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Pancakes for one.
The CD quietly murmured in the background as Tenn sat on a bar stool in the kitchen and stirred some sort of creamy mixture in the large bowl on the breakfast bar in front of her. She wasn't allowed to stand for too long considering how badly hurt her leg was. She had well over 100 stitches in her leg, a huge bandage wrapped tightly around the wound and a metal brace on the outside for extra support and stability. Her crutches were dumped on the floor in her room; she point blank refused to use them as long as Tak wasn't around. Tak always made her do the right thing. She quietly hummed along to the song the CD player was playing and then looked down at the bowl with disgust.
"Ugh, its still lumpy! How can it still be lumpy? I've been stirring for ten minutes now. Im gonna to starve before I get to eat this. My hands starting to hurt as well." Tenn put the whisk down and clenched her fist several times to stop it from cramping on her and then she carried on stirring.
10 minutes later:
"Yes! No more lumps. Pancakes for one coming right up!" Tenn carefully jumped of her stool and did a little victory dance with her arms and then spun round and picked up the bowl. She limped over to the oven and set the bowl down beside it. She reached into the cupboard and got a frying pan out and put it on the hob and turnt it on medium. She then put a blob of cooking oil in the pan and swished it around a bit so it covered the whole pan. Tenn picked up the bowl and poured some of the pancake mix into to frying pan. It sizzled in the pan as Tenn continued to sing along to her CD for about a minute. Then still looking as if she was only singing she reached her arm out and grabbed the handle of the frying pan and picked it up, then in one swift and precise movement she flicked the pan upwards and the pancake flipped in the air and landed on the other side. Tenn looked down and smiled at her lunch. She did this several times, pouring, waiting, flipping and putting it onto a plate. Then finally she put the plate of stacked pancakes on the table.
"Mmmmmmmm now that smells good." Tenn put the plate on a tray and headed for the living room. She put the tray on the coffee table and cleared the couch of her magazines. Tenn put the tray on the couch next to where she was going to sit and she sat down. She turnt the TV on and sat down picking the tray up and placing it on her lap. Tenn picked up the remote and started flicking through the channels. "Boring, boring, lame, stupid, childish, weird, confusing, ewwww gross, chat show, chat show, chat show, chat show, chat show, ohh a. nope it's a chat show. Argh daytime TV sucks." Tenn picked up the TV guide and started flicking through when she stopped on Thursday. "Ohh there's a horror film on tonight. Blood, gore, blah, blah, blah. Well that sounds like fun. 2:30am I think im gonna watch that." Tenn picked up a pancake and started her lunch. Staying at home all day was boring without Tak or being able to dance and mess around or anything. And to think she had another four weeks of the exact same boredom. Tenn let out a deep sigh and carried on eating.
Tak sat at her lunch table alone. Half the day had passed so there was only 3 hours until she could go home and see how Tenn was doing; yet it was all taking so long. The six hours she had been there for had seemed like an eternity already. Things sure were boring and lonely without Tenn around. Tak wondered if Tenn felt the same way. She poked at her lunch with her fork as she looked up at the sky. 'Only 3 more hours, only 3 more hours' Tak kept telling herself but it still seemed like ages. This was only the first day; Tak had four weeks of being alone and bored to go yet. She put her fork into her food and lifted it to her mouth and ate it. All Tak wanted to do was go home and spend time with her best friend but no; she was stuck at military school on her own. Everyone else had established who they did and didn't like so there wasn't anyone else to talk to. The next three hours seemed to crawl by at the pace of a rat with one legs. Tak sat in class and wrote down everything on the board just to pass time by, she watched the video and took detailed notes of everything shown. Theory lessons were boring, everyone else was talking and working but Tak was all on her own, the seat behind her empty, Tenn should have been there. But she wasn't.
At the end of the day the loud siren rang that said school was officially out. Tak ran to the bus stop and impatiently waited for it to arrive. Running fifteen minutes late the bus finally arrived, Tak sat as close to the front of the bus as she could. Finally it was her stop, she ran to the doors and jumped down the steps to the ground outside the bus. Tak took in a deep breath and looked up to her and Tenn's 9th floor apartment. Tak ran over to the door and placed her hand on the computerised access panel by the side of the door.
"Status processing.confirming.match found, welcome home Tak." The computerised voice spoke but Tak was already inside waiting for the lift. Tak stood inside the lift silently cursing the cheesy background music that was playing. Finally Tak reached her floor, with their apartment being right outside the lift Tak stepped forwards a bit and slid her key card through the slot, the door slid open and Tak went in, door closing behind her.
Tak looked around but she couldn't see Tenn. Her usual pile of magazines and books were lying around the place but there was no Tenn. Her usual cooking things were placed on the side ready to be put into the dishwasher, but no Tenn to do it. There was only one other place she could be. Tak crept up towards Tenn's room and pulled the handle down. She carefully opened Tenn's door. Tak looked in and smiled as she looked over to Tenn's bed. She was peacefully bundled up under all of the blankets Tenn had on her bed all year round. Her leg was propped up on the special padded block the hospital provider her with. She must have been so lonely to go to sleep. Tak quietly stepped backwards and out of the room slowly closing the door behind her.
"I knew she wouldn't use them crutches while I'm not around." Tak went over to the couch and saw a memo on the coffee table it read
'Horror movie on at 2:30am wanna watch with me?'
Tak smiled and sat down on the couch, she slouched down and turnt the TV on.
"Sure I'll watch it with you."
**Ok that was just my fun lil filler chapter if you will. I liked writing this one, it's short and sweet I think. Next chapter should be coming soon but might take about a week cos I'm doing mock GCSE exams at the moment. Wont be too long a wait for ya tho, for those who are interested.
Any questions, comments? Nightmare-aik@ntlworld.com Feel free to e-mail me.**
Pancakes for one.
The CD quietly murmured in the background as Tenn sat on a bar stool in the kitchen and stirred some sort of creamy mixture in the large bowl on the breakfast bar in front of her. She wasn't allowed to stand for too long considering how badly hurt her leg was. She had well over 100 stitches in her leg, a huge bandage wrapped tightly around the wound and a metal brace on the outside for extra support and stability. Her crutches were dumped on the floor in her room; she point blank refused to use them as long as Tak wasn't around. Tak always made her do the right thing. She quietly hummed along to the song the CD player was playing and then looked down at the bowl with disgust.
"Ugh, its still lumpy! How can it still be lumpy? I've been stirring for ten minutes now. Im gonna to starve before I get to eat this. My hands starting to hurt as well." Tenn put the whisk down and clenched her fist several times to stop it from cramping on her and then she carried on stirring.
10 minutes later:
"Yes! No more lumps. Pancakes for one coming right up!" Tenn carefully jumped of her stool and did a little victory dance with her arms and then spun round and picked up the bowl. She limped over to the oven and set the bowl down beside it. She reached into the cupboard and got a frying pan out and put it on the hob and turnt it on medium. She then put a blob of cooking oil in the pan and swished it around a bit so it covered the whole pan. Tenn picked up the bowl and poured some of the pancake mix into to frying pan. It sizzled in the pan as Tenn continued to sing along to her CD for about a minute. Then still looking as if she was only singing she reached her arm out and grabbed the handle of the frying pan and picked it up, then in one swift and precise movement she flicked the pan upwards and the pancake flipped in the air and landed on the other side. Tenn looked down and smiled at her lunch. She did this several times, pouring, waiting, flipping and putting it onto a plate. Then finally she put the plate of stacked pancakes on the table.
"Mmmmmmmm now that smells good." Tenn put the plate on a tray and headed for the living room. She put the tray on the coffee table and cleared the couch of her magazines. Tenn put the tray on the couch next to where she was going to sit and she sat down. She turnt the TV on and sat down picking the tray up and placing it on her lap. Tenn picked up the remote and started flicking through the channels. "Boring, boring, lame, stupid, childish, weird, confusing, ewwww gross, chat show, chat show, chat show, chat show, chat show, ohh a. nope it's a chat show. Argh daytime TV sucks." Tenn picked up the TV guide and started flicking through when she stopped on Thursday. "Ohh there's a horror film on tonight. Blood, gore, blah, blah, blah. Well that sounds like fun. 2:30am I think im gonna watch that." Tenn picked up a pancake and started her lunch. Staying at home all day was boring without Tak or being able to dance and mess around or anything. And to think she had another four weeks of the exact same boredom. Tenn let out a deep sigh and carried on eating.
Tak sat at her lunch table alone. Half the day had passed so there was only 3 hours until she could go home and see how Tenn was doing; yet it was all taking so long. The six hours she had been there for had seemed like an eternity already. Things sure were boring and lonely without Tenn around. Tak wondered if Tenn felt the same way. She poked at her lunch with her fork as she looked up at the sky. 'Only 3 more hours, only 3 more hours' Tak kept telling herself but it still seemed like ages. This was only the first day; Tak had four weeks of being alone and bored to go yet. She put her fork into her food and lifted it to her mouth and ate it. All Tak wanted to do was go home and spend time with her best friend but no; she was stuck at military school on her own. Everyone else had established who they did and didn't like so there wasn't anyone else to talk to. The next three hours seemed to crawl by at the pace of a rat with one legs. Tak sat in class and wrote down everything on the board just to pass time by, she watched the video and took detailed notes of everything shown. Theory lessons were boring, everyone else was talking and working but Tak was all on her own, the seat behind her empty, Tenn should have been there. But she wasn't.
At the end of the day the loud siren rang that said school was officially out. Tak ran to the bus stop and impatiently waited for it to arrive. Running fifteen minutes late the bus finally arrived, Tak sat as close to the front of the bus as she could. Finally it was her stop, she ran to the doors and jumped down the steps to the ground outside the bus. Tak took in a deep breath and looked up to her and Tenn's 9th floor apartment. Tak ran over to the door and placed her hand on the computerised access panel by the side of the door.
"Status processing.confirming.match found, welcome home Tak." The computerised voice spoke but Tak was already inside waiting for the lift. Tak stood inside the lift silently cursing the cheesy background music that was playing. Finally Tak reached her floor, with their apartment being right outside the lift Tak stepped forwards a bit and slid her key card through the slot, the door slid open and Tak went in, door closing behind her.
Tak looked around but she couldn't see Tenn. Her usual pile of magazines and books were lying around the place but there was no Tenn. Her usual cooking things were placed on the side ready to be put into the dishwasher, but no Tenn to do it. There was only one other place she could be. Tak crept up towards Tenn's room and pulled the handle down. She carefully opened Tenn's door. Tak looked in and smiled as she looked over to Tenn's bed. She was peacefully bundled up under all of the blankets Tenn had on her bed all year round. Her leg was propped up on the special padded block the hospital provider her with. She must have been so lonely to go to sleep. Tak quietly stepped backwards and out of the room slowly closing the door behind her.
"I knew she wouldn't use them crutches while I'm not around." Tak went over to the couch and saw a memo on the coffee table it read
'Horror movie on at 2:30am wanna watch with me?'
Tak smiled and sat down on the couch, she slouched down and turnt the TV on.
"Sure I'll watch it with you."
**Ok that was just my fun lil filler chapter if you will. I liked writing this one, it's short and sweet I think. Next chapter should be coming soon but might take about a week cos I'm doing mock GCSE exams at the moment. Wont be too long a wait for ya tho, for those who are interested.
Any questions, comments? Nightmare-aik@ntlworld.com Feel free to e-mail me.**
