Saturday, September 7, 2013

7 Day Writing Prompt Day 1

SO I am doing this writing prompt thing with my friend Emma Greere.  Every day for 7 days you will get a new story based on the plan that she made.  So here is day one's story, Sticky Notes.
Miracles of Sticky Notes
Original Story by Kristin Rutledge
It was a typical day at the office.  Nothing unusual was going on, which meant they would have to go through the same ole routine that they go through every day.  Macy had just started working here about 2 months ago.  She didn’t like the job that much, but her family needed the money so somebody had to do something. 
There was one thing that she did like about this job though, a handsome young man worked in the cubicle right next to hers.  She had often wanted to speak to him, but she was far too shy.  One morning, she got to work at 8 am just like usual.  Someone had left a blue sticky note on her desk.  She got up and looked around, and the young man in the cubicle next to hers was grinning.  She then sat back down.  She was so surprised by the note that she did not even read it, but she knew that it must be from him.  So she began to finally read it: “Hi Macy!  I’m Chris!  How are you?”  She didn’t know what to think.  She was also wondering how the young man knew her name.  She then began to write back on a pink sticky note.  When the young man got up, Macy went up to his cubicle and placed the note on his desk. 
After an hour, Chris returned.  He found the pink sticky note sitting right in front of him.  He knew it must be from Macy, for no one else knew about this new way of conversing.  He read it through several times: “Hi Chris!  I am fine.  It’s been a long day.  How about you?  Oh and by the way, how did you know my name?”  He was so startled that she had actually answered his message.  He sat for a while thinking of what to say.  Then finally he thought of something.  He quickly jotted it down and left it on her desk, and then he went home. 
That night, Macy was preparing to leave.  She was packing up all her things when she noticed the light blue sticky note on her desk again.  It read:  “Meet me at the Coffee Shack before work.”  She was so excited that she almost fainted.  She looked into his cubicle and saw that he was already gone.  She was not able to give him an answer.  She figured that she would go ahead and go and if he was there then she would stay, but if he wasn’t she would just go on to work early. 
Early the next morning, Chris was waiting at the Coffee Shack.  He was hoping she got the message.  He was just about to give up when he saw her striding up the sidewalk at full speed.  He checked his bag and made sure he still had his pad of sticky notes.  She walked up and waved at him.
They sat down together and both ordered a hot coffee with a doughnut.  They were both kind of quiet until he wrote a sticky note and put it in front of her.  “Good morning!  You want to just chat like this?” 
She did not bring any sticky notes of her own so she wrote on the back of his, “I can’t because I did not bring any of my own.”
He quickly wrote out another one and gave it to her, “Well then, why don’t you talk to me?”
She did not really know why she did not say anything.  She then wrote on the back, “Just shy I guess.  I am not really a forward person.”
He read the note and then said to her, “Then let me be forward!  I am glad I met you!  You are the sweetest, cutest, and prettiest gal I’ve ever met!”
She was so surprised to actually hear his voice that all she said in reply was, “I am glad I met you too!”
He chuckled and said, “Now that’s the smile I wanted to see!”
2 years later
They were still meeting at the coffee shack just before work like always, and Chris always brought his sticky pad just in case.  He wanted to ask her something this morning, but he was scared to say it.  Finally he pulled out his pad and began writing, “I love you Macy!  Through these past two years, I have gotten to know you more and more!  Will you be my wife?”

Macy read it, jumped up, and kissed him.  They were married the next month.  This is a miracle caused by sticky notes.  Did they ever live happily ever after?  That you’ll never know, for the story ends right here!

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