She was touch starved. All she wanted to do was hold someone’s hand, kiss their cheek, play with their hair. But she had no one to satisfy her. She would stay up late at night thinking about sleeping on someone’s chest, kissing them on the forehead before falling asleep. During class she would fantasize about someone pulling her into a kiss that would light up her life. Little did she know, there ...

I slowly reached over to hold my mothers frail hands, they were cold and grey-ish. I folded my fingers into hers and stared at our entwined hands on the crisp, white sheets of the hospital bed. I didn’t want to look up at her. It was too much to bear.

“Darling,” my mother whispered. I slowly looked up to see her, but I immediately felt a punch in the gut when I did. Her beautiful blonde hair was ...

As I looked into your eyes, I saw my future go up in flames. A perfect future that I had planned since I was a little girl, all gone in an instant as I peered deep into your beautiful brown eyes. Instead of a perfect, cliché life for me, I instead saw a life full of adventure and sincerity. I pictured us on long road trips across the country, making messes in the kitchen, dancing in the rain. That...

I was up late one night on my computer, studying for my upcoming test when I heard my roommate, Olivia, murmur something in her sleep. At first I didn’t think much of it, she talked in her sleep quite a lot, but when she started saying things like “Hide!”, “Help me”, and “They’re here.” It worried me, what was she dreaming about? Initially, she was only saying these things quietly and just tossing...