Just Past Three in the Morning

By rosaliekempthorne

Two groups of friends.  One or two seconds.  Everything that follows from that.

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Just Past Three in the Morning (1)

By rosaliekempthorne on Mon, 25 Apr 2016

We all stumbled out of the Goodhearted Owl. One big lump of rowdiness. Justin still had aglass in his hand, he was drinking out of it, not noticing...
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Certificate 15
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Just Past Three in the Morning (2)

By rosaliekempthorne on Tue, 26 Apr 2016

So here we were, in the waiting room at a local hospital. It was after four, it was sort of quiet. Us sitting in a line against one wall, these two...
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Certificate 18
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Just Past Three in the Morning (3)

By rosaliekempthorne on Thu, 28 Apr 2016

I got home a little bit before midday. Mum and Dad had been arguing again. The silence in the house had that quality about it, that tension, that...
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Certificate 15

Just Past Three in the Morning (4)

By rosaliekempthorne on Fri, 29 Apr 2016

The girl was blue-eyed and blond, she was Norton's type: delicate, fairy-boned; her mouth like rose petals on snow. Add to that the fact that he'd –...
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Just Past Three in the Morning (5)

By rosaliekempthorne on Sat, 30 Apr 2016

Me: I knew about Penny going to visit Norton. It seemed only right. And I was there at the hospital gift shop helping her pick out the flowers...
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Certificate 15

Just Past Three in the Morning (6)

By rosaliekempthorne on Sun, 01 May 2016

Pigsy warned me as we walked: “It's not a big place. It's a studio flat, self-contained and all, but the kitchen and the laundry share space, so do...
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Certificate 15
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Just Past Three in the Morning (7)

By rosaliekempthorne on Mon, 02 May 2016

I watched that space. I watched her getting out of his car. She was wearing a short red dress, under a jaunty, lace trimmed black jacket. Her heels...
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Just Past Three in the Morning (8)

By rosaliekempthorne on Tue, 03 May 2016

Just us girls. We marched on into town with our credit cards and our determination. I knew I was on a budget, but I resolved not to let myself care...
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Just Past Three in the Morning (9)

By rosaliekempthorne on Thu, 05 May 2016

“Asshole!” Penny was pacing around the room, I could hear her footsteps. I'd just come home from work, tired, my head full of shelves, full of...
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Certificate 18

Just Past Three in the Morning (10)

By rosaliekempthorne on Fri, 06 May 2016

Norton showed up at Pigsy's flat just short of midnight. “What are you doing here?” “I need to take a dump, there's no public toilets around, and so...
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Certificate 18

Just Past Three in the Morning (11)

By rosaliekempthorne on Sat, 07 May 2016

“I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have leaned on it and gone flying...” but I was glad to have him over all the same, and despite my assurances, I could...
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Just Past Three in the Morning (12)

By rosaliekempthorne on Sun, 08 May 2016

He walked home, thinking about Heather. He didn't know why he was doing that. It wasn't as if he was trying to get her into bed or anything –...
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Just Past Three in the Morning (13)

By rosaliekempthorne on Sun, 08 May 2016

It was itching now. A sign of healing? So that should make him feel better. All it really made him feel was like tearing those three stitches out...
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Certificate 15

Just Past Three in the Morning (14)

By rosaliekempthorne on Mon, 09 May 2016

My fault. The moment I heard about the incident, that was what I thought. All because of me, and my railing, and the beers I offered, the extra time...
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Just Past Three in the Morning (15)

By rosaliekempthorne on Tue, 10 May 2016

Battle-lines were drawn. It was obvious as soon as I walked in the door. I felt an overwhelming urge, in fact, to turn around and walk right back out...
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Certificate 15

Just Past Three in the Morning (16)

By rosaliekempthorne on Thu, 12 May 2016

“Penny was right, you really should have sex on this rug.” “Shelley!” “What?” “Quit it. I'm still your sister.” “Prude.” She stuck out her tongue,...
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Certificate 15
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Just Past Three in the Morning (17)

By rosaliekempthorne on Fri, 13 May 2016

And what can you say of us? Spring turns into summer, summer ripens, deepens, and there's hot days and blue skies for a while – skies deep and heat-...
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Certificate 18

Just Past Three in the Morning (18)

By rosaliekempthorne on Sat, 14 May 2016

Pigsy showed up on my doorstep one night at about eight o'clock. He looked a mess. And he opened with: “I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't be here right...
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Certificate 15

Just Past Three in the Morning (19)

By rosaliekempthorne on Sun, 15 May 2016

He considered sending Heather a card. Would that be over the top? Maybe. She'd really helped him, she hadn't faltered, she'd had the patience of a...
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Certificate 15

Just Past Three in the Morning (20)

By rosaliekempthorne on Mon, 16 May 2016

Penny was buzzing. She was flapping around the room, infused with a kind of excitement I don't think I'd ever seen in her. “He asked me!” She...
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Certificate 15

Just Past Three in the Morning (21)

By rosaliekempthorne on Thu, 19 May 2016

The phone ringing, late at night, just after the stroke of midnight. And you know before you touch it, you know that something on the other end is...
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Certificate 18

Just Past Three in the Morning (22)

By rosaliekempthorne on Fri, 20 May 2016

We all dressed up like lawyers. I looked at everyone, and none of us looked like ourselves. Shelley had grown up over the months – too fast, and for...
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Just Past Three in the Morning (23)

By rosaliekempthorne on Sat, 21 May 2016

Penny was beautiful. No, even that doesn't do her justice. She was a work of crystallised sugar and sewn-together starlight. And seeing her, walking...
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Certificate 18