It didn’t take long for Julie to hear about the shooting at Cravings Coffee. Her heart raced as she read the terrifying news on her phone. It was a quiet Tuesday morning, and had she not cancelled her coffee date with Sarah, they would be dead. It was obv...
After kissing them both, I headed up to the bedroom to tidy up and change the sheets on my king-size bed. While I'd hoped that they would stay, I never really considered that they would. And with so much prep already going into the perfect day, I hadn't t...
She drove off knowing he was watching and she worried for her. She thought over the last several days and knew she couldn't go back to being just friends. But he complicated her life in ways she didn't understand. She knew he wanted what she had, but she...
Love is an enigma that can’t be fully understood. Poets and philosophers attempt to define it. Every race and culture throughout history embrace it and are willing to bet their very existence on it. Love seems to be the singular universal driving force...
Now wasn't that something to behold? The quick witted, sharp tongued Ainsely and smooth talking, silver-tongued Javon found themselves standing on the walk outside Carolyn's house not knowing what to say. Each of them had many things they wanted to tell t...
“Gods should be exempt from human passions.”-Euripides, “The Bacchae”***Eros arrived. He could already tell he had quite a mess on his hands. There were two of them, a man and a woman, both in love with the other, though neither knew it yet. Eros plucked...
Ben Morris is my BFF. He is my rock during high school, as well as being my lunchtime and study companion - we do everything together. He is a cute guy; blond hair, blue eyes, average physique, funny, smart and supportive - everything I want in a potentia...
The sun had risen around 7:30 that morning as I lay in bed, watching Mr. Universe sleep. Yes, I was biased, but I really did believe he was the sexiest man alive… so perfectly put together. There must have been divine intervention in his making. And if it...
Will was carrying a mesh duffel bag of clean laundry back to his apartment as Michael was leaving Felicia’s apartment. “Hey, you’re Will, right?” Michael asked, catching Will off guard. Will cleared his throat. “Um, yeah. I’m Will,” he said. “I’m Michael,...
Jenny Three weeks has passed since Douglas and I had made it official between us. It has also been a month since my last encounter with Jacob too. Since that day when I had lost control and kissed Jacob, I started to avoid him. But it seemed that the more...
I arrived at school and saw Douglas sitting down on the bench waiting for me. I smiled and walked towards him. “God, he is so cute,” I thought to myself. He looked up and smiled when he saw me walking towards him. “Hello beautiful.” “Hello yourself,” I sa...
The next few days were pure bliss. Douglas came over to my house and we watched movies together. I cooked for him and we asked each other questions, so we could get to know each other more. I hoped I wasn’t dreaming. I don’t know what I would’ve done if i...
They left his car and hiked up a steep, five kilometer trail to a vista overlooking the Celtic Sea. She struggled to keep up with him, as he took long easy strides. She stumbled, and he turned around. “You okay? Do we need to slow down?” “Why don’t you ev...
