Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is the Doctrine’s contribution to the Six Sentence Story bloghop.
Hosted by Denise, constrained by a sentence limit (high and low) of six, there are worse ways to spend the remaining time you have on earth.
Prompt word:
SHED
“Here’s the deal, you tell me what your plan is for this roadtrip into the Big Apple and I won’t crawl out this passenger-side window and sing the bass line to the theme from Barney Miller,” the Sophomore stared out and up through the windshield of the rental car as they crossed the Brooklyn Bridge and descended into the urban canyons of New York City.
“Great, another pop culture reference that my goddamn grandfather would struggle to get,” Rosetta had a gift, rare among woman: mixing scorn with desire in a way that the sequence of the experience was up to her, not the person who is the target.
“What’s the matter now, I mean you wake me up at five am with barely a how-do-you-do and…”
“You didn’t have to come…”
“That’s easy for you to say.”
“But before that, I gotta know how come you’re driving; I’m the YChrome in this little pairing of ours and that means, unless I’m bleeding from a gunshot wound or otherwise incapacitated, I sit behind the wheel and you slouch in the passenger seat and put your feet on the dashboard, unless it’s Summer and then you stick ’em out the window.”
“Ethan, Ethan, Ethan …half the time since we’ve been together I can’t decide whether to laugh or to sigh… ”
“Don’t shed a tear for me, Miss Storm…a… tina!”
Both the congenitally angry young woman and the temporally-displaced young man’s laughter filled the car; a shared state that some say is a more accurate predictor of longevity than the more commonly cited one favored by motion pictures with an R rating.
ok… for you people more like Rosetta and less like Ethan ‘Theme to Barney Miller Show‘
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Although I would not want to be in the Sophomore’s shoes, may his relationship with Rosetta mellow into one where longevity is possible, but I am not counting on it. Nicely told tale of their escaping into the urban canyons of NYC.
they’re both complex people, with histories that are as varied as they are
Maybe she’s just the better driver. My Sweetie’s driving scares the kadiddle out of everyone, so I drive.
(plus, certain among us prefer the sense of being in direct charge of our fates) lol
As if invisible in the back seat – nicely done! Excellent timeline tag with Barney Miller (great bass line and as old TV theme songs go, way cool). Rosetta and Ethan seem to be hanging in there.
Good tuneage.
Such a good scene… and Brooklyn Bridge, iconic!
Oh yes, I did remember Barney Miller series (wow).
I agree – Barney Miller bass line does set the scene nicely; the sophomore does not have a chance.
Thank you.
I’d rather look on than sit in, nice one!
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Great pairing, at least for that one roadtrip! ❤️💔🖤