Stories tagged “help”
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Helping the Helpless
I laid on the floor unmoving. My life was ending all around me and I was absolutly powerless to stop it. Of course, it was my fault I was in this mess to begin with. I couldn’t change anything, because I was the one who had destroyed everything. ...
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Which Side?
Shaun’s eyes were starting to burn. At that moment, he knew two things were true. He had gone through two packs in an hour. And the building was not moving any closer. He had no idea it would be this hard to just walk through the front doors. His pla...
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Ficly lady needs help
Once upon a time a professed" techno geek" helped a poor fickly lady so well he stuffed up the bleeding lot. He managed in one foul swoop to erase all stories and contents in her larder. It appears now that this poor lady has either to preten...
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No Longer an Isolated Incident
Still recovering from the shock of having just seen the house expand, Jackson felt a certain urge to tell someone. He wasn’t exactly a friendly person; perhaps this was why he had bought this lonesome property in the first place. Alone in the for...
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Oxygen Enough
Final transmission. Help…Can’t breathe here. (Who doesn’t love a challenge?)
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What "Really" Happened "That" Night.
Carl looked across at his friend." That bastard of a judge is going to have a shit of a morning". And he laughed raucously. A N.Y.P.D. vehicle pulled into Judge Cravens’ driveway. Senior detective Josh Goldstein, was met at the door and...
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Unsure
Everywhere she walks, she wrings her hands. The expresion she wears, is one of complicated confusion. Near people a smile is plastered, of fake joy and content, for no one can know. They won’t help things, because they don’t understand. Th...
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No Idea
Nathaniel nodded and pulled a pen from his pocket. He scribbled something on his napkin and then his number underneath that. He ripped off the part he had written on and slip it across the table to me. I looked down at it and read the words he had writ...
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Worrisome Girl
I wasn’t as scared as I thought I’d be when Nathaniel pulled me into him. I pushed my mouth closer to his, desperate for the contact with another human being. I pulled away, breathing hard, when his stop came up. I stood up with him and tri...
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Basic Knowledge of Survival
Slowly standing up and looking around at the debris that was everywhere, they confusingly agreed that something was wrong. Seats were in the ditch while the steering wheel lay isolated in the center of the road. As they wandered around, they found that...
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The Secret
Have you ever done something and aren’t able to tell anyone? That’s the case with me. I did something horrible, unspeakable that changed a persons life forever and the guilt is ripping me apart everyday. I just want to tell someone, anyone,...
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End of the Bike Ride
I loved the feeling of the motorcycle beneath me. The entire ride I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face. I was loving every minute of the wind within my hair and on my face. “Enjoying yourself?” The biker called back to me. “Yes...
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that's one way to get math help
“9-1-1, what is your emergency?” The dispatcher clicked his headset. “I need help.” Came the small boy’s voice from the other end. “What’s wrong?” The man’s deep voice was a stark contrast to the bo...
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i will only talk to you
“Hi.” My voice is small, quiet. “I need to talk to you. I’ll only talk to you.” I am still hiding in the shadows, I don’t want you to see my face just yet. My over sized hoodie dwarfs my skinny frame and the hood hid...
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Keeping a Promise
Lying on her back, Tara tossed and turned with her eyes snapped shut. Her hair fell in black strands across her pillow, creating an eerie contrast against the almost luminescent white cushion. She pressed her pale hands against her ears, in an attempt ...
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Forgive me....
My love, There are many times when I know I’ve done you wrong. That there are things I shouldn’t have done and they come back to haunt me. I love you more than anything and I hate to see you pained yet I don’t know how to stop myself....
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Help (I)
“This is not good,” Mary states the obvious. “I think I might have an idea of who it was though,” I admit. The tears don’t stop coming down my face, “I didn’t use a condom a few weeks ago, with this guy. I didn...
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Deprecated
In my younger days, my friends knew they could count on me. My children depended on me; I supported my wife as best I could, knowing Sharon would do the same. We tried to give our kids the lessons they needed back then, advice they asked for when they ...
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Double Take
I jump in the car and back out of the driveway, glad to have something to take my mind off…things. And I’m worried about Gabe. And guilty that it was my voice that interrupted what should have been his moment with Austin… whatever it ...
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Country, huh?
She motions for me to pull into the nearest parking lot, so I do. After I’m thoroughly panicked and we’re both parked, I hear her door slam and then she’s at my window. I turn off the music and roll down the window. “No, keep i...
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Four.
One. Two. Three. Four. Four painstakingly carved letters, each red and swollen, stand on my arms. I was hoping this would help me cry, but as usual, I am wrong. I’ve always been afraid to break the skin on account of infection, and many mock me a...
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Help?
“Help? I’m lost. I didn’t mean to be. I just Am.” “Hm. How, though? What would lead you astray?” “Oh, lots,” “Oh?” “Well, It could Perhaps be the people. People Lose.” “No. N...
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I Am
I am no beggar; I take no handouts. I am no saint; I sin. I am not steel; I bend, and break When tried, and tried again. I am no dog, I do not take A beating and still love. I am no quitter! This is my vow That I will rise above. I am no mom. You’...
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The Return of Ghost in the Machine
I might be a little overconfident or overestimating my importance in the community, but i was once a ficleteer. I have had a hectic life however, and I fell out right before most people migrated to protagonize. Luck was with me though, because i someho...
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A desperate plea for help
You know what I hate about vampires? Everything! No, I’m serious, I am going to be super honest here, I hate vampires with a flaming passion. Imagine my shock and piss-offatude when I found out my girlfriend of 2 years is a vampire. Yeah, it̵...