CHAPTER 1

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Tommy's POV:

My mom knocks on the door and Lance's girlfriend opens the door
"Lance, look who is here." She says and points
"Linda! What a nice surprise." Lance says
"May we come in?" My mom says
"Of course." We walk in "hey, Tommy. How you doing, bud?" He asked me and hugged me but I didn't hug back and then he pats my back once as I walk away and he closes the door

•~•

Lance and my mom were talking while I sat down and when I heard that my moms wanted him to take care of me I looked over and he was saying something but I turned the volume up on my headphones as they fought

•~•

I was listening to music while Lance drove to wherever we were going and I was taping my hands on my lap and during the ride I was taping on Lance's girlfriends seat and she left her seat and I started taping in my lap again to the bear of the music
"Hey, Tommy." Lance says but I don't listen "Tommy, Take of your headphones, please." He says so I take them off "look, it's not that I don't appreciate the drumming, because it's awesome." I could tell he was lying "but can you maybe drop it down a few decibels, please?"
"Fine. I won't play ever again. Happy now, Lance?" I say
"Lance'? What happened to 'dad'?"
"I know you don't want me here.the only kid you want in your life is your girlfriend."
"You know what, Vanessa is not a kid. She's much... much older-ish than you are. Look, your moms right. We haven't had a chance to spend much time together lately. So we can just look at this trip as an opportunity to bond." I scoff and put my headphones back on.

•~•

"Well we are here." Lance says
"By "here," do you mean middle of no where?" I say
"Just wait till you see it. Oh, come on. Would you just look at this? Pristine, untouched. I can not wait to get a bulldozer in here and start building. Pretty exciting, huh, bud?" Lance says
"Yay" I say sarcastically
"I'm telling you, baby, if a house on this site does not quadruple our investment, I don't know what will. Come here, let me show you." Lance says and pulls his girlfriend with him

                         ~Time skip~

Lance was trying to set up the grill while I recorded him "grills ready." He said and the grill fell apart and I laughed
"Don't you dare post that." Lance says
"To late. Hashtag epic dad grill fail." I say typing
"Mmm. It is so coffee o'clock." Vanessa says
"Will you make me a double macchiato, please?" Lance asked Vanessa
"Sure, dear." Vanessa says than someone honks
"Hi, there." The lady says
"Hi." Lance says to the lady
"Hey welcome. You must be Ben Walters' grandson."
"How you know that?"
"Because you look exactly like him. Spitting image."
"You knew my grandfather?"
"He can up every summer. Twilight me how to fish on this river."
"No kidding."
"Shoot where are my manners? I'm Sam Bartlett, park ranger in charge of the state land that surrounds your property." Sam introduced herself
"Lance Walters. This is my fiancé, Vanessa."
"Hi." Vanessa says
"That's my son, Tommy, the mythical half boy, half smartphone." Lance says and I wave while on my phone
"Just swung by on my rounds. We've had a problem with bird poachers in the area. So if you see anyone suspicious, please let me know." Sam explains
"I hear you're building a house up here."
"Breaking ground tomorrow. You wanna see it?" Lance asked Sam and took her to a suitcase thing
"It's very blue."
"Five thousand square feet, every amenity." Lance says
"And I'm decorating it." Vanessa buts in
"Yeah you are." Lance says
"Five thousand square feet for three people? Hope you won't be cramped." Sam says probably not liking their ideas about it
"Oh! No. Well, we're not building it to live in. I mean live here? Uh, get real." Vanessa chuckles after her sentence she just said
"It's and investment property. We're gonna flip it." Lance says
"I see." Sam says "don't you think it'll, kind of, overwhelm the landscape?"
"I've got government land all sides."
"Yeah not like there are any neighbours to complain." Vanessa says
"All I'm saying is if you were to build something a bit more modest, you'd preserve these old growth trees and be a lot more green-minded." Sam explains but Lance doesn't listen
"Well, it's my land, so I'm pretty sure I can build however I want. But Don't worry, I'll leave plenty of trees for you to hug." Lance says
"Well. Let me know if you see any poachers. And good luck with this DeathStar your building." Sam says and walks away.
"Nice meeting you." Lance says while Vanessa glared at Sam
"Who does she think she is?" Vanessa asked
"I like her. She's cool." I say and Vanessa scoffs
"Don't worry about it baby." Lance tells Vanessa "hey, Tommy, come help me with this stupid grill." Lance says
"Um, sounds like fun, Lance, but I think I'm gonna explore a little. Like you say, can't play video games all the time!" I say and walk away and explore.

                                    •~•

I start taping a beat on the table then I hear something pecking a beat and drumming and it stoped then I tapped a beat on the table again and it did the same. And that happened again then a bird came out of the trash making a beat on the trash can
"What the heck are you?" I asked
"Now it's your turn. Come on, kid. Show me what you got." He says and laughs and I do a beat on the table and he does one on the trashcan "o-ho! O-ho! Yeah!" He says as I do another beat in the table and he does one in the trashcan again "ta-da!" He says when he finished the beat.
"Wow you are really cool for a woodpecker." I say and he bows and then

No ones POV:

Woody starts sniffing the air
"Are those peanut butter bonkers?" He asked "I'm a sucker for peanut butter! Come on, brother. Share the wealth, spread the love. Hook me up." He says
"What are you trying to tell me?" Tommy asked
"Humans. You gotta spell everything out for them." Woody says

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