“Proud of You”

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 “Proud Of You”.

Listen to me, and listen closely:

Your pineapple plan worked. I can’t give you the exact details until we’re in a more secure location, but for now all I can say is that it worked.

The pears fell for it, just like you said they would. The lemons and limes moved in near the gumdrops and then everything went according to plan.

Well, almost everything went according to plan.

The cherries forgot when they were supposed to reach the extraction point and the watermelons got mixed up with the wintermelons–I told you we shouldn’t have given them such similar code names–and the bananas were captured before they even reached their first checkpoint.

But other than that, everything went according to plan.

Okay, so there were just a few more glitches. The nectarines and peaches got into a fight over who was better. Then the apricots came and sided with the peaches. But the peaches hate the apricots, so then they got into a fight, and it was all just a big, slimy mess.

Still, the main point of this story is that the pineapple plan worked. Sure, there were some hiccups along the way, but what matters is that it worked. The pineapple was safely extracted and now, all that’s left is to return him to the smoothie.

So, I just want to say that I’m proud of you. I’m proud to call you my fellow officer and, hopefully someday soon, I’ll be proud to call you my captain.

Final Comments: I have absolutely no idea what I just wrote… I blame it on you, E.L. Stew…

Overall Rating: 🤣