Strange Soul

Our Dinner

After I had read over and signed the contract, we decided to go out for dinner to celebrate my new job. I had suggested going to the new pub that just opened down the street. Lily agreed and got ready to go and I sat down on coach with a sigh of contentment. Maybe this time I'll fit in. No, I know I'll fit in because before this the only people that understood this was my mother, and brother. It was my mothers side of my family that came from monsters.

Lily came out of her room with new clothes on and her ever frizzy hair brushed. "I'm ready, let's go."

"Kay." I say as I got up with a grunt and walked to the door. Opening it and gesturing out toward the hallway. "Ladies first." Lily looked at me strangely and walked out. I followed her out the door and locked it before turning around and walking to the elevator with Lily.

We had decided to walk to the pub because it was still light and we weren't going to stay long. Walking down the street we talked about tons of random stuff until we got to the pub with the name 'Grillby's' in bright neon lights. I again opened the door for Lily and I stepped in after. "Heh the website wasn't kidding when it said that it was a mostly monster restaurant" I said when inside the pleasantly warm room with a crowd of monsters congregating around tables on the left side of the room and in the booths on the right wall.

" Yea, I hope I'm allowed in." Lily said, looking nervous as we sat at the bar.

"The website didn't say anything about this place being monsters only," I said looking at the bartender and winked at him, "Hey Lil don't you think the owner is pretty hot." She glared at me and groaned at my obvious
pun. The fire monster behind the bar came over and asked what we wanted.

"I'll have a burger and do you happen to have milk?" Lily asked and Grillby answered with a nod. "Great I'll have that then too."

"I'll have a burger and your best beer." I said, ah being twenty-four is great mostly because I could drink legally. Lily looked over at me with her infamous glare. "What?"

"Are you really going to have beer when you have to start your new job tomorrow?"

"Pfft it's not like I'm planning to get drunk, besides one beer won't even give me a buzz." I look back at her as Grillby brought our food and drinks. "Before you start eating your food Lil, have you ever had monster food before."

" I don't believe so." She said looking at her food.

" I think you would've remembered if you've had, just don't be surprised when you eat it." I say taking a huge bite out of the burger and letting it slowly melt away into magic and having it be absorbed into my body. I turn to face and gauge Lilly's reaction, her eyes were wide with surprise and fascination.

"So monster food is magic that is absorbed in the mouth unlike human food which is organic material that is digested for energy," She says thoughtfully and picks her glass of milk up to her mouth, " Interesting."

"Hm hmm, oh that's right I still have to call my parents to tell them I got the job," I say quickly getting up, " I'll be right back, I'm going to call them outside."

"Hurry back" Lily answers as I hurry out of the pub. Once outside I took out my phone but before I could unlock it a gruff looking man came from the alley one building to the left of me and another man that was a bit smaller came from the opposite of the other.

" Hey you, Miss angel wings" one of the men shouted with a scratchy voice, " seems like it's a bit too late in day for a pretty girl like you to be out and about."

"I don't think she deserves our hospitality though cause she looks like one of them monsters," The second one says to the taller first, " Doesn't she."