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Flash Fiction Challenge (4/22) 296 Words. |
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Great Grandmother's vase had once sat proudly in the windowsill. That window that had safeguarded it had been the first thing to go before, naturally, it took the damaged vase with it. It had rained all day and Tommy, Janie, and Tommy's best friend, Billy, had spent that day stampeding through the house in a war of "tag." It had been great fun for them but Tommy and Janie's parents had called it something else altogether. The rain quit and the kids were "grounded" to outside while the parents had stepped out for a few minutes . A game of baseball resulted. That lasted until Janie threw a pitch with all of her might in hopes to impress Billy in her young age. Billy glanced across the way at his 2nd Grade classmate and reciprocated the idea of impressing her. "CRACK!" went the bat, echoing with the extra force of begging to be noticed. "CRASH!" answered the helpless window. A second, far more fatal crash seemed to echo over the kids' minds. The inside of the house had been sufficiently disturbed. The kids bolted up the stairs, taking them by threes, and raced for the living room to inspect the damages. Sure enough, Great Grandma Gladys's vase, a wedding gift from an emotionally neurotic Margo Henson's favorite grandmother, stood in its proud place no longer. Rather, it lay in three separate places and had made a wonderful landing space for the wayward baseball. "I can't believe you just did that!" Janie gasped, glaring directly at Billy without any sense of former admiration. "What I did?" Billy repeated, incredulously, "What about you?" 8 year old Tommy, a year older, began to step in to mediate. However, the parents' returning car announced itself without the protection of the glass in the living room window... (296 Words). |
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