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I threw my arms into the air as the crowd in front of me erupted into applause. My head tilted back and I exhaled, breathlessly laughing at the absurdity that had become my life. My name was being chanted through the stands, and the deafening sound forced me to push my earplugs back inside my ears. “Thank you so much Chicago!” I yelled into the lights. Another swell of applause and screams followed as I waved goodbye and walked towards the back of the stage, where a door was waiting for me. Ten steps. Nine steps. Eight. Five. Three...
Submitted to Contest #100
The events of the dinner of July 14th are a mystery to me as well. If you were to ask me what the reason was for my body being crumpled up like a receipt sitting at the bottom of someone's wallet on my cold bathroom floor, I would stare at you blankly. I would furrow my eyebrows and my mouth would open and close, trying to provide an answer."My mom and I had a small... dispute" I would haltingly say, "we both got carried away, that was all."That is not what happened. That doesn't begin to describe what happened.When I woke up on the evening ...
Submitted to Contest #64
“I presume I will not be missed,” I said, gripping the handle of my bags tighter as I stepped out of the car. “Priscilla,” my mother said, cupping her cold hands with my face, “I will be in despair every day without you.” I looked into her eyes as my heart unexpectedly fell into my gut, the way one’s does when they see an old friend unexpectedly. My mother grinned, “and your foolishness to believe me, makes the slightest disappointment of your departure…vanish” She sneered as I sighed and turned to my luggage. The building standi...
Submitted to Contest #44
I was awoken by the rumbling of the plane landing. Up and down and up and down went the newspaper sitting on my lap. Up and down went my stomach. I gripped the arm rests next to me, trying to steady myself so that I wouldn't get sick. Then it slowed. The bumps decreased and the plane slowly rolled over to its gate. I sighed in exasperation. I had been dreading this moment since the day I landed in Switzerland. The day that I was so delighted to see my 3 granddaughters. It was the happiest I had felt in a long time. They brightened up my worl...
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