Twentysomething storie

Set in modern day London, If Only opens with its central character, Olivia, making a pretty bold statement - "Women are delusional." Starting from age four, Olivia then begins to dissect her past failed relationships in order to finally discourage herself from believing in Hollywood style romances. Writing with brutal honesty, she reminisces over her first loves, one night stands, online dating history, the short affair she had with an ACTUAL millionaire, and finally the so-called love of her life, who has just walked out on her. Each chapter represents another phase in her life and another failed attempt at securing a movie worthy love story. Throughout the journey, the reader is privy to Olivia's views on life as a millennial, homosexuality, friendships, ambition, body confidence, and ultimately, love.

Gabriel has secrets. He moved to get away from his parents-or something like that. Leaving behind his wealthy family in San Francisco, he now lives in a studio apartment outside of Chicago. Navigating his twenties and the unexpected reality of being an adult leaves him more introverted than ever, only meeting one person who understands him-his best friend Diego. Two years into his new life and things could be a lot better. Fresh out of a short but bittersweet relationship, and desperately needing work, he accepts a job as a dish washer at a local diner. This is where Gabriel meets Sadie. This is just the beginning.

Lilly, a hard-working and ambitious young professional, loves her job but hates her boss. Lilly's Manager, Amy, is a nightmare to work with and eventually sabotages Lilly's job and gets her fired. Hurt and betrayed, Lilly decides to get even by "getting rid of Amy" with the help of her co-workers, Janice and Loretta. Getting rid of Amy, however, takes a strange twist. Packed with comedic misadventure, Lilly and her friends go down a road they had never dreamed of.

Sometimes, second chances work out even better than the first because you learn from your mistakes. Life throws you down only to help you get up strong and confident. Aniyra has fallen once . Will she be able to grasp her second chance and look through it? Her second chance has eyes she cannot forget.

How it feels to be in your young 20's, through my eyes.

If we're the adults, then where did all the kids go? A story about young people figuring life out. #1 black poetry [08152021] #1 blacklit [08162021]

Life as a 20 year old. Is it fleetingly freeing or detrimental to your very existence?

A catharsis this actually is. I wrote these poems over a period of time, since I was twelve or sthg. Now I'm twenty one....and these poems are a beautiful nostalgia of emotions that I have experienced. Hope you read and relate. . Started: 23rd July, 2022 Completed: 14th February, 2023 . TOP RANKINGS: #91 poem #11 poesia #3 insight #10 poembook #33 poetrycollection #9 reflection #60 philosophy #33 positive #73 nostalgia #6 catharsis #566 emotions #252 deathandlife #2 thebestofme #13 twentysomething

Klara, a confident and ambitious law graduate, leaves her independent life in London to return to the comforts of her family home in Jakarta. Her reunion with her childhood friend, Nadine, leads her to an elite social circle where she confronts her fears and discovers an unexpected connection. In this captivating story, follow Klara as she navigates the complexities of friendship and the pursuit of true happiness.

Brooke Ferguson had the perfect life. Perfect grades in college, perfect friends in her perfect sorority, and a perfect boyfriend with whom she planned a perfect future. It all came crumbling down when she found out she was pregnant. But the thing that broke her was the death of her mom, the one who had been holding her together through the storm that her life had become. Follow her journey to wholeness as she leaves her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee and heads to central Florida, land of sunny days, home to "the happiest place on earth," in search of peace and a new start. Along the way she finds herself and love... will it last?

Cooper Van Ness was supposed to be someone impressive by now, but he's turning 26 and still living with his parents after making a few poor decisions a year ago. Now, if he wants access to his trust fund, he has six months to impress his mother and father by actually getting and keeping a job. Fortunately, his best friend Izzy, as bonkers as she can be, has just the job for him: writer at the Cobham Courant, one of the last independent small town newspapers in the country, conveniently owned by her father. How hard could writing for a little known newspaper be? Unfortunately, no one warned him about Erica Madsen. After 4 years of blood, sweat and toil, Erica Madsen was next in line to be the new advice columnist at the Cobham Courant. When the editor announces someone else is getting it, some rich kid who got the position because he knows the Courant's owner, she hatches a plan to drive Cooper Van Ness to quit. But with her siblings making (unwanted) surprise announcements and her father getting out of prison, will this rivalry with Van Ness get the best of this tough as nails former pageant queen?

Sadie knows there's nothing worse than constantly being overlooked. Even now, hundreds of miles away from her small hometown, she's still pining for the approval of her parents and the attention of her brother's best friend. So when the promotion she's worked the better half of her twenties for is given to someone else, she finds herself back in Westfort confronting childhood wounds in hopes of moving on. But the road to healing has never been easy and when old sparks fly between her and Jack Moore, will she finally be seen and loved for who she really is?

Roger 'Rain' Archer and Tibbs 'Wind' Malone become super-human liaison officers for the Sacramento police department after being forced to graduate from superhuman training. They got caught hanging out with those Darfurian kids again... Masters of the Wind (bullet-dodging) and the Rain (super-accurate shooting) , they fight for truth, justice and the last slice of pizza. They must contend with a skeptical public, skeptical police force, and the demands of their trainer, elite Darfurian superhuman Master Soad. Will they be the heroes the city needs? Will they get fired before payday? Tune in and find out... To find out why they were forced to graduate, read the short story at my website here. https://www.stephenalexanderwriting.net/nocleanhands/

Samantha Brooks has had her life planned out for her for as long as she can remember. She was to go to college, return home, and work for the family business. Most twenty-somethings would kill for the security of a guaranteed job and a desirable salary. Sam could settle for that, but she wasn't one to settle. Just ask her ex-boyfriend Luke. It's not until a new interest arrives that she is really challenged to decide between the easy plan or the life she could have if she took the risk.

Samantha Cooper always believed that if you build it, he will come. Just like the whispering voice said in Field of Dreams, right? So she did. She earned good grades, made smart choices, and grew into the nice girl her mother's friends adored. The picket fence and handsome husband had to follow. But as she approaches thirty, disillusionment has set in because nobody has come and apparently, all she has built is a lonely, empty life. So one day, Samantha Cooper tears the whole thing down. What begins as a wild ride toward forbidden places turns into an inspiring journey home to a love that had always been right in front of her. Turns out, he'll only arrive if you're building something for yourself.

The writings and poems of a twenty-something college student, searching for life in a quiet, broken world.

They drunk themselves through university, graduated to London... and found themselves fated to the same dire ineptitude of wearing a name badge and wanting to die.

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