Blanket was pacing up and down the hallway wringing his fringe. He'd been doing so for the last thirty minutes. Abbey had grown tired of watching him go back and forth, so she was standing at her desk painting.
"Did you like him more than me? Was he cooler? More fun? More adventurous? I can be adventurous. Remember the time I climbed the tree, or how about when I was swinging outside the van window while your mom was driving 80 miles and hour? It doesn't get more adventurous than that let me tell you. No sirree bob. I am awesome. I am fabulous. Right? Tell me I'm great, I just need to hear it out loud and then I'll be fine."
Abbey rolled her eyes. Blanket had been distraught since he found out that Aunt Denise was bringing the repaired purple blanket back. When Abbey was younger she'd had another purple blanket, but that Blanket didn't listen when he was told not to run with scissors and had been off being repaired for a very long time. Blanket was the second string blanket and was very nervous about being banished to back-up status again.
Just then they heard the crunch of gravel in the driveway and Blanket met and held Abbey's eye. "Okay, deep breath, spazoid. This is no big deal, we're all going to be just fine. There is room enough in this house for everyone. And besides, Blanket number 1 is fun. He likes to play outside and climb trees and he really loves arts and crafts, but no scissors, it makes him kind of nervous, you know since the accident. I remember this one time, we went to the zoo and since I was with Mommy, I got to take Blanket in, and he managed to get all the way into the elephant enclosure, and if he hadn't gotten snagged on the stupid bushes, he would have riden on the elephant's back!"
"Wow, great, wonderful, he sounds fantastic. Can't wait." Blanket flopped himself down on the beanbag chair and covered himself with a pillow.
Abbey ran downstairs to greet Aunt Denise. She gave her a huge hug and Aunt Denise handed off her long lost very first purple Blanket. He was patched now, and there was a very large section of bright purple yarn that didn't match with the faded aubergine that he had become after 7 years of being loved and carried everywhere.
Well, better get this over with Abbey decided. She threw Blanket over her shoulder and headed upstairs.
As soon as she turned the corner of her room Blanket slithered off her shoulder and stood indignantly in the middle of the rug.
"You can't seriously think that I have any interest in hanging out in here when there are grown-ups downstairs? I bet you planned to watch Good Luck Charlie or Hannah Idaho, or one of those other lame shows that only teach you to be snarky and more grown-up than you should be. I have more refined taste than that. I would much prefer to watch Dancing with the Stars or Criminal Minds, those shows challenge my intellect. And OH MY GOD, where am I? I thought this was your bedroom. It looks like the scene of some kind of natural disaster. It looks like tornado, but it spells like tsunami."
Abbey and Blanket 2 stood in disbelief with their mouths hanging open. They had expected different things, but neither of them had expected that 6 months with no one for company but grown-ups and dogs would do that to a fun-loving carefree blanket.
Abbey and Blanket 2 spent the next 2 hours huddled together on the bean bag chair while Blanket held them hostage watching Criminal Minds. Abbey was pretty sure that she'd never be able to get some of those images out of her mind. Especially the one with the shower and the chainsaw. How she wished she had Maddy's princess tv, the one that needed a password for this kind of barbarism.
"What are we going to do about this? We can't go on like this forever, that last episode with the carnivorous chickens made me want to vomit?" Blanket whispered to Abbey.
"I know, I think this is going to require drastic action. Any suggestions?"
The two friends whispered quietly and devised a plan.
"Mommy, I have been thinking." Abbey said as she came downstairs dragging Blanket behind her.
"Okay, sweetheart, what's on your mind?" replied Mommy.
"Well, I know that blanket is very special, and I wouldn't want anything to happen to him, because we can't keep fixing him forever, so maybe it would be for the best if we just put him in my special box. You know the one in the bottom of the closet where we keep all special things that should be locked up forever, only to be taken out far far in the future." At this Abbey gave Blanket a vigorous shake to be sure he was paying attention.
"Honey, I think that's a great idea."
After Blanket was safely stowed away and Abbey received a lecture about what channels were totally off limits for watching, Blanket and Abbey snuggled into the bean bag chair for some Good Luck Charlie.Abbey
"Did you like him more than me? Was he cooler? More fun? More adventurous? I can be adventurous. Remember the time I climbed the tree, or how about when I was swinging outside the van window while your mom was driving 80 miles and hour? It doesn't get more adventurous than that let me tell you. No sirree bob. I am awesome. I am fabulous. Right? Tell me I'm great, I just need to hear it out loud and then I'll be fine."
Abbey rolled her eyes. Blanket had been distraught since he found out that Aunt Denise was bringing the repaired purple blanket back. When Abbey was younger she'd had another purple blanket, but that Blanket didn't listen when he was told not to run with scissors and had been off being repaired for a very long time. Blanket was the second string blanket and was very nervous about being banished to back-up status again.
Just then they heard the crunch of gravel in the driveway and Blanket met and held Abbey's eye. "Okay, deep breath, spazoid. This is no big deal, we're all going to be just fine. There is room enough in this house for everyone. And besides, Blanket number 1 is fun. He likes to play outside and climb trees and he really loves arts and crafts, but no scissors, it makes him kind of nervous, you know since the accident. I remember this one time, we went to the zoo and since I was with Mommy, I got to take Blanket in, and he managed to get all the way into the elephant enclosure, and if he hadn't gotten snagged on the stupid bushes, he would have riden on the elephant's back!"
"Wow, great, wonderful, he sounds fantastic. Can't wait." Blanket flopped himself down on the beanbag chair and covered himself with a pillow.
Abbey ran downstairs to greet Aunt Denise. She gave her a huge hug and Aunt Denise handed off her long lost very first purple Blanket. He was patched now, and there was a very large section of bright purple yarn that didn't match with the faded aubergine that he had become after 7 years of being loved and carried everywhere.
Well, better get this over with Abbey decided. She threw Blanket over her shoulder and headed upstairs.
As soon as she turned the corner of her room Blanket slithered off her shoulder and stood indignantly in the middle of the rug.
"You can't seriously think that I have any interest in hanging out in here when there are grown-ups downstairs? I bet you planned to watch Good Luck Charlie or Hannah Idaho, or one of those other lame shows that only teach you to be snarky and more grown-up than you should be. I have more refined taste than that. I would much prefer to watch Dancing with the Stars or Criminal Minds, those shows challenge my intellect. And OH MY GOD, where am I? I thought this was your bedroom. It looks like the scene of some kind of natural disaster. It looks like tornado, but it spells like tsunami."
Abbey and Blanket 2 stood in disbelief with their mouths hanging open. They had expected different things, but neither of them had expected that 6 months with no one for company but grown-ups and dogs would do that to a fun-loving carefree blanket.
Abbey and Blanket 2 spent the next 2 hours huddled together on the bean bag chair while Blanket held them hostage watching Criminal Minds. Abbey was pretty sure that she'd never be able to get some of those images out of her mind. Especially the one with the shower and the chainsaw. How she wished she had Maddy's princess tv, the one that needed a password for this kind of barbarism.
"What are we going to do about this? We can't go on like this forever, that last episode with the carnivorous chickens made me want to vomit?" Blanket whispered to Abbey.
"I know, I think this is going to require drastic action. Any suggestions?"
The two friends whispered quietly and devised a plan.
"Mommy, I have been thinking." Abbey said as she came downstairs dragging Blanket behind her.
"Okay, sweetheart, what's on your mind?" replied Mommy.
"Well, I know that blanket is very special, and I wouldn't want anything to happen to him, because we can't keep fixing him forever, so maybe it would be for the best if we just put him in my special box. You know the one in the bottom of the closet where we keep all special things that should be locked up forever, only to be taken out far far in the future." At this Abbey gave Blanket a vigorous shake to be sure he was paying attention.
"Honey, I think that's a great idea."
After Blanket was safely stowed away and Abbey received a lecture about what channels were totally off limits for watching, Blanket and Abbey snuggled into the bean bag chair for some Good Luck Charlie.Abbey
Thank Goodness Abbey is so smart. It would have been awful to be terrorized like that for days on end! :)
ReplyDeleteHA! SO funny!
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