CARRIE HATCHETT'S CHRISTMAS by J.J. Green

Author:J.J. Green
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: InfiniteBook
Published: 2018-12-26T00:00:00+00:00

BY THE TIME CARRIE awoke, Flux was gone. She checked the bathroom, the cupboards and even behind the curtains, which was Flux’s favourite spot for hiding so he could leap out and make her jump in surprise. The creature was nowhere to be found.

Carrie texted Dave: I don’t suppose the most annoying alien in the galaxy is paying you a visit?

When Dave replied with a negative, Carrie groaned. As if she didn’t have enough to do. Now she had to find the illegal visitor to Earth and her equally illegal pet/house guest/criminal-on-the-run before someone spotted him and carted him off to a lab for dissection. Though in fact she wasn’t too worried about Flux. If he could put other creatures in stasis and fly around the world faster than a passenger plane, she assumed he could look after himself. It was more the political fallout that concerned her. Gavin was a nice boss who turned a blind eye to Flux’s presence on Earth, but if the runaway alien’s presence in her home was known to the wider Council, she couldn’t expect the same benevolent treatment.

But first, before finding Flux or the alien who had opened a transgalactic gateway on Earth, Carrie had to eat. Her long journey of the previous day had left her ravenous. She couldn’t perform her Intergalactic Intercultural Community Crisis Liaison Officer duties on an empty stomach. Besides, she wanted to see what Australians ate for ‘brekkie’.

Carrie met Dave in the hotel’s restaurant and was surprised to see him eating bacon and eggs.

“Morning,” said Dave. “I take it you didn’t find Flux?”

“Nope,” Carrie replied. “The little bugger must have slipped out while I was asleep. Is that all there is to eat?”

Dave looked at his plate. “What were you expecting?”

“I’m not sure. Crocodile steaks or those fat grubs, you know?”

“Carrie, you’re vegetarian. Even if the hotel did serve those things you wouldn’t want to eat them.”

“True, but that’s what I was expecting.”

“I’m pretty sure Australian food isn’t very different from British food.”

“Well, how boring,” said Carrie. She walked over to the buffet and filled a plate. When she returned to their table she said, “Look at this.” Holding out her plate for Dave’s inspection, she added, “Baked beans for goodness’ sake.”

“You say that like it’s a bad thing,” Dave replied.

Annoyed at Dave for his failure to share in her disgruntlement about the lack of interesting Australian food, Carrie sat down. She had eaten half of her plate of baked beans, eggs, vegetarian sausages, fried mushrooms, fried tomatoes and potato fritters.

After visiting the breakfast buffet again, she also ate croissants and jam, fresh fruit, muesli and muffins. But no Australian food at all. It was very disappointing. Carrie undid the button of her jeans.

“All done?” Dave asked. “Time’s getting on.”

“I’m going up for one last round,” said Carrie, rising to her feet. “There has to be something Australian to eat. I just haven’t looked hard enough.”

She returned to the buffet table and walked slowly along its length, scanning each offering.

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