:: StoryTitle New Beginnings :: StoryData { "ifid": "6EB8ADE8-D656-45F7-A80D-44047B46FC38", "format": "Harlowe", "format-version": "3.3.9", "start": "New Beginning", "tag-colors": { "bus": "orange" }, "zoom": 0.6 } :: ... [wakeup] {"position":"800,350","size":"100,100"} You wake up from a deep sleep seeing the sun light blaring through the window lighting the room. But then you find your cat laying with you curled up in a ball. [[Pet cat]] [[Check the time]] :: Check the time [morning] {"position":"900,500","size":"100,100"} You move slightly alerting your cat from his sleep, jumping off your bed and running down the stairs. You check the time realising you have 2 hours to kill until you have to be at work. And your lockscreen has changed to a picture of you and your ex. You roll your eyes at the sight of him. [[Go back to sleep and set an alarm for an hour]] [[Go have breakfast with your mam]] :: Finish getting ready {"position":"800,1600","size":"100,100"} You shout out to your mam that you are ready to leave. You get into the car and drive to the party. Thanking your mam for the lift to the party, she worries if you have money for later in the night and you stop her by saying you are fine, thanking her again and walk towards the enterance to the club. [[enter the club]] :: Get ready quickly {"position":"1100,850","size":"100,100"} You catch the bus leaving you 20minutes late for work. As you finally enter the shop your manager is giving you a very dissapointed look. 'NEARLY 40 MINUTES LATE!! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!! UR STAYING IN UNTIL CLOSE!! NO PARTYING FOR YOU TONIGHT... UNDERSTOOD!?' [[You are not going to have fun tonight]] :: Go back to sleep and set an alarm for an hour [bus] {"position":"1100,700","size":"100,100"} You suddently wake up to your alarm blaring in your ear. You check the time and see that you have over slept and need to be at work in 10minutes. [[Get ready quickly]] :: Go down to your mam [newcafe] {"position":"700,700","size":"100,100"} She asks you if you would like to go have a coffee in the new cafe down the road before you head out to work. Catch up on stuff as you havent seen her in a while due to you both working late. [[Grab a coffee with your mam]] [[You say you have to get ready for a party tonight and dont have time after you finish work]] :: Go have breakfast with your mam [coffeecatch] {"position":"900,700","size":"100,100"} You make your way down the stairs and greet your mam in the kitchen painting in the corner. You ask her if she would like to grab a coffee with you and catch up. She says she would love to. [[Grab a coffee with your mam]] :: Go to work {"position":"800,1150","size":"100,100"} You show up a little early to work. Your manager is impressed on you showing up on time and asks you to help at the till as there is a rush of people. You help out on the till for quite a while and then stock up the shelves. You are busy working that you dont realise the time and only have 20minutes left of your shift. Your manager allows you to leave early as you started early. [[Leave work]] :: Grab a coffee with your mam [coffee] {"position":"800,1000","size":"100,100"} You enjoy a latte with your mam in the new cafe. Everyone is enjoying the new environment and have a great conversation with your mam as you catch up. You finish up your conversation and start driving to work. [[Go to work]] :: He is in the wrong {"position":"1100,2175","size":"100,100"} He admits he is in the wrong and also admits that he found your friends attractive. Saying that Fia was more attractive than you and should of picked her instead of you. You laugh angerly at his too honest response. You ask him why he never told you this before. He response with a shrug and falls over slightly, then you notice he is drunk and by himself but that isnt your problem. [[walk away]] :: He is not in the wrong {"position":"900,2250","size":"100,100"} He argues with you confidently still that he was not in the wrong. You give him an angry grin at how pathetic and stupid he thinks you are for thinking it isnt something more than that. As the photos are clearly more seductive and selected to that. [[You punch him in the gut and leave the party in tears]] :: Leave work {"position":"800,1300","size":"100,100"} Your mam picks you up from work and you head home to get ready for the party. Your friend Fia asks if she can get a lift to the party too. [[Tell her to get the bus]] [[You say it is no problem]] :: New Beginning [Beginning] {"position":"750,100","size":"200,100"} This is a story about new beginnings. Will you get a forever happily ever after? Will everything crumble and disapear? Lets find out... [[...]] :: Pet cat [kitty] {"position":"700,500","size":"100,100"} Your cat purrs on your lap as you pet him. You are both comfortable. Then your mam calls you from your room. [[Go down to your mam]] :: Tell her to get the bus {"position":"700,1450","size":"100,100"} She sends you a rolling eye emoji and complains to you about weird men on the bus. But you dont bother to reply as she will keep complaining. [[Finish getting ready]] :: You are not going to have fun tonight {"position":"1300,1000","size":"100,100"} You leave work at 11pm. Everyone at the party has split up and too much drama has unfolded to keep up with. Bad ending... [[New Beginning]] :: You punch him in the gut and leave the party in tears {"position":"1000,2450","size":"100,100"} The wound of the break up is still fresh and him lying to your face multiple times breaks your heart. [[go home]] :: You say it is no problem {"position":"900,1450","size":"100,100"} She reads your response and 5minutes later you hear your door slam open. Fia is stood at the door with a grin on her face. You both get ready, have pre-drinks and sing your hearts out to your favourite songs. Fia gets a call and leaves the room. When she comes back she has a guilty smile on her face. 'My situationship is going to the party and is picking me up' She smiles at you again and you just roll your eyes and tell her to go. She leaves in a rush again. [[Finish getting ready]] :: You say you have to get ready for a party tonight and dont have time after you finish work [kitchen] {"position":"600,850","size":"100,100"} She offers to drive you to work and drop you to the party. You cant deny a lift to work as you struggle to get the bus to work on time. [[Grab a coffee with your mam]] :: argue {"position":"1000,1950","size":"100,100"} You and your ex talk about how your relationship ended on bad terms. But you both still cant agree on the right way. You found your ex has many photos of your friends on his phone and it was suspicious to you. But he argues that he was trying to remember their names by their instagram photos. [[He is not in the wrong]] [[He is in the wrong]] :: enter the club {"position":"800,1800","size":"100,100"} The floor is full of people on the dancefloor. You make your way to the usual spot you meet your friends. But as you turn the corner you run into your ex boyfriend. 'Sorry.' he shouts to you as the room is loud. Then he realises who has bumped into him. [[walk away]] [[argue]] :: go home {"position":"300,2500","size":"100,100"} You decide to go home and get some sleep. You enter the quiet house, into your comfortable bed with your cat sleeping at the end. The quiet house leaves you to think of all the adventures you could of had today. [[New Beginning]] :: kiss her back {"position":"1075,2900","size":"100,100"} You kiss her back. Feeling giddy and full of butterflys. You stay up until the sun peaks through the window of her room. You are both comfortable in eachothers arms as you drift asleep. Am i inlove with my best friend? [[New Beginning]] :: leave quietly, as she talks to herself in the cubical {"position":"400,2150","size":"100,100"} You leave quietly as the sound of Fia arguing with herself gets distant. You find your friends in the usual corner in the club outside in the smoking area and chat with them. Fia arrives and looks at you annoyed, ignoring you and joins the conversation. The night is filled with laughs and gossip. It is 1am and your day has been exhausting. You tap Fia on the shoulder to head home, she agrees. [[walk home]] :: pull away {"position":"500,2700","size":"100,100"} You pull away from Fia kissing you on the lips. The atmosphere in the room becomes tense. You awkwardly laugh at the situation and say you need to go home, making an excuse as you close the front door of her house walking home. [[go home]] :: stay and wait 30minutes for her to stop ranting {"position":"600,2150","size":"100,100"} When she stops to take a breath. But as she is about to continue, you pick her up off the floor and drag her to the group of friends. Everyone has a great time, buying rounds of drinks and Fia runs back to you, handing you your drink with a wink. This makes you feel a little flushed but you ignore it. Time flys by and it is getting late. Everyone is going home so you decide to leave too. [[walk home]] :: stay the night {"position":"600,2500","size":"100,100"} You stay the night with Fia. Laughing and enjoying eachothers company. Your both intoxicated and flirty with one another. Fia suddenly kisses you. [[kiss her back]] [[pull away]] :: walk away {"position":"500,1950","size":"100,100"} You speed walk away from the situation that would only end in a next world war happening. Slamming the bathroom door open to catch a breath you find Fia also hiding in the bathroom. You ask her what she is up to and she starts to explode everything on you about her situationship and how he caught him texting a girl. She continues to cry, shout and throw all of her emotions on you. [[leave quietly, as she talks to herself in the cubical]] [[stay and wait 30minutes for her to stop ranting]] :: walk home {"position":"500,2350","size":"100,100"} As you walk home, passing Fia's house. You turn a corner to a dark alleyway that leads you home quicker. But before you cross the road, Fia asks if you want to stay the night and leave earlier in the morning. 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