Here's my entry for the mad libs challenge...
JELLYBEAN
by steve Oyervidez
Despite her best efforts, Trevor caught up to Claire on the sidewalk.
"Hey, looking keen, jellybean..." he said with a smile.
Claire exhaled, not amused. And not slowing down. "And here I thought the
fifties were over, Trevor."
He looked at her meaningfully. "Would you prefer I called you an insatiable
sex dumpling in the buffet of love?"
"You can call me anything you want, Trevor. If you do it from very far
away. How about Antarctica?"
"Spoil sport. Use could use a good buffeting every once and awhile. It's
just like you to take a perfectly good food as sex metaphor and ruin it.
Claire, you could even make a hyena stop laughing."
"What's that supposed to mean? Not that I care, but... What's that supposed
to mean?"
"It means that if you look in the dictionary under the term 'tight ass' it
says SEE CLAIRE ALLEN..." Trevor leaned back to appreciate the view as he
walked. "Although in your case that may be a compliment..."
"Trevor, for once can't you pretend to have a life where you don't even
know me?"
"You know what your problem is, Claire?"
"Delusional outpatients following me around everywhere?" she offered.
Trevor ignored it. "You have no imagination."
"Funny... Since I can imagine a day where you 'don't' accost me on my way
to work..."
Trevor suddenly looked at her head, as if noticing something for the first
time. She didn't know how to react. Then without warning he reached out to
the side of her face, but she pulled it back.
"Trevor, what are you doing?"
Looking serious, he reached out again and he touched her ear... pulling his
hand back with a pink jellybean between his fingers.
"Sorry, you had something stuck in there, Claire."
"Ha ha," Claire said without enthusiasm. "That's an old trick, Trevor. I
might have fallen for it once... when I was five or so..."
He wasn't listening, reaching up again and then... appearing to pull out
another pink jellybean. His fingers grazed her cheek for one tantalizing
moment as his hand withdrew.
"Look at that, Claire... Same color. Same flavor. Over and over again..."
Trevor popped it into his mouth without hesitation and began to chew.
Claire smiled, still walking. But then Trevor reached out and pulled out
another one, gently grazing her cheek, and then another. And another again,
all of them pink, popping each into his mouth if he had an insatiable
appetite for them, not looking like he was going to stop anytime soon.
Claire couldn't help but smile, almost laughing as they continued down the
sidewalk and Trevor kept pulling jellybeans from her ear. Looking around,
Claire realized how ridiculous they must look walking down the crowded
sidewalk. Her skin was tingling where Trevor grazed her cheek each time.
But he didn't stop, more and more jellybeans going into his mouth, over a
dozen know in that short span of time. Suddenly, Claire made a vaguely
disgusted face.
Still chewing, Trevor looked at her. "What's wrong?"
"That's a little... disgusting, Trevor."
"You do realize these aren't actually coming from your ear..."
"No, I mean the jellybeans. How can you eat that many? I hate those
things."
"Figures. How can you hate jellybeans? What's not to love? They're sweet,
they're gooey, they're pointless..."
"Sounds familiar. Reminds me of a certain patient with nothing better to do
today apparently..."
"Hey, believe me, I'll accept that description. Except for that 'not to
love' part. I've always done my best to change that. But no matter how hard
I try, you just won't buy a ticket on the Trevor train."
"It's probably a short ride..."
"Not the way I conduct. Someday I'll show you my engine and let you stoke
the boilers. That ride is transcontinental, non stop express, and believe
me. It gets you there. Sometimes twice."
"As totally unappealing as that sounds, I still don't like jellybeans,
Trevor."
"Your loss..." Trevor casually reached up and pulled another jellybean from
her ear like she was a dispenser. Pink like all the others, he popped it
into his mouth.
Claire blinked, suddenly realizing Trevor was wearing a short sleeved
shirt. His arms were bare, and his hands were never out of view. How was he
doing that? She pushed the thought aside.
"Trevor, maybe I don't like jellybeans because They ACTUALLY ARE pointless.
Like... I don't know, hoping to see you act normal for a day."
"Trust me, it's no act..."
She continued. "Like lawyers praying for absolution. Or like tacky plastic
pink flamingos on someone's perfectly good front lawn."
"I get it. Like turning a cactus into a chia pet..."
"Jellybeans just don't serve any functional or beneficial purpose in my
life, Trevor."
"SO what? Where are all those plastic pink flamingos supposed to live?"
"Trevor..."
"Claire, sometimes it's the pointless things that make life worth living."
He reached out and stopped her on the sidewalk, looking at her as people
continued to stream past. Without a word he held out his arm, showing her
his empty palm. Then he clenched it into a fist, turning it over. Opening
his fingers slowly... a heavy, continuous stream of pink jellybeans rained
down out of his hand, seemingly more than he could possibly be holding as
they scattered everywhere on the sidewalk at their feet.
Claire watched in wonder, not believing her eyes, almost laughing in
amazement.
"Trevor, how did-"
He smiled at her. "Just the voodoo I do so well. Always said we good were a
dexterous lot. You'd be surprised. I wish you'd let me show you all the
amazing thins I can do with my hands..."
Still astonished, Claire reached out and grabbed his wrist, turning it
over, still wondering where all the jellybeans had come from.
Trevor guided her gaze down. "Look at all that on the floor, Claire.
This... is your brain. This is your brain on the sidewalk. This is your
brain as a pink jellybean. Any questions? Notice anything? They're all the
same! As pretty as that brain of your is, there's no variety!"
"Variety? Trevor, this may come as a bit of a shock to you, considering
your... 'condition', but our brains a re all pretty much alike. Brain,
blood, bone, all the same. Until you start believing your a Roman Love God,
then you're pretty much on your own..."
"I'm not talking about the parts, Claire. I'm talking about the perception.
You always do the same thing! Day after day. The same route, the same
routine, the same rut! Can you imagine if everything in the world were
exactly the same everyday? If everything was always pink jellybeans? How
boring would that be?" Thinking about it, Trevor liked his lips. "Although
you might not provide the best analogy, since you do have this really
stimulating flavor that raises... several intriguing possibilities."
"Trying to find life truisms in a pile of cheap candy, Trevor? You haven't
been eating any funny brownies Champ has lying around, have you?"
"Claire my point is as monochrome as those jellybeans. Like the bland
leading the bland! Most people accidentally wander into the Dull Zone, but
you kamikaze into it! If someone who believed in Buddhism were reincarnated
into your life, they'd pray to get out of the loop..."
"Well, lucky for them, this life is already occupied."
"Yeah, but not by much."
Shaking her head, she began to walk again. "Trevor, what do you want from
me..."
He gave her a long look.
She smiled. "Besides that..."
Reaching up, he pulled another pink jellybean from her ear. Instead of
eating it, he offered it to her. "You're living your life but it's like you
haven't even tried it yet. Do something different for once. Instead of
walking the road you've most traveled. At least try one, Claire..."
With a sigh, Claire finally took it from him. reluctantly she popped it
into her mouth, pausing after she chewed. Suddenly her face lifted, really
starting to enjoy it.
Trevor smiled. "See! Apollo was wrong. Mortals can be taught!"
"Trevor... this is... this is really good..."
"Only if you try a new one everyday..."
She was still chewing. "What flavor is this?"
Trevor started to walk away, grinning back at her as he popped another pink
jellybean into his mouth. "Pink flamingo, actually..."
Claire smiled as he walked away, Feeling better than she had been, she went
on her way to work, already making plans to stop by the candy sore along
the way.
The end.
JELLYBEAN
by steve Oyervidez
Despite her best efforts, Trevor caught up to Claire on the sidewalk.
"Hey, looking keen, jellybean..." he said with a smile.
Claire exhaled, not amused. And not slowing down. "And here I thought the
fifties were over, Trevor."
He looked at her meaningfully. "Would you prefer I called you an insatiable
sex dumpling in the buffet of love?"
"You can call me anything you want, Trevor. If you do it from very far
away. How about Antarctica?"
"Spoil sport. Use could use a good buffeting every once and awhile. It's
just like you to take a perfectly good food as sex metaphor and ruin it.
Claire, you could even make a hyena stop laughing."
"What's that supposed to mean? Not that I care, but... What's that supposed
to mean?"
"It means that if you look in the dictionary under the term 'tight ass' it
says SEE CLAIRE ALLEN..." Trevor leaned back to appreciate the view as he
walked. "Although in your case that may be a compliment..."
"Trevor, for once can't you pretend to have a life where you don't even
know me?"
"You know what your problem is, Claire?"
"Delusional outpatients following me around everywhere?" she offered.
Trevor ignored it. "You have no imagination."
"Funny... Since I can imagine a day where you 'don't' accost me on my way
to work..."
Trevor suddenly looked at her head, as if noticing something for the first
time. She didn't know how to react. Then without warning he reached out to
the side of her face, but she pulled it back.
"Trevor, what are you doing?"
Looking serious, he reached out again and he touched her ear... pulling his
hand back with a pink jellybean between his fingers.
"Sorry, you had something stuck in there, Claire."
"Ha ha," Claire said without enthusiasm. "That's an old trick, Trevor. I
might have fallen for it once... when I was five or so..."
He wasn't listening, reaching up again and then... appearing to pull out
another pink jellybean. His fingers grazed her cheek for one tantalizing
moment as his hand withdrew.
"Look at that, Claire... Same color. Same flavor. Over and over again..."
Trevor popped it into his mouth without hesitation and began to chew.
Claire smiled, still walking. But then Trevor reached out and pulled out
another one, gently grazing her cheek, and then another. And another again,
all of them pink, popping each into his mouth if he had an insatiable
appetite for them, not looking like he was going to stop anytime soon.
Claire couldn't help but smile, almost laughing as they continued down the
sidewalk and Trevor kept pulling jellybeans from her ear. Looking around,
Claire realized how ridiculous they must look walking down the crowded
sidewalk. Her skin was tingling where Trevor grazed her cheek each time.
But he didn't stop, more and more jellybeans going into his mouth, over a
dozen know in that short span of time. Suddenly, Claire made a vaguely
disgusted face.
Still chewing, Trevor looked at her. "What's wrong?"
"That's a little... disgusting, Trevor."
"You do realize these aren't actually coming from your ear..."
"No, I mean the jellybeans. How can you eat that many? I hate those
things."
"Figures. How can you hate jellybeans? What's not to love? They're sweet,
they're gooey, they're pointless..."
"Sounds familiar. Reminds me of a certain patient with nothing better to do
today apparently..."
"Hey, believe me, I'll accept that description. Except for that 'not to
love' part. I've always done my best to change that. But no matter how hard
I try, you just won't buy a ticket on the Trevor train."
"It's probably a short ride..."
"Not the way I conduct. Someday I'll show you my engine and let you stoke
the boilers. That ride is transcontinental, non stop express, and believe
me. It gets you there. Sometimes twice."
"As totally unappealing as that sounds, I still don't like jellybeans,
Trevor."
"Your loss..." Trevor casually reached up and pulled another jellybean from
her ear like she was a dispenser. Pink like all the others, he popped it
into his mouth.
Claire blinked, suddenly realizing Trevor was wearing a short sleeved
shirt. His arms were bare, and his hands were never out of view. How was he
doing that? She pushed the thought aside.
"Trevor, maybe I don't like jellybeans because They ACTUALLY ARE pointless.
Like... I don't know, hoping to see you act normal for a day."
"Trust me, it's no act..."
She continued. "Like lawyers praying for absolution. Or like tacky plastic
pink flamingos on someone's perfectly good front lawn."
"I get it. Like turning a cactus into a chia pet..."
"Jellybeans just don't serve any functional or beneficial purpose in my
life, Trevor."
"SO what? Where are all those plastic pink flamingos supposed to live?"
"Trevor..."
"Claire, sometimes it's the pointless things that make life worth living."
He reached out and stopped her on the sidewalk, looking at her as people
continued to stream past. Without a word he held out his arm, showing her
his empty palm. Then he clenched it into a fist, turning it over. Opening
his fingers slowly... a heavy, continuous stream of pink jellybeans rained
down out of his hand, seemingly more than he could possibly be holding as
they scattered everywhere on the sidewalk at their feet.
Claire watched in wonder, not believing her eyes, almost laughing in
amazement.
"Trevor, how did-"
He smiled at her. "Just the voodoo I do so well. Always said we good were a
dexterous lot. You'd be surprised. I wish you'd let me show you all the
amazing thins I can do with my hands..."
Still astonished, Claire reached out and grabbed his wrist, turning it
over, still wondering where all the jellybeans had come from.
Trevor guided her gaze down. "Look at all that on the floor, Claire.
This... is your brain. This is your brain on the sidewalk. This is your
brain as a pink jellybean. Any questions? Notice anything? They're all the
same! As pretty as that brain of your is, there's no variety!"
"Variety? Trevor, this may come as a bit of a shock to you, considering
your... 'condition', but our brains a re all pretty much alike. Brain,
blood, bone, all the same. Until you start believing your a Roman Love God,
then you're pretty much on your own..."
"I'm not talking about the parts, Claire. I'm talking about the perception.
You always do the same thing! Day after day. The same route, the same
routine, the same rut! Can you imagine if everything in the world were
exactly the same everyday? If everything was always pink jellybeans? How
boring would that be?" Thinking about it, Trevor liked his lips. "Although
you might not provide the best analogy, since you do have this really
stimulating flavor that raises... several intriguing possibilities."
"Trying to find life truisms in a pile of cheap candy, Trevor? You haven't
been eating any funny brownies Champ has lying around, have you?"
"Claire my point is as monochrome as those jellybeans. Like the bland
leading the bland! Most people accidentally wander into the Dull Zone, but
you kamikaze into it! If someone who believed in Buddhism were reincarnated
into your life, they'd pray to get out of the loop..."
"Well, lucky for them, this life is already occupied."
"Yeah, but not by much."
Shaking her head, she began to walk again. "Trevor, what do you want from
me..."
He gave her a long look.
She smiled. "Besides that..."
Reaching up, he pulled another pink jellybean from her ear. Instead of
eating it, he offered it to her. "You're living your life but it's like you
haven't even tried it yet. Do something different for once. Instead of
walking the road you've most traveled. At least try one, Claire..."
With a sigh, Claire finally took it from him. reluctantly she popped it
into her mouth, pausing after she chewed. Suddenly her face lifted, really
starting to enjoy it.
Trevor smiled. "See! Apollo was wrong. Mortals can be taught!"
"Trevor... this is... this is really good..."
"Only if you try a new one everyday..."
She was still chewing. "What flavor is this?"
Trevor started to walk away, grinning back at her as he popped another pink
jellybean into his mouth. "Pink flamingo, actually..."
Claire smiled as he walked away, Feeling better than she had been, she went
on her way to work, already making plans to stop by the candy sore along
the way.
The end.