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Write about someone asking out an old crush, only to realize their crush doesn’t remember they’ve ever met before.

Posted in Romance on Jul 27, 2021

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“If only he remembered” by Daleen Barnes

Submitted to Contest #81

Carol please get done! "We are going to be so late" I'm coming Mandy! The two school friends is on their way to a day out at the beach Driving down Adderley Street in the beautiful Cape Town, they are both over excited to be together after a few years apart. Mandy married her partner Dave, whom she is daring now over six years and they are still going strong Carol on the other hand have a secret; a very big stupid secret "I can't share my stupid secret with Mandy". She will make fun of me and that will spoil my thoughts! "A penny for your t...

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“You Knew Me” by Erica Anderson

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Date; 02/13/18 Time; 24:30am It’s late at night, I can’t sleep...I’ve been thinking about him again...even though I stopped crushing on him, my heart feels stronger feelings than last time...I sit upon my windowsill in my room, I watch as rain pours itself down in front of the half-moon that lights up the darkened sky, my head pounds as hard as the rain is pounding against my window. I can’t keep hiding these feelings anymore...I glance towards the transgender flag hanging against my wall, beside the rainbow flag, which has hung there for ...

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“THE EVANGELIST DAUGHTER” by Fortune Riman

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The world came crashing down on me few days earlier. I had just lost my job as a company sales man with Liverson; kicked out without pay after two years of hugging the dirty streets selling insurance to people who didn't give a damn about insurance. My crime was simple. I had refused to roll in the hay with the director's daughter. She had wanted me so bad she was willing to do anything including setting me up on some trumped up charges if I refused her proposal. Of course I did refuse and found my tail hauled off her father's company. If sh...

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“Once Loved, Always Loved” by Maya Ad Astra

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I am standing on the edge of a cliff looking out into the horizon that stretched out before me. Saltwater licks at my cheeks and a wind from the east blows back my hair. I turn around and there he was standing behind me. His facial features are a blur, but I can hear his voice, a resonating tenor as beautiful as a song. “Lucinda, please,” he says. “Come back from the edge.” “This is your last chance,” I told him. “But, don’t worry. I know you’ll find me again. You always do.” I don’t remember the act of jumping though I’m sure I did for the...

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“A Blue Valentines' Day” by Chandler J.

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"Hey pal, how have you been these days? It's been a while since we really caught up on life," John Wood said to Mirtillo Togusa in a friendly tone. "I've been doing really good! After all, I did get into the college I was looking into!" Mirtillo exclaimed. "You got into Crystal River College??" Inquired John. "Yup!! I sure did!" Mirtillo replied in an excited tone of voice. "Dude that's amazing! Congratulations!" John congratulated Mirtillo while patting him on the shoulder. Mirtillo couldn't help but smile. "Thank you, how ha...

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“The Crush Who Lost Her Memory” by Leon Moss

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My cell-phone tweets as I am lying on the couch, half dozing and other half watching a tennis match on the TV. A message! “Don’t forget the family get-together on Zoom at 8pm this evening. See you there! Love - your cousin, Jill.” I had planned to forget. I hate these Zoom affairs. It means you have to get dressed. You can’t appear in the picture dressed in a pair of socks. You have to smile at long-lost cousins whose names you can’t remember. You have to say nice things about everyone. And you can’t hide from the probing camera that focus...

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“Serendipity” by Sylvia Luna

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She walked into the room and there it was, in the time it takes a hummingbird to flap its wings, the memory was waiting for the right time to resurface, but he knew her in an instant. It was 15 years ago, a few weeks before his senior year, he and his friends were at a summer dance, it was the last one before school began. Josh didn’t have the courage to approach her, to ask her to dance or even her name. But when his best friend asked her to dance, and she accepted, he lost his dibs, as he and his friends often called when one of them spott...

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“Kemze” by Alison Bolden

Submitted to Contest #81

Kemze looked at her phone, I wonder, she thought, what have I got to lose, she inhaled, well here goes.. She typed in "look up" a website that connected friends, family and new friendships. She typed his name, Lomas Dartforde, she held her breath for a second, her hands shaking, her mind racing, what am I doing? questioned Kemze. Surely he'd remember me, she told herself, how could he not remember me! he was her first, her first love, her first everything. A list of people popped up on her screen with the same name, she scrolled down scanni...

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“Pastel Pink Is Your Colour” by Eesha T

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When Sher Shavik Silas found out that his high school crush, as luck would have it, was in the premises of his very own college, he was on cloud nine. This joyful news reached him from another freshman, with whom he had instantly hit off, as a result of a truth or drink game they were playing in their dormitory a fortnight before The Great Disappointment and a night before an assignment due date. In that moment, as he sat in a ritualistic circle of semi-strangers and himself half-drunk, he was forced to disclose the name of his crush. There ...

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“A Tea Cup Of Love” by Sreedevi Mahapatra

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With a heavy steel canister in one hand, paper cups in pocket of his brown apron, running faster then the train, like lightning , Kirtan, ‘the chaiwala’ entered coach number three of the Express train which had arrived almost at the wee hours. “ Chai, masala chai, tea “ saying in loud voice Kirtan moved along the wooden seats in the compartment coaxing people to drink their first cup of tea. Most of the passengers were still sleeping and only few were awake. The train had just left the station and the next ...

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“Remembering the Past” by Greg Gillis

Submitted to Contest #81

           It had been nearly thirty years since Jacob had been back in his hometown. Winterville was one of those towns that seemed to remain timeless.            As he drove down Main Street and passed Andy’s Barbershop, it felt like he was a teenager again. Andy cut Jacob’s hair since he was a kid, but the last time he saw Andy, was the day before his high school graduation.          &n...

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“The Lyndian” by Francis Perez

Submitted to Contest #81

Today is the day. Today is the day Trudi asks out Tonisha. She can feel it in her every atom while she brushes her teeth, while she slips on her new hose, while she slips into her favorite dress. The dress she wears to job interviews and weddings because it makes her feel both powerful and fierce. She applies her burgundy lipstick and blots it on a tissue which she discards in her bathroom wastebasket. One more quick look in the mirror and she grabs her purse and umbrella heading out the door. The whole ride downtown on the bus, she practic...

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“Lost Memories, Never Made” by Divya Narasimhan

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This is stupid. A diary. I’m writing this in a diary, because I hope I can tear these pages out, just like I wish I could tear out the memory of today.I wonder how I’ll see myself one day? Will these pages make me smile? Or in reality, will they make me cringe, as I cringe now? Or will I hurt, as I hurt now- a deep, gutting hurt that stifles me, stutters this pen, makes me wish I could scrub this memory clean?Is it always going to be like this?It’s been a while since I’ve written a diary. I’m clearly rusty at it.Perhaps going back to the beg...

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“I Want To Kiss You” by Shirley Hope

Submitted to Contest #81

Maria was hurrying home because she did not want to miss her favorite reality program. It wasn't so much the program that she liked as the co-hosts, two handsome, talented successful men, one of the hosts, Fernando, was a young man that had grown up in the same city as Maria, in fact, they had attended the same schools and even dated a couple of times in high school but had never formed a serious relationship. After high school, their paths had gone in different directions. Fernando attended an ivy league college and received his degree in...

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“C H A I N E D. For life?” by Vibes Blossom

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In torn denim jeans and a white crop top, Bella ran on the green bordered street maniacally with a werewolf-like dog chasing her. Her charcoal-textured hair whipped up and down like a famished dog wagging its tail. She kept on slyly glancing at the dog to ‘check him out’. Syrupy drool licked out of his huge mouth and fell like an opaque raindrop against the road. His black, velvety coat was lacquered with sparking droplets of sapphire paint that kept on triggering agitation on the dog’s skin. It’s sinewy build swapped forelegs and back leg...

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