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Submitted to Contest #95
I knew I had to make this choice, the most difficult yet the most important choice of my life. My mom had tears in her eyes, trembling hands from the tension of taking sides for one of us, me or my dad. Being a stubborn old man, my father stood next to the kitchen door and watched me leave the house. I needed to do something to find myself and explore the outer world without the privileges I was born with and I knew this was it. I had to choose one of the doors, the door to the taxi parked in front of my house waiting for me to get in, to ta...
Submitted to Contest #93
I was sitting peacefully in my room doing my homework when my best friend Clyde enters the room. "Don't you have a homecoming party dance to plan?" "I am not going to dance in front of the whole school," I say with a grin and a fake smile. "You're not going to participate, then?" "of course not." He then rolls his eyes at me and lays down on my bed. Just when my mother enters and starts talking to Clyde. The next day as I enter my school, I see banners posters of the upcoming dance party everywhere, which annoys me a little, but I continu...
Submitted to Contest #92
THE BET (BY AAYUSHI BAKSHI) The sunlight falls on my face and I realize it's already day 5 of me crying continuously but my heart still aches from all the lies I've been told in the last few months, it still aches from the love and trust I invested in him. This is a story you've heard before but the only difference is this isn't that story. This may be a rather pretentious way to start our story but I've always had a flair for the dramatic you see. It was the first day of college and the excitement was clear on my face just like the ne...
ME AND MY THOUGHTS, IN A NUTSHELL
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