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These stories are for The Musicology Anthology Challenge. There will be fifty-two of them. |
Deuce Get up And get your grandma outta here Pick up Old Jim is workin' hard this year And baby Do the things he says to do Baby, if you're feeling good And baby if you're feeling nice You know your man is workin' hard He's worth a deuce Honey Don't put your man behind his years And baby Stop cryin' all your tears Baby Do the things he says to do Do it Baby, if you're feeling good And baby if you're feeling nice You know your man is workin' hard He's worth a deuce And baby, if you're feeling good Yes baby if you're feeling nice You know your man is workin' hard Yeah Deuce A screaming sound coming from the back of their old rented RV caused Thomas Winston to lose control of it. Unluckily, he regained control very quickly and pulled it over to the side of the road. Ignoring the other drivers shouting and cursing Thomas sighed. He instantly crosses his arm over to his wife Joann to protect her. Only it’s not Joann. It’s his eldest son Gene. Thomas quickly takes his arm back. Then he looks back behind him. “Is everyone okay.” After a chorus of okays from everyone, Thomas gets up and walks into the back of their RV. Carefully stepping over the clutter that is now everywhere. “What just caused us almost to get killed.” Joann got up with a lot of help from Thomas. “Aren’t you exaggerating just a little bit. It wasn’t that bad, was it?” “Maybe I stretched it a little. But my life did pass before my eyes.” Beth, their youngest at nine, started giggling. “You weren’t driving with your eyes closed again were you, daddy.” “I have never driven like that. Well, maybe I did it once. But I was along at the time.” Thomas looks at his four kids as Gene and Christine join them in the living section of the RV. “You kids promised never to tell your mother about it.” Gene smiled. “I forgot all about that. Now I know why you think I’m too young to drive even though I’m sixteen.” “It’s not that we don’t want you to drive. But an RV is a lot harder to drive than a car. Your father just proved that.” “What is going on? How did we get sidetracked?” Thomas asked. “I want to know who is screaming and why.” Christine stepped forward. “It was me. I’m the one who did it. I found something while I was looking around in the back.” “Snooping again. It was bad enough when you were younger. But now that you’re twelve you need to stop doing that.” “Paul, don’t panic. Your thirteen-year-old mind is safe. I wasn’t looking under your bed because I already know what’s there. What I found wasn’t there.” Christine started flapping a two-dollar bill in front of her. “This is what I found. But it’s a misprint.” “If there is something wrong with it, then it might be worth something.” Paul grabbed the bill from Christine and looks at it from both sides. “The little snoop is right. It is a two instead of a one.” “Give me that.” Paul handed the bill over to his dad Thomas. After looking at it, Thomas smiles. “There isn’t anything wrong with this. It’s not a dollar bill because it’s a two-dollar one.” Joann took the bill next. “I didn’t think that they made these anymore.” “They still make them. In fact, they only stopped making them for a few years since 1928. They’re just not used very much anymore.” “How do you all that dad? Beth asked. Thomas smiled. “Because I’m a High School History teacher. At least I was before we took you all out of school to start homeschooling you three years ago.” Joann gave the bill back to Thomas. “I remember the first time I gave you one of these.” “How do you remember that?” Thomas asked. “It was so long ago.” All four kids started shivering. But it’s Gene who spoke first. “Oh, no. They are about to tell us another one of their stories about when they were growing up.” “It’s not from when we were growing up.” Joann continued. “We were both grown up by then. In fact, we were already working as teachers in High School. That’s when it happened.” Joann took a deep breath and let it out. “It was after a rough several weeks. For those two weeks, it was one problem after another.” “I got that among the change I got for some groceries I go for you grandma. And I gave it to your dad for all the hard work he had been doing lately.” This time it was Beth who spoke first. “That wasn’t one of your better stories mom. But I get the point: stop snooping.” “What I want to know is why we all had to suffer Beth’s punishment?” Beth looked at Paul with hatred all over her face. “That wasn’t a punishment. It was something that I just wanted to tell you. Consider it your English lesson for today. Now go write me an essay on what I just told you, Beth. That’s your punishment for snooping again.” Beth stomped her feet and walked out of there in a huff. “Why am I the only one who is getting punished?” “I still can’t believe you remember that. It was so long ago.” Joann smiled sheepishly. “It’s not that hard to remember. I think that’s the night we conceived Gene.” All four kids had a reaction to that. But in different ways. “Oh, mom” came from Gene. “Yuck,” Paul spoke next. “Parents aren’t supposed to be talking like that. Especially, in front of their children.” “What is everyone talking about?” Beth asked. Paul opened his mouth to speak, but before he could say anything Christine spoke. “We are talking about sex. You’re still too young to know about that.” “No, I’m not. I know all about it. Mom and dad told me all about it last year. Well, almost a year ago.” Just then there is a pounding on the door. “It’s the police. Open up.” Thomas headed for the door. He stopped just before reaching it and turned around to face the others. “My guess is that we weren’t the only ones affected by your screaming.” Word Count = 948 |
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