#friday flash

Rafe looked at the pictures of Chloe on the cover of her funeral program–it looked like a picture he would have taken of her when they went away together. She looked so vivacious and full of life.

The body that he viewed looked beautiful but lacked her life and vivaciousness. Eliza held his hand while they stood together at her coffin.

“You caused her death!” Sallyscreamed suddenly, and Rafe…

Beauty Queen #friflash

She was absolutely mortified.  She had been joking when she had said the thing about the beauty queen, and here now she was. “Go on. Show them how beautiful you really are.” He encouraged. It was as if her feet were rooted to the floor. They wouldn’t budge. “No way. I can’t do it. I know you want me to but it’s too much. It’s too far,” she pleaded.

Palm pressed firmly into the small of her back,…

Friday Flash No. 22 — Beauty Queen

Her face almost hurt from the forced smiling and the makeup. The first round of the pageant was over, and Blythe was not ready to walk into the room to undress with the other girls. Her head was not in the game, her head hurt from the stiffness of her hairdo. She stood in the stairwell, and leaned against the wall. The coolness of the wall made her shiver when she leaned against it. Playing with…