White Water...coming soon

We were walking together from English to Science and I saw Cody coming the other way. I groaned. Faron snorted with amusement at my discomfort. He kind of knew all about my terrible crush – I’d been complaining to him constantly since I’d first had to deal with Cody at the payment booth…

“Here comes lover boy.” Faron teased.
“Right back atcha.” I murmured as I saw who was behind him, “There’s Jared.”
“Oh, holy crap! This is so embarrassing now that you know!” Faron tried to make himself as inconspicuous as possible, but Jared had already removed himself from the crowd he was walking with and was making a beeline for him.
“Hey – Faron!” He called with a great big smile.
Faron made an incoherent squeaking noise that I took as panic and looked as though he was about to bolt in the opposite direction. I grabbed his arm and turned to him. “Don’t be stupid.”
Sophie Milestone, White Water...coming soon

White Water...coming soon....

 “Dean isn’t right for me.”

“I could have told you that, weeks ago.”
He nodded with the ghost of a smile on his beautiful face. “Then why did you ask him out for me?”
Ah – he’d got me there. “Well – you wanted me to – what are friends for?” I know – as lame as they  come, but I’d been caught on the back foot…
“He hasn’t come out to his parents – by all accounts his dad would rather see me dead than see his son truly happy – so I’m thinking I should end it now before one or other of us gets too fond of the other.”
“So – you’re not… too fond of him… yet?”
Faron looked me straight in the eye and my stomach went all fluttery as I gazed back at him – surely he must have guessed by now how I felt about him?
 “No.” he said firmly. “I’m really not.”
I breathed a silent sigh of relief. “Right, well – you know – whatever you think is right.”

Faron frowned at me – I’m not surprised – I was being a right dick. “What would you do?” he asked.

“Um, well – now you come to mention it – I’d probably finish it – I finished with Chelsea last night…” I held my breath wondering what he’d say to that.
“Really?”
I chanced a look at him and nodded. “Yeah – it wasn’t going anywhere – and she fancies Brad Higgins – he’s more her type…” Damned right he was more her type – he was straight for starters…
Faron seemed to be in a world of his own; he was barely listening.
“Did you hear me?”
He jumped and looked at me a little guiltily. “Um – sorry – no I didn't.” he blushed. “I was wondering how best to tell Dean it was over...”
Jared, White Water...coming soon

White Water...coming soon...

“Faron.” I said; I couldn’t hold in my news any longer. I just hoped he was ready to really hear what I’d got to say.

“What?” he glanced down and must have thought I was protesting at him holding my hand as he immediately dropped it and put his hands in his pockets, looking all awkward.
I took a deep breath, “I came out to my parents.” I looked at him, wondering what his reaction was going to be.
He stared at me for the longest time, his mouth was slightly open as he gazed at me; all sorts of emotions flickered across his face. Finally he spoke. “But you’re not…”
Jared, White Water...coming soon.

Too Easy to Pretend...coming soon....

We couldn’t seem to stay away from each other for long and I bumped into him in the library one lunch time a couple of days after Ryan and I had split up.

I picked a book off the shelf and jumped slightly as a pair of dark twinkly eyes met mine through the shelving. He grinned. “Is it safe for us to talk M?” He asked in a low conspiratorial voice.

I couldn’t help it – I grinned and rolled my eyes at him. “Uh, huh, thank you double-O-seven – the enemy has been disposed of.”

His eyes widened, “What? You mean…?”

I nodded. “I couldn’t stand him trying to tell me what to do all the time,” I said.

He nodded thoughtfully. “He really didn’t like me, did he?”

I smiled up at him. “No, Bond – he really didn’t like you.”

He grinned. “But you do – so it’s all good.”
Brooke and Chas, In the library, Too Easy to Pretend...coming soon...

Too easy to Pretend...coming soon

It was right there – that moment when I knew. My heart kind of cracked and a little bit of it died I think – I was always going to love him – and he was always going to think of me as nothing more than one of the boys – I was just his best friend… nothing more….
Brooke, Too Easy to Pretend...coming soon

Too Easy to Pretend...coming soon

Turned out he was as screwed up about our friendship as Deanna was – maybe there was something in their paranoia – maybe they could see something that we’d always been happily oblivious to.

Chas Bond, Too Easy to Pretend...coming soon

Can't wait to get them out there...

I'm really excitedly working on my new series at the moment. White Water is the first one in the series and focuses on Sophie and Cody.
Cody also has brothers, Dakota, Ethan, Genesis and Fabien - each of them have a story to tell too... and Sophie has a sister Dana - all of them are gifted one way or another.
The second book in the series is Phase 5, then Kallie's Secret and finally (or not) Only Human.
I'm guessing these will be out nearer to Autumn than any time soon - they're a follow on from the Stan Series; which goes in this order; Stan; Molly; Stan, Remember Me; Stan, New Beginnings.
Anyway, gotta go - off to the day job today - but tomorrow is mine, all mine - so you know where I'll be - in the conservatory with a long glass of water and my laptop... :)