The Shot Worth Missing
written by: E Barnes
I’m not an idiot; I know we’re young and there’s a chance she could shatter my heart. The difference is I don’t care. Falling for her isn’t a choice; I can’t stop it even if I try. Loving her feels like stepping onto a basketball court with seconds left, trusting my hands to make the shot. I take it without hesitation. If I miss, I miss. At least I tried. But if the ball falls through the net, I’ll know I reached something real. So I shoot, heart racing, loving her more each day, hoping she won’t finally break me.
E lives in Ohio and is a busy professional by day and a writer of microfiction by night. E has been writing for over thirty years, mainly screenwriting, until the passion for flash fiction became so overwhelming in 2019. E's first book of collected Flash Fiction was published in 2020.
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