King of Creatures

Chapter 2

"This is crazy." Amari muttered to himself. It was ten-fifteen, he was right around the corner from Angie's place. He had been standing there, against the wall for fifteen minutes, biting his nails and rethinking his choices. What if these people were crazy? He had told Devon what had happened at his job last night and that's what he had said in response; "That's crazy." But then he also said that Amari should go.

"What's the worst that could happen man? I mean, who knows? Maaaybe, this is why your mom kicked you out. She was jealous." Devon had told him, right before popping a pop tart into his mouth, then choking on it because it was still hot from the toaster.

With another deep breath, Amari stood up straight, tightened the knot on his bandana, smoothed out his cropped shirt, and stepped out from around the corner. "There he is!" Aoshanay said excitedly, pointing at Amari. She wore a baby pink silk Cami top, a yellow plaid skirt and black combat boots, her pink braids were done up in a half up, half down style and she wore the same shades from yesterday.

Max was also there, he looked the same as he did yesterday, except he wore a black and white flannel over a grey shirt and not a jacket, even though it was supposed to be in the eighties today. Amari made his way over to the table, clumsily taking a seat and nodding to Aoshanay and Max before looking at the other two strangers. Well, the other stranger, Amari recognized one of them; the crazy woman who had backed out randomly yesterday and caused him to fall off his bike. Amari now had a sneaking suspicion that she had done it on purpose.

She wore a pair of black ripped jeans and a tee shirt from a band Amari didn't recognize, her short, blonde, shoulder-length hair framed her face making her frown of pure disgust more prominent. What had Aoshanay said her name was? Penelope? Amari felt she looked more like a Gothel.

The other man, Amari didn't recognize at all. He was older, his short hair greying on the sides, and he wore a few wrinkles on his face. His eyes were dark, but kind and he gave Amari a reassuring smile as he adjusted himself in his seat and waved a waitress over. He was also wearing an overcoat, which Amari found weird. Maybe Max looked up to this guy.

"Glad you decided to come. I was worried we were going to get stood up." The old man said handing Amari a menu.

"Yeah well," Amari started before the waitress, a kind southern woman approached the table.

"Hi! Yall ready to order?" She asked, she turned to Amari and shot him a big smile. "Amari! Hey Hun, I'm guessing you want a coffee with cream?"

"Yes please, thanks Cate." Amari said, a sigh of relief flowed through his body, and he relaxed a bit more. Angie's Place was his favorite place to go to, not just because they had the best breakfast sandwiches, but because of Cate. She had helped him during his two weeks of homelessness, first by giving him free breakfast, then, once she found out that Amari was homeless, had brought up Devon and urged him to see if Devon would allow him to crash at his place until Amari could get on his feet.

Let's just say, Amari had a lot of love for Devon and Cate. "Everyone else ordered their drinks and Cate shot Amari a wink before turning and heading to the kitchen. "Well, now I see why you chose this place." The old man said.

Amari nodded, biting his nails. "So, what do ya'll want?" He asked. Penelope shot him a cold glare. "I mean, she said that you'd be able to explain something to me? Some sorta prophecy or something?" Amari asked, pointing a thumb at Aoshanay.

"Right to the point huh? Yeah, I'm here to explain to you the prophecy, and your role in it, and these guys roles in it as well." The old man answered. Amari glanced at Penelope, if he really played some major part in this prophecy, and she was included, well, he wasn't so sure he wanted to be apart of it. That that he was sure to begin with.