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Write a story about someone falling in love for the first time.

Posted in Romance on May 8, 2021

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“The one that got away” by Sam Kirk

Submitted to Contest #29

As I sign the final decree of divorce, I cannot help but think back to the time when I fell in love with Penelope. We were 13 or 14, attending the same junior high, but never had any classes together.There was this walking club that met every Saturday and Sunday morning for a few months every year. Its goal was to educate the youth about the city’s architecture and history. My friend and I signed up because we were genuinely interested in learning more about the city we lived in, but I imagine that the promise of a better grade in some of th...

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“Our table ” by Artemis H

Submitted to Contest #29

I sat alone as I watched the rain come down outside. An older couple and I were the only ones in the shop. I sipped my coffee as a tear rolled down my cheek... I was alone. The chair next to me sat empty as though it was mocking and taunting me. I was starting to overthink everything. My chest started to swell with the feeling of hopelessness... I wanted to scream at the world and run away from everything. But no one would hear me or care to come looking. I looked at the chair again that he should’ve been sitting in. I would’ve looked a...

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“How I Fell In Love With A Serial Killer” by Amanda Newson

Submitted to Contest #29

Myles and I had been getting on well those last couple of months, no new girls had been brought into the corridor, and I could tell our relationship was blooming into something more than what it had been. This was probably due to my soft flirting. Warmer smiles when he came to talk, louder laughs when he tried to joke, and trailing touches when he gave me gifts. My cell had looked quite different from its original bare stone prison, blankets covered the small bed, a chair sat in the corner, and an old bookcase was slowly filling with second ...

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“Like Candy Wrapper Airplanes” by Kendra Dantes

Submitted to Contest #29

I think that falling in love is like flying straight for the ground before miraculously being picked back up again.    And then you’re floating up. Rising up to the sky, through the clouds, reaching to the sun before you realize it’s too hot to touch.    But maybe love is like that, too. So hot it lights your heart on fire, so cold it freezes your fingertips and turns them blue. So ecstatic and so poetic that you can’t focus on anything beside it.    All this, of course, coming from...

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“Oddworld: Exodus of Paradise” by James Marvin Taylor IV

Submitted to Contest #29

                               Odd Love:  Exodus of Paradise By          J.M.Taylor IV Once upon a time in the vastness of the cosmos on a desert planet some distance away known as Omayri lived a desert dweller named Flakierri.  Flakierri was what we would know to be a greenish four-armed frog-like man who for all intents and purp...

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“My love story” by Vrunda Sagathia

Submitted to Contest #29

Experiencing love for the first timeWhat is Love-‘ a good feeling ‘for some people; ‘an emotion’ for some people; ‘a timepass’ for some people; or ‘a dream’ for someone like me. It was a dream for me to be in love, experiencing the pure feeling and having that true emotions for someone (ahighly introvert like me) which would turn myboring life to some excitement .In my school days I was a shy, under confident girl having oily hair every day and doing homework every day, (it mig...

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“My Life as a Would-be Hardy Heroine” by Jane Andrews

Submitted to Contest #29

I fell in love with Thomas Hardy’s novel ‘Tess of the d’Urbervillles’ at the age of fifteen Written and set in 19th century England, it tells the story of a young and innocent country girl, Tess, who is romantically torn between two men: a moustachioed, upper-class villain, Alec d’Urberville, who rapes and impregnates her; and Angel Clare, a seemingly gentle and virtuous young man who marries Tess but then rejects her on their wedding night after she confesses to her past. My passion for Hardy’s novel later impacted my own love life so that ...

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“Sketchy” by Meg Ro

Submitted to Contest #29

This was the kind of thing someone did in middle school. Not during her eighteen hundred dollar college literature course that resembled something closer to a stereotypical high school freshman English class. “I’m pathetic,” Ella mumbled voicelessly, shaking her head as she looked up toward the front of the lecture hall. Her professor moved through the rows of desks, a ragged worn copy of Romeo and Juliet clutched tightly between her fingers as she recited the section they were supposed to be analyzing. Ella wasn’t sure how ma...

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“Stronger By The Day” by Amelia F

Submitted to Contest #29

Day 1: I have never believed in love. The concept is just hard to grasp. Having someone be “yours” and in the end, you will always get hurt. Even in all the so-called good romance movies someone always gets hurt even if they end up together. It will never work out. It’s simply just a word.Day 2: I walk around the halls and see all the couples of which are so-called in love but I don’t believe that. Where in high school. The brain isn’t even done developing so how do we even know our preferences. I walked into class to see a new boy. He is ha...

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“This could be true” by Keith Manos

Submitted to Contest #29

Keith Manos                                                            38705 North Bay DriveWilloughby, OH  44094440-223-5394 (C) coachkm@sbcglobal.netwebsite:  www.keithmanos.com    This could be trueD...

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“Unexpected” by Uta L.

Submitted to Contest #29

There had been many unexpected incidents happening in Sister Amara's life. For example when she, in the middle of a dark, cold winter night, stood in front of the creepy cloister everyone told her to stay away from and, with all the determination she could muster, knocked on that wooden door. It had been a terrifying night, all thunder and lightning and pouring rain. Epic enough for such a lifechangiandng decision.She had never wanted to join the convent. All her life she had been striving to discover the world. Dreaming of travelling to far...

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“Anaesthesia for the Soul” by J. C. Smith

Submitted to Contest #29

It all started with boredom. This is what led him to delve into the paralysing highs that he spent the rest of his waking hours relentlessly chasing. He always caught them, consumed them, of course in reality they actually consumed him. It didn’t change anything. He was still sentenced to serve life in this prison of tedium. A side-effect of his existence and a vicious cycle that only has one inevitable and equally vicious end. It was his first true love and sometimes he thought it might be the only real one. It started how any love usu...

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“The Little Things” by Sahar Khanpour

Submitted to Contest #29

I really don’t like it, if I’m being completely honest. The way I can only sit smiling, waiting for you to explain your funny story with big gestures as the words that hurriedly escape from your mouth are muffled by your habit of biting your nails.I’m not a fan of how I look at you for a little too long sometimes, to which you exclaim  ~What?As you cover your face with your hands, laughing, and I can only say ~I just want to get a good look at you. Maybe it’s how sometimes I’ll find an excuse to stop by when you’re stressed an...

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“Her first taste of love” by Christina Lyon

Submitted to Contest #29

“Mom, I’m going to the library for a bit!”“Okay! Don’t stay out too late and remember to not check out so many books this time.”“I won’t mom. Bye!”Every day is the same, I go to school and after school I go to the library to read and check out books. Oh, I should introduce myself first; my name is Megan Greene and I am somewhat of a nerd. I enjoy reading books of all types; from basic fiction, to Manga, and even comic books. I even play the occasional video games and write my own stories when I don’t feel like reading. I am currently a Sopho...

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“Love or fear? ” by Unknown User

Submitted to Contest #29

I love you! The text read, she didn't know what exactly she was supposed to reply. "I love you too!", She replied. But, she didn't know if she genuinely meant it or not. Two months or more passed by, when she was just tired of everything that ever happened to her till the date. Locked herself in her room, speaking to none, being a total psycho, she just wanted to disappear. No messages or calls from friends, neighbours being just a headache, relatives being not so helpful, family being everything but still couldn't help her get out her ...

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