Writers in the Schools (WITS)

 

Kernie Zimmerman’s Language Arts Classes

Las Cruces High School

WITS MFA Graduate Student:

Stephen Lloyd Webber

 

 

Task: Flash Fiction

Composing by Scene, Not by page

Brenda Munoz

D.2 P.3

It was a beautiful day out in the life of Andy, but everyday is beautiful in her world. She was a very caring and loving person. Loved everything about life, she was also very determined though. One day after practice she was thinking about what she wanted out of life, out of everything she was doing.

“You know what? I’m a senior in high school and I have absolutely no clue what I want to do when I get out of here. Is that bad?” Andy asked herself. She was on her way to the coffee shop where she usually went to think about her life.

“Hey Andy! How are you? I haven’t talked to you in a while,” said Liz, an old friend from soccer.

“I’m pretty good! How’s soccer going without me? I sure do miss it,” replied Andy.

As they kept walking with each other catching up with the past, Andy invited Liz to tag along and go to the coffee shop with her so they could continue their conversation. While the girls were in the coffee shop, two of the softball captains were at her house arguing with her mother about Andy giving attitude to them when in reality she doesn’t even know them. Suddenly after two hours of just plain yelling and arguing back and forth, Liz and Andy walk in.

“What’s going on here?!” asked Andy

“Well well well, look who we have here, miss little attitude. How are you doing on this WONDERFUL day?” asked one of the captains

“I'm pretty confused. Who are you?”

“One of your captains that you’ve been giving so much attitude to! I’m pretty sure you remember exactly who we are.”

“I’m sorry but I don’t, so can you please get out of my house and leave me alone.”

“We can’t do that. Why don’t you just ask your friend Liz over there what all this is about?”

Andy turns to Liz in confusion

“Liz, what’s going on here? What are they talking about?” says Andy.

“I’m sorry; I told them your secret from when you were in soccer.”

“You did what?! Why would you do that?”

“Because I heard a rumor about you that I now know isn’t true. I’m sorry Andy! I really do apologize.”

Andy asked all of them to leave right away and sped off to her room. She stayed in her room crying for hours. Finally after dinner her mom went up to her room to check on her. For the first time in a very long time her mother was shocked in how Andy was taking the bad news.

Andy was laying on her bed facing the wall, with tears just streaming down her face. Her mother got the courage to sit next her and ask, “What’s wrong my little angel? Why are you so hurt?”

“Mom, didn’t you hear Liz? She told my secret. How could she just do that to me? I trusted her. That’s why those girls were here. They wanted me off the softball team. They wanted to find any kind of dirt on me so I can get kicked off and not be varsity pitcher. Those girls are jealous that I can do it and they can’t.”

“Well what was the secret, sweetie?”

“Mom promise me you won’t be mad or freak out. This is really hard for me…”

“I promise honey now tell me”

The whole world stopped for about two minutes, everything was silent, then…

“I slept with one of the captain’s girlfriend; she was on the soccer team.”

Untitled

Anonymous

“I think there is something wrong with this place. It’s just so unusual.”

“I don’t know. Maybe the building- they look too old and they look like churches.”

“Can I help you?” said the woman with red lips, black dress, and white teeth.

“It would be $4.49,” said the woman.

“Let us know and share with us if you win a lot of money,” said the other one beside that woman.

“Thanks. Have a nice day and come back soon,” said the seller.

“Why is every one in this place in a rush now?”

“Take a seat on the table that is numbered seven.”

“What?”

“I said take a seat on table number seven.”

“Every one is eating free food from these tables.”

“This food is so delicious,” said the one from table number six.

“No! Don’t eat yet. Something is wrong with this place.”

“Why? Everyone is eating, anyways.”

“No, you can’t trust anyone.”

The people who ate the food started to feel dizzy. It was all of them in that place except for the two teenagers. They all seemed to be older than them. Then, those people passed out for about a minute.

“What happened to everyone?”

“I told you not to eat the food. I was right. You don’t even know what it is made out of.”

The people around teenagers stated to work for no reason. They went to the place where they can make rocks smoother. Those rocks were used to build the kind of old building they live in. They forgot who they were with, where they were from, or what they were doing before.

“Run! Run!”

The little boy came out from a room and threw rocks at the two teenagers as he saw them escaping from the place.

The place was not given a name. It only looked like a small village where those people who lost their memories lived in.

“Run faster!”

“Look! There is a normal house!”

“Hi, strangers,” said the man coming out from the door.

“Do you know how to get into that high way behind that bridge? I mean, to get out of this place?”

“Come and have a seat,” said the same man.

“No, we don’t want to eat anything. That’s fine.”

The men who just came out from the room looked at the teenagers in a strange way. The teenagers tried escape themselves from the men’s hands.

“Let me go! Let me go!”

The men tried to catch them but the teenagers were already running down the stairs.

“I think I remember. We should go to the north.”

They ran and ran straight to the north. Then, they found a way to enter the bridge.

They have passed about three blocks on the high way now.

“I can see the city lights! Hahaha.”

“How come it’s getting shinier?”

“Wake up! It’s 7:00 already. You have to go to school”

“Mom, please turn off the lights!”

Scene

Sowmiya Murali

Jane is on her way to the ice cream parlor to meet up with her friends. She comes from a well off family and usually has anything she wants whenever she wants. Jane’s sweet sixteen is coming up and she really wanted to go on a trip to Australia and was just persuading her dad on how he should buy her one. At the same time she had a craving for an ice cream. So she had to call up all her friends so they could all go and have an ice cream. All of her friends were getting tired of being bossed around by Jane. They all showed up because they felt bad for her. Everyone was just nodding to everything she said but were not all there, their minds were off somewhere else.

Jane has a twin sister named Jenny. Jenny is a totally different person than Jane. Even though they both come from the same families, Jenny is not so snotty and doesn’t like to show off her wealth. Jenny has one thing that Jane doesn’t, which is great friends. Jenny has true friends that have her back through anything. During preparations for the sweet sixteen, Jenny and Jane have been spending a lot of time together and Jenny is starting to realize how bad her sister has come to be and was getting really tired of it. She wanted to give her sister a reality check. To do this she met up with all her friends at a coffee shop. They decided to show her dad that Jenny was the right one to go on the trip. They decided to do this by showing her father how much of a better person she is than her sister. She planned on persuading her dad that she should be the one that gets to go to Australia.

Jane has a brother named Lucas, who had two of his friends over. He invited Cara and Kristy over to work on a school project. While Lucas had gone down to get some snacks, Cara and Kristy were fighting over Lucas. They both thought Lucas was really attractive and were fighting over him. Jane happens to walk in her house hearing these two girls fight over her brother. She couldn’t get over the fact that two girls were fighting over her younger brother. Jane went and introduced herself to the girls and it turns out that they are her friend’s sisters.

A room with pink all over. The carpet which is white and soft just like snow. The room having every necessity possible for a fashionable teenage girl. A flat screen TV, a gigantic closet which was color coordinated and had a wide variety of clothes. The ceiling which was painted gold partially gold and the other half painted with soft clouds and halo angels. This room had everything it could possibly have. Jane, Jenny, and her father all came into the room to have a talk. This was Jenny’s idea so she could prove to her father that she was a better person on the inside and how she should deserve to go to Australia. Jane was sitting down on her luxurious bed, her father was sitting on the computer chair while Jenny was standing up where she could see both of them. Jenny went on and on complaining to her father and even when Jane would try to interrupt she would not even give her the chance. By the end of the discussion., her father realized what a mistake he had made by giving all the luxuries to Jane. Also after the talk, Jane realized how bad of a person she was being and decided she should learn from her sister. At the end she was happy to let her sister go on the trip. Her father appreciated Jane’s kindness and surprised her by telling her that she could join her sister on the trip if she promised to be a better person. After all both of the sisters went on the trip and enjoyed themselves so much. They also got to know one another better and were able to build a strong relationship that they will cherish for life.

 

 

 

 

This project is made possible in part by New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowmentfor the Arts.