Lonely Oak Chapter 11
The world was noire. Pre-dawn light refracted across the clouds, as if the sky were a swatch of the deep ocean and the sun barely breached through the surface of the waters. Houses were without color nor feature, signs without...
Lonely Oak Chapter 57
_No...Don't..._ "Don't what?" _Go..._ "Don't go?" _Don't...go in..._ "In where?" _Stay out...water..._ "Water--the ocean?" _It...swallow..._ "Then I'll stay." _Wait._ "I'll wait." _Stop._ "I'll stop." _No..._ "Emmrnh--" ...
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 10
The petting zoo smelled unappealing, but if you could get past that it was sort of fun. There were mostly goats, walking around with little bells tied to their necks. Once in a while they would shake their heads and make the...
Lonely Oak Chapter 56
_ Hey, Bug-- Sup, Kev? Just wanted to say...thanks for inviting me to your party. I know we haven't been friends that long-- No sweat man. Hey, while we got a second away, ...how's the homework comin'? I just have another page on yours, then...
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 40
Ket was the first to finish changing. But then, that is sort of a given. When it came to getting ready for things, girls were usually slower. He would definitely get yelled at if he said that out loud, but it wasn't a mean thing to say, it was just...
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 37
It felt like she was lying mud. The air was thick and hot and she felt heavy. A copious amount of sweat was collecting underneath her back, which had an ache all up and down just to the left of her spine. Lyza sleepily pried her eyelids apart....
Raspberry Line Chapter 19
Winter break was near. It was Wednesday, halfway through, and there was just one more day to go, but time felt like it was moving slower than a turtle going at a snail's pace. Recess. Winter recess. Emeral sat on one of the...
Lonely Oak Chapter 30
The bell rang. Ket started in his seat, shockwaves of panic flowing across his body, made literal by the splaying of his fur. It was not the actual bell like he had first thought; it was the timer-bell that Ms. Hupp used to time their tests and...
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...