Timberwood: Short Stories Edition Vol. 3

Fruit Fest

[In the BIG fiction book, the fruit fests & meetings didn't start to happen until everybody left Timberwood & woke up to the truth.]

Everyone was at the dinner table, chowing down on Mr. Tharen, Sr.'s dinner that he cooked one Sunday evening. Taschika said, "Hey, let's whip up a meetin' tomorrow. Spice up your Monday."

Everyone dreadfully said, "Aww, man! Not another meeting."

Tauriana said, "Yeah 'cause last time that mofo had us outside when it was 44 degrees. Y'all crazy!"

Jessica said, "But it's gon' be REAL nice outside tomorrow, huh?"

Then, Kristina said, "Magic words. Fruit Fest!", With her eyes closed, cheesing really hard.

Then everyone was like, "Alright nah! Hell yeah."

The fruit fest is a picnic-style potluck, consisting mainly of fruits, of course, & sometimes vegetables. Some idiots try to get rebellious & ghetto & bring whatever the HELL they want. Other people argue/debate all the time (whenever each of the Fruit Fests are planned), over what's an ACTUAL fruit or vegetable. 🤦 1 of Taschika's baby daddies, David Hennessy debated amongst his friend Lanier Franklin & his mom, Lionese Franklin about whether or not avocados & tomatoes count as acceptable "fruit". Amos King said, "Now that don't make no sense! Why don't y'all just ask Kristina about what's acceptable? Y'all too grown for this!"

After that, everyone started brainstorming plans for the next day. They made jokes about how that might as well be a second Labor Day or 4th of July or something like that. Then, everyone agreed to go to Destin & Ft. Walton Beach, FL. So, everyone retired to bed shortly after. Some people left & went back home.

The next morning came, & Cassandra McBride Burke's 7-year old bad ass son, Tesla Grayson Burke did his usual daily morning ritual of screaming, "AHHHH! Help! There's a fire!", catching everyone off guard to wake them up, & they get startled & scared & fall for it EVERY time! One day, he'll scream that there's a fire. Then next day, he'll scream that there's a burglar. After that, he may scream that he's falling & can't get up, & other craziness. I'm telling you. Timberwood cult people are WEIRD!

So, Cassandra gave him a lecture, pointing in his face, scolding him. With his supposed "ADHD" that she delusionally...