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Submitted to Contest #76
One Mississippi. Two Mississippi. My heart sank. The school sign was becoming more visible as we pulled up to the street I’d overthought about this. Imagined how it would go. I’d thought of every word I would say and in what order. I was ready for this. Or at least I’d been last night. Last night I was more than ready. I’d stood in conversation with the mirror, waved my hands around as I was making points, stomped my foot, done that curved smile that I’d seen Jean do a lot. That smile that I knew got all the guys. I’...
Submitted to Contest #58
It was forever and ever he had heardIt was forever and ever she had said. He smiled as he walked towards the car with a paper bag in his hands. He could still remember how she looked that night. He could still see her in the red leather dress, the one with the off the shoulder sleeves. It had been so hard to take it off. He smirked. She had gone with no makeup at all, as a protest. He had forced her to go. She would never forgive him.Even then she looked as angelic as always, with her clear skin and her cute little eyes. He ha...
Sunset at the balcony. His lips were moving. She couldn't hear what he was saying but his lips were definitely moving, and very very slowly. The sun emptied her last rays on his dark, caramel skin. He was looking at her now. He stared at her for what seemed like forever and started moving his lips again. She felt her lips move. She had replied, she didn't know what she said but she had replied. Whatever she said was apparently funny cause she saw his face light up and he threw his head back in probably the cutest guffaw she had ever s...
wallflower in her season.
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