Novel Excerpt #5

“I love you Celia.” He said again, shaking me gently, trying to snap me out of my trance I think.

“No.” I whispered. He couldn’t. He’d been married before, he has a daughter, if he loved me, wouldn’t he have told me sooner?

“Celia?” He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close when he realized I was crying, “Don’t cry. I’m sorry, but I needed you to know, I’ve been trying to figure out how to tell you all summer.”

“I’m going home tomorrow. I can’t do this Kyle. I’m going home tomorrow. Don’t do this to me.” I buried my face in his shoulder.
 
“Celia, look at me please.”

And that was the worst mistake I’d made all summer. Why? Because he kissed me.

Excerpt #4 from "The Maine Dares"

"Celia! What happened to you?" Grandma asked in surprise, looking me up and down.

I looked down at myself and discovered that on top of my arms and legs being covered in scratches, but that some of them actually looked quite serious as well.

Excerpt #3 from "The Maine Dares"

"What are those ?" I asked Grandma, pointing at the tank. The "brown" on the bottom of the tank had started to move and taken on the shape of many large multiple long legged insect type creatures.

"They're lobsters." Grandma said looking at me strangely, "Haven't you ever seen one before?"

"No. I'm not sure I've ever even heard of lobsters before."

Excerpt #2 From "The Maine Dares"

    As I was standing in line to get on the bus, I turned back and waved one last time at my family before getting on the bus.
    I had no clue what was ahead of me, but I was about to find out.

Excerpt #1 from "The Maine Dares"

Chapter One

Traveling to Maine

    "Where are my pants?" I murmured to myself. I was furiously rummaging through various piles of clothing around my room. I was about to get on a bus for a several-hour-long ride to the coast of Maine and was desperately searching for my most comfortable pair of jeans, which had obviously picked the most inopportune moment to disappear."