I remember vividly when I first discovered lying. I must have been about 3 or 4 years old. I was prone to stomach pains, even back then. While I don't remember the exact context surrounding the grand revelation, I remember the excitement when my brain finally connected the dots. I could just say I have…
The Cheats
I sat at the back of the class entranced in my work. I was halfway through writing Eminem's second verse in Renegade diagonally across the plastic cover of my red history binder. I blew the glittery black gel lightly to dry the words before starting the next line. "Do you always write with your face…
The Kiss
If you asked me about my first kiss prior to 2005, I may have lied and told you it happened at a birthday party in 8th grade. That's not because I'm a habitual liar, but because being older than 12 and never having been kissed seemed absolutely humiliating. Unacceptable, I'd decided. So I would tell…
The Semi-Formal
"We can never tell anyone this happened," I pleaded with Olivia in the study of my parents' house. Olivia nodded solemnly. I could tell by her distant gaze that she was still processing the events of the night. And then we both cried. A deep and sorrowful cry of despair, that only angsty teenagers who…
The Confession
"Alexis. I have something to tell you." My best friend, Chloe Severino slurred into her phone one night. She was drunk. Really drunk. So drunk that I could almost smell the beer on her breath through the receiver. "Are you okay?" "Nooo, I'm not okay! NOT OKAY!" She sobbed. I stood up and grabbed my…
The Ride
I found myself standing at the back of Alpson's Family Restaurant wearing a stained black men's chef uniform; pinstriped black pants and all. On my head I wore a black baseball cap, and my jet black hair was being held captive in a hairnet. As strange as I may have looked, this is how I…
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