Here and Now.

Posted on March 10, 2016 | 21 Comments

Where was she and how did she get here? It was so dark and she could feel a heavy load crushing her chest. She couldn’t stand. Couldn’t even lift her arms. Were they restrained?

The last thing she remembered was accepting a lift home from the attractive man with whom she had spent a pleasant evening.

She had been sitting sipping her drink when this well presented man came and asked if he could sit at her table. She smiled and agreed and went back to the papers she had been reading.

How she wished she could change that decision.

100-word-challenge

This week’s word in the 100 Word Challenge is change. If you want to play along go to Tara at Thin Spiral Notebook for all the details.

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21 responses to “Here and Now.”

Tara R. | March 10, 2016 at 15:46 | Reply

That would be very scary. Intriguing take on the prompt.

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- judithhb | March 10, 2016 at 23:42 | Reply
  
  Thanks Tara. I love the discipline of a small number of words.
  
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barbara | March 10, 2016 at 16:04 | Reply

oh my goodness!

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- judithhb | March 11, 2016 at 00:34 | Reply
  
  Thanks for reading and commenting. I love the discipline off a limited number of words. I tend too be too wordy.
  
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davidprosser | March 10, 2016 at 18:48 | Reply

Such tension.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx

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- judithhb | March 10, 2016 at 23:41 | Reply
  
  Thanks David. It’s amazing just how much can be packed into 100 words. xxxHugs to you tooxxx
  
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melissa | March 11, 2016 at 04:07 | Reply

What a terrifying position to find oneself in. Great 100 words!

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- judithhb | March 11, 2016 at 11:38 | Reply
  
  Thanks. Ive been thinking of how I would react if ever I found myself in that situation. I do hope she is braver than me
  
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Darlene | March 11, 2016 at 07:14 | Reply

You did an excellent job with only 100 words to work with. No small feat!

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- judithhb | March 11, 2016 at 11:38 | Reply
  
  Thanks Darlene. I love the discipline of writing in 100 words. It’s really quite liberating.
  
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Stephanae V. McCoy | March 11, 2016 at 10:50 | Reply

I have chills.

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- judithhb | March 11, 2016 at 11:39 | Reply
  
  Thanks Stephanae. I think this my be the beginning of a new series for me.
  
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  - Stephanae V. McCoy | March 11, 2016 at 11:55 |
    
    Sounds exciting. In 100 words I was sitting on the edge of my seat.
    
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Kat Avila | March 11, 2016 at 10:50 | Reply

That’s terrifying! You evoked very real fear in only 100 words – great job!

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- judithhb | March 11, 2016 at 11:39 | Reply
  
  Thanks Kat for reading and commenting. I love 100 words.
  
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cindyricksgers | March 12, 2016 at 19:02 | Reply

You fit a lot of terror into a short 100 words!

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- judithhb | April 2, 2016 at 22:09 | Reply
  
  Thanks for reading and commenting. It just jumped out at me when I saw the prompt.
  
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Ally | March 16, 2016 at 01:47 | Reply

Cool take on the prompt 🙂 Had me hooked!

Ally

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- judithhb | April 2, 2016 at 22:09 | Reply
  
  Thanks Allu and now there are three further chapters in the story.
  
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