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Post by Madclergy on Dec 22, 2004 21:26:04 GMT
Chuck started to rush from the car, then he realized
'I'm in public, I need to keep face' Calmly Chuck walked through the doors of the library, the smell of paper and of the librarians strong perfume entered his nostrils.
"Excuse me maam" the Librarian turned around "Where can I find a Vegan Recipe book?" the librarian gave him a look like a cow would give an oncoming train.
"You don't know how to use the Dewey Decimal System. Let me teach you..."
Twenty five minutes later, Chuck finally walked out with both a book on Vagan Recipes, a Library Card, and a complete understanding of Dewey and his Decimal System. He started his car up, once again the engine "vroomed" to life.
'Boy am I glad cars are not as complicated as humans, whoever this Dewey guy is really needs to be taught a lesson. Maybe something with Alphabetical in the name.'
Chuck drove away from the Library, he had 2 hours and 40 minutes to get to the grocery store, the video store, and back home in enough time to cook dinner for Lindsey. Which reminded him of what she had said...
She said she would meet me by the elevator, i am assuming thats the elevator next to Jameson's office. She never said anything different. I hope thats all I can do.
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Post by Tomahawk on Dec 22, 2004 22:21:51 GMT
Fortunately for Chuck, the grocery store was directly on the way to the Video store. Unfortunately, a 2-car pile up on the way turned the 5-minute drive into a 20-minute crawl.
There were a couple of times he could have sworn someone was following him, but then... It's so hard to tell when you're in the City- besides, he had other things on his mind at the moment.
Turning off of the main drag, he could see the soft glow from the grocery store's sign just up ahead, and there were no less than 3 empty parking meters just outside!
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Post by Madclergy on Dec 24, 2004 15:08:39 GMT
'I have to get going or I won't have enough time to cook this wonderful' looks back to the library book and squints to the see the name 'Cheesy potatoe casserole'
He knew he needed at least 90 minutes just to cook the casserole, plus some time to go to video world.
Chuck was about to whip into one of the spots when another car nearly clipped his car pulling in, in front of him.
"Hey man- I was going to park there" Chuck yelled out his window at the crazy maniac that had parked in his spot. He moved his car towards the next parking spot about 3 spaces down, he watched for cars the entire time. Slowly he began to park but soon came to a halt when he noticed there was a shopping cart hidden behind the car on the right. He put the car into park and got out and moved the cart then got back in his car and parked.
'I am wore out, having to do all this. I hope it is worth it.'
Chuck climbed from his car and walked into the store. Smells of produce bombarded his senses. He noticed that the floor was ever so shiny and that the shelves appeared freshly washed.
'Must have just cleaned, they knew I was coming' he chuckled to himself as he walked down the aisles. He had the library book in hand, he mentally noted what he needed for the Cheesy potatoe casserole.
'1/2 cup vegan soymilk- Where do i get Vegan Soymilk? Have to ask. 1/2 cup no-chicken chicken broth- Isn't this oxymoronic, no chicken chicken broth. 1 8 oz. vegan sour "cream- Is there a difference from no vegan and vegan sour cream? 1 tablesthingy non-hydrogenated vegan margarine- Vegan margarine, who woulda known? 1 bag of frozen hash browns or cut your own- Probably need to make my own hashbrowns, so thats a five pound bag of potatoes Melty "Cheese"- Yea lets skimp and buy some chedder, Kosher brand.
Chuck walked around the store and put into the cart that he had found in his parking spot outside. Soon he came to the soymilk and walked up to one of the cashiers and asked them.
"Where can I find.." Chuck looked at the list "Vegan Soymilk?" The cashier points down an aisle towards the milk freezer "Thank you, miss."
Chuck moved down the aisle and looked through the freezer's, finally he found a half gallon of Vegan Soymilk. It had taken him 45 minutes but he had all of the ingrediants. He went to the cashier and she wrung everything up, the register showed him the price.
$76.23
'You know how many bags of M&M's i could get for that amount, geez. Might as well.'
Chuck turned around and grabbed 2 bags of M&M's and told the clerk that he would need them as well. Chuck walked back out to his car, put the groceries in the trunk and got in. Immediatly he opened a bag of M&M's and emptied them into his mouth.
'Mmmm..Sugary goodness. I love chocolate!!' he thought to himself as he began to pull out of his parking spot, already planning his route to the video store. He already knew what kind of movie he was going to pick out, a Romantic Comedy. Something light but with a bit of love within. Preferably one that he had not watched over his short vacation in the weeks previous.
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Post by Tomahawk on Dec 27, 2004 13:30:40 GMT
Still lost in thought, Chuck narrowly misses being clipped off by one of the city's famous yellow cabs.
"Why dontcha' watch where yer goin', ya freekin' moron!!" The cabbie yells, leaning his head out of the window.
A tad shaken, Chuck regains his composure, checking his mirrors carefully as he pulls away.
A few blocks back, interestingly enough a blue sedan pulls out of it's parking place, at about the exact time that Chuck's car hits the street.
A light rain begins to fall, softly pit-patting on the windshield...
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Post by Madclergy on Dec 31, 2004 14:30:13 GMT
Chuck was only a little paranoid about the blue sedan. He had noticed it before now but only in a passing glances so it could be a totally different car.
The soft rain coming down caused Chuck to slow his speed a bit, he knew the laws of the road and he didn't want to break any of them right now.
'Alright so all I need to do is get to video store pick up the movie and then I am home free. I should be about 10 minutes from the video store now and then to get back to HQ it will take another 20 min. Then 90 min to cook the food, and presto I should be done and I can meet Lindsey at, well the elevator which I still haven't decided which one that is. Man, I am going to need vacation after this night. Chuck was watching the road as he mentally noted everything he had left to do.
It had been a long day but Chuck was on the home stretch. He navigated his car into the parking lot of the Video Store.
' What was it she said "My apartment is only down the street" thats good to know, she could be watching me right now, in fact she could be in this store. Better choose wisely. Chuck skimmed the store for about 10 minutes before deciding on a movie that he had heard great reviews on and was going to watch before now but decided that it would fit the situation perfectly.
Chuck payed for the movies and walked out to his car. He looked around at the surrounding buildings, in case the apartments she lived in was all to obvious. Finally satisfied that he could not see them he climbed in his car and made it VROOM to life.
'Now just to get home and start cooking this casserole' Chuck pulled out of the video store and started navigating his car back to HQ.
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Post by Tomahawk on Dec 31, 2004 15:21:02 GMT
Getting back to HQ from the Video Store was no great difficulty, and although the slight rain made driving a tad trickier, nothing completly out of the ordinary occured on the drive.
Chuck pulls up to the security checkpoint of the parking garage for "Trans-Global Stocks & Securities".
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Post by Madclergy on Jan 4, 2005 0:24:19 GMT
Chuck flashed his security card to the officers at the gate, they raised the gate but gave him a smile when they saw he had a cookbook open on the side seat. He grinned back at them in a mocking manner then drove through the gate and parked in his normal parking spot.
Once his car was parked he got out and preceeded upstairs to his room. He saw a few people whom he knew but no one special. Each one smiled at him very wierdly. He thought maybe it was because he was carrying the grocery bags, the video and the cook book, but he didn't stop to ask.
When got to his room he set down the items on the kitchen counter and started to cook the meal. He followed every direction completely to the T. All he had to do was wait for it to cook.
He sat down and put the movie into the VCR, of course he had to rewind because no one ever followed the "Please be kind rewind". Then while he waited he prepped everything, he set candles on the table. He cleaned every bit of his small apartment room. He dusted the room with an orangey smell. Then he realized...
'I didn't get her any flowers, girls love flowers. I am such a jerk!!'
Just as he was mentally insulting himself, his timer went off and there was a knock at the door.
"Umm who is it?" "Its me!" her voice was liquid cool as it flowed into his ears. He walked to his front door and opened it. She was standing there in blue jeans and a Pink Blouse "Am I to early?"
What he thought he said was "Yes" what he actually said was "Your timing is perfect"
She giggled a bit, he began to wonder if there was something in his teeth, she pointed behind him and when he looked he was held in absolute horror. His entire kitchen was in smoke, thick black smoke.
"Oh my!!" he dashed off towards the kitchen, moments later white foam could be seen coming from inside the kitchen. Then Chuck reammerged with the white chef's hat and a burnt casserole.
"Would you rather order in Chinese?"
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Post by Tomahawk on Jan 4, 2005 21:24:28 GMT
"Umm, yeah. Maybe that would be best... Mind if I come in?"
She flashed him another one of her grins, and accepted his gracious invitation-after-the-fact to come on in.
"You know, on second thought- how about some Thai? I know this place down on second street, they should deliver here. We'll just have to give whoever's on duty downstairs the 'heads up' so they know somethings coming..." She frowned slightly- just slightly- before continuing, "I guess that would mean one of us would have to go up to the lobby to get it, then. They get so picky about those sort of things..."
Fortunately, the room's automatic ventilation system had cleared the smoke out in a matter of about a minute. The kitchen, however, was a bit of a disaster. Chuck quickly realized it would more than likely take hours to get the burnt-on splatterings out of the oven. Or perhaps... Would it be considered a misuse of Agency funds to develop a cooking and cleaning robot in his spare time?
"So, Chuck... " Lindsey started, before being abruptly interrupted by a rather loud, furious knocking- or better said, beating on his door.
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Post by Madclergy on Jan 6, 2005 16:22:33 GMT
"Uhh, hold on a minute Lindsey while I get that" Chuck was bewildered at who could be at the door but even more he was furius at the for interrupting his date that was bout to begin.
'Why can't people realize when I am working on something important'
Lindsey took a seat on Chuck's couch (which was freshly vacuumed and sprayed with freshener.) and waited while Chuck answered the door.
Chuck looked back over his shoulder at Lindsey one more time and shot her a smile, which she replied to with a smile of her own, before he opened the door.
Chuck looked through the peephole, he could see the grizzly face of a man.
'Oh no, not now' Chuck thought as he slowly undid the locks on the door and opened it a crack.
A voice came through the opened door that would burn the eyebrows from any other persons forhead...
"Hey buddy!! Came over to watch the football game, ya know."
"Actually this is the first I have heard of it Billy, you didn't call before you came over (in hushed tones) and i am kinda busy right now with something important." Chuck pointed to the fine looking woman in the front room of his appartment.
"More important than football, she must be something perty. Alright i'll leave ya to your business. Take care ya here?" the man started walking away with a happy grin and a slight wave.
"Thanks Billy, raincheck on that game" the man gave a slight nod and walked out of sight.
'Man I am glad he understood, I totally forgot the game was on today. Alright now back to my date. Chuck walked back towards the front room to his apartment, he grabbed his phone on the way back then sat down next to Lindsey.
"Alright whats the number for that Thai place?"
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Post by Tomahawk on Jan 6, 2005 16:37:19 GMT
"So, who was that guy? Not someone from the lab, that's for sure. Oh, here's the number... Better yet, let me dial it- I know a bit of Thai." She grinned and then took up the phone and started dialing.
A few moments later, she started babbling incoherently, evidently speaking with someone on the other line. She paused for a moment, put her hand over the receiver and asked,
"I totally forgot to ask what you wanted- do you have a preference, or do you trust me?"
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Post by Madclergy on Jan 6, 2005 17:27:36 GMT
"Lets go with trust for now and we will figure out the details later" Chuck grinned then stood up.
"Can i get you anything to drink?"
"Umm, yea diet coke thanks" Lindsey returned to her incoherent babbling.
'Memo to self, learn Thai'
Chuck grabbed the last Diet coke out of the fridge and grabbed himself a pepsi. He grabbed two glasses and put some ice in them. He walked back into the living room to find that Lindsey was looking around the apartment.
"*Ahem*"
"Oh!" she exclaimed as chuck came up from behind her and excused himself. She was staring at a picture of him next to a machine he had helped build a couple years back.
"Didn't want to startle you to bad, heres your drink" Chuck handed her the drink and the glass. "Didn't know if you wanted ice or not so i brought you some.
"Thanks" 'She is the queen of one word answers' chuck thought to himself.
"I need to call the lobby and tell them that we should have food arriving. How long should I tell them?"
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Post by Tomahawk on Jan 7, 2005 11:58:18 GMT
Handing the phone back to Chuck, she said "They told me it should only take about 20 minutes to get here. I told them if they get it here in less than 15, they get double the tip." She smiled warmly before continuing,
"I went ahead and ordered 3 main dishes, since they're always a bit on the small side, 2 sides of rice, and some appetizers. I decided to pass on the soup, but maybe next time... They make a killer hot & sour at that place."
She gave the apartment a quick once-over again, then went ahead and sat down on the sofa.
"So, Chuck... Is that really your name- Chuck? Or do you have some really cool out-of-this-world name? Anyhow, what movie did y- AHH!"
She stopped abruptly midsentence, grimaced and put both her hands to the sides of her head, rubbing her temples.
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Post by Madclergy on Jan 9, 2005 22:56:53 GMT
Chuck nodded to the girl as she question him, when she asked him about his name he shyed away a bit before answering the question.
"Chuck is the name the scientists gave me as soon as they, found me." Chuck picked up a picture of the team of scientist whom had found him.
When she screamed in pain, Chuck ran to her side. She had dropped her Diet Coke on the floor and it was staining the clean white carpet, but that was the least of his worries.
'Oh my, this is not going to be something i want to look back upon after marriage.' Chuck stopped, he paused from his actions, had he just said marriage? So soon? He must've been going nuts with the situation... 'What I actually meant was after the first date, she isn't going to want to date me if she dies on my couch today!...'
"Are you going to be ok?" the inquiry was filled with emotion, which reflected how he felt truly.
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Post by Tomahawk on Jan 10, 2005 9:11:17 GMT
She stopped rubbing her temples and looked up, eyes slightly glazed.
"Yeah, I think I'm going to be ok. No, I'm not dying- It's just some wierd kind of migraine- I've gotten them on and off ever since High School. Doctors really can't figure out what they're caused from, or what triggers them. But I'm ok now." She looked up and smiled gently at the nervous Chuck, hovering over her like a guardian angel. Then she suddenly noticed the spilled cola on the floor and exclaimed,
"Aw nuts, that could leave a stain- here, let me help clean that up. No, I insist."
She pulled out a couple napkins out of her handbag and quickly got down to mop up as much of the spill as possible.
"Well shoot, that's only going to take care of part of it. Hang on a sec- I'll be right back!"
She got up quickly and headed out of the room. Several minutes later, Chuck was letting her back into his living quarters, and saw that she was carrying a plastic bottle- something from their lab!
"All-Purpose Clean-M-Up." She quickly explained. "The Agency holds the patent for it. Does the trick every time!"
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Post by Madclergy on Jan 12, 2005 22:41:01 GMT
Chuck smiled at the enginuity of the girl.
'Queen of one word answers and of enginuity and cleaning. What a find!!'
Chuck looked down at his watch, he realized he hadn't called the lobby and that the food would be arriving soon.
"Ahh, if you'll excuse me for a minute our food is going to be here soon and I haven't called the lobby"
Lindsey nodded and Chuck stepped into the kitchen.He dialed the lobby and began explaining to them what was going to be happen. While on the phone he grabbed another glass down from the cabinet and put some ice and water into it.
A few moments later the lobby understood that "they" would be up there to pick up the food and Chuck hung up the phone as he was coming out of the kitchen. He once again walked in on Lindsey looking at some of the other pictures of his inventions he had helped to build.
"Alright they know we're coming" Lindsey spun around "I got you some cold water, for some reason I think it actually helps people with headaches. Chuck stopped to think about what he had in his medicine cabinet.
"Do you need any aspirin to help with the migraine?"
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