Chapter Eleven: Broken Mirror

‘As in water the face reflects the face, so does the heart of man to man.’ Mishlei 27:19

( His face was cold, his toes were numb, and someone was nudging him. )

Okay, here it is: the much talked about tenth chapter. It took over two weeks to get it right, and I'm sure I'll still need to edit it *frustrated groan*

I'm really sorry about the reactions last time, and I've tried to keep this one tame. It *is* volatile subject matter after all o.O

WARNINGS: There is a bit of swearing in this one (mostly in ( Read more... )

Chapter Nine: All The Wrong Reasons

‘I can’t stand the pain, and I can’t make it go away,
I can’t explain what happened, and I can’t erase the things that I’ve done…’

Untitled, Simple Plan

WARNINGS FOR THIS CHAPTER: Okay, we're starting to get to the 'meat' of the story now. This chapter, and please head this warning, has a lot of implications ( Read more... )

I'm posting, even though no one's really reading it. Oh well, I like writing it, so I guess that's enough :) Like I said before, its catharcic for me. I can have my characters do things I never could/did, yet always thought about. *shrug ( Read more... )

Chapter Seven: Saydie

‘Once upon a time there was a very pretty girl who lived in a box and everybody loved her.’

-Gia

( Chaim played absently with the food on his plate. )

A few notes on this one: I've been recently posting as Chaim on the Healing Waters Higher Ground RPG, and been gaining valuable insight into Chaim's Character. The second 'half' of this chapter, and much of later chapters have been taken almost word-for-word from posts I've made with others. I asked their permission, and so I would like to credit ( Read more... )

Chapter Five: On Being Broken

‘Crazy isn’t being broken, or swallowing a dark secret; it’s you or me, amplified.’ -Girl, Interrupted

( It was going to be a long day. )

Chapter Four: Choose Life

‘See, I have placed before you today life and good, death and evil…and you should choose life.'
-Moses (Deuteronomy 30:15,19)

( Peter ran up the stairs to the boys dorm two at a time )

Chapter Three: Living Without

‘Fell on hard times, purely dysfunctional,
Tried so hard to find it, tried so hard to find it,
It comes and goes…
And what do you want? And what do you need?
And what if we all came clean?
I’m questioning life, I’m questioning you,
And what if we all came through?'

Deliver Me, Moist

( Don't you think that was a little harsh? )

Chapter Two: The Games We Play

‘Sometimes we put up walls... Not necessarily to keep people out, but rather to see who will care enough to knock them down...’
-unknown

( There are *more* of them... )