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Submitted to Contest #105
They wouldn’t shut up. My two best friends, Emily and Caroline, were standing in the hallway in front of our lockers, relentlessly arguing about who gets the right to go to prom with Jonah. I should have known it would come to this. One, their arguments were an everyday occurrence, and it’s not like they hadn’t fought over dating rights before. And two, Jonah was the new kid and their mysterious demeanor, leather jacket, and converse with pink and yellow shoelaces had had the girls in a chokehold since the semester started. "Hey now, w...
Submitted to Contest #46
“Wow, Molly, I think it’s really beautiful.”“Ahh, yes I loved the motif of the canoe floating down the river.”“And finding her grandmother’s lost ring along the shoreline? Didn't see that coming!”“Well, frankly, I thought it was a snooze fest.” Everyone in the circle yanked their heads towards Keira.“Keira, we don’t use that type of language in here.” Ms. Tina, our instructor, contributed. “It’s not very constructive.”“But you said to be honest!” Keira insisted.I could feel my face getting hot and the lump in my throat growing bigger.“R...
Submitted to Contest #44
“I would hate to see what happens outside of class affect your behavior in class.”And I wonder what Ms. Miller would look like without a head. “I would really like it if we could be friends one day.”I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. Ms. Miller peers down the hallway, “Well…it’s Tuesday, so your dad is picking you up, right?” “Right.” She looks at me again to see if I’ll say anything else, but I just stare at my feet, “Well, I’m sorry it’s turned out this way, Lucy. I'll see you in class tomorrow.” Good riddance.“Ms. Lewis?” The...
Submitted to Contest #41
“Louie! Get out here!” Jesus Christ, of all days, today. Melanie was exasperated. “LOUIE!” She took a deep breath. “COME HERE NOW!” Her voice might be hoarse before the party, but goddamnit there might not even be a party at this rate. “I’m in the bathroom, sweetie!” Louie sounded miles away. “COME OUT NOW! I NEED YOU!” Melanie was a little too close to her neighbor’s property to be shouting this loud at 10 am on a Saturday morning, but desperate times call for desperate measures.“I SAID GET OUT HERE!”“Are you dying? Did somebody die?”...
Submitted to Contest #40
Missy Abrams and Jennifer Wyatt had never spoken to one another in their entire nine-year-old existence. Even though they had been in the same school since kindergarten, they had never shared a playdate, exchanged jokes passing in the hallway, or bargained for a pudding cup while at lunch. They had not purposely avoided one another. It was just for the simple fact that their last names were on opposite ends of the Alphabet and therefore were placed in different homerooms. In a regional school of about 500 kids, it was almost too much for Pri...
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