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Romance › Re: Signs Your Girlfriend Isn't Meant To Be Your Future Wife by chiwex(m): 7:38am On Dec 15, 2013

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Don't lose hope,I will still write an article on how to order a product with a price attached to it,it's so simple.

So go back now so that you can download our books,it will be on till 6.pm on sunday 15/12/2013.

Please For those of us that ordered our free books,pls am so sorry for delivering it Late,Pls forgive me for that,it won't happen again,there were some issues that came up which we needed to fix,but thank God it has been fixed.

Those books have been emailed to you,you can download it now.

Importance notice,those of you that ordered for this book,HTML&CSS:Design and Build website by John Duckett, the file is so large,it is a pdf file which is about 132 mb,and the upload limit my shop's server can only accept is only 50 mb,so don't worry I just noticed that,so I want to upload it in a private hosting account with my RDP.after I am true,I will still make public the download link so that those who need the book can downlad it

I bet you,you need to get that book,if you really want to learn HTML and CSS From the scratch,go to amazon,com and see how highly rated the book is.

Any other information which I come accross,I won't fail to make it known to you.
happy sunday and God bless You

Best Regards
Admin

Phones › Re: Tecno P9 Phantom PAD Mini Discussion Thread by chiwex(m): 6:27am On Dec 15, 2013

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Important update,I discocored that the ebook click millionaires is missing,there is nothing in the pb

Below Are The Steps on How To Order Or Download Our free books

1.After You Have visited our website which http://,You will see many books displayed there,Look for the books in which the price attached to it is ₦0.00

2.Select The book you want to Download by clicking on the title of the book.

3.Read The Description of the Book,After You must have finished reading the description and reviews of the book,You will See the Add to Cart Button Immediately below the short description.(any product with the amount as ₦0.00) is considered free

4.Then Go to the top Right Menu of our website You will see The cart Tab with a figure written as 1,one means you selected one product,2 means you selected two products and so on.Then click on the CART tab.

5.A new page will open where you will see the details of what you want to buy,Leave the voucher space blank,scroll down,you will see the space for indicating your country and state where you are from,select your country and state,Your ZIP code should be 234,after,that don't update any other thing again,Click on the Next button

6.You will see an authentication page,then create an account by entering your email address,then click the create an account button enter your Title,MR Or MRS,First name,Last Name,Password of Your Choice,date of birth,Month of Birth And Year of Birth.click on the two buttons which reads Sign up for our newsletter! and receive special offers from partners.also click on the customer privacy data which is beside the title of your name,then click the Register button.

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fill your address,Zip or postal code,please your Postal Code must be 234,Dont add,don't subtract.If you do,you won't go over to the next page,Fill your address,city and state,then
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8.Another page will show which will display your billing address,You may want to add another sddress or you leave it,then click on the next button another page will show where you have to agree to our terms of service

9.Click on the agree button and click on next button instantly you will see payment accepted,total price as 0.00 naira,there you will see the order reference,payment as free, order satus as payment accepted,then you will see the invoice attached to it as a pdf file once you click on the file,you can now download your invoice and see the details of your order, then check your email or your account within 30 minutes then you will see a message which reads Virtual Product(s) now available for download then download it depending if it is in an epup or in pdf it,it is very very simple.

Not yet convinced?Contact us at support@ or admin@ or chukszee.cy@gmail.com for more details

Don't lose hope,I will still write an article on how to order a product with a price attached to it,it's so simple.

So go back now so that you can download our books,it will be on till 6.pm on sunday 15/12/2013.

Please For those of us that ordered our free books,pls am so sorry for delivering it Late,Pls forgive me for that,it won't happen again,there were some issues that came up which we needed to fix,but thank God it has been fixed.

Those books have been emailed to you,you can download it now.

Importance notice,those of you that ordered for this book,HTML&CSS:Design and Build website by John Duckett, the file is so large,it is a pdf file which is about 132 mb,and the upload limit my shop's server can only accept is only 50 mb,so don't worry I just noticed that,so I want to upload it in a private hosting account with my RDP.after I am true,I will still make public the download link so that those who need the book can downlad it

I bet you,you need to get that book,if you really want to learn HTML and CSS From the scratch,go to amazon,com and see how highly rated the book is.

Any other information which I come accross,I won't fail to make it known to you.
happy sunday and God bless You

Best Regards
Admin

Education › Re: Reaction: When ASUU Calls Off Strike by chiwex(m): 11:43pm On Dec 14, 2013*

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL OF YOU (Read Before Downloading our Free ebOOKS)

Not Sure on How To Download or order our free ebooks?

It Has Come to our notice that almost all of our Highly esteemed Customers don't know how to Download our free ebooks and we don't blame You for that because Many of You are yet to know how to download or buy things online and because of that,we will extend the deadline for our Free and ebooks,Our books will be free till 6.pm sunday,After which,it will not be featured as free products.because of that,I had to write an article on how to order and download our free books.and I am sure that after reading this,You won't have any problem downloading our books.

Below Are The Steps on How To Order Or Download Our free books

1.After You Have visited our website which http://,You will see many books displayed there,Look for the books in which the price attached to it is ₦0.00

2.Select The book you want to Download by clicking on the title of the book.

3.Read The Description of the Book,After You must have finished reading the description and reviews of the book,You will See the Add to Cart Button Immediately below the short description.(any product with the amount as ₦0.00) is considered free

4.Then Go to the top Right Menu of our website You will see The cart Tab with a figure written as 1,one means you selected one product,2 means you selected two products and so on.Then click on the CART tab.

5.A new page will open where you will see the details of what you want to buy,Leave the voucher space blank,scroll down,you will see the space for indicating your country and state where you are from,select your country and state,Your ZIP code should be 234,after,that don't update any other thing again,Click on the Next button

6.You will see an authentication page,then create an account by entering your email address,then click the create an account button enter your Title,MR Or MRS,First name,Last Name,Password of Your Choice,date of birth,Month of Birth And Year of Birth.click on the two buttons which reads Sign up for our newsletter! and receive special offers from partners.also click on the customer privacy data which is beside the title of your name,then click the Register button.

7.Another page will appear for you fill your address which will appear like this
Your addresses
To add a new address, please fill out the form below.
fill your address,Zip or postal code,please your Postal Code must be 234,Dont add,don't subtract.If you do,you won't go over to the next page,Fill your address,city and state,then
register a valid phone number.then Please assign an address title for future reference. like home,office,church or any thing you wanna use as the title of your address.then click on the save button.

8.Another page will show which will display your billing address,You may want to add another sddress or you leave it,then click on the next button another page will show where you have to agree to our terms of service

9.Click on the agree button and click on next button instantly you will see payment accepted,total price as 0.00 naira,there you will see the order reference,payment as free order satus as payment accepted,then you will see the invoice attached to it as a pdf file once you click on the file,you can now download your invoice and see the details of your order, then check your email or your account within 30 minutes then you will see a message which reads Product(s) now available for download then download it depending if it is in an epup or in pdf it,it is very very simple.

Not yet convinced?Contact us at support@ or admin@ or chukszee.cy@gmail.com for more details

Don't lose hope,I will still write an article on how to order a product with a price attached to it,it's so simple.

So go back now so that you can download our books,it will be on till 6.pm on sunday 15/12/2013.

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Romance › Re: Do Nigerian Boyfriends Still Do Free Midnight Calls? by chiwex(m): 5:12pm On Dec 14, 2013

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website which is http:// We wanna say May all Glory be to God for making this

project successful and even the webdevelopers that God also used in making this work

successfully.We wanna say this God who finally made my dreams to come to fruition will also

make your dreams and expectations this year and beyond to come to pass in Jesus name say

amen!!!!!!!!!! Remember that there is power in words

We wanna celebrate or launch today by Giving out Amazon best selling ebooks for free.So

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These are some of the books which we are giving out for free today,I know you guys like

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of of thousands of naira to do this believe me or not and in the years to come,the benefits

will be multiplied.Renember,Konga,Jumia,amazon,ebay spent thousands of dollars to develope their website

Register in our website http:// and get access to these books instantly,but

please,I only need Something in return,Just only One request and if You do it,I Know that

the God That i serve will Bless you continually,You May ask what is that,well The only

thing I need is for You to help promote and campaign this site,What I mean is advertise

this Website for me,tell and convince people to come and buy from us,open threads in

nairaland,Facebook,Twitter and any where You can lay your hands upon and tell people about

us,That is how God will advertise you and I will also reward you in my own part

These are the books that will be of benefit to you.

1.The Hunger Games book 1(Literarture & Fiction) pdf

2.Catching Fire The Second Book of the Hunger Games pdf

3.Mockingjay The Final Book of The Hunger Games pdf

4.The 7 habits of Highly effective people:powerful Lessons in Personal Change(Self

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5.Nelson Mandela:A Long Way To Personal Freedom (Biographies) pdf

6.Sex For Dummies(Sexuality,Health) pdf

8.Speak English Like an American (Education) pdf

9.Click Millionaires: Work Less, Live More with an Internet Business You Love (Business and Investment) epub

10.The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery That Holds the Secret of America's Future (Religion & Spirituality) epub

11.Head First Java, 2nd Edition (web master) epub

12.How To Get Rich (Money making books) epub

How To locate these books,open our website http:// and look out for these books,the price attached to them are ₦0.00 which means automatic download for you.

Have a happy weekend.
My Regards

Christianity Etc › Re: I Committed A Taboo by chiwex(op): 7:29am On Dec 14, 2013

Education › Re: Free ebooks download(Instant) by chiwex(op): 7:28am On Dec 14, 2013

Politics › Re: List Of Important And Free Ebooks For Your Enjoyment (instant Download) by chiwex(op): 7:25am On Dec 14, 2013

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Romance › Re: Would You Do This for Love?(Crazy) by chiwex(op): 7:22am On Dec 14, 2013

Romance › Re: Would You Do This for Love?(Crazy) by chiwex(op): 7:56pm On Dec 12, 2013

welcome back http://

rough bread made from the tessera grain, although no one has
much appetite anyway.
At one o’clock, we head for the square. Attendance is mandatory
unless you are on death’s door. This evening, officials
will come around and check to see if this is the case. If not,
you’ll be imprisoned.
It’s too bad, really, that they hold the reaping in the square
— one of the few places in District 12 that can be pleasant.
The square’s surrounded by shops, and on public market days,
especially if there’s good weather, it has a holiday feel to it.
But today, despite the bright banners hanging on the buildings,
there’s an air of grimness. The camera crews, perched
like buzzards on rooftops, only add to the effect.
People file in silently and sign in. The reaping is a good opportunity
for the Capitol to keep tabs on the population as
well. Twelve- through eighteen-year-olds are herded into
roped areas marked off by ages, the oldest in the front, the
young ones, like Prim, toward the back. Family members line
up around the perimeter, holding tightly to one another’s
hands. But there are others, too, who have no one they love at
stake, or who no longer care, who slip among the crowd, taking
bets on the two kids whose names will be drawn. Odds are
given on their ages, whether they’re Seam or merchant, if they
will break down and weep. Most refuse dealing with the racketeers
but carefully, carefully. These same people tend to be
informers, and who hasn’t broken the law? I could be shot on
a daily basis for hunting, but the appetites of those in charge
protect me. Not everyone can claim the same.

Anyway, Gale and I agree that if we have to choose between
dying of hunger and a bullet in the head, the bullet would be
much quicker.
The space gets tighter, more claustrophobic as people arrive.
The square’s quite large, but not enough to hold District
12’s population of about eight thousand. Latecomers are directed
to the adjacent streets, where they can watch the event
on screens as it’s televised live by the state.
I find myself standing in a clump of sixteens from the Seam.
We all exchange terse nods then focus our attention on the
temporary stage that is set up before the Justice Building. It
holds three chairs, a podium, and two large glass balls, one for
the boys and one for the girls. I stare at the paper slips in the
girls’ ball. Twenty of them have Katniss Everdeen written on
them in careful handwriting.
Two of the three chairs fill with Madge’s father, Mayor Undersee,
who’s a tall, balding man, and Effie Trinket, District
12’s escort, fresh from the Capitol with her scary white grin,
pinkish hair, and spring green suit. They murmur to each other
and then look with concern at the empty seat.
Just as the town clock strikes two, the mayor steps up to
the podium and begins to read. It’s the same story every year.
He tells of the history of Panem, the country that rose up out
of the ashes of a place that was once called North America. He
lists the disasters, the droughts, the storms, the fires, the encroaching
seas that swallowed up so much of the land, the
brutal war for what little sustenance remained. The result was
Panem, a shining Capitol ringed by thirteen districts, which

brought peace and prosperity to its citizens. Then came the
Dark Days, the uprising of the districts against the Capitol.
Twelve were defeated, the thirteenth obliterated. The Treaty
of Treason gave us the new laws to guarantee peace and, as
our yearly reminder that the Dark Days must never be repeated,
it gave us the Hunger Games.
The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment
for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one
girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate. The twentyfour
tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that
could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland.
Over a period of several weeks, the competitors must
fight to the death. The last tribute standing wins.
Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one
another while we watch — this is the Capitol’s way of reminding
us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we
would stand of surviving another rebellion.
Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. “Look
how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s
nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every
last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen.”
To make it humiliating as well as torturous, the Capitol requires
us to treat the Hunger Games as a festivity, a sporting
event pitting every district against the others. The last tribute
alive receives a life of ease back home, and their district will
be showered with prizes, largely consisting of food. All year,
the Capitol will show the winning district gifts of grain and oil

and even delicacies like sugar while the rest of us battle starvation.
“It is both a time for repentance and a time for thanks,” intones
the mayor.
Then he reads the list of past District 12 victors. In seventyfour
years, we have had exactly two. Only one is still alive.
Haymitch Abernathy, a paunchy, middle-aged man, who at
this moment appears hollering something unintelligible, staggers
onto the stage, and falls into the third chair. He’s drunk.
Very. The crowd responds with its token applause, but he’s
confused and tries to give Effie Trinket a big hug, which she
barely manages to fend off.
The mayor looks distressed. Since all of this is being televised,
right now District 12 is the laughingstock of Panem, and
he knows it. He quickly tries to pull the attention back to the
reaping by introducing Effie Trinket.
Bright and bubbly as ever, Effie Trinket trots to the podium
and gives her signature, “Happy Hunger Games! And may the
odds be ever in your favor!” Her pink hair must be a wig because
her curls have shifted slightly off-center since her encounter
with Haymitch. She goes on a bit about what an honor
it is to be here, although everyone knows she’s just aching to
get bumped up to a better district where they have proper victors,
not drunks who molest you in front of the entire nation.
Through the crowd, I spot Gale looking back at me with a
ghost of a smile. As reapings go, this one at least has a slight
entertainment factor. But suddenly I am thinking of Gale and
his forty-two names in that big glass ball and how the odds

to be continued later

Romance › Re: Would You Do This for Love?(Crazy) by chiwex(op): 3:30pm On Dec 12, 2013

The conversation feels all wrong. Leave? How could I leave
Prim, who is the only person in the world I’m certain I love?
And Gale is devoted to his family. We can’t leave, so why bother
talking about it? And even if we did . . . even if we did . . .
where did this stuff about having kids come from? There’s
never been anything romantic between Gale and me. When we
met, I was a skinny twelve-year-old, and although he was only
two years older, he already looked like a man. It took a long
time for us to even become friends, to stop haggling over
every trade and begin helping each other out.
Besides, if he wants kids, Gale won’t have any trouble finding
a wife. He’s good-looking, he’s strong enough to handle the
work in the mines, and he can hunt. You can tell by the way
the girls whisper about him when he walks by in school that
they want him. It makes me jealous but not for the reason
people would think. Good hunting partners are hard to find.
“What do you want to do?” I ask. We can hunt, fish, or gather.
“Let’s fish at the lake. We can leave our poles and gather in
the woods. Get something nice for tonight,” he says.
Tonight. After the reaping, everyone is supposed to celebrate.
And a lot of people do, out of relief that their children
have been spared for another year. But at least two families
will pull their shutters, lock their doors, and try to figure out
how they will survive the painful weeks to come.
We make out well. The predators ignore us on a day when
easier, tastier prey abounds. By late morning, we have a dozen
fish, a bag of greens and, best of all, a gallon of strawberries. I

found the patch a few years ago, but Gale had the idea to
string mesh nets around it to keep out the animals.
On the way home, we swing by the Hob, the black market
that operates in an abandoned warehouse that once held coal.
When they came up with a more efficient system that transported
the coal directly from the mines to the trains, the Hob
gradually took over the space. Most businesses are closed by
this time on reaping day, but the black market’s still fairly
busy. We easily trade six of the fish for good bread, the other
two for salt. Greasy Sae, the bony old woman who sells bowls
of hot soup from a large kettle, takes half the greens off our
hands in exchange for a couple of chunks of paraffin. We
might do a tad better elsewhere, but we make an effort to
keep on good terms with Greasy Sae. She’s the only one who
can consistently be counted on to buy wild dog. We don’t hunt
them on purpose, but if you’re attacked and you take out a dog
or two, well, meat is meat. “Once it’s in the soup, I’ll call it
beef,” Greasy Sae says with a wink. No one in the Seam would
turn up their nose at a good leg of wild dog, but the Peacekeepers
who come to the Hob can afford to be a little choosier.
When we finish our business at the market, we go to the
back door of the mayor’s house to sell half the strawberries,
knowing he has a particular fondness for them and can afford
our price. The mayor’s daughter, Madge, opens the door. She’s
in my year at school. Being the mayor’s daughter, you’d expect
her to be a snob, but she’s all right. She just keeps to herself.
Like me. Since neither of us really has a group of friends, we
seem to end up together a lot at school. Eating lunch, sitting

next to each other at assemblies, partnering for sports activities.
We rarely talk, which suits us both just fine.
Today her drab school outfit has been replaced by an expensive
white dress, and her blonde hair is done up with a
pink ribbon. Reaping clothes.
“Pretty dress,” says Gale.
Madge shoots him a look, trying to see if it’s a genuine
compliment or if he’s just being ironic. It is a pretty dress, but
she would never be wearing it ordinarily. She presses her lips
together and then smiles. “Well, if I end up going to the Capitol,
I want to look nice, don’t I?”
Now it’s Gale’s turn to be confused. Does she mean it? Or is
she messing with him? I’m guessing the second.
“You won’t be going to the Capitol,” says Gale coolly. His
eyes land on a small, circular pin that adorns her dress. Real
gold. Beautifully crafted. It could keep a family in bread for
months. “What can you have? Five entries? I had six when I
was just twelve years old.”
“That’s not her fault,” I say.
“No, it’s no one’s fault. Just the way it is,” says Gale. Madge’s
face has become closed off. She puts the money for the berries
in my hand. “Good luck, Katniss.” “You, too,” I say, and the
door closes.
We walk toward the Seam in silence. I don’t like that Gale
took a dig at Madge, but he’s right, of course. The reaping system
is unfair, with the poor getting the worst of it. You become
eligible for the reaping the day you turn twelve. That
year, your name is entered once. At thirteen, twice. And so on

and so on until you reach the age of eighteen, the final year of
eligibility, when your name goes into the pool seven times.
That’s true for every citizen in all twelve districts in the entire
country of Panem.
But here’s the catch. Say you are poor and starving as we
were. You can opt to add your name more times in exchange
for tesserae. Each tessera is worth a meager year’s supply of
grain and oil for one person. You may do this for each of your
family members as well. So, at the age of twelve, I had my
name entered four times. Once, because I had to, and three
times for tesserae for grain and oil for myself, Prim, and my
mother. In fact, every year I have needed to do this. And the
entries are cumulative. So now, at the age of sixteen, my name
will be in the reaping twenty times. Gale, who is eighteen and
has been either helping or single-handedly feeding a family of
five for seven years, will have his name in forty-two times.
You can see why someone like Madge, who has never been
at risk of needing a tessera, can set him off. The chance of her
name being drawn is very slim compared to those of us who
live in the Seam. Not impossible, but slim. And even though
the rules were set up by the Capitol, not the districts, certainly
not Madge’s family, it’s hard not to resent those who don’t
have to sign up for tesserae.
Gale knows his anger at Madge is misdirected. On other
days, deep in the woods, I’ve listened to him rant about how
the tesserae are just another tool to cause misery in our district.
A way to plant hatred between the starving workers of
the Seam and those who can generally count on supper and

thereby ensure we will never trust one another. “It’s to the
Capitol’s advantage to have us divided among ourselves,” he
might say if there were no ears to hear but mine. If it wasn’t
reaping day. If a girl with a gold pin and no tesserae had not
made what I’m sure she thought was a harmless comment.
As we walk, I glance over at Gale’s face, still smoldering underneath
his stony expression. His rages seem pointless to me,
although I never say so. It’s not that I don’t agree with him. I
do. But what good is yelling about the Capitol in the middle of
the woods? It doesn’t change anything. It doesn’t make things
fair. It doesn’t fill our stomachs. In fact, it scares off the nearby
game. I let him yell though. Better he does it in the woods than
in the district.
Gale and I divide our spoils, leaving two fish, a couple of
loaves of good bread, greens, a quart of strawberries, salt, paraffin,
and a bit of money for each.
“See you in the square,” I say.
“Wear something pretty,” he says flatly.
At home, I find my mother and sister are ready to go. My
mother wears a fine dress from her apothecary days. Prim is
in my first reaping outfit, a skirt and ruffled blouse. It’s a bit
big on her, but my mother has made it stay with pins. Even so,
she’s having trouble keeping the blouse tucked in at the back.
A tub of warm water waits for me. I scrub off the dirt and
sweat from the woods and even wash my hair. To my surprise,
my mother has laid out one of her own lovely dresses for me.
A soft blue thing with matching shoes.

“Are you sure?” I ask. I’m trying to get past rejecting offers
of help from her. For a while, I was so angry, I wouldn’t allow
her to do anything for me. And this is something special. Her
clothes from her past are very precious to her.
“Of course. Let’s put your hair up, too,” she says. I let her
towel-dry it and braid it up on my head. I can hardly recognize
myself in the cracked mirror that leans against the wall.
“You look beautiful,” says Prim in a hushed voice.
“And nothing like myself,” I say. I hug her, because I know
these next few hours will be terrible for her. Her first reaping.
She’s about as safe as you can get, since she’s only entered
once. I wouldn’t let her take out any tesserae. But she’s worried
about me. That the unthinkable might happen.
I protect Prim in every way I can, but I’m powerless against
the reaping. The anguish I always feel when she’s in pain wells
up in my chest and threatens to register on my (ace. I notice
her blouse has pulled out of her skirt in the back again and
force myself to stay calm. “Tuck your tail in, little duck,” I say,
smoothing the blouse back in place.
Prim giggles and gives me a small “Quack.”
“Quack yourself,” I say with a light laugh. The kind only
Prim can draw out of me. “Come on, let’s eat,” I say and plant a
quick kiss on the top of her head.
The fish and greens are already cooking in a stew, but that
will be for supper. We decide to save the strawberries and bakery
bread for this evening’s meal, to make it special we say.
Instead we drink milk from Prim’s goat, Lady, and eat the huh

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I Start

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

PART I
"THE TRIBUTES

When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers
stretch out, seeking Prim’s warmth but finding only the
rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad
dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did.
This is the day of the reaping.
I prop myself up on one elbow. There’s enough light in the
bedroom to see them. My little sister, Prim, curled up on her
side, cocooned in my mother’s body, their cheeks pressed together.
In sleep, my mother looks younger, still worn but not
so beaten-down. Prim’s face is as fresh as a raindrop, as lovely
as the primrose for which she was named. My mother was
very beautiful once, too. Or so they tell me.
Sitting at Prim’s knees, guarding her, is the world’s ugliest
cat. Mashed-in nose, half of one ear missing, eyes the color of
rotting squash. Prim named him Buttercup, insisting that his
muddy yellow coat matched the bright flower. I le hates me.
Or at least distrusts me. Even though it was years ago, I think
he still remembers how I tried to drown him in a bucket when
Prim brought him home. Scrawny kitten, belly swollen with
worms, crawling with fleas. The last thing I needed was
another mouth to feed. But Prim begged so hard, cried even, I
had to let him stay. It turned out okay. My mother got rid of

the vermin and he’s a born mouser. Even catches the occasional
rat. Sometimes, when I clean a kill, I feed Buttercup the
entrails. He has stopped hissing at me.
Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to
love.
I swing my legs off the bed and slide into my hunting boots.
Supple leather that has molded to my feet. I pull on trousers, a
shirt, tuck my long dark braid up into a cap, and grab my forage
bag. On the table, under a wooden bowl to protect it from
hungry rats and cats alike, sits a perfect little goat cheese
wrapped in basil leaves. Prim’s gift to me on reaping day. I put
the cheese carefully in my pocket as I slip outside.
Our part of District 12, nicknamed the Seam, is usually
crawling with coal miners heading out to the morning shift at
this hour. Men and women with hunched shoulders, swollen
knuckles, many who have long since stopped trying to scrub
the coal dust out of their broken nails, the lines of their sunken
faces. But today the black cinder streets are empty. Shutters
on the squat gray houses are closed. The reaping isn’t until
two. May as well sleep in. If you can.
Our house is almost at the edge of the Seam. I only have to
pass a few gates to reach the scruffy field called the Meadow.
Separating the Meadow from the woods, in fact enclosing all
of District 12, is a high chain-link fence topped with barbedwire
loops. In theory, it’s supposed to be electrified twentyfour
hours a day as a deterrent to the predators that live in the
woods — packs of wild dogs, lone cougars, bears — that used
to threaten our streets. But since we’re lucky to get two or

three hours of electricity in the evenings, it’s usually safe to
touch. Even so, I always take a moment to listen carefully for
the hum that means the fence is live. Right now, it’s silent as a
stone. Concealed by a clump of bushes, I flatten out on my belly
and slide under a two-foot stretch that’s been loose for
years. There are several other weak spots in the fence, but this
one is so close to home I almost always enter the woods here.
As soon as I’m in the trees, I retrieve a bow and sheath of
arrows from a hollow log. Electrified or not, the fence has
been successful at keeping the flesh-eaters out of District 12.
Inside the woods they roam freely, and there are added concerns
like venomous snakes, rabid animals, and no real paths
to follow. But there’s also food if you know how to find it. My
father knew and he taught me some before he was blown to
bits in a mine explosion. There was nothing even to bury. I
was eleven then. Five years later, I still wake up screaming for
him to run.
Even though trespassing in the woods is illegal and poaching
carries the severest of penalties, more people would risk it
if they had weapons. But most are not bold enough to venture
out with just a knife. My bow is a rarity, crafted by my father
along with a few others that I keep well hidden in the woods,
carefully wrapped in waterproof covers. My father could have
made good money selling them, but if the officials found out
he would have been publicly executed for inciting a rebellion.
Most of the Peacekeepers turn a blind eye to the few of us who
hunt because they’re as hungry for fresh meat as anybody is.
In fact, they’re among our best customers. But the idea that

someone might be arming the Seam would never have been
allowed.
In the fall, a few brave souls sneak into the woods to harvest
apples. But always in sight of the Meadow. Always close
enough to run back to the safety of District 12 if trouble arises.
“District Twelve. Where you can starve to death in safety,” I
mutter. Then I glance quickly over my shoulder. Even here,
even in the middle of nowhere, you worry someone might
overhear you.
When I was younger, I scared my mother to death, the
things I would blurt out about District 12, about the people
who rule our country, Panem, from the far-off city called the
Capitol. Eventually I understood this would only lead us to
more trouble. So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my
features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever
read my thoughts. Do my work quietly in school. Make only
polite small talk in the public market. Discuss little more than
trades in the Hob, which is the black market where I make
most of my money. Even at home, where I am less pleasant, I
avoid discussing tricky topics. Like the reaping, or food shortages,
or the Hunger Games. Prim might begin to repeat my
words and then where would we be?
In the woods waits the only person with whom I can be
myself. Gale. I can feel the muscles in my face relaxing, my
pace quickening as I climb the hills to our place, a rock ledge
overlooking a valley. A thicket of berry bushes protects it from
unwanted eyes. The sight of him waiting there brings on a
smile. Gale says I never smile except in the woods.

“Hey, Catnip,” says Gale. My real name is Katniss, but when
I first told him, I had barely whispered it. So he thought I’d
said Catnip. Then when this crazy lynx started following me
around the woods looking for handouts, it became his official
nickname for me. I finally had to kill the lynx because he
scared off game. I almost regretted it because he wasn’t bad
company. But I got a decent price for his pelt.
“Look what I shot,” Gale holds up a loaf of bread with an arrow
stuck in it, and I laugh. It’s real bakery bread, not the flat,
dense loaves we make from our grain rations. I take it in my
hands, pull out the arrow, and hold the puncture in the crust
to my nose, inhaling the fragrance that makes my mouth flood
with saliva. Fine bread like this is for special occasions.
“Mm, still warm,” I say. He must have been at the bakery at
the crack of dawn to trade for it. “What did it cost you?”
“Just a squirrel. Think the old man was feeling sentimental
this morning,” says Gale. “Even wished me luck.”
“Well, we all feel a little closer today, don’t we?” I say, not
even bothering to roll my eyes. “Prim left us a cheese.” I pull it
out.
His expression brightens at the treat. “Thank you, Prim.
We’ll have a real feast.” Suddenly he falls into a Capitol accent
as he mimics Effie Trinket, the maniacally upbeat woman who
arrives once a year to read out the names at the leaping. “I almost
forgot! Happy Hunger Games!” He plucks a few blackberries
from the bushes around us. “And may the odds —” He
tosses a berry in a high arc toward me.

I catch it in my mouth and break the delicate skin with my
teeth. The sweet tartness explodes across my tongue. “— be
ever in your favor!” I finish with equal verve. We have to joke
about it because the alternative is to be scared out of your
wits. Besides, the Capitol accent is so affected, almost anything
sounds funny in it.
I watch as Gale pulls out his knife and slices the bread. He
could be my brother. Straight black hair, olive skin, we even
have the same gray eyes. But we’re not related, at least not
closely. Most of the families who work the mines resemble
one another this way.
That’s why my mother and Prim, with their light hair and
blue eyes, always look out of place. They are. My mother’s
parents were part of the small merchant class that caters to
officials, Peacekeepers, and the occasional Seam customer.
They ran an apothecary shop in the nicer part of District 12.
Since almost no one can afford doctors, apothecaries are our
healers. My father got to know my mother because on his
hunts he would sometimes collect medicinal herbs and sell
them to her shop to be brewed into remedies. She must have
really loved him to leave her home for the Seam. I try to remember
that when all I can see is the woman who sat by,
blank and unreachable, while her children turned to skin and
bones. I try to forgive her for my father’s sake. But to be honest,
I’m not the forgiving type.
Gale spreads the bread slices with the soft goat cheese,
carefully placing a basil leaf on each while I strip the bushes of
their berries. We settle back in a nook in the rocks. From this

place, we are invisible but have a clear view of the valley,
which is teeming with summer life, greens to gather, roots to
dig, fish iridescent in the sunlight. The day is glorious, with a
blue sky and soft breeze. The food’s wonderful, with the
cheese seeping into the warm bread and the berries bursting
in our mouths. Everything would be perfect if this really was a
holiday, if all the day off meant was roaming the mountains
with Gale, hunting for tonight’s supper. But instead we have to
be standing in the square at two o’clock waiting for the names
to be called out.
“We could do it, you know,” Gale says quietly.
“What?” I ask.
“Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we
could make it,” says Gale.
I don’t know how to respond. The idea is so preposterous.
“If we didn’t have so many kids,” he adds quickly.
They’re not our kids, of course. But they might as well be.
Gale’s two little brothers and a sister. Prim. And you may as
well throw in our mothers, too, because how would they live
without us? Who would fill those mouths that are always asking
for more? With both of us hunting daily, there are still
nights when game has to be swapped for lard or shoelaces or
wool, still nights when we go to bed with our stomachs growling.
“I never want to have kids,” I say.
“I might. If I didn’t live here,” says Gale.
“But you do,” I say, irritated.
“Forget it,” he snaps back.

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Christianity Etc › Re: Women Wearing Trousers: Conversation With A Brother by chiwex(m): 9:54pm On Dec 07, 2013

vickyO: And don't try to figure out Christianity by what you see and what you think. Figure it out by checking the Word of God.

If any Man be in Christ,He is a new creature,Old things(both old ways of of indecent dressing and wearing of trousers as a Lady) are passed away and all things are become new.Don't You Get it?

Christianity Etc › Re: Women Wearing Trousers: Conversation With A Brother by chiwex(m): 9:20pm On Dec 07, 2013

vickyO: You can as well go back to living in the 70's.
Sorry for your future wife and daughters.
Killing me? Smh for your level of spirituality.
Go deal with your lust and stop blaming ladies.

Hahahahaha,I wonder the kind of church you go to,you may be the type that like going to the kinda church where they will tell you to come as you are and that Christianity is inwards and it doesn't matter and what you put on,where they emphasize more on prosperity at the expense of your soul.You are Heading to hell dear if you don't change,There are churches which I can recommend for you If you really wanna hear the undiluted word of God,No matter how you try to twist God's word,it still remains the same .The God of the 70's is still the same God of 2014 ok

Christianity Etc › Re: I Committed A Taboo by chiwex(op): 9:26pm On Dec 06, 2013

Amen thanks bro

Christianity Etc › I Committed A Taboo by chiwex(op): 8:56pm On Dec 06, 2013

Actually,I don't know where to post this encounter that happened to me in the last few Months,so I decided to post it Here,Am in Pharmacy Uniport, so In My 4th Year,I decided to relocate to Choba,Because of its security and the Fun there,In that Community,There is always a kinda mini bush with a tall tree,and I always pass that road,Little did I know that a Deity is in That tree,and that's where the community worship,
One day I was so pressed and I couldn't hold it Much longer Then I decided to pee there For the first time,Nothing happened,The second Time I peed There after some days,still yet nothing happened and the store opposite the bush,the owners always see me when I do pee there,and They Didn't tell me anything about it cos,no sign,no red Ribbon,no danger sign,Third Time nothing happened.Then The fourth time Something happened,After I peed there,One of their Community Youth saw me when I peed there and called me and asked why I peed there,before i Could Tell him of my Ignorance,He raised an Alarm,people Gathered,thank God that place was lonely and Many of Their youths were Absent.
They queried me And I pleaded my Innocence and even lied that it was my first time to avoid further trouble,They Told me that didn't I know that I was Peeing on their Deity,That it was an Insult That nobody enters there especially Non indigenes of which I am and That No Woman Enters There and a lot of things,They even took me to their elder,I pleaded My Innocence and begged them,I was told to do some diabolic things which was against my Faith Just to appease their Deity Of which I didn't.I was even told that It Was none of their business that anything I see,I should take
The most Important part of it all was That crowd Gathered and were looking at me with surprises,expecting something strange to happen to me,either I run Mad or Die,other expect mysterious illness.
Meeehhhn For one Week I couldn't sleep I was afraid of my Life for Committing what they described as taboo After two weeks and nothing happened,I came back to my self
Does it mean that,It was a Miracle,or it is a sign that those fetish practice isn't real,Or that I am unharmable or that my spirit is strong or Luck.............?

Education › Re: ASUU To Parents: Keep Your Children At Home by chiwex(m): 1:27pm On Dec 02, 2013

One question we have to answer is, River state House of Assembly that had been idle for over 7 months now, are they still receiving their salaries and allowances? if they are still receiving (which I believe is right answer), what stop FG paying lecturers their four months salaries and allowances? If the FG did not pay this salary, the student will do indirectly, the issue of blocking lecturers will be raise to power 99 (Lecturers too need money for their upkeep) ie the students will made to bear all the consequences (they had been denied education, their year of graduation shifted, house rent expired, and now they want to pay lecturers).

my fellow Nigerians, is either FG have shared lecturers salaries among themselves or FG is truly broke because of mismanagement and corruption of impunity. And thats y they are afraid to sign the new agreement. Dont forget that ASUU shifted ground from N400b to N200b ( short changed the masses) and still they cannot afford it, release the one u promised and u are threatening the masses which are the end product of the N200b.

I did not see any new demand from what ASUU is asking, the said N200b is not for ASUU but for the whole society (when they the money is released, VC's and NUC not ASUU, will use it to improve facilities and environment of learning, these will in turn improve the quality of our students/graduates and in the long run, the quality students produced will improve our society (which is You and I). it pains me when some some people out of sentiment and tribes use the word 'ASUU's Demand' or 'ASUU politics'. The demand is for US for the benefit and improvement of US the society - from Sociological perspective/reasoning.

Jokes Etc › Re: Oxford Dictionary Defines ASUU. by chiwex(m): 1:20pm On Dec 02, 2013

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Romance › Re: Avoiding Intimacy A Love Story by chiwex(op): 8:41pm On Nov 28, 2013

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Romance › Re: Avoiding Intimacy A Love Story by chiwex(op): 10:02pm On Nov 27, 2013

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CHAPTER 4

THE DATE

He should call the whole thing off.

Jack stared down at his phone, wavering back and forth. He knew that if he broke off the date right before the event, he would look like a total dick. Not a good first impression. But if he didn't call it off and it ended up being a real date then he'd feel even more like a dick.

In the end, it was this backward way of arguing with himself that led to his decision. If he were going to look like a dick either way, then he would rather spend time with Lexi. He was probably over analyzing this anyway. This probably wasn't even a date.

Seth, Luke, and Michael had left to pick up Hunter and Clark. Jack knew that Seth was trying to get out of his hair. Despite the fact that he and Seth had gone to dozens of parties, bought drinks for girls, and then danced and flirted, Jack had never done anything like this before. There was always a point where he was like well, time to get back to Danielle. Seth would bring a girl or two home, and Jack would go to bed alone. There wasn't even a moment when he'd thought it would be any other way. He was pretty sure that Seth believed that would change tonight, so he had left Jack alone.

Jack was happy for the reprieve, but he couldn't let anything happen.
Bleep it. He shook his head and shoved his phone in his pocket.

He had already made up his mind. He wasn't going to go back on it.

Jack walked out to his car and revved the engine. He shot off a text message to Lexi, saying he was on the way. He didn't live too far from the dorms, so it was a quick commute. Soon enough, he was driving up to the front of Russell Hall. He pulled over, turned on his hazard lights, and called Lexi to let her know he was here.

She answered on the second ring. Hello?

Hey, do you want me to come upstairs? Jack asked.

Nah. No point in making you try to get past security. I'll be right down.

Jack hung up the phone and waited for her to leave the dorm. A few minutes later, he saw a girl racing down the steep hill to where his car was parked. Her dark hair had been tamed and slicked back into a high ponytail. Her curls bounced up and down as she jogged down the hill. She looked great in dark skinny jeans and a green tank top that hugged her in all the right places.

She reached his car, opened the door, and slid into the black leather seat. He stared at her just long enough to see that she had on that same damn pink lip gloss. For a split second, he wanted to lean over and kiss those plump lips, but then he recovered himself. Letting off the clutch, he flew down the road.

Jack took a breath, already relaxing in her presence. All the anxiety from worrying about whether or not this was the right idea fell away from him.

So, where are we going? Lexi asked.

She leaned back into the seat as he took a turn.

It's a surprise.

Hmm I like surprises.

I thought you might. Jack glanced at her briefly, taking in her slight smile.

He put his iPod on shuffle, and John Mayer's acoustic cover of Free Fallin filtered through the speakers. He veered the car toward their destination, tapping his fingers against the steering wheel in time with the guitar chords.

Do you play? Lexi asked.

A little.

Oh yeah? What instruments?

He chuckled softly, thinking about the answer to this question. He had been kind of a musical fiend when he was younger. He had picked up every instrument imaginable. He wasn't wonderful at any of them, but he was good at pretty much all of them. Just guitar, bass, piano, saxophone, and some drums, but I'm really rusty.

Jesus! Lexi cried.All I can do is sing.

Oh, and I sing. He smirked as he hit the brake at a red light.

Well, don't you seem to be good at everything? Lexi said, staring up at him through thick dark lashes.

Jack hastily returned his attention to the road, but he still watched her out of the corner of his eye.You just wait and see.

I look forward to it. She giggled, turning back around to face the front.

Jack's smirk grew with her laughter. Something about Lexi seemed to just fit. She was so easy to be around. There was no forcing the conversation. There were no awkward silences. There was only Jack and Lexi.

He took the last turn to their destination, and Lexi's eyes widened considerably. Before them, on an expanse of university property that was typically just an empty field, stood a recently constructed carnival with university students flooding the park. A giant Ferris wheel with dozens of bright twirling carts rested at the center of the field with carnival rides and booths surrounding it.

I didn't know a carnival was coming through town! Lexi cried.

One night only, Jack explained. The university sets up celebrations like this throughout the year. Since you're new, I thought I'd take you to the first one of the year.

He was rewarded with a gorgeous smile that knocked him breathless. He was glad that she liked the surprise, but if she kept looking at him like that, she wouldn't have any pink lip gloss on by the end of the night.

A plump older man in an orange vest was waving a light stick to direct them into a makeshift parking spot on the lawn.

The couple trekked across the muddy terrain toward the vinyl ticket booth. After handing over their student identification cards, the student association representative slid the cards through a reader. The machine dinged each time, confirming their authenticity.

Have a good time, and don't forget to grab a complimentary T-shirt on your way out, the woman said.

She handed them back their cards with one hand and used the other to gesture toward a display of boxes containing hundreds of bright green tees.

Thanks, Jack said.

He grabbed Lexiâ's arm and raced through the entrance. She laughed completely and totally carefree as she rushed after him through the bright flashing carnival signs and booths. Jack pulled up short when he saw who was standing directly in front of them.

Damn! He thought he would have had more alone time with Lexi before he ran into his friends.

Between his five friends, they were counting out at least several hundred orange paper tickets, like little kids at Chuck E. Cheese. Each looked more excited than the next. Seth and Clark began trying to steal each other's tickets, and Jack shook his head, expecting a fight to break out any minute. He laughed at their behavior, not surprised in the least.

Hey, guys, he said, casually approaching them with Lexi.

They all stared at her with knowing smiles on their faces.

He could have punched them, but instead, he just swept out his hand and said, This is Lexi.

Thankfully, the guys gave their names and nodded hellos without completely embarrassing him. He hadn't known what to expect from his friends when they would inevitably meet her. Maybe Seth had talked some sense into them.

After introductions, they had to decide which ride to hit first. Seth took the lead as per usual, and he started to push them toward the bumper cars. When Luke put up a fight, claiming they always ganged up on him, he and Seth started arguing.

Jack laughed as they bickered, but his focus was on Lexi. She seemed completely relaxed with his friends. They were a lively bunch, and most girls didnâ€™t seem to fit in right away. He liked that she had no such problems.

Overriding Lukeâ€™s complaints, the group got into the line for the bumper cars.

Jack moved closer to Lexi, taking a little too much pleasure in sidling up to her. He whispered in her ear, We actually do gang up on Luke. Better make sure you join in on the fun. His reaction will be well worth it.

She nodded and even seemed anxious to mess with Luke.

Had Jack ever met a girl who immediately followed along with their joking?

As expected, Luke got rocked on the bumper cars. When he came off the ride, he started swinging at anything he could get his hands on. He even knocked over a tiny blonde in his angst. His friends laughter only egged him on further.

Without thinking, Jack slung his arm across Lexiâ's shoulders as they laughed. As she turned into him, trying to catch her breath through giggles, he breathed in sharply. He needed to stop this. Why did she make that so hard?

I cannot believe him, Lexi said, breaking contact, as she wiped away tears of laughter.

He is a riot,Jack confirmed.

They watched Luke try to punch Seth, but Seth ducked under Luke's halfhearted blow easily.

Why don't we get you something to rot your teeth?Jack suggested.

He wanted her away from the walking comedy act, so he could have her all to himself again. He grabbed her hand and pulled her away toward a cotton candy machine. Her hand fit perfectly in his, and he quickly dropped it when he came to that realization.

Needing to change the subject, Jack asked, So, tell me, Lex, what do you normally do on Friday nights?

She shrugged. I hang out with my roommate or Olivia, go downtown, see movies, game nights, dinners, fraternity parties.

She seemed to add the last part reluctantly.

Cool. I like to do all of those things,Jack said with an easygoing smile.

Fraternity parties?

Mike's in a fraternity, he told her. So, yes, even fraternity parties. Probably not as often as my freshman year though.

After they ordered cotton candy, they made their way toward the Ferris wheel. When Jack offered the candy to Lexi, she snatched a piece of it and stuck it in her mouth. He stared down at her mouth where pink sugar had mingled with her lip gloss. He couldn't seem to pull his eyes away.

Lexi licked her lips, and Jack swallowed.

He would really like to know what that tasted like.

You're such a mess, he said, trying to cover his inappropriate thoughts.

They stopped at the line for the Ferris wheel, which was wrapped around the ride. Jack popped some cotton candy into his mouth as she watched the machine transfixed. He didn't even see the giant ride when standing next to her.

He let the sugar dissolve in his mouth before speaking. What's your major?

As of today, I'm undecided. She seemed happy about it.

An indecisive one, I like it.

I'm not indecisive. Just open minded.

Same thing.

Well, what's your major, Mr. Decisive?She stuck one hand on her hip and gave him with a knowing look.

I'm not decisive, just practical. I'm pre-business, likely going to the accounting route. Not so sure though.

Lexi wrinkled her nose. It was adorable.

Eww. I'll forestall practical. Thank you!

He found himself laughing at her forthrightness. She didn't seem to hold anything back.

Yeah, it's what I'm good at.

At least there are a lot of jobs out there for you. Not much a person can do while being undecided, and what I really want to do has only a few more jobs than that, she said, shrugging her shoulders.

interested in what she wanted to do with her life. It suddenly mattered a lot to him.

She paused before answering.Gymnastics.

That's awesome, he said, noticing all the wonderful muscles gymnastics had put on her small frame. And¦she was probably flexible. He needed to stop that line of thinking or else it could get embarrassing.

He knew the gymnastics captain. He wondered if Lexi had been recruited or if she had tried walking on. Have you talked to the gymnastics team here? If you like it so much, you should try out.

No, she responded solemnly.

Why not?

You don't just try out for the gymnastics team here. They're amazing. If they don't recruit you, then you have no chance. No walk-ons. Nothing.

How do you know that? Were you recruited?

No, I wasn't, she said sharply.

Oh, sore subject. He should introduce her to Krista. Maybe that would help.

Oh, well, I know one of the gymnasts. I bet she could talk to the coach. Even if you can't be on the team, you could probably practice with them.

The glance she gave to him was as if she were approaching a martian.

Okay, maybe not,he said, raising his eyebrows. He took another bite of cotton candy to prevent himself from speaking again.

Even if I could get to talk with the coach, there would be no way she would let me practice with them.

Never know until you try, he said, swallowing the remaining bit.

She was hot when she got herself all riled up. Luckily, they were now at the front of the line, so he didn't have time to think about it again.

Jack handed the man four orange tickets, and then he ushered Lexi into a big swinging yellow bucket with the number twenty-five plastered against the back. He recognized the guy working, and as Lexi took a seat, he asked the guy to do him a favor. The guy laughed, called him an asshole, and told him to sit down.

Once Jack took his seat next to Lexi, the Ferris wheel began to rotate in an endless circle. Jack smirked at Lexi, and then started shaking their bucket back and forth. She grabbed on to the sides and squeaked. The girl in the bucket in front of them started threatening them, but he just laughed.

Lexi put her hand on his knee. â€œCalm down. We don't want to get kicked off!

I know the guy who's running it. No way we'll get kicked off, Jack said.

But he stopped anyway and used that moment to throw his arm across the back of the bucket seat. Lexi relaxed until she was almost leaning into him but not quite. He wondered what she was thinking.

As they made their final rotation, the ride crawled to a stop at the very top, looking out across the open fields. Jack smiled, silently thanking his friend, as the sun was setting low on the horizon, casting the last sliver of orange, pink, and red on the sky.

The world was lost to them in that moment, and without a second thought, he dropped his arm across her shoulders and drew her into him, her head falling into the crook of his neck. She fit into him like she was the missing puzzle piece. She sighed contentedly just as the sun dropped from the sky, leaving them to stare out at the twinkling white stars burning in the distance.

They spent the next several hours perusing the carnival life. He even won her a huge teddy bear from a dart game. She held it tightly as they made their way toward the exit with the rest of the crowd. An associate stuffed two green T-shirts into their hands as they stepped across the threshold.

Later that evening, Jack drove Lexi back to her dorm. The whole time he couldn't stop wishing that the night didn't have to end. He'd had a great time with her, and despite all the complications, he really wanted to see her again. It felt like only seconds before he was pulling up in front of her dorm again.

Do you want me to park and walk you up?Jack asked. He turned on his warning blinkers again.

No, not necessary. Thanks, Lexi said, collecting her things to exit.

He couldn't let her just leave like that. He'd had too good of a time to let her just leave like that.

Hey, wait,â€ he said. He threw the car in park and ran around to the other side.

He had to say good night. Bleep everything else¦he just had to. It was Lexi.

As soon as she was at arm's length, he reached out for her and pulled her into his arms. When she slid her arms up around his neck, he pushed their bodies flush together as he stood there, letting her legs dangle.

He couldn't help feeling like she belonged there. He didn't want her to go. He wanted to put her back in the car and take her to his place. He wanted to kiss her, explore her. He wanted to know everything about her little body. He wanted to know everything about her. Just her.

Bleep. What was he doing?

With her pressed into him, all he could think was that it didn't matter.

I hope you don't mind, but I couldn't leave without a hug, he whispered.

Oh no, she said breathily, I don't mind at all.

He had to restrain himself as he placed her back on her feet. He couldn't kiss her. No, he couldn't go that far. He wouldn't do that to Danielle'no matter how ready he was to break up with her, no matter how much he wanted Lexi, no matter how much Lexi was staring up at him like she would go back with him.

He bent down and placed a chaste kiss on her cheek. He'd give himself that much. But that was it. He needed to get out of there before he changed his mind.

Straightening abruptly, he turned and fled. He felt like a coward¦even if he was doing the right thing.

Romance › Re: Cooking For Your Boyfriend In His House: Is It Right Or Wrong? by chiwex(m): 12:12am On Nov 27, 2013

Caracta: This topic again?

I can cook for him but there'll be limits. There's a line between girlfriend and wife. As long as i am not living with him, i can cook for him. I love cooking but i do it out of love, not out of obligation. I cook for people i am not dating, how much more my own personal person?

Again i say, there are limits. A girlfriend is not a wife...not yet!

shey na u talka m

Romance › Gun Goes Off In Man's Pocket, Killing His Girlfriend by chiwex(op): 9:06pm On Nov 25, 2013

A woman (24) from Arizona has died, after her boyfriend (18) accidentally shot off a handgun that he had tucked into his waistband.

According to police, the couple was in an embrace, when the woman complained that the weapon was hurting her. When the young man attempted to adjust it, he fired it accidently, killing his sweetheart. (It is said that she was rushed to hospital, but died on arrival).

"Police have not released names in the shooting. Phoenix Police Department spokesman Sgt. Tommy Thompson told ABC Phoenix that the shooting appears to be accidental, but is still under investigation" reports The Huffington Post.

Romance › Re: Avoiding Intimacy A Love Story by chiwex(op): 9:05pm On Nov 20, 2013

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