"Taking to the Sky" is a featured 100-word story from the May Writing Challenge.
“You ready?”
“To set sail in the dinghy of yours?” No.
“It’s a sailboat.”
It looked more like a nutshell floating on a carpet of dark, imperial blue.
“I don’t know.” The waves glistening with thousands of diamonds looked so docile, yet the responsibility gnawed at my conscience. I couldn’t just leave.
“You’ve been waiting for this your whole life,” he insisted.
I had, but my heart was torn both ways which made it ache even more. The sailboat swayed beneath my feet before splashing sounded and it rose from the waters, ascending skywards to the ball of glittering silver.