Post by MAX SANTIAGO on Jan 31, 2020 17:19:20 GMT -5
He knocked. Nothing. He knocked again. "Lola!" Despite her having a key to his apartment that she somehow swindled, Max was not given the same honor. "C'mon, it's me!" He knocked again, using the free hand that was not clutching his very prized possession of the hour. My god, if she didn't answer, he might have to eat by himself. On a Saturday! At lunch! That was so uncool. "Lola, please, it's important!" Desperation crept into his voice and he let his head rest against the door. He hated it when she didn't pay attention to him. At least 70% of the weird shit he did was to get some kind of rise out of her, and that seemed like a low estimation. "C'moooooooon," Max whined, smacking his forehead lightly against the door as a sort of half-hearted knock. "It's gonna thaw!" In his clutches sat the most beautiful burrito he'd seen in at least a month. Wonderfully frozen and wrapped in extremely garish plastic featuring an alligator in sunglasses giving a thumbs up with a wide grin that showed off his many sparkling teeth. The background was a bright yellow and emblazoned with hot pink comic-style letters that boldly read, "Gatorito!" It was awful in every way and Max adored it. He'd found the item in an American gas station, proudly displayed on sale in the freezer section, and this was gonna be the wonderful day that he had enough free time to properly enjoy it in all its majesty. At least it was supposed to be, before his microwave shot a rain of sparks down on him and sputtered out of life -- no doubt a result of his many attempts at melting forks. It was science, people. Could he have fixed the microwave? Maybe, but he was hungry and Lola and her microwave were right there. Plus, he loved eating weird things in front of her. She always made the worst faces at him and he thought it was truly a high point in humanity's comedic sensibilities. Max could already feel the condensation weeping off the wrapper as his magnificent lunch threatened to thaw and spoil in front of his very eyes. "I'll let you have a bite!" Why did bad things happen to good people? Why did she hate him? Why couldn't he just have his very excellent and exotic burrito?
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