one small girl

sweet as a eucalyptus, terrible as a tempest

VII.

22 June 2004

You ask how automated sliding doors get fingerprints and this is the answer: when somebody forgets to turn it back on after cleaning, that's how.

Harriene and Mictlan stirred, sitting up. "Ouch," they chimed in unison, rubbing their own foreheads. "What happened?" they asked at the same time. "What did you say? I can't hear you!" they shouted together. With ten inch glass doors in between them, perhaps it would be somewhat difficult to hear one another.

Mictlan stood up and switched on the doors. It parted in the middle as Harriene stepped into the house. "Darn it, who turned off the doors?" asked Harriene, annoyed. "Are you okay Mic? Sorry, I made you damay* didn't I?

"Oh, that's okay. ~grin~ Hey, bumping into glass doors is more fun when done with company, eh?"

Harriene laughed. "Yeah! What say we head to the kitchen and ice our poor heads?"

"Lead the way!"

They went to the kitchen to find Likewise shooting icing down her throat. The cake on the counter had a conspicuous hole on one side.

"Likewise!" called out Harriene and Mictlan.

"Holy crap," cried Likewise in a muffled voice. "Go ahead and startle me! Geez!" She swallowed the icing, and noticed Harriene and Mictlan's swelling foreheads. "What happened to you?!"

"Had an encounter with the door," explained Mictlan, walking to the fridge to get some ice.

The refrigerator was a one-door G.E., old and durable. As seen in many households, one-door fridges open to reveal a freezer with an inner door on top, three shelves under the freezer, two baskets under that for veggies, and eggs and water bottle compartments at the door.

Mictlan, however, saw nothing but neatly stacked fresh red tomatoes. "Say, that girl Aimee Rae, she was here wasn't she?"

"She was. She did that," replied Likewise, flashing a smile in amusement, revealing a nice set of sapphirey blues.

"Gee, Likewise, you do add a whole new meaning to BlueTooth technology..." started Harriene.

"Whatever do you mean?" asked Likewise.

"Smile here to find out," said Harriene, flashing a compact mirror in Likewise's face.

"ARRGH! Ohmigosh! What shame, what disgrace!" lamented Likewise. "This is all cute hubby's fault. If he didn't have to go away I wouldn't be baking him a cake. Oh well, nothing the treadmill and dentist couldn't solve."

Mictlan took a large tomato from the freezer, grabbed a knife and sliced it in half.

"Hey those are Techie's tomatoes!" warned Likewise.

"I'm sure Techie won't mind," said Mictlan. "Here Harriene, catch this," pitching her the other half as he placed his half on his swollen forehead. The firm, ice-cold flesh soothed the pain.

But tomatoes are juicy and messy. Not a minute later, Mictlan and Harriene found their faces dripping from tomato sap, the cold juice flowing slowly down their eyes, the bridge of their nose, their cheeks, their mouth.

"YUM!!" exclaimed Harriene. "This tomato is sweet!"

She opened the fridge, got one plump red tomato and took a bite. "This is really good. I'm sure Techie won't mind sharing some of her tomatoes, there must be a bushel in there (munch munch).

"Look at her go, now i'm envious!" said Likewise. "Let's have some too Mic!"

All three sat there, eating tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato after tomato.

Harriene: (Munch), turning twenty-five wouldn't be so bad with rosy white cheeks, eh? (munch munch munch)

Likewise: Yeah, cute hubby will be surprised to find a new radiant looking me when he gets back! (munch munch munch)

Mictlan: Maybe if eunmi ate some (munch) of these her hands will finally become softer than her boss's, ya think? (munch munch munch)

Harriene: Yeah. And maybe her hair (munch munch) would stop turning grey too.

Likewise: Where is (munch) eunmi, anyway?

*damay (DA-mye): to get someone into trouble with you.

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