It was an overcast afternoon and my family was exhausted
from packing and the road. My little sister had leased her first apartment and
was finally taking everything she’d left in our basement, and during a lull, I
went out to cook for the group.
Most people don’t count wasps as people, but he was too much
of a dick to grant him the excuse of non-persona. He buzzed with a friend as
soon as I opened the door, flying directly at my face. I waved them aside with
the spatula, but they only circled around the air-current and continued. I had
to constantly wave the spatula to blow them aside as I turned on the grill, and
he still managed to fly around to my chest, where I felt his stinger bounce off
my shirt. I swatted him to the ground, but let him live. This was a mistake as
he and his partner zipped up towards my exposed arm.
I ducked inside the house to let them cool off. There are no
wasp nests on my deck, nor on the grill. These wasps were visitors. I chatted
with my brother and sister for a few minutes before someone complained of
hunger, and I went back outside to put the burgers on.
As soon as I reached through the door to open the grill, the
wasp flew straight into my forearm. I felt the sting as it jabbed me, and it
rebounded off my flesh, having flown so hard it couldn’t control its flight
after impact. It fly between the bars of the grill, stuck to a heating vent
inside, and melted. He kamikazed me.
I was dumbstruck, never having been so angry at something
for dying before. I’m also allergic to wasp venom, so that wasn’t a peach. I
swore the stupid bastard’s memory for several arm-tingling hours afterward.
