Devastation
8. Introductions
Just then my tummy rumbled.
“What was that?”
“My stomach, it’s empty”
“Why?”
“Well I’ve only had a glass of milk this morning”
“Didn’t you eat anything on the plane?”
“I was sleeping, I’m afraid of heights”
“Ok then what would you like to eat?”
“Um can I have a piece bread?”
“You sure, you want anything on it?”
“No just plain bread”
“Ok”
He walked to the kitchen and I followed him, he got me a slice of bread and put it on a plate and handed it to me. He walked back to the lounge room and I followed him.
“Hey what do you think your doing?”
“Can’t I sit with you?”
“Yeah but no food in the living room”
“Oh please”
“No”
“Just this once”
“No”
“Well where do I sit then?”
“In the dining room”
“You have to come as well”
“Why?”
“I don’t like sitting by myself especially in a new house”
“Ok then” he said turning off the TV
We walked into the dining room next to the kitchen and I sat at the table, while Mike got a drink.
“Can I please have a drink as well?”
“I don’t know should I give you one?”
“Yes”
“Why?”
“Because my throat is dry and I would like one”
“Ok what do you want to drink?”
“Can I please get a glass of water?”
“Sure
He got me a drink and sat down at the table while I finished eating my bread.
“Hey I just realized something”
“What?”
“You know my name but you haven’t told me yours”
“Ok then, nice to meet you I’m Absent Brain” I said while shaking his hand
“Ok why do they call you ‘Absent Brain’?”
“Because I was born without a brain”
“Really?”
“No it’s just a joke with me and my friends”
“Oh ok, so do I have to call you Absent Brain?”
“No you can call me Absent or Abs for short”
“Ok what’s your real name then?”
“Not telling”
“Why not?”
“Because I don’t like so I’m not telling anyone”
“Please”
“Fine, George”
“Your name is George?”
“No that’s my last name, have you ever seen a girl called George?”
“No, ok so what’s your first name?”
“That’s the bit I’m not telling” I replied cheekily
“What was that?”
“My stomach, it’s empty”
“Why?”
“Well I’ve only had a glass of milk this morning”
“Didn’t you eat anything on the plane?”
“I was sleeping, I’m afraid of heights”
“Ok then what would you like to eat?”
“Um can I have a piece bread?”
“You sure, you want anything on it?”
“No just plain bread”
“Ok”
He walked to the kitchen and I followed him, he got me a slice of bread and put it on a plate and handed it to me. He walked back to the lounge room and I followed him.
“Hey what do you think your doing?”
“Can’t I sit with you?”
“Yeah but no food in the living room”
“Oh please”
“No”
“Just this once”
“No”
“Well where do I sit then?”
“In the dining room”
“You have to come as well”
“Why?”
“I don’t like sitting by myself especially in a new house”
“Ok then” he said turning off the TV
We walked into the dining room next to the kitchen and I sat at the table, while Mike got a drink.
“Can I please have a drink as well?”
“I don’t know should I give you one?”
“Yes”
“Why?”
“Because my throat is dry and I would like one”
“Ok what do you want to drink?”
“Can I please get a glass of water?”
“Sure
He got me a drink and sat down at the table while I finished eating my bread.
“Hey I just realized something”
“What?”
“You know my name but you haven’t told me yours”
“Ok then, nice to meet you I’m Absent Brain” I said while shaking his hand
“Ok why do they call you ‘Absent Brain’?”
“Because I was born without a brain”
“Really?”
“No it’s just a joke with me and my friends”
“Oh ok, so do I have to call you Absent Brain?”
“No you can call me Absent or Abs for short”
“Ok what’s your real name then?”
“Not telling”
“Why not?”
“Because I don’t like so I’m not telling anyone”
“Please”
“Fine, George”
“Your name is George?”
“No that’s my last name, have you ever seen a girl called George?”
“No, ok so what’s your first name?”
“That’s the bit I’m not telling” I replied cheekily