The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 17)
\>"At least the garlic makes sense." \>Mike folds his arms across his chest \>It was a little after 4 in the afternoon \>You're all back at the church now, except for Mike, who is watching from the front doors, which you've propped open with a...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 4)
\>"Unwanted." \>The words fall from your father's lips like they were 20 tons apiece \>His face is stern and hard; carved out of granite and limestone, weathered by whiskey \>"And that's all she'll ever be. A burden. Hold her arm out," he...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 19)
\>It was a dark and stormy night — except it was day time, around noon, and though the skies were the color of wet concrete, the narrator was full of shit and it was not raining \>And you are Mike Sapone \>Mike Sapone, an angry manlet turned...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 3)
\>You are Anonymous \>And there's a trillion things you pretend not to notice, as you buckle your seatbelt \>You pretend not to notice how wet from the shower everyone still is as they pile into your car \>You pretend not to notice all the doe-eyes...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 17)
\>’Safe’ is hard to come by these days \>It seems like everywhere you go there’s some angry clique glaring at you \>But the jocks themselves seem especially pissed \>As you and Sam walk down the lower hallway, where you were chased by werewolves...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 13)
\>And there he stands, alone in the headlights, tall, cut out of jagged angles, his mouth set in a hard, determined line, amber eyes fixed on Sam \>His body stirs and sways with restlessness and the tell-tale signs of inebriation \>Jenna gasps and...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 1)
# Act 3: Something That Matters * * * \>Wednesday morning \>Your eyes crack open \>You feel Sam against you, his form is as familiar as your own clothing at this point \>WOW he feels warm, even through your clothing \>Like a little ball of magma...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 3)
\>Be Sam \>Be 18 again \>Watching out the window, heart racing as the train passes by in the night \>You didn’t get back there, to that day, when you were the one on the tracks \>But that doesn’t make your memories of Jacob any less painful ...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 22)
\>You are Anonymous \>And you feel like crying \>Like, actually dropping to your knees in a terrible fit of anger and frustration \>You’re drenched in sweat and your body is badly bruised and beaten \>The ritual started \>The books are nowhere to...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 11)
\>So you spend over an hour detailing what happened on Monday \>Everything that you did \>The pact, rescuing Sam \>And everything that Vanessa said to you \>How she ‘trusts you’ \>Mike tells you his side \>The clocks in the kitchen all glow...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 16)
\>When you roll into school, the place is a madhouse \>The five of you stand in the front entrance, wearing your costumes still, slack-jawed like a bunch of mouth-breathing, smooth-brained idiots \>The place looks completely transformed, like it...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 20)
\>All six cheerleaders converge in a single moment, most of them opting to leap forward like feral wolves \>"God, FINALLY." Mike unloads a blast of holy water into the face of a pig cheerleader \>She makes a horrendous, high pitched squealing noise...