Ficlet - "Cross" Remus G
"Cross"
Character: Remus (aged 5)
Rating: G
I still can't find Pepe. I've looked and looked and I've told Daddy we have to go to the park, 'cos I've seen cats over there that Mummy said are lost, so maybe he's gone over there. Daddy said that sometimes cats just go and live with someone else, but Pepe never would. I'm planning to go on my own and find him. He must be missing me. I miss him. He hasn't even seen his Napoleon hat I made him.
Daddy is cross. I don't know why, but I think it's my fault. I spilled my juice yesterday. My arm was sore and I couldn't lift it over my cup and I spilled it. It went over his newspaper.
And Daddy said it was all right. But Mummy cried. So it couldn't have been all right, not really.
Today we went to London, but Daddy wouldn't take me to the Natural History Museum like normal. We went to a horrible building where another Healer had a look at my arm - and HE was sad too.
After that we met a fat man in a big office. He gave me chocolate, but I didn't like him all the same. He smelled funny. Daddy said afterwards that I was being silly, that he hadn't smelled anything, but I did. He smelled like scabs.
The fat man said we were going to play a name game. I had to tell him my name, and he said, "Your Daddy's name is John too, though, isn't it?" which was silly, as Daddy is called Daddy. Then he said, "We've got a new name for you, won't that be fun?"
I didn't think it was, but Daddy said it was all right, and now I'm called Remus. They said I had to call myself Remus from now on, but they didn't say why. I liked John. So I’ll be Remus John, whatever they say. That sounds adventurous, like a pirate. I asked Daddy what his old name was, and he said he didn't have one. That's silly. I'll ask Mummy tonight. She has a better memory than Daddy.
They sent me out into the hall and Daddy and the fat man kept me waiting for ages and I got very cold. I think the fat man made Daddy cross, I heard him shouting "No" a lot. He does that to Mummy too, when he's cross.
Afterwards he came out and grabbed my arm and pulled me out of there very fast. He was very angry, and he hurt my arm, but I didn't tell him. I wanted to get out of that place too.
He didn't take me to the museum afterwards either.
Mummy is cross AND sad. Sad all the time. Great-Aunt Honoria came to visit and she was sad too which was silly cos what you need when you are sad, Mummy says, is someone to make you smile. Great Aunt Honoria doesn't make me smile, 'cept after she's gone and I pretend to be her and Mummy laughs. Or that's what we used to do.
Great Aunt Honoria and Mummy went and sat in the parlour - which never happens. I went and listened by the door and Maggie found me and she said I was a BAD boy. Then she cried. She's silly, and I don't know why everyone is crying.
Everyone tells me I'm going to have to be brave. But I WAS. I didn't cry when the doggie bit me. Braver than Daddy who was shouting a name I'd never heard, and braver than Mummy who screamed like a Banshee.
I was as brave as the Lion I'm going to be when I go to school. I didn't cry. I was brave and no-one noticed that, and that makes ME cross.
Character: Remus (aged 5)
Rating: G
I still can't find Pepe. I've looked and looked and I've told Daddy we have to go to the park, 'cos I've seen cats over there that Mummy said are lost, so maybe he's gone over there. Daddy said that sometimes cats just go and live with someone else, but Pepe never would. I'm planning to go on my own and find him. He must be missing me. I miss him. He hasn't even seen his Napoleon hat I made him.
Daddy is cross. I don't know why, but I think it's my fault. I spilled my juice yesterday. My arm was sore and I couldn't lift it over my cup and I spilled it. It went over his newspaper.
And Daddy said it was all right. But Mummy cried. So it couldn't have been all right, not really.
Today we went to London, but Daddy wouldn't take me to the Natural History Museum like normal. We went to a horrible building where another Healer had a look at my arm - and HE was sad too.
After that we met a fat man in a big office. He gave me chocolate, but I didn't like him all the same. He smelled funny. Daddy said afterwards that I was being silly, that he hadn't smelled anything, but I did. He smelled like scabs.
The fat man said we were going to play a name game. I had to tell him my name, and he said, "Your Daddy's name is John too, though, isn't it?" which was silly, as Daddy is called Daddy. Then he said, "We've got a new name for you, won't that be fun?"
I didn't think it was, but Daddy said it was all right, and now I'm called Remus. They said I had to call myself Remus from now on, but they didn't say why. I liked John. So I’ll be Remus John, whatever they say. That sounds adventurous, like a pirate. I asked Daddy what his old name was, and he said he didn't have one. That's silly. I'll ask Mummy tonight. She has a better memory than Daddy.
They sent me out into the hall and Daddy and the fat man kept me waiting for ages and I got very cold. I think the fat man made Daddy cross, I heard him shouting "No" a lot. He does that to Mummy too, when he's cross.
Afterwards he came out and grabbed my arm and pulled me out of there very fast. He was very angry, and he hurt my arm, but I didn't tell him. I wanted to get out of that place too.
He didn't take me to the museum afterwards either.
Mummy is cross AND sad. Sad all the time. Great-Aunt Honoria came to visit and she was sad too which was silly cos what you need when you are sad, Mummy says, is someone to make you smile. Great Aunt Honoria doesn't make me smile, 'cept after she's gone and I pretend to be her and Mummy laughs. Or that's what we used to do.
Great Aunt Honoria and Mummy went and sat in the parlour - which never happens. I went and listened by the door and Maggie found me and she said I was a BAD boy. Then she cried. She's silly, and I don't know why everyone is crying.
Everyone tells me I'm going to have to be brave. But I WAS. I didn't cry when the doggie bit me. Braver than Daddy who was shouting a name I'd never heard, and braver than Mummy who screamed like a Banshee.
I was as brave as the Lion I'm going to be when I go to school. I didn't cry. I was brave and no-one noticed that, and that makes ME cross.