"This is soooo good," I said as I licked my lips, "You have to give me the recipe." 

Todd laughed, "It's a family recipe my love, it's a secret." 

Todd was an amazing cook. He never allowed me in the kitchen and I really didn't mind, being a taste tester was just as important as stirring the pot.

Hi, my name is Cherisse. I met Todd about two years ago. When I heard that his family owned a crematorium I was a bit freaked out but I said hey am I really not going to date a guy because he burnt dead people for a living? 

Todd and I’s relationship was pretty perfect up until the day he got a call from his younger brother, Kendall, while we were having dinner.

“What? Are you guys ok?” Todd asked the person on the other end of the phone. 

He listened for a while then responded, “I’ll be right there.” 

He hung up and looked at me. 

“I have to leave,” Todd said. 

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"Ahhhhh!" Lexi screamed and I jumped.

She squeezed my hand tightly. I thought she was going to cut off the circulation of my arm. We walked a bit further and the cool breeze on my face let me know that we were outside the haunted house.

"Did you girls have fun?" our dad asked.

"It was creepy,” Lexi shuddered, “I don't know why Precious always wants us to go there; she can't see anything anyway."

I laughed and shrugged, “I like the thrill of it."

Hi, my name is Precious. Do you want to hear my story?

My bizarre story started as early as my fifth birthday when my parents thought it was a fun idea to have a petting zoo and pony rides. At that age, like most five year old girls, I was obsessed with ponies. My obsession quickly faded when a pony was jolted by a firecracker and I was hit in the face.

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"Read my lips, I will never go out with you," Trina said as she pushed past me to get to her class.

The students close by whispered and smirked as they looked on at my embarrassment. That was a month ago, a lot can happen in a month's time.

Hi, my name is Zane.

Trina is what we call "a plastic" and she has been my crush since high school. She was always well put together, dated the top jock, and well, on any given occasion she could be really mean. You may ask "Why would you want to be with someone like that?" But the heart wants what the heart wants. I am sure you've liked some questionable people before.

One thing I always admired about Trina was that she was a straight-A student. My friends however didn't buy it. They thought that something had to be up for her to get all A's all the time in college since in high school she had a C average.

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I looked down at Miguel with a confused look on my face as he knelt on one knee with an engagement ring box in his hand, “What are you doing?” I asked.

Hi, my name is Kelly and I’ve got a crazy story to tell.

My mother, Laura McKline, introduced me to Miguel when I was just about ten years old. We had recently moved because she got a new job. She wasn’t keen on leaving me home alone so she hired a babysitter. He was eighteen at the time and came highly recommended from wealthy people in our neighbourhood.

Being an only child I never saw Miguel as a babysitter but as an older brother. The older I got, the more comfortable I got with discussing topics that I never would with my mom, for example, boys, and I also developed a sort of crush on Miguel as well which I kept well covered for fear that my mom would fire him. Even though Miguel and I built a great relationship over the years I never heard him speak about his family or any friends. I didn’t even know where he lived!

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I opened my eyes but I couldn’t see anything, everything was pitchblack, I tried to sit up but I was tied down by something. That’s when I realised I had been blindfolded. I didn’t have a clue what had happened to me. But I knew one thing, whatever it was it wasn’t good. I heard the sound of a door opening. I couldn’t hear anyone but I could sense that someone was standing over me, watching me.

“Who’s there?” I asked, my voice sounded nervous and scared.

I could hear two voices, whispering to each other, one was male, one was female. I struggled to free myself from the chains that were holding me down.

“Don’t bother trying to escape” Said the male voice. “You’re going to be here for a very long time!”

Fear ran through my body at his words, I wanted to cry but I took a deep breath and controlled myself. That’s when the girl spoke to me, I thought I recognised her voice but couldn’t be sure.

“Who are you?” I asked again. “What do you want with me?”

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“We called your mom, she said she forgot but she is on her way,” Mrs Turpin, the ballet teacher informed me.

“She’s not my mom,” a ten year old me mumbled under my breath as Mrs.Turpin walked away, “She’s my stepmom.”

Hi, my name is Annabelle.

My mom and dad went through an awful divorce when I was eight years old. Living arrangements were in favour of my dad while I visited my mother every other weekend.

My dad and I had a great relationship until he came home one day when I was ten years old and said that he was married.

“You must be the little angel Andrew told me so much about,” Gloria said, batting her eyelashes at my dad. “I think we’ll be great friends.”

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My life as a teen was pretty cool. I never had to worry about money, had loads of friends, and did pretty well at school too. Some people said I had it all, all except a dad of course. My dad passed away when I was 12, leaving me and my mom alone, though comfortable.

Every morning was similar. I woke up 6AM sharp and went on a run. I’d run a block or two, then swing by the bakery around the corner from our building to get my mom’s breakfast. When I approached my building I saw a woman at the entrance. She was ringing my doorbell and mumbling under her breath. I tapped her on the shoulder and said I was the owner of the apartment, and to my surprise she suddenly hugged me! She then took my face in both her hands and said “My son!”. I heard a record scratch. Son?! I didn’t have a mom! I’d been alone since my dad died! She started telling me about how she left my dad ages ago and only recently found out that he died and her son was alone. I felt bad for her, she made me uncomfortable but then she started crying.

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Ethan and Sarah walked past me, laughing and giggling to themselves. I could feel my blood boiling inside, what was he doing with her? He should be with me!

Sarah had never liked me and the feeling was mutual. I guess you could say we were arch enemies. That's why I hated the fact that she was dating Ethan. Everyone knew that I had always liked Ethan. We had known each other since we were five years old. But we had never dated. When Ethan started going out with Sarah she couldn’t wait to let me know.

“Did you hear Belinda? Me and Ethan are official!” She said.

I knew she was gloating. I didn’t care what it was going to take, I had to find a way to steal him from her.

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As I walked through the halls I realized that something was different. Everyone was staring at me but no one said a word.

"Hey, Luke," I said as I stopped by my locker to put my books.

Luke was more than my best friend, he was like a brother to me, so when he shook his head, slammed his locker and walked away I knew that something was up.

Hey, my name is Richard.

I quickly packed my books, closed my locker and followed Luke.

"Hey, what's going on?" I asked as I got hold of Luke's arm. Luke shrugged my arm off his and said, "I cant believe that you would do that."

Luke stormed off but before I could follow him I saw Claire. Claire was the girl that I had been crushing on since I was ten years old. She was also the Vice President of the school and as of yesterday I was voted the President.

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They say that having a hobby as a teenager keeps you out of trouble. But what happens when that hobby turns your entire life upside down?

Hi, my name is Tiffany. I hear lots of stories about teenagers who don’t love their parents but my parents were the best. They have always encouraged me to try out new things, they motivate me to do better and we can talk about anything. They are the main reason I tried out for my dance club “Dance with Attitude”.

My mom wasn’t very close with her parents. Her mom died when she was six and she grew up with an abusive father. At age sixteen she ran away and built herself from the ground up. She was never told that she was beautiful while growing up so she created and sold beauty products for women. Even though my mother was a self made millionaire you would never believe it. We don’t have the nicest cars or the most expensive clothes. My mother always told me to be humble because you never know where you might end up.

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