"The Magic enters a New Dimension"
Part 3Chapter 10“Your audition is just after this one,” the guy told us as we watched a group of five girl dancers strut onto the stage, topless.We were now a partnership. Marv 'n Mandy. That meant that I was no...
"The show must go on"
Chapter 5The night after that first performance I was high as the proverbial kite. Mum and Dad were mildly amused and just let me chatter on for I don't know how long, all through the TV program they were trying...
"A girl's first taste of being an object of scrutiny"
Chapter 1My GCSEs were finally over, and the summer holidays were here.Of course, my first thoughts were to do absolutely nothing. After two years of studying, I deserved a break. Time off. Me-time. Except of course I hadn't exactly studied...
"Things don't always turn out as expected"
Chapter 7After closing the store Nick stopped at a jeweler on the way home. Long before 7 pm, he was showered, the food preparation mostly done, waiting at home in dark grey jeans and a light blue shirt, sleeves rolled...
"A teenage girl imagines"
The patterns on the ceiling were arranging themselves into all kinds of mystical shapes in the half-darkness of my bedroom. I lay awake, trying to work out what had happened that evening.The answer should have been, nothing. Because nothing actually...
"The training continues. Two steps forward, one step back."
Chapter 4Amanda’s eyes were closed and she was trying to get her breathing back under control, the memory of Nick’s hands on her bum lingering in her skin. Knees weak, she found that she was taking most of her weight...
"A conclusion to their Crossing that Divide"
Suzy writes:"It must be fully charged by now!""Not until the red light goes out," Amanda replies.Amanda is reading from the instruction leaflet and sitting cross-legged on the bed. I am lying beside her, biting my bottom lip in anticipation."It says...
"A bookshop is a great place for self-discovery"
Chapter 1"Oh, I'm good at following instructions and love to learn new things, kinda like a sponge," she said and smiled at the smart-looking gentleman who was about halfway between her age and her Dad‘s. "So you think maybe I...
"Submitting to love's plans"
Suzy writes:This is nothing like I expected. I am in freefall. For some reason, I burst into tears. I shed the kind of tears that come when I discover that someone I have loved and lost is suddenly found again....
"Love in lockdown..."
Suzy writes:It's Sunday morning, misty and cold. The streets below are deserted. Most blinds and curtains are closed, but hers are not. I'm shaking a bit, and last night was filled with imaginings and confusing dreams. As soon as I...