Stories tagged “teenager”
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The Bus Stop
But thats what Julia was. Story. Drama. Danger. Nicole loved people, loved to learn about their lives. Sadly, she didn’t have much of her own. But since the day she met Julia, just shared a smile for a moment, she knew what life she wanted. Sitting a...
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Refusal
“Please, dear, I love you to pieces…” “If you loved me that much then you’d agree with me: this is sick! It’s violating! I won’t do it! I won’t!” A mother sits in a therapist’s office, fit to ...
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You Don't Always Need Protection
Darren’s mother is always on his case about the same damn thing. Wear your helmet. Wear you elbow pads. Don’t forget the long sleeved shirt. Yadda, yadda, yadda. I mean, Jesus Christ it’s only a freakin’ skateboard. He’s t...
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Teenager's Lament I
Finals are coming up, better yet, the tests that determine if I do indeed make it to the next grade are coming up. Math and science are the ones particularly making my hands sweat. Even though I don’t agree with this whole dot filling bonanza; th...
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Teenager's Lament II
Oh, hell no I just got a ticket for running a stop sign..! My mom is going to whoop ass. I don’t think I’m going to tell her this. Well I better because there’s going to be a warrant out for my arrest if I don’t pay within 10 da...
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Dreaming Through Time
We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams. However, every once in a while a child is born who’s memories and dreams actually do take them forward and back th...
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Play for Your Life
“Begin again.” The crone behind me lit a cigarette and eased back into her chair, rivaling its wrinkles with her own. I shut my eyes tightly and took a deep breath. Only two more months. Then school starts again, and I don’t have to d...
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EXACTLY Characters
Scotty:15 yr old. Brown hair n eyes. Popular boy in school cuz he plays baseball. No 1 really knows him though. He wants 2 play guitar n hes found the perfect girl 2 play for. its not his gf either. The girl is worth it but once he talks 2 her shes def...
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Danny Gilmore
Just the other day, He sat in front of me Again. In science, this time – I felt a familiar pulsing In my brain, As I looked up at him, At his hair, At his back. He sat lazily in his chair, Clearly avoiding my glare. I had to change tact. Just th...
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Everything Changes
Simon steadily applied pressure to the gash in his left arm. The trickle of blood was slowing now, but he knew it didn’t matter. The smell was already out there. He couldn’t call it back. He had cut himself on the chain link fence outside o...
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i don't want this
They led me into the stark white room, guided my hand that signed the forms, and left me alone so I was surrounded by unfamiliar doctors in white lab coats. ‘Why are you letting them do this?’ I tried to cry out, but no sound came. The doctor spoke...
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delivery
My hair is limp with sweat. The pain is unbearable, but I refused the drugs they offered. No one is here with me and all of a sudden I wish things had been different. I wish he was holding my hand. I want my mom to be here to coach me and help me throu...
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Schoolgirl Stalkers
Rustle rustle… “Shut up!” I whispered to my partner in crime. “Now, where’s the camera?” “Sorry,” Wilma apologised softly as she handed me the Leika. “Just be careful, its my dad’s, and its re...
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16.5 [Coming of Age Challenge]
16.5 means second-guessing your every move trying to predict the impact it’ll have trying to make the right choices. 16.5 means sobbing at Senior Speeches in that cramped, sacred greenroom because you know it will be your turn soon to leave, and ...
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Lucy (Reader)
Despite my mother’s warnings, I decided to spend the morning in the garden, reading. To placate her, I wore a wide brimmed hat, so she could be sure I would not spoil my skin. Henry ran towards me, and my concentration broke. “What are you ...
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Ashes Remain: Prologue Part 1
I looked up, waking from a daze. My cold, pale fingers shook as they held a small black-and-white photo. It was of a small girl, maybe 16-years in age, cuddling a black kitten in her slender arms. He face was scrubby, her clothes looked like they had n...
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Gift
“You don’t like it?” She asked in a tone of voice filled with the anticipation of being hurt. It made him cringe. She was so young, he reminded himself and wondered if his friends were right, but he smiled and slung an arm warmly arou...
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Rebellion
The day was sunny, the birds chirped outside, and in a small appartment in a big town, Danielle shouted at her progenitor. “There’s no way that bitch is coming to live with us.” was the only thing she said. He was left dumbfounded by ...
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In Delirium: Isaiahs' Paradox
Sunlight from the window at the foot of his bed gently warmed his cold, sweat-soaked sheets. His heavy eyes watched the dust particles as they danced in beams of light. Morning had arrived; his bedroom was filled with a bright amber glow. Am I/are you ...
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The End of Moderation
I shouldn’t say this. I just got home and I can already hear the voices of moderates in my brain, “Stop it. Both extremes are equally wrong, etc, etc, etc.” Except that I’m extremely Atheist and extremely gay, and I’ve nev...