[Write the Story] A Wild Animal Loose in the House
Prompt: A Wild Animal Loose in the House
Words: pregnant, community, logo, statistic, democracy, honesty, criminal, ankle, orange, comment
Story
“This is not a democracy. I am the parent. You are a child. You will do what I say.” My words fell on deaf ears, and frankly all I saw was a blurry logo whizzing by. Not that I could do anything about it, being eight million months pregnant. I’d be lucky to make a wide turn, but the sky would turn orange before I said like, wait until your co-parent comes home!
Though, for the sake of honesty, I thought it and might have done a search on offspring-safe tranquilizers. That last part? Was that a criminal offense?
A screaming banshee flew past, clipping my ankle as it flashed by. I bit back a string of profanity-laced comments. The hellion would learn those words in time, but hopefully not today and not from me.
I know statistics say offspring outgrow the screaming demon stage, I just hoped I survived it, and the next one coming. If it got much worse, I might actually join that support group at the community center.
Whaaa! Followed by a crash and a screech from the family pet had me lumbering through our home. Hopefully the pet was safe enough to get away. I loved that critter. The offspring? The jury was out on that one.
Another crash. Another wail.
All in a day of parenthood.
Word Count: 222
Written: 4/15/18