Short Stories

28 KINGS

I get off the train at my destination, i'm walking side by side with my friend. I can feel it already, the feeling that comes when you have to say good-bye. As i'm walking towards the stairs i remember that i'm supposed to have after-noon tea with my father at the shops. I reach into my pocket to grab my phone and give him a call. I tap my opal card on the opal machine and hear the familiar sound of the beep. 

My phone is now ringing my father. It's ringing and ringing, i'm hopping he picks up. I then hear my father say hello, i say hi back, then tap my friend on the shoulder and say bye to her. I talk with my father, and make some plans to met up with him at a coffee shop. He's at the pub and asks for me to met him at the back of the pub, where he is at the moment. I walk to the back of the pub and met up with my father. We make small talk about our days as we walk into the shops. 

Once we reach the coffee shop i order an iced coffee frappe and a lemon meringue tart. While i'm eating, dad goes and gets his dinner for later on. While i finish up he gives me $24 and said to me to go get something to keep me entertained. My father knows how easily bored i get at home with just mum and my sister round. Me and my friend don't talk to each other very much out of school. I head to one of my favorite shops, called Games And Things. I've already have said my byes and thanks to dad, so as i walk into the shop a feeling comes over me. It's a possessive feeling. i'm actually very familiar with it. I walk around the shop and read the instructions of games and puzzles, and look at prices. I'm in the shop for a good 40 minutes before i find what feels right. The longer i hold it, the more confident that it's the right thing to get.

 It's only $20 leaving my with $4 spear. I walk the few steps to the counter, with each step the more confident i am to get this. I pay for the object and start to walk home. As i leave the shops, i can feel the possessiveness over the object more strongly now. As i unlock the door to my house, i look down at my bag, feeling very proud of my decision to buy 28 KING dominoes.