Chapter 1: Lara's Arrival It had been a hard day at the office, and I thought the week would never end. Meetings on top of special projects on top of more meetings. I was in desperate need of relaxation, and gave myself a mental pat on the back as I navigated through LA traffic on the 101. A new spa had opened in my neighborhood a few weeks back, and I had...
The longest bus ride to Point West High School is the 17 route from Hidden Cove. I live with my mother at Hidden Cove and I ride the bus each school day. It is a long boring ride along the coast, with too many twists and turns to allow for reading. I board the bus along with Aubrey and Melissa each school morning. If I get a ‘hello Gary' from either girl it...
Chapter 1: Not All Rainy Days Are Sad Lisa watched the puddles form on the streets as the rain fell. Each drop disturbed the street lamp's reflection in the puddles. Lisa sighed as she had hoped it would be a good night, yet her parents were gone and her good friend, Tianna was caught up at work. She thought of a few guys she could call, but each were eithe...
When I entered high school, our gym teacher, Miss Preston, made sure that all of us showered after each gym session. And she would stand in the shower area and watch all of us showering while she idly twirled her short blonde hair in her fingers. None of us at the time thought anything of her watching us. We were too busy watching each other. As for myself,...
As I told Ana, I could not quite share the joyfulness of the population. Even if the Mongols fell for the story that we were going to surprise them via the mountain passes, we still had to beat them on the Plain of Yerevan, and that battle would not be joined for at least three days, and possibly four. Yeghergis still lay open to an attack, and we would not...
The morning sun shone in Amanda's face waking her up. She was disappointed to find her friend had left. She must have gone back to her room. It would have been nice to wake her up with a kiss, but she did feel a tremendous contentment they had shared such a wonderful night together, and hopeful their relationship would continue to grow. Her hand found its wa...
"Resa and my father had been together for two years. At first I didn't see much of her. They were spending most of the time in L.A. and I was still at school...I liked her. I thought that they were good for each other. My Dad seemed happy...and she was closer to my father's age. She was 38 when they met. He'd been going out with some girls in their twenties...
I am half-woken by the creak of a bedroom door opening – I don’t know which one. Someone going to the bathroom. The clock on the video says 03:21. I shift onto my back and try to get more comfortable on the put-you-up, spreading out to find the cool spots in the bed. It’s very warm and I’m sweating a little despite the thinness of the quilt. I throw it off,...
It was the first evening that the weather had been warm enough so I opened my curtains and then the sliding window and stepped out onto my balcony. The fresh, Spring air was a tonic and I placed my glass of wine on the balcony table and sat in the rattan chair and revelled in the view of the rooftops of the city. I'd left the lights off in my sitting room to...
After our communal laugh, with its mixture of relief, embarrassment, and flirtation (well that last one was less in the laugh itself and more in the confused and bashful exchange of eyes between Fed and me as the laugh subsided), I didn't know what to do or say; so I turned my head against my window with my elbow up on the door and my fingers in my bangs, an...