Exercies #4 Begin a Story with a "Given" First Line

I just got to set a reminder to keep up with this!

The Exercise:
Begin a story with this line:

"Where were you last night?"

"Where were you last night?" her mother asked. A question they both knew couldn't end well because it always marked the opening to many troublesome firsts. The first time it was asked she snuck out and got drunk for this first time, the second time she lost her virginity, the third she crashed the family's only car, but the fourth would certainly take the cake.


"The neighbors were at it again."

The neighbors were at it again. You could hear them banging tools, welding metal, and bickering over details. Living next mechanics is a mixed blessing.


"One more thing before you go."

"One more thing before you go." He turned back expecting a punch in the face only to see his hand extended ready to shake with a shamed look upon his face. That was not going to happen he knew that fake look that he only trotted out when in public. He'd be back to his old ways by tomorrow.


"This is a story I've been avoiding for a long time."

This is a story I've been avoiding for a long time. Not out of shame but convenience. For you see, I've been in 9 wars and fought in none of them.


"If I went there a second time..."

If I went there a second time... Let me me think.... I'd skip the meal, have lots of wine, get the best idea in the world, and then probably pass out before I'd get crazy enough to do it.


I wrote the next one because I misread the top one as "If I were there a second time..."


"If I were there a second time..."

If I were there a second time... I wouldn't have been so spineless. I'd tell her how I felt, tell her dad where he could stick it, stick up for her in front of her mother, and most certainly not marry her sister.


"I haven't been the same since..."

I haven't been the same since... but who would? A once in a lifetime experience to cheat death. But but by an inch that speeding car had missed me only to collide with my home. Both a lucky and irritating experience, but it's not like I'm complaining or anything.


"See that house over there? Let me tell you..."

See that house over there? Let me tell you... Oh! The things that go on in that house! Terrible things, things with alcohol, things with drugs, perverse things, things on people, things involving costumes, things that barely make sense, things within things! I can't wait to go back next week!




So fun! :3
I'm glad I kept up with this, I just love getting the creative juices flowing. Plots and stories that I might never have thought of come to mind when I do these. Try to guess which one is my favorite. X3 See you next time!