I’ll apologise for this one in advance.
Paris set her spoon down, “India’s a lovely name, how did you get it?”
“My parents adored the subcontinent. They honeymooned there. My middle name’s Jasmine. It grew everywhere and they could smell it while they were making love. What about you?”
“You know, cliché romantic weekend, middle name champagne.”
“Because they were drinking it at the time?” India giggled.
“Yup. And you Kit? That short for Christopher?”
“Er…no…Kitchen.”
The silence gauge hit ‘extreme awkward’ so they moved the conversation swiftly to second name.
Kit hesitated, “Stew.”
“Nice. Short for Stewart?”
“No, just Stew.”
“Hmm…your parents..?
“Yes.”
“OK, who wants coffee?”
Written for Friday Fictioneers – a 100 words story based on a photo prompt. Hosted by Rochelle. Read the other entries here.
Michael Wynn 
Good chuckle, Michael 🙂
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Thanks Iain and thanks tremendously forthe great review you gave Outsiders, much appreciated.
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You’re welcome Michael, thoroughly enjoyed it 🙂
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That was so inventive! I suppose the Coffee is not someone’s middle name 😉
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Thank you. I hope Coffee isn’t or they’ll be digging themselves in deeper.
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That made me smile, Michael
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Thanks Neil
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Ha, fun!
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Thanks Draliman
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An entertaining tale that had me chuckling.
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Thank you very much
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You are welcome 🙂
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This was funny! India and Paris were luckier.
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They certainly were, thank you for reading Gabriella.
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What’s in a name. Amusing for many reasons, particularly the awkwardness.
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Thanks James, I’m pleased you liked it
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This was a hoot. And ya gotta feel bad for some of the kids out there now…
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You do, Dale. It suddenly occurred to me, what if there is someone out there called Kitchen Stew? I’d hate to upset anyone. Glad to hear you’re half way through, 🙂
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I have a friend whose name is Apple, and my son has a friend whose name is Milk. I like the “extreme awkward” on the silence gauge. Funny story!
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Thanks Brenda. My friends children used to call me Uncle Milk, but that’s because they struggled with Mick, not quite the same thing. Some of the names these days are horrendous, in my humble opinion.
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Uncle Milk has a nice ring to it though. =)
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Yes to the humor. Well done.
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Thank you Bill
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Dear Michael,
Parents really need to think about the names they give their children. 😉 Love this.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thnaks, Rochelle. They really should
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Big grin. 🙂
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Thanks Sandra, my grin reading yours was probably bigger although laced with a little revulsion.
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