Love Bites Blog Hop

I was delighted to have been invited to enter a new Flash Fiction challenge in aid of Valentine's day, hosted by my fellow writing buddy and Nano Teammate Laura Jamez, called the Love Bites Blog Hop.  Interestingly, it's an 'Anti-Valentine's Day' theme. So a chance to air the darker thoughts on Valentine's Day. 

Here's what I came up with - enjoy!

 

Lissa threw her head back and laughed. The more she laughed the harder it became to stop; she clutched her middle and rocked back on the sofa, letting it out. It felt good initially, but then it changed. She felt the tears come and her breathing begin to hitch, along with a deep ache in her stomach that reflected the pain in her heart. 

During this outburst Lissa kept a firm grip on the Valentine’s card that had sparked it, and as she calmed down she brought it into focus. Inside were the words he had penned thinking they would bring her back into the fold: “You’ve always been the only one for me.” The only one he kept returning to more like! The only one who’d have him! The other six had wised up! 

She started tearing the heart shape into pieces; first into four, and then into tiny red, glittery bits. She watched them float to the floor, thinking ‘the heart isn’t just broken, it’s bleeding’. This sparked an idea. She smiled. Then she popped to the bathroom to check she still had one, and she did, new in the packet lying next to the adrenaline kit. She picked it up and turned it over in her hands. 

He would drop by tonight, she knew that; rose in hand. What was it? An arrow through the heart? Well this might be a bit smaller, but that meant less detectable. 

Lissa started laughing again. 

(245 Words)




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