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Author has written 6 stories for Romance. I'm Nikki I'm currently in college. I used to write for fun but now I write for grades (yikes!). I love fictionpress, the reviewers, the writers, everything about it. I just wish I had more time for it. I love music and I love life. "The Maitre is dying," she says... "You aren't busy? We should have our tea now?" ...I pour the tea and we sip in silence. We have never had our tea together in the morning, and this break with our usual protocol imbues the ritual with a strange flavor. Yes, this sudden transmutation in the order of things seems to enhance our pleasure, as if consecrating the unchanging nature of a ritual established over our afternoons together, a ritual that has ripened into a solid and meaningful reality. Today, because it has been transgressed, our ritual suddenly acquires all its power; we are tasting the splendid gift of this unexpected morning as if it were some precious nectar; ordinary gestures have an extraordinary resonance, as we breathe in the fragrance of the tea, savor it, lower our cups, serve more, and sip again: every gesture has the bright aura of rebirth. At moments like this the web of life is revealed by the power of ritual, and each time we renew our ceremony, the pleasure will be all the greater for our having violated one of its principles. Moments like this act as magical interludes, placing our hearts at the edge of our souls; fleetingly, yet intensely, a fragment of eternity has come to enrich time. Elsewhere the world may be blustering or sleeping, wars are fought, people live and die, some nations disintegrate, while others are born, soon to be swallowed up in turn-and in all this sound and fury, amidst eruptions and undertows, while the world goes its merry way, bursts into flames, tears itself apart and is reborn: human life continues to throb. So, let us drink a cup of tea. -Excerpt from The Elegance Of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery | |||||||
1. On Being Carly » reviewsMy car's on the fritz, my bff's a thief, the coolest guy at school bow chica-wow-wow won't leave me alone, and there just isn't enough teen angst to go around. "Are you staring at my butt?" "I'm not staring I'm...observing." I replied lamely. Sequel!Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 12 - Words: 35,803 - Reviews: 278 - Updated: 7-26-11 - Published: 5-20-102. In The Cookie Jar reviews-which is where my hand is at the moment. That is, if the Cookie Jar is the school's notorious bad boy's back pocket with the whole school watching on. "What do you think you're doing?" "Er..." oneshotFiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9,932 - Reviews: 200 - Published: 4-23-10 - Complete3. In The Jungle » reviewsIt was a simple, basic game of seduction between two professional players. Nothing was supposed to come out of it. The school's queen versus it's notorious playboy. Neither were prepared for the friendships, the heartbreaks, and the insanity that ensued.Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 3 - Words: 9,345 - Reviews: 23 - Updated: 5-9-09 - Published: 3-31-094. Operation: Happily Ever After » reviewsAll I wanted was for my crush to notice me. Is that too much to ask for? Instead I got a hot fairy godfather, an insane court bent on making our lives hell, sudden popularity, and a mission to obtain my Happily Ever After before the clock strikes.Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 2 - Words: 3,424 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 1-1-09 - Published: 11-1-085. Magnetism » reviewsI inwardly panicked. What was I supposed to say? 'Hi, my name's Avani and I'm a psychic! I've seen your face in visions for ten years and have reason to believe that you're my soulmate'... I don't think that'd work out too well...Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Drama/Supernatural - Chapters: 6 - Words: 20,422 - Reviews: 72 - Updated: 11-21-08 - Published: 9-25-086. The Way Things Are reviewsHe would walk her in the rain, she would talk incessantly. After all, that was just the way things were. Who were they to change it? Oneshot.Fiction: Romance - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,274 - Reviews: 28 - Published: 8-7-08 - Complete
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