These folks can really write!!
A GREAT GAME TO WATCH
She looks quizzically, "Ditch? Me??" she answered. Really, 'with you?' was in mind, because his look was an ode to a now passe, punk cool.
Shutting her locker, sweetly whispering 'no', he slowly deflated like a leaking balloon. "I need to go to class," pausing to spin her combination locker. "Mrs. Parker is giving a test and I need to try to make a grade, to show I have been trying."
Trying to conceal his ebbing enthusiasm, he replies with a snarl. "I get it." Stalking away, he mutters to himself. "Girls."
With a half pirouette, she smiles. "Boys," she says softly.
She looks quizzically, "Ditch? Me??" she answered. Really, 'with you?' was in mind, because his look was an ode to a now passe, punk cool.
Shutting her locker, sweetly whispering 'no', he slowly deflated like a leaking balloon. "I need to go to class," pausing to spin her combination locker. "Mrs. Parker is giving a test and I need to try to make a grade, to show I have been trying."
Trying to conceal his ebbing enthusiasm, he replies with a snarl. "I get it." Stalking away, he mutters to himself. "Girls."
With a half pirouette, she smiles. "Boys," she says softly.
4 comments:
That brought back some high school angst! Nicely played.
Cool. Between us, we could write a whole story.
I liked it Mark; it left a smile on my face at the end of your 100 words :)
betty
Interesting we all thought of teens with this word prompt! Here's mine.
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