I am selfish.

But being selfish could save my life.

I have panic attacks.

But they could save me from something dangerous.

I am jealous sometimes.

But jealousy can be good for you.

I am lonely.

But that means I have more time to focus on me.

I am shy.

But that means the people I do trust, I trust a lot.

I am competitive.

But being competitive means I learn to win and lose.

I am quiet.

But th...

I was fuming. I was coming home from work, my first day back after I had my beautiful daughter, Emily. I was expecting my colleagues to be happy that their head of marketing was back. And they were happy, but while I wanted to get right to work, none of them did. They told me, “Oh c’mon, It’s a special occasion_. _Why do we have to_ work?”_

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Like, _hello_? Maybe you have to work because that is...

She was… gorgeous. She had long, silky, dark brown hair that covered her face and she was wearing a long white flowy dress. A chill ran down my spine as her voice said, “Child of the king, daughter of the queen. Rosette White, what is the purpose of your visit?”

What was the purpose of my _visit_? Well, this ghost lady had to sort herself out. _I_ wasn’t _visiting_. She had brought me here to thi...

Charlotte set the glasses of water on the table as her family sat down. After a minute, her father spoke. “Niños, I have bad news.”

Charlotte and her older brother, Edward, looked at their father. He continued, “Grandma is sick. She went to the doctor, and they found a brain tumor.”

Charlotte was confused but pretended to understand. After finishing her dinner, she told her mom she was going to ...

I was a princess.

He was a prince.

I lived in a kingdom where everybody was kind.

He lived in a kingdom that was constantly warring.

I had both my parents to teach me how to be a royal.

He had only his father, as his mother passed away when he was young.

I was an only child.

He had 11 siblings.

I had stayed in my kingdom almost my entire life.

He had traveled around the world.

I had a do...

There it was, right in front of me. It was the size of a giant, with gargantuan ears and its disgusting moldy teeth. It had hair like Medusa, that did not, in fact, turn me to stone. It had claws like an eagle. An atrocious, enormous eagle that is. It spoke in a deep voice, “COME TO ME” its eyes glowing a bright red.

I wanted to cry.

I wanted to scream.

I wanted to run.

I wanted to throw up beca...

Her soul looked bright and shiny to me. I’m not sure, it wasn’t a bright color, that’s for sure. But, when I saw her, her soul just shined through her school uniform. It was a radiant beam across the dull school hallway. Later, I noticed the same radiant glow coming out of the girl who sat in front of me in bio. I glanced at her face when she stood to present her bio project and discovered it was ...

Nobody went on the bridge. Nobody really knew why, nobody really cared why. It’s not that the bridge looked creepy because it really did look homey. One day, the young princess heard the news that they were going to break it and build something better in its place. The princess had never gone on the bridge itself, but she remembered it as part of her childhood: whenever she was walking through the...

I searched the store for my team. Okay, there was Lily, there was Riley, there was Hugo at the exit and there was Jack, not far behind him. I scooped up the beautiful golden necklace and slipped it into my long white glove. I walked over to the paying and stood in line before Riley. I silently dropped the necklace into her bag. On cue, she said, “Look at that!” she pointed out the window, and as t...