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#202: A Friend Indeed

We often assume the great loves of our lives will be romantic ones. But how true is that really? Some of our most valuable, enduring, and complex relationships are right in front of us — and they're entirely platonic, in the form of the friends who've stuck with us through thick and thin.

June 8th happened to be Best Friends Day, and so this week’s prompts take a moment to reflect on the importance of friendship, in its many forms — whether your characters are besties, frenemies, or somewhere in between.

This week's prompts

Write a story about lifelong best friends.

Character – 60 stories

Write about two friends who were once inseparable, but now find themselves growing apart — or even friends turned enemies.

Dramatic – 79 stories

Set your story at a wedding reception, where a group of high school friends are meeting for the first time in years.

High School – 16 stories

Write a story about two friends who find themselves competing for something: a job, a prize, a love interest, etc.

Funny – 16 stories

Write about two people striking up an unlikely friendship.

Character – 95 stories

Stories

“At some point or another” by Maximilian Gunnarsson

Submitted to Contest #202

At some point, I guess everything changed between us. With infinite knowledge one would be able to determine exactly where our friendship switched onto separate lanes. It could be when we last saw each other, outside your house in the rain, or it could be when you told me you got into that university an entire world away. Was it before that? Was it when you called me a few months ago, and I didn’t answer? I know it doesn’t do me any good to think about these things, since I will never know. Thinking about you traps me within a whirlwind with...

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“My Pal, Danny” by Jim Cowles

Submitted to Contest #202

MY PAL DANNY We were born within days of each other. My Birthday, was June 16, 1941; his, was July 7, 1941. I was just three weeks older than Danny, but he was a big baby, and I was a runt. We lived in houses that were practically back-to-back, just an alley apart. It was obvious we were destined to be fast friends. Our neighborhood in the 1940s was a haven for kids like us. Highland Park in Louisville, Kentucky was a special place to grow up. It was once a city, with a history dating back to the late 19th century, then it was later anne...

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“Three Days” by TheMirrorDragon Levian

Submitted to Contest #202

"You have three days. After that, I want you out." Eric waited, watching Josh. The smell of burned grease was lingering in the room, causing both men to look annoyed. It was a fitting scent for the day, a continuous flow of disappointment over simple things. For his part, Josh looked miserable. His hair was unkempt, his shirt covered in food stains, and his breath only added to the foul air. There was no reason for a man to look like this when he had running water, a working shower, and the freedom to use any amenities. Josh lived ...

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“The Difference of Two Squares” by Rosie S

Submitted to Contest #202

"Yes, from what you’ve described it sounds likely that you have bipolar disorder. So, Edie, what we can do now is send you for another appointment, preferably in-person this time, with a specialist who can help you towards an official…" ⬒ It was heading towards worrying that I’d bought my first pack of cigarettes yesterday and already felt like I needed one, but it had less to do with the nicotine rush that was filling my head with smoke tendrils than it did the fact that there was no other unsuspicious reason to sit outside in the rain ...

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“Make it Through to Sunrise” by Fraser Green

Submitted to Contest #202

Vincent. The blood is not coming out of the rug. I continue rubbing, harder and harder, but it’s no use. Still kneeling, I straighten my back, letting out a sigh of frustration. I look off to the side absentmindedly, hoping a solution presents itself, like opening a fridge and expecting the food you know you don’t have, to magically appear. Although, food is pretty meaningless for me now.All I see is the blood-soaked mop, curling itself over the side of a bucket, like a stalking cat. The floorboards were easy to soak up the pools of red, and...

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“Sisters at war” by Harshavardhan Kuppili

Submitted to Contest #202

My heart felt like it was closing in thump,thump,thump…. Whaaaaaaa!! I heard it like a lighting bolt striking through me, my little sister was born, It was a Misty Morning in Bratislava when my sister was born mother cried so much I was surprised that river nile didn't appear and Mother said “I will name her Ella”, and I loved her with all my heart but she had Asthma but no matter what I would love her. When we got home Mother was so sleepy she fell right into bed and Father had work so I watched Ella slowly close her eyes on the b...

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“When The Curtain Falls” by Rachael P

Submitted to Contest #202

“I got it! I got Helena!” My best friend squealed, looking at the newly released cast list for our school’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream production. “This is going to be the best production West Brook has ever put on!” I squeezed my way past the crowd that had formed around the list, to get a closer list. I followed the names all the way to the bottom, where mine was listed under stage crew. I knew Gia would be disappointed, but it was better for everyone this way. I didn’t like the spotlight and Gia, well, she doesn’t exactly like sharing the ...

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“The Promises He Made ” by Ashley Heggen

Submitted to Contest #202

Sometimes when I look at him I could never imagine loving anyone else as much as I do with him. It used to scare me, realising how much I did. Yet sitting here watching his golden brown hair blow with the wind, his freckles on display with the help of a pretty sunset, and that smile of his that could cure anyones worst depression, I don't mind. Obviously it took me a while to get to that point, but after several years with him I can say the best decision was to not walk away. He taught me how to trust, he taught me how to be happy, but mostl...

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“Together in the Field, Together with Fate” by M. Æ. Mohammed

Submitted to Contest #202

The sun shone brightly on the majestic walls of Ceymbra Castle, the newest acquisition of the Empire. It's two hundred towers rose up from its many palaces, temples, and mansions, grandly dominating the valley below. Within the capital city, the people bustled about in the markets, argued in the square, and carried out their daily tasks in the many workshops and forges. But the hustle and bustle of the city was nothing compared to the excitement and anticipation that filled the air in the Great Hall of Ceymbra Castle. For today was the day...

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“Pity Party” by Noelle Trost

Submitted to Contest #202

“Why don’t you reach out to Mila?” I pluck a tissue from the box on the table between us. The box is sat between a diffuser and some magazines. I’m not sure why there are magazines in a therapist’s office. In the lobby, sure, but the office itself? This is the question I’d rather think about than the one my therapist just asked. Blowing snot into the tissue, I try to imagine what she would look like if I reached out to her. I hear the ding on her phone, see the glow on her face as she picks it up. The light would shift from side to side as h...

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“Snapping of the Steel Twig” by Tabatha Wolstencroft

Submitted to Contest #202

They say boys destroy those that women hold dear, but that’s not always true; it’s just a fairy tale parents tell their kids to keep them away from prying eyes. They say rumors take a toll on your personality, on your soul. They say it’s never too late. Never too late to do this or to do that. Yet, they never specify what never really means. To say never is to imply that it’s irrelevant to time. But time is unbending by no man or living thing on this earth. Some say to let things go. But I don’t want to let go, not yet. I was her Betty...

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“Lighthouse” by Lauren Reitz

Submitted to Contest #202

“What’s that there, on your wrist?” the man asked. It took her a moment to realize he was talking to her, but when she did, she looked up from her book and across the center aisle of the bus to where he was sitting. He was pointing to the tiny section of inked skin that peeked out from beneath the sleeves of her shirt. Behind him, she saw flat grassy farmland drift past, one field merging seamlessly into another and another, embellished by the sight of an occasional herd of cows or an abandoned barn. It was a pretty landscape, though not unl...

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“I Do” by Aryann Roloff

Submitted to Contest #202

Daniel has been dreaming of this day ever since he was a child, the flowers, the music, the centerpieces, the perfect woman, and all his loved ones from the past and present reunited under one roof. “Can you please for the love of christ help me move this fucking couch Daniel” screams his very pregnant bride to be from the other room, “I’m coming Beatrice my love, you really shouldn’t be moving furniture in your condition sweetie.” he responds quickly undoing his tie to the wedding tux he has tried on six times since he bought it. Beatrice w...

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“What Once Was Is No More” by Savannah Latimer

Submitted to Contest #202

I shook my head in disbelief. No one could be more surprised at the fact that I showed up than me. All I have to do is open the door. One hour. That’s all the time I'll be here. There was once a moment that I would be nothing except elated to be walking into this building, with those people. The memories we’ve made together are in the past, however. What’s done is done. If I’m being honest with myself, there’s only one reason that I’ve come. I’m fully aware that the invitation I received was out of pity. I should have shaken it off, moved on...

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“Rachel's Speedy Delivery ” by Sarah Wonder

Submitted to Contest #202

It was dark out when I descended from my grandmother's front porch steps onto the cold frozen ground. I quickly walked down the driveway and took one last look at the house I grew up in. I know that inside that dreary cabin my grandmother stirred in bed, worried about my welfare. She wanted me to go to college and continue down the path of a child prodigy, but that's not who I want to be. I don't want to be the kid genius who graduated at fifteen, and I don't want to attend a school where everyone is older than me. I never had frien...

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Ended on 23:59 - Jun 16, 2023 EST

Won by Victoria Macleod 🏆

Title: Emma

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