If silence had a scent, it would smell like the woods after a rainstorm. Just after, when you can still smell the rain on the leaves and the petrichor from the soil.

It can be the first breath you take in the morning, stiring from a long dream and no one else is awake yet. You can open the window, smelling the crisp morning air while you watch the sun slowly rising.

Silence also smells like a can...

We were kissing under the moonlight. Darren had taken me on a romantic nighttime picnic to the park where we met, a gingham blanket on the grass under the tree where we first bumped into each other 5 months ago. Right now, my back is pressed against the tree, Darren's hands roaming my body, feeling every dip and curve he can while his heavy lips are smashed against mine. I weave my hands in his th...

I can still feel his arms around me, engulfing me in a big bear hug. The way I always felt so protected when he was around. I can hear his laugh, filling up the emptiness of the house, or how loud he was at one of my school concerts cheering me on from the audience even when I messed up. I can smell his cologne wafting after him as he meandered upstairs before bed.

I remember that day like it wa...

My sister grabbed my arm, dragging me over to meet her new boyfriend. I dreaded meeting him. He's the new fling that she's hyperfocused on, even though she claims he will be "the one". I follow behind her - more like stumble behind her - until she stops in front of HIM.

"Okay Rowen, this is my boyfriend! His name is Eric." I looked up at him through my lashes.

"Nice to meet you Rowen." Eric smi...

"I've known you since college. We moved in together in a house that I bought, with you promising to pay for half of the mortgage and half of the utilities. I've been paying everything, feeding you, keeping the roof over our heads and you're telling me that I'm stressing you out?" I looked over the table at Bella, anger bubbling to the surface with everything that's happened.

"Well, i've been hel...

Everyone i've come across at school has been whispering about the new guy. They try to hide it, but all of them are so giddy about his looks that it's hard to not roll my eyes. Even my best friend Morgan has been telling me about him all week through text.

Morgan: His hair is so sexy, the black waves bounce with every step he takes.

Morgan: Oh!

Morgan: His eyes are like swimming in the ocean wi...