He stared at the page in his book trying (without any success) to ignore the little gerbil jumping up and down as she held on to his sleeve and chanted the little mantra , a stubborn little gerbil she is.
"Whatchuwant? Whatchuwant? Whatchuwan?" She said the words almost distorting into an unintelligible hum. Her now pink curls bouncing around her as she jumped. Dan glared at her over the book and she smile triumphantly and continued her mantra. Rolling his eyes he return his attention to the book carefully hiding his annoyed smile with the book. The bouncing stopped as suddenly as it had started, Ariana let out an exaggerated sigh and drop dramatically on her back over his lap. "Daaaaan.. C'mooooon" She whined staring up at the book. "You are being childish," She said with the serious tone of a parent. When the Dan remained silent not falling for the obvious bait she sat up and arranged herself to be facing Dan but made a point to stare at the tree he was reclining on rather than the book-covered face. "Attention level dangerously low" She said in a dorky imitation of a robot. "Please pay attention to me immediately"
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30 DAYS OF SEPTEMBER
Historia Corta30 short stories. work in progress. being published in real time so changes may apply
