The Scream

When I hear or see the word scream I am only reminded of one thing….Cheating. Maybe cheating isn’t the right word. It is probably better described as shenanigans. The scream is a tactic used by Alecia to disable me. You see while we are in our mid twenties, most of the time we act like we are children not older than seven or eight. We play tag, we race to the car, and we race to the door. When one of us is defeated we make up rules to make the others win null and void such as “we didn’t make eye contact”, or “it wasn’t a race”.

However Alecia is especially tricky…like a liberal. When being chased or during a race she screams. It doesn’t matter where we are. Whether it be a cruise ship, a casino, a fancy restaurant parking lot, or even a busy lobby. When being chased or while racing she screams! The scream sends me into laughing hysterics. It is all she needs to gain the advantage and win most of the competitions. I guess most of the humor I get is this grown women being chased by her boyfriend and screaming like a school girl regardless of environment. The best is making it to the finish, which is usually some type of door. We both are out of breath and I am laughing uncontrollably. The laughter then spreads to Alecia, and in turn cracks me up even more. Add the strange looks from the people in whatever environment we are in and you have some pretty funny stuff.

I love the scream.