Eat Your Food

chapter 2

I woke up,still a bit hungry but I've had worse. I can't take a shower because dad's still bleeding out.
Even in death he troubles me. I take a bucket that was under the sink and fill it up with water. I stood over monster my feet on different sides of the tub. I dunk the water on me and scrub. I use a dirty towle to dry me and put my shirt back on. I walk to the kitchen, open a cupboard and make some noodles. There's only half a packet left. I'll worry about food later. I've always been worrying if I survive, I just want to rest with my freedom. Nevertheless, i finally ate some food,I felt clean and warm. I watch some TV to pass the time,I think I watched for hours before I actually felt asleep.

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I woke up .Hungry. So hungry.Food. Food is all I need. I could barely move. Everything hurt. I still had a knife so I could cut something but all I ever ate was noodles. I got up to check the cupboard, there was nothing. How could all of your food be gone. I can't go up the stairs,I don't have enough strength and I don't have money. I can't go to the lady or old man. They're both dead. All I saw was beer but I've never had beer. Mum said that I should never drink beer or I'll become like Monster;so I don't drink it. I get a cup and drink water. I turn on the TV and ignore my stomach. I hope that a rat or something comes down here. I sleep to persevere my hunger.

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I barley was up. Dam. Life sucks. Mum said when she was younger her mum didn't feed her a lot to be skinny. That's why mum was always called pretty.  Never for her face. Just her body. Monster said all she was good for was her body. I disagree. She was a good listener and a great protector. She said pretty people never ate,then she called monster an ugly pig when he wasn't home. Even now mum was skinny.

Monster ate meat and drank beer. He wasn't fat but he wasn't skinny. And mum always said that your had to eat meat drained. I might be sick or I might save myself. I got up and crawl over towards the knife. I grab it and go up to monster,his body stuffed in the tub. All the colour fell from his face and he seemed to have lost some weight,but he still had meat on him. I knew that monster had eaten steak before but I have no idea what body part steak is. On TV I saw people eat chicken ,thighs,wings and legs. Monster did have legs and thighs so that's what I'll be eating. He worked out a lot so his calfs were thick and muscular. I didn't have much strength but the body was already starting to fall apart. I placed the blade facing up,next to his ankle. I moved upwards keeping his leg in place. Not surprisingly, the knife was sharp so force wasn't an issue.

The slab of meat felt weird in my hand. I didn't feel bad for cutting monster,he'd done worse to us. No to mention I wasn't touring him,he was already dead. We had a kettle and a stove. Usually on TV people had an oven to put meat into,we didn't have that. I saw someone boil chicken, but they were making dog food. Well they said human could eat it to. I look for a single pot that I found in the corner of the room. I cleaned it with water and put the calf in. I filled it with water and put a cover on the top,then I put it on the stove. How do you turn on a stove? I press all the buttons but that did nothing; so that meant I had to turn them. I turn all of them and I saw fire come out. This is my first time seeing real fire,it was blue but that didn't matter. I looked at it for a while,but it was getting to hot in the room for I turned of all the fire exept the one under the pot.

I go turn on the TV and watch it for a while. I think I forgot I was cooking because the pot made a weird sound so I turn around and see water spilling out of the pot. I turn of the stove and wait for the pot to cool down. After 10 minutes I pull of the chunk of meat and look at it. It was pink and slimy, the side with skin felt smooth but a bit hairy. I've never eaten hair before. It looks disgusting but I have nothing else. And I couldn't cut up mum,she deserves peace. I bite into the meat,it's chewy and fleshy. I don't know how to describe it. It's like a slug that rolled around in hair boiled in your mouth. Not appetising but I cant do better. I just worry for what I'm going to eat tomorrow.