Creative Writing: A Short Story

I woke up in the morning and started picking feathers out of my hair and then out of their hair. The entire room was bathed in feathers. I couldn’t imagine, how one would even begin, to clean this up.

David sat up and said, “Jesus Christ Charlie, what a mess you made.”

We three sat there, looking at the destruction and laughing.

“Let’s get out of here. I’ll handle the unfortunate death of the pillow at the front desk and pay for the cleanup.” David said.

We showered, dressed and got our luggage together. At the door, we checked each other for feathers and then headed out. We needed to get a taxi to take us to the train station. We were headed to Salisbury for two days. Charlie and I waited outside with the luggage for David, who came out laughing.

"Annalisa, could you please stop staring out the window and look at me?"

"No, I don 't think I can, I said and giggled.

"Why can 't you look at me?" He asked leaning into my back and resting his chin on my shoulder.

"You 're entirely too beautiful and if I look at you now, I may not be able to contain myself."

"You have no self-control?"

"Nope, I think I left it in New Jersey."

"Oh, were you exhibiting some type of self-control when we were back in Jersey?"

I giggled again and said, "Probably not. Self-control with you and Charlie is not my strong suit. I 'm very weak when I 'm with you both."

I heard movement and knew Charlie was back.

"I see we still have tickets, and she still has her clothes on."

I turned around and looked at Charlie with mock disdain.

Charlie handed David and me our drinks and sat down across from us.

"Did I miss anything?"

"Mmhmm," I replied and took a sip of my drink.

I watched David grin at Charlie.

"If this guy doesn 't come collect these tickets soon," Charlie said leaning back in his seat.

"Then what, what will you do if he doesn 't come soon?" I said challenging Charlie.

Charlie sat up and glared at me.

"David, switch seats with