I wrote my first fiction, or rather,
flash fiction today.
Meaning a story of less than 1000 words.
So so, read up!!!
I like nothing more than....sharing :P
(and yes, the name of the main character of this story)
(lauren you should be honoured haha)

LOLO’S SERIES OF FORTUNATE EVENTS

Lolo decided to attend a garden tea party on a windy day, which was an unforgivable decision because the moment she stepped outside the car, her skirt flew up. At the exact moment, all heads instantly turned and everyone was starring at Lolo. “Score one for me! I’m the center of attention!” thought Lolo. Who cared if everyone pretty much just caught a glimpse of her pink and white polka dot thongs.

The ferocious wind was still blowing her skirt upwards and next thing she knew, all the men were seen with a camera, busily clicking away. “Wow now I’m going to be on the desktop of every one of these men!” breathed Lolo. She struck a few more poses; some with a pout and some with a sultry smile playing off her lips.

After the celebrity-paparazzi scene died off, she trotted over to one of the banquet tables to get a cup of tea. As she was about to take her first sip of her favorite and calming Earl Grey, Mr. Dodd who had already had one to many shots of whisky stumbled into Lolo, causing her to spill tea down her white flowered blouse and skirt. Gasps could be heard coming from the women around her and drunken Mr. Dodd was escorted away by two butlers of the Pennington household.

Lolo was in the middle of wondering what she ought to do with her tea-stained clothes when Sarah Pennington came up, giggling, and offering to give her any dress from her wardrobe that she desired. It was clear that Miss Pennington was quite tipsy but at least Lolo would be getting a dress for free!

This was turning out to be quite a good day for Lolo as she followed Miss Pennington to her massive walk in closet. After flipping through about over 200 dresses, she settled for a beautiful white Marilyn Monroe dress. As she walked back out to the garden, she could hear someone whispering “Blimey, that’s clever! I should spill some tea on my dress too”

Giving them a smug smile, Lolo turned to find her Aunt Jane standing behind her. “Lolo dear, how is the job hunt coming along?” she asked. Reluctantly, Lolo told her about how she was yet to find a new job after she was fired from her last one because she spent more time watering her boss’s cactus rather than answering the telephone. She was not pleased to have her snooty ambitious aunt question her about her failed attempt at a job hunt. Knowing her, she would announce to all of Lolo’s cousins and they would give her an endless string of snide remarks at the next family dinner.

But to her surprise, Aunt Jane offered her a job as a photocopy girl in the Parliamentary office. Lolo agreed while shrugging. Definitely beats starring at her cat, Kingston the whole day. She did a mental check and as of that afternoon, she was the center of attention, desktop background for many men, owner of a Marilyn Monroe dress and the official photocopy girl of Parliament. Life did seem beautiful at that moment.

To celebrate her newfound job, Lolo headed over to the banquet table to help herself to a shrimp cocktail. Alas, the left heel of her silver quilted flats decided to snap and Lolo found herself falling towards the ground. But she never did hit the ground. Instead she found herself in the arms of a short, fair but still handsome stranger.

Blushing and flustered, she quickly thanked the stranger for his kind act. But instead of saying “You’re welcome.” he took her breath away by saying “Would you have dinner with me on Saturday night?” It was all Lolo could do to keep herself from squealing and pumping her fist in the air. Looked like a crazy afternoon with a series of unfortunate events turned out to be a series of fortunate events for Lolo Noland. Life was indeed beautiful!