So, apologies, this isn't a writing or anything (😅) but I just came up with every single title for every single chapter of Hearts in Crossfire and I'm really proud of them and wanted to share

Chapter 2: how perspectives change

Chapter 3: what do you do when a gun goes off?

Chapter 4: one day here, the next gone

Chapter 5: returning renovations

Chapter 6: curiosity killed the Pat

Chapter 7: refle...

She feels hands on her, holding on from behind. Multiple, fighting to get her away from… something. Despite all of that, the only thing she could focus on was the man in front of her, pulling her along toward a dark swirling mass.

_Before she could understand the full extent of what in the world was going on, she ripped her hand viciously from the man's grip. He spun around with an a...

Also my competition piece!!

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Her eyes met his across the room.

The light flicked over her on it's way to focus on another guest, making the blue sparkle like a rare sunrise.

This was the last moment he belonged to himself.

Every step she took closer was one he could use to run. Escape the lies. The shadows. The deceit.

The betrayal.

But he didn't. He was mesmerized by her beauty.

Long s...

She crouched low in the grass and parted it to stare through. Three kids were playing in the clearing before her.

"Hey! Kwame's cheating again!" one of the girls complained.

"Am not!" the boy retorted. "You're just slow!"

"Will both of you shut up!" the second girl growled. "I can't think with your bickering."

Namib narrowed her eyes with curiosity. These people were clearly playing a game...b...

"It was an accident!" she screamed to whoever could hear.

No one could. That was the point. It was all a trick.

"Well, well, well, look who finally showed her true colors," he snickered behind her.

She spun around with a gasp, but he wasn't really there. Just a bright pool of moonlight.

"You were supposed to be the bad guy!" she cried. "Not me!"

At first, there was no response, but then she...

chapter 2 part 1

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"We don't have to look for him, you know," Trey said.

"He's our friend, of course we have to look for him!" Carlee retorted.

Trey groaned and got up. "I don't know if you noticed, but this basement is tiny."

Amber elbowed him. "Whatever we do, I'm staying with Carlee."

"What, why? You always go with me!" Trey reminded his girlfriend.

"But Carlee is clearly the brave...

chapter 1 part 3

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The five friends turn toward the body and stood there awkwardly for a minute. They slowly release each other's hands; all except for Carlee who keeps hers wrapped tightly around Luca's.

Trey clears his throat and pushes past them all. "So, it's great we all agree on this guy being Dylan's dad, but... what now?"

"I vote we get back to our sleepover," Amber raised her hand ...

chapter 1 part 2

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A body hung from the ceiling, rope wrapped around its neck. It was dressed in a torn white tanktop and its face was bruised, scratched, and cut beyond recognition. Candles circled around under its legs.

Amber opened her mouth to scream, but Trey covered it quickly. She switched it to a whine instead.

"I can see why my parents don't let me down here now," Luca gulped.

Trey...

chapter 1 part 1

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Luca crept around the side of the house, flashlight lighting his way, poking his head out before gesturing to his friends to follow.

"This is not what I came here for," Amber whimpered. "Can I please go back inside?"

Trey tugged his arm out of her tight grip. "Sure, if you want me to call you chicken for a month."

Amber huffed and grabbed onto her boyfriend's arm again...

"Rumi."

The purple-haired woman startled when Mira and Zoey suddenly blocked her path on the way to the bathroom. "...Yes?"

"We need to talk," Mira put her hands on Rumi's shoulders and spun her around to march her back to her bedroom.

Zoey and Mira sit Rumi down on her bed, but remain silent. Rumi nervously glances from side to side nervously at the looks they were giving her. A minute l...