Cucumber Girl
Summary: A flash fiction piece (fewer than 400 words) in which a girl buys a cucumber and a carrot at a supermarket in Kuala Lumpore and I have a brainwave...
Story codes:  veg
Author: geobek
Language: English

I lived in Kuala Lumpore for a time. Would wake early every morning to the sound of an amplified muezzin calling the faithful to prayer. One evening I was in my local supermarket when a gorgeous young Chinese woman came in. She was wearing quite revealing clothes, by Malaysian standards. She made for the vegetable section and spent a few minutes selecting the largest, firmest cucumber she could find. She then found a large carrot. I didn't think she was planning to make cucumber and carrot soup, so I queued up behind her at the checkout, determined to discover her purpose. As we waited I casually asked if those were her favourite vegetables. At first she acted as though she hadn't heard me – or at least as though she didn't think I was addressing her. I was not going to be put off so easily. Going to make soup are you? I asked. She turned to me and gave me a look that was meant to wither me, to melt me into an embarrassed, cringing heap right there on the supermarket floor. But I don't melt easily. I stared back at her and said, simply, Sorry, but you and those vegetables are such a turn on. Yeah, you're not the only one who thinks so. There's a weirdo who is going to pay me a lot of money to watch me put these exactly where you imagine I'm going to put them. Both of them, at the same time? I asked. Another withering look. I tried to redeem myself by saying sorry and looking down at my feet. By then it was her turn at the cashier's. As she fumbled in her purse, I said I too would pay her a lot of money. Since you're into weirdos, I said, when you're done, you should call me. I handed her my business card. She took it, paid the cashier and turned back to me to ask if I would like her to bring the vegetables. No, I have something rather different in mind, I said, as I put my watermelon and pumpkin on the conveyor belt.
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