Flash, Miscellaneous

RDP Sunday: stirrup

Written for RDP, where drkottaway asks us
to get creative with the word โ€˜stirrupโ€™.
Thanks, Doc! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Mini Story, Musing

RDP Monday: mesh

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word โ€˜meshโ€™
. Hereโ€™s my take.

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A CHANGE OF HABIT

โ€œCalled to be a nun? You canโ€™t be serious, Luna!โ€ Hudi was stunned when her sister disclosed her secret.

โ€œHudi, I shared with you what is in my heart. If you canโ€™t accept it, thatโ€™s fine but donโ€™t start giving me a speech or trying to change my mind.โ€  

Hudi started laughing. โ€œThis is some sort of joke, right? Weโ€™re no longer little Catholic school girls back in Spain!โ€  

Luna didnโ€™t even crack a smile. โ€œI should have known better than to expect you to understand, Hudi. We may be twins but we couldnโ€™t be more different.โ€  

โ€œWhy a nun?โ€

โ€œHudi, look at me. Iโ€™m not petty, funny or sexy like you. I canโ€™t dance, I donโ€™t know how to wear makeup or fix my hair or even dress nicely. Iโ€™m hopeless! Being a nun and spending the rest of my life in a convent is my destiny.โ€

Hudi laughed again. โ€œYour โ€˜destinyโ€™? Please, Luna. Arenโ€™t you being a bit dramatic? It sounds like this nun thing is more of a โ€˜hidingโ€™ than a โ€˜callingโ€™. Youโ€™re not supposed to be a nun because youโ€™re unhappy with your life.โ€

Luna didnโ€™t say anything; she knew Hudi was right.

โ€œListen to me! Youโ€™re not hopeless. Iโ€™m your twin; who better to help you? First thing I have to do is teach you how to fix this nest of twigs you have for hair; then everything else will fall into place.โ€

Over the course of a few days Hudi taught Luna how to apply makeup and do her hair. They listened to their favorite salsa music and without even realizing it, Luna was moving to the beat.

Getting dressed one day, Hudi couldnโ€™t believe her eyes. โ€œLuna, you have an amazing body! Why hide it under a habit?โ€ Luna couldnโ€™t stop blushing.

Hudi always knew she wanted to be a designer and landed a job in one of New Yorkโ€™s biggest fashion companies. Her boss was impressed with her designs and offered Hudi the chance to put together a hot new lingerie line. Hudi jumped at the opportunity and threw herself into her work.

Luna, however, was having serious doubts about her decision to become a nun.

When her assignment was done, Hudi had a brilliant idea: instead of showing her boss one-dimensional drawings, why not have someone model them? The first person who came to mind was her sister.

Luna wanted nothing to do with the project but Hudi was convincing and Luna reluctantly agreed. On the day of the big reveal Luna was a nervous wreck. Hudi put on some salsa music and shoved her sister into a room full of executives.

Luna swayed to the music, then let her satin robe slip to her waist revealing the most feminine and sexy bra anyone had ever seen. Her figure was as incredible as her lingerie.

Proudly Hudi announced โ€œLadies and gentlemen. May I present to you our model, Luna Delgado, wearing our next hottest seller โ€“ โ€˜Hudibrasโ€™.โ€

And the room erupted in applause.

NAR ยฉ 2021