I didn't know Sans fangirled
"so... i just text whenever i need to?"
"Yeah, shouldn't be too much work. I mean... It's a Friday. Who knows, you might get some teenagers."
Sans puts on a face of mock fear before letting out a chuckle. He pulls out his key to the Cafe and unlocks the glass door and flipping the sign to open.
I waved to him and tucked my coat even closer to my body, like all the other mornings a chill swept through the roads, a fog lifting as the sun rose. I shiver and turn to walk to the car. It's not my car, it's a family members car, its okay, though, I'm not the one paying for gas. I don't drive that often anyways.
Its a dark blue to black Kia Sorrento The seats are old and worn but clean and neat, the dashboard and wheel are black. The seats a similar color.
I open the car door with a soft click and slid into the driver seat, it was too far back and I could barely touch the pedals so I reached below the seat and found the metal bar then lifted it and slid the seat forward till I was a comfortable distance a way from the steering wheel. I made sure the door was closed then took the seat belt over my shoulder in the middle of my chest and clicked into the fastener.
I held the strange looking key and slid it into the ignition and twisted my wrist forward, ready to put my hand on the floor shift and pressed onto the brake prepared to shift into drive when there was a tap at the window.
I took my foot off the brake and took my hand from the shift then rolled the window to reveal Sans, crouching to the window. He was smiling awkwardly.
"so... uh, w-what would i do while i wait for people to come in?"
I sat for a second before my face lit up. "Oh! I usually read a book."
"i uh... don't have a book."
I grin and reach behind me to the middle seats and grasp a bag. A couple books fall to the floor of the car as I lifted and dragged it to the front seat and onto my lap. I rummaged around for a bit before I found the book I was looking for.
"Aha!... Here," I handed him the hard cover book, he read the title as soon as he grasped it.
"harry potter and the sorcerors stone." he looked up at me, a puzzle in his eyes (sockets). I smiled and waved for him to go. He stiffly stands back and waves to me when I put the car into gear and started easing onto the gas to drive off.
It was about an hour or two when he texted the first time. I finally got out of the town and was heading south.
It was a long highway and no one was on the road with me, the scenery of fields passing by. The sun rising farther on my right. I pulled out my phone to check the text, glancing to the road every now and then as I unlocked the screen and went to the text from 'the boneman'
The boneman: k, 50 pages in. love it so far.
I looked to the road before texting back.
Just wait till you read the others :Me
The boneman: others?
Yeah, theres like 7 :Me
The boneman: 7? isn't that a bit excessive?
Nah, theres like 8 movies tho. :Me
The bone man: they made these into movies?
oooo~ you'll love them ;D :Me
Its been at least 2-3 hours since I left, I started to make my way down the mountain. The Car slid when I turned a corner too quickly. I eased my foot onto the brake and tore myself out of my thoughts, I slowly turned the curve down hill, my arms tensing, back muscles pulled together. A sudden wash of fear flooding my veins. I slowly calmed down after a long and relentless amount of curves. After a bit of silence, I was starled by my notification noise on my phone. I jerked the wheel in suprise and had to swerve spasticly back onto the road to avoid crashing into the trees that littered the side of the road.
I slammed on the brakes of the car, which skidded to a stop. I let out a shuddered breath and mentally decided it was time for a break.
I slowly rolled the car to the side of the road, enough room for any other vehicle to easily pass. I shifted the car into park, feeling the weight of the car to shift forward then i laid my head against the wheel and let out a deep breath. I didn't know i was holding.
My notification went off again and I rolled my head to the side to look at it.
I slowly pick up y phone from the cup holder and unlocked it, then checked the notification.
*2 new messages from 'the bonem....* was all I could read.
I let out a defeated hysterical chuckle and clicked on it.
The boneman: he's makin some pretty strong accusations of snake, i'm sure he just wants to be loved
The boneman: *snape
It took me a second to realize what he was talking about. Then I remembered, he might be talking about when Harry was talking to Ron and Hermoine about who wants to kill Harry Potter and also works for Voldemort being Snape.
The kids eleven. Cut him some slack :Me
The boneman: i'm juz sayin, not every guy is who he seems. sure the guys a jerk, doesnt mean he wants you dead.
Ohhhh!!! :Me
The boneman: ... what?
I can't wait! :Me
The boneman: for what?
Youll have to read the other books, just wait. You'll know. ;) :Me
It took a couple minutes to sent, I slouched against my seat and hungmy head back, breathing deeply. After a few moments, I looked back to my phone.
The boneman: :l
The boneman: so hows the coffee stop going?
Ugh! Its so far! :Me
The boneman: doesn't, whoever, live on the mt?
Nope, I have to drive down the mountain. Which takes a bit (for me at least) then it just has to be even further. Like a state over. :Me
I'm not sure I'll make it back tonight. :Me
The boneman: why don't you just have 'em deliver?
He has an irrational fear of mts. :Me
The boneman: ... that's a thing?
Yeah, it's called orophobia (there are other names for it but i cant recall them) He was diagnosed with it when he was like 7. :Me
The boneman: who?
I texted out a vague answer and turned my phone off. Deciding I should get a move on.
Chris. :Me
Oh well, next task. Getting off this mountain.
I pressed on to the brake and shifted into drive, I looked beside me, both up and down. Sure there was no one was coming before I eased up and slowly inched back onto the road and down the side of the mountain.
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I could see a silluet of a city in the distance when my stomach growled. Reminding me of its absence of food. It's currently 2:00 in the afternoon. My phone is still off. Its been about 2 hours or so since I turned it off. But I'm sure it must have gotten some messages.
The town was a small one, only a few buildings here and there. I rolled to a stop at a gas station in the town settled at the foot of the mountain. A fast food restaurant was set up connected to the gas station. I pulled into a parking slot, the place was completely empty. I would have thought it was abandoned or closed if not for the open 24 hours sign that's lit up in the window.
I turned off the ignition and clicked the door open, along with grabbing the keys, my phone and wallet then slid out of the driver seat and slammed the door closed behind me. Locking it with a button on the keys as I walked away.
Outside was practically a sauna compaired to the town up in the mountains. Although it's probably only 80-90 degrees fahrenheit. even so, sweat was already scattered around the crown of my head. I opened the door to the gas station with a ring and walked to the right, I pulled up my phone and held down the on button till the screen lights up and it starts powering on. I l in my wallet and decided just to get some food at the gas station. There was an advertisement for pizza on the glass window, I'll get that.
I looked up and searched for the register before making my way to it. There was a horse-like monster behind the counter, muscles rippling beneath their white shirt and name tag. When I was close enough, I read the tag.
'Aaron'
The monster looked up from whatever it was they were doing, they looked at me and visibly brightened.
"Hello~" A deep velvety voice rumbled. It wasn't like Sans' voice, which was calming and lazy. This one seemed more, cocky and like a college frat boy. "How may I help you?"
I waved a hello when I approached. "Hi, um. Do you sell pizza?"
"Wha- Oh uh, yes! But it needs to be cooked." He continued to stare at me till finally, I asked him if I was a problem.
He shook his head hastily. A wide smile on his horse like face.
"No, Not at all! Its just been a while since a human has walked into here."
A small confused smile made its way onto my face. I pulled out the same amount of money as the pizza and slid it onto the counter. Aaron starts working on a pizza.
"It'll be a few minutes, you can sit over there and wait if you'd lie."
I nod and follow where he was pointing, a booth of red sat against the window. I sat my phone and wallet on the table and slid into the booth, leaning my back against the window, my feet propped across the seat.
When my back leaned against the window, i hear a slight creak. I twisted my body to look at it and saw it looked fairly newer than the other windows. My phone buzzed, the vibrations against the table brought me out of my thoughts.
I opened up the lock screen and checked the notifications.
*3 new messages* I took a deep breath and checked them.
The boneman: who's that?
A 20-minute gap between that and the second message from him.
The boneman: nvm i'll leave you to drive down the scary mountain.
I snickered, mainly out of relief and typed a response.
Made it down the mountain. And in one piece. Boom! :Me
I sit for a second, something not adding up. Itching at the back of my mind. Didn't it say 3? .....
I click on the messages and into the new massage.
unknown number: Is this ______?
The heck? I've never seen this number before. Or maybe I have and I just don't recognize it or remember.
Whos asking? :Me
'Yeah! Sound gangster. I've never actually met any gangsters.. um'
A minute hadn't even passed wen I got a reply from them.
unknown number: oh dorry1 sand gave me yout numbr. I thouggt he told you. This is Alphys.
Alphys? Well, I guess you cant stammer over text. Whats with the constant texting errors?
Oh! sorry Alphys :Me
Yeah it's me :Me
______ :Me
Great, 3 messages in a row, she'll think I'm too needy.
After a bit of silence, I look up to Aaron to see where he's at on my pizza. When I glanced his way all I saw was him flexing. I raised an eyebrow, confused. I was half tempted to walk up and ask questions but refrained. He probably knows what he's doing.
I set my phone face down on the table and watched Aaron. Waiting for my lunch. The smell of the pizza lingering in the air, causing my stomach to growl, the silence was broken.
I scratch the back of my head awkwardly when I spotted Aarons face, which was gaping in fear and horror.
He shuffled around behind the counter and had a plate of pizza in his hand, the other opening the counter, and he rushed over to me. I noticed that Aaron had a tail, kind of a merman tail/like a fish. Ohhhh, he's a horse fish.
He slid the paper plate with my pizza on it to me.
Aaron had a panicked expression on his face when he gave me my plate. I raised an eyebrow in concern and opened my mouth to ask if something was wrong. But my stomach had other plans and interrupted me with a growl and my question was answered.
"Please don't dust!" He flinched, his muscled arms risen to protect him. I blinked a couple of times confused. My eyes glanced to the plate before raising to talk to Aaron.
"It's okay, I'm juts hungry." I pull the plate towards me and had one had raised a piece to meet my lips. "So, humans, when they're hungry," I added in an undertone. "their stomaches growls like that to remind the body that there's nothing in there and it needs nutritions."
Aarons eyes look more understanding and calmed slightly. He nods and starts to float away on his mer-tail. I open my mouth to ask him if that happens to monsters too but he was too far away and in his own thoughts that the effort to do so seemed too tedious. So I mentally noted I should ask Sans about it when I get back. And my still open mouth clamped on the pizza. Sending it on a delightful journey to my stomach."