Battle of the Dorms, Sexes and Species

A boarding school where students were, for some reason, brainwashed. They we made to hate students from other dorms to make them more competitive.

They were made to see the opposite gender either as siblings or another species to avoid them from having feelings for one another. To avoid being distracted from their studies of course.

In one of the water polo competitions there was a misunderstanding. One of the divers dove before the whistle was blown to save a drowning team mate and was disqualified. He was severely punished. This angered the crowd as it was clearly an act to save a life.

The students started to feel uneasy and confused why such a thing was seen as a norm in the school.

They started forming groups to conspire against the school. Can they free themselves? Can they figure out what has been done to them? Will they realise gilrs aren't girraffes and boys arent crocodiles?

How to be Something You Miss?

A year ago, she moved into a new house. Just two doors away from... him.

When she walked over to her direct neighbours house he watched her.

There was a welcome party there. The kids were playing with water guns. He told her he liked her. She said she had someone else back home.

As days passed, he helped around her house. Soon she liked him too. He taught her new things. Helped her make friends and made her a different person. Someone friendlier. Warmer.

***

Flash forward to today, she is heartbroken and he had left her because he wanted to follow his own path. He said they wanted different things and couldn't be together. She felt he was going down a road she could not follow. The path was dark and he became cold.

They went through some rough patches while they were together. The worst event was when they were out with a another couple, a girl and a guy. During the outing, they fell into an argument with each other. One thing led to another and the couple was never to be seen again.

Sometimes she would get nightmares of the girl. Her dad will be driving and she is in the passenger seat and the girl would try to ask for help and try to get in the car but they just continue driving.

But the drive was slow. So slow the girl would be able to follow right next to car. Haunting them.

***

They are no longer together but she is telling the story of how they met in this dream.

She just watches as her family laughs and have fun and for some reason she thinks;

Where is he now and what is he doing? Why did he leave her? Why does she miss him?