I'd bought the bookshelf myself, had carried up three flights of stairs, and I wanted to put the darn thing together on my own. But how could I resist willing assistance from the boy who literally lived next door? Oneshot.

It wasn't complicated, our arrangement. We had sex. Fantastic sex. But there I went, making things difficult, falling for the guy who stayed up with me long after his roommate had gone to sleep. Oneshot.

The only thing Quinn hates more than ski trips is blood. So what happens when an injured snow boarder needs her assistance? Complete fluff. Oneshot.

What's a girl to do when she's in a crunch, wearing nothing but scandalous lingerie? Certainly not trust the guy responsible for the recent disappearance of her diet soda. Oneshot.

"You're mental," she said. Glancing down the sidewalk in the direction of the institution from which I had just escaped, I nodded. "Yes. I am. Now can I get that ride?" Oneshot.

Complete After a rather hideous break up with her boyfriend due to her inability to 'put out', Talia bullies her brother's best friend into teaching her the complexities of a 'full' relationship. Turns out uni courses have nothing on life lessons! **Removed and now available on Amazon and Smashwords!**

It's not easy to pretend you're in love for the sake of teenagers and housewives across the country but top footballer Lucas Goodspeed and shy, romantic Isobel Saunders soon discover that convincing themselves that they're not in love might be even harder. **Removed and now available on Amazon and Smashwords!**

She's a ballerina grappling with life now that she's no longer taking the stage. He's a hockey player better known for his right hook than his NHL achievements. Together, they're finding that an unlikely friendship is enough to change everything. NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.

Her sister is getting married to her ex, her brother's sexual escapades are making headlines, her mother is going crazy, and her father's not speaking to any of them. But perhaps strangest of all, her coworker and archrival has offered to be her date for the wedding. Because bringing home a fake boyfriend always works out... right? NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.

Determined to put the fear of God into the racist homophobe who messed up her best friend, mild-mannered Jane Hazelton resorts to hiring a thug to do the job. Trouble is, said thug isn’t interested in money, he’s interested in her. **COMPLETED**

Love is like the spring, blossoming and pure. Love is like the summer, hot and passionate. Love is like the autumn, gradual and windy. Love is like the winter, biting and cold.

Every summer, Juliet and I would set aside a day just to do the things we feared doing. When that day would be, I would never really know until day itself when Juliet would come knocking on our door. And after that day—for the rest of the year—we would relapse to our passive, almost non-existent relationship. That's what I meant when I said we were complicated and weird.

A cute story about a once grumpy stuffed bear.

"She felt her mind going numb, her limbs slacking, her breath become shallow and she knew… she knew it was the end."

You're one more miserable little tragedy in a long line of them, not what you thought you were and certainly not worth an entry in the history books.

SKoW Challenge #23 Response. Oneshot. For Ian, Sophie was just another pretty girl until Love came calling. And then he finds he can't live without her.

Josh Redel, a middle-aged cop finally confronts the woman he's been chasing, Jenny Foster. She used to be his partner, she used to be his friend, and when in comes down to it, who will stab who in the back? One-Shot!

She's just the sweet girl who sells cupcakes. He's just the charming guy who buys them. She has a crush. He has something up his sleeve. Pure, unadulterated, happy, non-dramatic fluff. rated M for some language and some, yknow. Some eventual schmex.

Mari is the daughter most would die to have. Smart, pretty, kind. So why do her parents keep abusing her? In a desperate attempt to escape her torture she runs away from her family manor. Then she meets Ace. When the Night and Day meet what will happen?

When a woman prays to God for a perfect man, God decides that it is about time he put one on Earth and gives her one.

Michelle and her best friend Megan had a journal where they wrote ways to deal with the guys at their school and their opinions on them. When the guide falls into Desmond's hands, a hot, popular guy, what will they have to do to get it back? PUBLISHED!

"When did you know?" you suddenly asked while it rained on our umbrellas—on our feet.

A combination of the thoughts of my sister, a girl with OCD, a hint at some anorexic thoughts of my own. Not triggering, I don't think. And I'm recovering, so it's not very graphic. Mostly a representation of the thoughts that make any person's mind a personal hell.

A zombie embarks on a journey to satisfy his craving for...a Snickers bar. One-shot.

Nameless, Faceless tale of a girl amidst a war. Sad, Profanity not much ... "We fought because we were told we didn't have a choice"

Just one of the stories I wrote on one afternoon of unimaginable boredom. I just hope it's enjoyable and leave me comments... P.S. This was the story I submitted to my school newsletter committee on the advice of my awesome-sauce best friend... and then the editor LOVED it! So I hope you do too :D

It was almost enough to make me think of you again.

Being young means folowing a certain set of guidelines, but when love intercepts a young girl's journey in life, things get complicated. Belle finds out for herself, what it means to grow up and follow what you believe in... and that life doesn't always turn out the way you want it to.

Christian finds that he and Sierra can't afford to pay the bills to the house anymore... but finding a way to tell the love of his life is another problem entirely.

This is supposed to be the happiest moment of your life, so why does it feel like your heart is slowly crushing with each breath you take?

A moment in their time worth the remembering. Of stars and classical music. A short oneshot.

First loves are hard. You'd think they wouldn't be, because there's so much that isn't there to complicate it yet, but it is. One-Shot sequel to Gum Wrapper Confessionals.

Heartbreak

Ace shares a moment with his pregnant wife, even if it means being late for his brother's birthday party.

She wrote a letter to him...but he would never read it

Rashel is a typical teenage girl looking for comfort from her guy friend.

A reflection of a friendship gone wrong. Snippets of "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye.

What would you do if you were in love with someone who broke your heart? What would you say if the person you used proposed to you? Would you tell him yes, or would you run away? How would you know if you were going to hurt him, just like your past love did to you? Sometimes, you just don't know.

He was in love with a heartless bitch. One-shot.

Broken girls do desperate things when they're tired of living. Sometimes, suicide is the only way to be truly alive and it's good if you don't understand why that is.

Sometimes, the world gets to be too much and we are forced to either let it out or implode. This is my way of doing a bit of both. Rated M for coarse language and implied mature content.

Rated M for blood, self-harm, and suicide.

A young girl's addiction to prescription pills spirals out of control.

This is based on a true story, so this one is really from the heart

How would you make your life more exciting if you can't feel any emotions? It all starts with chance; a one in six chance.

A young woman meets her silver-skinned lover. Can you tell who, or what, he is?

Five years ago, in the midst of a hormonal high-school breakdown following a messy breakup, Emily sort-of-kind-of-might-have... macked it with the guy playing Santa Claus at the local mall. So what? Not like she's ever gotta see him again, right? Wrong.

The final glimpses of life that surround me slowly disappear. I can no longer acknowledge the thought of watching it dissolve before me, so I decide the wisest idea is to close my eyes. Warning: Self-harm and death.

It was like he was made of glass, and no matter how many times he put himself back together, he'd always be missing pieces. Warning for self harm and dark themes.

The life of Angelina; sleeping with strange men, failing school and doing everything she can to hate her father and his new wife and her son- Calvin. But maybe hating him is too much work and it'd be easier to love him. talk of sex

What is a friend?

Waiting in line all day is funner than you'd think. Humor. Underlying homosexual themes. Nothing horrifying, but you were forewarned

We've all been there. Cramming in a last-minute study session right before the big test, or working away on an essay... when all of a sudden there's a party two tables over. And they don't shut up. Well... challenge accepted.

Lucy receives three notes. And in them are three words. ONE-SHOT

It would have been the most perfect, heart-to-goo-inducing couple had I not butted my sorry ass into it. Sorry, folks. one-shot

ONE-SHOT. Something fishy was going on, and my suspicions were confirmed when Ryan walked past and told me it was just me and Zach left, all alone in this dark, dark place with many corners and hidey-holes.

You caught me staring at you the first time we met. I don't remember why I was staring, but I do believe your exact words were, "tormented by my beauty?" I smirked at the comment. / One-Shot

Surface area, generally, isn't what most base their choice in gum off of, but most people, generally, didn't write love notes on their gum wrappers. One-shot.

ONE-SHOT. It was on that day that I began my downward spiral of meaningless sex, alcoholism, violence, and… okay, not really. But it felt close to something like that.

And why do we need to go to the mall today?" "To fulfill my New Year's Resolution." "Which is?" "To kiss every guy I see in the next fourteen hours." Oh, isn't life hilarious?

..."Does that kiss have anything to do with why we're on a train to New York in the middle of the night?"

Summer buys a lot of Kleenex and lets her sleep in her bed and Zach emails her about how sexually frustrated this is making him. Because apparently a boy and a girl can't be friends. First in a series of one-shots about The Champagne Gang. Various OCs.

He's a millionaire playboy. She's a girl who's just trying to get by. They were best friends growing up but five years can really change a person.

Even if it was cliché, the too good girl finally tamed the too bad boy. It had taken a bubblegum chewing fairy to find his heart and all he wanted to do now was be worthy. And all she wanted to do was be his. SKoW Member Challenge - Bubblegum

Her voice cracked slightly, "The roads are closed so...I'm kind of stuck." Jake smiled, "You can stay here if you want,"...then he seemed to realize what he said, "I mean...I can sleep down here, so it's no big deal."

I have a confession. I only married you because my hands are too small to open pickle jars. One Shot.

Taylor, who works at a greeting card store, wants nothing more than to be given a Valentine of her own. But what happens when she has to sell one to the boy she secretly likes?

darling, we are all adrenaline and paper cuts and raw electricity shudder-craving solar eclipses. stand here on the precipice of insanity and fall with me.

Lincoln does nothing but infuriate, irritate, and pester her every time he comes into the diner. But when he stops visiting, does Liah begin to think that he means more than just the center of her day? For the Ridiculously Happy OneShot Contest

A true story about my brother. He wrote it for and English essay, and I edited it. If you think life is hard, then take a good damn look around you.

It was then that I realized why I had hated Hugh so much. I had hated him because I was afraid of him. Afraid of the fact that I was so attracted to him and I didn't want to be.

One plus one equals two. Yellow plus blue equals green. Two crazy in love best friends equals the cutest couple ever. But one surly Mr. I-don't-believe-in-happy-endings, plus one slightly insane Little Miss Matchmaker? Not even Newton can find an answer.

He kissed her in the train station, left his coat with her, and disappeared. Who was he? She ran ideas through her mind trying to figure it out, but when it came down to it, she knew nothing about him and didn't know if she would ever see him again.

He was eager. She was bewildered. He was a little dorky. She was a little nerdy. Oh how cold Canadian love can be! **ONE-SHOT**

. word of the day series One Shot. Ben delivered a gym membership to her house. Lucy, the I've-never-exercised-in-my-life girl, pretended to not be home. A match made in heaven?

“How about a movie? Saturday night? Just you and me.” I scowled. “How about you get the hell off my desk before I kick your fat ass off it?” He grinned at me, unfazed. “You just can’t get enough of my ass, can you?” ONESHOT

I'm thankful to dad, for standing up for me. I'm not thankful to mom, who is making me write this stupid letter. I'm not thankful to gross Gracie Cole, who mom keeps trying to make me be friends with. I will be thankful for a puppy, though. Love, Jackson

To Theo it was just another night alone. Just another tie. Just another day. Just another week, month, year. Just this, just that. It was just life, after all. So when he met Avery, of course his first inclination was to believe she was just another girl.

I was born poor and worked at a toll booth; I’d thought that made me a girl with sense—I knew not to talk to strangers, when to cross the street, which bus to take—but until I met Wyatt, I never realized I’d been a girl who was dense. A short story.

You looked cold," Simon said, then smiled, "It's a shame that you couldn't this wear dress for something real. You look beautiful." Kira stared at him a moment, and then smiled, "Thanks. You don't look too bad yourself."

Moriah Adams is a household name as the 'Ice' supermodel that is taking the country by storm. While she continues to gain celebrity status, will she be able to continue to hide her job from her boyfriend who confesses a dislike for celebrities?

“You have…” I stared at what I was wearing once more, feeling oddly calm. I shook my body a little, and there it was. That stupid, annoying jing-a-ling. I looked up at Raleigh incredulously. “You have little bells on your g-string?” SKoW challenge.

I am in a bunny suit. This is practically child abuse. As if it couldn't get worse, Logan Smalls—AKA, the Devil—has just taken a picture of me, in all my bunnified glory, for our school newspaper. I swear, I'm going to kill him. Easter oneshot.

To her, the class was possibly the dullest thing she could ever do. That is, until the day she found a little note written on her desk from a boy the period before her...and things got a little more interesting. Short, cute oneshot; NOW WITH A FOLLOW UP!

ONE SHOT So you find a phone, and you take it, because… it’s a free phone, why wouldn’t you? And it’s pretty sweet until the angry owner starts calling you every chance he gets.

Well, for those of you following the adventures of Gavin and Katie, this is the fourth installment. Gavin takes Katie on their first date, at a skateboarding park. Yeah. Probably not stand alone, this time. You can try, but it may not make much sense. :

Fed up with commercialism and being Jewish, Gabe was set on hating Christmas. Of course, he wasn’t expecting to befriend a prime example of CFD, or Christmas Freak Disease ...Or, for her to show him the real meaning behind the holidays. Holiday oneshot

James is perfectly happy working at the bank's drive through window until he realizes it's very hard to have a relationship with someone you've never seen. Stand alone, but a spin off of the GavinKatie stories. One shot.

More Gavin and Katie. It's the Christmas before 'Save the Cheerleader' takes place, and our lovely heroin has fallen ill. Will Gavin step in to save the day? Or will he not? Not is a stupid word, anyway. He does not like giving up coffee for this nonsense

I wanted simplicity. But then I fell in love, confessed out of nowhere, and walked away. Guess being simple doesn't mean you can't have drama. Oneshot.

This can be read as a separate story but will make much more sense if read after 'Save the Cheerleader' Gavin and Katie are back with more corny romance and more adventure. The occasion? Thanksgiving with Katie's family. All fiftysix of them. Oh, dear.

Gavin hates her. Period. She's stupid and should leave him alone, because he wants nothing to do with her. Unless she's in trouble. Then he might be persuaded to step in. If he feels like it. But it's not because he likes her or anything. Nope.

We landed on the grass near the forest, his arms still tight around me. His breath had been hot on my cheeks. “Lucan”, he had said. “My name is Lucan”. And then he flew away. [COMPLETE]

[VERY LONG ONE SHOT] Abe Pruitt is going to improve the world, and she's doing it with sticky notes. Jack St. James is going to keep on being bothersome, and he looks good doing it, damn him. Doesn't it suck when the tables are turned? [EDITED]

One day, a girl and a boy fell in love without realizing it.

“Did you realize how long I waited for it to rain and for you to actually forget your umbrella?” he questioned.

What: Stranded. When: One screwed up summer vacation. Where: A deserted Island. How: Long story. Who: Me. And that guy who doesn’t really count because at this rate I’m gonna kill the jerk before we ever get rescued...

[ONESHOT] It was one of the gestures and awkwardly innocent conversations that comes straight out of a disarmingly heartfelt movie. I was just an innocent bystander who saw their tentative dance around each other's shyness. It was pretty hard hitting.

[oneshot] 'And the wings that carried him to freedom, carried him to death.'

[Oneshot] He left without a word, at the exact same time as his secretary, leaving behind his pregnant wife. Six months later, he walks back into her life. Please R&R!

She's the school's Mother Theresa. He's the surly and arrogant transferee. She offers help but he simply refuses. Love is a feasible option, except that he doesn't think he's good enough for her...Pls. R & R. COMPLETE!

[ONESHOT] Charlie is a girl in a punk band, and Ink is a guy who dislikes girls in punk bands. Still, she has vivid threats involving piano wire prepared for whenever he calls her pet names, so maybe there's some room for exception in her case.

When, as a homeless adolescent, John finds his way to Regency London, he unwittingly creates a safehaven for the best of the young whores and pickpockets. ONE SHOT.

I could fall in love with him. And that's something that I never thought would happen.

Being best friends is one thing, but when Cassie's relationship with Preston leads to something more, can the two remain friends still?