Sarah and I walked into the hotel ballroom to a crowd ofpeople, all dressed up, mingling, eating and drinking; the event was definitely well attended.We walked around the perimeter of the room, and then Sarah went off to look for...

First College Experience

"My first experience in a new college"

I had just moved to Miami for two weeks before classes started. Nervous for my first day, I made sure to go to the writer's club a week before school to make a friend or two. When I walked in,...

The nymphs of summer

"The summer started with embarrassment, but ended up as the sweetest summer of my life"

Sweet! Wonderful! Finally we were here. And what brilliant weather! I stepped out of the back seat of my fathers BMW and was surprised by the heat that met me. The car's air conditioning had been turned down to an...

The first time I kissed Brad was under the loneliness tree. It was the night before prom. He was my date, and I considered myself lucky. My mom wanted some pictures, so we went out under the big oak tree...

The Absentee Tenant

"A young student gets a surpirse visit from her boyfriend's landlord"

Tom swore loudly as he watched, from his vantage point of the staircase window of his block of bedsit flats, the youth running down the path towards the back gate. The youth turned round to look up at him as...