I remember that it was about a month before summer vacation started when I saw the moving van arrive next door. Everyone was curious about this new couple was moving into house next door to ours. I was outside playing in the street with my friends when my mother called me to come back home. I waited as she combed my hair and straightened my clothes. She sai...
The room was dark and Isabelle sat quietly in front of her Christmas tree to gaze at the lacing multi-colored lights. Faith Hill’s melodic voice lingered in the background singing Where are You Christmas? She poured herself another glass of merlot from the half-empty bottle beside her and hummed along with the music, her eyes drifting out the window where la...
For the first time, he sat beside her in the math lecture. He was a brain. She was envious that he could arrive everyday to class, seemingly stoned out of his mind, and yet he had managed to make the dean's list in the first semester. He had beautiful green eyes and a wicked sense of humour. She was drawn to him, but was very shy. They did not hang around...
I was not going to forget Valentine's Day this year. Any man could tell you how easy it is to overlook what is essentially just another day on the calendar. And any man in a relationship with a woman could tell that this can be a very big mistake. I would know. I learned this the hard way, with my ex-girlfriend Jessica. While technically she broke up with...
Imagine munching into a big ripe juicy peach. Sweet-sharp flavour bursts into your mouth. Juices you cannot possibly capture all of flow unchecked down your chin. Hedonism! You take another bite. The juices flow once more, but you ignore them. You take another mouthful and abandon yourself to the pleasure. They are ripe peaches, all the young mothers wheeli...
Jerome felt like he had just won the lottery when he heard the response. When his parents agreed to his spending a semester overseas, he was barely able to contain his excitement. He had fully expected that they might complain about his leaving the country, or taking that much time away from his University, but they felt that it would be an opportunity of a...
It's a warm summer day with the sun shining down on us as we walk through the park. The birds sing as a cool breeze washes over us, a perfect day for us to explore the city. Hand in hand we enter the giant park, a forest within a city with dozens of trails running through it. No matter the time of day they always seem deserted. Today I'm wearing a blue fedo...
Conclusion Life was good. Very good. I had a job that I enjoyed and paid me well, servicing sex-starved women. A hobby that I enjoyed, learning about computers. And a 'girl friend', albeit only fortnightly, with the sort of beauty wars have been fought for. It couldn't last. The fortnightly meetings continued. And intensified. When I was available, Jenny...
Saturday, June 12, 2004 Later that day, Michèle and Corentin found themselves walking to the Marseille beach. "I just need to stop at a pharmacy to buy sunscreen real quick." Michèle said. "There's actually one just around the corner." Corentin said. At the pharmacy, Corentin waited outside while Michèle did her shopping. She bought a decent sunscree...
Amna dreaded the day, but it finally came, when she was to have her first day working on the set of Hot Asian Lovers. She arranged to meet Susan at her flat, so, for Amna, she got up quite early and took the bus across town to the block of apartments opposite her parents’ shop. She prayed while waiting for a prompt reply on the intercom to give no time for h...