Well, first let me start off by saying I like writing about realistic things. Like, things you may not know take place right outside your window. I've been having this story idea rummaging through my head for quite some time, and now I just can't take it anymore. It'll be a while until I write it (if I do at all) because I'm probably going to finish my other story "Pictures of You" first. But anyway, here's the prologue (and underneath I'll write a summary on what it's about).

            I have thought about running away. It has been chasing around my mind every time blood would be stroking down my skin, or every time I’d be on the floor, just begging to be killed. But I couldn’t. My dad, he might be horrible to me, he might hurt me more than words can describe, but running away….leaving him and being completely abandoned, alone, searching when I just had the answer, would only be worse. So with every slap or punch I got, every cry and sob that secretly lingered its way out of mouth, I keep asking myself the same question. What else do I have? And the answer was clear, a naked eye could grab the sight of it from the other side of the horizon. I had nothing else. My dad was all I could hold on to, he was the only thing that made my existence known, he was the only thing that convinced me that I wasn’t imaginary, here in this cruel world for an unknown reason. And although it might hurt, although I might be crawling to end up nowhere, screaming to not be heard, the truth was there, right in front of me. I could not end up empty, I could not breathe in and hold all of my sanity until I was left suffocating. It just wasn’t an option. So I would take in each beating, and throwing it away in a delicate part of my heart, one that was barely beating.

            I guess I’d rather have my heart mangled and tortured than not be there at all.

            I guess I’d rather be holding an oppressed amount of agony than be left empty handed.

            I guess I’d rather feel pain than be left feeling nothing.

This story is basically about a teenage girl who lives only with her father. He starts beating her, and her world is suddenly transformed into a living nightmare. She has bruises on her body, skips school, starts smoking, and completely loses herself. But the reason she won't leave her father is because she feels as if she has nothing else, that if she leaves him, she'll disappear. Little does she know, she already has. This story basically revolves around being crumbled down until your nothing left, and somehow, finding the strength to put yourself back together again.

PS: This is not a cheesy beating story. The dad does love his daughter, he is just messed up and does give her affection sometimes. It's not like he beats her every two seconds, or anything, he just is not right in the head and such.

hey guys, I just got another story idea, although I won't write it for a LONG LONG time. This idea just kind of came to me, because it really revolves in the kind of love I think is best.

I Dare You

Amelia's life has always been pretty normal. That is, until she gets drunk at a party and gets in a terrible car accident, almost killing herself and ending the life of a complete stranger. Ever since that night, she has always taken precaution, never truly forgiving herself even though she might convince someone otherwise, and always being afraid of taking even one step foward. One day while at the beach, sixteen-year-old Eric is dared by his friends to go up to Amelia and kiss her. He does, and they soon realize that this dare has brought them together. As their relationship grows, they focus it on dares, daring each other to do little things. Eric will do anything that Amelia makes him do, but Amelia is still shying away from letting go, holding back on life's greatest gifts. As time goes by, Amelia soon learns that letting go will not always leave you empty handed, and sometimes, you'll be lucky to have certain people in your life fill in those places in your heart left with nothing at all.

One of the dares that Amelia tells Eric is, "I dare you not to fall in love with me." Will he be able to keep it?

This story, in my opinion I think will portray something that we all have in common; everyone lives in guilt, everyone holds back on something because of fear. It shows that doing these things will not help, they will not save you at all, but only put you at risk more.