She stumbled, twice from her bedroom to the kitchen. Rubbing sleep from her eyes, she grabbed the pot while punching the grinder. The smell of ground coffee filled the air.
Looking down, she noted she was still dressed from the night before. Never mind, coffee first then solve the mystery.
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Excellent flash! I am reminded of something from long ago!
Pray tell, what?
For me, it brings only a few questions to mind. What is she wearing? What is the mystery? If murder, is she the murderer? Does she know about it? Is there blood on her clothes? etc.
Why do you wonder what she is wearing? Just curious.
You said, “she noted she was still dressed from the night before”; therefore, she could be wearing a dress or clothes easy to murder someone in. 😉
But why murder? Did I mention murder?
A great Flash in the Pan Val… and just trying to rack my brains on how long ago I woke up feeling like that!… Maybe too long! 😉
Hope you had a brill weekend… And thank you for your lovely comments too.. 🙂
I am a coffee drinker even without the unnecessary roughness of a ‘night before’.
It has been many a decade since I woke up stumbling.
😉
Val, I agree with Kathy. I too am amazed at how much story you can stuff into 50 words. I’d only be able to write a Flash in the Pan story if the word limit was raised to 800. What do you think are my chances that’ll happen? 😉
Monica, I will say the same to you as to Kathy. You should give it a try! It is great fun and you are such a talented writer.
I don’t think I’d do well at flash fiction, but it always amazes me how folks, like you here, can get so much story told in so few words. Well done! Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend!
Hugs,
Kathy
Kathy, I didn’t think I would either being I am usually so verbose. I think you would be surprised, you should try, it is great fun.
I hope you are having a wonderful time settling in.
Yikes, I hope she doesn’t do that again!
I suspect anyone who has stumbled (twice) might hope the same.
Been there ;), but not for a long, long time, thank God.
So many of us have and so many of us have every reason to be grateful for not being there any more.
Must be my age. LOL
I think it was my age when I wrote it 😉
What she’s wearing would give me a hint of the shenanigans she was up to the night before! Soooo curious …
Terrible we all jump to these thoughts, I bet she is wondering the same thing! 😉
Ha-ha. Oh, dear. What in the world…? Tsk tsk. This is wicked fantastic, Valentine.
I hope reading yours won’t colour my thinking when I post mine tomorrow, the last one!
Terrible isn’t it? But then this was my thinking when I thought coffee.
I think you need to tell us more of this one, Val. We’re all wondering …
Nothing more my friend I am limited to 50 words. You must expand with your own imagination.
Loving the bottle of booze too much. I don’t ‘spect coffee to fix that.
I don’t expect coffee will fix any of what is ailing this girl.
The walk of shame perhaps?
Red letter day, I am thinking
That ought to put and end to her drinking!
One can only hope a lesson learned, but I suspect she has been here before.
Hmmmm …. this one can go with many twists and turns. That a way!!!
Indeed it can. She seems to have this coffee making down to an art without even opening her eyes though….no that a way!
Am sure once the coffee kicks in she will remember all about those two lifeless stumbling blocks in her bedroom 😉
I am with Soma. I am more interested in what she stumbled over! Great flash!
xxx
Or is she making enough for three?
Bad girls, all of us.
When the thumping headache and
nausea kicks in she will know all too well 🙂
This is a great little flash Val, now pop the
kettle on I fancy some of that ground coffee 😉
Andro xxxx
Very likely. Terrible thing that waking in the morning not certain what the night before was all about.
Looks like she had a night out, alright 🙂
All I can say, hope it was worth it. I personally never found it so.