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Raquel Rodriguez

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2020

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A Bad Feeling

Raquel Rodriguez

Submitted to Contest #51

Taisiya's eyes slowly open, and although her vision is a bit blurry and she can't really tell what's going on, she gets a bad feeling. The short, blond hair on her neck and back stand up straight. "Daddy?" She murmurs, slowly sitting up and untangling her legs, which are wrapped in her light, carnation pink blankets. All Taisiya hears are Chip's paws as they hit the hickory-colored wood floor. "Daddy?!" She exclaims, jumping off of her bed.M-maybe he's at work? Is he?Taisiya wonders, her hazel eyes wide. "See, these are t...

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The Mansion Where it all Happened

Raquel Rodriguez

Submitted to Contest #51

Trigger warning: depictions of rape (The Pain of The Past Part II) Heidi knocked on the tall, steel entry door. She waited patiently, rocking back and forth on the heel of her tan sandal. "Are you sure this is the exact place that the 'incident' occurred?" A woman behind her asked. She was short, with blue eyes that blazed almost as bright as the sun. Heidi nodded, raising her hand to knock again. Then, the door, revealing an elderly woman. She was shirt, had a gray pixie cut, and stared at Heidi ...

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The Pain of the Past

Raquel Rodriguez

Submitted to Contest #51

You shiver and squirm in your bed, your nightmares and daydreams - if they can actually be called by that name - showing you what you don't want to see or remember.Five things you remember from that night:One.His whispers in your ear, coercing you not to tell anyone.Two.Watching his blond hair to distract yourself from what was going on.Three.The smell of pina colada in your nose, making you even more confused.Four.The taste of coconut chapstick, which your mother told you to put on.Five.The coldness of his touch against your skin.Every day,...

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Stargazing

Raquel Rodriguez

Submitted to Contest #51

Date: June 7th, Sunday, 9:45 PM, 2015 Stargazing. Araxie's favourite hobby. Doing it with her sister feels wrong.The midnight blue sky is exuberant, twinkling with bright, white sparkles and fireflies. Jackson turns his head to look at Hope, his face illuminated by the stars. He digs his fingers into the soft grass of the hill. “Are you sure she won’t find out?” Hope asks Jackson, her voice barely audible over Jackson’s panicky thoughts. This isn’t right. Araxie does everything for me. I should...

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A Dangerous Hunt

Raquel Rodriguez

Submitted to Contest #50

"Alright." A short, bald man with a thick Chinese accent said. His thin brown eyes were narrowed and he was holding a piece of paper. The paper was a wanted poster, and it had a picture of a girl and boy - they looked about 12 or 13. They were both smiling, but their lips were tightly shut as if they were scared that something was going to slip out. They were twins, and they both had green eyes, greener than grass, but the girl's eyes were outlined with black, heart-shaped glasses and dark brown beach waves. The boy's eyes were outlined...

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Treehouse Confessions

Raquel Rodriguez

Submitted to Contest #50

It is a warm August afternoon in California, so Candace and I are hanging out together. My hands are behind me, and my legs are hanging over the edge of the somewhat clean wooden boards that I call the floor. Candace's curly blond hair is on my shoulder, and her little hand is enclosed in mine. We're staring at the sky together, and since our parents aren't home, we've planned to stay up until at least two in the morning.Candace turns her head to glance at me, her eyes, as blue as a cloudless sky, crinkle up around the bottom, and ...

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Sicknesses

Raquel Rodriguez

Submitted to Contest #49

You stare at your feet, kicking at the white tile floor. Although your blue mask is on, people still scowl at you with narrowed eyes when you begin to have a coughing fit. You can feel something liquidy slowly crawling up your throat, but you ignore it, assuming that it's your saliva. 'Hey, uhm... can ya stop coughing?' Says a boy next to you, his nose wrinkled. He's avoiding your eyes, and you feel like he's being rude, so you don't acknowledge him. This is a hospital waiting room after all. 'There are worried people in this room, incl...

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Family History

Raquel Rodriguez

Submitted to Contest #49

The building had one story, but even so, it towered over me, like an elephant towering over a mouse. In all my years of living, I'd never seen anything like it. Is Angelina going to give me away?! I thought worriedly. I'd seen a lot of things. I saw the foolish teenage sisters who decided to buy me - their names were Maeve and Mabel - grow up to be young, successful women with children. I was there at their funerals, sitting peacefully on their graves. The sisters were very stubborn and demanded to be buried right next to each other. So that...

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Keep Me Waiting

Raquel Rodriguez

Submitted to Contest #49

Nishan sighed, massaging his temples with his thumbs. He wondered why it took so long for some people to get ready on important days. Especially his boyfriend, Zion, who took at least three hours to get ready. Nishan didn't really mind that Zion took years to get ready, but his family did. They were enthusiastic about meeting Zion since Nishan had been talking about him for weeks. Nishan took his phone from the back pocket of his coal-black dress pants with his right hand and dialed Zion's number. "Hello?" Zion's voice came from the other e...

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Monster

Raquel Rodriguez

Submitted to Contest #48

You are nine years old, a scrawny, introverted boy with one friend, the daughter of the Greene's - the family who's lived in Greene Haven for the largest amount of time. That's why the town was named after them. Ever since you were born, all you've ever heard are stories about 'the Chosen One' and their special abilities. All the stories that have ever been read to you are about the Chosen One, and you have many things memorized about them, including the fact that a new one is chosen every year. Although you admire the 'Chosen One,' everyone...

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Her Dark Secrets

Raquel Rodriguez

Submitted to Contest #48

Gabriella Almasi. I've always had an off feeling about that girl, every moment she strode by with that suggestive smile, as though she was aware of something that nobody else was. Whenever she entered one of the classrooms in the ivy-covered, tall school building of Silver Creek High School, everyone noticed. They recoiled in their tall wooden seats as if wanting to hide from a Strzyga. I was new, so I didn't understand the danger that Gabriella could cause when she wanted to. All I understood was that nobody ever communicated with her ...

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Marvel Freak

Raquel Rodriguez

Submitted to Contest #48

I stare at the comic in my hands, the one I just got from a huge yard sale across the street. The smell of fresh, crisp paper fills my lungs, and I take it all in. I stare at Superman, who's on the somewhat faded front cover, and try to imagine being him. Being handsome all the time, a red cape flowing in the wind behind me, and my confidence off the charts. Plus, having superpowers. It seems awesome to have a secret that nobody else knows about, or having something that nobody else can have. “I don’t care what you say!” I suddenly yell...

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