Weird Questions Novels & Stories

I followed him to his car, and once we were both in, he turned on his car engine and drove to I don't know where. "Do you like comedy?" He asked, and I looked at him as if he had grown two heads. "I don't know!" That was all I told him. I mean, I didn't know what to say. The question seemed out of context. A weird silence consumed us for a while before he asked again. "What do you think about Deadpool?" "What is wrong with you?" I answered his question with another question. "I mean, what's with the weird questions?" He chuckled before he added,

She mumbled an apology, but said nothing further. The day went on uneventfully. Once they had served the last customer, Summer flipped the board that had the ‘closed’ sign and pulled the blinds. As she unknotted her apron, she blurted, “Are there wolves here?” Barbara, who had been noting down the day’s earnings, stiffened. Summer frowned. Did she ask something…odd? As the older woman continued to note down everything on her little notepad, her anxiety spiked. Why did she blurt out and ask such a weird question? Who asks about wolves out of nowhere, with no context?

Someone who wanted to cause trouble. The question was: who?

We were born on May 21, despite being four years apart from him. "Boxers of Briefs?" "Briefs." “Coke or Sprite?” "Coke." “Burgers or Pizza?” “Burgers.” “Country music, or Metal?” "Metal." I frowned. Rearranging the list of questions in my head. “Action or Romance?” "Thillers." “Coffee or Milk?” "Coffee." "Orange or Apple?" "Orange." “Cats or Dogs?” "Both." “Soccer or Basketball?” "Soccer."

I read through some and then I shook my head and dropped it as I got to my feet, placing my hands over my head. “This is ridiculous,” I said. He looked up. “What is ridiculous?” “These questions. One of them is asking whether I’ve had an abortion. What kind of stupid question is that?” “Like I said,” he reiterated, “these are possible questions… questions to get you off guard, to get you angry, mad, to make sure that you are put off your game.” “Well, I’m surely put off my game by these questions,” I said. “What do you want me to say in court when they ask me all these questions?”

“ Have you ever healed unusually fast from injuries?” I shook my head. “ No.” Amber asked another. “ Have you ever smelled things others couldn’t?” “ No.” Maltilda folded her arms. “ Have you ever lost control when angry?” I scoffed…It was starting to have a pattern , This questions was leading to one fact ..: . “ I have a temper, yes.” “ Not that.” She narrowed her eyes. “ Truly lost control.” “ No.” Amber spoke again. “ During the midnight howls… have you ever felt strange?”

If he’s anything like Chuck, it would explain why the world is fucked. Yeah, I need to get my mind off all that line of thinking. And what better distraction, while sitting in a bomb shelter with many werewolves and their kids, than playing twenty uncomfortable questions with nieces and nephews, most of whom I haven’t met? And I mean that after the initial worry about being in a shelter wore off, the questions began. And these kids do not hold back. “Are you Uncle Shane’s twin sister?” “Why can’t you talk?” “Why doesn’t anyone talk about you?”

W-what was happening? *****

I asked but never got a reply. Talk about weird.