I watch as Elizabeth distributes soup to the homeless. She moves so elegantly it’s almost poetic. I have been coming here for a few weeks. I’m not homeless. I just come to watch her. She is a petite woman, barely five foot, with soft blonde hair swept back into a loose ponytail, framing her bright blue eyes. She always has a smile on her face, a broad toothy one. Her warm smile is wasted on those street urchins. She is always volunteering at the church, at the homeless shelter, anywhere she can. She is such a kind and gentle soul and that’s why I have to be here with her.
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The Cellar
I was already in the cellar when it began. I was playing with my marbles avoiding Betty. She was only six years old and I wanted a little brother, not a little sister. So I hid down there; she didn’t like to go down there. It scared her. She used to think that there were monsters in the cellar. She only thought that because that’s what I’d told her. Don’t look at me like that, I just didn’t want my little sister to invade my space.
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Purple Seven
Anna approached the Town Hall, dragging her feet. The hall was an ostentatious building that dominated the town square. It was usually empty but today it was littered with a crowd of nervous young adults standing silently in front of the marbled steps of the building. Anna rubbed her gloved hands together and swallowed down the lump in her throat. With a heavy heart, she joined the crowd. Today. Today was the day that will change her life forever. A purple number seven. Somewhere in this mob was someone with the matching coloured number. That person is her life-partner.
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Deathday
My name is Ruby Gibbs. I have made it to my seventeenth year. I lost my mother shortly before I turned 5; my brother was next to go, he was only 2 and last year the curse finally took away my father.
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Writing: Cutting Edge of Online Dating
My name is Nikki, at least that’s the name that I am using this time. Every day I boot up my computer, and I sit on that site that gives me so many adoring people to choose from.
