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A One Night Stand to Remember

Submitted to Contest #56

"Aaaahhh!" Kelly flails.Black coffee stains the breast area of her white blouse. Her cleavage reddens to the shade of her cheeks when she wakes from her reminiscence of wine and pleasure. Lost in thought, she missed her mouth, and instinctively rubs at the dark wet spots that appear."Mom, get your life together." Sarah teases. She bounces into the kitchen, her ponytail whipping around from cheek to cheek."Shouldn't you be at school by now?" Kelly gives her accusing motherly-tone and lifts an eyebrow."Nope. Terms almost over, so my morning cl...

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First love

Submitted to Contest #56

this is honestly my first type of romantic story i'm doing on anything. So this is probably gonna be terrible so sorry. to make it easier to know who's who sometimes here: the parts with Harper will be in italics. the parts with Penny will be regular. Harper sighed as she stared out into the gym. For the next few days there was a dance in there for couples. She didn't really know why or care that much. But she saw how much people were in there dancing and having fun together. Sure you could go there with a friend and not be together but th...

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Book Club

Submitted to Contest #55

Emma slowly placed the mini sandwiches on the plate and brought them over to the coffee table. “Why do I have to do this?” She moaned to her mother, pulling her phone out of her pocket.  “Sweetheart it’s a punishment.” Her mother said as she poured chips into a bowl. “I know that..” she rolled her eyes, “But how is joining your neighbourhood book club a punishment.” “Are you having fun?” She asked Emma grabbing her phone and placing it in her purse lying on the counter. “You get this back tomorrow.” “Hey! I guess I’m not having fun....

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Henry and Victor

Submitted to Contest #55

Henry always argued that writing endings was supercilious, “-as if any story is one that properly ends. Just stop on a half-decent sentence and people will call you an artistic genius,” he would blither about it for ages anytime Victor brought it up, half-drunk in the crimson heat. Victor suspected it was just because Henry was shit at writing them. Those weren’t their real names of course; real as in social-security, birth certificate, government document names he means. Real in terms o...

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The Secret

Submitted to Contest #55

Hey, can you keep a secret?  I grinned slightly, wondering just what juicy secret this random lady from the internet was going to share with me. Hopefully, it was some kind of declaration of love for my brother, the actual owner of this computer that I was currently hijacking, which I could later embarrass him with.  Sure will, I typed. So what is it? Her responses shot out like bullets, each one only a few seconds apart. Somehow, I knew her fingers were flying across the keys with almost lightning speed. Maybe she was going as fas...

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Pancakes

Submitted to Contest #55

“Can you keep a secret?” “Of course!”I cursed at myself internally for answering too fast, too eagerly. I glanced up and saw she probably hadn’t noticed. She looked eager herself, her eyes bright and her whole face full of excitement. A waiter stopped at our table with our coffees. Cappuccino for me, flat white for Em. He flashed a friendly smile and asked if we were ready to order. I glanced over at Em and let her take the lead. If she wanted to ask for another minute so that she could tell me whatever was on her mind, she would.&...

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Chrissy, Unmistakably

Submitted to Contest #55

She had asked me to meet her at the park where we- Chrissy and I- spent most of our time together. So I went. She was still with her friends when I arrived. I took a seat at the roots of a tree to wait. I looked up at the branches and leaves. It was the biggest tree in the small park, and probably the biggest tree in town. It was beautiful. Just like our love. Or what it was before.  ~.~ "You know what?" Chrissy asked after she finished her daily rant to me. "Yeah?" "You know I don't talk much. You must be at least a little bit surp...

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Asphodel

Submitted to Contest #55

I’m not going to apologize.Delivered I’m not going to apologizeBecause I do believe that I deserved betterGhosting was immature on my partI’ll admit thatBut honestlyI needed to get outI couldn’t handle itI wasn’t strong enough to handle itYou became an obligationAnother piece of my well-beingThat I was supposed to just willingly sacrificeFor your peace of mindPerhaps it was selfishBut you took so much from me thatI didn’t even know who I was without youHow much of me was I supposed to give up?I had no one to turn toNone of our friends knewTh...

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Summer Break Blues Chapter 1

Submitted to Contest #55

Part 1Don’t you just love the summer break? You can just sit on the beach with an ice-cream in your hand, soaking in the morning rays with your besties. It’s so refreshing. Unless of course, you’re like me that is a super omega klutz, who sees Travis Mulligan (a.k.a. the man of my dreams) and drops whatever they’re holding at the time. In this case a chocolate ripple ice-cream. Yeah. Sounds soo relaxing, doesn’t it? I think not. Especially when you had to go and buy a new pair of bathers last week because the same thing happened to your old ...

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From the Heart (the sequel to "Tea for Two")

Submitted to Contest #55

It was a week later. Sam was spending the weekend at my place for the first time. It was early afternoon and we decided to go downtown, maybe even to the waterfront. The weather was clear, no sign of rain. We wouldn't be out long. Maybe an hour or two at most. And certainly nowhere near any crowds … not that there were any crowds in that part of town. The town's businesses were still struggling.As we put on our medical masks, I suggested that we could stop by Francois' cafe and see how he was doing.Sam nodded. “Do you want to speak with him ...

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Sadie and Sunlight

Submitted to Contest #55

Write something. Pause. Damn, I could use some coffee. Breathe. Think. Something clever. Something creative. Real. Gripping. Get their attention in as few words possible. ….….Recluse transforms world from the safety of his home.            Boring, uninviting.            Try again.             It can’t be this hard.….….The man behind th...

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Chartreuse

Submitted to Contest #55

  “You should definitely wear the red dress. Sexy.” “Sexy?” I mumble, confused. My best friend holds the dress up. “Red is notoriously romantic,” Cassidy explains. “Perfect for a date.” “Right,” I just nod and take the dress from her. Cassidy and I have been friends for twenty-something years, and no one probably knows me better. Which always makes what’s about to happen absolutely hilarious to me. It takes three seconds for her doe eyes to widen, two more seconds for her hand to fly to her mouth, and a fifth of a second for the horrifi...

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Rollercoaster in 4 acts

Submitted to Contest #55

‘’Can you keep a secret?’’ he asked me. ‘’Of course.’’ I replied without hesitating just to convince him to tell me. After I heard it I was sure I was never going to tell his secret to anyone else, because no one would believe me.  I knew Jacob for almost three years now and I would have never imagined he was hiding something like that. We met on our first day of college and after that day, our relationship was like an emotional rollercoaster.  We were both going to study psychology. I chose this because I wanted to help people, he...

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quien es el amor de mi vide?

Submitted to Contest #55

Isabella saw Xiomara was walking down the aisle in her elegant wedding dress that brought out her curved hips. She made the English dress look exquisitely royal and she was longing for the touch of his mouth on her lips as the priest said to her do you take Marcus Gonzalez to be your one and only husband.  “Aaaah” Isabella screamed before realizing all to suddenly it had been a dream but still the very thought of Marcus marrying Xiomara, her high school rival, sickened her to the stomach but then if she wanted to be with him why ha...

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A Desolate Womb

Submitted to Contest #55

Charlie rests against the unsteady railing of the hotel’s balcony while his wife, Diane, patrols the sea’s waves from her place on a torn-up sun lounge. Diane’s ankle-length mint skirt surrounds her hips in order for the milky flesh of her legs to bronze, the first three buttons on her cream satin blouse fall unsealed to the side, allowing sunbeams to tap at her collarbones as well as the swells of her breasts. Brown, oversized, square sunglasses are propped on her nose, while French tipped toenails dig into the cushioned chair beneath her, ...

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