Category: 250 words

  • Into the Field

    “Keep an open mind,” I said pulling Mike toward the wide-open field.  “And keep your eyes shut.”  I turned to face him to make sure he was following my directions.  He had no idea the surprise I had in store for him.  I squeezed his hand as we got closer to reassure him everything was going to be all right. …

  • Crazy

    “It helps if they think you’re crazy.”  The girl sitting next to me leaned across the aisle and plunked a pen down on my desk.  I was new to the school and of course, couldn’t find a pen.  She had black hair that had recently been dyed and was wearing more makeup than I thought possible. …

  • No Idea

    “He has no idea of what he is doing here.  You can’t let Zeke stay here when that’s all he is doing here,” I told Madison.  I pulled her arm toward Zeke.  “You have to get him to leave.  Now.”  “Why would I ask him to leave?  I want him to stay,” Madison slurred as…

  • As Good As It Gets

    “It’s about as good a day as you’re going to get,” I told my younger brother.  Jake had been glued to the television all day playing some video game and it was seventy five and sunny outside.  “I’ll give you about ten more minutes to play and then you’ll have to come outside.  No excuses.”  As I left his room, I heard him…

  • Recycled Garden

    “There are items you can use to make your decorations.  Feel free to use whatever you want and let me know if you need any help.”  Jack bowed and backed away from the shed.  I never knew why he felt like he needed to bow as he was leaving, but when I mentioned it before, he only…

  • On A Boat

    “We were taken by boat to an island,” I told the police officer.  “But we were blindfolded so I don’t know which way we went.  Or how long we were gone.”  I took a deep breath and only hoped he would believe me.  That he would take my word for the fact I was one of the victims…

  • Coming Back to Life

    The twisting of my hair brought me screaming back to real life.  The man who kidnapped me from right outside my dorm room was waking me up by yanking me off the floor by my hair.  I didn’t know who he was or what I was doing here so I was trying to figure out…

  • Just Dance

    “All I want to do is dance,” Joan said to me on the way her first – and probably her only – prom.  I knew this was her first party to come to and I wish I was brave enough to tell her what was really going to happen tonight.  After being homeschooled for so many years, she…

  • Very Personal

    “It is very personal.  How can it not be?  I was attached!”  I knew I was practically yelling, but I couldn’t help it.  I just couldn’t believe what Flynn had just revealed to me.  Everything I had worked so hard to separate myself from my family, from my past and Flynn was bringing it all back up.  “But I didn’t realize…

  • The Water Cooler

    “What does this girl do all day?”  I asked Miranda as I poured another cup of coffee.  “I like how you are asking as we are pouring our third cup of coffee for the day,” she said holding her coffee mug out.  “It’s the only time we can talk and the only time the managers…