May 2012
15 posts
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1.10
Creamy beige walls greeted her, doors peeping from either side, greying carpet crunching softly under her shoes, as she walked down the corridor. 9, 10, 11. She stopped to unlock the door, her slightly rusted gold key clicking satisfyingly. She remembered when she first started working here, being wholly intimidated by the number and enormity of the rooms and the endless rows of books that they...
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rain.
It’s not sad when it rains because the sky crawls with grey or the ground grows muddy, it’s sad because each droplet is unique. Each one has a story, stories that disappear with barely audible splashes, a choir of voices lost in the roar of the world.
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1.09
She shook herself awake, shocked to see that she’d fallen asleep on the couch. The grandfather clock in the corner chimed, and she made out eight muffled noises. She started work in an hour, so she dragged herself away from the soft cushions and into the bathroom. The combination of the brief walk and the coldness of the tiles jerked her out from nodding off again. She inspected herself in...
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1.08
It wasn’t as though he had said anything overtly offensive, he thought to himself. Or at least he didn’t think he had. He’d just interpreted what he saw; the way her head was cocked, and her curled lip, and quipped accordingly. He was just lucky that she wasn’t meeting a date or anything, that might have made the situation just a little awkward. He pushed the unnecessary...
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whole.
It slid silently, swiftly, criss-crossing down her back. She tensed as they reached the end, a sigh of relief when she heard the tiny thwack of the thread being broken. A couple of deep breaths, taking her time to get used to the alteration, before another sigh, a misty puff of white. It felt so different, somehow, even though nothing had really changed.
They were invisible, those stitches. But...
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please.
They made the world stand still for a minute, those words. And you fold them up, oh so very carefully, until they’re a tiny shard of crystal you keep in the very back of your mouth. You can’t- no, you don’t.. tell anyone, because it’s yours now.
The best and worst secret you will keep; it makes you cry and smile and rejoice, but it also whispers to you, ever so softly. By...
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1.07
He had seen the flash of hurt in her eyes at his words, before they glazed over with shining cordiality. It was hard to catch, and he’d only seen it because had been captivated by the deep amethyst of her irises. He’d felt bad, but thinking back, he didn’t really know what to make of it, especially in light of her sharp response. On some level he admired her ability to overcome...
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"fall in love in 55 words or less"
The sun kissed the horizon, red orange chocolate melting into a mauve dish lined with black. I watched her jump, her hair streaming out in all directions, her face so calm against the battle of colour behind her.
How free she seemed, the girl I loved.
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1.06
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He had watched them both leave, through the doors of the kitchen. The short brunette one first, who seemed like she was in a hurry, but not like she was running away or anything. The taller, black haired Miss Fern left a little bit later, after stacking the plates and leaving the cutlery carefully and paying the bill. She was a great deal calmer, and left with polite nods to the waiters and the...
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weight.
He shifts ever so slightly, an attempt to cope with the new weight he had been given. His shoulders hurt. He glances up at the meter in front of him, the bloody digital ink fusing intermittently with the spots swimming in his eyes. He groans inwardly, focussing on staying upright. He tries to avert his eyes from the other weights, stacked neatly on the racks. But he can’t. Glinting with...
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1.05
She left the restaurant and its immaculate decoration for the crisp fresh air outside. The stars had just come out, twinkling in perfect formation, and she would have spent a great deal longer staring at the sky if she hadn’t realised that she looked quite strange in her current state. She started the walk back to her apartment, her heels clicking methodically against the ground. She had...
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1.04
When she finally arrived, looking put together as ever, a waiter guided her to her seat, and her stomach growled in assent. She’d had plenty of time to decide what she would like, and Holly always ordered the same thing, whichever place they went to. While they waited for their food to arrive, they talked about banal topics; how their parents were, how work was, how her boyfriend was doing....
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1.03
She hadn’t expected him to be so easy to give up or scare off, whichever of the two it had ended up being. In truth, she was actually glad of the brief company that he had provided, even if he had tried to convince her that food had some kind of brain stimulating value. She felt it ironic that he chose to bring up the subject at a place that served food that was dwarfed by the size of the...
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1.02
“It’s really quite interesting, you know, if you’re into food. Which you probably aren’t.” An amused voice interrupted her inner sarcastic commentary around the French and Italian names for the dishes being served. She looked up to see a man in jeans and a mauve polo shirt creasing the fabric of the chair. Awfully underdressed, she thought, but he saw right through...
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1.01
She ran, the wind flying through her hair as she balanced precariously on the new shoes she had bought the previous day. Her bag bumped uncomfortably at her side, but she was in a hurry, so she barely noticed it, bar the noises that it made as books and electronic devices clashed. It was, then, somewhat of a miracle that she managed to reach the restaurant on time, looking relatively composed and...
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1.pre
Intelligent, honest, willing to share. Always thinks of others first, especially family. Can be insecure and tough to handle. Are their own worst enemies.
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“What happened? Why did you come last?”
“I was hungry, so I stopped to eat something. Unfortunately, I also fell asleep, so by the time I woke up, everyone else was already ahead of me.”