Stumble Over Words Novels & Stories

Oh, look, my mantra has returned. Stupid. Stupid. STUPID! I felt the heat of frustration rising within me. How could I be so incredibly foolish? Just moments ago, everything had unfolded perfectly. Holly was cradled in my arms, her warmth radiating against me. I could still feel the thrill of our lips meeting in a passionate first kiss, a moment that felt electric and full of promise. Then, in an instant, my stupid mouth fucked it all up, revealing my secret in a careless slip.

I mentally face palm my self for stuttering. He gives me a smile and nods. "I'm really sorry". "It's okay, I wasn't even paying attention to where I was heading, so it's my fault too". I use my palm to cover my mouth shut quickly as I finish the sentence. Damn I had said that so fast. "Okay then, bye". He says giving me a heartwarming smile. I'm such an idiot. I acted so so... I didn't even know the word to use.

Six months is no time at all. "I'm gonna-Aaaaaa!" -Whatever words I was going for dissolve in an instinctive scream, as my feet slip on the damp earth, and I scramble for purchase, fall forward, crashing into moldy wood and through it. Right into the well. …

Huffing as a memory flashed into my mind, accompanied with that alluring voice of his. Let me in The words echoed through my brain again and I groaned into my pillow frustrated. I'm so clumsy! I'm going to repeat it till I stop! I slapped my forehead repeatedly recycling the word dummy till my head hurt. I knew that I was probably overreacting, but that's just how stupid I felt. I know it wasn't my fault I tripped, I mean let’s face it, it could have happened to anyone! But it didn't-! It happened to me!

I stood there, frozen, the words echoing in my head as the reality of the situation sank in. I was in over my head, caught in a game I didn't understand, with rules that seemed to shift and change with every passing moment. I stood there, frozen, the words echoing in my head as the reality of the situation sank in. I was in over my head, caught in a game I didn't understand, with rules that seemed to shift and change with every passing moment.

Remember why you're here. “You seem lost in thoughts.” He pointed out as I tried to walk briskly in front of him. “Whatever it is, it can wait. The floor’s really slippery right now. You need to—” I whipped around, quicker than I'd intended to,“You don't have to! I'm fine—” My words got cut off as I tripped over my own damn feet from the turn, stumbling backwards from the slippery floors. Axel for some reason already felt like it was going to happen.

is it stLong day? "Something like that," I said, trying to smile, but my lips felt stiff. why was he asking me that kind of question when he knows what he was doing to me under the table. He nodded, then resumed eating. I forced myself to take another bite, though it tasted like sand. The rest of the dinner dragged, Minutes felt like hours. And every movement beneath the table made my stomach twist. I couldn’t tell who was doing what anymore. I hated Hated the confusion, the silence, the way my body reacted to the wrong things.

she stammered, feeling overwhelmed by the situation. Katherina tried to explain herself to Andrew, but the words wouldn't come out. She felt like she was being pulled in two different directions, wanting to please both men but not knowing how. She felt like she was caught in a web of her own making, unable to find a way out. The more she tried to speak, the more she felt her words turn to mush.

Despite the crazy occurrences happening to me. Now that he’s spoken to me, I can’t help but become aware of him even more as I grow nervous for no reason. “Uh...it’s not something big, I’m fine” Despite not stuttering my words, my voice comes out too light. He won’t buy this stupid excuse for sure. “Did you see something you shouldn’t have?” I can detect the light taunt in his vocals and I pout stubbornly, mumbling my reply, “No...it’s not like I planned for it to happen anyway. They were the ones being too careless...”

He pointed at me and then back at himself, "Thi-nk I a-m stun-ning?" He's stammering, gosh, why is he stammering and looking incomposed and since when did stammering become hot. Orian stammered through his words like he was completely shocked by what I had said. He had a look of disbelief on like he thought I was mocking him or teasing him about his looks, "Wow." I couldn't believe that he was stuttering, he was always so rigid and composed and now he was sputtering over his words because of a compliment.