... The heavy glare of eyes was suffocating, causing the air around her to thin until she had to heave in deep breaths. Slowly standing up she saw something move out of the corner of her eye, a quick flash of color interrupting the stillness of the house for a second before vanishing. Amy ... twenty minutes later, Toby greeted her with a kiss and a big bowl of steaming chicken noodle soup. "I thought morning sickness was strictly designated to the mornings." "I saw him Toby." Amy said, staring in the direction of the window. "He looked right at me, oh my god I was so scared." "What? Who di...

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... were. As I pushed the up button, they still just stood there. Then when the elevator got to my level, it made a dinging noise. Suddenly they all looked and saw me, and knowing I was their dinner, they all made a dash for me. It was one of those, "Oh crap!" kind of moments. I rushed into the elevator and ... was hopeless, and just ran in the nearest door. I then moved a book shelf in front of the door and sat down at a desk. I looked around and saw nothing. No other doors, no windows, no escape. With only two shots left, there was no way of getting past them. I put the gun to my head, but...

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... The heavy glare of eyes was suffocating, causing the air around her to thin until she had to heave in deep breaths. Slowly standing up she saw something move out of the corner of her eye, a quick flash of colour interrupting the stillness of the house for a momentary second before vanishing ... 's wrong?" Jake asked staring down at her on his lap, he stroked the hair back from her face. "I swear to god something's in the house. I saw something out in the hallway. It was there and then it just vanished." she cried. "I feel like I'm losing my mind, first the nightmare and now this ... minut...

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... fine of $200.00. I had no choice but to do volunteer work, I was walking down town because I got my license revoked for a couple of days and saw a sign on the window that they were looking for volunteers at St. Frank's hospital for kids. So I thought I would volunteer to make up my community service. So ... I entered the hospital to get more information when I saw Jennifer in a room 201 , with a kid that had a huge smile on his face a smile that I never seen before as if she was a person that could make ... I was a dork communicating with one so I told her " you wish!" and she smiled a...

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... a monet.... when i was younger people didnt see the way my life had been. They had seen me as a normal chid doing normal things. The only person that saw my life up close was Joyce, my babysitter. Other than that people just thought that my mom and dad didnt work out and that my mom lived far away. Which ... still feel that a family arent the people that are in it, it's the love and bond between the people that live under one roof. However my dad never saw it that way. He saw us as "different" from everyone else. He used to tell me that one day he would establish a family for us. Little d...

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... with sharp ends, scratched and weathered like if it had been broken out of what it once had been. It was amazing how much of her life she saw reflected in it. She sighed; her thoughts were loud and deep, spreading out to every inch of silence that was once only broken by the chirping of the ... He stared at the knife blankly; he was too drunk to even pick it up. Suddenly the door ran into his head knocking him out. Laura came out and saw her father. She couldn't believe it. Shock demanded her body to stop. She couldn't help feeling betrayed. Only earlier that afternoon thoughts of her f...

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... in her hair. His smirk was evident, proud of the work he had done in the girl's hair, but that smirk was replaced by a large smile as well when he saw the look on her face. "Beautiful," he whispered to her even though they were the only two souls within a mile of the grassy land. She inhaled sharply at ... abruptly. The voice stepped forward to claim a face of a pale, middle-aged man carrying a clipboard with dark hair and an overly exuberant smile that broke through rosy lips when he saw the wrecked girl. "Who are you?" she whispered nearly inaudible. She was sure that the man hadn't h...

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