“Ow!”Stella winced as something small, round and hard pelted her in the head. And then another. And another. Before a fourth could sting her scalp, she neofactured an umbrella and held it overhead.
She would not admit that she should have heeded Phoebe’s warning.
“Phoebe,” she snapped above the roar of thousands of brightly colored objects raining down on the living room, “what in the name of Hera is happening?”
“I don’t know,” Phoebe shouted back. “I was just sitting on the couch, daydreaming when these started falling from the sky.”
Phoebe was pressed against the near wall, holding Daddy’s oversized hardcover Atlas of the Ancient World above her head. The little colorful objects bounced off the book, springing into the center of the room. Stella held out her hand and captured a few. She studied her handful, noting that the red, yellow, and green balls each had a little white S printed on one side.
“Are these--” Stella squinted at her hand. “--candy?”
“Oh shoot!” Phoebe edged away from the wall to stand next to Stella. “They’re Skittles. I was daydreaming about my favorite candy store, and how they have these beautiful rainbow colored displays, and how they always remind me of the rainbow of fruit flavors, and ...” She gestured at the raining candy, as if that should explain it all.
Stella had no idea what Phoebe was talking about. Of course, Stella frequently had no idea what Phoebe was talking about. She chalked it up to the cultural differences between girls raised in Greece and California.
But, intrigued by the daydream and the idea of a rainbow-filled candy store, Stella lifted her hand to her mouth and popped the candy inside. Her tongue exploded in a burst of flavor. She didn’t think she had ever eaten anything quite as overpoweringly sweet.
She loved it!
“Stella?” Phoebe shouted.
“Right,” she said, pulling herself out of the candy-induced reverie. With one wave of her hand, the downpour ceased, leaving them standing in three inches of Skittles.
Tune in tomorrow for the next installment. [Part 3]
Hugs,
TLC
3 comments:
Clearly, Phoebe has seen too many Skittles commercials. ^^
3 inches of Skittles?
Sounds good to me.
Hmm, can I come help clean up??
:D
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