“Bananarific!”

Author’s Note: This is a Take Ten to Write story and has not been proofread for errors. If I feel inspired or if there’s interest in the story, I’ll post a revised, edited, and extended version at a later date. Happy reading!

Prompt: Write a story titled “Bananarific!”.

“It was bananarific!”

I stop in my tracks and turn to stare at her. “It was what?”

“Bananarific!”

“Yeah, that means absolutely nothing to me.”

She rolls her eyes and lets out a sigh. “You have no imagination.”

“You’re right. I don’t.”

She shakes her head and grabs my arm, pulling me along behind her as she continues walking. “It’s the words ‘banana’ and ‘terrific’ smooshed together.”

“But you were talking about chocolate cake.”

“Yeah, and?”

“There’s no banana in chocolate cake.”

“You’re right.”

I hold back a groan of frustration. Instead, I take a moment, inhale a deep breath, and let it out again before saying calmly, “So why did you say that it was banana-terrific?”

“Bananarific,” she corrects me. “And I said it because that’s how I felt when I ate it.”

“But it had no bananas!”

She lets out an exaggerated sigh and rolls her eyes again. “That’s not the point. That’s how it made me feel, so that’s the word I used.”

“So when you eat a banana, you feel bananarific?”

“No.”

I glare at her. “You’re making this complicated just to annoy me, aren’t you?”

“Absolutely not. I would never do such a thing.”

Final Comments: I love writing nonsense!

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