She popped the peanut in her mouth. To her surprise, it didn't taste like a regular peanut.
It tasted rancid.
She almost gagged, but she swallowed instead, forcing the peanut down her throat.
"Ugh! That was terrible!" she screamed, desperately trying to get the taste out of her mouth.
She looked back to the can of peanuts. Was it just one of them, or did they all taste terrible?
She wasn't sure she wanted to find out. She put the lid back on the peanuts can , and threw the can in the trash.
Trash day wasn't until Thursday, so she could always fish it out if she needed to, for whatever reason.
Rachel went back to making her pancakes. Once she was done with that, she fixed her messy hair, and went out to meet her best friend, Daina.