Vamana Ahuja

Comedy Drama Children

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Vamana Ahuja

Comedy Drama Children

Locked Down On Vaccination Day

Locked Down On Vaccination Day

4 mins
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Finally! The day has come, where we roll up our sleeves, get jabbed in the arm with a needle, have dead germs injected into our bodies, and are finally immune to the Noble virus. In other words, we’re going to get our vaccinations done. Finally! It’s been a year and a half since we’ve been at uncle’s house, stuck with nothing to do. And finally! We can rediscover the whole world. That is if we wanna stop staring at our phones, lying on the sofa, pretending we can be as cute as Isabela Merced in a top and a pair of cotton shorts. Unless, of course, we’re Tamara, which we aren’t.

The house was in a rush as we hurried to get ready on time to go get our vaccinations on time. “Now Pepper we are going to be there for at least an hour, so it’s smart if you carry your book and two power banks with you in case we need them. Tamara, get off the phone and please grab a bag and put some snacks in it. And the stuff we’ll all eat, not all of us can live on that weird Korean rice cake thing.” “It's called tteok-bokki (A traditional Korean stir-fried rice cake).” “Well, I’m sticking with weird Korean rice cake. Pack something like chips.”

We all were ready. But of course, uncle was nowhere to be seen. Where was he, you ask? Upstairs, in bed, sleeping peacefully. I went up, took a glass of water with me, and poured it on him. “Uncle, get up! We have to go get out vaccinations, and we won’t get there on time if you don’t bring yourself, and more importantly, your identity card and signature with you. So get a move on, and get into the car in 5 minutes, or I’m sending aunt!”


In five minutes, we were all in the car, ready to go, right down to the key in the ignition. And the uncle was running around the house and trying to brush his teeth and have breakfast at the same time. Wow.

After uncle was ready, we began the drive. Halfway there, Pepper suddenly shouted, “Stop the car! I forgot my hairclip back at home.” “So you intend to make us drive 4 miles in the wrong direction, just to get you an accessory,” Tamara asked in awe. “You guys would never do that for me. No fair!” “No, I just needed to tell you. You can continue driving uncle.”

After another hour of this nonsense, we finally reached the vaccination camp. Uncle went to get our tokens. Then we went to the waiting room. The place was pretty organized. So far.

“Rachel Smith, Tamara Dawson, Pepper Dawson, and Maureen Smith,” our names were called on the speaker. “Please go to room number 348 for your vaccination. Thank you.” We left the triplets with uncle and went to the room. The doctor was nice and friendly. It all went smoothly. The only thing that happened was that Tamara’s tattoo had been ‘discovered’. A few weeks ago, Tamara borrowed some money from her aunt for a novel, but she got the price wrong. So she had a little extra cash with her. Now, Tamara being Tamara, decided to go get a tattoo with the extra cash. It was a cute one though, a little cat staring at the stars. Too bad she couldn’t keep it covered up long enough.

Next up were uncle and the triplets. The triplets didn’t need a vaccine, but sadly, uncle did. We decided to follow him, because we knew the doctor could use all the help she could get, knowing uncle’s fear of needles.


Uncle walked into the room, boldly ready to face the needle. Then he saw the doctor filling the syringe, and fainted. Once he came back, we made him sit on the chair and tried again. The hospital was filled with shrieks and shouts, and finally, much to the mercy of everyone’s ears, uncle had been vaccinated. The sweet smile on the doctor’s face had been replaced with a deep frown, as she saw us walk out the door. And now we have to wait here for about an hour to see if the vaccine did its job. Well, I guess it did, why else is it approved and out to the public. What are we, secret test subjects? Well, this ought to be interesting!


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