Summary: The vandal's caught -- yay! Introducing Mike and Jamie: King and Queen of Denial, and Michael breaks up with his girlfriend -- sorry girlfriend -- of two days!
Excerpt: Jamie Jenkins, apart from being unexpectedly gutsy, was also unexpectedly persistent. (Sorry, I couldn't find a better excerpt!)

( And so on... I swear, they'll stop fighting like idiots soon. )

Summary:  Jamie resolves to avoid Mike.  Fortunately, Mike is preoccupied with a brunette.  Mrs. Whitney, however, has other plans.
Excerpt: What had happened - or what had almost happened - maybe even what I had probably imagined to almost happen yesterday obviously meant nothing. It meant nothing to him, and it certainly meant nothing to me.

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Summary: In which Jamie and Mike share a "moment" and several people get to yell at each other. the confusion begins.
Excerpt: And then he was facing me again, and he was moving closer. Much, much closer. I could see all the little green flecks in his blue eyes, how they seemed to shift in the light. His eyelashes cast shadows over his cheeks, ( Read more... )

Summary: This looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Or, at least, the end of the random trading of insults. Plus, Michael's strange and weird habits.
Excerpt: I watched her go. She really was a strange girl, and I could feel myself growing even more interested in her, beyond what she looked like. I told myself that trying to get ( Read more... )

Summary:  Jamie pokes her nose into stuff that are none of her business and is accused of surfing for porn.  We find out Mike's Hidden Talent #1.
Excerpt:  Every time I decided that Mike was nothing more than an ordinary jock - gorgeous, nice to look at, insensitive and utterly useless - he turned around and did something completely unexpected.

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Summary: Michael's thoughts on what he overheard. AKA the intro of doom, gloom, and angst, Harding-style. (It'll pass, don't worry. He'll be back to his random, ridiculous ways. Eventually.)
Excerpt: I tried to let it go, but I don’t know if it was because I was in a strange and unfamiliar place, with strange and unfamiliar people, but I was ( Read more... )

Summary: Fun in detention + Reason #68 why eavesdropping is bad for you.
Excerpt: Every time I looked at him, I could feel my blood pressure skyrocketing. I attributed this to my hating him so much that I couldn’t stand the sight of him.

( A mini-shot of future angst. )

Summary: Michael moves house. Many things are broken.
Excerpt: For some reason, people always gave me that kind of look, as if I were some thing with five heads and a forked tail that belched fire or - worse - broke into loud, cheerful song at unpredictable intervals.

( Dear Michael, please considering getting accident insurance. )

Summary: Where Michael displays yet more staggering feats of clumsiness/ tendency to cause accidents.
Excerpt: And there was Mike Harding (at least I assumed it was Mike Harding - I never knew Tonie to be friendly with the other twin), his hand over hers on the spoon, flour in his dark hair. They appeared to be arguing over something.

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Summary: In which two paths collide. Well, a soccer ball and a head do, anyway.
Excerpt:  Sometimes, accidents seem like they’re meant to happen, and there are some things we simply can never see coming.  If there’s anything I’ve learned, it’s just that, time and time again.

( Heads Up! )