A possible future in less than 500 words, if plastic wins. This was my entry for the WattPad/National Geographic #PlanetOrPlastic competition back in late 2018. It reached their Top 10 Submissions which, given that there appeared to be well over 5000 entries, was a very pleasant surprise! The competition itself had a limit of 500 words so, for those who keep asking if I intend continuing the story, the answer (for now!) is no - unless I can find a very good reason for adding any more. Many thanks to everyone reading and voting on this story and getting it to number 1 in the #sciencefiction category in May/June 2020! I did try to thank the voters individually on their pages but Wattpad have a daily limit on the number of times I'm allowed to do that and there are now too many of you (not that I'm complaining)! Here's the top 10 submissions page: https://www.wattpad.com/list/738243473-planetorplastic-top-10-submissions If you want to read the story in Polish please head over to https://www.wattpad.com/story/236405960-m%C4%85dro%C5%9B%C4%87-staro%C5%BCytnych-t%C5%82umaczenie-pl where @juliatlumaczy has done a fine job - thank you, Julia! @juliatlumaczy has now sent me a version of the cover she used for her Polish translation - thanks again, Julia! @alex_sokolova has also translated the story into Russian as well. You can read that here: https://www.wattpad.com/976002417-мудрость-древних - many thanks, Alex! We now have a third translation! @AlfonsoLucassen has kindly translated it into Spanish and you can find it here: https://www.wattpad.com/1063634347-la-sabidur%C3%ADa-de-los-antiguos

i regret everything.

You don't realize what a person means to you until after they're gone.

philiphobia phil•o•pho•bia (n.) a fear of love, falling in love

❝He is the #1 playboy. She is the #1 playgirl. But who is the #1 player?❞ Let the games begin, and may the best player win. In the game of love, the first one to fall loses. Who would come out as the winner? Witness one game; witness two players. With you all, as the spectators.

❝in which she slips folded paper hearts everyday without fail in her crush's mailbox because she doesn't want him to know her identity❞

What happens when a cute girl moves in next door. 😏😏

a girl that walks in the rain. enjoying the way it makes her feel. a boy that walks in the rain. enjoying the way it makes him feel nothing. ((a short story)) - love author pea -

❝ What's the meaning of life? ❞ ❝ Why are you asking me? Just Google it or something. ❞ ❝ If Google knew it I wouldn't be asking now would I? ❞ When a girl asks a guy who sits in front of her in literature class pointless questions.

One mistake can change everything He lost track of time She was alone left in a panic One mistake