Too Much to Chew/More Than I Asked For

Chapter Seven

I was starting to doze off, when he shouted, "DONE." loudly in my highly sensitive ear. "Huh!" I clocked him in the cheek... on accident... "Ow, I hit it but its just a giant ass rubik cube, no rings or nothing." I was confused there was obviously some trick behind it but if I had an idea I would've spoke up. " That's it?" I peered into the hole which was actually pretty deep considering.

"That hole is ridiculous." I whispered, "The cube is weird though..." he drifted off. "Well show it to me then, hustle." I waved him off to fetch the cube. He dropped it into my lap it obviously wasn't a standard rubik cube it was huge like bigger than a jewelry box but smaller than a cardboard box it wasn't even standard colors.

Some were wood panels, some were bronze, silver and platinum, possibly even gold there was one face I couldn't make sense of with eyes etched in only one square. It would take forever to figure this out. I could kick my determination rising up to silver this seemingly impossible puzzle. Rubik's however fun, were not my specialty.

"I can't help out with this Lex." I rolled the Rubik off my palm lazily into his. "Whaddya mean?" I shook my head examining my nails, "I just can't do it, I love Rubik cubes but it'd take me forever. I'm sure though I wouldn't have given you a puzzle you couldn't solve immediately. So I'm leaving it all to you." I punched him playfully in the arm. "Well, call me when you get it, Lex!" I shouted over my shoulder as I mounted his bike.

I could hear him huff, and a little ways into the greenery I heard him shout after my receding figure, "Stop calling me that!" I giggled myself to the road, and even excessively to my own street. I dropped the borrowed bike in the back locking it to the stair post. I jumped every other step giddy, I could hear laughing in the kitchen and my excitement committed suicide. I opened the back door. Okay, this was okay, just Mom and Queen. I was safe.

I dropped my bag next to the couch got dressed for bed and slipped in the couch, "Where you been since yesterday." Mom said, "Spent the night at a friend's house." Queen cleared her throat, "So, I don't get no love." I got up and pracatically strangled her in a bear hug. "So, what friend?" she said eyebrows raised. "The Waters." I said pulling out a chair." Ma raised her eyebrows, a little smirk on her face.

"Alex's place, down in that closed off commmunity, when were you guys friends again?" she swallowed some translucent pink liquid, I could smell the alcohol in the air but the bottle was still full. Still in the clear, I could hear myself breathe again. "When you and Mr.Garfunkel forced me into tutoring with him." she looked confused, "I didn't do anything like that."

I gave her a look of disbelief. But for once I saw pure truth in her eyes, I would be determined to cuss Mr.Garfunkel out when I got back but it didn't turn out all bad. So I got up calmly and slid back between the covers lying astrew on the couch.

I looked at the dim ceiling and in barely a whisper, "Goodnight Lex." and I could just imagine him saying, no yelling or sighing warily, "Don't call me that!"

Alex's POV

I've spent all day on this cube, and I got one side then had to mess it up to get another, and then Mom came in. I was casually lying in bed under the covers arms raised with the cube over me turning, and rotating. But when I noticed she was there, I dropped the wooden/metal box on my face, "Ow!" I grasped my face, holding back tears, "Oh my! Alex you should be more careful, that's dangerous." yeah and whose fault was it?

"What do you want, Mom?" I said rubbing my hurt face, "Nothing, I thought you'd be asleep, it's midnight." I looked at her sideways through slit eyes, "Yeah, it's only midnight, Mom." and as nice as it was to talk to her after all this time, it was still annoying to have her bagging me for staying up late. I wake up early why does it matter? But truthfully I loved every second of it.