11.2.6. Why is New Year important to you?

Co-written with asinthecity | New Year's Eve

[Simultaneous to THIS]Tabitha 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 ( 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

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[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 agentsullivan & 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... )

6.2.4. What's something you are afraid of right now?

Co-written with asinthecity | Follows THISLuke 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 ( 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

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[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

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[Follows THIS]She'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... )

1.1.1. “You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.” - Van Morrison

Co-written with asinthecityVeering in to fall meant the day was nice, but it had a crisp feeling in the air. The trees in Central Park were turning over to the attractive rusty colours that came right before they shed their leaves ( Read more... )