I look at him thoughtfully."Alright, let's play a game. The game of love. It's a game of...chances. We will flirt, we will text, we will call each other late at night, and we'll fall asleep thinking of each other. We'll hold hands, go out on dates, we'll kiss, we'll make believe we're the cutest couple in the world, and the only ones who will know otherwise...will be us. It will be a shocker. No one we know would believe we would fall for each other. That's the best part, and the challenge. It's the best play in the world, and we're the starring actors who landed the role. We'll pretend to have hopelessly fallen for each other. The game will go on around 4 months. Today's November 1st. So we have until New Years, where we can break up. The only condition?" I pause. "Don't fall in love."

Vanessa Laine is a college student and aspiring musician. She's got the look and she's got the voice. The only thing that's stopping her is her stage fright...and an opportunity. But opportunity knocks when pop-punk band, The Velocity, holds auditions for a new lead singer at the restaurant that Vanessa works at. Getting in was the easy part. Surviving as the only girl in the band is the hard part. Can she do it?

We don't remember days we remember moments. We remember certain moment that will forever change our perspective on some thing or some one. It's these moments that every second matters and we have a choice; take action and capture what is rightfully ours or the we could sit back and watch the best thing in the world slip through our grip. It's your choice... chose wisely.... Blake had life all figured out or so he thought. That all changed when he saw a mysterious girl sitting underneith an oak tree in the court yard that divided the Middle School from the High School. Every fiber in his body told him to go to her but hesistated and waisted perfectly good secrets. She walked away and he didn't chaseafter her. Since then he has been obsessing over her, trying to find out who this mysterious girl is and why can't he get her out of his mind. Every time he is close to her some thing comes in the way and he always misses his chance. Until one day he finally finds her; he finally finds his mystery girl and he has twenty seconds before he may never see her again... One... Two... Three... Four... Five...

Valaria Mars, an alien from the planet Speight is sent to Earth to study the humans. When she gets there she is expected to fit in and do {mostly} everything a normal human girl would do. Most importantly she must stay focused on her mission but when she gets there she meets a guy who changes everything putting herself and the entire universe in danger. Will she be able to look past this human boy and stick to the mission or will he be able to change it for her.

"Together Forever," he breathed out slowly as he intertwined our fingers. "Don't make any promises you can't keep, babe." I reply. He grabs me by my waist and pulls me into his embrace, "I promise you, I will love you everyday of forever." His voice is husky and I notice his eyes are watering slightly. He leans down and kisses me passionately. I can't help but smile; he's mine forever. Together forever. Marie was your normal teenager. She's wasn't popular and she didn't have many friends. Until she met Ethan Hunt, the school's bad boy who changed her life the moment he promised her the world. But after catching him cheating after two long, faithful years of dating; her world comes crashing down on her. On top of having a past that could scar any teenager, with eating disorders, cutting, and depression. Marie finds herself having to make life altering decisions, maybe even the biggest decision she'll ever have to make. Will feeling depressed and alone make her resort to her old habits? Will she ever be able to love again? When Ethan tries to confront her will she fall back into the same feelings? Or stand strong? That's a lot of questions for one girl.

Romance / SciFi / Short Story - The Blush, something that happens to Peter Webb every time he meets a girl, but particularly Helen next door. Will she ever take him seriously, or will something unexpected come between them? A short romance with a little SF twist...

After an incident three months ago and her parent's divorce, Reina Caverly finds a way to cope: cutting herself. Her mother's a workaholic, her sister is an out of control teenage girl, and her dad disappeared from the face of the planet. She can't even tell her two best friends, Joshua and Megan, about her problems. Then she meets young and mysterious Calvin Young about to commit suicide by jumping from her school's rooftop which surprised Reina. He's rich; he's handsome for his age, and does well at school, so why? Why would someone who has everything want to kill himself? Everyone has a dark secret, even Calvin who seems to have the world. Can Reina and Calvin learn to speak up about their issues? Can they find their reasons to live? ______ "One day you'll leave me. You don't want a girl with a rape story," I said as I desperately tried to stop my sobs and hiccups. "You deserve someone who is prettier and more stable then me." "Mon ange ," he whispered to me lightly as he held my tear-stained face. I looked at him and my breath shortened as I met his intense look. "I don't want anyone else," he said, "because I just want you." ______ WARNING: Story contains rape, self-harm, and suicidal ideation.

Erin hasn't been able to sleep for about 3 weeks something in her dreams haunts her but then comes her knight in shining Armour and saves her however is he really what he is made out to be or is he something more sinister.....?

"Come on, it'll be fun." "Fun? You call putting toads in my stepfather's wardrobe fun? Did you forget he's a sorcerer?" "Did you forget I'm a wizard?" "In training, Fai." "Pfft, give me another ten years. Besides, him screaming like a little girl would be worth everything!" "...you do know defense spells, right?" "Who do I look like? Merlin?" "Let's put these croakers into the underwear." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ed is training to be a knight and has a best friend who happens to be a wizard in-training to help him get through the horrors that not even the sanest of the sane can deal with: his stepfather and his stepbrothers. Daily dosages are enough to drive many to froth at the mouth and swirl at the eyes. One night he happens to chance upon a beautiful girl, things click and just "fall into place". Until his stepfather and stepbrothers ruin everything. Again. Not to fear, that's what his best friend is there for. And no, he doesn't turn them to toads. No, there's something even better... Read this boy-Cinderella story and become enchanted by the wit and not-so graceful encounters you will face inside... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright © 2013 (made 2012) by Kshipra Sawant. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without prior permission of the author.

Class started and the teacher announced that a new student was joining us. And look who came prancing in. "It's you!" Bree, the guy, and I yelled in unison. Great. Just my luck. Rumors spread faster than bonfires and Maci Johnson was unlucky be caught in the center of it with an unwanted spotlight shining on her wherever she goes. But when the rumors become true, can she keep denying the truth?