Out Of Character Novels & Stories

I exhale and slip into my room, closing the door behind me. The dress comes off in a puddle of silk on the floor. I stand in front of the mirror in my bra and underwear, and I barely recognize myself. My hair is a mess. My lips are swollen. There's a mark on my collarbone—a bruise, dark and small, the shape of his mouth. I touch it. My fingers come away warm. I pull on a t-shirt and sweatpants, the baggiest ones I own, and I'm about to open the door when I hear it—Caleb's voice, low and easy, answering something Callum said. Laughter. The clink of bottles.

The afternoon sunlight fell across the table, and I took a moment to enjoy the warmth before opening my bottle of water. Cole watched me for a while before speaking. "Can I ask you something?" "That depends. Is it about our assessment?" "No." "Then probably not." He laughed. "You're impossible, you know that?" "I've been told." "I'm serious, Maya. You spend so much time trying to understand fictional characters. Have you ever tried writing one based on somebody you actually know?" I paused with the bottle halfway to my mouth. "Why would I do that?" "Because people are interesting. They say one thing and mean another. They make terrible decisions, convince themselves they're being reasonable,

Tomorrow my problems are all going to disappear. Thank you Carmel for being so dumb, if only you knew that Octavia was going to go down for your stupid. ################

“What happened between you two? Why will he hate me because of you?” Chara looks at him and stands up, looking at her time. “Its almost ten am. I should be on my way to OESC. Like I had said, I am supposed to be jetlagged. That question of yours, is a story for another day. See you another time, Lil bro. Don’t walk me out.” And she exits the office herself, leaving Arthur with more questions than answers.

"What did you say?" "I basically told her if she laid off the carbs maybe her ass would be smaller and she would have a better jump shot." "What the fuck?" I asked him completely shocked because that was very out of character for him. "I know. The bad part is that she has the best ass of anyone I've ever seen. I don't know why I said it. I think she had just annoyed me to the point that I was pissed off and so I snapped and said the first thing that came to mind."