‘You really are clueless, aren’t you?’
‘What?’
‘Jesus. Person C likes Person B who likes Person A. Person
A is shy and insecure. Person B lives in his own world. Person C is devious and malicious; she thinks that by driving Person A away she’ll be able to seduce Person B.’
‘I’m Person B?’
‘Duh!’
‘So, Cindy left … because of Jane?’
‘What do either of them see in you?’
‘But I like Cindy.’
‘Then tell her that and protect her from the witch.’
‘Jane being the witch?’
‘God, Ryan; yes! And Cindy is the princess you need to rescue.’
A drabble is a story of exactly 100 words.
Oh, that happens in real life, Rob! You capture that dynamic really well! Funny how some people have to have this stuff spelled out for them...
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