Prompt #10

I’m walking around the hallways trying to find a conversation to write about because my creative non-fiction writing teacher told me to. The school seems empty at this time of day. My friend, Paige, and I walk side by side as she was given the same assignment. Occasionally, we see other students from our class walking around with notebooks and pens in their hands. My ears are strained as I listen for any conversation. No luck so far. Paige and I decide to give up and resolve to talking to ourselves while walking back to our classroom.
“What are you going to write about for your prompt?” I asked.
“I’m going to write about the party at Alex’s house Friday night. You know, the party that you sadly couldn’t attend.” She said.
“Hey,“ I replied. “You know that I had a prior commitment that I couldn’t cancel. I wish that I could have gone.”
“Yeah yeah yeah. You are coming to the next party though, even if I have to drag you.” She said seriously.
“Okay,” I responded jokingly. “We’ll see what happens.” She rolled her eyes at me. “How was the party anyway? Did I miss a lot?”
“OMG yes!” She exclaimed. “It was so funny! Alex was definitely more drunk than anyone there. Tenika, he ran outside in his bare feet! This other kid eventually had to go get him because he was heading to a pond and we thought he was going to fall in.”
“Sounds like it was very entertaining,” I laughed.
“It was!” She said. “Later he threw a blanket over his head and just laughed for the rest of the night. It was so weird it was funny.”
“Well that is going to make a good prompt for class. I can’t believe I missed it.”
By this time we had reached our classroom. Only a few people were back from their assignment search. Paige and I headed straight to our seats to start writing.