Melody ANANANANANANANANANANANANANAN
When her eyes fluttered open, Julia could not believe what she saw. She was in a dark alley somewhere, shivering from the cold breeze that swept over her, but the people walking by, sending her some of the most shotty and demeaning looks ever, were dressed like complete idiots. The women all wore puffy dresses and the men looked like losers dressed-up all fancy.
She groaned, due to the pain on her head, and blinked her eyes a few times, noticing her best friend, Melody, leaning against the one building, looking rather bored and not the least frightened.
"I've been up for hours, sleepyhead.", Melpy mumbled, she was staring out at the street of people.
"Where did your freak sister send us?!", Julia stood up, her legs felt like jelly.
"Well, I am not sure actually, but notice how dark and drab everything is?" When Julia nodded Melpy added on, "I think we're in the movie"
"What movie?", Julia looked around skeptically. Then she gasped, just like some squealing fangirl. "Homeward Bound"
Melpy groaned and smacked her face with the palm of her hand. "No! Dumb ass! Sweeney Todd, doi! Remember? We were watching it when Sami performed her voodoo motions." Then she added to herself "And this is coming from the smart one"
"Wow. That's wild, Melp." Julia yawned slightly, and then looked down at her belly. "I'm hungary." Melpy nodded in agreement. "Me too. Come on, let's take a look around." Together the two walked out into the open road. Melpy dodged people, like venders and little children running around. Julia, on the other hand, dodged buildings, stationary objects were her worst enemy.
All of a sudden though, Melody gasped, as though sucking her very lungs in. "OH MY GEEEEEE!!", she squealed and suddenly began dancing around merrily in a circle. "Lookie!" She flug her arms open widely, and spun in a few more circles before stopping, and nearly falling over. "It's--", she looked around suspiciously. "Look, Julia", she whispered, "It's Mrs. Lovett's"
Julia groaned, she knew how obsessed with Mrs. Lovett Melpy was.
"Bad idea, Melpy. Hello? They're lunatics"
"Pshh!", Melody waved her hand as in dismisal and ignoring her friend took running off towards the shop. "That's the Judge"
Rolling her eyes and sighing at this inevitable event, Julia followed her friend, although not as enthusiastically. Once she made it inside the shop, Melody came to an abrupt halt before the countertop. She looked around frantically, seeing no one, before Mrs. Lovett appeared out of the backroom.
"Oh, ello darling. What can I do for ye"
"Mrs. Lovett...", was all Melpy could manage to say, a silly grin plastered on her face. Just then, as Melody and Mrs. Lovett stared at each other, one overcome with glee the other with amused shock, Julia walked into the front door lackadaisically.
"Heya, Mrs. Lovett"
"Oye! For Goodness' sake children, yes, I'm Mrs. Lovett. Now what can I do for ye?", the woman blurted, chuckling to herself yet still overcome with an annoyed surprise at such adoration for her last name.
"Two pies, please, that's all.", said Julia, as she roughly pulled Melpy to take a seat next to her. "Sheesh, give us away why don't yah?" She whispered. Melody rolled her eyes, and stood up, walking back over towards Mrs. Lovett, who was pounding the dough for the pies. "Mrs. Lovett"
"What is it dear?", asked Mrs. Lovett, not bothering to look up at the girl.
"We ain't got no home!", Melpy blurted out, laying her head on the counter in a fit of fake cries. Julia fell out of her chair from behind her.
Mrs. Lovett was at first, to say the least, weirded out. But, soon, her maternal nature overtook her emotions.
"Oh, I'm so sorry darling." She dusted her hands off on her gown and gave the strange girl a pat on the head. "Well now, we'll just have to do something about that won't we?" Melpy grinned, turning her head around momentarily and sticking her tounge out at Julia, who had her arms folded against her chest now and was glaring at her friend haughtily. Melpy figured she had won, and now they would simply get to live with Mrs. Lovett and the two would become best of friends. But, then Mrs. Lovett said something neither of them wanted to hear, "We'll just have to have a talk with Mr. Todd about it."
