Another Snippet!

Well here's another post for all those who actually read this thing. I don't know who you are or if you are actually reading this thing, but thank you! Replies and reviews would be most appreciated! I have two differnt little posts here. As always enjoy!

Chapter: Remember Me…          

My eyes widened in shock and I froze in the sea of students all rushing to get to their next class. The person ahead of me looked so much like-

 My heart started hammering erratically.

                “Adam?” I whispered, tears threatening to spill, “Adam?” A little louder this time.

                He stopped walking and turned to face me, a questioning look on his face. My heart stopped beating all together. It really was him!

                “Adam!” I cried rushing towards him tears falling rapidly. I tackled him into a fierce hug, blubbering like a baby. “I-I thought I’d never see you again!”  I cried into his shirt, “They said that you died that that you weren’t coming back! How-how did you…?” My tears were falling too fast. I couldn’t continue to speak.

                “Uh,” His arms didn’t encircle me like they used to, “Have we met? Maybe you have me confused with someone else?”

                I gazed up at him, confusion written on both our faces. “How can you not remember me?” I released him from my hug but kept a firm grip on his arms. “Adam it’s me! It’s Jenna. Don’t you remember anything? The traveling? Me? Don’t  you remember me?”

                “I’m really sorry miss. I just don’t think we’ve ever met,” He looked at me apologetically. I stared in disbelief.

                “You have to remember me Adam. I-I love you. And you love me! You told me that you loved me! That’s why everything happened! That’s why you were hurt and-“ I couldn’t continue. They memory was still too painful.

                “I don’t know what you think you know about me, but I’ve never met you.” He seemed a little angry now. My heart shattered. I released his arms and continued to stare at him.

                Adam really didn’t remember me.

                Then a completely irrational thought came to mind. Perhaps-

                “If you don’t remember me,” I whispered fiercely, “Maybe you’ll remember this.” I grabbed him and pressed my lips to his.

                He didn’t return the kiss, but froze. It was as though I was kissing a statue. I hastily pulled away and turned from him. I wouldn’t cry any more in front of him.

                “Jenna,” he whispered. I froze, not daring to turn around. Before I knew it, arms were turning me around and lips were pressing to my own hungrily.

                I knew who it was. And the tears of pain turned to tears of joy. I kissed him back fervently, praying that this moment wasn’t a cruel joke or a terrible dream.

                After a minute, Adam pulled away and held me close. “I thought I had lost you. I gave up everything for you to be okay, even my memories.” He buried his head in my hair, “Oh how I missed you.” He recaptured my lips.

Chapter: The Secret…

                “Adam wait up!” I shouted after him. But he didn’t hear me. He kept muttering something to himself and continued walk briskly towards the edge of campus. It was as though his thoughts were a thousand miles away. I sprinted to catch up to him, praying I didn’t run into anything.

                Once he reached the edge of campus, where there were very few students, he stopped. His back was to me and he continued to mutter to himself. I stopped ten feet from him, panting from my sprint.

                “Adam?” I questioned in between pants, “What’s going on?”

                He didn’t answer. In fact he didn’t even acknowledge my presence. Something definitely seemed off.  I hesitantly approached and reached up to touch his shoulder.

                The air suddenly became thick with electricity. I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. And then the world around me began to shift and blend until it was all just a whirl of color and an immense pressure built up around my head. Adam’s arms encircled my waist, holding me tightly to his chest.

                “Jenna just hold on okay?” He whispered in my ear. I closed my eyes to try and block the sudden nausea I felt.

                And then I felt a rush of wind around me. We were moving. Fast. I yelped in surprise and things went dark.

                “Jenna? Jenna can you hear me?” Someone was calling me. That voice was very familiar. “Jenna please you have to wake up!”

                I let out a groan and tried to open my eyes. They felt so heavy. Adam was looming above me, concern etched on his face. What had happened?

                “Jenna, are you okay?” He asked, pushing a strand of hair away from my face. I stared at him questioningly for a moment trying to piece together what had just happened. My eyes widened with realization. I bolted up, my head swimming from the sudden movement.

                “What just happened?” I demanded, “How did we…that is what exactly…where…” I tried to searched for the right words. “Ugh! What’s going on Adam?!”

                “Please Jenna will you sit down and rest first? I’ll tell you I promise, just don’t hurt yourself please.” He pleaded quietly with me. I nodded in agreement and sat on the ground again.

                “Alright, I’ll take it easy,” I stated, “Now onto the explanation please.”

                “I-that is well we travelled.” He stated simply gazing at me.

                “ Travelled?” I questioned. “I’m not so sure I follow what you are saying.”

                He closed his eyes and rubbed his temples, “You see you were right about me. I-I’m not human per say. I’m a traveler. “

                “Uh,” I didn’t really know how to respond to what he was saying. It all seemed too strange. Yes I did know that something was off about Adam but I never would have suspected this! “You’ve got to be kidding me right? I mean it’s just not possible. You travel? Like through time?”

                He nodded, “Yes. In fact that’s what it what I was trying to do when you grabbed onto me.” My eyes widened, “It’s sort of hard to handle the first time. That’s why you passed out.”

                “Oh,” I nodded my head, still completely confused. “I travelled with you?”

                He chuckled lightly, “Yes Jenna. You travelled with me.”

                “So when you say we’ve travelled through time, what time period are we in exactly?” I quirked an eyebrow at him.

                “Well,” He looked sheepish, “We’re six hundred years in the past.”

                My eyes widened, “What! Six hundred years! Why couldn’t you pick a time that wasn’t so far from the one I was currently living in?!”

                “Well I didn’t expect you to tag along for the ride,” He retorted glaring at me, “I just needed to get away from everything and the 1400’s in France is one of my favorite places-“

                “France?!” I shouted, “We’re in France too?”

                “Yes Jenna,” Another half  hearted smile graced his lips, “It’s really quite nice this time of year. You said yourself that you always wanted to go to France…”

                I rolled my eyes, “Yes but I never expected to go to France in the past.”

                “Good point,” He murmured. He edged closer to me and grabbed my hand, “Listen Jenna, I really am sorry about this. I never meant for you to get caught up in this travelling business. We’ll go home as soon as you are able.”

                “Why am I not able to now?” I questioned gazing up at him, “I feel okay right now. Just a bit light headed.”

                Adam sighed, “You see the problem is, when a person has never travelled before, well it sort of takes a lot of energy for them to do so. Right now you are too exhausted to be travelling. If we tried, we’d be separated and you’d end up in a different time and I would have no way of finding you.”

                “Oh,” was all I could think to reply, “I suppose it makes sense. So, uh, how long do we have to wait?”

                Adam cringed again, “My best guess would be at least twelve hours, since it was your first time travelling. The more you travel the easier it becomes.”

                “Twelve hours? What are we supposed to do for twelve hours in 15^th century France?” I remarked.

                Adam sent me a grin, “I’ll show you.”

Alright Alright I know I'm a slacker...but here's an update for you!

Now I understand that I haven't posted in forever! And I sincerely apologize for my stupid behavior! I really do! It was completely unfair to all of you who actually read this thing! Ugh! And I know I can't apologize enough to you about not updating sooner, but hopefully what I have in store will help to ease the severity of your anger towards me? What do you say? Hehe..well what I have is an extended scene that I'm currently working for the novel that I'm writing. I do hope you enjoy it! And as always feedback is more than welcome! Oh and by the way, Merry Belated Christmas and Happy New Year! My resolution is to finish one of my writing projects this year as well as catch up on some very good readings! Wish me luck!

And now without further hesitation from me, here is the scene. I hope you enjoy!


“Come on Jenna please!” Amy whined on the other end of the phone. I let out a sigh of exasperation and shook my head. Some things never changed.
“I can’t Amy you know that. I have so much studying to do. There’s a huge test next week and I’m not near ready for it. We’ll go out some other time. Promise.”
“Jeennnaa,” I cringed. More whining. “You never want to do anything fun. All you do is study! I just want you to come dancing! You don’t even have to stay that long! Just a couple of hours.”
I rolled my eyes, “I can’t Amy. I need to study. I promise you I will come out after this big test alright? Please I need to go. There’s a lot of stuff I have to get done. I’ll talk to you tomorrow alright?”
Amy sighed dramatically into the phone, “Alright alright Jenna I’ll leave you alone. But I’m going to hold you to your promise!” She bid be a quick farewell and hung up.
With a smile I turned back to my homework. I had a long night ahead of me.
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I was having the most pleasant dream when my consciousness started tugging at me. With a sigh I rolled over and got comfortable again. I just need ten more minutes of sleep. My alarm hadn’t even gone off yet….yet something seemed off. I frowned. The sunlight was too bright for six thirty. What time was it? I opened my eyes slightly and glanced at the alarm clock.
“Shoot!” I shouted as I bolted up in bed. I was running late. Again. 
                “Stupid late night homework session,” I grumbled rubbing my eyes. After crawling into bed the night before I had completely forgotten to set my alarm clock. 
                I hastily changed from my pajamas into the clothes I had laid out the night before: a cozy sweater and jeans. And in a dizzying pace I pulled my unruly hair into a ponytail and slipped my shoes on. I brushed my teeth in record time and was out the door within twenty minutes. I didn’t have time for breakfast this morning but promised my protesting stomach that I would eat a large lunch. 
                In a flash I was running full speed towards campus, praying that I wouldn’t trip over something. It was never a guarantee though, especially with my coordination, or lack thereof. But I had to run. It was a ten minute walk to campus and I had about fifteen minutes to get there and be on time. And I couldn’t afford to be late again, so sprinting was a must. My professor stressed the importance of being on time. And I had been lucky to get into this English class. 
By the time I made it to campus I was panting tiredly. Thankfully there weren’t too many people walking towards class so I had a straighter shot of making it to my classroom. I had five minutes to make it and be on time…
                “Come…on Jenna…you… can… do this,” I chanted, panting heavily. It didn’t help that I had backpack that weighed a ton on my back. “Just keep going…”
                And then things happened so fast. 
                I was so busy concentrating on keeping track of how much time I had left that I didn’t really pay attention to the obstacles in front of me. I slammed full force into a very solid person. I didn’t even have time to block the collision. We both went crashing to the ground, my heavy backpack pulling me beneath the stranger. I heard a loud crack as my head collided with the cold concrete. Pain erupted and stars appeared. I shut my eyes to block the pain.
                “Ooow,” I groaned trying to move, but I was successfully pinned to the ground.
                “I could say the same,” A deeply annoyed man’s voice remarked. “Do you make a habit of running unsuspecting people down each morning?”
                I opened my eyes to look at the person I had collided with. His blonde hair was styled in an untidy fashion and his emerald eyes were glaring down on me, a deep scowl tugged at his lips. He was rather handsome I had to admit; A bit rude, but handsome.
                “Sorry,” I murmured squinting at him. The throbbing in my head was terrible. “I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going. I apologize.”
                “A lot of good that’ll do,” He retorted heaving himself to his feet, “I’ve already been trampled by you and now I’m running extremely late. Thank you for making my day start off so well.”
                I slowly rose to my feet, wincing as I touched the tender spot on my head. He didn’t bother to help me.
                “Listen I said I was sorry. It was an accident. I didn’t mean to run into you. I was just trying to get to class.” I glared at him.  How absolutely rude he was!
                “Perhaps next time you should be more organized.”
                “Ugh! Just-Just forget it alright! I’ll try to remember to stay out of your way from now on!” I gave up trying to talk to the man, and hefted the strap of my backpack back on my shoulder and trying to hurry past the man. Now I was even more late, and my head was already starting to kill me.
                But I didn’t get too far. The blow to my head caused my vision to swim momentarily and I stumbled, dropping my backpack. I stood still and closed my eyes momentarily, the throbbing in my head increasing.
                “Ouch,” I whined, touching my head again. The pounding increased from the contact with my hand, “This is just not my day”
                “Hey!” The man I had collided with called after me. “Wait up!”
                I chose to ignore him and continued to walk towards my classroom. I had no hope of making it on time, but I still needed to get to class at some point!
                He grabbed my elbow. “Hey,” He said in a kinder tone, “Are you alright? Did you hit your head back there?” 
                “I’m fine,” I retorted icily, yanking my elbow from his grasp. “And why would it matter anyway? After all I ruined your morning. What would you care about me?”
I tried to move away from him, but he maneuvered his body in front of me. I huffed in annoyance and glared at him.  
                “Listen, I…I just…” He was fumbling for words now, his eyes scrunched in concentration. He let out an agitated sigh and ran his hand through is unruly hair, “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have snapped at you like that. It’s-It’s just been a stressful morning.  It really wasn’t your fault.” He shuffled his feet awkwardly and peered at me through his thick lashes, “So can we call a truce? I do feel terrible about my comments a moment ago.”
The look of chagrin on his face was so funny and endearing that I caved. He genuinely seemed apologetic. I let out a sigh and closed my eyes in resignation. “It’s alright,” I remarked with a wave of my hand, “We both seem to be struggling today. I am sorry that I knocked you down however..” I gave the man a half-hearted smile to show that I really meant what I was saying. He gave me a tentative smile in return.
“Well I suppose since that introductions are in order now?” I quirked an eyebrow at him, his grin widened, “My name is Adam,” He extended his hand to me, “And you are?”
I was momentarily caught off guard by his friendly attitude, “Uh, Jenna. My name is Jenna. Nice to meet you.” I grabbed his hand and shoot it hesitantly.
“Well, Jenna, do you mind if I were to make this morning up to you? Perhaps we could start lunch early?” I stared at him incredulously. Was he serious? This man had more twists to him than a roller coaster.
He must have noticed my expression because he began to fumble over words again “That is, uh I mean only if you want to. I just figured that since we are both already so late for class that taking a break from them might do us some good. What do you say?” He had his brow knit in concentration. It seemed as though he had been searching for the perfect thing to say in order to ensure my acceptance to his request. Clearly he over analyzes situations.
I must have been silent for several moments, because it was Adam’s turn to raise an questioning eyebrow at me, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. My eyes widened in realization.
I was staring at him. A furiously bright blush erupted on my cheeks
“Oh, uh, I suppose that would be alright,” I murmured, averting my eyes. No need to continue to stare at the poor stranger! How humiliating.