The Picture Book Café

Comfort

Teresa clicked yet another episode of Angel Eyes, she couldn't get enough of the Korean Drama. Just as the sbs age rating came on screen the player turned black. Her eyes darted to the internet connectivity bar where a subtle little yellow triangle displayed itself. Someone had turned the wifi off, someone like her mother.

Teresa scoffed reaching for a thick book from the bookshelf next to her bed. She was never leaving the comfort of her bed. As she opened the book directly in the middle were she was left off, she shivered in excitement. The smell of paper was intoxicating. Her eyes began to dive into the words and she was transported through time and space into a different era. Through reading she could be anything she wanted to be. An archer in enchanted woods, a teen mystery investigator or even a genetically modified humanoid. Her wildest dreams lay in the contents of a page. At least they had before the book was violently taken away from her. She looked up to meet her mother's furious eyes. "Go outside!" Her mother demanded, pointing towards the window. Teresa cocked her head to the side "So I should jump out the window?" Teresa knew she had crossed the line and ran for it.

Teresa knocked on her friends front door. Charlotte opened the front door, her smile wide, that was until she saw that it was only Teresa. "Oh, Terry, it's you." Terry made a noise of offence putting a hand by her heart "Well I never! You almost look disappointed to see me!" Terry proclaimed. Charlotte motioned for her friend to come in, only when Charlotte had turned around did Terry notice her dirty blonde hair wasn't tied up in a bun. As Terry looked closer she noticed that Charlotte was wearing make-up and had gone as far as wearing a dress. "Eh? Lotte, why do you look all fancy?" Terry inquired with interest. Her friend could usually be seen lurking in "The Bat Cave" (Her basement) in sweats and an over sized black sweater. Why? "Because I'm Batman!" she would usually state. "Oi! Batman! Why you so fancy!?" Charlotte finally took notice of her friends question. "Because Garath is visiting." Terry nearly choked on oxygen. "No way! Lotte's got a date with Garth!"
Terry called Garath Garth due to the fact when Charlotte first met him her retainer made her unable to speak properly to is stead of saying Garath, she accidentally said Garth.
Charlotte spinner around on her heel, and began pushing her friend towards the door.

"Out!" she commanded.
"At least tell me how it happened"
"Get your ass off my property Terry!"
"LOTTE AND GARTH SITTING IN A TREE K-I-S-S-I-N-OUCH!"

Terry's face collided with the gravel outside Charlotte's front door. She needed something else to do, like a job.

She decided that was exactly what she was going to do