Chris Oz American Pie

After I started working at the zoo, I was added to a group chat called “A Hundred Ways to Kill a Human.” Every member had an animal as their profile picture. At first, I thought it was some quirky staff group. I even found it kind of cute. That was, until I realized they were discussing how to eat me. Pedro the Parrot: [The new human has beautiful eyes. I can’t wait till Christmas. I want to peck them out right now!] George the Gorilla: [Relax. There’ll be many visitors during Christmas. We’ll have more eyeballs than we can eat! Also, I’m calling dibs on her thigh.] Thor the Tiger: [Nobody’s taking her head, right? That’s mine.] Tucker the Elephant: [I’m a vegetarian, but I can crush her bones to dust.]

Ich schwor, zusammen mit meinem Freund aus Kindertagen die Schule zu wechseln, nachdem er behauptet hatte, er würde gemobbt. Doch einen Tag, bevor wir den Schulwechsel endgültig festmachen wollten, entschied er sich anders. Ein Freund von ihm spottete. „Also ehrlich, du hast den Gemobbten gespielt, nur um Alice Wiley loszuwerden? Ziemlich hart. Ihr wart doch schon immer unzertrennlich. Macht es dir wirklich nichts aus, dass sie jetzt ganz allein auf eine andere Schule geht?“ Shane Page winkte ab. „Ach was. Es ist bloß eine andere Schule irgendwo in der Stadt. Kein Drama. Ich kann einfach nicht mehr ertragen, dass sie ständig an mir hängt. Für mich ist das die perfekte Lösung.“ Ich blieb lange regungslos vor der Tür stehen. Am Ende drehte ich mich um und ging. Auf dem Formular für den Schulwechsel strich ich die Oatheport High durch und trug stattdessen die internationale Schule ein, auf die mich meine Eltern schon lange schicken wollten. Offenbar hatte jeder vergessen, dass Shane und ich nie auf derselben Ebene standen.

Demie Argento has been living alone in Italy since her parents died when she was 18. Until then, she worked hard for herself everyday, not noticing that she’s been out of her league. A 24 year old woman, who had just graduated. Living alone on their house, without gimmicks and fun. She then admitted to herself that she needs to spice things up, if she doesn't want to grow old, a virgin. And she will do that on her birthday, and that is on the day of Christmas. Right timing, their family friend invited her to spend the Christmas with them, so Demie's plan was immediately formed. She will surrender her virginity to Alastair, her childhood sweetheart. However , things went wrong. Because on that night, she surrendered herself to Alastair’s older brother, Alessandro. Will a mistake spice Demie's life completely? Would they try to make it right? Or will it be just a forever hot mistake in Christmas?

—Señor instructor, ¿qué es eso duro que siento ahí abajo? En la escuela de manejo, dentro del Instituto de Artes de San Pedro, estaba dándole clases a una alumna de primer año bastante atractiva. Nunca me imaginé que esa chica, que a primera vista parecía ingenua, vendría vestida de manera tan provocativa e insistiría en sentarse sobre mis piernas para que le enseñara a manejar “mano a mano”. Durante todo el trayecto, tuve que resistir mis impulsos y concentrarme en enseñarle bien, ignorando a propósito cómo se frotaba contra mí, a veces sin querer y otras no tanto. Pero quién iba a decir que soltaría el embrague demasiado rápido. El motor se apagó y dio una sacudida. Ella cayó de sentón entre mis piernas. El impacto se sintió en su zona más íntima. Y lo único que traía puesto era una faldita corta y ropa interior de tela muy delgada.

Via suffers from the disease of a visual hallucination; unable to distinguish the difference between the reality and hallucination whenever she was on its period. On the positive side, she was able to perform artistic talent on the stage and created a number of masterpieces based on what she sees in her hallucination period. Struggling with her disease, she became an ambitious painter since her childhood, has developed an extreme obsession with her talent in creating lifelike paintings as her only source of recovery. She had won numerous art competitions in various places enough to land her on a list of respected artists in her country of origin and popularity among her peers. However, this was not supported by her parents who lacked the proper knowledge in mental illness. She had been socially isolated for the twenty years of her life, as commanded by her helicopter parents. Determined to escape from the forced solitude and to treat her disease, she joined a prestigious art competition to achieve financial and emotional independence.

Struggling to make ends meet for herself and her ailing mother, Melissa Dawson gets into trouble with the powerful sadistic billionaire, Alexander Pierce. After trying to beg her way out of it, Alexander proposes a contract to her with absurd conditions attached to it. Rejecting it, it only sparked the dark part of Alexander who vows to have her and clips her wings. What happens when she found out months later in Alexander's home that her entire identity has been a fake one? And when the real truth comes to light that she has been betrothed to the billionaire ever since she was a child, will she confront her past or succumb to her fears once again?

The Hidden Piece is a creative fictional story about the life of a young girl with a promising future. Faced with many life challenges that she didn't handle well, she had regrets and wished she behaved differently. Each phase of her life contended to activate her inward strength when confronted with these challenges, but she easily gave up which almost affected her dreams and aspirations. The only required tool to push through her difficult moments was using the power of her mind, which was also the strong force opposing her progress. This story is highly recommended for young adults searching for headway through life storms.

Sophia is a young writer who dreams of being an author. After a traumatic heartbreak, she moves to New York to pursue her dream. Years later, Sophia returns for Christmas to her hometown, Evergreen Heights, where she encounters people from her past. Will feelings resurrect, or will Sophia have the strength to move forward? Only time will tell...

Three years ago, Maya felt something she shouldn't have for Derek Hayes. He's her best friend's father. Eighteen years older. Completely forbidden. She's avoided him ever since. But when Sophie invites Maya to spend Christmas at Derek's Colorado estate, two weeks of forced proximity ignite everything they've both been fighting. Secret glances become stolen kisses. Innocent touches turn into something neither can resist. They tell themselves they'll end it before Sophie finds out. But some loves refuse to stay hidden. When their secret is exposed, Derek loses his daughter. Maya loses her best friend. And both face an impossible question: is love worth the destruction it causes? A forbidden Christmas romance about the space between right and wrong, where the heart wants what it shouldn't have and family is both the greatest gift and the highest cost.

While we're having our dinner on Christmas Eve, my mom suddenly asks me loudly, "Do you have your chastity?" I look confused. "What?" My mom just smiles very smugly. "I knew you were the adventurous type! You must have lost it because of someone else!" After that, she shoots my husband, Louis Hartson, a knowing look. "You don't know about this yet, right? Before Yvonne married you, she was an absolute player in the dating pool. Her father and I couldn't keep her under control at all!" I widen my eyes in shock. "What are you talking about?" My mom is even happier when she sees how angry I am. "Oh? You have the guts to do it, yet you're too cowardly to admit to it?" I can only clench my fists tightly under the table after hearing my mom's slanderous accusations. Since she likes spreading baseless rumors about me this much, I'm not going to keep her secret for her anymore.