Story in Media Res
Task: Write a story ‘in media res’
Target: Proper planning
The Cafe
Lucy and her brother Dec worked in the café which their parents owned.
Recently they had been fighting a lot about work and having many petty
arguments about nothing. The last few weeks have been tough on Lucy
she has had to lie to their parents because of circumstances at home
with Dec. Lucy was sitting at a table after they had shut up the café.
She said “right, time to clear up I think” Dec ignored what she said
he had the look in his eyes that he gets when he is about to go off on
one. The tables were filthy and needed to be wiped, the floor swept
and moped and the dishes from last servings to be washed. Lucy looked
down at the marble floor covered in dirt and said “just go”. After he
had gone she began to clear up. She took all the white once immaculate
table clothes now speckled in coffee and wine stains and put them in
the wash. She swept the green marble floor she stared at it for a few
moments the white swirls in the marble became blurred to her as the
tears filled her eyes. Lucy had nearly finished clearing up the mess.
She thought to herself does this happen to every sister or just me?
The next morning everything seemed better for Lucy, she had a friend
coming over and Dec was being really nice to her and helping her with
some work for school. She was smiling even though things were bad
yesterday she thought to herself this is great just like old times,
this is the way it is going to be from now on. As Lucy and Dec were
sitting, him reading the newspaper and her doing her homework Dec said
confidently “ Thanks for working the shift on Friday night”
Lucy looked up confused and distraught she said “ what do you mean I’m
not working the shift, you are down on the rota to work it.
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