Okay guys,

Thank you millions for your patience - good news is, you can now vote.

Pretty handy seeing as it's the June Competition and it's the last day of June... skills, eh?

The Deal:
You all get two votes and it's up to you how you spend them, i.e. on the writing or photos. Which brings me to the next bit...
Remember that, as well as photos to vote on, there's also the writing pieces/poems to vote on too, which can be found in the Blog.

For voting, just leave a comment under the work, with "Vote" clearly in there somewhere. We'll add them all up at the end for the winner.

Here's the best bit...

The winner will get their work featured in the display picture - if you're a winning writer, then the poem/work will get featured in the opening-to-the-site bit... We'll sort that bit out better when we get to it! (Y)

Ta very much dearies!

X

Matched Laughter ©

Balancing on my tiptoes I saw his face wafting through the crowd decorated in the telltale red beret that slanted across his head, a sight I thought I’d never see again. My breath caught in my throat as my heart leapt up, getting ahead of itself, beating in a frantic manner as if I were already running towards him. I didn’t actually get that far though, I was still dumbstruck by his floating grace, so it was him who reached me first. He smiled, and it seemed like this simple facial movement swept me up into Heaven, it was infectious and I knew my face resembled the exact replica of his, minus the obvious breathtaking beauty I lacked. His arms surrounded me and I sighed in relief. As soon as he held me again it was like a cure to some fatal disease I hadn’t realised existed that had been eating its way into my delicate frame.

I was twirled around giggling constantly, unable to stop the laughter from escaping, it was just something natural when he was here, something I couldn’t control. As he lowered me slowly back towards the ground, although I was sure I hadn’t left the clouds, I tried to sift through my head for something coherent to utter but in finding that completely impossible I settled into the strange but comforting role of blissfulness. The intense happiness that draped over the atmosphere was something almost tangible and to think I had almost forgotten it was real. But there was no possible way to do that with him here. His eyes captured mine in their intoxicating blue, and I wouldn’t have been able to look away if I tried.

“Welcome home,” I tried to murmur against his lips as he kissed me. I could feel the curve of his mouth against mine, still smiling, and I gave in to the immediate reflex my cheek muscles felt to copy. My heart was doing back flips of pure joy at this sensation I thought I’d never feel again, and it seemed to adorn me with pure white, feathered wings lifting me off into the sky. He took a step back, fingers finding my hand as my eyes flickered nervously over his camouflage suit, trousers tumbling slightly over his boots but that simply added to the perfection. I was trying my hardest to ignore, and yet was unconsciously searching for any dirt, any rips or tears, anything to give a confirmation of injury. In finding nothing relief shook my body, and I lent into him, relishing in an unmatchable comfort.

My phone starting ringing in my pocket, and I immediately stiffened, a spontaneous response that had been born and intensified due to his year away. I tried to quieten the pulse pounding in my throat, grasping that for once I could afford to ignore it and the incessant tone did not need to be answered. I was no longer waiting for the phone call that would send my world crashing into stone, shattering it into irreparable pieces. No, I had the other half of my heart right here now, I realised. Smiling down at our interlocking fingers, I imagined the delicate pieces of my heart that he holds finally interlocking, wrapping around each other, caressing each dusty surface, finally whole

Hey guys.
We didn't get enough applicants from the writers but we've decided to allow everyone who applied to now be competitors.
Congratulations to the following:

Katie - http://Lost-You.bebo.com
Emu - http://www.bebo.com/decemberUnder-ground
Rosie - http://www.bebo.com/ohrosiex
Stephy - www.bebo.com/ninjasteph
Kiah - http://www.bebo.com/pinkbombshel
Sonic - http://www.bebo.com/blaaank

TASK 1 IS BELOW THIS
x