Teenage Dirtbag

Ch 9: Party Time

Peyton pov:

Climbing the side of his house I manage to get right by his window and knock on it. Still out of breath from the run. The curtains pull back and show me an upset looking Kenji. He shook his head and unlocked the window, getting inside I nearly fell on my face.

"S-sorry! I got caught up with Fallon. We were working on lines and lost track of time." I hunch over, trying to suck in gulps of air.

He furrowed his brows and waved me off, he was definitely upset that I was late. Standing up straight I hug him from behind and lift him up slightly with a hug, he goes limp making me laugh.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to lose track." I set him down and toss my stuff aside.

He huffed and sat at his desk, picking up his brush and paint holder going back to his painting. Sitting on his bed I reach into my pocket as my phone buzzes, it was from Fallon.

Queen of Darkness: 'Make sure you have something to do on Saturday. I have nothing and I'm crashing cause I can.'

Me: 'okay :)'

"You spend a lot of time with her." Kenji's voice caught me off guard. Looking up I caught a glimpse of his eyes as he looked back at his painting.

"I guess? Mostly school work though." I chuckled, memories of her hitting me with a book or ripping up my paper because I was annoying fill my mind.

"Do you like her?" He looked at me fully this time. He was speaking more than usual which made me kinda uneasy.

"Yeah, she's cool. I'm just trying to get her to admit we're friends." I laughed nervously, not used to Kenji speaking this much.

He squinted at me, his eyes boring into mine before letting it go and focusing back on his painting.

Is he alright?

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Sneaking into my room I was thankful that my family was gone. Going to the kitchen I found some leftovers my mom made, heating them up, I turned on some music.

Singing along loudly I didn't notice that somebody got in till Matt joined me, making me jump and scream. He laughed and mocked me, making me hit and wrestle him to the ground. He was way bigger so I was losing pretty quickly.

"How'd you get in?" I asked while in his chokehold.

"Your bedroom window!" He cackled, switching me into a headlock to give me a noogie.

"Stop sneaking in! It's freaking me out!" I nut tapped him making the big guy let go. Laughing I quickly grabbed my food and started eating it.

"Cheap shot, bitch." He was hunched over holding his junk.

By the time I scarfed down my food he had recovered. Cleaning up, changing, and grabbing my instruments we book it over to his house on our skateboards.

He fucked up a kickflip in front of me and ate shit making me laugh as I passed him. Never one to stay down he caught up again and passed me, trying and failing again.

Pulling up to his house we found Cam and Ken chatting, well mostly Cam. Setting the boards down and unpacking my guitar I hook it up and start.

The garage stayed open so his neighbors probably heard us the whole time we practiced. They usually didn't mine beside Mr. Smith, he just thought Matt was a weirdo.