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Write about a character who goes to — or purposefully avoids — their high school reunion.

Posted in Adults on Oct 26, 2022

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How to Thrive at Your High School Reunion: Top 10 Tips and Tricks

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Author’s NoteYou’ve just received the letter, with that damn mascot in the corner (a hawk? A stallion? Maybe a lightning bolt, if the school has a stick up its ass?), and your heart stutters.The words “You’re invited!” swim in front of you and you laugh at the irony of it, because you can count on one hand the number of times you heard that phrase in high school.You have absolutely, unequivocally no idea what to do. Have no fear! Author X here—expert in the art of petty revenge, the science of the humble brag—armed with the top 10 tips ...

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Unfathomable Regret

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Aaron Knight sat sipping hot tea in the chilly morning of October in Darjeeling. He was there for a conference which would mean millions to his company and would later go on a solo trek that he always dreamt of. By 30, he was one of the most successful business tycoons of his time. Realizing his dream materializing, he smiles to himself and continues sipping when his phone beeps. It was a text message that read “Send me your temporary address. Or, may I just send you a photo? ”. Aaron places his tea down and picks the mobile, hovers over the...

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The Reunion

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RachelRachel stared at the invite which had popped up on her screen, when she logged on to facebook. She wondered why she was even on fb in the first place. She had signed up ages ago but had never bothered to upload any pictures or write status updates as it kept demanding of her every day. It was a high school reunion invite – after so many years. Apparently there was one bunch of very active alumni who had thought of this. And, after floating the idea around virtually, others from various corners of the globe had thought it would be great...

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How to Repay Kindness

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Fear spiraled through me before I even opened the letter, and as my eyes darted across the ink, my heart dropped. Anger replaced terror, and my fist clenched so tight, bones popped out of my flesh. If my children weren’t sleeping a few doors down, I would’ve yelled, but at this time of night, all I could do was stuff the waves of frustration and hatred deep down inside of me. I don’t want to see them. Memories of high school flooded back to me, and my body shuddered. The laughing, the lunchroom, the three years I spent with them: pain cons...

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Reunion Revenge

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The 25th high school reunion is about to start. It’s time for each of us to play our part. Catch up with friends with laughter and tears. Discuss what’s happened over the years. A mystery is afoot, read on if you dare. Ugly truths may be revealed, so proceed with care. “Evie Saint Clair. The devil incarnate herself,” Tyler said wryly. “I haven’t heard from you in almost twenty-five years. Why are you calling me?” “We made a pact senior year and it’s time to honor it,” Evie replied coldly. She waited for Tyler to say something but t...

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Big Head

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“He has the biggest head in the school!” Vele's voice echoed to him, alone in the living room.“It's bigger than a watermelon!” A young boy remarked.It was ten years ago since his high school flame had severed the knot that linked their hearts. Ten years since their last meeting, but her words never ceased to haunt him. Her silvery voice, laced with mockery, roused the children's giggles that day.Jake stared at his pair of shoes, his mind made up. He wouldn't miss the high school reunion because of her. But as he put on his socks, his ey...

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How it could have been

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This is how I imagine it could have happened. More confident, perhaps some might suggest cocky, with no sportiness or experience about me I would still ask. After finding a quiet moment, before she reached her little black car in the school carpark I would have taken a deep breath and said “Would you come to the formal with me?” And she would have seen my confidence and she would have recognized the courage it had taken to ask such a question. With a smile and a flutter of those amazing eyes she would have said “Yes, I’d love to go with you....

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The Most Important Part of Me

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Trigger warning: suicide   Chloe Ward, You’re Invited! Class of 2008 Liberty High School 10 Year Reunion June 22nd, 2018, 6 PM   5:32 PM I sit at my kitchen table, fiddling with the invitation in front of me. For months now, those bold words have leapt off the page to accost me each time I passed the small table in my apartment’s entryway. When it first came in the mail, I couldn’t even bring myself to open the envelope for several days. Once opened, I tossed it into the pile of things-I-can’t-throw-away-but-want-to-ignore, where i...

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Maturity

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"I don't know how to explain my days recently. It's like there's something lacking and I don't know what it is. Should I write or not?" These were questions that only I could answer.My classmate called me to let me know that we would be having a high school reunion. I was not excited and interested in it because I didn't want to recall those memories where my classmates kept bullying me about everything, but I had my second thoughts whether I would go or not. I never enjoyed my high school days because of them. I was a lo...

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JJ

Submitted to Contest #61

A message popped up and she stared at the mobile screen for some time and fell into a deep thought. She opened the message once again, looked at it as if she is seeing it for the first time, took a deep breath and pretended that she never saw that message. She continued to fold her clothes lying in the bed and neatly arranged in the shelf. She looked like she was lost in the message, which clearly showed as she misplaced her things and cursed herself for being not focused. She startled when her phone rang. She took the phone, it said “Hubby ...

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Peacock

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The twenty-fifth anniversary reunion of Mayland High School would be attended by everyone from the class of ’94 who wasn’t either dead or in jail. Laura said so, and Laura was the queen; the shrieking peacock of Colchester High Street and the dictator behind the reunion mafia. I’d skipped going to the third and fourth reunions, having nothing much to talk about and no interest in my previous classmates - in Year Five, one of Laura’s ladies in waiting was sent to the library to hand over my invitation personally with a pointed question as to ...

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Melody of the Night

Submitted to Contest #61

Cars drove by, moving over the asphalt in quiet with a sigh, their headlights beaming through the nightly dark— the town started to feel alive now… By the entrance to a little café, Haruto stood leaning against the wall as he waited for the others, phone in hand, him scrolling through it: they were on the way; they’d arrive in a bit, they said. After a moment, a car pulled up and stopped right in front of the café; a familiar car. At the arrival, he got up from the wall and straightened himself… Thnn…  Out the back door, off the oth...

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Back and forth

Submitted to Contest #61

My phone makes a ping. One that lets me know an email has been recieved. I pause the orientation video for a new website my company is using. I'll just finish it afterwards. I look at the phone next to me. A green, pink and gold case has lightning flashes on it. On the back, the words Ten and two are written in a big font. I got this case at a concert. I look at the reminder and raise an eyebrow. It's from Canna Nova, the high school I attended. I press it, and the screen changes to the message.Dearest student,You're invited! The high school...

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Wizard's Reunion

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Harold the wizard sipped his morning cup of pixie coffee while sifting through a pile of letters. Most of them were bills, so the magical dust in the coffee seemed the right choice for dealing with early morning stress. One bill in particular caught Harold’s frown. “25.459 crits for the expense of magical energy?” he groaned. “Can you believe this, Krenko? It’s like we’re turning into some tyrannical kingdom that wants to suppress all wizards by taxing their magic to insanity!” “M-hm, it sucks, boss,” said Krenko the goblin, Harold’s magic f...

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The class of ‘99’

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Harrold Johnson read through the invitation for the hundredth time then folded it up, slipped it back in its envelope, and let out a big sigh. He sat back in his chair, put his feet up on the foot stool-it’s ok they were his indoor only slippers-and stared from the conservatory window at his beloved garden bathed in the evening sunlight. The standard roses he’d planted when he retired needed deadheading and re-mulching. The grass could do with a trim and a feed, and there’s the cups, yes, the cups in the cup cupboard needed rotating so the o...

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