Prompt: 048. vomit
1. What started as a fun trip to the fair ended with embarrassment and a hoodie stained with vomit. But the worst thing was that she’d been there to see.
A. What started as a fun trip to the fair ended with embarrassment and a hoodie stained with vomit. But the worst thing was that she’d been there to see.
He’d had a crush on her for years, though his feelings had only become intense within the last few months. He wanted to impress her more than anything.
And instead she got to witness him throwing up all over himself.
2. The dog began to vomit a little after breakfast and it went on all day.
A. The dog began to vomit a little after breakfast and it went on all day. When she got off work and saw the state the dog was in, she wrapped him in a blanket and drove him to the emergency veterinary clinic downtown. The whole way she stewed over the irresponsibility of her family, that they could see the dog suffering like that and not do anything about it.
When she got home, she was going to ground everyone. Because even if they were of an age to know better, they were obviously still a bunch of children.
3. With a last compression of her chest, the girl coughed and vomited a gush of salt water.
A. With a last compression of her chest, the girl coughed and vomited a gush of salt water. Her eyes were closed, the tender skin of her eyelids looking bruised. Her hair was stringy and dark with water where it clung to the side of her face and neck.
“Medic!” Toni screamed. Then she used her hand to sweep the girl’s hair back from her face, checking her pulse while she was at it. “It’s going to be okay, sweetheart. You’re out of the water. Just keep breathing.”
