Friday Fictioneers – The Neighbour

~ Neil MacDonald
PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields

Even the walls are vibrating. The very air in my little house pulses. Enough. I have to go next door.

“Would you mind,” I ask, making my smile as friendly as I can manage, “turning the music down a bit?”

He scratches his chin, which he then juts out. “Gotta live our lives, don’t we?”

“Yes, but I don’t want to live it too.”

The door slams.

Six weeks later, there’s a tentative knock on my door. He says, “Locked meself out, haven’t I? Alright if I climb over your wall, mate?”

I sense the prospect of an accommodation.

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.Friday fictioneers is a weekly challenge set by Rochelle Wisoff Fields to write a 100-word story in response to a photo prompt. You can find other stories here

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