Morning Troubles
Movement on the bed made my sleepy eyes open, slowly and frightfully. The mantle clock, a very pretty pink and red piece of work, striked 5:00 am. Moaningly, I sat up, and I saw that King Goobot had turned himself over onto his side. He was snoring away. The creature at the foot of the bed had rolled over on its belly, paws up in the air and mouth half open with the tongue hanging out. I couldn't help myself, I let out a few giggles.
Sleep clogging my mind, I slowly climbed out of the bed and towards the night table which held a vase of water on a tin plate. I slowly and carefully poured some of the water into the bowl, which was beside the plate and vase, and I dove my hands in. Cupping them gently, and then thrusting them up into my face I moaned. Ah the cool water woke me up right them and there. Nothing like a good water on the face to wake you up I always say. Now why was my breakfast? My mind was clear, and now I was hungry. It had just occured to me that I had not had a single thing to eat.
"Come back to bed dear." King Goobot's sleepy voice traveled over to my ears. My spine stiffened, I didn't know he was awake.
I turned around, and I saw King Goobot sitting up on the bed, patting the pillow beside him. The creature that was at the foot of the bed had shifted to its side now. I slowly walked towards the bed, and towards King Goobot. The tick...tock...tick...tock...tick...tock of the clock went with my footsteps. So it was more a tick...step...tick...step...tick...step instead. Once I got to the bed King Goobot pulled down the covers, into which I slid into gracefully.
"Tell me about yourself." King Goobot said sleepily.
Shokingly I replied with my professional voice. This wasn't the first, nor the last time that this question would be asked. And to tell you the truth, I enjoyed every bit of it. I loved glouting about myself, glouting about my career and my accomplishments. Its what really got me working, whether I was on the job or not.
"Well I'm a scientist." I said.
"Really?" he said. "For how long?"
"Ten wonderful years." I said.
"And how old are you?" he asked.
"Twenty-five, almost twenty-six." I replied.
"Wow, young and talented." he cooed.
Okay I'm not the blushing type, but that made my cheeks blush a rosy red. The way he had said young and talented made a giggle escape my lips. Soon we were both giggling, or until I started coughing up a storm. I can't laugh long, asthma troubles. It really made me feel vulnerable. Young, talented, and vulnerable played back into my mind, an old memory that I had from my childhood.
"I love flowers, animals, writing, and I have a temper." I continued.
"I've already seen a few of your tantrums." he muttered.
"I've always had a temper." I sighed.
"That can be tamed," he whispered into my ear. "Especially in the bed."
I turned my head towards him slowly, my eyes narrowed to tiny slits. I ws not interested, and I never was to be interested in him or any of the creatures that resided on this planet. The creature at the end of the bed stirred, and jumped from the bed. He started licking his paws, his long tongue, I noticed, was green.
The alarm went off, and I jumped out of bed. I was happy that this little discussion had ended. It had gotten way to personal, and way to nasty. King Goobot floated up off the bed, and collected his crown which he had placed on a crown stand two feet away, on the vanity table. He had a really huge smile on his metalic face. It made a shiver flow through my body.
"Get dressed." he said.
"In what?" I asked.
"There are clothes in that drawer." he replied.
He pointed to a small white drawer with golden handles. I walked towards it, and grasping one of the handles, I pulled it open. Three dresses, long and skinny dresses that opened at the breasts, was what I saw. The first dress was red and pink colored with a beautiful pink ribbon that tied around the waist. The second dress was a sky blue with an aqua waist ribbon. Third was totally black with a white waist band. I pulled up the pink, red dress and I began to undress myself. A sigh made me stop.
I turned around and yelled. King Goobot was looking at my naked body with his mouth half open. I saw a curtain to the left of me and I ran to it. The dress was easy to throw on, regardless my shivering fingers. After I put the dress on I went and put on a pair of red shoes. Then I rummaged through the jewerly and picked out one of the ruby necklaces. I wished I had a red tiara to go with it.
"You look beautiful." he said.
"Thanks." I said.
King Goobot floated out of the room, and he left the door open. I rushed towards it, with the creature following in my footsteps. I saw King Goobot floating down the hall, and following in his wake I saw a bunch of doors open. From the doors I saw more blobs floating out. Red, oranges, greens, and blues, and all dressed in gay wear that sparkled every which way. Instead of running to the door, I followed them. Something told me that they were going to breakfast.
The last door that opened was the door that King Goobot stopped at. Out came a purple blob, with a pink tiara and wearing a pink dress that flowed violently out. King Goobot floated towards her and kissed her on her cheek. A pit of anger flew up my chest, right away I saw that I hated her. She was King Goobot's main female, without a doubt.