Adjustments

by
A Kniggendorf

Place
Time

: BetaMountain – Apartment 206
: Late 2089

     "Son, I can't get this tune out of my mind. I'm humming it for days now."
     "How does it go?"
     "About like this: hum-hum-ba-ba-ba-baaa-hum..."
     "That's from my new DC, mom." Zachy beamed. "Here's the insert with the lyrics..."

     SCREAM!

Two hours later:

     "Zachy," Zachary frowned, "what's wrong here? And where's your mom?"
     "Hrmpf. I'm grounded for buying a DC. And Mom's at church -- for liking it."

END

Comments

this is one of those scenes that appear in my mind while writing on a story.
Unfortunately, it is also one of those that didn't fit into the story itself...

The title is courtesy of E. Bales. (Thank you for correcting my errors. :) )
The idea is based on a "Zits"-comic strip.

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