JKWriter's 100-word story for October 21, 2025

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on October 21, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

It was just another neighborhood, another new school, and another zip code. They moved...a lot. It was the sixth grade school she'd been to and she was eight years old. That was life as a military brat...just moving wherever the next transfer sent their family to. The girl looked up at the balcony that belonged to their new apartment and sighed as she turned back around. She walked to the end of the street with the other kids. The bus would be there any minute. It was the second day at the new school; she didn't know anyone.

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