Springer Fiction: Trinity’s Trouble
“Springer,” Trinity said, biting back a sob.
He looked up from shelving tissues. “Trinity. Haven’t seen you in awhile.”
“I’m a shit, I know,” she said, staring up at the ceiling. She blinked fast a bunch of times and took some deep breaths that made her chest move in big motions.
It was all Springer could to to keep from staring at her tits. Trinity had great tits. Most girls did, come to think of it.
“I need help, Springer. I’m in trouble.”
He paused, looking at her face. Her green eyes were dark. They almost matched the purple under them, stretching from one end of her eyelashes to the other. She chewed her upper lip, something he’d never seen her do before. Not that he’d spent that much time with her. Not nearly as much as he’d wanted to.
“Trouble?” he repeated, feeling stupid.
“Yeah,” she said. “Trouble.” Her eyes slid down until it was impossible for him to miss her meaning. Her belly.
“We’re not talking about something like your appendix, are we?” he asked weakly. He put a hand on the stock cart to steady himself. Stupid thing was on wheels and almost pulled him off his feet as it slipped away, like it was trying to escape this conversation.
It was a good distraction. Regaining his balance helped Springer think again.
“No,” she was saying. “It’s what you think.”
“Well, it’s not mine!”
She smiled. A little bit. Maybe it was funny to her, but Springer couldn’t figure out why else she’d picked him to come to.
“Would you… could you…” She stared up at the ceiling. Springer noticed a faint ring of dirt around her neck.
“How long since you been home?” he asked her.
She looked at him, her eyes flashing like he’d told someone else her secret.
“This is bad,” he said.
She nodded slowly, chewing her upper lip again.
“You can’t go to anyone else?”
She shook her head, teeth still pulling at her lip.
“The dad?”
She shuddered. At least she let go of her lip.
Springer held his arms open and let her fall into his hugs. For a second there, it felt the way he’d been hoping it would: like he was in the arms of an angel. But then he reminded himself that he was the one doing the holding, and she had a huge mess that it was up to him to fix.
Of course, he didn’t have the first idea how.
The Sunday Scribblings prompt this week is Adventure, and Springer’s sure about to embark on one. Carry on Tuesday’s found its way in here, too. And that’s all. For now.
Wow, yes, Springer is on teh cusp of an adventure. Seriously good writing, description.
Pirates
November 1st, 2009 at 6:09 pmThomG´s last blog ..Sunday Scribblings, Adventure
That is definitely the start of an adventure. That was very well written, Susan. I could feel her pain.
November 1st, 2009 at 6:52 pmAnne´s last blog ..Pearls Before Swine and Socials
Oh, dear. Poor Springer. You’ve got me dying of curiosity now.
November 1st, 2009 at 7:58 pmbunnygirl´s last blog ..Happy Halloween!
oh man, bless both their hearts. You can tell Springer is a boy trying to figure out how to man up and Trinity could be a world of trouble for him or maybe they will be each others’ salvation. Unfortunately, it’s usually the former. Can’t wait to hear what happens next!
November 1st, 2009 at 10:51 pmDee´s last blog ..Adventure
I wanna know more!
deathly adventure
November 1st, 2009 at 11:02 pmAlso don’t forget to post any of your creative works at Monday Poetry Train Revisited!
gautami tripathy´s last blog ..collectibles
Great piece, Susan. The character emotions come across really well.
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:01 amShelley Munro´s last blog ..Big is Better!
Really excellent Susan, great writing.
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:03 amRobin´s last blog ..It’s raining, it’s pouring
This is the start of something special!Excellent.
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:12 pmkeiths ramblings´s last blog ..when autumn leaves start to fall
Powerful stuff. I must admit that I loved the bit when Springer leant on the cart : )
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:14 pmBobkat´s last blog ..Packing Boxes and Bags
Susan, Excellent writing. Lured me right in and… perhaps I better lay off the purple eyeliner I often wear with my green eyes…
(Gel is short for “Green Eyed Lady)
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:20 pmgel´s last blog ..Guts or Nuts?
“tits” is highly offensive to me.
not!
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:22 pmJannie Funster´s last blog ..Baby’s First Halloween
Oh man, what a mess. Springer sure has his work cut out for him!
November 3rd, 2009 at 10:53 amvery entertaining..more please..
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:38 amOh boy. That’s an “adventure” all right.
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:59 pmAlice Audrey´s last blog ..NaNo and NaBlo
This pulled me right in and pulled me right along! Great piece of writing, and now I’m wondering, wondering.
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:06 pmThomma Lyn´s last blog ..NaNo Mania!
Definitely the beginning of an adventure. I wonder where they go from here.
November 3rd, 2009 at 2:48 pmYes you need to write one from Trinity’s pov. You should be able to pull up any of the Writer’s Book of Days prompts by going to the search box at the top right side of the page and just type writer’s in the box. Then you can go through and pick and choose. I’ll be on vacation next week so I need to see if I can figure out how to get the posts to work if I save them ahead of time. Wordpress research here I come
July 24th, 2010 at 9:29 amDee´s last blog ..July 23