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

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“Adeline and Cameron” by Ethan Allan

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Everything is laid out and set for dinner. Chicken with rice and a red bell pepper cut into halves, bell pepper being the only vegetable I can stomach, the same thing I have had for the previous four nights. Breaking the ear-ringing silence, the gentle sounds of “La Mer” float from the living room of my apartment to the kitchen where I sit, at my table, fit for one. I’ve been living in France for two years now and I still barely understand any of the lyrics, I just like the accent. Familiar enough to me that they make me feel like I belong h...

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“I'm Sorry, Alex Diaz” by Madelyn Weissman

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"Well, pal, I better head out. I've got to get the kids ready for school tomorrow which means the alarm goes off at 5 A.M. sharp! Catch you in the office." Phil pushed back from the bar and grabbed his coat. "And do me a favor, Alex, just try and put yourself out there!" He winked as he strode out of the bar. I appreciate Phil, as a friend and a co-worker, and I know his intentions are good but my God! I am so sick of everyone telling me to put myself out there. Is it really so wrong to be thirty and single? Didn't Jenna Rink say thirty, fli...

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“Back To Us” by Mardene Carr

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Marcia pushed her sunglasses to the top of her head, rubbed her eyes and blinked. Was that really who she thought it was? Marcia had not seen Bryan in 20 years and here he was in the car opposite her at the stop light. She replaced the sunglasses and pressed hard on the gas. "Whew, thank God he was not paying attention" Marcia said out loud. "That was close" Marcia was the youngest teacher in the Department of Computer Studies and well-liked by her students. She loved to teach and looked forward to every session she taught but today ...

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“Trinidad ” by Laura Otaigbe

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Vlad hurriedly undid his tie and threw it across the room, hitting the opposite wall. He was frustrated and boiling with rage. He had enough. He was tired of being used as his father’s errand boy in their company. Sure, his dad built the company with his own father before Vlad was born but he was sure he had earned his place. Vlad joined Ivanov Incorporated since he graduated with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Brown University. He juggled working as his father’s understudy and getting his masters for a year after that, accompanyi...

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“Lesson of life” by Roger Sharp

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In my youth I was ready to party, it was time to get geared up for the Tramps Super Party with a long haired wig, an old trilby hat, an old mackintosh tied up with a piece of string, a pair of battered spectacles, woollen fingerless gloves, a scarf, a pair of old boots, a little dark makeup with a light dust of talcum powder to grey my beard, as a finishing touch was a dirty old army nap-sack. Then I drove over to collect my friends Colin and Sheila, their front door was given a hefty knock. Sheila was to answer, she d...

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“Unanswered Question” by Gabriella Estrada

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She was outside, waiting for her fiancé who was running late. He was outside, waiting for his date who he knew would never come. She was wearing a striped turtleneck sweater and jeans. He was wearing track pants and an oversized t-shirt. She had just moved back to California after studying in New York for four years. He had lived in California his entire life. They were both at the same fair, in the same city, at the same time, waiting in the same place. But it wasn’t until he looked over his shoulder, searching frustratedly for his date, th...

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“Dreams, Coffee, and the Wind” by C. Forrey

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I used to dream of him randomly and often. When I did, I awoke with sweat on my brow and a sinking, aching ball in the pit of my stomach. The morning brought reality. Time with him was not real. I awoke exhausted from seeing him again, having spent the night finding new ways to repair old broken bridges, new ways for him to apologize, new ways for me to forgive him. Each time I discovered him in my dream, I saw the rope of hope dangle loosely in front of my face, teasing. I grabbed it without hesitation every time. Reconciliation awaited me ...

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“Detective Lycan and the Lost Trinkets of Istanbul” by Marco Aguirre

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This is a story about mystery and culture, but more importantly, reunion. Desired reunions that keep our hero up at night in hopes to finish what is unfinished. It was a dark winter night in downtown Indianapolis. The Indiana State Museum was shipping out some exhibitions that were covered by crates. By the time the trucks had left out from the back, the curator had exited out of the front doors. He walked beside the canal parallel to the road in which a mysterious shadow was walking from far away, with each step they took, coming closer. I...

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“A Man's Final Cigarette” by Kyle Strouse

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On a temperate, late, sunny afternoon in early October, an old man sat on a bench in Ocean City and smoked his last cigarette. He was a thin, frail thing, with drawn out paper-dry skin attached to hollow cheekbones and covered with hair grey as faded papyrus. He wore a long, blue and white button-up shirt, sleeves rolled up to the elbows, and tan board shorts of a youthful fashion which, when rode up at just the right angle, revealed the long-ago faded remnants of a sailor’s tattoo resting just above the man’s knee. His sperry’s were as tan ...

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“10,512 to Zero” by See Zheng

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If God allows for our paths to intertwine again and we are both still single, maybe then we can still get back together. Those were her last words to me… Today actually marked the ninth year since she’s left, I thought to myself as I looked through my spacious office’s large windows. It’s almost a decade. And, to be honest with you, I really don’t know how I had managed to get past these nine years without her - my childhood friend, my best friend, my love - Misa. I’m not trying to sound cliche but she was the half to my whole. We ...

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“What Could Have Been” by Aili Armstrong

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The warmth of the mid-day sun flushed across my face as my mind wandered to thoughts of no job, no kids, no duties or obligations. A simpler time seems so far out of reach as my fortieth birthday looms like a dark cloud overhead. To think that once upon a time I was just a reckless teenager without a care in the world, running wild and having fun. I am quickly snapped out of my daydream when I hear the sharp whirring of the coffee machine and the smell of freshly ground bean flood my nostrils. I jolt at the sound that has become synonymous w...

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“Sparkling Water” by Helen Z

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After I missed out on the 10-year high school reunion, Dylan and I scheduled to meet up personally, just to reminisce. He invited me to attend his concert, after which we would meet up at dinner. I have been waiting at the restaurant ever since the concert started. The waiter came twice to take my order, and after refusing him and being surprised by his politeness, I realized that the formal restaurant and concert resembled the way Dylan would approach me: reserved, sophisticated, rather courteous like that waiter, and with a mild caution of...

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“Pivoting ” by Gavin Croghan

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I still didn’t know why I had come to the hotel. There was little I needed. Married women weren’t meant to sit in hotel lobbies flicking through out-of-date magazines. Waiting on men they weren’t married to. However, the stories in those magazines reminded me of my youth. And of my predicament. They too were stories out of their time. Stale and left aside. Told once and then never do we find what came of them. I used to read my mother’s old issues. I’d sit in the kitchen under the table. She’d cook and talk with my aunts. Conver...

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“Something's Amiss” by Elaine Person

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Something’s Amiss I really should check my Facebook postings more often. I found an attempt to reach me two years after it was written. There he was. My high school boyfriend wrote me a messenger friend request. Two years ago. Anything could happen in two years at our ages. That’s how busy I was. I never checked. When I finally saw the photo of a man kissing a cat, I said, “Ah, how cute.” Don’t think I haven’t thought about Hal. I left my home state of New Jersey thirty years ago but visited my siblings from time to time. My brother live...

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“And Then I Found You” by Jaime Hidalgo

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Just like every morning, I woke up 5 minutes before my alarm is set. Why can’t I just sleep in for 5 more minutes..?? As I got up, like every other morning, I saw the sun rising from the Santa Cruz Mountain range, just out my window.. I did the usual, brushed my teeth, freshened up, checked my girlfriend’s message reminding me of our dinner reservation, had my coffee. Also, like usual, I reminded my friend Charlie of our dinner reservation. This is how the cycle goes: I make the reservation for 4 at the same restaurant every Thursday at 8 pm...

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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

“Adeline and Cameron” by Ethan Allan

“I'm Sorry, Alex Diaz” by Madelyn Weissman

“Back To Us” by Mardene Carr

“Trinidad ” by Laura Otaigbe

“Lesson of life” by Roger Sharp

“Unanswered Question” by Gabriella Estrada

“Dreams, Coffee, and the Wind” by C. Forrey

“Detective Lycan and the Lost Trinkets of Istanbul” by Marco Aguirre

“A Man's Final Cigarette” by Kyle Strouse

“10,512 to Zero” by See Zheng

“What Could Have Been” by Aili Armstrong

“Sparkling Water” by Helen Z

“Pivoting ” by Gavin Croghan

“Something's Amiss” by Elaine Person

“And Then I Found You” by Jaime Hidalgo

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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.

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

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