Friday morning, around seven in the morning. We'd gotten in a little late from our shoe-shopping run to Memphis. It had not been a quick walk-in, walk out deal. I should have known. It had involved stops at Fredericks, Victoria's Secret, Christie's, and dinner at the Olive Garden before we drove the hour back home with not one but four pairs of shoes, more s...
Allison walked out of Federal Hills Blue Grotto restaurant frustrated in every sense of the word. It had been bad enough that she had been roped (and not in the fun sense) into a client meeting on a Friday night but to have had the client be fifty, fat and disgusting made the evening entirely unacceptable. To top things off, after giving it what she had fe...
There's an old saying that like most old sayings probably has a lot of truth to it even if it's not entirely accurate: if you want to see what your girlfriend will look like in twenty years, look at her mother. When I first meet Tiffany's mom, Charlene, I really hoped that the old saying was true. I had fallen head-over-heels in love with Tiffany almost at...
Epilogue Smiling joyously, Chichi felt as if she was floating on a cloud as his strong arms held her close, guiding her through the dance's slow steps and carrying her away to a world of their own. In the back of her mind she could feel the heated stares of the joylessly glowering crowd, yet she paid them no heed. This was her day, at last, the day she had...
The final chapters of this relationship. Thanks to all who have enjoyed my first long romantic story. Dennis has just left the hospital to go home and pack for returning to Chicago after donating bone marrow. * 5th of July 2007 I was home and it was about 11pm when I heard a light knock on the sliding doors leading to the back yard. It startled me and I...
Jake stared, mesmerized at the angel in front of him. Her head was tilted back, her long, chestnut hair flowing in silky curtains around her face, lips parted, eyes closed, and tiny body rippling in obvious pleasure. As he watched, her lids fluttered open and the brilliant blue of her gaze fixed upon his face. Her eyes were bluer than usual, dark and glossy....
I entered the compound with Eimi in tow. She said nothing as she traipsed along in her dark violet, open-toed platform shoes. She looked all around her, from the fence encircling my estate, to the low buildings that surrounded the central house. From our vantage point, she could see the three small houses in the front yard, and the escarpment that demarked t...
I'm the sort of person the Voluntary Servitude Act of 2154 was designed to help. I built up an insurmountable debt with college loans and some bad investments. The financial panic of two years ago meant that those who were holding my debt called in my loans. I was gainfully employed but at nowhere near the level I needed to be. Before long my wages were bein...
My name is Jonathan Harker. I had been looking for employment since I graduated from college six months ago with a degree in Eastern European history. My resume and photo on the Internet had not garnered me any job offers. In fact, I hadn't even had an interview. Then, I received an e-mail from an employment agency working for a prospective employer in Rom...
"Hi Matt, its James" I began. "I'm gutted that you will be going away in September, we've had a great time lately, and I'm really going to miss the fun" "Me too - but I will be home quite regularly..." he replied. Did I detect a slight tone of hope in his voice? "Laura and I discussed EVERYTHING that has happened, we both agree that if you are happy to car...