“Brah, if you jump, that’s a LONG way down. Ya can’t do that...over a girl!”
“Naw, I can’t, dude. Which is why yer gonna push me. If I don’t see it comin’... c’mon, it’ll work.”
After what Sylvia had done, it was the only way. But, was killing himself gonna change anything? No! She really wasn’t worth it.
He turned to tell Dave never mind and, instinctively, sidestepped his friend running straight at him. Dave enjoyed a perfect Wyle E. Coyote moment as he hung suspended in mid-air before plunging downward.
OH MY GOSH! Poor bugger :(
ReplyDeleteThis one made me giggle, thanks for brightening my morning :)
ReplyDeleteOh boy! Didn't see that one coming...literally!
ReplyDeleteThis is such an O Henry moment - when the thing wished for comes back to haunt him in a very powerful and irreversible way...but so tragic. Well written, as usual! Thanks again for another great VisDare entry!
ReplyDelete"oops" indeed!
ReplyDeleteMade me giggle in that way you really shouldn't at someone's misfortune!
I enjoyed this.
ReplyDeleteI know I shouldn't - but it made me smile.
A sort of deadly 'slapstick' moment..