Thank you to Alistair for providing the prompts for Sunday Photo Fiction!
I tried very hard to write something neither dark nor deadly nor serious. However, you got a love story. Ta da! Ya win some, ya lose some. Your interpretation is up to you. 😀
Walk Like an Egyptian
I have become the source of ridicule over one trait: my life revolves around song lyrics. If someone says three words, I will sing a song incorporating those words. When my microwave beeps, I sing “Knock Three Times.”
Mondays are trippy. Sometimes they’re manic. Sometimes they’re the Mamas and the Papas.
Today it’s raining, and I walk into the office. Rachel says, “Hey Clare, rainy days and Mondays.”
Matt smiles. I blush because Matt’s smiles are the stuff of magic–that old black magic has me in its spell.
I log into my computer while glancing at Matt, my unrequited crush.
“I’ve got a crush on you, sweetie pie.”
“Alice?”
Matt’s voice. I jostle my folder; papers sway away like leaves. My cheeks are fiercely red.
“Yes?”
“Bryce wants ideas about mummies.”
“Mummies?”
He shrugs. “He thinks they relate to zombies.”
Because it’s me, and I can’t help myself, my palms dart outwards, and I “walk like an Egyptian” while singing.
Matt’s expression charms me. I think I see nothing but tenderness there.
I want to tell Matt how I feel. But he’s cool, and I’m song-lyric girl.
Matt grabs my hand and croons: “come away with me.”
And I am lost.
end Sascha Darlington 3/20/2018
Categories: Flash Fiction, sunday photo fiction
Nice one. I was singing Walk like an Egyptian before I even read the story 🙂
Thanks. I was singing Walk Like an Egyptian when I saw the picture…thus the story. 🙂
How can I not like a story where the girl gets away with her crush… Lol😜… Extra stars for that… ✨✨
This is so beautiful, I enjoyed reading every word
Alice sounds like she livens the office up. This was a story that made me smile, great.
Lovely story with a happy ending.
Smiling! Good job. Alice is a great character-song lyric girl. Keep her in mind for a book.
Yay, I like smiling! 🙂
It might be fun, but it might have to be just one of her quirks. It could get old fast unless the lyricing (made up a word!) was minimal.
Oh wow! She found her soul mate! Nice one Sascha 🙂
Thank you, Dahlia! It was a fun write. 🙂