Devil's Day

    The day could put an oven to shame. Time seemed to be in a coma. The TZA campus was still asleep. A young woman sat on the steps of the white elegant Clover House. She was surrounded by boxes of her belongings. A couple of friends went to go retrieve a truck to help her move her things to Animal House. The woman's heavy plum silk kimono wasn't helping either. If only she chose a baby doll dress to wear today. But the woman scratched that idea due to the pervs on campus.

    Then, a cop car drove up the dirt path road. The woman looked out. "Great," she thought. "Another pig!" The cop car stopped in front of the house. The woman watched as the car door opened. A deputy stepped out and looked around. He looked butch and big. Children would run away scared by the mere sight of him. But the woman knew better. Dirt was smarter then these guys.

    The deputy eyed the woman closely. "Hey kid!" he called out. "What are you doing here?" The woman became annoyed. "He must be new!" she thought bitterly.

    "I'm twenty-six!" the woman yelled. "What?" the deputy asked. "I'm twenty six!" the woman repeated. "I'm not a kid!" The deputy squinted hard. "Don't look like it." he said. "I know." the woman shot back.

    "Why are you here?" the deputy asked. The woman looked around at her boxes. "I'm changing dorms," she replied. "My friends went to pick up a tuck to help me move." "Oh, I see." the deputy replied. He stood straight in front of me. "The name's Noiz." the woman said. "I see." the deputy replied again. Silence passed slower than time.

    "Care to go on the roof with me?" Noiz offered. "You know, to see the view from the top." "Uh well..." the deputy began. Noiz leaned in closer. "Please!" she whispered. The deputy stood there for a moment. Then he said, "Well, all right. What hurt could it do? Besides, I'm on break right now." Noizchild's eyes lit up brightly. "Great!" she exclaimed. Then the cat woman turned to the door. "Come with me." she said. Then, Noiz headed into Clover House. The deputy just shrugged and followed her.

    Noiz and the deputy climbed up flights and flights of stairs to the roof. (They would have taken the elevator. But sadly, the lift was busted up.) Noiz managed to persuade the poof sweating deputy to piggy back her up to the top. "I wish Clover House wasn't so big." Noiz said. "Me too!" the deputy thought in misery. Lucky for him, Noiz was small enough to carried around.

    They finally made it to the top. Noizchild leapt off of the deputy's back and walked to the edge. The poor uniformed bloke stretched out his tired back and arm muscles. Once he was back together, the deputy joined her. The view below was excellent. The campus was still asleep but the buildings and lawns were like a child's toy land. The deputy was amazed but Noiz was unimpressed.

    "Tell me sir," Noizchild spoke up. The deputy looked up. "What do you see?" Noiz asked. "Land, cute little white buildings, trees, streets, and a few benches." the deputy answered. Noiz just shook her head. "You just don't see." she replied. "That's what it is on the surface, but it's really a conspiracy, corruption, lies, and crooked hierarchies. It's all just a game to my the snobs feel good about themselves. But in reality, they are just f****d up pigs who are just too ashamed of their own failures and use their so-called "high status" to get what they want and laugh at all of the little people." The deputy was confused again. "What are you talking about?" he asked. Noiz kept looking out at the land. "You don't get it, do you?" she asked. "I am referring to the bitches in the Clover House. They think they are so great! *Snort* It's all just an act!" "But, you're part of the Clover House." the deputy argued back. "Was part of the Clover House!" the cat woman corrected. "Besides, I am different!" "How?" the deputy asked. Noizchild didn't answer at first. She just looked out at the scenery below. The deputy was lost to a fault.

    Noizchild reached into her sleeve and pulled out a small bottle of sake. She began unscrewing when she felt the deputy watching her. She turned to him with the open bottle in hand and smiled. "Want some?" the woman asked. "Oh no," the deputy spoke up. "I can't drink. I go on duty in ten minutes." "Oh, bad luck." Noiz said. "Oh well, more for me." She took a sip and corked the bottle. The deputy tried to ignore her. Clearly, he didn't want to be on duty soon and want a drink as well.

    That drink loosed Noiz up some. She pulled out an open pack of gum from her sleeve, took out a stick, opened it, put it in her mouth, and began chewing. When the cat woman looked out again, she saw a dark teal truck pulling up to Clover House. Freedom from this prison pretending to be a palace. "Finally!" the cat lady thought. She tried to keep herself from snickering. The deputy caught her. "What's so funny Noiz?" he asked in concern. "You poor little puppet!" the headmistress spoke up. "You really don't get it, do you? Why do you think I'm changing dorms?" The deputy grew nervous. "What do you mean?" he asked. Noiz turned to him grinning as if she was going to eat him alive. "Well, go on." she encouraged. "Ask me. Ask me why I'm changing dorms." "I don't want to know!" the deputy exclaimed quickly. "I mean it's your business! I'll stay out of it if you like!" Noiz didn't say anything and kept grinning. The deputy felt trapped. He had no choice but to ask.

    "Well," he began. "Why are you changing dorms?" Noiz tried to resist laughing. She began to walk to the door. Before the cat woman left, she turned and said, "Fighting and using obscene language in public! Isn't that a lousy joke!" The deputy nodded weakly. "Exactly!" the headmistress snapped. Then she headed down the stairs laughing hysterically.