We Happy Few: We All Fall Down Novels & Stories

" I felt something inside me snap. I stood in the shadows, feeling like a laughingstock that had been stripped of my dignity. I had worked diligently for five years and never complained. I did the work of three people, working overtime until dawn without ever daring to ask for overtime pay. I negotiated discounts to save the company money and pushed through projects even when I was sick, just to meet deadlines. Looking back, it seemed I was the biggest joke in the world. "Alright, don't worry about her anymore." Grant yawned. "When you get back to the private room, remember to offer her another toast. Butter her up, okay? We need her to slave away on that big project next year.

Watching the sun set over the Mediterranean. “What are you thinking?” Xander asked, refilling my wine glass. “That I didn’t know life could be this good. That I didn’t know happiness like this existed.” “It exists because we fought for it. Because we didn’t give up even when it was hard.” “We did fight for it, didn’t we?” “Hell yes, we did. And we won.” He raised his glass. “To us. To fighting for what matters. To love that survives everything.” “To us.”

Xander was rooted to the spot, his blue eyes twinkling with surprise. "Hey guys, sorry I just remembered there was a ... Oh my God!," Zion exclaimed when he saw the ladies they came to help. ************************************** "Stacyyy," Alexandria slurred as she wobbled towards the car with her friends. "What?" Stacy whined, leaning on Alexandria as she staggered. "You're gonna make me fall," Alexandria hiccupped, her brown eyes dilating with intoxication. "No, I'm not, see?" Stacy giggled as she let go of Alexandria.

I was laughing with my best friend and the fact that I might die soon was pushed at the back of my head. "No, I've got a better one," I said still laughing, "I'm like Dracula whose down to his last meal." "And his fangs all fell out," Asher added and we both burst out into uncontrollable laughter. "Why are we finding this humorous?" I asked as I wiped a tear, "it's not even funny at all." "I guess we're just trying to laugh all our pain away and pretend it's just a huge joke," he answered as he sobered up. "I honestly don't want to think of you dying so soon and leaving me all alone in this crazy world."

They didn’t say anything. They didn’t need to. They had fallen. They had broken. They had rebuilt. And now—they were still falling.

Ashton’s face showed a flicker of concern as he reached out to help me, but he said dismissively, “It’s just a fall. You’ll be fine.” That was when one of the girls screamed, “Blood! There’s so much blood on the floor!”

Every one of Aurora’s smiles, each moment she slid slowly down the little snow hill all of it was etched into his memory and captured through his lens. Aurora did fall a few times, but each time she got up laughing at herself, Rafael laughed along from a distance. There was nothing more satisfying for Rafael right now than seeing the woman he loved enjoying life without burden. *_*

"The 'White Man'... he said we were a mistake. Are we?" "We are the Beautiful Mistake, Hope," I said, walking toward them and kneeling in the snow. I took her hands in mine, ignoring the static that bit at my palms. "The West wants a world where nothing ever breaks. But if nothing breaks, nothing ever grows. We are the 'Too Much' energy that keeps the world from turning into a stone."

The rain had already stopped, but my heart had turned to ash. My phone kept buzzing. I knew it was Jason without even having to look. In the decade I had been married to him, I had no friends except a few wives of wealthy men I had gotten to know for the sake of his career. I walked along the road for more than ten minutes. Suddenly, brakes screeched beside me. A moment later, the window of a black jeep rolled down. A deep voice came from inside. "Get in."

said Professor Alex pleasantly. “I will announce something important to all of us. But first I will explain our current situation. You must know that the world is getting out of control. Last night, I chatted with a board member from the Hope organization. They think that if the world will collapse soon and within two months, seventy percent of the human population will become terrible creatures due to the 'S' virus,” said Professor Alex in a serious tone. All members of the Jaguar team listened carefully to Professor Alex's words.