JUST A DREAM

WWBH Prompt!

for Wednesday 29th May 2013

Here are the rules:

1) Use the photo and the 5 words provided in your story

2) Keep your word count 500 words or less.

3) You have until next Tuesday to link up your post.

4) Link up with your blog hostess (Nicole, Carrie, Tena or Leanne) when you’re done via the inLinkz linky below.

5) Have fun, don’t stress, let those creative juices flow.

The Words:

Carriage

Gym

Poster

North

Bar

The Photo:

JUST A DREAM

Juliette sat in the waiting room impatiently waiting to be called

She watched the second and minute hands of the clock as they crawled

So slowly around the Roman numerals as the time ticked slowly by

She had to get across town to pick Mike up from the gym then her eye

Caught sight of the poster that was curling at the edges promoting a new bar

N O R T H in big bold capital letters stood out so you could see it from afar

North of where? What happened to East, West and South?

Then the dentist was ready for her and before she could answer her mouth

Was stuffed with gentle fingers and tools that pricked and poked and jabbed

The anaesthetic numbed her gums but also sent her into a reverie

For the next half an hour her mind wandered totally carefree

She rode in her carriage along the wet and windy street

A thick travelling blanket was wrapped tightly around her feet

Through the misted, rain splattered windows she surveyed her surroundings

The street light offered up an ethereal glow, lighting up the buildings

Such a shame the old family home was now boarded up, closed tight

Recalling the shame of the recession and how hard her family tried to fight

Their possessions were lost, the bank foreclosed and they had to leave

Her parents and her brothers lost the business and felt so bereaved

As they tried to build up their lives again and recover and start again

She saw them wither and falter but she didn't think any less of them

She knew they would come through and fight stronger than ever before

It wouldn’t be long before they would hold the key once again and open the door

‘Juliette, we are all done,’ said a voice echoing down through the reaches of time

‘Rinse out please.’  She left the surgery with instructions not to eat until dinnertime.

She drove the car smoothly away from the car park towards the old family abode

She turned the steering wheel as they approached the old house silhouetted and shadowed

More than her dream in the dentist’s chair, she espied a poster on the front door that said

‘Opening Soon’ the N O R T H, incorporating a members’ gym, fine wine, bar and dining

Its logo was an old fashioned horse and carriage as a black and white line drawing

It must be an omen Juliette thought as she went to collect Mike from his workout

She told him all about it and he suggested they go one evening and check it out

He understood her need to see the old family pile and what changes had been made

To embrace her and hold her tight as the emotion of her family being betrayed

Her slate grey eyes holding all the pain of her family story from so long ago

That had delivered her family’s final deathblow.

Word Count: 495