First Encounter
For Friday Fictioneers 100-Word Challenge: 30 October 2020
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| Photo Credit: J. Hardy Carroll |
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In a rush to find her locker, Ella slipped and dropped her backpack scattering the contents on the floor.
“It looks like you need help.” Ella heard a voice as she gathered her stuff.
She turned and saw this nerdy looking boy in thick glasses.
Before she could say anything, he was already on his knees helping out.
“I’m John,” he said. “And you are?”
“Ella, my name’s Ella.”
Twenty years later and happily married, they still got a kick out of the first time they met.
“I slipped and you fell for me,” Ella said with a hearty laugh.
A Fresh Start
For Friday Fictioneers 100-Word Challenge: 23 October 2020
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| Photo Credit: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields |
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When Consuelo left their native country and settled in New York, Roberto told her that in five years he’d follow her so they could be together again.
It took him much longer to fulfill that promise. By then Roberto realized that she wasn’t the same person anymore. Consuelo had changed and so did he.
“This isn’t going to work,” she suddenly blurted out while having breakfast at the neighborhood café.
After the break up, Roberto headed far west to San Francisco. He found it a haven for people like him coming from somewhere else looking forward to a fresh start.
Living on the Streets
For Friday Fictioneers 100-Word Challenge: 16 October 2020
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| Photo Credit: C.E.Ayr |
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From the way he dressed in a nifty school uniform, nobody would have would have guessed he was homeless.
Dylan and his dad had been living on the streets managing to eke out a living by washing boats and doing menial chores at the marina. It was a hard existence. They were often ignored and didn’t exist to those who walked past them.
His dad had encouraged him to get an education for a better future.
The streets didn’t have walls. It didn’t provide roof over their heads. But for now it was home as long as they were together.
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