Say hello to my over due chapter!
Sorry that this one took a while, I was nearly done it for a while now but I got caught up on work so yeah...but it's here now!
So please sit down and enjoy this chapter, beverages are on me!
This felt like a...sunny morning. Today just felt good as I had just left the beachside house of Steven Universe as I trotted down the beach side, which is stranger considering the events of yesterday and my eventual day long sleep.
As I kept on down the sandy path I had seen the glassy reflections of the melted sand, looking down to these I was shown just how much of a danger yesterday had been as I looked down to a distorted reflection of me within the glasses sand. The trail of glass kept on until I had past the final long streak of glass from the corner of the rocky cliff, staring down to this I had realized just how closed I was to becoming roasted.
Feeling a sense of mortality daunt on me I had quickly left that thought behind me not wanting to linger on it anymore as I finally turned the corner of the rocky cliff, in doing so I had a wondrous view of Beach City as I had spotted several dots move across the boardwalk.
Taking in the view I began to remember all that had happened just yesterday, from the hot bright morning to where I walked down to the boardwalk where I had first met the monstrous lizards and the...the...
"The kid!" I shouted out remembering the small child who I had encountered along with the monstrous Salamander.
"Where was he?" I shouted out repeatedly with a tinge of panic that could easily be noticed.
Sprinting down the sandy beach I had ran past The Big Donut paying no attention to it, and Sadie who stood staring at me confused, instead I kept on down the boardwalk passing several other stores running to where I had first spotted the boy.
Stopping where I had first seen the creature I had noticed that I was standing in front of a small restaurant, 'Beach Citywalk Fries' was painted on its sign leaving little to the imagine as to what they sold.
Peering inside I had noticed that it was strangely empty, with only the deep fryers running unsupervised, this had caught me feeling somewhat uneasy thinking of the possible incidents that could happen.
"Hello?" I called out into the empty kitchen hoping for a response, this was met with a panicked rustling from behind a closed door, loud crashing echoed through the kitchen as an uneasy feeling came over me, feeling as though it was somehow my fault.
"Hold on, I'll be right there!" A young voiced called out as the noise of clashing metal stopped, running through the door a young boy appeared with several small metal pots and bowls following behind him, his dirty grey tank top partially covered by a slightly cleaner apron, he stood there staring at me with his eyes furrowed as if trying to figure something out.
"Wait, aren't you...?" He had asked quietly, unsure of who I could be, feeling like I should introduce myself I was cut short of a response as he had finished his own question as his eyes had open wide with apparent realization on who I was.
"You're the guy from yesterday!" He shrieked out as his voiced cracked, he held a single hand up pointing his finger to me, this had caught me off guard as I didn't know what he was talking about, the only thoughts that ran through my mind was the terrifying 'adventure' from yesterday, the battle that had pursued as I ran down the beach as I had distracted the Salamander from...from...
"It's you!" I shouted out lifting my own finger as I pointed towards the boy, this had left the both of us shocked, and looking rather awkward as we just stood there pointing towards one another.
"What happened? What did you do!" He shouted out asking both questions quickly, this had been followed up with a pause as his face had shifted from excited shock to a more worried look.
"What happened to 'it'?" Staring at him I dropped my hand to my side as I couldn't recall exactly what happened, for all I knew is it disappeared after the battle from yesterday, but what I knew for sure is at this moment the monster was gone.
"It's..." Looking down at him I could see that he was waiting for the answer anxiously, fear visible on his face as he stared at me waiting for me to answer.
"It's gone don't worry, it won't be coming back anytime soon." At this I received a sigh of relief from Peedee as his entire body had eased, leaving only relief knowing that the monster was truly gone.
"That's good to hear, I haven't been this scared since Frybo..." He said trailing off, shivering at the thought of some similar situation from yesterday.
"Hey uhh, I have a quick question?" He asked, staring at him blankly I could only wait for his question.
"Did Steven have anything to do with yesterday?" Blinking where I stood I had given him a simple 'yes' before a sigh left his mouth, looking at this I could only wonder why Steven being part of any of this would matter.
"Of course he was, he's always involved with anything weird." He said looking towards the floor, this left me firing several questions through my head.
'Does this happen regularly?' I said asked mentally thinking on the events from yesterday, thinking deeply I stood there ignoring what had sounded like incoherent mumblings, dwelling on the previously unbelievable story of the crashing hand and slowly believing it to be possible.
"Hello?" The boy called out snatching me away from my thoughts, looking to him could see a puzzled look shine across his face.
"Oh! Sorry did you say something?" Looking towards the boy I had only just noticed that I had been ignoring him completely this whole time.
"Yeah, it's just that we've been talking for a while, and without either of us knowing each other's name it's starting to get weird." Looking down to the boy I could only stand there thinking on my situation, and how this problem seemed to be happening frequently if not daily.
"Hehe yeah this seems to happen a lot..." I said nervously scratching the back of my neck, this had caused an awkward chuckle to escape which left the young boy to do the same.
"Well to start thing off properly, my name is Matthew, Matthew Corals." From learning this year the boy just looked at me before beginning his own greeting.
"Hello Matthew, my name is -" Before he could even mutter a single letter of his own name a loud voice called out from behind him causing both of us to jump with fright.
"Peedee, Who made this big mess!" Called out a voice from around the corner presumably calling for the small blonde boy, this questioned had been answered when he had turned around to look to the man.
"Dad!?" Squeaked out Peedee, his voice cracking along with his surprise.
Turning around Peedee had met the shocked look on the large burly man as he made his way through the door, the look of surprise however by this point had swiftly changed to a more questioning look as his eyes met mine.
"Mr. Corals?" He called out, his voice holding a sense of confusion, this mirrored my own expression of unease.
"Umm, hello Mr. Fryman." I greeted him while rubbing the back of my neck, staring back at him with a stressed smile his attention that had been on me swiftly switched to Peedee.
"So would you mind telling me where this came from?" He said pointing to the mess spread across the floor, his face with a look of seriousness that only a father could have, this left both Peedee and I feeling uneasy about the situation with a pang of guilt growing in my chest.
"Sorry Mr. Fryman, that was actually my fault." This left both fryers staring at me questioningly.
"When I came here to umm...make an order I had actually caught Peedee by surprise and accidentally made him drop those, sorry..." Looking over both men I could see that the look on Mr. Frymans face had eased all the while Peedee gave me a thankful look.
"Well if that's what happened..." He said whilst stroking his chin, his face became softer as he stared down to his son.
"Sorry for the inconvenience Mr. Corals, and sorry Peedee." With a collective sigh between both Peedee and I we both felt a small sense of relief as Peedee's father looked to his son with an apologetic stare.
"Well I guess I'll get to cleaning this mess, Peedee if you'd wouldn't mind I think Mr. Corals here was looking to get some grub." He finished with a smile, this in turn caused a small grin to form on Peedee as his father began to pick up the mess layer out in the floor.
"Sure thing dad." As Mr. Fryman began to clean they're small restaurant Peedee made his way to the front of the small fry shop.
"I guess I should be thanking you again huh Matthew?" He said which left me quite confused.
"Why would you be thanking me again?" I asked, this left Peedee to just simply chuckle as he turned around to see that his father who by this point made his way past the door and seemed to be focusing on cleaning and putting away the many fallen pots.
"For getting me out of trouble...again, for yesterday and just now. I mean after that giant lizard showed up I didn't know what to do, I was terrified, but then you showed up and just saved me without an ounce of fear." A sense of shock, adoration, and a little bit of disbelief formed in me, and after what Peedee had just said all I could do was look to him speechless.
"N-no prob." I blurted out without even thinking, this gave Peedee a small smile, and with a small moment of silence between us two I was finally asked a small question.
"What would you like to order Matthew?"