He hadn't done cartwheels when the news spread that the outposts had opened again, but that was only because someone would probably ask why he was imitating Evan McCartney. He did change into his visiting-the-publisher clothes and popped out for what was meant to be a thirty minute meeting with his editor. Release forms, refusals to do book tours, ( Read more... )

He was supposed to be back in Montréal before the new year. He had accepted missing exams in a (comparatively) calm sort of fashion--had worked out sitting them from home, gotten a Wisconsin doctor's stationary for Caleb to sign off on his terrible terrible 'mono ( Read more... )

One of the benefits of living with Victor for the better part of a year was learning the very fine art of not talking to people. Of course, given that Zoe usually did talk to people - a lot of them, and frequently - it had involved a little more maneuvering on her part. But worth it, in the end, after the conversation she'd had with the elderly ( Read more... )

Somehow, at some point, Jordan had become the person people complained to. And so when it became evident that something was wrong with travel outside, no less than four people complained to him about it - including a Castle guard who was returning from visiting his brother, one of the Hearts' border guards ( Read more... )

Evan isn't supposed to be coming back to the Deck until Christmas time. He's in fact supposed to be studying this weekend. He will be studying this weekend. Definitely 100% going to spend time studying here despite not having his study group to force him to when it starts to get boring ( Read more... )

It's that time of year. Riley might not be appropriately dressed for the weather, but she knows it's wintertime. And that means it's time to hand out invitations for the James Family New Year's Dinner. She's going door to door with a ton of envelopes stuffed in her bag, then hanging around places in Town to catch those whom she's missed ( Read more... )

It's getting to be that time of year ( Read more... )

Caleb's never been much of one for birthdays. Whatever the family did was usually all he tolerated, preferring not to be the center of attention. This year is no different; in fact, there's maybe even less of a hurrah, as the only thing remotely close to celebration has been a quiet dinner with the family at Heart Castle Now, he's holding up a ( Read more... )

She's okay. It was a rough night after the Halloween Festival, so she packed her bags and headed to her father's house in Town. Not so bad, really, spending time with him, though living with her stepmom was definitely... awkward ( Read more... )

Halloween had been hard ( Read more... )