It's a scary thing to do -- trusting someone with the most special thing about you; the thing that defines you as a person: your name. There's no telling what comes after it when someone speaks. It could be positive, and it could also be negative. But sometimes you just have to take a chance and open yourself to every possibility. Whether that be telling someone your name, going on your first date, or even falling in love. [top 10 finalist for the best of me movie contest] [1499/1500 words] [short story #30, 10/03/14]

Emilie Grey found her boyfriend Conner Hanglinton cheating on her after two years of dating. She's crushed but of course with the help of her crazy best friend she is going to move on. To bad, she didn't know just exactly how her best friend was going to help her until it was to late. Now she has the school's bad-ass not leaving her alone and even crazier than that are his bad boy kisses....

[This is an extended sample of a now published book. See inside for more details] ~ "I know you have to get back soon, but there's just something that I want to try first," he breathed. As his eyelids lowered, I let mine do the same, focusing on nothing but my heartbeat and his hands around my waist as I felt his lips finally press themselves against mine. And as he did that, a star - somewhere in our galaxy - exploded into a million pieces of stardust that rained down into our atmosphere. I hadn't been what he was looking for either, but he'd found me anyway. Copyright © 2014 IziKing. All rights reserved.

I've heard of Macklemore, but I didn't know anything about his music until yesterday when I fell in love with the song "Same Love". Listening to it, inspired the upcoming poem. If you care to listen, you'll find a lyrical video of "Same Love," which I found on YouTube in the media section.

"They stretch and stretch, two ends being held until one falters and snaps. And as expected, one end suffers a little bit of a sting." "So you like rubber bands?" "I guess, they aren't exactly significant." "Well I just thought since-" "They don't mean anything." *** Dakota Brooks was that girl at school that everybody knew, yet nobody knew at all. They knew of her name, the name that was titled for being the class secretary. She wasn't popular and she wasn't a nobody, Dakota was just there and she was fine with that. A.J. Fischer could be referred to as a nobody. His daily schedule consisted of waking up, going to school, and coming home to his laptop. In school he had minimal friends but was disregarded due to his quiet nature and rather blank stare. Really AJ was nothing more than a mind in an empty body. So with a rather strange clash of their worlds, Dakota and AJ find themselves sat in the middle of Chemistry with nothing more than one rubber band in front of them. And isn't it funny to think that something so small would make such a massive change in their lives?

Being dumped on your two year anniversary is heartbreaking, but instead of tubs of ice cream or boxes of tissues Macy Hawthorne has other plans. Revenge. She decides to fake date Aaron's only enemy, Blaze to make him jealous - and it works.The only problem is that Macy and Blaze cant stand each other but as time passes the only thing pulling them through is their hate for Aaron, will this ever change? They say hate is the perfect ingredient for love.

She is a woman who has no interest in men. He is a man who has no luck with women despite his good looks. They both grew up as best friends but never think about having a relationship with each other. Finally, fate decides to put them together. Will they ever make it?

Just days away from One Direction's 3-year anniversary, Marlene keeps thinking about what would it feel knowing them. It's on the day one if their concerts happen (which happens the day before their anniversary) that her life changes forever.

Despite her haggard heart she swears to remain unbroken...