{"id":2102,"date":"2017-02-06T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emestrife.com\/?p=2102"},"modified":"2023-03-12T16:12:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T21:12:06","slug":"v-1-a-valentines-day-paranormal-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/es_es\/v-1-a-valentines-day-paranormal-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"V: Ch. 1 (A Valentine’s Day Paranormal Romance)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cA<\/span>re you sure <\/em>you\u2019ll be fine by yourself, Tina?\u201d my best friend, Alexis, asks for the millionth time, and I can almost see the apologetic pout on her face.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOh my God, Lex, for the last time, yes!\u201d I say into the receiver, sounding as exasperated as I feel. I know she\u2019s trying to be thoughtful and probably feels guilty that I\u2019m at home by myself tonight, but her empathy is starting to sound a lot like pity; something I can honestly do without, especially today.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s Valentine’s Day.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s also<\/em> my birthday.<\/span><\/p>\n

You would think that I’d be having the time of my life right now, enjoying double the fun and double the gifts and flowers and chocolate and booze, but here I am, in front of my computer screen in my dorm room by myself because everyone else I know\u2014including my highly eccentric mother\u2014is either already on a date, or getting ready for one.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNow, go or you\u2019ll be late for your concert,\u201d I say. \u201cI don\u2019t want to give Allen any more reasons to side-eye me,\u201d I add with a sardonic grin, even though I\u2019m serious.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lexi\u2019s boyfriend, Allen, isn\u2019t exactly my biggest fan. On more than one occasion, he\u2019s clearly made it known that he doesn\u2019t care too much for me, or my prominent presence in Lexi\u2019s life, which is complete horseshit considering I’ve known her for years <\/em>and we were friends way <\/em>before he ever came into the picture.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then again, I suppose the feeling is mutual. I can’t stand the asshat, <\/strong>and frankly, just from our few brief encounters, I really don\u2019t get what she sees in him, but I\u2019m not about to bring it up again, especially considering that conversation\u2014if you can even call it that\u2014didn\u2019t go so well the first and only time I did.<\/span><\/p>\n

Besides, she says <\/em>he makes her happy so I just roll with it and do my best to ignore the douche whenever I see him.<\/span><\/p>\n

He\u2019s taking her to a sold-out, <\/strong>exclusive Bon Jovi concert tonight, and I won\u2019t lie, I\u2019m jealous, and I wish it were me she was going with. That\u2019s definitely one way normal <\/em>people would spend their twenty-first birthdays; not laying on their bed in a dark room that\u2019s illuminated only by the fluorescent glow their laptop screen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sigh.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAlright, alright,\u201d she finally relents with a sigh of her own. \u201cI\u2019ll call you tomorrow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Kay, have fun,\u201d I say before hanging up.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another sigh on my part.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This is officially the lamest <\/em>twenty-first birthday in history,” I mutter to myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

I hate Valentine’s Day. I wish I could say that this is an anomaly, but this happens every single year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Every<\/em>. Single. Year!<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m probably that one person in the world who detests their own birthday.<\/span><\/p>\n

I breathe out an uninterested sigh again, clicking away on my laptop as I continue to idly surf the net and listen to random stations on Pandora so I don’t lose my mind from boredom.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just then, I hear a beep, and there’s a notification on the screen.<\/span><\/p>\n

My breathing immediately picks up, and my heart thuds in my chest at the sound, and I hastily click on the icon.<\/span><\/p>\n

My eyes go wide despite the bright light, and my heart skips several beats as I open it up and see the sender’s name.<\/span><\/p>\n

V<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

"\u00bfEst\u00e1s segura de que estar\u00e1s bien sola, Tina?" mi mejor amiga, Alexis, pregunta por millon\u00e9sima vez, y casi puedo ver el puchero de disculpa en su rostro. "\u00a1Oh, Dios m\u00edo, Lex, por \u00faltima vez, s\u00ed!" digo en el receptor, sonando tan exasperado como me siento. S\u00e9 que est\u00e1 tratando de ser considerada y probablemente se sienta culpable de que est\u00e9 solo en casa esta noche, pero su empat\u00eda est\u00e1 empezando a sonar como l\u00e1stima; algo de lo que honestamente puedo prescindir, especialmente hoy. Es el d\u00eda de San Valent\u00edn. Su\u2026 Lee mas<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[51,64,70,80,81],"series":[159],"class_list":["post-2102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paranormal","tag-holidays","tag-paranormal-romance","tag-romantic-holidays","tag-valentines-day","tag-valentines-day-romance","series-v"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/V-Emended-Hearts-Cover.png","blog_images":{"medium":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/V-Emended-Hearts-Cover-192x300.png","large":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/V-Emended-Hearts-Cover.png"},"ams_acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/es_es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/es_es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/es_es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/es_es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/es_es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/es_es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/es_es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/es_es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/es_es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/es_es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2102"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/es_es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=2102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}