Zacharias Emmanuel Smith (noblesse_oblige) wrote in contentious, @ 2008-10-26 21:19:00 |
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Entry tags: | kimb baker, zacharias smith |
Who: Zacharias Smith & Kimberly Baker
Where: Harry's All-Night Cafe
When: 12:30 PM, October 26, 2001
What: Sunday lunch and a particular treat.
Rating: PG
Status: Private/Incomplete
Zach had never invited anyone along for his Sunday lunch and he never would. Sunday being the one day work never encroached onto, thanks to his lying about religious affiliation, he liked to treat himself. Of course, alone Zacharias had always been at his strangest.
So it was that he found himself once again at Harry's All-Night Cafe at twelve in the afternoon. An unusual time to be at a place famous for serving breakfast at any hour in the morning, or even evening, you so desired. And while Zach did enjoy their English and American style breakfasts when he happened to be up at three in the morning and starving, what he most enjoyed about the place was one thing in particular: their macaroni dish.
Now, the Cafe being a very British place not many even thought about the macaroni much less ordered it and if he hadn't been coming here since he'd first moved into the city he knew he'd be getting strange looks from the waiter. Not only did Zach order macaroni it was what he demanded with it that made the whole event quite out of the ordinary. Ketchup. Yes, ketchup and macaroni with cheese. A taste few ever encountered in their lives and one that Zach loved like a child loved their well-worn blanket or bear. Zach didn't come every week to enjoy this "delicacy" but when he needed a good old fashioned pick-me-up he always managed to make time.
Zach was settled at a two person table, his coat hung over the opposite chair in a thinly veiled attempt to discourage anyone from joining him, if the meal sitting in front of him didn't do the job. He couldn't help smiling a little as he added ketchup to the macaroni and started in on this strange comfort food of his.