Short Stories

Atticus and Delilah were colleagues in the office, but over the past several months, they have become the best of friends. No one ever expected Delilah to be such a jokester because she was always so serious, until Atticus was hired, that is.   Atticus was determined to bring Delilah out of her shell. She was mostly annoyed by him at first but he eventually grew on her. He would sit with her at lunch, pulling out his best jokes, until he had her laughing. It wasn't hard to get her laughing, but at work, she wanted to maintain her professional demeanor. On Delilah's birthday, Atticus came into work early to decorate her office but instead, filled her office with balloons, top to bottom, with the help of other co-workers. Delilah came into work, opened her door, and balloons flooded out of her office all over the hallway. She erupted in laughter! No one at the office had ever heard her laugh so genuinely. Sitting on her desk was a cake with Atticus' face on it, sh...

When Aoife O'Sullivan and Finlay Duffy met, neither had intentions of entering into a relationship, so focused on their careers, a relationship wasn't something they had time for. Over the next few weeks, Aoife found herself daydreaming about a life with Finlay; Finlay was finding himself unable to focus on tasks at work, with thoughts of spending every day with Aoife. Aoife tried to distance herself, yelling at herself 'I don't have time for this right now! I have deadlines and important meetings to prepare for.' Aoife put Finlay out of her mind, she was the queen of pushing people away, by necessity, not by choice. Every time Finlay would enter her thoughts, she would remind herself of the pain she endured from the last relationship she was in - the controlling, abusive nature was not something she was going to put herself through again. She stopped returning text messages, emails, and didn't listen to the numerous voicemails he left for her. Finlay ...