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Write a story about two people who need each other, but are too stubborn to admit it.

Posted in Teens on Oct 26, 2022

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“Treasure” by Katelynn Laird

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“You’re going the wrong way!” I rolled my eyes. “You’ve been going the wrong way for the last century and a half!” “Well, I didn’t ask you to tag along,” my prickly companion grouched back. She may not have asked for my presence, but was nonetheless unsurprised when we ran into one another. Quite literally. I’d been trudging contently down the remote game trail, which ideally would have led me to the treasure we both sought, when suddenly something had rushed toward me, crashing through the underbrush. The next thing I knew, our bodies coll...

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“'Carbon'” by Tim Roberts

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‘CARBON’ A SHORT STORY BY TIM ROBERTS Tom walked into the filthy mid-terrace student digs he shared with a handful of fellow ne-er-do-well students. He was tired from his train journey; tired from trying and failing to read the copy of ‘Ulysses’ he had to plough through for a Monday seminar; and tired and emotionally drained from the weekend he had just spent with his family. His pretentious leather waistcoat hung to his hungry bones for dear life as he entered the living room to find his housemates scattered around on sofas and beanbags, su...

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“LOVE?HATE” by Leah Maloy

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WEDNESDAY APRIL 2 2014    MEL“Ding, Ding, Ding’’. My alarm was going off. “5 more minutes’’ I said in a groggy tone. It didn’t stop so I threw a pillow at it. It now was muffled and annoying. I got up and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. I got out of bed and limped to the bathroom like I usually did. “Oww’’ I had torn my ACL and was still recovering. My mom was at my side in a matter of seconds. “Mom I got it” I said through a yawn as I stumbled into the bathroom. I hated being babied by her; she always made it seem like ...

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“The Easiest Option” by Samantha Milhaven

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Kallie picked up her phone, again. Clicked on her messages, again. Typed out something, again. Stared. Stared. Stared. Then she deleted it, again. She wasn’t ready. Or maybe she was, but she couldn’t send the message. The same message she has typed out over and over again, “I really fuckin’ miss you.” It has been a month since the breakup and nothing about it can be defined as easy. But not being together has somehow become the easiest option and Kallie needed any kind of easy for a change. Tammi didn’t know how to survive. Everyday, she w...

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“Estranged Buddies” by Aisha Olanrewaju

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Author’s NoteHello everyone! I believe in the phrase, ‘third time’s the charm’. So, here’s a final short story for this week, XD. I hope you enjoy this as much as you’ve enjoyed the rest of my stories. This is dedicated to anyone who took the time to read it.P.S.: This is written in the first person’s narrative. If you think you know why, kindly drop in the comments section a unique “3 in 1” message to me.Copyright © 2021 by Fallow. All rights reserved.***I remember how we had been. Wait, how had we even been?Just last week, I was discharged...

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“Stepping up to the Plate” by Calandra Diorio

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Nel It was the third night now.  After Jamie had assumed Nel had fallen asleep, he cautiously crept across the floor; taking care to step past any creaky boards. He then lept out of their bedroom and quietly closed the door behind her. The first night, he assumed his lover was getting up for a glass of water, which was quite a common occurrence. But after he didn’t come back for an extended amount of time, Nel began to doubt his motivations. Sadly, sleep overtook him before he could contemplate the matter any further. The second...

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“The Things I Never Told You ” by Safaa Ismail

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ELAINE’S JOURNAL - ENTRY #1 (Please give this to Griffin after I pass. Thank you, Miss Broch.)  1/27/2009  Dear Griffin,  There are a few things I’ve always wanted to tell you, but I’ve never had the courage to. So, I’m telling you now. At least you can’t embarrass me when I’m dead.      The first thing was a memory. Remember the day I came to the hospital to be diagnosed? I bumped into you, and I was so full of nerves that I slapped you on the face. It probably didn’t hurt, but I guess I’m sorry.&nbs...

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“CONFUSION CONFESSING IN LOVE ” by Meera Anvar

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In love, we have all kinds of confessing dual systems of expecting promises. Sometimes, the promise-making becomes a far stubborn tone when we enter into the relationship. I too had a lovely stubborn experience which I don't ever forget in my life, the drift valley of deep scar is daily encountering in my day-to-day life. Life has so many musical note transactions of more ups and downs. I never wonder Why I have sudden instant changes when I was to encounter somebody in my life as a life partner.I have a different set of numpty problems like...

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“Running Away” by Pahani Wijeratne

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Huh. I saw him standing on the far right of the London Underground Metro Train. He looked resistant, hesitant and nervous as he carried his heavy leather bags. The bags had tiny cute travelling stickers, which made me feel warm. They were souvenir stickers from France, South Africa, Egypt, India and a few others. I thought to myself, “Wow, Tom seems like quite the traveller.” Tom was never the “travelling type“ for all I knew about him. Shivers ran down my spine as I saw with my very own eyes about how he has changed so much over the years....

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“Opposites Attract: A Short Story” by Bella Helena A.

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Every night was the same in every house on the block, and Justin knew it. He knew every person, not by name, but by their mailboxes. (If he knew their names the way he knew everything else about their personal lives, that would be stalking, and Justin was no stalker, or at least, he refused to think of himself as one). The man who always wore the brown bowler hat was Red Mailbox, a fiery figure who drove to work angrily in a red pickup truck with two scratches on the back left tire rim.  The lady in the pink fur shawl was Green Mailbo...

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“Awol” by Ayla Madewell

Submitted to Contest #94

"You need me, don't you," Emilia says with an awful smirk. I turn my back to her, I don't have time to deal with her right now. "I don't need you, Lieutenant General Aldine does," I say sending her a harsh glare. "Which in turn, means you need me, Clara," she erupts into a hysterical fit of laughter which dies out as soon as I pull on the chains locked around her wrists. I lead us both into a train car trying to ignore the suspicious glances I get from pedestrians. Emilia is surprisingly calm for being kidnapped, almost as if she's done it b...

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“Inside” by Jordan Ok

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I watch as my husband’s hand hovers over the last of the paperwork for the divorce. The shape of his lips pressed firmly into a thin line as his eyes scan the page again and again. In his mind, I can imagine gears turning, like he's waiting to throw one last reason for this to not happen at me. But he doesn’t and with a sigh, he picks up the pen beside him and signs on the dotted line. He looks at it for a moment, his eyes wide like he's surprised to see his name there before he places the pen down and leans back on the couch beside me.&nbsp...

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“Happy Halloween ” by Alaina Jackson

Submitted to Contest #94

I'm not a popular person. I only have a few friends, I don't play any sports, I'm known as the girl in the back of the class who’s in the art club and occasionally goes to watch her friends’ volleyball games. So why I was invited to join a bunch of other seniors for a Halloween sleepover, I will never know.  A few of the girls going to the party came to pick me up. I was dressed as a somewhat realistic skeleton. Three of the girls were dressed as Regina George, Karen Smith, and Gretchen Weiners from Mean Girls, while the other two wer...

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“Talking's Not a Sin But We Avoid it Anyway” by Kenley Ellis

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I guess we’re all just supposed to fit into some sort of mold, aren’t we. But my brother and me, we’re not designed like that. Shiny new and perfect. Not really our style. The thing is just that he doesn’t feel anything. My brother, that is. I mean, he’s just there. Standing at my bed like a guardian angel, if guardian angels had faces like stone. Every day, I’m told that I should be grateful for him. Every day, I am also told that I am one step closer to death, and every day he does nothing but stare. So that’s how things are going at ...

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“Consequential Choices” by Vanita Johnson

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Stubborn as a Bull:What do you do when two best friends fall in love with you, but only one may have your best interest at heart? The other one wants to have sex without serious commitments. Living in a world with friends sometimes bring on hardship because of the choices lying right in front without much remorse for turning the other direction. Life can deliver a decision-making conquest of two separate worlds and both must be attended to avoid losing friends forever. Lena moved to a city taking a job with a decent pay, since graduating fro...

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