Friend

I have a new friend. A lone fruit fly. He has been in my office fluttering around for a couple weeks. I find this interesting because I thought fruit flies only lived for 3 days or some small amount of time like that. I've also noticed him, or perhaps its his cousins, fluttering around our office bathroom as well as our staff lunch room. He is a mutant fruit fly. Not only does he have a longer life than the typical gnat-sized insect, but he lives on no matter how many times I swat him down with my hand. I don't know where he came from. I have no fruit in my office. I don't have any windows, so there are no plants here either. I have no idea what he feeds on, but it is obvious he is finding nourishment somewhere since he lives on. It's probably just as well that his life surpasses the lives of most fruit flies. I'm so accustomed to his presence, that I'll probably miss him when he's gone.