Lonely Oak Chapter 56
_ Hey, Bug-- Sup, Kev? Just wanted to say...thanks for inviting me to your party. I know we haven't been friends that long-- No sweat man. Hey, while we got a second away, ...how's the homework comin'? I just have another page on yours, then...
Lonely Oak Chapter 23
Lyza sat in her room on the chocolate-colored floor. Sunlight filtered through the window, exciting little dusties that drifted by the little rays. Her feet were caste in the bright and heat of the light, warming her toes and shins. She adjusted on...
Lonely Oak Chapter 40
Ket was the first to finish changing. But then, that is sort of a given. When it came to getting ready for things, girls were usually slower. He would definitely get yelled at if he said that out loud, but it wasn't a mean thing to say, it was just...
Lonely Oak Chapter 21
Ket anxiously waited downstairs. He sat at the kitchen table, sipping a cup of raspberry kool-aid, glancing out the window over and over again. Every car that passed by could be the one; any color, any size, any shape, any make. Truck, car, SUV, van,...
Lonely Oak Chapter 37
It felt like she was lying mud. The air was thick and hot and she felt heavy. A copious amount of sweat was collecting underneath her back, which had an ache all up and down just to the left of her spine. Lyza sleepily pried her eyelids apart....
Raspberry Line Chapter 19
Winter break was near. It was Wednesday, halfway through, and there was just one more day to go, but time felt like it was moving slower than a turtle going at a snail's pace. Recess. Winter recess. Emeral sat on one of the...
Lonely Oak Chapter 30
The bell rang. Ket started in his seat, shockwaves of panic flowing across his body, made literal by the splaying of his fur. It was not the actual bell like he had first thought; it was the timer-bell that Ms. Hupp used to time their tests and...
Lonely Oak Chapter 18
Ket stood at the door as his girlfriend rushed across the grass to the car, opened up the passenger-back door and jumped in like an FBI agent getting ready to nab a perp. In the lighted cabin he could see her mom was a little peeved, and he felt awful...
Lonely Oak Chapter 85
"Hey Becky, will you be honest?" "About what?" "You're coming along cuz you have a crush on me, right?" "Ah! You little _twerp_--" "Ow!--" "Get over yourself." Up front, the mother poodle just let out a weary sigh, as if longing for a glass of...
Raspberry Line Chapter 22
"Excuse me?" "Nh?" Emeral was nudged to waking. "Huh?" She said sleepily. A lady badger smiled. "Are you okay?" She was rather nice-sounding for a teenager, maybe it was the...
Lonely Oak Chapter 83
Monday morning was the worst. Sure, it happened once a week, and by now they should be used to it; but it was just terrible. What better way to ruin a good weekend then to have to wake up to _Monday_? Rini sat with her hand pressed against her temple....
Lonely Oak Chapter 123 - Principal Versus Principle
Ket felt like he was dragged through his dream out of his sleep. The alarm blared in his ear with what sounded like the decibels of a thousand air-horns. He pushed up, his arms tingling from pins and needles. He glanced at the clock even as it...