9/11 Short Stories

Marlorana cheerfully sang while swinging, she stopped. “Okay. Here I come, Granny.” She went running at full speed and stopped right next to where Missy was seated. “Here I am granny.”

"Maya," Ash called out for her in a whisper from the other side of the room. She paced herself over being careful not to step on anything. Ash handed her the torch pointing his finger to a box located on the top shelf. The words had faded away over time but Maya's

“I know,” said Eloise, stroking Kate’s cheek with her finger. “It’s cold, but we’ll get that sorted.” Eloise pulled a blanket off a chair, and lovingly covered her niece with it. She then went back to her own room, and promptly fell asleep.

So we all went down to the basement with flashlights and saw Kathryn starring at the wall. I walked up to her and gently grabbed her hand and she whispered to me.

The next morning, Ella awoke to sound of people walking around, laughing, and talking. She grabbed the book that she had hidden under her pillow. She got out of bed and into the hallway. People were happily chatting with each other.

hours, bye.” Ring-ring-ring, Aliah calls Nicole. “ Hi Nicole”, “ Hey”, “ so do you want to meet up at Central Park?” Aliah asks. “ Sure, why not.” Nicole accepts to meet. 30 minutes later, Nicole and Aliah will now meet at central park to have a conversation. “ Hey Nicole”, Aliah hugs Nicole. “ So, i wanted to talk to you about something and I know you might not like it.” Aliah says. “ What?” Nicole question. “ My mom told me that tomorrow, i am moving to Houston Texas for my father’s business.” She tells her sadly. “ Nooooo, why? Please stay, please.” “ I’m sorry, but we can still call facetime and text” Aliah replies. “ But still, i won’t be seeing in real life, though.” Nicole cries. Ring-ring-ring. “ I have to go, my mom is calling me,

Aunt Mary did not say a word but understood everything. I lay Lily down and sat beside her for what seemed like an eternity. But I knew it was time to go, I brushed the hair of her face and placed a kiss on her forehead and headed out.

“I’ll go see grandma today. I’ll be able to take the part of the test I missed during lunch or something, but I’ll never be able to see grandma again, so I think it’s best to see her on her last day.” Maya told her mother her choice. Her mother smiled at her. “Good point and good

When I woke up, I almost drowned by the smell hand sanitizer around me. I looked and I was surrounded by doctors. “Hello Ms. Lopez, I am Doctor Rupert,” he announced.

“Alisha wake up, we are here,” I whispered. When she didn’t wake up, I continued to pester her. “Come on, get up!” When I started to annoy her, she pushed me and told me to go away. As we all cleared out of the minivan, I was greeted by Judy, grandpa’s Scottish terrier. As I was petting her black fur, she was barking and jumping on my legs. When she ran over to Callie to receive a belly rub, I said hi to grandpa and gave him a hug. After getting settled in, my sisters and I decided to go to sleep because it was late and we’d have to help unpack the rest of our belongings in the

“Come on in,” Aunt Sarah yells, “Hello, it seems like it has been forever. I have missed you.” She darts over to Sally like a lightning bolt, to give her a giant hug, ”Now I know you just arrived, but it is late, so time for bed.”

I sat on the bench waiting for the bus. I shoved my hands into my pockets. The bus is late. It's now quarter to 11. The bus was supposed to come at 10pm. I let out a sigh and gave up.

“Good morning, Maurice!” Granny Ethel calls with unmitigated cheer, and a hint of pride. “Nice morning, isn’t it? Oh! Have you met my wonderful grandson Todd? He finally came to visit! We’re going shopping now. Will you watch my house?”

“Hello Sophia!” My mom said back to me, looking up from her computer while she was sitting on the couch. “I wanted to let you know that me and your dad have planned something very special and fun to do tonight!”

They both sat down and talked about what had happened since they have last seen each other, after a while Grandma mentioned that she had been cleaning her attic. Anahit’s green eyes sparkled and she exclaimed “I love to look at the old photographs in the attic”.