One Word prompt: coral

Jeff surfaced and waited to be hauled back up on to the bow of the research vessel.  He was gasping, not from lack of air but from horror.  “We were a little off on our calculations” , he told the men that pulled him up.  “The coral has multiplied and at the rate it’s growing it will rise out of the sea in about a week.  The chemistry mutation that we discovered in the lab is going to cause it to give off gas particulates that will poison the air for miles.  Instead of a honeymoon paradise,  this place will be a oceanic graveyard!”

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She had shopped for weeks to find the perfect bridesmaid dresses, the exact shade of coral that would match the flowers and decorations she had seen in the magazine.  It would be beyond perfect!  After the wedding, she and Jeff would be whisked off to the island and a secluded cottage and spend days on the beach and scuba diving on the coral reef. Jeff had promised a once in a lifetime experience!

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Coral’s eyes were red and she was so tired of cleaning up cottages after bridesillas and their lovesick little grooms headed off to the rest of their lives.  She finished making up the bed in the cottage, fluffed the pillows, dusted the night stands and wished the rest of her life meant heading off somewhere.  As she passed through the little kitchenette, she glanced out the window at the boat off into the distance, idly wondering what they were pulling up out of the water. Her chest was hurting and she wasn’t feeling so well.

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one word prompt: vows

They wrote their own vows as was the fashion just then.  He would love her forever.  she would cherish him always.  He would take care of her.  She would love and support him.  Who knew how long forever would seem.

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There were promises and vows that she made to herself.  Vows that promised she would not live her entire life with this misery.  He never understood her, never tried.  She was tired of his harping about money, the house, the kids, couldn’t she do anything right?

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He had made vows to her when they got the news.  He vowed he would not let her have pain, would not let her linger in limbo.  Vowed that he would never forget her and see that the kids remembered too.  she made him vow that he would marry again and not wallow.

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She took her vows and went into the cloistered life.  She never wanted to end up like her mother, sad, bitter, disappointed in the world and old before her time.  She would never depend on man for her life, love, fulfillment.  She had a better way.

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He vowed if he ever got out of this cell he would get clean and go see his dad.  He vowed on his mother’s grave that he would make things different, better.  He would marry the girl, get a job, buy a home.  He would join the world.

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One Word prompt: Surround

The wind was blowing so hard I could hardly stand, but still I pushed ahead hoping to get to the next block, to shelter, to a place behind closed doors before whatever was blowing in on this storm could surround me.

One Word prompt : Ticket

The contest promised adventure, excitement, and maybe romance to be found on this weekend trip to the island.  As the passengers disembarked and looked around blinking in the bright sunlight they saw what looked like cattle trucks backed up to the tarmac.  When she gave the steward her ticket she never meant to sign on for this.