Fan Fiction
This story has been set to a rating of . Age verification is required to proceed.
Why Superman Could Never Find a Phone Book – (Chapter: 3: Here’s Lookin’ at You, Kid)
Login to add story to favorites
(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5)You need to be a registered member to rate this post.
Loading ...
Here’s Lookin’ at You, Kid
Quick snippets of shadow reflected off the four white walls of the living room. Raindrops quietly pelted the glass at the far side of the room. A half-eaten package of Chewy Chips Ahoy lay in a torn heap on the coffee table, mingling with cookie crumbs and empty soda cans. Her hand flailed blindly across the carpet below her, seeking the remote. This was her favorite part and she didn’t want to miss a word, not even a breath. She silently cursed the sound bars that emerged across the bottom of the screen, almost wishing she had just left it alone.
“Love is rotten when it happens like this – the hard way. But we want each other, this is the fire we have to walk through, because this is forever, Mae.”
“Forever?”
“Or until he sticks a knife in me, or you walk out.”
“How could I walk out?”
“And do the next thing, get away from here. If you have a dream, live it. If you have a hope, chase it.”
She mouthed the words of both characters, her silent lines full of emotion. She understood both Mae and Ellis, both sides of the coin. Life was rough in a noir flick. The suckers always got beat and the even the strong couldn’t survive. You could blame it on money, the cops, a bum rap…but it was always because of a dame. A no-good, back stabbing, double crossing dame. The city was littered with ‘em.
Outside, she heard a faint rumbling and sighed heavily, acknowledging her parents arrival. She never had much time to herself. It was nice having her brother’s away at college, and although her parents were never around much, she found herself more and more annoyed at the sounds of their voices. It was as if only lately, she began to notice that irritating way her father pronounced “be-cawse.” Or the odd way her mother’s head tilted when she was lying. It was such a dead giveaway. As if the right side of her brain swelled when she was full of shit, causing it to fall towards her shoulder.
A thin jagged triangle of light stabbed into the room, spilling across the carpet and over her legs on the couch, illuminating the pile of half eaten substances and empty cans, the staple diet of an eighteen yr old girl.
Comments
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
it’s really getting interesting.
man. this is unbelieavably well-written. I love it. The allusions to Moby Dick and noir films. Gosh you’re great! Finally someone who knows something about writing! I like o pretend that I do, but then people like you come along and show me your stuff. I LOVE it!
it’s really getting interesting.
man. this is unbelieavably well-written. I love it. The allusions to Moby Dick and noir films. Gosh you’re great! Finally someone who knows something about writing! I like o pretend that I do, but then people like you come along and show me your stuff. I LOVE it!
Oh my god there were so many great lines in this chapter: Paula’s brain swelling with shit, “Like a fat pile of shit in the middle of their neatly trimmed front lawn.”,Paula and the valet parking gesture, the whole reflection with a hardon – the threesome bit, oh. my. god. Awesome! Truly. I love this portrayal of Spencer so bitter it’s fun! I am soooo digging this, please keep writing! Hey you dildo’s reading this without commenting, you better get your crap together before this chick stops posting ! I mean geez almost two hunderd views and one stinking comment! What the hell?
Oh my god there were so many great lines in this chapter: Paula’s brain swelling with shit, “Like a fat pile of shit in the middle of their neatly trimmed front lawn.”,Paula and the valet parking gesture, the whole reflection with a hardon – the threesome bit, oh. my. god. Awesome! Truly. I love this portrayal of Spencer so bitter it’s fun! I am soooo digging this, please keep writing! Hey you dildo’s reading this without commenting, you better get your crap together before this chick stops posting ! I mean geez almost two hunderd views and one stinking comment! What the hell?
Ok I see that you post a lot on this board and I had to check out the story. I am really fucking surprised. This story is the best one I have read so far. And the inclusion of noir films?? Double thumbs up. You rock.
Ok I see that you post a lot on this board and I had to check out the story. I am really fucking surprised. This story is the best one I have read so far. And the inclusion of noir films?? Double thumbs up. You rock.