What was it they were fighting about this time? Yesterday it was something about a bridesmaid's dress, and today? What? Today's first act set the stage nicely when he heard the word whore waft through to his box seat. If that doesn't bring drama! The thing about mothers and daughters was they never really learn to just separate, and he figured that every time one of them told the other to fuck off, it was really their way of saying they weren't giving up on each other. He'd heard that somewhere. Maybe he'd read it. Doesn't matter. Love gets itself worked up and takes a stab at whatever was closest.
Not literally, he thought, though that might be pretty awesome. And he smiled.
The three-beat rhythm on the door dropped him back into time. Just as well. He could use the intermission. The door cracked open and the man's head poked around the edge, disembodied and floating like the money shot from some bizarre magic trick. Ta da! He lifted his gaze slightly to meet that of the man's and waited for the small talk. "Hey there. Whatcha readin,' Slick'?" the man asked. "Some kind of comic book?"He hated when his father called him Slick. Who does that? Fictional gangsters and annoying men trying to act cool in front of their kid, apparently. For the millionth time, he reminded the man, it's not a comic book. It's a graphic novel.
"Any good?" the man asked.
"Meh..." he said, tossing it over the edge of his bed where it landed among a pile of like-minded reading. "It's alright, but this last chapter kinda sucks. The chick's kinda hot, though. Hey, can we swing by and get a donut on the way to school?"

Yes please, donuts on the way to school.
Very, very fun ending.
Posted by: Susan (Trout Towers) | Friday, November 13, 2009 at 06:47 AM
Cheeky. Very, very cheeky.
I'm starting to feel like I've been Hustled. You, know, cause this was badass clever.
Posted by: cIII | Friday, November 13, 2009 at 07:01 AM
Are you fucking kidding me that you thought this was not brilliant?
Damnit. All I'm left with is the rapture-thing.
Posted by: Jett | Friday, November 13, 2009 at 08:15 AM
shaggy effing dog was awesome.
Posted by: ms picket to you | Friday, November 13, 2009 at 02:13 PM