Pizza Experience
Flash fiction based on a prompt my friend gave me
Mick still had the bleeding beef from last night in his head. After he and retired nurse, Barbara walked out of the potato and chicken restaurant, they settled upon a place called Pizza Vatican. After all, what could go wrong with pizza.
They thought they had hit the jackpot until they saw what was on the menu. Mick had pointed at the one at the top. “Have you seen this one, Barbara? It’s a Naked Hawaiian.”
Barbara gulped. “What do they mean by naked?”
“Oh dear,” Mick said. “It's got pineapple on it. That's cardinal sin. It's as blasphemous as the pope touching kids.”
Barbara kicked Mick under the table. “You can't say that here,” she hissed.
The waiters tried to tempt them with €50 lobster, but they declined. Mick went for the Naked Hawaiian and Barbara went for the prawn pizza.
Neither of them expected to get what they had recieved. Barbara’s pizza was just the tomato base lavered with king prawns that she had to deface herself.
“Oh gosh,” Barbara said. “What is this?”
As for Mick, his pizza had no cheese either, nor was there any sauce: just flatbread with spinach and pineapples.
“We’re breaking bread together,” Mick said,“It's a biblical experience.”
“We are breaking prawns together too.” Barbara beheaded the prawns and made sure their beady black eyes were facing Mick.
He didn’t know what was worst: pizza without cheese or pineapple on pizza?”
“Well what a night we've had,” Barbara said looking at the plate of prawn shells.
“Shall we levitate?” Mick asked after paying the bill.
Barbara picked up her bag. “Yes please.”
About the Creator
Chloe Gilholy
I live in Oxfordshire, England. I used to write a lot of fan fiction and mainly just write poetry now. I've been to over 20 countries and written many books. I'm currently working on a horror story called Heavenly Seas.
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Comments (2)
I hate pineapples on pizza but a pizza without cheese is a bigger sin that than. Loved your story!
This story is hilarious! The part about Mick calling pineapple on pizza a "cardinal sin" is classic. Made me laugh out loud. It's crazy how different their pizzas turned out from what they expected. I've had some disappointing food experiences myself. Like that time I ordered a burger and it came with no toppings. What about you? Have you ever had a really bad meal like this?