The Ponder Point

part II

Jess's car was parked outside nectar's when she got off the bus that had to be a good sign. A feeling of hope and triumph filled her once she went in. Jess was sitting there with two plates of burgers and gravy fries. Then the feeling slipped through her just as fast as it had come. "Hey there jiggly Juggs, I didn’t know you were coming." "Neither did I?" Nikki replied through clenched teeth. Jess bringing her boyfriend Mitch was not something she had anticipated. Though now that she thought about it, it made sense, especially considering that both plates of food had been picked over. "Jiggly-jugs, that's new, I thought it was Nickers. Kudos for the alliteration, though. Just so you know, it's supposed to be hyphenated." She went back to order some food then joined them. "So, have you looked at any apartments yet?" Nikki picked up a seven days that was lying on the table and opened it to the listings. Class ends in a few days and we still don't have a place to live yet." "Sorry nick, we've been too busy to look for apartments, but four days is plenty of time to..." "Two days." "What-ev. It’s plenty of time to find a place." "No it's not." "Besides, we can stay with Mitchell if we don't find a place." Nikki’s eye twitched and she ate a cough drop from her pocket, both with realizing it. "Yes, that's... an option. Another option is that we hit the pavement and find a place tonight! There’s got to be hundreds of good apartment listings in here!" Popping another cough drop, she started going through the listings, holding a little sharpie with her pinkie and thumb. After ten minutes, she looked up in frustration. She hadn't even bothered to remove the pen's cap. Jess and Mitch were reading something and giggling to each other like middle school students who had seen their first boobs. "We’re going to be homeless in two days and you're reading the comics? We don't have time for this!" She exclaimed, trying her best not to draw attention from other patrons. "We’re not readin the comics; we're reading hot to trot." Jess replied in a matter of fact tone. Mitch then explained why they were reading it, but Nikki covered her ears and sang pinball wizard. "Tommy’s got nothing’ on Keith Richard’s, Jiggly. Now, how about you take these and go find my succulent Sweetass an apartment." Nikki gaped at him for a moment, and then as they made out, realized her time would be better spent doing something, ANYTHING else. _______________________________________________________

Posted at 11:20PM Jun 16, 2008 by taylor.poro in General  |  Comments[0]