Tag: short story

I’ve never been a very decisive person.  Ever.  I can’t make up my mind what my favorite food is, where I want to eat when I go out and especially on what I’m going to do when I go on vacation.  I tell my friends I don’t really care what we do and that I…

“I’m pregnant,” I whispered to my sister.  “Ryan doesn’t know.  Neither do mom or dad.”  Sarah kept on snoring lightly.  I realized she had fallen asleep before I could confess the secret I had been keeping for several weeks.  Even though she hadn’t heard me, I realized I already felt better.  So I kept whispering to her about how I felt…

I knew what I had to do to make sure my brother didn’t graduate.  Because if he did graduate, I knew his life would be ruined.  He had this girlfriend who was dead set on convincing him that she was the one he needed to marry.  But she would not marry him if he did not…

I knew he was dead.  I knew it.  I had watched him die, held his hand even, six months ago when his heart stopped.  Right?  Hadn’t I?  So what was he doing now?  Smiling at me in the middle of Main Street?  I reached my hand out toward him as I started to cross the street.  Which was immediately a…

This was by far the highest stakes game of rock-paper-scissors I had ever played.  And it was only Tuesday.  I knew my life depended on it, but wasn’t sure how serious Adam would take this game.  I knew he was dangerous, but how far would he take a game?  And would he really lock me back into the closet again if I lost?  I…

Had I known, I was going to have guests at 4 AM, I would’ve tidied up.  I know it was Friday night (or I guess now Saturday morning) but who in their right mind is still awake at 4 am?  And who thinks it would be a good idea to go to someone else’s house at 4 AM to see why…

I knew what I was getting into.  Kind of.  I knew I didn’t want to live in a traditional house and was shopping around for different recreational vehicles to buy and move into.  I was renting a room from a friend as I only had to pay for the $250 rent plus whatever groceries I wanted for…

I never really understood the concept of daylight savings time.  I never wanted to change the clocks around especially when we had to move the clocks forward.  I liked to exercise in the mornings and changing the clocks only made the mornings that much darker.  “Don’t forget to change your clocks before you go to sleep,” my…

“Who are you?”  I asked stupidly.    “Rick.  Your next door neighbor.  Nice to see you again.”    “Rick?  Rick who?  I’m looking for Stanley.  My mother just sent me to deliver cookies to Stanley.”  I knew I still sounded like an idiot.  But who was this guy?  Why was he in Stanley’s house?  As I looked back up at him, I noticed his…