Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. *** Claire is lost and scared and utterly alone. Her family is in shambles after the death of her older sister Ina, and she's left to pick up the broken pieces of herself as her life heads into a downwards spiral of loneliness. Her heart leads her to 5:48, a little cafe by 33rd street, where she finds her new home. With a broken heart and a speech disability, Jasper has his heart and mouth sewn shut by the winding threads of hurt and fear. Painting and serving coffee in cafe 5:48 are one of his last few saving graces, but the smile he's been painting on himself will soon fade away as everything he's ever held dear slips away from his grasp. Ezra is out-of-sync and oddly cold by the way life has treated his young self. Abandoned by his single mother at an early age, he has grown up thinking that he is a mistake. His constant shaking hands are a reflection of what he often thinks of himself, but the delightful pastries he bakes for 5:48's customers are a reflection of what others see of him. Drew is a quirky rarity. He is a dash of loud, a pinch of exuberant, and a cup of eccentric - just like the meals he serves in the cafe as the only chef there. Behind his playful grins and outlandish clothes, however, are his jutting ribs, hollowed cheeks, and too-thin arms. Sometimes he cannot stomach being in his own skin as much as he cannot stomach food. This family has gone a long way from finding each other, and they'll be going a long way together too as reality comes catching up to them, threatening the newfound happiness they've found with each other. Secrets are revealed, pasts become presents, and lives are changed. Slowly but surely, they find their way back home. *** NOTE AS OF 08/2026: This is the old version of the story from 2012, posted in FULL. Another story that will be considered a reprise of this old version is in the works, and will be posted under the name "Hiraya House."

They met over cups of coffee and marlboro cigarettes and they made each other's day

''we don't just smoke for fun, darling'' [lowercase intentional]

Willow is a pregnant girl from District 12. This is the 100th Hunger Games. This Quarter Quell shocker is that the Games will consecutively go on for three years. So when Willow is reaped, she knows that she's going to have to undergo pregnancy during the Games. But the Games will just be another problem when she faces death, love and a betrayal too terrible to believe.

Lucille Mockingbird, an eighteen year old Victorian girl. She encounters the Doctor multiple times, growing more and more fond of his visits as they happen. When she's taken from home to travel time and space, how will she adjust?

Emma and Michael have been best friends since before they can remember. Of course, there have been other friends, but they both relied on each other for nearly everything. However, what Michael doesn't know is that Emma has been harbouring a secret crush from him for six years. But when Emma becomes recognised by one of the biggest music producers in the world, she has no choice but to leave rainy England for the sunny weather of Los Angeles to pursue her career in music. All seems to be going as well as it could without the company of her best friend, when she has to return to England to finish her studies. And what better school to go to than the one she attended three years ago? Under a disguise, of course. A disguise which even her best friend wouldn't be able to see through...

I am trying to describe the struggles that people go through every day with their stubborn attitudes that are persistent to keep them private. Okay this is a horrible description but I hope it won't be a completely terrible book.

they fall, the Autumn Leaves, they fall. ❝ Float down Like autumn leaves ❞ Autumn leaves, miles away, but there's no place she'd rather be. cover by @inkymarks ©_unwelcomethoughts 2014

**Please forgive my mistakes and crappy-ness. I am under-going editing... It may take a while. Thank you for reading and making it hit over FIVE MILLION reads omfg :'D ^_^ BUT IT IS GETTING EDITED...SLOWLY....SO PLEASE IGNORE MISTAKES AND STUPIDITY :)))** ❝I hear you're a player... So lets play a game. Let's sweet talk. Let's play fight, let's talk 24/7. Let's tell each other good morning and good night every day, let's take walks together, let's give each other nicknames. Let's hang out with each others' friends, let's go on dates. Let's talk on the phone all night long, let's hold each other... And kiss and hug each other. And whoever falls in love first? Loses.❞