THE MEETING

FFfAW-Week of 10-13-2015

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Priceless Joy

WELCOME!

35th Challenge for

Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers

Week of 10-13 through 10-19-2015

https://flashfictionforaspiringwriters.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/fffaw-week-of-10-13-2015/

Providing our photo prompt this week is Sonya, author of the blog, “Only 100 Words”

Using the photo prompt you have 100 – 150 (+ - 25) to craft a story.

THE MEETING

The sunlight caught the bright yellow hulk of the biggest ship Lorraine had ever seen.  Shivering on the quayside; her mother’s hand gripped her small one tightly, the smell of the deep, swirling water was something Lorraine had never experienced before.  The curly haired five-year old found the noise of the busy dockyard quite frightening.

Her nose was running with the cold but she couldn't free her hand from her mother’s fierce hold. She jumped as the ship’s sirens hooted when the gangplank was lowered.   Lorraine craned her neck wondering if she would recognise her father when he came ashore.  

Moments later a big man stood in front of her, his eyes crinkled up and his mouth opened wide in a smile.  Brilliant white teeth moved in his mouth but Lorraine didn't understand a word he said.  He scooped her up in to his arms and suddenly a familiar, masculine smell engulfed her senses as she buried her face in his neck whispering, ‘Papa, my Papa.’

Word count: 166