Tuesday, September 2, 2008

1 Sentence Stories Yo

Based on the characters in the story I sent to the Renaissance Writing Competition.

#01 - Walking
Charlie had never actually found walking by one's self to be a lonely affair, but she soon found out why Two had always been the more popular choice.

#02 - Waltz
Oliver taught her how Waltzing could be a dangerous activity when, after watching Strictly Ballroom had infused the need for him to try it out, he had decided to do it in the bookshop and promptly sent the precariously stacked books tumbling over them.

#03 - Wishes
Charlie was still waiting for her Magic Lamp to appear, but she decided that the sudden appearance of one Oliver King had considerably made the wait for the former easier -- and much more fun since she now had somebody to help her scout through thrift stores.

#04 - Wonder
It was really a wonder that Oliver King had managed to stay single for this long and out of the clutches of desperate women - and a few men- who looked at Charlie with a mixture of something akin to jealousy, disbelief, wistful longing and resignation.

#05 - Worry
However, any worries that Charlie might have about Oliver possible being whisked away were all unfounded; She knew that there was no one else to whom he gave that dimpled mega-watt of a smile to.

#06 - Whimsy
Charlie decided to stop correcting Eric's mis-assumption on the correct use of 'whimsy' after seeing the look on Emily's face when Eric told her, with a slap to the back, to "Stop being such a whimsy".

#07 - Waste/Wasteland
She decided not to comment either when Oliver strode into the bookshop one day, walked up to her and took her hand, all the while singing at the top of his voice in a rather off key fashion: "It's onleeeeee teeeenage wasteland! Charlie, take my hand.. we'll travel south cross land!"

#08 - Whiskey and rum
It was not simply the whiskey and rum talking when she realised that he did, in fact, intend to 'travel south cross land'.

#09 - War
The Baking War, a contest set up between Emily and Eric to decide who was the Best Baker in Simply Ever Ever was a cooking contest of truly epic proportions and Charlie and Oliver had gladly volunteered out their taste buds for it.

#10 - Weddings
Charlie knew that there was a highly probable chance of more than one wedding looming up in the future... now if only Emily and Eric could stop fighting long enough to find that they had, in fact, fallen for each other harder than what a suicide did when faced with a bridge.


[[Note: The person who manages to find out what song Oliver was singing in #07 without googling it up wins...a prize.
Well, ok, not really... but you'll win my respect. =) However much good that would do you.
Hint: House
Another hint: And not the brick/cement type of house either.]]

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