First Agian Novels & Stories

He shoved me without hesitation. I flew backward like a rag doll and crashed into the corner of the wall. Slowly, I turned my head. The first thing I saw was Gideon looking Chelsea over from head to toe. "Are you hurt?" Chelsea immediately shook her head, her voice turning soft and pitiful. "Gideon, Audrey suddenly went crazy. She tried to strangle me." Only then did Gideon look at me. His eyes were cold, filled with reproach. "I'm only going to say this once. Apologize. Now."

She told me while coming towards me. “Okay.” I answered and took the phone. I was about to pick up the call without much thinking when the call cut off. I sighed and put the phone on the couch beside me. It was indeed an unknown number. The caller can call me again if he has any business with me. To my surprise, the phone started ringing again after some seconds. I picked up the call and put the phone over my ear while putting the back of my head on the edge of the backrest.

" You are my hope Hazel Grace." I smile at him and he smiles back at me. ***** It's the first day back at the Academy, a place at first, I had no desire to return to, all because I didn't want to be reminded about what had happened, to me once. That Summer night I almost lost my life, along with the second chance I am blessed to have received now.

all over again. The End.

My heart fluttered at the sound, but I pretended not to hear it and continued walking toward the sunlit road. If there was a next life, I never wanted to see Shawn again.

I've been blind. "If you go near her again, I will bury you and everything you've built. Do you understand me?" The word again does something to me. It implies a first time. It implies history. It implies a her who has already been gone near once before. And I have a sudden, sickening certainty that the her in question might be standing exactly where I'm standing right now.

He slowly traced my lips with his thumb. A slight shiver ran down my spine.. When did this guy learn to speak such corny lines?! Its hard to believe that he is the same guy who I knew in high school. Can I really trust him again? Should I really give him another chance?

The financial mumbojumbo had only been the first strike. I picked up my phone from the bedside table. My hands shook as I searched for Anthony's contact. I had blocked him after the first court hearing. Now, as I tapped unblock, I felt my hands shake. I started to dial his number, but stopped myself. A physical meeting might be more appropriate for this. I placed my phone back in its place and threw the covers over my head. It took a while, but the sleep finally came, and when it did, it knocked me out cold.

“Where do we go from here?” She looked back at him, broken but fierce. “That depends,” she said. “Are you ready to marry me again, this time with nothing hidden?” He didn’t answer. And for the first time, silence between them didn’t feel safe. It felt like goodbye.

Tomorrow, there would be a new battle to win. (The End)