Summary: Liz learns that a witch's bite IS worse than her bark...
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I shot a withering look over my shoulder at my idiot boyfriend. "Hurry up, Chris! If we miss this sale, I'm never going to forgive you!"
Chris fumbled with his bags, clearly uncomfortable from the three bags he was holding in each hand. "But....but Liz...can't we just go home? It's getting late, and we've already bought so much..."
He started to say more, but I sighed and stopped in my tracks. Turning around, I gave him a full-on glare, and he gulped and lowered his eyes. I just barely kept myself from laughing; Chris was a nice enough guy, I guessed, but he was so spineless. Truth be told, I should have dumped him weeks ago, but it was tough to resist the urge to let him spoil me...but he was getting so annoying lately. I'd probably have to break if off with him in the next few days...but more important than that was this sale! I resumed my brisk pace; I just had to get to that store before it closed, and we were only about halfway through this dumb park.
Lost in my thoughts, I stepped awkwardly on some ice and felt my heels begin to slip. Flailing my hands, I barely managed to regain my footing before I heard a snap, and I suddenly was standing lopsided. Looking down, I saw the problem; one of my damn lifts had broken off! Great, just great!
Chris rushed to my side, huffing and puffing from all the bags. "L-liz, are you alright?!"
I slapped the idiot away as I took my heels off. "Fantastic! Now we're probably going to miss the sale; I wouldn't have broken these stupid things if we had just left earlier, like I wanted to! And now you need to buy me new shoes tomorrow!"
Chris bit his lip, looking at the ground. "Sorry, Liz...here, it'll be OK, let's just...get to a bench, or something, maybe we can fix them..."
I sighed, but he had a point. Grumbling to myself, I began to walk barefoot down the path, holding my heels at my side as I looked for a place to sit. The park was deserted, which was annoying; where was a cobbler when you needed one?! Jeez, everything was conspiring against me.
Finally, I spotted a bench, and we headed towards it. My heart sank when I saw it, though; it was occupied by a woman languidly sprawled on it, sipping some coffee. That wasn't what bothered me, though; she looked like she had just came from a Halloween party, even though it was May. She was clad in a ridiculous dark robe, and an honest-to-God black pointed hat. She was pretty, I suppose, and she didn't really look that much older than me, but she was clearly some kind of weirdo. She looked up at me as I approached, and I had half a mind to just keep walking. But her mouth opened in concern, and she quickly tried to gather herself up.
"Oh dear, you broke your heels too? I swear, this ice is awful; I just bought these shoes, too, this whole sidewalk is really dange-ah!" Her rambling story was cut off by a cry as she rose to her feet and slipped on the ice in front of the bench, losing a grip on her coffee, which of course splashed right on my brand new coat.
I stared down at the ruined fur collar, clenching my fists before glaring at her. The woman's face turned pale. "Oh...oh God, I'm so sorry, I swear, I didn't mean to do that, I'm so sorry, I'll pay for everything; how much was it? Just name a price, I'd be happy to cover it all!"
Chris had rushed up behind me, setting the bags down and pulling out a few tissues, dabbing lightly at my jacket. "Oh baby, are you OK? You didn't get burned or anything did you?" He turned to the woman leaning against the bench. "And are you OK? This whole park is way too icy, it's really da-"
I turned around, and it took every ounce of willpower not to slap Chris. "Shut up, shut up, shut up! Who cares about that skank, you moron!? Look at me, my coat is ruined!!!" He flinched back from my words, and I felt a vindictive surge of satisfaction. I spun around to the creepy woman. "And you...you stupid bitch, how could you be so careless?! Are you you an idiot, or just blind and clumsy?!"
The woman drew herself up, looking hurt and angry. "Hey, I offered to pay for the coat; the name calling is not necessary..."
I stamped a foot on the cold ground, fuming. I wasn't going to let this weirdo talk like she was above me! "I don't want charity from a stupid cloaked fetishy bitch!!" I shouted at her. I reached into my coat pocket, drew out some change, and threw it at her. The coins struck her in her ample chest, and fell to the sidewalk with a clatter. "Here's some money for a new cup of coffee, you brain-dead slut," I sneered at her. I turned back around to Chris, satisfied. "Come on, Chris, let's just go home."
But Chris didn't answer me. In fact, he was just standing there, slowly breathing, but staring off into space. I snapped my hands in front of his face, waving my fingers. "Hello? This isn't funny, you jerk; don't think we're not going to talk about this later."
"He can't hear you," a cold voice from behind me said. "I thought it would be better if he didn't bother us."
I turned back around to see the creepy weirdo standing up, staring at me with a blank expression on her face. For a split second, I was scared; what if she was a junkie or something? But then she reached into her robe, and pulled out long piece of wood. I stared at it dumbly for a second, then I burst out laughing. "Oh jeez, you're taking the witch thing a little seriously, aren't you? A wand? Are you kidding?"
The woman waved the wand around in a circle, muttering to herself. I felt myself flush with heat, being ignored by this creep. "Hey! Ms. Bitchy Witchy! Quit waving your stupid dildo around the air and say something!"
The woman finished whatever she was doing a few seconds later, giving her wand a small nod before putting it back in her robes. The she looked at me, and gave me a small, chilly smile.
"My name is Diana," she said to me. "And you are not very nice."
I was still tingling with anger and heat...how dare this woman talk to me about being nice?! And why was Chris just standing around like a drooling moron?! I opened my mouth to say something, but Diana held up her hand.
"Apologize, bitch."