Chapter 3: UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL IN THE DARK The house was finally still. Billie's room was almost completely dark. but She moved around confidently in it, since she knew its geometry like the back of her hand. The only light was a slender shaft of moonlight filtering through the curtains. She thought about Corky. Maybe it wasn't so bad being blind, if your...
Again Ann Perkins found herself staring into a camera, kind of hoping that it would just go away while for the millionth time she thought about the infuriating April Ludgate. About what was going on with them, how could Ann put a stop to it, and did she really want to put a stop to it? Then the cameraman gave a forced cough, making Ann focus on the camera ag...
"Pick what breakfast cereal you want" instructed Christina, my wife as we gently wandered around the supermarket. An innocent comment but when I followed it my life turned upside down. As I crossed the aisle to pick up my packet of Coco Pops I was nearly run down by a trolley. It banged into me and a wheel ran over my foot. I exclaimed and looked up to see...
Finn's arms were still weak when he threw the saddle onto his horse. He glanced over his shoulder at his friends saddling their horses in silence. The introduction had gone as he imagined it would, with the exception of the vibration that had kept his mind clouded throughout the majority of the conversation. He didn't normally work on Saturdays, but one of...
The week following our trip to the cabin I didn't invoke "Slut" to appear. I was testing something that was running through my mind. Saturday morning, we went to a flea market and just looked around. Even though Roni will only turn 20 in a few weeks, she really loved antiques. I caught her looking at a few men and women as we wandered around; this happens a...
Author's Note: Apologies for any linguistic or grammatical errors with the non-English vocabulary. ***** Brandon and Nalini were already in the office when Rebecca arrived at the Ministry in the morning. The weather had improved a little from the previous day, but only in the sense that it had warmed up a little; the sky was hidden behind a uniform sheet o...
Author's Note: All characters are of the legal age, 18 and over. I didn't write this seriously. I did it just to try to get back into the swing of things, and to try some new things, while I was mentally and emotionally working through some complex life shit. You're all welcome to insist that I'm a terrible person. ***** 1 It was an exceptionally cold en...
David wanted nothing more than to spend another night with Miranda, at her place or his. He didn't care as long as they were together. From the moment he saw her, David felt an instant attraction to Miranda that was more than physical. He felt they had connected on another level, one that transcended the amazing sex they had the night before yet heightened t...
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The next night at eight thirty, Mindy and Brenda were on the way to the hotel where the party was happening. Mindy had heard from Jim that everything was on go, and after a quick dinner with Brenda and then getting the final touches of preparation, the two girls had left to drive over to the party. They arrived at the hotel at a few minutes before nine, and...