A few days before christmas, my friend Steve and I had arranged to go to see the Charlatans gig at Brixton Academy. They're his favourite band, and I like them too, they're always good live. He doesn't live too far from there, so was going to stay the night at his rather than trek all the way back home after the gig. It gave us an excuse for a few more beers...
Steve woke up, his hand sliding across the sheets. Finding himself alone in bed, he opened his eyes and squinted at the alarm clock. Five am. Listening, he heard the sound of his girlfriend, Cassie, and their roommate, her best friend, Sarah, giggling in the bathroom. What are they doing, he wondered sleepily. He hoped she was coming back to bed, it was his...
BEFORE PRESENT TIME The Chief shook the rattle, standing behind the Medicine Man as Mitena, known as New Moon, gritted her teeth and pressed down. Sweat oozed from her dark skin, her voluminous hair plastered to her forehead as she panted, working to bring the child forth. Her uncle stood at the head of the bed, massaging her shoulders and whispering words...
Henry Milner leaned forward and grabbed the metal pole as the city bus approached his stop. He pulled himself to his feet from his seat behind the driver. The face of a weary middle-aged man stared back at him from Miguel's rearview mirror. He took another look as the air brakes squealed the bus to a halt. A few gray hairs, but most of the brown was still th...
Anita and Jill had become pretty good friends over the last few days talking on the phone almost daily during the week. She was not sure if Jill would be interested in the party next Friday night but she needed to fill her in on exactly what would happen. Jack had talked her into taking Jill and she thought it would be fun to have a GF who enjoyed the same t...
Jack scanned the Student Union hall, searching for his friend. The hall was full with students studying for or recovering from exams before the semester ended for Christmas. After high school, his best friend Angelica had gone off to Art College, so they rarely saw each other anymore, but she'd written and suggested they meet when she came home for Christmas...
Hello everyone. I'm on a short break from work this week and today I just felt like writing. I know this is not perfect, but the story goes on. Thank you all for being so understanding throughout this time. I truly love you all and appreciate your support. Heads up: There is no sex in this chapter, but please read it any way. All characters are 18 or olde...
I hadn't been back in years. I was sure you had forgotten that I even existed. When I landed and started to think about all the people that I wanted to see, you topped the list. I had no idea if you still lived in the area or if you had a boyfriend or anything. I got off the plane and hit up my friend that was supposed to be picking me up from the airport. H...
[This is a sequel to A Hot Day in December, which takes place a few weeks earlier, and a prequel to A College Tryst, which takes place the following month.] ***** On a cold Saturday in February, 1975 Michelle Hanley and Judith Weinberg went to see Bonnie and Clyde at a revival house, the Cinema Village on 12th Street. The two were sophomores at the City Co...
At the recording of the 1st RWBY episode of always open, Kara Eberle and Barbara Dunkelman were talking to Lindsay Jones nee Tuggey and Arryn Zech. The four of them were sitting on the Always Open couch. Kara snuggled up against Barbara, while Arryn snuggled up against Lindsay. Kara looked into Barbara's blue eyes and they began to kiss each other. As they k...