We turn up early so my dad can show us his new toy. It’s parked outside, diminutive, battleship grey. Even I am slightly surprised by the red scorpion decal on the bonnet.
Near the motorway, he presses a button on the dashboard, marked "SPORT". The vehicle approaches warp speed.
Later, Kelly describes it as like being on a fairground ride, only more dangerous.
"Why did you buy such a fast car?" I ask. He beams. I somehow know his answer before he says it.
"You should see the looks on the spotty boy racers’ faces when the lights turn green."
[Suggested by The fearless threader.]
100 Words: Fog
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8 comments:
What, no time-warp mechanism? ;-)
Yes, scary!
I know your game, Mr Street. You want us to beg for more.
With so many fresh, plump words to choose from - why not treat yourself to a few hundred more?
Go on, you know you love it.
Helen
A collection of the shortest short stories. I'd buy it.
And just so I know, which Helen are you?
I love this! I relate to this on SO many levels. With this one you have earned every friggin' fan.
Ha! Love the kiddish glee in this one.
Lol at the last line, I love to do that too, just very occasionally!
Lovely comments on this one - thank you!
Moannie - That's a really kind thing to say. Since all other conventional avenues to publishing aren't exactly bearing fruit maybe I should consider a nice book of 100 Word stories that people can keep by the toilet. I think a chap called Dan Rhodes did a book called Anthropologies which is made up of 101 stories, each 101 words, but to be honest it didn't do much for me.
Ellen - Why did you relate?
Judearoo - Once of the things I love most about my dad is that the older he gets, the younger he becomes.
Mimi - My dad has ALWAYS done it. I remember when my uncle first came over from Canada and my dad picked him up at the airport. Later on my uncle, who worked in a nuclear power plant, said nothing had ever scared him quite as much as my dad in charge of a black Citroen ZX.
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