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Ishika KatariaShane MurrayChri Stories 04-07

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  • One life gave two
  • Bookends
  • You May Never Kiss the Bride
  • You Need To Fly Higher
  • One life gave two

    She woke up on the hard floor of her room. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying all night yesterday, her throat dry and sore and her head buzzing like a thousand bees. The floor was scattered with bottles and bottles of alcohol; some were shattered, some were whole but all of them were empty.She stood up on her unsteady feet, moaning in pain. Her head was killing her, much like her heart. Tears started rolling down her cheek; it amazed her that she still had some to shed after yesterday.“Hush child” called a soft gentle voice, her mother’s voice.She looked up to see the face of the woman wh...ppQone door

    Bookends

    Nothing was better at the end of a long day than a glass of scotch and a good book next to a warm fire. Gregory was very much looking forward to it. He locked the door to his used bookstore, The Second Page and strolled through his shop scrutinizing titles. He lingered on a thriller for a moment, eyeing the creases in its spine, before moving on to the next shelf. He did a double take at a smaller sized book placed on a stack next to the shelves. Gregory didn’t know ever book in his store personally but this one was unique enough he would have made more of it. The book was bound in black leath...ppQone door

    You May Never Kiss the Bride

    Time was running out; Fake Elvis did not seem to understand the urgency of the situation. In fact, he was so oblivious to it that Stella was dangerously close to grabbing his cheap guitar and smashing it violently on top of his slick black hair.“…for you can’t help falling in love with each other,” the impersonator slowly spoke, his overbearing enunciation betraying a certain level of drunkenness.“Can’t we go through this any quicker?” insisted Stella. “It’s not like there’s anything official about the ceremony anyway.”Her insistence seemed to threaten whatever dignity was left in him. Couples...ppQone door

    You Need To Fly Higher

    “Maia, can you get me the cereal?”“You can reach it Oma. The shelf isn’t even that high,” Maia complains after getting the box anyway, throwing it at Oma, who expertly catches it. Oma’s used to Maia throwing things around, so it isn’t a surprise that she’s mastered catching things by now. If she didn’t, well she wouldn’t survive being Maia’s best friend for this long.Oma doesn’t look up from her Algebra homework, but grins at Maia’s exasperation. “But I’d have to stretch to get the cereal Mai. You, on the other hand, can just fly over and woosh, you got it.”Maia drwww.onedoor.ccops herself onto the space on...ppQone door

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