A Short Story : A Story?

Leaving the motel on Highway 74 around 3:00 o’clock, Marlene drove faster than usual to get home ahead of Jerry and Andrew. Smiling, her thought lingered on the last few hours spent with her lover. Pulling into the garage, Marlene parked her Mercedes, brushed her hair put on fresh lipstick, before going into the house, relieved she was home when her husband and father-in-law arrived. Wanting to surprise them, she went into the kitchen to make a pot of coffee, sat down at the counter and glanced through the mail.

Her grandmother knew she wouldn’t come to the door because, assuming she was asleep, whenever she tried to rouse her awake she’d never answer.

“Ring! Ring!” Blake’s phone starts to ring in the middle of the night.As Blake slowly wakes up he looks up at the clock to check the time.He saw that is was 1:13.

I was awaken by an annoying tapping on my window. I search around my cover trying to find my phone but i'm pretty sure my bed eats it every night so of course I didn’t find it. I get up with my cover wrapped around me and go to my window to see what it is disturbing my beautiful sleep. As i'm walking I hear something drop on my floor by me and jump. I see my phone on the floor get it to make sure my baby wasn’t hurt. I push the power button and am instantly blinded my my bright screen.

I shivered at the cold air, despite the sound of the crackling fire in my cottage. I tugged at the hem of my wool blanket pulling it up, until I felt my feet come in contact with the chilly air. Stupid, short blanket, I stubbornly thought.

Casey was an ordinary person like everyone else in The world; all had the same dull grey eyes, the black short hair and they all had the same basic face. Everyone was the same, nobody was different. Any individual under the age of 18 went to a learning facility; each boring classroom holding 25 methodically placed desks, where each unresponsive child would sit. The teachers were all the same, they said the same repeating words that have stuck in our brains like sap on a tree.

I can't say how long I've stayed in the office with the laptop open before me. At least an hour ago the laptop returned to its slumber, yet my distant gaze remains on the screen as my mind berates me for my indiscretions.

The city was ablaze with activity. People walked to and fro, too absorbed in their own lives to pay Blake any attention. He certainly did not mind. He strolled down the streets steadily.

For Jeongguk, the crash came before even exchanging words. The lithe frame and raging hair as red as poppies leaving his buzzed senses clipped. Burned to the very bottom of the wick while dazedly staring. Bubbly giggles and too much cotton candy leaving the tongue sugary sweet and pillowy plush catches his attention.

There were a few moments in Xia’s life that she could really pinpoint as being a fork in the road, where there was a single decision that changed everything. Turning down the expensive high school in the next state, that was one. Thinking she would be fine jumping out of a tree, only to fall and break her leg in six places, that was another. And right now, walking down the bustling street with her arms full of carrots, this was one too.

Dante creeped out of the room and shut the door to his place. The wind blew furiously at his black hair as he tried to keep up with the rest of the people. He let out a sigh of frustration and made his way through the crowds of people. In the distance, a girl not so young, was shouting in the distance.

E was a girl from a middle class family and she lived in a quiet little town with only one school she didn’t care though because she had her friends. She had Nikolai ,her best friend,and she also had Kyle ,Timmy ,Wendell his twin Wendy ,and her classmate Lynn Donna. She wore a little blue dress and black Mary Janes. Her hair always kept up in a neat pigtail with a little lacey bow on her head. She ran out to her backyard since her mommy said she could have Lynn over to play. The door uttered a shrill ring and she bolted to the door. She smiled a huge grin as Lynn walked in holding hands with Nik. She had Nikolai stay with Lynn at her house for a while. “Come in guys!” She shouted. Her two best friends scurried after the over energetic girl. “Hey Lynn do you like Nikolai?”E asked. “Yeah he’s a good friend.” Lynn answered. “Good because everyone else acts as if he’s not there for fun!” E said pouting. “They just don’t understand him like we do.” Lynn assured her. Nik was playing leapfrog with Wendell. Timmy and Kyle came to play a little after Lynn and Nik arrived and with them the kids were all there. As they played and played the day passed by and it was time to say goodbye to the kids. “Bye guys see you tomorrow!” E yelled to them. Nikolai on the other hand was staying over at her house. Her mom had made some spaghetti and garlic bread for dinner. E and Nik both helped set up the table for dinner and then sat next to each other. Her mom looked at the two and smiled as

A chestnut brown haired naive boy sat in the gloomy shadow of his cabin. The delicate spring air wafted the smoky smell of fresh cut grass into a sharply pointed nose and put his mind to ease. He felt his bare feet touch against the damp tender soil as the silver glow of the moonlight spilled from the sky upon the pages of his book. Lost in the adventure of thought he had almost escaped reality until the sound of his father’s heavy unsteady footsteps rushed into his ears. Immediately in shock, he stood up and scampered toward the narrow, pale backdoor and once inside the darkness of his home he stumbled around trying to find a hidden location for his treasured book.

   Mom breaks her stare with the road ahead and glances back at me in the rearview mirror. Her dark eyes match the colour of her hair. The thin jawline and pointy nose give her a hawkish look. Dressed in a short-sleeved, green, silk blouse, and black peasant skirt, people can say many things about my mom, but unfashionable isn't one of them.

“We have a few questions and want you to come down to the station and answer them,” he said without a hint of trouble in his voice.