Write a story about high school sweethearts coming across one another after many, many years apart.

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“The Broken Heart Pendant” by Jayde Trilo

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Tara started her final shift when Exodus landed on the new world. On the surface the thin atmosphere tried to cough up enough wind to move her light grey dreadlocks as she marched over the flat terrain. She led her team to their habitat, glancing back occasionally to see if their contingent of colonists were still following. She had no sympathy for the ones that had fallen behind, leaning against each other to catch their breath, or laying down to cry in the pathetic red ferns that covered the ground. They had been bought out of cryosleep tw...

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“This could be true” by Keith Manos

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This could be true [a short story by Keith Manos] This is not a true story, but some parts really happened. Let’s say that I lived on a fifty-acre farm in Kansas, miles and miles away from any neighbors. My best friend was our dog Chestnut, a Labrador who licked my cheek when I petted him and barked whenever he heard a truck engine. But Chestnut went missing when I was elev...

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“Weekend Getaway: Saturday Morning” by Sadie Black

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Riley walked into the gas station with low expectations. She was looking for silverware, but didn't expect to find it. The store sold little more than chewing tobacco, energy drinks, and condoms, but her shopping alternatives were few. Without forks, knives, and spoons, how would she serve - and more importantly eat - Mackayla and Mackenna's birthday cake? Her friends were likely starving back at the rental cottage while Riley ran the vital errand. In truth, she relished the moment of solitude after driving several hours to their vacation pr...

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“China Girl” by Alison Westwood

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"It said 'Anti-murder juice' on the chalkboard," I say lightly as I place the cardboard carrier on the seat between us. "Although you probably wanted to kill me back there." I nod another apology at the dark stain on his shirt. "Well, it was pretty hot stuff, and I can't deny it hurt a bit, but I think I'll live." He laughs. He sounds relaxed, confident. Ever the gracious gentleman. I steal a look at the man beside me. Time has been kind to Peter. Two and a half decades have done nothing to detract from his breathtaking good looks. The teena...

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“I'm still a loser” by Chris Callanan

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I am 27, working class, unemployed, single, and live with my parents. It is fair to say I've got fuck all going for me. I don't want her to see this version of me, I told myself next time I see Sarah she'll see a different person than the one I was when we finished school, someone with their shit together. But here I stand the same fuck up she dumped all those years ago. Why did she have to walk into this bar today? If I knew I would have got my hair cut, maybe hit the gym a bit more, I am nowhere near those Brad Pitt abs I've aiming for ove...

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“The Sounds of Beginnings ” by Melina Kritikopoulos

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Trigger warning: suicide I had always enjoyed waking up in my college dorm. I am, in every sense of the expression, an early bird, and I was accustomed to waking before my roommate, or anyone on my level for that matter. This practice, if one can call it that, had given me a sense of superiority; it was as if the symphony of noises that marked the morning greeted me, and only me. I studied in New York, but not at a large private school in the city, our campus was nearly an hour away from Manhattan. So these aforementioned...

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“The untold love comes to reality” by JERLIN FLOWER

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There lived a beautiful young woman named Eshona Pearl alike the princess with her family and she was the real pearl with a kind heart. From her childhood, she had a great love for gardening and planted varieties of flowering plants and veggies in her garden.Whenever a new flower blooms in her plant,she prepared candies for the entire family to share her happiness. Among all the plants, she had a great crush over cosmos which is in vibrant colours.So,she planted cosmos in different colours.She spent most of her time among the garde...

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“The Interview” by Sara Darney

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ZacharyZachary Lan closed the magazine and tossed it with a spin across his wide desk, the pages fluttered with soft slapping sounds as it skidded to the edge and toppled off. Good riddance, he thought as the door to his office opened and Greg Landon, his Lawyer of 12 years walked in. The sheepish grin on his face told Zachary all he needed to know. "Are they ready for me?" "Understandably anxious, but ready." "And how about you?" Capable hands spread wide. "Zach, you have planned this since day one, I'm ready when you ar...

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“The Apartment” by Erik Cole

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I put out a request for a roommate recently. I’ve been living with my parents until just recently and I want a nicer place than the small single room apartment I have now. It's too cramped for my taste and I have my eyes on a really nice flat but I can't afford it on my own. Someone responded to my ad and I’m going out to meet them after work. I take my lunch break and sit in the back, staring at my lunch for a moment before one of my coworkers startles me out of my head. “You okay Mattie?” she asks, giving me a concerned look. “...

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“This Time” by Millie Hardy-Sims

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“They say that your first love will always be your last. They say that even though you may spend years apart, see other people, fall in love over and over, that first love will still be the one you think about when you look back on your life, searching for where it all went wrong.” Alice sighed, shut her notebook with an exasperated snap, and stuck her pen between her teeth. What a load of baloney. Where was she even going with it? Being given two words to write an article on was never going to help the juices flow. ‘Second chances’? W...

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“Temptation and Second Chances” by Cyan Villanueva

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“You said I have until your popsicle melts.” He says jokingly, with a hint of a sad smile.“Yeah,” She says softly, looking down at the red sticky liquid running down her hand, “I know what I said. I was joking, mostly.”They remain quiet for a few minutes, sounds of children laughing in a nearby playground and moms huddled in conversation of gossip fill their silence. It’s funny, isn’t it… The way heavy silence can fill only two peoples' world, while the rest of the world speeds on by with noise and chaos. “Maybe this wasn’t a good ...

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“We Deserved A Second Chance” by Pratiksha Tripathy

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It was a windy day. The day he proposed to me. I was, as others in the class, completely shocked. But more importantly, I couldn't stop myself from blushing. It was like I was a part of a romantic movie which I always watch, the only difference is, I am the lead actress here. Oh, dear! I wasn't able to stop the butterflies playing inside my stomach. So many thoughts going on. I was barely concentrating on what the students around the class were talking about or whispering, aloud. Never had I experienced such a situation. I didn't know what t...

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“Seeds of Verona” by Rachel Alvarez

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“What do you think?” Verona couldn’t take her eyes off the image in the mirror. She was breathtaking. The ivory bodice molded to the curves of her chest and waist before tumbling like a waterfall of taffeta over her hips. The beading and lace woven across the bust gleamed in the soft light of the store. The trifold mirror before her allowed her to admire the dress from all angles. “Oh my word.” Verona’s eyes darted to the reflection of the small audience that accompanied her. Her mother, sister, and soon-to-be sister-in-law as well as...

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“Inadequate Epilogues” by Calvin Belton

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Sometimes people will change you and then leave. It’s not cruelty, it’s nature. They’re become too linked to a person that no longer exists. Every moment you spend afterward is just part of the mourning process. Course, they're always idiots that struggle against this instinct. Because they are idiots, they don't know quite the word for themselves, but if you looked it up in the dictionary, James and David's photographs would be displayed below it. There are two fam...

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“THEY CALL IT FATE” by Favour Ileya

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Work was hectic today. As I strolled back to my apartment with a bottle of Wine in one hand and pepper spray in the other hand, I couldn’t help but think that everyone forgot my birthday. Not even my best friend Perry remembers, she actually didn’t even call me throughout the day. I feel hurt.I stop in front of the building and inhale. I am going having a good time nevertheless. Nobody does it better than Netflix. Two turns in the lock and I am inside. It’s dark, so I use my mobile phone to navigate through the darkness. I set my coat on a c...

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Write a story about high school sweethearts coming across one another after many, many years apart.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 283 stories

“The Broken Heart Pendant” by Jayde Trilo

“This could be true” by Keith Manos

“Weekend Getaway: Saturday Morning” by Sadie Black

“China Girl” by Alison Westwood

“I'm still a loser” by Chris Callanan

“The Sounds of Beginnings ” by Melina Kritikopoulos

“The untold love comes to reality” by JERLIN FLOWER

“The Interview” by Sara Darney

“The Apartment” by Erik Cole

“This Time” by Millie Hardy-Sims

“Temptation and Second Chances” by Cyan Villanueva

“We Deserved A Second Chance” by Pratiksha Tripathy

“Seeds of Verona” by Rachel Alvarez

“Inadequate Epilogues” by Calvin Belton

“THEY CALL IT FATE” by Favour Ileya

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story about someone going back to school as a mature student.

Write a story about someone looking to make amends for a mistake.

Write a story about someone struggling to learn a skill that in no way comes naturally to them.

Write a story about a TV show called "Second Chances."

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