Engagement Party
"Watcha doing?"
I'm staring at a screen, willing words to appear!
Out of the corner of my eye I could see a hand stealing my coffee and looked up. Mick.
"I'm answering a prompt."
"A prompt?"
He came around the table and tried to sneak a peek. I quickly closed the laptop. Not that there was anything to see, but an empty document and a blinking cursor.
"Yes, you know: 'Write a story using the following words, yadda, yadda, yadda.'"
Mick took the chair opposite of mine, sti