Until I Fall Away Gin Blossoms Novels & Stories

A broken exhale falls out of me at her action. Does she not know what she is doing to me? Fuck me for not using the paint. I’d thought it was going to be a quick in and out. I swallow hard before announcing, “I have to go.” She steps even closer. Then one more step until I’m able to breathe in her rose scent freely. And it is bad for me. My attraction to her skyrockets so violently I have to lock every muscle in my body to keep from closing the distance myself. Every instinct in me demands I erase the little space between us.

Behind me, through the glass, I could hear the sound of everything falling apart. I turned my music up. Some gifts, you just have to return. THE END

Why did I go to that extent for just a rose? #TBC

Joanna came to me again. With gritted teeth, she said, "Morgan, you useless trash! It has been this long and there has been no progress at all! This is the invitation to the engagement banquet. At the banquet, find a way to put something in Tina's drink and take her to the innermost lounge on the third floor. I'll arrange the rest!" A vicious light flickered in her eyes. "You promised me this! And don't forget, I did save your life!" I tightened my grip on the paper packet in my hand, and I could feel the powder inside shift beneath my fingers. I raised my head and nodded calmly as I met her crazed eyes.

Maybe that's what life is, it makes you do things that you're never ready for. Slowly the band started playing a morose old hindi song pertaining to separation and the ladies began singing old folk songs based on father and daughters. 'Baba mein teri mallika, tukda mein tere dil ka, ek baar toh yeh dehleez paar kara de....' (oh father, I am your darling princess, I am a piece of your heart,help me cross this threshold please)

I scream— But I'm choking. Petals spill into my mouth. Soft, curling, fragrant silk that tastes of summer rain and broken promises. Hundreds of them flood my throat, silencing me with their cloying sweetness. I gag, fingers clawing at my lips, but they keep coming—rose petals like whispered secrets I never got to keep, like words of love that died unspoken. The ground splits beneath me with a sound like breaking bones.

“Hello, I have this migraine that’s killing me. I need an—" The bell clinked again, interrupting her. Vanessa glanced behind her; a young man walked through the door and smiled at her when their gaze met. It was a charming smile, and even his face smiled as well, and he held her gaze for a while until she shook her head, snapping out of the mini trance. Vanessa rolled her eyes and turned back to the pharmacist. The sight of him and his smile made her think of Tyler and pictures. And the lies. The betrayal. And Vanessa decided there and then—she would stay away from men from then on and learn to be alone. She would learn to be single and be truly happy by herself, and that meant staying away

He lowered the window pane and looked at his lady love. She was murmuring Hanuman chalisa (a sacred hymn of Hanuman, a Hindu god believed to be immortal and gives protection to the ones who remembers him in the time of problem and misery) and moving slowly and was actually bribing god to help her out today and then she will take care of her car from next day.... Rudra chuckled and that was when Sakshi stopped with her murmuring and looked sideways.... She was stunned to see him in front of herself....

Not Gin. So I push, breathing lightly on the curve of her ear, telling her the things I can never admit to myself. "He will claim you, but he will never be yours. Pray to the Goddess, seek her mercy, have his children, nothing you do will stop him from coming back to me." I pull back, and Gin falls to the ground, whimpering, scrambling away from me. Her words are incoherent and her hands clutch her ears. Hands slipping into my pocket, I walk out, a sardonic smile slipping on my face.

but by the love and light she carried with her. Clarissa’s sad gaze softened slightly as she listened to her father, the tenderness in his voice starting to seep through her own sadness. She had wanted to be crowned the most beautiful, but in that moment, her father’s words began to offer her comfort and a new perspective. Slowly, she realized that there was more to being special than the external validation she thought she needed. Her father’s words were like a balm to her bruised spirit, making her feel understood and loved.