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“The tidiness” by Opher 51 2022 REYES

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Quite a while past, soon after he made the world, God chose to take a vacation day. As every one of the creatures were recently made and didn't have a clue what they ought to do, God couldn't leave them all alone so he went looking for a heavenly messenger to care for them. Despite the fact that he was somewhat pointless, Perico the darling so needed to be with the creatures and argued such a great amount to be permitted to deal with them that God gave him the work. 'Ensure they rest before dull and are alert before first light. We c...

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“As U 👍 It ” by Link Arneson

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Everything seemed like a blur as Celia dragged her away from the party. Rosalind whined drunkenly, but the fierce autumn wind blew the sound away, or else Celia’s alien mask was a soundproof barrier of rubber. Or, Aliena. She should think of her as Aliena - she had almost fucked up several times tonight. Or maybe fully fucked up. Who knows. Celia was a common name, right? No one would recognize them as the Duke children. Especially not Orlando.Rosalind tried to slow down, jerking her hand away from her cousin’s. At this speed, the tall girl ...

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“Blooming Boy ” by Ana Neu

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Blooming Boy By Ana Neu “Why did you kiss her?”. My voice was smaller than I wanted it to be. Like a child’s. Always like a little child. He was leaning on the edge of the kitchen counter. The half-filled red, plastic cups lined the bench on either side of him. Some toppled. Some crushed. His light hair had fallen into his eyes, casting the planes of his face in wisps of shadow. I saw him stiffen. He was silent and still. And for a long moment I thought he had stopped breathing. But he shifted his feet on the floor, sticky with spit and ...

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“Kat's Engagement Party” by Annie James

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Introduction This story takes place roughly 12 years after the events in my story The First Circus and features Kat and Jaime reuniting at Kat's engagement to Richard Burkett. I'm working on a couple of stories about what happened to them during those 12 years, but it didn't fit the prompts this time. _______________________ It had been many years since I had set foot in Hadleigh, Kentucky. My mind was on Kat, and I wondered what had become of her. My two men and I tied our horses in front of Darby’s Inn. Inside, red and white streamers ...

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“Clearing Things Up” by Deborah Mercer

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I’m still not quite sure how Shaun and I ended up doing the tidying up after Miriam’s leaving do. Still, here we are. And I suppose at least it means it will get done fairly quickly as we’re not likely to stop too much for chit-chat, or for much chat at all beyond the purely polite and practical. I wonder that he came at all, after all, it’s not something you can force folk to do, but maybe he just liked the idea of some free drinks and nibbles. I say nibbles – it was quite a spread, really, I can’t remember when I last saw a vol-au-vent, bu...

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“The Other Unofficial After-Party” by Iona Cottle

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There aren’t any glasses to raise, and holding a plastic cup to the centre of the room just looks like you’re begging for a refill, so Danny just shouts to get the room to be quiet. “Okay, everyone! That’s five o’clock, work day’s over. Thank you all for the very hard work you’ve put in today.” That gets a round of laughter and a few cheers, apart from Mr Peterson and Mr Davis, who both give a tight smile. None of their staff have done any work for the last three hours, and with the long weekend it’ll be midweek before anything else is a...

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“Several Dipping Areas” by Kendall Defoe

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Overall, Debra thought, as she scraped hummus from the silk curtains, it was not the worst wedding she had catered. “Hey, are you almost done with this room?” And she was also glad to be working with someone with such a wonderful sense of humour. “Laura, grab a bucket and a sponge and get to work.” “But the others need…” “They need to explain things to the police when they come back to interrogate someone besides family. Now, clean.” In the dirty smock that had once been white, Laura seemed to deflate as she walked into the main hall an...

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“Party Clean Up” by Richard Powers

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Michael was happy the party was over. He knew Laura loved these get-togethers. He really wished they didn’t happen so frequently and he loathed the clean-up afterward. The clean-up he was knee-deep into right now. When they began hosting these monthly events, she always pitched in as soon as the last guest left the party, the two of them quickly returned everything to order. It was a happier time. As the months slipped into the future the parties came more frequently and became more elaborate with more guests, many of who Michael did no...

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“After Events” by Philip Ebuluofor

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“Can’t believe it’s only two of us left to clean up all these mess after being in the midst of about sixty plus people for four hours” “ Yeah, how about the adage that said: 'If one stays late in a party, he will help to washing plates'. So, were are those that left late?” “ Who decides or determine the time that is late?” “ It is not actually the issue of time but people involved” “ So, what you are saying is that we would have lock the door when five or two last people were leaving?” “ At least two or three last people” “Them, we would for...

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“Demise ” by Marianna Mills

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The engagement party went well, it was late now. Breanna and I were starting to clean up after everybody. Ribbons astrew, plastic cups galore, the usual after party remnants now being dealt with. "That went rather well don't you think Lu? I asked my best friend from high school. She had grabbed us some large garbage bags, cranked up some tunes to boot, making the job more energetic as classic rock filled the room with beats bouncng from the walls. She shook her mane of blondness, then tied it up with a wrist wrap friendship bracelet, part of...

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“A Timeless Adventure” by Syeda Sisters

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It was a party of a life time I will never forget. It lasted till 8:00pm. I knew my parents would be back by 10: pm, so me and my sister had no choice but to clean up. I was so exhausted but I had to clean up or else me and my sister would be grounded for at least 2 months. While I was cleaning it felt like it would take an eternity to clean up all this mess, but I didn’t have that kind of time. As we were cleaning I found a necklace on the floor. It had a small stone shaped clock in the middle.as it was night, I decided to give it to its ow...

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“Nacho” by Marie McLaughlin

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Pedro and Raul helped to clean up inside their father's Mexican Restaurant after a rather busy Cinco de Mayo celebration. Pedro wiped down the tables, and Raul washed dishes in the kitchen. It was the fifth of May, and Raul and Pedro's father, Jose, held a "Half-price Tacos" and a "Half-price Margaritas" promotion for Cinco de Mayo at his restaurant, "Casa del Sol", and they had a big influx of customers. But closing time inevitably came at 8o' clock that night. Raul washed the dishes, cleaned the stove and counter tops, and mopped the kitch...

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“The letter” by Aisha Umarji

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“The floor’s sticky... why’s it so sticky?” Esty let out a deep sigh and slowly lowered herself to the floor, her back pressed against the wall. Her luscious blonde hair was braided into a single plait which hung past her left shoulder. She twirled the rogue strands, which had managed to escape from her tightly bound bobble, between her fingers, as she recalled the several compliments that she had received during the party. She was a good-looking woman in her early twenties, so she wasn’t a stranger to people fawning all over her. But it w...

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“LOVE NEARBY, MARRIAGE TOO FAR” by Onyxx Moon

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"You are such a good guy, Paresh!" Zarina said breathlessly, as she scooped more bags of basmati rice, along with an equal number of bags of maida flour into the grocery cart Paresh was pushing. "I mean, to let us have the party for Nafisa at your uncle’s! She continued, "Now we can give her a beautiful party!" Before he could respond she was off again, this time to the fresh fruit aisle. Paresh simply sighed and followed behind slowly. "What did she expect," he thought to himself, "Nafisa is one of us after all," he sighed deeply as he...

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“THE CLEAN-UP” by Sharmishtha Saha

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“Holy crap…….” Sharon almost tripped over an empty wine bottle. And the silly bottle rolled and got under the couch. She bent down and tried to look but stood up quickly in dismay. She thought “what the hell!! I need a huge round of clean up right now. What is trash bin for if you throw your garbage under the couch?” Sharon stood in the middle of the hall room with her hand on her waist and her eyes moving all around the house with a frowned face. Every corner of the house was in a complete after-party mess. Although she isn’t the owner of ...

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Write your story about two characters tidying up after a party.

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✍️ 148 stories

“The tidiness” by Opher 51 2022 REYES

“As U 👍 It ” by Link Arneson

“Blooming Boy ” by Ana Neu

“Kat's Engagement Party” by Annie James

“Clearing Things Up” by Deborah Mercer

“The Other Unofficial After-Party” by Iona Cottle

“Several Dipping Areas” by Kendall Defoe

“Party Clean Up” by Richard Powers

“After Events” by Philip Ebuluofor

“Demise ” by Marianna Mills

“A Timeless Adventure” by Syeda Sisters

“Nacho” by Marie McLaughlin

“The letter” by Aisha Umarji

“LOVE NEARBY, MARRIAGE TOO FAR” by Onyxx Moon

“THE CLEAN-UP” by Sharmishtha Saha

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