I'd spent the weeks after high-school finished soaking in some of the Melbourne sun, and relaxing with friends. Schoolies had been a blast, a handful of us camping down in Wilson's Promontory for a full week was a great way to bring to a close the teenage years; our last chance to be irresponsible eighteen year olds before we all started university or full-t...
The gleaming August sun was beating down hard on a group of teenagers, packing a car to go camping during there summer from college. The group consisted of four girls who have been best friends since school, and have always seemed just that extra bit close. The girls would giggle together, go shopping and tease the two boys of the group. However they would n...
Ashley was aware before she had the energy to pry her eyes open. That alone made her not want to open them and become fully awake. She was warm and cozy, snuggled in under her sheet. Her body felt both energized, yet pleasantly heavy. Memories of the day before slowly started to flicker through her mind, bringing a lazy, lopsided smile to her face. Those me...
First, they bared their flesh; then, they bared their souls. "We were so—" Toni paused, searching for the word that would best embody her thought—"naïve." Behind her, the sea, blue-green to the far horizon, rolled in, white-capped and foaming, to break upon the golden sands of the deserted shore. Rocks, seemingly stacked, one upon the next, formed jagged,...
Alexis met Lynne 3 years ago through her boyfriend, Mark. Lynne was dating Mark's best friend, Cory. They hit it off immediately and became inseparable. The boys joked that the girls spent more time with each other than they did with them. The boys called them "Ally" (the first two letters of each of their names). Alexis preferred to be called Lex or Lexi. A...
"Ahhh, the great outdoors," said Meghan breathing deeply. "It's good to get back to nature." "If you say so, "said Christy. She slapped at the mosquito that had landed on her arm and continued pulling gear out of the trunk of her car. They had packed enough to camp for a few days in the mountains, so there wasn't much to unpack. The sun was almost at full s...
NOTE: This is a work of fiction. The characters in this story are purely a figment of my own imagination and any likeness they bear to any actual persons is entirely coincidental and unintended. NOTE 2: This is my first ever submission of any kind to any website ever and I hope that you enjoy it. I would LOVE positive and encouraging feedback. Of course, t...
I saw a TV ad about Musikfest, a 10-day celebration of music held in downtown Bethlehem, PA, in early August. I went online to learn more. A band was performing, the Rob Stoneback Big Band, that I had heard and danced to before and enjoyed. It is a "brassy" band that plays "tight" music. Its leader, Bob Stoneback, is an outstanding trombonist and music arran...
Riley and Teri had known one another for a long time. Riley had been employed by a manufacturing center shortly after graduating from high school. It was there she'd met Teri, becoming fast friends within a very short period of time. Teri had just gone through a fairly messy divorce, and as such, she wasn't interested, or looking to get in another relationsh...
Copyright 2013 no reproductions without permission This is a longer story in which I wanted to spend time building my characters. This is my first submission, so constructive criticism is welcome. -Free "Oh by the Gods it is hot." I thought to myself. Why in the world had I agreed to go camping at Juniper Springs in the middle of the Ocala National Fore...