"Sorry." He said, and grabbed the cup, heading towards the garbage. "It just seems that I cant get anything at this moment. Nothing wants to work for me. I cant be happy. So much fucking disappointment…" He muttered. I watched him.
"Hey, lemme try." I said, grabbing a cup, and kicking the machine. The clerk on the other side of the store stared at me for a moment, then looked back at his car magazine. The yummy red goo came sloshing out of the spout into the cup. The young man looked at me, eyes wide.
"How'd you do that?" He asked.
"Just kick here…" I pointed with the tip of my boot to a dented area on the metal surface of the machine. He nodded. I handed him the cup of BrainFreezie, and headed out of the store.
I heard his boots following me halfway down the street, so I stopped and turned. He was sipping his drink, staring at me.
"I always walk this way." He said, taking another sip. I nodded, gesturing for him to walk beside me.
"So, what's your name?" I asked. He didn't answer for quite some time.
"Its Johnny." He said, tossing his cup aside, in a nearby garbage can. The park looked inviting.
"Well… I am going to stop here… The stars look mighty pretty tonight.." I said, and turned away from him. "See you around, Johnny."
"May I join you? There really isn't much to do at home…" He asked, grabbing my hand. I nodded. We walked deep into the park, and found a nice, unlittered area, and sat on a bench. I stared up at the sky, and sighed deeply.
"It would be nice to just… fly over them, wouldn't it?" I asked, looking at him. He was staring at me as I said it. I smiled a small smile. He grinned evilly at me. It made me laugh. He just looked away.
"Sorry." I apologised. He didn't look at me. "I am really sorry. I just… like that evil grin of yours. It reminds me of something a close friend of mine would do." I said. He looked at me finally, and smiled, normally. "Now, he wouldn't do that."
"Who is he?" Johnny asked. I shook my head.
"Just… someone from a long time ago. Someone that deserved what he had coming…" I said, staring back up at the stars. "God… it would be excellent to fly over them right now, you know?"
"Yes… I know…" He answered. I stood from the bench, and looked around.
"I just moved here… What is there to do by ways of fun?" I asked. He stood also, and grabbed my hand.
"Let me grab some things, and I will show you what I do for fun."
"Sure, why not." He led me to his house, which wasn't far from the park.
"Wait here." He said, heading into the house. He came back with a blackish backpack, and a CD walkman.
"We can listen to Beethoven, if you don't mind… I don't really like anything else." He explained. He turned the volume up on high, and Ode to Joy blared out of the little headphones around his neck.
"Where are we going?"
"A little place the city calls 'Café le Prick'. You'll… Like it there." He said, grinning delightedly.
"I'm sure I will." I said, looking around me as we walked down the street.
As we neared the Café, I laughed out loud, realising that Café le Prick was the real name of the café.
"Hey, baby…" One of the men standing outside called to me. I stopped, and turned to look at them. "Yeah, you. Wanna have a good time?"
"Does it involve skewering you on a blade, watching your blood run cold?" I asked, looking at him. The man looked rather confusedly at me, then back at his friends.
"Oh, you're one of those funny ones, eh? Come here, baby."
"You're drunk. Get the fuck away from me." I said, walking away. Johnny pulled me into the café, and smiled at all the people there. Most of them laughed as we walked in. We must have looked like psycho-twins or something. We both wore stripes, black, and big buckle boots. We both also carried backpacks that looked over stuffed.
He set his bag down on an empty table, then stood on the table, waving his arms, trying to get everyone's attention.
"Alright! Kids! I was in here a few months back. It seems that you haven't learned your lesson yet!" He started out. "I don't know any of you by name. But most of you have done SOMETHING to piss me off. So… Your gifts are all in this lovely backpack here…" He pointed at his backpack. He pulled something's out of the backpack, and started throwing daggers and knives at the running bodies. I just sat by him, and watched, amused by the scene. "YOU!" He yelled at one female behind the counter. "You ran into me the other day, and DIDN'T SAY EXCUSE ME! To top it off, you made me SPILL MY BRAINFREEZIE!" He yelled, jumping off the table. "You scum don't deserve to live in this world!" He said, dropping his backpack on the floor. He grabbed my arm and yanked me towards the door. "Maybe this time, you fuckers will learn your lesson!" And he pulled me through the door, running away as fast as possible. I heard and explosion, and looked back.
When we stopped, we were back in the park, sitting on the bench. He was looking at the sky, smiling slightly. Not evilly, just… whimsically. Something about him had changed after 'teaching those fuckers a lesson'. When he did turn to me, I looked away. I had been admiring him for some time before our eyes had met.
"What? Is there something disgusting laying eggs in my cheek?" He asked, scratching at his cheek. I laughed.
"No, just… Looking at you."
"Happens all the time. I guess, I am used to it. But still…" He made a motion of cutting off his head. "Don't fuck with me."
"I never intended to."
"Alright."
"What time is it?" I asked, looking around.
"Who cares."
"My parents probably."
"You have parents who care?" He asked, eying me. "Are you normal?"
"I guess not. Yeah. Like I said, we just moved here from Monterey…"
"Mexico?"
"No, California."
"Oh, that place… been there… Killed some people. Almost got caught too. The only place." He mused.
"Yeah… Tends to happen there. Law enforcement hates kids."
"Guess so."
"So… What now?" I asked, looking at his profile. He had the oddest hair. Two bangs that stuck up in the front like horns, or antenna, and nothing else on his head.
"Want to go back to my place?"
"Are you going to kill me?" I asked, laughing gently. He looked at me, and grinned wickedly.
"Not yet." He said.