BARRIE, ON – Recent graduate Kyle Parsons, 23, was taken aback this week by the reappearance of his imaginary childhood friend, Silly Pete, who showed up on Parson’s doorstep with a suitcase, pillow, and his signature goofball antics looking for a place to stay.
“Things had been really tough for him since I stopped believing in him back in sixth grade,” said Parsons, a former introvert. “I feel pretty responsible for what’s happened to the guy. After all, I created him.”
Suffering from both a lack of motivation and physical existence, Silly Pete dropped out of Trent University mid-BA in English Lit. Citing nowhere else to go, since Parsons killed his imaginary parents in a freak hot air balloon incident, Pete was last seen settling in quite comfortably in his former friend’s closet.
“It’s just like old times,” Silly Pete grinned. “Saturday morning cartoons, spying on the neighbourhood girls…I can’t believe I ever wanted to grow up!”
Parsons, however, was not so optimistic. “My girlfriend already mocks me for living with my parents, and now I have to explain this? It’s not going to go over well,” he sighed. “Plus, he’s seriously under-qualified for employment in the material world…I’m trying to think of something for him to do, but I just can’t imagine anything good for him.”
