RedRaven

I look in the shiny mirror. I don’t know the girl staring back at me because her hair is stiff brown straw, her cheekbones are bulging to her ears and ...

0.04 The voices that curl in your head calling you a bitch/fat/hopeless are relentless. Cut and binge because you don’t want to hear or feel it. Cut and binge because ...

“Isabelle!” My mom shrieks. I thrust my canvas book bag over my shoulder before sprinting down the stairs. Mom is standing in the kitchen in a navy blue business suit. ...

“Can Isabelle Jameson report to the principal’s office? Isabelle Jameson.” My classmates turn to stare as my name crackles over the loudspeaker. I get out of my seat and head ...

“Isabelle! If you don’t get downstairs this instant, I’ll be late again!” Mom’s voice floats up the stairwell. I stare into the broken mirror and finish putting on my makeup. ...

0.00 Perfection is described by the dictionary as the state or quality of being or becoming perfect. In my eyes, perfection is just that. The need and yearning to be ...

A bright light flashes above me. I slowly open my eyes to realize that I’m lying in a cold, metal-framed bed with crisp white sheets. I can’t speak because my ...

0.04 The moon glows softly outside my bedroom window. Stars dance through the sky and soft, white light shines through my room. I sink to the floor. The light illuminates ...

Two hours later, we are free from prison school. After letting myself into the house, I lock myself into my room. Need. To. Clear. My. Head. My mind spins uncontrollably. ...

I wake the next morning to a blinding light. The sun. I’m not prepared to face the sun today. Why can’t it be rainy? If it was, then it’d be ...

Half an hour later, Mom and I are sitting at the kitchen table; she’s on one end and I’m on the other. She smiles at me over the acres of ...

[0.00] I hear a door open but I can’t see it. The puppet strings of this body are cut and I can’t feel these hands. A towel slips itself around ...

Chapter Six – Breathe [2 AM] “Jenna… We would like to have a discussion with you and your mother.” Dr. Parks comes into my room, flanked by a team of ...

Chapter Five – Going Under I tiptoe into the kitchen and ease the cutlery drawer open. I take a knife from the drawer slip back into my room. Thank god ...

Hi BlueRaspberry, Thanks for the critique. :) The MC's dad travels a lot for his work, and the 20 year old was a girl that the MC's dad met while ...