“The edge of our known universe…” Edith pondered as she looked out to the horizon, taking a sip of lemonade whilst taking a break from filming. Malcolm sat in the foldable chair beside her, admiring a different view.
“You’re doing it again,” Edith smiled, without altering her gaze “I can feel your eyes, you know?”
“I know… and that’s the view I’m looking for,” Malcolm said softly, “it brightens even the brightest of days.”
Edith pulled her eyes away from the horizon, and looked at Malcolm who was struggling to take something from his pocket.
“Just one more thing would make you shine even brighter…” he said, now struggling to open a small box.
Posted for Six Sentence Stories, where the prompt word this week is ‘Edge’.
The Mansionic Perspective 
I’m not convinced that Edith is going to brighten Malcolm’s day. 😦
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She’s not doing a bad job so far, Ladysighs, but we shall have to wait and see… 😉
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Just let things run their course
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Struggling to open the box is not a good start, perhaps that should tell him something!
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Perhaps, Keith… or maybe he’s all fingers and thumbs… or maybe it’s just a very tight box! 😀
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Ooh, is it what I think it is…?
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That depends, Chris, if it is what you think it is! 😀 😉 hehehe…
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Walked into that one, didn’t I… 💍
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😀
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The small box is a glitter bomb. That’s my guess. 🙂
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It could be, CM… that would make things a little more shiny!
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After fumbling with the box I can see myself dropping it.
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There is always that fear, Frank! 🙂
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Aww how romantic… 🙂
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Thanks, Sue… although, is it? 😏
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Man! Tough crowd or what? lol
I’m liking this Malcolm, reserving judgement on Edith, But that’s merely a measure of my identifying with your MC
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Thanks, Clark… this isn’t the normal style of tale I tell, but I merely share what the characters show me! 🙂
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…almost forgot, always enjoy the synchronicity that happens, to one degree or another, ’round here.
I was using ‘Across the Universe’ (Fiona Apple’s version) for the first half of writing my second Six this week.
Most of my Sixes are written with a soundtrack in my head (and on my computer), Seems to help me with the emotional focus.
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Whatever works is good, Clark. Synchronicity works wonders too.
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You big romantic sop!
My money’s on her laughing in his face.
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It’s not me, CE, it’s the characters… and Edith tells me she’s a far better actress for her just to laugh! 🙂
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Oh, such a bunch of romantic killjoys these Sixers are, Tom. Surely he just wants to show her his souvenir of his mother’s ashes. 😉
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Quite possibly, Doug… and he’s not giving up either!
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This, sometimes, is where everything goes wonderfully right or terribly wrong, for a long, long time to come.
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Hopefully it’s the former, Mimi.
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Such a romantic moment! The author controls the outcome… ❤
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Thanks, Liz, but does he really? The characters rule the roost…! 🙂
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Yeah, I guess it’s more of a negotiation. 😂
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That’s one way of looking at it! 🙂
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Awwww.
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Sounds like a romance is on the horizon….but something tells me that the reality will be something else entirely!
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Maybe… maybe not, Icewolf… time will tell!! 😀
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That was very cheeky of my laptop….I hadn’t finished my comment! I was about to add, that reality might very well be about to exercise an wholly unexpected dimensional twist in the tale😁😀
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Now that’s kinda likely… around here! 😃
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Call me crazy but…wait. Before I get to that, let me say I really like this M & E story, Tom.
So the first Six with these 2 characters I read, I remember having some doubt as to whether Malcolm was real that perhaps he was a fantasy and or memory of Edith’s. It would appear I’m walking that path alone, lol. Looking forward to the contents of the box being revealed!
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Hmmm… I wonder! 🙂
I think we may know more next week, Denise.
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