Ride to Dinner

We’re friends, Nina echoed. My first real friend, not approved by my family. She found herself smiling back too, feeling a little silly but also happy.

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Omelettes

I need to think of a way to advertise my store.

Moving Day

Blucini told herself this was the right thing to do. With what had happened, she couldn’t hide in this mansion forever and avoid all contact with the outside world until the hysteria and suspicion passed. She needed a normal life and normal interaction. She couldn’t live the life of a caged pretty bird feranoth, its wings forever clipped.

Flute Lessons

There was a stool set up for her to sit on, an empty musical stand, and another chair where her teacher would sit.

A Part of Life

Proud of her plant, she brought it to show-and-tell the next day. She forgot it there, where it then stayed abandoned in the hallway for the next week, shriveled and died.

Breaking Down Barriers

Nina grew up in a rural milieu, which shaped her preconceptions and biases against townsfolk. That didn’t change until she was away from her family while finishing up her education – and lived inside the boundaries of that same town.

Walking Lesson

He took another step. She released his hand. Two more steps and he teetered again. She grabbed under his shoulder and held him before he fell over.

Living Up to Her

He would be the first one to walk into the newly-excavated building. He had received the letter the other day and it promised him that right.

Cataclysm

The dishes and plates jumped up from the table, bouncing around and the glass fell the floor, covering the woken mats in broken glass. They screamed. Xandri leapt up.