She took her eyes off the road for a minute. “You don’t know how relieved I am.”
He slipped the twenty into his schoolbag, satisfied.
“Thanks! Won’t be home for a while - that ok?”
She turned again, smiling. Joy Division pumping out at top volume; a joke, because they already knew he’d passed.
Neither of them noticed the truck.
Comments
Margharita | August 19, 2010 - 15:27
Thank heavens it's an 'almost happened'. And presumably congratulations are in order!
insertponceyfre... | August 19, 2010 - 15:53
Yes! - thank you Margharita
Highhat | August 19, 2010 - 15:57
I'm glad it is an 'almost happened' too ;)
insertponceyfre... | August 19, 2010 - 16:04
thank you highhat
MistakenMagic | August 20, 2010 - 10:54
I agree, glad you're still with us insert! Must have been a heart-stopping moment though ;) And congratulations from me too!
Magic xxx
lenchenelf | August 20, 2010 - 19:47
Eek! and Phew! Well captured atb Lena xx
insertponceyfre... | August 20, 2010 - 20:26
I did manage to brake in time, and it gave my son a chance to make sarcastic comments about now not being the right time to have an accident, which I'm sure he enjoyed, so there was a plus side to it.
Thanks for reading Magic and Lena
celticman | August 21, 2010 - 17:35
emmm? Probably been better if the narrator was paralysed and suffered from locked in syndrome and wrote a message by batting her eyelashes that she was so glad her son had passed his exams.
insertponceyfre... | August 21, 2010 - 18:22
hah! You can try that one Celticman - in 60 words, don't forget. Thanks for reading it.
darkenwolf | August 22, 2010 - 11:16
Tells the story in the word limit; well done and it sounds like you have an angel sitting on your shoulder.
;)