Stories tagged “runaway”
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The Choice of Flight
So my fist met his face, and I almost felt the need to apologize, like someone might if a dog jumped on a neighbor. I’m so sorry, I don’t know what my fist was doing. It never behaves like this. It won’t happen again. But was I sorry?...
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A Boy Without a Plan
I screeched to a stop on a street somewhere on the edge of town. There was an empty gas station to my right and an army of townhouses to my left. I had nothing. It was 3:00 am on a Wednesday in mid-January, and I had nothing but my car, my clothes and ...
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The Runaways - Boredom
“Why does it have to be so boring here?” exclaimed James Cartwright as he extended his arms and leaned back in his chair, yawning the biggest yawn in all his fifteen years. He looked out his window at the darkness of the night. It was a war...
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The Runaways - The Stranger
The window cracked and shattered into a million tiny pieces as someone dressed in all black landed on James’ bedroom floor. He wore a mask that his his face completely. He had a long, silver sword in his hand. The hilt of the sword was as black a...
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The Runaways - Identity Revealed
How have mom and dad not heard this? James thought to himself while dodging strikes of the stranger. Even if they didn’t hear the window crash, they must have heard me jumping around up here and screaming. The stranger brought his sword down on J...
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The Runaways - Mind Games
I just killed a kid that was in my class… James though, his mind blowing through a million different thoughts at once. Travis Ortega was in James class. They weren’t particularly friends, but they knew each other. Why had he crashed through...
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Runaway
I’ve always liked the idea of running away. Leaving everything and becoming completely unknown. Starting over, surrounding yourself with unfamiliarity, exiting your problems with no explanation. It’s what I dream about sometimes, it’s...