"You only live once!" was a line everybody knew.

Whether that be in shortened form "YOLO" or the words by themselves, everybody knew it.

Living scares me. I live in a world that feels like a prison cell. Sometimes I so badly want to break out if that cell. But I get a weird feeling in my chest. Was is panic? I am not sure was exactly the feeling is.

My mind shifts. One second I am desperate to ...

I knew I’d regret if I didn’t say it right now.

Yet here I stand, frozen. I bite my lips staring at the message, thousand emotions coursing through my inner palace.

My head creating images,images of me crying, screaming, hitting, breaking, beating and killing.

Yet there I sat straight face, no tears, no trembling and reading the message.

“I love you”

I didn’t know the answer, I didn’t even kno...

Months pass. Carter and Railyn have a system. Tracy has “book club” every Friday night and Aiden goes to his friends house for “game night” every Friday. Theyre DEFINITELY together every Friday night.

But so are the other two.

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Railyn sits at the counter, texting Carter. Aiden is grabbing his stuff for game night. He comes up to Railyn, his hands fighting with his lanyard.

“Uhm. Raily...

The smell of gingerbread still hung in the air when I woke up, sweet and faintly spicy, like a memory that had stuck around overnight. I’d baked way too much last night, but that’s kind of my thing—baking. Weird for a guy, I know, but it just feels like home. Anyway, the smell hit me, and then it hit me what day it was: Christmas Eve.

And Bryn.

Bryn hates Christmas. Like, hates it. No lights, no...

I knew I’d regret it if I didn’t say it right now.

“I love you, James!” I screamed, sobbing by at the sound of his bones crinkling. I tried to move, but I got pulled by the guards. I cried a river for him that night. The sight of him being unconscious made me itch. I twisted my self in the pitter-pattered sheets. I rethinked about the horrific scene every day for the new month.

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As I approached Asheres room I threw the door open, not bothering to knock “Ash?” I called out, walking in and closing the door behind me.

“Did anyone ever teach you manners?” He said coming out of his bathroom, stopping short when he saw me. His hair was wet and all he was wearing was a towel tightly wrapped around his waist, he was breathtaking. “Oh it's only you, I should've known,” he smirked...

“ Keep going until its fully sealed.” Fiona glanced at me as I made my crochet stitching’s, finally close to closing the circular blob up.

“ Hey, you’re almost there.” She grinned again,

“ It just looks goofy.”

I couldnt hold back my laughter as she commented, yet.. I felt some sense of belonging in some time.

A common ground of understanding with my best friend.

She wont be seeing this.

“ Do th...

In the heart of a bustling city, Christmas was more than just a holiday; it was a season of confessions, of moments seized and connections made. For Emma, however, it had always been a time of silent longing. She worked at a small, cozy coffee shop that stood on the corner of Main and Maple, its windows adorned with twinkling lights and hand-painted snowflakes.

Emma was a barista, and each day she...

I knew I’d regret it if I didn’t say it right there.

I was contemplating for awhile

If that was the right choice,

Would I be happy?

Is this the right thing to do?

Am I going to be known as the girl who broke his heart into a million pieces because she “doesn’t” have an ounce of sympathy in her?

I would remember the happy moments

The times we spent together

laughing & talking

It’s like whenever so...

“I love you!”

Emily takes a step back, her face pale and her eyes wide.

_Oh, God, I knew I shouldn’t have said that._

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“I’m sorry!” I blurt, my entire prepared monologue flying into space. “I just… I knew I’d regret if I didn’t say it right now, and…” I sigh. I knew I shouldn’t have. Why would I do something so stupid?

Emily pushed one of her blonde curls behind her ear. She shifts between...