“Say my name.”
George stared at her dumbfounded by the demand. Say her name; he thought that was what he had been doing all night.
“Say my name, dammit.”
“Honey.”
She stared from across the table, steam rising from the coffee mug mingling with smoke from her cigarette. After a long minute without a single word, she stabbed her half-smoked cigarette out in the overflowing crystal ashtray, her hand shaking. Rising from the table, she dumped her coffee into the filthy sink and made her way down the narrow hall leaving George staring after her, twenty minutes later she returned dressed.
She stood before him a lost sadness in her eyes, before picking up the heavy ashtray and with precision hitting him squarely across the bridge of the nose. She watched as his nose flattened and his eyes swelled shut.
“Are you mental?”
“No, but my name is Rose.”
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Oh, what I wouldn’t give for an ashtray right now! I’m jus’ sayin’…Totally spectacular Flash! XOXO-Kasey (P.S.-Just getting caught up on reading your posts, and my arms are reaching out and giving you a huge hug right now. More later on that….)XOXO-Kasey
Glad you liked this one, I sort of enjoyed writing it.
Hugs right back, I suspect we all need them.
XXOO
I love this one Val 🙂
Right on the nose with this one…
Andro xxxx
That’s One name I’d say he will never forget in a hurry again! 🙂
Yeah maybe, but I wonder if he will call the next one ‘Honey’
🙂
An ashtray makes a great weapon and used to be readily available!
Perfect weapon, perfect response!
I’ll bet he still doesn’t know what he did to deserve that. And that she doesn’t know that.
Perhaps true, if so he is in for another punch maybe even with an ashtray sometime in the future. Poor man.
He must call all them Honey … and it has finally caught up to him.
I bet this is true
😉
Hi Val! Just wanted to stop by and say hi – and say I hope you have some great time with positive and supportive people during the holidays. That sounds weird and clunky, yes…:) Not sure what else to say. Know we stand behind you and wish you the very best and I hope 2014 is a better year for you. If I don’t talk to you before then, we’ll talk later! Cheers, D
Thanks, I wish the same for you. Be well and have a safe and wonderful holiday season.
Same to you. Hopefully you have/had some good rest time and peace. 🙂
I would have hit him too.
I think most of us would have, at least in our mind.
I think he was saying the wrong thing in his sleep. Don’t mess around with a wounded woman. lol
Those enraged women, they can be hell; can’t they?
And she wonders why he dumped her —-
Oh well —-
I am not at all certain he dumped her, I am thinking instead he couldn’t remember her last name.
This reminds me of a joke. An old couple has company and the husbands are in the living room while the women are fixing dinner in the kitchen. One old man says to the other, “We tried that new restaurant last night and it was really good.” The other old guy says, “What was the name of the restaurant?” And the first old guy thinks and thinks, and then says, “What’s the name of the flower – the red one with thorns?” And the other says, “Rose?” And the first guy says, “Yeah, rose.” And then yells to the kitchen, “Hey Rose, what was the name of the restaurant where we ate last night?”
Now that is pretty funny. Thank you
Well, that’s one way to make someone remember one’s name!
By the way, I’ve been reading some of the flash fiction in ‘Follow the Path’ and enjoying it. 🙂
I suspect he will always make certain to save the endearments for later, when he knows their names!
I think Follow the Path is my favorite (secret, I am there twice).
I’ve found both of yours. They’re wonderful. 🙂 I like the ones under ‘Come.’ Some are pretty dark!
hmm, you found my other name? But it is a secret
Oh, I thought you meant entries. No, I don’t know your other ‘identity.’ 🙂
Heisenberg!!
Very nice 😉
Oo_oo_oo.
Ouch. I bet he’ll remember her name but never see her again. Ha ha. Fantabulous!
Do you think that might be the outcome? Yeah, me too. Glad you liked it.
It not far-fetched, that’s why I l.o.v.e. it. 🙂
LOL warning to all men out there. Get it right.
Wanted to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and happy holidays, dear Valentine! xoxo
Funny how offended we might become, right?
Same to you my friend, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Best New Years. XXOO
Haha =P
Thanks so much! Will be enjoying this holiday season as much as possible!
SAY MY NAME!
Love! Xxxxxx
Terrible, right?
Love back