The Lady In Red: A Short Story

The Lady In Red

It was so cold, my breath, looked as if I was a smoker. On my way the Carlton post office with Beth, Lizzie, and Jenny to pick up our mail. In the cold weather somehow it got colder as if someone was breathing down my neck with lungs of ice. I turned to find two men dressed in black suits, standing between the two gigantic men stood a woman in red, her rosy red cheeks and red lips hiding her devious smile.

“Can we help you, miss,” beth said stepping forward.

“Well in such cold weather my friends and I decided to go find random people to give a free trip to, as you can see we are part of the F.W.T.S” flashing her badge at us.

“You act as if that is a well known name, explain it miss” added Lizzie cutting into the conversation.

“Well the be more explanatory it stands for the Federal World Travel Services and you

They all seemed excited as if they won a billion dollars from that lady.

“Hey Alexis, guess what.”

“What.” i replied, sipping my coffee.

“We just got all four of us an all paid trip to Germany as an exchange student program!All we have to do is walk inside and find a worker named Bert working the last counter and say “My stamps are looking a bit square these days, if you know what I mean.”From there all we have to do is fill out some paperwork and take I.D photos for our tags.” “Guys doesn't that seem a little bit suspicious about how out of nowhere these people we have never met gave us an all expenses paid trip to Germany?” i urged with a concerned look.

Beth grabbed my shoulder “look Alexis you should take a risk sometimes you always wanted to go to a foreign country, and look we can all go so I doubt that they can take on four girls who practice martial arts in college.” A huge laugh broke through my concern

“Yeah maybe you're right life is about taking a risk once in awhile let's do