A story - part III (by Marzena)

We have your girlfriend. If You want to see her alive, be today at 7 pm on Gardiner Street and bring with you 100 000 euro. Don’t call Garda or she will die.

When Peter finished reading the letter, he couldn’t move for a moment. "This can't be true!" he thought. His beloved Katy was kidnapped? How could that happen? He saw her yesterday night! After he had found out about his promotion, he invited her to the best restaurant in town. It was a really nice evening. They had fabulous three course dinner and after dessert he drove her home. But now thousands of thoughts were buzzing in his head. Is it possible that the kidnapper is waiting in her apartment? Is that somebody he knew? And where will he get such a big amount of cash in such a short time? He looked at his watch and realised there was no time to waste.

A story - part II (by Dora)

It was Monday after a busy, tiring weekend. That morning started in Peter’s life as usual, although he could not sleep well. He was excited about his career. In spite of his young age he was a well-known businessman. He was close to getting a big promotion and his own office. He wanted to be a new junior vice president of sales. He chose his best-looking Armani suit and a par of shoes.
While he was taking a shower, a tall weird-looking stranger rang at the door. Peter did not hear the bell. After several attempts the man went away leaving an envelope under the maindoor. On his way out, Peter picked it up. The text of the letter read:

A story - part I

Please find below the first part of a story that we're going to write together over the course of a few weeks. Each student will be asked to write a part of it (word limit is 120-200 words). Let me begin...


Peter was young, well-mannered, loved and respected by everyone who knew him. He never drank or smoked, had a good job, and was very faithful to his girlfriend of almost five years. And they were planning their future together. One rainy morning, however, his life changed dramatically.

Part VI of the story (final part by the whole group)

Antonio was a friend of Marco and Kate from the times when the couple was still together. He came to the Spire with Marco to meet Kate and help Marco explain everything to her. Two years ago, just before Christmas, Marco went to hospital for his annual health check. It was meant to be a routine check, but it was discovered that Marco was suffering from a brain tumour. As a result, Marco felt so sorry for both himself and Kate that he decided not to share the news with her. He knew it would destroy her happy life.
Doctors advised Marco to go back to Italy for chemotherapy, and so he did. After almost two years of painful treatment the doctors had great news for him: he was healthy again. Shortly afterwards he decided to go back to Dublin and explain everything to Kate.
He was still pretty weak, so he asked Antonio to go and meet Kate with him. When they noticed that Kate wasn’t at the Spire, Antonio decided to ring her.
The following day, Marco had an appointment with one of his former doctors in St. James’s Hospital. When he was walking down the corridor toward his doctor’s office something caught his attention. It was a scarf that he had given Kate for their last Christmas together. The scarf was unique, handmade by his beloved great-grandmother. It was lying beside one of the beds in intensive care. He approached the bed and whispered: Kate, is that you? Her eyes opened.

Part V of the story (by Wojtek)

She stopped running in order to get the phone, but the caller had disconnected before she was able to answer. The very same moment she realised that she was standing in the middle of the street in front of a gigantic truck speeding at her. She could not have avoided the catastrophe. The monstrous vehicle thumped her. The hit was so strong, that she had flown about five meters above the road before she landed on a concrete footpath. The situation did not look well. A young girl lying in a pool of blood - it definitely was not a nice thing to look at.
One of the passersby called an ambulance which arrived in a few minutes. The crew attempted to resuscitate Kate and after a short time succeeded in doing so. Her state of health was bad, but she was alive. The ambulance took her to St. James’s Hospital, but something was left on the bloodied footpath. It was her mobile, and the message on the display read: Missed call from Antonio.

Part IV of the story (by Milosz)

Suddenly, she noticed a pretty similar guy to Marco walking up towards the Spire. When he was getting closer, Kate recognised him, but she couldn’t believe it was Marco. He used to be a strong, good looking and cheerful person. But now he was changed a lot and looked like a homeless man with no hope for the future. His looks confirmed that he could have started using drugs, as she’d thought before. It could have been the reason why he changed so much. He got very skinny and his face was sad. It was the worst case scenario she could imagine.
They were still some distance from each other when Kate completely changed her mind about the meeting. She turned back, took off her high-heels, and run away. She was running back to her apartment crying, and she was already half way there, when her mobile rang.