Lauren C. LePoidevin
Synopsis of Short Story
My short story will be narrated from
the heterodiegetic narrator, or third persons, point of view.
This story takes place in Tampa,
Florida and has 1 central character and 2 minor characters. The
central character's name is Carol and she is in her mid 20's, is a
full time student, and works part time. Carol is best friends with
Paul, the 2nd character, and they spend most of their time
together in a platonic way. Although their friendship is solid and
just a friendship, their has always been some underlying feelings for
both of them. The third character is Emily. Emily and Carol met
working at the mall together and decided to become roommates. Emily
is young, only 21, and she is a serial dater. From one boyfriend she
received a boxer puppy. After the arrival of the puppy, conflict
begins between Carol and Emily. First Emily makes a move on Paul and
they begin to date, leaving less time for Carol and Paul to spend
time together like they used to. Paul lives 45 minutes away and Emily
rarely comes home anymore to take care of her dog. Carol now has to
pick up Emily's slack by taking care of Tutu; feeding her, walking
her, taking her to the vet, buying food, cleaning up after her
messes. Carol starts to keep track of the length of time Emily
neglects Tutu and confronts her after about a year of taking on her
responsibilities as a dog owner. Carol had to give up her own dog in
the past to her mother because she did not feel she had enough time
to dedicate to her dog and did what was best for her. Now that she
has been taking care of Emily's dog, she feels she could have been
taking care of her own dog instead. Nevertheless, Carol forms a deep
bond with Tutu and starts to despise Emily for not only neglecting
her dog, but taking away her best friend Paul. Emily treats Paul like
just another boyfriend to toss aside whenever she is sick of him, and
this too causes tension between the girls. Emily dumps Paul and
starts dating someone else, again neglecting Tutu. Carol has finally
had enough and reminds Emily each day she needs to come home and own up
to her obligations and priorities. Emily is immature and only ever
argues with Carol about the dog and claims she does take care of her
and if Carol does not want to help then not to worry about Tutu.
Carol explains that at the end of that years lease she would be
moving out and asks if she can have ownership of Tutu. Emily denies
her ownership and Carol is left to wonder about Tutu's welfare after
she is gone. Carol moves in with Paul temporarily while she finds a
new apartment and the two of them start to devise a plan to rescue
Tutu from Emily.
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