Jack closed the door to the room and headed up the stairs. When he entered the kitchen he paused and listened to where Jake could have gone. Hearing a thump upstairs he figured it out pretty quick. Sitting at the Kitchen table he waited for Jake to come back down. ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. Jake had just gotten home and went up to his room immediately....
Chapter 1 The team had cleared out of our weekend house and I'd arrived to see what damage had been done. My son had been a bit sheepish when he asked us if he could use the place. Initially he had told us he didn't want to bring his college friends up to the house but as the years went by, he seemed to find more occasions. First it was a weekend with his...
My closest friend Travis was standing in front of me, fists clenched by his side as tears started to well up in his eyes. He had just opened up to me about something big, and obviously it was too much for him to take. I opened my arms, stepped up to him and wrapped my arms around his body. I hugged him close, his head resting my shoulder. Then his arms were...
It was always a fantasy of mine to model for an artist. I do not think I really cared where the artwork would go, be it for personal use or to be on display for the world to see. It wasn't the fame or glory that I cared about. There is something exciting about striking a pose for someone to examine you in all your glory and imperfection, capturing your detai...
Things were awkward the next morning. I was sat at the breakfast bar, drinking a coffee. Almost every emotion ran through me when I saw Steve and Tammy come downstairs together. If you have ever truly been in love, you will know how I was feeling. If you haven't, then you may not understand. I didn't know that I had fallen for Steve, until that gaming nigh...
"Maybe one day I'll be somebody." "Who says you aren't already?" Luiz asked. I think about it. "I mean in the sense that I'll matter." "I'm pretty sure you matter." Typical Luiz. I resist the urge to punch his shoulder. Instead, I offer my shoulder as a pillow for his head. I like it when he rests his head on my shoulder. Luiz laughs quietly. "You're no...
"I know you got somebody in there, Jamal." Terrell said, buttonholing his friend on the steps of the building. "You don't know nothing. You hearing things. Told you to stay off of that PCP shit." Jamal said, bending over to retie his shoe. "What the fuck you doing spying on me anyway, dog?" "Who's spying? I can't walk past your window anymore? Maybe you sh...
"We need a road trip," says Braydon, my neighbor at the trailer park. The blonde bearded man was in his late 20's, with at least five different baby mamas' in Wisconsin alone. "I mean if you're seriously going to marry this Keith guy." I sit on my porch drinking a Walmart brand sparkling water. "I kinda have to," I groan, patting my growing belly. At 12 wee...
Every once in a while, maybe every other month or so, work has caused me to go out of town. Sometimes for just a day, sometimes overnight. The farthest drive is about two hours away and isn't a big deal. If it is work that means taking a system down, it is usually scheduled for near the end of the day and if and when it runs late, I'm authorized to get a roo...
Bob was about 45 years old when Irma had left him. Now 55, Bob felt he had been a good husband: He had no secret life, and never cheated on Irma with another woman. Nevertheless, Bob had made the supreme mistake of sharing the truth of his secret desires with Irma: He told her how he was aroused by her body, but yes, also by men's bodies as well. Bob told he...