Tuesday's Toothbrush Story - Jared and Patrice

Hello my excellent friends, Dillfinger is back with another toothbrush story! Before I give you the story, I would like to inform everyone about the writing challenge I posted a few days ago. Although I have received some submissions, I would like to extend the deadline until Thursday, April 15. Happy writing!

With that aside, today's toothbrush story was written by myself and Maia G. It takes place in the living room of Jared and Patrice's house.

Jared and his wife Patrice sat silently in their living room, eating breadsticks. It was 3:00pm on a warm Sunday afternoon. The pair had gone to church in the morning, returning only a half hour ago. They had changed out of their clean and elegant Sunday-clothes and were now wearing their matching Unicorn-onesies. Their silence was suddenly broken when their turtle, Crinkles, and pet fish Plerrz started to make a ruckus.

“I hev had enough,” said Jared whipping out a roll of freshly printed cash. “Take ze money. Do nut bother me. Buy your clothes. Your accessories” (he choked on this last word and dug deep into the trench coat that hung over the stool so as to grab out a cigarette.) “Leave me alone. We shall not meet again. Goodbye, my sweetcoat. Goodbye.” Jared flung the fifty-seven dollars onto the Oriental rug, and left the room shortly.

Jared sloppily chomped down on a breadstick,

“Jared!” Patrice scolded, “Can you please eat properly.” I shrugged, okay, mom. I don’t see why I have to be so perfect. We are literally wearing unicorn-onsies. I thought to myself, I knew she would kill me if I said that out loud. Instead, I looked at her saying,

“Sorry, sweetie” before turning my attention to Plerrz and Crinkles. I carefully tossed some lettuce into their enclosure.

Granny Lee appeared from the kitchen. “Children! Stop fighting! This is a civilized country, and we’re going to act like it. We aren’t animals.” She daintily picked a butter biscuit from the counter and dipped it in her caffeinated tea.

Plerzz, although he was a fish, immediately started eating the lettuce, which had fallen into the water-part of the aquarium. Crinkles completely ignored it. I was concerned for a minute, but then I realized that I was being an utter nuisance. I pulled a hamburger out the crack in between the couch cushion and tossed into the enclosure. Crinkles devoured immediately.

Plerrz gave the family a look. Why were they all so insensible. They hadn’t got any hearts, or minds for that matter. He bubbled in his bowl, but not even Granny noticed. One day, he would make a difference, and he would change the world. One day, he promised himself.