I got a little serious yesterday, so here’s a little levity. Also, I laughed when I was rereading some of yesterday’s post about this blog being “about reality.” So here’s a heavy dose of fiction.

When I taught Composition at NDSU, I had Fiction Freewriting Fridays. This was one of the most successful prompts with my students, so now I’d like to try it.

 

“The trailer was just sitting in the parking lot.” Troy was still vibrating with energy, several hours after the heist. “So I backed my pick-up up to it, and next thing I know I’m cruising through town with a pirate ship behind me.”

I glanced out the window at the stolen homecoming float in the driveway. Yet another in a series of ever-escalating pranks between the two high schools in our city.

“You’re not just going to keep it in your driveway are you? That’s just asking to get your house egged and your truck keyed.” I raised my eyebrows at Troy. He was alright as a boyfriend, but it was true what they say about teenage boys and the undeveloped prefrontal lobe.

“Babe. I’d like to see them try. The guys and I are camping out in the yard tonight with paintball guns. Anyone who comes for this float will be marked!”

“It wasn’t enough to totally destroy them in their own homecoming football game? Whose idea was it to steal that pirate ship the night before the parade, anyway?”