Photo by: Fandango
Twelve-year old Mitchell hated walking through the park with his boring parents. They were so strict! They wouldn’t let him play “Grand Theft Auto” or listen to Cop-Killah’s raps. Mitchell parents were just too straight-laced to truly understand him.
As they sauntered down the path, Mitchell’s mother Dianah pointed, “Isn’t that our old bench, Hon?”
Clay looked at the bench, roughly carved from a log. “Yes, that’s the one. When I was drunk one day I crashed my Harley into it.”
“We met on this bench,” beamed Dianah.
“We kissed for the first time here.”
“You carved our initials into it with a sword.”
Clay smiled. “And then…”
“…And then we conceived Mitchell here.”
“Eew!”
“It was a beautiful moment, Sweetie,” said Dianah.
“That crazy cop arrested us here,” grimaced Clay.
“He was bored, Hun. Looking for something to do.”
“Wow!” said Mitchell, seeing his parents in a new light. “You guys spent a lot of time here.”
“No Sweetie,” said Dianah. “That was just our first day together.”
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Written for Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers: https://flashfictionforaspiringwriters.wordpress.com/2018/01/22/fffaw-challenge-week-of-january-23-2018/
EagleAye
Hahaha! His straight-laced parents have a “wild” past! LOL! Everything they did at the wood log bench, was only in one day! Hahaha! Great story!
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Yep. His parents are much wilder than he ever imagined. Maybe he won’t complain as much in the future. 😉 Thanks very much! 🙂
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Yes, it will give him something to think about. 🙂
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Ha, nice punchline – not so boring after all. Kids always forget their parents had a life before they came along.
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Yep. The parents were young once too. 😉 Thanks much!
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Hahaha… fun read!
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Thanks very much! 🙂
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I feel for the kid. Perhaps his parents need to relate to him more.
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I think that’s starting at this point. This little moment might be the ice breaker.
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Pick your chin up off the ground, Mitchell. You’re never gonna believe what your parents did on their second date 😀
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Haha! No doubt. When he finally turns 18, the stories will get even better, but they’ll make sure he’s sitting down first. 😉
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Hahaha. Such a great, fun story.
Loved the spontaneous dialogue here.
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Thank you! Glad you had fun. Much appreciated. 🙂
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Loved this. A fun read with an underlying study of human nature ……. often it is the still waters that run very deep.
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So true. Parents often hide their pasts from their children until the time is right, and then those revelations can be an eye opener.
Thanks so much!
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Yea! Absolutely brilliant! Thanks for my widest grin of the day.
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So happy to hear that. I’m always happy to inspire a grin. Thanks most kindly! 🙂
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Ha ha ha ha ha. The look on the kid’s face would have been priceless!
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Haha! Teens often think they know it all. So seeing one with his jaw on the ground is always funny. 😉 Thanks so much!
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