Rodeo

“Why are we going here again?” “I want to check it out.” Sara replied.  “Why?” Amy questioned again.  Sara dodged the question, she didn’t want to answer, to verbalise just yet what she was hoping would come of this opportunity. “Watch out.” She tugged Stella over to avoid the cowpat.  “Eww! You didn’t tell me …

Synchronised Swimming

“Can you do this?” Coach Mackay asked the girls. If it was any other competition, any other swimmers she wouldn’t have bothered. She’d have simply told the organisers that there was a personal emergency and her swimmers needed to leave. But this was nationals. And these girls were her last chance at success. Not only …

Daylight Savings Begins

Ben rummaged within his covers looking for the phone he’d flung on his bed before crashing for the night himself to stop the annoying ringing that had woken him far too early based on his raging headache.  The ringing stopped just as he clasped the cool rectangle in his hand but promptly started again before …

Mother’s Day

Zara stood by the fridge trying to decide if she wanted one of the prepared green juices she’d blitzed up the night before or the weird ginger shots that Mindy told her and Steph to try for an immune system boost.  “Morning.” She called over her shoulder as she heard the shuffling of footsteps behind …

International Women’s Day

“Cheers.” Zara said as they all held the glasses up together to meet in the middle of the table.  “Cheers!” The rest of the group chorused before they all took a sip of their drink. Every one had ordered something different, which meant it was easy to tell whose was whose when they were delivered …

Shrove Tuesday

It was a typical Tuesday morning, or at least typical for the start of the month when the usual rush of just got paid, time to fix my broken device drop ins and calls. Tim was in the back office working out a schedule and managing the phone as well as whatever emails there were …

Wizard

"I'm just saying, when do you ever see wizards like us?" Gaige's words slurred slightly from the mead, though not as much as they should have from the amount he'd drunk. "Never." Lance, who was the most inebriated of the trio answered him truthfully and with a look of awe that made Merl think he …

Werewolf

Violet snarls as she passes me in the corridor and says something to her friends about the smell of wet dog. My pack bristles around me but with a nod of my head they calm. I'm the son of our alpha so they all listen to me and back down. There have been a few …

Sticky Wicket

Bartholomew Greensbridge the Third let himself into the pub and headed to the back corner where he knew his friend would be sitting. It was the same place he'd been when the eldest Knightsbury son, and Jonathon's brother, had been involved in a fatal accident. The same place he'd sat himself when his grandfather, and …

Eager Beaver

"What's up, buttercup?" Dylan said as she answered the phone then stuffed another Dorito into her mouth. It was her best friend Ellie and unlike her mother Ellie didn't care if she ate an entire meal or packet of crisps while they chatted. That was something they'd both done multiple times during the university years …

Fair Weather Friend

Like the sunshine you brighten my day, With a smile full of joy, And arms that wrap me in warmth. Like the gentle breeze you speak to me, With whispered words of kindness, And a coolness that chills my fiery temper. Like the rain shower you sooth the heat of the world, With soft caresses …

Smile

Gabriel dropped into the seat next to Lola, startling her out of the blankness she'd sunk into while staring at the reading in front of her. "Are you okay?" He whispered, keeping his voice low so the dictator of the library, otherwise known as the librarian, didn't pounce on them for the volume and spot …