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

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“Together at last” by Irene Nikolaou

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It was a bright day in the suburbs. Tom was not working at the newspaper that day and Alice was already making breakfast. He woke up to the sound of French coffee being made. He got out of bed, even though he didn't want to and put on his clothes. The classic routine would follow. He would drink his orange juice, wear his sportswear and go for a run. Today, however, he would have to return early to pack his bags. The plane to Paris would leave early in the afternoon. They celebrated 3 years of dating with Alice and thought of celebrating it ...

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“First Shower” by Swati Mitra

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It was a midsummer afternoon in Jhimil, Jalpaiguri. The weather was warm and cozy and the quite little village was as pretty as ever. The mild breeze, the frame of faraway hilltops, the faint outline of river Sankosh amidst the green down the slope, the nameless path that stumbles through the rocky slope to end uncertainly into the Sal forest… they all anticipate longingly for admiring eyes in lonely sunsets like this. Whenever Bitan came here he walked to the end of the village to greet this view almost every day. But in general, there are ...

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“I remember ” by Avery January

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I still remember the first time I saw him. It was August 6th, the first day of school, freshman year of highschool. I was so scared. I didn’t know anyone there. I tried making friends but people looked through me as if I were glass. During lunch I had nowhere to sit, I frantically shuffled my way through the crowd and sat at the edge of the cafeteria. Then, I saw him. And he saw me. He didn’t look through me like the others. He saw me. He was eating lunch with his friends but split from them. I was panicking. Oh god was I panicking. In...

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“The Night” by Dylan Heath

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Jill wrote in the cafe down the street from her apartment. She shoved her curly red hair underneath an old hoodie and listened to the new Beck album through old headphones. She stared at the screen of her laptop, her chin resting in her right hand. Her left hand rested on her bicep. She picked out a sentence on her keyboard with her index fingers and then immediately erased it. She rested her chin back in her hand and stared at the blinking cursor on the blank page. The blinking slowed down. “Jill…?” Jill didn’t register anyone saying he...

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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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“Once Again, I Begin” by Rac Relix

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“It’s been a while!”“Yeah… it has hasn’t it?”I guess that’s how it usually goes when you happen to bump into someone you haven’t seen in a while. In a futile attempt to not appear arrogant, we are compelled by some unknown will to extend our acknowledgement to someone who is, likewise, expected to return the gesture. Compelled to recite those overused lines--mere pleasantries before the inevitable divergence of your paths once again.Sometimes, when I catch the sight of someone I am acquainted with, well or otherwise, the thought of not utter...

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“A Moment of Happiness ” by Crystal Sawyer

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Trigger warning: suicide There he was. An absolute stain for sore eyes to behold. His baggy clothes struggled to conceal his large bulging frame. Long gone were the rock-hard abs of yesteryear. I lost track of him after his failed attempts to reconcile with me. We were not headed in the same direction. I had different needs and wanted the world. He could offer me absolutely nothing besides a baby out of wedlock. At some point, his entire existence simply disgusted me. ...

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“Round Two” by Goshawk 31

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By E.C. Haskell (~1200 words) I am looking at my friend and thinking about throwing a punch straight at her surgically-enhanced nose. Bam! I can practically see the blood gushing down her décolleté. I can hear the screams from the over-dressed crowd around us. I feel empowered. I … Won’t do any such thing. I mean, really, Jan and I have been friends for nearly thirty years and if she wants to ditch me for some guy she just met, I guess that’s her call. Only now I’m stuck, alone, at what promises to be the most boring charitable dinner ...

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“Blue and Green Meet Again” by Katie Spohn

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I'm stumbling along the street, weaving in and out of stands overflowing with fresh produce when a flash of bright green catches my eye. I consider ignoring the urge to look, because on some level I already know the sight that will meet my eyes, but as always, curiosity gets the better of me. Slowly, I drag my blue eyes away from the wrinkled pepper in front of me and force them to meet the bright green ones staring at me from across the street.Our eyes meet and I suddenly find myself lost in those pools of flashing emerald. It's been so lon...

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“An Unexpected Comeback” by Lacy Pierce

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“My Buddy lies over the ocean/my Buddy lies over the sea/my Buddy lies over the ocean/Oh bring back my Buddy to me…” It’s been over 60 years since I’ve seen him. My sweetheart of a man, Buddy Tolen. We had chaperoned dates throughout our last two years of high school. But then he got shipped off to the War and I haven’t seen or heard from or anything about him ever since. It really broke my heart. But I knew that he needed to do what he needed to do to keep our country free. So I went to work as a secretary and bus driver w...

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“Blackmail Is A Way Of Life” by Judith Buskohl

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Mary Ann's life was quiet and peaceful which now consisted of going to work and back home. She usually stop at a fast food establishment to pick up something to eat because on one hand she hated to cook and on the other hand, it was cheaper to buy a hamburger than to make a hamburger at home. Having some friends that at first kept asking her to spend the night out with them. She agreed twice and found the nights boring and the music especially loud. She was a home body person which was just fine with her. She spent most of her nights e...

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“Clearing Closets” by Tate Lenschmidt

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The Wellon County Youth Center looked just like it did ten years ago when Leigh last had the misfortune of stepping inside its shabby brick walls. She spent most of the summer before her senior year of highschool here and had stayed as far away as possible since. Her therapist called it "avoidant behavior;" she preferred to think of it as self-preservation. Yet here she was, back in her hometown, willingly volunteering at the youth center that had brought her so much grief. 'It didn't feel like grief at the time,' an unhelpful voice in the b...

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“Do Fairy Tales Exist?” by Divya Jain

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I look at my watch ticking 8:40 in the morning. As I'm still trying to catch a cab in this rush hour while others have already got to their work. Me, Kate Wilson who is never on time who tries to juggle even for living the normal daily routine. My bag strap is sliding down on my left arm as I'm trying to hold the coffee cup in another. I finally get into the cab and reach my destination, Carlos Mario. A place where all the faulty branded clothes are sold at a discounted price. I'm just an ordinary warehouse keeper. I see my boss Melina ...

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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

“Together at last” by Irene Nikolaou

“First Shower” by Swati Mitra

“I remember ” by Avery January

“The Night” by Dylan Heath

“Something's Amiss” by Elaine Person

“Once Again, I Begin” by Rac Relix

“A Moment of Happiness ” by Crystal Sawyer

“Round Two” by Goshawk 31

“Blue and Green Meet Again” by Katie Spohn

“An Unexpected Comeback” by Lacy Pierce

“Blackmail Is A Way Of Life” by Judith Buskohl

“Clearing Closets” by Tate Lenschmidt

“Do Fairy Tales Exist?” by Divya Jain

🌟 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."

Contest #54

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