PLEASE RETURN TO THIS SITE AND *RATE* THIS STORY.(Rated PG-13) A Sweet Romance... (YA)Lori came from Cuba to live with her cousin.Ray meets Lori and is gradually attracted to her while in high school. He loves her cute Cuban accent and sparkling dark eyes. They fall inexplicably in love. The attraction becomes so strong that sparks would almost jump between them. Just as their relationship begins to blossom her family suddenly moves to another city. She is crushed, he is devastated. Ray had found the love of his life, and now she was GONE! He wanted to taste Lori's sweet warm lips again, and, yes, there was that brief intimacy they had shared... it was not to be. But his emotions could smolder only so much. He HAD to see Lori again. Ray hatches a complicated and crazy plan that was doomed to fail, but he would not lose Lori again. He would do it or die trying! I am a retired Dentist and enjoy writing as a hobby─I write for the creative FUN of writing. Other hobbies include playing the clarinet, Soprano sax and Bongos, oil painting, photography, and graphite drawing. Story ideas may occur to me spontaneously, or just by looking at a picture when it evokes a story line in my mind, and I use it as a 'seed' to grow the story.I'm a 'romantic' at heart. Love runs deep in me, and have published several romances as a result (and usually fall in LOVE with my female protagonist) mixed in with some adventure stories, and stories for Young Adults.I have done a few things in my life to include, Cubmaster, Scoutmaster, Mountain Rappelling Instructor, clinical lab tech, read books on Sci and romances, and hold a license as a Ham Radio operator---all of which I assume, add to the repository from which I draw some of my story ideas. I grew up reading Mad Magazine which, I'm sure, affected (distorted?) my sense of humor as well as my perspective on life. I enjoy humor, and like to laugh.I'm am most assuredly an untrained amateur but nevertheless have published five small books on Amazon and twelve on Smashbooks.com under the name of R.H. Proenza if for nothing else but my ego. I live in Georgia with my wife Sandy, a computer or two, and no pets.
