Restless Hearts, chapter 4
Great expectations, everybody's watching you.
"So, you want to come to my house again?" Billie Joe asked me while we walked to the next class.
"I can't today, I'm unpacking everything."
"Oh, I understand that, I guess," he replied.
"Thanks Billie, you're really understanding," I smiled while I pecked his lips lightly. I walked away as I saw him touch his hand to his lips. I walked to my next class smiling.
***
"Ok Zuzanna, just unpack the living room and your room, then we'll be done," my father said to me, of course he said to me in polish but I want the readers to understand and not yell at me.
"Ok papa, that sounds good," I said simply. My mom was out with a person from her work because she was lazy.
"Um Zuzanna, how do you feel about replacing Rapheal?" he asked me. I just looked at him in shock on how casually he brought it up. Rapheal was my Bermuda Python that died when I was in Juvie and we were somehow really close.
"Um, that sounds really good Papa, can we go today?" I asked with big eyes.
"Sure sweetie, after we're done with this."
We were done with unpacking in two hours, it was sort of surprising on how my bed was already starting to feel nice enough to sleep on.
"Ok, let's go to the pet shop for all of that goodie stuff for your new snake," he said to me. I just smiled and followed my papa to the car.
We arrived at the pet store and I could instantly tell where the snakes were. I walked casually by there and there was somebody there holding a snake, she seemed cool enough so I'll just leave her alone.
I looked in the glass case and saw a snake just laying in the water bowl, he was the one I wanted, I could feel it. He kinda of looked at me and then got out of the water bowl and rubbed his underbelly on the glass, as if he wanted to get out.
"Excuse me miss, may I see this snake?" I asked her. She nodded while unlocking the case and I grabbed the snake. He was very antsty and climbed around my hand into a little ball.
"That's the reason they're called Ball Pythons," she said to me. I nodded and smiled while he seemed content and decided to stay there. I smiled while my dad came back to me, carrying a case that had everything I need, even a warming pad. I smiled and we got him. We got into the car with him still in a tight ball around my hand.
"You think he could be dangerous?" he asked me.
"If he's anything like Rapheal, he's harmless."
"What are you gonna name him?"
"Zimba sounds like a good name."
"Hmm, interesting."
"Don't sound excited or anything papa," I laughed. He chuckled while he ruffled my hair.
"You look so much like your brother you know that?" he asked me. I smiled at him and fixed my hair. My brother stayed back in Poland since he and his band had been touring and making new albums.
"Ok well, I'm going up to my room and get Zimba settled in."
"Fine, have fun with that!"
I laughed while I set up Zimba's case for him to be comfortable him. He finally uncoiled himself from my hand and went under his corner house. I smiled and decided to put on some music and practice my belly dancing. But for some reason I felt like I was being watched, but then I just shook it off.
***
I walked around my house for a bit until Mike and Tré were finally here. I was bored out of my mind and since Zuzanna wasn't here, I felt kind of empty.
"What's up Billah Boy?" Tré kidded around. I just rolled my eyes and flopped on the couch. The guys and I drank and watched TV for about an hour before Mike spoke up.
"Let's do something!" he yelled.
"Like what?" I asked.
"I don't know, the Gilman is getting boring."
"I know, it's so routine now."
"Wow, weird."
"What?"
"That's what I said to Zuzanna at lunch."
"Yeah what's with Zuzanna, she seems interesting," Tré said.
"She's Polish, she went to Juvie Hall for six months because she was carrying a knife at school. She's got beautiful white hair. She's got this weird thing with her tongue," Mike said.
"What? What about her tongue?" I asked.
"Oh, she did this weird surgery thing to her tongue done, it looks cool honestly," he said.
"Let's go spy on her," Tré said.
"Why?" I asked.
"Duh dude! It's a girl, in her house, a very hot girl, and dude, she belly dances!"
"What's belly dancing got to do with anything?" I asked.
"Billie Joe, sometimes you're clueless sometimes, come on! I saw some of the little thing that vines climb up on beside her house, we'll climb up those," Mike said.
"Ugh, fine, whatever!"
We got to Zuzanna's house and climbed up the vine things and found her putting a snake in a case. Then she took off her shirt so she was in some kind of sports bra thing. Tré and Mike were quite obviously turned on, wait a moment, didn't they have girlfriends?
Zuzanna put on her music and started to practice, then apparently she did something wrong and yelled something in polish.
"OK, calm down," she said to herself as she restarted the tape. It looked wonderful; she did it gracefully as she practiced more and more until her body glistened with sweat.
"Wow, it is hot Zimba," she said, who was Zimba?
She opened the window and just looked at us like we were crazy. We all tried to be innocent but she just laughed.
"Did you enjoy the performance?" she asked us. We just kind of looked like we didn't know what she was talking about.
"Usually if you want to see me, you ring the doorbell, if you wanted to see me practice, you could've just asked you know?"
"Well we would've but then you wouldn't have looked like that in front of us," Tré said. Ugh! Why couldn't be just a little more discreet about it!?
"Um, yeah I would've, trust me, in Poland, this is normal attire, now get in here so you don't hurt your hands," she smiled while we clambered through the window.
"So you people in Poland don't mind walking around like that?" Mike asked. Zuzanna shook her head.
"Mike, we have nude beaches in Poland, I don't think people mind this," she laughed.
"You do?" Tré asked while looking excited.
"Um, yeah, we do in fact," she laughed again.
"I heard you talk to someone named Zimba, who's Zimba?" I asked.
"Oh, my new snake," she smiled while pointing at her snake.
"Um, cool, whatever then," I simply said.
"Hey, what's this book?" Mike asked while picking up a book with a dragon the cover.
"It's my book," she said.
"No dip, it's in your room," he snorted.
"No Mike, I mean it's my book, look at the author," she laughed. We all looked at the cover and by a weird polish word on it, it said 'Zuzanna Roboliski.'
"Hmm, how much did you make off of it?" he asked.
"Quite a bit actually," she said.
"Zuzanna dear, are you decent?" her father said while knocking on the door.
"Yes papa, I am!" she smiled while her father and mother came in, looking abnormally happy.
"Zuzanna dear, we have wonderful news," her mother said to her.
"Um, what is it?" Zuz asked.
"Wy dostajecie się otrzymujący!" her father said. Apparently they thought this was good news, but Zuz thought differently.
"What? How could you do that!? Once I get settled in this country so quickly and start to like someone, you get me a husband without me asking!?" she yelled.
Wait, what? Lil' Zuz is getting... married?!
"So, you want to come to my house again?" Billie Joe asked me while we walked to the next class.
"I can't today, I'm unpacking everything."
"Oh, I understand that, I guess," he replied.
"Thanks Billie, you're really understanding," I smiled while I pecked his lips lightly. I walked away as I saw him touch his hand to his lips. I walked to my next class smiling.
***
"Ok Zuzanna, just unpack the living room and your room, then we'll be done," my father said to me, of course he said to me in polish but I want the readers to understand and not yell at me.
"Ok papa, that sounds good," I said simply. My mom was out with a person from her work because she was lazy.
"Um Zuzanna, how do you feel about replacing Rapheal?" he asked me. I just looked at him in shock on how casually he brought it up. Rapheal was my Bermuda Python that died when I was in Juvie and we were somehow really close.
"Um, that sounds really good Papa, can we go today?" I asked with big eyes.
"Sure sweetie, after we're done with this."
We were done with unpacking in two hours, it was sort of surprising on how my bed was already starting to feel nice enough to sleep on.
"Ok, let's go to the pet shop for all of that goodie stuff for your new snake," he said to me. I just smiled and followed my papa to the car.
We arrived at the pet store and I could instantly tell where the snakes were. I walked casually by there and there was somebody there holding a snake, she seemed cool enough so I'll just leave her alone.
I looked in the glass case and saw a snake just laying in the water bowl, he was the one I wanted, I could feel it. He kinda of looked at me and then got out of the water bowl and rubbed his underbelly on the glass, as if he wanted to get out.
"Excuse me miss, may I see this snake?" I asked her. She nodded while unlocking the case and I grabbed the snake. He was very antsty and climbed around my hand into a little ball.
"That's the reason they're called Ball Pythons," she said to me. I nodded and smiled while he seemed content and decided to stay there. I smiled while my dad came back to me, carrying a case that had everything I need, even a warming pad. I smiled and we got him. We got into the car with him still in a tight ball around my hand.
"You think he could be dangerous?" he asked me.
"If he's anything like Rapheal, he's harmless."
"What are you gonna name him?"
"Zimba sounds like a good name."
"Hmm, interesting."
"Don't sound excited or anything papa," I laughed. He chuckled while he ruffled my hair.
"You look so much like your brother you know that?" he asked me. I smiled at him and fixed my hair. My brother stayed back in Poland since he and his band had been touring and making new albums.
"Ok well, I'm going up to my room and get Zimba settled in."
"Fine, have fun with that!"
I laughed while I set up Zimba's case for him to be comfortable him. He finally uncoiled himself from my hand and went under his corner house. I smiled and decided to put on some music and practice my belly dancing. But for some reason I felt like I was being watched, but then I just shook it off.
***
I walked around my house for a bit until Mike and Tré were finally here. I was bored out of my mind and since Zuzanna wasn't here, I felt kind of empty.
"What's up Billah Boy?" Tré kidded around. I just rolled my eyes and flopped on the couch. The guys and I drank and watched TV for about an hour before Mike spoke up.
"Let's do something!" he yelled.
"Like what?" I asked.
"I don't know, the Gilman is getting boring."
"I know, it's so routine now."
"Wow, weird."
"What?"
"That's what I said to Zuzanna at lunch."
"Yeah what's with Zuzanna, she seems interesting," Tré said.
"She's Polish, she went to Juvie Hall for six months because she was carrying a knife at school. She's got beautiful white hair. She's got this weird thing with her tongue," Mike said.
"What? What about her tongue?" I asked.
"Oh, she did this weird surgery thing to her tongue done, it looks cool honestly," he said.
"Let's go spy on her," Tré said.
"Why?" I asked.
"Duh dude! It's a girl, in her house, a very hot girl, and dude, she belly dances!"
"What's belly dancing got to do with anything?" I asked.
"Billie Joe, sometimes you're clueless sometimes, come on! I saw some of the little thing that vines climb up on beside her house, we'll climb up those," Mike said.
"Ugh, fine, whatever!"
We got to Zuzanna's house and climbed up the vine things and found her putting a snake in a case. Then she took off her shirt so she was in some kind of sports bra thing. Tré and Mike were quite obviously turned on, wait a moment, didn't they have girlfriends?
Zuzanna put on her music and started to practice, then apparently she did something wrong and yelled something in polish.
"OK, calm down," she said to herself as she restarted the tape. It looked wonderful; she did it gracefully as she practiced more and more until her body glistened with sweat.
"Wow, it is hot Zimba," she said, who was Zimba?
She opened the window and just looked at us like we were crazy. We all tried to be innocent but she just laughed.
"Did you enjoy the performance?" she asked us. We just kind of looked like we didn't know what she was talking about.
"Usually if you want to see me, you ring the doorbell, if you wanted to see me practice, you could've just asked you know?"
"Well we would've but then you wouldn't have looked like that in front of us," Tré said. Ugh! Why couldn't be just a little more discreet about it!?
"Um, yeah I would've, trust me, in Poland, this is normal attire, now get in here so you don't hurt your hands," she smiled while we clambered through the window.
"So you people in Poland don't mind walking around like that?" Mike asked. Zuzanna shook her head.
"Mike, we have nude beaches in Poland, I don't think people mind this," she laughed.
"You do?" Tré asked while looking excited.
"Um, yeah, we do in fact," she laughed again.
"I heard you talk to someone named Zimba, who's Zimba?" I asked.
"Oh, my new snake," she smiled while pointing at her snake.
"Um, cool, whatever then," I simply said.
"Hey, what's this book?" Mike asked while picking up a book with a dragon the cover.
"It's my book," she said.
"No dip, it's in your room," he snorted.
"No Mike, I mean it's my book, look at the author," she laughed. We all looked at the cover and by a weird polish word on it, it said 'Zuzanna Roboliski.'
"Hmm, how much did you make off of it?" he asked.
"Quite a bit actually," she said.
"Zuzanna dear, are you decent?" her father said while knocking on the door.
"Yes papa, I am!" she smiled while her father and mother came in, looking abnormally happy.
"Zuzanna dear, we have wonderful news," her mother said to her.
"Um, what is it?" Zuz asked.
"Wy dostajecie się otrzymujący!" her father said. Apparently they thought this was good news, but Zuz thought differently.
"What? How could you do that!? Once I get settled in this country so quickly and start to like someone, you get me a husband without me asking!?" she yelled.
Wait, what? Lil' Zuz is getting... married?!
