Something "Borrowed"

Intro

Are you familiar with the term “junk drawer”? You know, the small rectangular compartment in your kitchen, office, bathroom, or anywhere there is storage space. It’s usually filled with random, pointless, unorganized chaos, and things that should be thrown out. Maybe old Christmas cards, batteries, receipts, movie theatre stubs, and carryout menus the mail carrier slides between the glass doors. Well, she has one of those. More like a ton. But it’s strange. Her drawers hold nice things. Things people would like to give or receive as gifts, things that should be cherished, and well taken care of. But she didn’t view the items in her drawer that way. Everything she owned was poorly taken care of and unorganized.

She preferred quantity over quality. “The more the better,” she would say checking out at the local goodwill store for things that would eventually end up in one of her junk drawers. She was a bargain shopper, constantly looking for the best deals. Sometimes she wouldn’t even pay, she would “borrow” the items she wanted. This started at a young age. Whatever she liked, caught her eye, or could fit in her miniature palms she took. Her older sister Skylar who was 5 years older than her was usually the victim.                                                 

Skylar was the complete opposite. Skylar was a neat freak. Everything must be in its correct area. The bookshelf in the dining area was assembled in alphabetical order by the author’s name. The clothes and linen closets were arranged by size and color. Even her junk draw was organized. The old Christmas cards were organized by year and sealed away in a plastic zip lock bag. The carryout menus were arranged in alphabetical order and held together by a paper clip. The grocery receipts were arranged by date and stabled together. Skylar was always annoyed by her little sister’s messiness and hated when she wouldn’t return the things she “borrowed”. Skylar was extremely into sunglasses and had a collection that contained over 100 pair. Aside for the normal sibling tension they had a great relationship. Skylar graduated with a Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences and did research at her local university. Although Skylar was busy she always made time to hang out with her younger sister.