Be a parent, not a friend

July 2010

Rivet was at Toys R Us with RJ and Roy. RJ was six and Roy was five. She was pushing them both in a cart. Their cart was half full.

She passed by a boy and his mom.

"Woah, mom! Look at their cart, why can't you buy me toys like that?!" he asked.

"Because Jeffery. We're not rich like them and besides, she looks like a bad mother! Just Look at her!" she judged.

The woman looked at Rivet's appearance. Rivet wore a Skateboard shirt, A Poké ball beanie, white short shorts. And blue Vans. she scoffed.

RJ noticed.

"Mom, someone is looking at you weird," he said.

"Who?" Rivet asked her son, who was also wearing a beanie but he wore a yellow one that said Los Angeles LAKERS on it. Roy wore a snapback that had the same word but it was bright red and inside the L it had a palm tree on the top.

"That lady," he said pointing. RJ's tail slowly swished back and forth.

Rivet looked at her, and the Lombax suddenly got annoyed.

"Oh, is she Huh?" she said, leaving her cart and walking up to the other woman.

"Excuse me?!" Rivet asked, approaching her. The woman looked at her.

"Ugh, what are you supposed to be?!" she scoffed. "Take that costume off, it is NOT Halloween yet!"

Rivet balled her hands into fists. She was about to take a swing and break her nose.

Then the woman spoke.

"What are you going to do?" she taunted.

"You better get outta my face before I put you in a box and ship you to Antarctica!" Rivet said.

"Awww, whittle kitty is thwreating me?" she taunted.

Rive heard her say something that will surely knock her out.

"Why won't you start being more like a parent, than a friend to your kids?" she asked.

Rivet was visibly upset by that comment.

"What did you say to me?" she asked the woman.

"You heard me," she said, Rivet inhaled. Then exhaled. She took her cart and went to the checkout.

"That'll be two hundred and forty-two dollars exactly." the cashier said.

She took out her card, she was about to give it to the cashier—

"Hey!" the woman said. Rivet sighed and ripped her beanie off her head. She gripped it with her robotic hand. The woman saw that she was wearing earrings. She gasped.

"What? Is there something on my face?" Rivet asked.

"Y-your wearing… earrings!"

Ugh… she is so annoying!

"Yes…. earrings! It's JEWELRY! You have a problem with Jewelry, your highness! You were probably a daddy's girl weren't you?!"

"OHHHHHH!" RJ and Roy said as they laughed.

"Go, mom!" RJ said.

"Are you letting your kids encourage this, this disgusting behavior?!"

Rivet was about to knock her teeth out.

"Oh, I'm Daddy's girl. I do everything I want and not get in trouble for it because I'm daddy's little princess!" she held her stomach and gagged.

"You are gross!" Rivet finished.

"Ma'am your toys are all in your cart."

"Thank you, let's go guys." She picked up her boys from the shopping cart and set them down.

"Let's go guys." She put all the toys in the back of her car and drove home.

Notes: Sorry this took FOREVER! I was working on a new story and I got sidetracked. This was A LOT of fun to write. Make sure to read my newest story, "A New Beginning" and tell me what you guys think of it! Thanks!