Write a story about a teenager spending their final days at home before going away to college.

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“Double B Coming and Going” by Mary Corbin

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Week One: A teenager spending their final days at home before going away to college “Double B Coming and Going” by Mary Corbin Who gives a boy a name like that growing up in a teeny, tiny river town of less than a thousand residents in Jefferson County, Missouri? With most boys running around the softball field with names like Jimmy and Johnny and Timmy and Tommy, Boyce Brady didn’t have half a chance but to stand out as different. But different would finally be ok where he was heading in a few days. At 19, Boyce Br...

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“Everyone deserves a place to call home” by Sara Blanch

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The vividly bright flowering fields sprawled out as far as the eye could see, meeting the far distant shoreline of the Ketren river as it wove throughout the lush bushland of the national park bringing with it the icy waters of the newly melted snow from the mountains. The fact that she was leaving just as Summer was beginning seemed a tad unfair, afterall...shouldn’t she be rewarded after suffering through another drawn out and intense winter? The potent summer sun was deliciously warm on her exposed skin as she lounged about on the porch...

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“Down Memory Lane” by Madhan Raj

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Rahul, Still awake? I was going to grab some water & I saw lights were turned on in your room, is everything okay?Are you fine? Looks like you are thinking something?No Dad, I’m good! I can see it from your face, try me, let's see If I can help you out.Okay, I'm going to college in 10 days, I will miss everyone, I can see you all once in a year, considering the flight fares!Don't worry Rahul, Everyone has to face this situation,you are growing, the world is waiting to teach and offer you a lot. (Sudhir thought, that his son is worry...

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“The Harmony of Shall and Will” by Christine Johnson

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I sit by the phone and wait for it to ring. I have never done this before. Who rings me anyway? My friends text or snap me. My parents know it is worthless to call me because I will not answer even if they call me five times in a row. If they text, I will respond immediately. Now I am at the mercy of my cell phone’s ring tone to find out whether or not I received a full scholarship to the University five days before I am due on campus. I had given up hope of going to the University. Even with financ...

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“Our Savage Friend” by Aidan Mahanga

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It was customary for us friends to ask each other and plan our trips back in college when the tour period ends. That is, when the colleges are opened. At that time we did not want to stay in the game reserve. We are so relaxed mentally and physically. Students we like to ask each other where we are going on last day. We are also going to do what to relax the mind and body. We often miss our parents and siblings and especially our little ones. Local friends to us and many others. Before we leave it is common to go to the market to buy clothes...

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“Leaving” by Connor Andrei

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The sky had turned pink as the sun rose ever so slightly above the horizon. There was a chill in the air; Darren was glad to have thought to put on his black hoodie. He carried another cardboard box carefully out the front door. He left the door open, to avoid the creak that the hinges always made when it opened or closed. Darren was sneaking out. Almost all of his stuff was crammed into his rusty, blue Ford Taurus station wagon. He had filled up the back already, and most of the back seat too. He checked the time on his watch. “Damn...

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“Getting Old” by Anna Beard

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There had been a party last night. Yvonne had stumbled home laughing, glitter and a fabric flower crown tangled in her dark hair, friends peeling off block by block to find their own respective homes until she was left sober and alone, leaning against the railing of her family’s porch as she considered their front door. The world was quiet. It was a moment so charged, she half expected the door to creak open and one of her parents to slip out, to ask how the party had been and what she was thinking so hard about. If her life was a coming...

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“Moments to remember” by Celestina Chisom

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Cleo always dreamt about life in college,her whole smile has been wrapped around the reminder of getting into college,she is excited about her expectations, meeting new people and making new friends, she always wanted to meet people outside her neighborhood. All her life she's spent in Nairobi,now she was going far away from home,far away from family,high school friends,church and neighbours,she's entirely going to start a new life in Vietnam. Cleo wanted to be a reporter, and there it is,boom!!! Her dreams turning into realities as she watc...

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“General: Write a story about a teenager spending their final days at home before going away to College.” by Prince Brempong

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Weekly Writing Prompts Prince De-Grant Brempong Tel.0575086991 Email: princedegrant32@gmail.com Email:princedegrant37@gmail.com Email:princedegrant37@yahoo.com Write a story about a teenager spending their final days at home before going away to College. My story is entitled Teenagers spending their final days at home before going to College. yh The story is centered on the fact that Teenagers spend their days at home before going away to College. Teenagers are mostly the youth help in the preservation of cultural heritage. Todays Ghan...

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“My Last Days” by Neel Srinivasan

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I can't believe it's finally happening. Me, simple ol' Jackson Moore, is going to college. I was really surprised that I got into a college. Imagine my surprise when I found out the college was Harvard. I kinda have to thank my parents though; they were the ones that kinda-sorta forces me to apply to every single big college there was before I could think about going to one that was local or something. I am so excited, for the first week I couldn’t even sleep without thinking about what life would be like in Harvard! This was how excited I w...

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“THESE DAYS, NOT SO GOOD” by Talha Siddiqui

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"Oh man! It's not even a week, it's opening coming Monday." Ben flipped over the pages of the calendar, counting down the days until his college would reopen ."I am not prepared for it, what am I supposed to do now?" He scratched his head in confusion and climbed up to his room. He stood in one corner of his room - Ben, a 17 year old boy who had completed his schooling. Ben had always been a shy and introverted guy. And he considered simplicity best. He wore no fancy clothes and was always shied away from parties and socializi...

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“Losing the Security Blanket” by Jessica Tomaselli

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* * Wednesday* * “Liz, get up,” her mother said as she opened the blinds to bathe the room in sunlight, causing Liz to flinch and pull the weighted blanket over her head. “You have to be at your check-up in an hour.” Liz tried to focus on the comfort and warmth of the weighted blanket covering her, but she could feel her mother’s presence in the door to her room and pictured her standing there with her hands on her hips. She stifled a groan and slowly pulled the covers back and muttered, “Okay.” “I shouldn’t have to wake you up. You are l...

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“The No-Pointed Pentacle” by Ari .

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“Please,” the demon choked out, catching her hysterical face in the bathroom mirror. She grimaced and touched up her lip gloss. “Please, you have to help me. I think he’s going to kill me.” Forty years of neglect had transformed the women's room in Ala Ruiz Park into pagan temple ruins. Ivy had swallowed the squat, concrete building, and runes crawled on the walls. And Jackie was pretty sure a child had drowned in the large, doorless stall closest to the wall “It’ll be okay,” the operator said gently. “I’m here to help.” What a lovely ...

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“Four In the Morning” by Sam Canter

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It’s four in the morning. The air is warm, my head is spinning, and I leave for college in three days. I am sitting on the kitchen counter with a plate of pancakes in my lap, my fingers wet from a lack of silverware. It’s quiet, something uncommon for a family of eight. Well. Was. “Max?” Jasper whisper-yells, causing me to jump and nearly fall onto the still-hot stove burner. “What the hell are you doing up so late? It’s past three!” I suck my teeth and shrug, wiping my hands on my pajamas. “I couldn’t sleep.” ...

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“Learning to Live at 18” by Annaliese Baker

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It was those crisp summer evenings where Zoey Miller would sit on the fire escape outside her bedroom window. She’d spent much of her teen years out there, thinking about any sort of predicament she was in. Zoey would wrap herself in her grey sweatshirt with her dream college on it and stare out at the quiet streets of her suburban town while the sun set in the distance. It was the only place she could think; she didn’t know what she would do when she left in a few days. Oh God. A few days, Zoey repeated. She’d been dreaming of moving to N...

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Write a story about a teenager spending their final days at home before going away to college.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 118 stories

“Double B Coming and Going” by Mary Corbin

“Everyone deserves a place to call home” by Sara Blanch

“Down Memory Lane” by Madhan Raj

“The Harmony of Shall and Will” by Christine Johnson

“Our Savage Friend” by Aidan Mahanga

“Leaving” by Connor Andrei

“Getting Old” by Anna Beard

“Moments to remember” by Celestina Chisom

“General: Write a story about a teenager spending their final days at home before going away to College.” by Prince Brempong

“My Last Days” by Neel Srinivasan

“THESE DAYS, NOT SO GOOD” by Talha Siddiqui

“Losing the Security Blanket” by Jessica Tomaselli

“The No-Pointed Pentacle” by Ari .

“Four In the Morning” by Sam Canter

“Learning to Live at 18” by Annaliese Baker

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about a few people spending a long-overdue weekend away at a cottage.

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Write a story about summer love — the quarantine edition.

Write a story about another day in a heatwave.

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