The Vermin Invader
“Just another sunny day” Ami thought, as she was cleaning her apartment as usual. On hot days like this, it was exhausting. Her long blonde hair was frazzled, her floral patterned clothes were mucky and her face was all blushed. She finally decided to open her window, popped her head out and took a deep breath.“That’s better, just got a little bit more to do before Frankie turns up.” she sighed, wiping her forehead with her handkerchief. “I hope she at least remembers where I live. She always gets lost around this area.” As she leapt from the window top to the kitchen with radiating energy, she felt like the day was hers to conquer.
While wandering into the kitchen, a black dot flashed past the worktop and under the table. Her eyes darted across to see what it was, as she bent down and saw that it was a big cockroach. Ami was frozen with shock, her apartment was always clean, and how did it get in? Are there any more around?
She regained her thoughts quickly and tried to catch the fat, ugly creature. But it flew past her face and landed on the worktop. She opened the cupboard and pulled out an empty jam jar.
“I’ll just catch it in here and release it outside, I don’t want to kill it,” she thought.
Throughout the day she tried to capture the creature, but each attempt was one Failure after another. It refused to go in the jar she left on the floor, flew past the plastic bag she waved around, and even crawled out of her hands when she caught it. Finally, she was about to give up when suddenly there was a knock on the door. She walked towards the door, adjusted her glasses and looked through the little peephole to see who it was.
It was Frankie.
“Oh! She’s here, maybe she can help out!”
She opened the door and put on her happiest face with enthusiasm.
“Hi, Frankie! So good to see you! Come on in!” She cheered, hugging her tightly around her waist.
“Nice to see you too.” Frankie squeaked as she struggled to breathe.
As they went inside, Ami explained to Frankie that she needed help to capture the bug. Frankie took a look around and saw the cockroach land in front of her and without warning forcefully squashed it with her boots.
Ami stood there stunned. Frankie then looked back and said, “Is it ok if I have a smoke by the window?” she calmly questioned.
Ami nodded, still silent at what she just saw. As she opened the window for a smoke, suddenly a few black bugs flashed past her face and on the worktop. They both looked confused and decided to look outside. It turns out that the bins below were left open and it was swarming with them.
Both looked at each other, nodded and both slammed the windows shut, locking it from within.
Emma Townsend
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