"Matt, the car salesman, checks up on a client."
On cold, bitter days, such as the day it was when I first met her, business can be pretty bad. This isn’t wholly surprising for my occupation, which is a car salesman. Winter is the slowest sales season for us- no...
"Isabel uses her skills to try and gain Giles' trust."
February 1391, Guildford ‘Have you met her? This Hobbes girl?’ Isabel asked. She and Hamon were sitting in the great hall in front of the fire breaking their fast together. Sir Giles was still abed, after the previous night’s excesses....
"Now in England, Isabel receives some news that makes her question her position as official mistress"
November 1390, Herefordshire Isabel la Badeau sat in the window embrasure of the de Grey estate in Herefordshire. She was watching the winter wind pelting the windows angrily. It was the sort of rain that came in on a diagonal...
"After a bad break-up Lewis gets exactly what he needs"
“Screw you, asshole,” my girlfriend of three years said to me right before slamming the door in my face. I was holding my possessions and valuables in my arms; the rest of my meager belongings were in the trunk of...
"The final part of the trilogy"
It was noon on Saturday and my friend Sara was at my house. We were fooling around in my room, listening to cheesy pop songs, reading trashy magazines, painting our nails and talking about boys we liked. My mom was...
"Pauly's dreams about the next door neighbour ends up coming true."
My next door neighbors Mr and Mrs Malcolm were good neighbors, in every sense of the word. They were polite and courteous, they kept to themselves, minded their own business, and when my mom had just returned from hospital after...
"He takes a young French girl captive, but she has more of an effect on him than he first thought"
August 1389, Aquitaine It was a hot, arid summer’s evening as Sir Giles de Grey sat in front of the open window, the hot and stuffy southern French heat drifting in. My God, does it ever rain here ? He...
"Christa gets caught trying to sneak back into the house. Her step-father makes her repent"
It was late on Saturday night and I had just returned from the big game between Lincoln High School and South Portland High School. Well, I hadn’t come straight from there. Our team had won and there had been a...
"Two best friends realise their love for each other."
March 1992 She was walking home from school with her friend Addy, who lived across the street and down a few houses from her. The pair turned onto their street and the girls said their goodbyes. It was Friday, finally,...
"Her step-father finds out about her bad grades and the pair come to an arrangement"
“Christa!” my step-father yelled from the kitchen. I could just imagine the look on his face as he stood there yelling and upset. His face always went quite a brilliant shade of red when he was really ticked off, and...