Here Without You

Fun-eral

Her hands moved through the black fabric. A perfect combination of a modern leather belt perfect for a casual evening.

Only problem? It was not a social event. It was work.

Sabrina walked down the mortuary's stairs and into the kitchen where she found both of her aunts. She looked around confused as she noticed something, someone was missing. "Where's Ambrose?" She asked as she walked closer to her aunts.

Zelda was applying her lipstick with the help of a hand mirror. She looked ravishing in a tight black dress that felt just on top her mid tights.

Hilda, in other hand, was placing pastries into a decorative tray. She moved the food carefully as some of them were hot. She was the only one of the two sisters who truly looked sad. After all, they were getting ready for a funeral.

"He's placing the body in the chapel. We must be ready, the services will start soon and all Greendale is coming." Zelda replied as she fixed her hair using the same mirror.

"Oh, don't call him that! Ambrose is placing Captain Carter in the chapel. He had a name, Zelds, Captain Carter!" Hilda said as she finished placing the pastries on the tray. She shared the same feeling as Sabrina. Luke Carter was a man taken too soon from them.

"Please, sister. He's just another body that came and go! The real names we should remember are the customer's names!" Zelda replied as she stood up from the table after being satisfied with her looks. She couldn't care less about some young man who died training for the armed forces. She had the whole town, literally, coming to her business! It smelled like dollar bills everywhere.

"I think it's a really sad case, auntie Zee. We should be more sensitive. A lot of people seemed to loved him." Sabrina said as she started playing with her fingers. She wasn't big on the sympathy card either but in this case, it was different.

"Really? People like that Sergeant Scratch?" Zelda asked. It was like she could read Sabrina like her morning newspaper. With a slight smirk on her face and a risen eyebrow, she made her niece blush from a mile away.

"Who is Sergeant Scratch?" Hilda asked confused. She didn't interacted with clients either. She didn't even worked at the mortuary, not really. She had a bakery just in the heart of Greendale where she worked most of the day but sometimes, she helped her family with their business.

"A dashing looking young man, part of the force. He came here yesterday to deliver Captain Carter's clothes for the service. He and Sabrina seemed to hit it off." Zelda replied still looking at her niece. Her eyes felt like knifes stabbing Sabrina again and again.

"It was not like that!" The moonlight haired young woman said. "He came here for the same reason everyone comes. We talked, he seemed very frustrated by the situation. He seems... he seems like a good person."

"Good person? Darling, he's a man!" Zelda replied making her niece scoff. "However, he's still very handsome don't you think?"

Sabrina couldn't help it. Ever since she saw Sergeant Scratch disappear from her front porch, the image of her perfectly crafted face haven't left her mind. The way that their fingers danced with each other the second that they touched. His eyes, so full of mystery. Sabrina had always been drawn to darkness, her job could prove that and Sergeant Scratch was definitely doing a magic effect on her.

"I guess." Sabrina said. It was more like a mumble. She didn't want to admit it. She wanted to deny that this mysterious man was something she wanted to know. "But it doesn't matter. Like I said, I'm done with that part of my life, at least for now. Also, I don't even know him!"

"You don't have to know a man to have a good time." Zelda replied, still with the smirk on her face. She knew her way around men. She only wishes that the rest of females in her family would do the same.