Library, a freewrite
The library's basement had always been a bit unpleasant for her, eerily empty of people but full to the ceiling with smelly old books, the basement bathroom's toilet paper unusually scratchy, the quiet unnerving, and her fear of fire - all those dusty books! - strong.
But there was one thing she loved about the stacks and that kept her coming back for more - the memory of that first kiss, her first kiss. A stolen secret moment with that boy with the shoulder length brown hair and the strong musician's fingers from social studies class.
He was now long gone, but the memory of that kiss, a kiss like no other since, came rushing back whenever she made her way into the stacks. Today was no different until the fire alarm started to clang, breaking her reveries and forcing her to run toward the stairs. She could hear the library's occupants hurriedly leaving the building upstairs, but she found her self blocked from exiting the basement by a hive of hair.
That's right, human hair. At the bottom of the stairs was that horrible noisy woman with the 80's hair, spraying copious amounts of hairspray on her monstrous hairdo right next to the smoke detector.
This is my entry to @mariannewest's freewrite challenge https://steempeak.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-613-5-minute-freewrite-tuesday-prompt-library
I am a member of a community theater that regularly has to evacuate because one actress or another has sprayed hairspray too close to the smoke detector.
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i love the smell of old books! and i hate 80s hair but i love 80s glam bands! great read.
Thank you so much! I often try to fit music into freewrites, but I missed that opportunity this time, and here you've brought it in for me. Thanks for that too!
the universe works in mysterious ways !
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That’s a new one on me, hairspray setting off the fire alarm. If only I’d known that in school;)
It’s the Wednesday prompt delivery team here with the prestigious prompt for today:
https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-614-5-minute-freewrite-wednesday-prompt-prestige