“Are you ready?”

“Yes,” I eagerly responded.

“We’ll start with Twinning. It’s an ancient ritual to ensure that our essences are complementary.”

I tried to fight the rising anxiety in my chest. I had invested so much of myself into him, into us, I couldn’t begin to fathom what would happen if we weren’t compatible.

His calloused hands guided my body into his and my pulse stuttered when his arm...

Cassie's mom had warned her never to participate in trances or try to evoke the spirits. But her mom was dead and couldn't warn her of anything anymore. So, when Lisa suggested at the sleepover that they perform trances to talk to ghosts, Cassie recklessly volunteered.

"Okay, so you're gonna lay your head in my lap and I'll guide you." Lisa said with confidence.

"Are you sure we should be doing ...

“Halt! Who goes there?”

“It is I, Number Two. Though, you may call me Dookie.”

“You’re looking a little… parched. I can’t let you pass without paying the toll.”

“A toll?! No one told me there would be a toll!”

“There’s one for you.”

“This is an outrage! I have slogged through the tunnels of Colon for days to reach my destination and now that I am so close to my journey’s end I am stopped by s...

Oh the drinks I can drink

When I start drinking drinks

I’ll down more than a few

Liquor all in a shot

If I like it or not

I’ll just try not to spew

Love a rum and coke mix

For my alcohol fix

I’ve got nothing to lose

Oh the drinks I can drink

When I start drinking booze

Oh the drinks I can drink

The glasses go clinkety clink

Was that two, three, or four?

Jello shots in a row

Maybe I should say, “N...

I trust you: Three words

They will bring us together

Or tear us apart...

Breathe

Slow the trembling of my heart

Breathe

I've made it thus far

We won't be apart

Breathe

Listen to the quiet of the din

Breathe

The lights blaze above me

They are also within

Breathe

There is nowhere left to roam

Breathe

Raise the curtain up

I am home

...

Hi.

Hello.

How are you?

Fine. And yourself?

Up and not crying.

Never heard that before...

Heard it on line. Felt fitting.

Seems we all are feeling like that.

Sure feels that way. Have a lovely day.

Same to you, friend. Many happy returns.

...

"I'll be right over." I put the speaking sphere back on its charging plinth. I can't help but feel elated. I know we said we were going to take things slow. Give us time to grow. But this is exactly what I was hoping we would achieve. I asked him to let me in. Fully and completely let me in. And now, he is tearing down the bricks that have walled off his heart. Elation doesn't even begin to descr...

"Your desire is to become..."

"Yes," I breathed. I was terrified. Not of my desire to bind myself to him, but of the confidence in it. I've never felt such a strong conviction, of anything, before in my life and the certainty of this one decision had my heart hammering. His eyes peered into mine. Those iridescent eyes that incapacitated all rational thought, leaving only the yearning to solidify ...