I hopped into the shower to clean myself off, just like every night. I recently came back from college. I had done 2 years so far and decided to come home and take a year off. When I told my parents about this they agreed to give me board but I had to get a job and go to church with them. I agreed to the terms and here I am. I had just got there. My parent...
As I approached the hotel I was feeling lots of emotions – mixed emotions the whole idea was giving me amazing butterflies and an adrenaline rush but then there was the doubt! You know the kind of doubt where your thinking am I crazy, am I doing the right thing and god knows he could be a lunatic! However the good feelings outweighed the bad because we'd spo...
She cursed to herself as she struggled to get the emergency transfer bag into the small ship. Normally she would have no problems with the eighty-five kilo load, but the additional weight and restriction of the pressure suit made the task more difficult. With a final curse, she jerked the bag enough to finally close the airlock and cycle the noxious atmosphe...
The slender arm stretched out. The wrist furrowed through crumpled bed sheets. The calm afternoon sun coated the slightly Asian, slightly tanned skin. The black, smooth hair was strewn all over the pillow. The face was buried somewhere deep underneath in hypo-allergenic goose feathers. A foot, colored lighter than the rest of the body, kicked up a blanket sl...
"Somehow we pulled it off." "Sorry, what?' asked the bartender. "Nothing, just excited and talking aloud a bit. Don't mind me, just happy" I smiled a giddy smile, and checked my watch for the tenth time since the barkeep brought me my drink. "Hey since you're here, I'll take another though." The bartender in black pants a white apron, efficiently brough...
I clicked submit and closed the browser. It took longer than I had planned, but I finished the extra credit section of the online test. I looked over at the clock and realized how late it really was. I had started the test at 9:30pm and the clock now showed 12:00am. I was tired, but I really needed to take a shower to relieve some stress. I gathered my toile...
It had been an interesting evening so far. It was Friday night and my boyfriend, Devon, and I had been out clubbing. We'd hit a few bars and met up with Scott, a good friend of Devon's. We'd just come back to the house and were relaxing over a few drinks and listening to some music. I was feeling good, not quite drunk but very, very buzzed. I felt warm and r...
Chapter one: The arrival You have arrived in New Zealand with the idea that we would try living together, I had found an apartment and you had already arranged work before you came.. The day was bleak raining and cold and I had dressed carefully before going to the airport to pick you up. I was both nervous and excited, finally we would be together after mo...
He's no more than a mist, tucked into the darkest shadow of the darkest corner of the living room, when she walks through the front door late at night. She drops her keys and purse on the coffee table, and momentarily rests one hand on the arm of the sofa while she wearily slips off first one then the other strappy high-heeled sandal. He watches as her finge...
In the darkness of the living room I sit in unmoving silence, eager to conceal myself from the slender female silhouette rummaging through her purse in the unlit doorway not 10 feet away. Through the window I could make out her shadowy form as she searched for her keys, all the while cursing at the deadened porch light whose bulb I had hours ago unscrewed....