It was Independence Day ( Read more... )

Sitting on her bed in the middle of the night, scribbling secrets while everyone was asleep and smiling to herself as she thought of the funny events of that day. Who would've thought that ten years later she would be back on her bed, trying to start writing again, instead of typing, but still with that silly grin that only she knew why. Sure her ( Read more... )

His silence at first killed her, but she learnt to live with it ( Read more... )

She turned to look at him, her jaw dropping. After all this time, he still had to ask her that? As she closed her mouth and reopened it to answer him, he rushed forward and hugged her tightly, holding her as though he wouldn't let go. She left her arms at the side, but remembering her mistake and hesitation, her hands went around him as well. They ( Read more... )

She did not expect his request. A late-night walk. She was no stranger to them, but he was. Still, she could not refuse his request, though the wound from the months before was still fresh. She did not hate him for that. Love was odd ( Read more... )

You line up outside next to everyone else, and the popular kids are always the ones chosen as team captains. They saunter up and stand in front of us as if it were their right and not a privilege. The instructor stands off to the side, not really paying attention to the natural order of things. Nature is harsh, after all. I shift my weight, ( Read more... )

He stood there and looked at her, trying to imagine what she looked like under that greatcoat. She was such a slip of a thing and normally the large, beaten rust-colored leather swallowed her whole like Jonah’s whale. Yet, he could see the curve of her hips, the slender length of her fingers as she lifted one crate on top of another. She brushed ( Read more... )

They circled him ( Read more... )

She sat in a corner.

Hugging herself, she looked out towards the window. She did not know what to think. Looking down, she carressed her empty womb, wanting for a spark of life. Her thoughts wandered.

I want a place for my child. I want a place, or a country, where she can grow up and not fear as I did.

I want a place to raise my children ( Read more... )

 He put on his best suit, and jumped off the ledge.

-inspired in part by Third Eye Blind's Jumper