United Forever_Another Us_Over_The Smell Of Rain
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United Forever
I can do this. I can do this. I can do this. “I can do this,” I said out loud. I can say goodbye. I’m only going to a different country. 5031 miles, to be precise. No biggie. And leaving behind my friends, home, the comfort of growing up in a place and knowing it is, in some way, your’s? No big deal. I walked up to Alrys. “Hey,” I said. I hid my fidgeting fingers behind my back. “Hi, Isabelle!” she replied. She always called me by my full name, even though everyone else, including my parents, call me Izzy. “What’s up?” “Nothing,” I lied. I wish it was nothing. “Um, so I have something to tell ...
Another Us
Mike let a handful of sand slide through his fingers. He stared at Jenny. She hadn’t changed a bit. It was five years since they’d had that awful row. He couldn’t even remember what the argument was about. All he remembered was Jenny storming off and then sending him a text to say it was over between them. Now, quite by accident they were together on their favourite stretch of beach on the anniversary of their breakup.Jenny looked straight ahead. She loved to hear the seagulls and watch the waves crashing on the shore.“Do you remember how we used to walk on top of the cliffs?” Mike said as he ...
Over
Emily and Ethan shot out of their seats as soon as the bell rang, amidst the clamor of other juniors. They grabbed their backpacks and headed for the door."Can you believe we're seniors next year?" Emily asked."You know it! I didn't spend all those years in school not to be at the top of the trash www.onedoor.ccheap!" Ethan yanked on her backpack for emphasis."Hey, stop that! You know I hate it when you do that!"Ethan took on a sultry voice, "I'm the baaaaad guy."Emily wrinkled her nose, "Ugh, you WERE always such an Eilish stan.""Shut up, you love her just as much as I do," he elbowed her.“I’m not the one ...
The Smell Of Rain
What date is today? do I want to know?. As the smell of petrichor came in through the window of the kitchen, I noticed spring had come and the restaurant was more crowded than usual. I was overwhelmed by the sound of family members from the table in front of me fighting for who got the biggest slice of pizza, adults celebrating another year of someone’s life while pounding on the table, teenagers experiencing love for the first time, getting the most affordable food of the restaurant, and contemplating the sound of the noisy crickets coming from the outside of the foggy windows colored by the ...