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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Your initial thought was that you could wish Avery De Vega back into your life, right? That she would come back and be your mother again as though nothing had ever gone wrong?"
He was right. Though it felt like a slap to the face, he was so right.
I should've hated my mom but I didn't, not one bit. I wasn't sure who I was meant to be without her. She was everything I had and more. Everything I needed. I knew it was stupid to long for something that never wanted to be yours, to begin with, but I couldn't help it. Dad was strong. Though he'd loved her with all his heart, he'd let Mom go to make her happy. I wasn't as selfless, though. Clearly.
Now, I had the chance to get her back. I could fix things between us and get her and Dad back t
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"I already did the ones from yesterday," Dad scowled. "What about putting away the Christmas tinsel then, huh? I could've sworn you were meant to put them away too. Or were you out galavanting in other people's houses? Too busy to worry about your own house and family, is it?""Enough," Mom bit out, effectively stopping the conversation.I bit my lip and marvelled at the power she radiated. It had been a while since I saw such a strong female figure. It had been even longer since someone told Dad off.All I could do was stand and watch.Her black hair had been pulled up into a messy bun with her fringe coming down, hiding her wide forehead. Mom's brown eyes were large and the light sp
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We fell into silence and as we neared the city, my anxieties rose higher and higher through my body, causing a subtle shake. I leant my head against the cool, glass window and watched as the world passed me by. My eyes latched onto people's faces as they passed and I wondered if I even knew half of what had happened during the past couple of days. How fast everything had changed and how it had all been ripped from under me. I racked my brain, wondering if I'd even made the right decision to begin with. Before I knew it, we'd arrived at Ross Rivera's house and now the bile was rising. I wasn't sure if I wanted to see him either. I just sensed an odd feeling in the pit of my stomach that made the tips of my fingers tingle and the soles of my feet numb. Raven was a better driver than me and when she pulled
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Death wasn't a person so much as a feeling. He was the gatekeeper of the wandering souls, the steward for the passing, and the man at the crossroads of life and death. He didn't feel or think - everything about the spirit was instinctual. He was one of the only laws known to the world. One of the only rules that every human stood by was Death, and that one day he would come to take them all on a similar journey to the After. Death stood at the side of the road and under the downpour as harsh droplets of rain fell on his dark umbrella and ricocheted to the puddles below. He was a faded shadow under the sour yellow street light that flickers on and off in the dead of night. With one hand on the base of his umbrella, he used the other to d
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3 YEARS AFTER. When I was younger, my grandmother would sit me on her left knee and we would stare up at the dark sky. She was the one who helped me develop my love for the moon and stars. Back then, it was hard for me to see the stars; my eyes not being able to focus through the tears. Despite that, I remember wiping them away just so I could focus on something greater than myself. My grandmother would tell me this story about the moon that never failed to make me feel happy, understanding the power of promise. She used to say that it was as if the moon had promised the night sky that it would always return. She would tell me the moon would never leave the night and they would always meet again; nobody could tear them apart.
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"Remember when he burnt the turkey on turkey day and it started a fire! He accidentally used the fire extinguisher on you and completely missed the turkey," I guffawed as the memory replayed in my mind while I talked. With that, my grandmother starts loudly laughing along with me. The memory was still fresh in our minds and it was hilarious knowing just 7 years ago, my grandfather was still an active member of our life. I remember him getting mad at my grandmother for getting in the way of the extinguisher even though she wasn't even close. "Oh. He was always unintentionally clumsy. From that day on I swore to become vegetarian because I'm telling you that what I ate that day was not edible." My grandmother shuddered before chuckling deeply. I laug
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I shakily exhaled as my eyes dart from his body to my blanket. I tuck some loose strands of my dark hair behind my ear, feeling my heartbeat inside my chest. He was yet to notice me which calmed me because I seriously wasn't in the mood to converse with him. For some reason, I had a feeling he wasn't either. I could feel the sadness radiating off of him and I couldn't stop myself from thinking the wildest of thoughts: Maybe I should go ask him what's wrong. Nobody comes to The Edge; and if they somehow manage to, I don't think that it would be by chance. There was no way this guy who looks about my age walked into the forest looking for this place.
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Maybe it was something in the air or something but I opened my mouth and almost made the mistake of talking. That was until he interrupted."You alright?" he questions. I'm momentarily stunned by the fact that he was talking and that he was talking to me.I felt betrayed for a second because it was as if his voice had broken something that we had an unspoken rule about:No talking.His voice was deep, husky, and a bit raspy, and I couldn't help but look up at him with big eyes, but he wasn't even looking at me."Yeah."
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I examined my arm to make sure there were no marks and I was glad to see nothing. Suddenly I felt bad for the caterpillar. I look back to where I had seen it jump down and I tiptoe towards that spot in the grass. I look down only to see the caterpillar balancing itself on a blade of grass. Oh gosh. I didn't want it to die or anything so I looked around for a stick. I scanned the clearing and spotted a stick by the flat area in the center which was just meters away from the cliff. I smiled and ran over to the stick and came back for the caterpillar. I crouched down with the stick in my hands, trying to get the caterpillar to crawl onto the stick so I could mount it onto a tree where it wo
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"Need I remind you I have never done that before, so you don't have to worry, Marie." She rolls his eyes. My Aunt looks at him with a smirk before wiping the front and back of her wet hands on her red apron."Rather be safe than sorry," she sings as she grabs her white floral patterned tote back off the dining table. I walk over to stand beside my grandmother as I watch my aunt stuff her house keys in her bag before zipping it close."Oh, you still have that horrendously designed bag with the broken zipper?" My grandmother scoffs just by the sound of the zipper struggling to close as she flips another pancake on the pan.I burst out laughing when I see my Aunt's face. Her black curly hair tied into a bun keeping the tendrils out of her face yet she tries to place her baby hairs behind her ear. She grabs her bag with a scoff and gives me a small smile before heading towards the front door."Keep
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INSECURITIES ARE what make humans imperfect and give them character. It makes people act out in ways they wouldn't have if they didn't have a feeling of anxiety, judgement and negative emotions attached to it.I know exactly what my insecurities are and even being self-aware doesn't change anything about it because I cant overcome them. It has become a part of me.As much as I hate my parents for everything they put everyone through, they did me well.As far as my skin was concerned, I was honestly blessed with the relatively clear caramel-coloured skin. Apart from some occasional acne that usually happened around the time of my periods, my skin was fine, probably because I was always diligent with the SPF and washing my face.Honestly, I wasn't the ugliest in the world, but nor did that make me a model either.When I used to go to school, my friend Raven used to alwa
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"As if wolves would want you." I rolled my eyes. Playing along with what I knew he wanted.He was such an open book."Mhm, you want me," he teases as he raises his brows suggestively."Correction, jail wants you. Or Satan, or better yet, nobody!" I say sarcastically. I was a bit taken back by his teasing but I welcomed it. It was fun talking to someone other than my Aunt or grandmother. Its making me miss Raven so much."You break my heart," he says dramatically as he holds his hands on his chest over his heart."Yeah, I'm just doing what I do best,""Right..." he drawls as he rolls his eyes at my arrogance.He suddenly jogs so that he is in front of me, successfully catching me off guard. He then turns around and stops so that he is directly in front of me. I look at him in confusion.He takes
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"I'm not your Sweetheart." I glared at him. "Okay, Sweetheart." And then I open my mouth to object but then he starts up again. "Sweetheart, sweetheart, sweetheart, sweetheart, sweetheart," he taunted while smirking at me. "Leave me alone, posh boy." I groaned with a glare while trying to run away from him and behind Auntie Marie who I didn't realize had served herself some of my cake on one of the paper plates I had bought. I ignore Deshawn and watch as my aunt takes a spoonful of the cake and puts it in her mouth. Even Deshawn stopped annoying me and glanced between my aunt and me to observe my reaction to her trying my cake.
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She was new here, I had nothing to fear. Nothing to fear. Nothing to fear... I was walking towards them with my grip on my baseball hat when I bumped into a hard chest. I yelped and tripped on the other person's foot, sending myself flying towards their chest. I made the mistake of letting go of my bag with the cake container and I could feel the sharp realization come across in panic as I just realized what I had done. I don't even look up to see who I had bumped into as I crouch down and peer inside the bag to see the smushed-up cake through the clear plastic top of the container. I mourn the destruct
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"They have me, Jenkins, and his grandson. I think even Mrs. Halmshire's husband. Even on top of that, they hired like 5 men. Gloria came with a lot of cash. I'm surprised that she is moving into our town of all places. Yet again, everyone in this town is rich, it's just that we choose this lifestyle." Jenkins is like Aunt Marie. Not a member of the family by blood but still considered as family. My grandmother has so many children, nieces, and nephews from another family. She's friendly like that. "When did you get the time to meet them?" I ask curiously knowing that she didn't wake up until like 9 and it was almost 11. I didn't even see or hear her leave the house. "I woke up at 8 and Marie told me they lost a few trucks on their way to town and o
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I examined my arm to make sure there were no marks and I was glad to see nothing. Suddenly I felt bad for the caterpillar. I look back to where I had seen it jump down and I tiptoe towards that spot in the grass. I look down only to see the caterpillar balancing itself on a blade of grass. Oh gosh. I didn't want it to die or anything so I looked around for a stick. I scanned the clearing and spotted a stick by the flat area in the center which was just meters away from the cliff. I smiled and ran over to the stick and came back for the caterpillar. I crouched down with the stick in my hands, trying to get the caterpillar to crawl onto the stick so I could mount it onto a tree where it wo
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Maybe it was something in the air or something but I opened my mouth and almost made the mistake of talking. That was until he interrupted."You alright?" he questions. I'm momentarily stunned by the fact that he was talking and that he was talking to me.I felt betrayed for a second because it was as if his voice had broken something that we had an unspoken rule about:No talking.His voice was deep, husky, and a bit raspy, and I couldn't help but look up at him with big eyes, but he wasn't even looking at me."Yeah."
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I shakily exhaled as my eyes dart from his body to my blanket. I tuck some loose strands of my dark hair behind my ear, feeling my heartbeat inside my chest. He was yet to notice me which calmed me because I seriously wasn't in the mood to converse with him. For some reason, I had a feeling he wasn't either. I could feel the sadness radiating off of him and I couldn't stop myself from thinking the wildest of thoughts: Maybe I should go ask him what's wrong. Nobody comes to The Edge; and if they somehow manage to, I don't think that it would be by chance. There was no way this guy who looks about my age walked into the forest looking for this place.
