Double Back

Such A Scene

Sybil starred out the window of the red Corolla, here there wasn't much to look at, it was mainly forests and farms with the occasional lake view. But after just a few minutes of chatter with Arick she decided that this was indeed the better choice, as charming as he was, it was just too awkward for them to carry out a proper conversation, she didn't want to talk much about herself before the date in fear that after all would be spilled and there would be nothing left to talk about. Arick sat in the drivers seat beside her, he drummed on the steering wheel to a song that would only be heard in his head. Every once in a while he would take a glance at the young woman beside him, her dark hair blowing in the breeze of the open window. He had never once seen her wear makeup and that wasn't problem, her face as light as it was, was perfectly preserved with not a single mark, her large green eyes stood out the most as they where perfectly encased in large, thick, black lashes, and his favorite part of her face was her nose, it was small and at the tip it appeared as if as a child, it had been flattened by a frying pan. Some people would have called it disproportionate to the rest of her face or even freakish, but Arick loved it, she wasn't one of those typical blonde girls you would see out on the street, she was perfectly original and unique, he knew that no matter how hard he tried, he could never find anyone like her.
Once they arrived in Ottawa Arick dropped Sybil off at the grand hotel in the down town. Once she had grabbed her bags out of the trunk she came up to his window, and leaned in.
"Ok I'll be here to pick you up at 7, call me if something goes wrong." Aric told her,
"Baby, nothing's gonna go wrong as long as your around." She smiled, when Aric heard this he couldn't help but smile, he grabbed her face gently, it fit perfectly into his two hands and he pulled her close, she closed her eyes awaiting her kiss but he did not kiss her lips. He kissed first her left cheek, than her right and finally her lips, so softly that if she were asleep she would not wake. Now Sybil had only kissed two men, one was her friend George in the second grade when they where playing in the courtyard during break, and the other was Chase, her beloved farm boy from 19th century Alabama. But even from her limited trials she knew, Arick was an amazing kisser, he kissed so gently but so passionately, it made her whole body tingle. She stepped onto the curb with her red bag in hand and waved bye, with the setting sun in her eyes.

Sybil spent hours getting ready for her date, she had gone shopping a bit earlier that night and had bought three dresses, and after multiple outfit changes she finally decided on one, it was a simple black dress that was tight around her, in the back it had straps that crossed her back multiple times before stopping above her butt. She had then spent hours styling her hair, up or down, maybe half way up, or was it half way down? So when Arick arrived at the hotel and took the elevator all the way up to the 18th floor, he knock on the door, when Sybil opened the door he barley even recognize her, she had done the impossible, she had become even more beautiful.
"Wow! You look... wow." He mumbled. She giggled at his words, when he stuck out his arm she grabbed it and walked down the hall.
"Hello and welcome to On The Grass, my name is Sarah and I will be your waitress for today." Said the tall brunet woman once the couple had sat down at their table. "The specials for today are turtle soup with a side of salad and the chicken ravioli."
The woman left them to make a decision, most of the stuff on the menu was strange to Sybil so she decided just to go with the turtle soup.
"So you said this is your friends Claire's restaurant. How did you two meet?" She began the conversation.
"Well it's kinda a long story, but to sum it up, we went to the same university in Toronto, one night at some party her boyfriend Kwai was being a god awful dick and so I stepped in to help."
"How did you help?"
"Ok fine I slept with her, but it was just once and it was because she was mad at her boyfriend. But I promise nothing bad happened, in fact she's married to the guy now, has three kids."
"Hum, and are most of your problems resolved with sex?" She asked sarcastically.
"No but baby all of yours will be." Sybil laughed so hard that water began to come out of her nose, she couldn't tell if he was serious or if he was joking but either way, it was hilarious.
When the turtle soup came so did this mysterious Claire, she had short blonde hair that had been cut into a pixie cut, her blue eyes where framed in black glasses that she occasionally had to push higher up onto her nose.
"Hey! It's Arick!" She screamed when she approached the table, "and this must be darling Sybil, enchanter" she said extending her hand.
She grabbed herself a seat and joined them at the table without invitation, Claire was a charming woman, but she rattled on about things Sybil did not understand for hours, she had this facial expressions that she used just before she told a joke that made her look as if she was 13 again.
"So Sybil where abouts are you from?" Claire asked.
"Oh I'm from England, but I was recently staying in Alabama for around a month."
"In Alabama you say? That's where my family is from, Louisville actually." Claire told her.
"Oh my god that's exactly where I was staying."
"Ya, my family lived there for a long time, they got there around 1802, at first they lived in a great big white house and then my great, great, great grandfather and his wife moved into the town."
"Oh, cool. Do you by any chance know their name?" Sybil asked.
" I believe his name was Chantler, or maybe Chester.. Wait no I think it was Chase, and you'll find this cool to hear, his wife's name was Sybil too. "
"Well isn't that amazing." Sybil said in a sarcastic tone.
"Well I better get back to the kitchen, it was nice to meet you." Claire said as she grabbed her hand and gave it a firm shake. Sybil dropped to the ground, she felt a shock travel through her body coming from her hand, she coughed and it came up blood, as she closed her eyes she could see the horror on Claire and Arick's faces, a scream escaped Claire's lips as Arick tried to hold her, then everything went black.