Prompt: 067. cheese and crackers
1. Lounging on the couch with a plate of cheese and crackers.
A. Lounging on the couch with a plate of cheese and crackers, she finally felt the tension in her shoulders releasing. There was a bottle of wine and a half-filled glass on the coffee table. It was a relaxing night in, something she needed after a terrible week at work.
Zoe sighed and relaxed further into the couch, wriggling her toes against the cushion. She figured it was going to be a night in with the three episodes of the show she’d been saving on the DVR.
She was just reaching for the remote control when there was a knock at the door.
2. “The food at this party is disgusting. All I’ve eaten is the cheese and crackers. I didn’t trust anything else.”
A. “The food at this party is disgusting. All I’ve eaten is the cheese and crackers. I didn’t trust anything else.”
She’d held her tongue through everything else, but she’d finally had enough. “Yeah, I guess they didn’t lay out any food for bitches.”
“What did you say?”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I wasn’t talking to you. I was talking to any bitches that felt like they were too good for the food my brother is providing them.”
3. The code phrase “I hope you like cheese and crackers” was harder to work into conversation than expected.
A. The code phrase “I hope you like cheese and crackers” was harder to work into conversation than expected. Especially as they’d run into each other in a public restroom.
There’d been some awkward maneuvering around the sink before he’d finally just given up on subtlety and leaned in close to the other guy. “Man, this event is kind of a drag. When they sent out the invites, they should have included a postscript that said something like ‘I hope you like cheese and crackers, because that’s all we serve.'”
