Challenge
August 2024 Drabble Challenge: First Day of School
Tell me a story in exactly 100 words using the prompt, "First Day of School." Take it in any direction you want, you don't have to use the exact phrase or keywords or anything, but do draw us in with a return to school as your theme. Please use standard punctuation, grammar, and spelling to spin a prose tale for a chance to score a whopper of a prize: TWO WHOLE DOLLARS! I'll pick the winner in early September, no need to tag me with your entry.
First Day
Hot. Sweaty. The AC downstairs doesn't reach my room. I race out the door and squeeze my way onto the bus. I'm so excited, but a larger kid shoves me back, muttering, "the freshman get smaller and more annoying every year." Sorry. I find a seat next to a quiet girl, we smile at each other.
I meet him in band. Soft brown curly hair, dreamy sea glass eyes. A drummer. Our souls are drawn together like magnets. School will teach me how to think, he will teach me how to live. This is the first day of my becoming.
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