Writing Challenge: #6 - Endings

Another month, another writing challenge. This time, it’s endings! Again, I get my prompts and challenges from NIka Harper’s Wordplay series on the Geek & Sundry Vlogs. It has been up for a while, but you can still check out these challenges for yourself here.

Prompts: Alarm Clock that Won’t Stop Ringing, The Joy of Watching the Sunrise, The End?

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Layers
Joelyn Alexandra

Wai took her time to inhale the night breeze.

Leaning over the edge of the balcony railing, she closed her eyes and let the wind from the sea crashing just below them play with her hair. Next to her, Chong stood, his hand ready to hold hers as she reached out for him.

“How long?” she asked.

“About now,” he replied.

While the dark indigo of the horizon started blending into a lavender blue, the same sky echoed with a trumpet orchestra - One of Wai’s favourite songs, Ride of the Valkyries. Chong tightened his grip around Wai’s fingers.
“Nervous?” she asked.

Chong smiled, before turning his gaze back to the lightening horizon.

“We haven’t gone this far before,” he replied.

Wai shuffled closer, letting Chong put his arm around her.

And as the horizon shifted colour at those few inches, the couple leaned against each other, finally watching the lavender sky gradient to a warm orange, brightening with the crescendo of the orchestra in the air.

Because who knew when they’ll be back again, at least on this layer.

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Her eyelids protested against the jarring sound coming from her night stand, head pounding, throat parched. Like she remembered, Wai woke up, arms in the same way Chong and her left them on that balcony.

“How long, this time?” Chong croaked.

Wai checked her watch, the one she used from the first time.

“Real world time, or the time from that parallel?”  

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So that’s it from me for this first half of 2018’s worth of writing challenges. Thank you all for reading once again and see you all next month!