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1985 Part 9

The wind howled against Christine’s bedroom window and rain began to spatter it. Glancing away from her vanity mirror to the window she groaned as the rain began to fall harder. She slipped the last bobby pin into place as she crossed over the stare out the window at the falling rain. “Perfect,” she muttered. [ READ MORE ]

1985 Part 8

Courtney hid in an empty classroom, waiting. Sitting on a desk away from the view of the door she crossed her arms across her chest and leaned against the wall as she mentally prepared herself for what she was about to do. She jumped as Benny walked through the door. “What’s so urgent, Courtney?” he [ READ MORE ]

1985 part 7

Leaning against the side of one of the dumpsters in the back of the school, Seth took a cigarette out of the pack he had on the inside of his jacket. Lighting up, he slid down to the ground. Looking up at the sky he started thinking about recent events that happened to him, like [ READ MORE ]

1985 part 6

The next day at school Christine told John all about her night out with Seth. “Seth invited you to a party?” he asked incredulously. “You’re gonna go right?” “Well duh! Why would I pass up a chance to go to Seth’s house?” Christine slammed her locker shut and they began to walk to homeroom. “The [ READ MORE ]

1985 part 5

After their meal, instead of heading back behind the restaurant again, they clambered back into Seth’s car and went to the nearest park to go for a walk. Christine thought this made it feel like they were on a date, and wanted Seth to hold her hand. It took her a few minutes to remember [ READ MORE ]

1985 Part 4

The T-bird stopped abruptly and Christine nearly went through the windshield. Seth wasn’t the safest driver, but she didn’t have the nerve to tell him to slow down. Instead she secretly clutched the edge of the seat and silently prayed that she would live. Looking out the window she saw they were stopped in front [ READ MORE ]

1985 part 3

Christine ran around her room trying to find something to wear. After school that day Seth had met up with her and, to the amazement of her friends, asked if she wanted to hang later that evening. Trying to stay calm, Christine smiled and accepted. Once Seth walked away though, she let her excitement out. [ READ MORE ]

1985 part 2

Christine was wrong thinking that going to the library would help her concentrate more because the words of her friends followed her all the way to the back table in the library. She was glad that they didn’t think she was an airhead, no matter how much she tried to act like on in order [ READ MORE ]

1985

NOTE: I’m trying to place this story in 1985 (hence the title) so I did some research since I was born in 1989. If anything is off at all, which there definitely will be mistakes, I’d like someone to inform me of them so I can fix them. This is another story for Christine because she [ READ MORE ]

Winter’s Bliss: Chapter Ten: Epilogue

Ten months later, Christine and Jon lived in an apartment that wasn’t far from their old neighborhood. Mr. Wilson was taking care of the expenses until Jon and Christine could pick up on the payments. Mrs. Raymond placed herself in a rehab as soon as Christine informed her of the new family member she was [ READ MORE ]

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