I liked Summer Unplugged. Yes it was a short story that I felt would've connected me more to the characters had there been more length, but it was still interesting nonetheless. I mean, how many of us can disconnect ourselves from our cell phones or computer? Not many, I think. This story is a go...
There’s brand new brown leather couches behind a gorgeous blue and gray rug that’s so fluffy, I want to kick off my shoes and walk across it. There’s still a foosball table and Mr. Poe’s old Pacman arcade game in the corner. The TV has been replaced with a flat screen that’s mounted on the wall a...
He grabs the massive cheeseburger in one hand and takes a bite. “So what’s up, man?” My shoulders fall. “I’m in trouble.” He takes another bite, his eyebrow rising. “Like . . . legal trouble? Man, what did your dumbass do?” &...
Luckily, after than incident with the guy at the gym, no one has said anything else about the picture. I’m not sure if it’s because no one I know in person actually saw it, or if they’re just being polite. Regardless, I hold my head high and I work as hard as I can at the Track and I get on with ...
Something about having a heart that won’t stop aching for someone you know who can’t date, will do that to you. Yeah, trust me I know it’s pathetic to pine after Park so much but I just can’t help it. He was so perfect in every possible way except one – his address. And, w...
Truly’s is the first shop in a long strand of shops that used to be called Lawson Outlet Mall, but is now called the Lawson Outdoor Mall, because I guess there was no longer enough outlet stores to qualify it as a discount place to shop. Most people call it the LOM, like lawn only with an m at th...
Every morning, Jace and Park work on the business until around noon, when they break for a quick lunch and then take a few laps around the track. After riding, they go to the gym and workout, then shower and go back to work. I’ve slipped into a perfect routine that works around it. &n...
I’m not exactly sure how this popular crowd does things in regards to flirting, but that was fun. Mindy keeps her arm around my shoulders, even as she talks to another guy who looks like he’s had too many beers and too much sun this Spring Break. When he leaves, she turns ...
It’s nearly two in the morning, but I’m off work tomorrow so I’m still awake, playing online. I’m not exactly the most popular person in the world, so when my phone goes off, I assume it’s spam email or something equally uninteresting. Heat rushes to my face as I stare at ...
He’s doing that scream-for-no-reason thing he sometimes does, I can tell by the sound of it as I unlock the door and step inside our apartment. “What’s my little man crying about?” I call out. No one answers me, but it’s not like I expected Jett to suddenly stop crying and...
But since I am carrying a mini-Jace in my body, walking through the crowded streets, with their varied and sometimes awful smells, really takes a toll on me. By the time we’ve eaten dinner, I am so exhausted and weirdly moody that all I want to do is go home. But you can’t...
Marla is at work. Ben is in his room playing Xbox, talking strategies with a stranger on the other end of his headset. I knock on his door, something I never did when we lived at Mom’s but something that’s required here. Not by rule, just by me not wanting to see anything bad when I opened the do...
She writes me back with a smiley face and I feel a sense of relief. Every day that she still wants to hang out with me is a good day. This is the first time I’ve ever felt this way about a girl—like I can’t get enough of her. Usually girls get annoying after an hour or so. Texting, phone calls, l...
But then, thanks to the hyper awareness that Monday brings a person after a weekend spent making out and picking out paint colors with your boyfriend has deluded your thoughts, I remember I have an essay due for my history class on Wednesday. It’s kind of a major grade in ...