It’s Friday again, yay. Which means it’s 100 Word Challenge day! This week’s 100 Word Challenge prompt from Julia’s Place is ‘take a leap of faith’ and like last week, we don’t have to use the words in the prompt.
This week we have myself, LimebirdKate, LimebirdLaura and LimebirdSally taking part.
LimebirdBeth
“Come on, you have to jump. Please, I promise I’ll catch you. ”
“I can’t, I won’t make it. It’s too far.” Eva was panicking. The stairs in their family home had completely succumbed to the fire, leaving her trapped on the landing.
“You can, I’ll catch you. Please.” Jake looked up at his wife, arms outstretched pleading with her to move, knowing they didn’t have much time.
Eva nervously dotted her eyes back and forth trying to muster up the courage. She took a step back and prepared herself to make the leap… just as the floor caved in.
LimebirdKate
…take a leap of faith…
She’d belonged to the wheelchair for so long, she forgot what it felt like to put her feet on the floor. To roll from heel to toe. She hadn’t swayed her hips since the accident, and forgot what walking sexy meant. Now they wanted her to do what? Were they crazy? They were crazy because they had her by each arm. The floor felt unstable even though it was flat, smooth. Her knees shook from being asked to perform. Take a step, they urged. She jerked one leg forward. She giggled. They applauded. Cheered her on to her new life.
LimebirdLaura
“You say it’s your birthday! It’s my birthday too, yeah!”
“Please, no Beatles while we do this…”
“But it’s our birthday.”
“I like the Beatles, I don’t want to equate them with this.”
“You’re such a party pooper! They say it’s your birthday, we’re gonna have a good time!”
“You think this will be a good time?”
“It’ll keep you alive, sounds pretty good.”
“We don’t know that for sure!”
“Don’t be a downer…”
“And what if you need it later?”
“Puh-leeze! Mom would kill me if I didn’t hand it over. Just take care of the kidney this time.”
LimebirdSally
“It is time.”
Lady Jane Grey bowed her head obediently but she was struck by the intoxicating thought that she could just refuse.
I shall not be queen!
“It is God’s will,” her father kept on telling her. But all she could see was the will of a greedy, ambitious man.
But who could she trust if not her father?
***
“What shall I do? Where is it?” cried Lady Jane Grey, the blindfold shielding her view as she fumbled for the block. Assisted by the Deputy Lieutenant of the Tower, she lay her down her head and was beheaded.
[NB based on fact. Lady Jane Grey was the, “Nine days queen of England,” executed for treason in 1554 at the age of sixteen.]
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