“He broke one of the only rules we cherish more than our own vanity,” Onel said. He deftly raised his hand and slicked back his short black hair. “Your own vanity,” Twinel corrected him. Onel shot her a stare that she scoffed at, but it only made him grin wider. “He has to be punished,”…
Month: March 2012
Hiding, Part 2
“Why are you following me?” Melody asked. “I’m in your next class too, you know,” Ian said. Melody, in fact, did not know. “Oh.” She wanted to listen to her music and ignore this guy, but it was too weird, and he had this sneaking suspicion that something was off about her already. This was…
Fake
I guess we like to play ourselves for fools every time we say those three damned words, The ones that hurt so much every time my answer comes back in deathly silence, You like to play your little games, And that’s fine, I have games too, But if you want to have a chance at…
Sisters
There was only one thing Kayla hated more than school: P.E. at school. A lot of her friends liked P.E., because at least it wasn’t algebra or biology or english lit. And hell, when she thought of it that way, P.E. wasn’t so bad, but then she considered the other half of the story: it…
Hiding, Part 1
Melody sat in the corner of the lecture hall sipping on a mocha latte and absorbing the pulse of the music from her earbuds. Her head nodded and swayed side to side, only stopping to down some of the chocolately-sweet beverage she cradled between her hands. She didn’t particularly need the caffeine, but she loved…