Wish
For the A-to-Z Blogging Challenge this year, I’m posting a 100 word piece of flash fiction every day. It might be a self-contained story, or a scene–whatever, it’ll be fiction, and it’ll be over in a flash! Today’s story is…
Wish
“I don’t care that you’re not tired. You have school tomorrow. Bed. Now!”
James dragged himself to his room, changed into pajamas, and stared out his window.
“I hate school,” he told the night.
A twinkle caught his eye. A shooting star. James squeezed his eyes shut, and smiled. Silly, perhaps, but he felt better for doing it.
It was three in the morning when his father woke him.
“What is it?” said James, yawning.
“Come see.”
They went to James’ window. A fire blazed in the distance.
“It seems a large meteor just crashed into the school.”
James gulped.
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Beware of what you wish for. I don’t recall my wishes coming true that quickly but they seem to eventually.. Nice piece of flash.
Thanks, Lynne! Yes, indeed–be careful what you wish for! 🙂
Ahh, the power of wishful thinking. Every kid wants that to happen at some point, I know I did!
At that age, definitely, Laura! 🙂
At least it was night and no one was in the school… hopefully.
~Patricia Lynne~
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Patricia Lynne, YA Author
That thought did occur to me, Patricia–and then I realized it happened at night and I think it’s safe to assume no-one was hurt.
Sounds like a great MG book. What kid hasn’t wished that their school would burn down?!
You’re right, Melanie–there’s some MG potential here. I’ll add it to the list. 🙂
Nice 🙂 Just been catching up – ‘Viola’ was particularly awesome 🙂
Thanks, Cath! I’m glad you enjoyed Viola. Building tension with 100 words isn’t easy, so I’m pleased that worked for you. 🙂