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2 pip I don 't want to force myself on you. You 're everything to me. Then prove it. From today onwards... there 's nothing personal between us. It 's pure business. - Chasing after a man is not worth it. - I have to turn his attention back to me. I won 't let Sphe steal him. Not now. How on earth do they allow a man in women 's clothes to serve us drinks? Do you hear me? - We could catch a movie. There 's this great... - Stop! I don 't want to be around people. I want to be alone. I…

Nomadic We were just a couple of kids who worked in a motel in California, Barstow. The motel hadn’t altered since the 1970’s and nor did its furniture inside. Very few people came by and if they did, it was only for a night. As for us, we were just a couple of kids who lived by the pool cleaning up after strangers in order to pay our way towards college. We hated our summer job, but it’s what kept us together. “I want to get out of this town. I want to get out there and see something new,”…

"Shh Nicolas or they will hurt us too" I tell my 9 year old brother who is currently crying in my arms. We were hiding in the little hidden door to our playroom that my parents made for me and my brother. I could see the two tall buff men enter one says “Get things that can come in use to us” and left the room. The one man started going through drawers. **Gasp** I quickly cover my little brother 's mouth. One man started coming towards where we were currently hiding. "JIM COME ON TIME TO GO GET…

Best Friend There are going to be hardships in people 's lives. Some take what they are given. Others do their best to make a bad situation, Michael Gay III is that type of person. Michael has stuck by me since I met him through think and thin. We have help each other through hardships in our life 's. The time was winter of 2013 and the snow has fallen. Michael was at Kecoughtan high school in the cafeteria sitting at a table near where the lunch lines let out. When he saw me standing…

I am a sister. The day I became one was the first day I left the house without a doll in tow. When we arrived at the NICU, I immediately pressed my little nose and palms against the window and peered in with a bit of confusion. Three years old and a couple feet tall, I expected her to resemble one of my dolls, but that wasn’t the case. My doll wore dresses, not cords on her body and face. Mommy and Daddy gently rested their hands on my shoulders; exhaustion hung from their eyes. “Meagan is…

Five days. Five days is all it took to save me from myself. Five days in an anxiety ridden place. Five days separated from the stress. Five days apart from the place that I call home. As you know, I am not always the happiest of people. The world can seem like a dark place and I don’t always know why. You have helped me in so many ways, and I am more grateful than you know, but, as you have figured out, one day it all became too much. The stress, the anxiety, the depression… it was overbearing.…

2 Pip Scribbling around in the muck on your hands and knees. That 's not a good look. Xolelwa. I don 't blame myself! I blame Lebo! She sold me! It 's like it 's happening now... Where is she? Is she okay? Sphe is pregnant. Look, I know it changes things, but not between us. We 're perfectly fine. - Have some tea. - Thank you, but you really didn 't have to. I wanted to. It 's so lovely to have you back. Living in this house... full of men. No ways. I 'd like us to have dinner at…

No matter what, every single day somebody is being judged and labeled. Whether or not a person is overweight, underweight, mentally challenged, we are all being judged. Furthermore, growing up in a conservative, white, Christian family, has taught me many things about how I am expected to act, as well as which actions are acceptable or unacceptable. My culture and religious views molded me into believing that it was acceptable to judge others and be intolerant of different groups of people. In…

She didn 't even look... upset. She walked into court as if it was the easiest thing for her. Boss? So what do you think? Should we make our move? I don 't care what you do. Do anything you want. Go. I want to be alone. I don 't want to speak out of turn, but seeing you like this... It 's like that time when you couldn 't walk. You were ready to give up. I can 't let you go back there. Tell me what to do. Cosmo, do you want to help? Find the bastard who ripped my family apart, so I…

In my effort of finding an advertisement for my critique, I have discovered that the advertisement of the past have been more controversially filled then those of present time. The ad that I chose was one of eye rising, controversy, and outrageously extreme. The advisement of a product such as chocolate would have one thinking of pleasure, delight, pampering one’s self or a significant other, or merely a sweet memory of one’s childhood receiving an intriguing treat such as eating chocolate for…