Addiction - Chapter Twenty-four: Family Ties
**Addiction** Chapter Twenty-Four Family Ties By: Rufus Quentin April 14, 1999 It may seem trivial, but one of the most important moments during the first few months of my pregnancy was the day I couldn't fit into my own jeans anymore. Well,...
Addiction - Chapter Twenty-three: Pink Turns to Blue
**Addiction** Chapter Twenty-Three Pink Turns to Blue By: Rufus Quentin Late March, 1999 It was around the very beginning of spring when my denial reached its limits. I remember sitting in the living room under a blanket playing Nintendo,...
Addiction - Chapter Twenty-Two: Boneless
**Addiction** Chapter Twenty-two Boneless By: Rufus Quentin Early March, 1999 This time I thought it was just test-taking anxiety, that uneasiness I'm sure every student gets every once in awhile when sitting down with an exam they are, shall we...
Addiction - Chapter Twenty-one: The French Mistake
**Addiction** Chapter Twenty-one The French Mistake By: Rufus Quentin February, 1999 Things could have gone so differently. As the newness of the next, and my last, semester of High School wore off I found it increasingly difficult to suppress...
Addiction - Chapter Twenty: The Point of no Return (Illustrated)
Addiction Chapter Twenty The Point of no Return By: Rufus Quentin January, 1999 It's hard to pinpoint the day it actually happened. It could have been any number of times, since we got pretty careless back then. If I had to name a time, I would...
Addiction - Chapter Nineteen: Risk and Reward
**Addiction** Chapter Nineteen Risk and Reward by: Rufus Quentin December 18, 1998 - January 1, 1999 I stood with my muzzle pointing into the biting cold, waiting for the bus on the curb just off of campus. I could feel the wind whip my fur and...
Addiction - Chapter Eighteen: Sealing the Deal
**Addiction** Chapter Eighteen Sealing the Deal by: Rufus Quentin Early December, 1998 The good news was that the teen girl squad seemed to have broken up by the beginning of December. I don't know what caused their downfall, but I'm sure I...
Addiction - Chapter Seventeen: Unsupervised Youth
**Addiction** Chapter Seventeen Unsupervised Youth by Rufus Quentin November, 1998 My dad came to my room one day in mid-November, the evening two letters came in the mail from the Educational Testing Service; one for me, one for Dustin. The big...
Navigating the Labyrinth: Part IV - The unexpected
** Navigating the Labyrinth** Part IV - The Unexpected By: Rufus Quentin For: Vickfox "All I'm saying is that people aren't always easy to figure out," Lauren said, making a circular gesture with her red solo cup filled with a sweet mixture of...
Proximity
Proximity By: Rufus Quintin Jim left his co-pilot to caucus with the flight crew aboard the otherwise vacated aircraft with perhaps a little bit more enthusiasm than usual. Normally red-eye medium-hauls preceded the weary drudge through deserted...
Stains and Tracks
Stains and Tracks By: Rufus Quintin The German Shepherd flicked the smoldering end of his cigarette across the asphalt, feeling strangely undersatiated by the nicotine rush it provided. He felt for his pack, found it, but rejected lighting a...
The Telephone Booth, Part IV
A matrix of tiny water droplets suspended in cool air trapped beneath the oppressive mass of summer heat precedes the presence of a temperature inversion. Far out, miles off the coast and far away from the refineries, polished ochre beaches, and vacant...