The Perry Brothers - Ch. 19
Terri and Terry, 20 years old
"Soo... How do I look?" "Terrible." Terri has had enough of his brother's attitude. "Terry. It's not that bad. Just look in the mirror and say your honest opinion." Terry sighs and turns around. Two young monsters in a suit. Nothing too special. "Okay. Honest opinion? Awful." "Terry, you're not helping!" "See, I'm not gonna enjoy this and that's that." "I don't need you to enjoy it, I need you to suck it up and deal with it." The brothers go to the cab and spend the whole trip in silence.
The twins stand around, outside the restaurant. It's dark and windy. Terri's flower's petals are one by one going with the wind. The coldness sneaks into Terri's shirt. The stars slowly appear in the sky. A warm glow comes from the windows around them. Finally a red car appears from the darkness and stops by the brothers. A young monster comes out and the car leaves. It's Celia. She's wearing a yellow, short, shoulderless dress. "She's wearing revealing clothes... This can only mean-" "Terry, you're being ridiculous. It's a completely normal dress." Terry's voice is low and steady. He's talking faster than usual. "Terri. I'm telling you. We need to run." "Okay, now you're just really childlish! We're gonna have dinner, talk and hopefully we'll get somewhere." Terry laughs. "Oh, she has a place in mind!" "Terry, stop it." "Like someone's bedroo-" "TERRY!" "Hi." Celia innocently interrupts the argument. "Uh, hi... Sorry about that." Terri hands over the flower and they head inside.
"Um, you seem younger than I thought." "Oh, I... Thank you!" Silence. The monsters are looking at their menus. Nothing happens. Nothing changes. They might aswell be at home doing what ever they want. Terry could be writing his poem collection... "So, you dance?" "Yeah, I'm majoring in dancing. Originally scaring was my major, but then I sort of got kicked out of the program, then blablablah, there were the scare games, lots of stuff happened, and now scaring is my minor." Celia seems confused, but also intrigued. Terri feels like he's been blabbering too much about himself already.
"What about you?" Celia starts stuttering and looking around the place as she tries to answer. "Well, I... I-I don't know. There's not much to me." "There's gotta be something. Do you study? Or something else?" "I, um, YES... I study." "What?" "I study... studyable stuff. Things that people study. You could almost say, I study studying." Celia laughs nervously and begs for no more questions. This is going to be a long night for Terry.
Terri and Celia go on talking and getting to know each other. Suddenly Terri does it. "You know, I can also do magic tricks. A good example is that, when I look at you, everyone else dissapears..." Oh god, no no no no no! Ah, Terri, please! Terri, no... Not with the pickup lines. Please... Anything but the pickup lines! "Waiter! Anything with alcohol, please!" Terri stops chatting as if someone pressed pause on the conversation. "Uh, Terry? You... You don't usually drink." "Oh, now I need it!" Terri lowers his voice and hides behind the menu. "Terry, think about what happened last time." "But you see, there's a difference between you drinking and me drinking." Terri tries to argue back, but gives up quickly. He tries to continue talking with Celia naturally as Terry gets his drink. He takes a sip of it and immidiately cringes. Disgusting. Oh well. Terry drinks it anyway and prays for the night to be over as soon as possible.
The twins stand around, outside the restaurant. It's dark and windy. Terri's flower's petals are one by one going with the wind. The coldness sneaks into Terri's shirt. The stars slowly appear in the sky. A warm glow comes from the windows around them. Finally a red car appears from the darkness and stops by the brothers. A young monster comes out and the car leaves. It's Celia. She's wearing a yellow, short, shoulderless dress. "She's wearing revealing clothes... This can only mean-" "Terry, you're being ridiculous. It's a completely normal dress." Terry's voice is low and steady. He's talking faster than usual. "Terri. I'm telling you. We need to run." "Okay, now you're just really childlish! We're gonna have dinner, talk and hopefully we'll get somewhere." Terry laughs. "Oh, she has a place in mind!" "Terry, stop it." "Like someone's bedroo-" "TERRY!" "Hi." Celia innocently interrupts the argument. "Uh, hi... Sorry about that." Terri hands over the flower and they head inside.
"Um, you seem younger than I thought." "Oh, I... Thank you!" Silence. The monsters are looking at their menus. Nothing happens. Nothing changes. They might aswell be at home doing what ever they want. Terry could be writing his poem collection... "So, you dance?" "Yeah, I'm majoring in dancing. Originally scaring was my major, but then I sort of got kicked out of the program, then blablablah, there were the scare games, lots of stuff happened, and now scaring is my minor." Celia seems confused, but also intrigued. Terri feels like he's been blabbering too much about himself already.
"What about you?" Celia starts stuttering and looking around the place as she tries to answer. "Well, I... I-I don't know. There's not much to me." "There's gotta be something. Do you study? Or something else?" "I, um, YES... I study." "What?" "I study... studyable stuff. Things that people study. You could almost say, I study studying." Celia laughs nervously and begs for no more questions. This is going to be a long night for Terry.
Terri and Celia go on talking and getting to know each other. Suddenly Terri does it. "You know, I can also do magic tricks. A good example is that, when I look at you, everyone else dissapears..." Oh god, no no no no no! Ah, Terri, please! Terri, no... Not with the pickup lines. Please... Anything but the pickup lines! "Waiter! Anything with alcohol, please!" Terri stops chatting as if someone pressed pause on the conversation. "Uh, Terry? You... You don't usually drink." "Oh, now I need it!" Terri lowers his voice and hides behind the menu. "Terry, think about what happened last time." "But you see, there's a difference between you drinking and me drinking." Terri tries to argue back, but gives up quickly. He tries to continue talking with Celia naturally as Terry gets his drink. He takes a sip of it and immidiately cringes. Disgusting. Oh well. Terry drinks it anyway and prays for the night to be over as soon as possible.
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