“ Four days,” Clay shrugged walking past me. I took a deep breath, and walked into the front room and saw our broken TV, food everywhere, and clothing. Clothing!? I bit my lip and walked into the kitchen and almost had a stroke. The dishes where piled up, cabinets open, spilled liquids, food, and it was just…. Bad….. I took another deep breath and lent against the door frame closing my eyes. I heard footsteps… several… coming down the stairs. I slowly turned around and saw the six idiots standing there. My eyes bulged and I glared at clay.
“ I hate you all,” I whispered, and I started to walk up the stairs, but someone grabbed me from around the waist, and walked into the front room with me. they fell onto the couch and I fell onto the lap. I turned my head and saw Gabe. He grinned and glared at him. I was sitting on his lap right know and he had his arms around my waist. I felt weird. “ get off,” I groaned. He hugged me tighter and kissed my cheek. I whipped my head at him and looked at him flabbergasted.
“ I missed you!” he gushed hugging me tighter.
“ NUH-HUH,” I yelped escaping from his grasp. I jumped up, and stood their gawking at him, and I turned around and all the guys stood in a line. I took a step back watching them like a hawk. “ What are you fa-,” I stopped when Gabe came from behind me, and held my hands behind my back, so I faced the guys. “ What the devil!” I yelped. Clay stood in front of me first and he gave me a hug.
“ I missed you,” he smiled, and sat on the couch. Next was Mark, and he stepped forward, and kissed my forehead, and messed my hair up.
“ Happy you’re a lot,” he muttered sitting on the couch. Next was troy. He smirked and made a bunch of spit on his lips, and I struggled in Gabe’s grasp and he planted a sloppy kiss on my cheek.
“ Ewe,” I screeched trying to turn my face away.
“ Missed messing with you,” he laughed. a growl came from the back of my throat, and then Joe stood in front of me, and I gave him a hard look, and he brought his nose to mine and did this weird rubby thing. What the hell!
“ Eskimo kiss!” He laughed, and then he gave me a pat on my shoulder, “ Missed you dude,” He said. I glared at him, and then I looked and saw Art, and I felt my heart melt. I don’t want him touching me. he stepped forward, and pressed his lips against my forehead, but he left them their a little longer than needed and he looked down at me, and our eyes met and then he went and sat down. Gabe finally let go of me, and I took a step back and brought my sleeves up to my face and wiped it off disgusted.
“ What the flying fuck was that!” I screeched appalled. Everyone sat on the couch looking smug and I threw my hands up in the air throwing a mini hissy fit. “ Yeah just ignore me then!” I yelled but my voice cracked and I started coughing hard. my eyes started watering and clay looked at me, and I flicked him off. “ Im,” Cough… “ Going to…” Cough… “ SHOWER!” I said still coughing. I walked up the stairs, and when I walked into my room, I realized my bathroom shower was broken, so I had to use the one down the hall. I grabbed a towel from my closet, and walked out my door, and ran into someone. I stumbled back, and Art grabbed my arm pulling me forward. I stood their looking at him, and he looked down at me.
“ hey,” he whispered. I took my arm away from him, and walked right past him not saying a word. “ Ty,” He said grabbing my arm again. I turned around looking at him.
“ What do you want,” I whispered looking at the ground.
“ Im glad you’re okay,” he said.
“ Fuck you Art,” I growled. I went to turn around but he grabbed my shoulders, and pushed me against the wall.
“ Why are you acting like this Ty?” he asked sounding annoyed.
“ What do you mean Art? Im just being like I always am. One of the guys,” I said shaking his hands off of me. I walked towards the bathroom, and before he could say another word I shut the door in his face, and lent against it and locked it. I stood there, and stepped in the shower and took my shower. I turned off the water, and stepped out wrapping a towel around myself, and I walked down towards my room, and put on my panties, and threw on a big shirt, and fell into my bed and immieaditly passed out. I heard shuffling coming from downstairs, and I opened my eyes, and looked around yawning. I got out of bed, and walked downstairs, and when I turned into the front room the first thing to catch my eye was our broken TV. I sighed, and then stopped and stood their listening. Oh my god no one else is home…. I jumped up and did a happy dance.
“ Oh yeah, oh yeah,” I sung. A huge smile spread across my face, and I walked up the stairs and opened my window to see what the weather was like today. I opened my window, and heat flowed in. I automatically shut the window taking a deep breath. “ very hot,” I muttered walking over to my closet. I pulled out a pair of black shorts, and a Cage The Elephant T-shirt, and put on a pair of sandals, and grabbed my cell phone, and walked out of the house. I started walking down the sidewalk, and I missed my skateboard. I missed it a lot. I stopped and made my way towards a house I haven’t been to in a long time. I stopped and knocked on the door, and Ryan appeared. His face went into shock when he saw me. I gave him a small wave.
“ I think you’re at the wrong house,” He said. I rolled my eyes.
“ You still got that zero gravity skateboard?” I asked. He gave me a curious look and nodded his head. “ Can I borrow it?”
“ Nuh-huh.”
“ Wha-? Why?” I growled.
“ because its mine!” He said like a little kid. I huffed and let out a sigh.
“ You don’t even use it Ryan, please?” I said.
“ You just said please?”
I looked up at him and gave him a flat look, and turned on my heel, and started to walk away from him, but he called out my name, and I stopped and turned back around and he ran into his house, and he came back out a couple minutes later with his zero gravity skateboard. He got it a couple of years ago and it looked brand new. I only know this because I saw him riding at the skateboard once with this beauty. I smiled and took it.
“ Thanks man,” I said.
“ Whatever,” he said rolling his eyes. I grinned and put it down and was about to go, but he stopped me. “ I’m, ugh…. Im glad you’re alright Ty,” he said sheepishly.
“ thanks dude,” I laughed and I was off. I skated down the street, and I came towards the intersection where I got into an accident before. I bent my knees and picked up my speed, and I was going fast down the hill. A car was riding next to me, and they rolled down the window, and I turned my head a little and saw a whole bunch of punk ass seventeen year olds. i looked straight again.
“ You better be careful little girl!” One of them laughed. I brought my hand up and flicked them off. I looked in front of me again, and saw the light was changing to red, and I pressed back stopping myself, and I came to a stop, with that damn car. I stood close to the sidewalk, and I looked over at those guys.
“ I can’t believe that’s a girl,” one of them laughed. I narrowed my eyes at him, and they all started laughing. Their car roared to life, and they started to drive away. I knelt down and picked up a rock, and chucked it at their back window. CLUNK! CRACK!
“ THAT CRAZY BITCH!”
My cue to run! I picked up the skateboard and sprinted across the park field. I heard them screaming at me, and I got towards the football field and I dropped the skateboard and walked over to the bleachers. Their where a bunch of little sluts there. I groaned and climbed my way up, and they all turned around to look at me, and I gave them a cold stare. They all paid attention back to the field. I rolled my eyes, and brought out my phone. I heard someone making dog whistles and I looked up and saw those girls giving some dude playing football free shows of their bodies. I rolled my eyes, and looked back at my phone. The girls stood up and walked over to the guys and I watched them flirt with them. I sat there and realized I’ve never even had a guy look at me twice. I’ve always been one of the dudes. The tomboy nobody fucks with. Im not a girl to anyone. I sighed and looked down at my phone again. I went through my contacts and I had not even one girl in my phone. What the hell…. I went past Evian’s name and I smiled, and then I went past Art’s number and I felt my stomach flutter. I closed my phone in frustration, and looked up and wished I never did. I saw Evian across the park sitting with some girl at a bench and they were making out. I bit my lip, and looked down and made my way down the bleachers. Not even Evian looked at me more than a dude. I made my way to the bottom bleacher, and someone called out my name, and I looked up and recognized one of the guys. The group of girls where gone and all the dudes where staring at me. The one dude that called my name was one of my brothers friends… maybe… not so sure. But they knew one another.