Picture Stories #8 Gum
By: 1000th Ghost
Write a short fic about ten random pictures. Put your iPod photos on shuffle, and write a story to whatever picture comes up. Sounds easy? It should. Except you also have to write the story in the span of 4 minutes.
"What's that you say?" she asked the shrine. "I dance divinely? My eyes are lovely?" A lamp crashed to the floor, but she had more important things to attend to. "You've never seen a more beautiful girl? I knew you couldn't fight your true feelings for me!"
When she kissed it, there was no part of her that said "You're kissing used gum" or "This is disgusting" or "YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY INSANE". Because her thoughts were screaming that it was him, it was Arnold, in every likeness down to his hat.
The gum had been in his mouth, and now her mouth was on it, and it tasted like him (albeit with a hint of bubblegum). For now, it was as real a kiss as she could get.
Although, of course, she wished for more.