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.
Great story. Nicely twist as the end…back to reality.
Thanks so much, Suzette.
Always a pleasure. You are a marvelous storyteller.💖
That’s so kind of you Suzette.
Oh, the humanity. Oh, the scolded crown jewels. I’d sue if I was you. 🙂
Not a bad idea!
The return to reality must’ve been painful.
Too true, Sadje!
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Normal can be less than comfortable.
In his case, certainly!
Sometimes i think to fly away and keep flying would be pure bliss.
Me too, Mimi!
Oh goodness, I was so into the fantasy…floating up–what an ending!
Me too Staarlz!
😊
Oh, hahahahahaha! Bam
Perfect, thank you!
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. .
Perfectly put Jenne!!! Thanks for flying with me.
great job on this.
Thanks so much, Paul.
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!
I’m delighted it came across that way, thank you!
“Second star to the right, straight on to morning..” yo
most pleasant interlude
…a pleasant comment too! Thank you, kind sir!
I’m impressed that hot coffee over your cheeky bits is your idea of normal, old splasher!
I’m a messy devil, you name it I’ve spilt it!
Haha what a shame It seemed such a beautiful flight It wasn’t the young Mary Poppins 😉
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious became supercalifragilisticexpiSPLASHlidocious!
Rude awakening indeed! Almost died and went to heaven, though.
I wonder if Starbuck’s sells the same kind of coffee here, that you were drinking, lol
Most wonderful story and storytelling, Keith!