Happy first Saturday in October. I know, that doesn’t seem possible, but the calendar indicates that it’s true. David and I are at the bar but David was a late arrival. He gets uptight about my being late, and he’s even worse when he’s late. Cheryl and I are inclined to forgive and forget, we’ll have to how David feels. Oh, and we need to think about Linda’s prompt.
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “fork.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!
SoCS by Linda G. Hill
If we were having a beer, you’d be late and shook up.
“Hi Dan, I’m sorry I’m late.”
“It’s no big deal, David. Your John Howell’s Bourbon is still room temperature. Your seltzer is cool, and Cheryl can get more ice.”
“What about your beer?”
“You think I was gonna let that get warm? We’re friends, but there’s a limit.”
“I see. Well, cheers. Here’s to safe travels.”
“That’s an odd toast. Can I assume you were stuck behind some activity.”
“More like an almost catastrophe.”
“I don’t follow you.”
“That’s a good thing because the truck that was following me almost hit me.”
“You’re not going anywhere, now. We’re here, we have drinks, we can order a pizza, and we can go home. How hard is that?”
“As long as we have the drinks. I could use one.”
“What happened?”
“On my way over, I was at the red light waiting to turn onto the on-ramp. A truck carrying two dumpsters took the turn from the exit ramp too fast and spilled the dumpsters.”
“Spilled them? Were they full of junk?”
“No, they were empty, but they ended up blocking the road and the ramp.”
“So, that’s why you were late.”
“Yes. I was stuck there until some big forklift thing came and picked up the dumpsters.”
“Could you have gone around the accident?”
“No. I couldn’t go anywhere. Besides, I don’t like change.”
“From the guy that orders the same complicated drink, served the same strange way, week after week, that doesn’t exactly qualify as a revelation, David. Did you guys mention a pizza?”
“Yes Cheryl. Meat lovers and another round, please.”
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