Laura Ashley

Baked Eyeshadow & Cheek Palette
Elevate your look with this deluxe palette of 10 blendable eyeshadow shades, 2 baked highlighters, 1 baked blush, and a dual-ended brush for seamless application. In a convenient mirrored compact to take on the go, this palette has everything you need to mix, match, and layer for a face of flawless perfection.

Lip Care Duo

The Lip Care Duo is the ultimate secret to a more beautiful smile. Complete with 1 jar of hydrating lip butter and 1 jar of exfoliating lip polish, you’ll get instantly softer and smoother lips that will enhance your gorgeous grin and make everyday amazing.

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BCBGeneration

Gloss Boss Lip Collection

The Gloss Boss lip gloss set features four tinted lip glosses with a shimmering finish to last all day. The formula glides smoothly onto lips for a shimmering shine and a fuller-looking pout. The Gloss Boss set includes an array of versatile shades that compliment all skin tones. Shades include: Candy Crushing, Lovers, Girl Almighty, and You Wish.

Babe Palette

The Babe palette is filled with a beautiful assortment of twelve versatile shades to mix and match for any occasion. Each shade is buildable and blendable to bring you limitless color combinations for a variety of looks. The palette features mixed textures including matte, shimmer, and metallic finishes. The palette also includes a built-in mirror for easy use at home or on the go.

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Tahari

Minimalist Eyeshadow Palette

Celebrate your natural beauty when you mix and match shades from the Minimalist Eyeshadow Palette. Choose from eight must-have shimmer and matte shadows ranging from soft champagne and light beige to medium brown and deep mocha. Apply to lids and blend using finger or shadow brush. Mix and match or use shades separately to achieve desired effect.

Nude Flare Eyeshadow Palette

Capture the warmth of the sultry desert with the Nude Flare Eyeshadow Palette. Choose from eight sun-drenched shimmer and matte shades ranging from hot terra cotta and burnt sienna to red clay and glistening gold. Apply to lids and blend using finger or shadow brush. Mix and match or use shades separately to achieve desired effect.

Annie LeBlanc Bracelets

Lava Stone Bracelet

You guys, we’re seriously obsessing over this Lava stone bracelet in lightning! It has a metal accent bead that features an awesome lighting bolt icon, so you can bring a spark of energy and inspiration with you anywhere you like. The drawstring closure allows for easy, adjustable wear, and the rich, black color of the stones goes with literally everything.

  The grounding Lava stone will help you keep calm and stay strong when things feel a little shaky and uncertain. This is great for those of us who suffer from anxiety, because the Lava stone encourages inner peace and balance to help us move forward with tranquility and a strong sense of self. Perfect for first day jitters and keeping things rooted in what feels like a constantly changing world. You got this!

Amazonite Stone Bracelet

Can we talk about this amazing Amazonite stone bracelet for a sec? The vibrant turquoise-blue color is so gorgeous; it’ll have you serving major looks while staying equal parts classy and cool. All your friends will be asking you where you got it, and how awesome will it feel to say it’s an Annie LeBling original? We’re honestly living for this colorway, and the adorable metal accent bead with the chic rose icon is giving us all the feels. It’s comfortable and easy to adjust with its simple drawstring closure, so you can customize the fit to compliment you perfectly.

  The Amazonite stone represents beauty, hope, and healing. It evokes calming and soothing energies for a much needed dose of chill during times of stress. So, get ready to release those toxic emotions and say goodbye to worry. Plus, you’ll look really trendy and cute, and who doesn’t love turning heads in the hallway?

Howlite Stone Bracelet

All heart eyes on our Howlite stone bracelet in rose! The light color of the stones along with the adorable rose icon bead is giving us major style inspo and we seriously can’t get enough. White stones with seams of shiny silver gray go with literally any outfit you could possibly dream of, and the adjustable drawstring strap lets you customize the fit. So, are we getting one for everyone in our squad? You bet we are.

  Howlite helps open the mind to the wisdom and energies that are waiting to enlighten you. It helps battle anxiety, tension, and stress, so when you need to keep calm and channel your inner chill, this is just what you need. Take ownership of your journey and raise consciousness during conflict so you’re more in control of your actions when there’s drama to deal with. Knowing you have the power of Howlite right on your wrist will remind you to keep things cool.

B.Rosy Handbag Collection

Party Animal Purse - You know it’s gonna be a good day when someone shows up with a llama piñata purse! Am I right? Meet my new fave bag, the Party Animal! This vegan leather crossbody features an adorable llama piñata silhouette with multiple colors of layered fringe, a tassel zipper pull, and a fierce gold shoulder chain. Everyone who knows me knows that yellow makes me happy, so this style is literally all smiles. The layered pastel hues and festive fringe make this the perfect party accessory, so picking your next birthday outfit will be no probllama!

Love Yourselfie Purse - Oh, snap! I’m actually obsessed with this one, you guys. Put on a happy face when you rock the Love Yourselfie crossbody bag. The camera silhouette features a holographic vegan leather body with metallic glitter detailing, a hot pink star design, a front pocket lens with a happy face that says ‘smile’, and a silver star zipper pull and matching shoulder chain so you can stay camera-ready all day long. This adorable bag will have all eyes on you, girl! Get ready to flash that smile wherever you go, because this cutie is sure to keep your spirits up through whatever Insta-worthy adventures that await. There’s always a reason to smile, so grab the Love Yourselfie purse and start cheesin’!

Keep It Chill Purse - Hands up for this cutie! I always say, never look back… unless you see an ice cream truck. Cue the Keep It Chill crossbody! This beauty features an iridescent holographic body to perfectly hold all your essentials, and a hot pink pom-pom zipper pull for an extra dose of pizzazz to help get you through a long day. Take this ice-cream truck out for a spin and show everyone how you keep things cool! Make your day as sweet as can be and take this baby to the mall, or a friend’s party, or a school dance – anyplace in need of the undeniable joy brought on by the sight of an ice cream truck. It’s sure to be a wild ride!

Welcome to Almar Sales Company, your one-stop-shop for fashionable accessories, cosmetics, beauty products, and more! Our team designs, manufactures, and distributes top-of-the-line merchandise, featuring over 30 major brands and over 5,000 unique items in the fashion, hair, jewelry, cosmetics, and children’s novelty toy business.

Our team is dedicated to providing customers with exceptional service, offering a wide variety of popular products at competitive industry prices. We maintain an unparalleled level of efficiency and excellence, consistently producing quality merchandise that consumers and retailers can depend on. Our products cater to a broad range of age groups, from infants and toddlers to tweens, teens, and adults.

Growing Up Together

We’re proud to make products that our customers can grow up with. Beginning with baby hair accessories, our products guide the consumer through every phase of life. From playing dress up with our princess costume sets, to mixing and matching shades with assorted makeup kits, we progress with the customer every step of the way.

As they get older, our consumers can explore cosmetic sets, licensed beauty products, home décor designs, and much more. Our broad selection of goods takes the consumer from childhood to their teen years to adulthood and beyond, providing quality merchandise throughout every life stage. Browse through our products and feel free to contact us with any questions you may have.

About Us 

We are an international consumer products company that offers an extensive line of hair accessories, cosmetics, health and beauty products, kids’ role play costumes and accessories, party favors, and trendy novelty items.

We are on the cutting edge of innovative market trends and curate our collections to reflect the various aesthetics of our branded and private labels. We carry over 5,000 SKU’s of consumer products that are geared towards various age groups, ranging from babies and toddlers, to tweens, teens, and adults of all ages. Our selections are stylish, seasonally on-trend, and appropriately priced to serve customers and retailers around the globe.

Over five decades after its inception, we continue to be a family-owned and operated business, currently led by the founders’ sons and grandsons who share the same entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to excellence. With a team of industry experts in sales, marketing, merchandising, and operations, we are dedicated to providing trusted services to customers all over the world. We guarantee 100% quality and satisfaction with every order. Contact us today to get started.

For Retailers

For over 50 years, we have been a multi-divisional supplier for trusted retailers around the globe, manufacturing and distributing a wide selection of trendy products all year round. We also offer a multi-seasonal specific business across all categories.

We place great value on vendor relations, providing personalized services, dedicated account services, market research data, and year-round, in stock product.  With a collaborative, entrepreneurial mindset, we continue to adapt in order to maximize customer sales and profitability.

Our prepacks and promotional options allow us to offer competitively priced products without compromising on quality. Our value model lets customers pay low and reasonable prices while maintaining high retail margins. Compared to buying from larger firms, our order-to-delivery time is compressed, and we cater to retailers with close-to-need orders who need to secure merchandise in less than two weeks.

We carry over 5,000 SKUs of popular products in our line and remain dedicated to meeting your needs, no matter how large or small. We merchandise the full HBA planogram, featuring quality products that are designed to improve the lives of consumers worldwide.

We are cruelty free and never use harmful chemicals or toxins in any of our products. Our in-house testing and compliance teams work closely with reputable third-party product safety testing laboratories to ensure that all of our products are in line with Federal and State law, free from hazardous materials and substances. We hold regular safety inspections at raw material suppliers, as well as weekly/monthly factory audit evaluations at our state-of-the-art warehouse and distribution center in New Jersey. Our Three-Time Quality Control System (TQCS) includes routine factory audit evaluations to ensure only the highest quality merchandise for all of our valued clientele.

Winter Pest Outlook for South Portland

Here in Maine, winter is one of our best kept secrets. With summer in the rearview mirror, and winter quickly approaching, the temperatures are beginning to drop, the vacationers are heading back home, and extra layers of socks are becoming the norm. The weather may be cold, and the sun may be scarce, but there is no shortage of enjoyable activities. Winter in Maine means skiing, snowshoeing, snowy coastal views, holiday festivals, brisk beach strolls, and warm toddies by a crackling fireplace.

Maine is known for its four distinct seasons. Whether you’re on a sail boat feeling the spring breeze or enjoying ocean views during the summer, each season here in Maine has its own unique set of circumstances. However, not all are as charming as the vibrant fall foliage.

In addition to the changing scenery, four distinct seasons also means four different pest seasons. It’s easy to think that once the temperature drops, so does the pest population, but unfortunately pests do not go away at any point during the year. They are a year-round concern, with each season bringing a different prominence of pests.

Pests love moisture and thrive off the heat, so spring and summer are their most prevalent seasons. As life blossoms in the spring, pests find their ideal habitats in gardens, grass, and shrubbery. Most pests, such as termites, flies, ticks, bees, and mosquitoes begin to forage for food when the weather is warm.  This prepares them for the cold winter months to come.

As temperatures drop, pests start seeking a warm and safe place to hibernate for the season. That’s where your cushy house comes in. Pests are likely to seek shelter inside your house, finding refuge in walls, basements, and crawlspaces. We may not need to worry about getting mosquito bites after October, but we certainly need to be wary of mice, squirrels, and other rodents that are desperate to get into our homes.

The most popular winter pests are carpenter ants, bed bugs, mice, rats, cockroaches, spiders, and various wildlife. They are attracted to your home because it offers sources of shelter, warmth, food, and water. It’s an optimal place for pests to live during the winter months as they need protection from the harsh winter elements, and what could be more welcoming than the coziness of your house?

Mice and rats in particular seek out remote storage areas because it provides them with safety and solitude. Not only do they pose a variety of health risks by carrying parasites and spreading harmful bacteria, but they can also cause serious damage to the structure of your home. These pesky rodents infest your house from top to bottom, quickly chewing their way into sealed drawers, food surfaces, pantry shelves, and cabinets. They can damage wood, insulation, sheet rock, wires, and not to mention they leave their feces and urine everywhere they go. They love attics and garages, places that give them access to large scale damage of your home’s insulation. To determine if these pests are infesting your space, look out for gnaw marks, scampering noises, rodent droppings, or the smell of urine.

Carpenter ants, another popular winter pest, live in nests outside of your house, but they tend to go inside during the winter months for food, water, and a safe place to set up their colonies. Their abilities to destroy wood can pose a serious threat to your house. Similarly, termites are highly destructive and often cause extensive damages to your home’s structural integrity. They are known as the “silent destroyers” as they are skilled at avoiding detection for long periods of time. Keep an eye out for piles of wood shavings and listen for faint rustling sounds inside the woodwork and walls.

Bed bugs are also adept in staying elusive. They are small and nocturnal, only emerging from their hiding spaces to feed on human blood. They thrive in a cluttered space and love to lay their eggs in hidden creases. Watch out for red, itchy welts on your skin and little blood spots on your sheets.

Wildlife such as bats, raccoons, skunks, chipmunks, and squirrels will also seek a home inside to escape the cold. They often get into the attic, the chimney, under the deck or shed, spreading their feces everywhere and damaging the structure of your house with their teeth. Pay attention to any squeaking or scratching noises coming from the walls or attic, any sounds of rustling from under your home or deck, gnaw marks on electrical wiring or walls, and small feces droppings or odorous urine stains.

Year-round pest control is of paramount importance for residents of Southern Maine. A qualified pest technician can effectively and safely exterminate these intruders – that’s where we come in.

Maine Superior Pest Solutions is one of Southern Maine’s premiere exterminators. Our licensed experts inspect your home with you, educating you on the various methods that pests use to get inside your house, so you are knowledgeable of all entry points. We implement customized treatment plans based on the individual needs of each client. We eradicate the problem and address the damage with urgency and diligence.

In addition to providing yearly preventative maintenance visits, our team offers the best in pest control insulation. Whether you’re in need of a solution for bed bugs, carpenter ants, mosquitoes, ticks, termites, wildlife, or any other pesky pests that find their way into your home, Maine Superior Pest Solutions controls unwanted pests by identifying areas that harbor them. Isolating these areas allows us to eradicate the breeding site and control any larvae that may remain in the area. This prevents pests from spreading and taking up a long-term residence in your home.

From thorough inspection and precise identification, to expert recommendations on making your home less conducive to pest activity, we target the source and cut it off immediately. Maine Superior Pest Solutions offers habitat modification and exclusion services to prevent future infestation. We install chimney caps, roof vent guards, attic vents, and other preventative screens to establish a protective barrier between your home and the pests that want to get inside. You shouldn’t be worrying about intruders when there’s so much to enjoy this winter season.

The natural beauty of Maine is too spectacular to miss. Why waste your time aimlessly chasing pests when Maine Superior Pest Solutions is here to do it for you? We pest proof your home so you can enjoy all four magical seasons here in the beautiful state of Maine.

Royal Greens Professional Lawn Care

Right by Patapsco River and Patapsco Valley State Park, the town of Woodstock, MD, is rife with pest attractants. As a suburb of Baltimore, we have all the excitement of city life right alongside ample natural resources. These benefits attract many visitors to Woodstock, but not all of them are human. Pest infestation is common in the area, but not to worry. Royal Greens Professional Lawn Care has you covered.

Since 1996, it has been our mission to service Howard County, Baltimore County, Carroll County, and the surrounding areas with quality pest control and lawn care services. Give us a call today to hear more about how we can protect your Woodstock property from the dangers of pest and weed infestation. We service clients all across Central Maryland and we look forward to adding you our list of satisfied customers.

Pest Control In Woodstock, MD

Your Woodstock property needs year-round protection from infestation. Whatever type of pest situation you’re dealing with, we’re ready to help. We conduct effective treatments that guarantee a pest-free property where you can feel safe. Some of our comprehensive pest control solutions include:

Installation of rodent bait stations

Mole & vole services

Mosquito & tick control

Removal of stinging insect nests & hives

Contact us to hear more about our Deluxe Home Armor Plan and out Ultimate Home Armor Plan. All of our services can be tailor-made to fit your individual needs and preferences. Once we complete a thorough inspection and treatment of the property, we will come back for quarterly treatment visits to maintain pest-free conditions throughout the year.

Professional Lawn Care In Woodstock, MD

They say the grass is always greener on the other side, but when you take that literally, it can have some very real consequences. It’s important to have a healthy lawn for a number of reasons. A healthy lawn helps to eliminate toxins and pollutants from the air. Healthy lawns are less conducive to pest activity and greatly reduce your chances of infestation. 

Royal Greens Professional Lawn Care provides effective lawn care services that maintain your yard all year long. We utilize natural treatment methods to improve the condition of the soil and the grass to help ensure a healthy future for your lawn. Choose from one of our three lawn care service plans:

Healthy Green Lawn Care Plan

Organic Lawn Care Service Plan

Plant Health Care Program

Give us a call today to hear more. We’ll keep your lawn healthy and we’ll keep the pests away. Professional lawn care is the safest most effective protection against infestation, and you can count on our team of certified experts to deliver the results you deserve. Don’t wait another minute, your lawn is waiting. The health of your property is a serious matter, and we won’t stop until the job is done.   

Guide To Avoiding Mosquito & Tick Activity In Woodstock, MD

They may be small, but mosquitoes and ticks can be very dangerous. Both of these vector-pests have the ability to carry disease and then transmit it to you, their host. When mosquitoes bite, and ticks latch on and feed, they may be passing on serious health conditions. Here are some helpful tips for avoiding ticks and mosquitoes.

Ticks

Check everyone (including pets) for any ticks after being outside.

Shower promptly after spending time outdoors.

Stay out of tall grass, brush, and wooded areas.

Treat your clothing with or buy clothing pre-treated with permethrin.

Tumble dry your clothing on high heat for 10 minutes to kill off any ticks.

Use insect repellents before participating in outdoor activities.

Walk in the center of trails when walking, hiking, running, etc.

Mosquitoes

Divert water away from house by maintaining gutters and downspouts

Eliminate sources of standing water.

Keep doors closed as often as possible.

Keep vegetation well-trimmed and keep the grass short.

Repair any screens that have been damaged or ripped.

Use insect repellent and wear treated clothing

Use window and door screens to prevent entry.

Wear long pants and long sleeves when possible.

The safest, most effective protection against mosquitos and ticks is to secure professional help. The team at Royal Greens Professional Lawn Care is here to eliminate all mosquito and tick activity from your property and keep it away for good. We will identify all areas of infestation and conducive conditions before performing a comprehensive treatment. Call us today.

Why You Should Consider Aeration Services In Woodstock, MD

Are you tired of seeing bare spots and dead patches in your lawn? Does your yard look lackluster and dull? These are all signs of an unhealthy lawn, and unhealthy lawns are conducive to pest and weed infestation. Professional aeration services are essential to maintaining a healthy lawn. That’s where we come in. Royal Greens Professional Lawn Care performs expert lawn aeration, covering a variety of services, such as:

Core Aeration & Overseeding Service

Slit & Power Seeding Service

Soil Building Service

Soil Correcting Service

Soil Restoration Services

The process of aeration breaks up compact soil so that air, water, and nutrients can reach down to the roots. When the soil is too dense and these nutrients cannot reach the roots, the grass begins to die, and the quality of your lawn is completely destroyed. For complete lawn aeration services that guarantee lasting results, call Royal Green Professional Lawn Care today. We look forward to servicing you and your property.  

The Bourbon King – Podcast Demo

[sounds of a single gunshot]

[V/O GEORGE REMUS] -

Lock me up. I’ve just shot my wife.

[NARRATOR] -

George held a pearl-handled pistol in his blood-covered hand, his white silk shirt covered in a thick coat of red. When he arrives at the police station, he gives his confession.

{V/O GEORGE REMUS] – 

I will never forget her expression when I was pulling her to me, and she realized I had gotten her. She turned that hypocritical face to me and said, ‘Oh, don’t hurt me, Daddy, you know I love you.’”

[NARRATOR] – 

George Remus murdered his wife, but that was merely a fraction of the man he was and the man he could become throughout his entire life. He was a pharmacist, a defense attorney, and one of the most notorious Prohibition era gangsters who would become known as the King of the Bootleggers. 

George played fast and loose his entire life. He was born on November 13th, 1876 and to a poor German family. However, he wasn’t always so forthcoming with his birthyear. He would say it was sometime between 1874 and 1879, depending on whatever circumstances he was navigating at the time. That’s the type of man he was: strategic, convincing, and endlessly clever.

George and his family left West Prussia for a better life in America, traveling across the Atlantic on a passenger ship called the Fitlington to arrive in New York City in June of 1882. After a brief stint in Baltimore, the family moved to Milwaukee, a growing city with a rich German and Prussian heritage. They lost a baby to childbirth in 1884 and moved to Chicago for a fresh start. George was just eight years old. George’s father Frank was an abusive alcoholic. He couldn’t find a job, and the miniscule wages he did earn from occasional odds and ends jobs certainly didn’t go far. George Remus referred to his childhood as a hardship. He and his siblings were often left hungry, and as the eldest son, George felt the entire weight of his family’s financial burdens on his young shoulders. 

{V/O GEORGE REMUS] – 

I took hold of matters from the age of about 14 years and three months and assisted in supporting the family.”

[NARRATOR] – 

He took on the guardian role and wrote his father off as an incompetent provider, something he vowed he’d never become. 

Prompt: (Relationship) A couple going on a road trip is having an argument on whether they should have a baby or not.

Narrator: Nathan and Millie were heading upstate to visit Nathan’s sister and brother-in-law. It a was a long drive and neither of them had spoken for the last 10 minutes. They’d been arguing about their future and Millie requested a period of silence where neither of them were to say a word. Although it had only been 10 minutes, it felt like 2 hours and the thickness of the quiet was becoming unbearable. The radio was playing oldies and neither one of them could enjoy their favorite Van Morrison song when it came through the airwaves. Instead of suffering in this state of tension, Nathan decided to turn it off and try to make up

(sfx of the radio being turned down, and faint highway noises in the distance)

Nathan: (clears throat) Can we just… talk this out please?

Millie: I’m not really sure what more there is to talk about, but okay…

Nathan: Well, I don’t want to go through the rest of the night like this. I’d like to enjoy hanging out with my sister who I don’t get to see very often.

Millie: I’m not stopping you from having a good time with your sister.

Nathan: No, but this fight is making it hard for me to relax and think about anything else.

Millie: This didn’t have to be a fight, but you made it one.

Nathan: That’s not fair.

Millie: You’re the one who said you’re not going to wait around forever, that maybe you should find someone who definitely wants a family and who isn’t scared of the future.

Nathan: No, I said it can be frustrating to be with someone who is so scared of the future, and I said that having kids is becoming more and more important to me and I’m nervous you’re never going to feel the same way.

(sfx of multiple car horns and sounds of a car skidding on the road)

Millie: Nathan! Watch it!

Nathan: I’m fine! It wasn’t me, it’s that guy! He didn’t use his signal!

Millie: Okay, but you could’ve---

Nathan: Why is it always something I did, huh? You know it really doesn’t help when you yell out like that, it just makes me jumpier and make the whole thing worse.

Millie: Wow, sounds like I’m batting 100. Seems like I can’t do anything right by you.

Nathan: Yea, well I feel exactly the same. Like nothing I do is ever good enough.

Millie: What’s good enough is not bringing up kids every 5 minutes and giving me the time to process and think and feel before I decide I definitely want to do this permanent thing that I can never take back.

Nathan: I am patient, I just want to keep the dialogue open.

Millie: Well, your constant dialogue about having kids is giving me major anxiety and I’d appreciate it if you could just let me breathe. 

Nathan: I just don’t understand. You have so much love to give and I know you’d be an amazing mother.

Millie: (sighs with frustration) It’s not like getting a dog, okay? It’s a human life! I’d be responsible for thrusting the burden of existence onto a poor innocent soul!

Nathan: We’d both be responsible.

Millie: That doesn’t make it any better! One day the kid will grow up and realize all the harsh realities of this world we live in. They’ll come up to you with wide eyes and ask, “why do so many bad things happen in the world”, or “why do I exist?” or some other question that I don’t have the answer to!

Nathan: You don’t have to have all the answers.

Millie: It’s just, I’m still trying to figure out myself. I’m still learning to stand on my own two feet and be an adult and it just feels like I’m not equipped to create a new life and then be responsible for how they turn out? Like what if they become a serial killer?! That’s always on the mother, you never hear the father get blamed for a kid becoming a murderer.

Nathan: Okay…. well, how about this? If our kid becomes a murderer, I will take full responsibility for it.

Millie: I don’t know.

Nathan: Look, no one has any idea what they’re doing, okay? We’re all just winging it, one day at a time. You think everyone who’s ever had kids felt fully prepared?

Millie: No, obviously not. But I don’t want to be irresponsible about this. Bringing a human into existence is a serious and irreversible thing. What if the kid wishes they didn’t exist? They’ll blame it all on us. I know I do that with my parents.

Nathan: Kids blame their parents for everything, that’s just how it is.

Narrator: Millie, unsure of what to say, turned the dial up on the radio to make the song louder.

(sfx of electric guitar)

Nathan was at a loss. They’d hit this wall so many times and it seemed like nothing he said or did helped. He didn’t know what to tell people anymore when they asked him why they weren’t married yet or when he was gonna settle down and have kids. He loved Millie, but he couldn’t help but wonder – was love really enough?

Millie: Is it cool if I open the window?

(sfx of window opening and sounds of the wind and highway getting louder)

Nathan: (yelling over the noise) Can you close it?? It’s hurting my ears!

Millie: (sighs)

(sfx of window closing and distant sounds getting quieter)

Nathan: You know, when I was a kid, I just had so much fun. I had the best time and I want to be able to give that to someone. I want to build a family, and I want to do it with you, Mill. I love you.

Millie: I love you too, you know that. But look at it from my perspective, okay? I’d be the one sacrificing my body, not to mention my mental health with all those hormones, and I didn’t have the happiest childhood. I didn’t have it like you, so it scares me that I could be responsible for something awful happening to a child that never asked to be born. Does that make any sense?

Nathan: It makes perfect sense. I just know you would be an amazing mother, and together we could have this beautiful life, you know? You deserve that, we both do. And as for your body and mind, I will be here every step of the way, okay? Anything you need.

Millie: That’s not the issue. I know you’d be amazing. It’s more the intensity of it all. The bigness, the seriousness, you know? I’m not good with that stuff.

Nathan: Well, I can help you. I want to help you.

Millie: I don’t know how you put up with me honestly.

Nathan: Stop, don’t say that.

Millie: This is your exit over here.

(sfx of the car signaling to switch lanes)

Millie: Can we just put this conversation on the back burner for now? Let’s just enjoy the day and put the fight behind us, okay? Let me keep thinking about everything.

Nathan: Okay

Millie: I want to be with you, you know that, right? I want to make you happy. I just get scared about life and it makes me want to hide away in a cave and never come out.

Nathan: I get it. Just think about it, that’s all. Just keep thinking about it.

Millie: Don’t worry, I will. In fact, all I do is think. About everything. Too much. All of the time.

Nathan: Well, we’re going to be there in like 20 minutes, should we stop to pick up some wine?

Millie: Yea, looks like there’s a liquor store up ahead so just pull in there.

Nathan: Alright.

(sfx of the car signaling and pulling into a parking lot)

Nathan: I love you, beautiful.

Millie: I love you, too.

(sfx of car shutting off and door opening and closing shut)

INT. AIRPLANE- DAY

On a crowded airplane, squished into the middle of a 5-seat row, sits PAT- a worn out, 35 year old with a mess of brown hair framing her face.

Pat stares straight ahead, eyes wide open, as the ELDERLY MAN to her right rests his head on her shoulder in a deep sleep. She looks over to see him smacking his lips together and settling his mouth into a large gape.

She turns her head to see the STEWARDESS taking drink orders, and as she is about to place her order, the stewardess darts down the aisle without looking back.

Pat lets out a breathy sigh and tries to adjust in her seat without disrupting the elderly man. She closes her eyes and takes a deep breath.

Just then, her seat jerks forward and she clenches her teeth. After a few more blows to the back of her seat, Pat turns around to see a TODDLER slobbering on a huge lollipop while using the back of her seat as a karate kicking bag. The toddler sticks his tongue out at Pat, who gasps and then looks over to the TODDLER’S MOTHER, who is holding tissues to her nose as she reads some Nicholas Sparks novel.

Pat rolls her eyes and glances back at the toddler, sticking her tongue out at him. As she turns back around in her seat, Pat hears the toddler burst into tears and she scrunches her face, sinking down in her seat.

The elderly man has sunken in his seat, his head on the armrest between his seat and Pat’s. Pat looks at him with her head tilted to the side, and she puts a pillow behind his neck.

As Pat settles into her seat, the stewardess comes by and hands Pat a glass of water and a napkin. Pat smiles at the stewardess and mouths "Thanks". She sip on her water and unravels her napkin to see two capsules of Benadryl.

Pat looks up and glances around the plane. She smiles and pops the Benadryl without hesitation. Pat puts on her sleeping mask and adjusts in her seat, falling asleep.

INT. AIRPLANE- CONTINUED

Pat is seen sleeping with a smile spread across her face. The toddler emerges from behind her and spits his gum in her hair. He laughs as his mother pulls him back into his seat, without taking her eyes away from her book.