Weeki Wachee: A Short Story

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Lil gave me a ride home; we will enter the sorority together. She’s known about the cult, for years and Mom arranged for her to give me a ride and fill me in on a few things. Her obsession for doing the mermaid show at Weeki Wachee seems over the top, but our humor match inversely matches our size mismatch. We share the same size funny bone, but our anatomic bones differ by immense margins. She’s Xena sized, but unlike Gabrielle, I could lick crotch without dirtying my knees.
Upon my stop at the university, I searched for a hangout. A bench outside the library offers shade and silence. Even I can’t stay indoors all the time, so I wanted a location in which to chill and feed the birds. The spot sits close to Mom’s office and near two classes.

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