Ficlets

He landed like a fighter wing. Out from nowhere…and zoom!
Right there beside me so fast it startled me like a heart attack. “Hi, what’s your name?” first words came out from him. “my name is october ask me why” he moves right along, and didn’t even break a speed. I’m still looking for my stomach righ along the isle somewhere in my throat…anytime now. “so, how old are you? Are you married? Where you from?” his barraged of questions found it’s way into my momentarily frozen brain,,,it defrosted my tongue, and by the time it hit my jaw…i was on fire. Too late, I’m about to burn him, just as he said “i’m a man, and twenty one years old” . So, I retreated and instead I said “my name is november” I thought I would play his game. “why is your name october?” I continued. “because I was born in the month of October.” I thought to myself “duh, I could have had a v-8” laughing myself silly, he asked “what so funny?” I didn’t respond to that one. I couldn’t he tagged my heart….right there and then..