um. I feel like an idiot, but I’ll ask for all of us. how do we add a line?

I’m so super excited I made it into the top five!!! Thanks so so much! Also, I second Anonymous’s question. And I’m not sure I’m positive of the rules. We just add one sentence, right? First, how do we do that? Just repost here? Also, I thought I read that the entries would have 1500 words by the end, but how is that possible when we’re only adding one sentence at a time? I feel dumb, but I’m confused. Thanks for any info. you can give me on this!

NO problem guys

Yes, you’ll repost your entry and add a line on the end.

And, for the 1500 words, the two finalists will make a big jump to post their whole scene at the end up-to 1500

Holy frijoles–I’m in the top five! Do we repost our entry (plus one line) here, or will there be another post?

oops. Damn, I meant to enter that under number four. I guess it doesn’t matter too much, since people still don’t know who I am.

Hey Guys,
You post the WHOLE thing here. I don’t “approve” it bc avitars and websites are connected. So, post the first week plus one line here. Hope that helps.

Thanks, Bria! Sorry we’re all so obtuse!

Thanks so much Bria!

Number 8 – I’ve got you!

Right now, 8 & 25 are in.

Number 23, I have you

Right now, 8, 23 & 25 are in.

Luc pulls back and his mouth grazes my temple, so gently, like a whisper against my skin. My fear thaws and the only thing I’m left with is the deepest ache I’ve ever felt.
He whispers, “I still want to kiss you.”
His lips barely touch mine, like the brush of a butterfly’s wing. That’s all it takes. There’s the same feeling as before, like I swallowed a beam of sunlight. Our eyes meet. His are wide and stunned. Then he’s leaning in again, his hand wrapping in my hair and tilting it firmly to the side, his lips suddenly hot and insistent. And in that split second of our first real kiss, something in me gives way—some unseen, never-before-touched part of my heart becomes completely, unequivocally his. I’d be terrified if I could feel anything but bliss. My hands slide around his neck, pulling him closer. His mouth is soft and sweet with just a slight edge, like burnt sugar melting through me.
Luc pulls me into his lap, one hand around my waist, his fingertips slowly tracing my face, like he wants to memorize the shape of it. And everything in me is burning hotter and brighter than ever before. In this moment, I know I’ve spent my whole life lost. Now, somehow, I’m finding myself in the feel of him, the scent and taste of him. It’s like I needed his breath in my lungs to be able to really breathe.
His mouth slants over mine again and again, until the heat building in me is almost painful.

Hmmm…I saw that you said you had other people’s entries, but mine is the only one showing up. I did this right, didn’t I?

One of my eyebrows shot up. “A weird secret passage in the wall?”

She laughed, and my pulse jumped again. “God, I missed you.” She leaned forward, pushing me into the wall. “There are a shitload of these passages in this house. I used to run through them as a kid.”

I glanced around the passage, which was surprisingly clean. There was even a light not far off. “So how many people know about these?”

Ginny leaned in closer, her fingertips playing with the skin in the V of my shirt. “Mom knows, Alix and Hanna. A few of the staff. Me.”

My pulse pounded with every brush of her fingers. I was drowning in the sunshine scent of her that I’d missed all week. “So nobody, really.”

She smiled, and I felt her breath on my lips when she spoke. “Exactly.”

“Good.”

My hands grabbed her shoulders, pushing her back against the opposite wall. Her mouth opened in a gasp, and I took full advantage of it. I was tired of the teasing, and I knew exactly what she wanted. Her nails dug into my arms as our lips met, both of us hungry for the other. Her mouth worked against mine, tongue sliding in and out and driving me mad.

And then her hands pushed me away.

I pulled back, heat rising through me. Pushing me off wasn’t supposed to be part of the plan.

“Shirt. Now.”

I grinned, kicking myself. I should’ve known. “Yes ma’am.”

I pulled the shirt over my head, not even bothering with the buttons.

I submitted mine the same way and Bria magically made it vanish when she got around to it. (I panicked too)

Thanks 23! Good luck. I liked yours a lot. You were in my top five I voted for.