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As he's done with the cigarette, he shoves it in the sink and throws the scrap into
the trashcan, which is located on the floor in the corner of the kitchen. He starts
fiddling in the cupboards to find something he can help him make a quick
breakfast. He finds a can of baked beans, and takes four eggs from the
refrigerator. He whips up a pan and flicks out the eggs, he then puts it over the
flame where the boiling water used to stand. He pours the boiling water on the
teapot with Walt Disney motifs of Donald Duck. He took the four fried eggs from
the pan and placed them on two plates. Teapot, mugs, plates, the can of baked
beans and two forks, all thrown up on a yellow plastic serving tray which he
carries into the living room for him and George.
"Wake up, there's breakfast man."
"I don't care. I'm still tired," George mutters, pulling the blanket even further
over his head.
"Come on, get up. Look at what I've made for us."
Jano gives George lightly jab, and then proceeds to sit down on the couch. He
grabs one plate and pushes it towards George.
"Eat, so you can grow," he says, looking at George with a mixture of disgust and
distrust.
"Do you think anybody saw us?" George asks.
Janokovic chews the bite he has in his mouth very slowly, partly to suppress his
frustration with George’s question, and partly to implant assertiveness, since
he’s the experienced one. He really wants to ask George to leave, and keep his
distance in the future - no more gang. He breathes in the air with a heavy breath
through his nostrils as he thumps a tuft of his thick hair away from his forehead.
"Don't bloody think so much."
George nods and starts eating the food Janokovic has put in front of him with
great enthusiasm.
"Are you following me home?" George eagerly asks between two gulps.
"Yes I can do that."
Janokovic pours four large tablespoons of sugar into the cup with the hot tea,
that’s standing in front of him on the table.
He pushes the blue sugar bowl over to George, who does same, and starts
drinking with lingering sounds.