And here we are

Both with our barrels pointed at one another

Do I pull the trigger

Or freeze

With my life on the line

My wife

I do not want to hurt you

As the chairman counts down

1

2

3

Crack

We both had the same idea

Shoot the chairman

We will be executed soon

But I’m glad

That I could hug you one last time...

Jeni was standing at the edge of the bridge looking into the shadows where I stood below. She was going to jump, I knew it. I could either stay here and try to catch her, try to talk her out if it, or just leave and pretend I didn’t see anything. If I tried to catch her we would both be hurt, but I can’t do nothing. I guess option three is out.

I would just call up to her, but I’m sure from wher...

A Formica battlefield strewn with paper napkins, the two combatants eyed one another

“Sweetie you like pancakes remember.”

“I want happy meal!”

Nelly sighed deeply. Bella’s eyes harden. Nelly’s hand trembled slightly as she raised her coffee cup to her lips. Everyone in the Macdonald’s was starting. Office workers grabbing breakfast avoided making eye contact, the oldsters holding court in the mi...

“Cookie, bread, or pizza?” asks the waiter.

“Don’t you have veggies,” I reply.

“Cookies, bread, and pizza are all vegetarian, Anne. Don’t be a snob,” hissed Louisa.

“We can do the bread without crust?” chimed in the waiter.

I hate this city. I swear every restaurant serves bread as their main course. I love bread, I do, but I can’t just eat bread all the time. You are what you eat, you know? While...

The sun had sunken beneath the earth. The night cascaded in the sky. I flopped down onto my bed closing my eyes, relishing on the stressful day I had. I snapped awake. My room was darker, the dim light from the outside world was gone. Peering over to my clock, the red glowing numbers, showed that it was now 3:30 a.m. I sat up rubbing the sleep from my eyes. Stalking my way over to the bathroom I h...

There would be no winning. No happy ending, no golden crown. At least not for me. One way, I would loose my true love, my only chance at happiness. I would spend the rest of my life alone, living a life I never really wanted. And I would resent myself for my choice. How could I be so selfish to value my own life over his. How could I ever be truly happy, knowing that his death was my fault. But th...

The chess board is a place of black and white. Checkered from one square to the next. A place of sharp minds and witty places of where the next pawn lands. Where sacrifices are made and battle plans are drawn from one black square to the next. The pawns stand at the front line, all in a pretty shiny row of sacrificial soldiers standing vigil for their queen and king. Puppets with their strings con...

Both ways led to ruin. One led to the army. Where I will perish under an execution. Where my hard work will go to ruin. Where everyone who has ever wronged me will be proven right. On the other hand if I stay, I will have to face him. I rip my head up as I stare into his ocean blue eyes. I see everything in his face. He was never able to hide his emotion. If I stay here there’s no certainty I will...

“If you plead guilty, they’ll automatically seek the death penalty,” Rose snaps, long manicures fingernails tapping on the top of her briefcase. “It’s your legal right, but as your attorney, I have to advise you against it. I’m in the business of winning cases, not handing capital punishment verdicts directly to the prosecution.”

Gregory leans back in the plastic prison chair. He hooks his han...

“Come on man, this doesn’t seem safe.” Jeff says anxiously, rubbing his arms to cope as he looks down at the shiny, unused knife. “You hate him, right dude?, I’m doin this to help you out man!” Caden says hyped up, happy to do it. “I just don’t think we should do this, we could just tease him anything but this.” “Don’t be a wimp this will get him out of our hair.” I can’t keep dealing with Caden I...