Prompt: best friends by in_the_blue. 100 Word Stories
Liana Mir
Liana Mir reads, writes, and wrangles the muses from her mundane home in the Colorado Rockies and, occasionally, from the other side of the Barrier.
Series Listing
02. The Good Heart - Case 27
03. Elysia - Shel 05
03. Elysia - Shel 05
04. Kailin University - Shel 16
04. Kailin University - Shel 16
04. Kailin University - Shel 16
Story Within a Story
Best Friends
An unlikely rescuer and a shy little girl...
Five-year-old Shelley Huntington falls prey to the class bully, but meets an unlikely rescuer with startling results.
03. Elysia - Shel 05
Alliance Science Fiction
Flash Fiction Short Story
Alliance Science Fiction
Flash Fiction Short Story
“Hey, kiddo.” Brenton, the biggest, meanest kid in second class, stopped in front of five-year-old Shelley, who immediately clutched her lunch bag closer. “I could smell those figs all the way across the lunchroom.”
Brenton reached out, then abruptly reeled backward from a flying fist and Shelley was staring down, surprised, at the bully sprawled on the floor.
“That’s my best friend,” a tall blonde girl from third said beside her, glaring narrowly.
Brenton scrambled away.
Shelley peeked up at this odd rescuer.
“I’m Langley,” the girl introduced herself, then threw an arm around Shelley’s shoulders. “Let’s go eat lunch.”
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Alliance Science Fiction
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I'm not sure I remember reading about Langley before. Did I miss something?
Missed nothing. This is the first published story where Shelley's childhood best friend appears.
Bullies are bullies, no matter where we find them. I like the immediacy of the punch. I probably should have read this one before the other one, but they both make sense now as a paired couplet.
I enjoyed writing this one and they were designed as a pair, so I'm glad they worked. 🙂