Banana Benefits
Prompt: "the benefits of bananas"
From: I Heart Star Trk (guest)
Words: 304
This is a bit of a continuation from the last chapter. All information about bananas gotten from the internet. And short-and-satanic, who put up with me singing Queen.
Donna held the banana the Doctor had given her. He was bustling around, trying to start the fire as she sat in the shade, under their umbrella, waiting. Soon he had the fire started, merrily crackling under the evening sun.
"You're not going to eat that as it is?" he asked, almost horrified at the thought.
"I guess not," she handed it over. "Fry it, Spaceman."
He placed it, as well as the others he had brought from the ship, onto the makeshift grill. As the bananas were cooking, he sat down next to Donna and waited for them to be ready.
"Why bananas?" Donna asked suddenly.
"What?" the Doctor, startled by the question, looked away from the water.
"Why bananas?" Donna repeated.
"They're good for you," the Doctor replied. "And you can use them for many different things."
"Like what?" Donna wondered.
"Well, you obviously eat them," the Doctor offered. "You can whiten your teeth using the peel. You can make banana paper. You can make fabric or threads out of it. The leaves are sometimes used as plates. Bananas are sometimes used to bless weddings. Or, some people believe that spirits reside in them!"
The Doctor finished waving his arms around and his eyes lost their manic gleam as his rave ended. He turned to Donna, only to find her eyes unfocused and poked her in the arm.
"What?" she asked, looking up.
"You zoned out," he pouted.
"No I didn't," she protested. "I heard all of it. Did you leave anything out?"
"And memories," the Doctor said, and his hair seemed to droop a little.
He was pulled out of his funk by Donna pointing to the smoking grill and saying, "Is it supposed to smell like that?"
"No!" he replied, sunning toward it and taking Donna's opening to compose himself.