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Jennalee LoveAshlynn AltmanA. Stories 04-07

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  • Dandelion
  • Green Bear
  • An Invitation
  • Just like in the book
  • Dandelion

    Whisky starts to taste less like poison and more like home. I cannot afford a therapist or new clothing for a job. I can’t afford much of anything. I panhandle when I can overcome the shame of asking strangers for money. A little liquid courage is all it takes to drown my shame. It doesn’t work like it used to. Nothing works like it used to. I go to sleep with the moon and wake up with the sun if the mosquitoes will allow it. I didn’t sleep last night. An incessant buzz in my ear all night long. I remind myself to buy some earplugs to drown out the taunts of the miniature bloodsuckers. Then I ...wWrone door

    Green Bear

    The world really has it’s way of bringing life back around. Life itself is a full domino effect. It’s funny how something so long forgotten can still briwww.onedoor.ccng you the same peace years down the road. It’s crazy to deep pe into your own mind and find the hidden gems of your past. My head nods, the continuous bobbing up and down getting stronger and stronger. Every part of my brain feels full, like after twenty eight years it's finally hit capacity. I guess after sitting in a computer chair for fourteen hours, yours would feel that way too. I pull my head back up one last time before cracking my elb...wWrone door

    An Invitation

    There was a knocking at the door, faint but rapid. Pearl sighed wryly and remained in bed. She knew exactly who it was making that noise. She knew it was rude to not answer the door, especially for this visitor, but frankly she wasn't sure if she could handle it right now.It had been a week of hell. Between the nonstop demands of her job, her coworkers insisting that they go out on the town for drinks to celebrate winning the big project not once but twice, and Pearl stupidly deciding to force herself to go on a tepid date - she was done. Completely done. She needed to pretend to not exist, if...wWrone door

    Just like in the book

    Just like in the book."Are you coming tonight?"Stella rose her head from her romance novel and did a brief scan of her surrounding, she pushed the bridge of her glasses up out of habit and looked with a questioning brow at the group of friends discussing their plans, a little too loud for a library.She rolled her eyes and pulled her attention back to her book, but it was too late, she couldn't pe back into her imaginations again. She shut the book almost too dramatically and grabbed her bag to leave the school library.She surfed through the hallway crowd, successfully blocking out all conversa...wWrone door

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