Going Down?
One of the ladies who read my 100-word micro-fiction, “Going Feverishly Up and Down,” Gabriela Rosales asked, “So…where’s part 2? You are not going to leave us like this, are you?” At the time, I just kind of laughed it off, then started wondering… Is there a followup? So without further ado… my 100-word followup.
As I went down on the elevator that night, I found myself alone with that same girl. I recalled her looking into my eyes earlier as if she wanted to ask me something.
I thought about we’re “going down” together, and wondered how it would feel…
I thought of ways to innocently ask her out for coffee. How could I ask without sounding like a cheap pickup? Suddenly, the door pinged, and the voice announced my floor. Shit, I couldn’t come up with anything. So, I went out.
But she called after me, “Wait a second! You forgot your briefcase.”
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Stephen Dalton is a retired US Army First Sergeant with a degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and a Certified US English Chicago Manual of Style Editor. He is a freelance journalist currently living in the Philippines.
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