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Submitted to Contest #53
“Oh my gosh you made it! Finally!” Chrissy jumped up from the stool where she’d been sitting at the bar counter.  “I’m five minutes late,” Jess replied laughing at her friend’s dramatic demeanor. Good ole Chrissy. She was going to miss her. “What, five minutes? No, it’s been ages.” She drew out the last syllable in an exaggerated fashion and threw her arms wide. “Besides,” she added in a slightly more serious tone, “it’s our last night together. We have to make every minute count. What if we never see each other again?”&n...
Submitted to Contest #52
It all started with the blasted mustard. We were out of Kelly’s favorite honey Dijon, and since we were grilling out hamburgers this was a situation that had to be remedied. We had all the fixings but not the dadblamed mustard. Tonight, was supposed to be perfect, our first date night in two months, so as Kelly finished manning the grill, I volunteered to run to Kroger to get the mustard. It should have taken all of 15 minutes - park, go in, grab the mustard, use the self-checkout, leave, then home. Easy in, easy out. All ...
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