Fast Times

the bathroom incident
time: 3:32 a.m.
the place: la casa, lagos
the mitigating circumstances: none
author: z

f exchanges words with a dapper dan. dapper disappears.
returns. f and dapper disappear. and disappear. and disappear.
the clubgoers leave. dapper's sister shows concern. ``have you
seen dapper,'' she asks. he went to the loo and hasn't
returned. ``No,'' I say. P stares off into space and mumbles to
self under breath. Z stare in awe. z snaps at her ``shut up and have another red bull''
Clubgoers leave. Lights go on. Still no Dapper.
No F. Z ventures tentatively into Men's Loo. ``Hello? F?''
Silence. ``F?'' Z sees shut door, considers
knocking. But turns. Minutes, feeling like hours pass. Then F
and her eyes emerge. A little innocent smirk on Face. Dapper
waits as if to convey slyness and if to throw others from the
trail. BWAAA. Foiled! And we all jump into a car and go to the
next club.
What's the ``key'' to this story?


f: the owls are not what they seem