Critter Vol.1 Ch.1 : The Beginning

• Critter Volume 1 Chapter 1

  
  

  Bon Temps, Louisiana. 
  
  
  
  

  Lauren is having a rough night at Mitch's Bar & Grill. She's working the late shift and it's always very busy, the customers don't stop coming and the place is full of drunken red necks. Her boss Mitchell Burns and her co-worker Dayna Jordan have been locked in his office for over an hour now. Lauren walks up to the cook Jenna, a skinny lady who always wears her bandana over her forehead; long brown hair tied tightly in a ponytail "wow they don't even try to hide their affair eh?" "ya it's really starting to piss me off, if only we all could sleep our way to the top" replied Jenna with a sarcastic tone. "Excuse me! Can we get some ketchup over here?" a rude overweight customer yelled at Lauren. She felt like snapping at her after the day she'd been having but her boss Mitchell would not have liked that. 

  
  

  
  

  Lauren's best friend and co-worker Lena ran in looking frightened "I need to talk to you now!" she had been crying. Lauren then grabbed her arm and dragged her into the back room; Lena grabbed a bottle of whiskey off the counter on the way. Lauren started sifting through the boxes for a new bottle of ketchup and Lena cracked open the bottle of tequila and took a huge swig. "LENA NO!" Lauren rips the bottle out of her hand! "YOU ARE 2 MONTHS SOBER! I AM NOT GUNNA LET YOU DO THIS TO YOURSELF" Lena was balling and stepped back a few steps and fell onto an old office chair that had been sitting in that same corner since Lauren started working here.

  
  

  "Laur, it’s bad, so bad" Lauren’s shoulders sagged a little; she immediately knew that her boyfriend Jordan had been yelling at her again. The two of them had been dating on and off since high school, they were in love however they were one of those couples that really just didn’t work together, but there was no keeping them apart. Jordan had a temper; he took his stress out on Lena a lot. It never got physical, but it’s come close a few times. Although this time seemed different, Lena spoke up but was quickly interrupted by Mitchell stumbling out of the office zipping up his fly. "DO I PAY YOU TO SIT AROUND" he yelled, It was obvious Lena wasn’t in the mood, everyone saw her fist clenching. Not the first time she’d thought about feeding him in the face with her knuckles, and it probably won’t be the last but this time, she decided to go for it. Lena lunged at him with her arms swinging, Lauren held her back "put down that fist you bitch!" yelled Dayna "I think it’s time you head home Lena! We don’t need this here, this is a family place” added Mitch. Lena took one look at the two of them “Well if it’s such a family place, why are you in your office screwing your waitresses?” Mitch stood there shocked by what she had said “I’m gunna take her home, okay?” Lauren said as she dragged Lena out the back entrance.

  
  

  
  

  Lena starts balling. "Lena what is it? Tell me" "something's wrong with Jordan, more than usual! He was screaming at me” “what else is new?” added Lauren “but his eyes, they changed color, he made weird noises and he was freaking me out, so I came here. Lauren something’s wrong with him, he’s sick” Lauren looked to her best friend “Lena you can stay at my place for the time being" Lena looked relieved and held out her palm, Lauren took the house key off her key ring and watched as Lena ran to her car “See ya tonight!”

  
  

  Lauren’s house belonged to her grandmother and then was passed down to her parents and then her. There was something special about this place. Maybe it was the feeling of home; maybe it was all the memories. As Lena drove up to the house, she gazed upon the pond that was nicely wrapped around the garden; she remembers that’s where she and Lauren had caught their first fish. She walked up the creaky old wooden stairs leading to the front door. As she opened it, she somehow had the feeling that something was wrong. She kicked the door open and walked in the kitchen, which was directly to the left of the doorway. Jordan was standing, facing into the fridge. She stopped in her tracks "Jordan, hunny?" he slowly turned around, his cheek had a big bloody chunk dangling out of it and his body was covered in blood, dripping all over the floor. He stares at her turns his head a little to the left "I’m Hungry". Lena lets out a loud scream.