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I Don't Kiss Strangers.

Submitted to Contest #94

"I dare you to kiss ..." Hearing the word "kiss" was enough to make Mia's heart begin to palpate, and for her palms to become uncomfortably sweaty. She was never the social butterfly, so parties—dares—weren't her thing. That's the main reason she got dragged here in the first place. Her friend, Eva, always encouraged her to get out of the safe haven that was her room, where she'd find solitude in the cliche Netflix movies that she felt her life was slowly becoming in this moment. She would always wish her life could mirror those main char...

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It is what it is

Submitted to Contest #94

After the fire had gone down and the rain had become nothing but a drizzle, Ria said to him, "you should know me by now."He did not look at her but he knew she was smiling. "You're right. I should."And yet, here he was, straddled to a chair, knowing he would die and she would kill him. And perhaps he'd known all along that the fire in his eyes had burnt with a delicate tenderness for a woman who did not love him. By his feet, her cat lay curled up. He wanted to stroke the furry coat but she did not want to take any chances. "Tell m...

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The Truth About Dares

Submitted to Contest #94

“I double-dog dare you.” Travis slid the picked-over remnants of our nachos aside and opened a small brown jewelry box.  The gemstone inside glimmered in the dim light. Other people around us had noticed the box and possibly my tension.  Conversation stopped along the length of the bar as we became the center of attention.  I slapped my hand over the felt lid, firmly closing the clamshell. “What are you, twelve?” I hissed.  “Put that away already!” “Is it the ring?” he asked with a ghost of a smile.  “It was my g...

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I'm Here For You

Submitted to Contest #94

Dark-colored clouds covered the usual blue sky, the sound of birds chirping was nowhere to be found, and each animal kept hidden trying to stay warm. Heavy rain poured down on a young girl who kept running through, her soaked clothes clinging tightly to her body. Tears spilled down her eyes as the only things that filled her ears were the pitter-patter of the rain and her heavy footsteps. She stopped for a moment reaching a tall tree, leaning against it, and feeling her legs give out. She tried to wipe the waterfall of tears, yet they found ...

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The Train Is Never Late

Submitted to Contest #95

  TW: suicide attempt The train is never late, so I sit, and I wait. The iron rail proves unforgiving to my soft body, unaccustomed to life anywhere but home. I stare at my shoes—the first new pair my parents have ever purchased for me—and smile at the scuffs. How furious they would be. Early morning sunlight shines down on me through a gap in the trees, and for a moment, I bask in it, feeling weightless. A bird calls out the well-worn words of my father, "All I'm saying—kah!—is that we knew—kah!—knew—kah!—that this would happ...

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Reaction

Submitted to Contest #94

                                Reaction  “You get lost please” “What?” “Yes you heard me” Yes, that’s what Nat said and slammed the door on his face, and then she walked 2 miles all the way to her house. “Wow! I mean that’s the reason they’ve not been talking to each other for a week” “Yep, you heard me.” “Damn!”  “So are we going to get a ride today, is S...

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Job Obligation

Submitted to Contest #94

How could both fullfil the mission together? It was impossible! She didn't want to push her luck, she really wanted to take this mission. On the other hand, doing such this mission with him... She couldn't stand it. Then, she desperately asked, "Excuse me, but can't I choose my partner myself?" to her boss. Their boss was a bit of a moody man. He frowned and stared her, "If you didn't like my chosen, you can quit this mission and I can choose a more compatible agent." said in a dangerous tone. "Okay," she said. "Of course I want this and the...

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'Walking to him with you tattooed in my heart'

Submitted to Contest #94

My reflection stared back at me through the mirror; I observed the woman in the mirror dressed in a beautiful white dress. My golden locks styled in the perfect low bun as it was neatly tucked under the extravagant veil. My eyes dropped towards the gigantic stone that branded my ring finger. Somehow that's all it was, a giant rock that would brand me forever.I walked over to the window to stare at the display outside. It was perfect; everything was just as my eight-year-old self had envisioned when I watched a wedding back then while making ...

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Once in a Blue Moon

Submitted to Contest #94

Franks soothing baritone voice started to spin a web of lies on the last night we had spent together. I remember the outside temperature reaching “90’ degrees, the tiny beads of sweat glistening on my forehand. I try to conceal feeling uncomfortable sitting in the smoke-filled Biker’s Bar. Our bodies are close together, Franks’ warm breath as he tenderly whispers in my ear. His right hand was massaging my thigh, the tingling sensation surging through my veins as I took a sip of his beer.Amidst the noise, I leaned in close...

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Crimson red

Submitted to Contest #95

“Darlene” – he would whisper that name over and over. The very way he was pronouncing her name, the tenderness and delicacy he enclosed in that word would convince even a complete stranger that he was in love. It wasn’t the routine, ordinary love that we see around so often, but rather the burning, enrapturing and consuming feeling that left nothing intact on its way. She was passing by his window every morning – black-haired, bright and beautiful. Any great portraitist would desire to immortalize her on canvas – for that embodiment of pur...

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Treasure

Submitted to Contest #94

“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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Being Friends

Submitted to Contest #94

Being Friends.A Godfearing sailor, moved from the city of destiny to the city of the rising sun. His family adjusted well in a total new environment with new language. He moved with his parents and 17-year-old daughter Mihira. He lovingly called her Mira.She was an intelligent girl. Easily cleared interviews and got selected in the best college for Hotel Management.With some good and some bad days, they moved on. Soon, Mihira started her internship. Her disturbed routine, unwell grandparents, doing everything alone made her a tough girl. Soo...

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Her last goodbye.

Submitted to Contest #94

Once again on another boring day in Callisburg everyone was sitting in their houses watching movies they have seen a million times. Eating the same things over and over because they could barely get out of their houses. Everyday was a repeat of the same thing over and over again. Days got longer and longer by the minute. One day, There was a girl who went out of her house to get her family food, and supplies to last for the month. So one of them would have to go out and get the food once a month. While she was walking down the road to the st...

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alone doesn't accommodate two

Submitted to Contest #94

The clocks ticking and the world doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon. This exam ends in 15 minutes just enough to cheat my way and pass but not enough for me to let my ego down and risk showing a 'flaw'? nuh-uh, not today, not ever. If there's anything I'll be admitting to today is the very simple fact I've been able to keep secret from the world till now and it's that I'm bad at math. and it just so happens that something like that doesn't really play in your favor when you have 12 minutes to pass a math test that determines whether yo...

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The Melted Icebergs Between Us.

Submitted to Contest #94

Anna: We surround the gold table. All of us. Their eyes slide across one another, everyday it hints to the people we once knew. Their faces have contorted so profusely that I vaguely remember them from my dreams. Especially Ryan, his blue eyes strangely dimmed. I remember how it shone so bright when it met mine under the bleachers, we met there every day during lunch. His blond hair, always ruffled by one girl or the other, never by me though. I promised myself. He sits here now, so humble as he sips from his cup. Does he look happy? Could ...

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