A 30 day writing challenge celebrating pirates and pirate enthusiasts and everything in between. random #44

Emma is a professional clown. Which is just perfect, because she thinks she's falling in love with a guy who never smiles. Emma is willing to do anything to change Jesse's life to make him happy. Except, Jesse already has a family and too many dark secrets to count. Can the girl with the happy soul change the guy with the battered one? Nobody knows, but she's sure as hell going to try. (This is a short novella centered around Jesse from Pretty Bad Things. None of the characters from PBT will be mentioned (except maybe Harvey!), therefor you don't have to read PBT to enjoy Jesse's Girl)

❝every soft touch drove her out of her mind❞ It’s not easy being who you are. Especially if it’s 1935 and you’re a lesbian. And Joyce knows this by heart. Each day is hard, each night slow and empty. But with practice, she puts a smile on her face. And her parents wave away the days when she was ‘experimental’, but nothing more. She smiles at expectant and dull kisses from her boyfriend and pretends to enjoy the annoying dates and giggles at each thing a school yard girl says about the newest boy. But all of this changes when she meets Elizabeth. Elizabeth - freestyle, amazing, confident and gorgeous. Of course, a lesbian. But oh-so-perfect Liz is hiding something. Dangerous and deep. And suddenly Joyce’s burden to bear. [Based off the song ‘Addicted to You’ by Avicci].