“How much farther?”
“Just a few more steps Gran. Don’t peek!”
“Well how can I, when you’ve got me blindfolded! Honestly, what is this about?”
“You’ll see!” the two lads chimed. After Pops died they wanted to do something nice for their dear old Gran. They’d located her girlhood friend. She was waiting at the dockside restaurant.
“We’re here!!” the oldest exclaimed, while the younger removed the blindfold.
Gran squinted past their beaming faces at the woman sitting before them.
“You!!!! You old bitch!”
The boys’ hearts sank.
“God, I’ve missed you!” Gran cried as she embraced her old friend.
~kat
100 Words for Friday Fictioneers inspired by this photo by © Ted Strutz
like mercury colliding... 
July 28th, 2018 at 1:30 am
Love it!!
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July 28th, 2018 at 1:31 am
Haha! Thanks Dale. Just couldn’t have a sad ending…😉❤️😊
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July 28th, 2018 at 1:47 am
Well, I am glad for it 😀
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July 28th, 2018 at 2:10 am
Such a sweet story.
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July 28th, 2018 at 1:59 pm
Thanks Fandango. I can do sweet when I’m not taking on the world!!! 😀
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July 28th, 2018 at 2:24 am
That’s a great story 🙃🌹 and just perfect for the photo.
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July 28th, 2018 at 3:40 pm
Thank you Willow. So many story possibilities with this one! 😊
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July 28th, 2018 at 4:43 pm
Yes indeed but I do like yours💜💜
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July 28th, 2018 at 4:17 am
“Keep in touch,” we all promise. Yet life seems to take over in all directions. Meeting an old friend brings back the youthful spirit in everyone – in memories at least. Nice story.’
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July 28th, 2018 at 9:07 am
Thank you James. Modern technology and mobility have fractured the tight community clusters of old, with everyone scattering to the wind. But Facebook and the like, despite their flaws, has helped to spark that youthful spirit by providing us a platform to reconnect with distant relatives and friends. I admit, though, there is truly nothing like an eye to eye reunion and the full-bodied, long embrace of two old friends. 😊
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July 28th, 2018 at 7:06 am
Dear Kat,
From set up to momentary bait and switch to embrace, this fired on all cylinders. Love it!
Shalom,
Rochelle
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July 28th, 2018 at 8:50 am
Thank you Rochelle. The ending surprised me too, if you know what I mean. It could very well have been a disaster…or so it was, at first thought. I was happy to turn it back around at the last minute. Within the course of writing a flash fiction story, one does not always see the twist at the end until the end!
Peace to you,
kat
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July 28th, 2018 at 9:16 am
Very nice. i liked that little tease.
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July 28th, 2018 at 10:00 am
Thank you Trent. The surprise at the end was a surprise to even me. I love it when that happens in the course of writing a story. It’s like a eureka moment! 😊
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July 28th, 2018 at 11:37 am
Just perfect. Like old friends!
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July 28th, 2018 at 5:51 pm
Yes. I have some choice nicknames for some of my BFFs.
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July 28th, 2018 at 1:13 pm
Lol – Excellent surprise! Friendship that is. 😎🥀
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July 28th, 2018 at 1:30 pm
Yes it is! Only good friends can talk to each other like that and get away with it!!! 😉❤️
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July 28th, 2018 at 1:31 pm
Right on. 😎🥀
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July 29th, 2018 at 9:13 am
Delightful story, Kat. I loved the way Gran greeted her dear old friend! You tell the story fluently and with very believable dialogue.
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July 29th, 2018 at 9:16 am
Thank you Penny. Just like old friends to greet each other in such a way…good times remembered fondly. 😊
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July 30th, 2018 at 12:26 am
Oh, this is so precious! Love the ending so much ❤ ❤
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July 30th, 2018 at 11:45 am
Thank you Neha. 🙂
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July 30th, 2018 at 12:16 pm
You’re welcome 🙂
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July 30th, 2018 at 1:23 pm
🙂
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July 30th, 2018 at 5:10 am
Loverly writerly trickery here – she’s my best friend and I hate her!
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July 30th, 2018 at 11:45 am
Yes…only very good friends can get away with that! 🙂
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July 30th, 2018 at 6:14 pm
Good boys for sure ~ or maybe not… Fun stuff.
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July 30th, 2018 at 6:21 pm
They surely meant well. 😊
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July 31st, 2018 at 8:30 pm
Great ending. You had us breathless for a moment there 🙂
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July 31st, 2018 at 9:39 pm
Thanks. Old friends can get away with that sort of thing! 😉
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