''You're early'', his father said from behind the bar the minute Samael walked through the door. ''Classes let out early'', the young man answered as he looked around the already dim lit room. Empty, except for him and the old man cleaning the already clean bar. Unusual, yet in some ways expected considering that the bar didn't open for another hour. This, however, did not always stop some of his father's older friends from coming over and simply sitting by the bar, talking, for the lack of anything else to do.
''Head up'', his father told him after the few seconds Samael needed to make sure the room was truly empty were over. ''Dinner will be ready soon'', he added and Samael nodded. ''I'm coming back down unless you follow me in less than ten minutes'', the young man warned his father, before disappearing through a small door leading to the apartment over the bar. His mother greeted him on the other end, probably having heard him come in. His father followed in exactly seven minutes and twenty three seconds. Ten minutes later, they were all having dinner.
An hour or so more, and Samael had already been behind the bar for at least twenty minutes. He had been asked to make a drink twice, and how the new school year was going at least a hundred more times. ''Fine'', he said once more time, sighing quietly under his breath. ''It's going fine'', he said, indicating with his tone that that was all he was about to say on that topic. ''What are you drinking, Jared?'', he asked, hoping that the older man would somehow get the message, even though he usually didn't.
''Your old man is already making me a drink'', the older man said in his usual manner, waving his hand at Samael. ''So, this is your last year?'', he continued his questioning. Samael tried calculating in his head how many more minutes before they were all to drunk to talk, let alone question him about anything.
In the end, his estimation turned out to be wrong. For about two minutes. Still, two hours later he was free of his father's friends and bar regulars, tending to the not so familiar customers: those who either chose to stay quiet whenever they came or actually visiting for the first time.
''Good evening'', he said, addressing a yet another unfamiliar man.
@"Trahnael": you said they could meet at the bar. I hope this setting is alright.
''Head up'', his father told him after the few seconds Samael needed to make sure the room was truly empty were over. ''Dinner will be ready soon'', he added and Samael nodded. ''I'm coming back down unless you follow me in less than ten minutes'', the young man warned his father, before disappearing through a small door leading to the apartment over the bar. His mother greeted him on the other end, probably having heard him come in. His father followed in exactly seven minutes and twenty three seconds. Ten minutes later, they were all having dinner.
An hour or so more, and Samael had already been behind the bar for at least twenty minutes. He had been asked to make a drink twice, and how the new school year was going at least a hundred more times. ''Fine'', he said once more time, sighing quietly under his breath. ''It's going fine'', he said, indicating with his tone that that was all he was about to say on that topic. ''What are you drinking, Jared?'', he asked, hoping that the older man would somehow get the message, even though he usually didn't.
''Your old man is already making me a drink'', the older man said in his usual manner, waving his hand at Samael. ''So, this is your last year?'', he continued his questioning. Samael tried calculating in his head how many more minutes before they were all to drunk to talk, let alone question him about anything.
In the end, his estimation turned out to be wrong. For about two minutes. Still, two hours later he was free of his father's friends and bar regulars, tending to the not so familiar customers: those who either chose to stay quiet whenever they came or actually visiting for the first time.
''Good evening'', he said, addressing a yet another unfamiliar man.
@"Trahnael": you said they could meet at the bar. I hope this setting is alright.