Apple Never Falls Novels & Stories

79 and my last crumpled bill — went airborne. Time slowed the way it only does during disasters. The cup tumbled. The lid surrendered. A generous arc of cold brew and oat milk described a graceful, terrible parabola through the air and landed directly in the center of my chest, soaking through the white knit in approximately half a second. The hallway went quiet. Then it didn't.

She had learned that lesson early in life. One afternoon, while they sat beneath the old mango tree near the park, Nora traced circles on Jaden’s palm. “What?” he asked, smiling. “Nothing.” “That ‘nothing’ look means something.” She hesitated. “What if… one day you wake up and realize I’m not enough?” Jaden frowned. “Where did that come from?” She shrugged. “Just asking.” He lifted her chin gently. “Nora, I don’t fall easily. But when I do… I fall deep.”

“You’re offering me twenty million to leave your son.” “I’m offering you twenty million to set him free. Diana, you’re a smart woman. Surely you can see this isn’t sustainable. Alexander thinks he’s in love with you because you’re different from the women in his usual circle. Because you needed him. But what happens when the novelty wears off? When he realizes you don’t truly belong in his world? When the arrangement becomes a burden instead of a convenience?” “He loves me.”

He couldn't possibly have kept track of anything. "Eleven," Leo said, leaning close to Archer's ear. "We almost finished up a 12-pack box. Wanna guess where the 12th one is, hmm?" The cold aluminium foil was then pressed against Archer's lower stomach as Leo slowly inched it up his body.

Up a tree in the garden was a figure lying on one of the branches. The light from the moon showed it was Jacob also watching the moon and Kliara’s gaze fell at the tree as it gave her some sort of ease making her fall asleep.

Climbing higher, I pulled myself across a limb, almost as if I were army crawling, and placed the apple between the fork of two smaller branches. Careful not to knock it from its resting place, I shimmied backwards, before swinging back down to the branches below me. A few moments later, my feet were planted safely on the ground. Staring up at the tree, I focused on searching for the apple. I’d hidden it well to create the challenge of finding it amongst the changing leaves. Fall was looming and the trees were still full, but their leaves were bright oranges, yellows and reds, creating the perfect camouflage for the apple.

His voice was not clear, he said. "I ate the whole apple, you can't throw it in the trash. Even if an apple is sour, it's still food, you mustn't waste food." The apple was so large that it caused Alex's mouth to swell, making him look like a pufferfish puffing up to threaten enemies. Lisanna saw this image, and she laughed. Alex always makes jokes to make Lisanna happy. She knew Alex was intentionally making Lisanna laugh. Alex saw Lisanna's smile, he smiled and said.

Alice held an apple, which she held out to Sarah and said. “Sarah, I want to eat me, can you help me peel this apple? I don't know how to peel an apple. I am a useless person.” Alice quickly acts in front of Sarah, she is very talented, so Sarah is quickly deceived by Alice. She took the apple and peeled it for Alice. Sarah considers Alice her sister, so she easily believes Alice's words. Little did Sarah know that this was Alice's first plan.

You are one of a lucky person invited to participate in a FALLING GAME. GOLDEN RULE: ONCE YOU FALL, YOU LOSE. Rules: Exclusive for students of Oxford International School only. Any transferee or an exchange student must sign a contract to avoid ghosting or other problems. Don't kill other participants. You are allowed to harm anyone in the game but killing is a crime. No to inactive and have an absence issue. This is a couple game. Two absents are equal to removing in the game plus a punishment. Can do activities and attendance. Failure to comply means a punishment.

I looked at Bella and her melting ice cream slipping down her arm. Absentmindedly I leaned to her side and ate the entire top off but she did not even realize it and Dylan burst into a fit of giggles. It was then that I realized how oblivious she was to her surroundings. Shaking my head I snapped my fingers info of her face drawing her attention.