Stories tagged “apartment”
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Sometime Around Midnight
I had moved away from Chicago to get away from the annoying bustle of a major city, choosing a peaceful place in Vermout, far from much bustle. I chose an apartment and got myself all situated. Sometimes, though, things you want just don’t happen...
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Dinner and Wine
Danvers holds the bottle until he sees the woman and then puts it down as she approaches because he wants to free his hand she kisses him aggressively on the lips pressing him back against the rail at the edge of the roof and his elbow nudges the bottl...
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Now and Forever
The apartment was dark and musty; the fingers of sunlight had not brushed the living room in days. The whole building was buzzing with the news. Everyone three floors above and below had heard the fight – the screams, the insults, the words. She ...
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Restless Nights, The Search Of The Shipment
“I should have known you would want to know something about Oleg.” – “Well what I can truly say about Oleg, he’s in his mid 40’s loves younger women.” – “He also loves to beat on women.” ̶...
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Talk
The door remained closed, “Charlotte?” There was still silence, “Charlotte, answer me,” I begged. She did actually give me an answer, “No.” At that point I had to laugh, “But you just did.” Charlotte was ...
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Mr. Brightside
I had to find a new job. Because not only was I slowly going mad in my silent, lonely apartment, I was also running out of money to pay for the silent, lonely apartment. Unfortuently, there wasn’t much a 22 year old can find to do without a colle...
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The view around me
To my direct left, there is my dresser. It has a pile of CDs, books, a coin coffee cup ,a few stuffed animals, a radio, and some pictures around and on it. There are some clothes hanging out of it, but not much. Right beside it is a bed and a closet, w...
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The crisis line
Kelly drove home from work. She was so upset, she could barely concentrate on the road. Her tears stung her eyes, and blurred her vision. She kept thinking about Mike. She stepped into her apartment building, went up to the her floor, and went into her...
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Six Months Later
“Happy 6 months,” Mischa handed Ben a small gift box. This took Ben by surprise as the 6 months anniversary was a week ago. “But you already gave me a gift, remember?” Ben laughed. “That was our first 6 months as a couple,...
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Last night at home
I open the door to my family home’s basement and I see all my stuff either in bags or neatly packed in boxes. Hard to believe that everything you own in the world can be put in a corner somewhere in a basement. “It doesn’t look like a...
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Wine Red
Her apartment didn’t seem to have any evidence from what had happened the last time I was there. Whatever sketches that had been ripped apart were replaced by others already. The only thing that still remained was a very faint pink stain in the s...
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Games, Games, or the Rat
The diminutive brunette glared and Henry, “Just because our drunk friends are hooking up, does not mean you’re getting lucky.” Giggles came from the back room of the apartment followed by a muffled, “Kneeling simply ruins my nyl...
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The Baker Homes Apartment Complex
I live in an apartment complex of rules. I moved here two months ago. Apartment number 29. A quiet, quaint complex. A new home, one much needed. I was fresh out of college, and needed a closer place by my job. This complex was ideal. The whole process ...
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Rules
The “rules” weren’t written on paper, nor computer. I found them out on my own over time. The first was sleeping in my bed, and only my bed. I made the mistake of sleeping on the sofa one night, only to awaken to my arm pinned between...
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The List Goes On
My friend invited himself over, to which I could not turn down. He’d been wanting to see me for a while, so I allowed him in. At first, I was nervous. Scared of his every move, scared a nail would stick him, or a glass would cut him. But after an...
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Fears Abound
I could rebel against the rules. I could start a fire and torch the whole fucking building. But to be honest, I just want to get by. I get the feeling, that up to now I’ve simply been trained. The demonstration of strength, the observation of the...
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Apartment 704
Killing, whether being done by a man or observed, takes away one’s humanity. Killing another human being is akin to leaping off a tall building in the concrete jungle; it should not be taken lightly. When you see the spark go out in someone’...
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Details, Details, Details
“This is it?” Kilrain asks in confusion. The probie, startled, just nods his head. “There’s an elderly women who lives next door, that’s who called it in.” the probie says, answering Kilrain’s next question,...