Ahem: a collection of stories from my older sister's birthday last year that I am now posting individually.

Rules: I shall put my music library on shuffle and pair her top 10 ships with the first 10 songs. Each ship gets a story related to the song with decreasing times: ship #1 gets 10 min., ship #2 gets 9 min., ship #3 gets 8 min., etc. So ship #10 is a hot mess 1 min. panic attack.

You don't HAVE to listen to the song first...but you might want to. And author's notes are bolded.

5. BarbiexKen (various versions) - "Penny Lane" by The Beatles - 6 min. timer

Welp, this song was random yet somehow kinda sorta fitting?

To be honest, who doesn't ship Barbie and Ken?

Barbie and Ken had just bought their new house on Penny Lane. It's pink paint stood out vibrantly against the bright blue suburban skies.

There, they were free to do whatever they wanted to do and be whatever they wanted to be. And Barbie had a lot of dreams.

They could be barbers one day, only to turn into bankers the next. Or firemen.

It was all very exciting to Barbie, but the best part was being able to live her dreams side by side with the love of her life, Ken.

"Ken," she said one day. "I love you sooo much."

"I love you, too, Barbie!"

And then they kissed a kiss passionate enough to make plastic melt. Well, not literally. But, nonetheless, it was very hot.

"Wow! That was great! But now I have a sudden urge to be a nurse!" Barbie exclaimed.

Ken shook his head and smiled as she ran off to change. "Very strange."

One word. Crack.