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"M..mum?" I stuttered, sharply getting to my feet. Even though I'd told her I was in a relationship with a girl until recently, she still looked as shocked as the information was new. I knew she'd never have expected it to be Grace.
I ran to stand by her side, holding her in place. "Mum! Please, I'll explain it all to you later." I pleaded, pressing my
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I lay still on my bed, trying my best to keep up with anything that could force me to be busy at the moment, all to no avail.I groaned, shifting uncomfortably and changing positions. I'd tried calling Luke all to no avail. His phone number had been unreachable since he left my house and it did baffle me a little bit.
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It was finally the Saturday before the holidays were over and school would officially resume. I laid my hair into a neat, tight bun, for the first time in a long time. My mum used to say she thought it suited my face and brought out my eyes, and even though I didn't see it, I chose to believe."Where are you going?" My mum asked me, walking into my roo
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"G..girlfriend?" I stuttered in disbelief, taking a few staggering steps backwards. My heart felt like it'd been taken away from me and nothing felt right with me at the moment."How can she be your girlfriend?" I frowned at Luke. So he'd had a girlfriend and still lured me into his trap, had sex with me, just to let me know he had a girlfriend.
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I thought I had to be dreaming, Luke had just asked me to be his girlfriend and in front of the whole school too. Loud cheers erupted from the jobless students clapping and cheering.The expression on Luke's face almost got me laughing out loud. It looked like he was expecting some sort of rejection from me.
You can't lie Epilogue
It was our first anniversary. I tried to set things to and actually dress the theme Luke had said he would like. Things had been going pretty smooth for us. We would be crowned graduates only in the matter if a few days and nothing else honestly felt better."I can't believe your going to his place in those shoes." My mum shook her disapproving head at me.
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It had been exactly a month since the liar gas was exposed. It all started in a science lab. It was supposed to be kept a secret by the inventors but one of the scientists had been careless enough to allow the release of the dangerous gas into the atmosphere.At first, the government tried to conceal this secret, hoping it would go unnoticed by the public. But then, things grew worse. It wasn't even a minute old after a lie when the victim would cough and fall to their knees, then pass away.Once the citizens noticed, they tried to migrate to other countries, but at a rapid pace, every country in the world was hit.My first experience was with Sasha Mark, we were all in the school hallway. My friends, Berry, Casey, Jane, and I. Sasha was our school's popular. She liked everyone and got the mutual feelin
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My mother dropped me off at school and waved goodbye at me. I stared at my little brother, Kyle. He was only seven and could not wrap his fingers around why he was not allowed back in school.All children younger than thirteen had been instructed to school from home. The government said none of them was smart enough to be on school ground yet."It isn't fair, I'm tired of staying at home." Kyle scoffed, folding his arms across his chest as our mother attempted to leave school ground."Kyle, you are so young, you could say a lie unconsciously. Mommy has told you several times, lying kills now." She sighed, tapping her manicured fingers against the steering wheel."But we could at least try not to." He drew his lips into a pout. I wished I could be in his shoes. I still thought it was unsafe and that the government was not trying enough. They could find a solution if they tried."Just say by
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"Are you insane?" Grace attacked, pulling away and keeping me at arms length, running her eyes all over me in scrutiny. It was great to see her face again. She looked beautiful than I remembered.One month had never felt so long. "I tried every possible way to contact you! God knows I was tempted to come to your house. Why would you think of ignoring my calls. I was so creeped out. I thought if I didn't see you here, I was going to make my way to your house regardless of the circumstances." She pulled away, noticing my reluctance to give her a response."You didn't return any of my texts, Ariyah, what's wrong?" She scanned her eyes through me.I hated for her to walk away like Jane, without knowing the cause of my silence. I breathed heavily, not knowing what to do. I pulled my phone put and typed aggressively, ignoring her worried face.*I'm sorry but I can no longer talk to you. I have decided to be a mu
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