I tried not to get too hopeful when Brit sat with us at lunch. I tried not to get too hopeful every single time she smiled at something I said. I tried not to get too hopeful when I managed to make her laugh in tutoring. I tried, but I failed.
Every time I made her smile I felt elated, like I was a balloon someone had just filled with hot air. Hot air that, when released, would make a farting noise and leave the balloon even more pathetic than it was before.
I grimaced at the internal metaphor. Brit was making surprisingly fast progress with her math, and I wasn’t sure if this made me proud or worried.
What if she no longer needed me to tutor her soon? Would our friendship end?
If we were even friends, that is.
I sighed fitfully as I watched her walk out of the library, her step springy, her hair bouncing, her stylish bag flung across one shoulder.
Inspired by
I tried, unsuccessfully, not to think about this weekend. I tried to concentrate on the fact Jesse and Ceirra were dating, bu…
A sequel to I am Brit (losing it)
About the author
Dreamer
Lost in a Paradox.
I came up with the penname Dreamer from a fantasy story I used to tell my friends. ‘Dreamer’ was a character based off of me that could make characters in books and movies come to life. Yeah, I know, I wish.
Current Mood: woohoo! Words of the month are up!
Words of the Month (one for each week because I’ll probably forget to uptdate it weekly): (This month, ‘Phil’ is my theme)
Anglophile- (literally) One who loves Britain. (casually) Somebody obsessed with britain, pretends to be british, likes to be thought of as british
Francophile- Same as above, but France instead of Britain
Russophile- Same but Russia now
Philter- a love potion
Updated Playlist:
Between the lines by Sara Bareilles. (and other Sara Bareilles songs)
Numb by Linkin Park
Various Celtic songs
Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard
Viva la Vida by Coldplay
So Long Goodbye by Sum 41
Pathetique by Beethovan
Who Knew by Pink
Savin’ Me by Nickleback (and other Nickleback songs)
Silhouettes by Waking Ashland
A Lifetime by Better than Ezra (I LOVE this song. it’s so sad sniffle)
This Man by Jeremy Camp
The Call by Regina Spektor
Her Eyes by Pat Monahan
Various Daughtry songs
Everytime We Touch by CASCADA
I Woke up in a Car by Something Corporate
-I realize the above list is extremely random. I listen to a lot of random music. You should see my iPod. It gets weirder. (I like everything from Rap to R&B to Metal to Pop to to Techno to Country to Classical… I love music.)
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Series I’m writing (wrote):
The current ‘Remembering’ series. The ‘story after the story.’ This is a sequel to the ‘Just a Little’ series (see below). This is what happens after the tragedy. This will have a happy ending. I promise. :). Fiction. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/31422
The current ‘Smell’ Series (Main characters: Fae and Davincent) Fantasy. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/26990
The current ‘I Am’ series. This is a series that examines the different high school stereotypes. Fiction. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/22387
The currently discontinued due to writers block Sand Women series. Fantasy. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/7007
The completed ‘Just A Little’ series. (Main Characters: Drew and Cynthia) Tragedy. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/23458
Link to first of the completed Pika series. (Main Character: Soner) Tree-hugging ‘Memoir.’ Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/17331
link to first of the completed ‘True or False’ (Main Characters: Andy, Wes, Blake, and, of course, Judie). Classic high school melodrama. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/9033
(kudos to lost_at_sea for writing part of this.)
Clippings:
What He Doesn’t Know: http://ficlets.com/stories/35999
Falling: http://ficlets.com/stories/35996
Tornado: http://ficlets.com/stories/34296
The Mortal and the Immortal: http://ficlets.com/stories/33186
Betraying Vanity: http://ficlets.com/stories/31834
Choice: http://ficlets.com/stories/31654
Upside down: Remembering: http://ficlets.com/stories/27494
Fog: http://ficlets.com/stories/27422
Made Up Stories: http://ficlets.com/stories/27292
Perverse: http://ficlets.com/stories/24453
War: http://ficlets.com/stories/23570
Fire: http://ficlets.com/stories/23569
Mistakes: http://ficlets.com/stories/23568
Sunshine: http://ficlets.com/stories/23564
Save the planet. Hug a tree.
Babynameaddicts.com is my lifeline. Need a name for a story? Go to this website!!!!!!!
Courage is the judgement that something else is greater than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.
-Meg Cabot
An empty page is an open door into a world you can only dream of.
-JED
No, the world’s still the same. There’s just less in it.
-Jack Sparrow (I love you!!!)
Life sucks, and then you die.
Yeah, I should be so lucky.
-Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn.
Published on June 20, 2008.
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