If I'm Not Back In Time

juice

Nick got in his car and turned up his radio. "Lemonade" by Gucci Mane. Nick lives with only his mom and cat, Juice. He calls him Juice because the day he went to the shelter to get him the lady working there spilled her juice on the soon to be named cat. She was so flustered and kept apologizing. Nick decided to take him home after that. On the ride back home his car smelled like Juice. Sometimes it still smells that way. Like a lingering memory.

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"Oh man I feel bad" Josh and Patrick trudge to their last block of the day.

"Me too man maybe we should go to his house tonight, to check on him?" Patrick turns to look at Josh. "I haven't been there in a really long time actually". Patrick looks to a far away place.

"I don't know I think he wants to be alone". Josh says. He really doesn't want to go to Nick's house because he barley knows him and it's extremely awkward.

"You know what? I'm going. Stay home if you want I'll stop by at your house around 8pm". Patrick sits at his table next to Josh. "If you don't come out in 2 minutes I'm gone" Patrick turns ending the conversation. Josh really wants to be there for Nick but he can't help but wonder, what if there is something Nick is hiding? Something it'd be better they didn't find out.

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Nick pulled up to his two story house and checked the garage for his Mom. Good she's still at work, he thought. He unlocked the basement door and climbed down the definitely not safe steps.

"Juice"! He yelled to make sure his cat didn't get left behind. Nick went over to his desk and sat for a moment. His room was a mess of papers and weird gadgets he started creating last summer after his dad left his mom.