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Post by Brooklyn on Jun 9, 2008 16:30:13 GMT -5
Spot woke up to the annoying sound of his alarm clock. First day of school and he was dreading it horribly. An arm came out from under the covers and searched blindly for the clock so he could cut the buzzing noise. He knocked it off of the dresser and it stopped. That works... he thought, going back under the covers. He lay there for a moment, wondering what this year was going to be like. Finally getting the energy to get up, he threw a pillow over at Max. "Wake up Sleepin' Beauty..." he said. Their school mornings always went this way. He'd have to all but drag Max out of bed, then he'd go into the kitchen and fix them something to eat while Max took a shower, and then he'd go get ready himself. He and Max had always shared a room, living in such a small house.
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Post by Race on Jun 9, 2008 20:24:47 GMT -5
Max moaned,burrowing down deeper into his covers,but throwing the pillow at Spot's head before he left the room. He hated waking up, he hated school,so why bother with both of them. He shoved his head under his pillow to shield himself from anymore pillow attacks,wrapping his arms around the metal bed posts too,because he knew Spot would try and drag him out of the bed sooner or later. He'd been up half the night anyway, the summer insomnia he got was still kicked in, "Go the hell away,if you value your life," he muttered from under the pillow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Race threw his alarm clock across the room, he muttered incoherently and rolled over attempting to go to sleep again. He twisted around,getting entangled in the sheets then sighed, "I hate Mondays.." he said,blowing his bangs out of his eyes,and rolling off the side of the bed.
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Post by Brooklyn on Jun 9, 2008 20:34:52 GMT -5
"Nope," Spot said, flipping the covers off of Max. "If I gotta go, then you do, too. Better get up now or I'll throw somethin' more painful."
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Post by Race on Jun 9, 2008 20:47:32 GMT -5
Max gave him the finger from under the pillow,then recoiled back under there,making a murmuring noise from underneath the covers, and going deeper under,but keeping his arms around the bedposts behind his pillow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
Jack Kelly was already up, he'd been out running, then came back home where he lived with his single parent Dad. His mother had died when he was younger, so it was just him and his dad now. His dad wasn't up yet, so he started fixing his own breakfast, which consisted of a bowl of Wheaties and a energy drink.
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Post by Brooklyn on Jun 9, 2008 20:57:50 GMT -5
Spot picked up Max's combat boot from beside the bed and made his way toward the door, chunking it at Max and hitting him in the back of the head, then smirked and ran down the hall. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Reilly woke up when his alarm went off and sat up in the bed. He'd been dreaming about Violet. She'd died earlier that summer and he'd been heartbroken. Through bloodshot eyes, he looked at the needle that lay beside his bed on his nightstand. He was sort of disgusted with himself for ever getting involved with that crap, but he couldn't get off of it. He got up, putting it in his drawer so his uncle didn't find it while he was at school and went off to get in the shower.
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Post by Race on Jun 9, 2008 21:09:20 GMT -5
"WHY YOU LITTLE!" Max came up out of the bed like an enraged bull,tackling him and sliding into their coffee table at the same time. He stopped abruptly straining his ears, listening for his dad to come in here and start chewing them out, "Maybe we didn' wake him up dis time.." he said softly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bj chunked her stuffed rabbit at her mother, "GO AWAY!" she yelled,pulling her sheets back up over her head,as much as she wanted to get up,and see Race again, she hated school, and hated Mondays,who in their right minds had school start on a Monday.
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Post by Brooklyn on Jun 9, 2008 21:19:32 GMT -5
Spot kept his mouth shut, listening. He hoped not, he didn't feel like putting up with his dad's yelling this early. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blondie got ready for school quietly. She definitely didn't want her dad to wake up. She could do without the bruises on the first day of school. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Helena was up and poking through a bowl of cereal. She didn't want to go to school. She'd had to sleep with the door to her room locked the night before because Kiyoni had spent the night and she knew he'd more than likely sneak into her room and try something. Her mother was passed out on the couch and Kiyoni was asleep in the guest bedroom, more than likely disappointed. She didn't want to wake either of them up. When she was finished eating, she crept up the stairs and got in the shower.
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Post by Race on Jun 9, 2008 21:42:58 GMT -5
Max relaxed a little,glad he wouldn't have to put up with his dad this morning.He hated that man, every single one of their arguments ended in Max either with a black eye,or some other form of bruise. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Race finally urged himself out of the bed,and into the shower. He ran through the kitchen,waving at his uncles cook as he headed out, not before grabbing something for breakfast. He went out to the garage, pulling the dust grabber off his car and smiling at it, he'd put alot of money into that thing ,he had a flaming ace on the hood of it,and fuzzy dice on the rear-view mirror. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jack was getting dressed, he fell over putting one leg into his pants.He hopped into them, grabbing his converse and putting them on as he went down the stairs, nearly tripping over his golden retriever Fe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bj pulled on a red plaid skirt, it had chains hanging off of it,she grinned at it, flipping it around in a circle and squealing as the chains clanked together. She pulled on combat boots then a white shirt,popping the collar and rolling the sleeves up. She went into the bathroom and flipped her hair over, fluffing it out and trying a ribbon into it. She pulled a face at herself in the mirror.
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Post by Brooklyn on Jun 9, 2008 22:47:07 GMT -5
Spot got up off of the floor and went to the kitchen to fix some food. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blink was up and ready. He was sitting in the kitchen talking with his mom. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Helena stepped out of the shower, put on her fuzzy bathrobe and walked over to the mirror. She started fixing her hair and putting on the little bit of make-up that she wore. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blondie grabbed some breakfast once she was ready and reclined on the couch for a few minutes since she had time to spare. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reilly made sure his eyes were clear, grabbing his skateboard and stuffing it into his bag, zipping it up as far as it would go. After school, he was heading straight for the skate park.
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Post by Race on Jun 14, 2008 13:32:10 GMT -5
Max hit the shower, making it almost scorching hot like he liked it, scrubbing himself down because he hadn't taken one in forever. He finally got out, a towel wrapped around his waist as he walked back to their room to get dressed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Race jumped into it, backing up, then pulling out his phone and calling Blink. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jack headed out the door, going into the garage to get his car, his dad had scrounged up money for a used firebird, it was amazing on the outside,but he'd had so many problems with the engine it was crazy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BJ stood outside her house,waiting for Race at the corner
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Post by Brooklyn on Jun 14, 2008 14:18:43 GMT -5
Spot made some cinnamon rolls as quietly as he could so he wouldn't wake their dad up. When he was done, he headed to the bathroom to jump in the shower. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blink picked up his phone. "Hello?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Helena walked to her room and began getting dressed. When she was ready, she walked over, unlocking her bedroom door and opened it, running straight into Kiyoni. She looked up at him, startled, and stepped back. "Where are you going so early?" he asked her, looking at his nails. "Well believe it or not, I have to go to school. I can't just drop out and bum off of other people for the rest of my life like you." Helena said coldly. Kiyoni glared at her then before he could stop himself he hit her. "You know what, everything's a big joke to you now, try stepping in my shoes for ONE DAY! I regret dropping out every day of my life! You just go on to school, I'm going out..." he glared at her and then walked out of the room, slamming the door. She heard the front door slam, too and reached up to touch the forming bruise beside her eye and winced. Putting up with Kiyoni this long, she'd trained herself not to cry. She went back into the bathroom and got out her makeup, trying unsuccessfully to cover it up. Great...this'll look just wonderful on the first day of school... she thought, rolling her eyes and wincing again. She just shook her head and started downstairs. Sighing, she grabbed her purse went into the garage, getting out her keys and unlocking the car she'd inherited from her dad...one of the only memories of him she had left. She started up the car and drove over to pick up Max and Spot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blondie heard her dad grunt in the other room. Alarmed she halfway jumped up off of the couch and sped out the door, getting into her car. Her car was given to her by her grandmother before she'd passed away. She had been so close to getting out of the house with her dad to go live with her grandmother, and then the poor old woman had died in her sleep of old age. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reilly got into his car and drove to school.
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Post by Race on Jun 14, 2008 15:55:10 GMT -5
"You need a ride?" Race asked, "Fixin' ta pick up BJ," as he said that he pulled up in front of where she was at on the corner and kicked the door open so she could climb in, "Got BJ," he said, then you could hear kissing noises through the phone,then Race's voice returned, "So yeah,need a ride?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Max stared at himself in the mirror, he had on his camo pants with the chain hanging out of the back pocket,along with his steel-toed combat boots. He looked over his arms, he had so many bruises people would think he was a junkie, but they were all from his dad, having to keep him away from Spot, cause he'd promised his mom,that's the one thing he did that was right, so far his dad hadn't laid a hand on Spot, but he'd laid hands on Max,his body showed it. He finally grabbed a thermal shirt, pulling a Metallica shirt over it then his leather jacket he'd stolen from said drunk of a father, he didn't miss it. He went into the kitchen pulling out one of the cinnamon buns,propping his feet up on the table and started unrolling the bun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Post by Brooklyn on Jun 14, 2008 20:58:19 GMT -5
Blink snorted. "Yeah, sure Race...Just get all da makin' out overwith by the time ya get heah..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spot got out of the shower and got dressed just in time.
Helena cut the engine and walked up to the door, tapping on it loud enough to be heard, but she knew not to be so loud as to wake up their dad.
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Post by Race on Jun 15, 2008 11:09:37 GMT -5
Max opened the door,smiling at Helena, "Hey you'se" he said,then saw the bruise, "When will you lemme kick Kiyoni's ass?" he asked.
Race laughed,pulling into Blink's driveway, "I's heah," he said to Blink in the phone, "get ya self out heah ya bum," he laughed.
BJ grabbed Race by the shirt and pulled him into the floorboard, kissing him.
Jack pulled into the school parking lot, getting out and heading in.
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Post by Brooklyn on Jun 15, 2008 11:28:33 GMT -5
"Don't tempt me..." she said softly, then leaned in and kissed him. "You probably wouldn't be able to find him anyway, he 'went out'. There's no telling where he is. It's nothing anyway..."
Blink laughed and hung up the phone, stepping outside. Then got to the car. "GEEZ! Can ya not wait until aftah school at least?!"
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