While me and my friend were packing, I thought of what we will do during the holiday we have away from school or stre...
I was scared. I could see another perspective of myself. Did I want this to happen, no, but did it happen for a reaso...
I lay there, floating. On the outside, at least. On the inside, I walked quietly down a dark hallway towards a bright...
She was the most delicate girl in town.
She was the most delicate girl in town, so different from all the rest. I look at her and all I can do is smile, she...
She was the most delicate girl in town. Or at least, that's what they all thought. With her prim private school uni...
The Delicate Chance No one ever dared to push her too hard. She was robbed of all her real potential because everyone...
I stare at the row of perfect houses resting on the perfectly manicured lawns beneath a perfectly blue sky by perfect...
I found the ring on the bowling green. Slipped in my back pocket for later as I was in the middle of the tournament. ...
Set down the light set it down anywhere The pure clean of a random weeknight on the coach staring at the white ceili...
Swing.
My mind was moving faster than my body. I wanted to play in the swing so bad but my feet weren't moving fast enough. ...
I let out a heavy sigh as I stepped over the cobwebs, allowing myself to have a moment of preparation. The swing rock...
she couldn't do it. her moist, clammy hands clung to the wooden pole with vicious might as she drew in intermittent, ...
I jumped.
The wind whistled around me, caressing me like i was its lover. Its icy touch leaving trails of fire all over my skin...
i jumped off the bridge and hit the water. OK, so i didn't judge the height of the bridge or he depth of the water, b...
You could use a little direction, said Junie to Sam. They were sitting cross-legged in the wood chips on the playgr...
What happens when life finally becomes too much to bear? He thought about it a great deal - but was unable to put his...
Erring on the side of caution I took two of the smaller ones. Just like breakfast, or a night on the town. My body wa...
There was a girl that I used to work with at the Goodwill who had eyes that were far too close together. Her body was...
I open my eyes and see a light. The sky is bright and everything seems dull. Thats how he felt. He was diagnosed with...
"I think we need to take the Easter eggs back," Gerald said. Louise looked up from placing an Easter bunny on a table...
OHMYGOSH A BABY CHICK! AHH!! IT'S A PICTURE OF PEOPLE SWIMMING ON AN IPHONE! WHAT DID PEOPLE DO BEFORE THE INTERNET...
"Wait, so he hit you?"
"No. He didn't." I hid the bruise on my face with veiled hair. I didn't want to admit the truth. It was harsh. "Then ...
"Wait, so he hit you?" "Yes, but it's not what it seems. He's been really stressed at work. He swore it would never h...
"Wait, so he hit you?" “No, I told you. He whispered just before I woke up.” I had already told the story a couple ...
Absent.
Absent. The perfect word to describe the situation. Paul and Maria Strickland sat at their kitchen table eating brea...
The episodes were getting more frequent. I'd forget where I was. Friends looking at me strangely as I carried on conv...
He was absent. Again. The kid would only show up on test days - on which he performed well enough. But that wasn't th...
The kids huddled around the tiny bundt cake, sipping juice from their plastic cups. A lone candle burned at the cen...
We have been in the bunker for weeks now sharing a room with me and my five brothers. Its hard to imagine our life be...
If I were a scientist I would invent a drug, which could bring me back to all of the feelings I was able to experienc...