You might remember where I was at the end of the last chapter. My friends had wrapped me naked into a carton as a Christmas present for my boyfriend, Eric. My surprise backfired when he opened the present up in front of his extended family. As Eric was helping to my feet, Eric's mother was very flushed in embarrassment at my first meeting with the rest of t...
Susan ponders moving to Kansas to live with an older man that she met online. Going for long walks alone to talk to herself in the serene, calm beauty that was the country, there was never anyone to talk to but herself anyway. Unless they were out walking their dogs or running by her jogging, few were out walking while enjoying nature. She always thought it...
Only a couple days were left until Sgt. Edward "Bones" Taylor returned stateside from his one-year tour in the hellish Badlands area. So much had changed since he left home, and he was anxious about the debriefing and long flight home. There were so many questions running through his head about the future, and so many painful images and memories from the pas...
The princess just couldn't take the thought of another suitor saying the same damn things, poems with the same damn rhymes, songs with the same damn chords, bouquets with the same damn roses. A feast of unappetizing meals, and despite her lack of hunger she had to eat one. Was it any wonder she'd run away? Not far. The establishment she found herself in was...
Richard, King of Ajax, poked at the logs in the massive fireplace in his private parlor. Queen Elaine relaxed on the settee and continued her conversation with her brother. Edmund, the Prince of Greystone, whispered into his sister's ear. While listening to her brother, Elaine looked at her husband then at her sister-in-law, Matilda. Edmund's wife was no lo...
Author's Note: My husband helped me write the Emma material. Hope you enjoy! ****************************** Logan had been out patrolling the grounds when the call came from the Professor. Logan? Was when I woke up this mornin'. Jean and Scott are indisposed. Please inform the others that this morning's briefing is postponed until noon. Huh. He head...
"So been screwing the birthday girl have you?" Marcia said to Gareth as they were eating breakfast. It was at the last knockings of Sammi's twenty first birthday party. There were two servings of bacon and eggs, with all the trimmings; the early one was between six and seven for those still partying and the later one, from nine onwards, for those who had lo...
Peter and I were sitting together eating our lunch in the cafeteria. Peter is in sales and I am in product development, which means that we make good lunch companions because we don't give a damn about the other people in our respective departments. We are opposites in many ways: he is stylish, I am a Sears wannabe; he is married and I am "between girlfriend...
I've been going steady with Mike for yonks. We started dating in school and we both just seemed to click and stay with each other. I took it for granted that we'd get married sometime in the not too distant future. When I say we've been going steady, I only mean dating. We'd never actually got around to doing more than kissing and a bit of light petting. F...
I nearly didn't spot it. It was tucked away in the corner of the square, not even a table or two outside to tell the world it was there. That was what drew me to it. The tourist in me would have called it quaint or charming, but what it said to the rest of me was Authentic. Not a great tourist trap like the Gerbeaud cafe, full of people spending more money t...