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Chapter 2 – Audrey's First Day
When I woke up the next sunrise, I felt parched. The water Seymour had given to me hadn't helped at all. My mouth gaped open in my anguish and thirst.
It was about an hour before the boy came into the room where I was. He let out a pitiful cry when he saw me. Yes, boy! You hadn't helped at all! I long for the cooling scarlet liquid inside of you! Oh, how I wished I could tell him, but I could not yet understand the language. So, I wondered, what are you going to do about it, boy?
Seymour rushed over to me and picked me up. "Oh no!" he cried, "Audrey II! You're dying! What do I do?" He rushed me over to a window and exposed me to the sun. This didn't help at all. I didn't like the sun.
"What do I do?" Seymour moaned again. He suddenly let out a little gasp as one of his fingers caught on one of my thorns. My leaves opened up eagerly. Blood! Finally! A single drop fell into my mouth and already I could feel my strength returning. But it was not enough. I needed more.
Finally, I learned the words. "Feed me…" I moaned.
Seymour stared in shock. "Did you just talk?" he asked in surprise.
"Feed me!" I repeated.
Seymour looked at me then at his finger. Finally he got it. He held his finger over my mouth and opened his scratch a little wider so more could come out. I licked it all up and I almost wrapped my tongue around his finger.
"Mmm…" I sighed, "More!"
Seymour obeyed. As he fed me he started to think out loud. "You could make this shop famous!" he said, "A strange plant like no other! Audrey II, the alien plant, discovered by Seymour. Nice." If I had eyes I would've rolled them.
After he had spilled his blood for me, he picked me up and brought me into the front of the building, where many people were. One of them was the original Audrey, whom I was named after. I almost chuckled. It was sad that she was not pretty. But Seymour didn't care. He blushed when she greeted him.
"Seymour," Audrey said, "What is that you're holding?"
Seymour glanced down at me. "It's a new plant I found," he explained, "I called it Audrey II." He blushed again.
"Oh!" Audrey piped. She blushed too. "Well, um, why don't you put it here on the counter for the world to see?"
Seymour nodded and set me on the front desk. Instantly everyone in the shop gathered around me, ooh-ing and ahh-ing. I snickered. The human mind was so easy to entertain!
This went on for a long time before the darkness came back and everyone finally left. All that remained was Seymour and Audrey.
"It was quite a busy day today," Audrey said.
"Yeah, it was," Seymour agreed. Audrey leaned over and kissed Seymour on the cheek.
"Good night, Seymour. See you tomorrow," then the girl left.
Seymour stared after her. "Did you see that, Audrey II?" he asked me, "She kissed me!" He picked me up and kissed me on what would be my cheek. "You've already improved my life! I'm so glad I found you!" He set me down. "Good night, Audrey II! See you tomorrow!"
As he left, I smiled. "Good night… Seymour. We'll see what tomorrow brings."
Sorry these chapters are so short. Like I said, I'm making this up as I go along. Usually I write it down on paper then type it up. Hopefully it isn't too bad.
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