Stories From The Shadow Zone

Frog Funeral - Bren

Deep in the woods, Alaina and Tess are near a pond just chilling out, like they usually do. This is their spot where they would just talk. Tess is just throwing rocks at the water, watching them skip as she asks Alaina questions. “How can fish breath?” Tess asked. Blop another rock hitting the water. “They have gills,” Alaina replied to Tess. Locked on her face. Alaina is focused on Tess, her smooth face, her dyed hair, Tess is everything Alaina likes in a girl, Her amazing personality, her lovely voice. In the beauty of nature Alaina can not seem to look away. “How do planes work?” Tess asked, turning to face Alaina, no longer skipping rocks. Alaina responds in a soft voice, calming to Tess, “Do you really want to know?” Tess gives a half smirk as she responds, “not really, I just live your voice.” Alaina goes in for a kiss. Time seems to slow as they get closer together. Their eyes closing, about to touch lips, there is a fant ribbit. They look around and again ribbit. They see a small green frog. The frog is looking at the two love birds. 

    “OMG, It is a small frogo,” Tess sqezeeled, “Alaina, Look at it!” Tess pats Alaina’s  in excitement. “I see it, I see it.” Alaina reinsures her, “I see the frog.” Tess looks at Alaina, then the frog, "I want it" Tess says before springing up. Tess starts tip-toeing towards the frog, the frog just stairs blankly at the girl. Tess picks up the frog without a struggle. Like lifting a burger from a plate, the frog did not move. Tess lifted the frog up to her face and stared it in the eyes. The frog twitched. Alaina speaking up from where she sat, "how is it?" She questioned. Tess responded, "It's a frog." Alaina facepalmed before getting up. The walked over to the woman she loved and her newly appointed frog. "Can we keep him?" Tess questioned pointing the frog to Alaina. The frog looking Alaina in the eyes before closing one eye and reopenping it. "The frog winked at me" Alaina pointed out. "That means He likes you" Tess said back excited, "so can we keep 'em?" Alaina nodded, "sure, why not" Tess gave out a squeal before hugging Alaina. The Gals and frog start to leave the secret watery lake that they hang out at. The birds chirp as they pass the trees to Alaina's car. "What should be name him?" Tess questioned as she stared at her new friend. "Sebastian?" Alaina suggests. The name gets shut down, "I do not know, he does not look like a Sebastian." The crew gets in Alaina's car, and the rest is history.