Twentysomethings Stories

Gorgeous boss, handsome coworker, ex who cheated. Will anyone break down Caroline's barriers and win her heart, and will her past come back to haunt her? As top intern in a Fortune 500 company, Caroline has an opportunity to move to her hometown of Augusta, GA after leaving 14 years earlier. She's not looking for love, in fact she's avoided it the past few years, yet somehow she get's caught in a web of drama.

AUTHOR'S NOTE Thank you for taking the time to read my story! If you want to learn more about me and my other books please visit my website, marychrisescobar.com (there's a link in my profile). DESCRIPTION Carolyn’s life has gone pretty much according to plan. She’s followed all the rules. Her star is rising at work, she’s just gotten engaged to an amazing man and she lives in a perfectly decorated apartment. A delayed flight throws her life and plans off schedule. What she learns, stuck overnight in the airport, has her questioning everything and puts her face to face with her own missed connection. Follow twenty-six year old Carolyn’s quarter-life coming-of-age story, the demise of her life as she knows it and the discovery of her own truth. PRAISE FOR DELAYED "I don’t know how Mary Chris Escobar did it, but she basically renewed my faith in the saying, 'Love is lovelier the second time around.'" - coffeebookmom.wordpress.com "The story renews your faith in forgiveness and the power of love." - Amazon review

Analysing friendships and people. Thoughts and advice from a twenty-something.

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

→ This isn't just a letter. It's the ache you hide in your smile, the truth you whisper only to yourself at night. 🕊 Have you ever written something and kept it hidden, hoping someone might still understand without reading it? It's okay if you don't answer. I just wanted you to feel... seen. --- This book isn't about happy endings. It's about that quiet chaos in your late teens and early twenties- when your smile hides a storm, and you start missing a version of yourself you didn't even know you'd lost. These short stories are about the stage we don't talk about. The sinking. The silent screams. The fragile strength of just getting through. If you've ever felt like you're falling apart silently, this book is for you.

After a brutal breakup shatters her carefully planned life, Ava finds herself back in her childhood bedroom, surrounded by old trophies, fading posters, and the creeping fear that she peaked at twenty-five. She doesn't know what she wants-only that her job feels meaningless, her confidence is gone, and everything she thought she'd figured out has collapsed. Then she meets them. A tight-knit group of friends navigating the same mess in different ways-some stuck, some pretending not to be, all carrying secrets they don't talk about out loud. There's reckless midnight drives, laughter that borders on desperate, unspoken crushes, and moments so intimate they burn. Ava's drawn in, even as she begins to suspect that this beautiful, broken little orbit might be just as lost as she is. But when old wounds resurface and hard truths come to light, Ava will have to decide: is she rebuilding her life-or just hiding in someone else's? This is a raw, magnetic story of love, friendship, and the terrifying, electric in-between of being young and completely unsure of who you're supposed to be.

a collection of small moments from the twenty-first year of my life || poetry

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?

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

Love these days BOOK 3.

And so it begins. The classic coming of age story about a twentysomething girl, finding her way in the city. After graduating (with an Arts degree- questionable choice, but we'll learn about that later) she finds a one bedroom apartment and she buys a cat. Life is sweet. She's a living, breathing, cat-hugging cliche of a single girl. To many people that's how it looks from the outside, that's about as interesting as it gets, and maybe, that's even where the story ends. But that girl is me, and unless I am a total wet blanket, I think we both know thats hardly all there is to tell. The more you get to know people, the more you learn that almost no-one is living their life like it appears from the outside. I'm going to tell you what its really like to be a twentysomething, to live alone, dabble in online dating, attempt to navigate my first functional relationship, work for the boss from hell, and try to find my feet in "this economy". Come on, you know what I mean. But before we can even get to that part of the story, you have to understand how the story begins. So here goes nothing...

At 28 years old, Jo is stuck in a dead-end job with an imagination and dreams that weren't made for pleasing her family or corporate America. After meeting with her boss who gives her the weekend to decide the next steps, Jo contemplates the best route and decides to take the road she never thought she'd travel down. For the first time in her life, she's doing what she dreamed about as a child and getting out of the toxic environment she grew up in. Taking the plunge, she travels to Europe, ready to find the person she was always meant to be.

For Nayla Palmer, "no" isn't an answer, it's a glitch in the universe. She's got the looks, the charm, and the audacity to believe that every audition, every brand, and every man should bend to her version of reality. But when the city starts slamming doors in her face, Nayla refuses to crumble. If anything, rejection just makes her double down on the fantasy she's already living.

written by a twenty two year old; in the year of twenty twenty-two.

- A collection of poems that relate to loss, love, and discovering yourself in your twenties. - #26 in #twentysomething (09/27/2023)

After years of keeping in touch but never seeing each other in the past few years, Eleanor and Jacob reunite on the rooftop of a mutual friend's wedding. Step by step, slowly and steadily, they realize that maybe it's okay that they're still kids as twentysomethings.

When his life continues so does my story.

"Do you ever regret it?" "What?" I ask, "dating Mason?" She nods and I hesitate, exhaling a sigh, "No. I'd choose him over again." Being a WAG isn't as glamorous as it looks. For Riley Harper, dating a professional hockey player meant front-row seats, VIP parties, and the ultimate insider pass to the world she's always dreamed of. But the spotlight comes with rules: never embarrass your player, keep your personal life private, and always look perfect-no matter what. As Riley learns the unspoken WAG Code, she discovers the pressures, rivalries, and sacrifices behind the glittering photos and cheering crowds. Between jealous exes, nosy fans, and the constant scrutiny of social media, Riley has to figure out who she is outside the hockey world-and what she's willing to risk for love.

I was in the supermarket holding a bottle of red wine, pasta, a bunch of tomatoes, chips, and a bar of chocolate, when existential crisis hit me. I was ready to pay and go to my uncle's apartment where I was staying alone as a getaway from major depressive phase. While I was standing in front of the chips aisle with the wine bottle under my arm, I thought "is it adulting?" Going home alone for a movie night with homemade pasta and wine? In the sound of my short and comfortable heels, I felt the glance of adulting shine over me. The glance of light which lived shorter than the light speed. I quickly came back to my reality: What adulting are you talking about? You are 24, unemployed, never worked in your life. You probably will do nothing with your degree. You are in depression, feeling lonely, and shopping with your long-distance husband's money. Do you feel like an adult? Definitely, not. Do you feel like a broken twenty-something in existential crisis? Hell yes!

From garage door storms to fairy gardens, being thrown into the deep end of life in your 20's is a whole new ball park. With Ivy scars and pondering careless wonderings, join me as I make sense of relationships, experiences and (sometimes self-inflicted) tragedies through the woven tapestries I've created through words.