Heading downtown, with a one way ticket out of here. Nothing left for me in this one-horse town. It’s time to go and find my fortune elsewhere. This is my destiny.
‘Yo, Mikey!’
Who’s that at the window? Julie? Man, she is hot, even in tracksuit bottoms and wet hair.
‘Hey, Julie.’
‘Where you headin’?’
‘Nowhere.’
‘You be at Finky’s on Friday night?’
Her sweet freshly-washed scent wafts down. I see her blossoming through the years we have known each other. I feel that eternal hope she might feel the same way about me.
‘Sure.’
‘See you there.’
‘Definitely.’
New destiny. I’ll hang around this one-horse town a week longer.
Written for Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields (more details HERE). The idea is to write a short story of 100 words based on the photo prompt (above).
To read more stories of 100 words based on this week’s prompt, visit HERE.
‘The Barra Boy’ is available now. You can find all the information for getting a copy HERE.
Iain Kelly 
Leave a Reply