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Start your story with the line, “You wanna do something fun?”

Posted in Adventure on Oct 25, 2022

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Waiting for Samuel Beckett

Submitted to Contest #114

“You wanna do something fun?” “No.”“You wanna do something fun?” “NO.”“Why not?”“Because your idea of fun isn’t.”“Isn’t what?”“Isn’t fun.” “C’mon.”“No.”“C’mon.”“NO.”“Really?”“Really. Whenever we go out, I end up regretting it.”“You don’t.”“I do.”“C’mon. Fun. Let’s go.” “I don’t want to do anything fun with you because you have the boundaries of a rabid dog.”“Thank you.”“Your idea of fun is breaking things. Rules. Society norms. Girls’ hearts. Curfew. On more than one occasion, windows.”“That’s not always true. Usually tru...

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Pumpkin

Shortlisted for Contest #114 ⭐️

    “You wanna do something fun?” he leans back and stares at the roof of the car, refusing to make eye contact with me. He has decided the fight is over. He loves me again. I can either go along or keep picking at it.     “Like what?” I laugh. He sits up and starts the engine. He rolls down the windows and slowly pulls out of his driveway. “Where are we going?” I ask.      “Trust me,” he replies. That’s the problem, I think to myself, I don’t. I shake my head and begin to roll up the window....

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You Wanna Do Something Fun?

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Then, attack Britney Spears. Except for Chris Crocker, just about almost everyone else has at one time or another. Go ahead—have at it—she’s an easy target. For the past thirty-nine years that she’s walked around on this big ball of fun that we lovingly refer to as planet Earth, our planet somewhere in a galaxy far, far away, you know, just like in that renowned Star War opening crawl that begins those movies says, she’s spent just as much time in the spotlight of the public’s eye for her achievements as for her downfalls; achievements and d...

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No Jumping Off Bridge

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“You wanna do something fun?” Brandy asked, nudging Garret on the arm with her knobby elbow. “I think there’s a river nearby.” It was a hot and stormy summer day. Heavy gray clouds clung to each other in the sky. Fat raindrops steamed on the burning blacktop soothing it so that Garret Perkins and Brandy Hershaw could run barefoot down to the river. It was their last summer before they knew to feel shame for going around in only their bathing suits.  Brandy and Garret met the evening prior around a fire pit where their parents stayed u...

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The Loser

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“You wanna do something fun?”I knew what fun meant to Dougie, but I still went along with it. Our shift was over and we would not have to clean up the garage floor until the weekend started. And I was bored.“What do you wanna do?”“You’ll see.”I had just finished my last coffee of the day (no more than three per; my girlfriend was proud of me when I dropped down from five) and we were technically allowed to leave. Most of the other staff was out and we had to close up and check for anyone trying to hang out and maybe even spend the night. Occ...

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Hobos and Stuff

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“You wanna do something fun?” Standing in the doorway, Tom looked at Jack, his new neighbor. Tom’s family moved here the previous week. They’d crossed paths and said hello a couple times. They’d be starting fourth grade in a few weeks. Being the new kid promised to be hard enough. He needed a friend. “Sure. It doesn’t have anything to do with coffee does it?” “Coffee? No… Oh, you talking about the Kaffe Fest? That was back in June.” “Never heard of a festival based on coffee.” “Yeah. I guess that’s what we’re known for. They have a parade w...

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The Wall

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“Do you want to do something fun?” She said.It was never my suggestion, but June Lilly was tall with long, shiny hair that sat on her shoulders the colour of swaying wheat. We looked up to her sapphire-eyed smile, haloed by the late evening sun, and when she snapped her fingers, we followed along like runty puppies yelping for attention. Everything about her was rich, evoked the perfume and grace of a palace garden.June, her family, lived in a mansion. In the spinney next to the Common, discreetly surrounded by oaks and sycamores, the flower...

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Mean Girls Day

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“You wanna do something fun,”suggested Lizzy. “Yes,” the girls all cheered but the cheering stopped all of a sudden when a new girl burst through the door wearing cut jeans, the latest purple shirt and a black and white hat covering one of her beautiful emerald eyes. I looked at her in shock as she came over to me, stepped on my foot with her spiky grey shoe and told me “I am the leader now,” as she sashayed passed me. Then the next morning when I walked in the cold astounding classroom I stood still in shock. The classroom was all gloomy an...

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The Scenic Route

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“Do wanna do something fun?” Kasey says, hauling my suitcase onto the back seat of her coupe.Mum’s smiling and clutching Dad’s arm; he’s shaking his head and pointing at his watch.“Do you have anything in mind?” I say, waving them goodbye one last time.“Let’s take the scenic route,” she says, gunning the motor.I pull the door closed and we’re off.#Kasey and I go way back. We met on our first day at junior school and both went to Rosemary Wood High together. She was the big girl who was great at soccer, and I was the brainy one with pigtails ...

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Getting Away With It

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“You wanna do something fun?” Joe turned. There was no way Paige Gains was actually talking to him. But if she was--he swallowed hard. “Um...actually, I--” “I’m all yours.” Zach Kingston scooped her into his arms. “Right.” Joe mumbled as he closed his locker. He glanced at the two of them and cringed. They reminded him of a snake trying to swallow a rat. “Take a picture, Freak!” Joe’s cheeks burned. How Zach had been able to see him with his tongue so far down Paige’s throat was a mystery. Joe hung his head as he walked down the hall. An emp...

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Clintwood

Submitted to Contest #114

"You wanna do something fun?" I shook my head and replied with "Nah, there's never anything fun to do here anyway." My best friend, Klara, snatched my phone out of my hands and turned it off. "Come on! We don't get out anymore, and I read that there was a new amusement park in town." I gave her a questionable look. "What amusement park? In this rural ass town? Is it an amusement park about corn?" We both burst into laughter as we lay sprawled on my bed. Klara sat up and pulled out her phone to pull out the email that was sent to her. "It's c...

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An Interesting Conversation

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“You want to do something fun?” I absently asked Susan over the phone as I aimlessly scrolled through Instagram.  We were in lockdown, yet again, and I was bored out of my mind. There was no end in sight with the pandemic. The goal post back to normalcy seemed to always be moving and I stopped believing the promises made by the media or the government. My friend seemed happy though and I could not understand it. What was there to be so happy about? Does she not know the proper protocol during a pandemic – which is the right mix betwee...

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Drive-ins

Submitted to Contest #114

“You wanna do something fun?” Jody said. “What did you have in mind?” Mickey asked. “Let’s get everybody together and go to the drive-ins. It’s the last one and they do the dusk till dawn special. There’s like 4 or 5 movies. Everybody from school is going.” “Alright, let me make some calls.” It was the Labor Day finale at the Northfield Drive-ins and it was always packed. Anybody who was anybody from school was going to be there and Jody wasn’t going to miss it. They never caught a whole movie in all the years ...

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Because We Can

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“You wanna do something fun?” Her shit-eating grin was the first thing my eyes gravitated to. It complimented her fierce eyes and pointed nose. I don't remember her walking in my direction, but there she is, standing over me as I sit on the floor, picking at a piece of thread unraveling from my jacket. I could barely hear her over the sound of rain hitting the pavement outside, falling from the inky sky  She can sense my hesitation but continues to push, “Oh, come on. It’s not like anyone will miss us.” Looking around I can tell she’s ...

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Getting Gwen

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“You wanna do something fun?” Cara’s long blonde flat ironed until perfectly straight hair, whips around as she turns her head in my direction. A devious smile forms across her glossy pink lips, a shade that looks suspiciously familiar.There once was a mean girl named Gwen… “Shopping isn’t fun?” I ask, doing my best to prolong the inevitable. Cara’s idea of fun scares the hell out of me, but I already know I’ll go along with whatever diabolical plan she has her pretty little mind set on. That’s what ride or die ...

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