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  <title>.:band baby:.'s Stories</title>
  <subtitle>*My newest challenge is up and running! The backward challenge. The link is above! =) Go enter!!*

If you haven't read the twilight series I suggest you read it. But more importantly, I _strongly_ suggest you read the Host, also by Stephenie Meyer, *exspecially* if you loved the twilight series! =)

In love with -Edward Cullen- Jared and Jamie!

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*Wanna start a series?*
_I'd be happy too. =)_

@#$%^&amp;amp;*()!@#$%^&amp;amp;*()!#$%^*()!@#$%^&amp;amp;*()!@#$%

I have joined the League of Awesomeness. Yay! I shall now be known as the Sweet Darlin' of Awesomeness. =D

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*Join Kevin's goodbye chain!!*
http://ficlets.com/stories/32440

Series!

*Them series with _Lone Writer_ ((She is so amazing)):* 
update: stalled.. this is a very laid back series, we write when we have time. =)
http://ficlets.com/stories/12285

*Rosaline and Adelle series with _MBTM_*
update: just started
http://ficlets.com/stories/28099

*Eve and Dante series with _Never Explain_* 
update: amazing while it lasted! 
http://ficlets.com/stories/22094

*Faith and Bernard series with _Overlooked_Merchandise_* 
update: running strong!
http://ficlets.com/stories/25668

*Orlando and Lynde series with _OTOC_* 
update: being worked on
http://ficlets.com/stories/29478

*Blake and Aea series with _me_!*
update: stalled..
http://ficlets.com/stories/17115

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Ahh!! I have been *love-bitten!* Thanks OTOC and Lone Writer!

_You're beautiful! Every little piece love, don't you know you're really gonna be someone, ask anyone. When you find everything you looked for, I hope your life leads you back to my door. Oh but if it don't, stay beautiful!_ *Taylor Swift &amp;quot;Stay Beautiful&amp;quot;*</subtitle>
  <updated>2008-07-08T18:18:09Z</updated>
  <id>http://ficlets.com/feeds/author/bandbaby</id>
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  <entry>
    <title type="text">A Perfect Life ((Personal Fantasy Challenge))</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ficlets.com/stories/36624"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Annie!&amp;#8221; I hear through my closed office door.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Yes? Come in!&amp;#8221; I call without looking up from what I was typing.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Annie, I am so sorry to bother you! I know you are very busy with.. well running this place and all.. but..&amp;#8221; The man studders, still in obvious awe while around me.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Now Dustin! Have you not gotten over the fact that I am the owner of a very succseful Medical facility?&amp;#8221; I ask gently of my secretary.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh now Annie.. You know as well as I do that on top of that you are also a world famous author and a brillant Doctor!&amp;#8221; Dustin replied stubbornly.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Yes, yes.. I suppose that is slighty intimidating.. But you&amp;#8217;ve been with me since the begining. Any ways, what did you need?&amp;#8221; I finally stop working and look at him.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Surprise Beautiful!&amp;#8221; A tall man two years old then myself with brown hair and gorgeous crystal blue eyes, enters the room with flowers. He walks right up to me and kisses my forehead and then my lips. I smile up at him as we pull away. I couldn&amp;#8217;t ask for anything better.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <id>http://ficlets.com/stories/36624</id>
    <published>2008-07-08T02:32:34Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-08T18:18:09Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>.:band baby:.</name>
      <uri>http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby</uri>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="text">Secret Smile</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ficlets.com/stories/36487"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Well crap..&lt;/em&gt; I thought. &lt;em&gt;If I tell her now she&amp;#8217;ll know I basically love her.. not just temporry chrush..&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Jay? It&amp;#8217;s okay.. I&amp;#8217;m not going to make fun of you for whoever you like.&amp;#8221; Winter said, snapping me back to the present.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;I took a deep and blurted, &amp;#8220;WinterI&amp;#8217;velikedyouforevercan&amp;#8217;tyousee?Everyoneelsehas!&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;I heard Winter gasp and look away. I felt my cheeks burn from embarassment at her rejection. The final blow was when she scooted away and looked at me with tear stained cheeks.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;I stood up to leave her alone, but she pulled me back down. Before I knew what was happening, her lips were on mine and she pulled be back down so were were only milimeters apart.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;When we finally pulled apart, we were both breathing hard.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Winter.. Wh.. What was that?&amp;#8221; I asked as both of our lungs begged for more and more air.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Winter&amp;#8217;s face glistened from the heat radiating off both of our bodies and she smiled like she was a child with a secret. &amp;#8220;Jay, I think I may be in love with someone.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <id>http://ficlets.com/stories/36487</id>
    <published>2008-07-07T02:54:23Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-07T22:19:50Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>.:band baby:.</name>
      <uri>http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby</uri>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="text">Experimental Ficlet No. 5</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ficlets.com/stories/36251"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;.... Maybe I am, as long as I get some help. But from whom?.....&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <id>http://ficlets.com/stories/36251</id>
    <published>2008-07-04T15:14:12Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-09T00:28:17Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>.:band baby:.</name>
      <uri>http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby</uri>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="text">Hall of Fame [Part 2] ((2075 or Beyond Challenge))</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ficlets.com/stories/36156"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;My darling, he started the League to get the Ficlets communtiy more invloved with each other. And what a wonderfull job he did!&amp;#8221; I said gazing around at new and old members of the League chatting on couches or reading random bits from League members.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Wow.. Sounds pretty cool. So what happened to all the stories everyone wrote?&amp;#8221; Ally asked heading off into the next room.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Tears sprang to my eyes as I looked around the next room. The entire room was lined with book shelves filed with books.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Grandma who wrote all these books?&amp;#8221; Ally&amp;#8217;s eyes had gone wide in wonderment.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The memebers of the League did. When the internet was banned for good 15 years ago, a bunch of memebers got together and pulled strings to get all the series and stories published into a massive collection. This is the first time its been available to the general public scince 2060.&amp;#8221; I answered her.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;There were also comuters all around for new members to add their own stories to the ever growing collection.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Can I write a story?&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <id>http://ficlets.com/stories/36156</id>
    <published>2008-07-03T14:45:02Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-09T01:08:43Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>.:band baby:.</name>
      <uri>http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby</uri>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="text">Hall of Fame [Part 1] ((2075 or Beyond challenge))</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ficlets.com/stories/36155"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Grandma! Grandma hurry up! I wanna see inside.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Yes Ally. I&amp;#8217;m coming, these old bones only move so fast you know.&amp;#8221; I relied to my only granddaughter.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;We walked inside with the first wave of people, some as old as I, some young, and some inbetween. I gasped as soon as I saw the inside.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;The first room was all dedicated to the creator of something many here were a part of at the begining. &lt;strong&gt;Ficlets&lt;/strong&gt; Kevin Lawver&amp;#8217;s picture was every where. Some of his stories had been posted as well.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;The next room Ally dragged me to was all about &lt;em&gt;the League&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Grandma? What was.. the League?&amp;#8221; Ally asked looking around. &amp;#8220;And who was he?&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;I chuckled as I looked where she was pointing. &amp;#8220;That my dear, is the Grand Awesome Marshall himself. Or most of us from Pre-League days knew him as Dr.  THX . He is the genius man who started our League of Awesomeness.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh. Why&amp;#8217;d he do that?&amp;#8221; Ally asked as she stared at the man.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <id>http://ficlets.com/stories/36155</id>
    <published>2008-07-03T14:35:11Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-09T03:59:03Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>.:band baby:.</name>
      <uri>http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby</uri>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="text">Hiding Something</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ficlets.com/stories/36125"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I exhaled loudly, but Winter couldn&amp;#8217;t hear me over her sobs. I knew she wasn&amp;#8217;t ready for me to tell her my true feelings. We would just have to wait until Rob moved and she has moved on..&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Winter..&amp;#8221; I began as I stroked her hair. &amp;#8220;Winter, you don&amp;#8217;t honestly believe I&amp;#8217;m using you for April, do you? Because I&amp;#8217;m not.. But sweety itdoesn&amp;#8217;t matter if Rob is or isn&amp;#8217;t because he&amp;#8217;s moving.. And he doesn&amp;#8217;t deserve you anyways exspecially if he is just using you.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Winter stifled another sob and looked at me with tear-stained eyes. &amp;#8220;I.. I guess your right Jay..&amp;#8221; She looked away as she said it though.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;I gently moved her chin towards me again with my first two fingers. &amp;#8220;What is it Winter?&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I.. How mad at me would you be if I told you something.. But by telling you that it would mean I&amp;#8217;d been lying for a while..?&amp;#8221; Winter spat out quickly and quietly.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;I was completly taken aback by her sudden question so I ended up stumblng over an answer, something I rarely did. &amp;#8220;I.. well.. it uh.. depends on what it was.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <id>http://ficlets.com/stories/36125</id>
    <published>2008-07-03T02:16:23Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-08T15:54:37Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>.:band baby:.</name>
      <uri>http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby</uri>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="text">Oh So... +insert word here+ ((Perfect Moment Ruined Challenge))</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ficlets.com/stories/35867"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I turned onto my street and glanced at the clock. It was 9:52, only two minutes until curfew. I pulled my Focus into my driveway after a date with my boyfriend.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Tonight was the most romantic time of my 17 years of life. Jeremy had provided a candle lit dinner, which he cooked himself! He had on slow songs during and after dinner. We danced together after the meal. Then, to top it all off, before I left he told me he loved me for the first time! I have never heard three words sound more sincer then those.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;I was almost to my room when I heard my dad&amp;#8217;s voice call out.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Grace? Is that you?&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah Dad. I just got home.&amp;#8221; I answered as I steped into my room.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Will you come to the living room. Your mother and I have something to tell you.&amp;#8221; Slowly I walked into my living room and found my parents waiting. My mom spoke first.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Honey. You father got a promotion!&amp;#8221; She said excitedly.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Just as a smile was forming on my face my dad interupted with &lt;em&gt;but we&amp;#8217;re moving.&lt;/em&gt; which drained m face of all color.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <id>http://ficlets.com/stories/35867</id>
    <published>2008-06-30T17:03:18Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-09T07:22:31Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>.:band baby:.</name>
      <uri>http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby</uri>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="text">Into The Shurb</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ficlets.com/stories/35236"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Pearl and I were sitting on our beach sun bathing. We had gotten tired while jet-skiing and decided to stop on the beach of an island we were near.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Haha, we don&amp;#8217;t even know where we are, Dawn.&amp;#8221; Pearl laughed.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Sure we do!&amp;#8221; I countered. &amp;#8220;We are on an island which is on my Aunt&amp;#8217;s lake. Dur!&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Pearl started cracking up. &amp;#8220;Hey, why don&amp;#8217;t we explore!!&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Because! We can&amp;#8217;t just leave the jet skis. And we don&amp;#8217;t even know how big this island is, what if we get lost??&amp;#8221; I asked.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh you worry to much! How big coud this island be? I mean, we&amp;#8217;ve been all around this lake on the jet skies!&amp;#8221; Pearl answered already getting up and ready to head off into the shrub behind us. So I shurged and we walked off into the shrub.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;We had gone very far before we began hearing things.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;What was that?&amp;#8221; Pearl asked suddenly.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Nothing, I didn&amp;#8217;t hear it.&amp;#8221; I answered. &amp;#8220;Oh wait.. I heard it now.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We should go back.&amp;#8221; Pearl said shakely.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah but which way is &amp;#8216;back&amp;#8217;?&amp;#8221; I said looking around.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <id>http://ficlets.com/stories/35236</id>
    <published>2008-06-24T00:42:15Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-08T17:16:38Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>.:band baby:.</name>
      <uri>http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby</uri>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="text">Into The Shurb</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ficlets.com/stories/35235"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Pearl and I were sitting on our beach sun bathing. We had gotten tired while jet-skiing and decided to stop on the beach of an island we were near.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Haha, we don&amp;#8217;t even know where we are, Dawn.&amp;#8221; Pearl laughed.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Sure we do!&amp;#8221; I countered. &amp;#8220;We are on an island which is on my Aunt&amp;#8217;s lake. Dur!&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Pearl started cracking up. &amp;#8220;Hey, why don&amp;#8217;t we explore!!&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Because! We can&amp;#8217;t just leave the jet skis. And we don&amp;#8217;t even know how big this island is, what if we get lost??&amp;#8221; I asked.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh you worry to much! How big coud this island be? I mean, we&amp;#8217;ve been all around this lake on the jet skies!&amp;#8221; Pearl answered already getting up and ready to head off into the shrub behind us. So I shurged and we walked off into the shrub.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;We had gone very far before we began hearing things.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;What was that?&amp;#8221; Pearl asked suddenly.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Nothing, I didn&amp;#8217;t hear it.&amp;#8221; I answered. &amp;#8220;Oh wait.. I heard it now.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We should go back.&amp;#8221; Pearl said shakely.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah but which way is &amp;#8216;back&amp;#8217;?&amp;#8221; I said looking around.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <id>http://ficlets.com/stories/35235</id>
    <published>2008-06-24T00:41:18Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-06T11:42:49Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>.:band baby:.</name>
      <uri>http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby</uri>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="text">Unexpected Meeting</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ficlets.com/stories/34724"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Cora couldn&amp;#8217;t stand the slience any longer. She threw on her tennis shoes and bolted from her house. Not thinking about where, she just ran. Hard and fast and long.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;By the time she finally ran out of breath she was in the neighborhood park. She collapsed on a near by bench.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Here.. You look like you could use some water.&amp;#8221; A voice said.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Cora jumped up and turned towards the voice. Shane, a guy in her class who she had never took much intrest in before, was sitting on the same bench offering her his water bottle.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Oh.. uhm.. Thanks.&amp;#8221; Cora answered still a little shaky.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Sorry..&amp;#8221; Shane mumbled. &amp;#8220;I didn&amp;#8217;t mean to startle you.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;It&amp;#8217;s okay.. I just thought I was alone.&amp;#8221; Cora said. She suddenly felt self conscious and remembered she had left her house in her boxer shorts and little tank top.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I can see that.&amp;#8221; Shane said buntly, obviously giving her a once over. &amp;#8220;Would you like to sit again?&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Yeah.&amp;#8221; Cora answered lightly, trying to regain a little of her pride.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <id>http://ficlets.com/stories/34724</id>
    <published>2008-06-18T14:57:32Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-08T18:40:37Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>.:band baby:.</name>
      <uri>http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby</uri>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="text">Overreacting ((Unexpected Twist))</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ficlets.com/stories/34720"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Cora sat on her bed chewing her bottom lip. Wiping away a tear she called her best friend Lillie again. After Lillie&amp;#8217;s voicemail came on, Cora laid back down on her bed and waited.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;~~&lt;br /&gt;Lillie and June walked into June&amp;#8217;s basement laughing. Lillie absent-mindedly grabbed her cell from the floor.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Holy crap! Six missed calls?&amp;#8221; Lillie screeched.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;They&amp;#8217;re probably all from Cora. Ya know Lillie, she acts like a clingy boyfriend.&amp;#8221; June said as her and Lillie burst out laughing.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Ugh. You&amp;#8217;re right June!&amp;#8221; Lillie agreed. &amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;m going to call her and tell her what I think about that.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;With that Lillie picked up the phone and called Cora, not bothering to listen to her messages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;~~&lt;br /&gt;Cora jumped at the sound of her phone. &amp;#8220;Hello?&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Cora. You&amp;#8217;re acting like a clingy boyfriend, you know that? And now I&amp;#8217;m not sure about you but I perfer my boyfriends &lt;em&gt;male&lt;/em&gt;. So stop calling me all the time got it? Good.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; CLICK &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;But.. I just wanted to tell you my mom died..&amp;#8221; Cora whispered into her newly silent house.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <id>http://ficlets.com/stories/34720</id>
    <published>2008-06-18T14:35:02Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-08T10:19:35Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>.:band baby:.</name>
      <uri>http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby</uri>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="text">egnellahC sdrawkcaB ((Backwars Challenge))!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ficlets.com/stories/34302"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Ah.. the first day of summer. So &lt;em&gt;relaxing&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;calming&lt;/strong&gt;. And the perfect time for a challenge, wouldn&amp;#8217;t you agree?&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;So here&amp;#8217;s what I was thinking:&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Write a short series. Easy write? Well here&amp;#8217;s the twist. The story that is sequeled to this ficlet &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; be the ending.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;So in short:&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;- write a short series ((or cram it into one ficlet))&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;- the ending must be sequeled to this ficlet.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;- but make the ending interesting enough that everyone wants to know why what happened &lt;em&gt;happened&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;- Judging will be sometime.. so keep entering please!!&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;So in honor of the first days of summer ((for some of us)) and my 260th ficlet, I bid you good luck!&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Have fun,&lt;br /&gt;.:Band Baby:.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <id>http://ficlets.com/stories/34302</id>
    <published>2008-06-13T23:00:16Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-08T23:33:02Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>.:band baby:.</name>
      <uri>http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby</uri>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="text">What Does it all Mean?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ficlets.com/stories/34211"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;So Chris had done most of the talking.. And he was like &amp;#8216;so it&amp;#8217;s still a go to slice all the cars&amp;#8217; tires?&amp;#8217; and then Sean like.. hesitated or something and Chris got all in his face and was like &amp;#8216;you in or you or?&amp;#8217; and Sean squeaked out a yes and then they left.&amp;#8221; Beth finished and then nodded her head, conferming this was what she had heard.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I need to call Erin.&amp;#8221; I announced sunddenly.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;What are you thinking?&amp;#8221; Beth asked as she handed over her cell phone, because I had been grounded from mine.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;I held up my index finger signaling one minute while I talked to Erin..&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Ok.. Werid..&amp;#8221; I said after hanging up with Erin, our third person in our trio of friends.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;What is?!&amp;#8221; Beth asked, failing her arms and failing on her bed exageradly.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;I just shook my head, stunned. Beth shot me a look and I finally cracked. &amp;#8220;Erin heard Chris and Sean talking too. In fact.. She heard almost exactly the same conversation that you heard.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;So what does it mean?&amp;#8221; Beth wondered, a confused look on her face.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <id>http://ficlets.com/stories/34211</id>
    <published>2008-06-13T02:13:14Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-07T23:13:32Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>.:band baby:.</name>
      <uri>http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby</uri>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="text">Names =) ((Googler challenge!!))</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ficlets.com/stories/33870"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;.:band baby:. &amp;#8211; Amazon.com: Baby Be Mine Maternity Belly Band in 4 Sizes: Apparel &lt;em&gt;(haha.. wow (=)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Amber &amp;#8211; Amber (color) &amp;#8211; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia &lt;em&gt;(yes I&amp;#8217;m a color. Be jealous!)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But guess what! The fifth link down brought up a link to my home page!! Ah! That is so amazing. =D&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <id>http://ficlets.com/stories/33870</id>
    <published>2008-06-10T18:46:34Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-08T10:54:07Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>.:band baby:.</name>
      <uri>http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby</uri>
    </author>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="text">Realizations</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://ficlets.com/stories/33552"/>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;I sit on my bed in shock. &lt;em&gt;No way Bernard is already with some other girl.. and probably some chick he just happened to be driving by.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Ugh!&amp;#8221; I screamed into my now empty house. My parent&amp;#8217;s had left something where ever they were, I didn&amp;#8217;t even listen to what they said. I threw my head on my pillow and began balling my eyes out for the second time that day.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Around 5 o&amp;#8217;clock I decid to pull myself together. I jumpe in the shower, do my hair and make-up and then call a friend.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Ash? You wanna go to the mall? I need girl-time&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;I&amp;#8217;ll pick you up in 5&amp;#8221; She answers with a knowing smile in her voice.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;Ashley had just turned 16 last month and we had been friends scince 7th grade. She was amazing and always here for me. In that moment, however, I realized she could never love me as fully as Bernard did. And I also realized that no one could love Bernard in th same way I did.&lt;/p&gt;


	&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After my outing.. I&amp;#8217;ll have Ash drop me at Bernard&amp;#8217;s.&lt;/em&gt; I decide.&lt;/p&gt;</content>
    <id>http://ficlets.com/stories/33552</id>
    <published>2008-06-08T02:51:32Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-08T00:30:44Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>.:band baby:.</name>
      <uri>http://ficlets.com/authors/bandbaby</uri>
    </author>
  </entry>
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