GGaR - Going Out"A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it."-George MooreGoing Outby Roland 'Jim' LoweryLillian awoke to the smell of freshly brewed coffee. After three months, this was no longer unusual to her, so she considered simply ignoring it, turning over, and going back to sleep. She refrained for two reasons and two reasons only. First, she was well aware that if she ignored the call, some worse violation was going to occur. And second, she could also smell something burning, and that was something even she couldn't snooze through.Suddenly as alert as she
These Scarred Walls :Part 2:"So, what do you think?"Quinn looked up from her textbook. "About what?""Jane.""She's nice. I like her."Daria nodded, and they went back to work. The only sound for the next few minutes was that of pencils scratching quickly across paper."So you don't think she just wants something from us.""What?""I'm just saying-""Gawd, Daria!" Quinn huffed, leaning back in her chair and crossing her arms. "Weren't you the one who said we should try to make friends?"Daria quirked an eyebrow. "Actually, Dad said that.""Whatever. Come on, seriously, Jane's the only person that's been nice to us so far except the teachers, and most of
These Scarred Walls :Part 1:"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."-Khalil GibranThese Scarred Wallsby Roland 'Jim' LoweryI've got you! I've got you . . . I'm not going to let you go. Look at me. Look at me! I'm not going to-The dream jumped and scattered liked so many roaches fleeing from a flashlight, broken by a bump in the road. Quinn reluctantly opened her eyes and sat up straight in her seat just in time to hear her father start talking in his standard "everything is going to be okay" voice."Girls," Jake said, "I just want you to know your mother and I realize it's not easy moving to