"Give me ten days, and I can give you ten reasons not to die." Evan paused. "And if I can't change your mind by then, you can go jump off that cliff."
A girl meets an unusual new lover at a Halloween party. Written for the LGBTQIPA HQ Halloween Short Story competition. October 2014. Thanks to @Megabucks for the awesome (and, ahem, tastefully sexy) cover. :)
Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.