Valentine Blog Hop
Welcome to my stop on A. F. Stewart's Bloody Valentine Blog Hop where we're celebrating heartbreak, love gone wrong, romantic mayhem and tragedy, hopefully with that little splash of humour and blood... Enjoy (and afterwards, please follow the scrolling list of links on the left for more Valentine's fun). The children were drawing Valentine hearts on pink paper. Greg stared at his desk feeling fury pulling his eyebrows together. He knew his mom had told him to be good but really? Pink hearts? Doesn’t everyone know blood is dark? “These are for Valentine’s Day,” the teacher said in explanation, as if some strange guy called Valentine needed milk mixed in with his Red Cross donation. It went against everything Greg believed, so he bent to open his backpack and took some crayons out from their box. “Oh Greg, you’re such a stubborn soul.” The teacher wore that sickly smile that says I’m not going to tell you off just now, but you’d better watch out. Greg ...