“I was…” It was so difficult, so impossible to continue, but I did, my voice so quiet I wondered if he could even hear it, “I was sick of the bruises.” I was crying again, turning away from him.
The silence was deafening. The only sound was an occasional sniffle from me as I tried to make the tears go away. It was ridiculous to cry, I was stronger than that.
“Bruises?” his voice was soft, he was standing indecisively in the middle of the kitchen, half-reaching forward, as though he wanted to comfort me, but he didn’t know how, or if he should.
“My father,” I spat the word, “Does not agree with me on several subjects. His temper is short, and his reactions are often violent. I managed to lie to myself long enough, giving him excuses in my head. Work was difficult; his last movie had gotten bad reviews; his views were logical: I should go into the movie business or whatever he wanted. But I didn’t want to, and he couldn’t stand it,” I sobbed, “So he’d hit me. And finally, after one night, I left.”
Inspired by
“Three months?” I repeated.
She nodded, “I mean, I get it at first, when I was annoying the hell out of you, but after that…..A sequel to Remembering Sickness
About the author
Dreamer
Current location? Most likely, I'm lost :)
I came up with the penname Dreamer from a fantasy story I used to tell my friends. ‘Dreamer’ was a character based off of me that could make characters in books and movies come to life. Yeah, I know, I wish.
Current Mood: Yay! New words of the month!
Words of the Month (one for each week because I’ll probably forget to update it weekly):
In honor of Halloween: (maybe these should have been for October but oh well)
gymnophobia- irrational fear of being naked
triskaidekaphobia- irrational fear of the number 13
arachibutyrophobia- irrational fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia – the irrational fear of long words
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Series I’m writing (wrote):
The JUST FINISHED ‘Remembering’ series. The ‘story after the story.’ This is a sequel to the ‘Just a Little’ series (see below). This is Drew’s Story. Fiction. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/31422
Newest current ‘Losing Focus.’ Extremely random. Link to first:
http://ficlets.com/stories/42048
The current ‘Smell’ Series (Main characters: Fae and Davincent) Fantasy. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/26990
The current ‘I Am’ series. This is a series that examines the different high school stereotypes. Fiction. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/22387
The kinda sorta not exactly current Sand Women series. (I spontaniously sequel this from time to time) Fantasy. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/7007
The completed ‘Just A Little’ series. (Main Characters: Drew and Cynthia) Tragedy. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/23458
Link to first of the completed Pika series. (Main Character: Soner) Tree-hugging ‘Memoir.’ Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/17331
link to first of the completed ‘True or False’ (Main Characters: Andy, Wes, Blake, and, of course, Judie). Classic high school melodrama. Link:
http://ficlets.com/stories/9033
(kudos to lost_at_sea for writing part of this.)
Save the planet. Hug a tree.
Babynameaddicts.com is my lifeline. Need a name for a story? Go to this website!!!!!!!
Courage is the judgement that something else is greater than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.
-Meg Cabot
No, the world’s still the same. There’s just less in it.
-Jack Sparrow (I love you!!!)
Life sucks, and then you die.
Yeah, I should be so lucky.
-Jacob Black, Breaking Dawn.
A Lady: Sir, If I were your wife, I would poison your soup!
Winston Churchill- Madame, if I were your husband, I would drink it.
Another lady: You are very drunk.
Winston Churchill- Yes, I am. And you are very ugly. But in the morning I will be sober, and you will still be very ugly.
(HAHAHAHA! I love Winston.)
Published on June 19, 2008.
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