Chapter 2 Jeff and I are about to cook for mom and dad. I couldn't cook that well so thank god I have a brother that is training to be a chef. I was putting the salad together, yes it would be mostly spinach but he knew that; but he would not l

It was one of those hot, still summer afternoons when there isn't a breath of air and the humidity hangs thick like a blanket covering everything with dampness. Jessica came in from her tennis lesson wearing a gleaming white tennis outfit th

It was the summer before my first year of college. I would be spending it with my 27 year old brother Josh and his girlfriend Alexis in their California home. My brother and I were very close growing up despite our age difference. But we had lived ap

I was having a slumber party for my birthday and five of my girlfriends were sleeping over. We were all in my bedroom in playing truth or dare. "OK, truth. How many of us are still virgins?" asked Katherine. I raised my hand along with thre

Six months ago my mother got remarried and we moved into my stepfather's big house. It was a sprawling Victorian mansion. I also gained my first sibling. A stepbrother named Matt. We were both very busy with high school and trying to get into a goo

This past Spring Break my older brother Jeff and I were home from college. Stuck at home that is while mom and dad got to go to Florida, where all my friends were and where I should have been. It all started that first day I came home. Jeff's ca

This is a true story. It was the middle of summer and my parents had gone camping in the trailer for five days. They had left my younger brother John, my younger sister Cami and myself home to keep an eye on the house and do some yard work while t

THE FRAT PARTY 1. "Hey, mom, I'm home." Tommy McFarlane walked into the McFarlane home. Although he'd recently turned 18, Tommy was still a bit small for his age. An awkwardness was noticeable in his actions and demeanor. As Tomm