Black Short Stories : Let's Write A Story.. Together..

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okay, creative people.. let's do something together.. as an excercise.. if you
are blocked or sidetracked.. come add something to the story.. I'm thinking
in 10 line or less chunks.. but it's a group thing so come with your suggestions..
 
I'll start:


Ten days had passed since they last spoke, and still her words rang in his ears..
and in the center of his being.. as full and warm as the low low
tones of an electrified acoustic bass.. His 3rd strike with her had been his
own doing.. his own fault.. the result of his own weakness.. And there he
stood: in but out, able but unable, innocent but guilty.. wondering if this
is what their five years had come to.
 
Thousands of thoughts went through her mind, one of them being "I still love him". As she wound her late model silver Maxima through the curved road, she came close to hitting the car that was directly in front of her "What is wrong with me?" she said to herself as she swerved to prevent from the potential car accident, which would have been her fault. As she drove down the road of White Plains Maryland to visit with her grandma, she had to re compose her thoughts in a way that she was not consumed with them so much to the point of not paying attention to the road, and other cars on the road. "I can't let him be the reason why I get my self hurt out here on these streets, no one is worth that"... Never in a million years would she have thought to compare Jay, short for James, to the value of her safety. Nope, not in a million years. She was such a fool for him as people would say, that even if she did get hurt, as long as she had him by her side, the healing process would have been worth the trial and error. The most lingering thoughts that went through her mind was "I am so angry with him and I feel stupid for still loving him but my feelings are only natural. I would consider taking him back but this time, it is not going to be as easy as I have allowed it to be in the past. I can't help him to get it, I can't help him to see the wrong in what he has done, if he really cares for me and loves me as much as I love him, he is going to have to realize that on his own. Mama always told me that her daddy told her, a man always has a chance to get his woman back, a good woman that is, but only if he knows what to do and does it from his heart."
 
As she pulled along the curb of her grandmother's house, she turned to car off and but did not get out. She sat staring out in front of her, hand still on the keys in her ignition. Still thinking. Thinking about him and how things should have been. Wondering if she should go by his house and confront him. But why? All of a sudden a loud ringing jerked her out of her deep thoughts. "Dang it." She then realized her cell phone was ringing. "It's him," she thought. She fumbled through her purse, throwing things onto her car seat and floor. Her heart and mind racing a thousand minutes. She sighed, and calmed down when she saw who it was on her caller id. Grandmother. "You gonna sit in that car all day or are you gonna come in?" the voice on the other end asked.

 
Being back in the house where she spent a lot of her childhood was a comfort in itself, coupled with her grandma’s loving disposition, a sense of calmness was on the rise. Her grandma, blessed with a knack to sense when someone’s troubled, especially those she loves, greeted her with a lingering hug. She could tell her granddaughter wasn’t quite ready to share the reason for her spur-of-the-moment visit. So she engaged in the casual topics of conversation her granddaughter introduced. Afterward, wisdom told her to encourage her to spend the night, perhaps in the morning she would open up.
 

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