Changes

by Paige Vest

“I can see I’ve caught you at a bad time,” he added as he eyed her bathrobe in a way that mildly offended her and made her blush at the same time, “but I was wondering if you’d like to maybe go grab a burger or something for dinner with me tonight? Or catch a movie over at the TriplePlex? Or maybe just grab a cup of coffee?” He finished weakly, obviously discouraged by her lack of reaction to any of his suggestions. They stood there and looked at each other for a moment while Maddy cast about for some excuse for why she couldn’t go anywhere with this man. Some reason other than the real reason of course, which was that she was simply terrified. She still bled inside over her breakup with Mike and she had no desire to ever give a man the power to hurt her like that again. But now here was this perfectly polite and handsome man who had already wormed his way into her head, seemingly without even trying. And now he was trying. Maddy felt like a deer in the headlights

190 pages, Paperback

First published January 16, 2011

About the author

Paige Vest has been telling stories since she was a child who loved to listen to tales of Middle Earth and Narnia. She tells her own stories today to quiet the voices in her head.

A resident of Southern New Mexico, Paige’s superpowers consist of being employed full time while writing and going to school, as well as being incredibly awkward when speaking to people in real life. She is confident that living in the ‘Land of Enchantment’ will one day result in finding her own magic ring and/or wardrobe.

Paige is a big Yankees fan, but please don't hold that against her.

At work on the third novel of a YA trilogy, Paige has stories published in '72 Hours of Insanity, Volume 3', from the Writer’s Workout, 'Sensorially Challenged', 'Writings to Stem Your Existential Dread, A Scribes Divided Anthology', 'Fiction War Magazine,' and the second 'JordanCon Anthology, Become Legend'.