Dialtones

Chapter Five: School's Out.

Song Of The Chapter: Venom Love by Jacky Vincent.

"And so, George Washington became the first president of the United States of America."

Blah blah blah, in other words. At this point, Chuck was doing his best to stay awake in his American History class. It was his last class before school ended for the summer and he was plainly not in the mood to listen to whatever it was that was going on. Needless to say, he was failing miserably as his head was down on the textbook he was using.

"Hey," Meredith whispered and poked him in the ribs. Chuck jumped awake and sat up. "Hmm?" He asked and Meredith laughed quietly. "You're six pages behind where we are." She said.

Chuck shrugged and pulled the sleeves of his hoody down over his fists and rubbed his eyes.

"Mr. Schuldiner, is everything alright?" The History teacher- Ms. Fitz- asked. "Splendid." Chuck replied sarcastically and rubbed his eyes again as she continued on with the class.

"Do you know where we are?" Meredith asked and Chuck shrugged. "It doesn't bother me. All we need to know is that there was a war and we ended up with George Washingboard as a president." He said.

Meredith struggled to contain her laugh and she buried her face in her hands. Ms. Fitz stopped again. "Ms. Lee, is everything alright with you as well?" She asked. Meredith nodded. "Perfectly fine." She said and looked at Chuck. Before they knew it, the two of them were trying not to lose their minds as Ms. Fitz instructed on the essays that they had to do over the summer holidays.

Ten minutes later, the bell rang. Meredith and Chuck got up, grabbed their textbooks and schoolbags and walked out the classroom.

"Hey, what are you doing right now after school?" Chuck asked. Meredith looked at him and shrugged. "I've nothing planned." She said.

Chuck smiled. "Cool. Wanna come to mine for a bit?" He asked and Meredith smiled. "Sure! Just one sec." She said before stepping a few paces ahead to where she spotted her twin sister, Chloe. "Hey, tell mom that I'm going to Chuck's and I'll be home later?" "Sure."

Meredith went back to Chuck and he smiled at her. "All good?" He asked and she nodded. "Yeah, everything's fine." She said and returned the smile.

After a short twenty minute walk, they were at Chucks house. Chuck opened the front door and stepped through, standing aside and letting Meredith through, shutting the door behind her.

"Mom, I'm home!!!" Chuck called. "I'm in the living room!" An older-womans voice called back.

Chuck smiled. "Let's go." He said and lead the way to the living room. When they got there, they found Chucks mom, Jane, and his older sister, Bethann.

"Hey mom, hi Beth." Chuck said. "Hi son, how was school?" Jane asked. Chuck shrugged. "It was okay." He said before looking at Bethann and smiling. "How-"

"Kid, I love ya but if you're boutta ask me how long more until the baby comes, your answer is still nine months." She laughed. Chuck sighed.

"Hurry up!!" Chuck groaned in annoyance.

Bethann laughed and looked at Meredith. "Hear that girl? Run while ya can... he wants me to be pregnant faster."

Meredith laughed a bit. Chucks jaw dropped. "I am the worst friend ever, I'm so sorry- Meredith, this is my mom Jane and my older sister Bethann."  He said.

Meredith smiled. "Nice to meet you both." She said. "You two kid. Now, let me know if he starts being an idiot. I'll put a stop to that real quick." Beth said and Meredith laughed. "I'll keep that in mind... and congrats! Yanno... on the baby."