The Heart of Saturday Night

More into this Saturday Night.

The four old biddies came to the Sunny Plum Café. Clyde pressed her dirty hands against the glass as she pounded on it.

“’Ello!” she called. “Anybody home?” She pounded on the glass again. Pauline grabbed her by the shoulder.

“Don’t try to break it,” she said. Clyde only glanced at her and pounded on the glass again. Tucker walked to the door. He raised an eyebrow at them. Clyde grinned at him. She pointed at the door to have him let them in. Tucker unlocked the door and opened it a crack.

“What is it?” he asked.

“We’re hungry!” Clyde announced. “Can we come in?”

“Uh… we’re closed,” he said.

“Please?” Muriel asked. They all began to look sweet and sappy with puppy dog eyes at him. He tried to look away. His hand trembled.

“Alright,” he mumbled. “You can come in, but you can’t stay long.” Clyde grinned.

“Thanks,” Lewis said. The quartet happily walked inside. Tucker sighed and rolled his eyes to the ceiling.

I am going to be in so much trouble, he thought. Tucker closed the door behind them.

Liz knocked on Clover’s door. “Clover?” she whispered. “Are you awake, Clover?” The older sister kept knocking on the door. Finally, it slowly creaked open. Her younger sister walked over and rubbed her eyes.

“What is it?” she asked.

“Shhh!” Liz whispered. “Do you hear that?”

“What?” Clover asked. A sound rattling echoed through the house. Clover fully woke up and listened.

“What is that?” she asked. Liz trembled.

“It scares me,” she whispered. Clover shook her head.

“It’s probably something stuck in the fans,” she said. Liz shivered again.

“What if it’s a real ghost?” she asked.

“They don’t exist,” her sister said.

“But it’s so scary!” Liz whimpered. Clover looked on at her.

“And you want me to check it out with you?” she asked. Liz quickly grabbed her by the hands.

“Please?” she pleaded. Clover sighed aloud.

“Fine,” she said. “Hang on.” She walked back into her room. Liz breathed out in relief.

“Cheers, Clover!” she called. Her sister tried to stay pleasant.

“Right…” she mumbled under her breath.

Clyde slurped up her soup loudly. “Yum!” she said. Pauline gritted her teeth.

“Couldn’t you eat a little quieter?” she asked.

“Why?” Clyde asked.

“Do you want us to get thrown out again?” Pauline whispered.

“’Hey can’t ‘oss us out!” Clyde said. Another smack to the back of the head.

“Ow!” she snapped.

“Speak properly and keep it down,” Pauline hissed. Clyde stuck her tongue out at her.

“No,” she replied. Lewis held out her hands to stop them.

“Okay, stop it,” she said. “Not tonight.” Tucker rolled his eyes to himself.

You’ve got that right, he thought. The café was supposed to be closed by now. No one was supposed to be eating here. The lights were supposed to off and everything closed down. The café was supposed to be closed already! Tucker sighed and shook his head to himself.

Oh boy, he thought. Annie’s going to be pissed if she comes out and sees them all eating here. He sighed as the quartet kept eating up.

Liz stayed close to her sister the whole time. She grabbed on and trembled hard. Clover tried to push her off.

“Get off,” she whispered.

“But I’m scared!” her older sister cried.

“Clinging to me won’t help!” Clover whispered. “Please let go.”

“Please don’t leave me,” Liz whispered. The younger sister breathed out.

“I won’t!” she groaned. “Now can you get off?”

“Can I at least hold your hand?” Liz whimpered.

“Fine!” Clover whined. Her sister let go and held her hand. Clover shook her head. Why am I doing this?, she thought. The younger girl turned to her sister.

“I think it might be outside,” she whispered. The color from Liz’s face drained.

“W-What?” she asked.

“See, listen,” Clover said. Both sisters did so. The rattling sounded louder just outside in the small yard in the back. Clover pointed forward.

“Just out there!” she said. The younger girl raced down the hall to investigate. Liz bit on her lower lip to keep from screaming out.

“What the hell is this?!?” the old biddies heard in the café. Everyone looked up to see Annie looking evil at them. The vein in her neck began to pump.

“What is all of this?” she asked. “Go away, we’re closed!”

“But we were hungry,” Muriel complained.

“Go home and eat!” Annie snapped. “Now, get out! We’re closed!” She raced towards the old biddies to shoo them away.

“Can we at least take the food?” Lewis asked.

“No, you may not,” the owner said. “But, you can pay for it and the tea. Come on, pay up!” Muriel, Lewis, and Clyde turned to Pauline. The rich old biddy looked at them all.

“What?” she asked.

“You heard her,” Lewis said. Pauline shook her head.

“Oh no,” she said.

“Please?” Muriel pleaded. The friend quickly shook her head.

“No!” she snapped. “I am not paying for you guys again! You guys pay for it this time!”

“We can’t,” Clyde said.

“What do you mean?” the rich friend asked. Her friends laughed sheepishly. She groaned out loud.

“No money, huh?” Pauline asked. Annie folded her arms across her chest and tapped her foot.

“Well, come on!” she said. “Pay up!” Pauline sighed aloud as she threw up her hands.

“Fine,” she said. “I’m paying. How much?”

“8.25 pounds,” Annie said. Pauline tried to smile and be gracious about it.

“Alright,” she said. She gave the other woman the money. Annie still frowned at her.

“Now get out!” she snapped. The four old friends took off running as fast as they could.

Run Away!

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