Little Purple Novels & Stories

Say something. I study him for a beat. “You look…nice.” I offer, taking note of his richly dyed tunic. It almost looks black, the dye is so deep, but under the right illumination of the candle, I can see the barest hint of purple–eggplant purple. The sight of the rarely used color in the land of Nochten. It makes me smile. “I like the color.”

Except it was not my room anymore. The room was painted in pink and yellow, the two colors separated by the thick Peppa Pig border running around the room in the center of the walls. Pine furniture, new furniture, including a huge sleigh-style crib, filled it. The curtains were Peppa and the lamp was Peppa and the rug was Peppa. Instead of her old CD player, an iPod dock with a pink iPod sat on a pink floating shelf. “It’s loaded,” he said. “Full of Dirty J. Including her favorite song.”

I couldn’t help laughing at the faces Chastity was making at the sheets, and Molly’s reasons she needed them. Eventually I wandered off to look around. I needed new sheets myself. I had just found the navy ones I wanted when I spotted something I thought Chastity would like. She seemed to like purple, especially lighter shades. The set had light purple sheets, and the fleece blanket that came with it was white with lilacs all over it. I grabbed it, and a small pillow that had the same design, and went to track down Chastity. I found her looking at the pink sheets Melissa was showing her, that she was wrinkling her nose at.

I picked up the toy and turned it on. I’ve never seen one like this in my whole life. It started vibrating and there was a type of hole with a silicon tongue inside it. Okay, so this baby screws you and licks you at the same time? Very well, I may die tonight. I look around and find another note on the desk in the corner. “Play with yourself,” and right beside it, there was a lingerie set, a very sexy one. It was mostly all net. But it was the kinkiest one I’ve ever seen in my whole life. The set had handcuffs too, all black with spikes.

I stepped inside, slamming the door shut behind me, and immediately looked around the small living room. Nathan was sitting on the floor, curled up against the base of his sofa. He wasn't wearing his usual oversized grey hoodie anymore, it was thrown across the room in a crumpled heap. He was in a plain white t-shirt, his knees pulled tightly against his chest, his arms wrapped around his legs as he cried.

Violet immediately jumped from the edge of the pool on the cliff and immediately turned into a dragon. Its body is completely black and the tips of its horns, tail and membrane on its wings are slightly purple in color.

Pink short dresses, Louis Vuitton bag, Barbie hairstyles, pink dolls and thick pink smeared shiny lipsticks. Always picking on me back then in school. Saying I wasn't ‘classy’ and a stupid tomboy who got lucky to be born rich. I stink of bad luck that it actually killed my mom during childbirth. Remembering these scenes alone made me grit my teeth but I stayed composed, wanting to walk past them. I was too drained for arguments. “Lola?” one of them laughed, covering her mouth with her long nailed fingers. “Oh my God. I almost didn't recognize you.”

Ava We were mid-argument about who got the last bag of chips from the stash Riley yelling, "You ate three already, you goblin!" and me snapping back, "They're my welcome home chips, back off!" when Chloe picked up her phone again, scrolling with this little smirk. "Speaking of new blood... look at this. Noah's back, you guys. I don't know if you guys know him but he was quite popular back in my high school. The kid who went abroad for med school? Youngest doctor in his class or whatever, specializing now. He's gonna be at here and guess the best part. He's specialising in your university Ava so you get the chance to see him."

Evelyn was up when they snuck in the back door; even her dad tried to avoid making any noise for fear it would wake Beth’s younger sisters, Dani and Lavender, and Evelyn would come undone. But Lavender, who was three and named after her mother’s favorite color, was standing in the kitchen in her Rugrats nightgown while Evelyn filled a sippy cup with tap water. “We won!” Richard announced, patting Lavender’s head. She smiled up at him but didn’t say anything, and Evelyn shushed all of them.

He asked, eyeing the catalog in my hands. "Plants," I said. "For the Centennial?" He asked. I nodded and proceeded to explain to him my dilemmas with the flower-picking situation. "Follow me in here," he said as he walked into the bathroom. I was still holding the catalog, telling him all my ideas as I followed him into the bathroom. "And I like the blue peonies the best because they match the ceiling, but they're out of season," I complained. I heard the water turn on, and looked up to see Adam's naked body walking into the shower.