More Than This Novels & Stories

“I found this when I was cleaning out my brother’s old stuff. He used to wear it when he felt like the world was too loud. Said it reminded him that even darkness passes.” She looked at the charm, heart swelling. He handed it to her wordlessly. She slipped it around her neck and closed her hand over it. “Thank you.” Then she stepped into the gym. ⸻ Cheer practice was louder than usual. The team circled around Coach Martinez, bouncing on the balls of their feet, while Bella leaned against the wall with her arms crossed like she was the queen of something. Maya walked to the center of the gym. Coach raised an eyebrow. “Something to say, Maya?”

Penelope adds as Agnes put a hand over her mouth. "You c*nt." Stanley rages as Penn digs her foot into Stanley spine. "That is the only warning which I would give you, try this next time and I will give you such a huge thrashing that your mother grace will not be able to cover for you as it is doing right now." Penn spat out.

Nothing more, nothing less. To be continued

There has to be something more. ***

That was enough. More than enough.

For this moment. *********

Something about this wasn’t over. Not by a long shot.

“They are more.” The End.

This wasn’t over. Not even close.

The clean page fills faster than the last one did. The problem isn’t that I don’t know what they want. The problem is that they keep wanting more, and every time I give it, they nod like that was obvious. Like I should’ve started there. Like the version I killed myself over last week was just a warm-up. My phone buzzes. I don’t look at it. A minute later, it buzzes again. This time I flip it face-up. A muted group chat. I scroll past without reading. Another notification slides in underneath.