A Small Trip to Insanity -- a five-minute #freewrite

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Rainwater fell onto the metal roof in rhythmic drops. They also fell into the steel drum Joey had positioned beneath the leak next to the couch. Those were louder and echoier, and right next to her.

Jenny drew in a deep breath and exhaled it slowly.

Normally she liked the sound of rain on the roof but the drum was loud, obnoxious, and each drop cut through her thoughts as though each one were a tiny knife.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

She clenched her fist.

Why couldn't he have just chosen a normal plastic bucket instead? Like a normal person? No, of course he had run into the basement and hauled out a massive metal thing that had no business even being in the house.

Obvously he had deliberately chosen it. He knew it would annoy her. He took great pleasure in annoying her.

The jerk.

She glared across the coffee table as he lounged on the floor, his legs raised up over a dining chair, sitting completely opposite to how a normal person would sit. He was perverse. Utterly perverse. How had she ended up in the same house as this lunatic?

Drip. Drip. Drip.

She squeezed her eyes shut and tried to block out the incessant noise... to no avail. It was not going to stop, ever. She was going to go insane. Joey was literally driving her insane. Would that be so bad, though? Maybe she could tolerate him more if she was as insane as he was, but this was different. This was yell and scream insane, not perverse madman insane.

 

 

Hulloooo -- it's day 963 of @mariannewest's five-minute #freewrite challenge.

The prompt for today is -- steel drum -- and this is what I came up with before the eggtimer website beeped at me, plus a couple extra minutes for a tidy up.

You can find today's challenge at the following link:

https://peakd.com/hive-161155/@mariannewest/day-963-5-minute-freewrite-wednesday-prompt-steel-drum

Until next time! Thanks for reading! ❤️

 

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lol I really do think she is crazier than he is. Why does she stay with him? She likes being driven insane.

I am so sorry about not yet getting to Fan'driel!

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She stays with him because I, her evil creator, force her to! Muahahaha! 😈

When I finally get around to their actual story it's not going to be so...... uh.... is there even a word for this pair? LOL. She'll love him eventually, d'awww. These little vignettes are more for me to just let out my angst. 😁 Not having the best day today.

That's okay about Fan'driel! ~ I'm not really expecting to receive any feedback until the end of the month, then I'll start poking people, haha! 😊 Carol's given me a tiny bit of feedback already which has worried me a little, but I'll wait til I hear from everyone before I even think about opening that file again. My partner's found a couple of errors too, ugh.

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Are they in a relationship?
It feels like a situationship or it's the way joey expresses his love?

I hope not😀

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Hahaha! In these little freewrites they aren't in a relationship, however, it probably is the way Joey expresses his love, lol!

I'm planning on writing a proper story involving these two, and yeah... it's a weird and whacky love story HAHA. It's going to be soooo ridiculous.

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Wow this is turning into real insanity between them @kaelci, but maybe that is good lol, thanks a lot for sharing, it's awesome.


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Thank you!! 😊

Haha, Jenny should probably take a chill pill sooner rather than later. XD

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