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Wake Me Up Before You Pogo - Chapter 1 - The Encounter

Everything froze.

Time seemed to stop as a man stopped mid step. Derek stood still, entranced by the indescribable beauty before him; he was smitten at once. There she was, down the aisle of his local Decathlon, the woman Derek would one day hope to call his one and only. Her complexion glowed in the harsh artificial light of the store, her smile seemed to make the world stop in it’s tracks. Derek could feel his heart beating wildly, just like a pogo stick ramming against his chest. The longer he observed her the deeper he fell in love, and he could feel the increasing nervousness of being in the presence of such exquisite beauty. Derek, on the other hand, was your average kind of guy, he almost felt inferior to the woman before him. Why would such an incredible being ever want to be with a simple man as him?

Derek suddenly realised he has no chance with the glamorous gal, causing his awe-stricken smile to droop ever so slightly. He sneaked one last glance at the girl, and was filled with a sudden determination to not let her slip away, despite the fact that she has not moved an inch since he first lay eyes on her. Derek thought he didn’t believe in love at first sight, but boy was he wrong. It’s almost as if he could see his entire future in her glossy eyes. He quickly scanned over his outfit: nothing fancy, a grey T-shirt and blue denim shorts paired with a regular pair of white trainers. He readjusted his red gilet and took in a deep breath in an attempt to calm himself down, but just as he was about to take his first step, Derek found himself frozen again.

“Is there anything I can help you with?” someone inquired. The sudden question made Derek snap out of his dream-like state, his mind hazed with love and desire. He turned to the source of the voice to find a young employee, a boy no older than 18. Derek fumbled with his fingers, looking back at the woman shyly, then turned his attention back to the bored looking teenager. He readjusted his gilet once more and swallowed drily, his throat tight with anxiety.

“Um, how much is th-that beauty?” he stuttered as he pointed to the marvellous creation on the rack: a masterfully crafted pogo stick, still resting on the metal rack, looking breathtaking as ever. The boys eyes glanced at the pogo on the wall, confused as to why the man was asking; the price was right there. The teenager was even more concerned as to why he referred to the sports equipment as “beauty”. With every second that the employees eyes lingered over her form, Derek grew increasingly jealous and impatient.

“£39.99.” the boy said bluntly.

“£39.99.” Derek scoffed. Of course, it must be easy for a naive teenager to place a commercial value on such a unique being, but for Derek, she was priceless. The boy walked towards the rack and reach forward for the stick, making the love sick man tense with alarm. What was that stupid boy doing?

“Would you like me to-”

“NO” Derek rushed forward, quick to get the boys grubby hands away from his future lover. “No no it’s quite alright, I’d like to handle her myself, thank you.” He reached forward with his shaking hands, he gently lifted her into his arms. She really was stunning. The employee awkwardly turned away from the enamoured man and proceeded to hurriedly walk away from the scene, then occupied himself with whatever mundane job that needed doing. Derek closely studied the pole; the words “Paula 3000” were printed onto her in elegant black lettering, the colour complemented her sleek silver frame. “I’ll call you ‘Po’ for short, is that ok?” he whispered lovingly to the inanimate object. He gave her time to respond, and once she consented to the new name, he carried her to the check out.

Derek carefully placed Po on the counter, and watched cautiously as the cashier placed her greedy hands all over her metal frail body. It took all his willpower to not snap at the careless girl who operated the till, but he there he stood as he shifted from one foot to the other. The cashier punched a few buttons and looked at the total, mumbling out the price  of his soon to be beloved wife. Derek whipped out his card and slid it into the machine, his hands quivered with anticipation as he entered his pin.

“Would you like a bag? We have to charge 5p per bag” the employee recited. Derek only shook his head in reply as a smile graced his features. Once more, he lifted the pogo stick into his caring arms and walked towards the exit. His heart was beating faster than ever before and he was certain that this has been the greatest choice he has ever made. In fact, he believed this has been the best choice he ever could have made in his entire life; he didn’t regret a thing.

He walked out into the cool fresh air, his lover in his arms and the future ahead of them. Derek couldn’t wait.

WELL THEN UM  _________________________________________________________

*points aggressively at this* You see this, people? This is a r t.

@portal-panda, thank you so freaking much for writing this, it’s so perfect and I was giggling the whole way through because i knew what was gonna happen and I love it.

I’m rooting for ya, Derek and Po. Take on the world, you’re both gonna do great <3

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Hey legend do you have a link to landos orange merch because im stupid ive been trying to find it all weekend

here you go :)

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Send me a tiny Roscoe 🐶 and I’ll give you a random Lewis picture

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blorbo is like a placeholder for whoever your favourite character is i think? So when you see a meme or a song and you think about a specific character, thats your blorbo!

I am now slightly less confused than I was before thank you friend

[galaexia]

i'm a grad student but i don't have any classes and ngl it's so hard to stay motivated and productive sometimes JSFDJS because it feels like a small phd and i don't really know what i'm doing. (im only 2 months in though so i guess it makes sense, i'll find my way) but then i remember how high of a level i'm at and im like. holy cow. i got here. yknow what i mean?

i'm two months in too aaaa!!

oh man i relate to the whole stepping back to be like "man. i made it here and thats crazy." some days i'm like "im so glad im here" and other days im just like "lmao idk what they saw in me but im not complaining"

its interesting that you mention motivation though; a phd student actually gave me the advice of rather than expecting to be motivated/chasing motivation, not letting it get to you when you lose motivation is probably better in the long run. like not everyone is motivated to do everything all the time but sometimes you just gotta?

idk if that helps?? but that shift in mentality has actually helped my mental health a lot– im enjoying lots of classes now since i'm not thinking "i have to engage in this material in a very specific way (with passion/motivation) to be valid"

also u dont have any classes? how does that work? are you doing like a co-op or self study or research or something?

(sry if this is like super Not What You're Doing bc my knowledge of grad school is like very specifically engineering grad school with labs and classwork and whatnot, so if you're not in Very Specific Engineering Grad School i dont know how your program would be structured)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!! 🧡🎂👑🌹🧡

Thank you friend!!!