Thursday, May 10, 2012

Trifecta Writing Challenge - The Job Offer


Being petite is just the thing in high school...but, only if you are a girl. So this little, bird-like guy with the frizzy, seventies fro did not interest me in the least.

He had shown up at my friend's house with her college student brother, Joey. And, he was from the tough streets of Gary, Indiana. He was an enigma in our middle-class, white bread subdivision.

I was sitting in a recliner. I was in my Cubs phase; I had a crush on one of the players. I was seventeen.

As I watched the game on TV, the little guy and Joey murmured by the stairs, and then Joey gave me a side-long look and left. The little guy came over and started talking over the game.

"Hey! How ya doin!" he enthused. He was trying to come across as confident, but I could tell he was nervous.

"Good." I answered politely. We are very polite in the Midwest.

"So, I don't know if anyone told you," he went on. "But, I am a pimp in Gary."

Ever well-mannered, I replied, "Oh, well, that's nice. Is it going well?"

"Well," he answered, looking even more nervous. "You're really pretty, and I want you to come and work for me."

"That's nice of you. But, I have school, you know, and a job at McDonald's, which is going pretty well. Plus, you know, I'm a virgin or whatever, so it probably would not be a good fit. But, it's nice of you to ask," I told him, genuinely flattered to have been offered the hooker job.

He reached forward and awkwardly patted me on the knee. "Well, Joey can get in touch with me if you ever change your mind," he said. He swaggered out of the room.

I went back to watching the Cubs.

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This post is part of the Trifecta Writing Challenge...why not click over and give it a try!

18 comments:

  1. great story libby, looking forward to the continuation... this is for the challenge, right? hope it'll win. Yahweh bless.

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    1. Ralph - thanks! So, nice of you to come over and take a look!

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  2. lol. kind of like how I was flattered by the man at the farm stand (just posted yesterday). We take flattery where we can get it.
    And I posted today my own enigma. Thanks for turning me on to this challenge!

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    1. I can't wait to read it! You are a seriously talented writer!

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  3. Oh, that's weird! I had no idea where this story was going...at first, I thought it was going to be that you went out on a date with him...boy was I off!

    I guess I would be flattered, too, in a creepy sort of way.

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    1. YOU thought it was weird - LOL! I was just watching TV, minding my own business, when suddenly...LOL!

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  4. Now *that* is unexpected! Sometimes it seems like the teen years are the most surreal.

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    1. You know, now that I think about it, you're right. I had a lot of surreal experiences in my mid to late teens...

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  5. Too funny! I'm sure he was a mighty fine pimp. I guess you take it as a compliment, however creepy, and go back to the Cubbies. (Glad to see you aren't a Sox fan!)

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    1. LOL on the Cubs :) I think he was a pimp-trainee and I was going to be a a starter hooker. But, you know, sometimes these things just don't work out... Nobody's fault, just wasn't meant to be.

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  6. Nice twist, we all thought he was as polite and proper as you were!

    Which in that strange way, he was - but I am sure he had an ugly side (ya think!)
    Great job!

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    1. Thanks Brain. Yea, life just gets curiouser and curiouser.

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  7. I love the way she handled that little enigma! Well done Libby!

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    1. Lol! Thanks! It was just the oddest conversation...

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  8. That was SOOOOOO awesome! You told the story beautifully--what a dry wit! LOVED it! Congrats on the job offer, by the way!

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  9. My favorite paragraph: "That's nice of you. But, I have school, you know, and a job at McDonald's, which is going pretty well. Plus, you know, I'm a virgin or whatever, so it probably would not be a good fit. But, it's nice of you to ask." You have such a good ear!

    So who was the Cub player? Billy Buck?

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  10. Nice twist at the end and some really great dialogue in here. I hope we see the follow up to this story. Thanks for linking up.

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    1. Nice story Libby. Seriously showed grace under pressure. Look forward to the continuation

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