So sorry for these late and random updates… It's not my fault that mutant sheep came and stole my computer! Ok that was a suckish excuse. I'm sorry, I've just been really busy with my SYOT but I'm 23 chapters into it so yeahh just give me a couple more weeks and this will be my main priority. Geez I have a life!
No, no, no. I silently begged. Now this elevator never smelled good, but with Larry trapped in a hot small enclosed space it made me want to scream, "Evacuate! Evacuate the premises!" I would've except for the fact, We. Couldn't. Evacuate.
Larry was telling me the story about how he opened up a road side motel called, 'Uncle Larry's Road Side Motel' Not exactly a creative name. He started going on about how they imported zebras from Brazil for entertainment, and then it turned out to be a scam. Well any smart person would realize not to buy zebras from Brazil.
"How about we stop talking for now?" I asked Larry.
"Why! I was just getting to the part where a really fine looking woman came in one day and-" My eyes widened, "I don't need to hear the rest." I begged. He puffed his lip out. Normally I'm a sucker for puppy dog faces but Larry sort of looked like a baby humpback whale.
After ten minutes of silence I broke, "I'm so hungry.." I said looking at Larry. He probably had food somewhere.
"Ok kiddo.' He said pulling a black banana from his pants. If I ate that I'd probably get Salmonella or some kind of tapeworm.
"No thanks."
"It's only a little brown?" Poor soul… He thought I was grossed out about the brown part.
"It's not exactly that." I said dryly.
Finally someone came to rescue us. When I felt fresh air I got a little light headed after smelling Larry for so long.
I felt like lying on the ground and saying some little prayers.
Yes! I looked at the clock and it said that I only had an hour left of work and I got to go pick up Matt from the train station. Hahahaha joy!
One hour later….
I felt like jumping out of my seat in my excitement. It'd been a while since I felt this good.
"What's up Annabeth." Martha said, her black beady eyes peering through my skull.
"Just going to pick up my boyfriend." I said and I grabbed my coat trying to show her I was in a hurry.
"About that Annabeth," Martha said as she hadn't me an already opened letter.
"You went through my mail!" I asked alarmed. Martha was totally going up on my hate list…
"You may want to sit down." She said pushing me onto the bench in the lobby.
I opened the letter, my hands were shaking. I knew it was going to be something horrible. I started to read it and tears stung my eyes.
"No. No. no!" I said. "I know." Martha said putting her arm around my shoulder. I pushed it off and I ran out of the building. Matt was dead. Our hopes and dreams were crushed. We were going to get out of Manhattan and move to Greece.
I kept on walking with absolutely no idea where I was going. My head had no idea but my legs seemed to know. I walked into a small park and sat on a bench, our bench. The bench that we sat the day he proposed to me, the day I found out everyone has a happy ending. I was wrong.
I was sitting there for god only knows how long. It was getting dark when I saw him through my tear filled eyes. It was the boy with the black skater boy hair. He was listening to his iPod and bobbing his head to the music.
He must've noticed I was watching him because he looked in my direction. "Hey it's the crazy pepper spray girl." He said with a smile. I didn't feel like smiling back as much as his smile warmed my heart.
"What's up?" He said walking towards me.
"My fiancé died." I choked. Losing Matt was like a world without peanut butter…
"Well pepper spray girl I'm really sorry." He said.
I knew he was sorry and I just nodded.
"I got to go." I mumbled, I needed to go home and lie down and take everything in.
"Ok, if you ever want to talk to me, I'll be here." He said to me and I walked away feeling worse then before.
Sorry for the long wait…
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