She clings on to the branch. The water’s so cold she can’t feel her feet. The cold’s creeping up her legs. If she loses control of them, she’ll smash into a rock.
Someone calls her name, but she has to concentrate. It’s the tricky bit. She’s half-convinced she won’t make it. Dodge rocks – right, left, right. Somehow, she’s still alive.
‘Oi, Daisy. Alright?’
‘Course. Fine.’
The older girls throw her a rope. She doesn’t care anymore as long as she doesn’t have to swim again. The alpha girl, Rosie, looks scared. And impressed. She nods.
‘Welcome to the club.’
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The picture above is the Picture It & Write prompt for this week. I thought I’d not do any flash fiction challenges while I participate in Photo 101, but I suppose I was wrong. It helps that the theme for today’s photo is water.
And here’s my water photo:
Great flash fiction, Sonya. The things that people will do to join a club!
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Yes, indeed. I never did anything like this, but then I was never wild about clubs… Cheers!
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I love it, that the pic with your great little story are so right for the photo101. And then comes the assingment with a beach. Great! Love it.
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Danke dir 🙂
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Good little piece of fiction – nice one for Daisy. Swansea Bay looks good, too.
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Swansea Bay’s lovely. Now if it only stopped being so windy all the time…
Thank you, Millie!
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Nice
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Thanks, Donna 🙂
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Nice! And of course you are going to write while you do photo 101. As if you could stop.
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Ha ha. I don’t seem to be coming with an off-switch!
Thanks, Samantha 🙂
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me either, until I zone out on the computer. Then its time to put it away for tomorrow. How’s the new place? Got your writing niche all set up?
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Oh, the new place is lovely. My little writing corner is still a work in progress, but I like it much better already :).
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