for the guy i see every so often but i'm too shy to talk to

A quiet afternoon is infinitely more interesting when you add a young man who claims to be a time-traveler, a half-completed shopping list, and an unhealthy amount of sarcasm. {Written 2014}

In which two strangers exchange letters at a music store. au - alternate universe

Quinn Carmen is a spoiled brat. Her closet is filled with Prada and Louis Vuitton that she's only worn once, and she totaled her brand new BMW two weeks after her sixteenth birthday. What's more is that Quinn is a notorious party-girl whose fancy lawyer father has gotten her out of numerous underage drinking tickets. But when she and her prep school friends break into Twin Peak Country Club and take the golf carts for a joy ride, Quinn's parents have had enough of her delinquent behavior. They give her a choice: she can either go away to boarding school or spend her free time volunteering for a local organization. Not wanting to leave home, Quinn picks option two and is forced to spend the rest of the summer cleaning dog kennels at the local animal shelter. There she meets Holden Lewis, the happy-go-lucky animal caretaker whose personality reminds her of the dogs he cares for. Friendship quickly blossoms into something more romantic, but Quinn's friends don't approve because Holden isn't a part of their world. He goes to public school, doesn't have a trust fund, and his parents don't own a yacht. So when the biggest social event of the year and Holden's birthday collide, Quinn must make a choice between the friends she's always known and the boy who makes her laugh like never before. Inspired by The Choice, in theaters February 5.

So what do you do when a deliciously handsome guy breaks into your apartment on Christmas Eve wearing a Santa hat? Some might call the police or maybe scream. Or you could do what Evangeline does, which include the following: 1, point a water gun at him. 2, agree about the ugliness of small, pink tree with kitten ornaments from your stepfather's ex-wife. 3, go to a playground and bury said ugly tree. 4, begin to like the tree burying, Santa hat wearing intruder. So, if you ever find yourself in Evangeline's spot, just call the police.

There is an intangible magic to the secret double-lives of strangers on trains. She spends her journeys gazing out at city lights outside the window of the train. He watches strangers on the seats around him. Two strangers living off the stories of strangers, with only one journey to find their own. {Written 2013.}