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The three weeks of Conor’s absence ended way too soon for my liking. Coincidentally, the day he returned was the day we were scheduled to have one on one with Brewer. Personally, I think this is what they call “karma.” I s
by Trenchmouth
500 words, 2 comments,
on Apr 18 5:54 PM 2008
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Don’t get me wrong, I like being around Tegan. Really, I do. But since Conor wound up in the infirmary, I can hardly look at her. She showed something that day that I didn’t really believe was there. I mean, yeah, I knew
by Trenchmouth
1000 words, 2 comments,
on Apr 12 1:24 PM 2008
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The room was filled with an unbearable silence. Footsteps thumped near me and Jake grasped my arm gently to help me up. I flinched away and lifted myself up to my feet, using the collar of my shirt to wipe away the blood th
by Trenchmouth
900 words, 1 comment,
on Mar 16 6:34 PM 2008
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I sat down on my bed, leaning back against the wall, feeling the cool, unforgiving plaster press against my clothed back. My hair was stil
by Trenchmouth
2100 words, 2 comments,
on Mar 9 10:39 AM 2008
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My mom’s car came to a halt in the driveway and I leaned my head back, letting out a deep breath that I didn’t know I had been holding. For once, I’d come home from Colin’s house sober. His contacts were completely dry, so
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He stepped out of the shower, his skin red and beginning to blister from the heat of the water that had been beating down on his flesh no more than thirty seconds before. After using a towel to rub himself down, he pulled on
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The room seemed fuzzy around the edges; fatigue still clouding my eyes over and making everything a little blurry. After Deanna had addres
by Trenchmouth
1100 words, 3 comments,
on Feb 16 4:28 PM 2008
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I could tell just by the grin on Conor’s face when he walked into our room that, in one way or another, he had beaten Tegan in the little, silent game they were playing. Somehow, he had gotten under her skin. Whether or not h
by Trenchmouth
1000 words, 3 comments,
on Feb 14 9:34 PM 2008
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Just being in that room had every muscle in my body tense fit to cause insanity, but I was fully determined to keep my body loose and appear relaxed. The cuffs sat higher up on my arms so that they didn’t pinch the cast on my
by Trenchmouth
900 words, 4 comments,
on Feb 10 6:57 PM 2008
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My heart pounded crazily as I sat in my room across from Conor. The event that had occurred three days before still played inside my head every time I glanced at my roommate or Tegan. Just looking at her, you would have nev
by Trenchmouth
1200 words, 3 comments,
on Feb 10 2:35 PM 2008
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The guards hands pulled me out of t he room and into isolation. I thrashed and screamed the entire time, until t hey had to get two other
by Trenchmouth
1700 words, 3 comments,
on Feb 9 10:37 PM 2008
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It's not my shade of gray.
by Trenchmouth
<100 words, 1 comment,
on Feb 7 9:09 PM 2008
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I've drank your cyanide too long.
by Trenchmouth
<100 words, 2 comments,
on Feb 7 9:05 PM 2008
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You are not what you doubt.
by Trenchmouth
<100 words, 3 comments,
on Feb 7 9:02 PM 2008
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Every day is exactly the same.1 / I know that it sounds kind of cliché to put it that way, but it’s the unholy truth. Every class gives basically the same lecture, and anyone with an average IQ
by Trenchmouth
1000 words, 4 comments,
on Feb 6 4:34 PM 2008
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The sound of a lighter flicking echoed through the room, cutting through the Sublime CD that was playing on Colin’s stereo and the flame bent as I tipped the Bic to the side to light the bud of weed that was packed into the b
by Trenchmouth
2000 words, 2 comments,
on Feb 3 8:40 PM 2008
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I still get that sense recognition from time to time. That little shiver that makes my spine go gunstock straight and stomach curl into a
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It felt good being free from the freezing air of the outside world and into the church, my legs cold and covered with goose flesh in the absence of my stockings, which had been sacrificed months ago to benefit the war. I clu
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: Epilogue :1 / Laboratory Log 158, Doctor Edmund Wyrie2 / Year 2006, April 7th3 / It’s been five years since our first and last succe
by Trenchmouth
800 words, 2 comments,
on Jan 2 3:54 PM 2008
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: Chapter Thirty – Sharen and Cody :1 / This was perfect. She had their trust. All that she had to do was get them out through the back and they’d be set. Since they’d brought the five, well,
by Trenchmouth
1700 words, 1 comment,
on Jan 1 9:16 PM 2008
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: Chapter Twenty-Nine – Hadley :1 / Nothing was more liberating than knowing that she had Sharen Kilburn pinned to the floor, able to control her air supply. Hadley had wanted to do this from th
by Trenchmouth
1500 words, 1 comment,
on Jan 1 6:20 PM 2008
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: Chapter Twenty-Eight – Murdock :1 / Benji’s dead.2 / The phrase echoed in her head in an almost mantra-like manner. But it was an empty hymn. It never brought he
by Trenchmouth
2100 words, 1 comment,
on Dec 31 2:49 PM 2007
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: Chapter Twenty-Seven – Kinley :1 / The door to their hotel room had burst open at nine o’clock, on a Monday morning, sometime in mid-November. They had made it from Michigan to Kansas, crossin
by Trenchmouth
1400 words, 1 comment,
on Dec 28 1:27 AM 2007
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: Chapter Twenty-Six – Benji :1 / Benji lay awake that night, considering every event that just seemed to happen only because it made things more difficult. This was the third motel they had to
by Trenchmouth
1100 words, 1 comment,
on Dec 20 6:47 PM 2007
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: Chapter Twenty-Five – Sharen :1 / The knock at her office door surprised her out of her map. She lifted her head from her arms and sat up straight, rubbing her eyes, “Come in…”
by Trenchmouth
1300 words, 1 comment,
on Dec 11 9:02 PM 2007
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: Chapter Twenty-Four – Cody :1 / “Oh, come on Murdock… it can’t be that bad!” He sighed, beating on the bathroom door of the motel. Since they had broke Murdock out of the hospital, they had s
by Trenchmouth
1400 words, 1 comment,
on Dec 9 12:24 PM 2007
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: Chapter Twenty Three – Hadley :1 / She couldn’t lie. Seeing Murdock collapsed like that had scared the hell out of her. She hated herself for reacting the way she had, but what else was she s
by Trenchmouth
2500 words, 2 comments,
on Dec 8 12:32 AM 2007
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: Chapter Twenty-Two – Murdock :1 / They swarmed around her body, coiling at her feet and buzzing loudly. Insects, arachnids… everything ranging from bees to praying mantises, climbing up her p
by Trenchmouth
2900 words, 1 comment,
on Dec 4 10:21 AM 2007
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: Chapter Twenty-One – Murdock and Kinley :1 / Murdock’s skin itched and felt incredibly dry. Riding on Benji’s back gave her more time to
by Trenchmouth
2100 words, 1 comment,
on Dec 1 1:09 PM 2007
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: Chapter Twenty – Benji :1 / The first thing Benji was aware of upon waking up was the ache that seemed to manifest throughout his entire
by Trenchmouth
1700 words, 1 comment,
on Nov 29 4:20 PM 2007
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: Chapter Nineteen – Edmond and Sharen :1 / When they found the bodies of the doctors by the door, everyone knew what had happened. There were a lot of mixed emotions running around, fear, uneas
by Trenchmouth
2200 words, 1 comment,
on Nov 27 3:13 PM 2007
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: Chapter Eighteen – Hadley :1 / After a good fifteen minutes or so passed, Hadley let out a quiet sigh, “Okay, I really hate to be the party pooper in the bunch… but we really have to get moving
by Trenchmouth
1900 words, 1 comment,
on Nov 26 3:51 PM 2007
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