Challenge
November Drabble: NO THANK YOU
It's now Thanksgiving season, but let's mix this up a little. Give me a drabble incorporating the phrase "No thank you" in some way. Break it up. Use it all at once. Whatever. Just put "No" "Thank" and "You" in there somewhere. Wanna win? Here are the rules: Exactly 100 words using conventional spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Prose only. Poetry will be mocked, cussed, and set afire. I'll pick a winner sometime around December 2.
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I can forgive myself
I write the letters into the air, imagining what it would be like to hear them said out loud. There is fire in my heart. It burns for recognition, burns to answer the question: what if? But I bite my lips as you drop love letters on the table. The sounds from my mouth shape the word no, regret churning in my stomach. But I would never thank myself for saying yes. I can forgive myself for wanting you to stay. I don't know if I could forgive you for staying. I silence my apologies. You walk out the door.