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to love a memory

Submitted to Contest #81

A candle is lit. It flickers, the warm glow dancing over the walls and table. After a moment's hesitation, a hasty breath blows it out. And for a moment, there is darkness, interrupted only by the bright moon and pinprick stars that poke twinkling holes in the fabric of night. The candle is relit. This time, the flame is steady. A reluctant hand lights another candle. Another, another, another. The same hands pull an intricately decorated vase from its packaging. It's placed at the center of the table. Two perfect roses are slipped into the ...

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What the-

Submitted to Contest #81

My heart is beating in my chest. But the funny thing is I don't really know why. I haven't liked Justin since third grade. It wasn't even my idea to ask him out. I was dared. Daring during The week before Valentines, a tradition in my friend group. Kind of, it's not the same now that all the girls actually have boyfriends. So this year it was just Lauren, Jemma, Gracie and I. Four of the original ten. Anyways...they all devised this plan. To have me walk up to Justin Brown and ask him out...on a date. So here goes nothing."Hey Justin I was h...

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Pastel Pink Is Your Colour

Submitted to Contest #81

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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Arrange Marriage

Submitted to Contest #81

Hi, I'm Joe. My parents are looking for my future hubby. Today finally my mom and dad found a well-settled boy. Tomorrow he and his family will visit my house. I'm so eager to see him. NEXT DAY MORNING At Joe's house "Honey is our child ready?" Joe's dad asked. "Yes, honey she woke up soon today, wore an awesome dress looking into the mirror from the morning" replied Joe's mom. "Happy to hear it, honey. I hope our daughter will be so happy in the future" Joe's dad said to his wife. "Yeah, honey doesn't worry she will be so so happy " replied...

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Just remember

Submitted to Contest #81

 "Ring, Ring, Ring" The bell rings and the third period is over. Thank God. I don't think that I could have listened to Mr. Lawson talk anymore about quantum physics without dying from boredom. I meet my best friend Indigo at my locker. Indigo is short with brown hair, green eyes and beautiful olive skin. "Hey Blair, I know you've been looking for somebody to ask to the dance, so I've been keeping an eye out for you and I think I found the perfect guy," Indigo exclaims, clearly very proud of herself. She points over to a crowd of boys. ...

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The Question

Submitted to Contest #81

Hey, I know this is probably coming out of nowhere, but I just really need to get something off of my chest. I like you. I’ve liked you for a long time now, I just haven’t been able to muster up enough courage to approach you about it.  If I’m being honest with myself, I’ve liked you ever since the first day I saw you, freshman year. You were sitting in lunch with all of your friends talking and I thought something along the lines of, “what a bunch of vapid, stupid girls; I can hardly hear myself think over all their jabbering.” I know...

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Together Forever

Submitted to Contest #81

She sat alone, holding a cup of hot cocoa while watching the falling snow. Taking a sip from her warm mug, a pair of arms wrapped around her. "Come back to bed, it's early," the groggy voice said. "I will soon. I just want to watch the snow." "Honey it's freezing," he argued. "Yes, and I said I will soon." He kisses the back of her head. She never listens to him but he still loved her. He always has, the moment they met in high school. He could never take his eyes off of her. He rests his head on top of her head and pouts. "Still ...

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Karma

Submitted to Contest #81

It’s Valentine’s Day, and I am alone, utterly single, and decidedly regretting my life choices. The bar is overflowing with the giggles of drunken bachelors, drinking away their Valentine’s Day. No couple can be found within a five mile radius of this place. I’m probably the only sober person here, wedged in a corner booth by a TV blaring a soap opera that some older women appear to be very fixated on. I stare at my salad, as if all the answers in the universe can be found mixed in with my lettuce and tomatoes. I push my plate away. I’m not ...

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The light in the dark

Submitted to Contest #81

Her- It's been weeks since I had given the thought to actual look in the mirror. I hardly recognize my own face. Puffy red teary eyes,raw nose and the greasy rats nest I call hair were staring back at me. I just stood there-looking into swollen eyes watching the tears flow. I've been trying to talk to him. I can't even get a sentence in without him telling me "I can't do this right now". How long can he hold this wall up? He's always let me in. When did these little arguments become so many;when did they become so big? ...

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Sunset

Submitted to Contest #81

"Let's go home later Matt? "I asked him while eating in the canteen. "Yes, but when we go home for a long time, you go first so that you can go home early, maybe your mother will look for you "he replied while chewing the food. "Okay go ahead but mama won't be angry when I take home for a long time as long as someone is home with me" I said while sipping the coke. "All right, I'll try if I can finish the work early so we can get home earlier ha" he said to me and drank the water so we can enter our room, there are still a lot of activi...

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Dirty Coffee ☕

Submitted to Contest #81

Under the raining Chicago horizon sat a waning sun sinking into sleep. The soft pitter-patter of rain sounded through a car's windowpane as it made its way down the wet streets. A gleaming sliver of moon could be seen hiding through the hazy blue-orange clouds layered in the sky. The car rounded past a stoplight and slowed.The car sputtered. Sputtered. Sputtered. Stopped.From inside, groans of frustration could be heard growing louder. A young woman unlocked a door and bolted out, mumbling underneath her breath as she slammed the door shut a...

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Strawberry.

Submitted to Contest #81

I looked down at my sneakers and waved my skirt around. "This is so dumb", I kept telling myself. I'd been waiting for Jo for at least 20 minutes now. She wasn't late, I just wanted to make sure I'd be really early. The time was 11:59 am. We'd arranged to meet at 12:00 pm, exactly outside the St James park. She'd be here any moment now, and that really made me nervous. I could feel my heartbeat get faster and my palms getting slightly sweatier. As my mind kept pondering on the fact that I would finally meet the person I'd been chatting w...

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Goldfish Jerky

Submitted to Contest #81

I met Carter online when I was 12 years old. I was the girl who always knew the answer to your question on Reddit, which, looking back on, is probably something I shouldn’t have been allowed on at that age.  He was the boy who seemed to be so full of questions, ones without easy answers that delighted me and my insatiable brain. Soon, we fell into this habit where he would post a question that seemed tailored to my expertise and I would answer it like it had been meant for me and me only. Which, in a way, it usually was, since he never ...

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The Young Prince 2

Submitted to Contest #81

"Thank you, Amanda. You're a great help," Kix said happily to the manager of an Italian restaurant. "You're always welcome, Prince Kendrick. Our restaurant will give our best service and make your dinner date the most romantic and lavish," Amanda said reassuringly. "Oh! Thank you. Bye," he said a bit shocked. He cut the line throwing his body to his bed and sigh. If only Amanda knows, she's not going to say those. But he will make sure that this date will be the most romantic date her first love has ever had so that she will remember him for...

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The Blog of Mollie King. A Sixteen-Year-Old Human Mistake.

Submitted to Contest #81

MolliesMistakes posted 13th February, 11:23am: Taking one step inside, I freeze. Then hurry back outside again. I’ve been doing this for the past hour and to be honest, it feels like I’m on a never-ending teacup ride. So, it’s not that his teeth are so white they could put a pearl to shame, or that his hair reminds me of a molten, caramel bar. It’s not even that he’s handsome. A lot of people are handsome. It’s the fact that I already know how amazing he is. He’s already tasted my tongue and I’ve already scented his sweat. He’s already ...

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