Story Time Animated

I had no complaints about my life. Growing up, my childhood was perfect. I lived in the ideal little neighborhood – everyone there was my friend! The kids my age and I were always up to something exciting. We got almost anything we asked for because our parents were cool like that. We’d never heard of any burglaries or any type of crime in the area so we had nothing to be afraid of. My school was...

His hazel brown eyes locked with mine and he flashed a smile. My heart fluttered as he nodded in at me when he passed. For the first time in my life, I was speechless. My friends giggled next to me and nudged me lightly, teasing me, and they whispered, “Malik and Jamie sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g.” So back to my story. Malik Johnson came to Charleston about two weeks ago, with his mom and dad...

I was totally bummed out. I had just finished reading my rejection letter from my dream college and I felt like I didn’t want to exist anymore. I sat on my living room couch feeling like my soul had been sucked out of me. “Spencer you still have a lot to be hopeful for! You were accepted into five other colleges so just pick one!” my sister Hannah said. Since kindergarten I’d always been at the to...

A few months ago, I lived the normal life of an average teen. You know, get up, go to school, do my homework, chase my little sister out of my room, normal things. Until that one event that turned my entire life upside down. Hi, my name is Gary. My dad died a few months ago and it was extremely rough on all of us, me, my sister, and my mom. My father was the main breadwinner of the home so when my...

Did your school also have one of those kids, the ones that look like they don’t shower, and their clothes are always torn or ripped? They wear old, shabby shoes that look just a little too small for their feet? At my school, I was that kid, and don’t think for a second that I wasn’t reminded of it every two minutes. Not only was I that kid who looked like she’d gotten her clothes from a dumpster,...

Sarah and I had been best friends since childhood. I’m pretty sure we were best friends in the womb, cos our moms were both best friends too. You could say that Sarah was pretty much like a sister to me. We did everything together, and so it was only natural that we moved to the same town when we started working. Sarah wanted to be a jewelry designer, and I wanted to be a fashion stylist. We were...

Hi. I’m Dalia. My life was pretty much normal, until my family and I made the huge mistake of playing an among us game. It completely ruined my family, to the point where my mom and dad don’t speak to each other anymore. If you’re wondering how it came down to that, stay tuned until the end of the video. Just like every other kid when among us boomed, I played it a ton with my friends. We’d have s...

The last day of school is always so exciting. I usually go around saying goodbye to all my friends, but this time I was so anxious to get home that I just sat on the bed, scrolling through my phone while the maids packed my bags. “Careful with those shoes!” I reprimanded them. What? They were new, if they scratched them they had to get me new ones. So what if they had to sell their kidney to do so...

On that particular day, I noticed a new customer. I had never seen her before, and I knew everyone from the morning rush. This woman was staring at me, staring at me hard. She had a different trainer, but I still noticed her looking at me when she was working with her trainer and I was busy with a client. After about an hour, she was still there. I guessed she didn’t work, because most people who...

My mom and I were never close, and she only welcomed me around her when my parents had dinner parties for clients. Even their clients would remark, “Dianne, I don’t see any pictures with you and Victoria only her and Victor.” My mother would always chuckle, “You know girls and their fathers,” before changing the conversation. I know it feels strange but sometimes I feel as though she is not even m...

I will never forget the first time I saw Mike. It was my friend Lauren's 18th birthday and we were going out for pizza at our local Italian restaurant. It was raining really hard and we made a mad dash from the taxi into the restaurant. “Look at me!” I said. “I look like a drowned rat!” “Oh you look gorgeous, Zara.” Said my other friend Rebecca. “You always do!” We grabbed a table and sat down. I...

I remember on my 7th birthday, I was particularly excited about one gift. It was a first aid kit toy. My relatives asked me multiple times if I was gonna be a doctor when I grew up, but I always said “No, I’m gonna be a nurse!”. They laughed, saying I was joking, but I wasn’t. I thought it was the best job in the world. The day I got my acceptance letter to my dream college was… Bittersweet. I was...

I always get asked if it’s weird being an orphan, if I miss my parents, but what people don’t understand is that I lost my parents when I was 3, I have little to no memories of them. My first memory is holding on to a caretaker’s hand as I entered the orphanage I spent my childhood and early teenage years in. The orphanage was pretty dull. My everyday routine was too repetitive. I woke up, showere...

I didn’t grow up rich. At all. I was raised by a strong woman who worked day and night to provide, so of course I didn’t mind working as a waitress. I took pride in it, in fact. I started at a diner and then a friend recommended me to the restaurant he worked at, this really fancy place, with chandeliers and all that jazz. It didn’t take me long to get used to working there, some coworkers even sa...

My name is Richard but most people call me Richie. I guess the name is appropriate because I’m rich now! I’m only sixteen and I’ve already saved enough money for college! I come from a lower middle class family of seven. There was me, my mom, dad, two younger brothers and two older sisters. My dad had a good enough job and my mom worked as a library assistant. We didn’t have much, but we were happ...

Aden Hillberry was the boy of my dreams. He was the most handsome guy in our high school and I was absolutely crazy about him. It’s kind of embarrassing but I would pull all sorts of tricks in order to get his attention. I would wake up way early in the morning and spend hours choosing the dress to wear for the day to look my best. I joined the cheer team to get popular. And I would always talk or...

I was thrilled the morning I woke up to go visit my best friend. It had been months since she moved about two hours away, so you can probably guess how much I missed her. I had packed my bag the night before, I didn’t need too many clothes since I was just staying there for a long weekend. My mom drove me to the train station since I didn’t have my license yet and I got on the train buzzing with e...

Who wouldn’t want to be rich and live like the billionaires? If you asked me I would say, absolutely, yes. In fact, I was obsessed with being rich and hanging out with the billionaires. But, to my misfortune, I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth nor had I made any good money to be rich. However, that didn’t mean I couldn’t live my dream or make them come true. Because I had few plans up...

Have you ever felt so happy you didn’t know what to do? Like there was so much joy and you just wanted to scream because, well, what else was there to do? I was having the best Friday ever. I couldn’t believe she smiled at me and gave me her number. I’ve never been bold enough to go after what I want, if you know what I mean. But as I gazed at Emma during Mr. Hellman’s boring Literature class I fe...

“Ooo your girlfriend is so pretty Asher! What’s her name?” my annoying sister said as she crept up behind me. I was at my computer looking at pictures of gorgeous celebrities. “That isn’t my girlfriend. Get out of my room you pest!” I said. “You’ll never have a girlfriend anyway. You’re too ugly. Hahahahaha!” she replied while running out of my room. She was little but I guess she was right – not...

Isn’t it great being the most popular girl in school? If you ask me, honestly it’s the best thing. Around my final year of high school, I was the most popular girl in my school, a total social butterfly. Everyone wanted to be my friend and there were no bullies at all. Everyone in school greeted me with “Aubrey, you look gorgeous,” every other morning no matter how well or bad I looked. I took it...

I was the typical unpopular girl at school. I had ZERO friends throughout the first few years of highschool. I was probably the most unpopular girl at school. I don't know why. Maybe it was cos I was boring. Maybe I was too much of a nerd. Or maybe it was cos I was poor. Either way, I was unpopular. But all that changed, and I ended up dating the most popular guy at school. Wonder how? Stay tuned...

Hi there, my name is Cassidy and this is my twin sister Penelope. In the past few years we’ve been through so much and I decided to share our story here because it’s just too crazy to keep to ourselves. Everyone seems to think that having a twin is super cool. You can read each other’s minds, share all your things and you’ll never be lonely. And for a while it was cool for real! Our mom and dad wo...

Hi! My name is Nia and I live with my parents, my cute little brother Caleb and my older sister Irene. I’d always believed that a sister should be a girl’s first best friend. When I was younger, I totally idolized Irene; she could do nothing wrong in my eyes. I wanted to do everything just like her. Luckily, this didn’t annoy her at all. She’d let me wear her clothes, listen to her music and even...

For a guy in his late teens, I had a pretty boring life. I was the kind of loner kid who got bullied in school a lot. That meant I had very few friends and having a girlfriend was just wishful thinking. I worked at a fast-food drive-thru 4 days a week and the rest of the weekend days I worked at the shipyard. I liked keeping myself busy like that as work was my only escape from boredom. My coworke...