"Ben! Get over here!" Liz yelled from across the crowded movie thertre
lobby to her 10 year old cousin.
"C'mon Lizard! One game! Mom always lets me play House of the Dead after a movie!" Ben pleaded in his usual manner - using the nickname Liz's friends had dubbed her with.
"It's almost to my curfew and I sure hell ain't your mother so, hm.....NO." Liz replied rather grumpily. She had already had a hard day at the register in Target and taking her Aunt Judi's kids to the movies put that peaceful sleep on hold.
"No, I'm not going home yet. I WANNA PLAY VIDEO GAMES!" people looked over at the angry boy as he stomped his feet like a frightened horse. Lizard had half an hour to get home and to avoid the hiding spots for the cops. She was only allowed one unlicensed passenger with her and she thought one screaming ten year old could count as two already.
"Hush! You're gonna wake up Danny." Danny still lay motionless, head on Liz's shoulder as he did 15 minutes into the movie.
" I don't care!" Ben crossed his arms deffinately and sat on the dingy lobby carpet.
Liz took a deep sigh before grabbing his sleeve and dragging him across the floor towards the exit as onlookers chuckled at her misfortune. Ben continued to scream and claw as she dragged him outside where he had to get up or be scraped up by pavement and ice. Even as the bright parking lot lights shined and sounds erupted around them Ben's little brother still slept comfortbly. As soon as Liz got Ben to sit in the backseat and keep his seatbelt on she turned her attention to the dead weight on her shoulder and finally turned the key in the 1990 T-bird's ignition. Liz barreled down the highway only wanting the comfort of her mattress and a little comforting music to fall asleep to.
Ben was sulking in his spot as they pulled into the driveway.
"Can y-" Liz didn't even have time to finish her sentence as Ben bolted in the front door. She sighed and unbuckled Danny; his hands automatically grabbing hold off her short, curly black hair. Balancing Danny on a hip and a forearm Lizard nearly collided with a bewildered blonde.
"What happened?" Judi asked Liz as they began climbing the steps to the bedrooms.
"Temper tantrum over video games." she smoothly replied, doing her best to suppress her anger.
"Oh," Judi made use of a pregnant pause, "Why didn't you let him play?"
"I got a curfew Aunt Judi."
"No you don't. I know Bill lets you stay out 'til whatever time you want."
"But that's when I'm not driving. When I am driving I get a curfew by New Jersey." Lizard laid Danny on his bed and made a move to grab his pajamas from a drawer.
"Oh, don't worry about that - that's my job." Judi stayed Liz's hand. Liz just nodded and began the walk back to her car.
She pulled into the somber traffic on Kennedy Road and darted between the cars hoping to get home before midnight. The cars grew less and less as she began her drive to the more wooded, less snow plowed roads. Lizard shivered and pulled her ski cap farther down on her head. She slowed as to avoid the deer whose winter games included staring down the paint-chipped car and animal vs. auto tag.
~It's going to snow~ Lizard said as she looked at the ring around the full moon in the sky and the clouds ever slowly drifting from the North. Thoughts of Judi transformed Liz's foot to lead. "Dammit, how the hell is she raising those kids? If my kid was like that I'd be beating the shit outta him. I'm really violent now but I don't care! She's so fucking dense, too. I still have work to do too." She spoke more to the kitten bobble head on the dashboard rather than the air. The kitten agreeing with her.
Lizard soon calmed and put in one of her more mellow CDs. Music gently flowed from the speakers to the awaiting ears of the driver. The passing of pines and soothing music lured her into a world of peaceful slumber where nothing could disturb her. Her hands began to slide off the wheel as a head of curly black hair brought its chin to rest by the girl's collarbone. The wheel ever slightly began to turn to the right bringing the "hunk of junk" ,as the girl had affectionately named it, closer and closer to the towering trees. Their roots protruding from the sandy soil did not stir the girl. The crash into one of the magnificent trees did though she was quickly forced into a deep slumber.
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"C'mon Lizard! One game! Mom always lets me play House of the Dead after a movie!" Ben pleaded in his usual manner - using the nickname Liz's friends had dubbed her with.
"It's almost to my curfew and I sure hell ain't your mother so, hm.....NO." Liz replied rather grumpily. She had already had a hard day at the register in Target and taking her Aunt Judi's kids to the movies put that peaceful sleep on hold.
"No, I'm not going home yet. I WANNA PLAY VIDEO GAMES!" people looked over at the angry boy as he stomped his feet like a frightened horse. Lizard had half an hour to get home and to avoid the hiding spots for the cops. She was only allowed one unlicensed passenger with her and she thought one screaming ten year old could count as two already.
"Hush! You're gonna wake up Danny." Danny still lay motionless, head on Liz's shoulder as he did 15 minutes into the movie.
" I don't care!" Ben crossed his arms deffinately and sat on the dingy lobby carpet.
Liz took a deep sigh before grabbing his sleeve and dragging him across the floor towards the exit as onlookers chuckled at her misfortune. Ben continued to scream and claw as she dragged him outside where he had to get up or be scraped up by pavement and ice. Even as the bright parking lot lights shined and sounds erupted around them Ben's little brother still slept comfortbly. As soon as Liz got Ben to sit in the backseat and keep his seatbelt on she turned her attention to the dead weight on her shoulder and finally turned the key in the 1990 T-bird's ignition. Liz barreled down the highway only wanting the comfort of her mattress and a little comforting music to fall asleep to.
Ben was sulking in his spot as they pulled into the driveway.
"Can y-" Liz didn't even have time to finish her sentence as Ben bolted in the front door. She sighed and unbuckled Danny; his hands automatically grabbing hold off her short, curly black hair. Balancing Danny on a hip and a forearm Lizard nearly collided with a bewildered blonde.
"What happened?" Judi asked Liz as they began climbing the steps to the bedrooms.
"Temper tantrum over video games." she smoothly replied, doing her best to suppress her anger.
"Oh," Judi made use of a pregnant pause, "Why didn't you let him play?"
"I got a curfew Aunt Judi."
"No you don't. I know Bill lets you stay out 'til whatever time you want."
"But that's when I'm not driving. When I am driving I get a curfew by New Jersey." Lizard laid Danny on his bed and made a move to grab his pajamas from a drawer.
"Oh, don't worry about that - that's my job." Judi stayed Liz's hand. Liz just nodded and began the walk back to her car.
She pulled into the somber traffic on Kennedy Road and darted between the cars hoping to get home before midnight. The cars grew less and less as she began her drive to the more wooded, less snow plowed roads. Lizard shivered and pulled her ski cap farther down on her head. She slowed as to avoid the deer whose winter games included staring down the paint-chipped car and animal vs. auto tag.
~It's going to snow~ Lizard said as she looked at the ring around the full moon in the sky and the clouds ever slowly drifting from the North. Thoughts of Judi transformed Liz's foot to lead. "Dammit, how the hell is she raising those kids? If my kid was like that I'd be beating the shit outta him. I'm really violent now but I don't care! She's so fucking dense, too. I still have work to do too." She spoke more to the kitten bobble head on the dashboard rather than the air. The kitten agreeing with her.
Lizard soon calmed and put in one of her more mellow CDs. Music gently flowed from the speakers to the awaiting ears of the driver. The passing of pines and soothing music lured her into a world of peaceful slumber where nothing could disturb her. Her hands began to slide off the wheel as a head of curly black hair brought its chin to rest by the girl's collarbone. The wheel ever slightly began to turn to the right bringing the "hunk of junk" ,as the girl had affectionately named it, closer and closer to the towering trees. Their roots protruding from the sandy soil did not stir the girl. The crash into one of the magnificent trees did though she was quickly forced into a deep slumber.
----------------- Yeah, short, shitty, but it's a chapter. Review & you will recieve an honorary llama...