"And the Oscar goes to Emma Stone" These words had been uttered almost an hour ago, but Emma Stone could barely believe it. She went through her press interviews afterwards with her head positively in the clouds. Nothing as surreal had ever happened to her as winning the Oscar for Best Actress. She was instructed to go to a private room after the interview...
The sign reading "Innovative New Relaxation Treatment" was all Angela Rivers need to enter. She'd been feeling constantly restless for the last couple months. Her recent promotion to sales manager came with more money, but also more responsibilities. She had to let several people go to save money. While it was the right call, it also made her worry about hav...
It had been a long day. Ben spent the day cutting the lawns and cleaning the garage while Lisa had the kids all day at toddler group and then at swimming lessons. The day had been class, glorious sunshine topped up the vitamin D levels and once the kids were tucked up in bed by seven, the whiskey and wine were broken out. It had been the first evening that t...
Hi. This is my story. My name is Suzanne and I'm 37 years old. I live in Manchester in northern England. My first husband was a steady man but unexciting and once I left him for a fling with a more exciting man. But it didn't last and I went back to the marriage. Our marriage was our parents' idea and we were married at 20. He just wasn't an imaginative love...
It was Christmas evening, and Suzy and I were spending it with her mother because Suzy's dad was out of town taking care of his sick father. I think Suzy's grandfather was dying, but Suzy'd never been close to him. So, we came over to keep her company. Tomorrow, we'd go visit my mom and dad. We were all in the living room drinking hot buttered rums, after w...
It was a better than average day at the Riding Shop, but it was Black Friday. The store had been on Main Street for nine months and had barely hung on. In spite of being a small city not far from a few horse farms and the country club where there were horse stables and riding lessons for teenagers, the store that specialized in riding boots, jodhpurs, breech...
Samantha Ellis expected a strong turnout, but she didn't expect the line to be going outside the door and stretching around the block - 30 minutes before tryouts even started. She was grumbling about the wait, but her friend and companion Lindsey offered a good perspective: the longer they waited, the more time they'd have to get ready. She had everything s...
Angela Rivers has worked her first full day at Padded Bliss and just heard someone call her name Angela turned around and saw her friend Catherine, carrying two unopened packs of Bambino Bellissimos. She had been trying to get in touch with her for the past couple weeks, but with no luck. She wanted to tell Catherine about her new job in person, but every t...
It was last Friday afternoon at the office and it had been a very stressful week. Now that it was 3:30 and things started to slow down, I leaned back in my chair and took my eyes off the computer monitor for the first time in what felt like hours. I glanced over at the new girl, Amber, and our eyes locked for a moment. A little smile appeared on her face so...
Anna felt much so better since she cleaned up her "accident" earlier this afternoon. Now Anna's parents and siblings are on their way home from a long day of shopping at the mall. She felt her stomach make another rumble. "Uh I hope I don't have to poop again! My family will be home soon. I can't make a mess with everyone around!" Anna worries. She's now c...