Back home, Rizzo had to drive on down to the drive-in if she wanted to catch a flick. The options were pretty limited to whatever reel the man in charge had lying around, but she wasn't too big on the things anyhow. Here, though, they had plenty of movies just lying around on the bookshelf, waiting to be thrown up on the screen in the rec room - in ( Read more... )

He shifts closer, glancing into her face as he gets started on the scan. And then there it is, suddenly - a heartbeat. He studies the screen for a second and then reaches out to trace the image with his thumbnail. "Spine," he says, gently. "Skull."

"Oh God," she whispers.Via Paul and an ultrasound, Rachel finds out that she's pregnant. It's ( Read more... )

Dated August 29, 2011:
After one trip to see her doctor, George and Nina's baby becomes just that much more real.

[ HERE | Ongoing | PG]

This is all his own doing, he knows, but Mathias is still completely exhausted ( Read more... )

It's amazing how quickly things become routine ( Read more... )

Dated June 25, 2011:
Fatigued and 'a week late' Sonya checks in the clinic for a pregnancy test. Upon consideration, she doesn't really consider the result a surprise and just takes the entire matter in stride.

[HERE | Ongoing | pg]

“How do you think we can help?” Miss Walters asks, and Jenny takes a deep breath, outwardly as calm as can be. She’s rehearsed this, planned in her head the things she needs to say, and however daunting it might be, there’s nothing she can lose that she hasn’t lost already. David, the promise of Oxford, her dignity, they’re all gone now; this is ( Read more... )

Dated June 28, 2011:
This was not a story of love at first sight. This was a story of boy meets boy, at the awkward age of twelve. A friendship spanning nearly two decades. One of the boys steady and ambitious, knowing what he wants and taking it, while the other faltered, through love and career choices, never quite knowing what he was or what he ( Read more... )

There is nothing so disorienting as waking up and having no clue where he is. Mace doesn't panic, however -- he almost can't find the energy to do much more than stare up at an unfamiliar concrete ceiling, waiting impatiently for his memories to trickle back. When that doesn't prove to give him results in the few seconds he's been awake, he shifts ( Read more... )

If there was one aspect of the island that Rizzo had taken a shine to right from the get-go, it was the clothes box. She'd never exactly been the patient type, but she didn't mind spending an afternoon sifting through the colourful, stretchy offerings. Every once and awhile a blouse or a skirt or a belt would appear that she could actually wear ( Read more... )