Five Sentence Fiction: this weeks word prompt is: Clutch.
Running down the street shouting, clutching my suitcase in one hand and my umbrella in the other, I tried to get the bus driver’s attention. The last passenger descended as I reached the back-end of the vehicle.
Wow, I though, I’ve made it but the bus started rolling forward, my shouts went unheard.
Resigned, I began to walk home, cutting through the countryside. As I arrived in my village, the bus passed me on its return trip into town.