Chapter II : I Can't Expect You To Spend Forever With Me
"Did I just gave him her address?" Zilch muttered under her breath, still holding her phone. Her palms were getting sweatier by the minute, a result of her nervousness. "Oh whatever. Fuck it," she said and grabbed her jacket. "I'm going out, Mike," she yelled and went out of the house. Zilch lived in an apartment complex owned by Mike.
She went down the steel steps which creaked under her and opened the iron gate. "Be back before midnight or you'll have to sleep out," the speaker buzzed, it was Mike. Zilch closed the gate and trotted down the stone steps and headed on to a friend's house.
She rang the doorbell and was greeted by a tired looking woman, but nevertheless, she was still beautiful. "Looking for No Name?" she asked as she took a drag on her cigarette. "Yes, ma'am," Zilch answered and looked down at her sneakers. Someone ran down the stairs and opened the door a bit more. It was No Name and he said, "Mom, I'm going out. Later." and stepped out, closing the door behind him. "Why's she like that?" Zilch asked as she and No Name walked towards the city proper. "She and dad are fighting again, but I guess it'll be over by tomorrow," he replied. "I hope so," she said as they reached a corner.
"So what're we going to do again?" Zilch asked raising her voice so she could be heard in spite of the simultaneous honking of horns and screeching of tires. "We're meeting my cousin, Trent Cohen," No Name said as he stopped and motioned for Zilch to enter an alley. Zilch went in first and met a dead end, or so it seems. No Name tapped the 3rd brick from the left and a door, which Zilch swore was never there, opened. A large man in his thirties, wore a red "Kiss the Cook" apron led them inside. They were in the kitchen of some cafe and they were now entering the dining area. The man in the apron left them and No Name walked towards a boy clad in black, who was faced away from them.
"Trent!" No Name said as he embraced his cousin. "Hey," he said and turned to Zilch. "Um, hi," Zilch said with a small wave. "Oh Zilch, this is my cousin Trent. Trent, this is my friend Zilch," No Name said. Zilch and No Name sat opposite to Trent. "Tell me, why did we have to enter at the back and why are we alone here?" Zilch asked as they were given food by the apron man. "It's because Trent likes it like this. This is Mayhew Cafe, and surprise, it has a second floor, hidden when viewed from the first floor," No Name explained. "THE Mayhew Cafe? This is like the most expensive among all the other cafe's!" Zilch said in awe. Trent let out a small laugh and Zilch couldn't help but smile as their eyes met and she noticed it had a little green in them, just like him...
Sometimes I cry so hard from pleading, so sick and tired of all the needless beating. But baby when they knock you down and out, it's where you oughta stay. And after all the blood that you still owe, another dollar's just another blow. So fix your eyes and get up, better get up while you can. When you go, would you even turn to say, "I don't love you, like I did, yesterday."
She went down the steel steps which creaked under her and opened the iron gate. "Be back before midnight or you'll have to sleep out," the speaker buzzed, it was Mike. Zilch closed the gate and trotted down the stone steps and headed on to a friend's house.
She rang the doorbell and was greeted by a tired looking woman, but nevertheless, she was still beautiful. "Looking for No Name?" she asked as she took a drag on her cigarette. "Yes, ma'am," Zilch answered and looked down at her sneakers. Someone ran down the stairs and opened the door a bit more. It was No Name and he said, "Mom, I'm going out. Later." and stepped out, closing the door behind him. "Why's she like that?" Zilch asked as she and No Name walked towards the city proper. "She and dad are fighting again, but I guess it'll be over by tomorrow," he replied. "I hope so," she said as they reached a corner.
"So what're we going to do again?" Zilch asked raising her voice so she could be heard in spite of the simultaneous honking of horns and screeching of tires. "We're meeting my cousin, Trent Cohen," No Name said as he stopped and motioned for Zilch to enter an alley. Zilch went in first and met a dead end, or so it seems. No Name tapped the 3rd brick from the left and a door, which Zilch swore was never there, opened. A large man in his thirties, wore a red "Kiss the Cook" apron led them inside. They were in the kitchen of some cafe and they were now entering the dining area. The man in the apron left them and No Name walked towards a boy clad in black, who was faced away from them.
"Trent!" No Name said as he embraced his cousin. "Hey," he said and turned to Zilch. "Um, hi," Zilch said with a small wave. "Oh Zilch, this is my cousin Trent. Trent, this is my friend Zilch," No Name said. Zilch and No Name sat opposite to Trent. "Tell me, why did we have to enter at the back and why are we alone here?" Zilch asked as they were given food by the apron man. "It's because Trent likes it like this. This is Mayhew Cafe, and surprise, it has a second floor, hidden when viewed from the first floor," No Name explained. "THE Mayhew Cafe? This is like the most expensive among all the other cafe's!" Zilch said in awe. Trent let out a small laugh and Zilch couldn't help but smile as their eyes met and she noticed it had a little green in them, just like him...
Sometimes I cry so hard from pleading, so sick and tired of all the needless beating. But baby when they knock you down and out, it's where you oughta stay. And after all the blood that you still owe, another dollar's just another blow. So fix your eyes and get up, better get up while you can. When you go, would you even turn to say, "I don't love you, like I did, yesterday."
The Munchkins went to Halloween Town at 1:51 PM
