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“Ella, I don’t want to hear it anymore! It’s time for bed and that's final!” My mother was pissed. I was fourteen years old and afraid to go to sleep. She didn’t understand though. She never listened when I tried to explain why I needed to stay up. She just saw pills and caffeine to keep me awake. She told me I was just being defiant. She didn’t listen. She took my pills, and hid all the caffeinated drinks. She even stopped giving me my allowance because she didn’t want me buying more. She tried taking me to see a therapist, but they...
Months. He had been watching her for months now. He knew her routine by heart. He knew everything about her by now. He knew how she liked her coffee, and her favorite genre of music. He knew how soft her long blonde hair was. After waiting and watching for months, he decided. She was the perfect edition to his collection. Tonight he would strike. “Serial Killer Back Again” She read, tossing the daily paper aside, reaching for the coffee pot. She poured it into her mug, and drank as she got ready for the day. She didn’t need to read the ...
Every June is when I have my hardest times. It's when I’m forced to remember the past. It’s when I really sit and think about her. She never really leaves my mind, but the pain becomes worse on the long June nights. Ava. That was her name. I’d known her since high school. I remembered the first time I saw her. She was smiling with a group of girls. She was looking at me, but I pretended not to notice. She had the most beautiful blue-grey eyes and long blonde hair. We had started dating our senior year. We lasted all through college, and had ...
(Trigger Warning: This stories contains suicide.)If you could go back in time to one moment, what would it be? It’s such a simple question. Most people say something silly, cause you know it would never happen. For me, it would be May 17th, 2011. You see a lot happened the days leading up to May 17th. We were in highschool, Bryan and I. We were friends. Good friends. He was a strong person, and he never let his feelings show. See if I had been a better friend, I wouldn’t be in this situation. It was the last week of school when everythi...
I was walking through the woods when my life drastically changed. It all happened so fast. I had taken the woods many times. It was my shortcut to get to my secret place. I went there when I painted. It was a very inspirational place, and some of my most famous pieces were created on that very lake. As I walked, I saw the most beautiful leaf. It was yellow, almost gold with prominent veins. I picked it up with the intention of using it for my next project. When I looked back down I saw something shining. I crouched down to look and saw a sil...
Melissa. Melissa Rodgers. She wasn't really the type of girl you hear much about. She wasn't very popular. She wasn't the beauty queen of the school, or even the girl you give a second look too. To anyone, she was basic. The kind of girl you pass by in the halls without even a smile. Sure she was nice, but it wasn’t enough. She was quiet, but she shouldn't be so easily forgotten. It was our junior year at East Porter High. I went to my classes as I usually did, only briefly listening to the rules. Nobody really cared about that stuff anyway....
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