I haven’t done the story prompts in awhile! I’m going to try to ease in with a short silly one off of these prompt cards. The cards were “person with a toothache” and “revenge” and this is the kind of lame, super short result.

Also, I am shifting the prompt writing to Wednesdays owing to things that will conflict with a Tuesday update.

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          “We won’t be able to get you in for another month. We’re all booked up,” the receptionist said, her brow creased with feigned empathy.

          Jack glared at her. “But this is an emergency! I’m in pain! Can’t they at least write a prescription for me?”

          She smiled sympathetically and said that she would talk to one of the dentists about a prescription, but that they were all occupied at the moment. “I’ll call you once I have an answer from one of them. And if someone cancels, we’ll make sure to call you about the opening first.”

          “And what do I do in the meantime? This cavity or whatever it is, it feels unbearable.”

          “Maybe lay off the sugar?”

He narrowed his eyes at her and left. The second he got home and entered the kitchen, the sugar dish caught his eye. He fumed, thinking about how long he would have to wait to be treated for the ache in his jaws.

Jack gathered all the sugar in the house and returned to the dentists’ office. It was late enough now that the remaining cars likely only belonged to staff. He poured as much of the sugar as he could into each of the tanks and left. After all, he had to get rid of the sugar somehow.