Written for OLWG#184
Brian sat in the third row along the windows. He was sort of ‘half listening’ to the boresome Mr Chesboro discuss the impact of individual colonial militias against the British in the early days of the American Revolution. His attention had diverted from revolution by a murder of crows on the lawn in front of the school.
Danny Parr sat one seat closer to the front of the class, and one row over. Brian turned his attention from the birds to the width of Danny’s shoulders and his narrow hips. He knew that Danny had no trouble attracting girls. Maybe, Brian thought, he should start working out. Maybe he could sculpt himself to look like Danny Parr so that he could attract girls too. He might even be able to attract the attention of Danny Parr. He knew that he should want to attract the attention of girls. Girls like Linda Baldwin, or Amy Juarez. Girls who were popular and had hourglass figures. Sultry girls, sexy girls, with shiny hair and damp lips, but honestly he found himself more attracted to Danny Parr.
The whole situation was confusing. Brian knew that his parents would understand if he could gather the nerve to talk with them about it. After all, his dad had married Jim the day after his divorce finalized. Mom spent a lot of weekends away with her girlfriends and came home with stories of shopping trips and visits to museums. Uh-huh…
This week’s prompts were:
- prosaic
- labourious
- boresome
tnkerr-Writing Prompts and Practice 
yes, I like this one: it works well
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I agree because it rings true. And it’s engaging, which I find a challenging task with these particular prompts.
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Sorry about the tough prompts. Let ’em flow, let it snow, let ’em flow!
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I have to crow that it is a long row to hoe 😉
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An apropos writing in these times. It was different twenty, fifty years ago (ages ago). There was some talk because (pres.) Lincoln shared a bed with his secretary (?) when traveling… but then it was customary to conserve body heat when there wasn’t much else to heat the room.
You want confusing? Talk about any current statistic and why some folks are still in disbelief about who won the presidency in our last election 🙂
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So true
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