Mitchel leaned back in his seat, crossing one leg over the other as he held Jazz’s proposal in one hand, the fingers of the other performing a listless dance on the arm of his chair. Jazz remained standing, both of his hands hidden within his pockets as he caught his bottom lip between his teeth. He barely breathed, watching Mitchel’s face for any ( Read more... )

It’s so easy to forget the way she used to look at you -- how her eyes would freeze you in place; how her voice sent an avalanche of ice and snow down your back. How at the same time, her words would ignite that oppressive heat in your chest -- how she’d push and push and push until you erupted, words spilling from your lips you’d later regret but ( Read more... )

You should be used to this by now. The grab, the pull. The inability to look at anything else while the idea strikes you down and drags you off somewhere by your hair, kicking and screaming ( Read more... )

Attraction is a fickle thing. Dating is even harder, when you don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to the whims of another human being. I already have a small child who demands attention at all hours of the day, who goes, “Mommy hang out in the bed?” at night when I’m trying to put him to sleep for the day. Or he asks it at three in the morning ( Read more... )

"So if I wanted five hundred dollars in pennies, just how would I go about doing that?"

A box of bank-rolled pennies is worth twenty-five dollars. Each roll is worth fifty cents. He's asking to purchase twenty boxes straight up ( Read more... )

"You wanna hold my hand ( Read more... )

“My name’s Jasper Callahan, what’s yours ( Read more... )

Andrea stared out at the small group of reporters in front of her, her mouth going dry for the briefest of moments. Her notecards felt heavy in her hands, her blazer feeling far too tight over her shoulders to feel comfortable, anymore ( Read more... )

The first thing Piere noticed about the "most powerful" man in the world was his short stature. Piere himself wasn't tall by his people's standards, but this "Emperor" had to be a whole head shorter than him. Surely his people would have preferred a man who could come across as powerful and imposing as the country he ran ( Read more... )

Yeah, I think I'm gonna do this thing. :)