for Six Sentence Stories where the given word is Coffee.
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It was a normal January day, grey, a light drizzle and a chill breeze as I sat at my usual seat in Starbucks beside the window, my hands cradling a steaming mug of coffee.
Outside the street was busy, shoppers going this way and that under a rippling canopy of dripping brollies when someone caught my gaze, a girl carrying a bright yellow umbrella as though she was beneath a sun all of her own.
She held out her hand out I heard her speak, but her lips didn’t move, ‘come’ she said ‘fly with me’.
Suddenly I was standing by her side and she was looking into my eyes, her face expressionless, my hand held in hers as we began to drift upwards.
I found myself looking down at the miserable scene below then slowly everything became a blur, I looked up and her yellow umbrella beamed sunlight into my squinting eyes, and a smile beamed across my face.
A sense of warmth spread through my body, then I realised I’d spilt my very hot coffee into my lap and everything had returned to normal.
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Thanks to Denise at GirlieOnTheEdge for hosting.
Keith's Ramblings 
Great story. Nicely twist as the end…back to reality.
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Thanks so much, Suzette.
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Always a pleasure. You are a marvelous storyteller.💖
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That’s so kind of you Suzette.
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Oh, the humanity. Oh, the scolded crown jewels. I’d sue if I was you. 🙂
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Not a bad idea!
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The return to reality must’ve been painful.
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Too true, Sadje!
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Normal can be less than comfortable.
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In his case, certainly!
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Sometimes i think to fly away and keep flying would be pure bliss.
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Me too, Mimi!
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Oh goodness, I was so into the fantasy…floating up–what an ending!
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Me too Staarlz!
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😊
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Oh, hahahahahaha! Bam
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Perfect, thank you!
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I hate it when that happens – away in a lovely dwam and then, ouch! Reality jumps in with its tackety boots. You had me floating there, Keith. .
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Perfectly put Jenne!!! Thanks for flying with me.
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great job on this.
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Thanks so much, Paul.
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Oh my, that one surely did evoke some warm and sweet feelings inside as if I were a kid reading my favorite fairytales again… And the twist in the end, was like getting burnt by a hot beverage and pulled back into reality. Thank you for making me smile, I really did enjoy the piece!
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I’m delighted it came across that way, thank you!
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“Second star to the right, straight on to morning..” yo
most pleasant interlude
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…a pleasant comment too! Thank you, kind sir!
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I’m impressed that hot coffee over your cheeky bits is your idea of normal, old splasher!
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I’m a messy devil, you name it I’ve spilt it!
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Haha what a shame It seemed such a beautiful flight It wasn’t the young Mary Poppins 😉
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious became supercalifragilisticexpiSPLASHlidocious!
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Rude awakening indeed! Almost died and went to heaven, though.
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I wonder if Starbuck’s sells the same kind of coffee here, that you were drinking, lol
Most wonderful story and storytelling, Keith!
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