Tuesday, August 17, 2010

As We Should

After work one day last week, Grapefruit pounced on me. I had just pulled into my carport, and she waited in hers, head cocked and staring straight at me. As soon as I opened the door, she was beside me.
"Look, my CD is here!" Grapefruit thrust a CD case into my face. (she did not make any motions to actually hand it to me)
And there it was. The mystical CD. The cover art is pretty much what I expected. Grapefruit is smiling and holding a flower to her face. The rest of the cover is different shades of green, representing a leafy-like watercolor. I believe I did something similar in preschool.
Grapefruit then opened the CD. Like any proud artist, she had the lyrics to each of her songs inside. Every other page there was a new picture of Grapefruit, holding different flowers or branches or what have you.
After I made it safely into my house, I immediately called Ebeth, and we began scouring the Internet for a place where we could buy this treasure. We could not find it anywhere. When even Amazon doesn't sell a product, you know you're S.O.L.

A couple of days ago, my friend Jerry came over. He knows of the Grapefruit. I was on the phone with him when he was pulling up.
"Hey, I'm here, I'm pulling into your carport. There's Grapefruit. She's just staring at me."
"Yeah, she likes to stare. Just stare back. Or run."
"Nah, I'm gonna talk to her." And then he hung up the phone on me. For G-Fruit.
By the time I made it outside, Grapefruit and Jerry were best friends forever. They were side by side, looking at her CD artwork, talking and laughing, with Jerry occasionally throwing out a "Look at you girl!".
Grapefruit began explaining to Jerry how her CD was in Portuguese and English.
"My parents were missionaries so I grew up there. Then they wanted me to make a CD. You know, just singing the good Lord's praises. As we should."
"You go ahead, girl!"

Really?