Fiction

Bette On It: Weird Adolescence
WARNING: Story depicts 9/11, teen sex, teen masturbation Sophomore year 2001-2002 The school year had begun easier than the previous year. Bette had classes with more people she knew. She also had lunch with Skye, Ashleigh, Jenna, and Vanessa. Ozzy had the same lunch hour, but he sat with his music buddies at a different table. She felt more comfortable within days of starting that school year than in the entire first semester of last year.
By Tinka Boudit She/Her5 years ago in Chapters
Bette On It: Weird Adolescence
WARNING: Story depicts teen smoking, teen marijuana use, teen drinking, and sexual assault Freshman year 2001-2002 It was a warm morning at the bus stop that first day of freshman year. She genuinely wanted to relax. The day before was a day for freshman only to walk through the school to get their schedules and lockers and get to know the building a little. She had had a good time seeing her friends, but realized when she compared her schedules with them; she didn't have lunch with any of them. They had some of the same teachers, but none of the same class periods. She got paired in a locker with a girl named Becca that she didn't even know. Becca had gone to the other middle school and seemed to be somewhat unassuming. Maybe she was nervous and didn't know anyone around her either.
By Tinka Boudit She/Her5 years ago in Chapters
Bette On It: Weird Adolescence
8th grade 1999-2000 Bette waited at the bus stop with Cassandra and there was another nervous looking fifth grader with a mop of sandy hair, big round glasses, and a back pack that was way too big for him. While Bette and Cassandra were no longer friends, they had found a comfortable co-existence waiting for the bus together. In the last year, Cassandra had grown to 5'2", had dyed her hair a richer tone of blonde, dressed in more trendy fashions with tighter clothes, more exposed skin, and a top in a horrific shade of electric pink. She also and wore more make up in a tan color that didn't match her actual fading tan and unnatural colored eye makeup, probably to deter from the braces she had to get on her teeth. Puberty had been a little more kind to Bette over the summer. She had grown to 5'4" and her waist and hips were finally more proportional to her now D-cup breasts and her blackheads were few and far between. Her mom had taken her clothing shopping at consignment stores where the clothes were usually higher-end and meant for women instead of teenagers, but about the same price as the mall and big box stores everyone else seemed to buy their clothes from. It was nice to have jeans that didn't fray at the bottom quickly or even the occasional designer brand. Her stuff was quality and it didn't look exactly like everyone else's, and it let her find and enhance her own tastes. That morning, she chose a pair of jeans, a black leather belt, black leather boots, a green blouse that was close to her eye color, and a black cardigan that was made of stretchy t-shirt fabric that she liked a lot, because the thought it would go with everything. She felt good; that healthy level of self-esteem had begun to turn into confidence.
By Tinka Boudit She/Her5 years ago in Chapters
The Stones of Serin - Chapter 2
Midnight comes and goes leaving Clare sitting nervously caressing a teacup and waiting. She tries to call Jack and after getting no answer returns to fidgeting with her cup. Tommy oscillates between sitting restlessly and pacing about. They speak little and carefully avoid the topic of Jack’s absence.
By Risen Writing5 years ago in Chapters
The Stones of Serin - Chapter 1
“On a dark desert highway…” Jack taps the steering wheel in time with the music and croons, “Cool whip in my hair,” entertaining himself with the classic misheard lyric. Misheard lyrics were a favorite amusement of Jack and his daughter, Sara.
By Risen Writing5 years ago in Chapters