Brooklyn Baby - H.S

Part Forty One (*)

warning// knife play, violence, murder, blood

I walk out of Harry's apartment building to be met with Michael, James had rung me early this morning asking me to do another task for him and since Harry was asleep, I decided to ask James if Michael could come get me for it.

Theirs no doubt in my mind that Harry will be annoyed I didn't wake him up but either way I wanted an excuse to see Michael and talk to him about a lot of things, apologise being one of those things.

I did leave Harry a note before I left saying that I was on a task and where I get me from later, James had told me that Michael could take me but wouldn't be able to assist me for the rest of the task as he's got other business to attend to.

Which is fair enough I'm just excited to talk to him properly.

I look into the window and see Michael smiling back at me, that smile reminding me of when he used to meet me on the bus for school, god I missed him, I give him a wide grin before stepping up to the door and getting in the van.

It seems like everyone that works for James all have the same vans to do these tasks with.

"Hey!" he says chirpy as ever, the Michael I used to know never used to be like that his early in the morning "hey! You seem very awake" I say giggling at him, he grabs a monster can from his cup holder and I just mouth 'ah' at him before he puts the van into gear and speeds off.

"I brought you one if you still drink them" he says grabbing one from the inside of his door, my face lights up as he paces me the can "life saver" I let out a sigh before cracking open the can and taking a sip of the cold drink.

He lets out a chuckle before taking a drink of his "Michael" I say looking over at him, he looks between me and the road smiling "yeah?" he questions me, I feel guilt rise up my body as I think of leaving him at school and never coming bac, especially after all the bullying he got.

"I um, I'm sorry for leaving and not saying anything" I let out a big sigh of relief for finally getting it off my chest after so long, he runs his hand through his hair and shakes his head "you've got nothing to be sorry for, you probably had a lot going on, I mean I assumed it was something to do with your dad" he admits and I gulp harshly nodding.

"Yeah well, let's just say he's not in the picture anymore and I'll save that story for another day" I say sighing, I would tell him right now, but I feel like I don't wanna ruin the mood completely by telling him 'Oh hey by the way I killed my dad and only remembered a few days ago lol'.

I'll tell him when I feel the time is right and not when I'm on my way to kill someone else.

"That's fine, tell me when you're ready you know I would never treat you differently for whatever it is anyway, we're Harry and Lloyd remember, you're dumb and I'm dumber no judgement here." He says laughing slightly at what we used to call ourselves.

I laugh with him remembering the time we used to have in school together shaking my head "was school okay after I left?" I say turning to look back at him, he pouts out his lips thinking and shakes his hand in a rocky motion "it was so, so, I didn't really speak to anyone until senior year when Luke joined the school" he says, I open my eyes wide, and my mouth opens slightly.

"Luke Hemmings? The guy that tries to hit on me every time I come into the base?" Michael lets out a loud laugh and nods "yeah Luke, he's always been the same, he would have tried it on with you at school if you didn't leave so maybe it's a good thing you did" we laugh together, I'm glad he had someone after I left even if it was senior year, he had someone.

"He's kind of like you, if people used to pic on me, he would get really aggressive and beat them up, he was kind of like a guard dog just like how you we're" he says laughing remembering the memory, I smile up at him and shake my head "I'm glad you had him" I begin.