“Let’s do the math. One ounce of Rush goes for fifty dollars. You lost an entire gallon. That’s more than six thousand dollars. See, people can be replaced. There is always someone hungrier and more

As he stepped out of the limo, Obadiah screwed up his face from the smell of the warehouse district. This is why he hated coming here. The smell and appearance of the place brought him back to a time when

Obadiah Flynt, an always welled dressed man from head to toe, wore nothing less than the best. As he looked out the window to the city of Londaris, the capitol of the new world, from the third floor of

I had finished my run before Tyler finished his swim. He swam for a lot longer today. I went to watch him swim for his last thousand yards. Since when did Tyler look so good in a swim trunks? I kept asking

I woke up the next day elated. That was definitely me she had been blushing at all night, right? I kept asking myself. Mara didn’t seem to be having the same reactions to Matt at all. Maybe? Just maybe,

“Interesting.” He said. Some little toothpick, bubbly blonde with a really bad spray tan came up to the table with her friends in tow behind her. Her makeup was so caked on and thick. And seriously, who

Matt was adorable. He wore his dark hair shaggy. His blue eyes, that always had a determined look to them tonight just looked nervous. He was wearing loose fitting jeans and a button up shirt, like the

The manager came over with Matt's beer. "Ooh. Look at us getting VIP service." I teased. "Well, your drinks are on the house tonight..." "I'm texting Adam and telling him he's

We arrived early to get our names on the signup sheet. "So you're the guys everyone's been making a fuss about all night." The manager of the bar said. I thought the comment was weird but had

Matt never had any of Tyler’s talent. He had to study all night to pass his classes, practiced guitar during any downtime and still couldn’t play as well as Tyler even though he worked harder and longer

“God, I would do sick, sick things to not have to do the beep test.” Shannon said. “I still can’t believe the coach had such an intense practice after we just won a game.” Casey joined in. “Come on, guys.”

"Why?" I was perplexed. It was sweet of him to offer, but I knew there was a catch. "Because Matt and I are going to play an open mic at a bar on high street. I know you won't want to miss it." "Oh my

I was struggling. Struggling to get up without the room spinning. Struggling to remember what happened between the bar and this morning. But what I was struggling with the most was the vague memory of

"You just had to push her, didn't you?" Matt chastised me for the hundredth time tonight. "Come on, you know it doesn't take much to get her going. She's even more competitive than the twins. And

"Hey Ty. Trying to hide over here for a while?" Devin asked when I made it to the bar. "Yeah. How'd you guess?" "Well, Casey isn't exactly being subtle about it." Duncan said from his other side. "But

"So how's... Amy?" Matt asked me once we had sat down at our table and ordered drinks. "It was Amber." Adam answered for me. "Was? As in past tense." Matt asked. "What

" Oh my god, Mara. I can't believe they did that. It was so awesome." Shannon, the keeper said once we made it back to the locker room. "Ugh." I groaned for the hundredth time tonight

Fake right, go left. Spin. Keep the ball. Keep it close. Dribble. Breakaway, shoot... "GOAL!" The announcer yelled over the loudspeaker. "There goes our star, Mara Hogue, for another goal. Michigan just

My door opened as my mom invited herself into my room. "So, what are you lookin' at?" She asked. I quickly shut my window and turned around. "Oh, a squirrel..." I replied with a smile

I realized I still had myself tightly wrapped around Cody and pulled away, just then realizing the expression on his face. It was as if he couldn't think to be happy the man was gone or be terrified he