Tag: high school

  • The Laws of Attraction

    “I’m not sure when the attraction started, but once I realized, I fell hard and fast.  I couldn’t get enough and I didn’t know when to stop.  Or how to stop.”  I wanted to keep talking, but couldn’t figure out how to say exactly how I felt.  I thought if I told Bill exactly how…

  • Handwritten

    The handwritten note got passed around the class and I wondered what everyone was laughing about.  I had gotten to class a few minutes late because I was hoping to get a word in with Cyrus only to find him engaged in a lip lock with Darcy the Cheerleader during passing period.  Darcy the Cheerleader…

  • Enfolding

    “All I wanted you to do was to love me.  To fold me in your arms and never let me go.  You were the only place I feel safe and the only place I want to be for the rest of my life.”    As June read the beginning lines of her short story to the…

  • The Gathering

    “What if I don’t want to gather around the table?  Especially with them!  I will not do it.”  Emily crossed her arms across her chest and I admired her bravery.  No one had ever had the guts to stand up to Mr. Johnson.  As the head of the school, he ran us ragged with fear. …

  • Heartbreaker

    Listen here!

  • Crush

    Jeremiah knew I had a crush on him.  At this point, I’m not sure how he couldn’t know.  I couldn’t help but stare and I often wondered if he could sense my eyes in the back of his head because he often turned when I was just settling in for a long stare.  He always…

  • I Don’t Miss Middle School…

    Have you ever had something happen in your life that years later, you still remember everything about that day? I had a group of friends I grew up with – many I played sports with (soccer, softball, tag, Commando) and went to school with from Kindergarten on – but somewhere along the way, I think…

  • Power and Beauty

    My sister was very good at getting everything she wanted.  She used her beauty to wow those around her into doing exactly what she needed.  She was smart and beautiful and had the confidence to lead them on.  And the ability to never feel remorse over her actions. Me? I was the homely and kind…

  • Election Dropout

    “Don’t you think I will be elected?  How could I not be after that speech I made last night?”  I watched and waited as my sister straightened her hair.  I had already decided – before her speech – I was not going to vote for her.  And then I cast my vote for someone else. …

  • The Sleepover

    “Man oh man.  Oh man.  What are we going to do?  Man.  Oh man.”  I listened to Amari panic as I slowly tried to drive away from the scene of our ‘crime.’  Toilet papering on the night of our annual soccer sleepover had gone awry when someone had called the police.  “We’re driving away, as…