May the marshmallow be with you ⊂_ヽ 　 ＼＼ Λ＿Λ 　　 ＼(　ˇωˇ)　 　　　 /　⌒ヽ 　　　/ 　 へ＼ 　　 /　　/　＼＼ 　　 ﾚ　ノ　　 ヽ_つ We're fabulous 　　/　/ 　 /　/| 　(　(ヽ 　|　|、＼ 　| 丿 ＼ ⌒) 　| |　　) / ノ )　　Lﾉ (_／

Sometimes I think about doing rebellious stuff like chewing gum while taking a shower, or purposely calling my pet by the wrong name, but that would be to extreme. You see, I live in a world where if one thing were to be out of place everyone would go mad. Everyone seems so organized, but i'm sure they're a hot mess on the inside. I don't know how everyone got to be like this, you know, all the same, but one thing I know for sure is it's definitely not normal.

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"I'm sorry Jo. The cancer has spread. You're not going to make it past seventeen." That was the news that Jo Kelly had been waiting to hear since she turned twelve. But still, that didn't stop her from crying. She didn't want to die, who would? There's too many things that need to be done. So many things that need to be said. So many things that the seventeen year old needs. She hadn't even a friend to her name because she was always the 'outcast' and the 'girl with no hair'. That was, until, a certain cheery faced girl popped her head around her hospital door with two books and a plan. A plan on how to cheat and not let death think that she hadn't lived yet. She had to be strong and open. And it involved Jo. Abi tells Jo she has two choices in life, and that she has to pick. She can choose to sit at home in bed, crying and asking god why her until she dies, or she can do so many things she would have wanted to do, but fit them into the 50 days she has left. But the thing is, Abi only has half of them days to do what she wants. Will they live to the fullest or die a 'could have'? So, let the Bucket List begin! ~ Chloe Lumb <3

Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. * * * NOTE AS OF 04/2026: This is the old version of the story from 2012. It is currently being reprised, which you can also find under my profile here in wattpad as "5:48 [reprised]"

❝I’m sorry, River. But… you’re not my type, you know?❞ As soon as my best friend uttered those words, I figured enough was enough. I mean, I was tired of being ‘the rich frat boy,’ who walked around thinking I was perfection or something. I figured, why not put that good money to use? I got a makeover. I came in with blonde hair, I came out with black. I came in with a pink striped t-shirt on (hey, my mom made me wear it), I came out with a plain wife beater. Story cut short – when I walked out, I wasn’t the same River. My entire mentality changed. Grades and school got pushed in the back of my mind, soon replaced with girls and parties. Ah, life was good, I tell you. Girls. Beer. Bikinis. Boobs. All I saw, everyday! Then, I saw her. A red-haired beauty with the prettiest green eyes, plumpest lips. On a hot, summer day. In a beautiful wavy, flowered dress that hung at her knees. She was under a tree, reading some novel. I believe she told me it was some Harry Potter book, she’s obsessed with those. At first, I was going to play her – like the rest. Use her as my little project. She was a challenge. Something told me to let her be, but I couldn’t. I just… couldn’t. Then, as if in a blink of an eye, I found myself… Falling. In love. With her. Aubrey Mae Bloomington. [ © COPYRIGHTED BY xcalumsxo ] LOVELY COVER MADE BY @mumfrd (-: