Halves, Have-Nots, and Halfway There!
You Don't Know the Half of It—Flash Fiction Friday submission
Demi, a half-way sort of girl, committed to nothing, never went "all in," halving it all. She did, if you want to know the half-truth (a whole lie), have it all, but she was split between her medium altruism and self-serving, self-having personality.
Which was an incomplete personality--about half--for which she only took half each half-day's medications.
On one half of a whole day, the morning-half, she met Semi-Sammy at the halfway house where she half-heartedly volunteered a half-day at a time.
For Semi-Sammy, it was almost (~50%) whole love at first sight. Once the half-life of his substances lowered in his bloodstream, he reciprocated her affections. Mostly. For he had an incomplete personality himself.
"You complete me," she'd tell him, meeting him halfway.
"And," he'd answer, "our sum's more than the mere addition of our parts."
He always complemented her by complimenting her, her own compliments only halfway complete, needing supplementation. For example, when she said, "I really love you," he would answer, "And I love you the rest of the way." When she said, "I think you're great," he would answer, "you make me the greatest."
As time went by, each bought in half--owning half-interest--of their home. Once Demi went all the way, instead of halfway, she became pregnant. They were both startled to learn she was carrying twins.
"We'll finally be the haves," said Semi-Sammy, "not have-nots."
It was a daunting concept for them to deal with a whole anything, much less twice of anything. But as Demi told Semi-Sammy, "if we buy two of everything--"
"--because we have to--" he interjected--
"I think the math will halve out."
"Whatcha mean?" Semi-Sammy asked.
"We're each half of us, but together we're one."
"And together we two will be half of our family of four," he added.
"And there'll be a whole baby for each of us," she continued.
"And since we're each only a half, and each baby's whole, each half of our family will be one-and-a-half," he said.
"So, one-and-a-half plus one-and-a-half makes three," she concluded.
"Whole personalities, right?" he clarified.
"Can we handle three?" she wondered.
Ultimately, Demi had triplets, so Semi-Sammy had to go. But that's only half the story!
ay---the math!
So is this part 1 of 2, half of a whole story? Or is it a :) instead of a ;) ?