"Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart."

It was a series of conversations that led to the most difficult moment Shelby had ever faced in her life.

The announcement had happened on Wednesday. Her former teammate was going to join Team Penske and become her current teammate. She was happy for Josef; she'd spent her first two years racing with him and knew that he was talented, as well as a good colleague and a great representative for the IndyCar Series. But his decision wasn't so simple as just being reunited with a friend.

( There was a very firm dividing line between who Shelby had once been and the woman she was today. )

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Shelby Manning
Need For Speed OC
1066 words

( 1 ) Muse prompts: LYRICS (500+ words, first or third person)
- "So, I've broken every bone
And fought through what felt never ending
I thought my head was made of sadness
But my heart is mending."
• Blue Skies, Blue October

- "I woke up in tears
With you by my side
A breath of relief
And I realized
No, we're not promised tomorrow."
• Like I'm Gonna Lose You, Meghan Trainor

- "I didn't understand
I didn't wanna know
At least I took a chance
I had to let it go."
• Elevator, David Archuleta

( 2 ) Muse prompts: QUOTES (500+ words, first or third person)
- "What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love." - Nicholas Sparks

- "One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them." - Aldous Huxley

- "Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart." - José N. Harris

( 3 ) First Person/Blog/Diary prompts (Private to just your muse, or Public for all to see - your choice)
- Red Red Wine
- Don't Say Goodbye
- Black and White

( 4 ) Drabble prompts (100-300 words, first or third person)
- Together
- Stressed
- Tainted

( 5 ) Ten Things (List)
- Ten irrational fears you have
- Ten ways to make up for something
- Ten quotes from Quote Garden that are meaningful to your life

( 6 ) Picture Prompts
- ( Bloody Hand )
- ( Lie Detector )
- ( Beautiful Roses )

( 7 ) Misc/Random (Literary Quotes)
- "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde, Lady Windemere's Fan
- "Above all, don’t lie to yourself." - Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
- "Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt." — Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

For more prompts require single sentence responses (that can be used as RP conversation starters), see our LATEST PROMPT SET @ musebysentence

Ten irrational fears you have

1. Clowns will eat me (c'mon, this is legit right now!)
2. Being sucked down a plane toilet
3. Sharks in swimming pools
4. Crapping myself in public
5. Getting a cockroach stuck in my ear when I'm sleeping
6. Being nailed into a coffin alive
7. Mick Taylor murdering me when I'm backpacking (I don't even backpack)
8. A snake biting my arse when I'm camping
9. Being stuck in an elevator with an axe murderer
10. My playlist getting forever stuck on Miley Cyrus

Lance Valentine - Original Character