FF Friday – How To Paint A House by Maggie’s Gutter

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How To Paint A House by Maggie’s Gutter

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7107558/1/How_to_Paint_a_House

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Summary: Bella Swan is a naive fifteen year old, set to spend another kiss-less summer alone. Edward is new to town, and doesn’t know a soul. Watch an unlikely friendship blossom over the simple task of painting a house. But for these two, nothing is simple.

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Have you ever had a story that grabs you and won’t let go? A story that you just can’t wait for the update on and get upset when you have to wait too long? Where each chapter is better than the next? A story that you constantly think about?

How To Paint A House is that story for me.

Initially when it first published in June, I didn’t pay much attention to it. I’d seen it rec’d and tweeted. But when I checked the summary, it was a high school story and Bella was only 15. I didn’t go any further. High school stories are just not for me. I wind up losing interest a few chapters in or become irritated with the high school shenanigans. I am just to old for high school. I also didn’t want to get on the fandom bandwagon that happens from time to time. I’ve found my opinion of a great story and the bandwagon’s are always two different things. I read entirely to many good stories, stories that I really don’t have enough time for, to get caught up in hype.

Be that as it may, my attention was once again drawn to the tweeting and rec’ing. This time I chose to check the story out and lay my curiosity to rest. Well, I was completely stunned, gobsmacked, astonished, and giddy. Yes, giddy. How To Paint A House is one of the best stories I have read in a very long time.  The author, Maggie’s Gutter, I’ve never seen her on Twitter and she has no blog. I’ve never read anything else from her. She is completely unknown to me. And I consider myself a pretty astute stalker of the writers. I either know them or have heard of them. Nothing. Obviously there is a mission that lays before me.

How To Paint A House is a wonderfully written, well thought out story. It is realistic emotionally and physically. The writer brings you back to high school with all the awkwardness, misunderstandings, immaturity, show boating, love, and heart break that goes along with coming of age. There is no magical understanding of feelings, there is stumbling, as it should be. No gratuitous sex. But there is making out. Learning how to kiss. Shy touches. This is the high school I remember. The real high school.

The story is basically a 15 yr old girl and a 17 yr old boy that really like each other and want to be together, but due to various circumstances, things are difficult for them. It is a story of reality. A reality I remember.

I am completely hooked and in love with this story. It is a story that is worth your time. I sat and read all 17 chapters in one sitting and am now chomping at the bit for more. Give it a look, I am certain your will love it too.

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He was looking at me…really looking.

I gulped, and tipped my head toward him so our foreheads would touch…I made a move.

I could see his mouth pull into a smile through the blur of my vision. Then his forehead moved, and his whole body shifted in my direction. He rolled over me, and before I knew it he was overtop of me, his hands braced on both sides of me, his feet balancing between my legs.

Holy swear word…

My arms were pinned to my side, while I stared up at him, probably looking like a frightened bunny. His face was overtop of mine, his eyes boring into me.

I was going to get kissed, it was really happening.

And then it did…

A low laugh shook his chest, before soft wet heaven touched my mouth lightly, grazing my lips like a feather. Then a hand gripped the back of my head, tangling fingers into my hair and pulled me up to meet his mouth. I parted my lips slightly, then he pressed his lips to me again, and not knowing what else to do, I pressed my lips into his…kissing him back.

I was kissing him back!

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Maggie’s Gutter – FF profile

Leave me a comment letting me know what you think. I am very curious for other’s thoughts on this wonderful story.