A Short Story : A Story?

“Are you happy now, my dear?” John asked. He locked eyes with me, and flashed me a soft smile.

William, Rachel’s three year old son is crying standing over her as she is slowly regaining consciousness. Her boyfriend, Daniel, was gone; their bedroom door was left cracked open and Rachel was on the couch in their room. Pained around her neck from where he choked her, she tries to wrap her head around how she got to this point. Why does Daniel hate her? What did she do this time? Can she, should she, just leave with William? Rachel realizes she has to get out of the house before Daniel gets back. When she arrives at her mother’s house, her mom is alarmed. Rachel has bruises around her neck and marks around her hairline. Rachel’s mother tells her “You come here every week and you go back to that monster every week. I see these bruises but you must not feel they are a problem since you keep going back to him.” Rachel’s mom walks out of the room frustrated.

“And then,” LeRoy recited, listening to Rachel’s crayon scratch along a piece of notepaper, “the beautiful princess broke free from the castle’s highest tower. The straw broke her fall, cushioning her from the cold ground, and she laughed as she realized how thoroughly her stepmother had underestimated her talent. She freed her steed from his moldy paddock and road as far away from the prison of her old home as she could. There was a prince for her to rescue and a whole world to see, and no matter where she ended up, she vowed to herself that she’d live to become happily ever after.”

“Thank you” Serena kissed Ric's cheek as a matter of gratitude whilst they were in a fine moment of tenderness

Lucy took a step back in surprise but she relaxed and smiled at Natsu then she said, “Yes.”

“Good.” Her eyes – green with flecks of brown – were alive with intensity, even excitement.

Rachel looked back, more confused than ever and still fingering the beautiful gold locket. "Noah, i like you," she replied.

He just hugged her to him as she sobbed her pains away. She held on tight as she cried for what she felt was forever.

Anne raised her eyebrows and smiled at him. She picked up her fork and twirled the pasta around her fork. Savoring the sauce, she swallowed and a moan escaped. “Oh, this is delicious. You made the sauce from scratch didn’t you?”

"It is going to be great!" Chloe yelled, answering my thoughts as if she read my mind.

"You were amazing! I don't know why you stopped!" Kyle called, smiling brightly at me.

“Wasn’t that great?” he asked Seraiah, a grin spreading across his face. She wasn’t sure she had ever seen him smile that wide even when talking about mushrooms.

Emma stood there quietly and just stared forward at the man. Just like him, she had never seen another soul here before. She had spent the last two years in sheer solitude, yet here he was. It was like a miracle, but the woman was far from believing in miracles anymore. If miracles existed, she would be either dead or awake by now. Instead, she was here. He was here. They were both here, and somehow they were here together. Why now? Why after all this time was she now being blessed with the company of another man?

“So that’s what had taken so long,” I thoughtthink to myself. “Thank you so much!” I tell her. She smiled at me.

We woke at dawn the sun early rising as me and my friend Mia,and Lala snuck out of our hotel room heading to one of the houses we saw as we drove around Hawaii yesterday. We walked up a hill where the house sat overlooking the Hawaiian beach.once we reached the top the house was there, it was small surrounded by palm trees as far as the eye can see ,it had a burned roof, broken windows, the white paint peeled off revealing red burnt brick, the lawn was burned ,but surprisingly the house was intact.”Dare you to go in.” Mia said nudging me forward “They say that this day ten years ago this place burned down with the owner’s little girl inside.They say he went back in to save her but she killed him when he did. They say if you light a match where they both died you’ll have the same faith as the father or little girl ” Lala said pushing me a bit further. “Come on do you really believe that?” Mia said arm crossed brow raised.”Eh, I believe anything.” lala said shrugging. I looked at the broken doorway that leads into the house, I turned back to them.”Fine but it’s gonna cost you,both of you.” mia and lala both shared the same smug grin that sent chills. “Ok. 50 dollars from both of us but you have to light the match to.” Lala said as that smug grin became dark as she extended her arm, revealing the matches in her hand. I looked at the box of matches ‘’of course you bought the matches” I said taking them hesitantly. I walked towards the door paused at the entrance. I slowly