ValleyVille

After School

Aces POV
"Mom can you not sit me in the front of the class this year?" I ask. "We'll see" Mom says. My mom is the teacher. "Dont be picky Ace" Spade says. Spade is my brother. "Oh and you're so much better" I say. "Stop fighting. Come on, lets go" mom says.

Mom sat me in the back! Shes awesome. She put Spade in the third row. Thank the gods. I hate it when he's always breathing down my neck. He's so protective of me. Mom sat the new girl next to me. I heard people start to whisper as she came to sit down. "Isnt she a kingsman?" I hear. That explains the fear in their voices. I dont really care. Its not like shes one of the kingsmen. She sat down. "Hi, Im Ace" I say. She looked at me confused. "Im Kari" she says. "So you're new?" I ask. "Yeah. My parents wanted me to get the 'real' high school experience" she says. "Were you home-schooled?" I ask. "Is that a serious question?" She asks. "You're not one of them. Its just a name." I say. "Why are you being nice?" She asks. "Some people are more understanding than youd think" I say. She smiled at me. "Ill give you my number. We can talk later" I say. "Ok" she says.

"Hey! Whats with you and the kingsman?" Spade says running up to me after school. "Shes my friend. Shes actually really nice" I say. "Shes a kingsman" he says. "And? Shes not a criminal. Shes just a person. You cant choose my friends Spade. Deal with it" I say. He scowled at me. "When this goes to shit, I told you so" he says. "Whatever. Get in the car" I say.

Jasmines POV
This is one of my least favorite parts of the day. Rounding up my siblings to go home. Being the oldest of six is not great. "Dominic! Go round em up" I say. "Why me?" He asks. "Because I saw you first" I say. Dominic is the oldest boy out of all my siblings. My sisters and I are older than all the boys though. Dominic came back with Reo. Reo is the problem child. He's aggressive, has anger issues, and probably has ADHD. Mom is too busy to get him tested though. She had all of us by accident, and now we still dont have a dad. I help as much as I can but Im only seventeen and I work at a cafe. Kamila and Phoenix walked up to us. Phoenix is the youngest boy and Kamila is the youngest girl. They hang out a lot. I dont why they get along so well. "Im going with Astro to the outlet. Ill be home later" Kamila says. "And Im going with Axel and Hunter to their place. Clarisa will drop me off later" Phoenix says. Clarisa is Astros, Hunters, and Axels mom. Shes our moms best friend and shes practically a second mother. "Wheres Skylar?" I ask. "She left with Zoe a few minutes ago" Reo says. "And you didnt think to say that?!" I ask. "You didnt ask!" He yells. I groaned. "Its fine. Ill have to cover for her, again" I say.

Skylars POV
We walked into Zoes house. Zoe is Stans cousin. Her dad is the mayors brother. Shes my bestfriend. "Why are you late?" Lydia asks. Thats her mom. "Traffic was bad" Zoe shrugs. "You cant have this bad of an image. Your cousin is home almost immediately" she says. "Thanks mom" Zoe says. Lydia is always comparing Zoe to Stan. "Its my fault Lydia. I convinced her to take me" I say. "Oh hello Skylar. I didnt see you. In that case I guess its ok" she says. "Say hi to Ryan for me" I say. Thats her dad. "I will" lydia says. We got to Zoes room and she locked the door. "Why does she love you more than me?" She asks. "Because Im perfect" i say dramatically. She laughed. She walked to me and pushed me back onto her bed. She climbed over me and pinned my arms there. "You're perfect alright" she says sarcastically. "Wow you think Im not?" I ask. "Shut up" she says kissing me. She let go of my arms and I moved them around her neck. We're girlfriends but neither of us are out. Her mom is homophobic and Im afraid of what my siblings would think. I pushed her chest and she backed up a little. "What if we get caught?" I ask. "Be quiet this time and we wont. That 'oh I tripped and hurt my leg' excuse will not work again" she says. I laughed and she kissed me again.

Wyatts POV
"Bye Spotter, bye Wyatt. Ill see you guys tomorrow" Jack says. "Bye Jack. Nice meeting you" I say. He waved and walked away. His brother ran after him. "Bye Tyler!" Duke shouted. Tyler waved like an idiot. "Come on Tyler!" Bailey yells. Tyler ran to his sister and Andy walked to us. "Ill catch up in a minute. You guys go" Andy says. "Hey Andy" Spotter says. "Hey guys. I know I told your dad Id come in for training but I wont be able to make it until Thursday. Bailey needs me to drive her to her volleyball tournament in the next town over since our parents are too busy" he says. "Thats fine. Ill talk to my dad. Enjoy your trip" Spotter says. "Thanks. See ya" Andy says running off to his siblings. "I guess Im training alone today" I say. "Apparently" Spotter says.

We got to the fire station. "Hi mom. Dad!" Spotter ran in to find Marshall. "Hi aunt Misty" I say. "Hey Wyatt. Hows your dad?" She asks. "He's good. He's been low on inspiration lately though so its been tough" I say. "Writers block?" She asks. I nod. My dad writes the town newspaper and he also writes books but the newspaper doesnt make much money and he hasn't had any ideas for a new book. So we're a little stuck at the moment. We already live in an RV because we couldn't pay rent on our apartment. I put my stuff down and went into the back. "Hey uncle Marshall" I say. "Wyatt, always nice to see you. Are you growing facial hair?" He asks. "Its not much but yeah" I say touching my jaw. "Im so jealous. Why couldn't you pass it down!" Spotter says. Marshall laughed. "I dont know" he laughs. "Wyatt!" I hear. I turned around. "Dad?" I ask. "Well if it isnt my older brother. How you doing Patch?" Marshall asks. "Im getting better. Why are you here?" He says turning to me. Dad looks tired. Like he just got out of a bad break-up or something. "I have training today. For the police position?" I say trying to remind him. "I thought you had mondays off" he says. "Dad its Tuesday" i say. He looked at his watch. "Shit" he says. "You know some people leave the house instead of being cooped up in their room all day bro" Marshall says. Dad gkared at him. Spotter and I looked at eachother and exchanged what we call 'the look'. Our dads have had an ongoing war ever since Marshall became owner of the fire station and the fire marshall. He really fits his name. Their glare was broken by the alarm going off. Spotter bolted off. Since we're in a small town, we're low on staff. Andy and I are training for the police positions because we currently have no police. Just firefighters. The only firefighters we have are Spotter and Marshall so its not the greatest. "Bye uncle Patch!" Spotter says getting in the truck. "Bye Spencer" dad says. "Why didnt you go?" I ask. "Im training you. Besides, its probably just Grand-Fa tipping over his fire pit again" Marshall says. "Thats great leadership. Leave it to the kid" Dad says. "Itll be your kid soon" Marshall says. Dad looked at Marshall. "Touche" he says. "Speaking of which, we should get started" Marshall says. "Bye dad. Ill see you at home" I say. "Bye Wyatt" he says.

"Can you drive?" Marshall asks. "Yeah but I dont do it very often so Im not the best" I say. "Great, get in the car" he says. I got in the drivers side of the cop car. "The only way to learn is to do it" he says. "Did this work for Spotter?" I ask. He nods. "Take us to the dealership. I have to talk with Cole" he says. "Ok" I say. I started driving and I saw my dad walking home. Marshall rolled down my window. "Your sons a better driver than you!" He yells. My dad flicked him off and Marshall snickered. "Why do you do that?" I ask. "Its fun" he says. I gripped the steering wheel. My dads been through a lot and sometimes I dont appreciate my uncles behavior. He noticed my tension. "Wyatt, no one knows your father better than me. Doing that to Patch, as annoying as it may seem, takes his mind off of everything else" he says. I parked at the dealership. "Does it?" I ask. "He wouldn't tell you that, he wants to look strong for you. Theres a lot that you dont know Wyatt, but its not my place to tell" he says.

We went inside. "Cole! Did you get your new shipment in? I heard you got some planes in" Marshall says. "Yeah" Cole says as they start their conversation. Coles daughter walked up to me. "Wyatt Dalton. Havent seen you in a minute" Luna says. "You would've if you came to school today" I say. "I had a doctor's appointment" she says. "You got the flu again?" I ask. "It happened twice. Get over it" she says. "You gave it to Eddie, Felix, Josh, and Champ the first time. And then you gave it to Frankie, Lio, Bandit, and Evie the second time. You are the most infectious person ever. I just wanna make sure Im not in the radar" I say. "Screw you. Im not sick. I just had to get a shot. Nice park job by the way" she says looking out the window. "Whats wrong with it?" I ask. "You left no room to open the door. Im surprised you could get out of the car. You need some driving lessons" she says. "No i dont!" I say. "You do" she says. "I dont" I say. "Keep telling yourself that" she says with a smirk. I rolled my eyes. "Come on Wyatt" Marshall says. "Bye Luna" I say. "See you tomorrow" she says.

We're driving home and a cat jumped in the road. I freaked out and swerved around it. I stopped right before hitting an RV. Its not mine though. A man walked out. Marshall got out. "Im very sorry sir. Im teaching my nephew to drive" he says. "Oh, thats fine. I was just kinda startled" he says. "Are you new in town?" Marshall asks. "Yes, Im Bruce" he says. They shook hands. "Im Marshall. I work for the fire department so if you need anything, Im right down the road" he says. "Oh, cool" Bruce says. We heard a loud thud. Bruce looked up at the roof of the RV. "God dammit Duke! Get off the roof!" He says. Duke jumped down and went back inside like it was nothing. So this is where Duke and Jack live. Good to know.