Keegan is a boy who loves affection. He's usually quite peppy and excitable, but everything in life has turned against him. He ends up locking away his emotions and making himself distant from the world, trying to avoid further suffering. He's left a shell of his former self, struggling to get through life. He decides to take time away from his abusive life by going on a week long school trip to collect his thoughts. He is placed in situations he couldn't have imagined. Theo is a laid back jock. He can come off as aggressive and bossy, usually around his friends, though he has a heart and can be quite kind. His life is hectic and full of annoying people. His parents are inconsiderate, his friends are clingy and loud, and the rest of the school sucks up to him, which he doesn't received well. He just wants to be left alone. After deceiving his clingy friends he snuck away on the school trip, hoping he could finally get some peace and quiet. This trip would hold some surprises for him, and maybe even change his life. What future will await these two? Are they destined for greatness, or despair?

When an 18 year-old Marine replies to an email meant for an advice columnist, the girl on the other end can't help but be hooked on his every word. Wes Lee, a US Marine on leave, is the accidental recipient of an email intended for an advice columnist. Even though he knows he shouldn't, Wes can't stop himself from answering the sender's cry for help. Morgan Mayfield, the high school senior who sent the email, is more than startled to received Wes's reply. But what he says to her resonates, and his advice might be just the thing she needs to break free from the life she hates.

She'd shown up at the bookstore every day since the start of the winter season with a pen, a journal, and a pad of post-it notes stuffed in her bag. She spoke in metaphors, and sarcasm rolled off of her tongue like it was second nature to her. Her name was December, and Greyson Kaye couldn't keep himself from falling hopelessly in love with her.

//Werewolf. Runaway. Prisoner// Annabel Young stands on the precarious edge between our world and the Otherworld: a dark, underground society of vampires, werewolves and witches. Ruled by three brothers, - Victor, Nikolai and Ragnar - the Otherworld is on the brink of war. Packs are hunted to near extinction, and Magicfolk are used in back-alley experiments. For the vampires, the party never ends, the champagne never stops flowing and they are superior. By day, Annabel spends her time as a Florist-in-training. The pay isn't bad and the customers are pleasant enough. She tries not to think of home; of the lakehouse or the accident. But there's only so far she can run. And the past has finally caught up with her. Kidnapped by vampires and forced to fight her own kind for their entertainment, Annabel can't quite believe her rotten luck. Being unaffiliated, she knows she has no one else to rely on to get herself out of this dangerous situation. That is, until she makes an unlikely ally in Ragnar, the youngest of the three undead brothers, who has more than one secret up his sleeve.

The Diner has seen its fair share of the people of Midland, New York. There's Andrea, who doesn't quite know why she keeps coming back, save for the fact that it's the only place she doesn't feel constantly watched. There's Gregory, who people-watches, filling everyone around him with stories instead of filling himself with food. There's Milo, who often zones out as he waits on his patrons, dreaming of the day he can finally escape. And there's Monique, who simply likes the pancakes (and her waiter) a little too much.

“All is fair in sugar and buttercrème.” When her mom has to make a trip to L.A. for her bakery, Just Sprinkles, Serenity thinks she’s coming along to scope out the competition and kick some major butt, when really her mom has signed her up for Frosted, a baking camp shaping the young culinary bakers of tomorrow. And if that weren't enough, she meets the one and only Ayden Callaway: Baker extraordinaire, Son of New York’s hottest bakery owner, five year winner at Frosted and an…cocky egoistic jerk face! At Frosted a major prize is at stake this year. Bigger than any prize given out the years before, and it’s time for Ayden to retire from number one and let Serenity have a shot. He’s certainly not going down without a fight and everyone’s willing to go to extreme measures to win, including Serenity. She’s ready to beat Ayden at his own game that is until the event takes a drastic turn. For better or worse? You’ll have to read to find out.

Watty Finalist: Mystery/Thriller, On the Rise I see him vividly in my head. Him. The guy who calls himself A for whatever reason. The guy dressed in a black cloak with a hood that makes his face look like an endless sea of darkness. The guy whose voice is like velvet; so smooth; yet so deep and dark it sends chills down my spine every time he speaks. The guy whose simple words and actions are enough to send my heart into a frenzy. The guy whose black-as-night eyes captivate me day and night. The guy who enjoys teasing me and making me angry, like it's one of his new hobbies. The guy who has the power to make my legs turn to jelly in an instant. The guy whose past is so deep, dark, and bottled up that it scares me. The guy who spends most of his time stalking me; visiting me at night. The guy whose arms hold me so tight and securely. The guy who evokes feelings in me that honestly scare the hell out of me. But he's not just a guy. He's a criminal. The criminal that calls me cupcake.

When it comes to seventeen-year-olds Aurora “Rory” West and Kale Mathews, there is no such thing as the concept of ‘common ground.’ Their interactions (the few that they have) are always filled with overly-sarcastic remarks and countless number of trips to the principal’s office. One day, when a particular interaction goes a bit too far, their principal decides to punish them with The Baby Project- a month long project, worth more than half their grade, that requires them to parent a fake baby. In the beginning, the partnership is discarded as a joke by both students. However, when threatened with the possibility of expulsion, Rory and Kale reluctantly agree to make peace for the sake of their education. Over time, something changes, making them question their thoughts and feelings. They say there's a thin line between love and hate, but will a baby be the last push? (Editing but still updating)

Let me be vital. / I want to burn myself out. #39 Poetry - 11/6/16.

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