It's a Balancing Act

This post is in response to FOUR different link ups. I love when their worlds collide and they all have a similar type theme running through them so that I can mash them all together into a compact 100 word post. The first link up is my tried and true, Trifecta, using the third definition for the word 'mouth'. The second is the classy, Velvet Verbosity, using the word 'crisis'. The third is my buddy, Lance, who gives a weekly song prompt. The fourth and final is one of my new favorites, the Speakeasy over at YeahWrite. They ask that we begin our prompt with their provided sentence and the given picture. 

I feel like the balancing act at the circus. Everyone is staring at me wondering if I can spin just ONE more plate on top of those sticks. Let's see how I do...

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Credit: The Speakeasy

It's a Balancing Act 

“Who could that be at this hour?” she thought as she jammed the thumbtack that was puncturing the torn corner of a drink napkin into the cork board. She smirked at the smudged numbers written on it. A fresh start.

Another knock. She turned, slightly annoyed, and snatched up the half empty water bottle on the counter as she breezed by. The mouth of it offered a refreshing rinse.

The familiar, unwanted silhouette cast itself upon the door curtain. The desperate form swayed. She ducked back into the kitchen not wanting to be sucked back into his abyss.

Crisis averted.

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