The Ghost's Guide to Therapy

The man sitting in the luxurious brown leather chairs stretched back a bit and propped his feet (shod in no-nonsense penny loafers in a shade of brown matching the décor of the office) on the solid mahogany desk. He reached forward to grab the cassette player (yes, ancient by most standards, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it) and clicked "on." He settled back into his seat to analyze his latest session.

Friday , December 13th, 2003 a recorded voice said to him.

Heard by: Dr. Veil

Patient: Daniel Fenton

Age: 14

Static buzzed gently, until another faint "click" was heard, and Dr. Veil, presumably, started a tiny bit at the sound of his own voice.

So, Daniel, is it?

It's Danny.

Okay, then. Well, hi Danny, I'm Dr. Veil-

-I know-

-And I'm here to help you Danny. My job is to serve you.

Sure…

So, Danny, is there anything you'd like to talk about?

No.

Are you sure?

Yup.

Okay then. We can just sit here.

And stare into space, doing absolutely nothing productive. I like the way you operate, Doc. Dr. Veil could sense the smile accompanying those words.

After all, the boy continued, that's what teens do. Absolutely nothing. … Yessiree, nothing at all. … We just kick back and relax, and laze around, and thoroughly squander the fleeting years of our youth, only to regret as we get older, and turn into utterly miserable lower to middle class working adults. … Yeah … Hehheh, nothing extraordinary. Nope. … Nothing.Unless you count the Thanksgiving Turkey attacking you when you're four years old.Or the toilet bowl trying to flush YOU.Or the time when my sister accidently unleashed the ecto-weinies on me. Or the time the INVISIBLE GHOST ATTACKED. JUST BECAUSE THEY had to be all ADULT-ermish, they had to sign ME up for some useless rounds of THERAPY that will do absolutely nothing to help and/or advance my situation or reconstruct my frazzled nerves!

... A turkey, Danny?

You don't know my family.

The doctor smiled.

A/N: Yup, it's super-short. But I had an urge to practice a bit of humor (it's not my thing: I'm an angst-bot). Don't be surprised if this stays a one-shot. But if (and when) I get an urge, I may expand it to include the actual memories. Most will be humor. It's a writing practice-thingie. I often do these, and I wanted to get a bit of feedback on this. Don't be afriad to be harsh, I want to improve on humor.

If I do expand this (which will be sporadic) each chappie will probably be written in a different style. I want to test my limits. :) Also, I will probably be posting a story of the same title on my fictionpress/dA account that is Original fiction. Right now, it's in pre-planning. Brainstorming. But I'll tell you if it pans out. (Shamless plug... :B)

Yes, GWB is coming along. Slowly. Expect an update this weekend/next week. I'm catching up with all my work, and trying to pace myself with everything else.

So... review please:)

-UA-