Ficlets

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Sitting on my bed, I was reading a book entitled, Everything I Ever Needed to Know I Learned from this Book. I thought to myself, If he wrote the book, then how did he learn from…? when i was interrupted by Viridiana rudely barging into my room and babbling something about rocks, rain, and a door.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slowly,” I said to her.
She looked exasperated. “RainnandAbbiarestuckinsomerandom
roomandshe’sunconsciousandtheyneedhelpbecausethe
door’sjammedandI’mnotstrongenoughtoopenitandsonowI
needyourhelp,” she said.
“Okay,” I said. “Let’s go.” Viridiana led me to the place she said Rainn and Aibfinna were stuck, but… well, they didn’t look stuck to me. Rainn was standing outside the door, his white hair black with dust, and Aibfinnia was slumped over his shoulder. I couldn’t help but laugh. “Are you a fireman?!” I gasped between chuckles.
He gave me a dirty look as he set Abbi on the floor, his ear on her chest, listening for a heartbeat. He shook his head.