“Then come here and bid me a goodnight, for I need to sleep but only if you are secured in my arms.” Without any further words, her face lighted and she rushed to him. Engulfing her in his embrace, they held each other closely. Amanda parted first, looking up at him with pure affection and concern.…
He starts dating Mary Elizabeth, a member of the group but soon despises how one-sided the relationship becomes. During a game of truth or dare, he is dared to kiss the prettiest girl in the room, and kisses Sam, which causes the group to alienate him, with a warning from Patrick to stay away. He begins having flashbacks about his aunt again.…
“Ugh!”, he grunts from how large the suitcase is. “Will you be able to carry that, Scottie?” she says, her face, worn from time, twists with concern for her son. “Of course”, he laughs. “Okay, if you’re sure.” She says as she opens the metal gate to the front yard. They slowly walk through the cracked pathway until they reach the steps to the porch. Beatrice opens the sturdy door with her keys. “Honey, I’m home!” Scottie yells into the empty living room. “Must you do that every time you come inside the house?” She says fondly. “Of course, I must.” He says as if she should already have known the answer. While they were talking, Alice and Jake, Scottie’s younger siblings, heard his announcement and excitedly ran out of their room and down the beige stairs. “Stop making all that racket!” she admonishes her children. “SCOTTIE!” they yell out enthusiastically. “You’re home!” Alice states, full of wonder that her big older brother is finally back where he belongs. “Well, it’s obvious that I’m home unless I’m an imposer who’s secretly an alien”, He jokes, winking at Alice. “I definitely didn’t miss your humor,” Jake lightheartedly says. “Oh, come on, I tell the best jokes”, Scottie says smiling. “Yeah right, in your dreams”, Jake jokingly teases. “Leave your brother alone for right now. He had a long trip and he’s probably exhausted.” Beatrice gently tells to her…
“Um...uh… have a good night,” Bobby blurted in a rush before shutting the door in our faces. Taylor and I both sprinted down the hill in a mad panic. Once down the hill, we burst into a fit of laughter. We laughed at our funny and embarrassing 9th-grade lives. But, at least we had each other.…
"Love" is a word, a signifier, tied to many meanings, all different in context, cultures, and ideologies. Love is used numerous ways in Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina, by many characters. In the character of Bone, love is a confused thing, always changing, as Bone uses it to fit her life on the fly. In relation to parental love, Bone wants Daddy Glen to love her. However, early in the book, Bone's conception of "love" is that of a child, obviously. On page 52, she says, "I wanted him to love us. I wanted to be able to love him. I wanted him to pick me up gently and tell Mama again how much he loved us all." This idea of love is simple, involving hugs, smiles, and friendliness, the sort of "love" Bone gets from Anney. However, as Bone's relationship with Glen changes, so does her perception of "love". On page 108, Glen asks Bone, "'Don't you know how I love you?'" Bone thinks to herself, "No, I did not know." This is near the beginning of Bone's confusion about love, what it means, and what it does. At the time he asks her, he is molesting her. It is no wonder that Bone was confused, having love expressed simply, from her mother, and sexually (if indeed it is "love") from Glen. This confusion leads bone to question the idea of love, and to look elsewhere for it, perhaps to compare. Love, she finds, is a prominent idea in the Southern Baptist church. Bone is enthralled with the black and white of Christianity, the definitive line drawn between good and evil, because she can see where the love is, and what it does. She believes she can see that other people truly love one another, and believing this, she thinks the has a better grasp on the abstract idea of love. However, as Bone later discovers, love is abstract, and being abandoned by her mother, she never truly figures it out. The problem within, for Bone, is that love is a conceptual idea, and that, really, it means something different to each person. Not only that, but love is used by others, in ways that may…
Each morning, the youth greets me with a hearty, “Top of the morning”, and asks me how I slept. He is so gracious, so kind. It truly warms my heart to know that the lad is in the next room as I sleep at night, diligently watching over me.…
The world especially the fashion industry has lost and hit with the sad news of the death of the well-known designer, and French entrepreneur, Christian Audigier. He is best known for creating the Ed Hardy clothing line. He has passed away at age 57.…
I remember the first time I stayed awake throughout the night till a beaming light peaked through the window and hit my face like the touch of a baby's hand. Although the morning had risen, the moon had just come up. In the intensity of rushing to school, the need for pleasing others with looks has gone past me. The knots and tangles I feel in my stomach have also reached my hair as I pull parts of my day out of the strands.…
“dear little Pearl, wilt thou kiss me now? Thou wouldst not yonder, in the forest! But now thou wilt?” Pearl kissed his lips. A spell…
After an exhausting day at work, the blue sheets on Ethan’s bed, which took up most of the room in his tiny apartment, looked inviting. “Psychiatric appointment,” repeatedly echoed in his head, preventing him from the blissful sleep he yearned for. As morning broke, he lay motionless on his bed, thinking about the conversation, that would happen later on that day.…
“Sorry, can’t wait.” Arthur shot to his feet and bent Gwen over the bed. He went to his knees and spread Gwen’s legs apart. From behind, he ran his tongue up and down Gwen’s slick cleft, licking and tasting until she’d come with a sharp cry.…
In the story The Count of Monty Christo by Alexander Dumar, Edmond Dantes is to become the captain of the ship Pharaon. He is framed for collaborating with a traitor. Edmond is sent to prison without a proper trial. The prison, Château d’If, is a terrible place. Dantes finds the captivity more than he can bear and becomes suicidal (59) Edmond is actually insane and hallucinates most of the story. Edmond is actually in his cell for the majority of the book, and predicts his own death when he says “he died a prisoner, more wretched and more miserable than any”(120).…
Everything began on that gloomy Sunday afternoon. I remember all the little details about that day like it was yesterday. I was late to my part-time job at The Alienator, a small, alien themed fast food joint on the corner of 2nd and Main Street. With coffee stains on my shirt, my hair a ruffled mess and my shoes on the wrong feet, I sprinted down the sidewalk, rushing to work. Breathing heavily, I was so focused on dodging and slipping past people, that I didn’t realize what was happening to my feet. As I ran into my usual shortcut, a quiet and dark alley, my feet slowly began to get higher and higher off of the ground. It wasn’t until I was 3 feet over the sidewalk that I glanced down at my shoes and realized that I was running in the air. Am I flying?! In the moment, I…
“And every night, about midnight, I turn the latch of his door and opened it –oh so gently…And this I did for several long nights-every night just at midnight (pg.1)”…
The next morning Jeneanne drops her daughters off at school and then heads to school herself. She is hopeful that Sophia will report a bully-free day. Jeneanne’s day flies by and it is time for her to go pick up the kids. Jeneanne waits at her usual spot and listens to her music. At 2:58 she sees her daughters approach her with glistening smiles. “How did it go today? Was it a bully-free day”? She asks.…