I'm no grass. I can keep a secret. I'm pretty good at it too, most of the time ( Read more... )

On the perfect day there is no school. It could be a weekend or during break. But a day off that no one expected would be even more perfect ( Read more... )

If you could completely start your life over from scratch, what would you do differently the second time around (if anything)? Why?I'd safe them ( Read more... )

((April 2007))

"Mummy!"

He was sitting in his bed, fully awake. And he had kicked Tess off the bed again. "Sorry, girl" he whispered to her as he picked her up from where she was cowering on the ground. He pressed the little terrier to his chest. Exhausted. Exhausted from all the running ...

... running where? He didn't know anymore. There wasn' ( Read more... )

Fourth grade swim class. It was mid June I think. I don't remember the exact date. But it was a hot day that day. And I still had this big plaster on on my birthday. Which is June 30th. So it was mid or late June. Something around that ( Read more... )

When I was a kid, Colin Miller was my best friend. As to why, I don't really know. He just was. We've always known each other and we've always been friends. Our mums were friends too. So maybe that's why. I could do anything with Colin. Play football or video games, go on an outing or just a stroll. Really anything. We'd team up for school projects ( Read more... )

No. Definitely not. Never ( Read more... )

Dear Mrs. Rowling,

I'm sure you've been told this many, many times before and maybe can't stand seeing this any more. But as this is a fan letter, I'll write it anyway: I love your Harry Potter books. I've read all of them many times and they're still enthralling ( Read more... )

You know that game? Where you look into peoples' windows from the street and imagine how life would be if you where them? - I did play that a lot in my life. Still do, actually ( Read more... )

I hear them talking sometimes. My parents. About cases. They're both coppers, you see, detectives. They even used to work together. But Gemma got promoted a few years ago and got transferred to another station. So they got different cases now. But they tell each other about them. They try not to talk about work too much in front of Toby and me but ( Read more... )