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Weekly Contest #69
"You shouldn't do it, Lucy," my mother droned, her delicate fingers entangled in my hair. It seemed unfair for her to confess this so late. After all, I had been sitting in the black leather chair as she spoke. "I've already paid," I responded; it was untrue but a desperate attempt to get her off my back. I'd worked all summer to save up enough money to get my hair cut. It hung past my knees—the edges frizzed from years of pinning it up, and when the sun hit it just right, the color resembled thick marmalade. My mother sighed; she knew she c...
Weekly Contest #68
My vision was engulfed with the colors of the waking sky, the November wind beating against my wool blanket. Though the weather was harsh, I could never resist falling in love over and over with the sky lakeside every morning. I saw him sitting on the sand barely ten feet away, another person who couldn't help but watch the sunrise on the water's edge even if the weather begged you not to. I watched the sparkle of color in his eyes, big and brown. I couldn't dare let this opportunity slip through my fingers. Studying his details and walking ...
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