Start or end your story with two characters sitting down for a meal.

Posted in Middle School on Oct 25, 2022

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“Momma's Lasagna” by Margaret Viano

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“My deepest apologies to you, sir,” my father says into the phone, “Yes, I will make sure it never happens again. Okay, have a good day.” Once he carefully places the phone back on the wall, he shoots me a look that says, I’m very disappointed in you. I look away. “Pearl, I thought better of you were better than this, you're gonna be in college soon, stop being immature," his bushy brown eyebrows furrow at the thought of me getting in trouble again. “I told you, he started it,” I sound like a six year old, whining and creating silly excus...

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“Dinner after.. ” by Pensinee Fuangfoowongrhat

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Pimmy and the girl group created a club of activities to participate in a performance contest. . They thought of a show in this event already. It would be dancing of 4 beautiful girls with an elegant position. When they rehearsed, Sam and Michael visited them and would like to join this dancing group as a team. They thought of the idea to make it like a musical play. Actually, they are close friends but Pimmy thought of the idea to have a performance only gir...

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“How our lives took place” by Mackenzie Belair

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Note - I am very sorry if this is all over the place. The auburn haired girl loved Picniks for supper and being with her friends. She had always made them easily but never kept them. They were like those friends you would make on a warm sunny day at the park. Finding one person and asking them if you wanted to be friends. You would then proceed to play princesses or pirates; go on great adventures with each other, not really thinking that you would never see them again. This always happened with her from the ages 3 - 10. Natasha (the a...

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“Answers” by Liam Philbin

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The server, a man dressed far sharper than I was, dropped off the bread basket at our table before spinning away. I was left with Marcus who’d invited me to dinner after somehow figuring out I was in town. “It’s been a while, hasn’t it?” He chuckled, “I haven’t seen you since what? High school?” Marcus was seated across from me and broke some bread before offering me a piece. I took it and nodded, “About that long.” He smiled and...

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“The Orpheus ” by Brenda Liddy

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Start or end your story with two characters sitting down for a meal. The Orpheus When John Murphy attended the University of Ulster’s Art College in York Street Belfast, his favourite building on the Campus was the iconic Orpheus. In this building, his father and mother had sat down for their first meal together. This building was constructed in 1932 by Samuel Stevenson and it was a fine example of Art Deco. Orpheus was regarded as the most brilliant music player in Ancient Greece. Orpheus and Eurydice had a doomed ...

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“Daddy” by Chase Hamm

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As rain falls so must the people who follow. Imagination as we know it is just a figment of the mind to escape the actual life we have. Many people wanted to be doctors, wanted to be a scientist, wanted to be a family guy, but the life we get is not always what we wanted. The people who want these lives make it where in their imagination they are free to do whatever they want. But life is not a place where the imagination can run wild. Instead of being a doctor you get to work at a fast food restaurant, and instead of a scientist you b...

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“Shadows” by Erica Lopez

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Jacob buttoned the last button on his shirt and looked at himself in the mirror. His reflection in the fading sunlight hid his frown, and actually made him look at ease. He wanted the light to be his friend but knew tonight the harsh lights of his mom’s kitchen would allow her to see everything he wanted to hide. It had been one year since he had dinner with his mom, and 22 years since he had a meal with her. The distinction between the two seemed almost impossible to comprehend, yet a fact was a fact. Jacob pulled the shirt off ...

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“The Engagement of Miss Ida Green” by A Mehendale

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“Please, Miss Green.”Ida arched an eyebrow, but permitted the young Master de Valle to pull out her chair, and hover as if to steady her as she slowly took her seat..Master de Valle, she thought to herself, stifling a snort. He had long since grown into his large features, and stood before her now a man full grown, bedecked in finery - all silken waistcoats and silver cufflinks. Still, such formality would always feel strange when addressing someone she had known since childhood, in the years gone where she was a young girl shadowing her fat...

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“Three Strings of Lightbulbs” by LC W

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“So how was it? How did it look?”The floors were clean. Yes, they were very clean. And it was like you said, clean is safe. Everything was too bright, I wanted to sleep. I don’t know why mom wanted us to go there so bad. “Was it pretty?”I guess it was. It had high chairs. Some blue, other orange, others yellow. Ours were blue, orange, yellow, and red. And it had lightbulbs. We sat down under four strings full of lightbulbs. But, the second string was busted, so they wouldn’t turn on. But it was ok.“Good. Now tell me about it.”It was a v...

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Start or end your story with two characters sitting down for a meal.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 264 stories

“Momma's Lasagna” by Margaret Viano

“Dinner after.. ” by Pensinee Fuangfoowongrhat

“How our lives took place” by Mackenzie Belair

“Answers” by Liam Philbin

“The Orpheus ” by Brenda Liddy

“Daddy” by Chase Hamm

“Shadows” by Erica Lopez

“The Engagement of Miss Ida Green” by A Mehendale

“Three Strings of Lightbulbs” by LC W

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Write a story where a meal or dinner goes horribly wrong.

Write about a group of strangers — or people who know each other, but may as well be strangers — eating together.

Write about a character preparing a meal for somebody else.

Write a story that involves a secret or magic ingredient.

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