24.1.2. "Sorrow you can hold, however desolating, if nobody speaks to you. If they speak, you break down." - Bede Jarrett

Co-written with agentsullivan & notskywalker
[Part of all HERE and HERE]The discussions between Andrew and Ali's doctors had been lengthy and draining. It took awhile for them to come to a decision with the advice of her psychologist that she should be ( Read more... )

Co-Written with notskywalker | Happens same time as THISTabitha London Browne was barefoot and standing on the tops of her boyfriend's shoes as they slow danced. Somewhere along the way, Tab had discarded her boots in favour of bare feet because as much as she loved a party and she loved a couple of extra inches of height--these boots were new and had been ( Read more... )

10.1.2. “Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you wrong.” - Dr Thomas Fuller

Co-written with agentsullivan

[Follows THIS, THIS, THIS and THIS]Luke sat down in the hospital waiting room beside Ali and offered her a disposable cup of coffee. “It’s from the machine, but better than nothing?” he said ( Read more... )

9.1.5. “Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.” - Mark Twain

Co-written with notskywalker & asinthecity

[Follows THIS, THIS and THIS]Was it possible that giving birth gave one Agoraphobia? Since stepping out of the main entrance of the apartment block on the Upper East Side, Ali had felt nothing but ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS | Co-written with notskywalker]Luke finally exited the bathroom and sought refuge on the sofa while he waited for Tab to come back from the shops. He threw his phone onto the table, not even caring when it clattered against the glass tabletop. It wasn't like he couldn't replace a cell phone. He curled up into a ball with a moan. This sucked. How ( Read more... )

5.3.4. He hesitated and put the...

Co-written with mrpublicityLuke thumbed through a series of new advertisements for The Bondi on the clipboard in front of him. He scratched the back of his head and then scrunched his nose up before finally glancing up at his friend and marketer, Aiden Lewis. “I’m not sure I’m buying the red and yellow stripes around the ( Read more... )

5.1.1. “Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.” - Marilyn Ferguson

Co-written with asinthecity

[Follows THIS]Luke felt sick. No, really. He did. After Tab all but screamed and sobbed her confessions at him, he stumbled into the nearest seat and proceeded ( Read more... )

4.1.5 “Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.” - Antione de Saint-Exupery

[Co-written with notskywalker | Follows THISShe'd been waiting since she'd got off the phone with Riley for Luke to come home. She'd ducked out for five minutes to grab the pregnancy test and now it sat on the bathroom sink mocking her. She couldn' ( Read more... )

4.2.3. Do you believe in fate?

[Follows THIS]Luke laughed and shook his head. “It was so not my turn to be Santa this year,” he protested. He swirled the last few mouthfuls of beer around in the bottle and then set it down on the step beside him. When a phone call from home had signalled on his cell phone, he’d excused himself outside so his voice ( Read more... )

3.1.5. “Sometimes it's hard to avoid the happiness of others.” - David Assael

Co-written with notskywalkerRiley nearly jumped out of his skin when shuffled in to his kitchen and found someone in there. It wasn’t really that late, but the rest of the house had been quiet to he’d assumed everyone had gone to bed. The four of them lodged into the tight space ( Read more... )