Episode 12: "We're Adults Now"
Episode description
This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.
Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 12, for Saturday the 12th of October 2024, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt.
Your one-hundred word story for the day is:
We're Adults Now
We were around ten, I guess. The summer was hot, bakingly hot, and no-one noticed us building a spaceship behind the greenhouse. We used old plywood, the gears from Emily's bike, and a car battery, and blasted off for the Moon.
We were back in time for tea, of course.
Years later, worn by a messy divorce, I bumped into Emily. We went for a drink, then another. She remembered!
"Want to build another spaceship?" I asked. "Revisit the Moon?"
She shook her head. "We're adults, now."
I nodded, stupid with disappointment.
She smiled. "This time, let's aim for Mars."
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Did you build a spaceship when you were little? We did. And we dug a treasure mine in the front garden, and figured out a machine for talking to aliens.
I think we could all do with a little more of that energy in our adult lives.
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Take care, everyone, and I'll see you tomorrow for episode 13.