On the verge of a breakdown[tag:Tuxie]

[Zachary Mark Flaherty]

Zach got out of his black hummer and slammed the door shut. He wasn't in the mood for anyone at the moment. He kind of missed beating on Hugo. He needed to take this out on someone. Why he was pissed off, he wasn't exactly sure. He walked into the burger king, his head back into his eyes like he had it when he was in the old town with Hugo and others.

He had a black hoodie, with black skinny jeans with black converse on. He had his hood over his head. He looked like a black blob. He had huge headphones around his neck, though they were not playing anything at the moment. He bit his lip, his spider bites scraping his teeth. He had some money, but the eighteen year old didn't have a lot. He walked up to the register. "Can I have a burger with no pickles and a soda." He ordered. The young lady gave him a look. "That will be 7.95" She said.

He took out his wallet, the ring on his finger shining as the light hit it. The boy handed her eight dollars and saw the girls face drop. So, he was married at eighteen. He wasn't too upset about it. At least he was married to the girl that he loved and wouldn't ever leave. He took the food and went to the soda fountain. He filled the soda with ice and then a coke. He didn't both with a top to the cup cause he wasn't going to use it anyway.

he took a seat at a booth and took a bite of his food. He looked around, to see if anyone was there that he knew.

[Hugo Daniel McDawson]

Hugo was sitting on his phone, her thumbs tapping away at the phone. Bejeweled. What an addictive game. Her arched shoulders popped but she smirked. Today, Hugo dressed alittle less flashy. Her long brown hair pulled back into a ponytail, a wig of course. Skinny blue jeans, with ripps and tears everything with a low cut black sweater. She sat waiting for her number to be called. She'd been waiting for, like, ten mintues. "Stupid veggie burgers take forever" She muttered, Looking up when someone walked in. She tilted her head to the right.

Oh fuck. It's Zach. Hugo would recoginze that man anywhere. She stood up, and sighed. 'Might aswell get this over with' She thought and moved so if she spoke. Zach would hear her. "Is this seat taken" She asked. Along with the new, real, boobs, the doctors are using expertental drugs on the boy to raise his voice from the manly once to a femme one, And right now, her voice was about normal for a woman, still a tad deeper but not by much.

Hugo tucked her hands into her jeans, to hide the fact that she's shivering, not from cold, but mostly fear. She didn't look Zach in the face, her eyes would be a dead give away on who she is. But Hugo was hoping she could make friends with Zach, then let him know who she really is. She blinked and moved a stray hair from her face, with a twitch of her head. She waited for his answer. She really didn't want to get beat up. But, She wanted someone to sit with and not look like a loner freak.

[Zachary Mark Flaherty]

Zach looked up as someone asked soemthing. He was barely listening. "What?" He asked. "I wasn't listening." He said. So it was a girl, but it was a damn weird looking girl. She kind of looked like Hugo when they were fighting in the lake before he almost drowned. He shivered at that thought. He watched the girl through his black bangs. "Oh. Yeah. You can sit down if you want." He said. He wasn't waited her for anyone. Sydney was at home with Ember, or was she out shopping with her. He wasn't listening to her and slammed the door when he left the apartment.

He took another bite of his food, then took a sip of the soda. He didn't look at the girl for a while, for he had nothing to say. He was fuming with anger, and he wasn't to sure why either. He looked at the girl after a while. What did she want exactly. He was married, so he wasn't going to do anything with her. Ever. He loved Sydney to much. He took out his very old phone and texted Sydney that he was alright and just calming down, so he would be back in an hour or so.

[Hugo Daniel McDawson]

Hugo blinked and sat down "Thanks." She said, keeping her eyes off of Zach "I'm Jennie" She said, and watched for her food. She sighed and crossed her legs, left over right, then left over right. She left too edgey to sit and not fidget. Pulling out the pink cell phone that has always been Hugo's since they first met. She quickly typed away a facebook status updated 'At Burger king. Zach prolly gunna murder me.' Smirking, Hugo sent it.

"So, How're you?" She asked and pulled the hair tie out of her hair, shakking his hair, letting it fall on her shoulders and into her face/ She chewed on her lip. Looking up, she saw her food coming towards her. Hugo gave the man a sweet smile and the number-thingy and she took her food. A veggie burger, soda and fires. She took a fry in her mouth. Not wanting to be in mid-bite of the burger when Zach figures out who is sitting with him.

Hugo's hands shook as she held the little potatoe wedge. She kept her face away from Zach's. She opened her mouth to speak, but closed it and contiued to eat the fries. Her black fingernails clicked against the table, nervous engery forcing it's way out of her body.

[Zachary Mark Flaherty]

"You're welcome." He said. He looked at the girl. She was easily hiding something. He wasn't as bright at he looked. Zach listened to her. "Zach." He said. He picked up a french fry, the light hit the ring on his finger as he moved. He looked at her. She was shaking.

He put the piece of crap that he dared call a phone back into the pocket and looked at her as she asked something. "I'm fine. Tired from by daughter getting up all the time in the night." He said. "How about you?" He asked, figuring that he wasn't going to be rude. He looked at her, she reminded him of Hugo. "You look like some guy i don't like named Hugo." He said calmly, looking back down at his food.

He looked back up at the girl since she was shaking. "Something wrong?" He asked. "Your shaking." He said calmly. He probably would have figured out that it was Hugo if he had gotten a lot more sleep last night. He got maybe three hours since Ember didn't want to sleep and wanted to play with Zach all night. He ended up falling asleep in a chair with Ember on his chest also asleep when Sydney got up. He hoped tht Ember wasn't beign a pain for her mother.

[Hugo Daniel McDawson]

"Nice to meet you" She said, if she could she would have laughed at this. But she knew she couldn't. "OH, gee, Thanks Zach, I've always wanted to look like a boy" Hugo said, laughing, slightly. A fake laugh, a nervous laugh. Although there was major truth in that sentence. Hugo never wanted to look like a boy, and he uses dangurs drugs so he can be a she. She has to use thoes because she can't afford the apporved drugs, working and not having cable, and internet and skipping out on meals, today was a strange day. They paid Hugo if the drugs made him sick, and the one he just tried made him break out, but he did get boobs out of the drug, so Hugo isn't complaining.

She sighed "I'm tired" She said "I had to go the doctor for testing after eat, I have to go to a pharamcy and get the 'script filled" Convering her whole face as she yawned. Hugo blinked and sighed "You gotta kid?" She asked, last time Hugo heard, Sdyney left him without any real goodbye or shit like it.

" Oh... I'm cold" Hugo lied, playing with the ends of his wigs, the girl was a horrid lair and almost anyone could tell that She wasn't telling Zach the truth. But she did try out her new name. It felt strange, knowing that Zach thought she was girl. It made Hugo glow. She yawned agained, not paying aettion to where she was looking, she turned to face Zach to take a bite out of the burgar. It's really good, Hugo thought.

[Zachary Mark Flaherty]

Zach looked at her and made a face at her. "Well, I'm sorry! But you look like someone i know, and use to beat on when I got pissed off." He said. This girl was weird, she was a lot like Hugo. "I didn't mean to offend you. But you do look like him.. partly cause he always dressed in girls cloths." he said. He took another fry and put it into his mouth.

"Oh fun." He said. He yawned, and covered his mouth with his hand, the ring hitting the light again. The boy looked at her. "Yeah. She's a month old. Her mother left me before she was born, then I moved into the town she was in, not really thinking I would see her again. Then once we were both eighteen we got married and by then ember was almost around." He said.

"Oh really now? Cause its warm in here. And its not like were near the door. So, your lying." He said calmly before putting more food into his mouth. "You're a terrible lair." He said after he swallowed. Zach looked up at her. She was a lot like Hugo, but didn't dare call her out on it more, since he was tired he could just be thinking things.

[Dustin Eric Beckett]

Hugo smiled "I'm not upset" She said, and stood up "Wellp.. I have to go... It was good to eat with you, Zach" She added, smoothing out her jeans, she went to the trash dumped and dumped the wrappers. Hugo just about inhaled the food. She had to pee. Uh-oh. Girl bathroom or boy bathroom. He stood infront of the two doors and blinked. Which one Whiiiccchhh one? She bit her lip. She's never gone into a girl bathroom, and won't they notice her standing? Oh man. Why don't they have unisex bathrooms anymore, Hugo wondered and contiued to fret.

[Zachary Mark Flaherty]

Zach looked at her. "Okay." He said. He took another bite of his food. "Yeah. Nice to meet you to." He said. He finished his food and got up. He through out his trash and looked at the girl. She was staring at the bathrooms like she didn't know which on to go into. He figured that he should probably go to the bathroom before he went back into the car. He walked over to the bathrooms were Jennie was. "Having problems?" He asked. He leaned on the men's room door, shook his head once and the door opened, and a large black man was the one that opened the door. Zach fell back into the wall that was at the corner. He hit his head with a loud thump. The other man didn't seem to take notice of the boy that was on the ground barely conscious and walked away.

Zach pulled his hood down and touched the back of his head. "Fuck my bad luck." He said loudly. He looked at Jenny. "Um.. hi" He said, feeling really embarrassed that he just slammed his head into the back of the tile wall and now in pain. He sat up and started to get up, but really couldn't because he was dissy from slamming his head into the wall so hard.

[Dustin Eric Beckett]

Hugo looked at Zach "Oh..uhm..yea" She said, her face turning red. 'Oh man.. What am I going to do now??' She fretted. 'wow..I've spent so long hating Zach that I never noticed how good looking he is' Hugo thought, a distraction only a sixteen year old boy-girl-thing could have while trying to pick which bathroom she should use.

Hugo watched the big black man leave without helping Zach "asswipe" She muttered and walked into the boy bathroom, she helped him up. "Come on, Zach" She muttered, trying to left him, but he was like deadweight if he wasn't helping. She really,honsetly hoped that Zach wouldn't regonize her. She would love to have Zach as a friend, they've both grown up, and they should be able to get past their silly fight. But who knows? Zach is almost as strange as Hugo, and that's saying something.

[Zachary Mark Flaherty]

Zach looked at her as she walked into the boys room and helped him up. He picked himself up and looked down at her, in a whole lot of pain. "Fuck that hurt like hell!" He said rubbing the back of his head. He felt a liquid on his hand. He pulled his hand away from his head and saw blood. "Great. Just my luck. Like fate isn't already trying to kill me. Its fucking done it before!" He growled. He leaned on the bathroom wall, trying to steady himself.

Zach really had no idea that it was Hugo that was the one that was helping him up. "Thanks" He said after a moment. He closed his eyes for a moment. The back of his head wasn't bleeding a lot, only a little. He took out his phone and looked at it. He texted Sydney that he just fell into a tile wall. She would expect nothing more, nor nothing less of him by now.

[Dustin Eric Beckett]

Once Zach stood up, Hugo quickly let go of Zach and hurried out of the bathroom. She couldn't act to comfertable in the mens room. 'Girls' don't use the mens room. Hugo nodded "I'm sorry.. I have some advil in my purse if you want some" She offered, digging around in her, purse, unbeknownst to her, a pictuer for Eliza and Hugo as kids fell out of her bag, she was going to bring to to Eliza and talk. But she got hungery, and had to stop. The new meds were messing with her hunger levels.. She was always hungry right now.

Hugo took out the bottle and offered up two to Zach "There ya go" She aid, holding them palm up to Zach.

[Zachary Mark Flaherty]

Zach watched her pretty much jump out of the bathroom. He looked at her. "Yes please." He said. He walked over to her as a picture fell out of her purse. He bent down and picked it up. It was Hugo and Eliza. Zach was right. It was Hugo. He smirked instantly. "You dropped this, Hugo" Zach couldn't help but smirk. He rubbed the back of his head with his other hand. Why was everyone that he never wanted to see again coming to this town.

he took the advil from Hugo and just stuffed them into his mouth and dry swallowed. "I see you're a girl now." He said, the smirk never leaving his lips.

[Claudias Asher Germal]

Hugo's whole figure changed, his shrunk back from Zach, and also turned red. Cherry red. "Uhm.. yea.. I was gunna give it..to Eliza.." She muttered, looking away from Zach, still waiting for him to punch her. It always happened, Hugo was just waiting. She couldn't look at him, or even his shoes. Hugo stared at the wall. It was gross one time scwarl 'call Chelsea for a good time' with a number under it. She wondered who Chelsea was. 'Prolly an ex girlfirned of some angery mofo' She thought.

Then she listened to what Zach was saying. "Well... mostly" She said, there was still places he cant afford to alter at this point in her life. Really, Zach didn't need to know all the gory info, nor did Hugo want to sit down and tell anyone about the conversations she's having with doctors, other teens like her, it was so presonal that Hugo almost felt insulted when someone tried to poke thier little nosy nose in her transformation.

[Zachary Mark Flaherty]

Zach laughed when Hug shrank away from him. He couldn't help but laugh. "I'm not going to hit, punch, slap, beat on you anything of that sort." He said calmly. He leaned on the wall, for once a public bathroom was clean. "Oh really now? You were going to give it to her. I haven't seen her since her party." He said. He moved off the wall and walked by Hugo and patted his shoulder. "I have no reason to hurt you. I've changed." He said.

He walked out of the bathroom and took a seat back in a booth. He looked at the boy, staring at him. He brushed his bangs out of his face, showing his face for one of the first time to anyone but Ember, the doctors, or Sydney. "I won't bite you either." He said, still staring at him with his blue eyes.