"We finally got together"
Summer 1976 was hot, ridiculously so. When we finished school, I lived in floaty dresses and as little underwear as I could get away with—ok, sometimes none at all.I'd known G all the way through senior school. I'd liked him...
"Chloe gets invited to a party for her 18th birthday, and tries to prepare for it"
Chapter One: The InvitationChloe slowly sipped on her mocha sweet coffee and sighed, watching as the brown of the coffee and the white of the cream danced around each other in the cup. It seemed just like Madison to set...
"A teen becomes an unexpected investigator."
Stepping off the bus, Mia noticed that the students who had arrived before her were all crowded around the pedestal of their school mascot. It is a colossal bronze statue of a hellhound on a block of black granite. She...
"Alex and Justin are alone in the locker room after practice."
I imagined this was what being in a big, icy cave felt like. It was the sounds mostly. Little drops of water dripped from the leaky faucets in the shower room, and the wind howled outside the door. Even the...
"Fun in the back Seat"
The warm California sun streamed through the car windows, casting a golden glow on Elise's sleeping face. She lay curled up on the back seat, her long black hair cascading over the side, providing a tantalizing view of her cleavage....
"Hugging the Babysitter"
"You're so good with them, Claire," Jason said, handing her the typical two twenty-dollar bills. "Thanks for watching Adi and Jay tonight. This time of year, it is so hard for me to get home at a regular hour."Claire looked...
"A shy boy meets his new teammate at their first High School soccer practice."
It was late. The sun had already begun its descent over the ocean, and I had survived the first soccer practice of the year. I was never any good in new situations and certainly wasn't any good at meeting new...
"Heidi and Richard think about what happens next"
This is part two of the story. It is essential to read The Birthday Weekend Part 1 first to understand the context.“There’s room for two in there you know,” was Heidi’s parting comment to Richard as she walked out the...
"Penny shares her best friend."
I arrived back in England in the last week of August. My mates had given up our Brooklands Close flat, and two of them (Brian and Phil) said I could sleep on the settee in the lounge of their new...
"My tongue eventually gets a rest."
“I think now’s a good time to take a break,” announced Chrissie.My tongue certainly needed some respite. I was released from my shackles and allowed to get up, with some assistance, as I had been in the same position for...