SORRY, I have NO time and it sux!
"Don't look at me like that. I know you think I'm pathetic," I say to the expressive brown eyes staring up at me. "It's just that I'll never get over it if I don't get rid of everything," I receive a blank look and a frump as the owner of the eyes lies down next to me.
It's currently 5:00am. I normally don't wake up until 5:45 at the earliest, but today is different. Outside the sky is beginning to turn from black to a very eerie dark blue. Inside my apartment I'm sitting upright on my rather cold living room floor. Hot Jarab water lies next to me and is situated near various Geranto-related items that will eventually end up in a blue shoebox. I'm wearing only my sheer, cream, strappy nightgown. It might be the girliest thing that I've ever bought for myself. My blue robe has made its way to the floor and I've begun to use it as a type of mat making it comfortable to go about my task this morning.
"You've never been in love before, how could you possibly understand. I know it's earlier than I ever get up but trust me I'm fine. I'm just going to put all this stuff in the box and then I'll take it outside and get rid of it," I say. The brown eyes show excitement the moment I say "outside" and before I know it my very furry, very fat, rather sheep-like Yppup darts off my robe and runs toward the door leaving a trail of yellow fur in her wake.
"Klen will you please just wait, I'll take you out in a minute." I yell at her. She looks a little disappointed and lays her head on her paws.
I ignore her and go about my project. Almost everything has already made its way into the box but the necklace in front of me is just too hard to get rid of. It's a length of silver, braided chains with a very blue pendent in the middle. It's not really my style, never has been, but I can't throw it away. I decide to take it outside with me to see how I feel when I heave the box over a waterfall and out of my life.
"Ok Klen, I'm coming, let me just get my robe on," I tell my now delighted animal having already found her leash. I'm pulled down my steep, blue tiled stairs and out onto the stone river walk before I am able to think. Clutching my shoebox to my side Klen and I begin our walk to the small waterfall which has seen, heard, and often been the source of my comfort during many emotional battles.
The sky is beautiful at this hour. The sun is just beginning its journey from behind our old and smooth mountains and everything takes on an eerie tint of blue. This is our favorite time of day. That is it is me and Klen's favorite time of day. We always take our walks early. I look at the necklace in my hand and notice that it is easy to compare the beautiful blue of the stone to that of the morning. I look down at my Yppup and have a laughable thought.
"Hey Klen can you sit?" I half ask, half demand of her. She complies and looks up at me with those famous eyes. I swear they're human, I wouldn't be surprised if she's really a mute midget with a suit of gold fur.
I take the necklace out of my hand and wrap it around Klenemtines collar. Leaning back I look at my handiwork and laugh. Rabe would be proud.
Loud, fast, bitchy music does wonders for the soul. I'm talking about the stuff with lots of percussion and lyrics about women kicking ass, or better yet, driving men crazy. There's nothing like a low down, dirty, rock song to make you forget about conmen masquerading as ex-boyfriends.
I step out of my apartment for the second time this morning and decide to walk to my underground transport. It's gorgeous and for the first time my sinuses aren't inflamed. No sunglasses for me today! I find myself doing something I haven't done in a long time as I stroll over tiny curving bridges and down the riverside path. I find myself watching everything around me, not for danger, but for fine specimens of men.
That's right, I'm lookin' for fresh man-meat.
Sadly, there's none to be found. All that are out this early are venders, most are women, the rest are old wrinkly men. Not to worry though, there are plenty of guards at the palace to stare at. I smile and giggle as the magnitude of testosterone in that palace overwhelms me.
I enter the prime shopping district and look around at all the people my age and younger as they walk around the "trendy" area. I walk towards the underground transport on a median between the two large speeder lanes that cut through this sector of Theed. Following the lead of many others I walk with the river of multicolored fabrics down the waterfall to the pool of people on the platform below. The long hover car arrives, on schedule, and the march continues.
In the hustle and bustle I am able to create a tiny branch and sneak off to a small hallway leading to the bathrooms. Nobody follows me and I am grateful that I don't have to sit and wait today. Pulling a device out of my bag I check the surrounding area to make sure that I'm not being watched. To my dismay the device vibrates softly in my hand to signal a coming Janitor that I had not sensed before.
"Excuse me sir, could you please help me?" I ask sweetly as he rounds the corner.
"Of course love," he replies with a huge smile.
"Well um, you see I don't often travel over this way and I was just wondering which way it was to the bathrooms. I see the Men's but for the life of me I can't find the women's. I'm so stupid, it's just that I didn't get much sleep last night and I'm afraid that my boss might fire me today if I'm late again, yet here I am having to go to the bathroom and getting lost. Silly me!" I exclaim and plaster a pathetic look on my face.
"Well miss, I'm sorry about all that. The bathrooms are down that way. I wish there was something else I could do." He says in a kind manner.
"Oh no sir, you've helped me very much, thank you!" I smile. He turns and enters the Men's bathroom and I check my device again. This time no vibrating and I enter my key code. The dull, locked door to my right opens quickly and I hop in just before it closes. Inside is an elevator and I push the button marked MAIN. The transport jerks slightly and begins its slide down into the OTHER underground of Theed. I smile to myself remembering the time before I knew about it. I had always wondered what those random doors in basements and hallways led to. You know the ones that are ALWAYS locked and appear to be yet another closet. As much as my job annoys me it is sometimes very gratifying that I'm trusted with secrets that the general public can't handle. It makes me feel special.
The doors open and I'm confronted with a very different scene than the one just yards above.
I know I suck at updating and I know I suck at giving you endings to chapters that don't piss ya off, but ya know what DEAL, hehehee sorry I love you