Teenage years

Pirates In The Neighborhood!
My friends and I didn't do the typical high school crap in the movies. We didn't go to the crazy parties with drinking and drugs. We spent more time watching TV and reading books than anything else.
By Alfie Jane4 years ago in Confessions
Spidey-Daddy
Like a fair number of late high school early-college age kids, my friends and I decided to engage in a night of hooping, hollering, and all kinds of admittedly stupid antics. I think back on both fondly and with high levels of cringe. The challenges started while we were driving home from the beach one day, and my friend, who we’ll call Gregor, declared we would be playing a game of truth and dare during the car ride home. The group consisted of me, “Gregor,” “Katie,” “Darrin,” and “Kyle.” We were almost home. Maybe it was to keep everyone awake and alert as we made the early-evening drive back home.
By Tyler C Douglas4 years ago in Confessions
Castle of Cards Queen. Third Place in Inside Jokes Challenge.
Invincibility travelled up and down my veins. I was 15 and for the first time nothing could stop me. After being bullied my whole childhood, I embodied the black swan and my fierce dance poisoned the environment with pheromones.
By Gabi4 years ago in Confessions
Adolfo
I’ve never looked at a pair of boxer briefs the same since 2014. It’s just one of the many reasons my friends expect things to go left when we all get together. My two best friends and I were moving to our college campuses in the upcoming fall and we decided to take a road trip that summer before our new lives began. What better way to spend it by going to Six Flags Fiesta Texas? We were so excited to take our first (and last) solo trip before adulthood. The drive was mostly nothing out of the ordinary; a couple of hours from Houston to San Antonio.
By Jae-lin Mitchell4 years ago in Confessions
Where's Your Sweater?
Don't ever let me get bored. My creative (insane?) brain absolutely hates being bored, and will invent things just to stay active. Normally, I can channel these impulses into research for a jewelry or craft project, but when I'm trapped....
By Meredith Harmon4 years ago in Confessions
At Wally's
AT WALLY's Sandwiches. I don't much like them, rarely ever eat them. I certainly don't make them, but I suppose if I was forced to name a sandwich I would eat, if I had to, it would be ham and cheese.
By Grant Woodhams4 years ago in Confessions
Night of the Heathens
It was our senior year of high school with only a month to go before graduation. One of my closest friends at the time was a girl named Kay. We'd known each other since the fourth grade and had been friends ever since. We bonded over a similar wacky sense of humor, Super Mario games on SNES, and What Lies Beneath with Michelle Pfeiffer.
By Marc Peraino4 years ago in Confessions
The Foxy and the Grounded
"What time are we supposed to be there?", I asked Shan as we tucked the pillows strategically under the covers. "Midnight," she said. Cade's mom will be asleep by then."
By Kassondra O'Hara4 years ago in Confessions
Inside Jokes
*All stories are real, I've just changed the name of anyone involved* When you've been best friends with someone for 12 years you cant just narrow it down to one funny story. I feel like our entire friendship is one funny story.
By Chloe Ernest4 years ago in Confessions
Short Story Long
A QUICK INTRO Every word counts. A mantra all aspiring writers hear at some point on their journey. To test my understanding of this principle, I decided to enter NYC Midnight’s 100-word microfiction challenge.
By R. J. Lingard4 years ago in Confessions
America's Worst Nightmare
Would like to take you on a journey through a pivotal part of my life, to a time when doing dirt was mandatory in order to earn your stripes. All while accepting there is a great chance that your freedom won't last, days from long ago yet not forgotten from the distant past. When a Judge felt it necessary to explain his thoughts to make it crystal clear, if I stay this course I'm on by 18 I will be incarcerated serving years. That is IF and ONLY IF not already gone, dead, and buried 6 feet down, and to add insult to injury, he did this in front of a jam packed court house. Barely a teenager, just 13 at this junction when he decided to let it go and unload, his thoughts, feelings, and beliefs with his this is your life choices speech, a dog and pony show. Yet on deaf ears his sermon fell harmlessly without hearing a single syllable that exited his mouth, as stubborn and unreachable I was plus his preaching made me completely tune him out. Had no interest in listening to any of it let alone walk anyone's fine line, my priorities were set for me on that money making hustle of a grind. While putting on for my set I represent by flagging and stacking gang signs, willing to do whatever needed to ensure survival consuming the majority of my mind.
By Arthur Walton4 years ago in Confessions
The Reason I Left My Bra On. Second Place in Inside Jokes Challenge.
While I am sure many people have their own college dorm stories, this story generally harbors a significant laugh from my audience. After the laughs, comments like "you didn't!" or "were you drunk?" follow. Maybe I should be embarrassed, but instead I'm quite proud of myself for it. No, I wasn't drunk. I was completely sober. It came from my very own impulsive mind, and watching the incident in real time caused my roommates to bust out of their chairs in giggles.
By E.L. Martin4 years ago in Confessions