he's what?

Nicole: 17:43

Six foot six,

Arabella: 17:45

Six’ five,

Nicole: 17:47

Six

Arabella: 17:49

Six foot six in this,

Nicole: 17:51

Yeah,

Arabella: 17:53

That'd be a tall man,

Nicole: 17:55

That'd be a very tall man. But besides the fact that he's super tall, he's also just like that. He just like moves

Arabella: 17:57

Yes,

Nicole: 17:59

In such a way.

Arabella: 18:01

He does he sort of.

Nicole: 18:03

Yeah, he does nothing without pizzazz or flair

Arabella: 18:05

Exactly

Nicole: 18:07

Even if it's just sitting down on the ground, he's like the ground. He's like whaaaa paaaah“So, what do we do now?” I asked, my voice betraying nervousness.“We talk”, he smiled. “Or we could make sex noises and make everyone believe we’re doing it”. He flashed a smile. “I’m a screamer!”(Arabella laughs hard and Nicole wheezes) I laughed, loudly.“There we go”, he smiled. “Now, you’re relaxing”. Oh, I love you, I caught myself thinking and sucked in my breath.(Arabella makes a sucking in breath sound) Stopped relaxing(Nicole lets a chuckle escape) I sat down next to Jason.(Arabella laughs weirdly)“I should’ve brought a guitar in here”, he said.“Aren’t you tired?” I asked him.“Not really”. I looked at him and my heart jumped as it always did. I studied the tattoos on both his arms, absent-mindedly.“Sticky?” Probably shouldn't call me that(Nicole huffs a laugh)“Oh!”

Arabella: 18:29

Really, really, really not,

Nicole: 18:31

Really, really not. I said, coming out of my daydream and looked away from him, quickly. “Um-well done tonight. You were amazing! Well, you always are but, tonight...Wow! I just-I couldn’t breathe”.“Really?”“I couldn’t take my eyes off you”.“I see”, he smiled.“Not like that!” I insisted. “I just admire talent”.(Arabella scoffs and then laughs)“Admiring talent”(Nicole joins in laughing) Yeahhh

Arabella: 18:42

Yeahhh

Nicole: 18:44

It's true, I do.

Arabella: 18:46

It's true, but also not true.

Nicole: 18:48

No, it is true. What do you mean? How's it not true?

Arabella: 18:50

That's not the only reason you were staring at him.

Nicole: 18:52

Oh, of course it's not the only reason.“Admiring talent often leads to deeper infatuation”.“Come on, I’m not infatuated with you-““Sticky-““Jay-“ I said. “Why are you calling me Sticky?” He frowned. “I thought everyone did-““Fine”, I said. “Call me Sticky if you want”.(Arabella starts to chuckle followed by Nicole as she tries to speak the next line)“So, what made you come” Wow sorry. I gave in so quickly it's unbelievable.(Arabella laughs a bit harder) I’m way more, I'm more obedient with Jason than I am with anyone else. It's very annoying.

Arabella: 19:06

You really are

Nicole: 19:08

Hmmm.

Arabella: 19:10

You really are it's hilarious.

Nicole: 19:12

“So, what made you come”

Arabella: 19:14

Especially as we know what being called sticky by certain people makes you feel like.

Nicole: 19:16

Exactly

Arabella: 19:18

Yep

Nicole: 19:20

Exactly.“So, what made you come on this tour?”“What do you mean?”“The tour”, he said. “I know Mike offered the music stuff to you, but why did you agree to come?” He looked at me, expectantly.“Mike never told you how we met?”“Yeah, well he said he’s got this girl coming on tour that agreed to be his slut-”(Nicky starts to laugh along with Arabella) Wow Michael(Arabella laughs hard)

Arabella: 19:30

Yessss

Nicole: 19:32

Michael!“Blunt, but true”, I admitted. “It’s all in good fun though”.“It’s just guy talk”, he assured me. “Doesn’t mean shit”.“Sure-“(Arabella scoffs a little)“So are you going to tell me what happened?” he pressed.“You must know what happened”.“Yeah, I heard Mike’s version, not yours”, He just wants me to describe it to him.

Arabella: 19:42

Oh yeah, oh yeah. He's like come on, give it to me. Every detail.

Nicole: 19:44

“It can be just between us if you like”. Wow(Nicole chuckles a little as does Arabella quietly)“I don’t want to tell you ‘cause I don’t want you to think less of me”, I said. Ohhhh

Arabella: 19:50

Awwwww

Nicole: 19:52

That's bollocks on so many levels, though.

Arabella: 19:54

So much bollocks.

Nicole: 19:56

First, of all. He's not gonna think less of me, and if he did, he'd be a massive asshole.

Arabella: 19:58

Exactly

Nicole: 20:00

Because sex is not dirty everyone. Can we just say that? Can we just be…not?

Arabella: 20:02

Sex is joyous and wonderful and brilliant and allowed

Nicole: 20:04

Exactly. Sex is wonderful and sacred. You can't, don't, don't, be doing that.

Arabella: 20:06

Enjoy the sex.

Nicole: 20:08

Having said that, it is possible for me to have a little moment of doubt.(Nicole laughs a little)“I don’t want to tell you ‘cause I don’t want you to think less of me” He barked a laugh. “I’m not really in a position to judge anyone else on their decisions-“(Nicole laughs)“Yeah”. I bit my lip. “I just gave him a blowjob”.“That’s it?” Jason asked. “You made it sound like something completely degrading”.(Nicole snorts a laugh)“You don’t share Carter’s opinion?” I asked, “that technically I’m fucking my way into the music business?” He shrugged. “Few people don’t—plus we all sacrifice something along the way—why not enjoy yourself—as it’s pretty clear you are“. He gets it. This boy gets.

Arabella: 20:20

Well

Nicole: 20:22

This boy who's older than me sorry,

Arabella: 20:24

Yes

Nicole: 20:26

This man“You do think I’m fucking my way into the music business?”“Yes, and no. It can be seen that way and I don’t think it’s a problem”, he pointed out. “I mean—Mike’s not going to advertise that you spent all tour fucking him—so who’s going to know that’s why he gave you the help but us?” I swallowed. “It certainly sounds like you think I am-“ He laughed. “I’m a bit annoyed that I didn’t think of it first”.“Wait—what?”“Not with you”,(Arabella snorts a laugh) he chuckled, “just in general-”

Arabella: 20:36

Awwwww

Nicole: 20:38

Okay (Sad little Nicole)

Arabella: 20:40

So close

Nicole: 20:42

Thank you very much

Arabella: 20:44

So close my darling

Nicole: 20:46

I know I was like, everyone was like (Sucks in a breath) no.

Arabella: 20:48

(Sucks in a breath) No

Nicole: 20:50

When I didn’t speak immediately, he continued, looking at me directly. “You must be enjoying it, or you would’ve left already”.“Of course,”, I laughed. “You saw me agree to everything on the first day”.“I know”, he said, “but be careful who you piss off. Okay, this is taking a turn. I know it’s a game with Mike, but you seem to love bratting so much that you’re trying to play with people who are not a part of the agreement—”(Sucks in a long breath) Oh, he's very. I don't like how much he knows,

Arabella: 20:57

He's calling you out

Nicole: 20:59

That and he knows too much

Arabella: 21:01

Big time

Nicole: 21:03

He knows way too much. Ugh, so sensitive, very annoying.“You mean Carter?”“For example-““I’m not playing-“(Arabella scoffs) I told him, “he really annoys me-“(Nicole laughs a little)“It’s sexual tension-“ I chuckled. “No, it’s not”.“Sure”

Arabella: 21:14

Of course it is

Nicole: 21:16

“—so you don’t think Carter’s hot?”“I think you’re all hot-““Whatever”, Jason said, “I wasn’t referring only to Carter-““Who else were you talking about?” He rolled his eyes. “You’re making it very obvious to everyone that you’re into me-“ I swallowed. “It’s the music-“(Both laugh a little)“No, Nicole-““Jay, it’s pretty arrogant to assume-““Deny it all you want”, he said, “but then stop flirting with me—it puts me in a very precarious position”.“This is ridiculous”. I stood up and crossed my arms, angrily. “How long do we have left?”“One minute”.“Good”.“Why are you fighting with me now?”“You were the only person I felt comfortable with-“ He chuckled. “Perhaps a little too comfortable”. Wow, oh, he's coming at me really hard. This, this, this 10 minutes in heaven is a bit, a bit gruelling

Arabella: 21:34

10 minutes in hell

Nicole: 21:36

(At the same time) Hell.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 21:39

Yeahhh

Nicole: 21:41

Not quite hell, purgatory.

Arabella: 21:43

Purgatory

Nicole: 21:45

I'm still with my favourite person even though he’s hurting my feelings.

Arabella: 21:47

Yes. A, at, I’m sorry he's being a bit of a dick about this, frankly, because, yes, he's not technically wrong, but at the same time, he hasn't exactly been helping it along. And(Nicole makes a noise of agreement) You are who you are. You are a flirty little bitch to everyone.

Nicole: 21:52

But that’s, you’re s, so you're excusing me, but not Jason. He's also a flirty little bitch to everyone.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 21:55

I know which is why I'm saying kettle black pot-ness-ness

Nicole: 21:57

Yeah, but the thing is, jay isn't part of the agreement. That's the difference. He is making a good point.

Arabella: 21:59

No, I know

Nicole: 22:01

He's making a good point; I'm just not swallowing it very well. Sorry, that came out weird, but you know what I mean.

Arabella: 22:03

But he's also being a bit of a dick about it too.

Nicole: 22:05

He chuckled.

Arabella: 22:07

Yeah

Nicole: 22:09

“Perhaps a little too comfortable”.“You were the one throwing yourself on me and ruffling my hair-““Yeah, I do that with everyone-“he said, “but obviously I’ll stop doing it with you if it’s giving you the wrong idea”.“I told you—it’s the fucking music”, I repeated again.“You wouldn’t be so defensive if I wasn’t right-““I’m not being defensive-“(Nicole laughs awkwardly)

Arabella: 22:17

For one thing it’s also, the one thing that I suppose annoys me about it. It's not like you suddenly start being attracted to him while you're on the tour. You have; he's always been your favourite.

Nicole: 22:19

Yeah

Arabella: 22:21

How are you not supposed to daydream about it? He should know, you're a massive fan of the whole band. You have told him repeatedly how much you admire him. Mike brought you on tour knowing that Jay was your favourite

Nicole: 22:23

Yep

Arabella: 22:25

And the fact that the whole band you're in love with, frankly.

Nicole: 22:27

Yep

Arabella: 22:29

I’m sorry so that is

Nicole: 22:31

Which is why you're giving. That's a fair point.(Nicole chuckles a little)

Arabella: 22:34

Which is why

Nicole: 22:36

And I understand

Arabella: 22:38

This is why this, this makes me angry, as your friend.

Nicole: 22:40

It makes me angry as myself.

Arabella: 22:42

Give you a fucking chance.

Nicole: 22:44

I know, I know, I know, but at the same time, babe,

Arabella: 22:46

Yeah, well, I know, I tell you to suck it up too so, it's fine when I say it. He's just not allowed to.(Both laugh)

Nicole: 22:49

Jason is just not allowed to say it.

Arabella: 22:51

I’m getting, I'm getting defensive of my best friend. It's allowed.

Nicole: 22:53

You, that's true, but like, I, I, this is very hard for me as well, this scene, because it is

Arabella: 22:55

Yeah

Nicole: 22:57

He's right and he's also being a bit harsh, but it's the same with Mike and it's the same with me a lot of the time, you know

Arabella: 22:59

Yeah

Nicole: 23:01

Um because I think it's just, we've all wanted this and made it

Arabella: 23:03

Yeah

Nicole: 23:05

But it's a little bit of a tricky situation. That's all. But it’s

Arabella: 23:07

It is, it's an incredibly difficult situation

Nicole: 23:09

Yeah, so,

Arabella: 23:11

And you agreed to things before

Nicole: 23:13

Really knowing

Arabella: 23:15

You know, really knowing

Nicole: 23:17

But I could always, but that's why it's an ongoing verbal contract right? We can change things.

Arabella: 23:19

Exactly.

Nicole: 23:21

Which is why, if we stick with the story everyone, you will see soon um this does get sorted out and, yeah, without giving too much away

Arabella: 23:23

Don't tell them that. Don't tell them that.

Nicole: 23:25

Well, you're making it sound like everyone's a dick.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 23:28

No. I'm not. I'm not. I'm just saying this is a dickish moment. I'm not saying he doesn't have a point.

Nicole: 23:30

But I suppose he has to say something because he's let you say it, he's let Mike say it. Now it feels maybe he thinks I'll take it better from him(Nicole laughs nervously)

Arabella: 23:33

Yeah, maybe,

Nicole: 23:35

Yeah

Arabella: 23:37

Maybe, but I'm just, I'm calling you out

Nicole: 23:39

“You wouldn’t be so defensive if I wasn’t right-““I’m not being defensive-““Time’s up!” Zander called from outside the closet door.“Thank God”, I announced, flung the door open and stormed outside.“Wow”, Zander said, “where’s the fire?” I ignored him and kept walking for the suite door, completely aware of how immature I was being, but I needed to remove myself to manage my feelings.

Arabella: 23:46

“Nicky!”

Nicole: 23:48

Bella called as I grabbed the door handle.

Arabella: 23:50

“Where are you going?”

Nicole: 23:52

“Back to our room”, I told her. “I’ve had enough games for one night”.

Arabella: 23:54

“Nicky-“

Nicole: 23:56

But I closed the door before she could continue. As much as I adore this man and I think he's,

Arabella: 23:59

Yes

Nicole: 24:01

He is a very good example of how a human should be

Arabella: 24:03

Yep

Nicole: 24:05

He is still a dude, and dudes can sometimes…(Nicole chortles a little)

Arabella: 24:08

And he's, and he’s still a human.

Nicole: 24:10

That's true.

Arabella: 24:12

We all fuck up.

Nicole: 24:14

I know.

Arabella: 24:16

We all do stupid things when we're trying to do something right, but then we majorly fuck it up and then we're like, oh fuck.

Nicole: 24:18

And he also cares a lot. He cares a lot.

Arabella: 24:20

Probably didn't handle that too well

Nicole: 24:22

Yeah, he's very, he's very close with his bros as well, and I think I think why this happened

Arabella: 24:24

Yeah

Nicole: 24:26

At this specific point is because he assumed that whatever is going on with Mike has something to do with me and Jay

Arabella: 24:28

You

Nicole: 24:30

So that's why he was like ‘You need to stop it.’

Arabella: 24:32

Yes, exactly, and it's like hang the fuck on. I mean, it's not necessarily not to do with him

Nicole: 24:34

Yep

Arabella: 24:36

Some of it.

Nicole: 24:38

Exactly.

Arabella: 24:40

But the majority of it wasn't anything to do with him.

Nicole: 24:42

True, yep

Arabella: 24:44

You know Mike being annoyed and grumpy

Nicole: 24:46

But I think there's obviously things going on behind for Jay as well. I don't think it's just that.(Theme music plays signalling a break)

Arabella: 24:49

“I’m going to go check on Nicky”, I said when only Zander and I were left. Jason went to bed after Nicole fled the scene. It was very unlike Jason to go to bed so early. Zander sighed. “You’re coming back, right?” I cringed. “I don’t know”.“Bella-““I’ll come back if she’s okay-““Look, she’s a big girl”, Zander reminded me, “perhaps she can hash this one out on her own and you can chat to her in the morning?” I was very torn.“Come on”, Zander said, “she’s not going to perish if you don’t run to her side right away—plus it’s the first time we’re truly alone in a suite-“ He was right. I glanced helplessly at the door. “All right—I’ll check on her later”.“Great, come on”. He took my hand

Nicole: 25:00

I approve of this. I just want to say that, as the best friend

Arabella: 25:02

Thank you

Nicole: 25:04

I approve of what's happening here.

Arabella: 25:06

Thank you, thank you

Nicole: 25:08

It would be very, I get, I get you’re torn, but it is good, he is right.

Arabella: 25:10

He’s right

Nicole: 25:12

It's the first time you're alone in a suite. Take advantage.

Arabella: 25:14

Yeah. Which you know

Nicole: 25:16

Everyone's clearly fled the scene.

Arabella: 25:18

Yes, yeah, they have. Everyone has fled.“Great, come on”. He took my hand and led me into the bedroom next to Jason’s. The moment we’d entered the room, and he’d closed the door, he pushed me into the wall. I sucked my breath in, in surprise. Zander used his thigh muscles to keep me pinned to the wall while he grabbed my arms and lifted them above my head, holding them by the wrists with one large hand. He kissed me in my neck as his other hand moved down to the hem of my shirt. He snaked his hand in under my shirt and to my right breast and seemed to locate my nipple instantly.

Nicole: 25:23

Talent(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 25:26

Oh yeah

Nicole: 25:28

Instantly

Arabella: 25:30

He knows what he's doing. He squeezed it gently between his fingers and I moaned helplessly. He moved his mouth to my mouth and we both breathed in unison as our lips touched. He deepened his kiss and fumbled with my black trousers.“Spread your legs”, he ordered, and I opened my legs enough for him to put his hand between them.

Nicole: 25:34

Just enough

Arabella: 25:36

He rubbed at my

Nicole: 25:38

Just enough for his hand.(Nicole laughs) I'm sorry

Arabella: 25:42

Just a little, you know

Nicole: 25:44

Just what it sounds like ‘I opened my legs enough for him to put his hand between them’. Just enough. I’m sorry(Nicole continues to giggle)

Arabella: 25:47

Just enough. Just enough.

Nicole: 25:49

Go on.

Arabella: 25:51

You know I'm being distracted by many things.

Nicole: 25:53

True

Arabella: 25:55

He rubbed at my sex through the material of my trousers, and I gasped a little at his touch. Zander chuckled. “I take it that feels good-“ he breathed against my ear.“Yes-“ He suddenly let go of me and stepped away, I moaned my discontent. Yes, I fucking did.

Nicole: 26:01

Yes, I think.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 26:04

“Take off your shirt and bra”, he said, “and lie down on the bed”. I nodded and started removing my everything(Nicole spurts a laugh followed by Arabella who is still trying to speak) but my trousers Just get it all off me right now. Fucking take it all off

Nicole: 26:10

Off.(Nicole continues to laugh)

Arabella: 26:13

Zander pulled me down the bed so that my bum was resting on the edge. He pulled my trousers and knickers down at the same time and had his mouth between my legs so quickly that I didn’t have time to feel embarrassed.“Oh my God”, I breathed as his wet mouth made contact with me. It felt intense immediately because he didn’t shave(Nicole scoffs a laugh) and because I couldn’t stop(Nicole continues to laugh) Shhhh in the corner over there.(Nicole laughs harder and louder)

Nicole: 26:22

Fly on the wall

Arabella: 26:24

Shush, in the cheap seats

Nicole: 26:26

Fly on the wall being too loud.

Arabella: 26:28

Yes, shush, in the cheap seats

Nicole: 26:30

Sorry.

Arabella: 26:32

It felt intense immediately because he didn’t shave and because I couldn’t stop thinking that Zander Masters was going down on me.

Nicole: 26:34

That's fair

Arabella: 26:36

Yeah

Nicole: 26:38

That's fair. He flicked his tongue over my clitoris and sucked on it. I was writhing enough that he had to hold my hips with both of his hands to keep me still. The pleasure then had nowhere to escape but from my mouth. Yeah

Arabella: 26:43

I moan Oh yeah

Nicole: 26:46

At least he's not making you be quiet.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 26:49

Oh no

Nicole: 26:51

That's not gonna happen

Arabella: 26:53

No I moaned and cried until the thought occurred to me. “Shit—do you think Jay can hear me?”“Who cares?”(Nicole snorts) Zander chuckled and lifted away, his head away.“I didn’t mean stop”,(Nicole laughs) I said frantically. Seriously, man, don't! He moved his body onto mine and kissed me again. I could taste myself on his lips and my heart started beating faster. As he was kissing me, he moved two fingers down to rub over my clitoris. With the other hand, he gently squeezed my left breast. I orgasmed, breathing out his name. Ooo that was quick

Nicole: 27:07

Very intimate.(Both chuckle a little) What do you mean that was quick?

Arabella: 27:11

A little

Nicole: 27:13

He went down on you and everything.

Arabella: 27:15

No, I know that, but he, suddenly he was kissing me he moved two fingers to rub in my clitoris and squeezed one breast and I came.(Both burst out laughing)

Nicole: 27:18

Fair enough. Fair enough

Arabella: 27:20

When you stop and you start again. You've got to build it up again.

Nicole: 27:22

That's true. Well, I know that, I know that,

Arabella: 27:24

Yeah

Nicole: 27:26

But we're also using a little bit of our imagination here.

Arabella: 27:28

Oh yeah

Nicole: 27:30

We don't want to say absolutely everything. He slightly moved to the right. You guys know how to do that, yes? Okay, and then we poke here. You know how to do that, yeah?(Nicole chortles)

Arabella: 27:33

A little counterclockwise to clockwise,

Nicole: 27:35

Yes. But yes, yes, it was quick, well done. It is Zander Masters, he knows what he's doing.

Arabella: 27:38

Yes, he does, those fingers wooooo I orgasmed, breathing out his name. In the next second, he flipped me over and entered me from behind. It was so quick and shocking that I cried out in surprise. The feeling inside me was so strong especially after I had just orgasmed and everything was still sensitive, that I could feel every little sensation. His hips were bounding against my bum in rhythm and my moans seemed to naturally follow the rhythm of his thrusts. I was leaning down on my elbows with my bum in the air but suddenly, Zander pulled me up by my waist holding my back against his front, continued to thrust but by this time I could feel his mouth near my ear.“Good girl”, he whispered, and I orgasmed again,

Nicole: 27:43

Wow

Arabella: 27:45

That time crying his name.

Nicole: 27:47

You

Arabella: 27:49

Daaaammmnnn boy’s got moves!

Nicole: 27:51

Again, that was quick.

Arabella: 27:53

Yeah, well, I, I think it would be slightly faster that time because he went straight in, as, after I orgasmed

Nicole: 27:55

Yes, I agree

Arabella: 27:57

As in, I'm still, I'm still wobbling, you know when you're pulsing down there.

Nicole: 27:59

Yeah, yeah, yeah, the second one is normally faster than, it's the first one that you need to get to.

Arabella: 28:01

Yeah. And it's the fact that he good girls me and then I cum.

Nicole: 28:04

Oh, that's why, that's why. I wrote it like that.

Arabella: 28:06

Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Nicole: 28:08

I knew, I knew that would get ya.

Arabella: 28:10

“Good girl”, he whispered, and I orgasmed again The contractions must have felt good for him because he came a few seconds later. We fell onto the bed next to each other in a heap of sweat and fluids, breathing heavily and laughing with the relief of finally having had sex.

Nicole: 28:13

Mmmhmm

Arabella: 28:15

Mmmhmm

Nicole: 28:17

Three claps for Bella and Zander guys.

Arabella: 28:19

Woooooooowoo

Nicole: 28:21

And if you, if there’s someone, if you didn't clap along, you shall be punished.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 28:24

Shame on you.

Nicole: 28:26

Just kidding, obviously.

Once our breathing had calmed, I said: 28:27

“I should really go check on Nicky-““Seriously, Bella”, Zander said, “she’ll be fine. Are you really going to deny me cuddle time?” Awwwww. That's fair.

Nicole: 28:31

Very fair. Yeah.

Arabella: 28:33

I don't want to miss out on cuddle time.

Nicole: 28:35

For sure, and again as your best friend, I’m, don't worry, I'll be fine. I bet

Arabella: 28:38

Yeah

Nicole: 28:40

I'm not even in my room anymore knowing me.

Arabella: 28:42

Yeah, you are totally not in your room. You're off doing some other munchkin thing(Nicole laughs)

Nicole: 28:45

Shenanigans. But,

Arabella: 28:48

Jesus Christ.

Nicole: 28:50

Also, just so you know, just to like put, what do you call it, to, to like get rid of the mystery here. Jay could hear you guys.(Nicole wheezes a laugh)

Arabella: 28:53

Oh yeah

Nicole: 28:55

Especially that second time crying his name, yeah, he could hear you.

Arabella: 28:57

Yeah. I mean, there's no fucking way he can't.

Nicole: 28:59

But

Arabella: 29:01

I'm not exactly that quiet.

Nicole: 29:03

But at the same time, since he's Zanders best friend, he must have heard how much you wanted, how much he wanted it

Arabella: 29:05

Yes, he must be going

Nicole: 29:07

As much as I heard how much you wanted it, so he's probably there like mmmmm

Arabella: 29:09

Going, good man

Nicole: 29:11

Good man, finally. Yeah

Arabella: 29:13

Get it!

Nicole: 29:15

Good for you, boy,

Arabella: 29:17

Yeah boy!

Nicole: 29:19

No, but to be fair, this is actually very important and very cute way to show a Dom’s

Arabella: 29:21

It is

Nicole: 29:23

A D/S relationship that's also a li, romantic. Well, because just because I know people seem to have a misconception, um, you can have a D/S relationship without any romance.

Arabella: 29:25

Yeah

Nicole: 29:27

You can also have a D/S relationship without ever having sex.

Arabella: 29:29

Yep

Nicole: 29:31

That's, that's different. I don't do that because I'm, I'm hypersexual.

Arabella: 29:33

No, I do not either

Nicole: 29:35

But there are people who do so, it's important to know,

Arabella: 29:37

Yeah

Nicole: 29:39

Like with the romance here, that's the different side, like Bella and Zander.

Arabella: 29:41

Yeah.

Nicole: 29:43

It's umm

Arabella: 29:45

It’s what I want

Nicole: 29:47

Even without the romance to be fair. Like the cuddles, is you,

Arabella: 29:49

I need the cuddle time.

Nicole: 29:51

Exactly

Arabella: 29:53

I do.

Nicole: 29:55

That and also cuddling um from the Dom side could be an important part for them to feel, to come down basically.

Arabella: 29:57

Yeah.

Nicole: 29:59

So umm, yeah, it's important. Don't underestimate the cuddle time.

Arabella: 30:01

No

Nicole: 30:03

But that might not be everyone's thing. Everyone has their own way of like aftercare and dealing.

Arabella: 30:05

Exactly, I happen to be a cuddly person.

Nicole: 30:07

Yeah

Arabella: 30:09

I like the cuddles. I want to cuddle a lot.

Nicole: 30:11

It’s a

Arabella: 30:13

I like the touchy-feely.

Nicole: 30:15

Exactly

Arabella: 30:17

I love the skin to skin

Nicole: 30:19

Very much.

Arabella: 30:21

The skin-to-skin contact is a big thing for me.

Nicole: 30:23

Absolutely. It is too for Jason, but more on that later.(Nicole chuckles)

Arabella: 30:26

Yeah. Hooohooo

Nicole: 30:29

Ooohooo It was two o’clock in the morning when I went back to Jason and Zander’s suite. I assumed Bella was in Zander’s room as she wasn’t in our suite. I hoped they’d finally had sex. Ba-ching

Arabella: 30:33

Woo-hoo

Nicole: 30:35

I'm right

Arabella: 30:37

Yes

Nicole: 30:39

I wanted to apologise to Jason because I couldn’t sleep until I did. There was a pretty good chance that he was already asleep—then again, it was Jay. Did that walking ball of energy ever sleep? I

Arabella: 30:42

Yes

Nicole: 30:44

He does, otherwise he would die.

Arabella: 30:46

He does

Nicole: 30:48

But but I make a fair point

Arabella: 30:50

You do.

Nicole: 30:52

I entered the suit silently just in case. I didn’t need him reprimanding me for something else. Like sneaking into his bedroom(Arabella laughs)

Arabella: 30:56

Yes

Nicole: 30:58

What am I doing?

Arabella: 31:00

At like two in the morning

Nicole: 31:02

Two in the morning But it was unnecessary as the loudest thing was Bella and Zander finally having sex. Whoop-whoop

Arabella: 31:06

Wooohooooooo(Both laugh)

Nicole: 31:09

When I snuck into Jason’s bedroom, I found him reading on the bed.“Hey, Jay”, I said sheepishly hovering in the doorway.

He surprised me by lowering his book and responding: 31:11

“Hey, Nicky”.“You read”, I noted.“It is the twenty-first century after all”, he laughed.(Both laugh a little) I blushed. “I know you can read; I just didn’t know that it was something you did for pleasure”“I didn’t get this rich vocabulary playing play station twenty-four seven” I smiled, leaning gently against the doorway. “It was just hard to imagine you being calm enough to do something like reading”“Don’t you read-?” he asked, raising his eyebrows.“Ah, point taken”, I chuckled.(Both chuckle) He watched me, expectantly. I felt suddenly shy. I just needed to apologise how hard could it be.“You’re not tired?” Jason asked, after a couple of beats of silence that felt like an hour.“A little”, I admitted, “but mostly bored”.“Where’s Mike?”“Asleep”. Obviously, it's like four in the morning(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 31:29

Yes

Nicole: 31:31

I sighed. “Look, I was struggling to sleep because I’m embarrassed. I behaved like a teenager realising boys were a thing for the first time-“ He laughed. “Come on, it wasn’t-““No, it was”, I said quickly. “And I’m sorry for not being able to admit that you are my favourite-you have been for all these years”. He grinned. “I can’t say much for your taste”“Jay-“ I scolded. “Don’t do that—you know you’re amazing”.(Nicole huffs amusedly and Arabella makes a sad noise of agreement)“I’m sorry too-““Why are you sorry?” I asked, confused.

Arabella: 31:40

He should be sorry

Nicole: 31:42

He should. You're right actually, a little bit“I made it sound like you were doing something wrong” Are you happy, Bella?

Arabella: 31:46

Yes

Nicole: 31:48

He's a good man(Nicole laughs a little)“I made it sound like you were doing something wrong”, he elucidated.(Both start to laugh)

Arabella: 31:53

You obviously felt after the rich vocabulary that you were like oh yes, I need

Nicole: 31:55

That I needed to put in some rich vocabulary,(Still laughing)

Arabella: 31:58

Vocabulary in there. So instead of he said again or something,

Nicole: 32:00

So that Jason would be proud of me.

Arabella: 32:02

Yes

Nicole: 32:04

Jason, please be proud of me.

Arabella: 32:06

I know these words.

Nicole: 32:08

I know they're

Arabella: 32:10

I swear

Nicole: 32:12

Okay.“I made it sound like you were doing something wrong”, he elucidated.“You can’t help feeling what you feel, just try not to be so obvious—I'm really not all that.” I laughed. “False modesty, Jay—everyone wants you-““Maybe—but it seems a bit deeper with you-““It’s kind of eerie that you can feel that-“ He shrugged. I sighed. “Do you think we could be friends—like proper friends if I stop being weird?” I asked innocently.(Nicole laughs)“Neither of us can stop being weird”, he smiled,

Arabella: 32:23

True that, so true

Nicole: 32:25

“Of that much I am absolutely certain, but we can definitely be friends. Honestly, even the playful flirting is reasonable as long as I have a conversation with Mike explaining it’s harmless”.“I honestly don’t understand why Mike cares if I have sex with anyone else-“(Arabella scoffs a laugh)“It’s pretty obvious, isn’t it?”“Yeah—he doesn’t want to upset The Band dynamic”, I said, “but you’ve been friends so long, I really don’t think it would-”“No, he brought you on tour for him”, he explained, “and between me and Carter—you're concentrating the least on Mike Ouch.

Arabella: 32:33

I may have said the same thing before.

Nicole: 32:35

Yeah, here he's

Arabella: 32:37

So, he's getting it right this time

Nicole: 32:39

Definitely not wrong, this is probably

Arabella: 32:41

He’s trying to

Nicole: 32:43

What he was trying to tell me in the closet, just not greatly.

Arabella: 32:45

Yes. Just really badly.

Nicole: 32:47

Yeah“No, he brought you on tour for him”, he explained, “and between me and Carter—you're concentrating the least on Mike —you don’t see how that could be upsetting to your Dom?” I cringed. “Shit bricks”(Nicole wheezes a laugh)“—I wish someone had pointed that out before--” She says as though her best friend hasn’t(Nicole laughs hard)

Arabella: 32:55

Oh, I think you'll find. I did that, I did that, but noooo, do you listen to me?

Nicole: 32:57

Nope

Arabella: 32:59

Noooo

Nicole: 33:01

But Bella

Arabella: 33:03

No one has ever pointed that out before.

Nicole: 33:05

But Bella, do you have? Are you a beautiful six-foot-six man with who plays the drums like a fricking badass and um yeah, all that?

Arabella: 33:07

Yes, I am

Nicole: 33:09

It's a little easier to take it from them no?(Both laugh) Anyway I cringed. “Shit bricks” “—I wish someone had pointed that out before--”“Who do you wanna fuck so bad?” he chuckled, “besides me, of course-“ I grunted. “It’s less fucking you and more licking your brain-“(Nicole chuckles) Ohhhh(Bella bursts out laughing) Ohhhh

Arabella: 33:20

Way to be intense.

Nicole: 33:22

Yeah He burst out laughing. “How do you mix sick and cute so well?”“How do you?”“Fair enough”, he smiled. “Do you wanna hang out for a little while?”“You don’t think Mike will mind?”“Not if we’re just chilling-“ He tapped the side of the bed next to him. “Come on-“ I don't know, I feel like bad things could happen, but that's, but yeah

Arabella: 33:30

Yeah, yeah

Nicole: 33:32

I walked over and sat down next to him on the bed but still far enough away as he was not wearing a shirt…and also possibly no trousers. Knowing Jason yes(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 33:36

So, probably wise to keep your distance

Nicole: 33:38

Exactly.

Arabella: 33:40

Keep your fucking distance, Nicky.

Nicole: 33:42

I, I willllll“About the whole fucking myself into the music thing, music business-thing, I’ve decided I don’t care what people think because it’s The Band. Like who cares if that’s what they think?” He laughed. “I think it’ll be harder once people actually start to talk shit but I’m glad you feel better”.(Arabella laughs) I frowned. “But you’ve never cared what people think?”“I try not to”, he sighed, “but it does get me sometimes”.“I know what you mean”, I told him, “I second-guess everything and overthink all my actions—why are you awake now?”“That, next door”. He chuckled.(Nicole laughs)“I was worried I’d hurt your feelings—a lot”.“You’re sweet”.“Sometimes”, he answered, “not in public”.“You know, if it helps you understand my infatuation at all” I love how I'm just like describing to him how much I love him(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 33:58

Yes, you are literally putting it all out there now

Nicole: 34:00

I know, well, might as well. I wish I could be this honest with Michael.

Arabella: 34:02

Yeah

Nicole: 34:04

“You know”

Arabella: 34:06

Yes, Michael.(Nicole scoffs a laugh)

Nicole: 34:09

“You know, if it helps you understand my infatuation at all”, I started, “there were times in my life where your music brought me back from things like wanting to commit suicide or deep depressions”.“That’s awesome”, he said, “and I do understand. I feel deeply connected to music as well. Most people do”.“Besides the scars on your face, and head, and chest” And everywhere I know about(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 34:15

And all your body

Nicole: 34:17

“—do you have any other scars?” I asked curiously.“Just one, just one big mess of a scar down my right thigh from where I lost most of the skin in the fall”, he told me. “I had to have a lot of skin grafts but it still looks like carpet”.“Can I see it?” I asked bravely.“No”, he smiled, “because I’d also have to show you my butt”.“Ah, dammit”, I chuckled. “I’d like to see your butt”.“Stop it”, he said, lightly, “or you get out of here”.(Arabella laughs)“Fine, fine”, I smiled, “weren’t you like in the hospital for ages though? Like months?”“Yeah”, he frowned, “so?”“How did you—you know--” I made an up and down gesture with my hand.(Nicole starts to laugh followed by Arabella)

Arabella: 34:29

Which she is actually doing right now

Nicole: 34:31

Because it's really hard to say I did it

Arabella: 34:33

It’s not hard

Nicole: 34:35

Without doing it.

Arabella: 34:37

We are now doing this back and forth to each other

Nicole: 34:39

Whoop-whoop

Arabella: 34:41

Whoop

Nicole: 34:43

I made an up and down gesture with my hand.“Jerk off?” He chuckled. “Crank the hog?”(Arabella laughs)“Crank the hog—what the hell—but yes”.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 34:49

Ahhhhh ohhhh

Nicole: 34:51

“I couldn’t for like 2 months, then eventually I was like, take this cast of my left hand or find someone to do it for me-” I laughed. “Why your left hand? You’re right-handed, aren’t you?”“Yeah, but that wrist was way more fucked up”.(Both laugh a little)“Yeah—” I sighed, Why wouldn't they find someone to do it for him? It's Jason Shanahan.

Arabella: 34:58

Yeah

Nicole: 35:00

I feel like someone would have done it for him(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 35:03

I feel like you would have done it for him

Nicole: 35:05

Obviously, but I wasn't there.(Both laugh) I would have to. I,

Arabella: 35:09

I volunteer as tribute.

Nicole: 35:11

At that time, I would have had to fly in from university

Arabella: 35:13

Yes

Nicole: 35:15

Where you and I were chilling.(Nicole laughs some more)

Arabella: 35:18

We would have flown together

Nicole: 35:20

We would have done it. We would have done it. I was about to say, you with one hand, me with the other hand, and then I was like, damn, how would that work?(Nicole bursts out laughing followed by Arabella a little)

Arabella: 35:23

Yes, him and his penises

Nicole: 35:25

How many penises does this man have?(Laughing continues) I mean I suppose, we could make it work.

Arabella: 35:29

Maybe one's got the balls, one’s got the balls

Nicole: 35:31

Ah yeah that could be good. Anyway, but my point stands we could have found many people to do this for him

Arabella: 35:33

Seriously

Nicole: 35:35

Seriously they didn't advertise or anything.(Laughing slowly dies out)“Yeah—” I sighed, “and before you were in a coma for two weeks?” He nodded. I don't know why I'm asking him this like I didn't, I don't know every detail of it.

Arabella: 35:41

Because we did

Nicole: 35:43

Exactly.“It was so hard”, I confessed. “Bella and I stayed together every night. The media said you were going to die

Arabella: 35:46

Like a year

Nicole: 35:48

Like a year. It was a shit long time. We were mourning

Arabella: 35:50

Yeah

Nicole: 35:52

For many years,

Arabella: 35:54

Yes

Nicole: 35:56

Mourning this accident.

Arabella: 35:58

Yes

Nicole: 36:00

“It was so hard”, I confessed.(Both start to laugh a little) Stop.“It was so hard”, I confessed. “Bella and I stayed together every night. The media said you were going to die—all the fans were in turmoil—we were so sad and so scared. They said you crashed your motorbike whilst under the influence...” I took a deep breath. “I always wanted to ask you—what did you take and why?” He sighed but then looked into my eyes. “I was going through a hard time before and I didn’t do it on purpose-”“But with your drug experience, you would know that it was dangerous?”“I was a bit out of it after Mark’s birthday party”, he said, “super-anxious, in a bit of a state—I wanted it to stop but I didn’t want to die---I took acid—and wasn’t really thinking clearly when I took the bike”.“Okay-“ I said but I had already started crying.

Arabella: 36:09

Yeah

Nicole: 36:11

How sexy! If he wasn't into me before this is definitely gonna help.

Arabella: 36:13

Oh yeah

Nicole: 36:15

Definitely gonna help“Shh, it’s okay”. And now he has to take care of me. Oh, I'm annoying“Shh, it’s okay”. He took me around the shoulders and pulled me against his side.“Sorry—sorry”, I said, trying to get out of his arms. “I’m being weird and emotional”.“Hey, I appreciate you caring”, he said, against my hair. “Now, relax, don’t fight the hug”

Arabella: 36:22

Awwwww

Nicole: 36:24

Awwwww. This is, this is,

Arabella: 36:26

Awwwww

Nicole: 36:28

This is actually so sad because it's bringing back a lot of those memories for me.

Arabella: 36:30

Yeah.

Nicole: 36:32

Ohhhh

Arabella: 36:34

Yeah.

Nicole: 36:36

Okay, it's okay. All right

Arabella: 36:38

Although be careful, keep your distance.

Nicole: 36:40

Well, how can I keep my distance while he's literally hugging me?(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 36:43

I know, I feel this could be dangerous.

Nicole: 36:45

Yeah I woke up the next morning for the first time in a few days without Mike next to me. Da-da-daaaahhhh I felt too comfortable and serene though. Also, too hot. For many, many, many reasons, and too wet, that it doesn't say that(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 36:52

Ooo err

Nicole: 36:54

I realised I had my head on Jason’s chest. I said “fuck” loudly enough for Jason to wake up.“What the fuck-“? He looked at me sleepily. “Did you sleep here?” I nodded slowly. “I didn’t mean to”, I promised. “I must’ve fallen asleep-““It’s okay”, he said soothingly. “I fell asleep too, I didn’t even realise you were here-““I’m going to be in so much trouble”, I said, biting my lip.“We didn’t do anything wrong”, Jason assured me. He sat up in the bed. “You need to go and tell Mike everything-“ I cringed. “He’s not going to be happy—I will definitely be punished”.“Trust me”, Jason said, “it’ll be worse if he finds out by himself”.“How will he find out though?”“Nicole”

Arabella: 37:06

Oh Jesus Christ

Nicole: 37:08

“Seriously, tell Mike”, he insisted. “It’s going to look really strange if you don’t. If you don’t tell him, I’ll have to and then he’s going to be pissed at you”.

Arabella: 37:10

Yep

Nicole: 37:12

“It’s not my fault entirely-““I didn’t say it was”,(Arabella chortles quietly) he clarified, “just be honest with Mike, and it’ll be nothing to stress over”.“Okay”.

Arabella: 37:18

Yes, Nicole.(Nicole starts singing a little distraction tune) Tell him.

Nicole: 37:22

(Nicole laughs nervously) Oh God(Arabella starts to laugh) Vote down

Arabella: 37:27

Ohhhh lordy

Nicole: 37:29

Vote down below before you finish the rest of this episode, whether you think I will tell Mike or not. Not me as

Arabella: 37:31

Yes

Nicole: 37:33

Not me as a pers, not me as the person I really am, but in this state

Arabella: 37:35

You as a character

Nicole: 37:37

In this state of mind as this character of myself, this caricature of myself.(Nicole laughs) That's what it is. We're caricatures of ourselves. It's exaggerated a little bit.

Arabella: 37:41

Yes

Nicole: 37:43

Not that much, but it's not really exaggerated.

Arabella: 37:45

Yeah

Nicole: 37:47

I would act this way if the right circumstances presented itself. Shut up, okay.

Arabella: 37:49

Yes I debated with myself whether I should get up and see if Nicole’s okay or sleep some more. It was difficult as Zander was holding me from behind and it was so unbelievably comfortable. After firmly telling myself to get up, I slept for another half an hour(Nicole laughs)

Nicole: 37:54

Checks out

Arabella: 37:56

Checks out. I, yeah, I'm not. I'm not a morning person, people. I slept for another half an hour before dragging myself regrettably from Zander’s arms. We had sex four times that night and my body was intensely aware of the fact.(Nicole chuckles) Ooooo yeahhh

Nicole: 38:01

Ooooo. Well kudos to this guy again.

Arabella: 38:03

I know right?!

Nicole: 38:05

I love the fiction of this, this headlining tour where these men apparently never need to sleep.

Arabella: 38:07

Do not spoil the fantasy

Nicole: 38:09

So sorry. Four times, sure

Arabella: 38:11

Do not spoil the fantasy.(Nicole laughs) I put my shoes back on and glanced at Zander who was just waking up because of my scuffling around the room.“Where are you going?” he asked in a husky, morning voice.“It’s really time that I go check on Nicky, but I’ll see you at breakfast”.“Sure-““Are there any painkillers around here? My head is killing me”.“Jay will have some”, he said, “we can ask him at breakfast if you don’t want to go knock on his d, knock on his door”.“I’ll ask him a little later”, I said, “water will do for now-“ I walked to the door and as I closed it behind me, noticed Nicole sneaking out of Jason’s room. She does not sneak very well

Nicole: 38:23

Nope She sort of gremlin hops(Nicole bursts out laughing) When she tries to sneak(Nicole starts to sing a little sneaking theme tune) There's like gremlin arms going on. I sneak like a cartoon character.(Arabella starts to laugh and Nicole continues to)

Arabella: 38:35

She does, she does. And it's like Jesus Christ.“Nicky! What the fuck are you doing?”

Nicole: 38:38

“Shhhhh - Don’t alert the whole fucking hotel to my presence-”

Arabella: 38:40

“Did you fuck Jay?”

Nicole: 38:42

“No”

Arabella: 38:44

She said too quickly.

Nicole: 38:46

“Of course not-“

Arabella: 38:48

“So what the hell were you doing in his room?”

Nicole: 38:50

“I—uh—sort of fell asleep there-“

Arabella: 38:52

“What?”

Nicole: 38:54

“Let’s go back to our suite and I’ll explain, and you can stop informing Zander of everything-“

Arabella: 38:56

“Jay’s going to tell him anyway-“

Nicole: 38:58

That's a fair point.

Arabella: 39:00

It, it, it's true. You know

Nicole: 39:02

They’re gunna, There's nothing this band does not tell each other. It's actually

Arabella: 39:04

Exactly.

Nicole: 39:06

It gets tiresome, it isn't, they have

Arabella: 39:08

For

Nicole: 39:10

Very good communication.(Nicole wheezes a laugh)

Arabella: 39:13

But, yes, it's annoying for you.

Nicole: 39:15

It's annoying when the whole, when all five guys know some really intense detail about your body, for example(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 39:18

Yes.

Ten minutes later, back in our suite, after Nicole had explained the story to me, I said: 39:19

“You’ve got to be upfront with Mike”.

Nicole: 39:21

“Jay said the same thing”.

Arabella: 39:23

“Jay’s right, and you have to do it this morning before we leave for Switzerland”. She sighed deeply.(Nicole sighs)

Nicole: 39:27

“I’m so scared—he’s going to think something happened-“

Arabella: 39:29

“He’s going to think that even more if you try to keep it a secret”, I reminded her, “plus you’ve got guilt written all over your face”.

Nicole: 39:31

“He’s going to punish me-”(Arabella chuckles)

Arabella: 39:34

“Worse things have happened-“

Nicole: 39:36

“I know, but this time he may be angry enough to kick me off the tour-”

Arabella: 39:38

“Not if you’re honest with him”, I said, “he’d have no reason to. You accidently fell asleep there-“

Nicole: 39:40

“And if he asks what the hell I was doing there in the first place?”

Arabella: 39:42

“You tell him you went to apologise to Jay after the weirdness in the closet-”

Nicole: 39:44

“But he’ll be like why were you, what were you doing in a closet with Jay?”

Arabella: 39:46

“Again—the truth—we were playing a game-” She sighed again.(Nicole sighs)

Nicole: 39:50

“Dammit—I wish I didn’t fall asleep like a dick-”

Arabella: 39:52

I smiled. “I know, but it’s done now. It’s time to say something”.

Nicole: 39:54

Will I, won't I?(Nicole chuckles)

Arabella: 39:57

I wonder how you will proceed.

Nicole: 39:59

How shall I proceed? Just to be clear, guys, I'm not an asshole, and of, communication is so important in kink, there's a

Arabella: 40:01

And it's

Nicole: 40:03

Stick with us. This, this all comes, comes to a logical conclusion. I'm just not like lying my way through this tour, there, but there will be things that explain why this has all happened. Okay, I promise.

Arabella: 40:05

Yes, because generally she is so good about communication, she's clear, she says how she feels, what she wants, what she doesn't want.

Nicole: 40:07

Yeah

Arabella: 40:09

But it's all a little bit crazy

Nicole: 40:11

Yeah

Arabella: 40:13

Right now

Nicole: 40:15

Yeah, it is a little bit crazy.

Arabella: 40:17

On the tour.

Nicole: 40:19

I took a bath and while I soaked, I took some time to feel guilty and embarrassed about what happened with Jason. After the bath, I wrapped a towel around myself and walked into the bedroom to dig out something to wear. I decided to go with the green mini dress that had the purple skulls on it. Before I could change into it, Mike walked into the room and scared me half to death which scared him half to death.“Fucking hell”, he said,

Arabella: 40:24

Ughhh

Nicole: 40:26

Yeah(Arabella quietly giggles)“Fucking hell”, he said, “why are you always shocked to see me?” I laughed. “I’m sorry-how are you?”(Arabella chuckles)“I’m fine—what’s taking you so long?”“I had a bath”, I told him”, I needed it—I don’t feel super good today”.

Arabella: 40:34

Aww baby

Nicole: 40:36

“That’s what you get for drinking with Jay and Zander all night-”“Carter and Noah were there too”“I know, but Jay and Zander are notorious together-”“True”, I said, “Zander plays hardcore”.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 40:42

Not as hardcore as us

Nicole: 40:44

Very true. To, to, to Mike I'm saying they play hardcore

Arabella: 40:46

Yeah

Nicole: 40:48

But to them they're saying we play hardcore.

Arabella: 40:50

Exactly

Nicole: 40:52

So, I guess we're all just super hardcore.

Arabella: 40:54

We're just hardcore people, what can I say

Nicole: 40:56

We play hard, and we live hard, and we work hard. We do all things hard.(Nicole chuckles) Hard mode

Arabella: 41:00

Hard all the time.(Both laugh)

Nicole: 41:03

Umm“I know”, Mike smiled, “that’s why I avoid playing with them before gigs”.“You look good”, I told him as I pulled the skull dress from my bag.(Arabella scoffs a laugh)“What did you do?” Mike asked, narrowing his eyes.(Arabella continues laughing quietly)“Uh-what do you mean?”

Arabella: 41:12

He knows

Nicole: 41:14

He knows me well. I asked after a couple of beats of panic.(Arabella is still laughing) No matter what, you do, right, if you have a decent Dom, just a decent Dom, obviously this one is a fucking brilliant Dom, but just a decent Dom will see right through your shit.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 41:20

Yes.(Nicole sighs)

Nicole: 41:23

“You’re sucking up to me, so I take it you messed up”, he said, raising his eyebrows.(Arabella stifles a laugh) I tried to laugh but it came out sounding a little forced.(Nicole attempts this laugh)“I didn’t do anything”, I told him, “You always look good-”(Arabella loses it) Oh gosh And now he's like, uh,

Arabella: 41:32

Wow

Nicole: 41:34

Are you okay?(Nicole laughs) Now he's not questioning me on it anymore, because he's like she's going to get hurt. She's going to hurt herself.

Arabella: 41:38

She's, she’s, she’s losing it.(Nicole laughs) She's literally losing it.

Nicole: 41:42

He smiled to himself, and I was taken aback in surprise. “Which games did Zander make you play?” Mike asked curiously. I dropped the towel Probably thinking that's gonna help

Arabella: 41:46

Yeah

Nicole: 41:48

And put on a purple bra and knickers that we bought to get some

Arabella: 41:50

Nakedness. Distract

Nicole: 41:52

Yeah

Arabella: 41:54

Distract with nakedness

I dropped the towel to put on a purple bra and knickers that we bought to go with some of the clothes, while I answered: 41:56

“We played King Cup, or some people call it Ring of Fire—and then I had to do ten minutes in heaven-“ I laughed.“Who did you get for Ten minutes in Heaven?” he asked. Dammit. I should’ve seen it coming and answered without thinking.(Arabella laughs)“No one-” Oh man

Arabella: 42:03

Jesus Christ

Nicole: 42:05

He frowned. “How could you get no one?”“I didn’t get no one”, I corrected quickly. “I got Jay”.(Arabella continues to giggle through this)“Uh huh”, he smiled, “and what happened in the closet?” He’s smelling a thing he's like…(Nicole giggles)

Arabella: 42:12

Exactly he's, he's trying to gently bring it out of you because you're obviously

Nicole: 42:14

Not okay

Arabella: 42:16

Like losing the shit all over the place was like, okay, we're gonna play carefully with this one today

Nicole: 42:18

Yeah“Uh huh”, he smiled, “and what happened in the closet?”“Um--nothing, we talked”, I told him.“Where did you sleep?” Mike asked. He didn’t sound suspicious or angry.

Before I could answer, he said: 42:22

“I was looking for you this morning so we could go to breakfast together, but you weren’t in your room and the bed didn’t look slept in-”“On the sofa across the hall”, I invented, wildly. “Bella was with Zander in his room”.“Why the fuck would you do that?”

Arabella: 42:26

Ohhhh

Nicole: 42:28

he asked.“I don’t know”, I continued, “I was drunk so I just sort of woke up there-“ I pulled the mini dress on quickly to avoid making eye contact with him. My lie was starting to get complicated.(Arabella is giggling nervously and quietly behind all this)“What’s the point of me convincing Andrew to convince the label to pay for an extra room if you and Bella are just going to sleep with Zander and Jay-?”“We didn’t sleep with them-“ I said, a little too frantically, “well—Bella did, but like I said—I was on the sofa-”(Arabella finally bursts laughing out loud) Arrrrrhhhhhhh He sighed.

Arabella: 42:37

Panic! Panic!

Nicole: 42:39

You could very easily get eyewitnesses to this. I'm such a fucking…

Arabella: 42:41

Oh my god

Nicole: 42:43

He sighed. “You sleep in your room from now on, got it?”“Yes, Sir”. “Yes, Sir” Mmm I sat down in front of the mirror to put on a little mascara.“You look nice”, Mike said gruffly, appearing behind me in the mirror.“Thank you, Mr. Solomon”, I said, looking at him in the mirror. “Is your voice not tired from singing every night?”“It is”, he affirmed, “that’s why I badly needed the rest last night. I can’t afford losing it”.“Don’t suck something for your throat”, I told him. “It’s an artificial healer and you’ll just hurt yourself more when you sing”.“I know that”. His mouth pulled up at the corner.“Sorry”, I said rapidly, “you’re the professional. I’m just used to giving advice about the voice to others. Ignore me”. Awwwww. I'm really acting like a very, very guilty brat.

Arabella: 42:55

Yes, yes, you are

Nicole: 42:57

Because I'm not biting him at all. I'm just like, yeah, yeah, yeah, you, sorry, my bad,

Arabella: 42:59

My bad. Um, you take whatever you like, please and thank you.

Nicole: 43:01

“Honey and lemon”, he winked at me in the mirror, “then I’ll be good to go”.“Honey and lemon indeed”.“We need to leave soon”, Mike said, “grab your stuff and come down. You have ten minutes-”“Mr. Solomon, uh—there is something I need to tell you first-”

Arabella: 43:06

Come on Nicky

Nicole: 43:08

He paused in the doorway What?

Arabella: 43:11

Say it all properly.

Nicole: 43:13

He paused in the doorway, and I stood up from the mirror to stand in front of him.“You look serious”, he said, “I’m worried”.“No, it’s—well, last night, I kissed Carter”, I told him”, but it was part of the game. Noah dared me so if you’re going to be angry—it’s the other four’s fault”. To my surprise, he laughed.(Arabella laughs)“How is it their fault?”“Noah dared me”, I told him”, but Zander and Jay were like egging on the situation and Carter was not exactly fighting to get out, get out of it”.

Arabella: 43:21

It wasn’t

Nicole: 43:23

I almost went Canadian there - out of it.

Arabella: 43:25

Yeah. And it wasn’t, and it wasn't even your dare. No one dared you. They dared Carter to kiss you.

Nicole: 43:27

Oh shit.

Arabella: 43:29

Which is why you couldn't flip for it

Nicole: 43:31

Oh yeah. Why do I, why am I so bad at telling him things? There's problems.

Arabella: 43:33

You were so bad.

Nicole: 43:35

There's problems here.

Arabella: 43:37

There really is. Serious problems

Nicole: 43:39

Okay. Noooo, Carter got dared.(Arabella lets a weird laugh escape) Mike shrugged. “What kind of kiss?”“Barely a kiss-“ I responded, “but I could show you if you like?”(Nicole laughs once out of resignation and Arabella chuckles)“Ha ha”, he said. “That won’t be necessary. It’s fine. I’m not angry but don’t make a habit of it, okay?”“Yes, Sir”.“Now, move your butt”, he ordered, “it’s time to leave”. I was going to tell Mike about my sleepover with Jason,(Arabella laughs weirdly again) but somehow found myself telling him about Carter instead. Also, after my silly sofa story, it was all bound to sound really suspicious.

Arabella: 43:52

Yep

Nicole: 43:54

Because I'm making it worse. I'm literally. Making. It.

Arabella: 43:56

So much worse

Nicole: 43:58

Worse. God!

Arabella: 44:00

So much fucking worse. It would have been nothing

Nicole: 44:02

At all

Arabella: 44:04

If you had just come forward.

Nicole: 44:06

Yes, and now you know I’m,

Arabella: 44:08

And he was in a good mood and stuff, and I'm sure he would have been like yeah, don't make a habit of it, it's okay, though.

Nicole: 44:10

We walked downstairs to find the others had already had breakfast and were on their way out to the bus. Bella arrived at the same time, and we managed to match dresses by accident. She wore a purple dress with green skulls, and I had a green dress with purple skulls.

Arabella: 44:12

Twinsies

Nicole: 44:14

Yay“You guys look like candy-“Noah said. We laughed.(Arabella chuckles)“Is that a good thing?” I asked.“Of course, everyone loves candy”. We walked towards the bus.“Did you have breakfast?” Mike asked Bella and I. We both shook our heads.“Are you hungry?”

Arabella: 44:25

“Starving”

Nicole: 44:27

Bella responded. He sighed. “We better get you something on the way”.

Arabella: 44:30

“It’s okay. You don’t have to”.

Nicole: 44:32

“We don’t need you passing out on us”, he pointed out.“I’ll eat whatever you want me to, Master”,(Nicole tries to contain her laughter)

Arabella: 44:36

WOWWWWWW! Holy shit

Nicole: 44:38

Fuck my life

Arabella: 44:40

Okay, Nicky does not, does not call anyone master, unless she's being really bratty,

Nicole: 44:42

Yeah, and then

Arabella: 44:44

Or she's really guilty and so she's overdoing the good sub

Nicole: 44:46

Yeah, and he's gonna see through this because he knows I'm not.

Arabella: 44:48

It’s like. He's like Jesus Christ.

Nicole: 44:50

Way too, I'll eat whatever you want me to.

Arabella: 44:52

Wow

Nicole: 44:54

Okay

Arabella: 44:56

Wow

Nicole: 44:58

Calm down But I do, yeah. And when Bella says, when Bella says I use it to brat, she means it's not, I wouldn't say master, like and mean it. I'd be like(In Igor voice) I'll pull the lever, master(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 45:03

(In Igor voice) Pull the lever.(Arabella joins in the laughter)

Nicole: 45:07

(In Igor voice) Master's good to us.

Arabella: 45:10

Some sort of gremlin.(In Igor voice) Master wants to beat us(Still loosing it)

Nicole: 45:15

That I will do, but not this. This is clearly like

Arabella: 45:17

This is clearly like I'm being the goodest girl ever.

Nicole: 45:19

I'm being a very, very good girl but he is seeing through it. So, He rolled his eyes. “Get on the damn bus”. Bella and I laughed our way onto the bus.

Arabella & Nicole: 45:24

“Good morning, Mike”.

Nicole: 45:26

Charlie’s Angels.

Arabella: 45:28

I so feel like Charlie’s Angels when we're doing that. Good morning, Charlie

Nicole: 45:30

Good morning, Charlie. Indeed“Morning, girls”. We walked to the back of the bus.“Hey, Jacob...Mark”, I smiled, seeing the Miller brothers sitting with The Band. “When did you get back?”“This morning”, Mike replied from behind Bella and I.“Have a good night?” I asked, winking.“Oh, yeah”, Jacob answered. I turned to Mike. “Sorry, for the hold-up this morning”.“Don’t stress”, Mike smiled. He's like don't stress.

Arabella: 45:41

He’s like k

Nicole: 45:43

Don't stress.

Arabella: 45:45

He's like kid gloving you right now.

Nicole: 45:47

He’s like she

Arabella: 45:49

Obviously, something's going on. I mean, she is all over the place and she's mastered me and wooohooohooo

Nicole: 45:51

Yeah, maybe he's trying to like gentle it out of me.(Nicole laughs a little)

Arabella: 45:54

Yes, he's like I feel this one is a little volatile right now

Nicole: 45:56

Yeah Zander and Jason looked at Mike in surprise, and then at me suspiciously. Because they've caught on to me, yeah

Arabella: 46:00

Yeah, they have full-on just eviled the fuck out of you

Nicole: 46:02

Yeah

Arabella: 46:04

They're like fssst…

Nicole: 46:06

I swallowed and turned to Mike to escape the situation. “Mind if I read in my bunk?”(Arabella laughs)“Do whatever you want”.

Arabella: 46:10

Run away.

Nicole: 46:12

Run away

Arabella: 46:14

Run away

Nicole: 46:16

An hour later Apparently, I got over it well quick.

Arabella: 46:19

Well, you do get bored easily, yeah, no I can’t, I can’t

Nicole: 46:21

That's it I get bored, and I get back to bratting.

Arabella: 46:23

(Arabella huffs a laugh) Yes(Nicole huffs a laugh)

Nicole: 46:27

An hour later we were all sitting around the table. The Millers were chatting to Mike, the busman at the front of the bus.“You know you almost killed me so many times”, I told Mike. He raised his eyebrows at me.“Even before you knew me, you almost killed me”.(Arabella laughs quietly in the background) He frowned impatiently at me. Zander sniggered softly.

Arabella: 46:36

He’s just like, what is she on about?

Nicole: 46:38

Exactly“I never know what you’re talking about”, Mike said. “You just start in the middle of nowhere and expect the rest of us to follow”. He glanced at Bella. She shrugged.

Arabella: 46:42

“I’m used to it”.

Nicole: 46:44

“I always know what you’re talking about”, Jason said. Aww I smiled, kindly at him.

Arabella: 46:48

Aww

Nicole: 46:50

“Thanks, Mr Shanahan”. Then cringed. “No, that feels lame—I don’t love it”.(Both start laughing)

Arabella: 46:53

Gotta say I don't love it. Let's try something else, shall we?

Nicole: 46:55

Yeah“Too bad”

Arabella: 46:58

Also, this is pretty much like, one of the first times since when you first got on the bus, you're actually using people's titles.

Nicole: 47:00

That's true, because I'm so scared.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella: 47:03

You are so, so bad at this.

Nicole: 47:05

I know

Arabella: 47:07

We keep forgetting that rule until you're like now you're like ahhh, ahhh

Nicole: 47:09

Yeah

Arabella: 47:11

Must be good

Nicole: 47:13

Must be good.“I don’t love it”.“Too bad”, Mike said.“Can we change it so that I only call you by the title and everyone by their names?” I asked Mike hopefully.

Arabella: 47:18

Can we just change all the fucking rules?

Nicole: 47:20

Yeah“It’s not about what you love”, Mike told me, “You feeling silly is kind of the point”. I ignored him. “What about just Jason then?” I asked the table and then smiled at Mike. He sighed. “It starts like this and the next thing I know, you’re changing everyone’s names”.“Of course not”, I laughed. “The rest of it feels good—just Jason doesn’t feel like a Sir—don’t you think it’s odd?”(Arabella has been quietly laughing all the way through this exchange)“No, absolutely not”, Mike held strong. “Everyone is Sir or Mr...deal with it”.“Thank you, Sir”, I said sarcastically to which Mike chuckled,(Both laugh) Because he's like okay

Arabella: 47:31

Yeah, no.

And answered: 47:33

“All right, you can’t be polite, so no speaking for an hour. If you dare speak, you’re spending the next show in the greenroom”. Aggghhhhhhh

Arabella: 47:36

Oooooooohhh That's harsh bro Wow. Jesus

Nicole: 47:41

Okay

Arabella: 47:43

Wow

Nicole: 47:45

But maybe it's also because he's realizing I'm not telling him something, so it's a bit part of that.

Arabella: 47:47

Yeah, yeah, he's a bit like, mmmmm

Nicole: 47:49

Right, you can't be polite, you can't speak, so shut the fuck up.

Arabella: 47:51

Yeah,

Nicole: 47:53

I didn't

Arabella: 47:55

You’re not telling me things, no talking at all.

Nicole: 47:57

I didn’t dare disagree that time.

Arabella: 47:59

And that's how we end Episode 13 Everyone Loves Candy.

Nicole: 48:01

Yeah, except for Mike

Arabella: 48:03

What a threat! Jesus.

Nicole: 48:05

Apparently, Mike doesn't like candy because we're candy, and he doesn't want us.

Arabella: 48:07

No

Nicole: 48:09

Nah, he does

Arabella: 48:11

You, you, you

Nicole: 48:13

I'm, I'm not, yes

Arabella: 48:15

You're the one that is all over the place.

Nicole: 48:17

But to be fair

Arabella: 48:19

With me it's like ehh

Nicole: 48:21

No, I'll take this with grace because I deserve it. I deserve it

Arabella: 48:23

Yeah, little bit, little bit

Nicole: 48:25

I could be much better

Arabella: 48:27

However, you cannot sit without or not speaking for an hour

Nicole: 48:29

Um, if you're, if you threaten to take my, my band music away, yes, I can.

Arabella: 48:31

Well, that's true, that’s true

Nicole: 48:33

He said or I'm spending the next show in the green room, Bella.

Arabella: 48:35

That's true. Ooo

Nicole: 48:37

While the band's on-stage Bella.

Arabella: 48:39

Yeah, no, no

Nicole: 48:41

I can do an hour. I can do an hour, I will do an hour(Both laugh a little)

Arabella: 48:44

You are determined.

Nicole: 48:46

Yeah.

Arabella: 48:48

However long the hour is, because it's not clear in your head.

Nicole: 48:50

He knows how to punish me for real.

Arabella: 48:52

He really does.

Nicole: 48:54

Not a funishment.

Arabella: 48:56

Damn, wow, okay.(Nicole laughs) And now, that's where we leave Episode 13 Everyone Loves Candy.

Nicole: 49:00

Yep

Arabella: 49:02

Jesus Christ.(Nicole giggles) Woooooooo

Nicole: 49:06

At least we're entertaining. And that's what he wanted. He didn't want to be bored.

Arabella: 49:08

Yes. He's certainly not bored

Nicole: 49:10

No

Arabella: 49:12

That's for sure.

Nicole: 49:14

Hmm

Arabella: 49:16

So, everyone, as you know, we love doing this for you. We hope we see you back next week for Episode 14, Feigned Virtue. Hmmmm What are we going to try and be virtuous with? I don't know.

Nicole: 49:20

Not much, but that's also why it's called Feigned Virtue.(Nicole chuckles)

Arabella: 49:23

This is true.

Nicole: 49:25

We're faking it

Arabella: 49:27

That is

Nicole: 49:29

I really don't remember where that's from

Arabella: 49:31

Faking it till we make it.

Nicole: 49:33

I don't remember why.

Arabella: 49:35

No, no I don't either. So well, we will find out next week.

Nicole: 49:37

We'll find out next week, you'll find out with us.(Nicole laughs)

Arabella & Nicole: 49:40

Oh yeah

Arabella: 49:42

Thank you, as always, for listening to us. Please follow us on all our socials, interact with us. We love it, and please don't forget to subscribe and share.

Nicole: 49:44

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Arabella: 49:46

Thank you. Please and thank you, thank you and please.(Theme music plays out with lyrics)“…. Hanging on to everything you said. And everything you did was so wonderful! So unbelievable! What is this world without you? We’re hanging on to what you were, even if it hurts!...”