Tag: 250 words

  • Banking

    Photo by Ashkan Forouzani on Unsplash  I always knew what I was going to do when I grew up.  And now that I’m here, I’m not sure I made the right decision.  I always thought I wanted to work in banking because my entire family worked in banking.  It was the safe route.  The route I knew.  The…

  • Trouble

    Photo by Fiona Smallwood on Unsplash  When Aimee walked in, I knew we were in trouble.  The look in her eyes told me everything I needed to know.  I knew she had found my secret – the only one I had ever kept from her.  She would never forgive and never forget.  But I had been so proud…

  • Accountability

    Photo by Ben White on Unsplash  I always knew my neighbor played the victim. Mainly because Madeline was really good at it and got everything she wanted. She was educated, but cunning. Smart enough to pull a ruse and not get caught. But yet, dumb enough to let me in on her secret. I usually was the secret…

  • Pancakes

    Photo by Calum Lewis on Unsplash  I didn’t know what it was about pancakes, but I could never get enough.  My family didn’t understand my obsession and I never could stop trying to explain my love with the delicious meal.  My newest mission was to make my own syrup.  I was trying to convince my…

  • Emptiness

     Photo by kyo azuma on Unsplash  The hallways were silent as I walked toward the exit. I knew I should have left earlier, but I had been hoping Alex would show up. He was the only reason I had even come, but I was beginning to believe he would never live up to any of the promises he…

  • Underwater

    Photo by NEOM on Unsplash  I knew what the problem was and the problem was Eric wanted to spend his weekends underwater. I hated the water. Unless I could see everything around me, but even then I didn’t particularly enjoy being submerged. There were too many unknown objects and unknown species in the ocean. Although I loved watched…

  • Uncharted Territory

    Photo by NEOM on Unsplash  Almost There  “Are we almost there?”  Melissa said in a hoarse whisper.  I could almost feel her body shaking through my seat.  “If you ask me one more time, I will stop this car and we will walk.  You will walk.  I don’t know what else I can say for you to stop…

  • Peace and Quiet

    Photo by Brianna Marble on Unsplash  I knew I was in for a wild weekend when the snow started falling.  I was naturally cold all the time, but loved cold weather more than hot.  There was some kind of magic associated with the snow I couldn’t always find when I went to the beach.  I…

  • Escape

    I always wanted to figure my life out, but I never knew how.  I stared at the television and wondered where to go and what to do next as if I was waiting for the characters to tell me what would come my way.  I knew what I needed, but was stuck on how to get…

  • The Graduation

    Everyone always told me it was just a job.  That I shouldn’t worry about it.  That I shouldn’t take anything home with me.  But they didn’t know what it was really like at home. If I didn’t take work home, I would lose my mind. The house was too quiet, too lonely and too open…