Not Really The Best Moment
“You better think of something.”
“Why me?”
“It’s always you! You’re the one coming up with solutions! You’re the one who gets us out of trouble!”
“That’s not true.”
“It is! And I’m the one who *gets* us into trouble! There! Happy? Now I’ve said it!”
“Come on, don’t be like that. I also make mistakes, and you have pulled us out of some dire straits yourself, too.”
“Tell me one.”
“What?”
“One. One time when I did that. When I saved us. Or only you.”
“Well, there’s… There’s… And…”
“You see? I’m useless! A dead weight!”
“Oh, please, that’s not true. You’re half of the team! You, me, together!”
“You’d be better off without me!”
“No I wouldn’t. And you’re getting too nervous.”
“I want to get out of here!”
“But that’s easy! This is a classical situation. We just let the water flood the room and we float up, and when we reach the trapdoor, we open it and escape.”
“What if it’s locked?”
“It isn’t. I paid attention to the sounds. But I’ll fetch this bar and pry it open if that’s the case. They shouldn’t have left us here with so many tools at hand.”
“Damn damn damn…”
“Hey, it will be OK! This is not the worst we’ve been through, OK? And you’re not useless, OK? Whoa, there’s a lot of water now…”
“Look… There’s something I’ve never told you.”
“It has to be now?”
“Yes!”
“Okay…”
“I cannot swim.”
“What?”
“I. Cannot. Swim.”
“Oh dear.”
******
“Praga.”
“Wha… What?”
“Pra… Praga. You saved us in Praga.”
“Oh… You… You’re right.”
OK. It’s November, but there’s no way I can do NaNoWriMo. But last year, I came across Nancy Stohlman’s FlashNaNo: 30 stories in 30 days. 30 flashes according to 30 prompts. I didn’t finish last year, but let’s try again, because, why not?
Today’s prompt was: Day 1: Write a story as the water is rising.
