Frank walked up behind his wife, who was sitting at the kitchen table with a bunch of papers spread out on the top. “Whatcha doing, hon?” he asked.
Andrea jumped. “Jesus, you startled me,” she said. Why do you always sneak up like you’re stalking me? Don’t do that.”
“Sorry, sweetie,” Frank said. “You were so engrossed in whatever it is you’re up to.”
“I’m up to planning our twentieth anniversary trip,” Andrea said.
“That’s cool. What are you thinking about?”
“I’m thinking about two weeks abroad,” she said.
“Abroad? You mean like in a foreign country?”
“I am, indeed,” Andrea said. “Don’t you think that sounds exciting?”
“Not to me it doesn’t,” Frank said. “Why go someplace where everyone speaks a different language.”
“Oh come on Frank. We’ve never been overseas,” Andrea said. “Don’t you want to expand your horizons? Or would you rather me brand you as a stick in the mud?”
“I think we need to change the narrative here,” Frank said. “There are plenty of places right here in the good old USofA that we haven’t been to yet. You know what Trump says, right? ‘America First.’”
“Oh please, Frank, don’t start quoting that asshole Donald Trump to me.” Andrea stood up, swept all of the papers onto the floor, and said, “You can go celebrate our twentieth anniversary in America with your buddy Donald Trump. I’m going abroad.” Then she rushed out of the kitchen.
Frank went running after her. “Andrea, sweetie, what’s your hurry?”
Written for these daily prompts: Ragtag Daily Prompt (stalk), Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (abroad), Word of the Day Challenge (foreign), Swimmers (brand), Your Daily Word Prompt (narrative), and The Daily Spur (hurry).
“What’s your sign?” she asked.
Written for Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt, where we are challenged to write a poem or piece of prose using the word “
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