Disclaimer: I'm just a hopeless romantic absolutely, positively, in love with the movie Anastasia. I'm just a huge fan of Anya and Dimitri. In other words, I don't own anything!
All Men Are Babies-
Chapter 9: The Smelly Old Woman
Zachariah Salazar hated many things in life. He hated St. Petersburg, he hated the princess Anastasia, he hated smelly old ladies, and he hated trains. Yet, here he was traveling to Paris by train. By train was the shortest and most convenient method of transportation between St. Petersburg and Paris, so taking the train was really Zachariah's only option. He could live with the train ride. He could live without the annoying smelly old lady sitting next to him. The old lady wouldn't have been so annoying if she fell asleep and snored loud enough to wake the dead. Yipping mutts were less annoying than this smelly old woman! Zachariah was beginning to wonder if she would ever shut up! And the smell! She smelled worse than a skunk's rear end!
Pounding his already aching head on the window served as a temporary fix to his boredom, but he soon found himself wanting to jump off the speeding train. Beside him, the woman continued talking to him. "So how come you're traveling to Paris?" she asked.
What was he supposed to say? I'm going to Paris to get revenge on the Princess Anastasia for surviving the revolution while her dearest sister Olga did not? Zachariah was not stupid enough to get arrested. Growing up with his father, Zachariah learned there were times to tell the truth, times to lie, and times to twist the truth without it being a lie. Now was one of those times where you twist the truth slightly.
"My girlfriend's family is staying in Paris," Zachariah responded with an annoyed will you please shut up smile.
"And you're going there to surprise her?" the woman exclaimed in her crackly voice. "That is romantic!"
"Yes, the plan is for me to surprise her."
"Where will you surprise her?"
"At a party. It will be sure to be a killer of a party."
The smelly annoying old woman continued to jab nonstop to him for the entire trip to Paris. As the train loomed ever closer to Paris, Zachariah couldn't help but feel a sense of contentment as he thought about destroying the princess Anastasia's happiness...
If we can't be happy Princess, then no one in your family will be happy.
Yes, I am quite aware that this chapter is quite short. Though I hope it was a little bit amusing as well. I really enjoy writing this story as you seem to enjoy reading it. I hope you liked this chapter. Please review and chapter 10 will be up soon!