***** "Comfortably Numb", written by Roger Waters and David Gilmore. Performed by Pink Floyd, 'The Wall", 1979. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ It was a restless night. More because I'd slept so much the day before after Paula had left the room than anything else. When you sleep from morning until the afternoon, it makes it hard to go back to sleep when you'...
"I'll drive you," Dean offered as Rory was franticly trying to find her school uniform. "Thanks, I'll be reading in a sec," responded Rory as she rushed pass. She stopped to give Dean light kiss on the lips. As she ran off again Dean gave her ass a nice squeeze, eliciting a little squeal from her. Lorelai walked over to the teenage boy, "I'm gonna go take...
Continued from Chapter 3: While working deep undercover for the CIA in Pakistan, he routinely crossed the border to Afghanistan and Pakistan. From where he was perched atop of a hill, he could see the borders of both countries. At the time he was there, he overlooked a six-man band of Navy SEALS who were obviously on a mission. Even without binoculars or th...
Chapter One Hundred Sixty-Nine: Wintersend "No." "Be reasonable, Love. We have to go." I hated that Alistair was being so...so...reasonable. "No!" I pouted, knowing it was ridiculous and immature, but I couldn't help it. The cheeky bastard smiled, trying and failing to cover his twitching lips with one hand. "Sierra...your brother—" "He doesn't see...
Minerva By Denham Forrest, The Wanderer Minerva chapter 03 A little later that day I was sitting in the west conservatory, accompanied by Jack Blake, reading a book. Jack is one of the two, long-term residential guests of the Cliff Head that I knew well, and actually liked. Jack Blake is an extremely well dressed gentleman of indeterminate age. Near...
To my kind editor, MoaningLover. Thank you all for the feedback. Keep em' coming =) * Peyton tapped her foot impatiently. She looked at the time on her computer screen. Twenty more minutes until the end of her day; then she could see Nate. She closed her eyes and thought about the last three weeks of her life. After Nate had apologized, the two of them w...
Brandon knew that what he had with Lizzie was normal. His millennial generation did not need to define their relationships the way others did. Labels like "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" were obsolete, and there was no expectation of exclusivity. Lizzie and he were hooking up, that's all. Still, it hurt him inside when he thought too much about it. It wasn't...
Chapter Twelve: And if I die before I wake... When I awoke, it was bright out. I was lying in a field, my overly full pockets bruising me. I heard a shout, and then the pounding of several pairs of feet running. The sun was in my eyes, and when someone's head suddenly blocked the glare I was left temporarily blind. I heard my name being called by a voice I...
Chapter Five: Keeping Secrets Theron cleared his throat after a few awkward minutes. "One more question. In this...performance, do you ever find out why? Why did Loghain betray me?" "Not precisely. There's a lot of debate over that issue, actually, between different people who pl...watched the performance. Some say Loghain just went mad. Power hungry. Som...
Percy's side of the bed is empty, again. The hour of the wolf has come and gone and the castle lies still and dark, it's moonlit corridors cold and empty. The stone tiles are cold beneath her bare feet, when she steps up to the corridor window. A million stars are blazing in the night sky above, below the watch fires on the walls are burning low. There is li...