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• The Acquaintance

  by Music-Hearted 21 days ago

  I didn’t really know Andrew Gail, and I guess I never will.

  We went to elementary school together, actually. Albertson-Penny…

• The Writer Reclines

  by NightMaiden 3 months ago

  I sat in my room for the longest time, but when I looked at the clock, it had been only five minutes, to my utter dismay.

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• The Writer Seeks Solace in Her Cat

  by NightMaiden 3 months ago

  “How old are you again?”

  _I shook my head in anger, making my hair coming loose out of its ponytail, and marched down the st…

• The Writer Lets Something Embarrasing Slip

  by NightMaiden 3 months ago

  My mind went blank.

  I mean, insane asylum, she’s – just – a – human – vegetable kind of blank.

  _I really couldn’t think…

• The Writer Gets Cornered Herself

  by NightMaiden 3 months ago

  He turned to me, face away from the black car.

  “That’s one of my dad’s company vehicles.”

  “I couldn’t have guessed,” _I r…

• The Writer Comments on Cars

  by NightMaiden 3 months ago

  “I basically couldn’t – didn’t want to – handle what was going on at home.”

  “I’m listening,” I grudgingly admitted.

  “My d…

• The Writer Is Made To Sit Down

  by NightMaiden 3 months ago

  I was pacing down the sidewalk with the cheer of a dead person.

  _My hands barely felt the paper grocery bags rubbing up ag…

• The Writer Goes Shopping

  by NightMaiden 3 months ago

  The morning was spent monotonously.

  Raine kept looking over towards me, but I ignored him, flat out.

  I’m not interested in …

• The Writer Becomes Even Grumpier - If Possible

  by NightMaiden 3 months ago

  “Indeed, that it did.”

  _Mrs. McCarthy was suspiciously silent, so I decided to pry; once in a while, questions can be good, ...

• The Writer Has Breakfast

  by NightMaiden 3 months ago

  I woke up the next morning groggy and grumpy.

  Scooter, on the other hand, had shifted onto my belly.

  _Now I know why …