Chapter Two
"What would happen if a burglar fell out of his car during a car chase and hit a cop car?" K-chan asked putting another french fry into her mouth.
Xelloss smiled "About the same thing that happened to Lina when she landed on the janitor," Lina automatically threw Zel's coffee across the table and onto Xelloss.
"HOT!" Xelloss stood surprised while K-chan, who had already been laughing at Xelloss's last comment almost fell onto the floor in amusement.
"Hey," Zel sighed and remorsefully played with his now empty styrofoam cup and kept glancing at the long line to the multiple coffeepots.
"My lap hurts," Xelloss sobbed having the sudden realization that you can't blow down there.
"Oh shut up," Lina shoveled yet another lunch into her mouth.
"Oh well," Zel bounced the cup off of Lina's head.
"HEY!" Lina brandished a plastic fork in his direction and scowled though a mouthful of food.
"What?" Zel looked around confused "It was...it was...Xelloss,"
Xelloss sniffed "But...I'm always the scapegoat," K-chan took this opportunity to comfort him.
"It's okay. I won't let her-" K-chan glared at Lina "hurt you,"
Lina had known it wasn't Xelloss but noone could get away with telling what she could and couldn't do! Lina stood "I'll kill Xelloss if I wanna kill Xelloss,"
"Over my dead body," K-chan stood as well.
"That's the plan," Lina pointed the plastic fork at K-chan now.
"Girls, girls," Xelloss tried to calm them down but K-chan simply pushed him back in his seat.
"Don't make me kick your as Lina,"
"I'd like to see you try,"
Zel went under the table.
"Okay," K-chan walked around the table calmly and Lina got ready to fight. It looked as though a punch would be thrown any moment but K-chan's first move was...grabbing one of Lina's plates of chicken fingers?
"NO!" Lina sank to her knees in defeat.
"My hero!" Xelloss ran around the table and hugged K-chan.
K-chan simply hugged him back and they both preformed a short victory dance.
Lina cursed under her breath and glared at Zelgadiss.
"What?!" Zel was still under the table.
"Nothing. I just have to take my anger out on someone,"
"Ah," the food that K-chan had been holding fell on Lina's head "Oops,"
A still stunned Lina peeled a cheese soaked nacho off of her forehead. This was it. That bitch was goin' down!
"She's going to kill me isn't she?" K-chan squeaked.
"Yes," Zel and Xelloss spoke in unison and with good reason as Lina jumped up and began to chase K-chan.
Lina sat in the hall making up her Literature test. This sucked. Fidgeting she brought the tissue from her nose and turned it over so that the blood soaked side was showing Damn that K-chan, Lina thought as she put the tissue back to her nose. Lina could see the girl clearly from her current position in the hall. K-chan was sitting beside Xelloss pressing a zip-lock bag to her right eye. K-chan annoyed Lina. She was bossy, arrogant, and evil. Everything Lina was not...well...maybe she was like Lina but she would never say that out loud. Lina nodded firmly at the notion.
Xelloss annoyed Lina as well but not quite as much as K-chan did. Xelloss had a tendency to side with whatever was convenient for him. This was often K-chan because she provided protection. Not that Xelloss couldn't protect himself it was just that K-chan would willingly do it for him. Not that he ever did anything in return. She also had no idea what Xelloss's natural hair color was. Lina spent at least twenty minutes every day arguing with herself about it.
Lina glanced over at Zelgadiss who was sitting on the opposite side of the hall. Zel was alright even though he probably annoyed Lina most of all. He was so sure that he looked like a freak and just because of some scars on his face and hands(as far as Lina could tell she had never really seen him shirtless). He was so obsessed with this that he didn't seem to realize how handsome he really was. Well at least Lina thought so. A few shallow minded people might have said different. Lina focused back on her test.
29. What was illustrated on Montresour's coat of arms?
Lina frowned, tilting her head back and played absently with the number two pencil in her right hand. What was the deal with the world anyway. They thought less of people who discriminated against others and yet did it themselves in one way or another.
Lina skipped question twenty-nine and went onto the next one.
30. What was Edger Allan Poe's only happiness in life and why was it short-lived? (explain)
That was an easy one. Lina touched the lead to the paper.
He married Virginia Clem. She was 13 at the time they married and his first cousin.
Now that was disgusting. Lina dropped her pencil. If that hadn't been on cue Lina didn't know what was. Cursing Lina picked her pencil up again now that she thought less of herself.
She died of tuberculosis.
Lina paused a moment and as if on an afterthought simply to make her feel better she scribbled something above her second sentence.
This was perfectly acceptable in the time.
Filia yawned. Why were they still at the library? It was about eight-thirty and with all this reading she was beginning to fall asleep. It was too late for some...
"Ma'm," the librarian tapped Sylphiel, who was still reading, on the shoulder "If you don't wake your friend I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to leave,"
"Oh Gourry-dear," Sylphiel sighed and in defeat closed the books spread out before her.
Thank God, Filia almost screamed this aloud as she closed her own books "So soon Sylphiel-chan?" Sylphiel-chan? Where did that come from?
Sylphiel must not have heard Filia for she simply tried to awake Gourry "Gourry-dear?" she hissed shaking him gently.
"Hi Norton," Gourry yawned keeping his eyes closed.
"Norton?" Sylphiel shook her head and shook him again.
"Huh?" Gourry looked around "Oh hi Syphiel,"
"We're leaving Gourry," she said with a smile.
"We are?!" Gourry jumped up.
"Shh," the librarian warned. It was to late Gourry had already started running.
"YES! Whew-hoo! Yay! I'm free! Free! Free! Free!" and out the door he went.
Filia and Sylphiel simply sweatdropped.
"Ready to go?" Sylphiel asked still staring.
"Yeeaaah," Filia nodded hurriedly.
"So do you think Gourry-dear will do well at his football game tomorrow?" Sylphiel asked as she stood by the vending machine.
"Of course...but I don't think he'll past the test in World History," Filia said honestly as she waited for her selection to fall.
Sylphiel sighed "I know,"
"There," Filia smiled and snatched the Lipton's Tea like it was a bar of gold.
"Hey," Sylphiel looked up the street "A new store,"
"Hmm?" Filia sipped at the substance in the can.
"Let's look," Sylphiel smiled again and putting her book bag over her shoulders half walked, half ran down the street.
"Hey! Wait!" Filia put a hand over the top of the tea so it wouldn't spill and ran after her.
"It's some kind of antique shop," Sylphiel said pressing her body against the window when Filia caught up.
"So? I really don't think-hey..." Filia opened the door and walked in.
The greeting of the bell chimed as Sylphiel followed her in. The room was full of unusual items. Old books, weapons, and furniture lined the walls. A giant overstuffed daybed was located beside an oak counter. An old-fashioned cash register sat beside a silver hand bell and a long peacock feather. The floors where wooden as well and the atmosphere was dark seeing as only a few kerosene lams and candles illuminated the room. There was a transparent black cloth over a doorway in the back that Sylphiel assumed lead to a hallway.
Filia headed right over to what she had seen in the window "Oh it's beautiful,"
"Don't touch it!" Sylphiel warned as Filia reached for a mace that was hanging on a wall.
"But-" Filia couldn't help but take it down.
"Filia 'don't touch it' does not mean take it down!"
"Oh it's quiet alright," laughed a voice from behind them.
Filia and Sylphiel turned to see a woman smoking a cigarette.
The next chapter might take a bit. I have school ::sigh::. Oh well.
