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Write about a reluctant party-goer who ends up being the star of the show.

Posted in Middle School on Oct 26, 2022

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That night

Submitted to Contest #93

That night My friend Conan was going to a party. He was the type of person who was open and free and would do what he wanted. God how I wished I was like him. I’m practically the opposite of him. I’m a self-conscious girl who would rather stay home and read curled up in a blanket than go out and party but somehow, we make it work. I mean he brings out the best in me and if it’s just us to I feel free to be me and that is such a nice feeling. But tonight, me and him were sat on my bed listening to girl in red as usual when he says that I shou...

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The Time Of Our Lives

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Today was the day. The party of all parties. The night of all nights. The last day before sweet college graduation baby! Today was that day. I had been planning, been looking forward to attending this event since...since… Hell! Since the beginning of the school year!  Yeah, that’s how big this thing is. Mark Rosby’s parties are legit. Like, he’s freaking famous around here. His parties are known by everyone, literally! Even though he’s probably in his thirties, he's been doing these epic extravaganzas for all the almost-graduates before...

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Silent Star

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Silent Star “But I don’t want to go!” whined Lily. “You know that concerts aren’t my thing,” which was true. Lily had always been the more I-would-rather-read-a-book girl. Gaia wasn’t having it though. “You’ve stayed in every day this week. For God’s sake, go have some fun!” she scolded her friend. And after staring each other down Lily eventually broke her gaze. “Fiiiine. But it doesn't mean I’ll enjoy myself….” Lily agreed. Gaia interrupted her with a shriek. “EEEEEK! Yes, yes, and yes! I’m so excited, we’re gonna have so much fun!” Sh...

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Showing up for my friends

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I will go with you to show you I support your cause but,I want nothing to do with this roast. That is how all this got started.So you are thinking maybe I am not one for a party. Not true.I love parties and I love to talk. What I don't like is making fun of people or offending others. This was a roast for a man who had been my mentor for years. I really didn't want to watch others make fun of him. He was a good man who supported helping others above everything else in life. So how could a gathering of friends get together and make fun of him...

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I Wanna Dance With Somebody

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The music is too loud. No one is dancing, so the gap in the living room echoes the lyrics that blast from the speaker without a person to bounce off of.  Everybody is sitting. Squished into the three seater couch, and crammed on the edge of the floor sectioned into their familiar groups. Everyone but me. Trying to take up as little space as I can, I am standing in the doorway that leads to the kitchen pretending that my phone is more interesting than any possible conversation. Really, I am making a list of all of the reasons I should ha...

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No One to Someone

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Sitting in the back of the class I don’t have to worry about getting called on all the time for the answers to the questions the teacher asks. I love sitting in the back of the classroom. Not to mention, I despise people sitting behind me so being in the back of the class is perfect. I get good grades every year it’s just I don’t like half the people in the class. They like to make fun of people that aren’t like them or do awful things to them and so to stay out of it I just go to the back of the class...

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Not His Party

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"Macy, come on." Abigail, my sister said. I wove the last lock of golden hair into place. I sighed. Tonight was the Prince's Ball. I'd been invited because I was his sister. And I wasn't excited, because it marked that in a few months, it would be my turn to have a Gala. "Okay, you're ready." I said. She turned around. Her twisted plaits of hair hung tight around her neck. I looked down at her white and pink dress. "Wow, Abigail, you're going to be the belle of the ball, tonight." She told me, rocking back and forth on her feet. I glanced do...

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Star - Nerd

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Melloy Hills , The town that look like almost any town of the country . With same roads , same flora and fauna and same climate . But the houses are different . Made by different materials in different shapes even . There are different vehicles too . Cars are in different different colours .  Weather was gloomy . The sky was so ready to rain . Laura Matthews was walking towards the school . She was nervous . Maybe too nervous than the others . But it wasn't really a problem because she never belonged in the team of " cool kids " ...

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She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not - She Loves Me Now

J B

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She turned back to her laptop to continue writing. Her publisher had been eagerly and impatiently waiting for her second story for months now. After the first one, she went on vacation to be alone and to think. Despite clamors for a second book following the huge success of the first, she opted not to write. Well, not that she didn’t want to. She just couldn’t. She simply felt like an empty dry well.It took her publisher weeks and a ton of enticement to get her to write again. She could have had her way and not cared at all but Valerie’s ins...

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WHEN WORDS FAIL

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Charlie was a software engineer and worked for a large firm. He was usually taciturn, a retiring person and would avoid even eye contact when faced with a crowd. He was a young man and was single though he was friendly with his colleague Irene. Charlie was well read and had even ideas of writing a novel. In this connection he had been introduced to Myrtle who was the executive of a publishing company. She was about the same age as Irene and the two women had known each other. Charlie thought highly of Myrtle. After they were well acquainted,...

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Crossing A Thin Line

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Julie Ambazi smiled and socialized with her peers or so it seemed. Her attention, all of it, was focused on only one person. The person who was smiling and laughing super loud with her bad vibe entourage, Lydia Mpoa. 'Who even invited them?' Julie wondered. This was her party and yet someone she specifically chose to not invite was a few feet away drinking her punch and eating her food in her own house. The red party cup in Julie's hand unfortunately was the poor soul which had to experience her anger as it was crushed in a tight fist. "Hey ...

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The Party

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The Party By: Debaprasad Mukherjee The descent felt like a: what should I say- a cakewalk, a relief, a gasp of fresh air, an amount of remorse- or a mix of everything! 21000 feet of walk on snow in stages with blistered feet within those snow boots, the heavy show outfit, the blizzards, the crevasses- had made me reach the Siala Post, my place of work as an army doctor, to serve my force at Siachen Glacier. It was an ordeal to treat the troops over there for last four months. It was an unique experience that can only be understood once yo...

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When the Sleepy Snail attended the Gastropod Gala

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The Sleepy Snail was quite the reluctant party-goer. Parties were not their cup of tea by a landslide. They weren’t a fan of landslides either. But the promise to their best friend, the Snuggly Slug, was made under the oath of the Big Mollusc Tree – and so the Sleepy Snail had to party-go. The party that the Snuggly Slug invited them to was the greatest feast of the year. It was the annual Gastropod Gala. All the gentlegastropods of the forest and beyond were invited and the Snuggly Slug just didn’t want to miss their chance to shine. All ki...

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Kit, Is That You?

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The lights were flashing different colors as the music intensified. He stood and watched the house from across the street.  At least one night a week, this house was jumping with people. He often saw it as he walked by. The front door was always open and he could see inside. There were always a stream of people flowing in and out like a river that can't make up its mind. And every night he would look over at the house as he passed by. Tonight, the music was loud and the lights shined and dimmed sporadically. People wobbled about oc...

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Wallflower

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1765 London, England.~~~Lawrence Walter, a man who sits at the epitome of British society. Arguably the most handsome man in England, his hair is soft, golden in color, as if it was sunshine itself. His eyes are icy blue, entrancing people in its harshness for as long as anyone could remember. Fair skin and a well built figure makes him the most sought after man in society. But to the ladies dismay, he never let them get close. He dislikes easy women, and sadly for him, his looks made women into such easy putty that he instantly dislikes the...

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