Frankie was surprised when Roy came home and said he'd seen Chisel, the schoolyard bully who had created such havoc in his life as a kid back in Philadelphia. "It's amazing, Frankie" Roy was saying as they had dinner. "Chisel's changed so much, he's a Buddhist now, and a probation officer as well." Frankie cocked her head, and a blonde curl fell into he...
"Come on, what's in the bag?" Woodrow used his elbow to give Eddie's a nudge as they headed down one of St. Agatha's halls. The bespectacled doodler just wasn't giving up. All three of the presidents had noticed the extra bit of plastic poking out of Eddie's backpack. Woody had just been the first to bring it up, he wasn't going to let it go. It was mostly b...
I got up to go to the bathroom and I noticed that the bedside clock read 3:15. The light from the full moon was coming in the window and it showed her long blond hair fanned out across the pillow. She had kicked the sheet off and the little dangly thing that was pierced in her skin at the navel reflected the light of the moon across her flat stomach as if fr...
Authour's Note: This is part three of Runaway, a story for the Highway Song event arranged by blackrandl1958. In the previous chapters, Lacey and Noah start heading back to Montreal after ending up on the wrong side of the country. Noah is alarmed to discover that Lacey is a virgin, but gives in to his feelings for her before trouble strikes in Toronto. Ch...
Part 2 Interlude -- About 7 years ago at Penn State "You're going out with the math geek again?" Allie asked watching Jen brush her hair. "His name's Mike," Jen said. "Okay, you're really going out with Mike the geek again?" Allie teased. Jen rolled her eyes. Then she said "I kinda like him." Seeing Allie's frown, she added a little defensively, "We're...
Lina's trip to her grandfather's village up in the mountains was not a well-thought out decision; all she needed was to escape the frantic rhythm of her life and, most importantly, to be away from everything reminding her of Peter—he had died of alcohol poisoning and everything in the apartment they had shared for two years was just a cold reminder of how sh...
~~~~~~~~~~ desolation Function: Noun 1. the action of desolation 2a. grief, sadness 2b. loneliness 3. devastation, ruin 4. barren wasteland - Merriam Webster Online ~~~~~~~~~~ It was 5:00 AM when the alarm went off. Rene Ballinger moaned loudly and then cursed loudly and plaintively before she rolled over and hit the snooze button. She didn't even ope...
Chapter 4 - DeuSex Machina The constant bumping motion was the first thing Maxine became aware of as she came around. She felt dizzy and disoriented as she slowly opened her eyes, it was a familiar feeling for her. She was sitting up in a small, closed off space. The revving sound of an engine and the bumping motion underneath her told her that she was in a...
Feliciti looked in the mirror. Her husband Ramone was pulling his black Levi jeans up. His stomach was lean and hard and his arms and shoulders were heavily muscled from working as a mechanic on big construction equipment every day. His hands stopped buttoning his fly and her eyes lifted up to meet his. "Like what you see, babe." Ramone bull- frogged. His e...
-- CHAPTER 4: Chemistry -- *** PRE-COLLEGE (September 1999) "Damn. You are just obsessed with my tits, aren't you?" "Would you rather I wasn't?" I grunted and kept thrusting. It's amazing what a person can do when properly motivated. In High School, while she'd never been FAT, E-Beth had certainly been carrying around a lot of excess weight. She wasn't...