Liar's Paradise (Part 2) Not related to the first one.

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This has no literary merit, I just wrote it for fun. Tell me what you think. I hope you enjoy. It's not done yet.

Liars Paradise (Part 2)

Andrew Stevens is a very interesting individual. He’s outgoing, loves his sports, somewhat shy, but all in all a great person. He’s got a winning personality, an engaging smile, and a beautiful girlfriend. He’s almost perfect, at least that’s how people think of him, I use the term “almost” instead of completely for one reason, and one reason only. Andrew has a dark secret.


Now, I know what you’re probably thinking, what kind of secret could a guy like Andrew have? I mean he seems like your average teenager, albeit a bit incredible, but what secret could he possess that needs to be described as; of all things, dark? Well, I won’t tell you right this second, I want you to get a better feel for him, a better vibe.

Andrew was brought up in a warm and loving environment, full of happy relatives, and even happier neighbors. Everyone pulled their own load, everyone contributed in the community, everyone began to get entirely too happy. The level of happiness reached degrees which were actually quite sickening, and if you’re depressed and hate sharing in the happiness of others, I suggest you stop reading now.

Andrew, a straight A student all through public and secondary school learned at a young age never to give up. He never did, not when he began sports, not even when he began his relationship with Emily. Emily which is his steady girlfriend is part of this dark secret; the part that she plays is that she is a pathological liar. I know it doesn’t seem that bad but her lying only plays a small part. She can’t stop, she absolutely loves to lie, she lies to her parents, she lies to her teachers, to priests and rabbis and even to Andrew.

Andrew discovered this early and although he had the feeling he should end this relationship, his knack for never giving up screwed him over. When Andrew first attempted to confront Emily, this is how the conversation went:

“Hey Emily, how’s it going?”


“Great” replied Emily “I just got an A on my Biology test” Andrew knew this fact was false, she failed with flying colors; Andrew’s friend saw her test.


“Really? That’s amazing!” The falseness in which Andrew said this statement didn’t seem to faze Emily. Although as I already stated, Emily is quite beautiful; that trait didn’t extend to her intelligence. Emily is probably the dumbest person you’ve ever met. I can give you an excellent example of this fact.

Andrew and Emily sat on a beautiful duvet in Emily’s basement. They were currently enjoying each others company, as most teenage boys and girls do, when the phone began to ring, and ring, and ring.

Attempting to ignore the ringing seemed to ruin the mood considerably and finally exacerbated Emily picked up the receiver.

“Hello? Oh hi Michelle! How’s it going!” her voice raising an octave a second. Michelle one of her good friends was actually telling her answers to tomorrows exam, a very generous thing to do. But dense as Emily is, she would have none of it.

“Actually, can you call me back in an hour; I’m actually at the mall with Andrew.” Now this was a lie, a very cunning one that failed miserably. Andrew and Emily were of course actually at her house, Michelle knew this since she called Emily’s home line. Not only did the lie backfire but Emily actually thought about the lie before she said it. It never occurred to her that Michelle would know where they were.

It seems that Emily cannot tell the difference between a cell phone and a home phone. Covering the receiver and realizing her mistake Emily swore quite loudly, Michelle of course heard, knew the reason for such a display of bad language and hung up.

These occurrences happen everyday with Emily, she just doesn’t think before she speaks, unless of course she’s formulating a nasty lie, then things are different. This is just one instance of Emily’s dumbness; more will follow in the following pages.

So as Emily lied her way through their conversation on the telephone, about her fake Biology marks, Andrew sat biting his lip. “Emily?” he asked uncertainly. “Yes darling?” his girlfriend replied. “You’ve got to stop….” He stuttered. “Stop what darling?” she asked innocently. From there the conversation took a nasty turn. Unable to say the word lying, Andrew substituted it with “….getting prettier every day…I’ve got to much to live up to.” Now aside from lying, taking compliments was one of Emily’s better skills. For the next half hour she talked about herself, until Andrew was reduced to saying “yes, I understand” about every five seconds.

So perhaps Andrew is far from perfect, perhaps he’s not even close. I mean he can’t even tell his girlfriend to lay up on the lying, but he does make up from it in other places, and if anything, even though his secret is dark, it’s pretty cool. His mother probably wouldn’t think so but I do, you would too, I think.

[Michael]

This was fun to read, the way you wrote it. Nice character development, too.