Dialogue Essays: Lust and Learning

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Soul ran his left hand through his ruffled locks of white hair and stared at his daughter, Mary. “You could at least try to eat,” he said. She shook her head, pushing the bowl of cereal away from her body. “I’ve eaten nothing but nasty cornflakes for three days!” she exclaimed, pouting. Soul laid his head down on the table and sighed. “Just wait for Daddy to get paid in a couple of days--then we can get you more food. Until then, you’re stuck with this. Sorry,” he said. And he truly was. There was no telling how much money he’d be able to spend on food this time. Maybe I can go for food stamps, he thought, pondering this for a moment. Mary groaned and shoveled a spoonful of the soggy stuff into her unforgiving mouth. She forced every last bite into her body until it was all gone before jumping from her highchair and waddling to her room. Soul stared at the place she was formerly sitting at and sighed. How can I get Maka Albarn to go out with me...? Hmm...He sat and thought for a long time until he eventually fell asleep, crashing onto the table and snoring until Mary poked him awake. “It’s school time, Daddy,” she said in a hushed voice. Soul awoke with a start, a piece of paper sticking to his face that was wet with drool. Mary made a face of disgust and moved past him to pull her shoes on. Soul suddenly started to panic as he realized just how terrible he must look. Going out in public while you look undoubtedly high was probably the least cool thing he could think of. It wasn’t Mary’s fault, of course...He ran a hand through his thick, now greasy hair and sighed. Bags have formed under his eyes and he rose to lift Mary into her car seat. “Maybe I shouldn’t go to school with you today,” Soul said.... ... middle of paper ... ...ve no problem with it.” Maka blushed and looked away, dreading how long the awkward nap time was. Soul kicked back and relaxed until it was time to take Mary home. He told her about the news of the date and she got all excited. Her eyes sparkled and he loved it when they did that. So he picked her up, swung her around, laughing, and set her back down. It was going to be a long two days until their date. Maka sat back in a chair at the dining table of her small apartment that she shared with nothing but a cat. She thought about how she agreed to go out on a date with a stranger, but after worrying for about an hour, she figured that if he was a rapist, he would’ve raped her already. Also, rapists aren’t good fathers. So yeah. That was her proof. She went to bed and allowed herself one more thought about how sexy-yeah, that’s the word for it-Soul looked.

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