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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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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As Murlock awoke to the dark and silent cabin‚ he was in a state of confusion as you sometime are when you wake up from deep sleep. Trying to regain his wits about him‚ he remembered that he had been watching over his beloved wife’s body when he had fallen into his weary slumber. He then recalled that something had woken him up and felt a spike in fear. His senses amplified‚ he strained to see it the seemingly never ending darkness. He thought it smelled something like wet dog and mud from the rain
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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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In the Beginning‚ there was Akal‚ and Akal was all. The Void before the Universe contained neither time nor space. The heavens and their hosts had not been created‚ and nothing existed as yet‚ properly speaking. There was no light‚ but there was no darkness either: The Void was a nothingness that the eye cannot perceive nor the mind understand. The Void was not empty‚ though. It was filled by the Word‚ and the Word was Akal. One might say He had always existed‚ but He would not have thought of it
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My six year old self was wearing a pink velvet hello kitty long sleeve shirt and jeans that had embroidered sparkles and butterfly designs. Obviously I was dressed to impress. After visiting with my parents for a couple weeks I was about to spend my first night with my new family. My mom is a petite Asian women but despite her small frame she is exerts confidence and has a Type A personality while my dad is a big white guy who is kind and is perfect for my mom because he is Type B personality. Upon
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Dropping his hand he clenches and unclenches it over the strap of his bag. He turns on his heel determination. He doesn’t know what he’s going to do. All he knows is that he has to do something. He misses the peculiar look Lucas is giving him having seen the entire exchange in the hallway. The concern‚ the tension‚ the way Smackle fled. Zay doesn’t see Lucas but Lucas see’s it all. Including the way he looks now. A look that Zay has described to him so many times. The look he gets when he’s about
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