Being a music teacher was turning out to be a lot more work than she thought it was going to be. She thought it would be fun -- she'd teach kids the music, do some conducting, it'd be awesome. She wasn't expecting the paperwork, and the parents, and the fact that she actually had to give tests.

Tests. For orchestra. What the fuckShe was almost ( Read more... )

[Set in Shelter. Cowritten with momslittlethief . Set after THIS.]He had been able to bury his anger enough to please his family while they were waiting at the hospital, but it all boiled up again when he went in to see his father. His father had always been a strong, reliable man in his life. Sure he was closer to his mother, but his father had never let him ( Read more... )

[Set in Shelter. Cowritten with momslittlethief. Bela is enjoythe_ride, James is anyminute_now, Sam is freelncesuphero, Lizzie is dads_lilhacker and Sara-Rose is gramslilpicasso. Follows THIS and THIS.]Sam wavered on his feet, his hand brushing over his face as he exhaled. His phone was in his hand, but he was scared to make the call he had to make. Blood stained his clothes and hands. An ambulance was driving away, sirens ( Read more... )

[Set in greypicketfence. Dad/Flack is and_dontgetcute. Jordan is an NPC.]“So are you watching or what ( Read more... )

[Cowritten with momslittlethief. Set after THIS.]It had taken most of the exit into the city, but Cole convinced his mom to drop him off by Haley's apartment as soon as they got in. He knew it was a little late, but he figured he was safe if it wasn't past 10. He left his bag with his mom and climbed from the car. Luckily they'd stopped for his stuff at his ( Read more... )

Cole's mood had improved slightly over the past hour. He pushed his argument with his sister out of his head, and got himself ready to go see Haley. He arrived at her door like he said he would, with a paper bag in his arms. He could have easily brought take-out, but he had told her he'd cook for her and he figured that night was as good as any. ( Read more... )

[Cowritten with momslittlethief.]Haley sat at the window table of the coffee shop, sipping her cup of coffee quietly while she waited. She didn't know what it was about this guy, but there was something about him that just -- got under her skin. It didn't happen often, and it was making her more curious than not, so she was willing to play this out, see how it ( Read more... )

She had been on the highway coming back into the city when it happened. A slow clunk-clunk-clunk that she knew came with her car sliding down that hill to a slow death. She'd been seeing the signs for weeks now, but she managed to plead her way through it and get to her gig in upstate New York that weekend. She figured that after the gig she ( Read more... )