Write a story about two strangers chatting while waiting for something.

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“Little Bits” by Ben K

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“He's late again.”“Come on, Jerry. He's not that bad.”“I don't know why you insist on bringing him with us everywhere we go.”“He seems sad...you know. Like he could just use some friends.”Staring through the fencing to the abandoned factory laying in wait for them. Jerry spins about flustered. “No. He doesn't need any friends. He's weird, and weirdos are left alone for a reason. You remember Casey Becker right?”Shifting his feet in the mixture of dirt and sand lining the fence. Aaron looks uncomfortable, almost pale at the mention of her nam...

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“Our promise” by Swastika Nyopane

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The sky was temporarily blue, which indicates that monsoon is on its peak. Birds are silent, underneath some shelters, probably waiting for the rain to end so that they can go home early. Soon the rain started to slow down and eventually it stopped. Again the world started to make noises of thier laughs, talks, horns, chirping of birds by which everyone resumes in their work again. Far in the fleur town two kids of same age came running to each other. Must be some kind of business they had. Lara and Michael, t...

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“Not this life!” by Utkarsh Srivastava

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One big slurp of divine smelling Cappuccino filled her with utter refreshment, her blue eyes were gazing down the blazing valley with such satisfaction like a fresh morning bought the hope back of tranquility. The livelihood of shepherds bought a twitch over her hazed lips. Then the train went under the black tunnel built under the mountains, and hence her morning dreams broke in the gloom, and for the first time her eyes-blinked, with her last sip of coffee.Finally, she had time for Co-passengers. She looked around in hope if she found a co...

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“What I Heard and Saw While Waiting on the Buses” by Blane Britt

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Have you ever had one of those days when nothing seemed to go right? One day I’m waiting on the bus. Its running about 80 minutes behind schedule. I called the Metro Bus Office for a reason why and all I got was a recording telling me to press prompt 2 and then it hung up on me. I was sweating profusely or more like a pig or a criminal being interrogated by police detectives, the temperature a mere 103 degrees, when this young black guy happily walks into the bus shelter all the while smoking a larger than life fat blunt. This older black l...

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“A Long Flight” by Kira Krieger

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I rushed through the Philadelphia Airport. Only I could wake up two hours early and still be running late for my plane. No one was going fast enough. Certainly not security. Certainly not the bonehead in front of me that had to go through the metal detector so many times he was pat-down. The hands on my watch raced as I wish I could. They jerked forward past my departure time as it sat in the x-ray box. If only it could have been running fast. People rushed around me. Left. Right. Colliding with each other. And One tripping over some...

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“Leap and Fall” by CARLOS MANUEL EUSOYA

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They say fall is a season of harvest. That’s right. He did harvest loss of friendship and anxiety. The flattened leaves soaring in the free tangerine atmosphere become entwined with the oak twigs, their tangling noticeable by bikers under the autumn park. The gold glimmers at the sun's genuine gaze, paving the path for a radiating season. Dozen tourists, local and out of town alike, host pilgrimages to this karat safari, with silent desires of indulging in the concealed abyss of nostalgia. ...

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“The Unknowns ” by Pika Okoye

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It was already 9:00.a.m and there was no update of the M154 flight, departed in the mid night from San Francisco and was scheduled to arrive here at Los Angeles at 6:00.a.m. Passengers have been waiting for it since early morning. The same flight would go to San Diego after a halt for two hours at Los Angeles. Its departing time for San Diego was 8:00.a.m. but since 7:30 the receptions are announcing that the flight will arrive soon and that they are very sorry for the inconvenience of the passengers. Well, among the 150 passengers there is ...

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“Intermezzo” by Keren Gummadi

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"This way please!" said an aircrew member , as she ushered Brooke to the waiting lounge. After a fourteen hour lay over , the foyer seemed swarmed with people who couldn't wait to reach home . Right in front of her was a class of students,in a vigorous discussion about their excursion. She passed by them and without noticing,entered into a confraternity of smokers . Brooke paused a second to push away the cloud of smoke blinding her sight. Her left ear picked up the confusion of architects and her right, the clashing of economists. She took...

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“The Last thing to do” by Kanchan K

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Finally, someone heard us. “I reckon we won’t die here today.”His head nodded imperceptibly, passively bolstered against the elevator wall.“ Sir, How many of you are there inside, ” yelled the security guard from outside.“We are 2, please let us out fast." “ We are trying sir. There’s a major technical fault. We need some time. Is any of you suffocated? Do you need any medical support.”“ We are okay until now. Can you just hurry up."I crouched back on the metal floor on the spot cleaned by my expensive pants for the past 10 minutes, wit...

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“Laundry ” by Sam Roulston

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Sachin scuffs his beaten up converse trainers along the pavement, empty laundry bag in hand. The overhead street lamps light his concrete catwalk as he steps in time to the music humming through his headphones. He feels invisible every time he escapes the illumination of the street lights and mouths along to the lyrics of the songs lingering in his ear. To be consumed by the orange hue is to be visible. The summer evening is thick and sticky. Sachin’s jean shorts and tank top are an attempt to provide relief from the oppressive humidity.&nbs...

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“Merely a Madness” by Courtney Haynes

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5:13...5:12...5:11Grayson grieves to see what he has revealed behind the paneling in the elevator.In the meantime, Patty is trying to wriggle her way around his broad body, “What? What is it?”Postponing the inevitable, he turns to her with a broken look. Her eyes, he notices are like a haunting work of art - portraying hidden sadness. This makes his job all the more difficult as time is ticking away.“Sorry," he says gently. "You weren’t supposed to be here.” His masculine features do a little work in assuaging her sense that something i...

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“Stan” by Luke Casswell

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Stomp, Stomp, Stomp. Stan's footsteps fall heavy upon the concrete, brow furrowed and sheening with sweat, each step seemed to carry surprising weight. He walks with slumped shoulders and a lowered head, his gaze never leaving the tarmac, much like a turtle within its shell, he only sees what’s directly in front. It was a particularly hot day, perhaps the hottest of the year, at least that’s what Stan felt. He pauses in front of a two story, red bricked building housing his local doctors’ surgery before continuing to enter. The inside i...

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“Train ” by Sandra Claros

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- Good afternoon, old man , but by any chance do you know where the train station is ? - a blond and broad – shouldered young man showed up, just in front of the newsstand, where the old man was reading a newspaper, comfortably ssitting on a patch worked pillow over a bench seat. - are you , young man, a foreigner ? It looks like, because I only the tourists or the foreigners visiting the country do not know where the train station is – moving his removable and plastic teeth from.one side to the other of his mo...

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“Splendid” by Sprite Akuma

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He could hear hundreds of train wheels gliding over the tracks as he strolled through the busy station. The number of trains and destinations the huge place supplied never failed to amaze him. So many places to go, yet he was headed for only one. The man’s suitcase clicked against the cement flooring as he headed to Aqua Gate #7. It was not hard for him to tell that he was going in the right direction; the walls were painted in a bright green-blue color, with the words “AQUA GATES” written in a striking black for those who were colorblind. ...

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“The Noisy Silence” by Shefali Seetharam

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Hello. Passengers of British Airways, flight 17 bound for Bengaluru, we regret to announce that there will be a slight delay in departure due to inclement weather. British Airways regrets for the inconvenience caused. "Such an unpleasant news," I muttered to myself and looked at the sky outside. The view outside the window was poetically beautiful. The sky was tar-black, and the large clouds were moving towards me. My eyes were fixed on the window, watching aeroplanes and the rain. I was lost in thoughts. Suddenly, I realized that somet...

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Write a story about two strangers chatting while waiting for something.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 196 stories

“Little Bits” by Ben K

“Our promise” by Swastika Nyopane

“Not this life!” by Utkarsh Srivastava

“What I Heard and Saw While Waiting on the Buses” by Blane Britt

“A Long Flight” by Kira Krieger

“Leap and Fall” by CARLOS MANUEL EUSOYA

“The Unknowns ” by Pika Okoye

“Intermezzo” by Keren Gummadi

“The Last thing to do” by Kanchan K

“Laundry ” by Sam Roulston

“Merely a Madness” by Courtney Haynes

“Stan” by Luke Casswell

“Train ” by Sandra Claros

“Splendid” by Sprite Akuma

“The Noisy Silence” by Shefali Seetharam

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