Challenge
May 2024 Drabble Challenge: "Sprung"
Using exactly 100 words, tell me a prose story. This month's interpretation is wide open, but somehow stick to the topic / idea of "Sprung." Spring, sprung, hung, bouncy, end-of-wintery, whatever. Horror? Sure, ok. Porn? Hell, let's see what you got. Mechanical mania, machines awakened by the passing of an infectious comet? Overdrive it, baby, to the maximum. The only rules here are standard English grammar and punctuation and a word count of exactly 100 words. I'll pick a winner sometime after June 1 and before July gets here, probably.
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Sprung
“Surprise!” Patty said, waving the wand at Brian.
“What? This is kind of sudden, don't you think?”
“Sudden? We've talked about having kids…”
“Some day!”
“Some day has arrived.”
“Look, you kind of sprung this on me. We're not ready. You really want to raise a kid here?” Brian said, indicating their one bedroom.
“We can get a bigger apartment…”
“You got a raise? Hidden savings?”
“We can spend less, save more.”
“Not interested. You should look for a new place.”
“That's it?”
“This isn't working.”
“Are you kidding me?”
“Were you joking about having a baby?”
“No.”
“Me either.”