Short Stories - Flaritza

danger noodle part 1

Flaca sat behind counter, her finger tracing the oak wood it was made out of, her chin resting on her other hand.
Stupid family business she thinks, nothing interesting ever happens, it's just her and animals in this tiny pet shop.
But at least she has Masie, she smiles at the thought of her, she looks at her her eyes filled with nothing but love and admiration, her love for that snake would never expire.
It's almost as if she saw herself in the adorable danger noodle. Scared to trust, trying to heal, will defend itself if it needs to. no matter what, no matter who, it can't relive what it went through once.

Flaca straightens her back as she hears the small bells set above the shop's door chime in unison, alerting her that someone entered her shop

"Hi, any chance you have fish for sale?"

The young lady asks politely offering a kind smile

Flaca looks behind her, a wall covered in aquariums. Filled with fish and turns back to the customer.

"I'll have to check in the back ma'am"

Flaca says before she can stop herself, sarcasm was natural for her

Her customer stood in front of the counter

"Oh- uhm. Okay. Thank you"

She replies awkwardly.

A younger girl scoffs, rolling her eyes at the customer

"God you're dumb, she's messing with you"

"Watch your mouth and how u speak to me"

"Or what?"

"Or no fucking fish"

"I don't want a fish i want a hamster"

"No we don't have time for that, we agreed on a fish"

"You agreed on a fish, this is why dad is better than you, he let's me do anything"

Flaca stood there dumbfounded, her eyes shifting between the two women in front of her.
Must be her daughter she thinks.

Her eyes lock with the older woman's and her heart aches for her, she sees how upsetting this is for her, how much it hurts her.

"She's right, hamsters require a lot of daily interaction so it wouldn't be fair on the animal, fish are more independent"

Flaca intervenes with a smile

"You're telling me you play with all 50 hamsters you have in here everyday? Shut the fuck up"

"JULIANA! apologize right now, that is no way to talk to anyone let alone a kind woman who also happens to be a stranger"

"I'm gonna go wait in the car, you choose the stupid fish"

"I'm really sorry about her, she thinks she's grown cause she turned thirteen"

The mother rolls her eyes at her daughter, who flips her off.

"That's okay"
Flaca says giving her a warm smile

"I was like her when i was young"
She continues

"You also have a shitty mom who broke a family cause she's a fucking dyke?"

The girl, who Flaca has now learned is called Juliana, says, one of her eyebrows arching, giving her mother a side eye

"for the millionth time, your father and i did not terminate our relationship cause I'm bisexual it was cause he was an alcoholic and abusive partner. NOW GO WAIT IN THE FUCKING CAR"

the woman says as calmly as possibly, losing her patience at the end. Juliana simply mocks her mother

"i had a shitty mom yes, this one doesn't look nearly as shitty I'm not gonna lie to you kiddo. And just cause your father lets you do anything you want, Doesn't necessarily mean he's better, maybe he doesn't give a fuck. Unlike your mother"

Flaca can't help but say, seeing the woman in front of her on the verge of breaking down.

"Who the fuck asked you"
Juliana says shrugging her shoulders

"No one, that's no way to talk to your mother though"

"You don't know her"

"Fair enough kiddo"
Flaca replies her hands going up in surrender

"car. Now"

The mother replies her voice, low, stern. Dangerous.

Juliana rolls her eyes and turns around to leave, that's when her eyes fall onto Masie

"Wow, this is cool"

She says approaching the open cage

"Please don't approach her, she's my personal pet, she doesn't like new people close"

Juliana ignores Flaca's warning

"She will attack you, get away from her cage, please"

Flaca warns again, the woman tries to pull Juliana away from the cage but it's too late, Juliana had already put her hand into masie's cage, her habitat, her property. Next thing you know, Flaca's danger noodle is hanging onto Juliana's arm, it's sharp fangs buried deep in her arm, she screams in pain falling onto the floor

Flaca rushes from behind the counter

"I told you to get away! Maisie, it's okay, let go bubba"

Flaca says petting the snake's head and gently pinching the side of her mouth to open it further and unhook her fangs from Juliana's arm

Meanwhile the older woman is pacing like crazy, tears ruining her mascara

"You never listen goddamn it, please tell me it's not venomous, please please"

She says now clinging to Flaca's arm, Flaca looks down at their hands, now intertwined.

"not exactly, I'll get my first aid, get her to the counter yeah?"

"Okay"
The woman replies helping her daughter up who was in too much pain to refuse her mother's help

"She'll be okay, don't worry, what's your name love?"

"Maritza"

"okay, you get her to the counter I'll be right with you I promise"

Flaca says giving her a calm smile, she's been bit by her danger noodle endless times, she's not venomous, she just numbs the area she bites for a day or two, Juliana will be fine, but she doesn't have to know that.

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Meet Masie the danger noodle and Juliana the little bitch 💅

I'll try and finish it soon :) i already have it planned out

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