It was late in the afternoon when Todd woke up. He hadn't realized when he fell asleep on the couch, but he felt rested and renewed. He glanced around himself, looking for Johnny and Devi, but they were not in sight. He jumped off of the couch and ran around random rooms, searching for them, but they weren't there. He began to feel a nervous pit in his stomach, afraid that they had abandoned him, but a sound of voices and keys on the other side of the door reassured him that they were returning. They came in.
"Hey, Todd. We didn't want to wake you, so we went to get dinner," Devi called, presenting a Taco Tots meal from Taco Smell to Todd. Todd ate, but he had no appreciation for the taco goodness.
"I had the dream again," he said, immediately catching Johnny and Devi's attention. "I remember what happened in the end... I heard a loud, loud noise in my dream, but I woke up and I think it was just a car horn or something," he said. Johnny grunted understandingly.
"Yeah, I hate that. Just like in high school, when my fooking alarm clock would go off and I'd hear it in my dreams and think 'hey, that's my alarm clock, I have to wake up now,' and poof!" said Johnny.
"Yeah, that's probably what it was," said Todd, though he was still doubtful. It had sounded so surreal...
As the sun set over the land to the West, Johnny, Devi and Todd all stood on the balcony, watching the moon come up and the stars appear. Each was lost in their own thoughts. Johnny was thinking about how this might be the last time he would ever see the night sky, Devi was thinking about Johnny and the conversation she had with him over dinner- he was just as clever, as deep, as thoughtful as ever- and wondering about his past, and if they would have a future. Todd, however, was simply admiring the huge, pale full moon, wondering about how it came into being, and why one face was constantly turned towards its earthly mother. Johnny looked at his watch. Eight twenty-seven. Fook, time goes by so fast sometimes...
"Well guys, we have three and a half hours. We should probably go soon," he announced. Todd and Devi nodded, and they prepared themselves to go. As they were leaving Devi's apartment, the three heard a sudden high-pitched squeaky sound, and Devi froze in horror. "No... Not that... Anything but that!!" she cried, glancing around her. The noise happened again, and Devi fell to her knees, her hands over her ears, her eyes shut tight. "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" she yelled. Johnny glanced around nervously, trying to figure what was scaring Devi so. He heard footsteps out in the hallway, punctuated by the strange squeaking sounds. Johnny reached for his knife as the footsteps came closer and closer...
"Hey, Todd. We didn't want to wake you, so we went to get dinner," Devi called, presenting a Taco Tots meal from Taco Smell to Todd. Todd ate, but he had no appreciation for the taco goodness.
"I had the dream again," he said, immediately catching Johnny and Devi's attention. "I remember what happened in the end... I heard a loud, loud noise in my dream, but I woke up and I think it was just a car horn or something," he said. Johnny grunted understandingly.
"Yeah, I hate that. Just like in high school, when my fooking alarm clock would go off and I'd hear it in my dreams and think 'hey, that's my alarm clock, I have to wake up now,' and poof!" said Johnny.
"Yeah, that's probably what it was," said Todd, though he was still doubtful. It had sounded so surreal...
As the sun set over the land to the West, Johnny, Devi and Todd all stood on the balcony, watching the moon come up and the stars appear. Each was lost in their own thoughts. Johnny was thinking about how this might be the last time he would ever see the night sky, Devi was thinking about Johnny and the conversation she had with him over dinner- he was just as clever, as deep, as thoughtful as ever- and wondering about his past, and if they would have a future. Todd, however, was simply admiring the huge, pale full moon, wondering about how it came into being, and why one face was constantly turned towards its earthly mother. Johnny looked at his watch. Eight twenty-seven. Fook, time goes by so fast sometimes...
"Well guys, we have three and a half hours. We should probably go soon," he announced. Todd and Devi nodded, and they prepared themselves to go. As they were leaving Devi's apartment, the three heard a sudden high-pitched squeaky sound, and Devi froze in horror. "No... Not that... Anything but that!!" she cried, glancing around her. The noise happened again, and Devi fell to her knees, her hands over her ears, her eyes shut tight. "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" she yelled. Johnny glanced around nervously, trying to figure what was scaring Devi so. He heard footsteps out in the hallway, punctuated by the strange squeaking sounds. Johnny reached for his knife as the footsteps came closer and closer...