THE FAREWELL "Don't worry so much, okay?" Janelle said, rubbing Avery's shoulder. He sat on the bed, looking at her beautiful face. She wore very deep red lipstick on her lips. Painted on her face was a soft and loving smile from ear to ear. "Well, I just...I don't even really know you, Janelle. I mean...You know?" he said, putting his hand onto her knee....
The first time I woke up it was black night, my senses completely out of synch, with absolutely nothing to anchor me in reality. My body felt odd, almost numb, and in my face was a massive wave of hair that, in tickling my nose, had woken me up. The hair smelled like roses. For the life of me I had no clue what was going on, but a wave of trouble was risin...
This maybe my final story. I've learned so much from this site and enjoyed sharing with you. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thank you. *********************************** Have you ever just sat back and wondered why certain things happen to people if life supposed be so random? Listen, there are three things that fascinates...
[Note from the author: This story takes place prior to the main Dress Off series, and tells the tale of another attempt by the Agency to recruit a new agent through the intense, life-changing recruitment method known as "Dress Off", a game of mental dexterity and physical prowess, where even the best players can be left wildly exposed. The story also re-intr...
The Damaging Winds of Change "Babe, that's Natalie, from the restaurant last night, correct?" I asked Bianca, as she was driving the two of us home from Tamara and Pete's. "It is babe, isn't she just the sexiest thing ever?" Bianca was so excited. "Keep watching Daniel, she gets pretty full on." Bianca insisted. The video message was Natalie thanking Bia...
I was running down the streets of Springfield, scared shitless after learning that The Thirteen not only knew my name, but had also taken my parents hostage. They were going to kill me as soon as I turned on my phone, or contacted anyone I knew. The mysterious Mentor I had chatted with claimed my parents would be killed no matter what I did. The reason I wa...
Shower steam fogged the mirror. Diana had just rubbed it clear, but she wiped it again with her palm, peering at herself through the humid heat. It was Saturday night. She'd graduated two days ago. For the first time in her life, school didn't hang over her head. Sure, college loomed on the horizon in August, but it was far, far away. The future looked as ha...
Author's Notes: Thanks again to TK for the editing job and suggestions. This story is my favorite of the series so far. I spent a lot of time working out the imagery of the scenes, I hope the readers will enjoy them as much as I did when I wrote them. * Shauna and Alayna walked out of the house arm in arm and to Alayna's car around the corner. It wasn't ea...
"Kat, it's just a mosquito bite." Luis laughed. He was sitting across from her desk during lunch. Kat looked down onto her forearm once again. The deep purple bruise like bump on her arm couldn't have been just a mosquito bite. She had plenty of them before and they never looked like that. She gave him a serious glance and it seemed to stir up his laughing f...
Tyrus stared at the terrified woman in front of him. She was trembling, her eyes wide and rimmed with red. She had seen too much. Now she knew the monster that he really was. What was he thinking? She was a human, and belonged in the human world. All this was more than she could handle. His gaze fell over the wound on her neck. It had stopped bleeding. The...