Serpentine(Gallavich)

Hide And Go Steve

I stand in the bathroom ironing my hair. I hear a knock at the door. "Hurry up! Ya got 20 minutes." "Oh shit!" I finish my hair and place a beanie on my head. I grab my bag and walk out the door.  I get down stairs. "About damn time. I don't want another call from your teacher sayin you skippin or imma skip my hand on yo ass." "Yes ma'am." I say sitting down. "V don't say that. Here sweetie." Dad hands me cereal. "Thanks dad." He kisses my forehead.

I hear a knock on the door. "YANNIE!" I pick the bowl up and put it in the sink. "Bye!" I say as I head to the door. I join Ian and Lip outside. We walk to school talking about anything that pops up.

We walk down the hallway and I go over to my locker which is by Ian's. "Hey I got practice later so tell Kash I'll be there tomorrow." "Okay." I get the smell of smoke and lavender. I know that scent. I look up and see the brunette wearing signature jacket and walking with her gang. Her head turns and she catches me.

I snap out of it and look at Ian. "I'm gonna go to class." I say clearing my throat. "Alright." I hug him and I walk off to class.

I walk home from school with an aching body. I rub my neck. "Son of a bitch." I walk into the house and see dad looking for something. "Hey sweetie!" He says from the kitchen. "Hey. Mom give out another household appliance?" "No but you're right." He says sticking his head out as I walk upstairs.

"Fucking Gallaghers." We say in unison.

I take a cold shower and head to my room. "IM GOIN NEXT DOOR!" Dad shouts. "OKAY!"

I put a hoodie on over my tank and head next door. I open the door. "HELLOOOO WORLD!" I exclaim. "Who's the geico lizard?" I ask. "Steve." He says holding his hand out "Ion do that." I sit next to Ian on the stairs with my head on his shoulder.

"We met him while he was defending my honor." "My honor." Fi corrects. "Which bouncer?" I ask. "Jimmy Clifton." I scoff. "Jimmy Cl-? Jesus man put it there. Respect." Dad gives him a fist bump. "Until he dies." "Guy just stands there doesn't do-" "ya you'll be his third conviction. Third or fourth." I hold up 4 fingers. "Fourth yeah." "You'd think he'd have manslaughter down by now the way he practices." I state. "No more fuck-ups like last time like leaving his dad still breathing." "His dad?" Jimmy asks worriedly.

"5 years over a '87 Monte Carlo with 200,000 miles on the odometer." "Monte fucking Carlo." I repeat. "Okay time for bed. Up the wooden hill." Ian and I get up. I hug him. "I just came to say night anyways." "Goodnight." I pull back and stay against the wall. I feel eyes on me. I look at my parents. "Go!" They say in unison. I sigh a little. I walk out the door and back to the house.

I get home from cheer practice and I see Ian and Lip running into their house well Lips poor attempt at running. Me being the little instigator I am I told my mother.

I walk upstairs and hear moaning. I should be disgusted but after accidentally walking in on them twice in...criminally disturbing positions I've gotten used to it. I bang on the door. "Cover up your dick dad I'm coming in." I open the door and see the blanket in bed them covering my dads lower parts and my moms higher parts. "Hey sweetie." Dad says with a smile as if they weren't just banging a while ago. "Hi Dad. Mom Ian and Lip just ran inside their house like Forest Gump and Lip was limping." I infirm. "What they done did now?" She asks me as she uncovers herself and stands up to pit her underwear and clothes on. I shrug lazily. "I don't know."

We go in through the back door and hear the commotion upstairs. Then I hear lip groaning in pain. We go up the stair's and she opens the door. We see Fiona looking at his foot. "No. Always elevate extremities." My mom corrects her announcing our presence. "Move before you give him a fucking embolism." She says making Fiona stand up from the bed. I sit next to Ian and smack his shoulder. "What'd you do?" I ask him. He mutters an owe while rubbing his shoulder. "Nothing. Jesus Yannie." He lies. "You okay Lip?" "Please don't- don't touch it." He says shaking his head.

"Okay. Wiggle your toes." He tries to and grunts in pain. "Baby you and Ian go to my house. Two ice packs. Liquid ibuprofen, freezer tray, ace bandages. Oh and pack of smokes and a lighter." "Yes ma'am." We head for the door when there's a loud knock at the front door. The boys jump under the desk and bed to hide. "SHIT! I'M NOT HERE! IM NOT HERE!" "YOU DONT KNOW US FIONA!" They shout frantically. "What the fuck did you two do?" I ask seriously confused. "Oh what have you done? What gave you done?!" She says before angrily walking out the door.

We go into the bathroom and grab ibuprofen and the bandages. "Wanna tell me what the hell happened?" I ask him as I check the bottles. "Uh...no?" I glance up at him with an annoyed expression. "Okay. Okay. We went to Karen Smiths house to study." He answers. "And...?" I say knowing there's more. "Lip gotta blow job from her the other day and he took me there to get one. She was sucking me off under the table when her dad came home and caught us. We ran out the house and Lip jumped out of a window." My mouth drops in shock not because of what they did but because of who they did it with.

"Slutty Karen. That bitches body count is higher than my grades." I say disgusted. "You better pray the god she did give you a fucking STD or something." "I don't think that's how-" I glare up at him wanting him to finish that sentence. "Never mind." "That's what I thought Gallagher." We walk out the bathroom and past my parent's room.

I see my sleep and we go into the room. I look at the top of the tv and see smokes and a lighter. I don't give him a second look as we head for the door. "Sweetie? I thought you didn't smoke." "I dont they're fit mom-" my eyes wide in disgust. "Fuck! Dad cover!" He looks down and immediately cover his junk. "I'm sick of you flashing me old man." I say completely grossed out. "Where are you going with those?" He asks us referring to the stuff Ian's carrying. "Uh Veronica wants them." "Well give me one." He tells Ian. "Unbelievable. I'm going down stairs."

I head into the kitchen and grab the ice packs and freeze tray.

Mom bandages lip up and helps him down the stairs. "Got it? Okay. Ice and Advil. And keep your weight off of it." Mom informs. I stare at the new dryer and washer being installed into there house in awe. "Must be done bomb ass pussy if you gettin shit like this." I tell Fiona. "Stop it." "I'm just sayin'." I say impressed. "I thought you were broke." Mom states. "That's what I said." Ian adds. "These were in the washer." Fiona says showing mom some roses. Me and her walk up to see the card and them up close. I sniff them. "Bitch they're real." "Steve?" My eyes wide in shock.

"No." "Yeah." She nods with a grin. "Fiona!" "Uh huh." I giggle at her. "Who's Steve?" "Mom come on." I say knowing she's not naive. "The other night." "No." She says with wide eyes as mine. "I know." She looks at the washer and lets out an airy laugh.