Omg, I'm so sorry I haven't updated for like a month! Contrary to popular belief, I have actually not been trampled by a herd of yellow mammoths, nor have I dropped of the face of the earth in a puff of mango-scented smoke. What with the end-of-the-school-year tests and all that other junk, I haven't really had time to write. But now that school's pretty much over, I can post again! And so, here's chapter eight!
Chapter VIII: Little Taco
"Where are you going?" I asked Avaric as he turned the knob on the dorm door. He turned around and sent me a weird look.
"To the bathroom… Is that okay with you?" he replied, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Uh, sure," I said, feeling myself turn slightly red. He left, and I kind of started to get this weird being-watched feeling. I glanced around the dorm, and said to no one in particular, "Well, er, this is kind of weird."
I figured I was just being paranoid, so I went over to my desk and woke up my computer. I needed to get my mind off of the musical. I logged onto the laptop, and started playing Pacman, the computer version. Suddenly, someone opened the door. It creaked so friggen loudly that I jumped about a foot. "Oh, Shiz!" I said involuntarily, then spun my swivel chair around so I could go yell at whoever startled me, assuming it was probably Avaric. So you can see why I was surprised to see Galinda, still decked out in pink, watching me. She giggled, then began, "Little Taco let her mind wander."
"You remember that?" I asked, referring to her reciting of possibly the most overrated fable in Oz.
"Little Taco thought, 'Am I fonder of cheese or of lettuce or beef?'" She continued. This was getting seriously annoying. "Or of sour cream or beans?"
"Those fiestas in the attic." She always forced me to wear a sombrero. I hate sombreros.
"Or of chocolates?"
"Who puts chocolates in tacos?" I demanded.
"Um… I don't know. It just sounded cool."
"Father playing the Mexican hat song." Such scarring, scarring memories. I hate the Mexican hat song. And I hate sombreros! Why, WHY did everything have to be fiesta themed?
"As we read to each other taco related stories of the south."
" 'No, what I love best,' Taco said, 'Is when I'm asleep at Taco Bell, and the Angel of Condiments sings songs in my head…" She continued, and I unenthusiastically joined in.
"The Angel of Condiments sings songs in my head…"
"You sang like a taco tonight, Fiyero."
"Um… Thank you?" I asked. It's good to sing like a taco, right? She was watching me, waiting for me to talk, so I figured I should say something. "Father said, 'Kid, when I keel, I'm going to send you an Angel of Musac.' Which is kind of close to an Angel of Condiments, right? Anyway, I think I've been visited by this Angel of Musac."
"Riiiiiiiiiiiiight. Sure you have."
Crap. She wasn't buying it.
"Hey, do you wanna go out and see if there are any krispy kremes left?" Galinda asked.
There were Krispy Kremes? And no one told me? Gosh, what kind of friend WAS Avaric? But… What if Boq's evil spoon-bearing friends were still out there? Was a Krispy Kreme worth being beaned with spoons? No, not really. But I couldn't just admit to Galinda, my old friend from way-back-when that I had a pack of rabid Boq posse members after me. I needed an excuse. Ummm…
"Er, I can't. The Angel of Musac-"
"Sure, Fiyero. Whatever. I'll be back in five with a Krispy Kreme to gloat over in front of you. See ya!"
"Um, okay. Sure," If it got me out of facing Boq's friends, I was cool with it. Not that I'm afraid of Boq's friends, it's just that when you try to get revenge on them, they make sure teachers catch you. The are merciless. Pure evil, I swear.
And thus ends Chapter Eight. It was short, I know, but I just wanted it up! I'll put the Mirror sequence (aka insolent boy) in on the next Wicked chapter. And I'll reply to the reviews from last chapter as soon as I can. Even though you all probably hate me for not updating, review anyway! Chapter Nine should be up tomorrow, if not later today, and since it's summer (woot!), I should be able to get up a chapter at least every other day. Thanks so much to all you who have read this far!
