“It was the
best of times, it was the worst of times...”
Back to the
Future* #quote
Been hanging with CJ. Not on anything precarious like the edge of a
cliff, just general hanging. Anyway onto the flash fiction!
The Lucky Break
Once in a while a person gets a lucky
break. Where and how that lucky break happens can be quite strange.
For Thomas The Pizza Delivery Guy he got it when he delivered a pizza
to the house of a wizard. Thomas was quite baffled when a man wearing
those blue robes and a hat answered the door while music pumped in
the background. He could only explain it by the fact it was a costume
party.
“That'll be 82.50” he said while
holding the absurd amount of pizza the wizard had ordered. What
appeared to werewolf came out and took the pizza from him. Thomas
thought that costume looked stunningly real.
The wizard pulled out his wallet.
“Crud, forgot my credit card in my other robes.” The wizard's
wallet was strapped for cash. “But if the guests don't get their
pizza I'll get mauled.” Thomas saw a zombie somewhere in the house.
Well it had to be a costume right?
The wizard took a gold ring from one
of his fingers and gave it to Thomas. “I'm pretty sure that'll
cover it. Plus it's enchanted with luck you'll love it. Consider the
rest of the value a tip. I need to start feeding my guests the pizza
before they transform into something unruly.” The wizard slammed
the door shut. Thomas didn't have a chance to object that he needed
money.
If he didn't have ten other deliveries
to take care of he would have bothered to argue with the man. He
looked at the ring. He assumed it must be fake and he was just
scammed by a man trying to get free pizza. His boss wouldn't accept
it. He decided he would keep it and would give the boss the value of
the pizza the wizard ordered.
He turned out to be a wise decision, the ring was real gold, and
luck soon befell Thomas. The first token of luck was getting a coupon
for free pizza and finding a hundred dollar bill on the ground. After
that things spiraled into even more good fortune. He lived happily ever after.
The next guy who worked at the pizza place didn't run into a wizard
and his own lucky break just a cranky middle-aged woman with too many
spoiled, loud kids.
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