Author's note: the following story is purely a work of fiction and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. The author wishes to express his gratitude to Angel Love for her editing to make this a better story. * I stood on the ground at the bottom of three steps leading to the long, wide veranda of the main ranch house and called, "...
Chapter 1 She raced around her bedroom one last time, trying to be sure she packed everything he'd told her to bring, which wasn't much really. Her heart was racing and she felt nervous about finally seeing him. They'd known one another on-line for more than six months, and had gotten to know each other quite well, but this was to be their first time meetin...
Let's get the introductions out of the way. Leo and Yvonne Bridgeport have been married just over ten years. They meet all the criteria for this kind of story—both good looking, both take care of themselves, etc. They have two boys, Sammy (8) and Roy (6). They both work and have good paying jobs and both their parents live within an hour of them so the grand...
DISCLAIMER: This is my first time at writing a story like this and although some of what you read will be fiction, some of what happens in this story actually happened. Names have been changed. ***** PROLOGUE "Penny, it's time you started to get out on your own again and move on with your life." The words were spoken by my best friend, Mandy. It had be...
Ch 3 - Holidays are for hearts. My alarm went off at 7 AM. I reached up to hit the snooze button and felt her warmth beside me. Connie's sleepy eyes opened and she half grinned at me. I pushed the snooze and wrapped my arm around her soft shoulder and pulled her tighter to me. Connie sighed and just snuggled in closer to me. Neither of us wanted to get u...
1. The glass door had a faux-bronze handle and the words "Has Bean's" stenciled on it in some non-specific ye-olde font. "Cute," thought Jennifer Sutcliff, nee Ludlow, as she paused in front of the suburban strip-mall coffee shop; "kind of moronic, but cute." She could feel her heartbeat in the back of her throat. "Oh heck, Jen, get a grip on yourself!" She...
Chapter 18 And Plans The next hour or so was spent making final preparations to the meal and then sitting down to eat it. To an onlooker we must have at first seemed like a couple of love-struck teen-agers, spending a lot of the time touching, staring into each other's eyes or simply grinning like idiots. But after a while we both brought our emotions und...
Lord of the Sixteen clans arrives on earth Once the Clan Lord arrived on Terra he immediately went to talk to Teolura. The Telepath's guild had finally decided they wanted to see if more humans might be telepathic. Based on what they knew humans didn't believe in psychic powers for the most part. He had reviewed what they knew of the terran beliefs and an e...
PART 1: A New Hope *** Pen in hand, I sat down again. I wanted to keep moving. My cheeks itched just a bit where the tears had dried. The rumpled napkin was still sitting on the table just where I'd left it. "That's all right. Happens to everyone. Just two more. Right here, and right here." Quickly, I scribbled where the man told me. Then with a sigh, I...
The beginning of this story is the same as the beginning of the "Beverly and I" four part series by Elia_CDL. The ending has been substantially modified and published here with the explicit consent of the original author. It is reimagined here with the main characters going in a different direction together after their initial adventures in flashing stranger...