Arsenic and Young Zelda Part 7
Hilda had just finished arranging Zelda's appointment with the most prominent psychiatrist in the Other Realm when her sister came back into the kitchen.
"Willard got tied up at a meeting at school so I'm going to have to meet him at the Wildfire," she said. "Now where did I put my car keys?"
"It's such a nice night. Why don't you walk?" Hilda said as she jumped up and grabbed her sister's arm. She definitely didn't want Zelda behind the wheel of a car until she had her eyes and head examined. She didn't think that their insurance covered it. "Come on. I'll walk with you."
"Well, alright," Zelda said as she let her sister pull her out of the house. She supposed walking would be easier anyway. That way Willard could drive her home and they would have more time together.
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Hilda was ready to scream by the time that they reached downtown Westbridge. They had passed several construction sites on the way and all of the construction workers had whistled at Zelda. Normally her sister would have stopped and lectured the men on how sexist their behavior was but now Zelda seemed to be enjoying it. "She must be sicker than I thought," Hilda muttered to herself as they passed the drugstore. Just then she realized that maybe the drugstore would have something that might at least cure Zelda's vision problem temporarily.
"Zelda come in here for a minute," she said as she grabbed her sister's arm and pulled her into the store.
A few minutes later she was examining the reading glasses trying to find a pair that would help her sister see Willard's faults. "Are you sure that this is the strongest pair that you have?" she asked the clerk.
"Yes," he said as he looked over at Zelda and smiled. "Your younger sister is sure pretty. Is she seeing anyone?"
"Younger sister?" Hilda muttered. She glanced around to make sure no mortals were watching before zapping the man into a frog. How could he think Zelda was younger than her? She quickly grabbed her sister and rushed her through the checkout line. She just didn't understand what was going on. As an afterthought, she zapped the clerk back into a human as soon as they were out of the store.
"Here put these on," Hilda said as she handed her sister the glasses at the door of the restaurant. "Maybe they'll work until you can see the doctor tomorrow."
Zelda frowned at the glasses as her sister walked off and then stuffed them in her purse. There was no way that she was wearing something like that and spoiling her perfect evening with the most handsome man in the world.