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  • 'I know,' Astrofel said, nonchalant. 'Tell me something I don't.' 'You're an obnoxious idiot? You don't seem to have realised that yet.' 'Learn to respect eachother,' Melkior snapped, slapping the ...
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  • searched frantically for a weapon. She glimpsed the dagger on the ground, feet from her; too far to make a jump for it and be ready to attack fast. She ...
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  • Life is about timing. Everything has a time. Growing up, while an ongoing process, comes in due time. Getting married comes in due time. One day, you wake up and ...
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  • So I've decided that really special people have to work in customer service, retail, mainly. I work in a kids' clothing store, and let me tell you, it's an experience. ...
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  • COLLIN //ALONE// I walked alone. It was a few days not seeing... that girl. She had big brown eyes; big, healing, brown eyes. What did she use? How did she ...
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  • The woman turned onto me. "I'm so sorry, sweetheart. I never thought this would happen." She walked up to me and enveloped me in a deep hug. I placed my ...
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  • I'd never really thought about this moment. I'd really never thought that this moment would happen. But here it was. I was standing in it, with my hands clenched in ...
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  • "Sorry," he apologised for the girl as she turned and went back to her desk, "what can I do you for?" "We just need you sign this." I smiled and ...
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  • I always thought of God to be a woman. When I sleep, she'd knock on my door. I'd open it to find Her smiling at me. Her auburn curly hair ...
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  • Cheryl Browne smoothed down her hair. She'd worked on it all morning, trying to stop it from flattening out, and hoped it looked feathery. That was the style, and she ...
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