Stories tagged “Loner”
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Pecking Order
“Just look at her.” The teenage girls huddled together. Usually ruffling, preening, and cooing at each other over shiny new clothes and shoes, currently their attentions were on a lone figure across the yard. She was nearly identical to the...
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no one sits with him, he doesn’t fit in
He sits at the last cafeteria table, the one closest to the last window, quietly eating his homemade tuna sandwich. “What kid eats tuna?” Bobby Bolfisk, the class bully, steals a glance at the kid and sneers back to his table-mates. “...
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or he comes back to school with a gun at his side
Bobby, who overhears everything, turns to the new girl. “Because…” He interrupts everyone’s conversation. “Because Michael’s a freak. F-R-E-A-K. He doesn’t care, he’s so busy wrapped up in his notebook.&#...
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heroes are made when you make a choice
He put his finger on the trigger, keeping the weapon in his pocket. They had bullied him for the last time. He wouldn’t take it anymore, it was his turn to show them all. Soon he caught up with Bobby and nudged his shoulder. As expected Bobby gra...
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From Within a Cardboard Castle
From behind cardboard fortifications, Jacob looked out upon unfamiliar terrain. His fort was indeed mighty, from its refrigerator box watchtower to its spacious dryer box living quarters. The yard sloped away, a carpet of Summer grass. A stately two-st...
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The Loner
She walks down the halls silently. Everyone else is talking, laughing, and gossiping as they walk with their friends. But Emily walks alone. She’s just a shadow, a ghost to others. Not really there. She walks into her class, and sits in her seat....
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Below The Influence.
Loner. That’s where I started. The chink in the chain. The girl, No one wanted. Parties. That’s where I went, Just to become popular. Such new people Who didn’t think I was a freak. Alcohol. They told me to drink. They handed me a sho...