Chapter 1:
The setting sun blanketed Lavender Town like a child getting tucked in by its mother, warm and snug. Being that it was already late May the cherry blossoms had given way to the vibrant green of summer. Nights like these always made Ami think about her father. Staring out her bedroom window, she let out a small sigh~ lost onto the quickly darkening evening.
*uuuuuurufugrhughgghhghghgh* Ami's stomach burbled like a witch's caldron.
"Time to eat, I suppose" she thought, but in an empty house her thoughts almost became audible.
Mizuno Ami was the only daughter of Lavender Town's sole female surgeon, Satomi-sensei. Ami lost in thoughts of what to eat, caught herself face to face with the glaring red numbers of her clock. **17:38** She scraped her unusually heavy feeling body off her bed and scuttled for the door.
`click` Ami locked the door to her and her mother's apartment. It was quaint but seemed too close for the two of them at times. The smell of rain danced around Ami's nose, she let out a little sneeze. `KAchoo` She lived about 5 minutes from the nearest conbini, a 7th Heaven 11. From the time she left her front door to descending the stairs, the darkness of the evening closed and the dim burn of vending machines and street lights dotted the street winding down to 7th Heaven 11.
"Did it rain...I must have missed it while studying…" Ami thought as her stomach lead her to the conbini. The hole in the side of her shoe filled with the chilly water from a puddle at that moment, `quiiiish` she recoiled instantly. At least she was wide awake now.
Cars whirred by at a steady pace. Lavender Town wasn't small but not quite big...not quite suburban but not a city either...it was actually quite nondescript in almost every sense of the word. Each passing car blew up cool air off of the mirror-like pools leftover from the apparent afternoon rain. It made Ami wish she had just stayed at home in the comfort of her bed. As much as her brain wished that, her stomach was giving the orders today. Ami hadn't changed out of her school uniform since getting home in the mid afternoon. Yet, as she slipped out the door earlier she at least brought a light sweater embroidered with a calico cat to shield her from the chilling evening air.
"Almost there!" the stomach rejoiced.
eeeeeIIIIEEEERRRRRR…. "AAAAAAAAaaaahhh" crash...thud.
CHAPTER 2:
Everything was cold.
Ami heard a car door slam and opened her eyes.
"Are you alright?" a figure made faceless by the headlights shining in Ami's eyes approached her.
She sprung up...actually the sound is what made her fall, she wasn't stricken by anything but the fear..she was skittish that way.
"Oh..I think so?" Ami mustered as much of a reply as she could. Her eyes began to adjust from the headlights. In front of her stood what seemed to be some sort of glam rock lead vocalist...he wore a gaudy silver coat with too-high collar and too-tight leather pants. She managed not to chuckle as his eyes narrowed on her. Did he think he really looked good in that? It's May...not Halloween….
"Sorry I almost hit you...You shouldn't be walking alone at night anyways, you know." he talked as though he trying to audition for the starring role in an action film.
"Maybe you shouldn't um...maybe you could drive a little more with care!" Ami was heated but also not the best communicator. As she said this she felt something cool and wet hit the back of her leg. 'Yeeep'! Taking full notice of her landing. she now saw the imprint of her butt in some mud at the side of the road.
"What's wrong now? Are you sure you can get home?" the man..boy..person's voice sounded a little more sincere..it caught Ami by surprise.
"...I fell in this mud...I'll be fine, just..ugh." Ami felt the series of events collapse on her and couldn't be bothered to attempt social pleasantries. SLAM. The car door closed and the engine revved. Ami looked up and just saw a flash of white and pink! 'Umph' A towel had hit her in the face and she slipped again in the puddle.
"Get home safe, the towel is on the house" the voice grew faint and by the time Ami collected herself again she recalled the the glowing red of her alarm clock while she sat looking off at the car's taillights. Again she scraped herself up, wrapped the towel around her waist and went to 7th Heaven 11, after all she was still pretty hungry.
"Who on earth just has a towel in their car…"Ami pondered staring into the assortment of bread items in the store.
