A connoisseur of books, she knew the perfect pairing. The book she was reading needed a piping hot cocoa. Gigi put the cup into the microwave and lazily pressed the 5 min button. She continued her reading by the microwave with an occasional glance in its direction. She would wait till the just right moment as she always did.
The doorbell broke the focus from her book. Ryan was at the door, flowers in hand, grin on his mouth, unabashed happiness in his heart. He kissed her passionately as soon as he entered.
“Gigi! You’ll not believe this!”
“What? Whaaatttt??”
“We are going to make it Gigi! We are going to finally make it. Our research has been accepted. We are going to be published, Gigi!! And guess what? We are getting $5000 as advance!”
Gigi jumped in elation “Oh wow!! Ryan, this is crazy! I am so happy!”
Ryan and Gigi hugged each other, their hearts overflowing with joy. The cocoa mimicked them in the microwave.
Photo courtesy artycaptures.
Word Count: 167
Flash fiction in response to FFfAW hosted by Priceless Joy.
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Ha, loved the use of the prompt and the mimicking cocoa. Always annoying when someone interrupts good reading time though, but I guess Ryan had a good excuse 🙂
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Thank you! So very true. Book interruptions other than “too good to be true moments”are always annoying! 🙂
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Looks like mutant cocoa to me. 😉
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Hahaha! mutant!
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Loved your story . Absolutely adorable ! And , the name Gigi is particularly adorable too as I know this character from a movie played by Ginnifer Goodwin🙂😀. I am so happy for the two of them !
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Oh yeah! I remember that too.
Thank you so much, Moon. 🙂
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Hahaha! Great story! I like how you used the prompt photo in your story!
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Thank you so much PJ 🙂
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An uplifting story and great how the cocoa mimicked them 🙂
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Hahaha! Thank you Marja!
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Loved the way you put this story together
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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Even the cocoa is happy! Delightful.
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Thank you Keith!
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Nice, uplifting tale there FP. Loved the imagery of them shrieking with happiness and the cocoa frothing in the background.
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🙂 Thank you Varad!!!
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A brilliant turn of phrase at the end.
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Thank you YS!
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Great job. At least the happiness over the publishing should make up for the messed cup.
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Messed cup! Hahaha! Thank you!
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They are happy enough not to be bothered about the mess. Great take.
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Thank you, Jacqueline!
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