The screen flickered and turned off. Mercy opened the blinds‚ she always did like natural light better than the eco-friendly electric ones. “Well?” Mercy demands. “Well‚ what?” Rae asks. She knows‚ but she’s not going to lose this partner too. At the very least‚ she’s not going to be the one that breaks this. It was light and fun and laughter‚ and she wanted to keep it to herself. Hug it to her chest and never let go of this newfound happiness. If that made her selfish or crazy‚ then so be it. This
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She could almost laugh at the irony of it all. Sofia and Lily used to be friends but as they got older they grew apart. Lily had so many boyfriends over the years. She even got all the good‚ nice guys and to be completely honest she was neither of those things. Yet Sofia had never dated anyone. She was sweet and nice but also awkward and shy. Brad was cute and nice and he instantly fell for Lily. Of course Sofia liked him but she would never do anything to sabotage the relationship. So she let it
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One day in band‚ Erick‚ a trumpet player‚ was having a very rough day. His day started off by missing the bus‚ once he got to school‚ he realized he forgot his trumpet in his room at home. Erick asked the office if he could call his mom so he doesn’t miss rehearsal and so he doesn’t get docked points for the day. The office called his mom and there was no answer. From there‚ his day got worse. For Erick’s first hour‚ pe‚ he got hit in the face with a basketball. In the locker room after pe‚ he
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One day there me and my friend toony we’re getting ready for halloween we were at my house getting our costumes I was being a ghost and Toony was being a clown so we were getting ready and trick or treating started at about six so we waited and waited until the clock struck six and we made our way out the door and treaded down town. Once we reached down town we went to some houses and got candy by the time we reached the back roads of morris we had more than half of a bag of candy and we decided
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In one and a half seconds’ time below the M-26’s bottom‚ the NS-9’s pilot Goto shouts: ‘Wow‚ my plane is being pulled off the course! I stall and lose control‚ can’t pull it back. No shooting of any kind‚ what’s happened? Mayday Mayday...’ The Japanese fighters Captain Crow is at the diamond shaped formation’s front‚ he shouts: ‘All crews keep the formation‚ rise your planes to leave the dark clouds. I’ll go down to find Goto.’ Meanwhile in the headquarter operation room Hajime switches on the big
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I believe that Andy’s father’s solution to punish his boys was good decision‚ but also a bad one. Yes‚ it was a little harsh‚ but the boys were at fault for their immaturity‚ without considering how it could affect the Duvitches. “We held a brief whispering conversation; and then‚ egged on by him and quite willing on my own‚ I played a shameful trick on the Duvitches‚ the memory of which will come back to the end of my days to plague. Without considering further‚ I dropped the cake of soap into the
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One day when the Earth was still a work in progress‚ a Ojibwe tribe member man by the name of Mahpe which means water was asked by God to enhance the beauty of the land. Mahpe began to look out the window of his house which was adjacent to a wide waterfall and he realized that all the flowers within his meadow were the same white color. He thought to himself “how boring” and in that exact moment Mahpe had a brilliant idea‚ he was going to make a change so he gathered up his paint and paintbrushes
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I felt a rush of a burning‚ fiery pain in my toes. I looked at my toe wincing. We were playing baseball in my friend’s lawn. It was a perfect place to play baseball and we had to move nothing. It had a fence that shaped like an L. “Teams are me‚ Alex‚ Maison‚ and Ben vs. Ryan‚ Conner‚ and Ethan‚” I said walking out to the picture mound. I threw a perfect curve ball which caught the corner of the strike zone. “Strike one‚” Maison calls from the outfield. Next pitch I threw a fastball‚ which Ryan
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The crime scene was no pretty picture. Salem stepped through the door and gagged. "It smells terrible!" She choked through her shirt collar. "It certainly isn’t that pretty." Cha’relle wrinkled her nose in disgust before brightening. "But I’m sure it smelt worse when it happened‚ so it won’t be as bad for us!" "Cha’relle‚ the longer a body decays the worse it smells." Salem sighed. Her ghostly friend blinked‚ then laughed. "Right‚ I forgot!" Salem shook her head and pressed on. Though it disturbed
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So‚ turning on the TV‚ he turned down the sound and poured himself a full glass once he opened the bottle. As he sat in the recliner with the glass in his hand‚ he took one sip and then another before drinking the entire glass in two gulps thinking he could get a little bit of sleep if he drank just enough to get a buzz and take the edge off the nightmare. Unfortunately‚ it didn’t take a medical degree or one in psychology to know he was suffering from PTSD or that he was extremely depressed. As
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