Shuffle your current or last playlist and pick the first five songs (no cheating!). Then you write a small story based on each one. Maybe 100-500 words? You may use the songs in the stories themselves or just as inspiration, whatever you prefer. Then you post and tag 5 people to do the challenge too.
Fixer Upper - Frozen Cast
"So what's stopping you?" Gail scoffed. She had no idea why she hadn't asked Holly yet. She stared at the ring often enough and Steve and Traci were supportive of her decision, both encouraging her to pop the question for the last several months at this point.
"I don't know. Maybe she'll say no. Maybe she'll leave me at the altar. Maybe I still need to change to be enough for her." The blonde downed another shot of Tequila. Damn, her brother and sister-in-law sure did know how to pick the good stuff. Steve and Traci shared a look. It didn't matter that after three years of Holly never leaving Gail's side or how often she told her that she didn't need to change for anyone, Gail still felt like she owed it to the brilliant brunette.
"Gail, honey. Look at me." It took a moment, but Gail brought her eyes up to meet the warm brown ones. "You don't need to change. Do you love her?"
"Yes. Yes." She said with as much conviction as she could muster.
"And does she love you?"
This time, her answer was a little quieter. "Yes, she does."
"Then you know what, little sis? That's all you need to know and if you do change, you'll change together and it'll happen naturally."
La Vie Boheme B - Rent (Film) Cast
Her mind felt like it was racing a million miles a minute. There were so many thoughts going through, it was difficult to sort through them all. After waiting for so long, she and her wife were finally going to bring their little girls home. The adoption process took a lot longer than anticipated, but Holly knew it was worth it. After her wife's first adoption didn't go through several years ago, and she returned to Toronto they talked it through and decided to wait until they were married. Sure, Gail and Holly had met the sisters before but this time would be different. This time, the case worker would leave and the girls would remain to live in their new home with their new parents. The bell rang. Gail was already at the door by the time she could gather herself together and for the first time, welcome the girls into their home as their daughters. Holly could not be happier.
On the Road to Find Out - Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens)
She never used to run. But then her life took a turn she wasn't expecting, everything she wanted was within her grasp and then unceremoniously yanked from her. Gail Peck, hater of exercise now ran everyday and even swam in the warmer months. She felt a tug to go faster, but at the same time wanted to slow down and enjoy the scenery. Holly would have liked that, to really appreciate the beauty of nature around her. But she was gone, and there was no one left waiting for her at home. No matter how hard she tried to move on and forget, she never could. What was the name of that woman from the bar last night? She couldn't be bothered to remember, that relationship wasn't going anywhere. Maybe Steve was right. Maybe she should read that book on relationships he swears helped him. Or maybe she just needed to keep moving forward. After all, the future was going to catch up with her whether she liked it or not.
Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Her head was pounding and she could barely move her arms when she suddenly heard some shuffling and a familiar voice, "Holly? Hols? Can you hear me? Squeeze my hand if you can hear me?" She could hear the tears in Gail's eyes and feel the smile appear as she felt another hand in hers and squeezed as hard as she could when Gail began shouting for a nurse, a doctor, anyone. Her Mom.
"Gail?" She coughed, her throat was dry. "Gali?" She was having a hard time keeping her eyes open but could feel the edge of a cup being pressed to her lips and a familiar hand supporting the back of her head so she could take a sip of water.
"I'm right here baby. We're all here for you. You're going to be fine. You're going to be just fine." She could feel the tears from her wife's eyes as the blonde pressed a kiss into her open palm. Another voice, one she hadn't heard in person in too long.
"Holly? We were so scared. Your father and I flew in as soon as we heard." Her mother sounded so happy, and yet so sad. Holly was still so confused, the last she remembered was. Oh God, did that really happen? "There were a few times where the doctors weren't sure. You-Oh, he's going to be so happy when he sees you."
"Mom? Honey? Wha? Where am I?" She just needed confirmation that she wasn't dreaming, that she was really in a hospital.
"You're in the hospital." The tears were now flowing freely from her reserved blonde. "I kept telling everyone, tomorrow she'll wake up. Tomorrow. I just couldn't stop believing it. I love you so much."
Katmandu - Yusuf Islam
"Sooo this is camping. Can you please explain to me why we didn't sleep in the tents that we brought?" It was little unnerving knowing that they were simply sleeping outside with the animals.
Traci just laughed it off, Holly did say Gail wasn't too thrilled with the idea of sleeping outside or getting up to watch the sunrise. "Because, how often do you get see the stars or the sunrise like this?" She added another piece of wood to the fire and pulled her blanket back around her shoulders against the chill of the morning. They could now hear some footsteps getting closer and shouting from their boyfriend and girlfriend. "But. At least you didn't' have to join those two on their morning run in the dark through the woods."
"It wasn't like it was completely dark. We had flashlights." Gail felt a pair of sweaty arms wrap around her from the back and squirmed trying to get out of their hold.
"Ugh. Did you have to do that?"
"You know you like it. Now, come on and help me get some more wood before our girlfriends freeze."
"They're not going to freeze. Once the sun comes out we'll be alright." She still got up to get some wood with her brother, but not before giving Holly a quick kiss. Even though they were only gone for fifteen minutes, when they came back the sun was just beginning to show over the horizon and Traci and Holly were sharing a blanket next to each other. After dropping off the firewood, Steve and Gail joined them on the log with blankets and watched the sunrise behind the fire.
Gail didn't know why, but she felt as though time worked differently out there, like the minutes passed more slowly. When Holly snuggled into her side pulling the blanket tighter around them, she felt like she was home.
