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Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2019
Submitted to Contest #62
It was a cold winter day. Just two days before Christmas break. And people were already talking about what they would wear to prom. The word 'prom' echoed in my head as I remembered my prom... "You can't leave now," my friend hissed at me as I tried to leave the prom that she forced me to come to. "They are about to crown Prom King and Queen!" "And yet I am here in sweatpants and my boyfriend's hoodie while he is passed out on the floor from drinking the punch that was obviously fortified," I whispered harshly. "So, yeah, I'm leaving." I tur...
I was walking home one day after school, when a black cat with white tipped whiskers ran across the street in front of me. Being a cat person, I thought it was adorable. I decided to take the long way, thinking I would see more cats. The same black cat I saw earlier, walked across the road paused to look at me, the ran off. I thought it got around fast. I was turning onto my street when the cat walked to the middle of the road, looked at me again, then took off into the bushes near a mailbox. I crouched and looked into the bush, only to find...
I woke up and felt cold. I looked outside and thought to myself, It such a beautiful day outside. It'd be a shame to spend it indoors. Maybe a walk will help me warm up. So I got ready to go outside and I jogged for a few miles to the park. Once there, I walked the trail. I still wasn't warm and I wasn't even sweating. I shrugged it off though. I accidentally bump into a guy and he stopped and looked around."I am so sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going," I apologized. He shrugged and kept walking. Though he wandered off of the trail. I ...
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