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“Remember this place?” Andy said, spreading his arms out over the cobblestone streets.
Delilah marveled at his crinkle-free eyes. As hazel as the day they met forty years ago. A pair of women in strappy dresses smiled brazenly at Andy. Boldly flirtatious. So different from her day. She wasn’t mad. They assumed she was his mother. How were they to know Andy stopped aging at twenty-five?
Miraculous, the doctors had said.
“How could I forget? This is where we first met.”
“You mean when you almost bumped me over with your scooter!” Together they laughed, eyes shining and hearts fluttering.
100 words
Written for Friday Fictioneers hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Write a story in 100 words or less. Join the group and submit your story through the link below.
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Andy is one lucky man, staying forever young.
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Age is a state of mind too. 😉
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How joyful that Andy still loves Delilah so romantically, despite now seeming so much younger. Lovely story, Fatima!
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It was this enduring love that I wanted to portray. The youthfulness of their love. Thank you, Penny dear.
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I’m planning on staying forever young. I just hope my body goes along with the plan.
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Haha! Our bodies can be so uncooperative in such plans. Thank you for reading!
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I know. What’s their problem?
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I wonder if age will one day come between them, but for now, it’s a sweet romance 🙂
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I think it will be till death-do-us-part. They’ve lasted forty years already. Thank you, Iain.
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What a curious story, a really good idea like Benjamin Button, by the way I love the photo on the title page of your blog, is that in india?
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It was inspired by Benjamin Button. I like the exploration that tests the boundaries of love. I actually too the header photo while I was in Venice, Italy. Was such a curious-looking place that I had to snap a pic.
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i didn’t expect the twist. i should have paid more attention to the title before reading your story. 🙂
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I’m glad I managed to surprise you!
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Love is love…
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Precisely, the message of my story. Thank you, Dale.
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He’s using more than just moisture cream! Whatever it is, I want some!
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I hear you, Keith. Ageing ain’t happening as gracefully as I imagined it would. 😉
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Hmm I don’t know if miraculous is the right word for it. Seems like a lonely curse, never aging while the woman he loves does age and eventually dies, I’m sure 😦
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You are so right, Jade. Perhaps that’s why he loves her and stays with her. I think his illness does cause his death eventually. Just he never looks old. Thank you, Jade.
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Dear Fatima,
Intriguing story. Lucky Andy. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle.
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This is lovely, but I see trouble in the future. Not from him, but how long will she be ok with getting old and wrinkly and him just staying as he was?
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Those are the challenges they are currently facing. The tests are coming from outside perspectives in the form of pressures to conform to what is acceptable or normal. But if they remain true to their feelings for each other, maybe they’ll find a way.
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Calls to mind Oscar Wilde’s A Picture of Dorian Gray, in which the title character never ages but his portrait shows every degradation of his character over time. It seems more of a curse than a blessing, to stay young alone.
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Oooh! That sounds intriguing. You are so right. It challenges our beliefs about ageing and we find that life is valuable precisely because it ends. Because nothing stays the same, everything has value.
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I want to know his secret. Lovely love story.
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Well it’s no secret. In his case, he has a curious disease where he never ages. Thank you for reading, Patrick!
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I want to be young like Andy. What’s his secret?
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Unfortunately, a rare disease in his case…
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Very unusual take. I don’t know–never aging, while you watch the one you love grow older? Seems he’s in for a long string of relationships 🙂
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Makes us value a single committed relationship all the more, doesn’t it?
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For sure!
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Never getting older would be a mixed blessing. So far so good, but their future looks bleak, I think.
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They’ve survived forty years, and hopefully it will last till the end. Not without is social challenges. And inner conflict. Thank you for reading, Margaret.
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That would make me most uncomfortable. I hope she fairs better with him not aging that I would. Very original write..
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It certainly will have its challenges. Thank you for reading, Violet.
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An intriguing but sweet story. Seems their love has survived her aging and his tryst with immortality.
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Love has no boundaries. Only humans do. Thank you, Subroto.
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It’s sweet that she doesn’t seem to resent him for not aging.
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This is awesoome
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Glad you think so! Thank you, Rody.
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