Goldfish

It turns out neither Beck nor Jade were good with goldfish. With Beck it was obvious but Jade had never had one. So when they went to the carnival once, Jade came back with a new pet. Beck had won it for her. Then one day when he went to visit her, he found her sat on her doorstep holding an empty goldfish bowl.

"Hey babe." He said tentatively sitting beside her.

"It's gone." She murmured.

"What babe?"

"The fish. It's gone."

Then Beck realised. The fish was dead.

"That's okay Jade." He soothed, placing an arm round her shoulder.

"No Beck, it's gone. I killed it."

They went on like this for about a year. Every few months replacing 'Swimmy.' Then one day, as he had done about four months ago, Beck got a text from Jade.

'Beck, Swimmy.'

He sighed and smiled sadly. However this time he was more prepared. Instead of turning up at Jades house with a new fish, he had something different for her.

When he arrived she was sat on the doorstep again like she'd been every time before.

"Hey Jade."

She looked up at him.

"You're not gonna need to worry about Swimmy anymore."

Jade tilted her head, confused.

"Close your eyes."

She did as instructed.

"Okay, now open."

Jade opened her eyes and smiled. Sat in the little glass bowl was a mini plush Goldfish. She stood up and hugged Beck.

"Although I highly recommend not putting water in with this one."