A dialogue short story about the things we wake up to that remind us there are still things in this life worth waking up for. ante meridiem - [adv. & adj.] "before noon;" Abbr: A.M. Or a.m. [credit to owner of image (not me)]

August has had a great life. A life full of color, full of happiness. A picture perfect life, but when his mom is diagnosed with cancer, his life begins to crumble. All the colors of his life start to fade, beauty crumbling into something dull and dark. With no light, he is giving up on life. Until Danielle, When Danielle comes into his life color starts to return in the rush of young love She is the light in a day that has begun to darken. Together, they will have to face a harsh world filled with tragedy, heart break, and the broken image of a perfect life. In a world that will not stop, can they live from August to September?

Nightingale is human - or would be, had it not been for the manner of her creation. Genetically engineered and grown to adulthood in a lab, she was created, not born. Why? For the sole purpose of the entertainment of rich men as one of the many Inamoratas in the bordello business . Beautiful, elegant, a superb dancer and an even better singer, she is the perfect lover for any man. Perfect, that is, except for her personality - the one thing you can't engineer.