CW: Misce-who?

Sean and Rita sat at the kitchen table, dishes with leftovers scattered across the counter.

“Well?” Sean prodded Rita.

“Well, what?” Rita sneered and looked out the window. It was cold and dark outside – no inspiration in sight.

“Well, you said you couldn’t think on an empty stomach…”

“If you’re so smart, show me what you have so far.”

Sean pushed a piece of paper toward Rita.

‘Obituary’ in big bold letters at the top of an otherwise blank page.

Rita exhaled loudly. “Great. Just great.”

“I guess we can start with the easiest – Spouse, parent, sibling…”

Before Sean was able to write that down, as he pulled his pen out from between his teeth, Rita objected. “Can’t we really think of anything else? Anything that’s not such a cliche? What kind of friends are we?” she sighed and started scribbling. “Let’s write down things Sam enjoyed doing. Then, we can choose a couple and focus on that as our base.”

“Not a terrible idea.” Sean nodded his head slowly and wrote down one word, of which he was quite proud. He figured Rita would be done within a minute or so, but she continued to write, making him feel inadequate. He looked at his piece of paper. That’s Sam in a nutshell. He shrugged and proceeded to doodle.

“OK. You done?” Rita asked ten minutes later.

“Yea. What you got?”

Rita rolled her eyes. “You first.” She didn’t want Sean to copy whatever she was to read. She was tired of Sean always getting away with Rita and Sam doing all the heavy lifting when it came to anything they did as a group.

“Miscellanarian,” Sean read proudly and looked to Rita for feedback.

“Go on.” She didn’t even hear what he said.

“That’s it.” He turned the piece of paper toward her. “Miscellanarian.”

“Misce-what?” Rita was offended that Sean didn’t take the writing of the obituary seriously, but she was also baffled as to what he meant to say.

“Miscellanarian – a writer of miscellanies,” Sean replied. “Sam used to write all sorts of different things – long stories, short stories, poems, action, horror, drama, thriller…” he continued to list.

Rita’s jaw dropped.

“Sometimes Sam’s pieces didn’t fit into any single category and had to be labeled as misc.”

Rita continued to stare at Sean.

“I feel like Sam’s character and life had been filled with miscellanies – a mixture of various kinds; a combination of diverse objects, parts, or elements.” Sean stared at Rita, waiting to be scolded. “How about you?” he thought to shift the focus back onto her.

“I… I think you said it best… It describes Sam perfectly in such a succinct and non-cliche way.” She smiled at her friend.

“Really?” Sean beamed with joy. He wasn’t used to Rita praising him.

“Really,” she replied softly and squeezed his hand. “Sam would be proud,” she added.

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“Write a story inspired by the word ‘miscellanarian.'”
– prompt used for this CW piece.
[Source: BlogBattle]

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