Stories tagged “shock”
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We Live to Create Memories
Someone once told me that we live to create memories. The whole plane ride over, that was all I could think about. My anxieties were visible as they sprawled out across 4 sheets of loose-leaf paper. When I walked off the plane, he was the very first ch...
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Handling The Truth
I felt my heart thud against the inside of my chest. How could he possibly have known that? I stiffly got on my bike and started off, deciding to ignore the last minute like it hadn’t happened. “Well to the mall we go, right?” I asked...
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Stone Cold
I stand with dad – he’s never cried before. I help him with my arm, embrace and support. I say he’s right to feel awful – don’t bother hiding. Even pain honors her. My eyes are dry. My brother – withdrawn and alone. ...
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The Trouble With Kelly
“So why were you hanging out with her?” Kelly asked me, after we managed to get most of the ice cream off of my pants. I shrugged. “She looked like a nice person, and she was all alone.” Just like I was. Kelly frowned. “We...
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A Shocking Farewell
To prove chivalry wasn’t dead, I asked, “Can I walk you home?” Jackie smiled. “Just going to the corner. Mom’s going to pick me up.” “Oh. Well, can I walk you to the corner then?” She chuckled. “You...
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Explanations (II)
“Ethan, I just told you my history, the least you do is comment on it,” I say, surprised. What’s wrong with him? I finally open up and he doesn’t even appreciate it? “I’m sorry. I’m really glad you’ve dec...
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Questions (II)
My head races with a million things all at once. I feel faint and grab on to something to keep me from falling. I’m pregnant. I can’t believe it. This is the last possible thing that can happen to me. Now I have a child to worry about. I de...
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Lucky Me
I stared at the money. I had never seen so much money before—ever. “I… I’ll take it.” “You won’t regret it!” she said as she slid effortlessly into her recently detailed 2005 Ford Focus, fired up the four cylinders and drove off into th...
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Shay Discovers
I left Gabe alone because I knew he’d find that junior soon enough, and I had an agenda of my own. I walked around in the crowd for awhile, unsure if she was here or not. Her. That beautiful girl who was staring at me yesterday at the game. I fel...
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Pondering a Haircut
The fire got out of control so quickly – Franklin was still shocked at how little time he had. One minute it was a simple grease fire atop the stove (how clumsy – why didn’t I order out?), but the flames rapidly climbed the cabinets a...
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In Between Minds: Emotional Debris
I stumbled around for hours, trying to get away from the train and Kseinya. Need dictated my actions and I needed to be somewhere else. There was too much to process. Blood on my hands. Val gone. The other nestled in the back of my head. It wasn’...
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Silence
I can’t remember the last time I was this awake the last time my eyes were so open there’s still your shadow it has to be here somewhere it has to dust on the flowers on the piano so much dust everywhere it’s hard to remember when there wasn’t ...
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Laughter
Your laugh is an explosion. I’d heard of it, but I’d never heard it, before that night. The first time I heard it, I was embarrassed. Sitting in the front row, surely everyone could hear and see you, slapping your knee and rocking back and ...
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At peace with the unknown
The night sky was engulfed by yearly meteor showers. I stood there watching immense beauty be taken over by fear in an instant. An intense red flash filled the night sky as the ground beneath me begun to shake. I stood there alone as my family slept in...