Line Friends

> Charlie's Brownies is a popular treat in Royal woods during the summer.
> You would imagine Brownies not being the best treat during the summer but Charlie sold during this time of the year.
> So you get it when you can.
> Gwen had been standing in line for over an hour and it seemed like the line was going to take even longer.
> "These Brownies be worth all this weight."
> "They are." She turned meet an older girl with a weird blue dye in her hair, kinda looke like a smurf blew a load in it. "I've had them every summer and they are alway worth it. Just gotta beat the heat in the mean time."
> She noticed the older girl enjoying a lime popsicle.
> "Yeah, well we dont all have popsicles on us." Gwen turned back to the line, only to feel something cold next to her face.
> The Blue Streaked girl was handing her the popsicle.
> "You want some?"
> "What? No. You just had that in your mouth, I'm not sucking on your backwash."
> "C'mon I don't have cooties. I don't even have salmonella."
> "I dont know what that is?
> "Then you wont know even know if I have it. So whats the harm?"
> Number 1 rule you learn as a kid in suburbs or anywhere that gave a damn was not to take food from strangers.
> But Gwen was itching for something to cool her off. And this girl didn't look like Stranger Danger.
> So fuck it. She took the popiscle. Enjoying the nice lime green flavor of it.
> "Names Lina by the way."
> "I don't remember asking your name?"
> "Well you're sucking on my spit right now, so I thought it be rude not to know who it's from."
> The line was slow goings. Now that Gwen had indirectly traded spit with this Lina girl they started shooting the shit just to kill time.
> "You're a musician?"
> "Yeah I play guitar, occasionally the bass."
> "Isn't that like the same instrument."
> "Hahaha, oh it's funny that you think that. Not even close. You play the guitar to make some noise, You play Bass is to set the mood."
> Gwen didn't know jack shit about music, she could only take her word for it?
> "You play?"
> "Nah, I can make people sing though." Like last week when she twisted this one kid's arm, he screamed so hard that only dogs could hear him.
> "Aw you're a little toughy arent ya."
> "Do ya' talk to everyone like that?"
> "Only when they think their hot shit. So I come in for a reality check."
> "Yeah I'm sure they appreciate it."
> "Not always, but then you meet the best characters when you poke at em'. Like this one girl I know through a friend. We can go at it for hours, she digs deep and twists the knife. It's fantastic."
> "You know, I'm starting to think your one of folks who likes fucking with people."
> "Nah I'm all sunshine and unicorn farts." She laughed at her own joke. Gwen chuckled a little at it too. "Hey, how many people do you think would buy a perfume called unicorn farts?"
> "Mostly people with weird tastes."
> They were nearly there. just a few people away.
> "So you into Godzilla." Lina looked at her shirt for a second.
> "Well kinda, This was a gift from a friends sister."
> "Boyfriend?"
> "What! No!"
> "Girlfriend?"
> "No. Just... friend." Gwen couldn't help but notice how sad she got just then but wasn't gonna press on someones personal business.
> "Forget I said anything."
> "Already forget. By the way, you're next." She pointed to truck and there was only one guy left.
> As soon as she left she ran up to the truck.
> And then she saw the Closed Sign.
> "Hey" She hit the truck."What the hell, I've been waiting all day to get a stickin' brownie!"
> "Sorry kid, the last guy bought all the rest of the brownies. Cleaned us out for today. Try tomorrow." They closed the door on her and wave groans went down the rest of the line.
> "This is such bullshit."
> "Don't worry." Lina put a hand on her shoulder. "I got an idea."
> She walked her over to the last guy who bought Brownies, the dude had three bags full of them.
> Lina walked right up to him.
> "B'scuse me, sir. My Lil' friend here was waiting in line for a while to get some of those brownies you mind sharing of them, we'll pay you for it?"
> He looked at both of the girls for a moment.
> "Nah."
> "Be a reasonable dude."
> "What part of Nah didn't you little brats understand. These are my brownies and I'm gonna eat them." Gwen was about ready to punch this ass in the dick. But Lina put a hand on her head.
> "Don't stress. You just gotta take the path of least resistance."
> She walked up to the guy again.
> "Now what?"
> "Look, we waited just as long as you did. And we tried being nice, but if you don't give me and my friend a brownie. It's gonna get ugly."
> "What? You gonna hit me with you tiny little fists?"
> "No. Of course not. That what the skateboards for." In one swift motion, she slammed her board into the side of his knee. Taking one of the bags and throwing another to Gwen. "Book it!"
> Running in the summer was bad combination especially when your being chased after assaulting a man.
> But luckily the guy had thick legs so he didn't last long and they managed to make it to a park.
> "I can't believe you did that?"
> "What?" Lina was still catching her breath. "I left him a bag."
> "Do you do that often?"
> "Only when I need too. Or when someone earns it."
> "You think he'll call the cops?"
> "Over brownies?"
> "I've heard of stupider reasons." You call a teacher a bitch once and apparently you're a troubled child.
> "Fair point, we should probably stay low for a bit. Keep off the streets less he seeks vengeance." They got a chuckle out of that.
> "You're alright."
> "You too Gwen. Take it easy." With that, the blue-streaked girl hopped on her board and rode off.
> Gwen kinda liked that girl, she was kinda crazy, but she knew her share of psychos.
> But for now she could at least enjoy some brownies.
> She pulled one out and plopped it in her mouth. Then immediately spat it out.
> "Augh, why didn't anyone tell me these had nuts in them?"