Bus Driver – Mondays Finish The Story

Written for Mondays Finish The Story. A story, about a misunderstood savior and his heroics, begins after the photo.

Genre: Fiction/Humor

Photo by: Barbara W. Beacham

Bus Driver

“He certainly had quite an attitude!” said Principal Hartwell. She adjusted her poofy, platinum blond hair. “So we had concerns.”

“Like what?” asked news reporter Jamie Underwood. They stood outside the yellow police ribbon surrounding the blue bus.”

“We weren’t sure about an A-rab driving our children’s bus. He’s Christian so we decided to give him a second chance.”

“Morris Aqib is Lebanese, correct?”

“Leba-who? Anyway he talked to the kids about evolution,” she whispered. “Inappropriate for school kids.”

Underwood winced.

“And he painted that face on the bus. Very disturbing!”

“What did you think when the bus accelerated suddenly?”

“We thought the worst! He was once Muslim, you know.”

Underwood winced again. “In fact, he was saving the kids, correct?”

“Yes, Ma’am. Lord! We never realized Mr. Jones, the school counselor, had traveled to Pakistan twice.”

“Has the bomb been removed?”

“Yes, but the police are still trying retrieve Mr. Jones’ head from the bus’ radiator.”
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Each monday, it’s time to finish the story. With a photo, and an opening line (“He certainly had quite an attitude!”), we can write up to 150 words of flash fiction. Look here for more stories based upon the prompts: http://mondaysfinishthestory.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/mondays-finish-the-story-november-3rd-2014/