When I See You Again

8) But For How Long?

:Alex:

School was a bore, but what can you say? Im there for an education not fun.

I hopped into my car and pulled out of the school parking lot. My phone connected to Bluetooth and my windows were rolled down, allowing the cold wind in.

"I said certified freak. 7 days a week. Wet ass pussy makes that pullout game WEAK." I don't think I have never moved so quickly in my life. I snatched my phone and hit pause before the song could continue.

Few! That was close.

I continued on my way home jamming out, throwing my hands everywhere, and just having a blast.

——We home now——

I opened the door to my house, only to find Uncle Jim sitting on the couch in a nice tuxedo and freshly shaved.

"Alexander. My boy. Come sit down. Just for a second," he said, patting the couch perpendicular to him.

Sweet mother of god. He's going to tell me that someone died. Shit what if it was Washington? Or Laf. Or Herc. Or one of the Schuylers. Or John...

I walked over to him hesitatingly and sat down where his hand used to be.

"Son, I need to tell you something. With my job."

"You didn't get fired did you? We aren't going to have to move will we?"

"No, none of that. You know how my job is usually just based here? Well, we are looking to expand to California and they've asked me to go scope out the place and try to find a nice building or land to build on."

"Oh."

"Yeah. That means that I'm going to have to leave for a while and live in California. I'll make sure to text and call you often. I'll have someone come in and check on you everyday. You will be taken care of while I'm gone."

"But... how long will you be gone for?"

"Son, if I knew, I'd tell you but I don't know for sure. I'm thinking for probably about a month or two, at the most.
But before I go, we need some sort of rules."

"Yessir."

"Uh. 1, No parties unless you promise to clean up afterwards. 2, You're allowed to have friends over for the night but make sure to clean up. 3, don't hesitate to call me. If it's the middle of the night, call me. If you're drunk, call me. Speaking of drunk and drinking, 4. Don't drive while drunk. I know you don't drink often but if you do, please be extremely careful."

"Yes sir. When do you have to leave?"

"Actually, the limo is outside now. I love you son. Please be careful."

"Oh. I love you too," I say as I get up to hug him. We hold this embrace for a good minute before I let go. "You best get going if you're going to catch the flight! Take pictures!"

"Will do!"

I watched from the door as he got into the limo. As soon as he got out of the driveway, I quickly closed the door. I sunk down to the floor and pulled my knees up to my chest.

My eyes were the oceans once more and they were overflowing. The oceans couldn't compare to my tears. My body was trembling as if I had just seen a ghost or headless man walking. It took me everything to muster up enough strength to pickup my phone to text my friends.

The Revolvers

Dwarf: Come over. Now please.
Baguette: Alex what's wrong?
HorseBoy: it doesn't matter, Laf and I are heading there.
FiestyTurtle: It'll be a little bit before I can get there, but I'll be there.