http://slow.writerscafe.org/Marked4Sin The original writings of author Marked4Sin en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776071488 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Why was I over-reacting like this? I had no clue. There were two guys and I fell in love with one and have known the other my entire life. Austin deserved a chance, right? God knows he’s liked me forever. With Nick I felt safe around him, I could let myself relax around him and just enjoy life.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1297043/ ‘Noah, you need to go back to bed sweetie, it’s way past your bedtime,’ I motioned to her bedroom as I took off Austin’s jacket.‘But I wanna know about the date,’ she whined.I smiled and kissed her forehead, ‘I’ll tell you tomorrow.’ Yawning, she.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1297035/ ‘You to,’ he said, not paying attention.When we started walking, he crumpled up the paper with her number on it and threw it away. 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'Wow, that was quick.''We've been driving for like twenty minutes,' he chuckled and parked. Before I could open my door, he was out and opening it for me. 'Madam,' he bowed.I giggled, 'I'm not really dres.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1297027/ 'You're lying,' Eli questioned more than stated. I shook my head, 'Ohmy... ohmygod,' he sank down into the chair next to him.I looked over at Raven, desperately. She was crying but nodded in understanding. Hot tears threatened to escape from me as well but I tried my best to hold it back. 'I'm so so.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1297026/ After finishing our ice cream, we stayed at the park until almost five. When I walked through the door of our house, the smell of pastrami wafted towards me. Noah ran from the kitchen, 'Mommy!' she giggled and jumped into my arms. I laughed and hugged her. She wiggled out of my arms, 'We're making p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1297025/ I watched him walk away before turning around, nearly bumping into Nick. He was standing there, right behind me. 'What the f**k was that?'I looked up at him and began walking back towards the room. 'What are you talking about?' I sat in a chair but Nick just stood in front of me in disbelief.'You're.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1297024/ I sighed and sat down on the bed, Nick dragging a chair over to be next to me.We were both quiet, which was fine with me. He traced patterns on my hand while we waited and I bounced my legs in anticipation. When Dr. Greenland came in we both stopped and looked over at him. 'Ms. Autumns,' he regarded.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1297023/ When all of us were done with breakfast, Eli and I took up the dishes up as our turn while everybody else went to go get dressed. 'Where are you to really going?' he mumbled as he washed and I rinsed.I avoided his gaze so he couldn't tell I was lying, 'We're going to the library.''You're lying,' he .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1297022/ A month passed and things were going great. Nick worked at Hot Topic with me, Kitty had found a job at Hollister, and James worked at the Naughty or Nice store down the street. Nadia couldn't get a job because of her disorder. Speaking of which, James has had only a few episodes since he was let out.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1297021/ I lost my train of thought as someone knocked on the door. 'Come on in, Ravez!' I hollered and put my best smile on.The door creaked open and Nick stepped through the door. 'Just me,' he waved and gave a small smile. 'I need to talk to you, Alice.' 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I sho.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1297012/ Walking down a main highway was something I absolutely dreaded. I hated walking down any road, fearing that I might get hit by a vehicle. When the first car had come up, I jumped to the other side of Nick and grabbed his hand. Everytime after that I gripped his hand like a vise. 'Why are you squeezi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1297008/ 'Hello, Ms. Autumns.' The doctor came into my hospital room the very same doctor that sent me to the Centers. I grinded my teeth together as he crossed the short path to my bed.'Hi.' I simply said, realizing that Nick's grip had tightened somewhat. He hadn't left once, he had nowhere to go anyways. .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1297004/ When I woke up, I was in the same f*****g place as I was last time I got injured. A f*****g white room with white everything. This was seriously starting to irk me. When was I ever going to escape this god awful place people call a hospital? I looked around and counted a total of seven people cramme.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1297001/ I tumbled down the wall towards Nick who had a look of horror on his face. He caught me and fell down at the sudden weight. Getting up he laid me down on the ground and moved hair out of my face. ‘Alice! Alice can you hear me?’ he stroked my cheek with his thumb while I struggled to keep.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296999/ ‘How do you know that stuff isn’t going to go bad?’‘Cuz it’s cold outside and I restock every couple days,’ he replied, smearing peanut butter on the bread.‘How?’‘The cafeteria ladies.’‘Oh, please,’ I said laying down. ‘Do.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296997/ Three days later, I was still stuck in this hell hole but I kinda didn’t mind anymore. I had Nadia, Kitty, James and Nick. I had apparently “failed” the observation part even though all I had done was sit on the floor the whole time and slept a little bit. Nadia and James were righ.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296996/ I pushed him and smiled, ‘Not someone, dork, a friend. Unless of course I’m not your friend…’ I did the puppy dog face at him and pretended I was about to turn away. He grabbed my hand gently and turned me towards him, smirking.‘Come on, I want to show you something.&r.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296994/ Nick and I walked all around the park or whatever it really was. It was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen actually. There were various paths all around, most of them were sidewalks but some of them were dirt paths. Nick explained what he was in here for and what his life was like before .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296993/ ‘Now, why is such a beautiful thing like you so moody?’ He stroked my cheek and I pushed his hand away.‘Don’t touch me,’ I growled and stared him down.‘Aw, don’t worry doll. I won’t hurt you,’ he put a hand on my shoulder I just looked at it. He .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296992/ We were all in the game room when a Worker came in. Nadia and I were playing pool while Kitty and James were half watching while watching the TV in one corner of the room.‘Alice,’ he motioned me towards him. I put the pool stick on the table and walked over. ‘It’s time for yo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296991/ ‘We call your people bleeders, the Workers call you self-injurers,’ Nadia explained. ‘Hey, James. Who were you running from earlier?’James shook his head while opening his milk. ‘I cow-tipped the warden.’ He took a sip of his drink as Nadia and Kitty stared at him.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296989/ There was no window in my room so I didn’t know what time it was. When the bell rang signaling patients to get up I jumped. There was a loud alarm sound as all the doors to the rooms were unlocked. As I sat up it felt as if my bones were creaking. I was sore from laying on the piece of cardboa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296987/ I rolled my eyes, ‘You’re exactly like Eli, jeez. Hello, the world doesn’t revolve around Austin either!’ I smiled and shoved him. ‘Anyways… after y’all left we talked about something and then started heading towards school. But we ran into the Ghosts and.... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296982/ When I woke up Eli was gone and there was a note beside me. I stretched before I read the note, my bruises not aching as much as they had before. The pain pills were working. I looked at the note:Alice,I had to go home and they told me not to wake you because you might have wanted to go with. I&rsqu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296979/  When Eli and I arrived at hospital they put us in a room and told us to wait until a doctor comes in. We both sat on one bed, still holding hands. It turns out that nothing was wrong with me except that I had two broken ribs and a lot of bruises. They also found out about my cutting habit. Eli.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296976/ ‘You have the right to remain silent. Anything you do can and will be used against you in the court of law. If you do not have a lawyer one will be presented to you…’ the woman police officer droned on as she handcuffed Aaron. They had busted in and held guns up to Aaron and his c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296975/ I got back to the ground again, ignoring the humility bubbling up inside of me. ‘Aaron, I am deeply sorry about the remark that Eli made. He was being foolish when he made that comment and I assure you it won’t happen again.’He smirked and pushed Noah back towards the couch where R.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296974/ ‘Tell the nice people you were just playing,’ Aaron growled lowly.Laughing into the phone I half whispered, ‘Nevermind, it was just some of my friends playing a trick on me. Bye-bye now,’ and hung up the phone. ‘The other phone has my brother, Eli on it,’ I said s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296968/ ‘So, what was up today?’ Raven said after awhile. ‘You met up with the gang?’‘Yeah, well they just sort of appeared in front of us. We didn’t really have a choice to say no.’She looked over at me blankly. ‘You know what they did to me whatever you do w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296966/ ‘Alright I’m heading to work, I’ll be home around 12:00 so don’t wait up for me.’ Eli grabbed his house keys and wallet on the way out the door. ‘Text or call me if there’s any problems.’I walked into the living room, drying my hands on the dish towel... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296964/ When we were done, he lay beside me breathing hard. I looked over at him and smiled. ‘Wow,’ he breathed. ‘Maybe you win that bet at being better.’‘It depends on how you look at it, I guess,’ I snickered.He looked over at me and smirked. ‘Come here.’ I .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296959/ I fell asleep again so when I woke up and glanced at the clock it was noon. Eli was asleep next to me, his soft snores breaking the silence every now and then. As I quietly slipped out from under the covers to sit up that’s when it hit me. I felt as if I had torn all the muscles in my side, es.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296958/ I just stared at her baffled. ‘My name is Alice,’ I whispered and walked away.‘Hey!’ she yelled from the kitchen. ‘Hey! I’m not done with you!’ She grabbed me by my arm, yanked me backwards and I fell up against the dining room table. ‘I wasn’t d.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296957/ I fumbled around with my keys while Eli was talking about the game. When I finally found the right one I unlocked it and walked in. I tossed my keys on the table beside the door, took Eli’s hoodie off and started to strut down the hall towards my bedroom. ‘Hey, when we gonna smoke this s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296955/ ‘Okay,’ I said just above a whisper.‘Remember 5:00, you better be there or else it won’t be fists and feet we’ll be beating your a*s with. And it won’t be only you we’ll be hurting.’ Then, Aaron and his gang was gone. I grabbed Eli’s hand and wal.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296954/ ‘What? Why would I like her? She’s like my sister,’ he laughed. I had to hold back laughing my a*s off, I love how good he was at lying sometimes. It was so obvious that he was into me.Eli smirked and stood up, ‘Okay that’s enough bullshitting around, let’s g.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296952/ He chuckled, ‘I’m sure he wouldn’t mind if we just…’ He leaned in to kiss me. I cringed, feeling uncomfortable and scared for him. If Eli saw us kissing he would freak out. Austin backed away with a confused look on his face. ‘Are you okay?’‘N-no, I&r.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marked4Sin/1296949/ ‘Okay, Noah now you be a good girl and stay focused. Don’t worry about those other kids that are mean to you.’ I straightened her pig tails for her. 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