Category: Boys & Girls
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Boys & Girls: Part II – Chapter 28 – Boys & Girls
June 3rd, 2017 – August 28th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA; Portland, Oregon, USA; Hanover, New Hampshire, USA; Santa Cruz, California, USA; Fairbank, California, USA; Providence, Rhode Island, USA Boys & Girls It was the time of day when the sun woke from its nightly slumber and cast off its first set of golden light. An…
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Boys & Girls: Part II – Chapter 27 – Graduation
May 14th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA Graduation Russell sat rather nervously outside the Kinsky High auditorium. He saw a few passerbys – some students, mostly staff, none whom he recognized and almost all gave him strange looks. He wondered if they questioned why he was there so early, when the football team’s meeting wasn’t for…
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Boys & Girls: Part II – Chapter 26 – Maria
July 6th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA Maria “Where’d you want this?” Maria turned around. Lukas was holding a small ornamental vase. He seemed particularly focused on not dropping it. Maria smiled. “That you can take wherever. Here, just- just put it near the wall there. I’ll worry about it later.” Lukas did as he was…
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Boys & Girls: Part II – Chapter 25 – Grim Trigger
May 9th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA Grim Trigger With a bottle of water and a sparsely-filled backpack Lukas walked along the southern shore of Goldberg Lake. He had the vision of the place in his mind, however faint, and kept cycling through it in his head. He knew there was a hill, a grassy one,…
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Boys & Girls: Part II – Chapter 24 – Prom
May 2nd, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA Prom A makeshift station was formed around the large mirror in Kat’s bedroom. Rose helped put on Sadja’s makeup while Maria did the same for Kat’s hair. In the background Emily was organizing the dresses and accessories of the girls on the bed, with Bonny the pomeranian sleeping right…
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Boys & Girls: Part II – Chapter 23 – Rodrigo
August 27th, 2015 Kinsky, California, USA Rodrigo It was only a few weeks since he had transferred, but Rodrigo already understood the social dynamics of his new high school. He had gotten used to moving from school to school, so this was a skill that he had built up as a form of survival. His…
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Boys & Girls: Part II – Chapter 22 – Days of Heaven
April 24th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA Days of Heaven Outside the apartment complex in which the Ayoubs lived was a small walking path covered in grass and trees. It was suburban – nothing like the real hiking paths just outside of town – but it was close. Those past couple of days Sadja and Magyar…
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Boys & Girls: Part II – Chapter 21 – The Ones You Love Most
February 29th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA The Ones You Love Most Lukas waited on the bench outside his house. At that point he had rehearsed many times what he wanted to say, but it never came out sounding right to him. He could feel his body begin to shiver as the hour that Kat was…
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Boys & Girls: Part II – Chapter 20 – The Right Thing
April 10th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA The Right Thing It was a Sunday night, and several of the friends – despite better judgment – decided to spend the evening drinking and traveling around town. Among those in the audience were Kat, Sadja, Rodrigo, Aaron, Lukas, and – who had given up studying that weekend –…
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Boys & Girls: Part II – Chapter 19 – Ash
January 31st, 2015 Kinsky, California, USA Ash It was another late day in the art room for her. The girl – who stood looking at her unfinished work – had been stuck on the project all week. And while she sat on a stool pondering where to take it next, she heard a voice behind…