The Obstinacy of Lian Harper

The Obstinacy of Lian Harper

"No!" Lian shook her head.

"Come on, Lian, you're gonna be late for school and I've got a JLA meeting." Her father, Roy, explained to her.

"I don't care! I don't like those pants!" Lian refused to get dressed for school, and she was still in her pajamas.

"You liked them just fine when we bought them." Roy told her.

"That's cuz pink was my favorite color." Lian explained.

"And it's not anymore, right?" Roy asked.

"Yep." Lian clarified.

"And what is your favorite color now, if I might ask?"

Lian perked up.

"Red."

"Yeah, nice try." Roy said, immune to his daughter's attempt to butter him up.

"I won't wear those pants!" Lian yelled.

"Well too bad, everything else is in the wash." Roy explained.

"Maybe if you'd actually done the wash when you were-"

"What was that?" Roy sternly asked the minute he heard his daughter muttering under her breath.

"Nothing." Lian quickly said. Roy rubbed his temples.

"Okay, how about this? You can either wear those pants, or you can go to school naked."

…

"Lian, come on! The bus is here!" Roy called from downstairs.

"Kay, daddy!" Lian said as she walked down the stairs…

Naked as a jaybird.

"LIAN!"