Marchele M Banks
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Fantastic Friendship
Margarita’s legs wiggled nervously, her fingers tapped an imaginary tune on her knees. The wait outside her grandparent’s house was excruciating. The driver, a tall, slender man with beautiful mahogany skin, cast a sideways glance toward the girl everyone called Velma's twin. As in Velma from the Scooby Doo show. Margarita admits to a physical resemblance, her glasses, her stature, white skin and almost the same hairdo. Anthony smiled at her, then began to laugh. Anthony was a friend. Her best friend. She hadn’t seen him as much since they graduated. Jobs and distance kept them communicating by phone. All through high school, around his parents Margarita pretended to be his girlfriend. He didn’t want pressure about not having a girlfriend. They already expressed disappointment in his career choice and constantly pushed him in a different direction.
By Marchele M Banks4 years ago in Fiction
Birthday Surprise
The friends drove through miles of empty fields. It had been more than twenty miles since they last saw civilization. The old, dusty, green VW bus jostled to a stop at the end of the dirt driveway. The sun was setting behind the three story, hundred year old house and the mist was beginning to spread over the fields. The image was eerie enough to scare two of the six occupants of the bus.
By Marchele M Banks4 years ago in Horror
The Town Saved By A Barn
Everyone said it was such a blessing that no one had died. I remember my heart and breath stopping when I saw the damage the tornado had done. It didn’t seem real, I was just ten years old and I’d never felt or seen anything like that. The twister had left a rut in the ground from the highway right through our two story house. I couldn’t wait to tell the guys.
By Marchele M Banks5 years ago in Families
