"Anne enjoys dinner and Ben meets the neighbors"
AnneAfter dinner, we gathered back in the living area. Virginia had music playing at a pleasant volume. I was taking in the amazing view while Virginia, Tera, and Lance got involved in a conversation ten feet away. I couldn’t make...
"Oli and Rebecca get some additions to the family, starting with Oli's Mom."
Part 4 – A new addition to the family:If there is one thing that I admire about Becky more than any of her other characteristics, it’s that she is kind. Not just showing empathy or being ‘politically correct’, she is...
"Lindsay learns it's not all fun and games being a sex worker."
“Well, well, well. Lookie what we have here, will you?” Kenzie was ready to captivate in a pair of dangerously short denim cutoffs that were rolled up even higher and a pink tank top with the telltale sign of a...
"The final chapter. What will happen to Quinn and Morgan?"
“I fucking hate bowling!” Lexi roared in frustration as she got her second gutterball in a row. “Why did we even come here?? This place sucks!!”Four or five people were staring at us by the time Lexi grumpily took her...
"The leadup to the finale."
There are things you know but just can’t explain. You just feel what’s right. Even if it’s not what you “should” do, you know you have to do it, and it was in that moment, probably right before she would...
"What lies ahead?"
When Y’Dryth’s gravity finally lets go of us entirely and we’re slingshotted back into empty space, the last of the shaking abates. Neither Bane nor Rune answers my questions about our attackers/pursuers – no surprise there – but from the...
"Decisions, decisions."
“You vowed you’d take Kay home,” I repeat Rune's words, confirming with Kay via a glance at her, hoping that she’d react if this turned out to be inaccurate somehow - all just one big, hilarious misunderstanding. But she just...
"Where is this crowded spaceship headed, anyway?"
When I was sixteen years old, I had a crush on a classmate of mine. His name was Jimmy White and he looked like Andrew Keegan’s even dreamier brother, intelligent glasses and all. I may or may not have picked...
"The new passenger puts Val, Bane and Rune to an acid test."
Deviously using food as a distraction for my boys – works every single time – I provide myself with some time and space for my visit to the storage room, aka the female’s lair. The estrogen hideout. The lady cave....
"Val, Bane and Rune have different ideas about how to deal with the stowaway..."
Shit oh shit oh shit oh shit oh I don’t know how much time has passed in which I barely dared to breathe. My mind is spinning in panic, like a top. A top on amphetamines. A haunted top on...