Love

An Awkward First Encounter
Katheryn Bell has lived a very busy life. She's mostly been focused on her job and career which leaves her not much time for a social life. Once Katheryn finished her college degree her country was seeing itself through a pandemic which didn't allow her to get a job in her desired field out of college. Instead of focusing on the negative Kathryn set out to find a job at her local retail clothing store just to make ends meat. Fast forward a couple years and Katheryn landed a job with her degree and moved cross country to a state where she had no friends or family but to pursue a career she was passionate about.
By Kaitlynn Esquibel3 years ago in Fiction
Love in a library
The old library off of the corner of Main Street was far past closing, but the building was full of its finest patrons. Flickering lights from lanterns moving down the different aisles illuminated the building. The library was fully functioning with electricity, but the lanterns were more easily understood by the regulars who spent the evenings and nights hunting down books. Even though they had free rein of the building, there was one librarian that made sure everything ran smoothly for the daily operations.
By Grace Gettys 3 years ago in Fiction
Souls
All souls are beautiful. Each is a bright flame, that only a demon can see. They all have a base colour of red, yellow, or blue. But the most vibrant, are tinged with different colours: pinks and oranges, purples, and greens. Some souls burned dimly, barely there, beaten, and battered; diminished by the cruel actions of their owners. Others burned with a fury that was almost painful to behold, casting light on all around them.
By Flora Nickels3 years ago in Fiction
The beauty of fireworks, not so much lost to the night, as left to the lonely
Many years later, he still remembered her profound and sad words: "The beauty of fireworks is not so much lost to the night as left to the loneliness."
By feng3 years ago in Fiction
Firebolt
In the pit of my soul where I knew honesty was never shy, I felt a swarm of butterflies invade my system as I left my job downtown in the boisterous city of Citadel. Lex and I had gotten into another argument regarding our future together and I was trying my best to remain level-headed, but with every passing mile, I found my anger spiking. We’d been texting since mid-afternoon after my lunch break and when the topic rolled in I tried to be clear and concise without the bitchy attitude I’m known to have. Yet, his message said: I’m still not sure if I’m ready for that. Then, it was like something in me snapped.
By Troi McAdory 3 years ago in Fiction
The Samhain Chronicles: Ch. 14
Life at the convent was quite simple, yet rather peaceful. The sisters had developed a seamless routine of pray, eat, work, repeat, and Danny and Penelope fell into that routine with little difficulty. Mother Abigail had a seemingly endless list of minor repairs and routine maintenance tasks for Danny to do in addition to helping out with the daily chores. Although by far not the most skilled carpenter or plumber, Danny knew how to swing a hammer and wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty if the need arose. Every other day, a handful of the sisters traveled down into the valley to the nearby village, to help out the elderly and infirm. Penelope elected to go with them on these little trips, mostly so that she could check out the village book shop and do more research on the internet there. Danny, of course, couldn't leave the convent for a myriad of reasons, but was usually kept so busy he didn't have time to notice her absence.
By Natalie Gray3 years ago in Fiction
The Sweet Exchange
The hustle and bustle of the city pushed against her face in a forceful, inescapable hug. Maxine Devereux shoved her hands into her pockets, grumbling as she walked to her apartment building. Her curly black hair was styled in a neat bun, tendrils of hair framing her brown face and swaying in the wind as she moved. She turned her body just in enough time to avoid running into a food cart that was rushing to its next destination to catch its late afternoon customers.
By Troi McAdory 3 years ago in Fiction
When to Run
“You always run when things get too intense. You just can’t help it.” Dustin had stopped walking when he heard the words. It was as if the life energy had gone out his body and left him unable to propel himself forward any further.
By Mark Campbell3 years ago in Fiction
A moving story that makes people cry
A touching story that makes people cry The temperature and warmth of the world often appear in the daily trifles of life. In a town in the south of the Yangtze River, there is a food street, both sides of the road are located in restaurants, food stores, fruit stores, teahouses and so on. It was already closing time. In the Yuelai restaurant on the street, the boss, Madame Yun, and the waitress, Miss Xiao Su, were cleaning up in the room. It was time to go home soon. At that moment, a very old woman in her eighties and eighties came shivering in. She said to Suzy, "Girl! I'd like a bowl of soup, but I've only got two dollars, all right?" Clearly, she was pleading. In this era of high prices, where is a bowl of soup for two yuan? However, Xiao Su looked at the old man who was older than her grandmother, but she could not bear to refuse. "The old lady must have had some difficulty in coming out alone to have a bowl of soup. I'll give her a bowl of egg drop soup and pay for the rest." With this in mind, she called out to the kitchen, "One bowl of egg-drop soup!" The soup came up, when the old lady saw the soup was full of eggs, quickly said: "I don't want eggs, I only have two pieces, money is not enough!" "Old woman! This bowl of soup is only two dollars, and you can enjoy it." Suzy explained kindly to the old lady. "Alas! This is the best place. They have $2 soup. I've been to several houses, and they all say no!" The old lady muttered as she sipped her soup. The old lady finished her soup and went away satisfied. Xiao Su took the old lady's two dollars and his cushion on the three dollars, went to the counter to give the cloud sister-in-law. Who knows the cloud sister-in-law only received the two crumpled one-yuan notes, but with her hand to block the other three yuan Su handed, she said: "Just a scene, I saw the truth, the old lady is like my grandmother's age, even if let her drink a bowl of soup what? However, she seems to have no money, but she is very self-conscious. If she doesn't take the money, she won't eat the soup either. So take her two pieces, and you don't need to pay." She thought for a moment and then said to Xiao Su, "Remember, if she comes again in the future, let her have egg soup, even if she only has one yuan." Although this bowl of egg soup is not noticeable, but, which is filled with a thick human friendship, in today's material age is really valuable ah!
By feng3 years ago in Fiction
All-Star Marriage Therapy
Judy and I had been together 14 years, since high school. We bonded, like most teenagers do, over a shared sense that we were not like most teenagers. We shard a set of interests which we imagined to be profoundly unique and contradictory. We liked punk rock music and the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle. We loved fancy restaurants and Taco Bell. We played noisy, distorted lo-fi covers of Beach Boys songs in her parents’ garage.
By Jonathan3 years ago in Fiction
Forgot the name of the story
Tommy couldn't forget Sarah. She had always been so full of life. He called her again He had done some research on Stigma. He knew she didn't want to talk about it. She was happy to hear from him when he called. She told him she was feeling okay. Her doctor had finally stopped calling. He had left her all these stigma meetings from NAMI. Tommy hesitated a little before continuing, He was unsure if he should proceed. "NAMI is an organization of parents of people with mental illness. If your father was alive he would most likely be at these meetings sharing your medical conditions with anybody who attended the meeting. They blame all the family problems on the person with the mental illness. Imagine trying to hold your head up high then. The funny thing is most of these parents who think their childrens' problems should be made public, do not share with anybody about their own mental illness." He changed the topic " But you should not be going through any of this, you do not have a mental illness, if your father had not taken your dreams away none of this would have happened. We would be married, we would have children. We would both be working, You would have dreams. God did not put you on this earth to be glued to the television. Sarah found herself smiling. He cared, he kept calling, and he was being supportive. He might not be delusional she thought. He was learning just like her. How were two average people supposed to understand this medical stuff? For the first time in ages she thought about a future with a man. The man she had previously wanted to marry. She felt a little nervous. She wondered if he was just concerned for her or if he wanted a life with her. She couldn't get herself to ask, but for the first time in a long time, she was hoping. She wondered if she had enough to offer, she had sort of dropped out of life. She hadn't noticed that the conversation had stopped. She was deep in thought. He knew she was deep in thought and dared to ask what she was thinking about. "I guess it was a bad idea," she said "to go to the therapist. They wouldn't even address our initial issue. He was smiling now. "The guy was crazy." Tommy said "he didn't even talk with us. I guess by our appearance he could diagnose us in five minutes. She laughed "Yes, the idea of that is sort of crazy. He was bragging about his diagnosis ability. It took years for me to become me, and he was going to understand what made me tick in five minutes. I just assumed that since he had medical training, I am so sorry I put you through all this" Then she got the surprise of her life." Do you want to go back to our original plans" he asked, She wanted nothing more than to marry him. That had been her dream in the past and that was her dream again. Then he surprises her even more " I want to marry you regardless of your mental health. I can't tell you not to take medication it is your life it is your decision. You were born to live your life. I am just hoping it is with me" She was so sure but she was scared. "I don't look the same, I have gained weight". He laughed " You are still the same person, I fell in love with. I'll think you look gorgeous regardless of your weight." She smiled " Well we have finally answered the question we should ignore my father's dying request. We were born to get married.
By Antoinette L Brey3 years ago in Fiction
The death wish
When he died, their father had two request. Sarah was not to marry Tommy, and Anna was not to move to Mexico. The girls listened in silence as he mumbled his last breath. Anna had already decluttered her house, and Sarah was madly in love with Tommy, in fact she had moved into his house. Sarah wondered if Tommy would leave her if she only wanted to cohabitate. Anna definetly was not going to stay in this town she wondered where else she could move. Both of them were wondering if they could ignore his death wish. Both of the girls felt slightly trapped.
By Antoinette L Brey3 years ago in Fiction