Close Encounters of the Fictional Kind
Chapter 15: Pie Night
"Righto, to Perkins!" Elise shouted as she slung her backpack over her shoulders.
"It's eleven o'clock at night, Elise… keep it a little quieter," Marie whispered.
"Sorry!" Elise whispered back loudly.
Marie shook her head in exasperation as she pulled on her coat and picked up her bag containing her computer and study material. "Remind me why we're going to Perkins?"
"Because it's a change of view and it will help with the studying and they have PIE!"
"Quieter, Elise…"
"Sorry…"
Marie smiled at her friend and grabbed the keys to the dorm as they both headed out. It was a cold early December night and snow lay like thick dust across the ground. Even more of the white fluffy stuff was coming down just now and Elise stuck out her tongue to catch a snowflake. "Really, Elise… you're acting like a kid tonight," Marie commented.
"Yup! Cuz the semester's almost over!"
"Well it's not over yet and we still have finals to study for."
"Not me! I only have a fifteen thousand word paper to write!"
"Isn't that bad enough?"
"Yes… but I refuse to let it get me down when we're going for pie."
The journey to Perkins didn't take long in Marie's old Ford F-150. Within ten minutes of leaving the dorms, they were pulling into the parking lot, and dashing through the snow to reach the warm restaurant. As they entered, a young blond waitress smiled while they shook the snow out of their hair. "Just the two of you?"
"Six actually," a silvery voice corrected from behind Elise and Marie.
Both girls whipped around to find a familiar looking petite girl with spiky black hair. Next to her stood a blond man and behind them was another couple. It was the vampires from Forks, Washington. Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmet stood before them acting like they were all friends going for pie. "Six it is!" the waitress said and started to lead them to a table.
Elise and Marie had no choice but to follow. On the way to the table, Elise received a sharp dig in the ribs from Marie's elbow as she leaned over to whisper, "I will kill you… I will kill you with a rusty spoon, Elise!"
Elise gulped. While she didn't really think her friend would actually kill her, it was obvious that she was angry. The waitress seated them and gave them menus, but as soon as she left, the menus went back in a pile on the edge of the table. It was obvious that the vampires weren't going to eat anything here… well, none of the normal food, and both Elise and Marie had suddenly lost their appetite. "So… how 'bout this snow, eh?" Elise said trying to break the silence.
"What were you thinking?" Emmet blurted out, ignoring Elise's question.
Both girls looked confused. "When and where?" Marie asked seeing as the big vampire had directed the question at her.
"At the house. What were you thinking that made Edward so embarrassed?"
"He didn't tell you? And you couldn't see it?" Elise asked, directing the last part of her question toward Alice.
"No, he's been holding Renesmee a lot recently so she's blocking me out."
"Oh," Elise stated dumbly.
"So what did you say?" Emmet persisted.
"I'm not telling you!" Marie exclaimed.
"Why not?" It almost looked like Emmet was pouting.
"Because…"
Suddenly Alice laughed out loud in a high pitch tinkling sound. Everyone turned to look at her with a curious expression. "Sorry, I just saw what you'll tell him in about two minutes."
"I am not going to tell!" Marie insisted.
"Yes you will," Alice replied cheerfully.
"Might as well," Elise said to her friend. "I mean, Alice already knows."
Marie huffed and was quiet for a moment before saying, "It was only a little bit of licking."
The rest of the table stared at her for a moment before bursting out laughing as well before firing a volley of questions at the girl.
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A/N: Another chapter brought to you from the minds of QueenoftheSlayers and myself. For a full account of what we're doing with these short ficlets, check out the first chapter.
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