Welcome to Friday Fictioneers where each week close to 100 people participate in a flash fiction challenge based on a photo prompt.
This week’s photo: Copyright: Jennifer Pendergast
And now my 100 word story:
Jan felt her phone vibrate again. It had been going off like that ever since she put up a new photo on her dating profile.
She headed to her favorite café, settled in with a glass of Merlot, and began reading her messages.
She sipped and smiled, sipped and grimaced as she systematically selected possible suitors. They had to be charismatic; their words flirtatious and charming.
She replied to her favorite five and before she finished her glass of wine was sexting with two of them.
This was her Friday night foreplay and she loved it.
Now to choose for Saturday.
The link with the prompt is tenuous but original.
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Passive aggressive much? lol
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I suppose the better sexter lands the Saturday night date. But there’s still sufficient fodder for the rest of the week. Nice one Dawn.
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I believe that is how the game is played 😉
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I love the title, and these are interesting choices for her. I like all the details, too, the cafe as traditional meeting place, instead she flirts through her phone…
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She’s addicted to innuendo. lol
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So different from my Friday nights. 🙂 Nicely written, Dawn.
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Pretty different from mine too. lol
Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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Pretty clever take on the prompt.
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Thanks Craig.
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She flirts through her phone, and probably never leaves her safe little zone….nice write!
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Thanks Sue.
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You’ve thrown us right into her world and made it so real. I’m not sure what Saturday night holds, but I suspect it’ll be quite different from mine!
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…and mine! lol
Thanks for stopping by and for the pic Jennifer.
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‘Sexting’…a new word on me. I’m such an innocent…lol.
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Stick with me Paul, I’ll teach ya something 😉
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It was refreshing and slightly different from many others I’ve read so far! She appears to possess a Pinot noir personality though…
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LOL, ya think? Hmm..well I knew it wasn’t Chardonnay. 😉
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Merlot is an easy drink, blends in smooth…unless her intention is to hide who she is!
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fun take on the prompt…
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Thank you.
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Hehe. Love the play on words Dawn
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I love innuendo as does my character.
Oh and there is nothing to that btw! lol
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Lol
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Dawn,
I love your use of the prompt. I briefly considered using the “coupling” aspect of the picture. You did a great job with it. I can’t say that would be the lifestyle for me, but some people… 🙂
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Thanks David. It would have been cool if you took this same track (so to speak). Our writing styles are SO different I can not imagine what you would have come up with.
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No idea, but that’s what so great about FF, all the different styles. I’ll think about it and maybe write another story based on the idea.
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An entertaining take on the prompt!
And it is interesting how you created this story from the picture.
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It was the first thing I thought of. lol
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Hope she doesn’t meet a train-wreck date on Saturday, ha.
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LOL yes let’s hope not Mike!
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Dear Dawn, Great story and it is entertaining! Nan
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Thanks Nan.
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The very thought of doing something like this makes me have a little panic 🙂
Nice story and inventive use of the photo!
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Thank you and yes, you’d have to be pretty brave (if brave is the right word)
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I love the title, the play on words!
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Thanks Jan.
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I was chuckling through this, great little piece 🙂
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Thanks Helen.
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I got a kick out of this, Dawn. Your protagonist is on the upswing, while mine, unfortunately is only able to stare at his shoes.
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LOL…yes, they are at different stages for sure.
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Dear Dawn,
Does this happen? Delicious to imagine. Perhaps my work at writing will not be fruitless…
Aloha,
Doug
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Doug, I think you could innuendo a gal right off her feet. 😉
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Double sexting, wow. She’s busy. And more for Saturday. Never a dull moment for her. Nice one, Dawn. Love your take.
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Thanks Amy. I read about the new dating apps in the Washington Post Magazine a few weeks ago. It’s a very different world out there!
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So this explains why everyone is glued to their cell phones these days. I was already laughing over thee title. So good, Dawn!
Ellespeth
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Thank you.
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I didn’t get it at first and then I read the title again and saw the picture and thought – BRILLIANT!! Unique take on the prompt! Very funny.
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Thank you.
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Great take on the prompt, you get the character across well with very few words. Great read!
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Thank you.
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Ha! Can I borrow that camera – it seems to have brought success. And good for her. Wish her good luck for next 1000 days.
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I think it was a bathroom selfie with her phone..lol
Musta had some cleavage in it 😉
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Wicked piece – in every sense!
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Hehehe, thank you VERY much 🙂
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This is a new version of safe sex–so long as no creepy stalkers are tracking her location. I wonder how many broken hearts will be left in the wake of this particular Friday night. Fun and imaginative work, Dawn.
All my best,
Marie Gail
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Thanks MG
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Creative and well written, Dawn. Excellent pacing… the whole scene unfolded so realistically; the emptiness and edge are palpable.
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Thanks Dawn. now If I can just figure out a way to frame this comment 🙂
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There are twists, and then there are twisted takes on a prompt. Don’t drink and drive a train into the tunnel, I say. 🙂
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This is so well done, Dawn. You paint the picture of the woman sitting ithere ‘sexting’ brilliantly. I detect an undercurrent of lonliness, perhaps – although your penultimate line refutes that! And she had her glass of Merlot and thoughts of tomorrow night to keep her going. Let’s hope she picks a good ‘un to contine the ‘Friday night foreplay’. :).
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Thanks Millie, yes, I wish her the best.
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Great story Dawn!
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Thanks PJ!
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I wanted to write more but I was embarrassed to after reading all those wonderful comments.
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Loved your use of the prompt and your title – perfect for this sexting story!
Well done Dawn.
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Thanks Dee.
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She’s got her weekends all worked out. A clever story.
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Thank you Margaret.
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Me too, like Dee, the title was great, and your story’s words created a great atmosphere for a Friday night pastime, foreplay for a Saturday night frenzy. Randy
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Ahhh…to be young 😉 lol
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It’s never too late to be young.
hahaha.
i think Yogi Berra, or was it Groucho Marx, said that one.
Randy
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That could have come from either one of them! lol
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I really liked this story a lot. It’s a testament of what the world of dating is like these days. It’s what makes me reluctant to put myself out there in the dating world.
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Thank Renee, and yes, so true.
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Dawn,
Your story started a few sparks in this shall we say, older and wiser, crowd. Hee hee
I’ve watched my adult son swipe through possible women to date on his smart phone. Swipe right for possible yes, swipe left definite no and I’m not sure where you swipe the obvious sex for money girls. It was fascinating to observe this strange behavior but I didn’t ask about any sexting or hooking up. However, I did drop condoms into the conversation several times over the weekend.
Be safe out there, 🙂
Tracey
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LOL…good mom! I think that swiping one os called Tinder. The Washington Post Magazine did a story on the latest dating “apps” and one was simply swiping left and right by appearance. I’m glad me and my kids are out of the dating scene!
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Dear Dawn,
Life on the fast track. Well done. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks Rochelle.
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Loved the ‘hook up’ as the means to your story. Mine was just the opposite – decoupling. Fun stuff!
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Fun stuff indeed!
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Sounds like she have a great way of spending her weekend.. 🙂
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Hehehe 🙂
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I don’t know how you got sexting out of that prompt, but I’m very turned on!
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Sexting is a new word for me also. Computers have speeded everything up. Do people also marry by texting these days? 🙂 — Suzanne
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