A Novel Idea

I've been sucking at blogging lately, mostly because I lost my creativity. So I figured I'd post bits of my short story thing I started, but didn't finish, last semester until the creativity comes back. I know it's not exactly Mark Twain, or even Stephenie Meyer for that matter, but enjoy...

It's called "Tension". And here's the first paragraph.

December 2009

The tension in the room could be cut with a knife. Tom and Eliza looked back and forth at one another, neither knowing what to do next. Eliza had always been a good, Christian girl, never getting in trouble in high school, but college had changed her. More importantly, meeting Tom had changed her. There was something about Tom, something Eliza liked. From the moment she met him, she was hooked. She knew his reputation, the bad boy, the one who always got in trouble. But she didn’t believe it, until today that is. Today, Eliza and Tom stood over the body of Scott Badtree and both knew that their lives would never be the same again.