ABC Story
Autumn came crashing in as a sure reminder that school was
in full swing. “Brandon promised he would call when he got settled on the base
camp.” “Could I wait any longer to hear from him?” “Do I try and call him to
see if he’s okay?”
“Every time he leaves it’s like I’m the one at war with
myself.” “Fine; don’t call me.”
“Great, Rachel; there you go being selfish again.” “How can
I be so worried about a stupid phone call, when he’s out there worrying about
surviving another day.”
“I just have to convince myself that he’s fine, and he’s
probably just traveling the desert without signal.”
Just as Rachel stopped pacing back and forth in the living
room, and started to settle down on the couch, she heard someone coming up the
driveway. Knocking at the back door startled Rachel. “Let me in! Mom’s gonna be
home soon and she’ll freak if she sees me wearing her sweater.” “Nadine, how
many times do we have to tell you to bring your keys when you leave the house?”
“Oh, shut up and help me undo the zipper.” Putting the sweater back on the
hanger, “so have you heard from Brandon yet?” “Quit asking me about it!” “Really,
Rach? So getting mad at me is your solution to your army boy problems.” “Take
mom’s sweater and bring it upstairs; I’m not getting into it with you.” “Unbelievable;
I try to help you and push me away.” “Valerie called the house phone earlier,”
Rachel said changing the subject. “Well, thanks,” Nadine answered walking
upstairs.
X-men came on the television, and Rachel returned to her
spot on the couch. “You just have to shut it off, and not think about it”,
Rachel said starring at her phone.
Zapping ringtone went off as she was about to press ‘power
off’; his ringtone.
Nice ABC story, Briana. I'm curious about that last line--it's a bit ambiguous.
ReplyDeleteI had such a hard time finding a 'z' word that fit where I was trying to go with my story. I wanted to end it with Rachel hearing from Brandon, but it was so hard to do so in the ABC format.
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