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TITLE: Bridget's Brother and the Black Bra | Previous Challenge Entry
By Sarah Elisabeth
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OCT. 1st, 2009
Well, something weird happened this afternoon. I’m not sure what to make of it yet, so I will try to relax and reserve judgment.
Okay, so I told my brother, Bobby, that I would drop him off at work so we could clean out his car. He is working two jobs now, leaving him little free time. And the inside of the car resembled a war zone!
I started with the backseat, piled up to the windshield with junk. Mom took on the overloaded trunk.
Sorting through the disgusting jungle of dirty clothes, leftover lunches, and muddy sports gear, I made an, um, interesting discovery. It was solid black…and not something that goes with guys’ soccer gear…... Okay, spit it out Bridget!
It was a solid black bra.
With the straightest face I could manage, I showed the “thing” to Mom. Her expression mirrored mine.
“Okay,” she sighed, not sure whether to grimace or laugh, “I’m withholding judgment on this until I hear Bobby’s story. It would not be the first time we’ve come across something like this that he has a perfectly logical explanation for, even if we can’t think of a single one; not a good one anyway.”
True.
I’m thinking of how my brother has professed his commitment to keeping himself until marriage. I must confess, there are times I do worry. He is 22 years old now; has time strengthened or weakened his resolve? Then there are those guy-ish mood swings he has. Sometimes he is just the sweetest brother and son…then flips to complete unpredictability.
Ah well. I’m with Mom on this one. Going to have to wait for what I’m sure will be a perfectly reasonable account of how this bra got in Bobby’s car.
If only it was not BLACK.
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OCT. 2nd, 2009
Haha! Well, we solved the mystery of the black bra!
Oh, how I am wishing for a picture of Bobby’s face when Mom asked him about it. Took a second for his mind to process; then he did the funniest double take, eyes swirling. “Y’all found a WHAT in the car? Where did THAT come from?”
Believing his innocent claims left only one possibility...
The black bra belongs to GRANDMOTHER!
Bingo, mystery solved. Last week we used Bobby’s car to take Granny to Aunt Carole’s house. It must have fallen out of her bag in the backseat. Granny described the bra before Mom even showed it to her!
Oh man, I was doubling over laughing. I could not have made this up if I tried! Who would have thought?
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Bridget plopped her suitcase on the floor in her bedroom with a relieved sigh. She and Mom just spent two days at the home of Jason, her oldest brother, minding his kids for the weekend. Bridget merrily anticipated recording the bizarre events from the trip in her journal.
“Ah, it’s good to be – ouch!” Bridget caught herself before crashing the nightstand to pieces. Checking her feet, she discovered Bobby’s shoes. It is quite evident he took advantage of sleeping on Bridget’s ultra soft pillow top mattress in her absence.
Shoving the shoes aside, Bridget closed her door.
Something gray caught her eye. Snatching up the material from the floor where it lay in a careless heap, Bridget detangled the unfamiliar shirt. She is sure this “thing” has never gone through their washer.
“Hmmm, now what is this?” she growled to herself, noticing the V-neck. Is this a guys or girls shirt? It gets harder to tell every day…
Snapping the shirt around to inspect the back, Bridget raises one eyebrow, surveying the imagery most folks try to innocently label as “art.”
Bridget’s mouth twisted into a harsh, accusing frown as the popcorn machine in her head fires up. However, before a single kernel can pop, Bridget’s lips part, giving way to the uncontrollable giggles bubbling up into her throat.
“Ah, and yet still more material for my journal. I can’t wait to hear the “logical” explanation for this one!”
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My only (teensy) suggestion would be to elminate the long rows of arrows for just three asterisks, far less distracting.
I hope this one does well--I loved it.
Mona
Thanks for kind comments on my article too.