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5. Haunted. Have you ever been in a house where things go bump in the night? Do you believe that some buildings or places are haunted? Is there one in your town? Tell us a story about it. Make it believable.
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(from some other people's real life experiences but they're not mine and most of it was fiction)

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It would have been easier if you talked to me

Submitted by emotive.eleven on May 19, 2008 - 20:27.

I'm sorry you can't
express yourself in words
because I'd listen.
I'm sorry they don't tell you
when they're having a party
and I'm sorry you showed up anyways.
It would have been easier if you didn't ask for my
number
and it would have been easier if
I didn't give it to you.
I'm sorry you go to the mall
with your brother and flirt with the college girls
working the
late shifts.
I'm sorry you drove her home and I'm sorry she lied about where her house was
so you drove her until you ran out of gas.
It would have been easier if we were
just friends
and I'm sorry the word that came out of my mouth was
yes.
I'm sorry everyone has such high expectations and I'm sorry I'm not good enough
and I cry at night
because it's so hard.
It's just so hard trying to be what everyone wants me to be and I'm sorry
you don't know me for who I am.
I'm sorry I have to lie and I'm sorry
you were the one with faults.
It would have been easier if I didn't go away and

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