Something's Fishy

by uselessness

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Mendez snatched the book from my fingers.

“Hey look, Jordan, there’s cartoons in here!”

He pointed at a drawing of a sulking girl standing behind a large, smiling image of herself. “I hurt inside,” read the caption, “but I won’t show it!”

“This you, nancy-boy? You just got so many precious emotions all bottled up inside? Does the little nancy-boy want to talk about it?” The man was speaking in baby talk. Maybe if I ignored him he would go away.

I kicked off my shoes and wriggled painfully into bed. I punctuated my message by switching off the nightstand lamp.

Mendez turned on the ceiling light at the wall switch.

“Chapter seven,” he read, “Guidelines to Developing Intimacy…”

“I’m trying to take a nap, Mendez. Would you kindly let yourself out?”

“Whatever, man,” he mumbled and tossed the book on the table before leaving.

Suddenly I remembered the note Jodi had left me when she invited me to the creek. That handwriting! The “present” wasn’t from her, or Tom for that matter. What was going on here?

Prequels

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Sequels

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  1. Something's Fishy

    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Ooh, the mystery deepens! TBS , go ahead and sequel this. I’ll pick it up after you.
    LoA
    P.S.) I’m loving the part with the cartoon of the sulking girl. Is that in the book?!

  2. Something's Fishy

    uselessness' Buddy Icon uselessness

    Posted 2 months ago

    You bet it is! I do my research!! ;-)
    http://books.google.com/books?id=T-ATpdxI50QC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0
    LoA

  3. Something's Fishy

    thebetweenspace's Buddy Icon thebetweenspace

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Loving it! Like I said, glad to see you’re back on the team. The research paid off, hilarious! And I love how Mendez turns the light on and keeps going. Hmm… Let me think of how to sequel…

  4. Something's Fishy

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Great job on the mystery deepening, and also the proto-typical jock derision of feelings and sensitivity. It’s nice that the passive resistance worked in this case.

  5. Something's Fishy

    thebetweenspace's Buddy Icon thebetweenspace

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    By the way, I love the mystery element you’ve added.

  6. Something's Fishy

    emma jo_234's Buddy Icon emma jo_234

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Ack! What’s going to happen???
    LoA

  7. Something's Fishy

    Apple's Buddy Icon Apple

    Posted 2 months ago

    Uh oh! Now, who’s scheming against the poor nancy-boy now?

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