The Fedora

“Hey, check out my new fedora! Now I’m all like Indiana Jones!” Lenard bit his bottom lip in childish excitement.

“Uh, yeah,” Paul said, “The 1930′s called. They want their fashion sense back.”

“What? No. This is cool,” Lenard said with desperation, “I’m cool.”

“Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt, Lenny boy,” Paul smirked. Lenard hated it when Paul smirked.

“You know what, Paul? You’re nothing more than a big meanie-face.”

Paul just laughed.

“This fedora is cool, and one day you’ll regret making fun of me!”

Twenty years later Paul wrote a letter to Lenard. “I’m sorry,” it began.

This entry was posted in 101 word short story. Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>