Lonely Oak Chapter 26
Lyza shivered in the cold. She sniffed, a bit of drainage leaking out her nose. Why was it that when it was warm out, they stayed in the stupid gym, and then when it was cold they did all the outdoor stuff? It didn't make sense at all. And worse, she...
Lonely Oak Chapter 25
Emeral leaned forward with her lips puckered out, applying the thinnest layer of lipstick she possibly could. Hopefully not enough to be noticed on its own but, when she pointed it out, could be appreciated. She kissed them together, rubbing it into...
Lonely Oak Chapter 24
Emeral sat sleepily in the back seat of her mom's car. She yawned with a little squeak. "Someone is still a sleepy head," her mom teased in the front seat. "It's seven-thirty in the morning on a Saturday, of course my head is sleepy." "Hey this...
Lonely Oak Chapter 23
Lyza sat in her room on the chocolate-colored floor. Sunlight filtered through the window, exciting little dusties that drifted by the little rays. Her feet were caste in the bright and heat of the light, warming her toes and shins. She adjusted on...
Lonely Oak Chapter 22
Shy William and Squeaky Kimberly waited nervously while Ms. Hupp's pen wrote a few last-minute things down on the paper. The class was hushed, staring at the nervous mouse and dalmatian at the center of the room, or at anything that caught their...
Lonely Oak Chapter 21
Ket anxiously waited downstairs. He sat at the kitchen table, sipping a cup of raspberry kool-aid, glancing out the window over and over again. Every car that passed by could be the one; any color, any size, any shape, any make. Truck, car, SUV, van,...
Lonely Oak Chapter 19
Lyza didn't really wake up right away. She became conscious, but her mind was foggy and groggy and any other type of _-oggy_. She slipped in and out of a dream, but with every lapse over the line of here and there she forgot what she dreamt of. At...
Lonely Oak Chapter 18
Ket stood at the door as his girlfriend rushed across the grass to the car, opened up the passenger-back door and jumped in like an FBI agent getting ready to nab a perp. In the lighted cabin he could see her mom was a little peeved, and he felt awful...
Lonely Oak Chapter 6
Ket had been skating for all of three minutes on his own, outside of the beginner's circle. He forgot his teeth once, but he didn't fall; he managed to keep himself balanced and recovered back into skating-stride. In order to do...
Lonely Oak Chapter 76 - The Woods
She held her brother's hand with obvious apprehension. The dense woods that they were heading toward made worms crawl beneath her skin. "I doent knowes if diss is such good idea..." Her brother looked back to her, but did not break his pace. "It'll be...
Lonely Oak Chapter 4
At the top of the stairs, Emeral took off her shoes and set them at the penultimate step. She shuffled across the carpet and laid claim to the rightmost cushion of the gray couch. Ket was already...
Lonely Oak Chapter 5
"Man this place got expensive," Kval muttered, fishing another twenty out of his wallet. The doe at the counter took it objectively, and worked the register for only a second, "four thirty-four is your...