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Start your story with a character saying, “Are you coming tonight?”

Posted in Middle School on Oct 25, 2022

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I'm Just Here For The Food

Submitted to Contest #104

“Are you coming tonight?” Jay asked, sheathing his electric dagger. He stepped over my target’s decimated robotic body. It looked like a human at first glance, but the illusion was easily shattered by the sight of the target’s eyes. Void of pupils, unblinking, and blood red. One look from those eyes made anyone want to turn and run the other way. I wished I had red eyes. “Hmm?” I shook myself from my thoughts and met Jay’s inquiring gaze. “Coming to what?” Jay laughed. “It amazes me how you can know the exact time, down to the second, that...

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Night Walking.

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“Are you coming tonight?” Mark asked. Jack screwed his face up and looked at the telephone, glad that Mark was not here in person to witness his expression. “Sorry mate, not tonight” Jack sighed. He just couldn’t face it at the moment. “Come on Jack, you need to get out. The gang would love to see you; we will have a right laugh”. Jack couldn’t remember the last time he had laughed. He knew being out with a group of friends, all laughing and joking would just make him more miserable. “Maybe next time” he lied. “If you change your mind give m...

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Charlie and the pound coins:

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Are you coming tonight came the dulcet tones of the local beautician hoping to confirm another victim’s presence to her widely publicised lip inflator party being held later that day. No came the sharp reply whose voice I recognised to be my neighbour albeit heard through the open top window of my double glazed front room window. I’ll speak to you later was her final words as her garage door slammed shut preventing further discussion and putting an impenetrable barrier between herself and the advancing beautician. My neighbour, Hortense w...

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Date night

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"Are you coming tonight?" "Yeah babe, of course I'm coming! I'm so excited to see you!" "I'll meet you at the airport, are you okay if we drive straight from there?"  "Yes, of course, I'll be fine. I'll see you soon okay, we're landing in a few minutes." I blew her a kiss and ended the video call. This was going to be stressful. My girlfriend – who had been studying in England when the pandemic hit – was going to come to our favourite restaurant for our first date in three years. I knew she was excited to see me, and I wanted to see her...

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Mating Flight

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“Are you coming tonight?” Eupompe hissed at her sister. Leiagore paused in the preening of her nut brown wings to glower at her. “I want to look my best,” she said. “Your best isn’t very good, Leiagore, and anyway none of the girls will be looking at you when I’m there. Let’s just go before Dero or Sao give us some stupid chore to do.” Eupompe’s copper colored plumage was already oiled and primed for flight, so she felt very comfortable rushing her poor sister. The great canyon’s cliffs were painted with the colors of the sunset, and a...

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Disagreement

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“Are you coming tonight?” And there it was, the olive branch. Very few leaves and the bark seemed to be beginning to peel but a little careful inspection and it would reveal itself to indeed be an olive branch. Regardless, that was all he was going to get for a while so he figured he would be happy to make do with a singular branch. With any luck the rest of the tree would follow on later, he just needed to be patient. It would not be at all beneficial for him to mess it up now, he had spent too long thinking already and his partner was st...

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No more PTSD episodes...

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"Are you coming tonight?" asked Tony. "I will if you want me there, I will come" Brandy nonchalantly said. Tony was hesitant to answer, or else he was fixed on watching the boxing match. Either way, I didn't like being a third wheel. "Tony.......Tony do you want me to come tonight?" Oh I was starting to get annoyed. Why would someone ask you a question, and ignore the answer. Oh that gets me, if he asked me- you be sure that I better answer, if he asked me that question. And Ton doesn't wait around for anyone. Well, all that o...

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Leave Me Alone!

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Tired from hours of shopping, Sheena sprinted to the porch and unlocked the main door. The moment she pushed the door open, she heard something that made her heart stop – a loud petrifying scream. Few droplets of sweat collected on her forehead, she sensed that the scream was coming from the kitchen and gradually got diffused all over, and now the entire house was reverberating with shrieks and howls. She was utterly scared and her feet were almost rooted to the floor.Wheeling around, she turned to face the car and scampered towards it. She ...

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The Secrets We Hold

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“Are you coming tonight?” Ian had asked early during the day, catching Sarah off guard. Seemingly harmless words, and yet Sarah still felt off. Onguard. She didn’t make it a habit to go anywhere on weekdays before work and most of the time, weekends were spent cleaning house or watching the latest on her favorite TV shows.  So she was shocked as she looked up at Ian who seemed entirely convinced she’d say yes and they would go and hang out with the rest of Sarah’s coworkers and become merry in their friendships. Except… Sarah didn’t ha...

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A Song of Light and Shadow

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I trace the delicate twist and stroke of her handwriting as though my fingers are tracing the contours of her face, running down the sharp outline of her cheek, the swirls of the letters reminding me of the intricate curls of her jet-black hair. I treat the paper it’s written on reverently, as though it’s a precious parchment which could crumble into the dust of a thousand years. Are you coming tonight? Her handwriting is unmistakable. The words have the power to invoke memories of her which I had thought were long drowned, but now seem to h...

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Left Alone

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‘Are you coming tonight?’ ‘No.’ I declinedThis isn’t just one invitationThat I have refusedBut all of themI don’t want to go anywhereAnywhere at allI just want to be aloneAway from this worldFrom This brutalityThis viciousnessMy every positive elementParted meWhen she left me aloneI lost interest in this worldI lost the urge to live anymoreShe was the last personI had thought that would leave meI wish! She hadn’t left me like thisI wish! This wasn’t happeningI wish! This was just a bad dreamA nightmareThat I will wake up fromMy heart bu...

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The Night I met Bigfoot

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Are you coming tonight?            I stared at the message for a few moments. Then typed “no,” but my finger hovered over the send button. The buzzing noise I heard when things got too silent grew louder.           Why was Jaqueline asking me to hang out? I hadn’t talked to her much in like two years. Sure, we were kind of friends before that, but never super close friends. The kind of friends you’d play with at recess or grab ice cr...

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Pocket Knife

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“Are you coming tonight?”It’s the first thing he asks as she walks through the door. The thick faux fur jacket falls from her shoulders as she replies.“Coming where, Eddie?” she sighs, abandoning the fluffy brown jacket on a hanger.They look at each other, questions burning in both sets of eyes. She closes the coat closet door rather loudly and moves to the couch, stilettos clacking against the dark wood floor.“To Lola’s engagement party. I told you about this a week ago?” During the pause, they both sense the tension in the air.“Right....

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A Day In The Life of Ace

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“Are you coming tonight?”The feminine voice crackles through the receiver. There is silence, as though the caller is waiting for my reply with bated breath. Perhaps because she is.My gaze falls on an old image on my desk, buried beneath the mess of papers, files and markers. It’s easy not to notice it, yet I find myself staring at it every time, willing myself to pick it up. To look at it.No. Those memories are gone now.Memories which still flash through my mind on a daily basis, filling my dreams and bouncing around in my head while I try t...

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I am ok with that

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“Are you coming tonight?” Saying Maria, leaving me in deep thoughts ‘should I go or have my sweet home weekend’ I stayed quite for a while then answer “I am coming, but promise me to not stay for a long time”. Maria with a big smile in her face come and hug me which means she accepted what I say.  (A few hours later)  I was nervous about everything; is my outfit suits the place that we are going to? Should I just tell Maria that I am not coming?.  I tried to kick these thoughts out of my head and focus on being calm and conf...

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