Friday, March 21, 2008
She did not get it...........
Any of it, ever. She could not understand why after all these years it was happening again. The bright lights, the flashes of panic. Couldn't the just leave them alone. Did they have to do this? He told her, she should stopping trying to figure it and just accept it. That she would never understand their reasons. "But don't they understand you love it here and want to stay." "I don't know" he said. "Don't worry they will be gone soon." She just shook her head and sighed. He was right they would be gone soon and then they could get back to their lives and it wasn't like they visited all the time. Once every 10 years or so and for the most part they were good visits. It was really just when they would harp on him to move back home. How could they not understand that she could never live there. She could not raise her kids there. Hopefully one day her in-laws would figure out that the Earth was their home now.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
7 comments:
Very neat little bit of unexpected science fiction!
I wish you would print conversation (i.e. everything in quotes) as separate paragraphs to make it easier reading.
That's the only criticism of a very good post!
oh i do love a twist,, and you caught me off guard with this one so much all the better.....
Oh well done, brief and unexpected, the best ;)
OOOUUHH... so touching
You are the master of the short, short story! Another wonderful piece.
Nifty! Short story with a totally unexpected twist...Nicely done!
ohhh that was a good read!!!.. don't get me started abt inlaws... hilarious... they never give up...
Post a Comment