Twice Short Novels & Stories

“So I fell short on the funds? Do you need to go out of your way to point that out? After all the years I’ve cared for you, must you get upset over a bit of money? “You’re nothing like your sister. You are a thankless brat.” Sitting next to me, Tania glanced at my phone before looking up and uttering, “Oh, it is just four hundred dollars, Susan.” Susan let out a strained chuckle in embarrassment. “My eyesight isn’t what it used to be. I must have missed a zero.” She glared at me. “Why didn’t you say something sooner?” Susan reluctantly transferred me the rest of the funds, her voice stiff when she said, “There you go. You have the money. Now, get us a decent spread. Don’t keep everybody wait

She has somehow been able to get the moon goddess to let me find my mate on the same day I turn eighteen. What luck! I stood frozen in place, a complete nervous wreck, and eyes still glued on this beautiful man before me. “He’s coming!” Astra squealed, unable to contain her excitement that mirrored mine. He still had his eyes locked on me as he took slow deliberate strides, until he was close enough that I forgot how to breathe. He reached for the bouquet, his fingers brushing mine, and sending sparks dancing across my skin. His eyes flashed grey again at the contact, and he shut his eyes for a few seconds to savor the feeling, before opening them again, and then smiled.

she said, a mischievous grin on her lips. I cleared my throat before speaking. "Yeah!" I said. "Okay, if that's true, we can make my earlier thoughts a reality," she said, widening my eyes. "R-really?" I asked. "Just kidding!" she said, laughing. I just pouted while watching her, but eventually, I smiled because I finally made her laugh. Then she realized what she had done and fell silent before speaking again. "I'm leaving. You take care of the twins. I'll be gone for about two weeks or more," she said, opening the door. "Bye, Dave! Good night," she added before closing the door.

We got a second chance to fix our marriage, and I didn’t waste that opportunity. And while fixing our marriage, throughout the road, I also manage to fix our relationship with his family. That leads us through our real happily ever after. Love is indeed sweeter the second time around. ___________________ F I N ___________________

She looked over at Gabrielle whose flustered cheeks had turned red. “What is the request?” Maya said, trying to sound casual as possible. “A double outing with your friend, myself, you and Ryan.” The two ladies exchanged flabbergasted looks, Maya was overjoyed that she busted out before she could stop herself. “You mean a double date?” “I…no…I mean yes” Brian’s stammer decipates his shyness at admittance. “You have a shoot by…..” “I do not have a shoot Gabrielle, Mr Dinkins, send us the details, we will be more than delighted to join you.”

Joey laughed, “That’s what you said at camp.” “Camp?” Cale finally entered the conversation. I knew he wasn’t comfortable with how close Joey and I were, but he couldn’t say anything about it. “Oh, we met at camp,” Joey smirked, “And let me tell you, Shorty here made quite an impression on everybody there.” “Joey,” I groaned, not wanting to relive this story. “C’mon, it was fun,” Joey said, then looked at Cale, “So, we were at camp for the second year, and she was bunking with two other girls. She did not like them.”

Secretly married for two years to a man the rest of Dublin fears. A child wasn’t in the equation. I open the box with fingers that keep trembling. I follow the instructions like they're an experimental protocol—timer on my phone, exactly three minutes, binary result: yes or no. When the two pink lines appear in the plastic window, the world stops spinning. I sit on the cold bathroom floor for a time I can’t measure, staring at those two lines as if they might change under enough observation. They don’t. Two lines. Unequivocal. Rewriting every variable of my life in a single second.

"I missed you too." Vincent didn't doubt the truth in her words because of the sincerity in them. He watched her usher their last customer out and shut the door. Music from the stereo was turned up and the closing down began. Since the firing of Betty Ann, two other waitresses were hired, and both ladies were in their twenties. One of the two was on shift with Tamra tonight, as she closed the register Vincent swept Tamra in his arms and began to dance. Dennis whistled in appreciation and sang along to the old country-western song.

I don't like other people's love lives, but seeing that Parisi and that woman in a red dress, gave me butterflies. How I wish Mateo would be like Parisi who looks up to me in that way. When the elevator opened, I walked slowly while measuring a bracelet on my wrist. It's really nice, the beads mixed with pearls are very beautiful to look at, all crystal white that's why they steal more attention. Sébastien also gave away some freebies. Freebies that I know can be invested in bracelets like this if he gives them to others. When I got close, I inserted my card but I was immediately stunned, our door was not locked. I quickly put the bracelets back in the plastic. I approached there curiously a

I miss you dreadfully Lola, but I'll sign off for now and wait your response. Kind regards to your grandmother and grandfather, Yours truly, Jason Jason's cousin, Kyle, lived in an apartment close to St George's hospital. It was the sort of house known as a 'two up, two down', with a living room and kitchen on the bottom floor, two bedrooms upstairs, and a toilet inside. Kyle had one of the upstairs bedrooms, which he now shared with Jason, and Abdul used the downstairs living room as his bedroom. Normally there were other guys who shared the second bedroom, but because they were out of town this particular weekend, Abdul and Kyle decided they would have a party. Abdul and Kyle spent the aft