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Write about someone finally making their own choices.

Posted in Middle School on Oct 26, 2022

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“Keeping the Faith” by Aileen Andrews

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It’s amazing what a 20-minute drive accomplished.  Watching the city lights rush past in a blur, I wound down the window and stuck my head out, feeling the night air nipping at my face. It made my veins fill up with life. For the first time in a while, I was feeling alive. I heard her laugh from the driver’s seat, a casual hand on the steering wheel, the other out the window forming waves in the rushing wind.  So this was living. We parked up in the middle of nowhere and I clambered into the back of the ute, I could barely fe...

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“One Choice” by Brittany Clark

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It takes a strong person to make the moves that their life actually depends on. I've made so many wrong turns and I payed for it and still working hard to stay out of the obsession of destruction. Living life as there was no wrong turns. It was not my intentions but I was clearly apart of my character defects. I was drowning in my pain that I created by the choices I made. I did not know where I was headed and sure didn't care. I never felt like I belonged here on this earth. I assumed people didn't like who I was. I was a kind, sensiti...

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“June, June” by Victoria Lucas

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‘’How are you feeling, June?’’, Minnie asked as she caressed the white gown with her hands. June dared not to break her sister’s kind spirit, for Minnie was far more feverish than her. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, the virtuous sister had spent the last weeks being a docile daughter, making all kinds of arrangements so June wouldn’t have to. June, on the other hand, would have preferred to make the arrangements herself, for she hated favors and benevolence, it made her feel like a slave. June much rather preferred being independent and makin...

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“The bake off ” by Shirley Fawke

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Due to Covid, my hospitality recruiting business, in South Africa, had died and I had to rely on my previous caring experience to earn foreign currency. As I boarded the plane for my new job in the UK , I wondered how my daughter would be. At 23, she was still living at home, had 7 months previously had a child and now was going to be on her own. We had not been apart at all for more than 12 weeks; I am a single parent, and we have a beautiful bond. We are the kind of mother and daughter, that despite the huge gap in ages are friends too. ...

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“Battle One: Dawn vs. Indigo” by The Daltons

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Juniper “That’s my sheet music!” Indigo screamed. “Oh, sure, because those are totally clarinet notes! Not at all ukulele chords,” Dawn retorted, her voice dripping with sarcasm. “Guys, please stop!” I stepped between them. “And, actually, both of you, those are guitar chords, so it’s my sheet music.” My two best friends nonetheless glared at each other, folding their arms and seizing in tension. “No, Juniper,” Dawn contradicted me. “This has been going on for months. Years, really. We’ve been nonstop fighting since 1st grade and-” “Yea...

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“Mildred Banks Loses Everything” by Alice Hansen

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The Banks family, like so many others, were undoubtedly miserable. Walter Banks, the head of the household, was a cruel man. He was a corrupt businessman that wanted nothing more than to make a profit at the expense of well meaning families who truly cannot stand to lose said money. He inherited a fortune as a young man, and learned how easy it is to fall victim to greed. He didn’t do anything if it didn’t help him accumulate some amount of wealth, especially if it made others lose their money. For all intents and purposes, he was no more t...

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“The Toughest Choice to Make” by Molly Scully

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  TW: domestic abuse “What do you want for dinner tonight, Liv?” Ryan asks me without even looking at me.  “I don’t know. Whatever you want.” “We could try that new place down on 5th. I think it’s Italian. You love Italian, right?” “Yep, love Italian.” I hate Italian.  “Are you hearing me, babe?” he’s starting to get annoyed.  “Yeah, sorry, I’m just distracted.” I glance up from my phone for just a second before scrolling back through the message, willing it to change.  “Well put your phone down so we can go have a r...

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“No Hesitation” by Ruth Smith

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“You need to wear this jacket with that dress,” Karen's mom said as she placed the garments on her daughter's bed. “It makes you look more professional.” Karen nodded absently. Her mom was always giving her fashion advice. More than that, she was always giving Karen advice and was usually right. Karen had learned long ago to listen to her mother about everything. “Thank you, Mom. I need to get ready now so I won't be late for the interview,” Karen ushered her mother out the door so she could start getting dressed. “Don't forget to review...

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“Be loyal, Karma never waits!” by JERLIN FLOWER

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"Tina! Tina! " Jayden called her. She didn't even see his face n started walking with her friend Stella.  “ Tina, he is calling you,” Stella told her. “ I know, ignore him” Tina continued on her way, without a glance at Jayden. Every step of her made her remember the thing he did. She went to the coffee shop with Stella , her mood didn’t allow her to drink coffee, she asked the waiter to parcel it.Seeing her sadness, “what’s wrong Tina? tell me. He said.” “ No nothing, just bitter memories of the past” Tina chuckled, “ Are you sure?” Ag...

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“From the Memoirs of Julie Cunningham: Dragon Orthodontist” by Tessa Atwood

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Everyone always talked about how I should ‘take life by the horns and ride’ or some such nonsense. Given that I’ve never gone bull riding, I was never quite sure how to go about doing that. I know that this may come as a surprise to you, given that I’m a famous dragon orthodontist -- not something for the faint of heart, for certain. However, it’s the truth. I was almost incapable of making decisions -- right up until and including the first time I stared a dragon in the teeth. Crooked teeth, I might add. I was a hormonal fifteen year ol...

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“closed mind is bliss” by Fernanda Correa

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The beauty of having someone to decide every little thing for you while you grow up becomes prejudicial in the city of Landow. Although Maressa may contest it, her life has been more than four times threatened by circumstances.  There’s four core types of deciders in 2050, Landow: Conditioners, Logisticals, Knee-jerkers and Maximisers. A Maximiser works their brain by exhausting every possible outcome linking any consequence – good or bad, to their decision. In fewer words, Maressa catalogues them as overthinkers. A Knee-jerker us...

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“The Hill House” by Katya Z.

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The Hill House pretended to stand on a hill in much the same way it pretended to be a house, which is to say there was a hill but no house to stand atop it, and the adventurous who tried to reach it often found themselves confused and ambling back the way they had come.  It was not a place one returned to. From the sky, the only way was down, and down began at the gates of a house-like thing that could never quite decide what kind of house it wanted to look like. It did not know how many rooms it had, or what kind of rooms there were, i...

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“I deserve better” by Akari San

Submitted to Contest #95

        Michael stood at the door. He had a belt in his hand. He looked calm, but all his emotions were visible in the hollow of his inquisitive eyes. You could see the rage in them.  Rachelle was sitting on the floor with her knees bent. She was leaning against the bed and facing her husband. Huge drops of tears were streaming down her cheeks. They flowed freely as if begging for mercy from this man who had no compassion whatsoever. They were the manifestation of great helplessness. Her whole bod...

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“Sophie and the Seagull” by Kathryn Mofley

Submitted to Contest #95

Yesterday, Sophie’s fussy and overbearing mother left her at the train station, pressing a Hershey bar and an orange into her palm. The chocolate was an extravagant treat 100 years ago, even among the well-to-do. She wished her daughter well and walked with her to the platform to board the train heading north, promising to be waiting for her in this very spot one week from today. Sophie couldn’t remember a time in her young life when she had ever defied her parents, but this time she decided she had to grab the opportunity to prove to her ov...

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“Forever Home” by Katelynn Chitwood

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______________________________________________________ There’s No Place Like (A Haunted) Home.______________________________________________________“Well! It’ll take some cosmetic work, but otherwise it’s in good shape.” said Willow’s mom looking at their new house. “And it was cheap.” said Willow’s dad very pleased. “Wonder what’s wrong with it?” he said but got a quick reply “Don’t joke like that.” said his wife.”... But you promise we’re not moving again?” said Willow “Yes, Willow. We promise this is the last time.” replied her mot...

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