7:00 in the morning. Peyton slams her hand on her alarm clock and mopes out of bed. “Too early” she mumbles as she stumbles towards the bathroom. She’s so out of it from staying up all night stressing and studying for a chemistry test. Thoughts run through her mind of what she has to do today. Go to school, do homework, go to cheer, shower, study… too many things are on her mind. She splashes wate...

All her life Kendra had never broken a bone, sprained anything, or even gotten stitches. She was careful. And she was proud of this. In school when someone got hurt she made sure to wish them well and add “I’ve never gotten hurt before. Not even a sprain”. To Kendra, this was an accomplishment. It gave her power and pride. Everyone in school knew it too. Kendra Smith had never broken anything. Unt...

The hot steam fills my nose with pleasant coco scents. It’s delicate shell flakes as my fingers are gently placed along its curves. As I break the pastry open, a thick dark substance oozes out. Too hot to touch my eyes are mesmerized by the rainbow of browns pouring out of layer and layers of thin tan skin. What I most love about this delicacy is how I can hold it up to me ear like a phone. That a...

It was too dark to see anything. Too cramped to feel anything. “Where am I?” Sadie said to herself. She started to feel around her, her head pounding. She placed her hand beside her and it grazed upon a cold concrete wall. The roughness of the wall reminded her of her boyfriend Richies coarse skin. She tried to stand up using the wall as support for balance. When she stood to her feet she got a he...

When I look in the mirror...

I see a creature staring back

I try not to look at it

Even avoid all contact

For this creature makes me wonder...

Is this who I am?

A big scary creature

With nothing in hand

Or has someone played a trick

One to make me question

My insanity,

And my intension

Is there truly someone there?

A friend or enemy?

Even someone who,

Can fill the pit inside of me

I do...

*texting on the phone*

“Okay. Hear me out. This is going to be a long text so I’m sorry, but there’s something I need to tell you, and I know you don’t want to hear it. I’m not expecting an answer back, even thought it would be appreciated, I just need to get this off my chest. We’ve been talking for quite sometime now and I think things are going well. I mean sure we haven’t hung out or anything...

Forced to play with her little brother again, Harper grabs her homework, put on her shoes and headed outside. Her little brother Ryan who was eleven, was climbing the up the slide when she came out. “Don’t do that Ryan. You’re going to get hurt and I’m going to get blamed for it.” She said as she sat in the corner of her yard and pulled out her homework. Ryan ignored her warning and kept going up ...

“No no no no no. This isn’t good. This is not good.” Elizabeth exclaimed as she frantically ran around her apartment. “Ugh where is it. Where could it be?” Elizabeth started looking in obvious places first, on her desk, the counter, even in her bed sheets. Still nothing. She starts flipping couch cushions and pillows, and checking under every piece of furniture in her home. “Come on where could yo...

“Remember that time when we were climbing up that gigantic tree and then I fell off and you laughed at me! You sat there and laughed at me!” Arthur exclaimed with a slight grin on his face. “Oh oh or the time when I fell during the talent show and you posted a video of it. Yeah that was messed up. How could you do that to your best friend? That video went around the whole entire school!” He starte...

“I think I just met the happiest person in the world” I complained as I rolled my eyes. “And why are you upset about this?” A stranger says, smiling from ear to ear. His golden caramel skin glistens in the sunlight, his wavy dirty blonde hair bounces with every step he takes. “I- I mean some people are just too happy sometimes” I say trying to keep myself composed. “There’s no such thing as too ha...