Stories tagged “argument”
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I'll Take an Argument and a Break-Up, To Go
“Damnit, why won’t you just tell me what’s wrong?” “You should know, you’re the one that did it?” “Arrg. I hate hate HATE it when you do this do me. Just fucking spit it out, or drop it. But don’t h...
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Borrowed Time
She remembered the feeling of nauseous weightlessness as clearly as she recalled her non-existent measurement. Ice had clambered down her spine as she looked at her name. No line was drawn next to her stupid name. She had seen it clearly – there ...
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She Won't
“Damnit, why won’t you just tell me what’s wrong?” “You should know, you’re the one that did it!” “Arrg. I hate hate HATE it when you do this do me. Just fucking spit it out, or drop it, or SOMETHING. But don’t hang it over my fucking...
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Married with Arguments
The argument had gone on for hours. Neither of them now remembered exactly what had triggered it. Did her mother really tell her on their wedding day that she could still call it off? Years ago he had playfully goosed his sister-in-law under the missle...
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Strangling Parrots
“What did you say to me?” Maya was angry with me again. No surprise there, really. All I had to do was walk into the room with my iPod playing too loudly and she’d find a reason to scream at me with that painfully shrill voice of hers...
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Arguing in the Dark
Janine looked at him seriously. “You can still go back, you know.” Up until that moment, going back had always been in Alex’s thoughts. He had been well aware that every step he took toward the school was another one he’d have t...
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Verbal match
“I just didn’t feel like talking about it”,yelled Glen.“But it was you who keeps saying that one need not keep anything from each other.That is the basis of a strong relationship.And rule one is that you need not have to think b...
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Not So Easily Brushed Off
Violet sighed. This was the third time this year. If their friendship kept ending like this, Violet might start thinking Rae didn’t like her or something. She frowned, trying to figure out what she’d done this time. Then it hit her. “...
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MERGE
“Chill, Jace.” Ember stretches her long, bony feet out even further, touching the side of the car. “I can’t very well chill with your wet feet in my lap, Ember.” I glare at her and she looks out through her long red dreadlocks to glare back. ...
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Ode to a nagging wife
…Buttscratcher, it hits all the right spots!" said Stanley, feeling pretty pleased with himself. “Buttscratcher?!?” was the reply of amazement from his wife “Buttscratcher!” he exclaimed, revelling in the intelligence...
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The Shaft of Equality
I was afraid of my voice and what it could do. Eyes made contact, but all sight ever did was screw with me. I kept my mouth shut because you scared me to death. You had a pull on me that I couldn’t justify. You made me smaller than you when you l...
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Last Goodbye
“Goodbye” she said, as she turned and walked out the door, letting it shut softly behind her. This isn’t the first time we’ve fought, but it feels different. The other times we’d yell and scream at each other, and it would...
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The One Sided Conversation
“I don’t want to hear it…. Can you just listen… LISTEN to me!!! How can you hear me when your constantly talking. I don’t… I just don’t want to talk about th-th-this… What do you mean, so you think I̵...
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Silent Communion
The night had started with an unfulfilling argument and ended in a night drive to an old refuge- the marina. The sandy gravel became warped wooden planking and tethered boats crowded together like an elderly congregation, eager for the next visitor. I ...
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The First Step
The scene hadn’t changed. The blind prostitute still sat among her dead children, carefully transforming one book into another. Baraam whispered, “I don’t recognize the language she’s writing in.” The seer’s face dra...
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Enough
“Beatrice please, listen to me! It was just one time-” “Once is enough,” Beatrice cut in, sharpness in her voice. Alan started again. “It’s all just a great misunderstanding! I did not do anything with Milly Weaver.&...
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Fire-lit Fight
A kiss fell upon a pearly white shoulder, while a feminine hand snaked around a lithe torso. “Haven’t you forgotten about her yet? Don’t you realize I adore you?” Silence from the other party permeated the room. An uncomfortable edge poisoned t...
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Grievous Conflict of the Elders
“I no longer accept the Nexua.” Togua’s powerful voice resounded through the domed amphitheater, echoing back and forth until all other voices were quieted in shock. Eloquinthian and Sandorian alike all turned to face the Elder of Ear...
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Second Life: Chosen
An argument broke out all around me with my defender arguing in ernest with people I couldn’t see. The individual voices faded into a general hum as all the conversations became one. I barely noticed as everything faded into the swirling ashes. I...
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Strangers on a Train... to Watford
I boarded a train at King’s Langley in 1978. Nothing remarkable in that, you might say other than the fact that I’m old enough to have done so. I, with my sister and mother was, as usual, late and we ran for the train. Out of breath- pantin...
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The Retort Usually Occurs to Me Only Hours Later
The timing of this encounter (which, by the way, appeared to be quite entertaining to the other passengers judging by their smirks and sniggers) was such that, shortly before arriving at our station, the young lady (having made no progress with my moth...
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Choices for the Chosen: Shaky Beginnings
Once I stopped humming, emotion that had been building started to peter out. I could actually see people start to shrink in on themselves. Unfortunately, it was Adam who figured out what had happened first. “Hey, Ian.” He crawled out from u...
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Strangers Meet
At this point I felt I must try and calm things down. “How about we just have the window open a tiny bit? We’ve just had to run to catch this train. In a few minutes we’ll feel much better and we can close it then. Would that be OK?&#...