“Haven’ t I left my wallet here?”
I turned around thinking: “Couldn’ t you really come up with a better pick-up line for a TAX-FREE shop girl?!” but he did look confused. AND handsome. “Mmm, the uniform…”
“Black leather…with a zipper in front…”
I started looking all over the cash register and could already feel those images slowly forming in my mind – a cup of coffee followed by a hotel room and me in the bed with just his pilot hat on all ready to…
“Hello? You did?! You’ re a star, babe!” He put his mobile in the pocket, winked and was gone.
Image courtesy of Rich Voza
Friday Fictioneers – 100 word stories
Ese' s Voice 
😀 Nice!
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🙂 Thanks
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Dear Ese,
So much for short lived fantasy. Fun take on the prompt. I think you mean “pocket” and not “pocked.”
shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle, the photo is thought – provoking and the story could have gone in so many different directions. And yes…the “pocket”…changed.
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Whoops! Fun while it lasted, though.
janet
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A bit at least 🙂
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Very cute… Lots of mental images with this one… Well done…! 🙂
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Yes, when imagination works, there might be a few surprises 🙂 Thank you.
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A lifetime in your mind in just a few minutes huh 😉
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🙂 Does happen now and then….
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I look forward to reading about the next few 😉
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Oh those uniforms! From ugly duckling to a full on swan with just one tap on a hat!
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Your comment really made me smile 🙂
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I enjoyed this. Well done. 🙂
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Wonderful you did, Sylvia. Thanks 🙂
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Dear Esenga,
I was all set to sing, You Can Leave Your Hat On while things got hotter. Talk about a tease. Good job. Off to take a cold shower now.
Aloha,
Doug
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😀 😀 😀 It feels good to try and succeed. Thank you, Dough.
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So close…but who knows? Great relationships have started in weirder ways.
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True…they have indeed…
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hahaha omg i LOVE this story! damnit but i can almost see how handsome he is… like prolly the panty-droppin’ type ^^ lol oh well, best ones usually taken
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😀 Thank you, kz. You got me there….can’t stop laughing!
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LOL….Panty-dropping type!
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hi there, i have nominated you for the liebster award!http://wp.me/p2GxHb-1I0
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Thank you very much, Morrighan.
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That was great 🙂
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Thank you very much 🙂
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And here I thought that only men had thoughts like that….
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Something new every day… 😉
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lustily daydreaming of her customers. Naughty shop girl. That’s totally something I would do. 😉 Great story!
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😀 A girl needs some entertainment all day standing there, doesn’t she… Thank you.
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Very nice twist.
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Thank you, Gunta.
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wht an imagination…
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🙂 Yes, would get nowhere without it…
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As you said on my tango haiku, it’s not forbidden to dream. Great story.
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Yes, quite a day-dreaming she had 🙂 Thank you.
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A girl can dream cant she! Love it!
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Absolutely! Thanks!
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Love it!
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Glad you do, thanks 🙂
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oh how fun this post was. I love her fantasy, not graphic, but with all the info needed to be titillating.
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Thoughts flying freely, yes… 🙂 Thank you.
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good one… she can tell her self he played for the other team.
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Hehee, that’s another way of looking at it 🙂 Thank you.
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well, no harm in trying…great story! ❤
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Dream, oh, little dream of hers… 😀 Thanks.
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you’re welcome! 🙂
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Hehe.. Now that’s a tragedy. She was left to think.. 🙂
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Unfortunately. Or fortunately – not sure about that yet 🙂
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a fun read, Esenga. nicely done
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Thank you, I really enjoyed your “The Takeoff”.
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Great title and a fun read. Nice one!
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🙂 Thank you, Sandra.
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umm. ‘scuse me, miss. any chance you can expand more about that in bed with just the captain’s hat on?? that suuuuure was working for me! well done.
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😀 😀 😀 Looks like I have to think about that…
Thank you, I am glad it worked.
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I have a leather jacket and a hat of all-sorts covering my bald spot – my plane is grounded and my liquor is not duty paid – where do I go now miss unnamed?
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There’ re a few possibilitites to be explored. Depends on your preferences… 🙂
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Hummmm…
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🙂
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Good fun and a girl with the kinda of imagination I love. Well done.
Tom
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Girls and imagination…always connected. Or pretty much always. 🙂 Thank you.
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Ese – Can’t you just imagine how many almost romances are missed in this kind of exchange. Travelers filter in and out of shops every day, some flirting, some intnetionally arousing interest.
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Yes, I can…and at the same time I would like to hope some are also not missed. That vibe of optimism in me, you know… 🙂
PS.New challenge if you’d like to have a go: http://ligoeditions.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/the-ligo-haibun-challenge-prompt-melt/
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I need to get me one of those uniforms.
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Or just the hat 😀
PS.New challenge if you’d like to have a go: http://ligoeditions.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/the-ligo-haibun-challenge-prompt-melt/
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Well, a gal can dream, can’t she?
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Oh, she absolutely can…and must! 🙂
PS.New challenge if you’d like to have a go: http://ligoeditions.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/the-ligo-haibun-challenge-prompt-melt/
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Unfortunately for your shop girl she got to keep ALL her kit on.
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Hehee….she could dream her dream at least.
PS.New challenge if you’d like to have a go: http://ligoeditions.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/the-ligo-haibun-challenge-prompt-melt/
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Thanks for the link. I’ll make a note though I daren’t join any other challenge at present.
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More, more, more. And no need to expand on naked with cap on. Unless she chases him down, the fantasy is done.
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I am not sure if that one has the ammount of determination needed for the chasing down part. 🙂 But we never know…
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Haha, handsome always makes confused so much more believable!
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And how could I disagree about that?! 😀
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Great little story – I loved the pilot’s hat!
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Thank you 🙂
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Nice take on the prompt 🙂
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Thank you, Boomie. Was moved very much by yours.
PS.New challenge if you’d like to have a go: http://ligoeditions.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/the-ligo-haibun-challenge-prompt-melt/
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Darn! Reminds me of some missed opportunities…
🙂
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C’est la vie… 🙂
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My kinda gal ! Nice one. Now where did I leave my cap …
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😀 How could you have forgotten THAT?!
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Good job we don’t have customers as tasty as this. Far too distracting, but not too many hunky fellas after fabric, I find.
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A wonderful comment, you did make me smile, Anne. Especially with that “far too distracting” part… 🙂
PS.New challenge if you’d like to have a go: http://ligoeditions.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/the-ligo-haibun-challenge-prompt-melt/
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Excellent! Great take on the picture.
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Thank you very much, appreciated.
PS.New challenge if you’d like to have a go: http://ligoeditions.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/the-ligo-haibun-challenge-prompt-melt/
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A really fun take on the prompt – good stuff! Nicely crafted too, a nice balance of what to include and what to leave out, which can be difficult in this type of tale.
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🙂 Thank you very much. I am new at Friday Fictioneers – just my 2nd attempt but really enjoying and learning, learning…
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lovely…!
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Thank you, Sam 🙂
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I was the 100th person to like this, which feels pretty special. 😉
Loved this piece.
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Oh, it IS special, can’ t deny that! 🙂 Thank you very much.
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