Twenty minutes before you are about to get married, you find your mother and your fiancé kissing passionately.

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“Butterflies” by Heidi Hanson

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Nerves flutter in my stomach, butterflies trapped, trying desperately to escape. I pace in my dressing room, sister beside me, trying to touch up my hair. I hold my white strappy heels in one hand, biting the nails on my other, perfectly manicured hand. My sister slaps by hand from my mouth, giving me a look. "I know, I know," I say, trying to keep my hand at my side. "Hold still!" She snaps, trying to get the pin back in my hair. I try to, but before I know it, I'm pacing again, sister on my tail. It all happened so quickly. The prop...

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“Irrumator Praetor Matrem Suam” by Deidra Whitt Lovegren

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In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.Things sound so much better in Latin, don’t they, Father Connolly? I guess that’s why my parents splurged on the whole two-hour deluxe wedding package. The TLM, baby! Total. Latin. Mass. I’m sure you would have been fabulous with the Gregorian chanting. Father, do you want a drink? I’m sure you have an extra glass or two in the rectory somewhere. I don’t need a glass. I’ll just drink out of the bottle. I can hide out here for a bit, right? Wait for things to calm down? ...

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“The Class(y) Acts of Ultimate Snakes” by Jubilee Forbess

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Lalalala, wedding day, wedding day, who's afraid of her wedding day? Me? No, surely not. I'm excited! There's cake! And friends! And, oh yeah. That guy. The one I'm getting married to. I try not to think of him right now, because he's not actually in love with me and I'm definitely not in love with him. He's not bad. I'm not bad. We just both want things we can't have, and you know what they say. If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with. And I'm with this guy, so I guess I can make do. I met him at a dog park, o...

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“The twisting moments” by Tariq Saeed

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• • Shanza and Fanza were very beautiful and charming .It is not to b wrong to say they were the ideal of every woman.Their dressing up, their way of talking was so stylish and purking up that every body was their fan.They both were very gilded and their opulence was so great that they were the talk of the town.Fanza and shanza were both imp thins.They had a cheerful character.• In every wedding,In every function they were widely invited and as they enter every body used to turn up and would passed a smile to them.They both very fr...

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“How-To Expressions for Every Occasion” by Aqsa Malik

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She was never one for “I love you” or even “I love you too.” Maybe she should have been, but she wasn’t. She was one for “You’re not good enough” and even “You’ll never be good enough.” She probably shouldn’t have been, but she was. So it wasn’t surprising when I caught her snogging my fiance twenty minutes before we were due to spend the rest of our lives together. Well, it wasn’t that surprising, and maybe “caught” isn’t the right word. I’m not really sure they were trying to hide it. ***My stoic face looks back unto itself, tryi...

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“Finding Love” by Saranglogy R

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You were walking back and forth while pulling your beautifully braided hair back in frustration."H-Honey, I can explain."You halted your fast pace and looked at your mother in disbelief."Explain? You have the guts to explain why in the first place you were kissing my fiance?"You barked at her in response."Sweetie, it's not what you think.""Don't make me punch your face on our wedding day, Mark. You stay out of it. I will come to you when her turn is over."You gave a death glance at your fiance and walked towards your mother who was fidgeting...

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“Moonflowers and Morning Glories.” by Courtney Haynes

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I always wanted the fairy tale. Hundreds of guests lining the aisles -- some friends, some frenemies, maybe a few wedding crashers trickling in. An extravagant chapel, a brilliant array of colorful patterns bursting from every corner. It’s elegance only rivaled by the crown jewel of the event: me in my brilliant white chiffon Marchesa gown. Bodice with enough puffs and frills and glitz to send you in a hypnotic trance of ecstasy. An ethereal skirt that fluffs and flutters around my legs. An elegant train that stretched bag to eternity. A gai...

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“right angle cross of the vessel of love” by Masha Kurbatova

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I wasn’t mad. More so relieved. The worst had happened. I didn’t feel the pain yet -- the pipeline from my brain to my heart had long sprung a leak. I’d process everything later. I couldn’t think. Not because of outrage, I just hadn’t drunk coffee that morning for the first time in 22 years. My breath would smell bad no matter how much gum I chewed, and I was a clumsy liability. Knowing my shaky hands, there’d be little brown coffee spots all over my wedding dress. I wasn’t anxious like everyone said I’d be. Just calm, placat...

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“Wedding Plans” by Kathleen March

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My wedding is today. What can I say? I am really excited, really looking forward to it. Shaking, trembling, nervous, maybe a little worried about the future. Who isn’t? It’s a big deal. That’s why there’s a shiver running up and down my spine, tickling every bit of cartilage I own. This is the most crucial moment of my life so far. I think I’ll sneak off to see my mother one last time, because the ceremony is about to start. I can almost hear the organ playing… Only twenty minutes left, twenty-five at the most. There’s my mother, in the si...

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“The Wedding” by Felicity Edwards

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Unfortunately, I am the epitome of a plain Jane and to make matters worse, I am called Jane! I am blessed with mousey brown hair, long thin face, huge thick glasses. See, need I say more? Then something wonderful happened. A guy noticed me. Maybe I’d better fill in the gaps here. I work for a publishing company. The offices are in the old jail. The main room where we work probably was a dining room in its old guise. It is massive and houses about 20 different publications. They set each publication with head high room dividers to ...

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“Is It A Big Deal?” by P. Jean

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( Twenty minutes before you are about to get married you find your Mother and your fiancé kissing passionately ) ~~~~~ It is just two hours before the wedding. Grace, the bride, is not suffering the usual pre-ceremony jitters, she just seems bored and almost annoyed. Grace is trying to explain to her maid of honor and also best friend, Laura, why she isn’t super happy or excited on this very special day. “Yes, I know.” Grace says with exasperation in her voice, “but it feels anticlimactic!” Laughing,&nbs...

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“Gem by Nature” by Deborah Mercer

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Having grown up in a household where much importance was placed on wise sayings and received wisdom, Camilla Claybourne was naturally disposed to be cynical of them. So she did not place any particular significance or dwelled fretfully on the phrase beware of what you wish for. When she realised that her mother actually liked her new significant other, she was delighted and thought, at last. Not that it was absolutely necessary for her significant other and her mother to get on, but it undeniably made ...

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“Destructing Anger ” by Utkarsh Srivastava

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Every story has a cause, every cause has hope, and every hope comes with another story; in this world, everything is beautifully connected like every single star of a constellation. I too had a love story that came with some other story that inspired from Hollywood—it was beautiful beyond my every explanation, but it was like Mozart was playing his masterpiece in heaven. My mother was a lady lonely as hell—she was divorced three times, the first one was her longest, it went for around three years when I was born, and another two u...

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“*Just 20 Minutes 2 I Do! ” by Abigail Slimzy

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Have you ever been in love?As a girl who wished to grow up into a lady and possibly, a mother, have you in a moment thought of seeing yourself in that white balloon gown, slits or fitted?Have you imagined for a second how you'd want your wedding day to be? Invitation of friends and well-wishers.? You, beautifully dressed with your face coated with all manner of makeups?You, hearing people call you akwanwa!Ugegbe oyibo! The latest bride in town?If all these and more have in one way or the other filled your head then you know exactly what am t...

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“Happily Never After” by Sarah B

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I never thought much into why my husband-to-be cared so much about his appearance. I guess I always figured that was just the way he was as a person. I remember all the hours I spent banging on our bathroom door for him to hurry up and finish his hair , because I would be late for work if he didn’t get his arse out the door now!I brushed off his vanity as self-love, and was grateful I had a man who took care of himself well. Even after living together for so long, he would still make a real effort to look presentable for our weekly fami...

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Twenty minutes before you are about to get married, you find your mother and your fiancé kissing passionately.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 112 stories

“Butterflies” by Heidi Hanson

“Irrumator Praetor Matrem Suam” by Deidra Whitt Lovegren

“The Class(y) Acts of Ultimate Snakes” by Jubilee Forbess

“The twisting moments” by Tariq Saeed

“How-To Expressions for Every Occasion” by Aqsa Malik

“Finding Love” by Saranglogy R

“Moonflowers and Morning Glories.” by Courtney Haynes

“right angle cross of the vessel of love” by Masha Kurbatova

“Wedding Plans” by Kathleen March

“The Wedding” by Felicity Edwards

“Is It A Big Deal?” by P. Jean

“Gem by Nature” by Deborah Mercer

“Destructing Anger ” by Utkarsh Srivastava

“*Just 20 Minutes 2 I Do! ” by Abigail Slimzy

“Happily Never After” by Sarah B

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Every year, one person is sent to the moon. This year, though you hid in terror, it is your turn to enter the rocket.

You thought he was dead, but there he is, right in front of you on the street, smiling at you.

"Come with us,” two burly men in gray suits say, grabbing you by the arm and handcuffing you. “You know what you did.” But you have no idea.

You are the only one in the supermarket during a blizzard. Feeling creeped out, you decide to leave, when suddenly you find a baby abandoned on the floor.

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