Spooky Month Au: The Falling Stars

Chapter one: The Calm Before The Storm

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I walked down the sidewalk. The sun was setting, but in just the right spot to be directly in my eyes. Currently, I'm alone, but not for much longer.

 "Ross! Hey dude!" A voice called. "Robert! Hey!" I called back. Robert ran over to me. Roy was following behind, a bit slow. "Hey Roy!" I greeted him. "Oh.. Hey Ross." He mumbled in return. "Robert, what's up with him?" I ask, making sure Roy can't hear. "I don't know, he's kinda just been like this all day." I shrugged it off, and we started walking.

"So, Roy. What have you been doing lately?" I ask as we stop and sit. We had found I nice spot under a tree in the shade. "Visiting my uncle." He replied. I guess that might be why he's acting so weird. We didn't say anything more, and kinda just sat there. Robert reached into his pocket and pulled out a bag. The bag was full of candy. "Hey, guys, want some candy?" He asked, putting it down next to us. "Sure dude, but did you pay for all this? That's a lot?" I didn't want him spending to much money on things like this. "Of course not. I stole it from Kevin, like we've done before. Poor guy." He joked. I chuckled, and Roy did too a little. "Last time we did that, he accidentally threw some candy and the lady walking in." He said, and we laughed even more. It's nice when we can cheer Roy up. 

The sun was pretty much set now, the starts shined brightly. I couldn't help but remember that creepy creature Skid and Pump brought that one day, telling us to "keep looking at the stars." It was a weird day, but in a place like this, when is it not? 

Eventually, Roberts phone starting ringing and he had to go. It was getting pretty late, and I knew I was gonna be next. The only reason I was getting away with being out this late was because my mom was hanging out with Lila. Crazy, I know. My mom hangs out with the mom of one of the very kids I bully almost everyday. I'm not gonna tell the group though, that would get a bit awkward. Me and Roy sat there for a moment. "Hey, Ross." Roy mumbled. "Yeah?" I replied, "I, uh, got something for you. I was gonna give one to Robert too, but he kinda left before I really had the chance." He pulled something out of his pocket and handed it to me. It was a very small walkie-talkie. Kinda the size of a potato chip. It half a solar panel to charge as well. "Thanks bro!" I smiled. "It's nothing, really. I just thought it would be nice to have when needed, since phones aren't always available in school and stuff. Plus, it charges on its own." He smiled a little back. 

My phone buzzed, that was my cue to go home. "Sorry, it seems I gotta go. If you want, I can try to bring Robert his, I can hurry and pass by his place." I said, standing up. He stood up too. "Alright, I'll see ya later then." He handed me the walkie-talkie, and we left. 

I walked towards Roberts house. I wonder if he's still awake, it's about 11:50 right now. We hung out for a while. As I went and looked around his house, seeing the lights were off, I heard a "pssst!" I looked up and saw Robert sticking his head out the window of the second floor. "Hey dude!" I whisper yelled to him. "One second!" He replied. He crawled out his window on to this little ledge part of his roof, not to far from the ground. He stuck his hand out for me. "C'mon, come up here." I grabbed his hand and he pulled me up. "What are you doing here?" He asked. "Well, I just came to deliver something from Roy, and then I really gotta go." I explained to him what it was and handed it over. 

As we said goodbye, I tried to crawl down from the ledge, and slipped. I landed with a thud on my back, my beanie falling off. "Woah! You okay?" Robert called. "Yeah, I'm good!" I replied. I got up and saw my hat blowing away in the wind. I hurried and waved goodbye and ran after it. I followed it for a minute before it just kinda disappeared. 

I tried to find it, but I knew that the longer I took the more trouble I would be in when I got home. Maybe it'll still be around tomorrow, I hope so. If not Roberts probably gonna give me a hat like his. He looks good in it, but I look like some shady criminal. I kept walking for a moment, when a car pulled up next to me. Kevin popped his head out. "Hey, you. Get in. Mom said you were taking too long and sent me out to find you." He told me. I hopped in.

Yes, Kevin is my brother, yet another thing I haven't told the group yet. (Authors note: I do not know if that's true, it's speculated to be but hasn't been confirmed I don't think. I could be wrong.)  I'm lucky he doesn't tell mom about my candy stealing, that wouldn't be fun. Of course I do feel a bit bad, he's my brother and I really do love him, but it's fun at the same time.

"So, one of your friends stole candy from my shop, once again. How many times do you plan to keep doing this?" Kevin groaned. "Sorry bro, I don't think we ever planned to stop." To Which in reply he just groaned more. We sat in silence for a moment. "So, uh, hows your leg?" I ask. He had recently been attacked by some rouge doll. "Slowly healing, but if been giving me hell for the past few days." I just nodded. I wish me and him could talk more, but he's always at work, and I'm always stealing from him. I honestly don't think he's the best mentally. "Hey Kevin?" He looks at me. "Uhm, well. I think— I think you should keep your eyes on the road!" He looked back right before running straight into a tree. We swerved a little. "Shit." He mumbled. "Sorry." I apologize. "You good, now what did you wanna say?" He checked the road, I guess looking for people he could've almost hit. "Well, uh, I was thinking, and, uh, we should hang out sometime. When your free and all." I saw him smile a little. "Y'know, I guess your right. How tired are you?" What? "Not very, why?"

He pulled over to the side of the road and got on his phone. He started texting someone, I could see it was mom's number. He put his phone down. "You up for a little ice cream?" 

We pulled up to a small little ice cream shop, the only one that was open this late nearby us. The old lady here was really nice, and she liked to see us come by. "Hey Laurie!" I greeted her. She smiled. We bought our ice cream and took it outside to the little benches she had. "So Ross," Kevin started. "it's been a tiny bit since we've talked. How's school?" "Pretty good." I replied.

"Got any love interests?"

"What? No!"

"Doesn't surprise me."

"Rude. What about you?"

"Sadly no. And I'm an adult now! Not even a single person has stuck my eye, it's pathetic."

"Wow. Nobody? Your pan!"

"I know right?"

We talked for a little bit longer before finally it was time to go. "I gotta get to bed if I wanna be able to actually do stuff at work tomorrow." Kevin yawned.He dropped me off at home and went back to his own place. I really missed doing stuff like that with him, but I'm glad we did tonight. I said goodnight to mom, went upstairs, and went to bed. As I looked out the window, the starts seemed a bit.. different. I'm probably just tired.

I know, it was a short chapter! Most of them will be, but there will be more!