Chapter 32

Boone blinked. A ray of light refracted from the window into his eyes, nearly blinding him. He shut his eyes tightly, rolling over onto his other side. He tentatively opened his eyes again, squinting, letting his surroundings slowly make themselves apparent. But the glare from the window was still debilitating, so he slowly stood up, ( Read more... )

Chapter 32

Boone blinked.  A ray of light refracted from the window into his eyes, nearly blinding him.  He shut his eyes tightly, rolling over onto his other side.  He tentatively opened his eyes again, squinting, letting his surroundings slowly make themselves apparent.  But the glare from the window was still debilitating, so he slowly stood ( Read more... )

 
Tangled Youth

Chapter 31

Boone awoke early the next morning after a not-so pleasant sleep on his new dorm room mattress, which was both too hard and too soft at the same time. But this was a minor adjustment to get used to compared to the fact that he was now living with a bunch of people he barely knew, was in a city he had no idea how to get ( Read more... )

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When they finally let temptation take over, nothing could hold them back. It was hot, unbridled, and sweaty. Her skin was electric against him, sending shocks of electricity through his body each time she touched him. They had fallen onto the bed after only moments of kissing, needing to fill the space between them. He needed to make sure that she ( Read more... )

 
Tangled Youth

Chapter 30

Boone was surprised how quickly the five hour plane ride to New York passed. Throughout the entire trip, his mind swam with thoughts, about what was to come in his life, and what had already occurred in his life. By the time he got off, he was gnawed with a feeling other than anticipation-he realized that he already ( Read more... )

It had begun long before Sydney, this thing between them, long before high school was over and before they grew up. She didn’t remember when - somewhere around the time she was fourteen, but it had started like a game. A “goodnight game” occurring in there last few minutes of consciousness each night.

“I dare you to kiss me,” she would tell him.

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Tangled Youth

Chapter 29When the fingers of dawn crept across Boone’s window, the sky’s pink-tinged light blinded his eyes, and the golden sun reflected off of Shannon’s hair. It was the epitome of a California sunrise, and Boone realized that this was the last morning he would ever wake living with his family in California - his last day living ( Read more... )

Evanescent
She missed him so much. She missed him with a constant, aching pain deep inside her body that throbbed whenever she attempted a smile. She missed him so much that a shadowy, ghostly image of his face seemed to have been tattooed inside her brain, making it impossible to think about anything else, or put it aside.

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Chapter 26

Shannon was currently blasting Pink, and the catchy pop melodies wafted down the hall through her closed door. She was screaming along with Pink’s strained vocals, something about, “You can run over me with your 18 wheeler but you can't keep me down!”

Minutes before, she had stormed through the house, thrown her Dolce and ( Read more... )