Stephen carried his bottle of bourbon and mixers into the party, entering through the front door while cheering to his mates that he had arrived. It wasn't a large party by any means but Stephen enjoyed that as he felt more comfortable with smaller groups and people he knew. In all there were twelve people, seven guys and five girls including him. He had kno...
Adam was the designated "cool" guy at my junior college. He always knew what to say, what to wear. He had transferred from another nearby school about a month ago, but even then his reputation had preceded him. Girls from our school had dated him and we heard about his amazing body and incredible good looks long before he graced our presence. Not really the...
The hammering was driving me nuts. There was a crew of rather scruffy looking young men busy building a new deck on the Southeast side of my house. Now Lee and I already have a deck the extends out to the West. We keep a hot tub out there, running all the time. I have to say it gets a lot of use, Lee and I are both nicely tanned. But new homes in our area...
Trudy was just getting out of the shower that evening when the door bell rang. Wrapping a bath towel around her wet torso, she yelled, "Come in, it's open." As she put on her black, high heel slippers, she heard the door open above the soft music on the radio in the living room. She walked to her bedroom door to see her visitor. Scott was standing near the...
The nightclub had lively rock music playing from the speakers scattered throughout and a thin haze of cigarette smoke lingered in the air as Matt and Jill entered. Matt scanned the bar area for a place to sit and saw many unoccupied seats. He grabbed Jill's hand and led her to the bar taking a seat on the left side where they could scan the bar. "What can I...
The coach from Christchurch to Blenheim was fully booked and in helping two women with their heavy old-fashion leather suitcases had delayed Lewis Hall's bid to occupy a prime seat. "Thank you kind sir," called one of the women; they, also being late to board, were seated opposite each other in aisle seats near the back. Lugging his back-pack towards the u...
We sat on the bed, Mehgan and I, reminiscing about high school and wondering what some of our classmates had been doing up until this time. It had been about four years since we had last seen most of them and hadn't really kept in touch wanting desperately to leave those years behind. "You know what we should do," I said. "What?" Mehgan replied. "Call Will...
I woke up Tuesday morning to the sound of my text chime. "Don't forget to water my plants." Still groggy and spent from last night's Skype session, I stumbled into the shower and began my morning routine making sure that I left myself time to water her plants. When I entered her apartment the first thing I noticed was how impeccably clean it was. I decide...
It was Halloween...Kristy's favorite holiday. She looked forward to this night every year. She had a lot of visitors to her house, from itty bitty pea pods to a guy dressed like Jimmie Johnson. He had two tire tracks over the front of him and a bruised and bloodied face. He scored kudos and an extra handful of candy for his costume! Actually, there were lots...
"I just shot..." I began excitedly as I opened my front door. [T]he round of my life! was to be the conclusion of my exclamatory entry but I froze after just three words. The subject of my excitement was my first golfing triumph over our neighbor and two-time Pac10 champion, Jerry. The source of my (hopefully) temporary immobility was my wife Amy. She lay...