Table for Two_Aftermath_Win Together_Second Best
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Table for Two
Miriam had begrudgingly accepted, at the behest of her well-meaning mother, Janine's invitation to a house party. Not at all of the extrovert persuasion, she dreaded being swept up in the crowd, noise and smells. Miriam's neuropergent mind was just not wired to enjoy an excess of stimulation."Everyone needs social time, even misanthropes like you." Her, seasoned, social butterfly of a mother had reminded her incessantly with tongue in cheek. "I'm rather comfortable with my misanthropy influenced social life." She'd retorted with evident irritation."You mean, lack of social life." Her mother...
Aftermath
Trigger Warning: RapePeering through the gaps between the wooden slats, she saw the garden, a complete mess. With some difficulty she opened the broken gate, wondering if the damage had been caused by last night’s party guests.She looked around for Sabine, who had unapologetically requested her help tidying up the small end-of-terrace house. Of course, Sabine had invited her to the party, but she had made an excuse to miss it. She hadn’t been to a party since that night. The night she had lost so much, most notably her sanity.Sabine was unsurprisingly still asleep. The sofa on which she was un...
Win Together
Xalix was disappointed to find out that Sal was shocked at the results. They had won the election and Xalix was expecting a parting mood, instead, he met a stunned Vice president-elect, who showed no sign of happiness. “Have you not heard the results?” Xalix asked.Sal was certain they were not going to win the election. He had decided to be Xalix’s vice since he was Xalix's only friend. He thought it would be unfriendly for him to reject his friend’s request of being his vice.Xalix was a shy and quiet lad who barely knew anyone apart from Sal. He often spent most of his leisure time at the lib...
Second Best
After reading the message on the screen for what had to be the third time, she dropped her phone. At that exact moment, the horn blew, alerting travelers they had arrived at their destination. Passengers on either side of her pushed and shoved to exit the powerful machine of steel. Feet trampled over her phone as she bent down to grab it. Once she did, she re-read the message again. Unfortunately, the words were the same. Grabbing her luggage, she exited and thanked the porter as he helped her down. She observed the sea of people going this way and that to find loved ones waiting on them as sh...