The island had done it again. Whether it was pure chance or benevolence none of them would ever know, but somehow, someway, the place had seen fit to give them all booze again ( Read more... )

Eli stabbed at the laptop keyboard. “No, no - dammit!” he swore as the application he was using abruptly closed itself. “Piece of crap ( Read more... )

Savannah had quickly gotten the hang of the children's room and knew all the regular kids by name. Some of the ones who came by less frequently she found herself calling them honey a lot, and most didn't seem to pick up on her ignorance. The ones who could talk usually tried to tackle the mouthful that was "Miss Savannah" and she'd gotten used to ( Read more... )

It's probably not as bad as it looks.

He's nearly done with Lux's treehouse and, if he's honest? He's totally psyched about how it's turned out. He's been spending a good chunk of the time he isn't at work or with Lux on it and it shows. He's always been good with his hands. Renovating Open Bar was the first thing he'd done for himself, really ( Read more... )

Dated February 16, 2011:
"You must miss your kid a lot," TJ said, watching Danny and the baby for a few moments before climbing the roof to take over where he'd started. "I don't think I could imagine being without her, now that she's here. Before, I didn't...I wasn't really sure if I wanted kids. I wouldn't change it now, though."TJ cashes in on ( Read more... )

The past couple of days had been a whirlwind moving experience for Beckett, though it had only taken a little over two hours to actually take her things to the Castles' hut, belongings that really only wound up fitting into three boxes. She'd lived sparingly back in the city, but here on Tabula Rasa, she was really learning to live with the bare ( Read more... )

Her feet moved to the music filtering through the compound from the jukebox. She turned, her skirt billowing out and ringing with the sound of the tiny bells she had sewn on to it. Moving her hips she raised her hands in the air as the twins chirped happily at the sight of their mother dancing and smiling in front of them. Clapping her hands she ( Read more... )

Three months on the island, and Lux still hasn't seen the ocean ( Read more... )

Dated 15th January, 2011:
"I'm your Dad," he says, taking the shove that he deserves and squeezing her shoulder again, tugging her in for a hug, but giving her rroom to pull away. "I don't want to be anything but your Dad. I had...Lux, I've always had all these people in my life; Math and Jamie and Cate and Ryan and my parents and...I could stand ( Read more... )

The laptop had shown up a couple of days ago -- on his birthday, actually, a fact he only realized after the day was mostly over. The island screwed with his sense of time as much as Destiny had. That was getting a little better, thankfully, now that he had a couple classes to keep track of. But still, forgetting his own birthday? Lame ( Read more... )