Jane struggled up the stairs with her two heavy suitcases. She had been banished by the hospital council to their clinic in south France, and now it was mandatory that she spend a week in a little village up Le Revard, the second tallest mountain in the region. Her best friend had tried to placate…
Exhausted, I leaned back against the long, leather, bench seat and closed my eyes. I was returning home after having spent the last two years studying in Germany, but before stepping on American soil again, I had decided to do one last trip to visit the Czech Republic, Austria, and Romania before flying home just…
So when my friend and I moved into that small brick house, we had no idea who our neighbours were going to be. We had been friends since highschool and planned to be on our own once we graduated college. Kathleen and I were inseparable and we always had a great time partying together. We…
Not again – how could this be happening to me again?! Not that I didn’t enjoy it; I mean how could I not enjoy having an intimate night with a sexy foreign boy? It had been one year since my host brother from Spain had left to go back home. At first, I was devastated…
The next morning I had to get up early and go to work. Even though it was a Saturday, the part time internship office I work at requires someone to be there on the weekends. I got dressed slowly so I wouldn’t wake up Joaquin, who was sleeping soundly on the bed. My mind flashed…
It was a Friday, and I had just finished with tennis practice at school. I walked by the soccer fields to wait for Joaquin, my host brother from Spain. He had been living with my family for about 2 months now. We didn’t plan to host a foreign exchange student, and actually, my mom swore…