Angry, Angry Arguers
“My l-love is a lie. All in all, my life is l-l-lacking in what you might like to call l-lust, or perhaps l-la liberté de la sexe. L-l-laugh if you lean…
Strangers Meet
At this point I felt I must try and calm things down. “How about we just have the window open a tiny bit? We’ve just had to run to catch this train. In a few…
The Retort Usually Occurs to Me Only Hours Later
The timing of this encounter (which, by the way, appeared to be quite entertaining to the other passengers judging by their smirks and sniggers) was such that…
Strangers on a Train... to Watford
I boarded a train at King’s Langley in 1978. Nothing remarkable in that, you might say other than the fact that I’m old enough to have done so. I, with my…
Fire-lit Fight
A kiss fell upon a pearly white shoulder, while a feminine hand snaked around a lithe torso. “Haven’t you forgotten about her yet? Don’t you realize I adore…
Enough
“Beatrice please, listen to me! It was just one time-” “Once is enough,” Beatrice cut in, sharpness in her voice. Alan started again. “It’s all just a great…
Silent Communion
The night had started with an unfulfilling argument and ended in a night drive to an old refuge- the marina. The sandy gravel became warped wooden planking and…
Last Goodbye
“Goodbye” she said, as she turned and walked out the door, letting it shut softly behind her. This isn’t the first time we’ve fought, but it feels different…
Ode to a nagging wife
...Buttscratcher, it hits all the right spots!” said Stanley, feeling pretty pleased with himself. “Buttscratcher?!?” was the reply of amazement from his wife…
MERGE
“Chill, Jace.” Ember stretches her long, bony feet out even further, touching the side of the car. “I can’t very well chill with your wet feet in my lap…
Verbal match
“I just didn’t feel like talking about it”,yelled Glen.”But it was you who keeps saying that one need not keep anything from each other.That is the basis of a…
Strangling Parrots
“What did you say to me?” Maya was angry with me again. No surprise there, really. All I had to do was walk into the room with my iPod playing too loudly and…
Married with Arguments
The argument had gone on for hours. Neither of them now remembered exactly what had triggered it. Did her mother really tell her on their wedding day that she…
She Won't
“Damnit, why won’t you just tell me what’s wrong?” “You should know, you’re the one that did it!” “Arrg. I hate hate HATE it when you do this do me. Just…