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 Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:24 am
He was counting down the hours till he'd make his nightly 'run', he was hoping to let off a little steam... the prod that he was angry all the time kept raising its ugly head and he'd begun to worry about it, or at it perhaps. Like fussing with the corner of a bandaid that has lifted free.
He'd tried telling himself that some poeple just got under his skin, but that wasn't good enough... he needed to be objective. He couldn't let even things in his 'civilian' life get to him so much because it would make it so he couldn't think clearly. He hated that it had taken a rude impediment of a stranger to point it out.
He probably shouldn't have 'rewarded' himself by spending some of his 'evenings earnings' on pizza, but here he was.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:18 am
Pizza was, obviously, the wrong choice. The familiar mess of white hair near a window would be visible from the doorway, Ever celebrating someone being a chump and giving him a little cash by buying himself a feast: calzone. Giant calzone. Giant cheap calzone, and it even had chicken in it.
God bless Destiny City.
If Zac wasn't paying attention, though, he might not have noticed that the sore tooth -- that very one that he kept poking at with the tip of his tongue -- was there until he went to sit down. And the only empty table was across the alley from him.
It was possible, though, that he could wiggle past Ever without being noticed. Hard to tell.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:50 am
He just wanted pizza, not a headache, he groaned softly and tried to look inconspicuous. 'Please don't let Q-tip there notice me' - he prayed to whatever unamed gods might be listening. 'I'll cancel tonights plans... I'll save the rest of my money to get Dem more god forsaken tacos... just let me past.'
It was doubtful that he had anything worth offering to any gods who might of listened to HIS prayers, after all they had never once replied to his please to strike down the offending 'pushers' and 'teasers' at Hillworth in a bold of lighting, or even some nice divine fire would have suited him just fine.
He arched his shoulders, ducked his head and skooted for the table still offering up silent supplications to anyone from christian gods to lovecraftian mythos.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:23 pm
Poor Zac. Every god in existence must have hated him. He made it to his chair, he sat down, and then Ever looked up from the book he was reading and his eyes settled right. on. him.
For a moment he was puzzled. Familiar-looking kid. A bit thoughtful. Considering. Then he lit up with some knowledge, perhaps, and his mouth split into that comfortable and familiar grin. With the black eye and the bruising down the left side of his face, it was a bit gruesome.
He didn't wait for an invitation, nor did he announce himself. Instead he grabbed his things and quietly crept in, only making noise as he dropped down to sit opposite Zac and thudded his calzone down in front of himself. He'd already eaten about a third of it.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:29 pm
Zac Stared up at the person whom had just dropped in uninvited, 'Impediment', 'cue-tip', owed favor but all the same... irritating.
He stared at the 3/4 eaten cheezy-chicken mess that was left on Ever's plate and back to the black eyed boy ... now quietly cursing every god he could think of and wondering what he had done to deserve this... besides cursing every god in existence.
"Ah...." He said after a moment. "....you."
and nothing else other than to pull his own tray -slightly- closer.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:45 pm
"Nice to see you too." It was easily teasing; Ever set his book down and picked his fork up, instead, leaning absently in against the table. All elbows and rough manners, waving his fork vaguely in Zac's direction before shoving it into what was left of his calzone.
"I thought maybe you'd been following me around." He didn't mean it. Just wanted to see if he could make Zac splutter a little.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:02 pm
If Zac had been any more sarcastic it would have required a warning sign to prevent slippage it dripped so heavily.
"Oh yes... I just -love- following around boorish library crashers who can't keep their fork in their food or their head out of the bleach."
He cut his own food into smaller pieces with a pointed stare before taking a bite of his own, and pulled his tray just a little closer again. He was betting Ever wasn't above talking with a full mouth and he had no desire to be removing calzone from his pizza.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:51 pm
That got a blink and then a laugh, his head tilted as he cut off a piece of calzone. And no, he wasn't going to talk with his mouth full. He was well-trained not to act like that at the dinner table....
"Can't imagine you have much better to do, honestly." He started to take the bite and then paused, grinning at Zac instead. "Well, other than, what, middle school?"
Another height jab. Very mature. He bit the calzone from his fork.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:16 pm
A scowl that was overrun just as quickly by another sharp retort.
"Why... ***** fetish? Fap elsewhere." He snapped stabbing another bite of his own pizza and then sipped his drink feeling more than a little satisfied with the retort. Take that you tall ********.
Maybe a bad late afternoon was just a sign that he was getting bad Karma out of the way and that tonight would go beautifully... somehow he doubted that.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:29 pm
That got a snort and a cough and a fumble out of Ever around that mouthful of calzone, and he was lucky it didn't come up through his nose. He was left spluttering a little, sadly without a soda of his own or even a glass of water to drown it in.
Point: Zac.
Eventually, though, he swallowed and wiped at watering eyes. "...good god, I wasn't even going there. You have issues."
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:50 pm
"YOU are just mad you lost that round." Zac said continuing to look satisfied, if not more so, and chuckled taking another bite.
Maybe this day wasn't so bad after all.
He glanced over 'q-tip' appraisingly. "I see you made a marvelous discovery" he said setting up for another bit of sarcasm.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:58 pm
And Ever blundered into it, baffled, his head tilted to the side and eyebrows raised. His cheek was very dark. "Discovery?"
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:59 pm
"Soap and Water." He replied without missing a beat or even cracking a grin, just took another bite and a casual drink and waited for the reaction to his quip. Oh yes... maybe the gods HAD smiled on him, he needed this.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:11 pm
"...ah." He took it well enough, at least, grinning back at Zac and not really tumbling into anything defensive. Ever was looking better than he had before. And, the wicked gleam in his eye said as he sliced another bite of calzone, he could prod back a little.
"Yeah, these two Sovereign Heights students took me home with them. Strange pair, but..." His laughing expression and tone were suggestive.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:21 pm
That made Zink make a face... "God... leave your innuendoes and personal life at home... I don't care who or what your doing anything with and I don't want to HEAR it... Half of my SCHOOL swears their 'doing' it with Hillworth girls so... I have heard QUITE enough of it -thank- you."
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