Write a story about a person waiting for an answer to a question.

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“People aren't as they Appear” by Aisha Makama

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“Oh my gosh Will, what if she says no?” I say to Will in a worried voice. “You worry too much. Just go up to her and ask her already.” Will tells me. Will is my best friend. We have known each other since we were five. He's always supported me through all my dark times with my parents' divorce, bullies, rejections and other stuff. I am nervous today because I am about to ask Jasmine on a date. I don’t even know why I'm even doing this...

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“Supernova” by Josh C

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They gathered in silence, lost in their own thoughts in the observation deck of the research station, Jupiter visible through the windows as if hanging against the starlit sky. From their station the gas giant’s red, brown and orange storms looked frozen in time, even though they all knew that the storms were raging at hundreds of miles per hour. James broke the uncomfortable silence with the words he was sure all the scientists in the room were thinking were thinking. “Did we doom us all?” No one answered. No one could know. Not for anoth...

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“Corporate Baby ” by Bee Kagz

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She looked around her third floor apartment and imagined all the changes she would have to make if he accepted her request. She wondered if she’d have to move to a bigger house with a backyard and a bigger kitchen, or if her coach was comfortable enough. She liked the building on Falcon Street the first time she set her eyes on it; it was particularly refreshing that the window in the sitting room overlooked the street. It was a normal street but watching people live life on the street for five years was her favorite thing to do; the ol...

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“The letter that changed everything.” by Brooklyn Sides

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“Good morning Mr Parnell” Alaina said, she was grinning ear to ear. It was early in the morning and Alaina was ever so happy. The ships bells banged in the distance as a new vessel had arrived into town. “Well good morning there Alaina. How do you do?”“Why i’m spectacular! Here, I would like to send this to New York please!” Alaina said with delight. This had been her dream for so long and it had finally came true! For her (almost) entire life Alaina had spent her time in the most horrendous and awful orphanage. Full of sorrow and shame, she...

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“The Branded One” by Zion Hintay

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Onima Datsu sat rigidly on his knees. In quiet revery.Beside him was a monk. Wearing a simple blue and white habit and his crown was shaved down to the skin. He had a look of knowing the unknown about him which unsettled Datsu.His name was Tian. And he was a disciple of the master he came to see, Rhen Khi. Master of the mind and body. He had once been the world's best bounty hunter, but he abandoned that life to pursue a life of peace and prosperity of the soul.Datsu envied the man and his disciple."How m...

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“No longer, I wait. ” by Duckie Carson

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“How is it you know Rupert?” Concentrating on dust particles, dancing beneath sunbeam spotlights, deemed difficult when the rasp of her voice tore through my ear drums. I didn’t need to glance her way since her peach curls framing a keen-edged jaw leading to full ruby lips had punctured my memory. The moment I opened the door to fox like eyes, fluttering in confusion and frustration, sunk it’s teeth into the backs of my own eyes. Marian seemed to be struggling keeping her focus on the beauty, also. Instead she traced each diamond shaped i...

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“Creators' Rating ” by Rema Teller

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She wasn’t the first human to meet one of them and she wouldn’t be the last. Billions of them, and other beings, had passed through but—no matter where they came from—many asked similar questions iterated in different forms. ‘Are we the only other beings?’ ‘Are we special?’ ‘What was the point of it all?’ ‘Why did you create us?’ They—the creators—sometimes sighed but they were fairly patient and answered the question in the best way they could, through showing the beings rather than just telling. They sat apart b...

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“Urmila” by J.S Quail

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“Why am I here?”The girl with the pale face does not look up as she asks, but she is waiting all the same. For an answer. Her fingers are buried in atta, and she kneads the dough as if it were her life’s work. Outside the shade of the banyan tree, her sister is following Ram, who is Ram only because he is the chief’s son; and Laxman, who is Laxman only because he could not be Ram.Her sister is Sita, because she is the most beautiful girl in the village.The girl watches her uncle watch the game. He is the man who does their books in the ...

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“What are you doing here?” by Catherine Franklin

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‘What are you doing here?’ I asked as the mysterious figure in the distance assumed the form of my mother. She was standing on the pavement outside my house, a hundred miles from home. I was on my way back from the Chinese restaurant, clutching a white takeaway bag. Heat rose from the freshly prepared tupperware containers, thawing my fingertips which had gone numb minutes earlier. It was a Friday evening, nine days before Christmas. I’d had my last lectures of the semester that day, and was eager to spend the festive weeks in familiar ter...

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“A Sweatshirt and All It Implies” by Emily Baskin

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“I’m tired of waiting, Angela. It’s been months.” “You know I’m scared, Jack! I can’t help it.” “I can’t keep doing this. The glances in the hallway, meeting in the lunch line, everything. I want a real relationship, not a secret, 5th grade one.” “Tell me how you really feel, then.” “Angela. Angela, look at me.” I lift my eyes to meet his stormy blue ones that once resembled the sky on a sunny day. “I don’t want this to end.” “Me neither! I-” “But I also can’t keep hiding.” “We don’t have to hide, per say. We can just not be public,” I sugge...

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“Gut Decision” by Kelli Ayotte

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"I'll let you know," she answered coyly. The tiny granules scratched her toes as she dug them further into the mound of sand that held up her feet. She looked down and watched the tops of her toes peek out as the microwaved-hot-pocket-crust-temperature-sand-sprinkles trickled back down to join the others. Her head laid low and her long dark hair covered the right side of her face. Her expressions were minimal as her gaze remained fixed on the pillowy sand pile. "What about now?" he asked, eagerly. She sharply responded, "I said I'd l...

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“The Blue Penny” by K Jane

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The ellipsis in the gray bubble loves to haunt me. I am so impatient. Antsy. I can hardly wait to find out more, more, more. It’s what makes me a great journalist—or so people have told me. But I can’t handle the mocking pulsation of the gray bubble that appears in an iMessage chat. It flashes to remind you that information is coming, but you don’t have it yet. I honestly can’t stand it. And today, it’s infuriating as ever. Except today, I’m waiting on very important information. Very. And all I have to show for it is a pulsin...

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“Do you take this man?” by Terra Thorne

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She looked beautiful, and I think we both knew it was exactly how she wanted to look today. I looked exactly how she wanted me to look today in a grey suit and leather bound watch. My beard was trimmed to the length that her mother expressed she liked to see. Her makeup was subtle, but with perfect red lips. Red lips that were not moving right now, as we both listened to the minister at the church go over the end of her vows back to me. I have already said I would, and I do, for now until the end of my life. D...

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“I want to learn but unfortunately I can't .....” by Saima Afridi

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This is quite a realistic kind of story. Once there was a boy,Ahmed in my class. He asked the Mechanic's teacher a question related to vectors and he really need to go the bathroom but he preffered to hold that for a while , as he thought what longer would that took him to keep that liquidy devil inside, but he was totally unaware of what was happening to him next. So when Sir was about to answer there was a knock on the door and a person with a really weird and huge moustache and bald head. The moustaches was so hairy that it kind of seemed...

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“A Virus Story” by Christy Hartman

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It’s been four months since the first symptom. Since the world lost it’s mind, and is still trying to find it.They say he almost died. They say he was very lucky for surviving. They say he was very unlucky for getting so sick. They say a lot of things.In Houston, TX, Harris County, one of the most populous counties in the country, he was the 30th person to test positive for COVID19. In other words, he was one of the first. I‘m an overachiever, he must get that from me. He’s 42 years old, meditates regularly, has eaten a ridiculously healthy ...

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Write a story about a person waiting for an answer to a question.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 171 stories

“People aren't as they Appear” by Aisha Makama

“Supernova” by Josh C

“Corporate Baby ” by Bee Kagz

“The letter that changed everything.” by Brooklyn Sides

“The Branded One” by Zion Hintay

“No longer, I wait. ” by Duckie Carson

“Creators' Rating ” by Rema Teller

“Urmila” by J.S Quail

“What are you doing here?” by Catherine Franklin

“A Sweatshirt and All It Implies” by Emily Baskin

“Gut Decision” by Kelli Ayotte

“The Blue Penny” by K Jane

“Do you take this man?” by Terra Thorne

“I want to learn but unfortunately I can't .....” by Saima Afridi

“A Virus Story” by Christy Hartman

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