"A Penny Lick"
I recently dug up this very short drabble buried deep inside my computer somewhere and realized how cute it was. I thought maybe I'd post it.
Warning: No plot, no smut, just humor... :-)
Inspired by a certain Colgate Skit, the boy's early history in Atlantic City and... a Penny Lick.
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“Gee this is great, Paul,” Jerry commented, peering through the window of Shriver’s Candy Store and ice-cream parlor. “When Patti comes here she’ll have to see this place.”
Dean handed two pennies to the vendor and turned around, holding two small glass cups with ice cream inside.
“Penny lick?”
“What?” Jerry blurted before realizing Dean was talking about the ice cream. “Thanks, you didn’t have to do tha-Hey, there’s barely anything in here!” and he was right. It really was just enough for one lick.
“--And why it only cost a penny,” Dean explained. “What’s a matter, you want more?”
“Well, yeah.”
“Then pay the man.”
“Pay ‘em? I don’t have any money.”
“Fine, I’ll have it,” Dean said, taking Jerry’s penny lick.
“Oh Dean!” Jerry whined, pouting. “Dean--! Dean, don’t do it, Dean! Dean, don’t - it’s mine, Dean, it is my ice cream, Dean.” Dean pretended not to hear the sudden whiney, run-at-the-mouth Jerry was capable of. “You can hold it for a while. You can look at it - don’t lick it. You can put it down, until it melts and runs all over, or give it to me, Dean, but Dean--!”
“What, Jerry? What is it?”
“-DON’T LICK IT!”