jenn shuts the door behind her as she walked into her house. she pads to the kitchen, grabbing a bottle of probably-expired orange juice. jenn takes a gulp of it, swallowing the horrid drink. she leans against the counter, and looks over to lenny's cage. lenny is jenn's two-month-old red panda.
setting down the bottle, she walks over to the cage and grabs the small creature from the enclosment. jenn opens her palms and lenny scurries up her arm. she laughs a bit as he perches himself on her shoulder. lenny continues to play around on jenn's shoulders, as luke walks through the kitchen. he stops at the counter jenn was leaning on, smiles, the slowly walks out.
jenn is to amused by the animal to notice him, but she grabs a treat from a plastic jar and feeds it to lenny. the red panda sits on her shoulder and begins munching on the brown treat. once he finishes it, jenn grabs lenny, kisses his on top of his head, and sets him back into his cage. quickly, she pulls the glass top over it and lenny balls up into a comfortable position.
jenn turns to her orange juice, hoping to finish the stale liquid. she notices a small piece of paper of the bottle, and picks up the bottle to read it.
'reason five: lenny'
YOU ARE READING
barely breathing // luke hemmings
Short Story(lower case intended in this story) jenn is a shy girl. a depressed girl. just needing a friend, to tell her the reasons of being alive. but he truly knows, she's barely breathing.
