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Submitted to Contest #309
The small travel kettle let out a shrill whistle, stirring me from my thoughts. I poured two cups of boiling water over peach tea bags. The water turned a faint orange hue. When the color settled, I lifted the string of my tea bag and watched the colors swirl once more. I started to lift the tea bags out, but her voice floated through the air. Two minutes. No more, no less. I dropped the bags back in and leaned against the cool stone, feeling the solidity of it against my spine. The morning sun hadn’t yet crested the hill, allowing us to rem...
Submitted to Contest #203
Reese’s eyes popped open. She froze, staring into the darkness. Her heart pounded against her chest and heat flushed her body. Beneath the covers, she slid one hand to her swollen belly and waited, not daring to breathe. There. A slight tightening of her lower belly held for just a moment before releasing. She tapped the screen of her watch and stared at the minutes. Almost ten minutes passed before her uterus contracted again. Reese exhaled and tapped her watch back off. She quietly turned her head to look at her sleeping husband. She stret...
Submitted to Contest #202
The champagne glittered in the light from the chandelier. Ellie gripped the microphone and glanced over at Nick. He winked at her and reached for the hand of his new bride next to him. Ellie glowered at him. She was not supposed to be giving this speech. This was for the best man, but at the last minute, she’d been handed a mic and told it was her turn. She cleared her throat and looked out at the room full of faces. There was Nick’s mom, smiling at her. There was Bri’s dad, looking proudly at his daughter in white. She knew everyone in the ...
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