"Humorous Blood" by Amy Williams

Humorous Blood

I sat there people watching, my eyes darting lazily from one face to another…not bothering to retain their features before moving onto the next. The city was teeming with humanity, cars streaming down the blackened roads. It was an average evening for me, inhaling the robust aromas of coffee and steam as the soft sounds of jazz floated through the dimly lit café. Sighing lightly, I drew another sip of espresso.

More people meandered by. Some chattered away on cell phones, debating heavily with wild eyes. Others simply walked… minds everywhere besides where they were. But isn’t that true of all beings? Our minds are always wandering away while our body stays imprisoned. That’s probably the only thing that these beings of emotion and flesh have in common with a creature of the night such as I…we are all alone and chronically bored. Boredom, not a common ailment of a creature who had an eternity to experience.

All of a sudden the door swung open and two darkly clad figures strode in and sat smoothly down in the seats across form me. Startled out of my monotonous funk I blinked confusedly at the two blackened forms. The taller of the two grabbed my coffee and took a teasing sip. The other snatched the cup with a silent chuckle and gulped down the last precious drops of the caffeine enhanced liquid and tossed the paper cup into the trash. A smile crept upon my sullen face as I shot them both a false look of annoyance.

"Salutations my friends." I mused as I stood and embraced them both gratefully. "How did you two know that I was so miserable?"

Jameson only smiled and turned his powerful gaze upon me.

"Come now Felicia, you of all people should know that the mind screams when its in pain. You should put your poor mind out of its misery before it suffers anymore." We both chuckled.

"Thanks Jameson, I’ll remember that the next time you come to me for intellectual wisdom and conversation."

"So…" Dominique began, mouth bent in an exaggerated grin. "What have you been doing all night? We’ve been looking all over for you! Hey, you missed it! We had your favorite…Italian." Her dark eyes sparkled with subtle hints of amethyst as she spoke, her feline pupils dilating in the shadows.

"Oh, I have been doing absolutely nothing all night…save pondering the meaning of existence…" I snickered lightly. "And you guys know how bored I have to be to be dwelling on that. Somehow though, I found myself at this stupid café again where I stick out like a sore thumb and the people are all darning pastels…"

"It could be the spike collar and leather trench coat." Jameson interjected, dripping with humorous sarcasm.

"Shut up you. Anyway, how could you have eaten without me? You both know how much I adore Italian…"

‘D’ simply grinned and started towards the door, taking Jameson by the shoulder.

"Who said that we had our main course yet? Who cares if we broke our reservation…reservations don’t mean much to us anyway."

I grinned deviously and tossed and dollar onto the polished wood table.

"You know my friends, I am feeling rather peckish."