“Watch out!” Emily shouted as she ducked under the table. Leo and her chemistry project they spent hours working on, ended up to be a disaster.

Leo was star struck, a frown forming on his face. “You- you ruined it!” He said, looking at the foam everywhere.

“I’m sorry!” Emily quickly bowed as she ran to grab paper towels. As she made her way back, Leo snarled.

“Of course you’ve done this! Did ...

(Setting: 2 pm, mid-summer, heat is at a all time high, house)

(Chapters:, Georgia(Female, 29, dark brown hair, bright green eyes, tan skin, 145 pounds, 5 foot 11 inches tall), Lily ( Female, 19 months old , dark brown hair, blue eyes, 31 pounds, 33 1/2 inches tall))

Tensions were high as Lily seemed to have woken up in the wrong side of the bed. She had refused her morning nap, and had only eat...

Her body begins to tense, fists clenched. An overwhelming heat consuming her from within. As a volcano bubbles before erupting, she too is close to an explosion of monumental proportions. She bites her tongue, tasting the bitterness of blood as she struggles to contain her mounting anger.

He stands still, behind the brown and white counter with the marble backsplash he despises. His wife, albeit ...

He raises his fist at me. “I want to hit you so badly sometimes!”

I take a step back and he does, too. His words catch me off guard, but it’s not the first time he’s saying something like this. I draw my arms around myself and he does the same, mocking me.

“That’s not fair! We’re all we have!”

He chuckles and it makes me smile too, seeing him happy. But what he says next is vitriol: “I’m leavi...

Nosh stepped into the spaceport gift shop, the air buzzing like the school hallways between classes. Outside, shuttles lined up on the launch pads, their engines humming, while a sleek SpaceX rocket loomed tall against a sky that was quickly darkening. Storm clouds gathered like a crowd before the big game, thick and heavy, a cold wind whistling through the glass walls.

Inside, it was all flashy ...

Note: cleaning up my drafts a bit. My work truck is down right now, so I’m just trying to post some of these old writings that I didn’t feel were worthy. Bear with me.

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One small spark,

an ember really,

to the powder keg

in the dark of man’s heart

— the one turns to the other

the mortars blazing

breaking away at her spirit

she said something white-hot

I couldn’t hear through the smoke

I ...

_Dear favorite stranger,_

_Meet in the library after the Game. I have something for you._

_Yours, Ad_

Ad had left another letter outside my door this morning, and it left me even more crazed then the first. First, he had called me his _favorite _stranger. Did that mean I was, or one of, his favorite people? And then he had said he had something for me, what was it? And lastly, he had signed as...

**Alex:** I can’t believe you did this to me! After everything we’ve been through, this is how you repay me?

**Jordan:** Oh, come on, Alex! You’re acting like you’re perfect. What about all the times you ignored me or made me feel like I was invisible?

**Alex:** Don’t you dare turn this around on me! I was busy with work, trying to provide for us. That’s not an excuse to cheat!

**Jordan:** And ...

As soon as the door shut, all the anger that was built up inside of me spilled over. I clenched my fists and glared at my older brother, wishing years of pain and torture on him. The years of pain and torture that I endured when he wasn’t here.

“You don’t get to boss her around when you weren’t even there for most of her life!” I shouted. Michael closed his eyes and sighed, pinching the bridge of...

A package arrived in the mail today addressed to me. I opened the cardboard flaps to find a handheld fan and a handwritten letter.

The yellowed paper read:

_Dearest Anya,_

_After fifteen years of searching, I have finally found you. I know you’re all grown now, learning new things and being the most extraordinary girl to ever grace this Earth. Meanwhile, I remain confined in the borders of R...