Jessica's Life, Ch. 5: Ever Okay? by ellethana, literature
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Jessica's Life, Ch. 5: Ever Okay?
Jessica's Life, Ch. 5: Ever Okay?
Characters: Jessica, Kevin, Emily, Nelson, Brandon, Rob, Annie, Monica, Valerie
Summary: Now that Aunt Lauren is gone, how will Jessica get through possibly the most difficult part of her death, the funeral? And will she ever be okay again?
After school, Emily went to Jessica’s house. She was worried about her friend and was desperate to make sure Jessica really was okay. Jessica’s dad opened the door when she knocked.
“Jessica isn’t here right now, Emily,” Nelson said slowly. He was touched to see Jessica’s friend coming to find her.
“Where is she?” Emily as
Springtime: Love in the Air By by ellethana, literature
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Springtime: Love in the Air By
Springtime: Love in the Air By Manwathiel
Part 1 of a much longer story.
This comes after the story about Jessica.
Characters: Jessica, Annie, Emily, Valerie, Monica, Timothy, Peter, Justin, Andy, Nelson
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Love was in the air at school, and the boys were acting silly. Valerie giggled at their antics. Emily rolled her eyes. Monica laughed, and Jessica gave a small smile. Annie groaned.
It was late spring, and they were juniors. Valerie laughed loudly at something Andy did, then looked guilty. She and Andy had gotten together over Christmas break, and she was thrilled. She had been crushing on him since the beginning of hi
Jessica's Life, Ch. 4: Caving In by ellethana, literature
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Jessica's Life, Ch. 4: Caving In
Warning: I cried while writing this chapter.
Jessica's Life, Ch. 4: Caving In By Manwathiel
Characters: Jessica, Emily, Lauren, Nelson, Kevin, Rob, Valerie, Annie, Brandon
Summary: A couple of weeks after the big game, Jessica's life is falling apart.
Jessica didn’t know how to go on anymore. Her dad was taking time off work, but her mom was as busy as ever. Brandon still refused to visit Aunt Lauren, even thought they all knew she didn’t have long. Kevin had all but disappeared, and Jessica was having trouble focusing.
She was sitting in her US history class with Annie when her phone buzzed. She looked down at it and saw that
Jessica's Life, Ch 3: The Final Game by ellethana, literature
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Jessica's Life, Ch 3: The Final Game
Jessica's Life, Ch 3: The Final Game
Characters: Jessica, Emily, Kevin, Nelson, Valerie, Lauren, Rob, Susan, Brandon
Summary: The big game is coming up, but how is Jessica feeling? And how can she play a game without Aunt Lauren being there to watch? And what's up with her dad?
“You seem to be doing a bit better, Jess,” Emily said on Thursday. Jessica nodded slowly.
“Yeah. I guess. I’ve been working with Kevin on some stuff,” Jessica said. “And he’s making sure I’m eating enough every day. So you don’t have to worry.” She gave a smile.
“Good. Someone needs to make sure you a
Jessica's Life, Ch. 2: Distracted by ellethana, literature
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Jessica's Life, Ch. 2: Distracted
Jessica's Life, Ch. 2: Distracted
Characters: Jessica, Kevin, Lauren, Emily, Brandon, Monica, Valerie
Summary: It's getting closer to the championship game, but Jessica can't focus. With Aunt Lauren worse, why does anything matter? And how can she possible go on when her whole world is crashing in on her?
A couple of weeks later, Jessica was at soccer practice. But her heart wasn’t in it. She looked over at Kevin, wondering how he was holding himself together.
Aunt Lauren was worse. Much worse. The doctors had moved her into the hospital so they could try to take care of her better. Jessica really hated seeing her aunt so sick.
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Jessica's Life, Ch. 1: Family by ellethana, literature
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Jessica's Life, Ch. 1: Family
Jessica's Life, Ch. 1: Family
Characters: Jessica, Emily, Valerie, Kevin, Monica, Annie, Lauren, Susan, Nelson, Rob, Brandon
Summary: Jessica doesn't want to tell her friends what's really going on. She will only drop little hints.
The girls sat on a bench in the park after their big game.
“Kevin’s just a big softie, Jess. You know that,” Emily Winters said. “He’s not going to do anything about it.”
“I hope not. Sometimes it’s fun having my cousin as my coach, but most of the time, I hate it. He knows me way too well,” Jessica Morris said, frowning. “Did you know he used to chase
Emily's Asthma Trouble
Characters: Emily, Tiffany, Jessica, Valerie, Monica, Kevin, Damien, Annie, Emily's family
Summary: Emily is having trouble with her asthma, and they have a huge and important soccer game coming up.
Tiffany ran down the soccer field and kicked the ball. Emily glared at her, still annoyed over that had happened years before. It irked her that Tiffany was so happy with her boyfriend, and here she was, broken up and her heart breaking.
“Jessica! Pass it here!” A voice pulled Emily out of her thoughts and back to the practice game at hand. She glanced over at Valerie, who now had the ball and was racing down t
Heartbroken.... Yet Hopeful by ellethana, literature
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Heartbroken.... Yet Hopeful
Heartbroken... Yet Hopeful
Characters: Annie, Travis, Melissa, Christina, another boy
Summary: Annie, as she prepares for graduation from college, is fully in love with Travis. But then she gets a weird message.
Annie sat on their bench, waiting for Travis to show up. He was unusually late for their normal meeting, and she started to get concerned. It wasn't like him to keep her waiting.
It had been a little bit more than a year since he asked her to become his girlfriend, and now that she was almost graduating, she was expecting something big from him. He had said he wanted to talk to her.
"Come on, sweetheart. Where are you?" she sai
Frankenstein- Alt. ending by ellethana, literature
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Frankenstein- Alt. ending
WARNING: DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT READ FRANKENSTEIN!!!!!!!!!!! MAJOR SPOILER ALERT TO ENDING OF BOOK!!!!!!!
Alternate Ending to Frankenstein
September 15th
My dearest Margaret, I write to you with a strange desire in my heart. You will surely remember my friend Frankenstein's creature that abandoned my ship recently, right? Well, the sudden desire to follow him has entered my heart. Frankenstein laid it on me to kill this creature, and I did not. I could not bring myself to do it in Frankenstein's own room. So he jumped out the window and onto the ice.
Now I wish to follow him and see if he did all he said he would do. Remember that h
Beautiful
Summary: A boy tells Emily she looks beautiful, and she doesn't know what to think.
Very short.
Emily walked out of class that morning, feeling a bit happy. She had just gotten back her test, and she had done better on it than she expected.
"Hey, Emily! Wait up!" she heard a voice call out. She turned around to see Noah coming towards her, waving. She gave a little wave back.
"So how did you do on that test?" he asked as he caught up with her.
"Better than on the last one," Emily replied with a smile. "How about you?"
"I did fine. Mine was about the same," Noah answered. They continued walking towards the cafeteria and t