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Princess Nadia Azar, daughter of Prince Achmed, the girl who so wouldn't be here if princess jasmine had chosen the worthiest prince back in the day. 21. Auradon State Senior.

[nadiaazar]

mateobjorgman‌:

“Hopefully you’re not that far away then,” Mateo laughed. “Not because I think I’ll need your interventions but just because, you know.” That’s when the idea of one day starting to date girl after girl who didn’t treat him right for the sole purpose of luring Nadia out of what was sure to be her fabulous and picture-perfect life long enough to reeducate him hit him like a ton of bricks. It was crazy, sure, but if push came to shove and she was too busy to see him, he’d do what he had to. Nadia had become such an integral part of his life, as normal as his family or the snow or Shrek or anything else he loved with his entire heart, and his life was going to feel so empty when she was gone. Was it that crazy to think he’d date a weirdo or two to get her back again even if it was momentarily?

Probably better not to tell her that. It would make him seem like a weirdo and Mateo liked it better when when she was looking at him all happy and calling him things like ‘sweet’ just for being himself and saying how much she meant to him. He wasn’t totally expecting the kiss on the cheek and it sent what feels like waves of heat throughout the rest of his body, warming him down to his toes and bringing a blush to his face. And okay, maybe that felt different than when his family hugged him or when the snow fell for the first time each winter or when he watched his favorite movie after a hard day. Maybe it felt better than all of those things combined, and maybe telling Nadia that he was hers for as long as she wanted him to be wasn’t as honest as just saying that maybe he was just hers. And that he probably always would be, even when she wasn’t his anymore.

Probably better not to tell her that either. Because if he said something like that, Nadia was liable to think that Mateo had gone and fallen in love with her. Not that it would be hard. There were so many things about Nadia to fall in love with; off the top of his head? Everything. But they’d made an agreement and even if he had, somehow, stupidly, let himself believe that they were for real, he wouldn’t mess it up for Nadia by telling her. He couldn’t. Not when she was already planning spring break and looking forward and being the smarter one of the two of them as always. “Triton’s Bay with the bae?” he joked, mulling the idea over in his head. “Sounds kind of perfect, actually. It’s not somewhere I’d ever go on my own which means I’ll love being there with you that much more. Do I have to put the sunscreen on my nose so thick that it looks all weird and white or is that just in the movies?” He grinned, knowing that question wasn’t as important as his next one. “And how long will we stay? I can cover the price of the hotel.” 

Nadia shrugged. She’d never like, really thought she’d get a choice in where she ended up; it was always go back home to her desert kingdom and rule, since she didn’t have any brothers to take the job for her. It was why it was like, extra important for her to find a suitable match, and she kind of hated the fact that like, as more and more days crept by she couldn’t possibly imagine someone more perfect than Mateo. Royalty but not set to inherit any kind of throne, well-mannered, charming, handsome, kind, someone who would like, totes care about his people, and also about his wife. But those thoughts were like so not the point; she was trying to help him, not doom him to like, a life far away from snow and Shrek where things were boring and stuffy all of the time. Even if he did look super amazing when he dressed up and he was way better at fitting in than he gave himself credit for. 

Focusing on the far future was like, not good for her brain. Or for her face; if she wasn’t like, carefully monitoring it right now so Mateo didn’t know what wheels were turning in her brain, she was sure it would be all furrowed up and wrinkly, and then it would just be harder for her to find a match in the long run because like, she’d have wrecked her whole face. So instead she flashed him a bright smile, glad he was down for ‘Triton’s Bay with the Bae’ and also that he was like, giving her something more immediate to think about instead. “We can like, go for as much or as little of break as you want, t-b-h. I love the beach, and you... um, being around everywhere, obvi, so like I could totes spend the whole week there. I actually like already booked my fave hotel suite for the whole time and they said I can like, cancel as many days as I need to as long as they have like, a week’s notice, but if you want to go home like, I’ll probs stay and just see if Audrey wants to come instead or something?” She tried not to miss a beat, even after she’d kind of stumbled over her words when she was talking about things she loved, but deep down she was hoping Mateo wanted to hang out the whole time. He made for way better company than her sometimes-bestie.

[nadiaazar]

mateobjorgman‌:

Mateo was probably always going to feel apologetic to whoever he was rambling to; he got excited and talked too much and then got conscious of the fact that he talked too much, it was one of his defining traits. But he appreciated that he knew he never had to apologize when he was rambling to Nadia. Not only did she always understand what he was saying like only his family did, but she always let him finish and never made him feel like it was weird and there were a lot of things to love - platonically, love platonically - about her but this was one of the big ones. Even as he finished his sentence, all nervous about the concept of this relationship ending, he knew that she was take what he said the right way, the way he’d intended it, and that he never had to worry that she wouldn’t. This was one of the things he’d miss the most, he thought. Just talking to her. Talking to somebody who made him feel understood all of the time.

Well, as understood as he understood himself, anyway. He couldn’t ask Nadia to make sense of what he couldn’t, so it was totally hypocritical to wish she hadn’t said anything about the next girl he might date some hypothetical younger girl, because why shouldn’t she? Wasn’t that the purpose of all this? To let everyone know he was over Brooke and get him ready for the next one?

Nadia would’ve had no way of knowing that a sentence like that felt like acid eating a hole clean through his stomach because honestly, Mateo hadn’t expected it to feel that way either, but what was he supposed to do? Deny her future help? It was so sweet of her just to offer. Still, he felt like he had to say something and so he managed, “You know, you raised my standards for how people treat me SO high. By the time I find another relationship as good as you, you’ll definitely be a part-time queen and a part-time party-planner, so no worries there.” It felt awkward to say and he wished he hadn’t because as happy as the thought was, it still gave his stomach that acid pit feeling and he wasn’t sure why. “I’ll gladly be a square head along side you though, for picture purposes. Oh, or I could wear a hat ten times uglier than a graduation cap!”

Mateo fought the urge to pick at his nails as Nadia asked about anything else and though he was tempted to take the spring break option, he hesitated. “Does it count as one thing to tell you that I’m yours for this thing as long as you need me to be? If it needs to carry on another summer, another year…. if we ‘break up’ and your dad tries to set you up with someone awful and we need to 'get back together’,” he suggested, making air quotes as he spoke, “whenever you need me. I felt like you should know that." 

He took a breath and felt a lot better having said that, the pit in his stomach slowly starting to fill again at the idea of more time together, whether it was more unexpected time together after graduation or something soonish like spring break. "So, do you have any big plans yet? Because I’ve been keeping my schedule clean in case you wanted to do a little vacay kinda thing together,” he said excitedly. “Imagine all the pics we could get! And just… I don’t know, I’ve never done a Spring Break kind of deal but I think it could be fun. Even if it’s just like a two day thing and you spend the rest of the time doing something else, I don’t know. I’m open to, you know, whatever.”

Usually nothing between the two of them ever felt awkward -- it was like, amazetastic, the way she could sit and talk to him for hours and things just flowed. But somehow, talking to him about this was like, weird and felt like they kept having to hit pause, like they didn’t want to watch the next scene and had to totally mentally prepare for it. When Nadia hit mental un-pause again, though, she actually had a genuine smile to offer him this time. “Um, obvi! If you did settle for less than the best then I’d have to like, come back and remind you that that was so not the point and that you need to be with like, the best girl ever or no girl at all.” She didn’t know how she’d show him that, or even if she’d be in the loop enough on his life to know if he was going back on their plan to find him someone actually good, but at least she could rest a little easier knowing that he didn’t seem like he was going to settle.

The smile shouldn’t have widened the way it did when he said things like that, though. Mateo saying he was hers, in any context, it made her stomach feel all swoopy, like that time that she fainted except she didn’t think she was going to fall over, she thought she was going to like, totes float away or something instead. “You’re so sweet,” Nadia laughed lightly, leaning across the tiny table to press a quick kiss to his cheek. Words kind of failed her in response to that, because she so didn’t want to take him up on that offer... except that like, she really sort of totally did. It was confusing, that they were supposed to want to spread their wings and fly once their deal was done, but instead now she wanted to like, kind of nest with him instead. Oops? Nadia had never been the best learner in the world, so she guessed it made sense she hadn’t learned how to do this situation right on the first try.

Nadia really wasn’t sure if she felt like, better or worse after the whole ‘when do we breakup’ talk. She knew it had been her idea to have it but now her head was all like, muddy and confused, even if she was relieved to get to be with Mateo at least a little longer. Still, things like spring break? They were waaaaay clearer to her, and she tossed her hair over her shoulder, nearly glaring at him. “No way would I like, plan something without you, although I’ve totes been planning. I’ve heard like, a lot of girls in ZBD were going to the Neverland beaches for break so like, instead I figured we could go to like, somewhere on the coast of Triton’s Bay instead. I know it’s not like, snowmen, but we could make killer sand-men and stuff instead, and like, I think you’d look so adorbs in a sunhat.”

[nadiaazar]

mateo, duke, will, aziz, chad, artie

SEND 6 PEOPLE AND I’LL TELL YOU WHO I WOULD:

do the sexy love™ with: Matty, obvi! That’s what girlfriends and boyfriends do.

sacrifice myself for: Probs Chad so that like, Audrey’s not sad.

kick:  Aziz. He can be a totes butt sometimes.

take to prom: Duke would be like, a perf gentleman as a date, I’m sure.

abandon in jurassic park: Will? Can’t his like, fiance save him?

push off a bridge: Artie! I’m sorry, maybe it’s like... your version of the sword test? Like, if you bounce or something!

[nadiaazar]

liam, theo, emmett, ajax, johhnny, dylan

SEND 6 PEOPLE AND I’LL TELL YOU WHO I WOULD:

do the sexy love™ with: Liam’s like... the only one who’s technically a prince here but like... maybe I should save him for a different category? @ajaxapostolos is a demi-god so like, I guess I’ll go with him, that’s kind of like being royal.

sacrifice myself for: Okay, Liam can go like... here. Maldonia needs him!

kick: Emmett, probs, he seems like, way too lazy to run away from dinosaurs.

take to prom: Theo, obvi. He’d capture how great my dress looked on camera while we were there!

abandon in jurassic park: Johnny because you’re like, leftover. 

push off a bridge: Dylan gets like, totes punished for his sister being the worst. 

[nadiaazar]

venus, ruby, adelaide, haverly, brooke, audrey

SEND 6 PEOPLE AND I’LL TELL YOU WHO I WOULD:

do the sexy love™ with: Thanks for sending me like, other super beautiful princesses but this totes isn’t my thing. 

sacrifice myself for: Audrey for suresies! EDIT: And Haverly since she’s like, my princess-maybe-future-cousin-in-law. 

kick: Adelaide? She’s like, my friend but she totes forgets her princess manners sometimes. 

take to prom: Venus! Like, all the Fitzherberts have ‘fun princess’ reps and all but Ruby looks like she likes pants too much and Haverly’s Matty’s cousin so like, isn’t that a no go? 

abandon in jurassic park: Ruby.

push off a bridge: Ummmm obvi this answer was always going to be Brooke. She doesn’t even get like, princess solidarity, she’s really just a jerkface. 

[nadiaazar]

mateobjorgman‌:

Mateo felt like asking ’are you sure?’ immediately after she said she was fine - zoning out was not normal, even if it looked adorable on Nadia, which was a totally normal friend thing to think, by the way - but he’d learned to be a better listener while dating Nadia and so he kept his mouth closed for a bit and just nodded instead, letting her words reach him. His gut sank at the word ‘graduation’. They’d both known there would be a natural cut-off for their little arrangement, but he’d gotten so used to her and so pleased to be in her company. Mateo could hardly imagine what life after Nadia’s graduation was going to be like without getting to hang out with her as often and text her whenever he wanted and go on 'dates’ and cuddle while watching movies.

Especially because after graduation, her dad would crack down on her harder about finding a guy to marry. And Mateo knew that he and Nadia were just friends in a fake relationship, but he didn’t think most dudes would be cool with their girlfriends having cuddle-friends the way he and her were.

A lump formed in his throat as he realized where this conversation was going and he tensed up a little bit. Once she gave him a choice though, it was all but impossible to keep from hastily answering, “No, no, no! I wouldn’t be suffering at all! I mean, like, what kind of 'boyfriend’ would I be if I wasn’t there for your graduation? I could bring you a giant bouquet of flowers and sit in the audience with a foam finger for you, or, you know, something less weird. Or I could throw you a surprise graduation party! That wouldn’t be a surprise now that you know about it but…I don’t know, there’s tons of stuff that I could do for you that I would, like, want to do, you know? You’re like the coolest person I know and I’m going to be so proud seeing you in that ugly square hat! I want to celebrate with you. You’re my best friend.” He stopped himself from word-vomiting by biting his lip before he realized he hadn’t actually answered her question.

“But uh… so… I guess I would be good ending it after graduation. But that’s just me!” His cheeks turned red as he it came to him that maybe she’d brought it up because she wanted to end it sooner and here he was, babbling like an idiot about parties and hats and flowers and fingers. “If you’d rather, you know, end it before so you could, I don’t know, start fresh once you were done? Then that’s what we’ll do. I wanna do whatever you wanna do,” he admitted. “It’s your special day. I wanna do what I can to make it as good as it can be.”

Nadia raked her teeth over her bottom lip as she listened to Mateo ramble. She like, adored that about him, the way he got excited about an idea and let himself get carried away. So many guys like, wasted all their time trying to act cool and put together and like they didn’t care about anything, but that nonchalantity was super not fun. With Mateo, she always knew exactly what he was thinking; she’d never had to worry once if her friend like, legitimately liked being around her or legitimately wanted to do something she’d suggested. He was like an open book, one with pretty words and fun pictures and like, everything that would make her actually want to read it instead of putting it away and taking ibuprofen to make a headache go bye-bye.

And Allah, was it like, totally hypocritical to love the way he got carried away but so not want to get carried away with him? Not this time, at least. Because imagining the surprise party and the bouquet and the foam finger it was like, so easy to keep imagining things after that, too. So easy to like, picture herself spending forever and ever with him, because he never ran out of good ideas and she never ran out of the energy to follow up on them and help make them happen. They were like, a totally dynamic team, one that would have deserved to have like, songs and stories written about them in another life.

But this was this life. And it would be like, so a total betrayal if Nadia decided to go and fall in love with him for realsies. He was sticking to the deal and being like, absolutely perfect; she could smile warmly at him and feel a soft fluttering in her stomach but still like, just be his friend who was helping him out and getting helped out back in return?

“Okay. I like, so wouldn’t want to take that awesomesauce practice experience away from you, just in case you like, date a younger girl next time and have to do a mega-awesome grad celebration for her someday, too. Who knows, maybe by then I’ll be like, a part-time queen and a part-time party-planner and I can help you.” That felt sad somehow to Nadia, imagining Mateo going to all this effort for someone else, too, but that was what she wanted, wasn’t it? For him to be happy? For him to be loved and to share all his love and for everything in his life to fall into place? She reached out across the table to squeeze his hand, ignoring the weird like, sinking feeling that had washed over her, and said, “But you have to wear the uggo hat in pictures, we can do like, a passing of it kind of thing so that I’m not the only square-head captured, okay?’

She sighed -- there were still so many details she should discuss. Like how breaking up the day after graduation would be like, so suspicious, but that slowly letting things die out from being ‘long distance’ would hurt like heckamundo. So many other details, so many other things, but for now she could ignore them. She wanted to ignore them, so Nadia willfully did so. “Was there like, anything else about our deal you wanted to talk about for now, or should we talk about like, fun spring break things instead?”

[nadiaazar]

mateobjorgman‌:

“Hey, girl, hey!” Mateo greeted cheerfully as he made his way from the counter to their table. He placed Nadia’s drink in front of her and sat down next to his - timing online CrownBucks orders to their dates was one of the many special skills he’d picked up in his almost four months dating Nadia. He’d had a weird day at school - he was pretty sure an unexplained tiny pony on campus had eaten his homework - and he couldn’t wait to tell her all about it, but as soon as he took a sip of his drink and really looked at her, Mateo could tell that his ‘girlfriend’ had things to talk about, too. He wondered if it was normal, to get so used to someone’s face that you could almost feel what was coming next, or if he and her had just really bonded some super-extra-wonderful amount during their time together. “What’s up?” he ended up asking tentatively, trying not to sound too concerned that it was annoying but enough that she’d know it was okay to talk about whatever it was she wanted to talk about.

Allah help her, Mateo really was the cutest cutie.  The smile on his face had gone from just like, a regular person smile to one that made the whole entire world feel a little bit brighter when she saw it, but that was just what happened when you had like, a real and awesome best friend who actually totally got you, right? One that you were so close to you could like, comfortably fake date them for months and could like, trust completely with the world’s biggest secret like that, and one who you could also totes kiss sometimes  just to keep up the ruse and also to like, see how he’d turned into an amazeballs kisser over time so that she could know that the next girl he dated for real would never leave him because of his kissing skills? Nadia blinked, realizing that she’d been staring at him and at the coffee he’d set down for her, and cleared her throat, holding up the paper. 

“Oh, I’m like... fine, I guess. Just like, graduation’s totes getting closer, and that’s like, a mega big change, you know? For me and like...” She almost said for him, but what if he wanted to “break up” sooner? He like, seemed super happy keeping up their deal, but maybe he was just too nice to call it off first and she needed to like, set him free to hang out with other girls like, while he was at peak boyfriend-goals? Nadia tapped her perfectly manicured fingers along the table, finally saying, “And like, okay, I guess I just wasn’t sure like... how close to graduation you wanted to like, end our whole deal and stuff? I mean, if we wait too long you’re stuck like... going to boring graduation ceremonies and seeing me wearing an ugly square hat, you know? I like, so don’t want to make you suffer through that,” she said, a little stiffly.

[nadiaazar]

Nadia sat at a table in CrownBucks, furrowing her brows at the piece of paper she’d picked up from ASU’s grad fair earlier as she waited for Mateo to meet her. It felt like she saw her ‘boyfriend’ pretty much everyday now, but the paper in front of her was a reminder that that wouldn’t last forever... and a reminder that they hadn’t really talked in a while about their future ‘breakup.’ She was kind of dreading it, really; what they had had started to feel so real over the past few months that she hardly even thought of it was fake anymore. But deep down, she knew that Mateo’s confidence was back up now, and... well, she’d be leaving him behind, whether she wanted to or not. Maybe it was time to reopen that discussion...

@mateobjorgman

[nadiaazar]

text ✉✆ matia

Mateo: Yeah, lucky you LOL I'm pretty sure I was born with a chocolate addiction :-P Honey is healthy? Because if so I can afford to eat healthier than I thought lol honey is the best. Mini desserts are so freaking good! And adorable which is always a plus lol - I actually eat fewer mini desserts than regular sized ones because they're too cute to eat. They combine bars with lots of stuff? Like what omg? Is there a library bar? A hospital bar??? A Dennys bar?! Well, I'm glad the most unrealistic part wasn't Mia's triumph at least. I didn't think there would be any complaints about Pine though, no matter how hair length! If I could look like any celeb it would probably be him. And no, I'm okay now. You're actually pretty amazing at keeping my brain from roaming without even trying lol. It likes to stay here with you.

Nadia: I mean like, healthier than others sugars but don't like, go on a honey diet or anything, it's not THAT good for you! OMG really? That's so precious, why are you like, the cutest boy in the whole entire world? I've totes seen library bars actually but ummm, maybe not the others. Denny's probs doesn't want to spend the money on a liquor license and alcohol in hospitals is like, only for wiping away infected stuff? You're totes cute the way you are, but I also like wouldn't complain if you ever wanted to DRESS UP as Chris Pine! 💜💜💜

[nadiaazar]

text ✉@ naudrey

Audrey: I know, right? They're so signature and dreamy 😍 Oh. I've helped her pick out dresses for unspecified parties I don't see her go to and don't ask about ever, but as far as I know I've never helped her shop for a funeral. We don't really talk about such things as death in my home. Why would we when there's so much happy to talk about instead? Those business parties sound delightful! An older crowd can be a lot of fun in that context. Our peers are nice but they can be so crude sometimes.

Nadia: Idk, I guess because like, death happens whether you want it to or not? I'm super glad you haven't like, had to be all up close and personal with it, though, yucksville. For realsies, though! You can come with me like, any time you want, you know.

[nadiaazar]

TEXT ✉️$ NANCY

Quincy: *Almost* hate you lol you're legit too sweet to hate for reals. I don't even care about, like, getting engaged super fast or anything now but idk I don't want to waste time in relationships where there was zero possibility of a future, you know? I've wasted enough time there lol. If I have it my way, I'm never ending up in a nursing home. Maybe I'll ask Rue to let all the friends move into her castle when we're old. That sounds WAY funner lol.

Nadia: That's like, super fair. I guess a lot of people like, think college doesn't even count anyway because the real world is totes different? So maybe it's okay to like, start over after graduation or whatever if you don't want to get another boyf between then and now. That would be super cute! Although castles have like, a lot of stairs, I hope you get a mega awesome replacement hip.

[nadiaazar]

TEXT ✉️% NAHLIA

Dolly: I mean, if you're just like doing research because you're thinking about starting your own I don't see how that's rude. You're just asking about business practices, I think.

Dolly: WE SHOULD GO SHOE SHOPPING

Nadia: I guess that's true. Although I'll probs like, be too busy to ever be running the shop myself, but like, it's fine if I'm doing it so I can teach my future prodigies!

Nadia: OMG YES! YOU'RE SPEAKING MY LANGUAGE NOW!

[nadiaazar]

TEXT ✉️☎ NAVERLY

Haverly: Omg you're right? I totally forgot they dated, they just don't even seem right for each other at all! I'd totes buy that theory though, or at least strongly encouraged if not made. Wow, you guys actually did that? What if you like weren't even interested in any of the princes?

Nadia: She's like, super not his type now! He's still kind of her type and I talk to her more though so like, I totes remember because of that. I mean, that was def. a consideration? She seemed to think that like, Prince Nikolai would be a super good match for me before I found Matty all on my own? I didn't want to be like, a yicky boyfriend stealer for a boy I didn't even really talk to!

[nadiaazar]

Text || Nadia

Ivy:.....Whats Galentine's day?

Ivy: I mean, I wouldn't see why I wouldnt still love you.

Nadia: Omg idk where it came from, but it's like, Girl Power Valentine's Day?

[nadiaazar]

text || Baidia % ⛵👸

Bailee: What's etiquette? Oh wait isn't that when you learn how to ride a horse? You have to ride a horse to be a princess?? Crazy.

Bailee: Oh know I'm so sorry to hear about your mom! :(

Nadia: Omg no it's like, manners and stuff! Like, what fork to use and like, how to dance and what color napkin to give someone when they're wearing a certain color.

[hailstormporter]

For the wonderful people who love and/or put up with me. Hope you had a wonderful day and remember even if you think no one loves you, I sure do! And you always have ice cream as a comfort. Customized flavors per your tastes. Love you!!

Hailey P.

@gastonlegume3 @jungleboyblake @willofnottingham @marykatehood @cassieadale @racheladale @beyondthesmee @finnbecker @nadiaazar @tishalangiri @viperbubbles @ruefitz @kiara-adebowale

[mateobjorgman]

[ Delivered to @nadiaazar for Valentine’s Day ]

Nadia,

Thanks for being my Valentine even after I probably embarrassed you with that rendition of Accidentally in Love, but hey, if anyone deserves to be serenaded on V Day, it’s you!

And I got you some of the classic gifts too, flowers (that you can eat!) and a giant teddy. Except, you know, a snowman instead lol so you never forget who got you him.

Also, it’s probably kind of lame, but I got you a charm bracelet too. There are some charms already packed and ready for you to use if you want them, including but not limited to an apple (from our apple bobbing), a blackberry (like the melatonin that kick-started our first real conversation), a snowman (like the one we built together), a swan (like the Swan Princess), and an onion lmao. Because our relationship has layers and I love every single one of them.

Happy V-Day, Nadia! Thanks for being the best girlfriend I’ve ever had.

Mateo