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Submitted to Contest #104
Music drifted through the air. I swayed gently in the middle of the room, savoring every piano note and drawn-out lyric. I’d been busy for weeks, and had a packed schedule for the upcoming months, so that was the last time I’d have a night to myself for a long time. I didn’t really plan for it to happen, I had obligations for that night, but everything had been canceled or rescheduled, leaving me with an opportunity in my lap. I liked being alone. Being surrounded by people all the time was stressful, but I never got the opportunity to be al...
You were always the one that wanted to go out. You never turned down a call to adventure, no matter the kind, and I was always the one to resist it. The only adventure I wanted was the kind in books. All wrapped up with a neat little bow, and never requiring me to leave my room. I could travel to faraway lands and meet beautiful people with just a few pages, but you never left it at that. You insisted that I needed real adventure, and after some convincing and coaxing, I’d go with. We were just kids. The adventures we went on were laughable...
Submitted to Contest #102
When I was a young girl, my family and I moved out of the city, and into the sleepy town of Weston. My father had painted us a beautiful picture of what living in the countryside would be like. My sister and I were promised fields of flowers, and Sunday picnics and cold creeks to splash through. We moved into a large, beautiful house, surrounded by hills, fields, forests, creeks, and anything else two adventurous little girls could want. In the city, we had lived in a tiny apartment that always smelled musty. It wasn’t safe to go out at nigh...
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