THE DUMB MOVE

David was seated on the couch as his mom walked into the sitting room.
"David I am off to get the turkey for this night's thanksgiving," she said as she readjusted her gown, making sure it was perfect and thereafter went to the dining table and picked up the key.

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She knowingly jingled the key than usual as she pretended to wrestle with unlocking the door.
"David!" She said in a higher and serious voice to get his attention.
"Yes," David answered as he turned around for a second and turned back, diving his attention back to the cartoon showing on the TV.
"I said I am going to get the turkey!" She repeated herself.
"Okay!" David answered.

His mom sighed as she exited, she wasn't sure if the reply was for her or the cartoon but she would put her bet on the cartoon, because that was just David.
Two hours had passed and David was still on the couch with his eyes partially red like he hadn't blinked through out the hours of his eyes being stuck to the TV.
Lily came in and sat on the sofa next to him. She was his twin sister.
"Have you done your assignment?" Lily's lips cornered up slightly showing a hint of mischief with her eyes still fixed to the TV.
David sighed and rolled his eyes out of irritation. He wasn't going to answer her even if indeed he hadn't done it and it was due tomorrow.

His sister was different from him, he liked fun and was just the usual kid while his sister was the "all knowing" as he called her -but never to her face- as she would just rub it all over his face the same way she always did to taunt him for not being as brilliant as she was. He yearned so much for the opportunity to do same to her but luck was never on his side.

It was almost evening and their dad had just gotten back from work.
"Welcome dad," they both chorused as Lily took his work bag.
David was waiting so he could take the shoes to the shelf after his dad takes them off but he did not. Instead, he said,, "I am going back out, your mom asked me to get her the turkey for tonight on my way back and I only remembered just in the garage now. I always forget and she ends up buying it but this time I want things to be different"
"Okay, remember she said she wanted the a fresh, plump one" Lily reminded her dad.

"Dad don't go to buy it," David said.
"Why? Mom told him to get it. I am sure you were watching TV and didn't hear it" Lily scoffed as she mocked him.
"Mom..." David paused before he blurted out the reason. He finally saw it , a chance for him to have his ah-ha moment and rub it in his sister's face.
"Mom will get it, I know" he said
"Dad, I think you should go know before it gets late, I know mom will soon get back and if you listen to David, she would get back and have to go back outt o get it as usual. And, that will mean so much stress on her" Lily said with a smile of assurance that always irritated David, but not this time.
"I will be back in a little while" his dad said as he dashed out to get the turkey.
David was not angry as usual that no one listened to him, Infact he knew it would happen and wanted it to happen.

Few minutes later his dad came back and dropped the fat turkey on the dining table.
Shortly his mom came in too and she had a shopping bag in hand which contained a turkey and now there were two.
"Oh no," she said on sighting the second turkey.
His dad came out and there was tension in the room.
"I told David to tell you not to buy it" his mom scolded his dad.
Lily came out to the tension as their parents talked I audibly in the dining but the face expression showed the little tension.

"But mum..." Lily started to say when David cut in.
"Ah-ha! I told you. Now who'sthe smary one?" David smiled and smirked at Lily who was disappointed she was wrong.
"How stupid must you be to think that that was smart. Look what this martmess of yours caused," Lily gave him a dirty look, let out a sigh and walked to her room.
Later that night, after they ate the quantity that they could, which was about half of one turkey, Lily and their dad was tasked with preserving the leftover turkey and cleaning up after Thanksgiving. Although he gpt the moment he long sought for, David felt even more dumb whenever his sister's words came to mind.

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