The Match

The Match

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In a dystopian world, everything is about appearance. You have to look perfect, act perfect. All so that one day, you can find a suitable partner and have perfect children. 17 year old Hally has grown up living like that forever, and she hates it. Everyone is fake, and she doesn't want to spend her life waiting for romance to find her. But there is a special day once a year called the Match Making Ceremony. On this day, the gods choose 5 boys, and 1 girl. They will rise into the air and will be taken to a famous temple, awaiting thousands of adoring fans and paparazzi. Over 3 months, the girl will have to choose which boy she will marry. They will conceive a child, and that child will be the "savior" or a leader for the next generation. The gods do this to keep the well being if their community. But latley, the Match Making Ceremony has no meaning. It's just an excuse to throw parties, to have more celebrities to worship, and it is a source of entertainment. These 3 months of romance and heart break appear on television for everyone to see. Hally never would have thought that she could ever be selected. The chances of being picked are one in a million! Read and see what happens to Hally.
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"Do you know how old I am?" you whisper. "Mmm-hmm." A hand slips underneath the skirt of your dress and pulls you higher against his body. "Do you know how old I am?" "Yeah." "Does it bother you?" For a moment you stop. Does it bother you? you ask yourself. But then you feel his breath on your skin, open your eyes again just enough to look at him. He doesn't look his age. He doesn't act like it, either. And anyway, people are always telling you you're an old soul. Is it really that big a deal? You reach out to tilt his face back towards yours. Instead of answering, you just kiss him again. He laughs against your mouth, kisses back. And slowly he slides your body off the bench and guides you over to the bed. ====================== You are a writer in your early twenties, fresh out of a long term relationship and dying to shake up your sex life. Enter the actor, a handsome British thespian much older than you, often branded as the internet's boyfriend, who you meet on set of the movie adaptation of your novel. It's easy to convince each other that your completely inappropriate attraction is nothing but a fun, secret fling, no strings attached. But your out-of-this-world chemistry is threatened by the media, who swoop dangerously close to exposing the predatory age gap and tanking one (or both) of your careers.

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