The story doesn’t really follow the prompt, I just used the prompt as a starting point for an assignment for my fiction writing class.

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Hearing the bedroom door open and footsteps down the hallway, getting louder, Ellis closes and puts down the book he was reading. He watches as Jack is putting his shoes on. “Hey Ellis, while I’m at work, can you go and get groceries for Christmas dinner?” El...

“How can someone be so /stupid/??” Lydia said, fuming as she sat herself down on a bench outside the room next to her older sister Cindy.

“Sam?” Cindy guessed. “What did she do?”

Lydia paused, then slumped, posture crumbling. “I don’t even remember,” she admitted at last, crossing her arms loosely.

Cindy hummed thoughtfully, then put a hand on her arm and turned on the bench to face her fully. ...

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/“They’re both so talented!”

/“Lydia’s got to be my favorite actress of all time — and Sam’s just amazing. It’s about time they act in a movie together.”

/“I bet they’ll be best friends in no time.”/

Lydia didn’t spare a glance to anyone as she walked by, barely hearing the whispers.

/“Best friends?” said someone. “No way. I’m cal...

“Picture me this I walk in to campus, and hunt down that dickhead” I say grabbing my bag while maintaining a glare on her. “No, Picture me this you walk into campus and you hunt down the office so you can get your room” My bestie Maria says, I groan grabbing her shoulders “why do I have to go to the university your ex-boyfriend is gonna live the past 4 years with me” she chuckles “You don’t even k...

Andy took his messenger bag off, hung it on the hook under the bar and then had a seat. As he sat and waited to get the bartender’s attention, he noticed Phil across the way drinking a three-fingered dram of something dark.

Seeing this asshole felt par-for-the-course as far as day went. Phil noticed Andy sitting across from him and nodded his head to him, acknowledging him. Andy nodded back.

“Wha...

It was supposed to be a one night stand. The last bit of freedom I’d get before being sold off. I hated the idea but Dad was the sickest he’d ever been and my step mother was out of options. So when some rich guy saw me dancing at the festival and came looking for me, she didn’t say no to his offer. Though she did promise to find me again once they had the money. But I had doubted I’d still be ali...

This man was absolutely infuriating, I desired to have nothing to do with him. Sitting here in a room, feeling hopeless was definitely not on the desired list of things to do. Being kidnapped by some psychopath was also not on my ideal list of things to do today.

“Stop moving, you’ll trigger the trap,” I argued with Andrew. The aforementioned rolled his eyes and focused more on trying to figure ...

No. He wasn’t supposed to be like that. A believer I mean. He was so irritatingly out there and contradicted everything I said.

“Oh, I didn’t know,” I said after a moments pause.

“You thought I wasn’t a believer, didn’t you?” He said quietly. I caught his jaw tense in hidden anger. Of course I said that and now he dislikes me even more.

“I-“ I was going to defend myself but then I realized I wa...

Lacy and jack, had known each other for several years. They had gone to school together. They had never gotten along for jack was a real jackass. Lacy was a pretty girl the preppie kind , but she was alway confident in the things she liked to do.

The years had passed and they crossed each others paths. Hello Lacy , is that you. Yes it is you must be Jack. Ya. It’s been a long time since ...

We both hate each other, we both love each other, we both want each other. But hating each other is the only mutual thing we should feel. I smile at him, and he smiles at me....