The wind was a raspy breath against melanies face, as she skidded on the icy track like a bad Michael Jackson impressionist Bashfully, the sun smote her eyes with its judo striking waves and then i heard the sound .The helter skelter of the vibrations hit her ears she stared upwards from her spaghetti showered shoelaces,and was a slave to the sound. Most definitely a trumpet sounding noise shook me to stop in her icy tracks ..it was eery and loud and almost made the clanging of the gate of the house sound like clashing cymbals.There was something unsettling about it that made her clockwork heart almost stop in time.
Motionlessly, the world was in a' freeze frame' as Miss Abrams describes vividly in dramatic gestures in her dramatic drama lessons. But this was most surely not a 'freeze frame' because in that minimalistic second Melanie a Christian was surely in preparation for the rapture.
"Are you okay " Stylan piped up from the black Mercedes car that Melanie had even forgotten was there."You look like a zombie in the walking dead,look Melanie if your in your period you need to snap our of it and just get in the car for goodness sakes".
Astonished Melanie took in her surroundings and saw everything for how it was there was the abandoned old vintage shop called Audrey's boutique across the road.The old flapper dresses were sparkling and embroidered with rhinestones.As it did on the frozen mannequins,frozen because they were mannequins and everything was perfectly normal.There was a queue to get on the 349 bus which was worming its way silently down the road and people were throwing curses at the earlier one that had jetted past the bus stop.And the buttery smell of chips was whizzing past Melanies nostrils as she took a whif of the breakfast being served in Gins cafe.As usual.Nothing weird.
Except everyone was consumed in a world of their own.No one had heard he sounds heart rendering sound that she had heard.
I'm going mad okay,time to go to the nearest mental asylum,school She thought.
But just as she was about to swing her heavy suitcase into the boot of the car that looked like some special shuttle that could be used by nasa.
A nasally sound could be heard from up above.It was the twins.Evangeline and Robyn.Robyn with her Birdlike features and eyes that never missed a thing.Had a neck that was Bent over the window frames like a crane. Besides her was Evangeline who had a green face mask on that was sliding of her face like tears.Her towel that was wrapped around her wet hair was getting caught by the old tree house by the house.
"Yeah,woo hoo pig face over here".Evangeline said her voice sounding like popping bubble gum " Make sure that,that wretched cat better not have left any of its hairballs In the bath. I swear if you do I'll personally make sure they imprison you in that school of yours".Then her green faced perked up into the most fakes the smile when she saw Mrs Clentons " Oh hi,miss C loving your new line, I betcha I'll get wanna of your latest soon,eh".
Mrs Clentons tight lippedly stared down at her phone and then began to dial a number on her phone,and entered the car.Closing up the windows.
"Whatever,Stylan you heard".Evangeline whipped of her hair towel and it nearly tugged clumps of her hair out which got stuck to a branch.She shrieked back in pain.
The Jenkins household which was number 28 on Baily road,in London was in uproar.The garbage bins seemed to be vomiting up gun's of green as flesh whizzed around them.And inside was the sound of that a crime scene was going on.But even their neighbour Old lady Hilton simply threw them a curious look as she came back with her grocery shopping,threw a lump ogres bread at the birds in her garden,and shut the front door.
The most esteemed looking figure hat looked like someone who was just hired to run the pub in eastenders now was standing by the doorway.Mrs Saffron Ophelia Jenkins was smoking on a cigar that was making tar rain down on her bath robe crisply.Speaking the bathrobe it was meant to be an old vintage one from the store across the road,but i suspect the woman was kidding herself if she got the muskets robe from a vintage boutique.
"NOW,WHERE DO YOU THINK YOUR GOING MISSUS!!".Sophia voice was a wheezing drone that sounded like a weird instrument used to summon demons in dungeons and dragons.
"To school".I squeaked back closing the boot of the car loudly to fill up the silence.Why did she always have to pause so melodramatically after spreading their news to the entire neighbourhood.Like it was some soap drama.
Which was quite ironic as Saffron was a retired actress that apparently used to start in the show Southenders,ever heard of it.I hadn't either.Yep she got her part by being the part.
Her Cockley accent was trying to wiggle out from underneath the cigarette butt and the inhaling of fumes.And her fake posh accent.
"Didn't ya here what i said the first time,eh your ear need a bit of fine dandy tuning.I said where do you think your going?".She enunciated her mouth moving as if her face was hands that were tugging on a rubber band.
"EH".Stylan added,either a sly smirk on her face as she now went down from the roof of the car to sit back again to her black furry pillows.
Mrs Jenkins just gave her a lop sided look that nearly made her bath pink bath cap fall of and made her look comical.
She turned to Mrs Clentons,swiped the cigarette from her mouth and threw it near the garbage bins.It missed and would possibly cause a fire later which would be put out by cat pee.As ,Mr Kat is just the hero these days.
"Stylan wanted me to be the one to drop of Melanie to school.So I'm doing you and your credit cards a favour".Mrs Clentons said lifting up her sunglasses and looking the eptimome of chic with furry jacket that had a badge on it that said " going once,going twice,going vegan on it".And of course one of her timeless Clentons Class shoes from her winter line.
"Yes whatever.She can take the bus to Victoria then the train to that school of ers' like she always does".Mrs Jenkins said raising her narrow brows at melwnie like she was trash and then looking as if she got hit in the face when she saw Caidance Clentons metallic face."Of course save ya from having to stop to get air freshener for the car along the way".
Her blonde sleek hair that went down to her waist was now being covered in snowflakes and making her look more and more like an ice queen.
"My show line goes international at 10 today and I'm doing this.This is just on the checklist for me so be thankful that you don't have to get all pampered up with tescos latest like your daughters.And have a good day,Saffron".
"Caidance"Saffron gnarled back".Your shoes are pinchy and you".
She turned to Melanie with eyes bloodshot that made her look like a bull frog all of a sudden,I.Melanie noticed there was something else in her hand.It was a purse " Here's a couple of quid for to get you through the term, you want more and insides the address to your Aunt Darlington."
Melanies head spun as she thought of that aunt of hers that owned a run down theatre.Saffron really was deserting her.The lady almost read her mind when she added,cruelly.
"Anything special ask her.I ain't nothing to do with ya,she's your business now.Enjoy your year in Withersmare Mel girl".
Something snapped within melanie.Every term starts the same with her but not every term will.She looked up at the tree house the old tree house that has survived seasons of change.And looked back at her greying,withered face"I will happily."She said and saw her brows furrow in confusion,then said in a whimsical voice " because it's none of your business."
She hopped into the car leaving the flamboyant peacock lady with a jaw nearly touching her second neck roll.And even left the sounds of screaming between Robyn and Evangeline upstairs.Through a dark room she could see the TV bright as Shawn the Sheppard's bush tart was seen watching the football game,and was disinterested in anything else as usual.And lastly Mr kat jumped from the cobbled pavement and into my arms.As she shut the door with a quietly,making snow fall of the hood of the car.
"We're gonna have a good term without them Mr Kat I promise,it would be simply magical".
