The Girl in the Corner.
Why don’t you love her, the girl in the corner? She really needs your love. Watch her in silence, curled up in the corner, waiting for a sign from above. She’s…
Why Didn't You Love Her?
My lecturer was one asked by one of his old friends as to why he didn't love one of his previous partners. When he thought about it, he didn't know why he didn't but he just knew that he didn't. The question has been floating around in my mind, so here's the challenge. Make a story based around the question, "Why didn't you love him / her / it?" Make it about whatever you want. This boggled my mind for a bit so I'm putting a decent length deadline on this challenge which ends on my 21st birthday. Good luck! And I really look forward to seeing what you guys come up with.
Challengers
12 entriesI don't know. Honest.
“so be honest with me...” Never a good start, for any conversation. Honesty is dangerous, especially when you need to ask for it. “Why don’t you love her…
I’m tryna not to bathe my ape in your Milky Way
“Well, she was an alien.” “There’s nothing wrong with interracial relationships.” “Think species not race.” “Then you’d be insane to pass up such an…
No Winners
I threw my coat into the closet without looking where it landed and collapsed into bed as if someone had removed all of my bones at the same time. I didn’t…
Pierce My Heart.
They sat inside the living room. The couch a tattered mess, the material peeled away like bad paint. They sat in their usual spots, their seats permanently…
In Love, No
Ever since your mom passed your life’s been glassed on display you became a movie people liked to play you were my duty to protect I truly loved you in every…
Loser
“I can’t do it, ok! I tried and failed, leave me alone!” “You can’t say that, you only tried one time....don’t just quit. View it as practice for the next…
It's nothing.
“What’s wrong, babe?” he asked. For once, he didn’t try to make a joke out of it. He didn’t try to play around. He just sounded concerned, worried. “It’s…
Unraveling
It wasn’t that on Sundays he woke up too early to go jogging. Or that, sometimes when he got tired his voice cracked and it reminded her of her teenage…
Debt Collection
“But Dad,” the boy peered through the dark windscreen, “you never take me out anywhere.” “Well, today is special,” I replied, parking the car in the forest…
Biceps and Triceps
I can’t connect with them. It doesn’t work like that. No, no, no. That’s like cleaning a car before you crash it. Pointless. Stupid. But this girl, this poor…