Tag: 250 words

  • Ready

    “How will you know when it’s ready?  How will you know when he is going to be here?”  Max followed me around the house asking me what seemed like every question he could think of. I bit my lip and tried to not say anything he would report back to his father.   Usually, I…

  • Memories

    “Without memories, who are we anyway?  Without memories how would we learn?”  I stared down the hallway and wondered what would come next.  It had been so long since I had been in the house, I wasn’t sure if my memories were even correct.  Or even real?  Was it a real memory of me laughing…

  • Plotting

    All I wanted to do was stay home and not have to talk to anyone.  My job at the public library was running me ragged due to short staffing and dumb questions.  I was on desk and talking with the public every hour of my workday other than my lunch.  Lunch was the only part…

  • Shadows

    I knew I would love the house the second I saw it.  When my mom told my brother and I we were moving to the country, I knew we were in for a treat.  I grew up loving the story of Anne of Green Gables and knew this was my chance to become Anne.  Growing…

  • You Define Love

    “You define love,” I wanted to whisper, but ended up biting my tongue instead.  I was scared my views would be blown out of the water by my more thoughtful and poetic fiancee.  There were many times I totally felt inadequate by his words, his actions and his thoughtfulness. I had tried to tell him…

  • Working For a Living

    “I never said I wanted to work for a living.  I want to be out in the real world.  I want to live by my own standards and not by anyone else’s.”  I stood in my defiance, knowing it would all come to bite me in the end.  “All I wanted to do is to…

  • The Final Streetlight

    “Do you think he’s okay?” I whispered as my cousin and I watched Tyler slowly trudge down the middle of the street.  The darkness made him difficult to see, but with the streetlights we could barely make out his outline. I didn’t want Tyler to leave, but I knew his life would be safer and…

  • Perfection

    I stared into his eyes and wanted to leave the party.  Even though Grant and I had met three months ago, I am not confident he remembers my name.  I longed for him to remember, to notice I was there.  To know that I was noticing him. But here he was staring blankly at me…

  • The Stranger

    “I always knew I was a little bit different than everyone, but I never really wanted to admit it.  I wanted to blend in with the crowd.  I wanted to be a part of the team.  I don’t know why it’s so hard.”  I looked up to see my aunt checking her watch.  “I thought…

  • The Snoop

    “What’s in there?  Do I really want to know?  Or should we back away and leave it be?”  Rob said as he looked at the envelope on the table.  He eyed it as if he had no interest in any secrets held inside the bright blue box, but also was slightly curious.  “I don’t know…