Each week close to 100 people participate in Friday Fictioneers; a flash fiction challenge based on a photo prompt.
This week’s photo comes to us courtesy of our lovely hostess Rochelle Wisoff Fields
And now my 100 word story:
I walked into our house after school. I slammed the door and kicked my shoes off against the wall. I flung my jacket on the hook and ignored it when it hit the floor. I dropped my books on the ottoman and yelled, “Mom!!!”
“My gracious” my mother said coming from the kitchen. She was carrying candle sticks and matches. “What is so important that you need to yell like that?”
I watched my mother place the candles throughout the room.
Great, the power was out again, my plans were crushed and I was faced with another family game night.
The Day After 
The sound of an angry teen who really has nothing to be angry at. Well done. 🙂
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Wrapped up in her own little world. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by.
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Family game night that is harsh…LOL. Teens it takes them years to get back to normal. Nice job. Kid really seems pissed off.
Tom
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Well there’s this boy….
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Oh,no, not family game night!! Have to sabotage the lamps, then it will be too dark to play. 🙂
janet
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Aaahh good idea!
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Oh the horror! 🙂
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Lol
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a horrible night to be tolerated. the frustrated teen..this was realistic
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Because she wanted to go elsewhere. You see, there is this boy..but he got cut out in the edit to 100 words 😉
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Give it a few years and those family game nights will be the backbone of her childhood remembrances. I can still remember our family playing solo whist when I was only about 11… Thanks for reminding me, enjoyed this.
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Soon she will be making her own teens suffer through it.
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Also have lovely memories of game nights. The kids these days …
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Ingrates!
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Ugh, family game night – sounds torturous!
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😉
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How sweet and rebellious a teenager can be
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Gotta love’ em; ya can’t eat them.
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Dear Dawn,
We used to have family game nights. Great memories those. Lots of laughter. Very cute story. The ending made me laugh out loud.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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great job.. you really captured the mind of a teenager.^^
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I seem to keep writing as one. Maybe I an not really 50 but in some twilight zone I am 15.
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haha i dont feel like my age either
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🙂
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Obviously had a hard day at school. Failed a pop quiz and now her Mom is going to have to cope with the fallout. Half an hour in the naughty corner and no dessert 🙂
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We explored similar themes and even our titles are close. We both chose to use a young character who was miffed about the lack of electricity. Guess great minds think alike. Ron
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You and me baby 😉
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Games by candlelight? You might want to invite a mime and play charades.
My only suggestion about the writing is, your first four sentences all begin with “I.” One idea that comes to mind is using a comma at the end of the first sentence, deleting the I, and combining it with the second. Of course, there are other options too.
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Thanks I will have a look at that. But as far as games by candlelight we always did that when the power went out! Mom had lots of candles 😉
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Yes I think the second sentence should be part of the first. Good call.
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LOLL! I should sympathise with the teen(?), but I am amused 🙂 Nice!
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🙂
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