Co-written with pullmystethIt seemed that Lachlan's ex-drummer had about as many forward-planning skills as his lead singer. Not only did he give Riley the wrong flight time (misread the 24 hour time on the ticket), but he picked a flight in rush hour and subsequently left Riley stuck in traffic trying to get into Newark International Airport in Jersey. Riley ( Read more... )

17.1.2. “Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” - Joshua J. Marine

Co-written with imnodoctorEvie gently sat the receiver back on the cradle. Not all the phones in the house were cordless, and for some reason Evie was grateful that this particular was taken on an older phone. Like it made it more real if ( Read more... )

17.5.2. Be told something you really don't want to hear

Co-written with imnodoctor | Follows THISEvie's shift finished an hour before Riley's, but rather than go home on her own, Evie waited. She took her time getting changed, that feeling of being dunked underwater still never really going away. She barely managed to understand people when they talked to ( Read more... )

16.1.5. “Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.” - Rosa Parks

Co-written with pullmysteth

[Follows THIS]It was an unusually cold evening for March in Princeton that night. It almost felt like it was still winter when they were well on their way into spring. Lachlan couldn’t ( Read more... )

15.1.4. “Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.” - Glenn Turner

Co-written with straight2point & pullmysteth

[Follows THIS and THIS]

( And what the fuck was an 'Ultrasound Suite' anyway? Was that like the honeymoon suite in a hotel? )

13.1.5. “We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our naked skins.” - George Bernard Shaw

Co-written with justalilcontact

[Follows THIS and THIS]If Riley had been weary before, then ( Read more... )

13.3.6. It could have gone either way...

[Follows THIS]

Sore. That was the first thought Chase’s brain formed. He didn’t even exactly know what was sore, just that something was and it wasn’t a small sore, either. That meant something wasn’t right. Maybe he was dead? But wasn’t the sore supposed to stop with the dead? Okay, whatever ride this was ( Read more... )

11.9.4. Proposal

Co-written with imnodoctor | New Year's Eve

[Follows THIS and THIS]It wasn't quite midnight yet but so far the party had been a success. Riley had seen very little of either Aiden or Pat because there were so many people in the room. It wasn't just their bunch this time, it was also all of Aiden's friends and some of his family, and ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS and THIS | Timed to Christmas Night]

Co-written with pullmystethEvie covered her mouth with her hand as she yawned. As exciting as all this was, she was starting to feel drained from all the emotions that had been coursing through her since Christmas began. She was still smiling to herself about Riley's duet with Tab, but her eyes were fixed on ( Read more... )

10.9.4. Parenthood

Co-written with doctortara, sexyinscrubs & pullmysteth

[Follows THIS, THIS, THIS & THIS]The young night Maternity nurse couldn’t help but smile in amusement at the crowd squished into the waiting room for Baby Campbell. Barely even two hours old and he was already a star around the hospital with a large personal cheer squad to boot. “I’m looking for a Riley ( Read more... )